Chapter 417: Hard and Soft

After listening to Wei Xing and Xiangfu's return, Wei Ba was very satisfied, he no longer waited for Shuai Zeng, and hurried south. In the information brought by Han Zhenying, he knew that there was a small city called Lipu near the barbarian tribe Lixi near Chenyang, which was built here by Ma Liang back then. There is a rice field in Shanghaode, about seven or eight hundred hectares, the field is fertile, the water is abundant, and the rice yield is very high. Ma Liang built the city here because he wanted to use these rice fields as food for the garrison.

Later, Yiling was defeated, and the city fell into the hands of the Wu army, and in the first half of the Xiangyang battle, the Wu army in the city of Lipu was also transferred a lot, and now there are only a small number of guards left. If you can take Lipu City before Buqi and Pan Jun, it will be of great help to the food supply in the future. The most precious thing in the mountains is food, every time the barbarians and the Han people fail to fight, it is because the grain-producing areas are occupied or destroyed by the Han people, and they are really hungry, so they have to go out of the mountains and surrender. If there is an adequate supply of food, if you hide in the mountains, the Han people will be in thousands of troops, and they will not be able to do anything with them.

At that time, the Fubo general Ma Yuan conquered the Wuling barbarians, and he was consumed to death by the barbarians. After Zhuge Liang pacified the rebellion in Nanzhong, he was unwilling to keep the officials, but the Nanzhong people were autonomous, because the officials had to stay in the army, and it was not enough to keep fewer soldiers, and if there were more soldiers, food could not be supplied, so it was better to let the Nanzhong people be autonomous and be satisfied with not messing up.

Wei Ba wanted to lead Wuxi Man to confront the Wu army, so that Sun Quan could not concentrate on the west, and food supply was a big problem he had to face. Weapons and armor can either be manufactured locally or transported from Yizhou, but food is the most consumed material, and it is impossible to rely entirely on transshipment. It must be based on its own solution.

A place like Lipu, of course, first entered Wei Ba's sight, he didn't care about Youximan, but also wanted to seize Lipu first.

Unfortunately, he was immediately disappointed. Halfway through, he met Guan Feng, who had rushed to Lipu in advance, and Guan Feng told him that two days ago, three thousand Wu troops had suddenly appeared in Chenyang, if it weren't for their vigilance. Now it's blocked in Chenyang.

Lipu is east of Chenyang. Wei Ba first arranged for Guan Feng and others to sneak to Chenyang instead of Lipu as businessmen, just to prevent Wu Jun from being alert and strengthen his defense. Unexpectedly, the accident still happened, and Wu Jun in Lipu was not aware of the danger. But Pan Jun turned Wei Ba's Jihua into a bubble. In fact, it is understandable to think about it. Pan Jun himself is a native of Wuling. Liu Bei occupied the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River and asked him to engage in the governance of the country, and he was a rare piece of fertile land in Lipu. How could he not be heeding? His crusade against Wuxi Man was not only planned today, and Lipu was probably already within his Jihua.

It's just that in this way, Wei Ba will be in trouble.

"Who's in Chenyang?"

"It's a surname Zhu, and his official position is Captain Jianzhong, what it's called, it's not clear now, I only know that it's a young man." Guan Feng was a little annoyed, "I knew that this would be the result, so it was better to take Lipu first." ”

Wei Ba smiled and comforted: "Sister, it's not right for you to think so. On the march to fight, how can everything be as you wish, and who can calculate the last resort? Pan Jun was the right-hand man left by the first emperor to Guan Hou, and his ability was not bad, which was expected. He sighed regretfully: "It's just that I didn't expect him to come so quickly." ”

"You robbed his daughter, can he not be crazy?" Guan Feng smiled half-truthfully: "Last time in Guanzhong, you robbed Xiahou Hui, this time it's better, robbed the two of you at once, are you fighting a war, or robbing a woman?" ”

Wei Ba's old face flushed: "Sister, you can't say that, this is all a bonus that comes with it, not my original purpose." I'm not the king of the mountain, and I'm going to rob a few beautiful women to be the lady of the village. Besides, if you really want to be a lady of the village, you have to have a good martial arts like your sister. Like them, those who are good-looking and useless, robbing the mountain is also a waste of food. ”

"Duh, all the nonsense, wait until I go back and tell Yuanrong, see how you explain."

"She's different. Although she has no martial arts, she is very smart and can be a military advisor. Wei Ba said with a hippie smile: "It is better to cooperate with my sister, one article and one martial arts." ”

"You are so bold that you dare to joke with my sister?" Guan Feng's eyes widened, his face was a little sullen, "Believe it or not, I slaughtered you with one sword?" ”

"Just kidding, why take it seriously." Wei Ba shrunk his neck, got back to the point, and told the story of the battle next to Youshui a few days ago. Guan Feng heard this and snorted lightly: "If you have such an opportunity, remember to leave it to your senior brother." ”

"That's my sister's absence, otherwise, the two of us will respond sideways, and the main attack will definitely be my sister's."

"Come less." Guan Feng was disdainful: "Now that I'm here, the next battle, the main attack is mine, if you break your promise, don't blame me for turning your face." ”

"A must." Wei Ba patted his chest and said angrily.

Guan Feng's face softened at this time. When she says this, there is an element of joking, but it is not exactly a joke. The three families of Guan, Zhao and Ma now support Wei Ba, and the Ma family only sent fifty knights, because the road is difficult, they stayed in Yong'an and failed to follow, and now Wei Ba is surrounded by the Guan family's sword and shield bearers and the Zhao family's spearmen, whoever can make meritorious service first will be able to occupy the advantage. The Guan family contributed the most, but Zhao Tong took the lead, which made her a little uncomfortable. However, she was indeed absent at the time, and it could not be said that Wei Ba was biased, so she had to book the next mission first.

Since Chenyang had been occupied by the Wu army, Wei Ba was not in a hurry to hurry, and sent someone to the front to inquire about the news first, and then make plans. He had too few troops to clash with the Wu army head-on, so in order to hide his whereabouts, he pulled his men ashore and hid them in the Wuling Mountains on the south bank of Youshui. Before that, he first robbed some of Wei Jing's baggage, and then extorted some from Bu Qi, and for a while, he would not worry about food.

While Wei Ba was lurking in Wuling Mountain waiting for an opportunity, Sun Quan of Wuchang had already received a report from Bu Qi, and he couldn't help but be shocked. If the Shu army really attacked in a big way, then the matter of his daughter Sun Luban would not matter, and he would probably face the danger of losing the entire Jingzhou. If Shu Han and Cao Wei join forces again, then Eastern Wu may even lose the country.

In an instant, Sun Quan regretted a little, he underestimated Zhuge Liang, and thought that Zhuge Liang was willing to pay any price in order to get rid of Wei Ba, but he didn't expect Zhuge Liang to push the boat. Sent Wei Ba to Wuling to fight Pan Jun and stop his riot strategy.

In Sun Quan's mind, Wei Ba is a scourge, wherever he goes, where he is uneasy. went to Guanzhong, but Wei lost Guanzhong and went to Xiangyang, but Wei and Wu fought in Xiangyang, both were defeated, and only Shu Han benefited. If such a person goes to Wuling. At that time, it was the Nanzhong of the State of Wu that harassed the State of Shu. Or was Shu harassing Jingzhou of Wu?

Sun Quan knew that he was self-defeating and was tricked by Zhuge Liang, and gave Zhuge Liang a chance to send troops to Wuling without leaving a handle. Now that Wei Ba was rushing to Wuling, he didn't even have a reason to question Zhuge Liang. Wei Ba fled in the state of Wu. It has nothing to do with Zhuge Liang. Maybe Zhuge Liang will now have the courage to send troops to "hunt down" Wei Ba.

Sun Quan didn't dare to be careless. He calmed down from the rage, and did not credulously report the footsteps, or rather. He didn't want to believe the intelligence that Bu Qi said about the Shu army's massive attack. On the one hand, he sent people to Xiling to understand the movements of the Shu army, and on the other hand, he invited Fei Yi again, and asked him quietly, what is the situation in Guanzhong now?

Fei Yi was under house arrest in the post house, he didn't know about the war next to Youshui, listening to Sun Quan's question, he thought that Sun Quan was testing the truth of his Guanzhong, and said confidently at the moment, Guanzhong is foolproof, there are two generals, Wei Yan, the general of Zhenbei, and Zhao Yun, the leading general, Wei is a soldier of a country, and he does not want to recapture Guanzhong. What's more, Cao Zhen, the general of Wei, is not in good health now, and it is impossible to pose any threat to Guanzhong in the short term.

Sun Quan saw that Fei Yi didn't look like he was lying, so he asked him, is there anyone surnamed Zhao around Wei Ba?

Fei Yi only realized at this time that Sun Quan had ulterior motives, but no matter how smart he was, he couldn't have imagined that Wei Ba would actually fight Wu Jun next to Youshui. In his opinion, Wei Ba could not have any head-on conflict with the Wu army before contacting Wuximan.

"Yes, Hu Ben Zhonglang Zhao Tong is by Wei Ba's side, but did he go after Wei Ba with him?"

Sun Quan pursed his lips and ignored Fei Yi's change of words. After Wei Ba escaped from Yiyuan, Fei Yi did not admit that Wu Shu teamed up to kill Wei Ba's Jihua, and now he only admitted that Wei Ba may have gone to pursue the thieves who robbed the princess, and flatly denied that Wei Ba and the thieves were in the same group. He is leaving a way out for himself, and in the future, he can justifiably bring Wei Ba back to the camp of Shu Han. Now that Sun Quan has believed that he was fooled, Wei Ba can escape, it must be Fei Yi who told Wei Ba all the jihua, and he is not interested in saying that Fei Yi has backtracked.

"Zhao Tong?"

"He is the eldest son of General Zhao, and he is a brother to Wei Ba. The two have a deep friendship, and this time he was ordered to lead two hundred tigers to protect the princess with Wei Ba, if Wei Ba really went to pursue the thieves, it was impossible for him not to go. ”

Sun Quan knew that the two hundred Hu Benlang of Shu Han were still in Xiling, but he didn't know if Zhao Tong was there. It is impossible for a tiger to enter his field of vision. However, according to the Zhao spearmen described by Fei Yi, he believed that the enemies Wei Jing saw advancing with spears should be the Zhao spearmen, and the Zhao battle flag should also be Zhao Tong's, not Zhao Yun. If Zhao Yun really attacked, Wei Jing probably couldn't just be defeated, it should be the annihilation of the whole army.

Although now Wei Jing is not much closer to the annihilation of the whole army.

After receiving Fei Yi's reply, Sun Quan soon received Xiling's report. Yong'an's Shu army did not make any changes, let alone send troops, and the possibility of a large-scale attack by the Shu army was almost zero. Only then did he put his mind at ease, and on the one hand ordered Bu Qi to continue to attack, and he must work together with Pan Jun to catch Wei Ba as soon as possible and rescue the princess, while courteously treating Fei Yi and mentioning the matter of the Wushu Alliance.

At the beginning, Zhuge Liang had promised that after Wu Shu made peace, Wu Shu established an offensive and defensive alliance, and at the same time Shu Han wanted to recognize Sun Quan as emperor, Zhuge Liang even prepared a plan for Wu Shu to divide the world after the destruction of Wei. Now that the princess has been robbed, the harmony has been fruitless for a while, but the others can continue. Sun Quan hoped that everyone would regard this incident as an accident, not due to their mutual suspicion, and that he would continue to negotiate an alliance with Zhuge Liang, and the most important content would of course be his claim to the emperor.

The alliance was negotiated between Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang, but the Wu army began to act, in order to kill Wei Ba as soon as possible, pacify Wuximan, and block Shu's attempt to enter Jingzhou, Sun Quan negotiated with Zhuge Liang and Yan Yuese, while sending Buqi to march quickly. In addition to the two generals, Buqi and Pan Jun, he also transferred 10,000 elite soldiers from Zhennan General Lu Dai, who had just quelled the Jiaozhou Rebellion, and marched from Lingling to Wuling.

At this point, in order to solve the potential danger of Wuling, Sun Quan mobilized a total of more than 30,000 troops, which is almost all the troops that the entire Eastern Wu can mobilize at present.

Sun Quan did this, not only to cut through the chaos and solve the war in Wuling as soon as possible, but also to warn Shu Han, you should not act rashly, otherwise, after my 30,000-strong army pacified Wuximan, he could attack Yizhou at any time.

The transfer of 30,000 troops was not a trivial matter, and the entire Wu country was in a commotion, and Lu Xun also knew the news. He was shocked and wrote to Sun Quan again, trying his best to dissuade Sun Quan's decision. He said that Wu Guo now needs to recuperate, and he is fighting for the sake of a mere Wuxi man and a Wei tyrant, which is probably what Zhuge Liang and Cao Rui can't ask for. Wuling Mountain is high and dense, unable to fight quickly, once the war is stalemate, Wu will pay a heavy price, then Wei Shu to attack, how to deal with it?

Sun Quan ignored it. (To be continued......)

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