Chapter 142: Capture Guangling
Sun Ce then said something intriguing: "Besides, Liu Beijun can only stand firm if he has enough food."
" "Stop?"
Huang Gai was also confused, and he seemed to be confused more and more: "If he stopped, wouldn't we feel uncomfortable?"
" No. ”
Sun Ce shook his head firmly: "We feel uncomfortable because he can't stand. As long as General Zuo still thinks that there is a chance to recapture Guangling, he will continue to push us to consume under Guangling City. Only by letting him give up as soon as possible, we can Only then can we escape from this death place in Guangling."
Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Song Qian suddenly realized that what Sun Ce said was very reasonable.
It can only be said that Sun Ce's mind is still very calm. It is certainly a great achievement to capture Guangling, but now that he has gained and lost again, he has to make plans for himself.
On the Xuzhou Army side, after Taishi Ci took off his armor, he found that he was only bruised, nothing serious, and his subordinates all breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, the sound of carriages sounded again outside the city.
The person who came this time was Zhao Yun's tribe. More than 250 people finally arrived, and they were led by Zhao Yun himself.
Liu Ye let out a long breath: "General Zilong, the armors are all here, so that your soldiers can put them on as soon as possible. If the weapons are missing, you can also use them at will. The situation on the right wing is tense. Please give me some help. The troops will send reinforcements quickly."
Zhao Yun nodded and replied with a serious face: "Please rest assured, Mr. Yun will go later."
Liu Ye relaxed: "I'll leave everything to General Zilong."
"I've done a lot of honors, but please don't worry, Yun will do his best."
Zhao Yun was still very strict in managing the army. Soon, his sergeants all changed their armor and headed towards the right wing.
When Zhao Yun rushed to the right wing, he was surprised to find that there seemed to be a truce.
After asking the Li brothers, they found out that just now, the Sun Army had retreated across the board.
They were already exhausted, waiting for the reinforcements to take their last breath. How dare they pursue, they just watched Sun Cejun leave.
Zhao Yun was confused and sent additional sergeants to the Li brothers to let them guard with peace of mind. After being careful about sneak attacks, they moved to other fronts.
However, they found that both Taishi Ci on the center line and Pan Zhang on the left had broken away from Sun Cejun.
"Is Sun Cejun also waiting for reinforcements?"
This was the first reaction of Zhao Yun, Pan Zhang, Liu Ye and Tai Shici.
After all, they are waiting for reinforcements, and the other party will naturally have reinforcements.
If this is the case, then the main force must be replaced quickly to rest.
Pan Zhang's battalion of armored soldiers had very little physical strength left at this time, so they decided to take a good rest, not only to replenish water but also to replenish energy.
Fortunately, they all brought dry food with them. Although it didn't taste good, they were still very hungry.
Under Liu Ye's control, Pan Zhang and Taishi Ci's subordinates were replaced and rested. Zhao Yun took his headquarters as a reserve team.
As for the Liu family, most of them have been transferred to rest, leaving only a small number of people who continue to stay on the front to monitor the enemy's situation.
At this time, the sky gradually became brighter, and a new day arrived.
In normal times, the residents of Guangling City would have gone out to work long ago.
But now, the doors of every household are closed. Even in the few families whose doors have been torn down, the whole family huddles together in their bedrooms, afraid to come out.
Liu Ye organized his manpower to exchange food and meat among the residents close to him, and at the same time placed the more seriously injured soldiers into the residences of the residents.
In the past, Liu Ye could not see these warriors at all. To Liu Ye, were these warriors considered human beings?
Liu Ye even felt that the young master was too kind to his soldiers.
But after experiencing today's battle, living and dying together with the soldiers, Liu Ye was touched and made him change a little.
Pan Zhang had long since requisitioned private houses in his own area to support his brothers in Rushan camp. He even asked the common people to make fires to cook and bring out the meat and chickens he had collected at home.
However, Pan Zhang did not refuse to pay, and directly took the horses as collateral.
From this point, we can see the greed and cunning in Pan Zhang's character.
This is not a mortgage on the war horse. It is clearly a place for the war horse to eat.
However, Pan Zhang has also changed a lot. Before, he would never want to pay, even if he was pretending, he would only rob.
As the sky became brighter, the follow-up troops of the Xuzhou Army also arrived one after another.
First, the Zhao Yun Department followed up, the Qian Zhao Department, Xu Sheng Department, and even Zhou Tai came over with small boats after dawn, leaving Jiang Qin and some navy soldiers to guard the big ship.
Liu Feng naturally followed Xu Sheng's troops, and by the time he arrived at Guangling, it was already dark.
“See you, Master!”
Taishi Ci, Pan Zhang, Liu Ye, Zhao Yun, the Li brothers and many others were waiting at the door to greet Liu Feng.
Liu Feng arrived on foot like the other soldiers. After half a night of marching, he was quite tired.
But the moment he saw the generals, his spirits suddenly lifted and he smiled broadly.
“Brother Ziyang, thank you for your hard work.”
The first person Liu Feng held was Liu Ziyang’s hand. He didn’t mind at all that the other person was covered in smoke and dirty clothes: “If it weren’t for Brother Ziyang is willing to take risks. I am afraid that Guangling City has fallen into the hands of General Zuo."
"Brother Ziyang, the first achievement in this battle is with you."
Liu Feng grabbed Liu Ye's hand and shook it gently. His words were sincere, and everyone who listened couldn't help but envy Liu Ye.
“Young Master is so complimentary.”
Liu Ye’s eyes were red, and a look of guilt appeared on his face: “Young Master Rongzhen, it’s all thanks to me that Guangling can be brought to justice this time. Uncle Kun Zhong of the Li family would have been sacrificed to Yuan Shu by Yuan Sui and others."
When Liu Feng heard this, he quickly asked for advice: "Zi Yang, I wonder where the two uncles are now?"
Liu Ye quickly pointed to Li Luo and Li Zhang beside him and introduced Liu Feng: "These two people are the uncles of the Li family."
Li Luo and Li Zhang were overjoyed by Liu Ye's words. Unexpectedly, Liu Ye actually remembered them at this time and took the initiative to introduce them. To Liu Feng, I couldn't help but be extremely satisfied with Liu Ye, my nephew.
Liu Feng then let go of Liu Ye's hand and bowed to Li Luo and Li Zhang: "On behalf of my father and the fellow villagers of Guangling, my nephew would like to thank these two uncles for their great kindness. ”
The Li brothers are just powerful men. Although they can see Yuan Sui on a regular basis, how has he ever treated him like this?
This scene was also the first time they had ever seen each other. They felt that the sadness and danger they had spent most of the night were worth it, and the loss of the tribe's troops had been in vain.
"I don't dare to treat you with such courtesy as a young master. I can't wait for the local wealthy family and don't know the righteousness."
Li Luo is better at talking and immediately reciprocated Liu Ye: "It's all thanks to my nephew Yang Xian." The great righteousness and affection towards our two brothers made us make up our minds to raise troops anyway."
At this point, Li Luo's eyes turned red: "It's a pity that we did something wrong. Not being careful, he actually opened the city gate and gave Yuan Shu's army an opportunity to enter the city. He almost lost Guangling. He deserves to be punished by death. Please forgive him!"
"What crime did Uncle Shi have? ?”
Liu Feng stretched out his hand to help Li Luo up and comforted him: "I know what you are thinking, but you are just afraid of Yuan Sui's reputation and fear that he will cause trouble in the city, but you can't kill him, so you want to send him away as soon as possible. If I I'm afraid they will do the same thing now."
"Besides, when Yuan's army entered the city, the uncle Shi brothers fought bloody battles until our army arrived. This is a great achievement, not a crime."
Liu Feng knew what the other party was thinking and quickly gave him a reassurance.
Even if the incident of almost losing the city has been revealed, you don’t have to worry anymore.
Sure enough, after hearing Liu Feng's promise not to pursue the responsibility for nearly losing the city, the Li brothers smiled even more comfortably.
Then, Liu Feng's eyes turned to Tai Shici, looked up and down with concern, and then greeted: "I just heard that the teacher had a big fight with Sun Bofu, and he was kicked in the chest and abdomen by the other party. Have you ever had it checked by a doctor?"
Taishici saw the performance of his apprentice and just sighed in his heart.
Liu Feng was only ten years old, but he had the air of a master.
Could it be that God blessed the Liu family and allowed Liu Bei to have this successor son?
I turned my head and thought again, as Liu Feng's bow and horse teacher, as soon as I entered Liu Xuzhou's tent, I was already leading an army alone and was worshiped as a captain. What a favor?
Not to mention that Liu Feng respected him very much and served him like a teacher.
Tai Shici could really feel that Liu Feng treated himself as a teacher of bow and horse.
"The kid from Jiangdong has short legs and weak legs, how can he hurt you, teacher and me."
Tai Shici pretended to be bold and vigorously slapped his chest, but Sun Ce was kicking his rabbit. Regarding his waist and abdomen, he didn’t know what he could prove by patting his chest. However, Liu Feng was naturally not boring enough to expose his teacher. After smiling and comforting him for a few words, he turned his attention to Pan Zhang.
"Pan Wengui, what did I say three times and five times before?"
Liu Feng's face darkened, and his eyes were evil: "Did you turn a deaf ear to my words?"
Pan Zhang He quickly knelt down on one knee and begged for mercy: "How dare Wen Gui turn a deaf ear to the young master's words? He was just worried about the injuries of his injured brothers, so he placed them in the homes of county residents. As for the food expenses, I settled with them. , I also wrote an IOU and used the war horse as collateral. I will definitely send it to them as soon as the logistics supplies arrive."
Liu Feng's expression softened slightly. In fact, he already knew the whole story. , this time it was deliberately to teach Pan Zhang a lesson.
He actually knew that Pan Zhang was deliberately testing his bottom line, so he could not relax at all.
After all, Pan Zhang in history was greedy for money and goods, and even killed meritorious soldiers of Soochow and looted wealthy military households for the sake of goods.
Pan Zhang was the first famous historical general that Liu Feng accepted in this life. He didn't want to use Pan Zhang's head to warn others.
Pan Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, but he knew that this level had not yet been completely passed. He had to take the property and pay back the IOUs of the people before the matter was truly over.
No choice, who made the young master really love the people like a son.
Finally, Liu Feng walked up to Zhao Yun and paid homage: "Uncle Zhao is well."
"What's wrong with me, why should I be polite."
Zhao Yun has been watching silently. His character is silent. He doesn't talk much at ordinary times, but at critical moments, he is the one who dares to speak the most.
Sometimes, Zhao Yun, who is accustomed to silence, is dismissed because he talks too much. It is really a black humor.
“It’s Uncle Zhao’s job this time.”
Liu Feng smiled and joked: “I think Sun Ce has heard of Uncle Zhao’s reputation. Once you enter the city, he will not dare to attack again. .”
All the generals laughed together, but only Zhao Yun explained seriously: "Young master, you can't say that. The reason why Sun Ce gave in was all because of the bloody battle between Liu Zheng, Li Gongcao brothers, Taishi Captain and Pan Sima. Yes, it’s just a coincidence.”
Liu Feng felt confident that it was me, Uncle Zhao, who was telling the truth.
"In that case, let's advance to the city. The troops will rest first, and the defense can be left to Wen Xianglai."
As early as when Liu Feng appeased the generals, Xu Sheng had already Command the troops to enter the city to take over the defense.
The troops in the city were already at the end of their strength. Even Pan Zhang's Rushan camp was exhausted and could no longer fight.
Fighting again is likely to damage your vitality, so you must cherish your soldiers, especially warriors like this who can fight with dozens of kilograms of iron armor.
Xu Sheng's troops were cutting-edge. Although they traveled long distances with Zhao Yun's troops, they did not participate in the battle. They were well organized and in good condition. They had high morale and were ready to go into battle at any time.
When Xu Sheng and Zhao Yun's troops were completely taken over, the Xuzhou Army began to send scouts to explore south.
At the same time, Liu Feng began to send information to the rear.
The general has occupied the east gate of Guangling, and he and Yuan Shujun have been fighting in the city for half a night. After all the information is written, he sends someone to pass it to Liu Bei.
Later, Liu Feng visited the wounded, arranged logistics, and borrowed a large amount of grain, vegetables, fruits, and meat from the people of Guangling County as Xuzhou Mu Gongzi, even hens, and agreed to compensate them at market prices later.
He came in an extremely hurry this time, the logistics were completely paralyzed, and they only had one stronghold in Guangling County, Dongcheng Gate, and the treasury and granary were all in the hands of their opponents, so there was nothing they could do about it.
To put it bluntly, if we don’t borrow food, Xuzhou Army will be hungry.
Liu Feng will not learn from Song Xianggong. He cannot fight when he is hungry, so he can only borrow food from the common people first.
After collecting the food, Liu Feng arranged for people to cook quickly. After all, the soldiers were starving.
After eating, you can try to carry out a key counterattack.
Whether it is a granary or a treasury, we must first capture one or two.
Even if you continue to buy food, you will still have cash to settle the bill.
"Young Master."
Xu Sheng and Zhao Yun came together, their expressions solemn, but showing the slightest hint of joy.
"What's wrong?"
Liu Feng's heart was tense at first, but after seeing the joy, he relaxed: "What happened?"
Xu Sheng glanced at Zhao Yun and saw The other party had no intention of fighting, so he couldn't help but replied: "Yuan Shu's army retreated."
"Retreated?"
Liu Feng really didn't expect this answer: " Why did you retreat?”
In his opinion, Yuan Shu was determined to win Guangling and would not hesitate to mobilize tens of thousands of troops to fight for it.
My side relied on Liu Ye to get the upper hand, but the other side also relied on their own mistakes to enter the city. In the future, the two sides should compete for the initiative in the city and press the other side's control area to achieve the ultimate goal of driving the other side out of the city. The purpose is right.
But why did Yuan Shujun suddenly run away?
After a while, Liu Feng slowly figured out the taste. At this time, he found that Liu Ye was also looking at him with a meaningful smile, so he asked: "Could it be that Ziyang saw that What?"
Liu Ye smiled and said, "You must have noticed it, right? Sun Cejun and Yuan Shujun don't seem to be on the same page."
Liu Feng nodded in agreement: "Yes, if Sun Cejun really worked together with Yuan Shujun, he should try his best to wait for help now, but he ran away. The only reason was that he didn't want to stay in Guangling City and We are risking our lives."
Liu Ye cupped his hands and said, "You are right!"
"Good."
Liu Feng had a relaxed look on his face. , others don’t know it, but he knows very well how difficult Sun Ce is, and how elite Sun Jian’s troops are.
If you want to destroy the opponent, you will probably have to break a few teeth, but the most important thing is that this will basically do no harm to Yuan Shu.
If that's the case, then why should I bother with this?
Wouldn’t it be better to save your strength to fight Yuan Shu?
So, under Liu Feng's order, the entire army swept Guangling City, repaired the east city gate destroyed by Liu Ye, and was not allowed to leave the city to pursue.
Soon, all kinds of good news were reported.
Although Sun Cejun tried his best to move, he only moved away 20% of the treasures accumulated in Guangling City, mostly gold cakes, valuable silk and other valuables.
Sun Cejun did not destroy the remaining items and kept them as they were.
In addition, the same goes for the granary. No damage has been done at all, and the food inside can be accessed at any time.
What surprised Liu Feng even more was that there was an iron official camp in Guangling County.
And this iron official camp is not in the city, but outside the city.
In the official warehouse of Tieguanying, in addition to a large number of iron ingots and other metal products, there are more than forty sets of finished armor, as well as enough armor blades to make more than fifty sets of armor.
This is a hundred sets of armor.
I really made a fortune.
Liu Feng secretly called it a fluke. If these iron armors were stored in the city's treasury, Sun Cejun would definitely choose the iron armor first and not those goods.
Now that this batch of iron armor can fall into his own hands, Rushan Camp can expand again.
“There is a banquet tonight, and I want to celebrate Liu Zheng and Li Kunzhong.”
Liu Feng made a decisive decision.
He plans to ask Liu Ye to act as the deputy for Guangling County, Li Luo to act as the governor of Guangling County, and Li Zhang to act as the county magistrate of Guangling County, so as to re-establish the framework of Guangling County and restore its management functions. .
In addition, Liu Feng also planned to use Tai Shici to act as the commander of Guangling County and command the county soldiers. He quietly seized the military power of Guangling County first and then moved on.
Of course, in addition to the county soldiers, there is also a relatively large military force in Guangling County, which is the tribe of powerful people.
Although the Li family tribe suffered heavy casualties, there are still more than a thousand people. If you include the Li family's in-laws, family friends and other wealthy tribes, there may be two thousand.
Although the combat effectiveness of this military force is not very good, it may be difficult to achieve success, but it is much easier to do bad things.
Therefore, Liu Feng planned to use his position as the governor of the county, the governor of the county, etc. in exchange for the Li family to temporarily hand over the tribe and be led by Taishi Ci.
It is expected that the Li family will not be ignorant. If the other party is really ignorant, then there are ways to deal with it.
(End of this chapter)