Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 340 Steal Li
For three consecutive days, the sky was gloomy and foggy.

Inside and outside the city of Xiapi, Liu Bei defended strictly, Wang Zheng stood still, and the two armies continued to confront each other.

On this day, Wang Zheng inspected the camps, walked through Xu Fang's camp, and happened to go to the horse camp.

In the ancient army, the elite troops were cavalry, and for the cavalry, horses were even more delicate than humans. When the weather was cold, they had to be properly cared for. The feed for pregnant horses should maintain a certain level of nutrition. Drink cold water so as not to irritate the stomach and intestines. It is also necessary to practice running according to the camp every day in order to activate the blood.

But in today's summer, it is actually even more troublesome.

Not to mention the hot weather and the abundance of mosquitoes, horses are prone to loss of appetite. Only when the cool breeze hits in the evening will the horses regain their appetite. Maintain a certain level of nutrition, and take the initiative to hydrate the horses in summer, not less than 3 times a day, and the time interval should not be too long.

At this time, it is not necessary to practice running on a regular basis. It is necessary to reduce the time for grazing, but also not to practice at all, so as not to be in a state of war in the event of a war.

You should also pay attention to the location of the horse camp. For example, the horse camp of Wangzheng this time was arranged in the shade of the mountain.

At this time, there were hundreds of fine horses in the circle, walking or galloping, with different postures. After the heavy fog, the weather was a little cooler. Compared with the previous days, the spirit of the war horses at this time was much better. When he saw Wang Zheng and his party coming, he immediately raised his head and neighed, most of them were the mounts of the generals.

Wang Zheng stood on the sidelines and watched with great interest, with Xu Fang, Yu Jin and others accompanying him, a good soldier must love horses, all the generals are masters among them, pointing their fingers at each other, commenting on the pros and cons.

Pan Zhang rolled his eyes, pointed to something and said, "Look at this horse, general. It has a small belly but is firm, and its hips are big and solid." He said triumphantly, "A woman with a big buttocks must be easy to give birth to. This war horse has a big buttocks, so it must Good at running and working hard”

Speaking of this, Pan Zhang made a conclusion: "This must be a good horse!"

"Oh?" Before Wang Zheng could speak, Yu Jin who was standing beside him laughed and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Pan, I heard earlier that when you were in Jiqiu, someone presented a good horse. It was completely black except for its four hooves. Is it this horse?"

Yu Wenze, your eyes and ears are so good.

With a shudder in his heart, Pan Zhang secretly rejoiced that Lao Tzu was well prepared.

"Major Yu, why did you say that?" Pan Zhang pretended to be surprised: "This horse is indeed from Jiqiu, but it's not dedicated to a warrior like me."

Speaking of this, he turned to Wang Zheng, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "This horse is called Huo Lili, and it is a famous horse outside the pass. It travels thousands of miles every day. It is the local merchants in Qiu who admire the general's majesty and offer it on their own initiative."

for me?

Wang Zheng was stunned, then he became curious and looked around.

In the huge racecourse, it was almost obvious at the first glance that the robber Pan Zhang was talking about.

It was a tall war horse with a slender neck. At this time, it happened to be led by two soldiers, and it was walking slowly along the side. Looking from a distance, it was pure black and smooth, like black satin. , the fur trembled slightly as he walked, as if dripping oil, he was really an incomparable steed.

From a distance, it looks more like a black unicorn, as if it will rise into the air as long as it stomps its hoof slightly.

"Good horse!"

Wang Zheng really fell in love with him at the first sight, he nodded and said: "Then I will accept it." But he was not polite.

It's fine if it's something else, but for a general, a good weapon and a good horse are the most irresistible.

"As long as the general likes it." Seeing his reaction, Pan Zhang was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "However, this horse has a violent temper, so you have to be careful when riding it before taming it."

"I will know." Wang Zheng replied without turning his head, but stared straight at the Robber Li, his eyes were very hot.

At this time, as if sensing his gaze, the horse also stopped in shock, turned its head slightly, and looked over.
Wang Zheng was surprised to find that the eyes of this beast could change!

The horse first squinted his eyes curiously, then blinked, snorted, as if snorting, and then turned his head again, with a disdainful and cold look.

interesting!
Now he was even more interested, and was thinking about stepping forward to tame it himself, when a soldier hurried over.

"Report to the general, report to the sentry cavalry, there is a change in Xiapi City!"

whispering sound!
Liu Daer is really a disappointment, not giving people a moment to relax.

Wang Zheng looked sideways at the bandit Li for a while, curled his lips regretfully, after all, the business was important, so he temporarily put down his submissive thoughts, looked around and said: "Go back to the account to discuss the matter."

"Here!"

Turning a corner along the road in the camp, Wang Zheng and his party turned directly into the big tent.

"Hang up the map."

Sit on the seat, wait for the generals to take their seats, Wang Zheng ordered people to hang up the map, and then asked his own soldiers to guard, and no one was allowed within [-] meters.

"Is there Liu Bei sentry cavalry in the northeast?"

After listening to the sentry cavalry's report, Wang Zheng pondered for a while, and looked around: "My lords, what is the enemy's intention?"

"This is the direction of Tancheng." Pan Zhang thought for a while and replied, "Xiapi is now under heavy siege. Could it be that Liu Bei wants to take back Tancheng first and then retreat?"

"Let's not talk about whether he can take back Tancheng, just take Tancheng, and the north of it is my Langya." Yu Jin disagreed:
"Back here, the situation of nowhere to escape will not improve, unless"

At this time, Wang Zheng pointed to the city, mountains and rivers on the map, and said in a deep voice: "Unless there are foreign aids to open up the northward retreat for him in advance!" '

"The general is talking about Kong Rong in Beihai?"

Wang Zheng nodded: "But this is based on Liu Bei's idea of ​​taking back Tancheng!"

"If not?" He said, looking around at the crowd, and suddenly asked: "How long has it been since our army stationed troops in the city?"

As soon as these words came out, the others were startled for a while, but Xu Fang who was at the side was thoughtful, and said:

"What does the general mean, is Liu Bei trying to break our military supply?"

Historically, food roads have always been the most important thing for military strategists to fight. There are endless records in the history books that the whole army was wiped out due to the loss of food roads and insufficient food and grass.

It has been nearly half a month since Wang Zheng stationed troops. Now he is sitting in the land of the three counties, and there is no shortage of food and grass. However, Pengcheng Kingdom is still in a state of recuperation and is not moving for the time being. Basically, it is transported by Langya, and the food road naturally passes through Tancheng. , arrived at Xiapi.

Speaking of which, there is indeed not much food and grass left in the camp. Considering that the battle in Xiapi may not be over in a short time, the next batch of food and grass is estimated to be on the way at this time.

If Liu Bei really cut off this grain road, Wang Zheng would not retreat under the influence of grain and grass, and under the influence of morale, the encirclement might be loosened, but it was also a way to seek change.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Wang Zheng's eyes flickered sharply, "However, if Liu Bei retreats into the city, he can barely protect himself. If he dares to send troops to rob my food road, he will be looking for his own death!"

Looking at this posture, did I guess wrong?Wang Zheng thought to himself.

Did Liu Bei plan to evacuate Xiapi?Abandon Xuzhou?

"Speaking of which, the brothers have been recuperating for a long time." He looked around, smiled, and asked, "Have you recovered enough strength?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes lit up, and they looked at each other, their eyes were all burning hot, even though they were as calm as restraint, Xu Fang couldn't help being faintly excited.

Among them, Pan Zhang looked the most enthusiastic.

Before Xu Fang Yu Jin came here, at least he broke through the city and killed the enemy, and made military exploits. Wu Sheng on the other side also took down his face. An inch of merit has not been established.

If you add the time spent in the garrison at Jiqiu, almost half of them have never fought a battle!

Unable to restrain his excitement, Pan Zhang took the initiative to ask, "Is the general planning to attack the city?"

"Zhang is willing to personally lead the warriors, dare to be the first!"

Wang Zheng was very satisfied with everyone's reaction.

He held back his troops for a long time, not only in the name of forcing Liu Bei to retreat voluntarily, but also in the calculation of getting out of the pit without fighting, but in fact, he was also cultivating the physical strength of the troops while sharpening the desire of the soldiers to fight.

Building momentum can be used not only on the enemy, but also on one's own people.Suppress first and then raise, sending generals is not as good as aggressive generals, which is a model.

"Okay!" Wang Zheng stood up with a flick of his sleeves, glaring: "I will pass on the order to attack the city tomorrow!"

"Pan Zhang led a hundred strong men from the Tianzhu camp, leading them as the vanguard!"

"Xu Fang led three thousand troops, and went to guard the grain road!"

"Yu Jin led an army of [-] troops to surround the surrounding area. From now on, don't let Picheng go and escape alone!"

"Here!" All the generals accepted the order awe-inspiringly.

After distributing a few words, everyone returned to the camp, readying their troops and horses, preparing their own. When Wang Zheng was the only one left in the tent, he stared at a corner of the map on the wall, on the light yellow paper, there were two big bright red characters.

That is the last piece of territory in Xuzhou that does not belong to him now, Xiapi.

Liu Bei.

Liu Xuande.

If you really don't want to leave.
Then there is no need to go!

At this time, Wang Zheng didn't know that, just to the west not far away, there were already flames of war everywhere.

Pengcheng Kingdom, outside Wuyuan City.

Guan Yu jumped on his horse and swung his whip.

He had entered the Pengcheng defense area last night, and made a tentative attack before dawn.

Before coming here, I sent a spy to investigate and found out that there were no more than three thousand troops in the city, and the guard was Zhang Rao, a yellow-turban bandit who had been defeated by Cao Cao. This time it was only three thousand soldiers, but Guan Yu was sure to win under the elite, and he was full of confidence.

But unexpectedly after the first battle, Zhang Rao was surprised again and again.

Not only had he been prepared for a long time, which greatly reduced the effect of the original surprise attack, but also his defense was watertight. Guan Yu immediately let Guan Yu see that the opponent was not incompetent.

This battle is related to the life of his brothers, Guan Yu didn't dare to be careless when he was hit by a wall, he quickly set up a dignified formation,

So it became the present scene.

The whole army of the heavenly army shrunk and resisted stubbornly.

Wherever Guan Yu goes to fight, Zhang Rao will increase his troops there;

Guan Yu deliberately showed his flaws, but Zhang Rao pretended not to see it.

In short, if you fight, I will defend; if you don't fight, I won't chase.

After two days in a row, Guan Yu was like a mouse pulling a turtle, unable to speak, unexpectedly he didn't take advantage of it for a while.

For both the attacker and the defender, if the defender is prepared and makes the best use of the location, it will be almost impossible for the attacker to achieve a quick victory.

Either win by odds, or
It can only rely on the crushing of pure strength.

But in terms of soldiers alone, there is not much difference in the number of the two sides, and there are some heavenly troops in Wuyuan, and Guan Yu does not have much advantage here.

It can't go on like this!

In the commander's tent, Guan Yu stared at the defense map of Wuyuan City sent by Tanma for a while, and asked, "Today, there are only four to five hundred guards in the north of the four gates, why didn't they even climb the top of the city?"

As soon as the general heard the sound, he quickly explained: "Sima, the last general is incompetent!"

"However, our army has just arrived in a hurry, and our strength has not recovered. Please give me another chance. Tomorrow, we will lead our headquarters to take the top of the city!"

"Tomorrow?" Guan Yu raised his head and looked outside the tent. It was already late at night, and he categorically rejected it:

"I'll give you another chance. Let's attack the city again tonight when the cock crows. This time, we will still take you as the first to attack the weakest north gate."

"When the sun rises again, I will hear the good news!"

"Isn't that only two hours?" The general opened his mouth with a look of embarrassment on his face: "Sima, this."

At this time, Guan Yu just squinted at him, facing those two knife-like eyes, the general did not dare to say any more, just cupped his hands, and backed away in panic.

"Soldiers are precious and fast. Let's come out carefully. The king thief has not found it for the time being. It is inevitable that there will be long nights and dreams. Besides, Wuyuan will send people to ask for help at this moment. Therefore, every day there is more danger of being discovered!"

"At this time of life and death, we must not waste any time, Wu Yuan, must be conquered, and must be conquered as soon as possible!"

Looking around at the crowd, Guan Yu paused word by word and said: "Send the order!"

"The whole army rests immediately, around the hour of Hai, when the night is dark and foggy, and the enemy is tired, attack the city with all its strength!"

"Once the attack is launched, we must continue to attack continuously, and we must not stop for half a quarter of an hour. When it comes to Yinshi, we will personally lead a new force to conquer this city!"

"If the enemy is not defeated, we swear not to give up. Tomorrow morning, our entire army will enter Wuyuan City!"

"Here!"

Zhang Rao stood on the top of the city with a saber in hand, looking ahead, in the mist, the nearby enemy troops were clearly visible, while the distant enemy troops appeared and disappeared from time to time.

He looked back, and the city was devastated.

Liu Beijun's second wave of offensive was unexpectedly violent, but within two hours, countless casualties and corpses piled up on the top of the city, inside and outside the city gate.

Zhang Rao looked around again, many of them were old soldiers who had followed him for many years, and they had experienced death and wars by no means, but at this moment, everyone was terrified.

"Tell me," he murmured, "The messenger can see the general now?"

"Shuai Qu, at noon yesterday, when the enemy appeared, they were dispatched as soon as possible, but from Wuyuan to Xiapi, it was a starry night gallop, at least it would take two or three days. I expect to see the general in the next day at most gone."

"The day after tomorrow?"

Without warning, Zhang Rao suddenly became angry and furious, pointing at the dead body not far away: "Do the math, it's only been a few hours, how many of us have died?"

"The day after tomorrow? I'm afraid I will become a corpse in the day after tomorrow!"

Left and right are silent like cicadas, silent.

Since joining the Tianjun, there has always been one victory after another. The frequency made Zhang Rao almost forget his miserable first half of his life. He has not felt the shadow of failure for an unknown period of time.

And today.
The stormy offensive and the godlike figure under the city made Zhang Rao feel the fear he had been away for a long time again.

Is this the Guan Yu who beheaded Guan Hai?
Staring at the general flag fluttering in the wind, Zhang Rao took a deep breath, and immediately grasped the handle of the knife firmly.

"We must persevere, the general will come to help!"

He looked at everyone fiercely and roared.

"The order!"

"Let me guard to the death!"

(End of this chapter)