Summoning the best emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 554 The Battle of Bowang
The grass is withered and yellow, the cool breeze is blowing, and winter is coming.

For Hebei as a whole, this winter is more difficult than usual.

Yuan Shao led hundreds of thousands of troops to confront the remnants of the Yellow Turbans on the Taihang Mountains for a long time, with little progress.

What followed was tremendous pressure on food and grass and layers of oppression on the people.

Rumors spread among the people that Tian Feng had repeatedly advised Yuan Shao to withdraw his troops to recuperate, and he would send troops to quell the chaos when the horses were fat and the soldiers were strong and the food and grass were plentiful.

But this time, the stubborn Yuan Shao did not adopt his suggestion of the humerus military division.

"This winter is not easy. Although there is no heavy snow like that year, I think this day, wind and cloud are indispensable."

Liu Xie had already changed into a thick fox fur brocade quilt, and his tall stature seemed to grow a lot. He was holding a cup of hot tea in both hands, and the steam was overflowing while he was talking. He was discussing with Guo Jia and other military advisers in front of the fire .

"My lord suddenly said this, but what happened here?"

After listening to Liu Xie's words, Zhuge Liang moved his finger and asked.

"Look for yourselves. Unexpectedly, Sun Wentai played a huge game of chess without making a sound. He taught me to be deceived by it."

Liu Xie smiled faintly, whether it was bitterness or joy, which made Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia and others a little curious.

At the same time, Dian Wei passed an unsealed secret letter from Xuanjing Division to everyone for reading.

"Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Qilin Runiu, and Jiangdong Bicai really live up to their reputation. Such tricks to deceive the sky and cross the sea are really rare."

When everyone took a look, they all frowned and their expressions changed. After a long silence, it was Zhuge Liang who sighed.

"It goes without saying that Zhou Yu and Lu Su are talented. If Liu Bei hadn't been helped by Fuzheng this time, the land of Jingzhou would have been controlled by Sun Jian. However, there are mistakes and mistakes, and there is finally an explanation for Song Jiang's sudden defection to Liu Biao. "

Liu Xie was also very surprised when he received the news, but after thinking about it carefully, he calmed down.

At the beginning, Zhang Meiniang commanded hundreds of thousands of yellow scarves in the Taihang Mountains in the name of the daughter of the former Yellow Turban Tiangong General Zhang Jiao, and ordered the remnants of the yellow scarves in the world to revolt again.

Even Song Jiang, who had already surrendered to Sun Jian, was elected by the Yellow Turban in the Jiangdong area as the leader to go out again, and finally led tens of thousands of soldiers to join Liu Biao and fight Liu Bei instead.

Relying on the bravery of Guan Zhang and the great talents of Shu, Liu Bei arranged plans again and again, cleverly used the opportunity of Song Jiang and Wenpin to divide their troops and stationed, and launched many feints to lure Song Jiang to Wenpin for help.

After all, Wenpin was a famous general in Jingzhou, so he could let go of his conflict with Song Jiang in the face of the overall situation. Unfortunately, he led troops to rescue several times, but they all fell into the trap of Fa Zheng. If not for the help of Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, I am afraid that the Jingzhou army would have fallen apart long ago, and it would be difficult to To continue.

But even so, their losses were very heavy, but Song Jiang's soldiers and horses were safe and sound, and the so-called Liu Bei's army had not yet arrived.

This kind of contrast naturally aroused the anger and complaints of the Jingzhou army. Even Wei Yan couldn't help but said to Wenpin: Song Jiang probably knows that he can't match Liu Bei, so he let us spend it with him and enjoy the benefits of the fisherman. "

If Wei Yan had said so at the beginning, Wenpin would not have believed it, but after several rescues, they were exhausted and survived a few ambushes, and the loss was not small.

It's not that Song Jiang didn't take action before, but the effect of several dispatches was not good. He finally persuaded Li Kui and Huarong to transport grain to Xinye for rescue, but he didn't expect that this batch of grain and grass would cause diarrhea in the Jingzhou army overnight. for many days.

This food and grass came from the hands of Song Jiang and entered the mouth of the Jingzhou army, and no one else had any interference in the process. Although Wenpin suppressed this matter with his prestige, it did not mean that he did not have doubts and anger.

Wenpin also thought about whether Liu Bei intervened to frame him, but firstly, Liu Bei had no chance to do it, and secondly, it seemed unreasonable.

If Liu Bei really did it, why wasn't it deadly poison? Even if Liu Bei was afraid of hurting innocent people, he could have taken advantage of the Jingzhou Army's diarrhea and raised his troops to attack.

On the contrary, at this time Liu Bei withdrew his troops to defend the city, appearing to be extremely cautious.

In this way, Wenpin had his own answer in his heart.

Wenpin finally waited until Xiangyang sent food and grass for relief. Unexpectedly, Song Jiang sent another urgent report. He even said that Liu Bei would take Zhang Fei as the vanguard and personally lead the army to attack Bowang.

Wenpin was still a little hesitant, but Wei Yan and Huang Zhong both lowered their heads with expressions of numbness that they were used to.

They couldn't remember how many times Song Jiang had sent people to ask for help, but every time they made a big fuss, and even tormented them on purpose.

Looking at the expressions of the two generals, Wen Pin knew that they were unwilling to be deceived by Song Jiang to work the army again. Although they did not directly refuse, they did not act immediately on the grounds of preparing food and grass.

As everyone knows, Song Jiang didn't make a fuss this time, the flames of war in Bowang had already ignited, and Liu Bei really led the army to besiege.

What is false is true, and what is true is false. Several feints have exhausted the patience of the Jingzhou army. How clever Fazheng is, let Liu Bei lead the army to attack Song Jiang directly.

As soon as they heard that Fazheng was about to start, Liu Bei and all the generals were very excited.

Zhang Fei took the initiative to take over the post of vanguard general and led five thousand troops to Bowang to call for battle.

Not to be outdone, Song Jiang ordered Shi Bao to go out of the city to fight with him.

The two are also old rivals. Shi Bao seemed to be brooding about his defeat at the hands of Zhang Fei last time, and Zhang Fei was also very angry at Shi Bao's escape.

The two of them didn't answer when they met, they rushed out immediately, one with eight snake spears and the other with wind-throwing broadsword, the battle was very fierce.

The war horse neighed, the sand flew away, and the battle could not last twenty rounds. Zhang Fei's big copper bell-like eyes suddenly opened, and with a terrifying roar, he swung his snake spear and hit Shi Bao on the back.

This spear was so swift and vicious that Shi Bao never expected that Zhang Fei would have such a move. Suddenly he was hit hard and he spat out a mouthful of blood. His body shook several times and he almost fell off his horse.

"Hua Rong, Li Kui, hurry up and save Shi Bao!"

Song Jiang's complexion changed greatly in shock, before he had time to wipe off the cold sweat on his forehead, he waved his hand and said to the two generals beside him.

"Brother, don't worry!"

The two of them answered and just rushed out to rescue, when suddenly another panicked general came to report.

"Report to the general that a large army suddenly appeared at the west gate. The leader is a red-faced long-bearded general with a dragon knife upside down. He is so powerful that he is about to enter the city."

"What, Guan Yu is here too!"

Song Jiang's body shook, as if struck by lightning, he exclaimed in shock.

Military advisor Wu Yong shook his head again and again, and panicked: "It's broken, it's broken, I've tested it many times, I'm afraid Liu Bei really led the army to attack the city today."

"Military Master, the small wall of Bowang City is weak, and now everyone is closed, what can we do?"

Although Wu Yong was a scholar, he had been in the army for a long time. He tugged at his beard and calmed down, and analyzed: "At this point, we can only ask Wenpin for rescue. It's just that although Xinye is close, Liu Bei can't move, and the Jingzhou Army We may not be able to arrive in time, so we can only hold on to the city and wait for rescue."

"It's not right, the military division thinks that Wenpin and the others can really react immediately to rescue us this time?"

When Song Jiang heard this, his deep eyes moved slightly, and he spoke seriously and worriedly.

(End of this chapter)