The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"General Zhao Yun, we also know that food is in short supply. It's the supplies that are in short supply right now, but we are really in short supply right now. If you have extra food and grass, we can exchange it with other supplies."

Tian Feng is a smart person, not as shameless as Yuan Xi, who asks for it directly. Even if Zhao Yun has a lot of things like food, there is a high probability that he will not take the initiative to give it away.

Only a fool would give the food directly to Yuan Xi.

But what Tian Feng said was different.

After all, Tian Feng wanted to use supplies and Zhao Yun to buy food and grass.

Such a proposal has a different meaning.

Zhao Yun was silent for a while, looked at the few people present, and asked a tentative question.

"What materials can you exchange for?"

"what do you want?"

"War horse!"

Zhao Yun immediately opened his mouth and answered them.

Yuan Xi and Ta Dun didn't have many things in their hands, and the only thing that could attract Zhao Yun's attention was the war horse.

Although Zhao Yun does not lack war horses now, they can get some war horses from Xiliang, those Qiang people, and even those Huns in Bingzhou.

But after all, these war horses are not war horses trained in the Han Dynasty's own horse farm.

There will always be a time when it is exhausted. If you want to train a powerful cavalry, you can't have too many horses.

If these people in Karasuma are really willing to take out their war horses in exchange for food and grass.

Zhao Yun could grit his teeth and give Yuan Xi and the others some food and grass.

Otherwise, Yuan Xi, who had lost food and grass, really didn't want to fight Liu Zheng here, and left with his own troops, then Zhao Yun's trip would have been in vain.

Of course, even if Zhao Yun could bring some food and grass to Yuan Xi, the amount would definitely not be too much.

"War horse?"

Yuan Xi and Tian Feng hesitated for a moment.

All eyes turned to Tadun.

He was stunned for a moment, knowing that this was an opportunity, but he was reluctant to part with his war horse, but he had no choice. If he didn't exchange it from Zhao Yun, he would not be able to get food and grass from other places.

Moreover, he was indeed the one who lost the food and grass that Zhongshan State robbed.

Now this blame, he must bear it.

So I could only grit my teeth and agree.

"War horses are war horses."

"How many war horses do you plan to exchange?"

Seeing that the other party agreed, Zhao Yun was naturally happy, and immediately asked questions.

The two sides soon began discussions and discussions on the matter of exchanging war horses for food and grass.

Naturally, it was a lot of bargaining, and finally negotiated a price that was acceptable to both parties.

After some discussion, Zhao Yun happily returned from Lecheng County.

He planned to go back to prepare food and grass, and raise food and grass for Yuan Xi and others for the next half month.

And Yuan Xi and others also began to lay out defenses.

For their spies had brought him news.

There was news of the mobilization of the army from the direction of Bohai County.

The clever Tian Feng knew immediately that this was Liu Zheng's headquarters troops who had finally arrived in Jizhou, went straight to Hejian and then came.

A big battle is coming soon.

The pressure immediately fell on Yuan Xi's head.

But Yuan Xi was not worried that he still had a backup.

Some Xianbei soldiers and horses hidden in the Liaozhong area can finally be dispatched at this moment.

after getting the news.

Yuan Xi immediately ordered his messengers to go back to Liaodong quickly to send orders to the Xianbei people.

The news is delivered quickly, and it won't take long.

Those Xianbei people will be able to learn the news of what happened in Hejian County, and then lead tens of thousands of cavalry to support them quickly.

Liu Zheng was really not clear about these things when he led his troops to Hejian County.

After he led the army to persuade Zhu Ling to surrender, the army came directly to the border of Lecheng County.

Join Xu Huang who is stationed near Lecheng County.

Liu Zheng learned about what happened in Lecheng County from Xu Huang.

Originally thought that they could reach Lecheng County quickly, Yuan Xi was caught off guard.

But now I learned from Xu Huang that Tadun's troops have returned to support.

Liu Zheng also dismissed this idea.

"His Majesty."

Seeing Liu Zheng, Xu Huang's face was not very good-looking.

Because this time he led his own cavalry to pursue, but encountered obstacles in Lecheng County, and he didn't get any advantages here at all.

Not only failed to defeat Yuan Xi in one fell swoop, but lost some soldiers and horses here.

Speaking of which, if Xu Huang hadn't taken the lead and led the troops to kill here, I'm afraid Yuan Xi might not have dispatched Tadun's troops back so soon.

"Gongming, how is Lecheng County doing now?"

"There are tens of thousands of troops stationed here. Yuan Xi is probably planning to fight us in Lecheng. He is already strengthening the city walls. It seems that he intends to fight us here."

"However, two days ago, I ordered Zhang He to lead hundreds of elite cavalry to the border of Zhongshan to surprise their food delivery team. Not long ago, Zhang He sent back news that a lot of looted food had been burned. "

"Now, they should be in a state of food shortage. Your Majesty, as long as we successfully siege this place for a period of time, Yuan Xi will definitely be defeated."

Although he couldn't directly defeat Yuan Xi and capture Yuan Xi alive.

But Xu Huang didn't do nothing during the few days he stayed here.

He burned the food and grass that Tadun robbed, which is also an achievement.

At least, enough to prove that he is somewhat useful.

Liu Zheng already knew something about this matter before, and after mastering this information, he quite agreed with Xu Huang's proposal.

After all, if the rebels like Yuan Xi could be wiped out without any effort, why would Liu Zheng not do it?

What's more, in the event of a battle, if the soldiers and horses of both sides fight hard on the battlefield, too many soldiers will be killed and injured, and horses are not a good thing for Liu Zheng. The pensions for those soldiers who died in battle are a big expense.

Avoid it as much as possible.

Liu Zheng himself was not very willing to let his soldiers and Yuan Xi's cavalry confront each other head-on on the battlefield.

The number of cavalry under Liu Zheng is small, and the number of cavalry under Yuan Xi is even more. They are all cavalry from the Karasuma people. If they really confront each other on the battlefield, Liu Zheng's chances of winning are still not great, not 100% grasp.

But even though they didn't plan to attack Yuan Xi immediately, since their army had arrived, they still wanted to approach the city tower in Lecheng County.

Only by stationing soldiers and horses under Lecheng County, can Yuan Xi and others be surrounded in Lecheng County, so as to prevent them from breaking out and escaping from here.

Chapter 58 Brothers Meet

Another day.

Liu Zheng's army finally arrived at the city of Lecheng County.

An army of tens of thousands immediately surrounded Lecheng County.

As soon as the army arrived, Yuan Xi and others in the city had already thought that Liu Zheng would come.

However, it was precisely because of the advance knowledge that Yuan Xi did not withdraw from here, but instead stayed, stationed in the city, waiting for Liu Zheng's arrival.

Yuan Xi can withdraw, but if he withdraws, from Hejian to Youzhou will be a flat plain.

On such a plain, in fact, as long as there are cavalrymen chasing up from behind, there is no way for Yuan Xi's army to escape.

At most, if you walk for a while, you will be overtaken by Liu Zheng's headquarters.

Although Yuan Xi could use the cavalry to retreat first, not all of Yuan Xi's men were cavalry, he still had quite a few infantry, and those infantry were under the pursuit of Liu Zheng's cavalry.

There is no possibility of escape at all.

So once he escaped, Yuan Xi would only lose more soldiers and horses, and would not be able to retreat completely.

Since he couldn't retreat completely, it would be a good choice to stay and fight Liu Zheng's men.

At least, relying on the city wall, they can still be in an advantageous position.

As long as Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses are not several times larger than theirs, Yuan Xi will have a great advantage and be invincible.

Waiting for Liu Zheng to take the initiative to attack, they just need to defend.

Once Liu Zheng attacks with all his strength and loses his troops, Yuan Xi can still take the opportunity to fight back.

Moreover, Yuan Xi never thought of running away from the very beginning. In Yuan Xi's view, he still had a way to go, and his spies had already delivered the letter for him.

The Xianbei cavalry ambushing in the Hedong area will soon come to support them.

Yuan Xi only needs to stay in the city for a few more days before the Xianbei cavalry arrives.

The tens of thousands of cavalry of the Xianbei tribe are a lethal weapon, and even Liu Zheng may not be able to stop them.

At that time, if Liu Zheng is eliminated, the world will be at your fingertips.

After arriving at the bottom of the city, Liu Zheng led a group of cronies and appeared in the camp under the city tower.

They didn't get too close. If they were too close, they would be easily targeted by the shooters in the city.

Although Liu Zheng didn't believe that Yuan Xi's men had archery masters, there was no shortage of such possibilities.

These northern soldiers are all nomads on horseback. People who ride horses can more or less have some archery skills, and some of them are even good at archery.

If he got too close, Liu Zheng would inevitably be targeted by archery. If he was shot, it would be no joke.

As the emperor, Liu Zheng still has to think about his own safety.

"Yuan Xi is on the tower?"

After taking a few glances at Lecheng County, Liu Zheng asked Tai Shici, Xu Huang and others beside him.

Tai Shici nodded.

"Returning to Your Majesty, Yuan Xi and Ta Dun are both in this city. As long as we take down this city and capture Yuan Xi and Ta Dun alive, the chaos in Youzhou will be calmed down. At that time, our people can It's easy to regain Youzhou."

Tai Shici still attaches great importance to Youzhou. After all, this is the gateway to the north, the land of the Central Plains, and the first line of defense against the northern nomads.

Although it is now occupied by Yuan Xi, Tai Shici believes that under the leadership of Liu Zheng, Youzhou can definitely be taken back.

As long as Youzhou is taken back, you can rely on the terrain of Youzhou to build a pass to keep those nomads out of the pass.

Liu Zheng nodded after listening to Tai Shici's words.

"Send someone over there to call for an formation, and first test it out to see if Yuan Xi and the others are here. It's best to be able to test out their soldiers and horses here, as well as the current state of their food reserves."

Another day passed, and Liu Zheng already knew more about the situation. He even knew that Zhang Yun burned a lot of grain and grass on the road to Zhongshan.

Now in Lecheng County, only some food and grass that Yuan Xi looted from Hejian County remained.

In Liu Zheng's view, these grains and grasses would not be able to keep Yuan Xi's army going for long.

It would be great if we could find some useful information from the content of the conversation.

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, Tai Shici immediately took the order, and was about to go over to call for battle in person, but Yuan Shang, who was beside Liu Zheng, had a thought.

He hurriedly stood up, intending to go with Tai Shici.

"General Tai Shici, are you going to fight in the city?"

"Huh? What is the role of Yuan Shang's governor?"

"Then Yuan Xi is my second brother. I want to go with you to see if we can persuade him to surrender under the current situation."