The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry finally swaggered out of the tunnel that was built with blood and flesh by their comrades. They were not cold-blooded, nor were they ungrateful. They were wolves. Their tears could only be held in their eyes and swallowed, using these tears as motivation for revenge.
"Break out! Break out!" The remaining few thousand soldiers fiercely whipped their warhorses. The Bing Province Wolf Cavalry took the lead with a thousand soldiers, followed by a hundred soldiers. Wherever they went, no one dared to stand in their way and no one could stop them.
Liu Bei's subordinates were all infantrymen. With their heavy armor, it was impossible for them to catch up with the warhorses. However, the Xiliang Cavalry who had warhorses were stunned by the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry's willingness to sacrifice themselves. The Xiliang Cavalry was strong not only because they were ruthless to their enemies, but also to their own people. How could they sacrifice their own lives for others? While the Xiliang Cavalry was still in a daze, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry had already rushed far away. It was too late to chase after them.
Lü Bu led the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and galloped for a long time. When he saw that there were no more pursuers, he ordered his wolves to stop and lick their wounds. When Lü Bu licked his wounds, he found out with a bitter smile that the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry didn't even have three thousand wolves left. The remaining two thousand seven hundred and sixty-two men were all lost in the encirclement. It could be said that the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry suffered the heaviest loss ever since the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry started their campaign in the Central Plains. Even when Lao Cao besieged Xiapi's Lü Bu, they didn't suffer this much.
"Damn it!" Lü Bu clenched his teeth tightly. His fingers had already dug into his palms. He didn't even realize that his palms had been cut open.
"My lord, what should we do now?" Zhang Fan had already died in battle. The remaining thousand soldiers walked up to Lü Bu and asked.
"Turn around and return to Shucheng!" Lü Bu also knew that the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry couldn't fight anymore. More than half of them had died in battle. The current Wolf Cavalry wouldn't be able to fight a big battle. They could only return to Shucheng to rest and reorganize.
"My lord, then what should we do?" The thousand soldiers were a little confused. They came out to look for the eldest miss. However, they hadn't found her yet. More than half of the Bingzhou Wolf cavalry had already died. Were they going back now?
"Let's not look for her! Let's go back to Shucheng first. I believe she will be blessed by the heavens! " Lu Bu said those words with a bitter smile. If Lu Bu said that he was not worried about his daughter, that would be a lie. If he was not worried, how could he separate the Bing Province Heavy Cavalry? However, for the sake of a daughter, Lu Bu did not want to sacrifice the brothers who had fought alongside him since the beginning of Bingzhou to death. This was also not what Lu Bu wanted.
If he was a wolf, he needed to lick his wounds. If he was a wolf, he would have a desire for revenge. Now, he returned to Shucheng City to rest. The next time he, Lü Bu, would be when he came back with the blood of 2,762 people. Liu Bei, Zhang Xiu, you just wait for me, Lü Bu.
Lü Bu led his men back to Shucheng after the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry finished their rest.
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"Kill, kill, kill!" In Yingshang, Yuzhou, Liu Mang was really ruthless this time. In order to quickly break through Yingshang, his 16 catapults had been raining down huge rocks on Yingshang City day and night. The rocks piled up were almost burying Yingshang. Liu Mang had almost used up all the rocks in a radius of tens of miles. If he wanted to use the catapults again, he would have to take the ammunition from Yingshang City.
Liu Mang didn't feel good, but Mi Fang, who was desperately holding on in Yingshang, didn't feel good either. He only had a total of 5,000 defenders. The reason he could hold on until now was because he had the help of the commoners in the city. The commoners helped Mi Fang resist the enemy on the top of the city, delivered food to Mi Fang's troops and boiled water. In the eyes of the Yuzhou commoners, Liu Bei had become a righteous lord. Those who fought against Liu Bei and attacked him were all evil people. If Cao Cao relied on the way of a tyrant to obtain the foundation of the Wei Kingdom, and Sun Quan relied on his elder brother's protection to obtain three parts of the kingdom, then Liu Bei relied on public opinion and emotional attacks the most.
Liu Bei's most elite subordinates weren't the White Eared Heavy Armored Soldiers, but Liu Bei himself and Jian Yong. The two of them were very good at grasping people's hearts. They had enough chips in public opinion and emotions, sticking gold on their faces everywhere while splashing dirty water on the enemy. The entire Yuzhou commoners were formed by the local commoners and the Xuzhou commoners. The Xuzhou commoners had been completely brainwashed. In their hearts, only Liu Bei's army was the emperor's army, while the other warlords' armies were bandits. Liu Bei also liked to label the enemy as someone who massacred cities.
Although some warlords liked to massacre cities, it was just to scare people. For example, when Lao Cao massacred Xuzhou, it was just to vent his anger and scare people. There were a total of three small cities, and the commoners were less than ten thousand people. Thousands of them escaped. Lao Cao only killed some old, weak, sick, and disabled people, less than a thousand people. But because of this, Lao Cao was exaggerated by Liu Bei and became a real unpardonable butcher. The Sishui River was cut off, the lake was dyed red with blood, and the fish were dyed red with blood.
Public opinion was enough for you. With such propaganda every day, even if Lao Cao wasn't a bad person, he would become a bad person. So when Lao Cao attacked Xuzhou, there would be commoners helping to defend the city. In the end, Lao Cao was forced to take the blame. Since he was already a butcher, he might as well make it a fact! So when Cao Cao attacked a city in Xuzhou, he would drag out the commoners who helped to defend the city and bury them alive. But how could he find them so accurately? Lao Cao believed that it was better to kill three thousand than to let one hundred go. So Lao Cao's name really became black in Xuzhou. Even if Liu Bei was driven out of Xuzhou by Cao Cao, he didn't forget to slander Cao Cao. This was why he was able to bring so many Xuzhou commoners to Yuzhou. And now, Liu Mang really understood how Cao Cao felt.
These commoners had been completely brainwashed. They just thought that if you attacked a city, you would massacre the entire city. Even if you explained, they wouldn't believe it.
Since he couldn't explain it, he could only force Liu Mang to attack together with the defenders and commoners.
"The city is breached, the city is breached!" In front of Yingshang, the defenders and commoners of Yingshang finally couldn't hold on anymore. The city walls had been bombarded by the catapults. Basically, there was no place left unscathed. Death and injury came one after another. As long as one was hit by the ballista shells, it was basically impossible to survive. Even if one was lucky enough to survive, they would be disabled. If it weren't for Liu Bei being so "popular", Yingshang might have been breached in at most half a day. No one could stand bravely on the city walls to defend a city under the protection of the ballista.
More than three thousand of Mi Fang's five thousand people were killed on the first day. If it weren't for the help of the commoners, they would have been finished.
After two days, Liu Mang finally attacked the ancient city, Yingshang. It was a big county in Yuzhou and was no worse than Runan. Moreover, it was at the border of the Yingshang River, which was connected to the Huai River. This made the ancient city very prosperous. It used to be the trading post of Yan, Yuzhou, Yangzhou, and Xuzhou. It was a place that connected the four continents. When it was prosperous, there were hundreds of thousands of commoners and merchants. Merchant ships and carriages came and went like clouds.
But today, this ancient city was about to open its gates under the attack of the ballista and thousands of elite soldiers of Liu Mang.
"All troops enter the city!" Liu Mang waved his hand and issued this order. Yingshang's city gates and drawbridge had been lowered. Now, the resistance in Yingshang was just street fighting. Basically, there was no large-scale resistance. The Black Flag Army didn't participate in the siege because of their heavy armor. Now that Yingshang's gates were wide open, they could really play a role. Groups of Black Flag Army rushed into Yingshang.
Liu Mang led the Black Flag Army to Yingshang's storehouse and sped up. When they arrived at Yingshang's storehouse, fortunately, they hadn't encountered Mi Fang's defeated army. Perhaps it was because the city was breached too quickly that Mi Fang didn't expect to lose an ancient city in two days. Therefore, he didn't let people set fire to the storehouse. If this place was set on fire, Liu Mang would be in big trouble. He had sent most of the provisions he got from Anfengjin to Shouchun. The provisions he left behind were only enough for half a month. If this place was set on fire, then everyone should prepare to starve.
Liu Mang let the Black Flag Army strictly guard the storehouse and walked in. There were some officials of Yingshang who didn't manage to escape in time. Liu Mang casually grabbed a person in charge and learned that there were more than ten thousand shi of provisions here. This result made Liu Mang smile from ear to ear. What did Yangzhou lack the most? Wasn't provisions the most? With this batch of provisions, Shouchun could hold on for a while longer.
"Liu Mang and the others should have taken Ruyin by now. Ruyin City isn't much smaller than Yingshang. There should be a lot of provisions inside as well. With these two cities added together, there should be enough provisions for Runan. How can Liu Mang not be happy?" Taking Runan directly cut off Liu Bei's escape route, making it so that Liu Bei couldn't take care of each other. Moreover, Runan was Liu Bei's base. When Liu Bei sent out his troops, the provisions were all supplied from Runan. Once Runan was broken, Liu Bei's Army would have no provisions. Without provisions, how could they fight? At that time, the feng shui would change. Even if Liu Bei took Shouchun, it would just be a matter of time before the millions of people that gave Liu Mang a headache would become Liu Bei's death knell. Liu Bei was a man of propriety, justice, integrity, and honor. With so many people without food, how could he let them starve? Then there were only two days left for Liu Bei. Either he would take out the limited provisions for the people and let them starve to death, or Liu Bei wouldn't be willing to take out the provisions and let the people starve to death and rebel. The reputation that Liu Bei had painstakingly built up over the years would be completely destroyed. Just thinking about it made him happy!
Just as Liu Mang was thinking, Huang Zhong also arrived. He was ordered by Liu Mang to take down Yingshang within a day. From yesterday's time to today's time, almost an entire day had passed.
"Young Lord, this general has fortunately not failed and has taken down Yingshang!" Huang Zhong knelt in front of Liu Mang. Behind him were a few City Guard soldiers and a young general who was tied up. "While you're at it, take down this person!" “
Isn't this our General Mi Fang! "Liu Mang saw an old acquaintance. Wasn't this Yingshang's Garrison General Mi Fang?
"Hmph, if you want to kill me, then do as you please!" Mi Fang was quite stubborn. When he saw Liu Mang, he didn't want to kneel and turned his face away. However, he was now a prisoner and naturally had no choice. Two City Guard soldiers pressed him down and kicked the back of his kneecaps, causing him to kneel down.
"Kill you? Hehe, I can't bear to! " Liu Mang hoped that Mi Fang's brother, Mi Zhu, would join the Lvbu's Army. With such a big merchant, Liu Mang could tell Mi Zhu some of his ideas. Moreover, the White Horse Militia only has 200 cavalry. Liu Mang promised Zhao Yun to buy warhorses to form the White Horse Militia into a force of 5000 people. Now, the only place to buy warhorses is Liaodong. When the ships from Lujiang Shipyard are finished, Liu Mang is prepared to send people to Liaodong. A merchant who knows the trade route is indispensable to Liu Mang.
"Han Sheng, where did you find General Mi Fang?" Liu Mang was a little puzzled. This Mi Fang was actually not a fool. Seeing that the city was about to fall, where else could he escape to? Liu Mang didn't have any cavalry under his command. The troops he brought were all heavily armored infantry. Even if the City Guard's armor was light, as long as they had a few warhorses, they could leave from the other side of the city gate. However, Mi Fang was captured alive.
"Young Lord, I wasn't able to catch him at first. When I climbed up the city wall, he disappeared. Unfortunately, this person is a sentimental person. He brought a woman and a child and drove a carriage. Before he reached the city gate, he was stopped!" Huang Zhong explained.
"A sentimental person?" Liu Mang hadn't heard of Mi Fang having an inspiring love story with anyone. If it was his wife, it didn't make sense. If Mi Fang was infatuated, why would he betray Liu Bei and surrender to Sun Quan? His family was in Shu City at that time. He had surrendered to Sun Quan and betrayed Liu Bei. Although Liu Bei wouldn't make things difficult for his family for Mi Zhu's sake, it would be impossible for them to meet in this life. After all, Wu and Shu had such a deep hatred.
"Bring her up!" Liu Mang began to wonder about this woman who Mi Fang would rather give up escaping to save. Who had such great charm to make Mi Fang give up escaping?
"Yes!" Huang Zhong waved his hand. The two City Guard soldiers below nodded and walked down. Then, a beautiful figure walked up under the escort of the two soldiers. This appearance really made Liu Mang's eyes light up.
Tactful yet dignified, beautiful yet not losing her elegance, pure lotus yet not seductive. This was the best Liu Mang could describe this woman. Even Liu Mang, who was used to seeing beauties, couldn't help but nod at this woman in front of him. Liu Mang's legal wife, Miss Lu, had inherited the heroic spirit of his father, Lü Bu, and the gentleness of his mother, Madam Yan, so Miss Lu was a queen-type girl. As for Liu Mang's concubine, Big Joe, she was like a peony flower. She was white, clean, and dignified. When she was with her sister, Xiao Qiao, she was even more stunning. Liu Mang also had a second wife, Yuan Gonglu's daughter. She was also a rare flower. Yuan Gonglu was originally a playboy. How could his wife be an ordinary person? She was also a gorgeous woman. Moreover, Yuan Gonglu's appearance was not bad, comparable to his brother, Yuan Shao.
The most important thing was that Liu Mang had seen the number one beauty of the Three Kingdoms, one of the four beauties of China, many times. She was his mother-in-law, Madam Diao Chan. It could be said that Liu Mang's aesthetic standards had reached a certain standard. Liu Mang didn't care about ordinary beauties at all. However, this woman in front of him actually made Liu Mang's heart flutter. Liu Mang suppressed the throbbing in his heart and said with a smile.
"General Mi Fang is really a role model for my generation. He is romantic and elegant, and his wife is as beautiful as a flower. The two of them are a perfect couple! I'm so envious! "Liu Mang was a little moved by this woman. However, when he thought about the tigress at home, no! It should be said that they were two tigresses. Other than Miss Yuan, who had the demeanor of a lady from a noble family, Lu Lingqi and Big Joe had become more and more lawless ever since they got married. Liu Mang couldn't control them at all. Not to mention bringing back beauties, Liu Mang's servants in his residence had all been changed by Big Joe and Miss Lu into strong and healthy people. If a man was strong and healthy, it would be a compliment. But if a woman was strong and healthy! Have you seen a woman who was eight feet tall? Liu Mang had seen one before! Have you seen a person who could carry a hundred catties of grain without any effort? Liu Mang had seen one before. Have you seen a woman who was no different from a man when she wore armor on a ship? Liu Mang had seen one before!
If this woman was someone that Mi Fang cherished, Liu Mang might help Mi Fang. This was because this woman wasn't something that Liu Mang couldn't lack. However, Mi Fang's brother, Mi Zhu, was.
"Hmph!" Mi Fang snorted coldly, expressing his disdain for Liu Mang. Oh, you still dare to be disdainful of me? Liu Mang looked at Mi Fang with a smile that wasn't a smile.
"Milady, this one greets you!" Liu Mang imitated the dialogue of the ancient opera and said to the woman. The woman didn't reply. Instead, she stared at Mi Fang with her charming eyes. It was obvious that she cared about Mi Fang.
It was good that she cared about him. Liu Mang was really afraid that the two of them didn't care about each other. As long as they had each other in their hearts, Liu Mang would be able to control Mi Fang. (Why does it feel like jealousy?)
"What a pity, what a pity, such a beauty has to leave General Mi Fang. General Mi Fang, you've worked hard for Big Eared Liu your whole life, but in the end, you didn't get anything. Now, you even have to give up your life for Big Eared Liu. General Mi Fang, I know you're a man. Death doesn't matter to you. A person's death can be as important as Mount Tai or as light as a goose feather. Dying for your old master and keeping your chastity is Mount Tai in the end! You're worthy of respect! " Liu Mang kept praising Mi Fang. He almost said that Mi Fang was the most loyal person in history. He kept his chastity for the sake of his old lord, until his death.
"Young Lord, you!" Huang Zhong was a little confused. What was the Young Lord trying to do? Didn't the Young Lord want to persuade Mi Fang to surrender? Huang Zhong could tell that Liu Mang was very interested in persuading Mi Fang to surrender when they were outside the city walls. However, Liu Mang didn't mention anything about persuading Mi Fang to surrender. Normally, he would say that surrendering wasn't a big deal and wasn't shameful. However, Liu Mang was praising Mi Fang for his loyalty. Wasn't this making it clear that Mi Fang wouldn't surrender?
Liu Mang didn't explain. He patted Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong calmed down. Liu Mang patted him on the shoulder. Huang Zhong was already confident.
"A loyal official doesn't serve two masters. I, Mi Fang, may not have studied much, but I understand this principle!" After being praised by Liu Mang, Mi Fang really took advantage of him and became happy.
"But it's a pity. What a pity!" Liu Mang directly gave Mi Fang a huge turn of events.
"What's a pity?" “
"It's a pity that General Mi Fang is loyal and loyal. He's more important than Mount Tai. He might even go down in history and be sung by historians and known by future generations. However, this madam might not be able to keep her reputation!"
"What did you say?!" Mi Fang felt that something was wrong.
"I didn't say anything! What a beautiful lady. Tsk, tsk. Look at her skin, it's as smooth as jade. Look at her lips, they're really cherry lips. Look at her face, it's so moist that I really want to take a bite! " As he spoke, Liu Mang smacked his lips. Not only did he speak, but he also moved his hand. He directly used the back of his hand to touch the lady's face. It was really smooth. Liu Mang couldn't bear to take his hand away.
"General, please conduct yourself with dignity!" The lady hurriedly took two steps back, wanting to avoid Liu Mang's hand. However, there were two City Guard soldiers behind her. Where could she escape to?
"Little beauty, don't be afraid. I'm the Great Han Dynasty's Holy King. If you obey me, I can give you a lifetime of glory and wealth!" Liu Mang directly pulled the lady into his arms. His hand also reached towards the lady's sensitive area.
"What are you doing? Let go of her!" Mi Fang suddenly turned his head and stood up. He was about to charge towards Liu Mang angrily. However, Huang Zhong pressed him down. He was being helped and was no match for Huang Zhong. He directly knelt down.
"Why should I let go of her! You should enjoy such a beauty. General Mi Fang, you should go back to being a loyal official and leave your name in the annals of history! I'm a layman. Naturally, I have to enjoy myself! Don't worry. I will take good care of your wife on your behalf. It's definitely much better than having a husband like you! "
"What did you say!" Mi Fang's heart suddenly moved. However, he still looked angry on the surface.
"Nothing. Han Sheng will send General Mi off. Let him be a loyal official. I still want to spend the night with this general's wife! "
"Yes! Young Lord! " Huang Zhong also nodded obediently. He directly lifted Mi Fang and pulled out his battle sword. He was going to directly kill him outside.
"Zi Fang!" When the beauty in Liu Mang's arms saw that Huang Zhong was about to lift Mi Fang, she panicked and wanted to break free from Liu Mang. However, how could her strength be compared to Liu Mang's?
"General's wife? As a husband?! "Mi Fang's heart moved." Wait! " Seeing that Huang Zhong was about to kill Mi Fang, Mi Fang shouted, "Your Highness, King Of Shu, Mi Fang is willing to surrender. I'm willing to surrender!"
"Oh?!" Liu Mang's heart was blooming with joy. He knew that this brat had a weakness for beauties. Liu Mang couldn't help but glance at the beauty in his arms. To be honest, if Liu Mang was Mi Fang, he would also surrender for such a delicate beauty.
"General Mi Fang doesn't want to be a loyal official anymore?!"
"Not anymore! Mi Fang is willing to surrender. I only hope that Your Highness, King Of Shu, can let go of his wife and allow the surrendered general to reunite with his wife. "
"You should have said so earlier! If General Mi Fang is willing to surrender, why would I treat my wife like this! "Liu Mang immediately let go.
"Zi Fang, Zi Fang, are you alright?" Liu Mang was a little jealous. Such a beautiful girl was ruined by a second-rate swindler like Mi Fang. That concerned look in his eyes was definitely not fake.
"Zi Fang, you!" The woman seemed to want to say something. She seemed to be reprimanding him, but Mi Fang secretly stopped her.
"Han Sheng, bring General Mi and his wife to bathe and change!" Liu Mang waved his hand and said to Huang Zhong.
"Yes!" Liu Mang was happy, but he didn't see the flash of excitement in Mi Fang's eyes. If one looked carefully, that expression was a kind of mockery and a feeling that his scheme had succeeded.
"Thank you, Your Highness, King Of Shu!" Mi Fang half-knelt and cupped his fists at Liu Mang. This was equivalent to surrendering. Mi Fang was about to leave when a quartermaster suddenly barged in, causing him to turn pale with fright!
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