After Liu Mang's army took down Yingshang, Zhang Liao did not burn the bridge after crossing the river. Originally, they should have been temporarily detained. After all, they were surrendered troops. There were some concerns about using them. Temporarily detaining them would be safer. However, Mi Fang came to Zhang Liao to plead for leniency.
Zhang Liao had no choice but to listen to Mi Fang's words. This was because Mi Fang and his brothers were not the only ones working in Yangzhou. His elder brother was even the head of Yangzhou's General Commerce Office. According to the rating, Zhang Liao had to greet Mi Fang.
However, if it was just this, Zhang Liao would not give him face. The rating was high, but Mi Fang could not control Zhang Liao. The reason why Zhang Liao gave Mi Fang face was because half of the credit for Yingshang City belonged to Mi Fang.
Therefore, Zhang Liao gave Mi Fang face. Mi Fang also made a military order in front of Zhang Liao. If the soldiers in Yingshang rioted, Mi Fang would take his head. Zhang Liao might as well give the 5,000 soldiers to Mi Fang.
Although Mi Fang was only a second-rate general, he was still useful. The army's rations were smoothly supplied with Mi Fang's help. The people of Yingshang were also comforted by Mi Fang.
Seeing this, Zhang Liao could not help but nod. In his letter, he wrote a few more points about Mi Fang. Although this person did not have outstanding talent, he was a talent that could be molded.
Lü Bu's long-distance raid on Ruyin was quickly taken down. When the army arrived at Ruyin City, Ruyin City's defenders did not even have time to react before Ruyin City was lost. In half a month, the Yangzhou army had already taken down two counties.
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"Reporting, reporting to the Lord. Ruyin City has fallen into the enemy's hands!" Liu Bei had a headache again. He finally understood Cao Cao's suffering. Cao Cao also had a headache like this during the Battle of Guandu. Now, Liu Bei also felt the same.
There were close to 150,000 people living in two prefectures. However, they were given away just like that. There was no resistance at all. Even Upper Ying City was defeated without a fight.
"Mi Fang, Mi Zi Fang!" When Liu Bei mentioned the Mi Family, he couldn't help but gnash his teeth in anger. It was precisely this Mi Family that made Liu Bei embarrassed. After Yingshang, most of the people in Yu Province knew that Mi Fang was still alive. Therefore, the three noble titles that Liu Bei applied for for the Mi Family were just a joke. Even the document that he sent to Xu Du was replied with a question.
This was because Liu Mang had already been given the title of Marquis of Guangzhou by Mi Zhu. That was a Marquis of County, while Liu Bei was only a Marquis of Village.
"My Lord, don't worry! Yingshang and Ruyin were originally unimportant places! " Sun Qian comforted Liu Bei. Yingshang and Ruyin were once granaries, but they were no longer useful. Back then, after Liu Mang wreaked havoc, the two prefectures were more or less empty. Speaking of that, Sun Qian suddenly remembered that there was no empty city strategy. It was simply too hateful.
"There are less than 10,000 soldiers and horses. Most of them are old, weak, sick, and disabled. There's not much food left. How can we resist? It's good that we lost these two prefectures. In fact, it's good for our army! "Sun Qian said to Liu Bei.
"Good for our army?" Liu Bei was stunned. He didn't understand what Sun Qian meant.
"My Lord, these two prefectures were taken half a month ago. Yangzhou's army also didn't consume much energy. Naturally, the enemy will become arrogant and complacent. Arrogant soldiers are bound to be defeated. Our army can attack Xiang City's South Dun and give the Yangzhou army a heavy blow!" Sun Qian said to Liu Bei.
"Heavy blow?" Liu Bei didn't understand. Could it be that Liu Bei couldn't afford to go out and fight in the field?
"There's no need to fight in the field. Just defend the city!" Sun Qian pointed to the map and said. "Xiang City's South Dun originally had 100,000 civilians. Now, 70,000 of them have migrated from Ruyin. Now, there are 300,000 civilians in the two cities. Although Xiang City's South Dun only has 20,000 soldiers, as long as my Lord spread the news that the Yangzhou army will massacre the city, these 300,000 civilians will inevitably join the battle. Once the civilians join the battle to defend the city, even if Liu Mang has more soldiers, he will still be blocked outside Xiang City. Even if the two cities are breached, my Lord, how many of Liu Mang's 100,000 soldiers will be left?" Sun Qian said to Liu Bei with a smile.
"That's right!" Liu Bei's eyes lit up. Xiang City's South Dun had 300,000 civilians. Even if they can't fight in the field, they can defend the city. As long as they have enough provisions, they can naturally fight. Didn't Liu Mang want to obtain Yuzhou? I'll let these two nails bleed! "Liu Bei has long been familiar with framing the enemy. When Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Liu Bei didn't use it like this. He forcefully painted Cao Cao as a heinous person, making the civilians of Xuzhou unable to feel the pain of Cao Cao. In Xiang City and South Dun, there are still tens of thousands of Xuzhou civilians. They firmly believe in Liu Bei's words.
"Men, pass down my orders. Split the provisions sent by Cao Cao into half and send them to South Dun and Xiang City! No, no, send me 80%! Leave 20% behind! " Liu Bei was ruthless this time. 80% of the provisions. Cao Cao gave Liu Bei a total of 100,000 provisions. In addition to the provisions given to the civilians, this 80% would only leave about 10,000. Liu Bei could only live frugally.
"Cao Cao, Cao Mengde, good idea." Cao Cao gave Liu Bei 100,000 provisions, but Liu Bei didn't feel grateful to Cao Cao at all. This was because Cao Mengde knew that Liu Bei was lacking in provisions. He only gave him provisions to make him fight with the Yangzhou army. In order to control him, he gave exactly 100,000 provisions. This made Liu Bei only able to deal with the arrival of Liu Mang's army and couldn't expand the army. Because of the provisions given to the civilians, there wasn't much left. Cao Cao wanted to make him and Liu Mang fight to the death and not give him a chance to expand.
However, Liu Bei wasn't someone who would be easily defeated. He had to deal with the current situation first and then plan for the future.
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Ruyin and Yingshang were easily taken down. And in the South Block, Liu Mang's army was finally going to fight to the death. They met with resistance. The defenders of the South Block swore to die and refused to surrender. No matter how the Yangzhou army tried to persuade them to surrender, it was still the same.
Zhang Liao said that the South Block didn't have enough provisions. He wanted to attack the morale of the South Block. But the defenders of the South Block took out provisions and washed them on the city wall. Generation after generation of provisions were opened and then poured on the city wall for the Yangzhou army to see. They even arrogantly told the Yangzhou army that the origin of the provisions was from Xu Du. This made the Yangzhou army gnash their teeth in anger.
Lü Bu let the Yangzhou army try to charge once. But in the end, they were beaten back. The defenders of the South Block were simply fighting as if they didn't care about their lives. Even the elite Xiliang Cavalry felt a little ashamed when they saw this.
Looking at this group of defenders, they didn't look like elites. When they finally captured a South Block defender and interrogated him, they found out that it was this Liu Bei, Liu Xuande, who spread rumors in the South Block saying that after Liu Mang broke through the city, he would massacre everyone in the city. There were many Xuzhou people in the South Block. Many people listened to Liu Bei's words. In this way, the entire South Block became a tough bone. There were hundreds of thousands of people in the city. This was not a small number.
When Liu Mang was defending Wan Cheng, the people of Wan Cheng gave Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army a good beating.
Zhang Liao and the others didn't dare to use the ballista to attack at this time. This was because Liu Mang needed the people of Yuzhou to attack Yuzhou. If they used the ballista, it would deepen the misunderstanding. There were many people on the city wall helping to defend the city. The ballista's pellets didn't know whether you were a defender or a commoner.
If the pellets were concentrated, the resentment would be absorbed and the resistance of the commoners would be even more serious. The army immediately stopped and sent a letter to Jingzhou to let Liu Mang make the decision.
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Cao Cao sent provisions to Yuzhou's Liu Bei? " Liu Mang looked at the documents in his hand. He thought that the battle of Yuzhou would be smooth sailing. This was because Liu Bei not only didn't have enough troops, he also lost the support of the people. The provisions that he owed the people of Yuzhou had not been returned. As long as Liu Mang sent people to spread rumors, Yuzhou would be unable to defend itself.
However, he didn't expect that Cao Cao of Xu Du would interfere and send provisions from Xu Du to Yuzhou.
In this way, not only did Liu Bei have provisions to support the army, he also returned the provisions of the commoners. The battle of Yuzhou began to become confusing.
"Cao Cao, Cao Mengde is worthy of being an ambitious and ruthless person!" Liu Mang sighed. When Cao Cao besieged Liu Mang's group, Liu Mang saw Cao Cao's most miserable time. He thought that Cao Cao was just a trash. However, he was an ambitious and ruthless person. Even if he was a little ugly and his hobbies were a little different, he was still an ambitious and ruthless person.
Hebei hasn't been pacified yet, and he already wants to intervene in Yuzhou.
"Milord, this Cao Cao, Cao Mengde is too leisurely. This person can't be idle. He will naturally cause trouble!" The old fox Jia Xu smiled. Cao Cao can be said to be like a fish in water in the battlefield of Hebei. Now, he is one side fighting the other side. Seeing the two idiots fight here and there, he didn't need to waste a single soldier. He asked the Han Emperor to give Yuan Tan the official position of a Great General. However, he gave Yuan Shang the official position of Governor of Qingzhou and Youzhou to Yuan Shang's subordinates. Naturally, both sides were not convinced. Yuan Tan asked Yuan Shang to hand over Jizhou while Yuan Shang asked Yuan Tan to get out of Qingzhou and Youzhou. Naturally, both sides were not convinced. Yuan Tan asked Yuan Shang to hand over Jizhou while Yuan Shang asked Yuan Tan to get out of Qingzhou and Youzhou. Naturally, both sides were not convinced. Yuan Tan asked Yuan Shang to hand over Jizhou while Yuan Shang asked Yuan Tan to get out of Qingzhou and Youzhou. Naturally, both sides were not convinced. Yuan Tan asked Yuan Shang to hand over Jizhou while Yuan Shang asked Yuan Tan to get out of Qingzhou and Youzhou. Naturally, both sides were not convinced.
If Lao Cao wasn't waiting to reap the benefits of the fisherman, he would have already joined the army. Cao Mengde was too leisurely. When he was idle, he would naturally cause trouble.
"Cao Cao is too leisurely. Then I will make him busy!" Liu Mang's eyes flashed with a cold light.
"Milord, do you have a plan?"
"Wen He, what about you?"
"Why don't we both write a plan on our palms?"
"Good!" The two foxes smiled at each other and wrote something on their palms. Both of them wrote the word "Xu" on their palms.
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