Chapter 48 Zhang Yide's soldiers are in the east of the river. Cao Mengde wields his division to Yecheng

Chen Deng is dead.

On the second day of Zhao Feng's arrival in Shouchun, the first wise man in Xuzhou, who used to be known as the first wise man in Xuzhou, still fell ill after sleeping in bed for many years. Eating raw fish and turtles for many years has caused negligible damage to his body. Coupled with the blow caused by the betrayal of his cousin four years ago, Chen Deng's body has not been much better. With the death of Chen Deng and Zhao Yu, Mi Fang betrayed, and Cao Bao, who had been eliminated by Liu Bei for a long time, there were few of the four major families in Xuzhou. However, the Xuzhou faction did not lose too much because of this. The new Xuzhou faction, represented by Lu Su and Sun Qian, as well as Zhang Zhao and Bu Yi, who were born in Huaisi in the former Jiangdong Group, also have quite a sense of identity with them. Therefore, the figures of the two factions are still in the stage of checks and balances, and the Jingzhou faction has also begun to rise gradually.

Although Liu Bei was eager to fight against Jiangdong, he still had to wait for the soldiers and horses to gather. After being assisted by Ji Ling and Sun Fuxian, Zang Ba, who was in Shangyong, also completely repelled Zhang Lu's Hanzhong army with sufficient troops. More than that, Zang Ba also ordered Shen Dan to lead 500 people to kill the only way for the Hanzhong army to return to the army, cutting down trees and blocking the road. As a result, when the Hanzhong army fled, they had to abandon their horses and walk under the road blockage. In the end, Zang Ba harvested thousands of Xiliang horses and made a lot of money. However, he was not happy for a long time. Most of the horses were requisitioned by Guan Yu for picking peaches. In addition, Sun Fu and others divided some. In the end, Zang Ba only returned to Nantong with more than a thousand horses. For fear of being blackmailed again, he immediately asked Liu Bei to set up a cavalry. Liu Bei also made a smooth favor and promoted Zang Ba from a dental general to a bandage general. Following the example of the past, Bingzhou Iron Horse formed a cavalry team, which was led by Zang Ba himself. It's only a few thousand good horses in exchange for such a promotion. Zang Ba's business is not a good deal.

As for Sun Fu, after learning that Sun Quan had invaded again, he immediately bound himself and came to Shouchun to plead guilty. Liu Bei looked at Sun Fu, who couldn't kneel in front of him, and finally sighed to untie his self-bound rope. One person does things and one person should do it. Sun Quan is rebellious. What does it have to do with Guo Yi? Liu Bei sighed that Sun Fu was very grateful.

By mid-September, Liu Bei finally gathered people from all walks of life. During this period, although Sun Quan did not take the initiative to attack the counties of Lujiang, the public opinion offensive has not stopped. Sun Quan personally wrote an article to all counties in Jiangdong, claiming that all the old ministers in Jiangdong would not be blamed as long as they were reinvested now. However, because Liu Bei adopted the method of being an official in a different place, there are still not many old ministers in Jiangdong. The highest position among the old ministers is Lujiang Taishou Buqi. As Liu Bei's brother-in-law, he will naturally not surrender. The rest of the people weighed the weight of Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and most of them wisely chose to continue to rely on Liu Bei. In the end, the two best friends of the Sun family, Captain Pan Zhang and Poyang Taishou Taishi Ci, responded. The rest were basically the children of the rest of the Sun family, such as Sun Jiao and Sun Kuang. The highest positions of these people were only a county magistrate with limited influence.

Finally, on September 24th, all the horses had been assembled. Liu chose this auspicious day and vowed to fight for the army in Shouchun in person. Originally, he had to lead the army in person, but Lu Su, Chen Qun and others thought that the war in the northern Xinjiang was not peaceful and it was not appropriate to move lightly. Liu Bei had better sit in Shouchun. The war will be handed over to Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei. Liu Bei heard what he had to say. At present, Zhang Fei, the general of Zhendong, was the main general, and Zhao Feng, the adversary general, as the deputy general. In the rule, Pang Tong followed the army to participate in the military. In addition, Yuzhang Taishou Gaolan and other generals fought with the army, leading 80,000 troops to conquer Jiangdong again.

"The third brother must not be greedy for the march. Discuss everything with Bo Tao Shiyuan, you know?" Liu Bei's most uneasy thing is his brother. It's better to tell him. I know, big brother!" Zhang Feiwen answered angrily, and 80,000 troops drove to Jiangdong in Liu Bei's uneasy eyes.

"Little boy Zhao, you brought 100,000 troops when you fought in Jiangdong last time. Why are there only 80,000 people this time? It's really not enjoyable!" Zhang Fei walked in the marching army and grinned at Zhao Feng.

"At that time, there were more than 100,000 elites under Sun Quan's command at that time, and Zhou Yu was also the governor. Naturally, he could not wait to look at it. But now, Sun Quan's first gain in Jiangdong, people's hearts are unstable, and the combat strength of his troops is not necessarily very strong. What's more, he only took advantage of the chaos to occupy several counties and use 100,000 troops to conquer him, which is too much to think of him. Zhao Feng said with a smile.

"You are right." Zhang Fei schie and said. The army went out of Shouchun and took a boat from Ruxukou to the quarrying rock. Lu Jun, the governor of Danyang, had been waiting for a long time with his son Lu Xun.

"General San, General Zhao, it's great that you're here!" Lu Jun was also a little relieved when he saw the army crossing the river. For a while, Lu Jun's son was not easy. There were only less than 10,000 people in Danyang's garrison. In case Sun Quan sent troops to attack, it was really not easy to deal with. Fortunately, such a terrible thing did not happen.

"Lu Taishou, how is the situation at the present?" Zhao Feng still asked Lu Jun for the latest information first.

"After Sun's rebels occupied Wu County, Sun Quan took control of Wu County by himself, so that his brother Sun Yi led Jiaozhou sailors to guard Poyang, and Sun Kuang guarded Luling, and each other became a corner. At present, Sun Yi has recruited 80,000 to 90,000 soldiers and horses, and his strength is not weak. Lu Jun replied.

"Eighty and ninety thousand soldiers and horses?" Zhao Feng was a little surprised. Even if Sun Quan has to leave tens of thousands of horses in Jiaozhou, after occupying the four counties, Zhao Feng didn't expect that there could be so many people. What he didn't know was that in order to gather the number of soldiers, in addition to recruiting soldiers, even the prisoners in the cells of the occupied cities were released, and gave them weapons to help them cooperate to defend the Acropolis. In addition, when they occupied Yizhou, they also forcibly recruited more than 10,000 local indigenous people to join the army, which gathered so many people.

"Sun Quan still has two ways to do it." Zhang Fei also nodded when he heard the words. It's not easy for Sun Quan to pull up such a team in such a short time. Zhao Feng suddenly remembered that when Liu Bei killed Che Yu for the second time in history and occupied Xuzhou, although he also raised 80,000 to 90,000 people in a short period of time, when he met Cao Qian's army, this temporary patchwork army was still defeated. However, Sun Quan has been operating in Jiaozhou for many years, and there should still be several omnipotent troops under his command.

"Shi Yuan, where do you think we should attack first?" Zhao Feng turned his head and asked Pang Tong. The latter lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally said, "Let's attack Wu County first."

"The city wall of Wu County is so dangerous that it can't be captured in a hurry." Lu Jun immediately objected when he heard the words.

"Because Wu County is difficult to capture in a hurry, as long as Wu County can be captured quickly, it will be a great blow to the morale of the Sun rebels." Pang Tong said with a smile. Turning his head and looking at Zhao Feng, Pang Tong said, "I heard that General Zhao has recently developed a sharp weapon for siege, called incendiary bombs, and I have been looking forward to it for a long time!"

"Shi Yuan is really far-sighted!" Zhao Feng shook his head and said with a smile. The incendiary bomb was made by himself and Lu Hao for a long time, but they have been busy in Jingnan for more than a year, but they have not been able to take care of the large-scale production and use of this incendiary bomb. It was not until it was time to fight in Jiangdong that Lu Hao was ordered to lead people to carry more than a thousand pieces with the army at night in this month. In fact, it is also very simple, which is to imitate the one in the movie "Red Cliff", fill the oil with the crock, then plug the mouth of the pot, and use the catapult to throw it to the predetermined position. After the crock is broken, the oil overflows, and then ignite it with a rocket.

not to mention Zhang Fei and others in Danyang City, in order to ask Sun Quan for a group of forces again, at this time, under Ye City, Hebei Province, Yuan Tan was also at a loss in the camp of more than 100,000 troops of Yuan Tan. It has been more than a month since he led the army back to Ye City, but Cao's army, which occupied Ye City for more than a month, has not fought with him. Once they waved their troops to attack the city, the defenders escorted themselves and their generals to the top of the city, so that everyone was a taboo. More than that, Cao Jun also used his family in the city as bait to coerce the generals to betray Yuan Tan. Under such an offensive battle, people secretly defected almost every day, and Yuan Tan was also worried.

"Mr. Gong and Mr., can you withdraw to the Bohai Sea first and then make a plan?" Yuan Tan now regrets that he didn't listen to Ju's words. As a result, he couldn't make it so advanced and backward. He didn't expect to hear the words, but he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "At present, most of the generals' families are in Ye City, and the name of Cao's good killing is known all over the world. If you leave here, it is difficult to ensure that the generals will feel uneasy.

"This dog thief is shameless." Zhang's jaw beside him said angrily.

"Cao Shen has always done things by any means. He didn't say that he would rather betray the people of the world and not teach the people of the world to betray me." Guo Tu shook his head and said, his tone was full of helplessness. This is not a conspiracy at all, but a naked conspiracy. Even if Guo Tu and Ju Shu are smart, there is nothing they can do.

"Report to the lord, the third prince surrendered on the head of Yecheng City, and Lv Kuang and Lv Xiang led their troops to Cao Yan!" Just then, the sentry brought another bad news. Yuan Tan had no strength to lose his temper again, so he could only smile bitterly.

In the general's mansion in Yecheng that night, Yuan Shang, who had just been represented as a general by the imperial court, hosted a banquet for Cao Yan, who "paced the chaos" for him, and by the way, he received the arrival of Lv Kuang and Lv Xiang. For a while, Yuan Shang was the master of this room. He pretended to be the general of the dynasty and treated everyone attentively. He didn't see that there was a trace of disdain in Cao's eyes.

"The Prime Minister, I don't know when I can break through Yuan Tan's army outside the city?" Yuan Shang drank a glass of wine and asked Cao with a spring breeze on his face.

"It's almost time. Soon, the soldiers and horses of Bingzhou can go south through Sizhou to help each other. Under the two-way attack, Yuan Tan will undoubtedly be defeated!" Cao said with a smile. Yuan Shang laughed wildly when he heard the words, and even called people to add wine. All the counselors and generals were all happy, and there was only a trace of melancholy between the eyebrows of the judge.

"Third son, I'm afraid that Cao will send troops this time, not to calm down the chaos of the third son, but to take the opportunity to occupy Hebei!" After the banquet broke up, the judge looked for an opportunity to secretly say to Yuan Shang.

"I don't know Cao's ambition. Sir, don't worry, when I defeat Yuan Tan, I will set up a grand banquet, which can easily eliminate Cao Yan, and then return to the south to unify the Central Plains! When it comes to the heroes of the world, who can fight against me? Yuan Shang said proudly, regardless of the trial in front of him, his eyes seemed to be looking at an idiot.

(to be continued)