Chapter 11 Deducing Snakes Out of the Hole

Liu Yi laughed hoarsely. He said to Zhou Kun, "Do you think that Liaodong is a lamb slaughtered by others, and it is up to you to blackmail me?" Then he bombarded Zhou Kun out. Zhou Yu didn't mind. He waved his sleeves and left. Liu Yi sent a follower to watch him get out of the gate, get on the boat, and go all the way to the west. Then he went back to report.

Liu Yi scratched his head a little. He came up with the idea of negotiation. Now the conversation has collapsed in a few words. This matter is really not easy to deal with. He thought about it and suggested to Gongsun Gong again that Sun Shao and Cao Zhang underestimated our Liaodong and didn't give them a little strength. They couldn't sit down and talk, so they had to talk first.

How to play? Immediately summoned the soldiers and horses near Xiangping, and at the same time recruited Xuanyu, Fuyu and Goguryeo to help. Xiangping has nearly 10,000 defenders, and they are not opponents in the field battle out of the city, but the defense of the city is more than enough. Once the reinforcements arrive, their strength will exceed the total strength of Cao Zhang and Sun Shao. Liu Yi said to Gongsun Gong with full confidence, "Please rest assured that we hurt them first, and then it's up to us to decide how to talk.

Gongsun Gong is indispensable. Since Liu Yi is so confident, Yang Yi and others have no objection. Of course, he can't ask for it, so he let Liu Yi and Yang Yi be responsible for the defense of Xiangping City. At the same time, he sent fast horses to recruit reinforcements. Xuanyu County recently received news within a day that he would send 5,000 horsemen to support. Three After the day, Goguryeo also sent the news that Goguryeo Wang Baqi would lead the ride of 8,000 to Xiangping to help.

Gongsun Gong was relieved and had a lot more confidence.

Cao Zhang got the news and felt that there was not much chance of winning because he wanted to break through Xiangping, so he left Tian Yu to guard the Liaoning Tunnel City and rushed to the seaside with a thousand guard camp to discuss relevant matters with Sun Shao.

The sea at the mouth of the Daliao River is very lively. Sun Shao's sailors are practicing. Yuehai and Weiwen are fighting inexplicable. Sun Shao and a group of people are watching the battle on the ship. As soon as he saw Cao Zhang, Sun Shao smiled and said, "Come on, let's see if I will win the water division of the State of Yue or the water division of Wu today."

Cao Zhang glanced at it and was secretly shocked. This is not a grade at all. There are two building ships and more than 20 battleships in Yuehai, while Weiwen has one building ship, more than ten battleships, and nearly a hundred Mengchong and walking horses. They surrounded Yuehai in the middle, which seemed to have the upper hand, but when they took a closer look, it was not the case at all. The two building boats across the sea, one left and one right, sandwiching Weiwen's building ships in the middle, more than 20 The battleships were divided into two batches and rampaged in the Weiwen fleet, which was dominated by small warships. Wherever they went, they were like broken bamboo. Wei Wen seemed to be very popular, but in fact, he was passively beaten. He had no power to fight back at all. The reason why he could still support it was that the people who crossed the sea mainly drove the boat and collided, and did not use heavy weapons such as rods, crossbows, and Thunderbolts on the building ship. Otherwise, Wei Wen's accusation system would have been paralyzed long ago.

"Your Highness's sailor is the best in the world. Is there any need to say about this result?" Cao Zhang glanced at Sun Deng, who looked bad behind Sun Shao's back, and said, "Your Highness's sailors can come and go freely regardless of rivers, lakes and seas. The sailors in Jiangdong may still be used in the big river, and how can they be your Highness's opponents when they reach the sea. Your Highness, you are a little invincible.

"I can't win?" Sun Shao curled his lips, turned into the flying tower, and let people drink. He took a sip first, and then asked, "Why don't you go to Xiangping City? Why are you here?"

"I marched to fight against Liaodong with Your Highness. Of course, I will advance and retreat with Your Highness." Cao Zhang said without changing his face.

"Forward and retreat together?" Sun Shao sneered, "You didn't come for a long time, and then took the Liaoning Tunnel City in one fell swoop. You didn't inform me. Now you are only a hundred miles away from Xiangping, but you can't move forward. Is this the only way?

Cao Zhang expected that Sun Shao would be unhappy before he came, so he was not surprised at all. He picked up the cup and said faintly, "Your Highness's status is noble. Of course, I will take the lead and be your predecessor. It's just that at present, Gongsun Gong does not surrender according to the city, and summons about 20,000 reinforcements from all walks of life, which is beyond my ability. Isn't it natural for me to ask Your Highness for instructions? He put down his glass, put down his knees, and looked up at Sun Shao: "Your Highness stayed at the seaside for half a month. No soldier has landed, and no boatboard has entered the Daliao water. I really can't figure it out."

"Are you blaming me?" Sun Shao was angry and smashed the wine glass on the board of the boat. He got up and stepped in front of Cao Zhang in two steps. He reached out and grabbed Cao Zhang's collar. Cao Zhang was shocked, got up, stretched out his hands and went to Ge Sun Shao's arm. Sun Shao sneered, his legs were divided into four flat horses, and his hands pressed Cao Zhang tightly. Although Cao Zhang is excellent in martial arts and can fight against lions and tigers, Sun Shao's strength is not weaker than him. In addition, he is condescending and seizes the opportunity to control Cao Zhang to death. Cao Zhang struggled a few times, but found that Sun Shao's strength was very strange. Suddenly, there was no way to master it. Either he exerted too much force or lacked his strength. He twisted his body several times, and his strength hit the empty place, and he could not break free from Sun Shao and stand up.

Cao Zhang blushed angrily. He raised his head, stared at Sun Shao fiercely, and put his hand on the handle of the knife.

"Do you want to draw a knife for me?" Sun Shao smiled and said, "Try it. As long as you pull out the knife, I will treat you as an assassin."

Cao Zhang glanced at the officials who drew knives one by one, eager to try, and then looked at Sun Shao with a sneering face, and a chill rushed to the back of his head. Sun Shao won't have any agreement with Gongsun Gong. He wants to take an operation on him, right?

"The King of Yue is really invincible, isn't he?" Cao Zhang slowly loosened the handle and sat back on his heel again.

"Wu Mao?" Sun Shao rolled his eyes and shouted, "Come on, take off his winter clothes, throw them outside and blow them for an hour, surround the people he brought, and deal with them as usual."

"Oh." Deng Ai and Xu Zhuo responded. More than a dozen officials rushed up, pressed Cao Zhang with seven hands and eight feet, removed the Xuanjia on his body, took off his winter clothes, and then pushed him outside. At this time, Cui Qian and Chen Hai had led the fleet to surround the ships of Cao Zhang's guard camp. More than a dozen crossbows and Thunderbolts on the building ships were aimed at them, and the destroyer camp rushed up and surrounded more than a thousand stunned guard camp soldiers.

Cao Zhang's governor Hao Zhao was shocked and was about to rise up to resist, but he saw that Cao Zhang, who had only wore a single dress, was pushed out like a zongzi with a depressed face and ordered them not to resist. Although Hao Zhao was puzzled, he also knew that if they really wanted to resist, they had no way to survive, not to mention that they were not opponents in the sea. Even if they were on the flat ground, they might not be able to block the attack of the destroyer camp.

"You have prepared your own winter clothes. What about mine?" Sun Shao came out of the cabin, stared at the indignant Cao Zhang, and cursed, "You know that Youzhou is cold, but you didn't prepare winter clothes for my people. Did you freeze me to death?" Let me tell you, if you don't bring me your winter clothes, you can't leave me alive.

Cao Zhang was speechless. He was thrown outside and blew the sea breeze for an hour. After the cold turned blue, he was locked in the cabin. Sun Shao and others were surrounded by the fire pond, drinking hot wine and talking and laughing. As soon as they saw Cao Zhang, who had a snot dragged him, being escorted in, Cui Qian and others couldn't help laughing wildly. Cao Zhang was so angry that his lungs were about to explode. Just as he was about to burst, Sun Shao waved his hand: "Why don't you let go of Cao Shijun and let him drink a sip of wine to warm up?"

As soon as the rope was untied, Cao Zhang couldn't help rushing to Sun Shao and reaching out to scratch Sun Shao's collar. Today, he was humiliated by Sun Shao like this. He couldn't care too much. He just wanted to split Sun Shao first. No matter what the general trend of the world was.

Chen Hai took a step and stopped in front of Cao Zhang. There was a burst of "ping-pong". The two of them fought and took a few steps back. In terms of martial arts, Cao Zhang must be much higher than Chen Hai, but he was frozen outside for an hour, his hands and feet had been numb, and his stomach had been empty for a long time. Chen Hai had been eating grilled fish and drinking wine, and his accumulated strength was nowhere to vent. Of course, he was happy to come to such a super opponent.

"Well, it's time to sit down and talk about business." Sun Shao frowned and stared at Cao Zhang.

"What else is there to talk about?" Cao Zhang roared, "Let's talk about you and me first."

"You say you are a reckless man, but you still don't believe it." Sun Shao crooked his mouth and said, "If you just want revenge, I can give you a chance to let you go now, and then you come with your 20,000 troops, and we will fight to the death first. If you still want to solve the problem in Liaodong, just sit down and listen to me.

"What tricks do you have?" Cao Zhang was a little confused.

"Do you remember Cao Gong's Battle of Tongguan?" Zhuge Ke stepped forward, sent a cup of hot wine to Cao Zhang's hand, and then smiled and led Cao Zhang to the fire pond. Cui Qian and Yue Hai gave up a space and motioned him to sit down. Cao Zhang covered the glass, took a sip of fragrant wine, and took the grilled fish handed over by Xu Zhao, but he didn't eat it. Instead, he said suspiciously, "Do you want to lure all those barons to Xiangping?"

"I finally have a little inheritance from Cao Gong." Sun Shao smiled and said, "It's better to lure them to the Liaoning Tunnel, not only Xiangping."

"I would like to hear about it in detail."

"If you come to my camp, you will definitely not escape the scout sent by Gongsun Gong. He will soon know what we have turned against. In this way, Tian Yu, who stayed in the Liaoning Tunnel, will be in trouble. If I were Gongsun Gong, I would definitely take this great opportunity to regain the Liaoning Tunnel. Do you think it's better to attack Liaoning Tunnel or Xiangping?

Cao Zhang understood a little. Xiangping is the county seat of Liaodong, and Liaoning Tunnel is just a small city. It is self-evident which one is easier to attack. It was because he was not sure to conquer Xiangping City that he came to consult with Sun Shao. Unexpectedly, as soon as he came here, he was stripped naked by Sun Shao and thrown outside for an hour.

"You immediately wrote a letter to Tian Yu and asked him to move to the seaside to confront me, leaving only a small number of people guarding the Liaoning Tunnel." Sun Shao continued: "Liao Tunnel must fight hard. It would be great if it could attract all Gongsun Gong and others."

"So, if you want your winter clothes to be fake, is it true?"

"Winter clothes are also true." Sun Shao said unhappily, "I'm very annoyed that you did this. If it hadn't been for the imperial edict of the emperor, I would have left. Anyway, Gongsun Gong did not occupy the territory of our Yue."

"So... How is Your Highness going to solve the problem of winter clothes?" Cao Zhang asked with some embarrassment, "I want to collect so many winter clothes, but I can't do it in a day or two."

"It's up to you. I've been freezing to death." Sun Shao snorted coldly: "I have asked Zang Ba and Sun Guan to send a batch of winter clothes and send someone to help. It is estimated that they should arrive in another three or five days. At that time, we will work together to get all together with Gongsun Gong and those barbarians who don't know the depth of heaven and earth.

Cao Zhang didn't say anything. Sun Shao was a little immoral in this matter. There was no need to pretend to be discordant and let him lose such a big face. Besides, he directly asked Zang Ba and Sun Guan to send troops and leave the Cao family aside, which seemed to be a little too much. However, it's hard for him to say. Zang Ba and Sun Guan are not under his control, and even Cao Can't deal with it at will. Moreover, Sun Shao has an imperial edict and a festival, it is not a surprise to mobilize the Qing task sailors to participate in the war. It's just that he was a little surprised that Qingxu Shuishi was coming to Youzhou. Why didn't he receive any news? Didn't they go from Bohai Bay?

"They went straight to sea from Donglai and could arrive in about five days. This is still the wind. If it was a few months earlier and the south wind was still blowing, they would have arrived in about three days." Sun Shao looked at Cao Zhang and picked up the corners of his mouth slightly: "Brother Ziwen, are you a little surprised?"

Cao Zhang is really surprised. If so, Sun Shao's control over Liaodong will be more powerful, which is very unfavorable to him.

"Are you worried that I will compete with you in Liaodong again?" Sun Shao seemed to see through Cao Zhang, and every word made him feel ashamed. Cao Zhang turned his head awkwardly, gave way of Sun Shao's sarcastic eyes, and said, "How dare you?"

Sun Shao smiled secretly. If you want to bargain, Cao Pi is not his opponent, let alone Cao Zhang. He paused for a moment and said, "I just want to do business, I don't want to be a farmer, and I'm not interested in robbing territory with you. As you can see, you can't imagine that there are so many treasures in the sea. I don't need to grab that place with you at all. However, if you want to treat me like a fool, I don't mind stirring a stick to make you feel uncomfortable.

Cao Zhang knew that he meant to stir a stick. He has now stirred a stick and pulled Qingxu over to fight Liaodong. If he wins, Zang Ba and Sun Guan will not only have merit, but also be closer to Sun Shao. It will be more difficult for Cao to encroach on Qingxu's plan. Cao Zhang had a headache. He found that no matter how he arranged, he could not stop Sun Shao. The more closely he took precautions, the more severe Sun Shao tossed. He used military grain to contain Sun Shao, and Sun Shao sent sailors to fish. He used winter clothes to contain Sun Shao. Sun Shao simply dragged Zang Ba and Sun Guan over. He doubted whether Sun Shao did not need it. With his help, you can get the war horse.

Let go of the headache for the time being. Cao Zhang issued an order in accordance with Sun Shao's requirements, asking him to cooperate with Sun Shao to transfer the main force from the Liaoning Tunnel and attract Gongsun Gong out of the city. Tian Yu was very quick to execute the order. He left Hao Zhao, who went back to report the news, to guard the city. He arrived with 15,000 yuan. Sun Shao also sent troops to camp on the shore. The two sides were ready to fight and were on the verge of breaking out.

Gongsun Gong became an idle person on the contrary. Sun Shao and Cao Zhang had an infere and left him aside and no one took care of him.

Liu Yi and others were confused. They didn't know what had happened. They waited carefully for several days, sent a large number of scouts to check the news, and finally learned the truth from the piecemeal news. Cao Zhang, the assassin of Youzhou, wanted to swallow the battle alone and did not provide winter clothes and military food to Sun Shao's sailors. Sun Shao was now hungry and cold, and he was forced to fish for a living. In anger, he detained Cao Zhang. The two sides turned their faces and the conflict continued, and he could not care about fighting Xiangping.

Liu Yi and others couldn't laugh or cry, and then laughed at Cao Zhang for not knowing the general situation. Sun Shao was young and acted recklessly. Half a month later, the nearest husband Yu arrived with more than 10,000 steps. Gongsun Gong held more than 70,000 steps in his hand, and his mind began to move. He wanted to take back the Liaoning Tunnel, pull out the thorn in his side, and let himself sleep in peace. So he ordered General Yang Yi to lead more than 50,000 Han Hu out of the city, 10,000 people were prepared for Tian Yu, 40,000 people surrounded the Liaoning Tunnel, and Liu Yi took 20,000 people to guard Xiangping City.

At this time, Zang Ba and Sun Guan had also arrived with Qingxu Shuishi. They not only brought 10,000 horses, but also a large amount of grain and quilts, which had just been produced in Qingzhou. Qingzhou's silk weaving industry was originally very developed, and its clothes were known all over the world. After Sun Guan cooperated with Sun Shao, Sun Shao sold him a batch of new looms, which was three times more efficient than the old-fashioned looms. What made Sun Guan most happy was that Sun Shao did not ask him a penny, and all the payment turned into a deposit for the order, that is to say, Sun Guan I got a lot of advanced looms without spending money.

Sun Guan had never done such a business. He did not have any doubts about Sun Shao's sincerity. As soon as Sun Shao arrived, he immediately came with people and goods as required. Like him, Zang Ba was also very straightforward. He expanded the mining scale of iron ore with the deposit given by Sun Shao, and the output increased significantly, and the pig iron produced did not worry about sales. The merchant ships of Yue were waiting in Lianyungang. After half a year, the economic situation in Xuzhou has improved significantly, and there is no need to be thick. He stretched out his hand to Cao.

As soon as they saw Sun Shao, Zang Ba and Sun Guan came forward with a smile on their faces. In their eyes, Sun Shao is now the god of money, no matter how polite he is.

When he learned that Liaodong's army had left Xiangping City, Sun Shao immediately summoned Cao Zhang, Zang Ba and others to discuss the matter. The snake came out of the cave. Now it's time to collect the net. In front of the map just drawn, Right Sima Shi talked and explained the current distribution of the forces of all parties. Finally, he said that the Liaoning Tunnel was a bait, and it was a day-to-day. Even if the whole army was destroyed in the end, he did not hesitate. The most important thing now is to seize Xiangping City, and even completely annihirate the foreign soldiers and horses such as Fuyu and Goguryeo who came to help. It is hoped that after this battle, it can be pacfed down Liaodong County and lay the foundation for the next step to sweep Fuyu and Goguryeo.

Cao Zhang was very dissatisfied. He motioned Tian Yu with his eyes. Tian Yu stood up and said, "Yangyi has 50,000, and we are also 50,000 now. Even if we attack inside and outside, we can't ensure a complete victory, not to mention Xiangping City? There are still 20,000 people in Xiangping City. Even if we all go to attack the city, we may not be able to attack it, let alone attack the city while attacking Yang Yi. Isn't it too risky for Your Highness to take this strategy?

Cui Qian was furious and got up to scold Tian Yu angrily, but Sun Shao stopped him and asked quietly, "In your opinion, what about your opinion?"

"Temporarily give up Xiangping City, with the main goal of seriously hitting 50,000 horses under the headquarters of Yangyi." Tian Yu bowed and said, "Your Highness's sailors do not have cavalry and cannot participate in the pursuit of the enemy. They can only fight later. Therefore, the task of pursuit is entrusted to us."

Before Sun Shao spoke, Sun Guan was angry first. He snorted coldly: "Captain Tian meant that we should work hard with Yang Yi first. You are watching. If you win by chance, you will chase again. If you lose, you can only admit your bad luck, right?"

Tian Yu smiled, directly ignored Sun Guan, and said to Sun Shao, "Yu Yikong's opinion, use or not, is all decided by His Royal Highness the King of Yue."

"How many cavalry have you brought?" Sun Shao muttered.

"Four thousand black pills famous horse." Tian Yu smiled reservedly. Sun Shao and others add up to less than 2,000 cavalry. Compared with Cao Zhang, the strength difference is not one or two points, and there are about nearly 10,000 cavalry in the 50,000 troops sent by Gongsun Gong. Although the number is more, the Wuwan cavalry they lead is well equipped and has strong combat ability. They are confident enough to deal with these nearly 10,000 Hu Han cavalry, so Only then can he be sure to take on the task of chasing. In his opinion, Sun Shao and others can't catch up even if they want to catch up. Can they run four legs with two legs? This is a choice. If you want to achieve the task of hitting the Hu people hard, you have to do so.

"Do this work? You are responsible for the reinforcements of Fu Yu and Gaoguli, and the rest of the Liaodong army will be handed over to us."

"Your Highness wants to deal with more than 30,000 Liaodong troops with 30,000 sailors?" Tian Yu was stunned for a moment, and he didn't dare to believe his ears. He hesitated for a moment and reminded, "They have more than 4,000 cavalry."

"What should you do if you don't care about me? First of all, are you sure to anniperize more than 15,000 barbarians? If there is, we will divide the work like this. If not, we will change it again. We will be responsible for more than 10,000 people, and you will deal with more than 30,000 people in Yangyi's department.

Tian Yu took a look at Cao Zhang. Cao Zhang held the yellow beard and muttered for a moment: "Let's go to deal with the Fuyu people and Gaojiuli people. After all, it will be more convenient to ride through the horse."

Sun Shao nodded: "That's it. If we can't seriously damage Yang Yi and conquer Xiangping City, it's my responsibility. If Fu Yu and Gao Guri run away, you have to take responsibility. Let's put the ugly words in the front, and don't get involved again. It hurts the harmony.

Cao Zhang grinned and stood up: "Your Highness, I'm willing to make this bet with you. If Your Highness conquers Xiangping City, and I don't seriously damage my husband and Gaoguli, then I will give you the 2,000 war horses you want, and I won't take any penny. But what if Your Highness fails to conquer Xiangping City?

"I will never set foot in Liaodong from now on."

(to be continued)