Chapter 13 Dead Hole

What Yang Yi was most puzzled was when Sun Deng ran behind him and how he went.

The answer is that I went by boat last night.

The location of Liaoning Tunnel City is very special. It is sandwiched by Damao water and beam water. There is a Shaanxi-long area in the middle, which is more than 50 miles long from east to west and more than 20 miles wide from north to south. Liaoning Tunnel City and Xiangping are separated by beam water, which can cross the water in a place called Meng Liangjin, which is not suitable for other places. The Jiangdong sailors led by Sun Deng have now cut off Meng Liangjin and blocked Yangyi's 40,000 horses between Daliang water and Daliao water. After Cao Zhang and Tian Yu solved the siege of the Liaoning tunnel, they blocked Yangyi's hope of crossing the water to the west.

Then Yang Yi did not worry about himself. Cao Zhang had less than 20,000 people, and he had nearly 40,000 people, twice as much as Cao Zhang, which was enough to be invincible. What he was worried about was where Sun Shao went? If Sun Shao is also on the other side of the beam, waiting for a half-way attack, then he really has no way to survive.

Fortunately, he soon knew Sun Shao's whereth, and Sun Shao led more than 20,000 people to surround Xiangping City.

When Yang Yi heard the news, he was stunned at first, and then laughed dumbly. Is Xiangping City so easy to attack? Not only is the city strong, but there are also 20,000 defenders in the city. Sun Shao attacked the city with 20,000 sailors, which is tantamount to a fool's dream. Anyway, the most appropriate way now should be to combine Sun Shao and Cao Zhang to eat his Yangyi first. Sun Shao's current behavior can only make people feel that he is stupid and arrogant.

Not only Yang Yi thinks so, but also Cao Zhang thinks so. Can you conquer Xiangping City with 20,000 sailors? It's crazy to fight for credit. After discussing with Tian Yu, Cao Zhang decided to stop the offensive for the time being, defend and block Yang Yi here. He wanted to see how Sun Shao attacked Xiangping City.

Yang Yi and Cao Zhang made the same decision. After a little contact, they kept their distance. The two sides tacitly confronted each other, waiting for the news of Xiangping City, and preparing for the final battle.

Xiangping City is on the west bank of the Daliang River. Although the water surface is also wide, the building ship could not pass smoothly. Therefore, Sun Shao gave up the building ship and only used small and medium-sized warships and merchant ships to transport troops and grain. After arriving at Xiangping City, he did not surround the east gate and west gate as usual. Zang Ba and Sun Guan led more than 10,000 Qingxu sailors to camp in the west gate. Sun Shao himself led more than 15,000 Zhendan sailors in the east gate. They didn't even have to prick the village and lived directly on the ship. Gongsun Gong also has some ships, but these ships can be ignored in front of the Aurora Marine Division. As long as they look at the battle flag of the Aurora Marine Division, they will disperse and can't find a shadow.

Sun Shao once again sent people to the city to persuade him to surrender. He told Gongsun Gong that the 10,000 horses of Fuyu Wangwei Qiutai had been destroyed by Cao Zhang, and Yang Yi's army was besieged and waiting to be killed. If you don't have any other reinforcements, just give up your hands. The conditions I promised you before can still be fulfilled. If you still don't know what's good or bad, don't blame it. You're welcome.

Gongsun Gong is just weak, not retarded. In the face of the arrogance of Sun Shao's messenger, he was angry and too lazy to talk to him. He directly sent someone to bombard the messenger out. He said crazy. Sun Shao, if you have the ability, you can attack the city. I'd like to see how you attack the city. Twenty thousand people attack and twenty thousand people defend. Do you think that Liaodong City is covered with paper, and the Liaodong army is full of women without eggs?

From Gongsun Gong and Liu Yi to the soldiers watching the city gate, they all felt that Sun Shao was crazy. They discussed the youngest king of the Han Dynasty in a contemptuous tone. They said with one voice that the old man was innocent and blind. The man deserved to die. Unexpectedly, they let such a madman become a king, no Is there any reason for death?

Gongsun Yuan also thought so. The first thing he said when he saw Zhou Yu was: "Is King Yue crazy?"

Gongsun Yuanzi Wenyi, 23 years old this year, is the grandson of Gongsun Du and the second son of Gongsun Kang. His brother Gongsun Huang has been a hostage in Ye City for several years. When Gongsun Kang died of illness, their brother was still young. Liu Yi, Yang Yi and others felt that they had no ability to be the governor of Liaodong, so they recommended Gongsun Gong to succeed to the throne. In order to prevent Gongsun Huang from having a problem, they sent Gongsun Huang to Yecheng as a proton.

As the saying goes, there is nothing new under the sun. The situation of the Gongsun family is very similar to that of the Sun family, but Gongsun Gong is more stupid and not as sober as Sun Quan. The power of Liaodong is in the hands of Liu Yi, Yang Yi and others. Liu Yi and others get the benefits, but the notoriety is borne by his Gongsun Gongsun Gong.

Gongsun Huang has a problem, but he can't help it now, and Gongsun Gong believes that Gongsun Yuan is the second son. Anyway, he has no chance, so he doesn't have much defense against him. Gongsun Yuan is now a general in Xiangping City, with more than 3,000 subordinates responsible for the security of the East Gate. Outside the East Gate is Sun Shao's Aurora Marine Division. The dense warships covered the whole beam of water surface, which seemed to be shocking, but Gongsun Yuan did not think that Sun Shao had the ability to capture Xiangping City. The reason was very simple that his troops were seriously insufficient.

There are clouds in the art of war, ten besieged, and double the battle. Sun Shao's strength is the same as that in the city. How to fight?

Zhou He smiled silently and asked, "What do you think?"

Gong Sun Yuan didn't say anything. He was calmly reminded by Zhou Yu. Judging from Sun Shao's record, he was saved many times. In his debut for four or five years, he contributed to the military conference and became the youngest king of the Han Dynasty. How could he be a madman with such a record?

"How does he attack?" Gongsun Yuan blinked his slender eyes, and his eyes were uncertain.

"There are many ways to attack the city." Zhou Yu said calmly, "Attack the heart is the top, and the siege is the bottom. The general must also know that the fief of our Yue is the sea, excluding Liaodong County. The reason why my king came to attack Xiangping City was that some people did not obey the imperial edict of the emperor. General, you should know that it's not easy for you to live in Luoyang.

Gongsun Yuan curled his lips inadvertently. He had no feelings with his brother, Gongsun Huang. Gongsun Huang's life and death were not in his consideration, and Zhou Kun's words had no effect on him.

"It's really a pity that the general is in danger without knowing it." Zhou Kun shook his head and said regretfully, "Uncle Zun is weak and incompetent. He is not a qualified lord of Liaodong. The general is young and resourceful, wise and brave. My king appreciates the general very much. He is willing to help the general become the lord of Liaodong.

Gongsun Yuan was moved. Over the years, as he grew older, he had been considering this matter. Liaodong should be his, not the cowardly and incompetent Gongsun Gonggong. This incompetent uncle only knew how to play with women, but he did not even give birth to a man and a half a woman. Obviously, he was not a suitable heir. But he is not in a hurry. Gongsun Gong can't have children. Isn't it just to create an opportunity for him? If Gongsun Gong hadn't inherited the position of his father Gongsun Kang and sent his brother Gongsun Huang to Luoyang as a hostage, and now he has no children, how could his second son have a chance? This is simply God's arrangement.

In this case, why should he take the risk of cooperating with Sun Shao?

"What are the conditions of the King of Yue?" Gongsun Yuan smiled enthusiastically and seemed to be moved by Zhou Kun's words.

"The king of Yue doesn't want an inch of land in Liaodong." Zhou Yu first calmed Gongsun Yuan's heart, "He hopes that after the general is the lord of Liaodong, he will abide by the decree of the emperor, provide the port where our Yue navy is stationed, do business with our Yue, and respect the territorial waters of our Yue. Then, the general can enjoy the same preferential treatment as Zang Ba, the governor of Xuzhou, and Sun Guan, the governor of Qingzhou.

"Is that all?" Gongsun Yuan was a little disappointed.

"My king is not a talkative person. He can't do it. He won't accept it casually." Zhou Yu said lightly, "General, you might as well ask my businessman in Vietnam to see how my king treats his subjects. My king doesn't like war. He likes to do business. The reason why his business is getting bigger and bigger is just because he adheres to the belief that it is a win-win situation.

Gongsun Yuan turned his eyes and said nothing. He is not strange to the merchants of Yue. Xiangping City is in the southeast corner of his jurisdiction. Many things in his house are obtained through the merchants of Yue. Of course, he also has a lot of goods sold through the merchants of Yue. Vietnamese businessmen are unique in Xiangping City. They are honest in business and would rather make less money than cheat. In addition, the quality of their goods is superior and the price is also fair, so they occupy nearly half of the market share in Xiangping City. Those Barbarians such as Fuyu and Goguryeo like to trade with them. Yes.

"These, I don't need to cooperate with His Royal Highness the King of Yue, and I can get them." Gongsun Yuan raised the teacup with a smile and motioned to Zhou Yu: "Well, isn't this the tea sold by your Vietnamese merchants?"

Zhou Qian looked at him meaningfully: "It's a pity that I thought the general was a smart man, but I didn't expect that the general was playing with fire on top of the accumulated salary, but he still didn't realize that a big disaster was coming. In this case, the general should be ready to destroy the tiles and jade. After saying that, he turned around and said goodbye.

Gongsun Yuan looked at Zhou Yu out of the door with a smile, and then said with a disdainful smile, "What danger can I have? This vertical is too alarming, isn't it?"

"I also think the general is in danger." Yang Zhuo, the trusted captain of Gongsun Yuan, suddenly said.

"Oh?" Gongsun Yuan lowered his face and looked at Yang Zhuhappily: "What's the danger do you have?"

"General, since you don't want to have contact with the king of Yue, you shouldn't let this person enter the house. Since you let him enter the house and haven't talked about it, you can't let him go out of the house like this. This is dangerous."

Gongsun Yuan was stunned and immediately surprised. He understood what Yang Zhuo meant. If Gongsun Gong knew that Zhou Kun had come to his house, he would definitely cross-examination him. Would he believe that there was no agreement between him and Zhou Kun? He stood up and said with a white face, "Catch the man immediately."

"I can't catch him." Yang Zhuo shook his head regretfully: "Do you know where he came from? Xiangping City has been closed for nearly half a month, and he is still free to go in and out. The general has let him out. How can he still catch him? According to the minister, the general should find a way to deal with the questioning of the pastoral government.

Gongsun Yuan was stunned. At this time, he figured out why he couldn't reach a word. Zhou Yu was not even interested in bargaining, so he got up and left. He didn't come to bargain with him at all. He just came to plant things. It won't take long for Gongsun Gong to get the news.

Quiet as a virgin, moving like a rabbit, this messenger of Yue should have such a comment, and he disappeared in time before he made the right reaction.

Gongsun Yuan was very depressed. He was unwilling to let people chase him out. Sure enough, as Yang Zhuo expected, he could not find Zhou Yu's shadow at all. It seemed that he had never appeared in Xiangping City. When Gongsun Yuan was considering whether to ask for a search of Xiangping City, Gongsun Gongsun Gong sent someone to call him into the house for discussion.

Gongsun Yuan had no choice but to go to see Gongsun Gong. As expected, no matter how he explained and showed his loyalty, Gongsun Gong and Liu Yi's eyes could not erase the look of suspicion. Gongsun Gong immediately adjusted the defense of the east of the city and transferred Liu Xiang, the son of Liu Yi, who was originally in charge of the South Gate, to the East Gate. He said that he assisted Gongsun Yuan, but actually monitored Gongsun Yuan. The meaning was very clear that if Sun Shao broke through the East Gate, you would die.

Gongsun Yuan did not dare to have any objection. He knew that Gongsun Gong took the opportunity to get rid of him. As the Yue envoy said, he was sitting on the accumulated salary and playing with fire without knowing it, but what made him angry was that the fire was stuffed into his hands by the Yue envoy. The attack on the city is the bottom, the attack is the top, and the attack is the heart of him and Gongsun Gong. A small move pushed him into a dangerous situation.

Gongsun Yuan began to doubt whether his decision was a little hasty. Although it seemed that the whole war situation had not changed much, King Yue's unexpected behavior shook his belief. He could hit the opponent's weakness between his hands and feet. Such an opponent was difficult to guard against. The same Strength can play an amazing effect in his hands.

Gongsun Yuan was careful. He should not only avoid causing Liu Xiang's suspicion, but also be prepared for Sun Shao's attack. He did not dare to neglect anything. After successfully provoking the mutual suspicion of their uncles and nephews, Sun Shao will definitely seize the opportunity to attack the East Gate.

As expected by Gongsun Yuan, after two days of preparation, Sun Shao drove the warship to the moat in front of Xiangping City, and hundreds of crossbows and Thunderbolts launched a fierce attack on the East Gate. The range of the strong crossbow and the Thunderbolt car is more than a hundred steps. You can directly attack the wall from the moat, and a wooden wall is erected on the warship, and the crossbow on the wall can't hurt the Yue sailor hiding behind the wooden wall at all.

Sun Shao's offensive gave Gongsun Yuan strong pressure from the beginning, but these were still secondary. He used more insidious tricks. Liu Xiang soon found that when Gongsun Yuan's war flag appeared on the wall, although the war drums of the Yue sailors were striking, the offensive was thunderous and the raindrops were small. When his war flag appeared on the wall, the attack effect of the Yue sailors was obviously much greater, and crossbows and gunners were like raindrops.

Liu Xiang was so angry that he immediately reported the abnormal situation to his father Liu Yi. Liu Yi naturally immediately told Gongsun Gong, and he was used to adding oil and vinegar to his surname. In his mouth, Gongsun Yuan was already a quasi-op against the enemy. No matter how Gongsun Yuan cursed and swore, Gongsun Gong still transferred him from the East Gate and let him take charge of the South Gate. There are no enemies at the South Gate. You can stay there.

The next development confirmed Gongsun Gong's guess. After Gongsun Yuan's battle flag disappeared from the east gate, Sun Shao launched a fierce attack. His three generals personally led his subordinates to take turns to attack the east gate again and again under the cover of the warship. One day, the east gate was hit down, and the east gate was full of stones thrown from the city. Rolling wood, the rammed earth wall is full of pits and crossbows made by cannon stones. Although the gate is still intact, it is also scarred under the fierce attack of the Yue sailors.

Liu Xiang suffered heavy losses. The more than 3,000 people he brought only fought for one day and lost more than half of them. Most of them died under the Thunderbolt of the Yue sailors. The cannon stone sent by the Thunderbolt flew over a hundred and ten steps and hit a place with a large crowd. Each hit could cause a series of screams. Its deterrent power was far less than that of a strong crossbow that could shoot through two or three people with one arrow. What made Liu Xiang even more angry was that there were also gun stones tied with bricks in these gun stones. The Yue sailor poured oil on them, lit them, and then launched them out. The bricks flew away in the air. When they flew to the top of the city, they had turned into brick rain, which made the defenders cry and howled. Not many were killed, but there were many injuries. As soon as morale plummeted, many soldiers did not dare to go to the city. It was useless to drive them away with a whip. Liu Xiang was forced to be helpless and killed more than a dozen timid people in anger, which controlled the situation.

At the same time, Zang Ba also launched an attack at the west gate. Like Sun Shao, he was not in a hurry to attack the city, but used the Thunderbolt and the crossbow to carry out cover shooting first. At the same time, he arranged the bright siege troops behind the Thunderbolt to put psychological pressure on the soldiers defending the city. Today's Qingxu Shuishi is rich. The two rows of soldiers standing in the front are all the same iron armor. The sword and spear halberd in their hands are shining in the cold, shining in the sun. They are dazzling and attracting enough attention.

After a day of fierce battle, Gongsun Yuan thought that Sun Shao and the others were going to rest for a night and fight again tomorrow, but they didn't expect that just after dinner, the east gate and the west gate sounded the roar of the Thunderbolt and the roar of the crossbow again. What shocked them more was that the Thunderbolt adjusted the range and shot the burning fireballs one by one by one to the depths of Xiangping City. Where. It was dark early in Liaodong. Although it was only You, it was already dark, and the night sky was so dark that I couldn't see anything. I could only see fireballs roaring by one by one, drawing deadly arcs and falling into the city. The houses in Xiangping City are mainly made of wood. In a very short period of time, the city caught fire everywhere and became a mess.

The Thunderbolt caused great fear among the defenders of Xiangping City. As soon as they heard the roar of the Thunderbolt launch, they were shocked. Then they stared at their eyes in fear and watched one fireball after another turn into countless sparks in the air and fall into Xiangping City.

Gongsun Gong was violent, and the fat on his face was trembling. He pointed to Liu Yi and others with ugly faces. His fingers trembled. If he scolded, he would turn around in his mouth, and it could break out at any time.

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Liu Yi was confident and calm: "The reason why Sun Shao attacked at all costs is to put pressure on us and force us to surrender. However, although he attacked for a day, what could he do? It's just that the sharpness of the Thunderbolt has caused us some trouble. Both the East Gate and the West Gate are safe and sound. And how many cannon stones and crossbows can he have when he fights like him? I estimate that he will take care of it for two or three more days tomorrow at most.

"Really?" Gongsun Gong was skeptical.

"How dare I deceive you?" Liu Yi became more and more calm: "I still consider that he has a ship to transport. If there is no ship, he may not be able to support it today. The war has to be calculated. Whether it is a gun stone or a crossbow arrow, it will not fall out of thin air. The cost of long-distance transportation is very amazing. He made a fierce attack, which is also out of the consideration of trying to fight quickly.

"That's right." Gongsun Gong finally calmed down, brushed his sleeves, thought for a thought and said, "Can the Yue merchants in the city be under control? Don't let them get along with each other and ruin our big things.

"Reassure you, ten days ago, we closed Xiangping City, and all the Vietnamese businessmen were controlled." Liu Yi was very excited at the thought of this. After this battle, you can make a fortune by making an excuse to confiscate the goods of the Vietnamese merchants. The merchants of Yue are rich. They took a big ship and shipped a ship of goods. They earned a lot of money from Liaodong. Now all the money is going to fall into his pocket.

Is it easiest to get rich in business? No, the easiest thing to get rich is robbery, which is profitless, whether it is a confiscation in the official capacity or a robber who does business with a knife.

Liu Yi's eyebrows shrugged and his heart was happy. What he wanted most now was not the goods of Yue, but the kabuki of Yue. Just half a month ago, Yue merchants shipped a large number of beautiful kabuki, with more than 500 people. It is said that more than 200 people have been sold, and more than 300 more because the price is too expensive. I didn't have time to sell it and hoarded it all in Xiangping City. In this battle, he can pocket the batch of kabuki without spending a single money.

The Kabuki in Yue is good. Not only are they beautiful, singing and dancing, but also there are many kinds of tricks. There are not only black-haired and black-eyed Wu Yue women with tender as water, but also the blonde Xiyi. Those Xiyi women are enchanting and their tastes are very different from those in the Central Plains. They are very popular. As soon as they arrive in Xiangping, they will soon be sold out. Yes. Liu Yi's son, Liu Xiang, had a boundary with Xiangping City because of the defense area. In order to please him, the city order to please him, those Vietnamese businessmen also flattered him and specially sent two to him. Liu Xiang did not dare to enjoy them alone, and transferred one of them to Lao Zi. Liu Yi was very satisfied. These barbarians were open. They were more open than the women in the Central Plains. All kinds of unheard of tricks made Liu Yi happy. The only regret was that he was really old. Although the absurd days were like a fairy, the problem of back pain also broke out together, and he couldn't bear it when he went to court. Stop yawning.

Just as Liu Yi was thinking about entering the house, the eldest grandson Liu Yuan came in in a hurry with a panic. As soon as he saw Liu Yi, he knelt on the ground and burst into tears before he could speak: "Father, Dad is dead!"

"What?" Liu Yi suddenly didn't come to his senses: "Your father died in the war?"

"No." Liu Yuan shook his head like a rattle and cried: "He was assassinated in the bedroom."

(to be continued)