Chapter 25 should

"Lord, does Xu Gong still have such ability?" Zhao Feng briefly read this letter, which was written by Xu Gong, the governor of Wu County, to Liu Bei. He claimed that he had gathered more than a thousand dead soldiers and could act as Liu Bei's internal responder at any time. As long as Liu Bei came to attack Wu County, he could find an opportunity to open the gate to respond to the Xuzhou army.

Before, Sun Fu told Zhao Feng that Xu Gong's old troops had basically sent Sun Quan to Lujiang to accompany him to death, only because Sun Fu surrendered and these people saved their lives. Zhao Feng estimated that Xu Gong should have been overhead for a long time, but he didn't expect that this man could still be entangled with thousands of people. If he had known that he still had this energy, Zhao Feng would have directly waved to Wu County.

"Xu Taishou said that there are still several people in Wu County who are dissatisfied with Sun Quan. Their guards can add up to more than a thousand people. Therefore, as long as there is a chance, they are willing to help our army seize Wu County." After Lu Su and Pang Tong read this letter, Liu Bei told them more information.

"So that's it!" Zhao Feng, Lu Su and others were all suddenly surprised, and then Zhao Feng also sighed: the power of the Jiangdong family is really amazing. Any few people can pull out hundreds of servants and soldiers in the family, and a few people can join hands to deal with Sun Quan. Even if you take down Jiangdong in the future, I'm afraid it will take time to stabilize. Of course, Liu Bei is different from Sun Quan. Not to mention that his political skills are much more sophisticated than Sun Quan, Liu Bei's capital is also much stronger than Sun Quan's. With the strength of the two states in his hand now, it is more than enough for the big families in Jiangdong.

"Sun Ce used to say that he sat firmly in Jiangdong with tough means, and after all, it is rare to win people's hearts." Lu Su also shook his head after reading the silk book. Pang Tong thought more directly, and immediately asked directly, "Master, is this Xu Gong reliable?"

"From the previous point of view, it should be more reliable." Liu Bei thought for a moment and said, and then Zhao Feng told them what Sun Fu had revealed to him at the beginning. After such a comprehensive analysis, he felt that it should indeed be more reliable. In this case, Lord, it should not be too late. We should send troops as soon as possible to besiege Wu County. If you can capture Sun Quan in one fell swoop, you will get twice the result with half the effort!" Pang Tong's eyes were already bright at this time, and he hurriedly said.

"I feel the same!" Liu Bei saw that Lu Su and Zhao Feng both nodded and agreed. At present, they also decided to attack Wu County first. After some deliberation, everyone agreed that Zhang Liao should lead 20,000 troops to garrison Danyang. Liu Bei personally led 70,000 troops to Wu County with everyone, and at the same time ordered Li Tong to lead 10,000 troops to garrison in Wancheng to prevent Tai Shici in Poyang. Although the latter has only 8,000 defenders, Zhao Feng is afraid that it will not be fun if he comes to Gan Ning's hundred horse kicking camp.

"Liu Bei personally led the army to my Wu County?" Sun Quan stared at the newly returned Tanma in front of him and asked word by word. The sound gritted its teeth, which made people shudder.

"Exactly!" The detective horse was already trembling all over and could only reluctantly spit out these two words. Sun Quan's face was extremely solemn when he heard the words, and the civil and military people in the hall were also silent. Even Pan Zhang, who has always been fearless, could not say anything more inspiring.

"Sent the order, stick to the four gates, wait for reinforcements, and at the same time tell Gong Jin of Yuzhang to break through the Jingzhou army as soon as possible and come back to attack inside and outside." Finally, Sun Quan was the first to react and quickly issued these two orders in a row. Everyone knows that although Wu County has enough military supplies, because they did not expect Danyang to fall so quickly, there are no generals in the city. The main generals are basically still under the order of Yuzhang Zhou Yu at this moment. Now, except for Pan Zhang and Zhu Ran, there are only Quanrou and Quanzong father and son, and there are only two knives like Ma Zhong. Even if Sun Quan is not rich in combat experience, he also understands that it is not realistic to rely on these people to fight with Liu Bei.

There was nothing to say all the way. Danyang was not far from Wu County. It took Liu Bei's army to reach Wu County in less than two days. Along the way to Lingyang, all the counties of Fuchun fell. What a dangerous city, almost weaker than my Xuzhou city!" That afternoon, the army finally arrived in Wu County. Liu Bei looked at the dangerous wall and couldn't help sighing.

"Lord, don't worry. I have ordered the military craftsmen to use Dongyu to build more than a hundred throwers. Since the battle in Jiangdong, it has not benefited the market. Now I will let this Sun Quan open his eyes!" Zhao Feng said with a smile. Liu Bei also had some expectations when he heard the words. Although he had never seen the throist, he absolutely trusted Zhao Feng's vision in the design of the machine. The previous crossbow cannon has amazed him, and now the throist seems to be better.

Because it was getting late, the Xuzhou army did not immediately attack the city, but camped and prepared to fight again the next day. How can this county in Jiangdong be so vast? In this Wu County alone, Danyang is almost as big as Xuzhou!" When accompanying Zhao Feng on patrol that night, Xu Sheng suddenly sighed.

"I don't know anything about you. This Jiangdong is famous for being vast and sparsely populated. A county in the south of Huiji is about to catch up with Xuzhou. But you see, although the land is big, there are few people," Zhao Feng said with a smile. I don't know why the regional area division of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty is so different. The combined area of Yangzhou and Jingzhou can almost be equal to the sum of all the states and counties in the north. Of course, in contrast, the population distribution is very uneven. Jingzhou is fine. The area of Yangzhou is four or five times that of Xuzhou, but the population is only more than half that of Xuzhou. Moreover, the land here is fertile and the economy is developed, which is not unaffordable to support people. What's more, there are Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong and other talents in internal affairs in history. Why hasn't the population increased much? Zhao Feng thought about it for a long time, probably because the power of the family here was too huge and the land annexation was serious, so he could not attract the people to come. He would rather gather in a small place in Yuzhou.

"The harsh government is fiercer than the tiger!" Zhao Feng can only explain it like this, and he doesn't know how to solve this problem in the future. Even if it can't be solved completely, at least it should be eased a little.

"How's the situation? Is there any movement nearby?" When he happened to meet a scout who inquired about the news, Zhao Fengsuo stopped him and asked about the situation.

"General, the garrison is just closing the gate, and there is no abnormal situation for more than a hundred miles." The scout gasped slightly, but still replied quickly.

"I know. In addition, we should also strengthen the inspection of large and small rivers. The Jiangdong navy is sharp, and they are likely to kill unexpectedly from the waterway. Zhao Feng suddenly remembered something and quickly told him again.

"The villain understands!" The scout was also stunned when he heard the words, and then hurried down to prepare not to mention it. After Zhao Feng and Xu Sheng patrol the camp together, they did not find anything abnormal, so they returned to the camp separately. However, before Zhao Feng went back, he went to Liu Bei's camp to report the situation.

"Your lord, I have just seen it. The Jiangdong army is heavily guarded tonight. I think Xu Taishou can't have time. From the Ming Dynasty, we will step up the attack, and wait until the defenders are tired to relax, and we should be afraid that we can take advantage of it. Zhao Feng said so.

"That's true!" Liu Bei is also a person who has been in the battlefield for a long time, and he does not expect to rely on Xu Gong to easily take Wu County. Then Liu Bei smiled and said, "B Tao, I just met your personal guard Hao Zhao. I think he is a general. I heard that he sneaked into Danyang City alone and cheated Sun Yi and Gu Yong?"

"ExACTly!" Zhao Feng was not surprised. Liu Bei's vision of people was still very accurate. I wanted to settle down and appoint him to a new official position. Now that the Lord is interested in him, please ask the Lord to take it!"

"Ha ha, he is a man of Bo Tao. At present, his official position is not as good as a military marquis. How can you promote him?" Then Liu Bei also sighed, "When Bo Tao asked me to build Xuzhou College, I didn't care too much. At present, there are only two students, and the results are not small. Hao Zhao, Fu Tong and Zhang Nanjun are all emerging. If they are at that time, they must be the talents of generals; Jiang Gongyan even praised them. I have decided that after this group of students leave the school this year, they will be sent more to Jiangdong for practice.

"It's so good!" Zhao Feng also nodded in agreement when he heard the words. In this way, it can at least temporarily weaken the influence of the family in Jiangdong from the grassroots. As for how to deal with it later, let's wait until it is completely settled. Then Liu Bei and he talked about some other things, and Zhao Feng left and returned to the camp. After all, he will be attacked tomorrow.

At night, the Xuzhou army was loose outside and tight inside. It seemed to be loosely guarded, but in fact, it was eager for the Jiangdong army in the city to come to steal the camp. However, Sun Quan obviously made up his mind to keep it, and there was no movement this night.

Since you are determined to shrink your head, I can only break your son of a bitch. The next morning, before dawn, more than a hundred catapults had been transported to Wujun City, about 200 steps away from the city, and then began to assemble and debug. As for the stones, someone was sent to collect them nearby last night.

"Zi Heng, what are they doing?" On the head of Wu County, after learning that the Xuzhou army did not directly attack the city, Sun Quan also went to the city to see the situation in person, but saw that the Xuzhou army had seriously built wooden shelves one by one below. In doubt, he had to ask the whole comprehensive general who was most familiar with the military around him.

"Lord, the last general has been in the battlefield for a long time, but he has never seen such a situation!" I can't say why the whole synthesis. Compared with the confused people of Eastern Wu at the top of the city, the people in Xuzhou under the city are not very calm. Because the throist is highly confidential, only Zhao Feng and other generals who had seen the experiment before knew its power, and the rest of the ordinary soldiers, even Liu Bei, who had just arrived, and Huang Zhong and Pang Tong, had never seen it. Except for Liu Bei, who could still keep calm, everyone else looked curiously and began to ask each other at the same time. Unfortunately, no one could answer them.

"General, the assembly and loading have been completed, and it can be launched!" At this moment, a military marquis in charge of the throist came to report to Zhao Feng. After getting Liu Bei's approval, Zhao Feng also turned around with some enthusiasm to face the defenders in Wujun City, waved his right hand and shouted, "Let go!"

The sound of "Dang Dang" was remembered continuously, and then more than a hundred pieces of stones of about 100 catties were thrown away one after another. In the stunned eyes of the Eastern Wu garrison, they flew to the head of Wu County.

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