Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 483

After the grain of the Lei family's Di clan was burned, Zhang Fei tentatively went out of the city to raise food several times. Cao Xiu's tiger and leopard cavalry waited for the opportunity every time, and Cao Hong would follow and launch a full-scale attack.

Zhang Fei didn't move and Cao Jun didn't move. When Zhang Fei moved, Cao Jun followed suit. Cao Hong seemed to have found a way to win.

After a few times, Zhang Fei stopped probing. After all, they were far away from Yizhou to fight alone. The few soldiers they send are easy to be eaten by tiger and leopard cavalry.

The consumption of food in the city was worrying, and Zhang Fei beat the spinning top more frequently.

In mid-April, the two sides had been at a stalemate for more than a month in the next debate.

Zhang Fei took the spinning top to the city wall and whipped it, and arranged for the soldiers to make miserable screams. The sound of the whipping and the howling of the soldiers spread far and wide.

This behavior lasted for a total of three days, which surprised Cao Jun who did not attack outside the city.

On the third night, the patrolling tiger and leopard cavalry caught a deserter from Xiabian. His body was beaten to pieces with a whip, and many of the blood-stained clothes were embedded in the flesh.

After being sent to Cao Hong's camp, a basin of ice water was poured on the deserter's head. The unconscious man opened his eyes, and saw Cao Hong sitting at the head, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Yang Fu, Xin Pi, etc. lined up on the left and right.

"Where is this?" the deserter asked with difficulty.

"This is Cao Ying. What's your name? This wound on your body" Cao Hong asked coldly.

When the deserter heard the word Cao Ying, his eyes showed a frightened expression, then he lowered his head and did not dare to answer.

Cao Hong looked at Yang Fu and motioned for him to come and ask questions.

Yang Fu squatted down and stared at the terrified face of the deserter, and then said condescendingly: "Guan Er knew that he was Zhang Fei's soldier in his uniform. How could he run out of Xiabian covered in blood? Could it be that he was beaten by Zhang Fei?" Bar?"

"Yes." The deserter hesitated for a long time and finally spoke.

Yang Fu sneered and said: "Answer General Cao's question honestly, if anyone deceives you, his head will be gone."

"My name is Wu Er, and this injury was caused by General Zhang." The deserter lowered his head after speaking.

After listening, Yang Fu nodded and explained to everyone: "I have heard that Zhang Fei loves to flog the soldiers after drinking for fun. The soldiers who besieged the city have also heard the sound of whipping and wailing in the past few days. It seems that Wu Er has touched the bad luck of that black servant."

"Why did Zhang Fei whip you? Why did you come here? Could it be a spy?" Cao Xiu asked.

"I'm not a spy. General Zhang is drunk, but fortunately there is no alcohol in the city. He is depressed. Many brothers have been whipped." Wu Erhua replied.

After hearing this, Cao Hong sneered and said, "I wonder why Zhang Fei suddenly whipped the soldiers. It turned out that it was because Xia Bian drank all the wine? It seems that the rumors in the market are somewhat false."

Cao Xiu saw that Wu Er was avoiding the serious and taking the light, and immediately yelled: "Answer my question directly, why did Zhang Fei whip you? And why did you come here?"

Wu Er's body trembled, and he replied in a panic: "General Zhang asked us to search for wine in the city. Some found it and others didn't. I've been whipped and I'm going to look for it tomorrow. If I can't bring it back, I will be beaten to death. Pao couldn't bear to send me out of Xiabian, I never thought of coming to Cao Ying."

"Why can someone find it, but you can't?" Cao Xiu continued to ask.

Wu Er swallowed his saliva: "Because... because I don't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately"

Cao Xiu didn't ask any more questions after listening. Wu Er was seriously injured, and the questions he answered were not inconsistent, so he dispelled his doubts about his identity.

Yang Fu nodded and analyzed: "It seems that Xiabian's treasury is already very tense. Zhang Fei has secretly ordered someone to rob it. We should be able to regain the lost ground soon."

"There hasn't been a large-scale escape in Xiabian yet, and we'll reap the benefits when the city really becomes chaotic," Cao Xiu reminded.

Cao Hong thought for a while and threatened Wu Er: "The general saw that you are seriously injured. If you don't receive timely medical treatment, you will probably die in the wilderness. If you have any useful information, maybe I can arrange for the army doctor to replace you. treat."

"Uh, no." Wu Er lowered his head.

"Haha, I'm worried that the family members in Yizhou will be implicated and dare not say it? Even if you don't tell us now, Zhang Fei has no chance to go back alive. If he stays alive, he might be able to reunite with his family." Cao Hong shook his head and sneered.

"Uh, there seems to be only ten days left in the city. General Zhang seems to want to camp in the mountains to the south, and then pretends to be a bluff, but in fact he wants to go out to raise food by detour." Wu Er replied with a blushing face.

Cao Hongxu squinted his eyes, "Ming repaired the plank road and secretly plotted against Chen Cang? Who would have thought that this black servant could use schemes?"

"Zhang Fei is a little clever, just like throwing urine that day."

Yang Fu realized that Cao Hong and Cao Xiu's faces were not right in the middle of the sentence, and immediately shut up. He just blurted out and forgot that the sufferer was right in front of him.

Wu Er clasped his hands and asked tentatively: "I've told you everything I know, can you give me a full meal?"

Cao Hong waved his hand and said, "Follow us and we won't go hungry. This general will not only fill you with food, but also heal your whip wounds. Take it with you."

"Thank you, General." Wu Er cracked his head.

After Wu Er was taken away from the big tent, Cao Hong told Xin Pi: "Tomorrow Zuo Zhi (Xin Pi) will go back to Hechi to supervise the grain, so let's take Wu Er back with him, it's not a problem to stay with us. "

"Wei." Simpi answered with hands clasped.

"George went back and forth to supervise the food several times, why don't you let me go for a walk?"

Seeing this, Yang Fu stood up and asked for Ying. He accidentally said something wrong just now, and planned to go to Hechi County to temporarily avoid the limelight and wait for Cao Hong and Cao Xiu to calm down.

"Alright." Cao Hong nodded.

Seeing Cao Xiu's pensive expression, Cao Hong left him alone after disbanding the tent.

"Zhang Fei is at the end of his battle, what is Wen Lie still worried about?" Cao Hong asked curiously.

Cao Xiu replied: "Zhang Fei was dragged down miserably by our style of play, and the opponent's consumption of food and grass is also expected, but I just don't understand why he wants to bluff and sneak out of the city to raise food?"

Cao Hong laughed and said, "Wen Lie has been with the King of Wei for a long time, right? Xiabian is surrounded by tiger and leopard riders, and Zhang Fei's every move is monitored by us. How can he hide it from us if he doesn't play tricks?"

"The south is surrounded by mountains, where will Zhang Fei go?" Cao Xiu looked at the map and said to himself.

"I think it must be the west. There are no soldiers and horses blocking the west of Xiabian. He will not forcibly cross the Zuoxi River (now the Qingni River) from the mountain, and then go around behind our camp, right? Ma Chao has suffered a lot." Cao Hong said disapprovingly.

Zuoxishui (now Qingni River) is east of Xiabian, crosses the Chenghui Basin from north to south into the mountains, and finally flows into the Jialing River.

Cao Xiu nodded, "It's very possible to take a detour to attack our camp, as long as Zhang Fei mobilizes enough troops, but then Xiabian City will be empty, and this black servant should want to gamble with us."

"A gamble?" Cao Hong asked with question marks all over his face.

Cao Xiu sneered: "I bet we haven't taken Xiabian yet, but he can break through our camp after going around. Zhang Fei's move is quite dangerous. As long as we can capture Xiabian, it doesn't matter if the camp falls."

"Yes, yes, we won't suffer from changing campsites." Cao Hong understood.

(End of this chapter)