The Assassin Empire of the Three Kingdoms

The wind is sunny, and the birds are flying back and forth in the sky, left and right.The heavy snow last night covered the entire land with a thin layer of gauze. In the grass by the roadside, a gray rabbit looking for food watched the crowd on the road vigilantly.It didn't expect that in such a season and such weather, there would be a large army appearing on the official road.

"Where is this place?" Long Fei personally led the team this time, behind him were Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, and Pan Zhang.The number of the army is not many, only [-]. There are no banners covering the sky, and there is no sound of majestic and mighty drums. The soldiers just keep their heads on their way.Although the weather was sunny, the biting cold wind was still unbearably cold.

Gan Ning looked around: "Deng County is not far ahead, and after Deng County is Fancheng!"

Long Fei nodded: "So, we have already entered Liu Biao's territory? Then why is there no one there?"

"Oh!" Zhou Tai sat on the horse, hunched over, and covered his ears with his hands: "Who wants to come out in such a cold day! Just us!"

"Report...! My lord, check it out, there are [-] troops stationed in Deng County, all of them are infantry!"

"Good!" Long Fei was overjoyed.Generally speaking, no princes have ever fought in winter. First, the weather is cold, second, it is inconvenient to transport grain and grass, and third, it is difficult to travel.So wars generally start in spring or autumn.Since Long Fei occupied Wancheng, Liu Biao was not unaware, and even sent someone to request an audience with the emperor in order to test Long Fei.Long Fei showed weakness everywhere and was satisfied with everything.This made Liu Biao and everyone in Jingzhou feel secretly happy.

Not only Liu Biao, but also Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao and Zhang Yan all demanded that the emperor be moved to another place. Only Liu Biao of Jingzhou fully supported Long Fei to stay in Wancheng.Kuai Liang thought that Wancheng could also be regarded as the seat of Jingzhou, and Long Fei had just arrived, so it would be difficult for them to be enemies.According to Long Fei's performance, by showing weakness to himself, he could just gather Long Fei into his subordinates. In this way, he not only had an extra northern barrier, but also held the emperor in his hands.

They thought well, but they underestimated Long Fei, underestimated Long Fei's strength and ambition.Cai Hao has forgotten the pain of Sun Jian's [-] soldiers who almost took down Xiangyang, and began to boast about his navy. Only Fancheng guard Wenpin didn't think so. Now the purpose of holding His Majesty hostage in Wancheng is very clear, that is to occupy Wancheng to see the world and persuade Liu Biao to be careful.Helpless, Liu Biao disagreed, saying that Wenpin was timid.

Deng County was originally a small county, and Wenpin sent [-] infantry to monitor Long Fei's actions.Taking advantage of the heavy snowfall, Long Fei approached quietly, and the guard of Deng County didn't notice the danger at all.Still drinking and having fun in his own mansion.

Long Fei called Gan Ning: "General Gan, you are the commander in chief, what do you think about this battle?"

Gan Ning said: "You can send people to cut off the connection between Deng County and Fan City. First destroy Deng County, and then the troops come to the city by surprise, and then defend the Xiangjiang River with heavy troops. Liu Biao's idea of ​​reinforcements will be cut off. Fan City will be alone and helpless!"

"We only have [-] soldiers and horses, where did the heavy soldiers come from?" Zhou Tai asked.

Gan Ning smiled: "Liu Biao's defenders, if we surround Fancheng, he will not dare to send reinforcements. He will only let Cai Mao cut off the Xiangjiang River with his water army. You don't need many heavy troops, a thousand is enough!"

Long Fei nodded: "As the saying goes, knowing yourself, knowing your enemy, and winning a hundred battles, the general knows how many soldiers and horses there are in Fancheng, and who leads them?"

"There are five thousand soldiers and horses, and the guard is Wenpin!" Gan Ning replied immediately: "This Wenpin is famous for his bravery, and he can be regarded as a general in Jingzhou, but he is not from the Jingzhou clan and cannot be reused by Liu Biao. Five thousand soldiers and horses! What? My lord intends to recruit them?"

"Hahaha..." Long Fei laughed and nodded frequently.

According to Gan Ning's instructions, Pan Zhang and Jiang Qin were sent to lead troops to bypass Deng County and cut off the connection between Deng County and Fancheng.When Gan Ning's army suddenly appeared at the base of Deng County, the guards were still drunk.The lieutenant had no choice but to pour a basin of cold water on the guard to wake him up.Knowing that tens of thousands of troops surrounded him, the guard was shocked instantly: "What should I do? What should I do?"

The deputy general said: "My lord, immediately send people to Fancheng to ask for help, and mobilize the people to garrison in the city, waiting for reinforcements!"

The guard climbed up to the top of the city, looked at the densely packed enemy army below the city, his legs gave way, and he almost sat down on the ground: "Where is the army coming, Cao Cao or Yuan Shu?"

"My lord, Naiwancheng Longfei's soldiers and horses!"

"What? Long Fei dared to attack us?" The guard couldn't believe it.

Under the city, Zhou Tai held a big knife and rode his horse forward, pointing the big knife at the city: "Listen to me, those in the city who are sensible, hurry up and surrender. When we break in, no one will be left behind!"

The guard took a closer look: "Who is this person?"

Someone Gao said: "Gan Ning and Zhou Tai were originally captains under Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia. Because they were dissatisfied with Huang Zu, they led [-] soldiers to Chang'an and surrendered to Long Fei."

"Oh! It turned out to be the Jinfan thief!" The guard actually knew it, which was somewhat surprising: "It's a joke that a mere captain of cavalry has a general under Long Fei's command!"

"Report...! My lord, Long Fei soldiers and horses were also found at the north gate, and all the people we sent for help were intercepted and killed!"

This time, the guard finally sat down on the ground.From Deng County to Fancheng, it is less than fifty miles, and it takes one or two hours on a fast horse.Although he didn't have much confidence in defending Deng County, it was still possible to defend for two hours, and there might be a chance of winning when the Wenpin army arrived and cooperated internally and externally.I didn't expect that people had already ambushed people and intercepted their envoys. Now Deng County is isolated and helpless. What should I do?

"Have you thought about it, grandpa, my patience is limited!" Zhou Tai rode his horse back and forth in the city: "It's a war, it's a joyous surrender!"

The guard was running around in a hurry, he only had [-] pawns in his hand, he definitely couldn't fight them, and he couldn't even try to escape.Turn around and look at everyone.The county magistrate, county lieutenant, and county magistrate bowed their heads one after another.Several centurions around also bowed their heads in silence.Gan Ning smiled slightly, this defender, he didn't surrender or fight, obviously he still couldn't make up his mind.If that's the case, give them some more stuff.With a light wave of their hands, all the troops shouted loudly, and followed Gan Ning's gesture and began to move forward step by step.The [-]-strong team stepped on neat steps, sonorous and forceful, and rumbled on the snow.

The guard's heart jumped along with the steps.The defenders trembled all over, and unconsciously took a few steps back.When the county magistrate saw it, he trembled and said: "My lord, Long Fei is a man of tigers and wolves. It will be useless for me to wait for these soldiers and horses in front of him, otherwise... shall we surrender?"

The guard was already incoherent: "No, okay, you guys, do it yourself! I'll go back and rest!"

Deng County surrendered without a fight.Long Fei's army immediately went to Fancheng without stopping.It wasn't until Long Fei began to lead the army that he understood a truth, what a million lions, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses overwhelming the sky, a million troops, these are all nonsense.Not to mention the total population in the world during the Han Dynasty, just how much food this million-strong army needs every day, have the screenwriters of TV dramas calculated it?As the saying goes: When a person reaches a thousand, the earth is connected to the sky, and when a person exceeds ten thousand, there is no limit.Today's most powerful Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have only 20 soldiers combined, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou has only 500 to [-] soldiers, and the [-] soldiers and horses in his own hands are considered a great strength. [-] people, seeing an army of [-], trying to resist is a joke.

As expected, Wenpin in Fancheng had two hands. Not long after Deng County fell, he got the news. While sending troops to defend the city, he sent people to Xiangyang to ask for help.The entire Fancheng has entered a wartime state, with tight defenses and brave and calm soldiers.Long Fei stood under the city and nodded slightly: "General Wen Pinguo too!"

Liu Biao had just congratulated His Majesty a few days ago, he was named General of Zhennan and Shepherd of Jingzhou, he was very happy, he drank wine with his generals day and night to celebrate.When Wenpin's request for help was delivered, Liu Biao saw that the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground in an instant. Everyone was puzzled and turned to look at him.Kuai Liang gently picked up the silk on the ground, and was shocked when he saw it.

"Let's go!" Kuai Liang glanced at the crowd and let the people who came to congratulate them disperse.

When they returned to the back hall, they immediately ordered people to recruit Cai Hao and Zhang Yun, and circulated Wenpin's letters one by one. Everyone was shocked.Cai Mao frowned: "Did Long Fei eat the guts of a leopard and send troops to attack Fancheng?"

Kuai Yue shook his head: "Long Fei has [-] soldiers and horses. Although there is only Wancheng, the strength is not inferior to ours. With Guo Jia and Xun Yu's advice and suggestions, the deployment of troops this time is definitely not a reckless move."

"Then what does he intend to do?" Cai Mao asked.

Kuai Yue shook his head: "It's because I don't know what he's going to do, that's why it's difficult!"

"Now is not the time to speculate on their purpose, first let's talk about the reason for the siege of Fancheng?" Liu Biao frowned.

Cai Mao said: "Fancheng is in the north of the Xiangjiang River, and it has official connections with Wancheng. There is only Deng County in the middle, and Longfei has a lot of soldiers and horses. He can send troops down at any time. In my opinion, it is better to give up. Wancheng, guarding Xiangyang, with Xiangjiang River as the boundary, there is such a natural moat, and our Jingzhou navy is invincible in the world, Long Fei will not dare to act rashly!"

Kuai Yue smiled slightly: "Jingzhou navy is invincible? I don't know how Sun Jian crossed the Xiangjiang River and besieged Xiangyang?"

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"Okay!" Liu Biao's biggest headache is like this. Whenever there is a critical moment, the two brothers of the Kuai family will bicker with Cai Hao and Zhang Yun, completely ignoring himself as the lord: "Fancheng is an important town in the north of Jingzhou. If you say no, then don’t! Long Fei is so bullying, I’m willing to fight with him, is there any one of you who is willing to lead the army to the north and break the siege of Fancheng?”

Liu Biao looked at Cai Mao and Zhang Yun.These two people have always been at odds with each other and are at odds with the Kuai family brothers.After the scene just now, Cai Mao sneered and said, "Master Kuai is resourceful and must have a good strategy. Why don't you ask, my lord? I will have no face to discuss political affairs after a defeated general!" After speaking, he got up, and went out, regardless of Liu Biao's face.