Three Kingdoms Swept the World II

Chapter 267
In August of the third year of Zhongping, that is, in August 186 AD, Qin Feng led 8 cavalry troops, marched thousands of miles, and chased Qiangqu, the king of the Huns, to Zhizhi City in the Kangju area.

Unexpectedly, in order to teach Guishuang's despicable sneak attack on Armenia, the Romans crossed the Caspian Sea and came here to fight back.

Qin Feng discussed cooperation with the Roman commander Pompey, but Pompey regarded him as a spy of the Huns.

Because Pompey understood the decline of the Han Dynasty, in his mind, it was impossible for a declining dynasty to send such an expeditionary force.

The two sides parted unhappily.

When Qin Feng returned to the base camp [-] miles east of Zhizhi City, the Huns' base camp located on the bank of the Talas River in the north of Zhizhi City, the Xiongnu King Qiang Qu listened to the report of the Huns exploring the horses.

"My lord, the Han army has sent troops around to search for food and supplies, but it seems that there is nothing to gain."

Hearing this, Qiang Qu burst out laughing, and said to his subordinates: "Qin Zijin and the others came too late, and the food of the people of Kangju is already in our hands. This king predicts that Qin Zijin must not find enough food. He has no food." , can only retreat or starve to death."

The eldest prince Yu Fuluo said: "Father, my child proposes to strengthen our camp..."

The second prince, Hu Chuquan, hurriedly said: "We can't hold on first. When Qin Zijin runs out of food and grass, the Romans in Zhizhi City will also run out of water. Our army can easily wipe them out."

Qiang Qu frowned, and said, "I'm afraid that Guishuang's army will arrive..."

Hu Chuquan said indifferently: "Father, in this land of nomads, the people of Guishuang can't even conquer the people of Kangju. We Huns will definitely give them a head-on blow, so that those in Guishuang who read The fellow of the Buddha knows how powerful nomads are."

Qiang Qu's expression became better. Although he was defeated by Qin Feng, he was indeed not afraid of anyone except Qin Feng.But now, with Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty forcing Qin Feng to go on an expedition.Qin Feng arrived here without any logistical supplies, which gave Qiang Qu a chance to defeat Qin Feng.

Qiang Qu felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he immediately conveyed the order, "Strengthen the camp, and when Qin Zijin and the Romans are defeated, it is the time for us Huns to rise here."

The situation is indeed very favorable to the Huns, so the morale of the Huns is high, and everyone is sharpening their swords, waiting for the moment of revenge.

On the other hand, the eastern part of Zhizhi City is the base camp of the Han army.

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army, there was a lot of crying, which came from the leader of the local Kangju tribe who was arrested.

"Commander, General, Your Majesty, there is really no food." The people of Kangju didn't know how to address Qin Feng, and threw out several honorific titles.Since only Qin Feng understands Guishuang language, these Kangju people can only cry to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng had a gloomy face. He learned from these Kangju leaders that their tribe's food had been plundered by the Huns long ago.They are hungry now, and there is food handed in there.

One of the people from Kangju saw Qin Feng's face in embarrassment, while Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei around him were vicious.The man went to the doctor in a hurry and shouted: "The great king and general from the great east, now, in Kangju, only Zhizhi City has food. We have given most of the annual harvest to Guishuang, Guishuang Those who didn’t come have time to transport them away, and now they’re all in Zhizhi City.”

Qin Feng still didn't speak, because this information was useless to him.The Romans are now in Zhizhi City, if there is no food there, the Romans would have already run away.

The people of Kangju shouted again: "General, Commander-in-Chief, there is not only enough food for your army in Zhizhi City, but also wealth that is incomparable to the enemy. The storehouses are full of gold, silver and jade, which are all in the year of Guishuang. plundered from our well-dwelling land."

"Whoever can get Zhizhi City will be able to build a country!" Kangju finally shouted.

Qin Feng suddenly discovered that maybe it was for this reason that Qiang Qu stopped to fight the Romans.

Qin Feng is not a bloodthirsty person, and the Kangju people really can't make any money, so he finally let go of the leaders of the Kangju tribe.

After Kang Juren left, Cao Yuan and Liu surrounded Qin Feng.

Cao Cao's face turned black, and he said, "Zi Jin, we can't collect food now. Our army's food reserves are only enough for three to five days. If there is no food, how can we fight the enemy? Let's retreat."

Qin Feng's face was also dark, and he said lightly: "Retreat? You don't need food when you retreat? Starve to death on the way?"

"This..." Cao Cao was speechless when he thought of the long journey home.Because what Qin Feng said was too heavy, food is also needed to retreat.

Up to now, the Han Expeditionary Army has encountered a huge problem, that is, there is no food.If there is no food, you will die if you stay, and you will die if you retreat.

Cao Yuan and Liu couldn't help but secretly scolded Emperor Han Ling for being stupid, and the ten servants for being despicable, and they all swore, "If I can go back, I will definitely kill the ten servants!"

Cao Yuanliu seemed to be only cursing, Qin Feng could only look at his military advisor Xun Yu.

Xun Yu frowned at this time, and seeing Qin Feng's questioning gaze, he said, "Master, it seems that only by capturing Zhizhi City can we have enough food to go home."

"That's right, there is food in Zhizhi City, enough food to go home!" Cao Yuanliu shouted for a while.

Liu Bei slapped his ears and shouted, "Then what are we waiting for, there are only five thousand Romans in Zhizhi City. The Huns don't know how to attack the city, so let's clear it up." He looked at Qin Feng and said, "Commander, Let's build trebuchets right away. We have four times the strength of the Romans, and we will win the battle."

Yuan Shao was excited and said, "Occupy Zhizhi City, we will have food and treasures, and we will be prosperous now."

"Treasure!" Liu Bei and Yuan Shao clapped their hands in celebration, as if they had conquered Zhizhi City.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Cao Cao's face was full of blood: "If the Huns attack us from behind, what should we do? Isn't it because we are attacked by the enemy?"

"This...." Yuan Shao and Liu Bei immediately withered like eggplants beaten by frost.

Qin Feng thought in his heart that Yuan Shao and Liu Bei only looked at the present and could not see the overall situation, and Meng De was still reliable.No wonder that in later generations, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei could not do Meng De together.

At this time, Xun Yu reminded: "Generals, the Romans are well-equipped and good at defending the city. It is unwise to make an enemy of the Romans before destroying the Qiang Canal. This war cannot be fought in a few days. Let’s look for food and supplies first.”

"Where does the food come from?"

"Zhizhi City."

"How could the Romans give us food for no reason, as if they didn't say anything." Liu Bei wanted to attack Qin Feng's military adviser.

Unexpectedly, Xun Yu smiled and said: "It's still my lord's previous strategy. We can unite with the Romans. The Romans are forced into the city by the Huns, and they will perish sooner or later. If they want to survive, they need our support. They will definitely Willingly, give us enough food."

Yuan Shao shook his head when he heard the words, he glanced at Qin Feng, and said: "When Zijin was about to unite with the Romans, we didn't know how much wealth there is in the city. If we unite with the Romans, how can we go back on our promises?" , Competing for treasures? It's a pity that there are so many treasures, if you can bring them back, His Majesty must be happy, and it must be a great achievement."

Qin Feng was speechless for a moment, thinking that he was really crazy about money.If it were him, he would rather not have any wealth, just destroy the Qiang Canal as soon as possible, and then go home.

Liu Bei continued to attack Xun Yu, "It's impossible. The commander-in-chief went in person, but was rejected by the Romans. The Romans have enough food and a great city. They are not afraid of the Huns attacking, so they will not fight with us." United,."

Xun Yu broadened his mind a bit, and said: "We can devise a plan to drive away tigers and wolves. Rome is a wolf. If they can't defeat the Huns, they will seek all foreign help. And Qiang Qu covets the wealth in the city. , we cooperated with the Romans to introduce Qiang Canal into Zhizhi City, close the door and fight tigers, and we will be able to prevent Qiang Canal from escaping again.”

Xun Yu set up a serial plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves. In this plan, the Huns are tigers, the Romans are wolves, and Qin Feng and the others can be said to be hunters.This plan is not to let the tiger swallow the wolf, but to let the wolf turn to the hunter at the last moment.

In this way, the hunter can enter the wolf den and take the initiative.

Then came the difficulty, just because the wolf's defense is very strong, the tiger can't swallow the wolf, and because the hunter is on the side, the tiger will inevitably be killed by the hunter, let alone take the initiative to swallow the wolf.

There are two difficulties for hunters. The first point is to eliminate tigers' scruples about hunters.The second point: We must also weaken the wolf, so that the tiger can see the hope of swallowing the wolf in one bite.

Yuan Shao shook his head and said: "When Qiang Qu saw us coming, I'm afraid he is thinking about running away now. It is impossible for him to ignore us. And weaken the forces defending the city without using troops. Roman, is this possible?"

"It's impossible. Military division Wen Ruo's strategy has a good starting point, but it's unrealistic..." Liu Bei flicked his big ears, and said, "This is a three-way battle. Whoever strikes first will suffer. Qiang Qu didn't That's stupid, he won't strike first." He was startled suddenly, and said, "Military Master Wen Ruo, do you have a plan to drive Qiang Canal to attack the Romans? But the Romans still can't hold it?"

"This..." Xun Yu was finally overwhelmed by Liu Bei's question. He thought of a way to break the situation, but he couldn't think of a specific way.

Seeing that Xun Yu had no concrete solution, Cao Yuanliu shook his head.

Liu Bei shook his ears, and said, "Anyone can come up with this kind of strategy if you think about it a little bit. It sounds wonderful, but without a specific plan, everything is useless. Because this strategy is just a beautiful ideal. It is absolutely impossible.”

Xun Yu felt ashamed when he heard the words, and said to Qin Feng: "My lord, it's because my subordinates didn't think carefully. Indeed, as General Liu said, this is just an idealized strategy, and it cannot be realized."

Unexpectedly, Qin Feng waved his hands and said, "No, the strategy of the military division is very good, and it can be realized."

Cao Yuan Liu and Xun Yu were very surprised, Liu Bei shook his head and said: "Commander, this is not a matter of talking, plan to make an appointment?"

(End of this chapter)