Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 114 The Helpless City Defender

"Yie Du, why do you think Liu Bei and Liu Biao are attacking now?" In Jiangling City, Cai Mao asked Kuai Yue angrily.Liu Biao ran away in the first month, but it took half a year to send troops to attack them. This is really hard for Cai Mao to understand.

"He is waiting, waiting for us to run out of food! He is also waiting for the prime minister's army to leave Runan, to make way for them!" Kuai Yue was also a little helpless.This is not a conspiracy at all, on the contrary, it is a blatant conspiracy, which is clearly bullying you for lack of food and grass.

"Then what should we do?" Cai Mao said helplessly. "De Gui, don't panic, Jiangling is the capital of Jingxiang, and the grain hoarded here is enough for the defenders." Kuai Yue tried his best to comfort him.He also withheld half a sentence without saying: The army is enough, but the people may not be.If it was normal time, it would naturally be able to help the people.But now that the war is raging everywhere, I can only ignore it.For this reason, it is inevitable that the people in Jingbei will feel uneasy.

"Forget it, it's hard to ride a tiger now, so I can only fight to the death!" Cai Mao had no other choice.Kuai Yue looked at Cai Mao, who was not very motivated, and felt extremely hopeless.Although he and Cai Hao took risks once and controlled Liu Biao, but now it seems that with his own strength, it is really difficult to get things done.Coupled with this year's severe drought, the situation is even worse.

"Odd degree, is Huo Jun reliable?" Cai Mao suddenly remembered something and asked hastily.Kuai Yue said with a sinister smile, "Don't worry about Degui, he is absolutely reliable."

"Huh?" Cai Mao knew that there was something in Kuai Yue's words, and quickly motioned him to clarify.Kuai Yue and him didn't try to cheat, and immediately said directly: "Huo Jun's parents died early, and he was brought up by his brother Huo Du. Now Huo Du is dead, leaving behind a widow and children, all of whom are detained by me in Jiangling. Huo Jun If he can't keep Yidu, his sister-in-law and nephew will go to see his elder brother, haha!"

"It turns out that Yidu is really thoughtful and resourceful!" Cai Mao also laughed, and then remembered something, and quickly said to Kuai Yue: "Yidu, there is not enough grain and grass in Xiangyang at the moment, and we need to send reliable people to allocate grain and grass from Jiangling and transport it to Kuai Yue. Xiangyang!"

"I have already made arrangements for this matter. I have a man named Zhao named Lei. This man is cautious, loyal and reliable, and he will escort the grain and grass!" Kuai Yue said calmly.Seeing that he was so confident, Cai Mao felt a lot more at ease when he managed it properly.

At this time, [-] Yangzhou troops left the Lujiang River, sailed west along the Yangtze River by boat, crossed Jiangxia until they disembarked in Hanyang, then Zhao Feng led [-] troops on Yiling Road, and Zhang Liao led [-] troops on Huarong Road. , The two groups of people converged at Jiangling.

"Wen Yuan, there is only one city in Huarong County on your way, and you hope to destroy it as soon as possible and rush to Jiangling!" Zhao Feng also specially reminded before parting.

"Don't worry, general, it's no problem to have more than [-] trebuchets in Huarong County." Zhang Liao also patted his chest and assured him.Zhao Feng was well aware of Zhang Liao's abilities, so he was not surprised at the moment, he bid farewell to Zhang Liao, and led an army of [-] to take the Yiling Avenue and head straight for Jiangling.

The road that Zhao Feng took was the one that Cao Cao refused to take in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".In fact, this Yiling Avenue is naturally much more spacious and easier to navigate than the Huarong Trail, but it's just a bit far to go around.Along the way, before arriving at Jiangling, you have to pass through Hanyang, Bianxian, Yicheng, Genshan, and Gongan counties.Kuai Yue had originally deployed troops to garrison these five counties, but since Cao Jun withdrew in Runan, Kuai Yue had to allocate more troops to the front line of Yiyang to stop Guan Yu, and the troops here were not enough.

"Zhongye, you have been in Jingxiang for a long time, do you know the situation in these five counties?" This time he marched into Jingxiang, Liu Bei specially dispatched civil servants and generals from Jingxiang to accompany the army.Right now Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao are taking the Huarong Road, Wen Pin is accompanying Zhao Feng on the Yiling Road, while Guan Yu has Zhuge Liang joining the army and participating in politics.Zhao Feng knew that Wen Pin had been in Jingxiang for a long time, so he specifically asked him about the details of the guards in these places.

"General, the generals guarding Hanyang and Genshan are my former troops, and we can persuade them to surrender. Deng Zhi, the magistrate of Bian County, is from Yiyang. He is familiar with me, and I can persuade him to surrender; the guarding general of Yicheng County is the Song Zhong, Cai Mao's confidant, will never surrender; as for Wang Fu, the public security guard, I don't know much about it. As far as the cities are concerned, the cities of Bian County and Yicheng are average, not dangerous, and our trebuchets are completely It can come in handy, but the police are a little more dangerous." Wenpin replied.

"So that's it!" Hearing Wenpin's introduction, Zhao Feng basically had a solid idea in his heart.Genshan and Hanyang are nothing to worry about. Deng Zhi of Bian County will surrender in all likelihood, and Wang Fu of the Public Security Bureau probably does not have the same heart as Cai Mao.If you're lucky, I'm afraid the real fight will be Yicheng County.

"Speaking of which, Huo Jun, the governor of Yidu County, has never heard of him. I don't know how capable he is. Kuai Yue actually sent him to guard Yidu." Wenpin said to himself. "Kuai Yue is not a fool, there must be something special about Huo Jun!" Zhao Feng half speculated and half told the truth.In fact, after learning that Huo Jun was the general guarding Yidu, Zhao Feng immediately understood that Liu Pan's life was difficult.

Throughout the Three Kingdoms, even from the time when the feudal princes challenged Dong Zhuo to the return of the Three Kingdoms to Jin, the wars lasted for more than 70 years, and famous generals emerged in large numbers.However, Zhao Feng believed that there were only a few of them who could be counted as experts in defending the city.

Zhang Liao, stationed in Hefei with 7000 people for many years, repelled the invasion of Soochow many times and completely blocked Sun Quan's way to the north.From a certain point of view, Lu Meng was forced to cross the river in white clothes by him.Although Soochow's land combat ability is too muddy to support the wall, Zhang Liao is considered a talent if he can use Sun Quan as a mobile leveling kit.

Hao Zhao garrisoned Chencang with 3000 men, making Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition return in vain.The incarnation of eternal wisdom, facing the Chencang City he guarded, there is nothing he can do.

Wei Yan, surpassing Zhang Fei, was appointed by Liu Bei as the prefect of Hanzhong. Over the years, Cao Wei invaded Hanzhong many times but returned without success.Those who came too few were wiped out, and those who came too many were beaten back. Let him guard Hanzhong, it is really solid.

Compared with the above few, Huo Jun is slightly less famous, but this is mainly because of his premature death.Even so, Huo Jun also had a glorious record.During Liu Bei's attack on Chengdu, Huo Jun led less than 2000 troops to garrison Jiameng Pass for three years.During this period, both Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu sent troops to attack, but they all returned without success.The most exaggerated one, Zhang Lu sent generals Fu Jin and Xiang Cun to attack Jiameng Pass with an army of [-], which failed for half a year.In the last dark and windy night of the month, Huo Jun frantically led eight hundred warriors to raid the camp of Fuban.

In the end, more than half of the [-] troops were killed or injured, Fu Jin was killed, and Xiang Cun only fled back to Hanzhong with hundreds of people.

Now that this old man is stationed in Yidu County, Zhao Feng knew that it would be difficult for Liu Pan to escape any advantage.However, Zhao Feng still had a little doubt in his heart at this moment: Huo Jun was a person who was loyal to Liu Bei in history, why did he get mixed up with Cai Mao now?

Zhao Feng was still puzzled, but Liu Pan, who was in Yidu at this time, was already a little bit crazy.The Yidu City guarded by Huo Jun is like a tortoise with an iron shell, and it can't be beaten no matter how hard it is.

Set up a ladder to attack the city, and you will be shot down by random arrows from the city, and then dozens of strong soldiers will use steel forks to support the ladder and push together. Every ladder is pushed down, and dozens of people die on it.

Long-distance suppression with well lanthanum?Someone throws an oil can over to you, then ignites it and watches you burn to death.

Break through the wall with a dash car?The defenders smashed down with boulders, and the car that hit them was also smashed.After fighting for nearly half a month, Liu Pan lost thousands of people, but Yidu City still stood firm.One night Liu Pan wanted to take advantage of the darkness to sneak attack, and organized a commando team of hundreds of people to go to the city.As a result, when I climbed to the top of the city, I found that all the stairs had been demolished.The commando didn't deal with it, and the defenders who had been prepared for a long time shot at them with random arrows. More than half of them were killed or injured, and the rest were forced to run back to the city down the ladder.

"Your grandma is Huo Jun, if I don't believe it, I really can't eat you?" Liu Pan was so angry that he wished he could fly to the top of the city with wings on his shoulders and grab Huo Jun to death.Once this kind of siege battle is delayed for too long, it will have a great impact on the morale of the siege troops.Now Liu Biao is arrogant and wants to put down the rebellion. If he can't win Yidu County by himself, it will really be a dream.After another day of fierce fighting, Liu Pan was forced to put down his banners and drums, and the whole army fought again.

"Huh!" Huo Jun on the top of the wall was also a little relieved when he saw Liu Pan withdrawing his troops.At this moment, his lieutenant general stepped forward and handed him a bowl of water, and Huo Jun took a gulp and drank it clean.

"Old Fu, has the grain and grass escort returned?" Seeing that a captain under his command had returned, Huo Jun knew that he was sent by him to urge the grain and grass yesterday, so he hurriedly asked.

"The escort is back." Fu Duwei said with authenticity.After Huo Jun asked for more details, Captain Fu sighed and said, "I went to ask for food and grass, but General Cai He, who was in charge of food and grass, was only willing to give half of it. I said that it is hard for the defenders to defend the city, and it is difficult to maintain without food and grass. But he actually wants us to eat porridge if we don’t have enough food and grass!” Fu Duwei became more and more angry as he spoke, and finally his voice became a little louder.

"It's unreasonable!" Huo Jun's lieutenant was also very upset when he heard the words. Huo Jun sighed and said, "Without food and grass, how can we fight?" There was a severe drought in Jingbei this year. Anger, this made the crops in Jingbei not harvested.Although this rumor is absurd, many ordinary people believe it.Even in the past six months, tens of thousands of people moved from Jingbei to Jingnan or Yangzhou.

"It's not that there is no food and grass. Later, I met Captain Zhao who was escorting food and grass to Xiangyang. He told me that Cai Mao's food and grass in Xiangyang had never been in short supply. Cai and this guy only gave his elder brother enough military food. All the military rations were secretly sold to Yanzhou!" Fu Duwei said indignantly.

"There is such a thing?" Huo Jun was also shocked this time.Hearing this, his deputy general lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said angrily: "General, these brothers of the Cai family don't treat us as human beings, let us defend the city but withhold food and grass, why should we sacrifice our lives for these rebels? Why don't we just do it?" Go to the lord and kill these traitors!"

"Vice General Liu, do you think I want to work for Kuai Yue, a hypocrite? But our family is still in Jiangling Kuai Yue's hands!" Huo Jun said dejectedly, and Vice General Liu was stunned when he heard the words.But Captain Fu rolled his eyes, as if thinking of something.

Huo Jun is helpless, but now there is someone more helpless than him, and that is Guan Yu.Sitting in the empty Chenjun prefect's mansion, Guan Yu sulked alone there, and everyone under his command knew that he was in an extremely bad mood now, so they didn't dare to touch him at this time.

"Why do you need to be troubled?" Accompanied by this voice, a figure shaking a feather fan slowly walked into the hall.Guan Yu raised his head and saw this person, and his brows that had been deeply frowning eased a little: "Kong Ming, you are here, what is your best way to deal with the current situation?"

(End of this chapter)