The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 208
Liu Yi laughed dumbfounded, and he said to Zhou Dory, you think I, Liaodong, are a lamb at the mercy of others, and let you blackmail me?Then Zhou Dory was blasted out.Zhou Dory didn't mind, waved his sleeves and left.The people Liu Yi sent to follow him watched him walk out of the city gate, boarded the boat, and headed west, and then went back to report.

Liu Yi scratched his head a little, he was the one who came up with the idea of ​​the negotiation, and now the negotiation has collapsed after a few words, this matter is really not easy to handle.He thought about it, and suggested to Gongsun Gong again that Sun Shao and Cao Zhang underestimated us in Liaodong. If they don't give them a better look, they can't sit down and talk, so they have to talk first.

how to spell?Immediately summoned the soldiers and horses near Xiangping, and at the same time recruited Xuanju, Fuyu, and Goguryeo to help.Xiangping has nearly [-] defenders. They are not opponents in field battles outside the city, but they are more than enough to defend the city. Once reinforcements arrive, their strength will exceed the total strength of Cao Zhang and Sun Shao.Liu Yi confidently said to Gongsun Gong, please rest assured, we will beat them up first, and then we will decide how to talk.

Gongsun Gong had nothing to do. Since Liu Yi was so confident and Yang Yi and the others had no objections, of course he wanted it, so he asked Liu Yi and Yang Yi to be responsible for the defense of Xiangping City, and at the same time sent fast horses to recruit reinforcements. Within a day, they received news that they would send [-] cavalry to support them. Three days later, Goguryeo also sent news that King Baki of Goguryeo would lead [-] cavalry to Xiangping to help out.

Only then did Gongsun Gong breathe a sigh of relief, and he gained a lot of confidence.

When Cao Zhang got the news, he felt that his 2 men had little chance of winning against Xiangping, so he left Tian Yu to guard Liaotun City, and he rushed to the seaside with a [-]-person guard battalion to discuss related matters with Sun Shao.

The sea at the mouth of the Daliao River was very lively. Sun Shao's navy was practicing. Yue Hai and Wei Wenzheng were fighting inextricably. Sun Shao and a group of people were watching the battle on a boat, commenting.As soon as he saw Cao Zhang, Sun Shao smiled and said, "Come on, let's see whether our navy from Yue won today or the navy from Wu won."

Cao Zhang glanced at it, secretly startled, this is not a class at all.Yuehai has two building ships and more than 20 fighting ships, while Wei Wen has one building ship, a dozen fighting ships, and nearly a hundred Mengchong and Zouma. They surround Yuehai in the middle, which seems to occupy Upwind, but upon closer inspection, this is not the case at all. The two large ships crossing the sea are one on the left and the other on the right, sandwiching Wei Wen's large ships in the middle. More than [-] fighting ships are divided into two groups. The main Wei Wen fleet was rampaging, and wherever it went, it was like a broken bamboo.Wei Wen looks like a large number of people, but in fact he was beaten passively and had no strength to fight back. The reason why he was able to hold on was that the people who crossed the sea mainly used boats to collide, and did not use the poles on the upper boats. , crossbow, thunderbolt car and other heavy weapons, otherwise Wei Wen's accusation system would have been paralyzed long ago.

"His Royal Highness's navy dominates the world. Is it worth talking about the result?" Cao Zhang glanced at Sun Deng, who was behind Sun Shao with an uneasy face, and said with something in his words: "His Royal Highness's navy, whether it is rivers, lakes, or seas, is the most important thing in the world." You can come and go freely, Jiangdong's navy may still be useful in the big river, but when it comes to the sea, how can it be His Highness's opponent. Your Highness, you are a bit invincible."

"I can't win with martial arts?" Sun Shao curled his lips, turned around and entered Feilu, had someone serve wine, took a sip first, and then asked: "You don't want to fight Xiangping City, what are you doing here? "

"I am marching against Liaodong together with His Highness, so of course we will advance and retreat with His Highness." Cao Zhang said without changing his expression.

"Advance and retreat together?" Sun Shao sneered, "First you arrived late, and then you drove straight for thousands of miles and took down Liaotun City in one fell swoop. You didn't inform me of this. Now you are only a hundred miles away from Xiangping, but Stopped again, could it be that the strength is only so far?"

Before Cao Zhang came, he expected that Sun Shao would be unhappy, so he was not surprised at all. He took a sip from his cup and said lightly: "Your Highness is honorable, of course I want to lead the way and be the pioneer of His Highness. It's just that Gongsun Gong will not surrender to the city right now. , Calling about 2 reinforcements from all walks of life is beyond my ability. Isn't it a matter of course for me to ask His Highness for instructions?" He put down his wine glass, put his hands on his knees, and looked up at Sun Shao: "It's His Highness who is here. I stayed at the seaside for half a month, and not a single soldier landed on the shore, nor did a single plank enter the Daliao River, so I really can't figure it out."

"Are you blaming me?" Sun Shao became angry, and smashed the wine glass on the board with a "snap", got up and stepped in front of Cao Zhang in two steps, and grabbed Cao Zhang's collar as soon as he stretched out his hand.Cao Zhang was shocked, he stood up, stretched out his hands to reach Gesun Shao's arm.Sun Shao sneered, his legs were divided into four squares, and his hands were strong, holding Cao Zhang firmly.Although Cao Zhang has excellent martial arts skills and is capable of fighting lions and tigers, Sun Shao's strength is not weaker than him. In addition, he is condescending and seized the opportunity to control Cao Zhang to death.Cao Zhang struggled hard for a few times, but found that Sun Shao's strength was very strange, and he couldn't control it. Either he used too much force, or he didn't have enough strength. Break away from Sun Shao and stand up.

Cao Zhang's face was flushed with anger, he raised his head, glared at Sun Shao viciously, and put his hand on the handle of the knife.

"Want to draw the knife against me?" Sun Shao bared his teeth and smiled: "Try it, as long as you pull out the knife, I will punish you as an assassin."

Cao Zhang glanced at Lang Guan who drew his sword and was eager to try, and then looked at Sun Shao with a sneer on his face, a burst of coldness rushed straight to the back of his head.Could it be that Sun Shao has an agreement with Gongsun Gong, and he is going to be used for surgery?
"The king of Yue is really invincible in victory, right?" Cao Zhang slowly let go of the handle of the knife, and sat back on his heels again.

"What a hairy Wu?" Sun Shao rolled his eyes and shouted: "Come on, take off his winter clothes for me, throw them outside and blow them for an hour, and surround the people he brought, as usual deal with."

"Here." Deng Ai and Xu Zuo responded with a bang, and a dozen officials rushed up, pinned down Cao Zhang hurriedly, removed the black armor on his body, took off his winter clothes, and pushed him away. to the outside.At this time, Cui Qian and Chen Hai had already led the fleet to surround the ships of Cao Zhang's personal guard battalion. The strong crossbows and thunderbolt chariots on more than a dozen buildings were aimed at them, and the destroying front battalion swarmed up, killing more than 1000 stunned relatives. The guards surrounded them.

Hao Zhao, Cao Zhang's trilogy supervisor, was taken aback, and was about to stand up to resist, but saw Cao Zhang, who was already wearing only a single shirt, pushed out like a zongzi with a depressed face, and ordered them not to resist.Although Hao Zhao didn't understand, he also knew that if they really wanted to resist, they would have no way out, not to mention that they were no match at all in the sea, even if they were on flat ground, they might not be able to block the attack of the Destroying Front Camp.

"You prepared winter clothes yourself, what about mine?" Sun Shao came out from the cabin, squinted at the aggrieved Cao Zhang, and cursed: "You know that Youzhou is cold, but you didn't prepare winter clothes for my people, did you? Looking at me to freeze to death? Let me tell you, if you don’t bring me the winter clothes, you will never leave me alive.”

Cao Zhang was speechless. He was thrown outside for an hour in the sea breeze, his face turned blue from the cold, and then he was locked in the cabin. Sun Shao and others were sitting around the firepit, drinking warm wine, talking and laughing happily. Cui Qian and the others couldn't help laughing wildly when Cao Zhang, who was dragging his nose down for a long time, was escorted in.Cao Zhang was so angry that his lungs were about to explode. Just as he was about to lose his temper, Sun Shao waved his hand: "Don't let Shijun Cao go and let him drink wine to warm up?"

As soon as the rope was untied, Cao Zhang couldn't help rushing to Sun Shao, and stretched out his hand to grab Sun Shao's collar. Today, being humiliated by Sun Shao like this, he didn't care too much, he just wanted to chop Sun Shao first Besides, he doesn't care what the general trend of the world is.

Chen Hai took a step across his body and stopped in front of Cao Zhang. There was a sound of "ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping-pong."In terms of martial arts, Cao Zhang must be much higher than Chen Hai, but he was frozen outside for an hour, his hands and feet were already numb, and his stomach was already empty, but Chen Hai was eating grilled fish and drinking wine all the time. The accumulated power has nowhere to vent, and with such a super strong opponent coming, of course they are playing happily.

"Okay, the fight is over, it's time to sit down and talk about business." Sun Shao frowned and glared at Cao Zhang.

"What else is there to talk about?" Cao Zhang roared angrily, "Let's settle the grievances between you and me first."

"I said you are a reckless man, but you still don't believe it." Sun Shao cocked his lips: "If you just want revenge, I can give you a chance and let you go now, and then you bring your [-] troops here, we Let’s fight to the death first. If you still want to solve the Liaodong issue, just sit down and listen to me.”

"What trick do you have?" Cao Zhang was a little confused.

"Do you still remember Cao Gong's Battle of Tongguan?" Zhuge Ke stepped forward, handed a cup of hot wine to Cao Zhang, then smiled, and led Cao Zhang to the fire pond. Cui Qian and Yue Hai stepped aside. A space, beckoning him to sit down.Cao Zhang clutched his wine glass, took a sip of the fragrant wine, and took the grilled fish that Xu Zuo handed over, but he didn't eat it, but said suspiciously: "Are you trying to lure all those barbarians to Xiangping? "

"Finally, there is something of Duke Cao's inheritance." Sun Shao smiled: "Not only Xiangping, but it would be best to lure them to Liao Tunnel."

"Appreciate further details."

"If you come to my camp, you will definitely not be able to escape the scouts sent by Gongsun Gong. He will know about our quarrel soon. In this way, Tian Yu who stays in Liao Tunnel will be in trouble. If I am Gongsun Gong will definitely seize this great opportunity to recapture Liao Tunnel. Do you think Liao Tunnel is easier to attack, or Xiangping is easier to attack?"

Cao Zhang understood a little bit.Xiangping is the county seat of Liaodong, and Liaotun is just a small town. It is self-evident which one is easier to attack.It was because he was not sure about conquering Xiangping City that he came to discuss with Sun Shao, but he didn't expect to be stripped naked by Sun Shao and thrown outside for an hour.

"You immediately write a letter to Tian Yu, asking him to move his troops to the sea to confront me, leaving only a small number of people to guard the Liao Tunnel." Sun Shao continued: "The Liao Tunnel must be fought hard. It would be great to attract Gongsun Gong and others.”

"So, it's fake if you want winter clothes, but it's true if you use tricks?"

"Winter clothes are real too." Sun Shao said unhappily, "I am very annoyed when you do this, if there is no emperor's edict, I can just leave, anyway, Gongsun Gong did not invade our territory of Yue Kingdom. "

"Then... How is Your Highness going to solve the problem of winter clothes?" Cao Zhang asked with some embarrassment: "If I want to collect so many winter clothes, I can't do it in a day or two."

"It's up to you, I froze to death." Sun Shao snorted coldly: "I have asked Zang Ba and Sun Guan to send a batch of winter clothes, and at the same time send people to help out. I guess it will take another three days They should be here in five days. At that time, we will work together to wipe out Gongsun Gong and those ignorant barbarians."

Cao Zhang didn't say a word, Sun Shao's handling of this matter was a bit vicious, there's no need to make him lose face if he pretends to be at odds.Besides, he directly asked Zang Ba and Sun Guan to send troops and leave the Cao family aside, which seemed a little too much.But he can't say it, Zang Ba and Sun Guan are not under his control, and even Cao Cao can't deal with it at will, and Sun Shao has the emperor's edict, and he is on a chaste expedition, so it is not a surprise to mobilize the Qing mission navy to join the battle.It's just that he was a little surprised, why didn't he receive any news that Master Qingxu was coming to Youzhou?Didn't they go from Bohai Bay?

"They go directly to the sea from Donglai, and they can arrive in about five days. This is still against the wind. If it was a few months earlier, when the south wind was still blowing, they could arrive in about three days." Sun Shao looked at Cao Zhang, with the corners of his mouth slightly curled up. Pick: "Brother Ziwen, are you a little surprised?"

Cao Zhang was really surprised. If this is the case, Sun Shao's control over Liaodong will be stronger, which is very unfavorable to him.

"Are you worried that I will compete with you in Liaodong again?" Sun Shao seemed to have seen through Cao Zhang, and every word made him feel ashamed.Cao Zhang turned his head in embarrassment, let go of Sun Shao's sarcasm, and muttered: "How dare you."

Sun Shao secretly smiled, Cao Pi is no match for him when it comes to bargaining, let alone Cao Zhang.He paused for a moment, and then said: "I just want to do business, not a farmer, and I'm not interested in competing with you for land. As you can see, there are so many treasures in the sea that you can't imagine, I don't need to compete with you for that land at all." place. But if you want to take me for a fool, I don't mind making it difficult for you."

Cao Zhang knew what he meant by stirring up a stick. He has already stirred up a stick and brought Qing Xu over to fight Liaodong. The plan to embezzle Qing Xu will be more difficult to realize.Cao Zhang had a headache. He found that no matter how he arranged, he could not stop Sun Shao. The tighter he guarded, the harder Sun Shao was. He used military supplies to restrain Sun Shao, and Sun Shao sent sailors to fish. Containing Sun Shao, Sun Shao simply dragged Zang Ba and Sun Guan over. He had some doubts whether Sun Shao could get the war horse without his help.

Putting aside the headache for now, Cao Zhang issued an order according to Sun Shao's request, asking him to cooperate with Sun Shao, transfer the main force away from the Liao Tunnel, and attract Gongsun Gong out of the city.Tian Yu quickly executed the order, leaving behind Hao Zhao who went back to report the news to defend the city, and arrived with [-] cavalry. Sun Shao also sent troops to set up camp on the shore.

Instead, Gongsun Gong became an idler, and Sun Shao and Cao Zhang fought among themselves, leaving him alone.

Liu Yi and the others were all confused. They didn't know what happened. They waited carefully for several days, sent a large number of scouts to check the news, and finally learned the truth from the fragmentary news.Cao Zhang, the governor of Youzhou, wanted to monopolize the military exploits and refused to provide winter clothes and rations to Sun Shao's navy. Now that Sun Shao was hungry and cold, he was forced to fish for a living. In a rage, he detained Cao Zhang, and the two sides turned their faces , The conflicts continued, and I couldn't take care of fighting Xiangping.

Liu Yi and others couldn't laugh or cry, and then ridiculed Cao Zhang's ignorance and Sun Shao's young and reckless behavior.Half a month later, the nearest Fuyu nearly 1 cavalry arrived, and Gongsun Gong held the cavalry of more than 4 cavalry, and his mind began to move. He wanted to take back the Liao Tunnel, pull out this thorn in his side, and let himself sleep peacefully.So he ordered general Yang Yi to lead more than 2 people from Han and Hu out of the city, [-] people to guard against Tian Yu who might return to aid, [-] people to surround the Liao Tunnel, and Liu Yi led [-] people to guard Xiangping City.

At this time, Zang Ba and Sun Guan had also arrived with the Qingxu Navy. They not only brought 1 horses, but also a large amount of food and clothing, which were just produced in Qingzhou.Qingzhou had a well-developed silk weaving industry in the past, and it was known as the world's clothing. After Sun Guan and Sun Shao cooperated, Sun Shao sold him a batch of new looms, which were three times more efficient than the old looms. Guan was happy that Sun Shao didn't ask him for any money, and all the payment for the goods turned into a deposit for the order. That is to say, Sun Guan got a large number of advanced looms without spending any money.

Sun Guan had never done such a business before, and he had no doubts about Sun Shao's sincerity. As soon as Sun Shao arrived, he immediately rushed here with people and goods as required.Like him, Zang Ba was also very forthright. He used the deposit given by Sun Shao to expand the mining scale of the iron ore, and the output increased significantly, and the pig iron produced was not worried about sales. The merchant ships of the Yue Kingdom were waiting in Lianyungang. As much luck as there is, after half a year, Xuzhou's economic situation has improved significantly, and there is no need to reach out to Cao Cao brazenly.

As soon as they saw Sun Shao, Zang Ba and Sun Guan stepped forward to salute with smiles on their faces. In their eyes, Sun Shao is now the God of Qian, no matter how polite they are, they can't be too polite.

Knowing that the Liaodong army had left Xiangping City, Sun Shao immediately called Cao Zhang, Zang Ba and others to discuss the matter. The snake had come out of the hole, and now it was time to collect the net.In front of the map just drawn, You Sima Shibao talked eloquently, explaining the current distribution of troops from all sides, and finally said that the Liao Tunnel is a bait, and one more day is a day, even if the entire army is wiped out in the end, it will not hesitate .The most important thing now is to capture Xiangping City, severely damage or even wipe out the foreign soldiers and horses such as Puyu and Goguryeo who came to aid. I hope that after this battle, Liaodong County can be pacified and lay the foundation for the next step to sweep Puyu and Goguryeo.

Cao Zhang was very dissatisfied, he gave Tian Yu a signal with his eyes, Tian Yu understood, stood up and said: "Yangyi has 2 cavalry, and we have [-] now, even if we attack inside and outside, we can't guarantee a complete victory, let alone And Xiangping City? There are still [-] people in Xiangping City. Even if we all go to attack the city, we may not be able to attack the city, let alone attack the city at the same time as attacking Yangyi. Your Highness, is this strategy too great? Are you adventurous?"

Cui Qian was furious and wanted to reprimand Tian Yu angrily when he got up, but Sun Shao stopped him and asked calmly, "In your opinion, so what?"

"Temporarily abandon Xiangping City, with the main goal of severely injuring the 5 troops of Yangyi's troops." Tian Yu bowed and said, "His Royal Highness's navy has no cavalry, so they cannot participate in the pursuit of the enemy. Leave it to us."

Before Sun Shao could speak, Sun Guan became angry first, and he snorted coldly: "What Tian Xiaowei means is that we will fight Yang Yi first, and you will watch from the side. If you win by luck, you will chase after us. Well, then you can only consider yourself unlucky, right?"

Tian Yu smiled, ignored Sun Guan, and said to Sun Shao: "His Highness Yue Wang will decide whether to use or not use Yu's opinion."

"How many cavalry did you bring?" Sun Shao pondered.

"Four thousand Karasuma famous riders." Tian Yu smiled reservedly.Sun Shao and the others add up to less than [-] cavalry. Compared with Cao Zhang, the difference in strength is not one or two points. In the [-] army sent by Gongsun Gong, there are probably nearly [-] cavalry. Although the number is larger, the Karasuma they lead The cavalry is well equipped and capable of fighting, and he is confident enough to deal with the nearly ten thousand Hu Han cavalry, so he is confident enough to undertake the task of pursuit.In his opinion, Sun Shao and the others couldn't catch up even if they wanted to. Can two legs outrun four?This is a choice without choice, and this is the only way to achieve the task of severely injuring the Hu people.

"Is this okay? You are responsible for paying the reinforcements to Puyu and Goguryeo, and the rest of the Liaodong Army will be handed over to us."

"Your Highness wants to use 3 sailors to deal with more than 4000 Liaodong Army?" Tian Yu was taken aback for a moment, and he couldn't believe his ears. After hesitating for a moment, he reminded: "They have more than [-] cavalry."

"Don't worry about what I will do. Tell me first, are you sure to wipe out the 5000 barbarians? If so, we will divide the labor like this. If not, we will change it again, and we will be responsible for the more than 1 barbarians. , you are dealing with more than 3 people from the Yangyi Division."

Tian Yu glanced at Cao Zhang, Cao Zhang grabbed his yellow beard and pondered for a moment: "Let's deal with the Puyu people and the Goguryeo people. After all, it will be more convenient to ride a broken horse."

Sun Shao nodded: "That's how it is. If you can't severely damage Yangyi and conquer Xiangping City, that's my responsibility. If the Fuyu people and Goguryeo escape, you have to bear the responsibility. Let's talk about the ugliness first, and don't wait until the time comes." If you can't get involved any more, it will hurt your peace."

Cao Zhang grinned and stood up: "Your Highness, I am willing to make this bet with you. If Your Highness captures Xiangping City and I do not severely injure the Fuyu people and Goguryeo people, then I will give you all the two thousand horses that Your Highness wants. No money will be taken. But what if His Highness fails to capture Xiangping City?"

"I will never set foot in Liaodong again."

(End of this chapter)