Liu Bei's life in these few days was simply difficult. He finally took the risk of offending Liu Biao, a great tycoon in Jingzhou, and took over Fancheng. He originally wanted to seek wealth and honor in the risk, and then threatened Liu Biao in Jingzhou, blackmailed Liu Biao, and then broke up Liu Biao and Yangzhou alliance.

But who would have thought that not only did the Yangzhou Alliance in Jingzhou not break down, Liu Bei did not get the extorted food and grass from Jingzhou. Instead, he was robbed when he was transporting the food and grass from Fancheng back to Yuzhou. The person who robbed him was Liu Mang and Liu Hanyang, Yangzhou, whom Liu Bei hated him to death. He had 400,000 grain and grass twice, and was robbed 200,000 in one day. Although he was lit by a fire in the same day, who knew how much he was robbed in the end? Anyway, Liu Bei's 400,000 grain and grass were considered to have no idea.

This is not the end. Liu Bei stayed in Fancheng and wanted to defeat the Yangzhou coalition forces in Jingzhou in Fancheng. He wanted to rely on Fancheng's victory to make Liu Tuhao sober and scare Liu Tuhao. In this way, Liu Bei could get food and grass from Liu Biao again.

Unfortunately, Liu Bei's plan was wrong. The coalition forces in Jingzhou and Yangzhou did not directly attack the city. In other words, they would not come to fill your moat and climb your city wall like an ant.

Instead, it used something called a crossbow to shoot countless heavy stones into Fancheng. Jingzhou was on the edge of the Yangtze River, and there were not only rivers on the edge of Fancheng, but also mountains in the distance. Naturally, this stone was obtained without much effort. The crossbow was created on the spot by the Yangzhou Army. There were 30,000 Jingzhou coolies who wanted to do anything. Soon, more than twenty crossbows were built, so Fancheng's nightmare came. Twelve hours a day. As long as it could be seen, these twenty crossbows never stopped, and they were even more surging during the day. If the moonlight was bright enough at night, it would be waiting for the stone cannon.

Although the walls of Fancheng were tall, they were also smashed into pieces. Although Liu Bei's army did not lose much, the morale of the army was about to collapse. Who could stand the bombardment of the rice? They were worried all day long that a sudden disaster would fly over their heads and were directly smashed into meat pie by the stone.

If this is the case alone, Liu Bei could still appease the soldiers with his personal charm. And the Jingzhou and Yangzhou coalition forces below were simply shameless. They not only used cannons, but also built the city wall. Yes, they were building the city wall.

Originally, Liu Bei thought this was a joke, because a tall city wall could not be built in one or two days, but I don’t know what was used on the opposite side, a kind of black gray, which was covered with water and gravel, could solidify within a few days. The hardness was much stronger than that of blue bricks.

Banyue actually built a small city wall up to three meters high.

Although the city wall is small, Liu Bei was afraid. Because Liu Bei could not take over the Jing Yang coalition now, they were huddled in the camp. If Liu Bei played a strong attack, the only one who was unlucky was Liu Bei himself. Heavy armored cavalry was used for field battles, while Liu Bei's other infantry battles were simply second-line troops. The Qingzhou army was still in the middle of Liu Bei's ability to attack. If the Qingzhou army was not there, Liu Bei had no choice but to get the 30,000 troops below.

In terms of military rations, Liu Biao, a local tyrant in Jingzhou, still lacks food and grass. I am afraid that the food and grass in Fancheng will be used up, and the Jingyang coalition forces will also have food and grass. Jingyang coalition forces can't help Liu Bei. Fancheng is high and the moat is wide. It is difficult for a hundred thousand soldiers to take over Fancheng, which is stationed by Liu Bei's army. However, Liu Bei was afraid because the city wall built in half a month would continue like this, in a few months, a wall larger than Fancheng might appear in a few months. If there is another surround, Liu Bei will really become a turtle in the jar. The food and grass to go to Yuzhou are insufficient, waiting for the rice here to be put into the pot.

With gritted teeth, Liu Bei had to lead his army to break through and leave. Chen Deng's Jingzhou Yangzhou coalition outside the city did not stop Liu Bei, so that Liu Bei would leave Fancheng very smoothly. As for the fire that Liu Bei would set off when he left last, it didn't matter. Fancheng was not his territory.

Not intercepting Chen Deng's troops does not mean that other Yangzhou troops do not intercept. Needless to say, Baima Congyi, under the leadership of Zhao Yun, he fully demonstrated what guerrilla warfare is like our classmate Liu Bei. Deng Tian, ​​the former leader of the Huang family soldier who has now been renamed Liu Tian, ​​did not disappoint Liu Mang.

Liu Mang rescued Deng Tian's family again, and Deng Tian left Jingzhou. His family was sent to Liu Mang and sent to Yangzhou by Jia Xu. Deng Tian went directly towards Fancheng and found Zhao Yun's troops as Zhao Yun's deputy general.

With such a well-educated deputy general, Zhao Yun's effect is really great. The white horse descended from Liu Bei's army, and it was not right to let Liu Bei's army fight, nor was it not right to not fight!

You fight, you can't chase others, don't fight, Baima Congyi comes to harass him from time to time. Originally, Liu Bei retreated, but in this case, Baima Congyi left thousands of infantry troops.

As long as there is a backward infantry, it will be eaten by the white horse Congyi. The white horse Congyi can only embarrass Liu Bei, and the other unit, Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, directly made Liu Bei uncomfortable. Although the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry does not have two horses like the white horse Congyi, the war horse under the crotch of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry is the most elite soldier in Yangzhou. Many of them are the Arab war horses that Liu Mang brought from the present world. The horses are amazing. The white horse Congyi is harassing. The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry directly charges. Whether it is the Xiliang Iron Cavalry or other infantry battles, as long as it is separated from the large army, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry will charge. The power of the heavy armored cavalry is great. When Liu Bei's large army arrives, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry relies on its horsepower to shake off the Xiliang Iron Cavalry again.

In the end, there were only two choices left for Liu Bei. One was left to continue transporting grain and was slowly annexed by the White Horse Congyi and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry. The other was to give up the food and grass and retreat directly with the Western Liang Iron Cavalry.

Liu Bei had no choice at all. He walked for two and a half days in just a distance of 40 miles, losing two thousand teams of troops, Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and 6,000 infantry battles. If this continues, when he arrives in Yuzhou, there will be no more troops left in Liu Bei.

The grain and grass troops were even more miserable. Baima Congyi set fire and carried heavy tinder oil. After this irrigation, Liu Bei had only tens of thousands of grain and grass left, and most of them were burned down.

Even if the remaining food and grass were transported to Yuzhou, there was not much left. Liu Bei gritted his teeth. He asked each of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry to bring enough dry food, carry a bag of food and grass on his back, and left the infantry battles. Those infantry battles became abandoned sons and came to stop the enemy.

Even so, Lu Bu also gave Liu Bei a big gift, and Liu Bei lost two thousand Western Liang Iron Cavalry.

Liu Bei lost 5,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and Nanyang County didn't care about it. He threw away all the cities in Nanyang, and the food was only the three stone food and grass carried by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. The total amount was only 30,000 food and grass. It can be said that this was a crushing defeat.

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The scene was very hot in the palace of Xiangyang Prefecture, Jingzhou, Xiangyang Prefecture, and the whole scene was very hot. The reason for this scene was that the Battle of Fancheng was won. Not only was Fancheng captured, but Liu Bei's Nanyang County was also attacked. Naturally, everyone was very happy.

"Your Highness, come on, come on, I will respect this version!" Liu Biao's face was full of red light. To be honest, this can be regarded as the only big victory in Jingzhou in the past few years. In the past, Jingzhou was suppressed and beaten. As long as the little overlord of Jiangdong was there, Jingzhou basically never got any benefits.

Now there is a big victory in Fancheng west. Although Liu Bei's army was not allowed to be left behind, he finally took Fancheng back and drove Liu Bei out of Nanyang. What is this not a big victory?

"Heroes are young, the wisest thing I do in this version is to form an alliance with His Royal Highness Shu King Yangzhou." Liu Biao was also so happy that he drank a few more drinks. This tone was extremely refreshing to Liu Mang.

"The lord is wise!"

As they drank, the two of them were both uncle and nephew, and they were very cheerful.

"Your Highness, I, Zhang, respect Your Highness, and I, Zhang, stood up and toasted Liu Mang, and said, "This toast is for the soldiers on the front line of Jingzhou and Yangzhou. May my Jingzhou and Yangzhou always have the favor of Qin and Jin."

"General Zhang, you are polite." Liu Mang nodded as well. He stopped standing up and directly raised his glass and drank it all. Although the victory of the Battle of Fancheng was expected by Liu Mang, Liu Mang was also very happy to hear the news.

"Your Highness, Mr. Shu, Zhang respects Your Highness the King of Shu again." Zhang Yungang drank one cup and raised it again and again. "This cup is for the people of Fancheng, and it is the soldiers and horses of the Yangzhou of His Highness of Shu who helped me Jingzhou. This allows the people of Fancheng to return to the embrace of Jingzhou."

Zhang Yun is from Cai Mao, and Liu Mang can't refuse another cup.

"This third cup." Zhang Yun raised his glass again. "This third cup, but I, the brother, come to respect His Highness the King of Shu for my unfilial brother." The battle in Fancheng won, Fancheng returned to Jingzhou again, and naturally belonged to the Zhang family again. His younger brother Zhang Gui can also atone for his sins. Liu Mang Kuo was full of gratitude for Liu Mang.

"If General Zhang Gui does not have the ability to command the army, even if he has my recommendation, Fancheng will not be able to take it down!" Liu Mang responded to Zhang Yun with a smile.

After Zhang Yun, only a few people from Jingzhou who could have the face to invite Liu Mang to drink were having fun. Liu Mang can be said to have completely invaded the civil and military officials of Jingzhou. The officials of the Cai family and Lumen Academy who checked and balanced Liu Mang now nodded to Liu Mang, not as they were.

After drinking and praising each other, Liu Mang did not leave directly. He knew that Liu Biao must have something to discuss with him. Sure enough, Cai Mao, who was next to Liu Biao, spoke first.

"Your Highness, we won the battle in Fancheng, but there are all kinds of things to deal with in Fancheng." Cai Mao said a lot, but only one sentence was the most useful, that is, Nanyang County.

Liu Bei was defeated and returned to Yuzhou. Not only was Fancheng lost, but Nanyang County could not be defended. Now Nanyang County can be regarded as a homeless land. Jingzhou once again had a new idea of ​​this place that once belonged to Jingzhou.

However, Jingzhou cannot directly annex Nanyang. After all, the main force in the Battle of Fancheng was Liu Mang's Yangzhou army, so Cai Mao took it out and negotiated with Liu Mang.

"I wonder what Your Highness the King of Shu thinks of Nanyang County!" Zhang Yun next to him also spoke.

"Nanyang County!" Liu Mang picked up the tea. After drinking too much wine, he naturally needed to be sober. "This is a good place. There are mountains and waters around the scoop of water." Liu Mang blinked and Liu Mang deliberately pretended to be confused. Can the people here not know what Liu Mang said? After all, it was his territory in Jingzhou. "Nanyang is good. Good!"

"Your Highness, King of Shu. We have 50,000 gold!" Cai Mao quoted the price.

50,000 gold? The price is not small, but if you want to buy Nanyang County, isn’t that a joke? Liu Mang deliberately pretended not to understand. "Nanyang County, the suicide god Bai Qi attacked Chu and occupied it. King Zhaoxiang of Qin appointed Nanyang, and he was named Nanyang just now!"

"Your Highness, King of Shu, 50,000 gold, 200,000 food and grass!" Cai Mao increased the price again.

If Liu Mang had been interested in 200,000 grains and grass before, but now Liu Mang is not so nostalgic. "Since entering my Han Dynasty, Nanyang County has a great population and a beautiful place, with mountains and rivers. I want to live in seclusion here in my later years!"

"Your Highness of the King of Shu, 5,000 heavy armor sets." Cai Mao continued to add the price to Liu Mang, 5,000 heavy armor sets, which could allow Liu Mang to form a heavy armor unit again. Although Liu Mang now encourages iron smelting in Yangzhou, it is difficult to take out five,000 sets of armor at once.

However, Liu Mang was still not moved, and these things could not be exchanged for a county town.

"Three thousand war horses!" Cai Mao began to offer a big price. He even took out all the war horses. You should know that in the Central Plains, war horses are very precious. Three thousand war horses are worth at least 30,000 gold.

Liu Mang would not dislike the few war horses. You should know that it is difficult to cultivate war horses in the Central Plains. Basically, those war horses are almost disposable. Liu Mang also has a lot of cavalry troops. Before the entrance to the sea is opened, war horses are naturally needed.

"You can't drink too much of this wine, it's a mistake!" Liu Mang wanted to see what price this Jingzhou would offer.

Liu Mang didn't want money, food, armor, and war horses. Cai Mao took out another thing, "His Royal Highness, the previous ones plus five counties near Zaoyang, Yiyang!"

Although Yiyang Zaoyang was under Liu Mang's command, the capture was not glorious. It was to not stimulate Liu Biao. Liu Mang had never sent troops to seize several counties near Yiyang Zaoyang, but these counties were too close to Yiyang Zaoyang. This was not good, so Cai Mao took out the city to exchange it.

"There are thirty-seven counties below, with Wancheng as the county town." There are thirty-seven counties in the entire Nanyang County. Even if some of the ones that have now changed from county towns to county towns, there are still more than twenty counties. Liu Biao, you can take out five counties, which is a little too stingy.

"What do you want, Your Highness, King of Shu?" Liu Biao lost his patience. Fancheng was captured, and Nanyang County was now a land without a border. Liu Biao seemed to have reclaimed him again. It can be regarded as regaining lost land, which can inspire the people.

"A county in Nanyang and even Emperor Guangwu of my great Han made his fortune here, and Wancheng is even more like you as the capital! The imperial town." Liu Mang said these words to mean that one capital and the other imperial town. It can be said that the position of Nanyang is very important. This is to increase the bargaining chips for himself.

"Xinye County, three counties under it" Liu Mang's meaning is already very obvious. Liu Mang can not want Nanyang County, but Liu Mang wants Xinye.

"Xinye City?" Jingzhou's civil and military officials were no longer indifferent. This Xinye is a gateway to the north of Jingzhou. With the Xinye Jingzhou Army, the Jingzhou Army can cross the Yangtze River and reach the Central Plains. If Xinye is lost, the Jingzhou Army will be sad about the Yangtze River.

"Impossible!" How could this be the contact place in the Central Plains be let go. "Your Highness, King of Shu, please change the conditions!"

"Liu Jingzhou, although this Xinye is a county town, it is actually a county, divided from Nanyang," Liu Mang said, looking at Liu.

"Although Xinye is not as big as Nanyang, it is the main road from Jingzhou to the Central Plains!" Other places on the Yangtze River are either towering or low-lying, and only Xinye has a good port to spend.

"Go to the Central Plains?" Liu Mang sneered, "Liu Jingzhou, why should Jingzhou go to the Central Plains? Is Liu Jingzhou trying to go to the world?" Liu Mang said so hard, because the first one after Xinye was Liu Mang's Yiyang Zaoyang, and then Yangzhou. If Liu Biao sent troops, would he attack Yangzhou?

"His Highness the King of Shu has been worried too much. Xinye is just a place where I use Jingzhou to trade!"

"Business? You can also trade in Yangzhou. With Jingyang Alliance, business transactions are naturally no problem!"

"Can I only have to do the south bank of the Yangtze River in Jingzhou?"

"Why did Liu Jingzhou go to the north shore? If I, Yangzhou, could have the Yangtze River natural danger as a support, I would not have wanted a city on the other side of the natural danger."

"What if there is unpleasantness!"

"Will the Jingzhou navy be afraid?" Liu Mang continued to ask. "With the Yangtze River natural danger in Liu Jingzhou, you can rest assured, and with Nanyang County, Jingzhou, you can have twenty more counties!"

"And I don't have to ask for it in Xinye, but in the twenty counties of Nanyang, if I give in for nothing, I am afraid that the soldiers in the army will not accept it, so I must give the soldiers an explanation!" Liu Mang began to take the Yangzhou general to the jar. Among the Yangzhou army, Liu Mang's words were not a word, and no one dared to have any objections to Liu Mang.

Liu Mang's opinion is very clear. I used Nanyang to exchange for your Xinye. Liu Mang even showed a gesture, that is, to take down Xinye, just to give it to the soldiers. I can't take down Nanyang with all my hard work, just give it to you directly. You should at least express your opinion.

"Let me think for another two days!" Liu Biao frowned and began to issue an order to expel guests.
Chapter completed!