Chapter 127 Guan Cheng is hateful

As soon as Hu Li died, his soldiers immediately scattered and fled, not daring to fight again.

Liu Zheng did not continue the pursuit, but ordered his troops to quickly transport the money and grain away.

The plan is to transport it back to the mountains at the junction of Taishan and Qi, and then move it to the mountains of Langya County to prepare for Yuan Tan to send state soldiers to attack.

Langya belongs to Xuzhou, and Yuan Tan is just a pastor of Qingzhou. His soldiers and horses should not come to Langya to attack. Even if they come, it will not be too late to run away when the time comes.

When the news was reported, Liu Bei immediately took Zhou Xing and Zhang Fei with him and rushed to Ping County, Dong'an with a thousand soldiers, leaving Tai Shici and a thousand soldiers to defend the city.

The place where the money and grain was robbed was within the territory of Qi State. Liu Bei was the Prime Minister of Beihai and could not use troops beyond the county. He could only go to Ping County, Dong'an, which is adjacent to Qi State, to show off. He would not really pursue the "thieves who robbed grain".

Qi State also has a thousand county soldiers, but after they heard the news and sent troops to the location, the thieves had long disappeared.

I also heard that there were so many thieves that even the school captain Hu Li was beheaded. They dared to pursue them. They could only collect the bodies of the killed state soldiers, but the bodies of the thieves could not be seen.

It stands to reason that there are a thousand state soldiers, no matter how fierce the thieves are, they will not kill even one person. It seems that they took away the corpses of those who died in the battle.

It is said that after Liu Xian escaped, he met a few soldiers who escaped, got his horse, and under the protection of several soldiers, he drove back to the plain day and night.

"Mingshijun, Mingshijun, it's not good! It's not good!"

Seeing Yuan Tan, Liu Xian knelt in front of him and shouted repeatedly, with a look of sorrow and anger on his face.

Yuan Tan felt a little strange when he saw Liu Xian coming back so soon, and vaguely guessed that something bad must have happened.

Now that I heard Liu Xian shouting like this, I was even more sure of my guess, but I couldn't guess what it would be.

Yuan Tan would never have expected that someone would dare to rob the money and food he sent to escort.

"Liu Biejia, what happened? Get up and talk. Could it be that Liu Bei refuses to give money and food?"

"Mingshijun, here you go, Liu Bei gave you money and grain. Captain Hu and I personally counted it. It is indeed two million yuan and fifty thousand stone grain, but..."

"But what?" Yuan Tan asked urgently, becoming more and more puzzled.

"We left Beihai with money and grain, and when we arrived in the territory of Qi State, the stewards robbed us of all the money and grain!"

"Who are you talking about? Guan Cheng? How is that possible? Where is Captain Hu?"

Yuan Tan couldn't believe it. He didn't believe that Guan Cheng dared to come and rob him of his money and food. He was guarded by a thousand soldiers.

"It is indeed Guan Cheng. He said this was to take revenge on Liu Bei because Liu Bei drove them from Donglai to Beihai and from Beihai to Langya. Now they are in the mountains and have no food to eat, so they came to rob them of money and food.

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"Where is Captain Hu? Why doesn't he come back?" General Yan Jing asked urgently.

Hu Li was not only deeply trusted by Yuan Tan, but also had a very good relationship with Yan Jing.

"Colonel Hu... He, he died in the battle! Many of our people also died. Those thieves were so brave!"

Liu Xian explained the situation in detail.

"General, give me five thousand troops, and I will immediately go and destroy Guan Cheng." Yan Jing said in battle.

Yuan Tan waved his hand and said: "Wait a minute, Liu Biejia, are you sure Liu Bei really handed over two million yuan and 50,000 stone grains?"

"Xiaowei Hu and I personally checked and found that there are indeed two million yuan and 50,000 shi of food. They cannot be fake." Liu Xian replied.

"After you left Beihai, you rushed all the way. How did Guan Cheng know that you were escorting the money and food to leave in just a few days, and why did you rush there in advance to lie in wait? There must be a premeditation in this." Yuan Tan thought about it carefully and felt that this

Something is a little strange.

"Ming Shijun, Guan Cheng hates Liu Bei, and we have given Liu Bei three months to hand over money and food. Everyone knows that it is not difficult for them to calculate the time. Although Liu Bei has reduced his troops, he still has two thousand troops left.

In Xia Mi, Guan Cheng did not dare to enter Beihai, so he set up an ambush and robbed Qi State. Lord Ming, please send troops to attack Guan Cheng quickly and take back the money and food!"

Liu Xian saw with his own eyes that Liu Bei handed over the money and grain, and that he protected the money and grain from Beihai, so he had no doubts about Liu Bei and believed that those who blocked the way to rob the grain were Guan Cheng's people.

"How many thieves are there?" Yuan Tan thought for a while before asking.

"There are about five to six thousand people."

The scene was chaotic at that time, and the "thieves" were dressed similarly to civilians and appeared from both sides. Liu Xian couldn't see clearly. He only felt that there were many people, guessing that there would be five to six thousand people.

Moreover, by mentioning more people, Yuan Tan can save some face.

If the opponent only has two or three thousand men, and the state soldiers have one thousand men, and they are defeated like this, it does not mean that Yuan Tan is incompetent.

And if the other party has five or six thousand people, and a thousand state soldiers are defeated, it will be excusable.

Yuan Tan nodded: "Well, if there weren't so many thieves, Lieutenant Hu would never have died in the battle, and his money and food would never have been robbed. General Yan, I will give you 8,000 troops, and you will immediately lead the troops to wipe out the thieves."

, take back all the money and food, and Guan Cheng’s head, we must bring it back.”

"No." Yan Jing accepted the order with his hands in hand.

Yuan Tan only had 15,000 soldiers in the plain. Hu Li took away 1,000 soldiers, leaving 14,000 now.

He originally wanted to give Yan Jing 10,000 men to annihilate Guan Cheng, but he was afraid that Gongsun Zan would suddenly attack, so he wanted to leave more troops to protect the city, so he could only give Yan Jing 8,000 men.

Eight thousand state soldiers are enough to deal with five or six thousand thieves.

"Guan Cheng is hateful! Hateful!" Yuan Tan cursed.

Being robbed of money and food is a trivial matter. Yuan Tan doesn't take such a small amount of money and food seriously, so he won't be so heartbroken. What he cares about is that his face is dull.

He is a Qingzhou Mu, and now within the borders of his state, the government money and food are being robbed, and what is robbed is the money and food of his Qingzhou Mu, and the money and food of his escort.

It would be weird to say it without being laughed at, especially in the eyes of his father Yuan Shao, who might think that he is incompetent, which is why such a thing happened.

Now the only way to save one's face is to eliminate Guan Cheng as soon as possible and take back all the money and food.

Yan Jing led eight thousand soldiers and horses to leave the plain and rush to Qi State.

Yuan Tan then sent Liu Xian to Yecheng to report to Yuan Shao what happened in Qingzhou.

This kind of thing definitely cannot be hidden. Instead of letting Yuan Shao listen to other people's rumors, he might as well take the initiative to explain it himself.

There is a possibility that the rumors will spread in any way. If Yuan Shao listens to other people's rumors, it will be even more detrimental to himself.

After Liu Bei led a thousand troops to Dong'anping, he stationed himself in the county. While openly sending people to Qi State to inquire about the situation, he secretly sent people to contact Liu Zheng.

It is confirmed that Liu Zheng has begun to move to Langya. Although the mountain road is difficult to walk and the transportation of money and food is somewhat difficult, fortunately, the soldiers and horses sent by Yuan Tan cannot arrive for a while.

"Military advisor, will Yuan Tan's troops catch up to Langya?"

What Liu Bei is worried about is that Yan Jing will not give up until he pursues him.
Chapter completed!