Although his uncle Cai Mao mobilized the army with Liu Cong's tacit approval, Liu Cong did not summon all his advisers and generals to discuss the matter. After all, this matter was not very glorious.
"Well, that's what happened."
Palace Master Liu Cong said casually, it seemed that he could no longer hide the matter of mobilizing an army to attack Fancheng.
"Master, I think this matter is not feasible."
Counselor Liu Xian continued.
"The first is that Liu Qi is the palace master's eldest brother anyway. It is very inappropriate to do this. Moreover, he is an unknown teacher, so I'm afraid he will be criticized."
"The second thing is that the eldest son Liu Qi has been granted the title of Marquis by the imperial court, and Fancheng's strength is growing again. Now the imperial court is in an unstable situation. In the future, no matter what, in the future, we will be brothers fighting tigers, and father and son will fight..."
Liu Xian kept talking about his reasons, but he didn't notice that Liu Cong's face, who was sitting above him, was getting worse and worse.
Although Liu Biao, the old master of the palace, had no great ambitions and rode alone to Jingzhou, he conquered the vast territory of the Mufu in Jizhou and attracted countless counselors and fierce generals to join him.
As a veteran, Liu Xian learned that Cai Mao had sent troops to Fancheng and quickly found his friend Deng Yi.
This matter should be stopped immediately, and it should be explained to Renyonghou Liu Qi that it was a misunderstanding and apologized...
If the two brothers united, who would be the enemy? When Deng Yi heard this, he thought his friend's analysis was reasonable.
"Sir, the master of the palace also knows that Cai Mao sent troops. Fancheng now has thousands of acres of fertile land, and Jizhou has suffered economic losses due to the plague. Fancheng is the land of Jizhou, so it would be nice to subsidize it."
Liu Cong said word by word, Liu Xian, an old man, was relying on his father's old minister, and what he said was obviously a bit of an act of relying on his elders.
"Master of the Palace..."
"My decision has been made, sir, there is no need to say anything more."
Seeing that Liu Yi was still going to say something, Liu Cong waved his sleeves and left.
"This is Brother Deng?"
Liu Biao, the old master of the palace, was not like this. He spoke freely, and treated him gently even when he was right or wrong.
"Brother Liu, let's go. The master of the palace has made up his mind and there is no intention of saying it again."
Seeing that his old friend was about to catch up, Deng Yi quickly grabbed his friend. He was afraid that if he continued talking, something would happen.
Here Liu Xian and Deng Yi left the Jizhou Mufu in dejection, but Cai Mao in front was helpless.
Although he is a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time and has countless fierce generals under his command, a small Fancheng cannot be conquered for a long time.
Not to mention the city walls are high and thick, once an attack is launched, rocks will fall from the sky.
They lost a lot of soldiers before they even got close to the city wall, and the trebuchet was obviously improved, with a range that was more than twice that of the original trebuchet.
There were strong bows and crossbows nearby. It would have been difficult to fight the city siege, but at some point there were three cavalry teams outside the city.
Open attacks, covert attacks, and sneak attacks gave Cai Mao's army a headache. After the fight, they ran away, and when they pursued them, they were ambushed again.
It was really miserable, and the morale of the soldiers was even lower.
Most of Jizhou Mu's soldiers have never fought before, and the number of deserters is increasing every day.
"General, if this continues, if Fancheng is not conquered, our soldiers and armor will all be lost."
Huo Jun, the tiger general who was under his command in the Chinese army's tent, said that he thought Fancheng would be captured in less than three or five days, but the stalemate lasted for more than ten days.
Huo Jun is also a veteran who has fought in both the north and south. He is brave and invincible and has killed the Yellow Turban Army. However, it is also a headache when he encounters Fan Cheng's style of play.
"That's right, the general thinks that Fancheng is a coward and a coward..."
General Zhang Yun also stood up and said.
"That's right, that's right..."
All the generals praised him, saying that this battle was too cowardly.
General Cai Hao was very worried when he heard what his subordinates were saying.
Fancheng had obviously predicted that he would attack, and the reserves in the city were sufficient. He did not expect that Xu Shu and Pang Tong were also somewhat capable.
The lord Liu Cong was urged to take Fancheng early by a messenger every day. The three cavalry regiments on the outside were slippery and they sent troops to chase them several times, but they all returned without success.
I also set up traps for the other party to get in, but unfortunately the other party just disrupted their own position and refused to go deeper. There was really nothing they could do.
"Mr. Yin, do you know of any good strategies to attack the city?"
General Cai Mao asked counselor Yin Ji, who was also a subordinate of the old lord Liu Biao and was very resourceful.
Yin Ji heard the general's roll call and walked out slowly, shaking a feather fan in his hand and with a smile on his face.
"General, my subordinates have a plan. Since the two armies are fighting, let's issue a letter of challenge. We have strong generals such as Huo Jun and General Zhang Yun on our side, and we have set a rule of winning two out of three games."
Although counselor Yin Ji's words made everyone nod, but would the opponent come out of the city to fight? Fancheng could not be captured for a long time, and when morale was high, Xu Shu and Pang Tong would not confront each other so foolishly.
Some generals retorted that if they wanted to come out, they would have come out earlier, and they still had to occupy the city to defend it.
Yin Ji shook his feather fan and waited for everyone to finish speaking, with a smile on his face.
"General, it's not difficult to get the enemy out of the city to fight, but I'm just afraid that your reputation will be damaged in the future."
Cai Mao's eyes lit up when he heard this. Why do we care about the damage to our reputation? There was not much damage before.
"Mr. Yin, tell me quickly, as long as you take down Fancheng, you will have done a great job."
Everyone couldn't help but get excited after hearing Yin Ji's words. The past half month had been too frustrating.
What's more, if we continue to hunt for food and grass, we will run out of food and grass. I originally thought it would be over in ten days at most, but it turns out that it has already been half a month, and it will take ten or eight days to transport food and grass from the rear.
This is an army of tens of thousands. People eat what horses eat, and the consumption in a day is not small.
"Inform the military advisor that Cai Mao sent someone to bring a letter. Should the messenger be killed or let in?"
A soldier on the wall of Fancheng came to report, and a soldier from the enemy camp slowly approached with a white flag in his hand.
We have reached the shooting range of the archers, but the white flag means that our hands are unarmed, so we did not shoot them with arrows.
"Senior brother, what do you mean by Cai Mao?"
Fengchu Pangtong looked at the figure holding a white flag in the distance and said with a smile.
This strategy of defending the city and attacking from the outside was exactly what Pang Tong had planned, and it worked extremely well.
Although there were some casualties in Fancheng, they were negligible. In just half a month, more than 5,000 enemy troops were killed with stones and bows and arrows.
And that doesn’t include the number of enemies killed by the peripheral cavalry.
"What's Cai Mao's conspiracy? You'll know if you let the messenger in."
Xu Shu said with a smile, although he studied under Mr. Shui Jing, he always knew that this junior brother was very competitive.
But one thing is that his junior brother Feng Chu's military command ability is better than his own. He can use troops to combine positive and negative forces, which is true and false, and unpredictable.
Even Xu Shu admired him greatly. Although his lord left the political affairs in his own hands, he left the military affairs in the hands of his younger brothers. This shows his ability to recognize people.
Xu Shu did not give any advice on the military plan formulated by his junior brother Pang Tong, but only fully cooperated in terms of materials and other aspects.