As the former capital of Xiapi King, Xiapi City has four gates.
The city is eight feet high, which is obviously built with care. Compared with the city wall in Quyang, it is obviously much thicker.
After Cao Cao besieged Xiapi, he launched attacks at the four gates in turn. Cao Cao led his own army and attacked from the north gate, Xu Huang's troops attacked the east gate, and Xiahou Dun attacked the west gate. The remaining south gates,
Then Liu Bei will be responsible for it, which can be regarded as a kind of attention to Liu Bei...
Liu Bei, fought very hard.
The war has reached this point, and there is no suspense anymore.
The final question is how long Lu Bu can persist and what kind of result it will end with, that's all.
Therefore, Liu Bei had no choice but to cheer up and launch an attack with all his strength.
The grudge between him and Lu Bu is really unclear and unclear.
Sometimes they are enemies, sometimes they are friends... I think back when Liu Bei captured Xuzhou, he took in Lu Bu, who had just been defeated in Puyang, and gave him a place to recuperate. But not long after, Lu Bu captured Xuzhou and took Liu Bei in. After two
People went back and forth, sometimes fighting, sometimes making peace. Lu Bu once relieved Liu Bei of his troubles by shooting a halberd at the gate, forcing Yuan Shu's general Ji Ling to retreat. The two also participated in the battle against Yuan Shu and drove Yuan Shu to Huainan.
But then, Lu Bu beat Liu Bei like a lost dog.
Nowadays, things are changing.
It was Liu Bei's turn to attack Lu Bu.
The grudges over the years seem to be ending at this moment.
Therefore, Liu Bei will not be the least bit merciless...
It's just that he's not very lucky!
Liu Bei's opponent happened to be Chen Gong. Facing an opponent full of resourcefulness, Liu Bei had no choice but to do anything despite having strong generals in his hands.
Therefore, the war between the two sides was tense.
Liu Bei attacked Shangxiapi, but was soon driven off the city. He attacked again, and then drove down again. The repeated tug-of-war made Liu Bei feel inexplicably tired. However, he did not dare to relax. Because he knew that,
There is a fierce tiger in Xiapi City. Once released, it will kill people... Although Lu Bu did not meet Liu Bei face to face, Liu Bei knew that Lu Bu and Cao Cao were fighting inextricably at the North City Gate.
The day's fighting is finally over!
When the sun set, Liu Bei ordered the gold to be withdrawn.
On the battlefield, there were countless dead corpses lying here and there, here and there. Both sides gathered their own corpses on the battlefield, each with a cold look on their face.
There is an unwritten rule when it comes to cleaning up the battlefield: while cleaning up the battlefield, neither party is allowed to start a fight.
Liu Bei need not worry, Chen Gong will suddenly attack.
Because he knows that even if Chen Gong has this idea, he does not have the power. Xiapi's military strength is destined to prevent him from succeeding...
As soon as he entered the barracks, Liu Bei felt something was not normal.
Everyone in the camp was happy and smiling.
"Zifang, why are you so happy?"
Liu Bei stopped Mi Fang and asked curiously.
Mi Fang is Liu Bei's brother-in-law and Mi Zhu's brother.
He looked happy and said with a smile: "Lord, we have food!"
"ah?"
When Liu Bei heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Although Liu Bei attacked Xiapi from Cao Cao, he appeared to be an independent army, but in fact, he was deeply suppressed by Cao Cao. Liu Bei had no base, and it was like relying on others. Especially after being defeated by Lu Bu and losing the country of Pei.
, the constraints Liu Bei suffered became even more severe.
No foundation means no food, no soldiers, no tools...
All the resources in his hands now were provided by Cao Cao. The ordnance was eliminated and replaced by Cao Cao. The winter clothes of the soldiers were also distributed by Cao Cao. The most uncomfortable thing is that the food and grass were damaged by Cao Cao.
**Restriction. Every time Cao Cao distributes food and grass, he only gives Liu Bei three days to spare. In other words, after three days, if Cao Cao stops Liu Bei's food and grass, Liu Bei's army will instantly collapse.
Controlling food and grass is equivalent to controlling Liu Bei's lifeline.
Liu Bei can't be dissatisfied with this. Cao Cao gave him food, which was the most benevolent thing.
"How much food is there?"
"About six thousand dendrobium..."
When Liu Bei heard this, he took a deep breath.
With these six thousand dendrobium grains, he no longer needs to look at Mr. Cao's eyes to act.
Mi Zhu frowned slightly and suddenly said, "Zifang, where does this food come from?"
In one sentence, Liu Bei was reminded.
Six thousand hu of grain is not a small amount. Now that the Xiapi battlefield is surrounded by the city, the daily consumption of grain is about 8,000 hu of grain. In other words, these 6,000 hu of grain are almost the amount of rations consumed by tens of thousands of troops in one day.
Where does such a large amount of food come from?
Liu Bei is very aware of the situation in Xuzhou. Even Xuzhou today is not the Xuzhou where money and food were abundant in the first year of Xingping.
Even five years ago, when Tao Qian was in charge of Xuzhou, it was quite difficult to produce 6,000 dendrobium grains at once...
Mi Fang said: "These are the gains of the three generals."
"The food that Yide found?"
Liu Bei was startled and shouted sternly: "Call Yide to come here immediately."
"Brother, why are you so panicked?"
Standing next to Liu Bei was the famous Guan Yu Guan Yunchang. He was nine feet tall, nearly two meters tall, almost a head taller than Liu Bei.
Wearing a parrot green shirt, with a sword on his side.
Seeing Liu Bei's panic expression, Guan Yu quickly asked.
He and Zhang Fei had followed Liu Bei in his expeditions from Zhuojun, and they were like brothers. Later, Cao Peng and others became sworn brothers in Xudu, and Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei also changed their names accordingly.
The lord has evolved into the 'brother' he is today.
The two men were under Liu Bei's tent, each leading a group of men and horses, and took turns accompanying Liu Bei on the expedition.
In addition, Liu Bei also had a group of "white-eared soldiers" as his personal guards, which were later known as the "white-eared soldiers".
Bai Qi is a cloak made of yak hair, and is also a unique attire of the guards. However, in later generations, "Bai Qi" was changed into "White Grate", and finally evolved into the white-ear elite soldier. The famous Changshan Zhao Zilong is
The later leader of this white body army.
The White Qiang soldiers in history were composed of Danyang soldiers, Ma Chao's Qingqiang soldiers and southwestern barbarians.
However, the Baiyi soldiers at this time were all Danyang soldiers. There were more than 3,000 people at the beginning, but now, two-thirds have been reduced.
The new commander-in-chief of the White Army is named Chen Dao.
He came here when Liu Bei was the governor of Yuzhou, and he mainly guards Liu Bei's side on weekdays.
Liu Bei had several battles with Lu Bu, and Liu Bei was able to retreat unscathed, thanks to the large number of soldiers Chen Dao and Bai Jian had. Therefore, this group of troops did not attack often.
Today it happened that Liu Bei led Guan Yu, Jian Yong, Sun Qian and Mi Zhu to attack Xiapi, while Zhang Fei stayed in the camp to rest.
This sudden acquisition of food and grass, after a moment of joy, brought Liu Bei deep fear. Guan Yu asked softly, but Liu Bei did not answer immediately. Instead, he went straight to the Chinese army's tent and sat in the tent.
Here, waiting for the arrival of Zhang Fei and Mr. Zhang...
Jian Yong explained softly: "My lord is worried that the three generals will rob Duke Cao of his food and grass."
Guan Yu's eyebrows twitched and Danfeng's eyes closed slightly, "Although Yide is reckless, he is not the kind of person who doesn't care about the important and the important. It's impossible."
In fact, when he said this, he was a little frightened.
What kind of character does your brother have?
Guan Yu knew it well. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it was said that Zhang Fei was born a butcher... which sounds quite humble. But the problem is that in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, butcher did not just refer to butchers. He Jin was also born a butcher, but he was one of the great leaders of the dynasty.
The general is the emperor's brother-in-law.
This also shows that the butchers during the Three Kingdoms period mostly referred to local powerful people.
How can ordinary people have the capital to become a butcher?
Zhang Fei was a powerful man in Zhuo County. Although he was not from an aristocratic family, he was still a wealthy local. In terms of knowledge, Zhang Fei was the best among the three, but in terms of temper, he was also the most domineering and unreasonable among the three.
I remember that when he was living in Xuzhou, Zhang Fei dared to steal the war horse bought by Lu Bu, which made Lu Bu furious and beat the three brothers and fled in confusion... This time, I don't know who he robbed again.
Jian Yong has followed Liu Bei for many years and knows Zhang Fei's character very well.
He glanced at Brother Mi Zhu and Mi Fang who were not far away, and sighed, "But if the grain and grass were transported from Xiaxiang, it's hard to say."
"how do I say this?"
"Could it be that the Second General has forgotten, where does Xiang Xiang's food and grass come from?
Who is the person who has come out of town to serve as Prime Minister now? Haixi Ling Deng Ji’s brother-in-law... Haixi’s relationship with us is not very shallow."
Guan Yu couldn't help but look at Mi Fang.
Mi Fang, a native of Qu County, Donghai...
After Deng Ji took control of Haixi, the people who suffered the most were the Mi family in Donghai.
Especially in the winter of the second year of Jian'an, when Deng Ji attacked the Huaibei Salt Road, the Mijia industry suffered a huge blow.
The private salt of the Mi family almost did not dare to enter the Huaihe River, and the merchants and merchants who had close relations with the Mi family in the past even reduced their contacts with the Mi family. In the third year of Jian'an, Haixi implemented a salt diversion policy and opened a salt farm to boil the sea.
Salt production. The Haixi Guild took the opportunity to recruit many salt-making experts from the Mi family, and the Mi family's salt farm almost suffered a disaster. 60% of the salt-making experts switched jobs to the Haixi salt farm.
After losing the Lianghuai market, being cut off from the East China Sea salt road, and being poached, the Mijia salt farm almost collapsed.
Fortunately, at this time, the Mi family had switched from selling private salt to assisting Liu Bei... So, the person who suffered the biggest blow was Liu Bei!
At the end of the second year of Jian'an, the ordnance and weapons originally agreed upon were eventually canceled due to the blockage of the Lianghuai Salt Road.
Later, Liu was attacked by Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, and evacuated from Pei County and defected to Cao Cao...
"Brother, brother!"
Just as Guan Yu was thinking deeply, there was a burst of footsteps outside the big tent.
A man who looked like a black iron tower strode in from outside the tent. He was about eight feet tall, about 188 centimeters, tall and majestic, exuding a majestic air. Judging from his age, he was about thirty-three or four.
It looks like a leopard, with a leopard head and eyes, and a black beard on its lower jaw.
He walked into the tent as if nothing had happened, and said with a smile: "Brother, we don't need to look at that Mr. Cao's eyes anymore."
"oh?"
Liu Bei's face dropped like water.
"Haha, we have food!"
“Where does the food come from?”
"this……"
Zhang Fei was actually quite afraid that Liu Bei would ask this question, and he was immediately speechless.
Liu Bei let out a long sigh, "Yide, from whom did you steal the food?"
"Yes, yes... I don't recognize that person. Anyway, I didn't like him. In addition, the army lacked food, so I grabbed it."
"But the food shipped from Xiaxiang?"
Zhang Fei lowered his head and did not answer.
"Did anyone get hurt?"
"No, no... I just taught those boys a lesson."
"You are so brave!"
Liu Bei was so angry that he stood up and spread his fingers. He was speechless for a long time.
Guan Yu suddenly said: "Yide, who wants you to steal Cao Sikong's food?"
"yes……"
Zhang Fei hesitated for a moment, but did not continue.
Mi Zhu glared at Mi Fang and stood up, "My lord, this matter may not be the fault of the three generals.
I serve the imperial court equally, but Cao Sikong prefers one to the other. Xiahou Dun and Xu Gongming have ten days of food and grass left in the two camps, but we only have three days of food and grass left. The soldiers will inevitably have worries. What the three generals did is also
It’s a last resort.”
There must be some instigation from Mi Fang.
Mi Zhu knew that Mi Fang hated Haixi brothers Deng Ji and Cao Peng deeply.
If it weren't for these two brothers, at least the Donghai Mi family wouldn't have collapsed so quickly.
But at this time, he couldn't throw his brother away. He simply took a preemptive strike and blamed Cao Cao for the reason...
Liu Bei snorted and said nothing.
Isn't it that he doesn't understand the various mysteries here? But one is his brother-in-law who lives and dies together with him; the other is his brother-in-law, whose palms and backs are full of flesh, and it's really hard to punish him. Various things flashed through his mind quickly.
With this thought, Liu Bei frowned and thought.
After a while, he said in a deep voice: "No one is allowed to use the food and grass that Yide robbed.
If it has been used before, fill it in immediately... Xianhe, Gongyou, you two go and take inventory... Uncle, you immediately lead the white soldiers over to watch, and there must be no mistakes. Tomorrow morning, Yide will follow me to the north gate, I
I should apologize to Cao Sikong in person."
"Brother, why should you be afraid of Cao Aman like this..."
"Wide be careful what you say!"
Guan Yu shouted sharply, "Do you want your brother to die without a burial place?"
Zhang Fei snorted twice and did not dare to refute.
"Forget it, this matter ends here. Tomorrow Yun Chang will wait for me to supervise the battle and continue to attack Xiapi."
"Here!"
Liu Bei rubbed his face and was about to teach Zhang Fei Mifang a few words. Suddenly, there were waves of people shouting and horses neighing outside the camp.
After a while, a white-eyed soldier broke into the Chinese army's tent.
"My lord, something bad has happened. There are soldiers and horses of the minister outside the camp blocking the gate of the camp... A man named Cao Peng asked the three generals by name to go out and die."
Zhang Fei heard this and could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.
"A mere unknown person dares to utter arrogant words. Today, the three generals want to see who they are to say such arrogant words... Come on, prepare your horses and spears."
"Yide stop!"
Liu Bei was immediately shocked and shouted to stop him.
Guan Yu took a step forward and hugged Zhang Fei tightly. He raised his head and looked at Liu Bei with the same angry look on his face.
"Brother, Cao Sikong's deception goes too far... We can't bear it, otherwise we won't be able to raise our heads in front of Cao Sikong in the future."
Liu Bei's face was gloomy, as if dripping water.
After a moment, he took a long breath and said, "Yide did something wrong in this matter first, no wonder they came to the door. Yun Chang, you watch Yide here, you two can never step out without my order."
Half a step away from the military tent. At this time, I should be the one to apologize to the other party."
"elder brother……"
Zhang Fei's eyes turned red, "This is my younger brother's fault, how can I humiliate my elder brother?"
"Yide, it doesn't matter whether you are humiliated or not. I just hope you can remember today's lesson, think twice before doing anything in the future, and don't be reckless again."
After that, Liu Bei straightened his clothes, stepped solemnly, and walked out of the Chinese army's tent.
