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Those who feel embarrassed about sending troops to attack Qingzhou by revenge, in addition to our thick-skinned Deputy Director Tao, there is also a thick-skinned and dark-hearted brother. This brother is not someone else, but he happens to be the uncle Liu Bei and Emperor Liu who is kind and righteous all over the world and has virtue and virtue.

Uncle Liu was actually more embarrassed than Deputy Director Tao. Deputy Director Tao sent troops to Qingzhou because of the imperial court's order. It is reasonable to be reasonable. Even the two victims of Tian Kai and Kong Rong were not very jealous of Deputy Director Tao. At the same time, Deputy Director Tao received the kindness of Qingzhou was far less than that of Uncle Liu. Uncle Liu was not only a former classmate of Gongsun Zan, but also Tian Kai's former subordinate, but also caused the breakdown of the alliance relationship between Xuzhou and Gongsun Zan's army. At the same time, Kong Rong had withstood the pressure of Xuzhou and took him in. Then, the other hand led to the rebellion between Xuzhou and Kong Rongjun and became enemies. Therefore, Liu Huangshu, who was already slightly inferior to Deputy Director Tao, had a fig leaf as a fig leaf to fight against the thieves, but he still felt a fever on his face and felt ashamed.

The fever on his face was a trivial matter, and it was even more embarrassing to Uncle Liu. It was Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's accusation. When Uncle Liu passed the order from Boss Cao to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Guan Yu was a little better, but Zhang Fei immediately jumped up and shouted: "What? Cao Cao asked us to follow the army to fight Qingzhou? What does Cao Cao mean? Don't he know, brother, your friendship with Gongsun Zan, Tian Mass Jun and Kong Beihai? Isn't this a place of infidelity and unrighteousness? If the elder brother follows the order, how will the people in the world view the elder brother? How do I view my three brothers in Taoyuan? No! You must not listen to this order!"

If it weren't for being so moldy in Xuchang City, Emperor Liu really wanted to hear the words of the reckless third brother, and resolutely rejected the order that Cao's mighty man, but there was no way. Since there was no chance to command troops in Xuchang, Emperor Cao also heard that Yuan Tan admired him very much and called on him to follow the army to go to war. Therefore, Uncle Liu had no choice but to cover his face and choked up with grief and anger. "The third brother's words really make you ashamed of your brother. To be honest, Prime Minister Cao ordered Brother Yu to go to war with the army to go to war, Brother Yu also refused to accept the order in person. He would rather accept military laws than go to Qingzhou, but Prime Minister Cao took out the emperor's edict and ordered Brother Yu to go to war with the emperor's decree..."

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who proclaimed themselves as loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, had nothing to say. In addition to accompanying Uncle Liu to shed a few tears, they had to comfort Uncle Liu and said many loyal words. Finally, the three brothers shed tears and agreed that they would not kill less after arriving in Qingzhou. At the same time, they also tried their best to persuade the two benefactors, Tian Kai and Kong Rong, to surrender and try their best to save the lives of the two benefactors. The Taoyuan brothers shyly embarked on the road to attack Qingzhou. As Cao Ren's team once again stepped into Qingzhou, they also stepped into Qingzhou as an enemy for the first time...

"What do you do in the past? It's already the past. The most important thing now is to quickly pull up a new team, get rid of Cao Aman's control, search for Tao Ying traitors to take revenge and show their skills in this chaotic world."

Shaking his head and trying hard to forget the past that came back in his mind, Liu Huangshu Qiang was energetic and began to look at the scene of Qingzhou that had been away for several years. He had not returned for several years. The land in Qingzhou was obviously much more broken. There were no people on both sides of the road, and there were withered trees with bark peeled from the bark everywhere. Occasionally, there were several ruins, all burned to charred, covered with weeds, and thorns in the fields. You could vaguely see the white bones of dead people, and even weeds grew on the official road. It was so broken that no one had walked through for many years, and it was so desolate that there had never been a trace of people.

"The situation in Qingzhou is really worse than what we had expected before." Voices came from behind my ears. When Uncle Liu looked back, he saw that Cao Ren and Cheng Yu led several Cao army generals to ride over. Cao Ren, who spoke out, nodded politely to Uncle Liu, and then said to Cheng Yu next to me: "Mr. Zhongde, it seems that our expectation to solve some of the military rations on the spot in Qingzhou is about to fail. Qingzhou has become desolate, and it is unlikely to be able to replenish local supplies."

"It's okay." Cheng Yu replied calmly: "According to a detailed investigation, Tian Kai's husband sent a pseudo-Yanzhou governor Shan Jing to lead an army of 8,000 to reinforce Licheng, and brought a large amount of grain for a long time. As long as our army quickly seized Licheng, it could solve the problem of at least one month's grain. The main force of Tian Confucius Army's grain storage area is also in the county town north of Licheng. If we move quickly, our army may still have hope of taking the county."

"That's good. It's best to solve all the food and grass problems of our army and reduce the burden on the rear." Cao Ren nodded, then suddenly turned to Uncle Liu and asked: "Duke Xuande, you have been stationed in Qingzhou for a long time. Can you know where Qingzhou has the most abundant food and grass? After breaking the city, you can get the most military food?"

Uncle Liu was a little hesitant, and it was not until Cao Ren asked, and Uncle Liu replied reluctantly: "I only remember that when I abandoned the plain and went south to Xuzhou, the price of grain in the plain was 100 coins per bull, the price of grain in Linzi was 120 coins per bull, and the price of grain in Ju County in Beihai was 40 coins per bull. Later, when I borrowed Beihai, the price of grain in Ju County doubled. The situation is now, it is unknown."

Although Liu Huangshu, who was very righteous, did not answer Cao Ren's question positively, General Cao Ren and Mr. Cheng Yu both laughed. Then Cao Ren nodded and smiled and said, "Thank you for your advice. It seems that Kong Wenju is still very good at governing the country and protecting the people. Each pound of grain in Ju County is less than 100 yuan, and he is indeed rich."

"Very good." Cheng Yu nodded and said, "Although it's a bit far apart, it doesn't matter. When Yuan Shao's army was at Tian Kai's old nest under the city of Linzi, our army could use the excuse to cut off Tian Kai's wings and volunteer to attack Ju County. In short, the food in Beihai must not be cheaper than Tao Ying's thief."

At this time, Niu Jin, the general of Cao Ren, who was the vanguard, sent someone to report that the vanguard army had arrived at the city of Licheng, but the Licheng guard Shan Jing did not leave the city to fight, but digging deep pits and building high walls and closing the four gates. It seemed that he wanted to rely on the city protection to defend the city and block the Cao army's heading north. So Niu Jin asked for an order to launch an attack immediately? Cao Ren did not hesitate and immediately ordered: "Tell Niu Jin that there is no need to rush to launch an attack. First set up a camp five miles outside the city, wait for the main force of our army to arrive, and launch an attack tomorrow."

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The night passed quickly. The next morning, thirty weakened versions of Pili chariots were finally assembled. In addition to the ladder trucks and city-slam vehicles that needed temporary construction, all preparations were basically completed. General Cao Ren did not hesitate and immediately ordered troops to attack the city. He prepared to use Pili chariots to siege the enemy fortifications on Licheng City, while using Pili chariots to rush to build other siege weapons, wait until the enemy's fortifications were completely destroyed, and then launch a hand-to-hand attack - perhaps even this hand and foot would be spared, because basically the first time I encountered the real Pili chariot defenders, and no army could have the courage to fight to the end.

Because this was the first battle to send troops to Cao's army to conquer Qingzhou, and it was also the first time that Cao Ren's army had dispatched the siege war, so Cao Ren's army attached great importance to this siege war. Thirty thousand troops dispatched 20,000 at one time, and arranged a large number of troops to protect the siege to prevent the Licheng defenders from organizing suicide squads to raid out of the city. Cao Ren, Cheng Yu and others also came to the battlefield to command the war, preparing to see the real power of the siege in specific actual combat, and also boost morale at the same time - if conditions permit, they can even surrender at the city.

After arrogant and brought thirty flesh-and-blood Xiangyang cannons to the city of Licheng, Cao Ren, Cheng Yu, Liu Huangshu and others unexpectedly happened. Only one night passed, the Tibetan soldiers on the wall of Licheng changed their appearance. The tall and majestic city tower seemed to be wearing a condom, and was suddenly completely covered by a layer of strange blue and black objects. When I looked closely, Cao Ren, Liu Huangshu and others found that the strange blue and black objects were thick straw ropes, each of which was as thick as a bowl of sea. One was placed directly on the top of the city tower, covering the city tower tightly. At the same time, the grass rope was also splashed with thick mud. It was extremely strange and surprising.

"What is the name of a single monk doing?" With a fog on his head, Cao Ren and Cheng Yu chose to respond to changes in a constant manner. First, they ordered thirty weakened versions of thunderbolt chariots to line up outside the south gate of Licheng, then loaded with huge stone bullets weighing more than 200 kilograms, adjusted their aim, and finally cut off the straight spoon tether together. The load box fell suddenly by gravity, and the arms suddenly rose. Thirty stone bullets were driven out by inertia, and flew out whistling toward the Licheng Tower two hundred steps away......

There was no thunderous sound as imagined, nor did the tiles and cracks and earth and rocks collapsed, nor did the noise and screams of the defenders in the imagination, and the joy of the Cao army soldiers shook the sky. There were only dull sounds, and after huge rock bullets hit the roof of the city tower, which should have been extremely fragile, they did not even smash a few tiles. The momentum was absorbed by the soft and tough thick grass rope, and then slipped to the ground weakly, becoming a powerful weapon used by the Licheng defenders to destroy the Cao army's siege vehicles......

A few rock bombs flew into the city, but there was still no sound of broken tiles and broken houses in the city. I don’t know if the houses near the city walls have been demolished, or if they are like the Tibetan soldiers’ towers, they have already worn condoms made of straw ropes.

Another stone bullet hit the pillars of the city tower, but these pillars were also tied with thick grass ropes soaked in mud, so after the stone bullet hit the pillars, it simply bounced up, without hurting the pillars at all.

Some stone bullets also hit the city wall. However, the Licheng defenders on the city wall seemed to have known the characteristics of the thunderbolt stone bullets for a long time. They either hid in the dead corner of the shooting of the stone bullets behind the bush, or saw the stone bullets flying to the left and right to avoid the forward sliding bullets that might appear after the stone bullets landed. Therefore, eight stone bullets hit the top of the city wall, but did not hurt a defender soldier.

Seeing this, Cao's army was silent. The Cao army soldiers who were about to raise the flag to cheer and boost morale were stunned. The Cao army's thunder chariot gunners were like mud carvings. Cao Ren, Cheng Yu and Liu Huangshu and other senior generals seemed to have their souls been detained. They stared blankly at the head of Licheng City without moving, with a solidified smile on their faces.

I don’t know how long it took, Cao Ren, Cheng Yu, Liu Huangshu and others finally came back to their senses, and then they beat their chests and stamped their feet together and cursed wildly, "Tao Ying traitor! I fuck your mother’s 18th generation ancestor————!"

"The Tao Envoy of Xuzhou really didn't lie to us." At the same time, Gongsun Zan's deputy Shan Jing nodded and began to be glad that he made the right choice, chose to believe Tao Ying's letters and informed him, and also arranged these mud and straw ropes called protective fences according to Tao Ying's instructions, and finally restrained the secret weapon thunder chariot that Cao's army had never used. Fortunately, Shan Jing did not hesitate much and immediately sent people out of the city to cross the river to the plain front to report this matter to Tian Kai, which also allowed Tian Kai to fight on the main battlefield with peace of mind and not to worry too much about the safety of the flanks.

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At the same time, in the city of Yecheng, Jizhou, the letter written by Deputy Director Tao to his father-in-law was finally delivered to the Sangong of Yuan after passing through Yanzhou. Although the Sangong of Yuan was a little surprised that his son-in-law had sent a letter for no reason, he still learned from the previous lessons and carefully checked the seal on the hot paint. Then he opened the letter and picked up the letter to watch it. However, after reading the contents of the letter, the Sangong of Yuan smiled and smiled in front of several confidants present with gratitude: "I didn't expect Ying'er to be so filial that she would personally lead the army north to attack Qingzhou for me. I don't have to worry about the war in Qingzhou."

"Envoy Tao wants to personally lead the army to attack Qingzhou for the lord?" Several of the confidants of the Grand Duke of Yuan San were all happy - because once Tao Ying personally led the army to attack Qingzhou in the north, then the Xuzhou army would send troops to the army, and it would never be a perfunctory person to go through the motions.

"Yes." Grand Duke Yuan nodded with a smile and said with even more gratitude: "Ying'er not only wants to lead the army to challenge Qingzhou in person, but also bring my daughter to the army so that my daughter can gather with her relatives in Qingzhou. She also said that if she had the chance, she would kowtow and greet me, and present the jade seal to me in person. Well, it's still filial, and my son-in-law has not been in vain."

Xun Chen and others were even more happy. Although they vaguely guessed that Tao Ying decided to lead the army to attack Qingzhou in person, they also considered that this was not a bad thing for the Jizhou army, so Xun Chen bowed to the Grand Duke Yuan San and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord, if the lord's virtuous son-in-law personally led the army to attack Qingzhou, Qingzhou will definitely be settled soon! Chen took the liberty to speculate that if Tao envoy personally led the army north, the lord's fairness can save at least half a year to settle Qingzhou."

"Yes." Although the Grand Duke of Yuan San didn't understand Xun Chen's implicit meaning, he still smiled and said, "It should be so. I heard that Ying'er personally led the 800 gentlemen's army to fight Guangling in the south, and has not yet won a defeat since his debut. Even Cao Aman was a big fight when he heard his name. With him personally leading the army to help me, I have no worries."

"Father, my brother-in-law wants to bring my sister to Qingzhou?" Yuan Shang took the opportunity to stand out and asked the Grand Duke of Yuan San again: "Since that's the case, the child dared to ask the father to lead the Bingzhou army east to Qingzhou, and join forces with his brother-in-law to fight against the thief. The father also knew that the child and Fangmei were the most kind. After separation for many years, the child really missed his sister. He also asked his father to be kind."

"No." The Grand Duke of Yuan San, who has not had Alzheimer's disease, shook his head decisively this time and refused to say, "Shang'er, you are your younger brother, Yuan Tan is your brother, and the Bingzhou army's strength is several times better than that of the Qingzhou army. When you arrive at the Qingzhou front, is it your commander or your brother's restraint? One army and two leaders will cause a big mess."

"The Lord is right." Xin Ping of Yuan Tan's party took the opportunity to stand out and salute to the Grand Duke of Yuan San and said, "The Lord said this very well, one army and two commanders will surely cause trouble. Moreover, the Grand Duke was well-organized and fought against Tian Kai with weak forces. The two bandits of Kong Rong were still not at all confused, making it difficult for the two bandits of Tian Kong to make progress. This shows that the Grand Duke had extraordinary talents and was of great use. The minister suggested that the Grand Duke might as well let the Grand Duke take over the reinforcements of Bingzhou and consolidate the two armies to one hand. It would definitely defeat the two bandits of Tian Kong and the entire Qingzhou area in one battle."

"My lord, never." Shen Pei was anxious and quickly stood up and opposed: "My lord, the eldest son is too young and has never commanded such a big battle. It is probably a big embarrassment to take over such a big battle of more than 100,000 yuan in a hurry to take over such a decisive battle of more than 100,000 yuan."

"Mr. Zhengnan's words are wrong." Xin Ping smiled and said, "Who can fight after being born? Who in the world commands a decisive battle of 100,000 as soon as he debuted? However, the eldest son's chance to experience his performance, how can Mr. Zhengnan assert that the eldest son cannot command such a decisive battle? Besides, if the eldest son is considered young, then wouldn't the third son be younger? But why did the third son firmly ask for orders and ask to lead the Bingzhou army to Qingzhou to fight against the two thieves Tian Kong?"

Shen Pei had nothing to say, and Mr. Yuan Shang's face was gloomy and sunny. After thinking for a long time, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet. He simply knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists and said, "Father, Mr. Xin's words are reasonable. The child and his brother are too young. It is afraid that it will be difficult to defeat his position! Since this is the case, the child dared to ask his father to lead his army to Qingzhou in person. When his father's power comes, the two thieves Tian Kong will definitely be invincible and surrender, which is far better than appointing others as a commander!"

After saying this loudly, Yuan Shang added viciously in his heart: "Yuan Tan, I can't make a great contribution to Qingzhou, so you don't think about making a great contribution! My father personally led his army to the east to attack Qingzhou. I see if you have any chance to monopolize the great contribution to Qingzhou!"

What made Mr. Yuan Shang breathed a sigh of relief was that after hearing these words, the Grand Duke Yuan San immediately patted the table in front of him and said with a smile: "Shang'er's words are exactly what he means to be a father. In fact, he has been considering this issue for the past few days, whether to lead the army to conquer Qingzhou in person."

"Master, no."

Xin Ping was very anxious and was just objecting, but the Grand Duke of Yuan rolled his eyes and snorted coldly: "What? Do you think I am not worthy of commanding this Qingzhou decisive battle?"

Xin Ping retracted his head helplessly, but Xun Chen said in agreement: "It is indeed great for the lord to conquer Qingzhou personally. Although the eldest son is good at conquer Qingzhou, he has too little experience after all, he is young and competitive, and is eager to make contributions. He will inevitably reveal flaws in commanding wars because of his great joy. He will seize the opportunity for veteran Tian Kai on the battlefield. The lord to conquer Qingzhou personally, but he can avoid these flaws."

Seeing that Yuan Shang and Xun Chen both spoke, Shen Pei naturally understood and agreed, persuading the third Duke of Yuan Yuan to personally fight to avoid Yuan Tan’s monopoly of Qingzhou. The third Duke of Yuan Yuan did not hesitate this time and quickly made a decision: "Okay, since all the dukes think that I should go to Qingzhou in person, then I will go to Qingzhou in person and see my daughter and son-in-law by the way. It’s all because Cao Aman blocked the road. I have never seen my son-in-law look like this. This opportunity cannot be missed."

Note: What is a slinging rope? Old friends of Pure Wolf should know. Here I will introduce to new friends: slinging rope is not a fictional tactic, but two years after the end of the Xiangyang Defense War in history, the military and civilians of the Southern Song Dynasty invented the tactic of restraining harmonious cannons. It was from "Song History Volume 197". The original text is as follows: In the ninth year of Xianchun, the border prefectures and counties were in the surrender style, and they had the ingenuity to set up harmonious cannons, which were different from the cannons. And it was a very strange way to break the cannons. The method was very strange.

, Use rice and grass to make a hard rope, with a strip of four inches and thirty-four feet long, and every twenty lines are bundled. Do not use a rope to tie one end to the back column of the building, build it across the building, and hang down to the ground, with beams hanging down to the ground, and the beams are covered with four or five floors, and they are covered with mud, and rockets cannot invade. Although the cannon stones are pounded by a hundred pounds, they are light and do not spend money, so they are called "protecting fence ropes". But unfortunately, this tactic was invented too late and could not have the power to turn the world back, otherwise the weapons of the Harmony Church might not be able to break Xiangyang and Fancheng.
Chapter completed!