Chapter 220 First Meeting with Liu Xuande

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?
To be continued...