Chapter 448

Wenpin was not clear about the status of Liu Yu's defenders in Fancheng. He really believed Liu Yu's words and believed that they were the people who were persecuted by Yuan Shu. Now they occupied the city by themselves and resisted Yuan Shu.

Liu Yu, Wen Pinxu and Wei Snake were deceived by Liu Yu, so Wen Pin followed suit and said that the purpose of sending troops was to attack Yuan Shu and take back Nanyang. Big news.

And this was right in Liu Yu's arms. Before he called on the people to defend the city, he described Liu Biao as a villain who abandoned the people of Nanyang like a shoe.The people now long to be ruled by the emperor Liu Bian, and do not want to return to the people under Liu Biao's rule.

Therefore, after Wenpin said this about the purpose of sending troops, the people in Fancheng were filled with righteous indignation and vowed to defend Fancheng to the death.

Where did Wenpin not know that he had been fooled by Liu Yu?Shen Sheng shouted: "Who are you, why do you occupy my Fancheng? What is the purpose?"

Fancheng has always been a place that doesn't care about the boundaries. It is said that the people can't bear Yuan Shu's rule, and the uprising should be in the northern county.Although the people in Fancheng were persecuted in the early days of Yuan Shu's rule, they were peaceful during this period.After Wenpin knew about Liu Yu's extraordinaryness, he knew in his heart that the purpose of this group of people occupying Fancheng was by no means as simple as preventing Jingzhou soldiers from taking back Nanyang.

"I am Liu Yu and Liu Deyu! The emperor's army is about to take back Nanyang, and your Jingzhou army is also thinking of taking food from the tiger's mouth? I will only be the emperor to rule the people, and I will never return to Liu Jingsheng's command. The emperor has sent troops to expel Yuan Shu. You don't need Liu Jingsheng's hypocrisy and hypocrisy, you should retreat quickly!" Liu Yu shouted in a deep voice.

Wenpin narrowed his eyes and said secretly: "It is said that there are Jinyiwei guards around the emperor to monitor the world. Could it be that Liu Yu is a member of Jinyiwei who learned the news of our army crossing the river and understood our army's true intentions. Want to delay my army? Let the rear Prepare?"

"The longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for our army. Seeing that there are only more than 200 people at the head of the city, our army will be able to take it with a single charge!"

Thinking of this, Wenpin's face turned cold and he shouted: "You thugs, occupying the city privately, I tried to persuade you but refused to open the city. When my army invades the city, don't blame me for being rude."

Liu Yu laughed loudly and said: "If you have the ability, you can attack the city, and I, Liu Yu, have the head of a big man waiting for you to come and get it!"

"You wait for a thousand people to cut down trees and build a ladder, and another thousand people handle the four doors so that they can't escape!" Wenpin waved his big hand, and 2000 people came out.

After a while, thousands of people went to handle the other three doors, and another thousand people rushed to the nearby forests to cut down trees and make ladders.Thousands of people worked together to build several ladders in a short while, moving to the bottom of the city like an overwhelming mountain.Several ladders were carried by Jingzhou soldiers to lean against the city wall, and some people wanted to shoot arrows at the Jingzhou soldiers below the city.

Liu Yu waved his hand to stop it and said: "There are not many bows and arrows, don't release arrows for now, use them at the critical moment!"

The army at the head of the city allowed the Jingzhou soldiers to set up the ladders. Wen Pin gave an order, and more than 2000 troops roared and climbed towards Fancheng.

"Bow and arrow support!" Jingzhou soldiers began to climb the ladder, and Wen Pin ordered in a deep voice.

"General, we don't carry a lot of luggage. We only have five hundred sets of bows and arrows, and ten thousand arrows! There are only two hundred shield soldiers!" the deputy general said hastily.

"I know, let the shield soldiers stand in front, and the archers cooperate, and take down Fancheng in one go!" Wen Pin said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" The lieutenant general's expression froze and ordered the troops to attack the city with all their strength.

"Jingzhou's soldiers and horses want to take down Fancheng in one go. Brothers, work harder and hold this wave!" Seeing this situation, Liu Yu encouraged the people.

While speaking, the soldiers in the front row of the Jingzhou soldiers raised their shields and began to climb the ladder, and the archers far behind responded with arrows.On the top of the city, there was a shower of arrows immediately, and under the guidance of Liu Yu, the people on the top of the city raised the door to resist the arrows, and some soldiers dropped stones from the gaps in the door to attack the people below. Jingzhou soldiers.

There were shouts of killing everywhere, the defensive weapons above Fancheng were insufficient after all, Jingzhou soldiers gradually climbed up, and when they climbed to the height of the top of the city, they were about to jump on top of the top of the city.At this time, the advantage of the people on the top of the city was revealed, and each of them held a short knife and sharp blade to chop the Jingzhou soldiers down the city.

And Liu Yu was also carrying a machete. The Jingzhou soldiers at the top of the city attacked fiercely, so he went up there with a machete to deal with the Jingzhou soldiers.When Fu Youde learned that Jingzhou soldiers were attacking the south gate with all their strength, he handed over the east gate to his deputy, and he came to the east gate to help.

The two fierce generals joined forces to guard one city gate, they really looked up to Wenpin, the Jingzhou soldiers could not advance an inch, instead they were gradually forced to retreat from the ladder.The golden juice that had already boiled on the top of the city was also poured on the Jingzhou soldiers by the people, and the Jingzhou soldiers screamed for a while.Some were burnt by the golden juice, and some were hit by rolling stones and trees, and they fell to the city.

"General, although there are no protective equipment for regular soldiers and horses on the top of the city, but the door panels are used as shields, bows and arrows, swords are used in an orderly manner, and this vicious method of gold juice, it seems that the people guarding the city are not ordinary people. He is someone who knows the art of war!" said the lieutenant behind Wenpin with a gloomy expression.

"Continue to attack the city. If Fancheng cannot be taken before dark, send troops to inform General Huang to come as soon as possible, and our army will continue to march north! Force him to send troops to fight!" Wen Pin said in a deep voice.

"Wouldn't it be too risky for Fancheng to go north?"

Wenpin said coldly: "This group of thieves are not as simple as ordinary people. They are either Jinyiwei or know our movements. They want to hold back our army here and let the emperor's soldiers and horses prepare for countermeasures, so we can't be here. Time is wasted here, we must go north as soon as possible, they only have a thousand people, we can't entangle with them here, if we leave, they will retreat!"

Wenpin is also a ruthless person, knowing that Liu Yu wants to hold back their soldiers and horses in Fancheng to give Liu Bian time to prepare for the rear.He simply ignored Fancheng and went straight east. Either Liu Yu continued to defend Fancheng and waited for Huang Zu's [-] troops to attack, or they had to abandon the city and flee.

Fancheng was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and under the command of Liu Yu and Fu Youde, Wenpin still failed to attack.After sunset, the sky gradually darkened, Jingzhou soldiers and horses stopped attacking the city, and temporarily stationed under the city. Wenpin sent someone to fly across the river to report to Huang Zu, and he decided to send troops northward when the sky was bright.

Huang Zu received the news of Wenpin overnight, so he went to see Liu Biao and said, "My lord, Wenpin led [-] soldiers and horses to cross the river this morning, intending to capture Fancheng first and block the news. I don't want Fancheng to be occupied by a group of thieves. No!"

"Why are the thieves so powerful? Wenpin can't take down a group of thieves?" Liu Biao said angrily.

"There are only a thousand thieves, and there are not enough equipment to defend the city, but they are people who know soldiers and horses, so they can't take it for half a day!" Huang Zu replied.

"Since there are not enough equipment to defend the city, we can only hold it for a while, so why not let him continue to attack the city tomorrow?" Liu Biao asked doubtfully.

"Things are not that simple. Wenpin's soldiers and horses don't have much luggage. As the saying goes, encircle it three times and attack it ten times. If you want to take down Fancheng, it will not be possible in a short time. The original intention of Wenpin is Take Fancheng, block the news, listen to the news of the Han army and Yuan army ahead, and wait for our army to arrive and wait for the opportunity to move."

"Once we stay in Fancheng for a long time, and there is such a big commotion, I'm afraid the northern emperor's soldiers and horses will notice! So Wenpin wants to abandon Fancheng and go north to take down Nanxiang!"

Liu Biao shook his head and said, "Isn't this method too risky? Going deep alone, no, no!"

"My lord, the purpose of sending troops to Nanyang is for your great cause. Only by defeating Liu Bian can your great cause be hoped. So please don't take chances, princess!" Huang Zu said, cupping his hands.

Huang Zu was very displeased with Liu Biao's fluke mentality. He not only wanted to repel Liu Bian, but also thought that if the army failed, he would not offend Liu Bian.But this is impossible at all, Huang Zu said bluntly: "The group of thieves occupying Fancheng is very likely to be Liu Bian's Jinyiwei jumping up, the purpose is to delay the time for our army to go north, so Chang Yuchun's rear must be empty. At this time, we must go north to take down Nanxiang! Otherwise, it is impossible to repel the emperor."

Liu Biao hesitated and said: "Wenpin only has 3000 troops, there may be danger, and your main force is not ready yet..."

"My lord, don't worry, Wenpin's 3000 men and horses have carried food and grass for three days, enough to rush to Nanxiang. Although the main force of our army has not assembled, there are 2 people on standby. Tomorrow I will lead 2 people across the river to the north, my lord. We are preparing some troops to support our army!"

"This is for the sake of my lord's great cause, my lord, please don't take chances!" Huang Zu bowed his hands and bowed.

"Okay, tomorrow you will lead [-] troops across the river to the north. I am asking Pan'er to raise [-] troops and go north to support you immediately, but you must repel the emperor's troops for me!" Liu Biao took a deep breath road.

"My lord, don't worry, the general will definitely repel the emperor's soldiers!"

Liu Biao nodded and said, "This dispatch of troops can be said to have completely torn the face of the emperor. Don't let me down!"

"My lord, don't worry, the general will go down and prepare!" Huang Zu's face turned solemn, and he bowed his hands and retreated.

Before dawn the next day, at the gate of Fancheng, Wenpin led more than 2000 soldiers and horses to leave the gate of Fancheng, bypassing Fancheng and heading north.

Outside Xiangyang City, Huang Zu led only [-] soldiers and horses who were prepared to cross the north.

At this time, Chang Yuchun's soldiers and horses were not quite clear about the battle with Yuan Jun, so it was desperate to send troops rashly.But the timing was right for them.Because Chang Yuchun defeated Lanyu on the river three days ago, Lanyu fled to Fancheng that night, and Yuan Jun was afraid of the Han army's attack, so he also abandoned the city and fled early the next morning.

Under the leadership of Chang Yuchun, the Han army continued to advance eastward the next day, so the area around Meng County and Nanxiang was empty.Jingzhou sent troops to cut off Chang Yuchun's retreat without any effort.

As for Liu Yu and Fu Youde in Fancheng, watching Wenpin give up Fancheng and go north, Fu Youde said with a gloomy expression: "This Wenpin is really courageous, and he doesn't know the situation in the north, so he has to go directly north!"

According to the normal situation, if Wenpin wants to go north, he should first find out the battle situation between Chang Yuchun and Yuan Jun in the north. If he attacked so rashly, if Chang Yuchun's troops had not moved eastward and left Nanxiang, he would have killed himself rashly. .

But Wenpin wanted to do the opposite, making Liu Yu's plan to delay Jingzhou's soldiers and horses fail.So what if Chang Yuchun's soldiers and horses in the north have not yet moved east, at worst, they will completely tear themselves apart with Liu Bian and help Yuan Jun deal with the Han army.

Speaking of it, Liu Yu's strength at this time is too weak. If he is given an elite force, he can go out of the city and fight against the Jingzhou soldiers. Not to mention stopping them, even defeating them is not impossible.

"Lan Yu was killed by you, I'm afraid Yuan Jun is defeated, and General Chang Yuchun has already marched east! I'm afraid the rear of Nanxiang and others is already empty!" Liu Yu said in a deep voice.

"He Wenpin actually gave up on Fancheng. It seems that Huang Zu's army is coming soon. It is useless for us to defend Fancheng. Let's abandon the city and go north!" Fu Youde said helplessly.

"It's a pity that these are ordinary people. If you give me five hundred elite soldiers, I can defeat Wenpin. Now I have to go north. I hope General Chang hasn't gone east. Otherwise, he will be defeated!" Liu Yu nodded and attracted a crowd. The people guarding the city said: "Huang Zu's army is about to attack, and Fancheng can't hold it anymore. You can go back to the mountains and hide for a while. If you want to follow me, Liu Yu, you can also go north with me!"

(End of this chapter)

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