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"Degui and Yidu joined forces, how could their 20,000-strong army be defeated by Yan Liang? How is this possible? It's impossible!"
Liu Biao roared in shock, his panicked expression bursting with suspicion.
"It was Yan Liang who defeated Cao Hong first, and then took a small road to burn Deng Sai's grain and grass. The two adults had to withdraw their troops, and were ambushed by Yan Liang halfway, so..."
Defeating Cao Hong first, then attacking Deng Sai, and then attacking Kuai Cai, within a few days and hundreds of miles apart, how could Yan Liang do so!
Is this Yan Liang a human or a devil?
Liu Biao was frightened and frightened, and his expression became more and more distorted. The attendant was so frightened that he did not dare to speak any more.
The old body suddenly swayed and was about to fall down.
Cai was startled and quickly helped Liu Biao sit down.
Unable to accept such cruel facts for a while, Liu Biao looked in a daze and kept mumbling: "How is it possible, how is it possible..."
Cai had no choice but to patiently console him, but secretly thought to himself: "This Yan Liang is such an amazing soldier. I wonder what he looks like. I really want to meet him."
After half a day of panic, Liu Biao finally recovered from his shock. Hearing that Cai and Kuai had been defeated and returned to Xiangyang, he hurriedly sent word that they had come to meet him.
Half an hour later, Liu Biao staggered into the lobby with Cai's support.
Kuai and Cai stood there in disgrace. When they saw Liu Biao entering, they quickly lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly at him.
"Yidu, when you persuaded me to send troops, didn't you say that Yan Liang would definitely be defeated? But what about now! Cao Hong and you were defeated by him within a few days. I really can't understand how Yan Liang did it.
What the hell is going on?"
Liu Biao couldn't suppress the shock and anger in his heart and asked loudly.
At this time, Xizuo had sent back the exact information, and Kuai and Cai had no choice but to silently tell the story of the cause and effect.
The two of them also knew that their 20,000-strong army was defeated by the bluff of Yan Liang's 500 ambush troops. They felt ashamed, so they concealed this scandal and refused to report it.
After learning the truth, Liu Biao sat there helplessly like a deflated rubber ball, completely losing his temper.
"If I had known that Yan Liang was a god in his military skills, I would not have been an enemy of him. Alas~~"
Liu Biao, who had been silent for a long time, shook his head and sighed, his expression and tone full of regret, and a deep fear of Yan Liang.
Kuai and Cai looked at each other, and Cai Mao handed over his hands and said, "We don't care about Yan Liang's defeat of Cao Hong. I think that because he dared to sneak attack Deng Sai with 500 troops and ambush our army halfway, someone must have secretly attacked him."
It revealed the reality of our army, so he dared to be so rampant."
Liu Biao's expression changed and he said angrily: "There are actually spies in our state. Do you know who exposed the military information to Yan Liang?"
Cai Mao winked at Kuai Yue, as if the two had discussed it in advance.
"When the lord wanted to send troops before, Yi Boji stopped him with all his strength. Judging from his words, he admired Yan Liang very much, and it was him who was sent to Xinye this time, so his subordinates speculated that there was a secret conspiracy
A person with good looks must be this person."
Hearing these words, Liu Biao's wrinkled old face twitched faintly, and he couldn't help but recall Yan Liang's respectful words to Yi Ji when he parted after forming an alliance with Yan Liang.
At that time, Liu Biao was secretly suspicious. Now after Kuai Yue's analysis, the suspicion in his heart suddenly turned into a confirmed fact.
Liu Biao couldn't help but became furious and cursed: "What a Yiji. I treat him well, but he dares to betray me. It's really hateful. Come on, please put Yiji in jail quickly and torture him severely!"
At this time, Liu Biao put all his anger on Yi Ji. Kuai and Cai looked at each other, with relief flashing in their eyes.
Although Liu Biao had Yi Ji imprisoned, he was so frightened by Yan Liang that he no longer dared to send troops against him.
So the next day, Liu Biao sent Pang Ji to Xinye to make peace with Yan Liang, stating that he sincerely wanted to help Yan Liang defeat the enemy, and that the conflict between the two sides was a complete misunderstanding.
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Xinye, Taishou Mansion.
"I have admired Mr. Pang's name for a long time, but I don't know what brought him here."
Pang Jin was a famous member of the Pang family among the six major surnames. Pang Degong, the head of the Pang family, had always been unwilling to serve as an official for Liu Biao. In order to win over the Pang family, Liu Biao hired Pang Ji, a member of the concubine branch, to serve under him.
Yan Liang knew clearly what Pang Ji's purpose was, but he pretended not to know.
Pang Jigan smiled and said: "There was some conflict between our army and the general's subordinates earlier. My lord wanted to form an alliance with the general and the two families would become one. How could we have a grudge against each other? So I specially ordered a subordinate to explain the misunderstanding to the general."
"Misunderstanding? Humph!"
Yan Liang snorted coldly, and a hint of anger suddenly flashed across his originally peaceful expression.
Pang Ji was already worried, but now that he saw Yan Liang angry, he felt even more uneasy, and a layer of cold sweat quietly broke out on his forehead.
"You have 20,000 troops and horses, forcing the city to attack. You clearly want to attack the city. Do you think I am blind?" Yan Liang suddenly shouted.
When Yan Liang asked, Zhou Cang, who was standing next to him, also opened his eyes angrily, and his fingers clenching the sword clenched, as if he was planning to chop Pang Ji into pieces.
Pang Ji trembled with fright, and said with a smile: "General, calm down, this is really just a misunderstanding. As for General Cai and the others, they did not retreat in time. Maybe they were still on the way to ask for instructions from the lord. Who would have thought that General Shenwu could be so quick?"
He defeated Cao Hong."
Pang Ji is sophistry and flattering Yan Liang, but there is no way he can behave like a celebrity.
Yan Liang smiled secretly.
In fact, he had no intention of falling out with Liu Biao at the moment. By "threatening" Pang Ji in this way, he just wanted to steal some oil and water from Liu Biao, and he could not let Liu Biao betray his alliance in vain.
After hearing Pang Ji's trembling defense, Yan Liang's expression gradually softened a bit.
"So, this matter is really a misunderstanding."
Pang Ji secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Of course this is a misunderstanding. Even so, my lord is also deeply disturbed and has specially ordered his subordinates to express his apology to the general."
Yan Liang's lips twitched and he said displeasedly: "I thought Liu Shijun planned to betray the alliance and attack, so he had to conscript Xinli Dingzhuangning City. I don't know how much money was spent. Liu Shijun wanted to just apologize.
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Yan Liang was "extorting" food and grass from Liu Biao.
What is the most precious thing in the Three Kingdoms is talent and food and grass? During the war between Jing and Xiangwu for more than ten years, Liu Biao accumulated valleys like mountains and had countless talents under his command. It was as if he was sitting on a golden mountain.
In addition to trying to steal Liu Biao's talent, Yan Liang also wanted to steal his food and grass.
Pang Ji immediately understood and said: "I understand what the general means. In terms of food and grass, my lord can do his best to make up for the general's losses."
"Since Mr. Liu is so generous, let's send you two hundred thousand grains." Yan Liang waved his hand, not polite at all.
"Two hundred thousand dendrobium!"
Pang Ji took a breath of air and was very surprised by Yan Liang's lion opening its mouth.
Two hundred thousand grains of grain, during non-war periods, could feed 10,000 soldiers for more than four months.
Even though Liu Biao was rich, two hundred thousand grains of dendrobium was enough to give him heartache for several days. Yan Liang clearly wanted to eat from a wealthy family.
Seeing that Pang Ji seemed to be hesitant, Yan Liang glared and said in a deep voice: "It's only 200,000 hu of grain, but Liu Shijun is not willing to give it, so how can he show his sincerity? In this case, I have no choice but to bring it myself."
The soldiers went to Xiangyang to get it."
Upon hearing Yan Liang's threat to send troops to attack Xiangyang, Pang Ji panicked.
Although Liu Biao had 100,000 men, he was defeated by Yan Liang one after another, and his morale was greatly reduced. He did not have the courage to fight Yan Liang again. Such a threat from Yan Liang frightened Pang Ji.
"General, you misunderstood. It's just two hundred thousand bushels of grain and grass. How could my lord be reluctant to part with it?" Pang Ji immediately agreed happily on Liu Biao's behalf.
Only then was Yan Liang satisfied, and he nodded slightly: "This is Liu Shijun's sincerity, then please ask Mr. Pang to tell Liu Shijun that once the food and grass are delivered, the previous misunderstanding will be wiped out, and I, Yan Liang, will still be his strongest ally."
Pang Jida breathed a sigh of relief, and his back was already wet.
When he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something and said with a smile: "One more thing. Now that the misunderstanding has been explained clearly, I wonder if the general can release General Zhang Zinuo?"
Pang Ji was talking about Zhang Yun, who was Liu Biao's in-law. Now that he was captured by Yan Liang, Liu Biao naturally had to rush to rescue him.
If Pang Ji hadn't mentioned it, Yan Liang would have almost forgotten that he still had such a prisoner.
Just when he was about to relent and agree, Yan Liang's eyes suddenly lit up and he remembered something extremely important.
He then asked: "I won't tell you about Zhang Yun. I heard that Mr. Yi Boji was imprisoned by Liu Shijun. I wonder if this is the case?"
Pang Ji didn't know why Yan Liang suddenly mentioned Yi nationality, and nodded blankly.
Yan Liang loudly said in a commanding tone: "If Liu Shijun wants Zhang Yun, then use Yi Boji in exchange."