"Do you think I want to do it?" Huang Yueying was angry. She was a little unwilling to do so and was still angry with the old man. According to Xu Zhaoxue's words, she felt like she was about to pounce on him, and her face turned to the side. On one side, he kicked the wooden basin in front of him hard. He was confused.
"We talked about it when we were young. You told me that when you get old, you will live in seclusion in the mountains and live in a big courtyard with beautiful scenery. You can be self-sufficient in everything in the courtyard. You will have your own silk weaving machine and spinning yarn. You make a water pump to draw water, you make a cart to water the fields, you sit on a carriage you made, and you use a wooden hand to pull it and watch the clouds set in the sea. Have you forgotten all these?
We agreed at that time that when we grow old, I will accompany you to live in seclusion and ride in a carriage together, but look at you now, you haven’t made a wooden hand to pull the carriage, you turned a blind eye to the broken water pump, and now you are still looking at a pen most of the night. Sister Yueying, you have disappointed me so much. You have betrayed your trust, you have no future, and you are going to seek refuge with that bad guy. If you go, I will break off our relationship with you, huh."
Xu Zhaoxue tilted her head, and Huang Yueying said "cut": "How old are you before you are old? You will still grow up in this life, let's wait until you are old." Huang Yueying picked up a piece of paper, crumpled it into a ball, and then Unfold, knead again, unroll again.
"No, I want to tell you a fortune." Xu Zhaoxue took out mugwort and rubbed it rapidly in her hands. The parrot next to her immediately shouted: "I want to eat, I want to eat."
"Go away." Xu Zhaoxue raised her hand and knocked the parrot off the crossbar with a slap. The fat parrot fluttered for a long time before its claws could catch it again.
"Ha, I figured it out." Xu Zhaoxue's eyes suddenly opened: "If you take refuge with Liu Zhang, you will definitely be unhappy, unable to eat every meal, and your weight will decrease, oh, double in one month." Xu Zhaoxue said solemnly.
"Come here." Huang Yueying looked at it dismissively. She saw that the unfolded paper was deeply creased and could not be restored at all. Some places became thin and transparent. She threw it into the rain. Big raindrops hit it and quickly mixed with the soil. .
"Usually you always talk about fortune-telling, but today you didn't even move your mouth, will I believe you? Besides, if your fortune-telling is so accurate, Xu Furu, Yueying will take care of me in the future, please take care of me." .”
Huang Yueying saluted Xu Zhaoxue, with a bad smile on her face. Xu Zhaoxue gritted her teeth angrily, slapped the parrot that had finally climbed up and pushed it down again, and stomped into the house.
Huang Yueying smiled in retrospect, sighed again, picked up the white paper that Xu Zhaoxue had written on just now, looked at the wet ink-stained handwriting on it and shook her head.
"The rain should have stopped long ago. When the sun comes out, we can only see how the next batch will turn out. Easy-to-use pens, cheap paper, and free flowing ink. Liu Zhang, I have paid enough for you. I hope you have at least a little foresight, otherwise you will be too disappointed."
Under the oil lamp, Huang Yueying was extremely melancholy, looking at the thick white pulp in the foot basin in a daze. At least until now, through the information she had, Liu Zhang had no foresight. Huang Yueying only saw that Liu Zhang had an ambition to suppress the family, and then Leading a group of Sichuan soldiers to fight all the way.
Huang Yueying didn't even know how the Sichuan Army Group, which was seriously lacking in civilian officials, could control Jingzhou, which was acquired next.
Xingcun.
After Liu Zhang left the garden, he went to see Lei Tong again. It was already dawn when he lay down. He had just slept for an hour. The sunlight outside shone in from the bright tiles on the roof. Liu Zhang opened his eyes and saw Xiao Furong sleeping in his arms. Her face was sweet, her brows were slightly wrinkled, and there were still some tears on her face.
Liu Zhang only thought that it was because of Pang Tong's words last night that Xiao Furong was sad, so he kissed Xiao Furong gently on the forehead, turned over and went out.
This is the only morning in the past few months that Xiao Furong has not been forced to practice sword practice. Even on the boat, Xiao Furong insisted on it.
After raining for more than ten days, it finally cleared up and the sun was shining brightly. Liu Zhang suddenly felt like he was on vacation and stood on the steps and stretched out comfortably.
At this time, Fazheng came over, his face beaming with joy, and his emotions from last night were completely gone.
"My lord, I just reported from Dongda camp that Xiangyang guard Chen Sheng led his army to attack the camp at dawn. He was defeated by Yang Ren and Deng Zhi. They beheaded more than a thousand people and captured two thousand prisoners. Chen Sheng only took more than a hundred people and fled back to Xiangyang in embarrassment.
"
"Chen Sheng? Is that the Chen Sheng who threatened to take my head if I don't go back to Yizhou?"
Liu Zhang was a little surprised. He looked at Cai Mao with admiration, but he still had the courage to attack? Since arriving in Xiangyang, Xu Shu adopted the strategy of dividing his troops and defending them. The Sichuan army also attacked Xiangyang several times. However, the city of Xiangyang is high and deep, and its troops are more powerful than Xiangyang in ancient times.
I've tried a lot, but there has been no progress.
In terms of pure city defense, troops and city walls accounted for the largest proportion. What's more, Cai Mao was the commander of the navy and had experience in defending warships. He could also be used to defend the city. The Sichuan army rationally chose the main direction of attack in ancient Xiangyang.
Cai Mao guarded against arrogance and impetuosity, and had been carefully guarding Xiangyang. With tens of thousands of troops in hand, it seemed as if there were only a few thousand defenders. He was afraid that the Sichuan army would break through the city defense. Liu Zhang really did not expect that Cai Hao would take the initiative to attack.
"Chen Sheng must have been ordered by Cai Mao. I'm afraid he acted on his own initiative." Fazheng said, and then smiled: "But no matter what, if Chen Sheng is defeated, the Xiangyang defenders will definitely be frightened. We can concentrate more troops to attack Gu Xiangyang.
, now that the wind is clearing up and the city wall is in a state of wind, we should concentrate our forces and prepare for a strong attack."
Liu Zhang nodded.
Fazheng suddenly had some doubts and said: "It's just that we don't have much food and grass. I'm afraid we can only last for a month at most."
.........Liu Zhang and a group of Sichuan army generals climbed to the top of the mountain south of ancient Xiangyang and looked down at the surroundings of ancient Xiangyang. The city was lined with flags and heavily defended.
"How much food and grass is there in Xiangyang City?" Liu Zhang asked.
Fa Zhengdao: "I have never calculated it, and there is no need to calculate it. If the lord wants to besiege the city, we will definitely be unable to hold it back in the end."
"It's just a joke." Liu Zhang smiled and felt a little sad. If Jingnan had not been crippled and the people from Jiangling to Xiangjiang had surrendered, the Sichuan army would not be able to survive the Jingzhou army, and they would be able to surround it for a year and a half.
Now the people of Jingnan are convinced that they have surrendered, but there are only ten houses and nine empty houses, and the people are struggling on the verge of death. Except for the Xiangjiang area, all the small towns and counties in Jiangbei are waiting and watching. Some officials ran away with their seals and ribbons, and some officials pretended to
Surrender is actually duli.
Even if Liu Zhang sent troops to defeat them, he could not find replacements for these officials. Now the Sichuan army can only control most of Jiangbei, but actual rule is out of the question. This is the reason why taxes cannot be collected, otherwise
Even if Jiangling opened warehouses to provide disaster relief, the Sichuan army would not be so embarrassed.
Even if Xiangyang is captured and Liu Biao is destroyed, it will probably take a long time for the Sichuan army to go from controlling Jingzhou to ruling Jingzhou, which is what Liu Zhang is worried about.
But it is obviously inappropriate to worry about what will happen after Xiangyang is captured now.
"In one month, I'm afraid there's only a 50-50 chance of being able to capture it with a hard attack. The risk is too great. We must think of other ways."
Confrontation was the last thing Liu Zhang wanted to see. This was the power of people's hearts. If the siege failed and there was a confrontation with the Jingzhou Army, it would be the Sichuan Army that would eventually be brought down.
Liu Zhang looked far away at the foot of the mountain. Outside the jungle, many Jingzhou soldiers and young men were busy. That was the place where the ancient Xiangyang city wall collapsed. Liu Zhang tentatively said: "Xiaozhi, I have two methods. Do you think they are feasible?
Attacking the mountain pass is much easier than attacking the city wall. We can concentrate our forces and capture the southwest gap while the ancient Xiangyang city wall is not repaired.
In addition, the reason why ancient Xiangyang was abandoned by Liu Biao was, firstly, because of the long-term troubles caused by clan traitors, and secondly, because the terrain was low, where the Han River and the Xiangjiang River met, and the city was damp and diseased. We can wait for the heavy rains to come, which will directly flood the ancient city.
Xiangyang.”
Fazheng thought for a while and slowly shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not feasible. Attacking the mountain pass is indeed easier than attacking the city wall. But to reach the mountain pass, we have to go through the jungle. Every time we launch an attack, the journey is too far and retreat is difficult.
The soldiers running back and forth may not be able to bear it.
Although the terrain of ancient Xiangyang is low, it is also a thousand-year-old city. The waterproofing project has been repaired through the ages. There is a tributary of the Han River passing through the city. Xu Shu is cunning, and it is impossible not to take precautions against floods, and heavy rains will not come for a short period of time.
If we wait for heavy rain, we will only have one chance in terms of food and grass."
Liu Zhang sighed, Fazheng frowned for a long time and said: "My lord, although it is not possible to siege the city, it is still possible to send reinforcements. Xiangyang City and ancient Xiangyang have always been connected by the corridor, which formed a diagonal situation and is difficult to capture. We can attack the corridor first.
, and then take the city, this may give you greater certainty."
"It's better to just flood the corridor." Fan Lixiang said from behind. She didn't know much about fighting, so she just spoke out according to her own thoughts.
Fa Zheng smiled and said to Liu Zhang: "General Fan is right. We can directly burn down the corridor in the mountain, flood the corridor outside the mountain with water, and the rest of the ground will be useless. If we send five thousand soldiers to guard it, we can
Xiangyang is completely cut off from ancient Xiangyang, so the certainty of attacking the city should be 60%."
"Sixty percent." Liu Zhang weighed it and still felt it was too small, but there was no other way. War relies on strength, especially siege warfare, which is even more cruel. People often risk their lives to pile up. There is no other way.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a whistle in the distance shouting: "Who?"
Then a group of escorting soldiers chased in one direction.
Xu Zhaoxue hid in the bushes, looking out from the lush green branches and leaves, stepping back step by step, and heard shouts from outside. At this moment, Xu Zhaoxue suddenly felt something soft hit her back, and she screamed in fright.
, before he could scream, his mouth was pressed by a hand.
"Shut up or I'll break your neck."
After her mouth was released, Xu Zhaoxue looked at the person behind her in surprise. Her delicate eyebrows and long eyelashes seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. Her pink and pure face had a murderous look on her face. She was dressed in lake green clothes.
It fits the scenery at the turn of spring and summer.