I am not a counselor, I am trying to survive in the late Han Dynasty

Chapter 30 Xu Si’s Wrath

Chengshi, this was originally Li Zheng’s hometown.

The Li family clan is very prosperous here, with considerable territory and extraordinary strength. When Lu Bu invaded the army before, Li Jin, a member of the Li family, once led his soldiers to resist desperately, and even defeated Lu Bu at one point.

But the Li family is not monolithic.

Compared with Li Qian and Li Jin who supported Cao Cao, Li Feng, who was born as a legitimate son and was proficient in classics, supported celebrities more, so he chose to side with Zhang Miao.

They not only supported Zhang Miao, but also helped Zhang Miao trap and kill Li Qian, the head of the Li family. As a result, Cao Jun lost control of the Cheng family and was forced to retreat to Juancheng.

Li Feng would definitely not dare to go back to his hometown to do such a thing, but some people would.

Xu Si, a famous scholar from Jingzhou, led his soldiers to occupy this land and took advantage of the famine to greedily annex land and houses. This natural disaster not only did not cause harm to him, but actually made him, an outsider, change from a pile of imminent enemies in a short time. Starving farmers received a large number of acres of land and connected them into huge estates.

The land in this area is fertile, the transportation is convenient, and the water conservancy is sufficient. It is a good place to settle down and live. Even if he knew that a war would break out here in the future, Xu Si would not hesitate to occupy it. Mr. Ai only knew that this person was asking for land, but he did not know about this foreign place. Relying on this ability, he took advantage of the years of war in Yanzhou to expand his power. His troops were quite strong, and even Zhang Miao had to drag Xu Si along with him when he rebelled.

The greater the danger, the greater the reward.

When Xu Bang received Wang Kai's letter, he was not frightened immediately. Instead, he showed a hint of joy on his face and gently threw the letter on the case.

Cheng Yu actually sent people south?
Well, Cheng Yu's side is so hungry that he has begun to eat people. He still has to support Zhu Ling's soldiers. There are only a few people who can let go south. I, the soldiers and horses, can't deal with them.

Hey, what Wang Kai wrote in this letter is really pitiful. It seems that the soldiers and horses under his command are no more than this. It depends on my strong soldiers to resist Cao Cao in the spring of next year. I will definitely annihilate all these people this time and kill them. The first level is built into the capital, so that Cao Cao will be afraid of me.

Xu Bang was thinking about it, and suddenly heard the sound of drums outside, and couldn't help but be startled:
"what happened?"

The men laughed and said:
"Xu Gong definitely doesn't believe it. The thieves are only three or four hundred. They can't even knock down our granary outside the city. They dare to call a formation outside the city and ask us to borrow food, otherwise they will attack the city.

I saw that they didn't even have the equipment to attack the city, and they didn't make any preparations to climb the city. It was really ridiculous. "

"Hmph." Xu Bang flicked his fingers on the case, thinking that Wang Kai is really useless and hateful.

At this moment, he had gradually guessed Wang Kai's thoughts - Wang Kai's thinking was different from his. He probably wanted to sell Zhang Miao and defraud him to give him more military rations. When the situation was not right, he would directly take people in and transfer them. None remain.

But Xu Si is different.

Xu Si has regarded Chengshi as his private property. He has a large number of acres and granaries outside the city. If these thieves continue to cause trouble outside the city, they will inevitably destroy his property.

"Looking for death, I want to see what you are capable of."

Xu Si has been recruiting refugees to form an army these days. He already has more than 800 elite soldiers, all of whom are young and strong men. Together with some of the guards and servants he originally raised, he can produce more than 1000 soldiers and horses.

To be sure, Xu Si also ordered people to report the news to Zhang Liao and Wu Zi of Dingtao, and lit beacon smoke in the city.

The smoke gradually rose, and the sound of gongs and drums outside the city became more intense. Xu Bin even heard someone yelling loudly outside the city, scolding himself for being hypocritical and shameless, and scolding himself for being unworthy of being a celebrity. The curses made the veins on Xu Bin's forehead burst out. He came out, the expression on his face was particularly solemn and ugly.

"Xu Gong, we will attack immediately and crush these thieves!" Xu Si's army commander expressed his loyalty to Xu Si half-heartedly, and wanted to go out and crush the invading enemies now.

There was no way, they had been observing for a long time, and they really couldn't tell what the invading enemy was capable of.

Although their lineup is relatively neat and their ordnance is pretty good, their number is too small and they are all infantry. They can easily be surrounded from all sides and can only fight hard.

If they fight hard, they all have enough to eat and drink, and they have an absolute advantage in numbers. How can they still be unable to defeat these thieves?

Even though these people are all warriors, they have not besieged the city before. Xu Si has already called for reinforcements, and the fierce general Zhang Liao is in Dingtao. When he saw the smoke, he came to ask if these people can still defeat Zhang Liao. ?

Xu Bang waved his hands very calmly, showing the demeanor of a celebrity, and said leisurely:
"The reason why I can survive today in troubled times is that I never underestimate the world's heroes.

These thieves come in a strange way, and they are stupid. But if there is an ambush, it will be a big mistake to damage our soldiers and horses.

I have already sent people to order Zhang Liao to send troops, so that everything will be safe. "

"Uh, does this still need Zhang Liao?" Army Sima stood on his feet and looked at Xu Shu's military formation, "What if Zhang Liao doesn't want to come..." "Humph, why doesn't he want to come?" Xu Si sneered, " All his men have to eat food. How much food can Wu Zi give him? This man is a dog I raise. If he doesn't come, I will cut off Zhang Liao's army food after repelling these thieves. In less than three days He will kneel down and beg me.”

"Xu Gong is wise!"

You have to be careful when sailing a boat that lasts ten thousand years, even if a tiger catches a rabbit, you have to go all out. This is Xu Bang's life creed.

There was a wave of curses outside the city, but Xu Bang seemed to ignore it. He waited until the sun set in the west. The knight who had gone to report the news had come back and said happily:

"Xu Gong, I'm so happy! Zhang Liao was leading a group of eight hundred people to look for food by the Jishui River. When he saw the smoke, he came over immediately. Knowing that the Cheng family was in trouble, he didn't dare to neglect it. He was gathering troops and horses to prepare armaments. He could kill them in a moment. Come!"

Zhang Liao didn't like Xu Bang, but this winter was so difficult that Zhang Liao had no choice.

Their food and grass were controlled by wealthy families such as Zhang Miao and Xu Si. Zhang Liao was not a close confidant of Lu Bu, so he got very little. He was forced to hunt and fish along the Jishui River, and even took the men from Bingzhou to dig grass roots. eat.

Now that Xu Si was in trouble, it was a perfect opportunity for Zhang Liao to curry favor with Xu Si, so when he heard that Xu Si was in trouble, he immediately came to kill him.

it is good.

well.

very good.

Xu Bang, who had been patient for a day, showed a cruel look on his face and said softly:
"Open the city gate and go out with a certain person to kill the thieves. Don't let half of them escape!"

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Outside the city, Xu Shu's army has been calling for formation in an orderly manner. The whole army should eat and rest. Although they have been scolding for a day, everyone still maintains a pretty good spirit.

Only Mr. Ai was worried and had only eaten three bowls for dinner. He was obviously a little depressed.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Mr. Ai breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that almost no one fought at night in this era, so he could finally sleep peacefully that night.

"What's that, maggot?" He yawned, "It seems different from what you expected. This person still won't open the door."

Xu Shu had just drank a bowl of porridge and was cleaning his sword patiently by the campfire. He smiled when he heard this:
"Don't be afraid. If he doesn't open the door, we will attack their granary tomorrow."

"Their granary is outside the city, why don't you just go and knock it down?"

"They still have a granary outside the city? This thing is not built outside to be robbed casually..."

Xu Shu smiled and said:
“This is the benefit of Xu Si.

The cold winter has been so long, if others have already stored the rice grains in the granary outside the city into the city, there are many manors outside the city and they support countless families. Of course, these granaries cannot be transferred to the city one by one.

There may not necessarily be elite soldiers stationed in these manors, but if they are defending desperately, they may not be ready in a hurry. "

Mr. Ai pinched the tangled whiskers on his chin, frowned and said:

"No, you must be hiding something from me.

If you had not made such a fuss when you came and attacked these granaries directly, you could have lured Xu Si out long ago. Why wait until tomorrow? "

Xu Shu laughed:

"Hey, as expected of Mr. Ai, he saw the flaw right away——

To be honest, I... am waiting for Cat and Mouse to help me! "

Mr. Ai:......

"My mother, have you entered the wrong cartoon?"

(End of this chapter)