Shanyue, at this time in Yangzhou, was no longer purely an indigenous person in the mountains, but a mixture of Han people who fled to the mountains and powerful landlords who armed themselves to resist taxes. These people mingled and formed armed groups to work together against the local rulers. He even became a bandit, plundering counties and killing and wounding officials. It seriously shook Sun's rule in Yangzhou. Therefore, since coming to Yangzhou, the Sun family has not relaxed its conquest of Shanyue. Yan Baihu, Zu Lang and others back then were the achievements of the Sun family.

Sun has long regarded Shanyue as a trouble, at this time Yangzhou is a corner of peace, there is nothing to do left and right, just to take Shanyue to start. The leaders and the recalcitrant were all killed, and the women and children were all organized into households.

The iron-hearted Sun Ce led his soldiers and horses to kill the mountains and horses, and the blood stained the rivers red. In Yanzhou, Puyang was finally captured by Zhang Fei.

No matter how strong a city is, there will be a time to break it. Big cities such as Xianyang, Chang'an, Luoyang and other Xiongcheng have all been breached. Defending a city depends not only on whether the city is tall and strong, but also on who the defenders and besiegers are.

Zang Ba is very powerful, and the ice city he created also brought Zhang Fei a lot of trouble. But it's just a nuisance. After Zhang Fei besieged Puyang to death, and then defeated the Dongjun army that came to help under the witness of the defenders, the defenders of Puyang felt that it was pointless to hold on any longer.

Zhang Fei besieged Puyang, but no longer attacked the city. Even the tunnels are not dug anymore. He had thought of digging tunnels to get closer to the city, and then blowing up the city with gunpowder. It's a pity that under Puyang City, the moat must be filled in first, not to mention, and it has to be hidden from Zang Ba's ears and eyes, and near Puyang, the groundwater is extremely rich. A dig is a pit of water. Gunpowder is sealed and soaked in water, and the power is not obvious enough. As Liu Bei estimated, the early appearance of gunpowder is a very good thing, but it is still unrealistic to use it specifically for siege. In addition to being used in the arid places of the north, the most suitable should be used to blow up mines.

Zhang Fei does not attack the city, and Zang Ba is also very knowledgeable about current affairs. After the news of the loss of other counties in Dongjun came, he did not defend Puyang, but chose to give up, led his troops south, and ceded the city to Zhang Fei.

In charge of the overall situation in Yanzhou were Chen Gong and Xiahoudun. They had long known the consequences of Cao Cao's attack on Yizhou, but they didn't expect Liu Bei to say that they would do it. By the time he reacted, Liu Jun had already entered the country.

Zhang Fei broke through the defense line of the big river, entered Dongjun, and learned in the Chen Palace in Changyi that he was busy letting Xiahoudun go to the rescue, not to mention anything else, his family was still in his hometown in Dongwuyang. As soon as Xiahoudun arrived at Lihu, he met Zang Bajun. So he greeted him and asked: "I have come to help now, why doesn't Xuangao guard Puyang?" ”

Zang Ba said: "Yuan Rang, Liu Jun is new to his life, and the other cities in Dongjun have fallen, and there is no point in defending Puyang again." It is better to lure the enemy deep and then take the opportunity to break it. ”

Xiahoudun didn't know if what Zang Ba said was right, so he had to join the army and leave the fox. A few days later, Chen Gong also came. The three of them discussed together, and now there is Zhang Fei in Dongjun, and Taishi Ci has also called in Taishan County, and he is asking for help everywhere. And their backbone, Cao Cao, is far away in Yizhou. Now the troops in their hands are really a little stretched.

At this time, Chen Gong also complained in his heart. Back then, Cao Cao summoned them to take several countermeasures, and Chen Gong meant to resist Liu Bei with Yuan Shao, and even to disturb Sun Jian to fight Liu Bei's Xuzhou. As a result, Cao Cao was moved by Guo Jia's words, and took advantage of the battle between Liu Bei and Yuan Shao in the north, regardless of Yuan Shao's request for help, and resolutely went south to seize Jingzhou, and then benefited from Jing.

The battle of Jingzhou did defeat Liu Biao, but his side was not able to get all of Jingzhou, and the four counties of Jingnan fell into the hands of Sun Jian, who picked up the cheap. Now Jingzhou has only half of it, Yizhou is still a bubble, but Liu Bei has already broken Yuan Shao and slightly settled in Guanzhong. How's that going now?

To be honest, if he could seize Jing and Yi before Yuan Shao and Liu Bei in the north won or lost, Chen Gong felt that it was still cost-effective. But now the problem is that he didn't take advantage of it, and he also hated Liu Bei here. That's a big loss. In Chen Gong's heart, Yanzhou and Yuzhou are the essence of the land, and the distant Yizhou is full of barbarians and miasma, which seems to have a large territory, but the population and arable land are small, and there are barbarians who want to rebel from time to time, what is the use of robbing it?

However, now is a critical juncture, and it is not the time to complain. After thinking about it, Chen Gong came up with a way. He said to Xiahoudun and Zang: "Yuan Rang, Xuangao, Liu Jun is powerful, and Qing, Ji, and Xu are close at hand. Cao Gong's expedition, there are few soldiers in Wuzhou, and I am afraid that he is not the enemy of Liu's army. It is better to rely on the strong city to resist the Liu army. If the situation cannot be defended, evacuate quickly and protect the troops and horses. As for the evacuation, all the grain and grass materials in the city were burned, and no grain of rice was left for Liu Jun! ”

Xiahoudun and Zang Ba glanced at each other, and said in their hearts, is this going to be a strong wall and clear the wilderness? Zang Ba said: "Gongtai, if this is the case, as soon as our army retreats, the people in the city will have no food, what can they do?" ”

Chen Gong showed a smile: "Liu Xuande's name of benevolence spreads all over the world, since this is the case, naturally I can't bear to sit back and watch the people starve to death." He will give the people food for the army, hehe. ”

The two generals listened to Chen Gong's words, and their hearts were cold, Chen Gongtai simply didn't care about the lives of the people of Yanzhou. When Liu Bei came to attack, he first mobilized the people to resist, but when he couldn't resist, he burned all the food, and then pushed the people to Liu Bei. After the capture of this city by city, how much food does Liu Bei have to prepare? As Chen Gong said, if Liu Bei still wants the hearts of the people of Yanzhou, he can only grit his teeth and pay out of his own pocket to support the people who have no food. At that time, there will be people everywhere who want to eat, and Liu Bei can still take care of attacking him?

Xiahoudun frowned and said, "Gongtai, if this is the case, our people's hearts will be lost. "It's not impossible to do this, but we have ruled Yanzhou for so long, we still have to make a face, right?

Chen Gong glanced at Xiahoudun and said, "Yuan Rang, this big war, it is still difficult to say whether Yanzhou will be for us and others, what is the use of this people's heart?" It's better to use this strategy to slow down Liu Bei's offensive first, and then make plans when Cao Gong returns! ”

Chen Gong felt that at this time, he still considered what the people's hearts were, and it was simply full of food. Yanzhou has become a battlefield for the two to clash with, and the final result may go to Liu Bei, or it may still be in his own hands. If Liu Bei retreats, Yanzhou is still in his own hands, and then he will squeeze some money and grain from the treasury to compensate, or he can waive this year's rent. At that time, the people will only be grateful to Dade, and the people's hearts will depend on how you operate it.

Anyway, the task of his own people is to delay Liu Jun's progress, and the longer it is delayed, the better. As long as it is dragged to Cao Cao's side and there is a result, it will be considered a success.

Xiahoudun and Zang Ba thought about it carefully, and finally agreed with Chen Gong's opinion. If you fight a war, you have to die, since the food has been burned, and the people still have Liu Bei, the unjust boss, what are they afraid of.