Three Kingdoms King of the North

Chapter 0092

Just as Han Zhan was leading his troops eastward, Gongsun Zan's army was also continuing southward.Although there are officials appointed by Yuan Shao along the way, they are desperately resisting the attack of Gongsun's army, but it only slows down their advancing speed.

Fuliu City may be the place where Gongsun Zan has resisted the most since he went south.When Gongsun Zan was approaching the city, he sent envoys into the city in an attempt to persuade Fuliu county magistrate to surrender.Unexpectedly, Fuliu ordered to tear up the book and behead the envoy, and ordered his followers to bring back the envoy's head, and said with certainty: "Fuliu will never surrender if there is one soldier and one soldier."

In order to show his determination to defend the city, Fuliu ordered people to pile up firewood around the county government office, and locked up all his family members in the county government office to show his determination to live and die with Fuliu.

The loyal family member couldn't bear to see the county magistrate's family suffer, so he took his youngest son from his most beloved concubine and pretended to be a refugee, trying to sneak out of the city and leave him a root.Unexpectedly, he found out about this, and immediately ordered his servants to be arrested and killed in the street.Regardless of the concubine's begging, he broke his son's legs with his own hands.

There were only a thousand soldiers in the city. Seeing Gongsun Zan's tens of thousands of troops outside the city, the morale of the army was a little shaken, but after seeing what Fuliu Ling did, their morale was greatly boosted.Determined to fight to the death, guard Fuliu and his homeland to the death.

The people in the city were also greatly moved when they saw that the magistrate was willing to live and die with the city, and one after another went to the city wall to help.Some people even demolished their own houses to supplement the rolling logs and stones on the top of the city.

Gongsun Zan thought that Fuliu was just a small city with no more than a thousand defenders, and it could take half a day at most.Unexpectedly, after three consecutive days of attacking, more than 2000 soldiers and horses were lost under the city, and they still did not wait to reach the top of the city.

Tian Chou, his subordinate, persuaded him: "My lord, since we can't capture Fuliu, why don't we bypass this place and go straight to Jieqiao?"

"No!" Hearing what Tian Chou said, Gongsun Zan immediately rolled his eyes and said angrily, "If Fuliu City is not captured, I will not be able to get rid of the hatred in my heart. Pass on the order and continue to attack the city, and must do so before noon tomorrow." , and captured Fuliu City."

"My lord!" Just as Tian Chou was persuading him, a team leader came in from outside, knelt down on one knee and told Gongsun Zan, "My lord, Liu Xuande, the county magistrate of Pingyuan, invited his two brothers to see him outside the tent!"

"Xuande is here?!" Gongsun Zan was overjoyed when he heard that Liu Guanzhang and the others had arrived, and hurriedly ordered the team leader: "Invite him in quickly!"

Before the team could stand up, Gongsun Zan changed his mind again: "Forget it, I'll go out to meet him in person." After speaking, he walked out.Tian Chou quickly followed.

The two came outside the tent and saw Liu Bei in military uniform standing outside the tent.Seeing Gongsun Zan coming out, Liu Bei hastily bowed his hands and saluted: "Bei sees you, brother."

"Xuande is free!" Gongsun Zan hurriedly stepped forward to hold his arm, and greeted him warmly: "You have been tired all the way, so go to the tent to rest first." After saying this, he turned to Guan Yu who was standing behind Liu Bei. , Zhang Fei glanced at it, and said politely, "The two virtuous brothers, please come in together."

After returning to the tent, Gongsun Zan arranged for Liu Bei to sit on his lower right head, but Guan and Zhang had no seats, so they had to stand behind Liu Bei with one holding a knife and the other holding a spear.

Liu Bei bowed his hands to Gongsun Zan and asked, "Bei heard that my brother was blocked in Fuliu, so I specially invited troops to help."

Gongsun Zan asked with a smile: "I wonder how many soldiers and horses my virtuous brother has brought?"

Liu Bei stretched out a finger: "A thousand soldiers and horses."

Hearing that Liu Bei only brought 1000 people, Gongsun Zan's smile froze on his face. After a while, he said slowly, "Xuande, I will ask Tian Chou to choose another place for you to garrison troops. After walking on the road for a few days, I must be tired, let's go rest first." Then he planned to see off the guests.

Liu Bei quickly stood up from his seat, bowed his hands to Gongsun Zan again, and said, "Wait a minute, brother. Just now, Bei and his two righteous brothers went to Fuliu City to check the surrounding terrain. I think it only takes an hour to break the city."

When Gongsun Zan knew that Liu Bei had only brought 1000 people, he was secretly displeased and wanted to send him away as soon as possible.But after hearing what he said, he suddenly became interested: "Xuande, you have a clever plan to break the city, tell Brother Wei quickly!"

"There are only a thousand soldiers in the county in Fuliu City. After three days of fierce fighting, there will be heavy casualties." Liu Bei said confidently: "The rest are just some people in the city who are helping in the battle, and they have no fighting power. We only need to divide our troops into two places and launch an attack at the same time. , the defenders in the city will be hard to look after, and breaking the city will be easy."

Although Gongsun Zan felt that Liu Bei's strategy was feasible, he couldn't help but feel a little bit pained when he thought that his soldiers and horses would be lost countless times.Just as he was thinking about how to trick Liu Bei into asking Ying to fight, Liu Bei said first, "If you trust Bei, Bei will lead his troops to attack the city."

"Xuande is willing to lead the army to attack the city?" Gongsun Zan couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard Liu Bei say this, but on the surface, he still had to pretend to be worried: "Xuande, your kindness is appreciated by my brother." .However, you have traveled a long distance, and you are already exhausted, so you should go back and rest first, and we will talk about it tomorrow."

Zhang Fei is impatient. Hearing what Gongsun Zan said, he quickly walked out from behind Liu Bei and said in a loud voice: "General Gongsun, Zhang Fei is willing to lead five hundred troops to attack the city. If you can't break the city before dark, please cut it down!" Old Zhang's head."

Seeing that Zhang Fei had already taken the initiative to ask Gongsun Zan, Guan Yu naturally had no reason to stand still, so he quickly came out from behind Liu Bei, stood beside Zhang Fei, and said, "Guan is willing to send troops to attack the city with his third brother. Take Fu Liu before dark."

Seeing that Liu, Guan, and Zhang were all willing to lead the troops to battle immediately, Gongsun Zan said along the way, "In that case, Pofuliu will rely on the three virtuous brothers, and I will personally beat the drums for you guys."

At this moment, the city of Fuliu was already at the end of its strength, and there were only 200 soldiers left in a thousand counties, and they were scattered at the four gates. The main force defending the city were the people in the city.Guan Yu and Zhang Fei divided into two groups, each leading [-] troops, and launched attacks from the north and the south.

Guan Yu rushed to the city with his soldiers, and first ordered the archers to shoot arrows at the people who took the lead. After shooting over a dozen people in a row, the rest retreated behind the battlements.Seeing this situation, Guan Yu commanded the soldiers to set up the wooden ladder, and he himself carried the Qinglong Yanyue knife and climbed upwards.

After Guan Yu jumped onto the city wall, several county soldiers rushed over with swords and guns, but Guan Yu swept away the thousands of troops with one move and cut them into two pieces.Don't look at the large number of people in the city, but they are all mobs. Seeing Guan Yu's bravery, no one dared to go up again. They uttered a cry and fled in all directions.

Guan Yu ordered people to open the city gate. Tian Chou, who had been waiting outside the city for a long time, commanded the army to rush in and rushed along the street to the county government.At the same time, Zhang Fei also led his army to take the north, opened the city gate, and let the cavalry commanded by Yan Gang rush into the city.

Before Gongsun Zan's army reached the county government office, the direction of the county government office suddenly burst into flames.Guan Yu, who was standing on the top of the city gate, looked at the direction of the fire with dumbfounded eyes. He ordered someone to take a captured county soldier over and asked, "Where did the fire start?"

The county soldier quickly replied: "If you go back to the general, it is the county government. The county magistrate said that he will live and die with Fuliu, so he piled firewood around the county government. As soon as the city is destroyed, he will immediately set fire to himself."

After hearing what the soldiers said, Guan Yu looked at the direction of the flames and murmured, "What a loyal man, what a pity!"

Chapter 0093 Gongsun Zan's wishful thinking

Gongsun Zan, who was beating drums outside the city to cheer, couldn't help laughing when he saw that Fuliu City had been breached. He threw the drumstick in his hand into the hands of the soldiers next to him, walked over to hold Liu Bei's hand and said, "My dear brother, what are you doing for me?" Brother's lucky general. It took less than half an hour for Yun Chang and Yi De to break through the city. Let's go, let's go into the city together."

The husband on the north gate tower saw that Yan Gang had already entered the city with his cavalry, and was calling for his men to go down the city to meet Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan at the gate, when suddenly he heard someone shouting: "Third Master, look quickly, the gate tower There are secret passages inside!"

Zhang Fei quickly walked over with the Zhangba Snake Spear, and came to the entrance of the secret passage discovered by his subordinates. He probed inside and saw that it was dark inside, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

"Third Master," said a team leader squatting beside Zhang Fei, "The one who can go down the secret path must be a high official, maybe Fu Liuling is hiding in it. Please allow the younger one to go down and capture him alive."

Don't look at Zhang Fei's rude appearance, but he is not a reckless person. He stared at the entrance and frowned for a while, then said: "The situation below is unknown, and I may be plotted against if I go down rashly. How about it, I think there are still many fires on the top of the city." Use firewood, light it and throw it in, to smoke out the people hiding inside."

"The third master is wise," the team leader hurriedly ordered the county soldiers standing around, "what are you still standing there for? Didn't you hear what the third master said? Hurry up and find firewood, light it and throw it in, and put the people hiding inside People are smoked out."

Following the order of the team leader, a group of county soldiers under him quickly lit the firewood piled aside, and threw them all into the secret passage.Seeing the thick smoke coming out of the secret passage, Zhang Fei listened carefully, except for the crackling sound of the firewood burning, there was no movement at all.He quickly stood up and shouted at the county soldiers standing around: "Hurry up and find someone to fan the inside, so that everyone inside will be smoked out."

As soon as Zhang Fei finished speaking, two county soldiers walked over carrying a broken door.The two were going to split open the broken door and throw it down as firewood, but upon hearing Zhang Fei's order, the two immediately changed their minds and used the door as a fan, fanning back to the secret passage one after another toward the thick smoke that came out.

Not long after, there was a violent coughing sound from the secret passage, and then someone shouted intermittently: "Don't burn it, please forgive me!"

Hearing the voice in the secret passage, Zhang Fei ordered the county soldiers to bring two buckets of water and pour them into the cave. After the water was extinguished, the firewood was still burning.

The fire was extinguished by water, and before the thick smoke cleared, a blood-stained county soldier with a blackened face drilled out of it.As soon as he got out of the secret passage, he knelt on the ground and coughed repeatedly.

Zhang Fei stepped forward and lifted him up, and asked loudly, "Who is in the secret passage?"

The county soldier coughed and said: "Cough cough cough Shijun, Shijun is coughing cough coughing inside."

"Little ones," Zhang Fei's face burst into a smile when he heard that Fu Liuling was hiding in the secret passage, and he ordered loudly, "Two people, please come up with Fu Liuling."

The team leader standing next to him felt that this was a good opportunity to make meritorious service, so he quickly volunteered and led a county soldier down the secret passage.In a corner of the secret passage, Fu Liu Ling was found unconscious.Then the two raised their heads one by one and the feet by the other, like lifting a dead pig, they lifted Fu Liu Ling out.

Zhang Fei glanced at the middle-aged man lying on the ground in military uniform with his face smoky like a Stove Lord, and worriedly asked the county soldier who came out first: "Is this really your county magistrate?"

"Yes, yes, General." The county soldier who was frightened out of his wits could only answer honestly: "He is the envoy. When he saw that the city was in danger, it was the villain who knocked him out and dragged him into the secret passage. Wait until dark and then take him out of the city, but who knows, he was accidentally discovered by the general."

After Zhang Fei waited for the county soldier to finish speaking, he nodded at him: "You are quite loyal to Fu Liuling. I wonder if you would like to serve as a soldier with my old Zhang in the future?"

"Yes, yes." The county soldier glanced at the soldiers holding swords and guns around him, and hurriedly agreed: "The little one is willing to serve the general."

After Zhang Fei ordered the team to take this loyal county soldier under his command, he then ordered his subordinates standing aside, "Come here, tie up the Fu Liu Ling and take it to General Gongsun."

Just when Zhang Fei was about to take Fuliu Ling down the tower, he saw Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan, walking up the tower side by side.He hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and asked curiously, "Brother, why are you here?"

Liu Bei glanced at the place where the flames were burning in the city, and said helplessly: "The county government is on fire, and General Yan Gang is still leading people to rescue people. I can only come here to rest with Brother Gongsun."

Gongsun Zan saw Fu Liu Ling who was tied up by five flowers, and asked Zhang Fei curiously: "Yide, who is this?"

"Fuliu county magistrate."