Chapter 223 Liu Bei: Why not pick the soft persimmons when eating them?
Luoyang City, Imperial Palace, and city wall.

Zhang Ning, who was wearing a black tight suit, had a hot body, a cold and arrogant appearance, and a beautiful face, looked at Ye Feng with coldness in her beautiful eyes.

Just now, she happened to run into Ye Feng bullying Zou on the emperor's dragon bed. After not seeing him for half a month, her longing for him instantly turned into jealousy.

Ye Feng smiled, dismissed his attendants, and stepped forward to embrace the beauty: "Ning'er, how is the war in the north?"

"Is it going well?"

Zhang Ning snorted coldly, "I have to run around and work hard for you all day, but you are enjoying yourself among women. I will not do this job as a night guard anymore. I want to keep an eye on you for my sisters to prevent you from flirting with other women every day."

Ye Feng chuckled: "This is not bad, someone will massage your shoulders and back during the day, and someone will warm your bed at night, isn't that wonderful?"

"But it's easier to get out than to get in. You know best how well-informed this night guard is."

"Have you thought about it?"

Zhang Ning glared at Ye Feng with her beautiful eyes: "I have made up my mind. I will not work for a big gangster like you."

Ye Feng put his hands on the two peaks and said, "Really?"

"I'm going to pass on the order right now. You will stay by my side every day. We will be together day and night. I just don't know if you can handle it."

Her cheeks flushed, and Zhang Ning felt her pretty face burning when she thought of Ye Feng's terrifying fighting power every time.

After comforting Zhang Ning for a while and waiting for him to vent his jealousy, Ye Feng smiled and asked, "We have been in Luoyang for a long time, it is time to move."

"Although the various princes are just a motley crowd, if they really unite, I don't know how many people will die. These soldiers should not fall on the battlefield of civil war."

Zhang Ning nodded slightly, and first told Ye Feng the news that Zhang He and Xi Zhicai's army had successfully attacked Junji Mountain, and that Yuan Shao had been assassinated by an assassin.

After finishing speaking, her pretty face solemnly said: "Cao Cao is recruiting soldiers in Dongjun and secretly notifying all the princes in the world that he will gather the power of the world to deal with you."

“This time the momentum will only be greater than before.”

"Ma Teng of Xiliang, Liu Biao of Jingxiang, Liu Bei of Yuzhou, Liu Yan of Yizhou, Liu Yao of Yangzhou, Sun Jian of Changsha, and Tao Qian of Xuzhou all have the intention to send troops."

"We must respond as soon as possible."

Ye Feng asked: "How do you think we can break the impasse?"

"As for the current situation, I'm afraid no one knows it better than you, the Night Guard Commander."

Zhang Ning's beautiful face showed a proud look. After pondering for a while, he said softly: "Stabilize the rear and defeat them one by one."

"Among all the princes, Xiliang Ma Teng can directly threaten Chang'an, Bingzhou, and Youzhou. If we don't deal with him first, he will disrupt our army's rear baggage, and the battle will become increasingly difficult."

"Why not take advantage of the fact that the princes haven't yet sent out their troops together and destroy Ma Teng first?"

Ye Feng smiled and said, "Xiliang is more than a thousand miles away from Chang'an. Even if Ma Teng is willing to fight, it will take half a year or even longer to make a long raid. If he avoids fighting, it will take even longer."

"When we return from Xiliang, the princes of Guandong will have truly secured their territory, and we will then be facing an army of more than a million people."

"Do you think it's appropriate to attack Ma Teng first?"

Zhang Ning was startled, a trace of shame appeared on his face: "General, you are right. Xiliang is too far away and not suitable for surgery."

"If we don't attack Xiliang, we can only choose one from Yanzhou or Yuzhou."

"Comparatively, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou are all flat and have no strategic locations to defend, so they are easier to attack."

Ye Feng nodded approvingly: "Well said."

"But precisely because he knew there was no strategic location to defend, Cao Cao concentrated all his troops in the three important towns of Dongjun, Taishan, and Shanyang, adopting a posture of fortifying the city and clearing the countryside, preparing to fight us to the death."

"We are in a tough battle. We lack large siege equipment, and the powerful catapult has not yet been built."

Zhang Ning scratched his head: "Who should we target then?" Ye Feng pointed to the south sky, and Zhang Ning's eyes lit up: "Liu Bei?"

"But... But he has gathered tens of thousands of remaining soldiers and is now entrenched in Xudu and Runan. There is danger from Yingchuan, so I am afraid..."

Ye Feng said: "Most of those remaining soldiers came to surrender to Yuan Shao. Now that Yuan Shao has died suddenly, people are worried. How much fighting power can they have?"

“This is one of them!”

"Secondly, break through the middle and attract the princes on both wings to come to our aid. It will be much easier to destroy them then."

Zhang Ning's eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized: "Is this what you told me before about besieging a point and attacking its reinforcements?"

Ye Feng smiled and nodded: "Not bad."

"Go straight to the point. If Cao Cao comes to support Liu Bei, the thousand-mile-long plain will wipe out all his elite troops."

"If they don't come to help, they will be in trouble. If Liu Bei is destroyed, how long can they hold out?"

Zhang Ning clapped his hands and laughed, "Great, great!"

"This is an open conspiracy. Cao Cao is calling on the princes of the world to encircle and suppress us in the name of justice. If he is too afraid of death to help us, who will believe his call?"

Ye Feng said: "That's right, but there is something I need you to do."

"Spread the news that Yuan Shao died at the hands of Liu Bei."

"Remember to make up more gossip, both true and false, to confuse people."

Zhang Ning understood instantly and nodded repeatedly.

After everything was done, Ye Feng leaned over and whispered in the beautiful woman's ear: "Don't leave tonight. It's been a long time since I tasted this thorny rose of yours."

Zhang Ning's cheeks were flushed and her head was slightly raised.
Five days later, Ye Feng personally took command of an army of 100,000 troops that marched southward to Yuzhou. When the news spread, the whole world was shocked.

Yuzhou, Runan.

Liu Bei, who had just held power for two days and whose words influenced thousands of people, now frowned.

In terms of terrain, the Yuzhou he occupied was much stronger than the Yanzhou and Qingzhou occupied by Cao Cao. He also had the strong support of Jingxiang Liu Biao in the rear. Logically speaking, he should have picked the weak ones to eat, and he should have had time to hide. Unexpectedly, Ye Feng did not play by the rules and directly sent troops to invade.

Thinking of a hundred thousand elite soldiers approaching the city soon, his brows furrowed into a river.

The prefect’s mansion, in the main hall.

Liu Bei sighed and said softly, "Everyone, Ye Feng has 100,000 soldiers approaching us, intending to swallow us up in one gulp. What should we do now?"

Zhang Fei had a bad temper, his eyes full of violent fighting spirit: "If an enemy comes, we will stop him. If a flood comes, we will block it with earth. Ye Feng thinks we are easy to bully, so let's fight him."

"Even if we can't stop him, we have to pry two front teeth out of his mouth to let him know that we are not made of clay."

Liu Bei shook his head secretly and looked at Xu You, Sun Qian and others on the side.

"Ziyuan, Gongyou, what do you think?"

Xu You and Sun Qian looked at each other and said at the same time: "Defend our defenses and clear the fields, and ask for help!"

"We cannot fight Ye Feng by our own strength. Only by gathering the strength of all the princes in the world can we have a chance of fighting."

Liu Bei's eyes were firm, and he nodded heavily: "Starting from tomorrow, we will shrink our defenses and seek help from the princes of the world. We will fight Ye Feng in Yuzhou to see how powerful this ever-victorious general is."

"I will make him fail in his attempt to overthrow the Han Dynasty."

"Here!!"

(End of this chapter)