"Wu Na man, quickly dismount and surrender!"

"Die if you don't surrender!"

The four "men" of the potters brandished their respective weapons and rushed towards Xu Chu with a fierce momentum. They all have a small abacus in their hearts, it is best to get some scars on Xu Chu's face, and when Xu Chu is broken, it is estimated that the potter will not worry about Xu Chu.

However, the idea of the four is good, but it overestimates their strength.

"Drink!"

Xu Chu roared angrily, wielded a big knife, and faced a strong man with a long lance closest to him, just a knife, and the man was already dead and couldn't die anymore.

"How daring!"

The remaining three didn't know how powerful Xu Chu was, and they still rushed up without fear of death. Now that Xu Chu has killed one of his own, even if they kill Xu Chu on the spot, the potter will have nothing to say, and they will be able to get rid of a powerful opponent.

Two of them used maces, smashing at Xu Chu fiercely with a whistling sound, if they were hit this time, even if Xu Chu's force was high, he would be seriously injured if he didn't die, after all, strong force does not mean strong defense. However, how could Xu Chu be hurt by such a small role?

I saw Dian Wei's horizontal knife holding one of the maces, shaking the owner of the mace away, and the big knife slashed straight at the owner of the other mace, but in an instant, that person was split in half by Xu Chu's knife. The intestines and internal organs fell to the ground, and people wanted to be disgusted when they saw it, but the few people present would not be affected by this scene. Xu Chu's movements did not stagnate at all, after killing one person, he stabbed his backhand again, and the head of the owner of the other mace was directly chopped away, and the head that flew in mid-air still had his eyes open, and he didn't seem to understand, why did he hang up so easily?

In the end, there was only one man left who played with a big knife, and finally knew how powerful Xu Chu was, and he turned his horse and was about to run away. How could Xu Chu let him escape?

picked up the mace on the ground and smashed it violently, the man fell from the horse spraying blood, and then, Xu Chu caught up with the horse and killed this guy with a knife.

At this time, Xu Chu was already close to the distance of twenty meters from the potter.

Although his four "men" died on the spot, the potter did not have the slightest regret, and his eyes became brighter when he looked at Xu Chu.

"This strong man, I don't know what position you have under Cao Cao?"

The potter looked at Xu Chu, his eyes were happy, and he asked indifferently.

"A certain lieutenant is responsible for the safety of the lord and the princess. What do you mean by asking, if you are acquainted, surrender to the lord as soon as possible, and the lord can spare your life. Otherwise, when the lord takes Xuzhou, your Tao family's lives will not be guaranteed. ”

Xu Chu didn't want to answer the potter, but it was the potter's preference that made people want to vomit. However, for Cao Cao's plan, Xu Chu still endured the nausea in his heart and answered the potter's question in a rough voice.

The potter raised his head and said proudly: "Zhuangshi, with your strength, even a general can be served, Cao Cao just gives you a captain, which is really useless." As long as the strong man takes refuge in my Xuzhou, my son can allow you to take charge of the military power in Xuzhou, the glory and wealth are endless, and there are countless beauties for you to choose from, what do the strong men think?"

Although the potter wants to accept Xu Chu, he also knows that it is not good to be in a hurry, first use the high-ranking official Houlu ** Xu Chu, and then use the beauty to attract Xu Chu, and are you afraid that Xu Chu will not take the bait?

But said that the potter's voice was quite loud, and Cao Bao heard the potter's words on the city wall, and his whole body trembled with anger. Now that he is in control of the military power in Xuzhou, the potter said this, how could Cao Bao not be angry? Cao Bao thought to himself that it would be best for Xu Chu to kill the potter on the spot to relieve his anger.

"Well, how can the great ambition of my lord be understood by you and other villains, and if you don't surrender, you will accept your life!"

Xu Chu scolded, then slapped his horse and danced his knife and rushed towards the potter.

Seeing that Xu Chu was so uninteresting, the potter was also angry, and decided to teach Xu Chu some lessons. There are 10,000 soldiers under his command, and Xu Chu rushed up like this, isn't he looking for death?

"Whoever can take him down, a thousand taels of bounty!"

Hearing the potter's heavy reward, the 10,000 soldiers were all bright-eyed, and rushed towards Xu Chu with a roar. 10,000 people, even if one person spits on a mouthful, can drown Xu Chu.

However, the reality is not as they think.

I saw Xu Chu rushing to the potter's soldier formation with a knife and a horse, killing one person in one step, but in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen people fell. Of course, a dozen people is just a fraction of a fraction for 10,000 people, and it can't attract everyone's attention. However, when Xu Chu killed more than 100 people, but he was unscathed, and the more he fought, the more brave he became, everyone knew Xu Chu's bravery. So, some people timidly began to retreat.

"Kill!"

The potter paid attention to the battle situation in the center of the army, and when he saw someone retreating, he immediately ordered his cronies to kill the retreating soldiers. Afterwards, the potter shouted again: "Whoever captures this person will be promoted to three levels by the captain and rewarded with a reward of 1,000 taels;

Compared with the reward of money, promotion is obviously more eye-catching.

Moreover, as long as Xu Chu is taken, the captain can be promoted to the third level, and those captains will not let their team members shout for their lives? So, the even more turbulent crowd rushed towards Xu Chu, vowing to take down Xu Chu.

"Humph!"

Xu Chu was not afraid at all, snorted coldly, and took off the armor that was in the way. Everyone only saw the green tendons on Xu Chu's arms, and there was no delay in slashing one by one.

"Childe, this person is brave, I might as well go back to the city first and wait for news. ”

The potter's cronies and guards saw Xu Chu's courage and hurriedly persuaded the potter to return to the city. Otherwise, if there is any mistake in the potter, the fate of these guards will not be good, not to mention that their families are also in Xiapi, and they will die by themselves, but don't affect their families.

"Hmph, he's just a mere person, why worry, if you wait to take this person quickly, my son will be rewarded. ”

With Xu Chu's strength, it is naturally impossible to kill these 10,000 soldiers. However, if Xu Chu wanted to kill the pottery merchant in this 10,000-strong array, the difficulty was not very great. It's a pity that Cao Cao wanted to take down the potters and exchange the lives of the potters for Pengcheng. Otherwise, Xu Chu would have rushed up and killed the disgusting guy of the potter.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Just as Xu Chu was rising, a drum suddenly sounded. When Xu Chu heard the sound of the drums, he was immediately shocked, and he didn't care about killing those small soldiers, swept away the surrounding small soldiers, and rushed to the potter. This drum beat is the signal that Cao Cao set before.

"What's going on? Where is this drum sound coming from?"

The potter was still stunned, not understanding what was going on. However, a moment later, a close guard told him that the drums were coming from Cao Cao's camp.

"Quick, hurry, take this person down for me!"

It's already this time, and the potter hasn't forgotten to take down Xu Chu, and it's really a knife on the head of the color word.

"Step, step, step!"

The sound of horses' hooves sounded violently, as if thousands of horses were charging. However, when the potter looked up, he saw hundreds of cavalry charging on the left and right. These hundreds of cavalrymen were covered in black armor, and they wore a tiger helmet on their heads, and only the two eyes that were faintly visible under the helmets could be seen. It's just that these two eyes, just looking at them, make people chill all over the body, these are a pair of eyes full of murderous aura that can only be forged in countless killings.

That's right, this cavalry of nearly 1,000 people is naturally Cao Cao's elite cavalry, tiger and leopard cavalry.

In order to be able to take the fortified city of Pengcheng as quickly as possible, Cao Cao repeatedly discussed with his advisers. First, he used a full favorite strategy to let Xu Chu go out to fight to lure the potters out. However, Xu Chu dragged the potter, and then used the elite tiger and leopard rider to kill from both sides. The reason why the tiger and leopard riders are small in number is because the number of tigers and leopards is small but the strength is strong. The small number of people will not scare the potters away, as long as the potters stay longer, then they will definitely be able to drag the potters back, and the strength of the tiger and leopard riding is also undoubted, this nearly 1,000 tigers and leopards are enough to compare with 10,000 soldiers or even more.

Of course, there is another variable, that is, Pengcheng's guards.

If the defenders of Pengcheng were decisive enough to order the city gate to be closed when they saw this tiger and leopard cavalry, then this strategy would naturally be ineffective. If the guards had the slightest hesitation, then Pengcheng would definitely fall into Cao Cao's hands. And after repeated discussions with the strategists, they came to a conclusion that Cao Bao is not the kind of person who is decisive, and Peng Cheng will definitely be able to take it.

That's why this strategy was decided.

Sure enough, seeing that the other party was only nearly a thousand cavalry, the potter didn't care very much, and Cao Bao on the city wall didn't care too much, so the nearly 1,000 tiger and leopard cavalry got closer and closer to the potter's soldiers.

"Kill!"

Nearly a thousand tigers and leopards roared in unison, and the momentum was amazing, as if thousands of troops and horses were whistling, which made people tremble. The potters and Cao Bao on the city wall had a feeling that this cavalry was dangerous.

Sure enough, the fact that it happened in the next second proved that this cavalry was indeed very dangerous.

The potter's soldiers tried to rush up to resist this cavalry, however, with just a face-to-face effort, nearly a thousand soldiers were killed by the other side, and the other side did not lose a single one. It was only then that the potter and Cao Bao knew how powerful this cavalry was.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

Under the two choices of "beautiful man" and life, the potter chose the latter very decisively. If even his life is gone, what kind of "beautiful man" can he talk about? Obviously, the potter is still a little sensible.

However, the tiger and leopard riders had already faintly surrounded the potters, and it was a little difficult for the potters to rush out. There are nearly a thousand tigers and leopards riding in front of him, and there is a demon king like Xu Chu in the back, who is slowly approaching the potter, no matter which one, it is not something that the potter can resist.

"Rush, rush out for me, if you can't rush out, you and your family will die. ”

The potter's eyes were already red, and under the threat of death, he couldn't care about anything, and shouted again and again, and his shouts were still good. Even if a person like the potter died, no one among his subordinates would regret it, let alone be loyal to him. However, the families of these cronies and guards were all in Xiapi City, and once the potters died in battle, their families had to be buried together, although this kind of thing was cruel, but it was an excellent way for most of the superiors to control their subordinates. If the subordinates are rebellious and have no threats from their families, then where will the people who are the Lord feel safe.

Under the threat of the potter, the cronies and guards went crazy, and wave after wave rushed towards the tiger and leopard rider without fear of death. All they had to do was open a gap for the potters to escape, and as for their own lives, it was best to save them, and if they couldn't, they would have to die in exchange for the potter's safety. It's not that they're loyal, they're actually looking out for their family's lives.

After more than 2,000 people were killed in the battle, the tiger and leopard riders finally had a crack. After all, the tiger and leopard rider is a human being, not a body of steel, and the other party uses the same method to attack, how can they completely block it?

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

At this time, Cao Bao on the city wall had also mobilized archers to aim at the tiger and leopard to help the potters escape. Cao Bao wanted to shoot the potter together, but he didn't dare. Although the Cao family is powerful, it is also because of Tao Qian. Although Cao Bao controlled the military power of Xuzhou, however, as long as Tao Qian gave an order, Cao Bao's military power was basically lifted, except for Cao Bao's own cronies, it is estimated that Cao Bao's military power is gone. Therefore, Cao Bao must also save the life of the potter.

Under the attack of the dense bows and arrows above Pengcheng, the tiger and leopard cavalry also suffered casualties. And the gap in the tiger and leopard ride was finally opened, and the potter led the remaining thousands of his subordinates and hurriedly rushed towards Pengcheng.

"Knock knock!"

"Stomp, stomp!"

The rapid sound of drums sounded from Cao's camp, and the sound of amazing footsteps followed, and Cao Cao's army had begun to attack in full force.

Although the potter broke through from the encirclement of the tiger and leopard riders, he was still hung by the tiger and leopard riders. As long as the potters are hanged, Pengcheng can be taken, unless Cao Bao directly orders the city gate to be closed regardless of the potter's life or death.

"General, open the order to close the city gate, otherwise Pengcheng will be lost!"

The deputy general beside Cao Bao saw this situation and hurriedly persuaded him. Compared with the loss of Pengcheng, the life of the potter is obviously even more low. Besides, the death of the potter has little to do with the deputy general, so the deputy general can say it so simply.

However, the life of the potter has a great deal to do with Cao Bao, where could Cao Bao see the potter die in front of him? If the potter is dead and Peng Cheng is still there, Cao Bao can predict his fate; however, if the potter is still alive and Pengcheng is lost, Tao Qian will scold at most, but he will not move Cao Bao, and Cao Bao knows very well what Tao Qian's behavior is.

"No, Tao Gongzi is still outside the city, and he can't close the city gate. If Cao's army enters the city, our army will withdraw from Pengcheng. ”

In just a moment's effort, Cao Bao had already made a decision, and compared to the future, Peng Cheng's survival was insignificant. As long as he is still in this position, Cao Bao's future is still there.

Although the deputy general knew that Cao Bao's order was very unwise, he was a deputy general and could only obey Cao Bao's order.

"Kill!"

"Rush!"

The potters had already rushed to the gate of Pengcheng, and it was too late to close the gate at this time. Behind the potter, nearly a thousand tigers and leopards followed. At the gate of Pengcheng, Cao Bao also mobilized an army of 20,000 to block the tiger and leopard cavalry, and after the potter entered the city, the 20,000 army began to attack the tiger and leopard cavalry.

Cao Cao and his advisers had long discussed, and it was very likely that there would be a difficult battle at the city gates. Therefore, the tiger and leopard were sent to ride this elite. Except for the tiger and leopard cavalry, no soldier could delay the arrival of the army.

"Kill all the soldiers of the Cao thieves and defend our territory!"

"Our family is behind us, don't let up!"

The 20,000 soldiers mobilized by Cao Bao are also bloody, even in the face of such an elite as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, there is no fear at all. Of course, a very important reason is because they have 20,000 people. In such a small place as the city gate, the tiger and leopard cavalry could not give full play to the cavalry's charging ability, and the combat power dropped a lot.

Compared with the madness of the Xuzhou soldiers, the Haw Par Knight soldiers are calm and terrifying.

They didn't make the slightest sound, just machine-like shots of the spears in their hands one after another, and in the face of the tide of Xuzhou soldiers, there was not the slightest fear on the faces of the tiger and leopard knights. The soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry who attacked in the front row often fell only after the horses under their crotches fell, and by this time they had already killed a dozen or more Xuzhou soldiers. When a tiger and leopard knight falls, another tiger and leopard knight will immediately come up to replace him, and the gate of Pengcheng is like a meat grinder at this moment, and someone falls every minute and every second, but no one is willing to give in.

"Take Pengcheng and kill Xiapi!"

"Kill Tao Qian's thief!"

Finally, after a quarter of an hour of hard fighting, the voice of Cao Cao's soldiers finally sounded behind the tiger and leopard riders. It's just that after such a short period of time, nearly a thousand tigers and leopards have lost hundreds of people, and the number is now less than 500. For the tiger and leopard riders, this is a huge casualty. Compared with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the soldiers in Xuzhou suffered six or seven thousand casualties, and the casualty ratio reached one to ten in short combat, and the combat power of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was really shocking.

In the First Battle of Yanzhou, the tiger and leopard rode suddenly and went quickly, so the tiger and leopard rode was not widely spread; on the battlefield of Jizhou, the tiger and leopard rode only the defeated soldiers who pursued Gongsun Zhan, and also did not show their strong combat power; however, after the battle of Pengcheng, the prestige of the tiger and leopard horse was destined to spread all over the world.

"General, how are you doing now?"

Cao Bao and a group of generals had already walked down from the city, and the potter was still panting, but no one paid attention to his embarrassment at the moment. Cao Bao's lieutenant received a report from the soldiers on the battle situation at the city gate, and reported to Cao Bao with a worried face. What is the combat strength of the Cao army, the soldiers below may not be very clear. However, these generals know very well that it is not a grade at all. The city gates could no longer be closed, and it was only a matter of time before Pengcheng was lost.

Cao Bao looked in the direction of the city gate, glanced at the potter, gritted his teeth and said: "Order the army to withdraw from Pengcheng and garrison Lu County, as long as the Cao army is dragged and waited until they run out of food and grass, we will be victorious." Pengcheng, sooner or later, it will be ours. ”

"General, what about the soldiers at the city gate?"

Cao Bao obviously wanted to give up Pengcheng, but there were still tens of thousands of soldiers at the gate of the city, so how should we deal with it? If these tens of thousands of soldiers withdrew, Cao Bao's army would be able to enter the city smoothly, and it would be difficult for the army to retreat; however, if they did not withdraw, then the tens of thousands of soldiers would have only a dead end.

"Tell them that they will fight to the death against Cao's army, and for the sake of their families behind them, it's time to serve them. Lord Thorn Shi and the people of Xuzhou will remember their merits, okay, immediately order a retreat!"

The adjutant general's heart was a little cold, but he knew that this was a helpless matter, so he could only carry out Cao Bao's orders.

When Cao Bao's army withdrew, there were only a few thousand soldiers left, and then they knew that the army had withdrawn, and they had become outcasts. Pengcheng is such a strong city, but it was captured in less than a day, and it can only be said that the potter is the most responsible. However, after the battle, the potter was not punished at all, because he was Tao Qian's son, and the innocent were the soldiers who died in battle.