Cao Cao gave a cruel order, and the entire Cao army was shocked by Cao Cao's order.

However, no one will object, as long as victory can be achieved, means and tactics are secondary.

Next, Cao's army began to attack the city of Xuzhou again. Before the attack began, Cao Cao sent an envoy in front of the opponent's city to announce his surrender, and if he resisted for more than three days, the whole city would not be left behind.

The defenders of the city would not believe that Cao Cao really dared to slaughter the city, and disdained Cao Cao's surrender.

Cao Cao waited for a long time, but this city had no intention of surrendering, so he could only start fighting.

Not to mention, the defenders of this city are still really capable, and they blocked Cao Cao's attack and held out for three whole days.

Cao Cao didn't expect that not long after he gave the order, the other party began to slap his face. The military order is like a mountain, and Cao Cao can't do it even if he doesn't want to slaughter the city.

"Break through the city, no chickens and dogs will be left!" The majesty of the commander did not allow to be disobeyed, and Cao Cao decisively gave the order to slaughter the city.

What it meant to slaughter the city, it was clear to all the soldiers that they could do whatever they wanted. The army is the existence of the highest discipline requirements, the stricter the discipline, the stronger the army's combat effectiveness is stronger than the loose discipline, but the strict record of the troops, the soldiers are often more depressed, the slaughter of the city can be arbitrary and reckless action, the most can release the depression and beast nature in their hearts.

Sure enough, Cao Cao's troops showed a strong combat effectiveness, more ferocious than before, and it didn't take half a day to break through the city.

The rest of the scene was like hell. Cao Jun rushed into the city, killed people when he saw them, and set fire to houses when he saw them, regardless of men, women, and children. Some handsome women were dragged into the house by Cao Jun, took turns to commit violence, and slashed their necks after the incident.

The shouts and wails of the whole city were endless. The lord of the city was also caught, kneeling in front of Cao Cao and begging Cao Cao to spare the people of the city.

Cao Cao coldly watched his subordinates slaughter the people, the matter had already been done, and there was no way to turn back. Cao Cao didn't stop doing anything, pulled out his sword, and stabbed the guard to death with a sword.

"Pass the order down and solve it quickly. Dare to have procrastinators, slash! "Cao Cao doesn't want to waste time here.

Cao Cao's military order made all the troops speed up their movements, and soon the entire city had no other life except for Cao's army.

Cao Cao used another fire to set the entire city on fire.

Against the backdrop of the skyrocketing fire, Cao Cao and his troops went to another city.

It didn't take long for Cao Cao to encounter another city, which was also stubbornly resistant, and the result was the same as the previous city, turning into ashes.

The news of the massacre soon spread throughout Xuzhou. The people are scared, they are just living in this world, but now Cao Cao has actually begun to slaughter the city, don't they run. The family is also afraid, Cao Cao's slaughter of the city is not divided into rich and poor, no matter how rich and powerful he is, it is not more important than his life. Local officials and guards are the most troublesome ones, first of all, they have the responsibility to defend the territory and cannot easily flee. Secondly, they also have to control the people under their rule, if the loss of the people is too serious, even if they win in the future, Tao Qian will not let them go. The last point is that as long as they resist Cao Cao, the local officials and defenders will all die, which is a bit of pressure for them.

However, there are still smart people in this world. Some officials directly emptied the treasury with their own troops, robbed the wealth of the wealthy families, and occupied the mountains as kings and the grass as cowards. Some smart officials and generals directly surrendered the city, as long as there was sincerity, they estimated that Cao Cao would not embarrass them. Cao Cao also had kind words to comfort them, retained them in their original positions, and did not offend the people to whom they belonged, which made the prestige of these officials and generals among the people a lot higher. is very smart, directly kill all the people who have offended themselves in the city, and then empty the treasury, and finally open the city and surrender. Cao Cao is not embarrassed, anyway, if he has to deal with these things, he will have to wait for later.

In this wave of surrender, the whole of Xuzhou has become noisy. Every day, news of Kaesong's surrender and the flight of local officials kept pouring into Xiapi. Tao Qian's white hair fell out of several times.

"Cao Mengde, this bastard, actually killed the people, causing my lives in Xuzhou to be ruined, and I, Tao Qian, will never stop with him." Tao Qian constantly scolded Cao Cao in front of people.

Tao Qian was very frightened by Cao Cao's approach, he had led soldiers, and knew that although this strategy was not so good in reputation, the effect was huge.

So, Tao Qian hurriedly went to meet Liu Bei, who was still resting and rectifying, and told Liu Bei in detail about the situation, hoping that Liu Bei could send troops as soon as possible to relieve the danger of the people of Xuzhou.

Liu Bei was a little frightened when he saw such a serious situation, but he had already said it before, and if he didn't do it now, it would taste like breaking his word and getting fat, and it was not so good in terms of reputation.

Liu Bei promised Tao Qian, and took 8,000 soldiers and horses to Xiaopei to garrison to block Cao Cao's attack.

Xiaopei is the last line of defense in Xiapi City, and if it is broken here, then Xiapi will have no danger to defend. Liu Bei had already thought about it, Xiaopei was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Cao Cao needed to make huge sacrifices if he wanted to break through here, considering this, Liu Bei estimated that Cao Cao would not be so stupid as to waste his troops here. Even if Cao Cao attacked desperately, Liu Bei was confident that he could defend this small peicheng. Besides, even if you can't hold it, isn't it possible to escape, behind Xiaopei is a spacious plain, and it is still possible to escape.

After Liu Bei calculated all the gains and losses, he began to build fortifications in Xiaopei, waiting for Cao Cao's arrival.

Liu Bei also continued to spread the atrocities of Cao Cao's massacre of the city around, calling on all soldiers and civilians to resist Cao Cao and protect their homes and families from being violated.

At the same time, Cao Cao's army attacked the city along the way, unstoppable, and the slaughter of the city was only the first two cities, and the others were not blocked at all, and its advance speed was several times faster.

Cao Cao came to Xiaopei City with a large army, and when he saw the big Liu Zi banner on the city wall, Cao Cao knew that Liu Bei, the helper invited by Tao Qian, had appeared.

Cao Cao was very interested in this Liu Bei, according to the general routine, the people who came to the rescue would definitely come out to meet Cao Cao's army, but Liu Bei did the opposite, stayed in Xiapi City, and only came to Xiaopei to resist when he knew that the situation was about to be uncontrollable. Cao Cao really doesn't know what this Liu Bei is doing, does this person have great ability and reliance?

With confusion and doubts, Cao Cao walked towards Xiao Pei.

The two old enemies in history began the first confrontation.