In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed, and in this month, the entire Xuzhou can be said to be running at full capacity.

Under Li Chen's generous military salary and treatment, 70,000 strong men were quickly recruited and added to the army. Although these strong men who have just formed an army must not be able to compare with the elite Cao army in terms of combat effectiveness, they should still be enough to fight a defensive battle.

The equipment that Li Chentuo's Zhen family sold from Nanyang Yuan Shu was also transported by water, and the horses that he traded with Gongsun Zhan also arrived a few days ago.

In this way, Li Chen has an army of 100,000, and Xuzhou City can be regarded as a large number of generals.

Xuzhou, the state of the pastor's house.

Early in the morning, Li Chen's breakfast was quite rich. There was a ham sausage from the gift package of daily necessities, and Li Chen rolled the ham with steamed buns to eat, and there was a glass of milk in front of him.

"Palace Marshal, Lu Bu's subordinate general Cheng Sickle is here." At this time, Cheng Yanjin hurriedly came in and reported.

"Let's go, let's meet." Li Chen drank the milk in the cup in one gulp, and then said to Cheng Yanjin. Xiao Peiding was in front of Xuzhou, and since Lu Bu had sent his generals to come, it was most likely that Cao Jun had arrived.

"Lord, what did you just drink?" Cheng Yanjin asked curiously.

Li Chen replied, "Milk." ”

People in this era don't drink milk, so Cheng Yanjin was very curious and asked, "Lord, can you still drink this milk?" ”

"Of course you can drink it, this milk is a good thing. After drinking it, you will be able to strengthen your body, if you drink it every day, you may be able to beat that kid in Yuwen Chengdu one day. Li Chen teased.

Li Chen didn't know that what he said so casually, Cheng Biting Jin took it seriously.

Li Chen walked quickly from the inner courtyard to the Yunlong Palace, only to see that Cheng Yao was already waiting in the hall, and he looked like a servant.

"Meet the marshal." Seeing Li Chen, Cheng Yao hurriedly bowed.

Although Cheng Yi is Lu Bu's general, but now Lu Bu is also nominally Li Chen's subordinate, and this should still have etiquette.

Li Chen's eyes sank, looked at Cheng Yao and asked, "But Cao Jun has arrived." ”

Cheng Yao's hand was bowed, and he hurriedly reported: "Yes, the palace marshal, it is Cao Jun who has arrived." ”

"Go, get the map." Li Chen waved his hand and said to the guards beside him.

"Look at the palace commander, at present, the 100,000 people of Cao's army are led by the second son Cao Pi, who is supervising grain in Qian County. Cao Cao personally led an army of 100,000 straight to my Xiaopei, and when I came to report the news, Cao's army was less than 300 miles away from Xiaopei. Its 100,000 vanguard troops, led by his eldest son Cao Ang and third son Cao Zhi, cut in from the flank, and should now be heading for Xuzhou City, which is the commander of the palace. ”

Cheng Yao pointed to the map and shared the information found in Lu Bu's army with Li Chen.

Li Chen looked at the map and groaned, it seemed that in Cao Cao's eyes, he was still not as heavy as Lu Bu, an old opponent. This guy led an army of 100,000 to deal with Lu Bu, but let his two sons deal with him, which is really a naked contempt for himself.

Cao Ang, Cao Zhi is just two sprouts, Li Chen doesn't take it seriously. And from the perspective of generals, although his new army is not as elite as Cao's army, it has a defensive advantage. And in terms of generals, it is obvious that they have more advantages.

On his side, Li Chen was not worried, on the contrary, Li Chen was worried about whether Xiao Pei's Lu Bu could withstand Cao Cao's attack. You must know that Lu Bu doesn't have many troops, the most important thing is that Lu Bu has a criminal record, if he can't hold Xiao Pei, will he stab himself back.

As the old saying goes, the red rabbit among the horses, the Lu Bu among the people, Fang Tian draws the halberd, and stabs the father-in-law.

Hey, I have to say that being Lu Bu's ally is really scary. If it weren't for the beauty of his sister-in-law, who would be an ally with him.

Li Chen came back from his thoughts, looked at Cheng Yao and asked, "What is the situation of Xiao Pei, can you be sure to defend it in the offensive of the Cao army." ”

Cheng Yao froze his mind, clenched his fists and said: "Report to the palace marshal, my lord said it." Although my Xiaopei is less than 10,000, even if he fights to the last soldier, he will not retreat. ”

Hearing this, Li Chen looked at Cheng Yao, but he was entangled in his heart whether Lu Bu's words could be believed.

After the information was delivered, Cheng Kao left in a hurry. The battle of Xiao Pei could break out at any time, and he had to return to Lu Bu's side as soon as possible.

After Cheng Yi left, Li Chen looked at His Highness and asked, "Do you think Lu Bu's words are credible?" ”

At this time, Liu Bowen stood up and said, "According to Jinyiwei's intelligence, Lu Bu has been recruiting troops these days. Lu Bu is no richer than the palace marshal, and it is said that in order to help Lu Bu gather the money needed to recruit soldiers. His wife, Yan, took the daughters of the family and pawned jewelry and brocade clothes. From this point of view, Lu Bu should not intend to give up Xiaopei. ”

As soon as Liu Bowen's voice fell, Chen Deng also stood up and said: "Lord, Lu Bu's advisor Chen Gong, Chen Gongtai has always looked down on Cao Cao, I thought that Lu Bu would not take refuge in Cao Cao and beat us up." ”

The two strategists under him both thought that Lu Bu was credible for the time being, and Li Chen was relieved. Now, even with the recently recruited recruits, there are only more than 10,000 people under Lu Bu's command. wants to rely on him to block Cao Cao, which is somewhat of a fool's dream.

However, Li Chen felt that with Lu Bu's courage and Chen Gong's planning, it should not be difficult to help him block Cao Cao for a while. On his side, he annihilated Cao Ang and Cao Zhi's vanguard troops in the fastest time, which could be regarded as a significant narrowing of the gap between the two sides.

Li Chen's side plans to do so, and Cao Cao's side also plans to do so. is the so-called triple encirclement, ten times attack, how could Cao Cao not understand such a simple truth.

From this point of view, the purpose of Cao Cao ordering Cao Zhi and Cao Ang to lead an army of 100,000 to Xuzhou was not to capture Xuzhou City, but to keep Li Chen under control and prevent him from rescuing Lü Bu.

Xiao Pei was right next to Cao Cao's grain road, and because of this, Cao Cao had to place a large number of troops around the grain road to protect the grain road. Otherwise, if Lu Bu's cavalry assaulted, it was very likely to damage Cao Cao's grain route.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao first set his target on Lu Bu. Cao Cao's 100,000-strong army was ten times that of Lu Bu. Even if Xiaopeicheng has a thick wall, Cao Cao is sure to capture it.

Although Lu Bu is brave, Cao Cao also has the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang who have just defected. At that time, the princes of the Eighteenth Road discussed Dong, and the scene of the three heroes fighting Lu Bu under the Tiger Prison is still vivid. With three brothers here, it's a big deal to stage a scene of three heroes fighting Lu Bu under Xiaopei City.

Attacking Xiaopei, Cao Cao's headquarters generals only left Xu Chu, Cao Ren, and Yu Ban three generals. And generals like the Xiahou brothers, Dian Wei, Xu Huang and other generals followed Cao Ang and Cao Zhi's army to Xuzhou.

This time, in order to win Xuzhou, Cao Cao can be said to have poured out of the nest.

Among the warlord forces in the world today, Yuan Shao occupies the land of the four states and is the largest territory. Although Cao Cao occupies the land of Sanzhou, he is the strongest in the army. Although Yuanshu's territory is small, it is a rich land, and it is the richest in financial resources. Sun Jian occupies the ancestral land of Jiangdong, and the Jiangdong waterway is vertical and horizontal, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is the most stable territory.

Now if Cao Cao takes Xuzhou, he will also occupy the land of the four states, and at the same time he can rank first among the warlords in the world with his strength and territory.

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