While drinking at the head of the city, the potter stared closely at the Huaxiong army in the distance, and his forehead was unconsciously covered with a dense layer of sweat.

Speaking of conscience, now stick to the city, resist Huaxiong, and arrange according to Cao Cao's arrangement, this battle is not impossible to fight.

It's just that once the war starts in Xicheng, the Xuzhou army under his command will be the first to fight Huaxiong...... By the time Cao Cao and Liu Bei led their troops to support from the other two gates, it was undoubtedly his own soldiers who withstood Hua Xiong's fiercest attack.

And there is no doubt that after the end of this battle, no matter whether you win or lose, the biggest loss is yourself.

The potter is also a human being, and he also has his own selfishness - he can't do things like watching from the wall and avoiding battles without shame, but he is sorry for throwing his head and spilling blood, and being willing to shed blood and sacrifice to fulfill the merits of others...... Whoever loves it, do it!

The potters didn't expect Hua Xiong to be able to withdraw at this moment, but with this empty city method, Hua Xiong had doubts...... As long as he can doubt it, he will slow down the siege for a while, and when Cao Cao and Liu Bei's support arrives, the Xuzhou army will not have to resist the attack of the Huaxiong army alone.

Of course, the potter's courage to come up with this strategy was not something he just thought about casually - after all, there were lessons from the past in history.

It was also the period when the princes crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and in the original history, Sun Jian, the fierce tiger of Jiangdong, also used this method of empty city to scare off Dong Zhuo's army.

Of course, the so-called empty city plan does not mean to completely show the other party a city with no people, but to show that one's own side does not have any panic against the powerful enemy army, and it seems natural to advance and retreat.

And a city without people is not called an empty city, but a ghost city.

However, in history, when Sun Jian used this trick against Dong Zhuojun, it was because his reputation was too loud, and he couldn't help but make the enemy unscrupulous and did not retreat......

Replaced by a potter, the potter asked himself that he did not have such a strong military means as Sun Jian, nor did he have the prestige of the four words 'Jiangdong Tiger', so it was a little too ridiculous for Huaxiong to withdraw from the army...... But as long as he can hesitate for a moment, give Cao and Liu time to support him...... In the potter's opinion, it is enough.

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In front of the Xiliang army.

Hua Xiong was really a little hesitant.

After so many years of fighting, Hua Xiong is brave and resolute, and he shook the land of Xizhou with his fierceness, and in the face of a yellow-mouthed son like a potter, Hua Xiong naturally does not have to scare him!

Even if the potters really had an ambush in the city, Huaxiong was not afraid, and the reputation of the Xuzhou army was there......

Tao Qian is old, and in Hua Xiong's eyes, he is a bullshit, and as for his son Tao, he is not even as good as a bullshit.

But Li Sushi once said: The news from Xu Rong's side said that he had never met Sun Jian's troops, which made Huaxiong a little worried.

Sun Jian is good at using soldiers, and among the people Hua Xiong knows, he can at least rank in the top five...... Could he be pretending to release the news that he was going to fight against Xu Rong, but in fact, he turned around halfway and came back halfway and attacked himself with the defenders in Yangren City?

Thinking about it like this, I can't help but think about it seriously.

Seeing Hua Xiong's hesitation, Li Su stepped forward and said, "Why didn't the governor order the siege of the city?" ”

Hua Xiong shook his head and said, "There is nothing in the city...... The problem is ...... outside the city! ”

Li Su laughed and said, "The governor is also careful, forgive that Tao family boy, Huangkou generation, how can you say it?" Even if there is a plan, how much storm can it set off? ”

Hua Xiong snorted when he heard this: "How could I be afraid of the surname Tao?" It's just that there is still a thief in the city! This person assassinated Xiangguo alone, with a deceitful heart, the city is very deep, and Sun Jian has no trace, so these two people are in ...... And the yellow-mouthed son is so calm, he can't help but be guarded against. ”

Li Su was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and he was also a little hesitant.

If it is said that Hua Xiong became the governor by virtue of his bravery and military exploits, then Li Su, the cavalry captain, was purely obtained by luck, and he was one of the top eight, but if it was about fighting, he did not have any right to speak in front of Hua Xiong.

"Then according to the will of the governor, we will withdraw and not attack the city? If this is the case, the spirit of this march will be gone. ”

Hua Xiong shook his head: "If you don't attack the city, you naturally can't!" However, the governor has to wait here, and if Sun Jian's soldiers and horses are nearby, he must make an appointment with the Tao boy...... If Sun Jian does not appear when he is young, the governor will have no worries, and will go straight into the city, slaughtering all the soldiers and civilians in the city, and leaving no chickens and dogs! If Sun Jian's soldiers and horses come out, then the governor will fight Sun Jian first, and then attack the city! ”

Li Su gave a thumbs up and praised: "All the gods are counted, and the world is out of reach, and it is ......"

Hua Xiong nodded with a cruel smile, and said, "Wait for a while, if there is indeed no Sun Jian nearby, watch Ben Du screw off the head of the kid who eats and pour wine!" ”

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Hua Xiong and Li Su thought that they had studied it thoroughly, but they did not think that at this moment, the Cao and Liu armies in the city, who were responsible for guarding the other city gates, had already rushed to the west gate to help.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei respectively caught up with the head of the urn city, but saw that the city was silent, Jia Ge hid, the city gate was wide open and there were no soldiers, but the pottery merchant was erecting a long case at the head of the city, and the food tripod was placed on the case, holding the long chopsticks in one hand and the lamp in the other...... While eating, I broke out in a cold sweat.

This meal is also quite sinful.

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed, looked at the back of the potter for a while, and then looked up at the Huaxiong army that had not yet attacked in the distance outside the city gate, suddenly realized, and nodded secretly.

Liu Bei's expression remained unchanged, looking at the back of the potter, his eyes were shining, and he seemed to be quite moved by the dashing demeanor of the potter's cooking, with a slight envy.

The two stepped forward, and Cao Cao stretched out his hand and patted the potter's shoulder, but the potter trembled slightly, and the chopsticks almost fell off.

"Who's filming me?" The potter hurriedly turned back.

What he saw was Cao Liu and the others, and then he put his mind at ease, and then looked at Cao Cao's hand on his shoulder, and said, "Brother Meng De, you scared me...... Almost shocked. ”

"Shock? What does that mean? Cao Cao couldn't help but be curious.

"It's almost like death!" The potter muttered, "You don't know, I'm here for a long time, I'm afraid you two won't be able to make it ......"

Liu Bei comforted Tao Shang and said: "Why should Tao Gongzi worry, the two of us are not here." ”

The potter looked into the distance and said strangely: "Huaxiong doesn't take the usual road, and the near north gate doesn't fight, so he deliberately detoured to attack the west gate...... Did you say he was lost? ”

Cao Cao smiled dumbly when he heard this: "This ...... It seems unlikely. ”

Liu Bei exclaimed: "Tao Gongzi is still smiling in front of the army, not panicking, and he is as straight as Mount Tai collapsing in front of him without changing color, which is really admirable." ”

The potter waved his hand modestly: "Brother Xuande is smiling, in fact, I am very nervous, and I can only rely on eating to suppress my shock." ”

Cao Cao pinched the potter's shoulder and said, "Brother Tao, why should you be too modest, this trick is false and real, which makes the other party raise the flag uncertainly and delays the siege time!" Cao learned from you today...... Don't worry, now the affairs in the city are presided over by Cao! ”

After that, he strode to the head of the city, drank the order herald to take the order flag, and stared coldly at the Xiliang army in the distance against the strong wind on the city.

It was only at this time that the pottery merchants seemed to have seen in Cao Cao some of the prototypes of the mighty Emperor Wu of Wei, which was rumored in later generations...... The short body is particularly majestic at this moment, Ling Qi is in his hand, his head is held high, as if pointing to the country, without the slightest timidity and artificiality, everything seems so smooth and natural.

The potter sighed in his heart now...... This is Cao Cao!

And in the Xiliang Army, Hua Xiong also seemed to see that something was wrong, although he was far away, but the general idea of the head of the Yangren City and the Urn City could still be seen vaguely.

But seeing that at this time, above the city, it was no longer the white-clothed young man who drank and ate food and was calm, but became a flag-holding general wearing heavy armor and holding his head high, although it was only a general outline, but Hua Xiong also recognized the identity of the other party.

When Cao Cao was in Luoyang last year, he bent his knees under Dong Zhuo's account, and he and Hua Xiong often met, so at this moment, Hua Xiong recognized Cao Cao at a glance!

Seeing that Ximen's guard had changed from a rice-making boy Tao Shangshang to a middle-aged thief Cao Mengde, although Hua Xiong didn't know what to do, he could feel that he was being bewitched by the other party - he couldn't help but be furious!

Originally, because of Cao Cao's assassination of Dong Zhuo, the generals of Xiliang had already regarded him as a thorn in the flesh, especially after this old boy failed to assassinate him, he actually ran away under the noses of the generals of Luoyang? It's a shame.

"Where's the herald?" Hua Xiong shouted.

"In!"

"The attacking army is in the front, and the chariot cloud ladder is second, and the rebels in the city will be cleared of the governor by this governor!"

"No!"

"Knock knock!"

With the sound of thick and deep drums, the forward army of the Huaxiong army began to launch a fierce attack on the Yangren City, while Huaxiong was sitting in the middle army, staring at Cao Cao on the city tower with his eyes blazing.

Cao Cao's face did not show any panic, and he responded calmly, just waving the order flag, and at the same time instructed the left and right heralds to arrange the dispatch and distribution of crossbow soldiers, Lei Mu Shi clan, iron armor army, shield soldiers, and reinforcements.

The potters hid aside, listening, learning, and observing.

Practice is the best teacher, reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, the first man in the late Eastern Han Dynasty is here to personally teach the pottery merchants, how can you not learn well.

"Xu Chu." The potter turned his head and shouted at Xu Chu.

"In!"

"The other departments of the Xuzhou Army are under the command of Mi Fang, and they obey the unified command of Staff Officer Cao, you just have to lead the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Army to fight this battle for me, no matter how much credit you make, as long as you train this strong army...... Brother Meng De is a soldier who can use soldiers, with him in town, it's okay! You're in command of the Tiger Guards! ”

"No!" Xu Chu is not good at stubble, he stood behind the potter, heard Cao Cao's various instructions, and deeply felt that this black dwarf used soldiers differently, and at this moment listened to the orders of the potter, he was even more convinced.

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"Blow the trumpet!"

"Woooooo

As the front of the Xiliang Army was getting closer and closer, a horn sound that seemed to be louder than the horn sound that Hua Xiong asked the front army to attack before sounded in the city, and as soon as this sound sounded, the sound of other horns around the urn city was echoed, and for a while, the horn sound seemed to be able to spread throughout the entire battlefield.

Round after round of arrows accompanied by Cao Cao's military orders, like dark clouds, shot down from the city, and their targets were not the soldiers who carried the siege engines, but the poorly dressed, but courageous, carrying the ladder to the tower.

The attacking army is a death squad if it sounds good, and cannon fodder if it doesn't sound good.

Round after round of arrows overwhelmed the attacking soldiers, knocking them down, making them lie down, sending them into the abyss of death.

Cao Cao's approach is the safest method of warfare, in the case of a long distance, first find a way to eliminate the opponent's living force to the greatest extent.

The potter's scalp was numb, although after the battle of the clouds, he had directly paid attention to the cruelty and death of the war.

But the second time the battlefield was obviously much larger than the last time, and the bloodiness was far more terrifying than that time.

Everyone in the world is ruthless and ambitious, but when a person faces this bloody scene every day, and watches the death and death of this kind of life every day, how can he not become hard-hearted?

On the Yangren city wall, although the soldiers of Cao, Tao, and Liu all obeyed Cao Cao's command, and the Tiger Guard led by Xu Chu was just a partial division on the battlefield, and it was under the name of the pottery merchant guard, so it was inconvenient for Cao Cao to be directly transferred.

However, Xu Chu took the initiative to put these soldiers at the forefront of the city, and stood side by side with the city guard led by Cao Cao's brother Cao Ren.

Yes, the general who is responsible for supervising the soldiers defending the city is Cao Ren!

Seeing that the other party's soldiers and horses were getting closer and closer to the city, when the first cloud ladder was erected on Yangren City, the corners of Cao Ren's mouth showed a fierce smile, saying that it was a smile, but it was better to pout.

"Come on! Come on! It's my turn! ”