"Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the defender Xu Rong is a general, I don't know what tricks Cao Gong can break it?"

Cao Cao's face showed confidence, and the corners of his mouth chuckled: "Xu Rong is indeed a famous general, especially good at guarding. If there is no preparation, even if I lead 100,000 armor soldiers, I am afraid it will be difficult to break it, since I have come here, I am naturally prepared. ”

"Huh!" Liu Bei glanced at the soldiers in the camp behind Cao Cao, the armor rate was only forty percent, not to mention the armor rate, and the hundred generals may not be able to equip the above. Is this what is called a sergeant? Cao Mengde really had a thick face and a black heart.

You must know that the 100,000 troops pulled out by Cao Cao are basically his most elite troops, and the equipment on his body is still like this, so you can imagine how poor Cao Cao is! More than half of the soldiers didn't even have leather armor, they were all cloth, basically naked, and they would die as long as they were injured.

But this is also normal, it is already very good that Cao Cao, who does not have the support of the family, can do this! However, the lands of Yan and Xu can support more than 200,000 troops, and the hardships of Cao Cao and Xun Yu are not enough for outsiders. Yanzhou and Xuzhou are the places where wars are most frequent, and the money and grain of the two states together are not as much as Liu Bei's Yuzhou.

Looking at the military equipment of the princes of the world, Yuan Shu is undoubtedly in the first line. Relying on many hydraulic facilities for forging armor and advanced assembly line projects, the armor rate of the soldiers under Yuan Shu's command reached about sixty percent, which was due to the fact that a large number of sailors and cavalry were not suitable for wearing armor. If only the foot soldiers are counted, the armor rate under Yuan Shu's command has reached almost 100%. What a horrible thing!

Moreover, the armor equipped by Yuan Shu is more sophisticated, not as shoddy as other princes. The defensive power against arrows and ordinary slashes far exceeds that of ordinary armor, and the equipment is simply luxurious, and the equipment equipped by the commanders under Cao Cao is only as good as that under Yuan Shu.

In the second line, Yuan Shao is the one who is on the second line. With the support of the Hebei family, Yuan Shao's armor rate exceeded one percent, more than 3,000 heavy armor, and nearly 1,000 horse armor.

After that, it was Gongsun Zhan and Liu Bei. The armor rate of the army under Liu Bei's command has reached about eighty percent, and the armor rate is nearly 1,000. And the armor rate of the army under the command of Gongsun Zan is only about fifty percent, which is stronger than Cao Cao's line. However, due to the support of Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zhan had 3,000 horse armor and 4,000 heavy armor in his hands, so Cao Cao was left far behind.

What does the gap in armament mean? I am wearing wedding armor, you are wearing leather armor, you slash me, and I am slightly injured; I'll slash you and hurt you severely. If you don't even have leather armor, sorry, you're dead.

The reason why the combat power of the Jiangdong soldiers is so strong is because they are well-trained and well-equipped, so they can repeatedly defeat them with fewer enemies and more enemies. The wealth of Jiangdong was not slaughtered as a fat pig like the Song Dynasty, and Yuan Shu really used it to improve the combat power of the army under his command, otherwise it would not have attracted Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and others to be so jealous.

Yuan Shu's current strength is unceremoniously said that if he doesn't count the losses, he can completely push the entire Central Plains. If 300,000 armor soldiers pour out of the nest, whatever Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Lu Bu have to be hung up and beaten, which is completely crushing strength. Unless Yuan Shu made a big mistake like the Battle of Guandu or the Battle of Chibi, how could he lose?

But Yuan Shu was afraid of this kind of problem. The three major battles of the late Han Dynasty, the battles of Guandu, Chibi, and Yiling, all ended with the weak defeating the strong, and it was not clear how much Yuan Shu was tired of, but he didn't dare to bet. Anyway, you have already won the battle, you can fight step by step, there is no need to rush.

If you rush to fight, who knows what problems will arise. Especially like Yuan Shu, who has pulled countless hatreds from the family, there will be countless cold guns and dark arrows that will be encountered, and Yuan Shu, the strength of the family, is still very jealous.

Don't look at Yuan Shu's current strength over the southern family, this is because the southern family is too weak compared to the north, and Yuan Shu is not facing them head-on, just compromising with each other. If it develops for another ten years, and the talents in Jiangdong and Jinling Academies are cultivated, the status of the family may be reduced, but it is still the world of the family.

Facing Liu Bei's strange gaze, Cao Cao smiled indifferently. He knew what Liu Bei was thinking, but with his heart and cheek, he didn't care about such a trivial matter at all.

"Presumably Xuande Gong also has some preparations, right?"

"Bei's background is just a cloth clothes, how can he be compared with Brother Meng De? This time, it is the two brothers who came to rely on so-and-so, and you have to rely on Brother Meng De to deal with Yuan Highway! Liu Bei got up and poured a glass of wine for Cao Cao, and said in a sincere tone.

When Cao Cao heard this, he looked sideways at the two majestic figures behind Liu Bei, and sighed in his heart: Such a talent, but unfortunately not so-and-so. Liu Bei, how can he be! can have such two immortal generals.

After taking a sip of stuffy wine, Cao Cao chuckled and said, "Xuande is dishonest!" There are no fewer capable people under your command, and they are adjacent to Yuan Highway, can you be prepared? ”

"See the moves, and respond to all changes with the same. There really is no special preparation. In the face of Cao Cao's temptation, Liu Bei coped with it without leaking.

"Then if you capture Tongguan and Chang'an?"

"This trip is only to assist Meng De against Yuan Highway, and neither of these preparations will be taken." Liu Bei said directly.

Cao Cao smiled slightly, Liu Bei is quite interesting.

Liu Bei was not dissatisfied at this time, he did not plan to occupy Chang'an and Tongguan, because his foundation was in Yuzhou, and he lacked skills. The most important thing is that he doesn't have the courage of Cao Cao.

Liu Bei in history has been displaced for half of his life, and he has long been accustomed to defeat, losing land, and fleeing, so he has also exercised indomitable perseverance and extraordinary courage. At this time, Liu Bei was inferior to Cao Cao.

In order to take the initiative in the overall situation and balance Yuan Shu, Cao Cao dared to settle near Chang'an, which was far away. However, Liu Bei had no interest in Chang'an, and came only to curb the development of Yuan Shu.

"Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, almost no less than the Tiger Prison Pass, I don't know how Brother Meng De wants to take it?"

"Don't worry, send troops to test it first. Xuande, are you interested in taking the lead? Cao Cao said with a smile.

"The reserve is weak and there are few soldiers, so let's ask Brother Meng De to strike first!" Liu Bei excused himself. In the face of the treacherous and cunning Cao Cao, he was very cautious in his heart, for fear of being cheated by the other party.

"Good! Then the first troops, but then the siege battle? Cao Cao meant something.

"I am willing to fight with Brother Mengde." Although he felt a little wrong, he seemed to have entered a pit, but Liu Bei still said solemnly.

"Xuande is really a believer! Deal! Cao Cao said happily.

"Wonderful!"

"The last general!"

"You lead 10,000 elite soldiers to go first, and set up a camp ten miles outside Tongguan, if the enemy army comes out of the pass to fight, you should be defeated!"

"No!"