At noon on the second day, it was a rare sunny day, and in the camp of Liu Beijun under the city of Tongguan, countless soldiers were constantly gathering.

On Tongguan, the soldiers of Cao Jun, who had been paying close attention to Liu Beijun's situation, hurriedly informed the guard general Cao Xiu of the situation.

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A hurried stampede sounded, and Cao Xiu hurriedly put on armor and hurried to the city wall after learning the news. He has always been uneasy about Liu Bei's movements, and he is already a frightened bird at this time.

"What's the situation?" Quickly rushed to the side of the city wall, frowning and looking at the side of the deputy general who was moving in Liu Bei's camp in the distance, Cao Xiu looked up into the distance and hurriedly asked.

Seeing the flags flying in Liu Bei's camp in the distance, and countless soldiers marching towards the city in formation, Cao Xiu sighed in his heart. It's bad, it's not good.

"General, Liu Beijun almost poured out, but it doesn't look like he is going to raise troops to attack the city, as if he is conducting military training." The adjutant general already had a plan in his heart, and said calmly.

"Military training?" Cao Xiu frowned and looked at the banner that covered the sky and the sun in the distance: "This cold weather military training? ”

The adjutant general smiled bitterly: "The last general is also uncertain." But if Liu Bei wanted to attack the city, he should have done it a long time ago, and you see, the general, his army is not equipped with wells and ladders, it doesn't look like he is going to attack the city, it seems that he is just showing his combat power and bluffing. ”

Cao Xiu looked back, looked at the elite soldiers around him, and sneered: "He is only 40,000 foot soldiers, how can he bluff?" Even the head of the city is afraid that they will not be able to rush up. ”

The adjutant general said cautiously: "General, I'm afraid that Liu Bei has other conspiracies, just in case we should be cautious and let the soldiers patrol more in the past two days." ”

When Cao Xiu heard this, he nodded lightly: "Yes, just do what you want." At the beginning, our army took this Tongguan by attacking it unprepared, and the inside and outside should be combined. Just in case, the city wall on the other side must also be strictly guarded, and anyone entering the customs must be strictly checked, and the mistakes of the past must not be repeated. ”

"No!" The adjutant replied.

Cao Xiu saw that Liu Beijun stopped in the distance, far away from the city wall, and had no intention of attacking, and his heart was slightly settled. The other party really didn't want to forcibly attack the city, but he was still uneasy about Liu Bei's strange behavior, and kept telling the deputy general to strengthen his vigilance.

"By the way, has there been a reply to the information reported to Yanzhou?" Cao Xiu asked.

"No, but it should be soon. General, Liu Bei obviously has bad intentions, if his Yuzhou army comes from Nanyang and attacks from both sides, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to garrison Tongguan. Or should we call for help from the rear? The adjutant said out of caution.

"No." Cao Xiu decisively refused: "This time the other party just made some changes, and the troops are lacking. If we call for help now, wouldn't it seem like we were too cowardly? And the lord's army has just opened Qingzhou, and the troops stationed in Yanzhou are not much, if it is lightly, Liu Bei's army in Yuzhou will attack Xuchang directly, how should you and I deal with ourselves? ”

Seeing that the deputy general was still worried, Cao Xiu said softly: "In this way, you send more spies to carefully investigate along the Nanyang area." If Liu Beijun in Yuzhou really makes a move, it will not be too late for us to ask for help. ”

The deputy general nodded lightly when he heard this, and hurriedly went down to the city wall to arrange it. And Cao Xiu was still standing on the city wall, staring at Liu Beijun in the distance, his brows furrowed.

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Half an hour later, Liu Beijun, who was arrayed in place, still did not move at all. And Cao Xiu, who had been staring at the city wall, was worried about it instead of decreasing. After the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang finished their army, they did not face him, but stood with the entire army facing the west. Cao Xiu faintly thought of an extremely terrifying possibility, but he immediately comforted himself: Impossible, how could Liu Bei... Although he was constantly comforting himself, seeing that Liu Beijun never moved, Cao Xiu's heart became more and more uneasy.

Soon, the scene that Cao Xiu was most afraid of seeing appeared, a black dot appeared on the horizon in the distance, and it was constantly magnifying.

How is this possible! Cao Xiu roared in his heart. Looking at the army of Yuan Shu gradually emerging in the distance, Cao Xiu only felt a panic in his heart.

"General!" The lieutenant who defended the city said anxiously.

"Quick, hurry up and ask Yanzhou for help. Liu Bei and Yuan Shu jointly attacked my Tongguan, let them come to their aid quickly! Cao Xiu said in a low voice.

"Yes!"

And Cao Xiu looked at the other lieutenant again, and said urgently: "You quickly go and inform Vice General Shen, and send five thousand soldiers who are resting in the city to defend the city." Also, I ordered Captain Xu to prepare enough rolling logs, arrows, etc., and be prepared, go quickly! ”

"No!"

At this snap of his fingers, the figure of Yuan Shu's army in the distance became clearer again. Guns and halberds are like forests, flags are dense, the body is strong, and the fighting spirit is high.

Elite soldiers!

This thought immediately popped into Cao Xiu's heart.

Jiangdong is an elite soldier, which is recognized by the world. Because Yuan Shu is wealthy, there is no need to recruit cannon fodder like Cao Liu, and some of them have money and food to train elite soldiers. Cao Xiu had also heard of this, but he was inevitably shocked when he saw it with his own eyes.

Yuan Shu's soldiers were majestic and red-faced, compared to the fact that most of the troops under his command were thin and pale, and they were a big difference in size alone. But there is no way, the army under Yuan Shu's command has fish, meat and chicken every day, and there is no shortage of meat and fish, so naturally they are fat and strong. And the army under his command is even short of food and grass, and he doesn't necessarily see meat once a month, how can he compare with it?

However, wars are fought by force, not simply by who grows strong. is like the honor guard around the Son of Heaven in the past, which is not sturdy, but when it comes to fighting, it is completely a group of cowards. Most of the armies that the Han Dynasty can fight are the Western Liang soldiers in Western Xinjiang, such as the army under the command of Sanming in Liangzhou.

However, in the distance, I looked at the countless heavy infantry in heavy armor and huge shields in the front of the procession, followed by elite soldiers in fine armor and spears and halberds, and then behind them were lightly armored and quiver-carrying crossbowmen, and finally the people were heavy. Cao Xiu really couldn't treat such a well-equipped army with complete offense and defense as an honor guard.

The comer is not good!

All the Wei soldiers on the city wall became nervous in their hearts, and the hands holding the swords and guns in the winter were faintly sweaty.

A large army came towards Tongguan in a neat manner, and the black armor looked so dazzling in the white snow. The neat army ordered Cao Xiu to calculate the approximate number with a slight estimate.

An army of nearly 100,000 people.

After coming up with this amount, Cao Xiu felt a little broken for a while.

Do you want to be so scary? The first time I led the troops, I thought it was an idle guy with mixed qualifications, but the devil knew that he encountered hell mode at the beginning.

With an army of 30,000 to guard against the attack of more than 100,000 elites, not to mention that he is a novice who has no experience in leading troops, even his uncle Cao Ren may not be able to do it!