Cao Ren left 5,000 iron cavalry to guard the foot soldiers to camp, and he personally led the rest of the 5,000 iron cavalry to the city of Xiapi, shouting: "Let the big-eared thief Liu Bei come to talk!! ”

After Liu Bei heard the news of Cao's attack, he hurriedly rushed to the city to observe the enemy's situation, and saw Cao Ren shouting, Liu Bei stepped forward and replied: "Zixiao, why did you bring troops to my Xuzhou?" ”

The spear in Cao Ren's hand pointed directly at Liu Bei and shouted: "Big-eared thief! You were just a mat seller before, thanks to the prime minister's protection, this made you sit on the name of the emperor's uncle! The prime minister is so generous, Ru'an dares to rebel against the prime minister and steal the important land in Xuzhou! If the soldiers come today, you should not go out of the city and surrender quickly, otherwise when the city is broken, the chickens and dogs will not be left!! ”

Liu Bei stroked his beard and smiled, and replied loudly: "Hahahaha, Zixiao's words are wrong, I am a descendant of the Han Queen, why use Cao Thief to correct his name?" However, Cao Cao's name is Han Xiangshi is a thief, and I was ordered to eliminate the thief by the blood edict of the Son of Heaven, so why rebel? Thou shalt rebel against the thieves, and dare to call himself a heavenly soldier, and do not retreat quickly, otherwise the fortified city will be powdered!! ”

Cao Ren laughed angrily and shouted: "What a big-eared thief who claims to be benevolent and righteous, it is useless to talk too much, can you dare to go out of the city to fight?" ”

Liu Bei looked at the formation of the Cao army outside the city, and did not reply for a long time, and Lu Zhu stepped forward to worship and said: "Lord, the Cao army is new to its prime, and you must not go out of the city to fight with it at this time!" ”

Elk Fang was unconvinced, and then stepped forward to bow and said: "Lord, the Cao army is not many new soldiers and horses, if you can take the opportunity to defeat its front army, you will definitely be able to frustrate the spirit of its army, so you can have no worries!" ”

Liu Bei pondered for a moment and said: "Cao Ren is known as the 'first general of the Cao clan', this person is brave and good at war, knows military strategy, and has made countless achievements in the southern and northern wars with Cao Cao. Spread my general order, defend the city to the death, and those who dare to go out of the city to meet the battle without authorization will be killed!! ”

All the people in the city bowed and said, "No, we will receive the order!" ”

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Cao Ren's iron cavalry has been shouting and scolding under the city, Liu Bei defended the city without a fight, and in the evening, Xiahou Yuan finally set up a camp, Cao Ren saw this, and could only lead his troops to retreat into the camp.

That night, Liu Bei summoned everyone under his command to come to the state pastoral mansion to discuss the matter, and said: "Now that Cao's army is in the city, Cao Ren has even said that he wants to slaughter the city to vent his anger. ”

Although Liu Bei occupied the land of six counties in Xuzhou at this time, his background was still shallow, and there were almost no talents under his command, plus Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Sun Qian and Jian Yong were not in the city, and Liu Bei was even less available around him, only Lu Zhu and Lu Fang still had some ability, and the rest of the people were not worth mentioning at all.

Everyone was afraid of Cao Cao's might, but now Cao Cao's army is approaching the city, and Xiapi is in danger, everyone is in dire straits, where is there any way to retreat from the enemy?

When everyone heard Liu Bei's question, they all lowered their heads and did not speak, Liu Bei saw this, he could only put his eyes on Lu Zhu and Lu Fang, Lu Zhu thought for a moment, and stepped forward to worship: "Lord, Cao Jun must not have much food and grass from afar, and the high pond of Xiapi City is full of money and grain, as long as the lord closes the door and does not fight to defend the city, it will be difficult for the Cao army to break the city, and when the Cao army runs out of food, the lord will be able to defeat the Cao army again!" ”

Liu Bei is now using the strategy of defending the city to the death, Lu Zhu's suggestion is the same as not saying, Liu Bei saw this, he could only put his eyes on Lu Fang's body, Lu Fang was the first time Liu Bei was so valued, stepped forward and said: "Lord, Cao Jun will be tired from afar, and his defense will be slack tonight, if my army goes out of the city to rob the camp, he will definitely be able to win a big victory!" ”

When Liu Bei heard Lu Fang's suggestion, he was immediately moved, you must know that Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan are the top generals in the Cao army, if they can defeat the front army led by the two of them, the Cao army will definitely be terrified! At that time, Cao Junjun's morale was unstable and frustrated, and if he wanted to hold Xiapi City, it would be much easier.

However, with Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan's ability to use troops, will they give themselves this opportunity?

Liu Bei pondered for a moment, feeling that with the ability of Cao Ren and the others, they should be able to guess that they were likely to rob the camp tonight, if Cao Jun had already prepared to defeat his ambush soldiers, then Picheng would be dangerous, this strategy is a move to put them to death and live later, and they must not be invited!

Liu Bei thought of this, and said softly: "Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan are the generals of the Cao army, they will definitely be prepared tonight, this is not the best opportunity to rob the camp, this matter will be postponed and discussed, these days will be closed without fighting to defend the city, you will all retreat!" ”

The people in Xuzhou bowed down and said, "No, I'll retire!" ”

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A day later, Cao Cao finally led the army to the outside of Xiapi City, Guo Jia stepped forward and bowed: "Lord, Xiapi City is high and deep, and there are Xiao Pei and Xia Xiang as a strategy, so it is not conducive to our army's siege!" The lord can order a general to lead a group of soldiers and horses to besiege Xiaopei, and then order a general to lead an elite army to attack the prime minister. ”

"Feng Xiao's words are very much in line with my wishes!"

Cao Cao looked around at the generals and said: "Xu Huang, Yu Ban, the two of you will lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to besiege Xiaopei, and there are 20,000 soldiers and horses led by Liu Bei's third brother Zhang Fei in Xiaopei City, you don't have to fight with them, you just need to besiege the city!" ”

Xu Huang and Yu Ban stepped forward and bowed: "No, the last general will receive the order, and he will definitely live up to the trust of the lord!" ”

After Xu Huang and Yu Ban retreated, Cao Cao continued to order: "Zhang Liao, Le Jin, the two of you led 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack the prime minister, Liu Bei's second brother Guan Yu is not in the city now, the two of you will definitely break through the prime minister and incorporate his army before Guan Yu returns to the army!" ”

Zhang Liao and Le Jin stepped forward and bowed: "No, the last general will take the order, and he will live up to the trust of the lord!" ”

Cao Cao ordered Zhang Liao and the others to lead the army forward, and shouted: "The rest of the people will follow me into the camp, and attack Xiapi early tomorrow morning, and they will definitely break through Xiapi and capture Liu Bei!! ”

"Break through Xiapi and capture Liu Bei!!"

"Break through Xiapi and capture Liu Bei!!"

"Break through Xiapi and capture Liu Bei!!"

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Cao Jun shouted in unison, the momentum shook the sky, Liu Bei, who was far away in Xiapi, heard Cao Jun's shout, and said: "Cao Ying's shook, it must be Cao Cao himself who led the main army to arrive, and gave the order to go down and strictly guard the city, if there is any slack, there will be no forgiveness!" Cao Jun is short of food from afar, as long as I can hold out for a month, Cao Jun will definitely run out of food and retreat, and our army will win this battle!! ”

The generals of Xuzhou bowed one after another: "Nuo, we will receive the order, defend the city to the death and try to ensure that Pi is not lost, and our army will win this battle!! ”