In January of the first year of Xingping (194 AD), Cao Cao ordered Xun Yu and Xun You's uncle and nephew to sit in Xuchang and lead the affairs of the city on his behalf, while he led an army of 50,000 to attack Xuzhou.

Wherever the army passed, it was like a bamboo, and no one could stop it. Soon, Cao's army had already attacked outside Pengcheng.

Pengcheng, according to legend, was the capital of the Yellow Emperor in ancient times. Later, when Chu and Han fought each other, this place was also the place where Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, was set as the royal capital.

In 205 BC, Liu Bang led an army of 560,000 princes to capture Pengcheng in one fell swoop during Xiang Yu's expedition. Xiang Yu was furious when he learned about it, and only led 30,000 elite starry nights to rush back, and defeated the 560,000 army in one fell swoop with thunder. During this battle, the Chu army killed more than 100,000 soldiers of the coalition army, so that Suishui was intercepted. Liu Bang only led more than ten horsemen to break through in the end, and his father, wife and concubine and other family members were all obtained by Xiang Yu. This is the famous Battle of Pengcheng in history.

Liu Bei's general Guan Yu was standing on top of the tower of Pengcheng at this time, looking back at this legendary city. Guan Yu has a strong temperament, although he faced Cao Cao's 50,000 army, he did not have a trace of cowardice in his heart, but was arrogant.

Although there were only 10,000 defenders in the city, Guan Yu was still full of confidence. In the past, Xiang Yu won more with less here, defeating more than ten times the enemy of himself, and he could do what he could do, this is Guan Yu's self-confidence that has swelled to the extreme.

"Although Cao Jun is numerous, they are all traitors who sell their heads, why are you afraid?" Looking at the slightly nervous soldiers beside him, Guan Yu smiled and said loudly.

Looking into the distance from the top of the castle tower, I saw a black line faintly floating in the sky. As time passed, this black line became clearer and clearer, and gradually evolved into a neat military formation.

Cao Jun...... It's finally here!

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Cao Cao led the army to a place five miles outside Pengcheng, and Qi Qi paused to wait for Cao Cao's next order. There was a strong killing aura from the battle array, and even the defenders who were far away on the walls of Pengcheng could fully feel it, and they were quite frightened by it.

After all, not everyone is Guan Yu, and most soldiers don't have the arrogance that he has to treat the enemy like dung.

When Guan Yu saw the slightly frightened expressions of the soldiers, he could only "hum" twice to himself. Although Guan Yu is arrogant, he is a light doctor and a heavy soldier. He would look down on the literati and despise those generals who were trembling in battle, but although Guan Yu was unhappy with the timidity of ordinary soldiers under this absolute gap in strength, he would not discriminate against those soldiers because of this.

Of course, there is a limit to fear. If the soldiers were really afraid of the battle and even retreated and fled, then no matter how much Guan Yu valued the soldiers, he would never mind letting the Overseers raise their weapons and slash at those deserters.

However, if the war really starts out here, the military spirit of our own army will not be of much use now. Guan Yu secretly thought to himself, he must find a way to boost morale.

Just as Cao Cao was about to give the order to attack the city, he suddenly saw the gate of Pengcheng slowly open.

Cao Cao couldn't help but be extremely surprised, could it be that the defender of Pengcheng knew that there was no hope of defending the city, so he decided to open the city and surrender?

Slowly emerging from the city gate, there was only a single person riding alone. I saw that the person who came was nine feet tall, with a face like a heavy jujube, a long beard and a beautiful beard, and an extraordinary bearing, who is it not Guan Yu himself?

Unexpectedly, it was Liu Bei's brother-in-law Guan Yu who was guarding Pengcheng, but what did he mean when he went out of the city alone? It is expected that no matter how arrogant Guan Yu is, he will never be confident enough that he can single-handedly take on an army of 50,000 alone.

Seeing Guan Yu's figure getting closer and closer to his army, Cao Cao resisted the urge to let the army come forward and capture him, waiting to see what Guan Yu's purpose was.

When Guan Yu arrived at the place one mile before Cao Jun, he restrained the war horse under the seat and shouted to Cao Cao: "Guan Mou heard that Cao Sikong's command is full of tigers and wolves, so he specially invited him to fight, I don't know if Cao Sikong dares to fight?" ”

Invitations to war? Why, Guan Yu still wants to rely on the defenders in Pengcheng to fight to the death with him?

"Dare to ask the general, how do you want to fight? Is it that I am fighting the 50,000 army behind me alone? To be honest, Cao Cao admired Guan Yu quite a lot. Ever since the other party beheaded Huaxiong with warm wine in Bishui Guan, Cao Cao has always fantasized about being able to take him under his command.

"One fights, and the other fights." Guan Yu said unequivocally, "Fighting array, you and I will each send a thousand people to fight." If you are a general, you can send any of your generals to fight with Guan himself. ”

Cao Cao was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Guan Yu to have this kind of idea. Of course, he knew the purpose of Guan Yu's actions. Guan Yu wants to pass through these two battles, first win a small victory in the battle between a thousand soldiers, and then kill a general under his command, I am afraid that the morale of the defenders in Pengcheng will immediately increase several times.

"Okay, I'm done!" However, for Guan Yu's appointment, Cao Cao had no reason to refuse. Although the army is strong, there are 10,000 people in Pengcheng after all, and if you attack strongly, you will inevitably lose something. And Cao Cao's principle is to do everything possible to minimize losses, and Guan Yu's request to fight in battle is exactly what he wants. In terms of the battle array, Cao Cao believed that with the strength of a thousand soldiers, there were probably few people in the world who were opponents in the camp. In terms of fighting generals, although Guan Yu is brave, but Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Dian Wei and others under his account are by no means general, although there is no guarantee of victory over the other party, but there is no problem in dragging a draw. You must know that Guan Yu is in Liu Beijun, that is the existence of a god. If there are generals in his army who are comparable in strength, they will definitely make the defenders of Pengcheng feel uneasy. In this way, the record of one win and one draw in these two battles can make the morale of the defenders of Pengcheng drop another notch, so that they can take Pengcheng more easily, why not?

Of course, if it weren't for the fact that Guan Yu was still a mile away from his own army, and he might not be able to catch up if he fled, Cao Cao would have ordered Guan Yu to be captured, and he would have saved trouble.

Now that the agreement has been made, the first battle will soon begin. Gao Shun had been prepared early since Cao Cao agreed to fight, and he knew very well that in a battle of thousands of people, Cao Cao would inevitably send his own camp. At this time, when Cao Cao gave an order, he immediately led a thousand soldiers in the camp to line up in front of Cao's army, waiting for the appearance of the enemy.

Soon, a thousand enemy troops were also out of the ranks. What is surprising is that the commander of the enemy army is not Guan Yu, but a young general who is about the same age as Gao Shun and is also about twenty-five years old.

"The last general Chen arrived, and under the order of General Guan, he led the Bai Wei soldiers to battle!"

Maybe Chen Zhi's name is just a little-known guy to the rest of Cao Ying. But when Gao Shun heard the word "Chen Dao", his heart was pang. Gao Shun, who is familiar with the original history, knows very well that the talent of Chen Zhi in front of him must not be underestimated, and he finally held the high position of general of Shangzheng West in Shu, and his position is comparable to Zhao Yun. As for the elite soldiers under Chen Zhi's command, they are the first elite troops in the entire Shu Kingdom.

Zhuge Liang once mentioned in a letter to his brother Zhuge Jin: "When you go to the governor, the first emperor will be under the white tent, and the west will also go to the army." ”

This sentence is translated into the vernacular: "Chen Zhi commanded the Baiwei soldiers under the tent of the first emperor, and they were the most elite troops in the West (Shu State)." ”