Xun Yu was arrested.

This greatly affected Cao Cao's plans.

Cao Cao immediately arranged for someone to send Cheng Yu away.

This time it was not only secretive, but also heavily escorted.

Cao Cao was worried that if Cheng Yu was blocked in the city, Cao Ang would only be himself.

Zhang Ming's reconnaissance also found Cheng Yu's team, but there were 5,000 people escorting it, and Zhang Ming did not send a large army to pursue it.

After a few more days, everything was ready, and Zhang Ming gave the order to march.

The army began to advance.

He wants to surround Shouchun.

In Shouchun City, Cao Cao was at the head of the city, watching Zhang Ming's army arrive.

"It's finally here."

Cao Cao was in a complicated mood, and he was in high spirits back then, but at this time, it has developed to such a point.

Zhang Ming surrounded the city, but in fact, it was not all surrounded.

Instead, the camp began five miles outside the city.

In this way, there is no way for people to enter and exit the city on a large scale, and at the same time, they can attack the city at any time.

Zhang Ming asked people to build a camp, and the camp thirty miles away was also very strong at this time, and there were also garrisons, and there were some grain and grass that Zhang Ming had hoarded.

There are also places to hoard grain and grass in the rear.

Zhang Ming arranged many places to store grain, and there were troops guarding them.

The place where a large amount of grain was stored was more than 100 miles away, in a county town.

"Wen Hou can be here."

Zhang Ming came to the head of the city and directly shouted with a loudspeaker.

Zhang Ming asked the people at the head of the city to put down a basket, and he sent a few loudspeakers.

Cao Cao had to come to the city every day to inspect and saw Zhang Ming.

At this time, Cao Cao was already very old.

Zhang Ming waited for a while, and Lu Bu came.

"Liaohou, what do you have to teach you?"

"Looking for you to duel, we will each send three generals to fight to the death, what do you think?"

Lu Bu was furious and was about to agree, but found out that the person in charge was not himself.

"Liaohou, you and I can duel directly."

"I'm not your opponent, I can still hold up with two hundred moves, and after two hundred moves, I may lose, not to mention that you have a red rabbit, I really can't beat it."

"However, in the Cao army, without Dian Wei and Xu Chu, there will be three generals, and I and my brother Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will be able to kill you without leaving a piece of armor."

Zhang Ming shouted with a megaphone downstairs, and Cao Cao frowned.

This is obviously to suppress their morale.

This may also be a temptation.

In the city, in addition to Lu Bu, how many generals are there?

Zhang Ming bluntly said that he was not Lu Bu's opponent, but he would not weaken his prestige at all.

On the contrary, Zhang Ming can fight with him for two hundred rounds, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to find it in the world.

Cao Cao knew that Zhang Ming was here to demoralize them.

"Lu Bu, if you don't fight, if you don't fight, my younger brothers will be subordinate to Yuzhou."

As soon as these words came out, Cao Cao's heart jumped a few times.

Si Li, Xu Yu persuaded him to withdraw his soldiers and horses, but he sent two generals to guard the town.

"Cao Cao, are you there?"

"Liaohou."

Cao Cao came out, also holding a megaphone in his hand.

"Wei Hou, you are not angry enough when you speak, you are old."

Bullying Cao Cao every day, Zhang Ming does look very young on the surface, maybe because of the system's attributes, Zhang Ming looks like he is twenty-seven or eighteen years old at this time.

Cao Cao is indeed old.

"Liaohou, the city is here, there are 100,000 troops in the city, if you can defeat this Shouchun, the whole world will be unhindered."

Cao Cao stood at the head of the city, and began to seize the initiative with Zhang Ming in a word.

There were no 100,000 troops in the city, only 60,000.

However, with the solidity of the city and the complete materials inside, Cao Cao is confident that the normal supply is normal, and it is normal to block it for two or three years.

Zhang Ming, 100,000 troops, conventional fighting methods, it is impossible to defeat it.

However, Zhang Ming didn't plan to fight hard.

Lu Bu couldn't fight, and Zhang Ming didn't know how many generals there were in the city.

If most of the people are blocked in the city, Zhang Ming will definitely die to the end.

As long as you take Shouchun City, you can eliminate at least half of the enemies.

Zhang Ming surrounded Shouchun.

Now Sun Ce couldn't sit still.

At the same time, the army in Jizhou and other places was also active, preparing to attack Sili and other places.

At this time, Ma Teng and others in Liangzhou couldn't sit still.

After defeating Sili and other places, it won't take long for Zhang Ming to move westward, conquer Chang'an, and then go to their Xiliang border.

For a while, the storm was surging.

A large number of people from Sili and Yuzhou fled to Jingzhou.

However, some did not flee.

It's useless to run away, the situation is already obvious, and there is no suspense for Zhang Ming to win the world.

Naturally, many people are reluctant to run away.

Escape once and lose a lot of money.

In the end, he was arrested by Zhang Ming, but there was still nothing.

simply don't run away, take the initiative to cooperate, hand over part of the property, and leave more property behind.

It's just that in the future, there will be no more privileges, but at least there is still a lot of money and a decent life.

privileges, some families have also seen it.

Some families go to let their juniors take the imperial examination.

It was already obvious that Zhang Ming wanted to do something elsewhere.

The battle for unification has begun.

Zhang Ming besieged Shouchun City and did not start fighting immediately.

Rather, build a defense outside the city.

"Gao Shun, send the army to build two trenches two meters deep and tens of meters wide in the south and west."

Zhang Ming suddenly ordered Gao Shun to dig a trench, which was puzzling.

Gao Shun said: "My lord, the trench has been dug by the other party since ancient times, why do we dig it?" ”

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Zhang Ming said: "We only attack two city walls, and we can reduce the defensive pressure in these two directions. ”

"The ancient siege of the city, the siege of three is missing one, which can disperse the pressure of the enemy's defense, let them survive, and let them not defend to the death."

"And now both sides understand that there is only one way to defend and stumble."

"In addition, if they really want to surrender, they also understand that we will treat the prisoners preferentially, and they will go to work on the construction site for two years at most, and then they will be given land and houses."

"Dig two trenches, the people in the city can't rush out, we just need to defend the two city walls, the pressure is reduced, Cao Cao don't want to take the opportunity to escape, the people outside the city, there is a high probability that they will come to support Cao Cao, and we can concentrate our forces at that time."

Zhang Ming felt that when they began to attack Yuzhou, as long as the army in Yuzhou could not hold back and retreated, they would definitely come to support Cao Cao.

After Gao Shun understood, he immediately commanded people to work.

The place where the trench was dug was more than 200 meters outside the city.

At this time, the periphery had been completely surrounded, and no one could approach within a radius of five miles, and there were troops patrolling all the time.

At the head of the city, Cao Cao received the news and immediately came to check.

"Are they going to divert water to flood the city?" Cao Cao asked.

Xu You said: "It's not right, although it is close to the water system, there is no terrain advantage, they have to dig, and it is difficult to dig through it for several months." ”

There are not only rivers but also lakes around this Shouchun City, but it is located lower than Shouchun City, and the water cannot be brought in at all.

Everyone was puzzled and continued to watch.

Start digging, and this digging will take a few days.

Cao Cao went up to the city every day to see.

"My lord, I have a bad idea." Xun You said.

Cao Cao put his hands behind his back, looked down, and then said, "Let's talk about it." ”

"The main purpose of their digging is to prevent us from breaking through, and at the same time to prevent the outside army from coming to the rescue, when the time comes, Zhang Ming only needs to defend in two directions."

Cao Cao's face changed.

This Zhang Ming didn't want to let him go.

Digging trenches, which is also regarded as encircling points for reinforcements.

Wait for Zhang Ming to clean up other places, and then besiege Shouchun City with heavy troops.

At that time, even if Zhang Ming doesn't attack, Cao Cao will be trapped to death.

Cao Cao was not too worried, he said to a few people around him: "Cheng Yu and Ang'er will solve it, you don't have to worry about safety, it's really too much to hold on, I die, you live." ”

"My lord."

Everyone shouted movingly, and Cao Cao said: "You don't have to die with me, an old man, not to mention that there is no point in dying like this." ”

Cao Cao's original strategy was not wrong.

Trapped in Shouchun, you can buy time.

They are now sorely short of time.

Cao Ang, on his part, has already begun to prepare, he not only wants to tuntian, but also to train the army.

South of the Yangtze River, Cao Ang worked hard to develop.

After a few more days, Zhang Ming dug a rudimentary trench.

These two trenches are here, two meters deep and dozens of meters wide, and no army can cross them.

They don't want to come out of here, and Zhang Ming doesn't want to attack from here.

It seems that Zhang Ming is not in a hurry.

100,000 troops, here, have to eat a lot of grain and grass every day.

How can Zhang Ming not be in a hurry, if he can fight at a great price, Zhang Ming is willing to pay.

However, now, with their 100,000 troops, it's really hard to say, and it is estimated that they will not be able to fight.

In the city, there is Cao Cao, tens of thousands of troops, and a group of generals.

At this time, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Xu Huang Gao Lan had already left.

Zhang Ming was surrounded by Gao Shun and Zhao Yun.

The rest of the generals had already gone to the front line, and at the same time attacked in the direction of Si Li and Yuzhou.

The offensive has begun.

It's overwhelming.

At this time, Zhang Ming was fully open on three fronts and fighting in three places.

Sili, Yanzhou and then Yangzhou Shouchun here.

Zhang Ming kept collecting information.

In terms of intelligence, their own army has continued to achieve results.

"Oh, this Liu Bei jumped out again."

An urgent message sent from Jingzhou, this Liu Bei and Sun Ce are going to do it.

"It's a pity, it's too late, this Liu Bei is really a big trouble."

It turned out that in terms of intelligence, Liu Bei planned to directly launch a mutiny.

Sun Ce went to drag Jiangxia Huangzu, and Liu Bei directly launched a mutiny.

Liu Bei's mutiny was conditional, and most of Jingzhou's troops were co-opted by him.

I have to say that this Liu Bei really has a hand at winning people over.

Got a lot of people in Jingzhou.

And this Liu Biao is too old, and it is already difficult to defend Chengdu.

Liu Biao is old.

However, everyone also saw that time was running out, so let Liu Biao go down.

Zhang Ming is about to be killed.

So, Zhou Yu helped to be a lobbyist.

Only when several families unite and resist Zhang Ming together can it be possible to stop Zhang Ming.

Therefore, some power groups in Jingzhou, especially the support of the Cai family.

Together, they want to support Liu Bei on the throne.

However, Huang Zu has a grudge against Sun Ce and others, in order to facilitate cooperation in the future, and Huang Zu is Liu Biao's confidant, so he must be eliminated.

It was too late for Zhang Ming to receive the news.

Otherwise, inform Liu Biao and let Jingzhou be in chaos.

When the time comes, it will be much easier to clean up by yourself.

Now, Jingzhou cooperates with Sun Ce, and its strength will increase greatly, and it will be difficult for him at that time.

Sure enough, a few days later, Sun Ce led his troops to attack Huang Zu, and Liu Bei took the opportunity to attack.

Liu Biao, who was ill, was killed, and Liu Bei took Jingzhou Mu by himself.

At this time, Cai Mao and others supported Liu Bei together.

Liu Bei was supported by the great forces in Jingzhou.

"Jingzhou, when I sweep Cao Cao, the next thing is Jingzhou."

Jingzhou, not very easy to do, Zhang Ming received the news, at this time Jingzhou already has 200,000 troops.

After Liu Bei took the position, he trained day and night.

At this time, Liu Bei, Pang Tong, Zhou Yu, and Sun Ce met.

Pang Tong has already gone out of the mountain to help Liu Bei, but Zhuge Liang has not yet come out of the mountain.

"Duke Liu, if we don't send troops to intervene now and stop Zhang Ming from attacking Wei Hou, I'm afraid that soon, once Wei Hou is destroyed, Zhang Ming will sweep through, and you and I won't be able to escape." Zhou Yu persuaded him.

Liu Bei was quite thoughtful, and after pondering for a while, he said: "But I just got Jingzhou, and my power is not stable, if I send troops, it is difficult to ensure that Jingzhou will not be chaotic." ”

This is indeed a problem.

Sun Ce also thought about it, so he said: "You send 50,000 troops, I send 100,000 troops, and all the grain and grass are supplied by Liu Gong, so good?" ”

"Okay, that's it."

Liu Bei agreed, and Sun Ce said again: "However, in the short term, Marquis Wei is fine, you and I can prepare for a period of time, and then discuss with Prince Cao Ang, and finally send troops." ”

The two sides agreed.

The three parties want to unite, Wei Shu and Wu, the three parties can unite together, maybe they themselves didn't think of it.

Zhang Ming's army stormed Sili, Yuzhou and other places at this time.

The armies of the two sides cannot be united.

At this time, they each resisted the attack of Zhang Ming's army.

At this time, the three directions combined, Zhang Ming mobilized more than 300,000 troops.

More than 300,000 troops attacked in three ways, killing Cao's army unable to resist.

Si Li and Yuzhou were not well prepared before, and transferred some soldiers and horses to Cao Ang and Cao Cao.

Zhang Ming attacked Shouchun first, forcing Cao Cao to focus on Shouchun.

If Shouchun is lost, Zhang Ming will go south directly, and most places in Yangzhou will fall directly.

Si Li couldn't resist it first, and was attacked by Xi Zhicai and Xu Rong, and he had already lost all places except Wancheng.

And Yuzhou, under the onslaught of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, has also made significant progress.

At this time, Zhang Ming was also preparing to attack.

The trench had been dug, and Zhang Ming had deployed 10,000 men in these two directions.

And the remaining 90,000 people, gathered.

Of course, Cao Cao was also relieved of these two directions, and only arranged some people standing guard.

After more than a month of siege, Zhang Ming built a lot of siege equipment.

Finally, Zhang Ming planned to attack.

Attack, at least get some information about the city.

Then, Zhang Ming attacked.

Tens of thousands of troops, attacking repeatedly.

Tragic.

It's very tragic.

The attack lasted six days and more than 16,000 people were killed.

Zhang Ming paused the attack.

The configuration in the city, the generals, and Zhang Ming also figured out a little.

"Big brother, the city is well prepared, this Shouchun City is tall, it is better for us to slowly dig up the city wall."

"It's good to dig a hole in the ground, and the attack is only to determine the generals in the city."

"Now, it has been confirmed that Cao Ren, Xiahoudun, Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Xiu are not inside."

"There are Cao Cao and a few strategists in the city, as well as Lu Bu and his generals, as well as Li Dian and Le Jin."

"It's worth spending a few months here with these people trapping these people."