"Meng De, why do you have to do this, Brother Cao's death is deeply saddened, but this matter is indeed not something that was done!"

Tao Qian said bitterly.

"Tao Qian, if it weren't for your unwise use of people, how could this happen, my father and younger brother died unjustly because of you Tao Qian, not to mention who knows if that Zhang Min was assigned by you. Today, a certain will attack the city, if you open the city to surrender, a certain will only punish your family, if you do not open the city to surrender, the city is broken, and the chickens and dogs in Xuzhou City will not be left. ”

Cao Cao's resentment is very great, and he has even lost his humanity, and now Cao Cao has only one thought in his heart, that is, to take Xuzhou City, kill Tao Qian's family, and even slaughter Xuzhou City.

"Why should Meng De be like this, Tao Qian is willing to die to eliminate the hatred in Meng De's heart."

Tao Qian smiled helplessly, he knew that if he didn't die, he would not be able to solve the danger of Xuzhou.

"It's not enough, my father, brother, uncle's life is not worth your life alone."

Cao Cao categorically refused, Tao Qian's life was not important to him, Tao Qian's life could be taken at any time, and Xuzhou was the top priority.

Although Cao Cao seemed to be so angry that he lost his mind, he didn't.

"Why should Meng De be forced to do so!"

Tao Qian's face was extremely ugly, handing over himself was already his biggest concession, and Cao Cao's persecution made the anger in his heart continue to increase.

"Since this is the case, then the victory or defeat will be determined by a battle, and the life and death of your Tao Qian family and the people of Xuzhou."

Cao Cao shouted angrily, Cao Cao was not prepared for the attack on Xuzhou City, but he was confident enough, in his opinion, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei would not support Xuzhou, let alone Yuan Shu.

"Since Meng De is unwilling to let go, Tao Qian and the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou City have no choice but to fight to the death with Meng De's army."

Tao Qian shouted in a deep voice.

"Cao Ren listens to orders!"

"The last general!"

Cao Ren rode his horse and rushed to the front of the army.

"Siege!"

Cao Cao shouted.

"No!"

Immediately afterward, the chariot carrying Cao Cao retreated into the army and was protected by hundreds of soldiers.

"Siege!"

Cao Ren drew his sword and shouted, and with Cao Ren's shout, countless soldiers marched towards Xuzhou City.

Soldiers with human-high shields approached the city walls, followed by thousands of archers.

Seeing Cao Jun's archers getting closer and closer to the city wall under the protection of the shield bearers, Tao Qian and the others' faces became extremely ugly.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Finally, the defenders still fired the first wave of arrows, and the arrows landed in the advancing Cao army's formation.

Due to the distance, the arrows did not kill the enemy, but the strength left on the shield was not enough, and of course, there were arrows that were lucky enough to injure the advancing Cao soldiers.

Cao Jun's shield hand continued to move forward, step by step in an orderly manner, and the archers behind the shield hand were also concentrated, following steadily behind, not daring to lag behind.

"Keep firing the arrows!"

After Cao's army advanced another ten steps, the defenders began a second wave of arrows.

Countless arrows fell in the formation, and this time it seemed to be much more powerful, dozens of them were injured by the arrows, and some of the shields were also stuck with arrows.

The Cao army still did not fight back, and continued to advance slowly, completely ignoring the archers of the defenders.

"Keep attacking!"

Cao Ren shouted, and another column of shield bearers appeared in the eyes of the defenders, but this time it was no longer the archers behind them.

Instead, the soldiers carrying the ladder side by side, due to the length of the ladder, in order to be able to hide behind the shield and ensure safety, the soldiers carrying the ladder are all moving side by side.

"Shoot the arrows!"

The defenders' third wave of arrows arrived, and this time the damage was even greater, and hundreds of people had already been hit by the arrows.

"Shoot back!"

At the end of the third wave of arrows of the defenders, Cao's archers finally returned fire, leaning on their shields and shooting arrows at the city walls, and three teams of archers shot arrows in turn.

Arrows rained down on the city, and hundreds of thousands of defenders were severely wounded.

You must know that when he fought with Zhang Chao, Tao Qian had an army of nearly 100,000, but after defeating Zhang Chao, first, the loss of soldiers and horses, and secondly, the loss of money and food, Tao Qian actually let a large number of soldiers retire in order to stabilize Xuzhou.

Now Xuzhou only has 30,000 troops, and this time Xuzhou City has only gathered more than 20,000 troops, this city wall is only seven or eight thousand people, and nearly 1,000 people were killed and injured at once, which is definitely an unacceptable injury for Xuzhou City.

"Your Excellency, you leave first!"

A soldier defending the city said to Tao Qian, who was panicked, that the soldiers who were beside Tao Qian just now were shot by several arrows in order to protect him and were killed instantly.

Tao Qian was stunned by this, and he was completely panicked at this time.

"Quick, help the adults go back!"

The rain of arrows outside the city appeared again, and the person who had just spoken did not dare to delay, so he hurriedly asked Tao Qian to take him away.

"Siege!"

At the same time, escorted by shields, the team with the ladder finally rushed forward, advancing faster and faster as they got closer to the walls.

"Kill! Kill ......"

The siege battle finally started, countless shouts and killings kept coming, the cloud ladder set up the city wall, and the thunder stones and rolling logs continued to smash down.

There are also arrows shooting, boiling water, sprinkling hot oil, in the face of the besieging enemy, the defenders are completely ruthless, and it can even be said that they do everything.

The battle was over in one day, and Cao Cao was not able to take Xuzhou City directly, and even paid thousands of casualties.

Of course, the situation of the defenders was not very good, and there were thousands of injuries, and compared with the Cao army, the damage of the defenders was more obvious to the disadvantage of the battle situation.

"Lord, if nothing else, this Xuzhou City will definitely be taken in two days."

Cao Ren said confidently.

"Tao Qian is not worth mentioning, the sooner this Xuzhou City is taken, the better!"

Cao Cao said in a deep voice, Xuzhou is rich, he attaches great importance to it, in addition to this, he is a little restless, and always feels that something big has happened, so he is not willing to delay in the matter of Xuzhou.

"My subordinates understand!"

Cao Ren hurriedly replied.

The next day, the siege continued, and this time Cao Ren attacked the city wall in a different way, and the effect was even better than yesterday.

The losses of the defenders of Xuzhou City became more serious, firstly, because of the lack of troops, and secondly, they did not have a good commander, and they could not resist the siege army led by Cao Ren.

As Cao Ren said, it may only take one more day for Xuzhou City to be taken.

On the third day, the siege battle continued, and as time went by, the crisis in Xuzhou City became bigger and bigger.

"Boom, boom......"

At this moment, a fierce and loud voice sounded on the flank of Cao Jun.

I saw a large army of soldiers and horses killing Cao's army.

The people at the head are Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and it is obvious that this army is Liu Bei's army who came to support Xuzhou.

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