Xuzhou plus the garrison of Xiapi Xiaopei and other places, there are a total of 100,000 troops. Liu Xie's 60,000 cavalry camped in Xiazhai five miles south of Xuzhou City, waiting for the arrival of follow-up troops.

Since he arrived overnight, he did not dare to slack off, and ordered the sergeant to strengthen his vigilance to prevent Lu Bu from raiding.

On the one hand, he sent people to Liaodong and ordered Gongsun Zan to attack Yuan Shao, and sent people to Sun Ce in Jiangdong to order him to attack Yuan Shu.

Although the princes did not submit to the imperial court, they all had their own ambitions and wanted to annex each other, so Liu Xie also seized this point and let the princes kill each other, and the court could reap the benefits of the fishermen.

Liu Xie stationed the army in an open field, and sure enough, not long after the village, Lu Bu's general Hao Meng Chenglian and the two led 10,000 cavalry and 5,000 soldiers to attack from the south gate of Xuzhou.

If there are 5,000 equipment soldiers, there will be 1,000 sunset crossbows, which will be released, and the power should not be underestimated, and the Han army galloped all the way, and their own equipment soldiers have not come behind yet, so the current Han army in the south of Xuzhou City does not have sunset crossbows.

The scouts had already found out the information, and Liu Xie said: "We can't let the enemy's sunset crossbow be launched, our army needs to attack quickly, and we must not retreat!" ”

At the sound of an order, the army rushed away. Then 60,000 cavalry charged, and they shot arrows. Liu Xie rushed forward first, and shouted as he rushed: "Five thousand cavalry archers are ready to shoot fire, and then release them when they reach the range!" ”

There are 30,000 archer and 30,000 crossbow cavalry among the 60,000 cavalry archers, the archer has a longer range than the arrows of the crossbow cavalry, and each archer has a single fire arrow, which is the same as the principle of the fire arrow of the sunset crossbow, and it is also tied to gunpowder, iron pellets and fuses on the arrow shaft, but the individual fire fire arrow is the first level than the sunset crossbow fire fire arrow in terms of size and power, but it is also very shocking to use.

Liu Xie ordered, and immediately five thousand cavalry archers took out flaming arrows and put them on the bowstring, mixed with these five thousand crossbow cavalry, ready to light the fuse for them.

The tactics of the archers and crossbow cavalry are usually trained, so when they are in battle, as long as they give an order, there is no confusion at all, and among the 30,000 archers, it is said that there should be 5,000 cavalry archers to prepare individual fire arrows, and there is no need to point out which 5,000 soldiers are arranged, according to the sequence, there are already 5,000 soldiers to make corresponding preparations.

The two armies faced each other and attacked quickly, and Hao Mengcheng's army was also riding and shooting, shooting arrows at each other on both sides. Hao Meng hurriedly ordered the soldiers to set up the sunset crossbow.

Liu Xie said with a smile: "Stupid, I have my artifact in the air, but I don't know how to use it, the sunset crossbow can't fight in the wild!" Rush me! ”

Seeing that it was within the firing range, Liu Xie ordered: "Five thousand individual fire arrows are launched!" ”

Five thousand individual fiery arrows were shot out in unison, and in the sunset enemy formation, the artillery bombardment was like a thunderbolt, and Lu Bu's army was stunned.

And the individual fire arrow was only developed and equipped with the Han army this year, so when Lu Bu defected, he did not have this technology, which made Lu Bu suffer a big loss in this battle.

Both sides had casualties, but Lu Bu's army suffered greater casualties, Hao Meng led the army to flee to the city, Cheng Lian scolded: "Those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, what face do you have to see Wenhou?" ”

Hao Meng didn't care about this, just fled, Gao Shun chased after him and shouted: "Hao Meng descends quickly, Rao Ru will not die!" ”

Hao Meng put the gun in his hand on his horse, raised his hand and said, "Brother Gao, I will surrender!" ”

Gao Shun was about to go to catch him, but at this moment, the city gate was wide open, Lu Bu waved his army to kill, Hao Meng suddenly took out his bow and shot an arrow at Gao Shun.

Gao Shun was caught off guard, received an arrow in the shoulder socket, and fell off the horse, and Liu Xie saw it behind him and shouted: "Hurry up and save Gao Shun!" ”

A soldier had already stepped forward and took Gao Shun back.

Seeing Lu Bu personally kill out of the city, Liu Xie shouted: "Lu Bu is brave, you can only shoot from a distance, not close combat, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

All the generals originally wanted to go up and kill Lu Bu to make meritorious contributions, but when they heard Liu Xie say this, although they were not convinced, they did not dare to resist the order, and they all shot him with arrows from afar, and did not dare to approach.

Lu Bu clashed left and right, and as soon as the Han soldiers met him, they all retreated sharply, panicking but not chaotic.

Lu Bu killed for a long time, and he could only kill a few small soldiers, and he was like thunder, shouting: "Liu Xie'er, bully me too much!" ”

Although Lu Bu had 100,000 troops, but there were not many in Xuzhou City, more than half of them were stationed in Xiapi and other places.

Lu Bu has always been stubborn and arrogant, no one in his eyes, thinking that the little emperor was weak, and this battle would definitely give him a heavy blow, who expected that this battle would suffer a big loss.

Seeing Gao Shun, Lu Bu shouted: "Gao Shun is a vertical son, there is no faith at all!" ”

Gao Shun was already injured by an arrow, and after listening to Lu Bu's scolding, he didn't dare to fight, so he could only retreat, and Liu Xie ordered him to go back to the rear to treat the arrow wound.

Lu Bu rose up and rushed to Liu Xie, Liu Xie's left and right guards were too many guards, no matter how powerful Lu Bu was, it was difficult to break through, Liu Xie didn't fight with him, and under the protection of the guards, he ran everywhere.

Lu Bu relied on the red rabbit horse and wanted to rush over quickly to take Liu Xie, but there were riding arrows everywhere, shooting arrows at him, and he was shot back many times, Cheng Lian pulled him and shouted: "Greetings, let's go back." ”

Lu Bu was furious: "Don't go back!" Vowed to take down Liu Xie's children! ”

And the distance between him and Liu Xie is getting bigger and bigger, and there are a lot of Han troops in the middle, plus the cavalry shooting around is indiscriminate, so he has to retreat to the city with Hao Meng and Cheng Lian.

But said that Liu Xie rushed to kill in the formation, and he himself killed several Lu Bu soldiers, seeing that he was getting farther and farther away from Lu Bu, and he had no threat, but an army rushed out of the front, and the main general was Liu Bei, with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, leading a thousand troops, blocking the way.

Liu Xie asked: "Xuande is a member of the royal family, and he is my uncle in terms of seniority, do you want to betray me?" ”

Liu Bei bowed his head, was speechless, and left with Guan and Zhang.

The generals wanted to pursue, but Liu Xie stopped him and said: "Xuande is a loyal and righteous person, Guan Zhang and the others are even more loyal and brave, and they cannot be chased." ”

After a scuffle, Lu Bu led the defeated army back into the city.

Liu Xie ordered the whole army to be divided and defend the four city gates of Xuzhou.

Zhao Yun said: "Your Majesty, the number of our army is not large, and there are casualties in this battle, if the siege is divided, I am afraid that Lu Bu will come again, and it is not good to bear it." ”

Liu Xie said: "Zilong is worried, Lu Bu is in this battle, only our army is powerful, and we will not dare to come out, as soon as my reinforcements arrive, we can surround Xuzhou with all our might." ”

In addition to besieging Xuzhou, Liu Xie strengthened the defenses south of the city to prevent Lü Bu from escaping and Yuan Shu from coming to support.

In this battle of Lu Bu, many soldiers retreated to the city at any time. The Han army surrounded Xuzhou without attacking, and waited for the follow-up troops to arrive before deciding on the plan to break the city.

In this way, the Han army was stationed.

Liu Xie went to visit Gao Shun's injury, but Hao Meng's arm strength was not large, and the arrow did not penetrate deeply, so Gao Shun's injury was not too serious, and he could be cured in a day or two after applying medicine.

The Han army camped, rested and rectified, and the follow-up troops gradually arrived at dawn at night.

(End of chapter)