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When the Cao Jun sergeants patrolling on the edge of the battlefield looked at Xiapi, they also lost their usual contempt and arrogance. The soldiers and horses of Xuzhou are indeed inferior to the Cao army, but with the help of the Qingzhou army, not only the fighting generals have won one after another, but also a lot of local conflicts have been saved.

In particular, the Dare to First Army has reached the point of winning almost every battle, which makes everyone in Cao's army fearful, and even Cao Cao himself is greedy for such a group of soldiers and horses.

"Lord, the grain and grass sent from Yanzhou are becoming scarce day by day, if we can't capture Xiapi within half a month, I'm afraid I'm going to starve..."

This person is the important general under Cao Cao's account, and he is forbidden to the Wen Rule. Unlike other princes, the generals under Cao Cao's account were divided into two factions, one of which was the relatives of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, on which Cao Cao relied the most, and the other was the foreign surname generals led by generals such as Yu Ban and Le Jin.

Among the generals with foreign surnames, Yu Ban is the leader.

Maybe Yu Ban's martial arts are not very strong, but in terms of commanding troops, he is also outstanding in the entire Cao army, and Cao Cao also attaches great importance to it. Originally, Cao Jun's grain and grass problem was the responsibility of Xiahoudun, and after Xiahoudun was injured, Cao Cao handed over the matter to Yu Ban.

It's a pity that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and Yu Ban's ability is strong, but if there is no food, there is no food, and no matter how strong Yu Ban's ability is, it is impossible to conjure food for Cao Cao, right?

".........." Cao Cao did not answer Yu Ban when he heard this, but stood up silently, walked to the position at the door of the tent and looked at Xiapi in the distance.

Xun Yu, who had just returned to Yanzhou not long ago, had already sent him a letter informing him of the situation in Yanzhou. At present, Cao Cao did not control the entire territory of Yanzhou, and only most of the areas under his control were already in full swing to send grain from the territory to the front line.

However, the situation in Yanzhou has been very bad in the past few years, and the continuous war has greatly damaged the grain production. With the current grain production in Yanzhou can not support Cao's army for too long, Cao Cao originally hoped to be able to take Xuzhou in a short time, at least Xiapi, so that he can make up for the lack of food in the territory, and can also greatly expand his own strength—————— considering the richness of Xuzhou, as long as he can get here, it will be very helpful for Cao Cao's strength to increase.

At the beginning, it was indeed overwhelming, and almost all the cities along the way were broken by Cao Cao, and I am afraid that it will not take long for Cao Cao to control the entire territory of Xuzhou, at least to capture Xiapi. Who would have thought that at this time, a Cheng biting Jin came out halfway, and the appearance of the Qingzhou Army shattered Cao Cao's hopes of resolving the war in the short term...

"Is it true that I can't avenge my late father..."

And most importantly, is it really impossible to take Xuzhou?

"Hey!" The grumpy Cao Ren slapped his thigh fiercely, and the other generals also sighed after glancing at each other.

If it's just the Xuzhou Army, of course, it's nothing, the key is that the appearance of the Qingzhou Army has greatly affected the battle situation.

Cao Cao also knew that there was indeed a predicament at the moment, originally the Cao army should have besieged Xiapi, during this time with the help of the Qingzhou army, the Xuzhou army repelled the Cao army several times, so that Cao Cao had to station the camp far away from the city, which was unimaginable at the beginning, and also made the originally high morale of the Cao army become a lot more depressed. Compared to this, the defeat of the fighter is nothing. After all, there are also fierce generals in Cao's army, and Cao Cao has called Dian Wei to Xuzhou not long ago.

Although Dian Wei is just a reckless man, he doesn't know any art of war at all, and it is basically impossible to expect him to lead troops to fight. But if Dian Wei's martial arts are second among Cao Jun, I'm afraid no one will dare to say that he is the first.

Even if Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan and Cao Hong were not injured before, they might not be able to defeat Dian Wei. This time, Cao Cao called Dian Wei in the hope of being able to overwhelm the Qingzhou Army in the link of fighting generals.

Of course, considering the martial arts of the two generals of the Qingzhou Army, Zhao Yun and Gan Ning, Cao Cao is not very confident. This is also why Dian Wei has been in place for a while, and Cao Cao has not let him go into battle—————— that is, he is going to go, and he should be almost rested, and everything is at his peak.

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The current situation has made Cao's army a bit of a dilemma, and it is good to continue to advance, but the issue of grain and grass is also very important. If you really boil until the grain and grass are gone, I am afraid it will be difficult to withdraw from Xuzhou at that time.

Not to mention anything else, just the remaining more than 4,000 Qingzhou cavalry troops are enough for Cao Jun to drink a pot. If you are chased and killed all the way on the way to withdraw the army, it is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out if you make a bad trouble.

But if you withdraw...

has already paid such a huge sacrifice, and it is very unwilling to withdraw like this, whether it is Cao Cao or the generals under his account...

Compared with Cao Cao and others who are all kinds of entangled, the strategists under his account are much more rational.

After the Qingzhou Army arrived, Xi Zhicai and Xun You already knew that Xuzhou might be difficult to take, but at that time they didn't know much about the Qingzhou Army, thinking that there were still some opportunities, so they didn't insist on withdrawing the army.

However, this period of competition has made them understand a lot, especially the fact that there is a resourceful person on the other side who is not inferior to them, which makes them deeply worried. If it really comes to the day when they have to withdraw their troops, the other party only needs to come up with some strategies to make them unable to guard against it. Coupled with the strong Qingzhou cavalry, things are quite bad.

Thinking of this, Xi Zhi took the lead and walked out, and he was about to advise, who wanted to just say a word. "My lord..." There was already the sound of hurried footsteps outside, and I saw a pawn running in from outside, reporting to the people in the tent.

"Lord, the scout found a soldier and horse twenty miles away from the camp, with the word Liu written on it, which seems to be Tao Qian's reinforcements..."

"What?" At this moment, both Cao Cao and the others were taken aback. "Liu Zi?"

"Could it be that Liu Yu's old guy is also involved?" After lowering his head and thinking about it carefully, Cao Cao couldn't help but say a little depressed.

Just like the people they met on the road before, Cao Cao's first thought was Liu Yu from Youzhou. No wonder they think so, in fact, there are only a few princes surnamed Liu in these years, Liu Yu, Liu Biao, Liu Yan, Liu Xuan, that's all.

Among them, Liu Yu's reputation is the best, if Cao Cao's massacre of the city in Xuzhou is known by Liu Yu, it is unlikely that he will really send troops south to help Tao Qian.

"Do you know how many soldiers and horses are there?"

Yu Ban didn't bother with this matter like Cao Cao, but immediately turned his head to look at the pawn next to him and asked.

"I don't know yet, but it's said to be about three thousand," the pawn replied quickly.

The scouts who rushed back didn't look too clearly and rushed back, and the number given was only an approximate number.

"Three thousand?" The generals in the camp looked at each other, and became a little suspicious.

The number of 3,000 may be relatively large on the Jiangdong side, after all, there are many small princes in the Jiangdong direction, and 3,000 soldiers and horses are not a small number. But in the Central Plains, 3,000 soldiers and horses are a lot, but they are nothing, especially in this war...

Knowing that someone came to the rescue with 3,000 soldiers and horses, the people present were a little strange.

"Maybe it's Liu Yu's vanguard?"

Cao Ren thought about it for a moment and spoke.

At least in his opinion, this is probably the most realistic one, otherwise someone would dare to come over with more than 3,000 soldiers and horses? He really didn't believe in this, so Liu Yu was also a well-known big man, so he shouldn't have sent 3,000 soldiers and horses to Xuzhou, right?

"No matter what, my lord, since it is a reinforcement from Xuzhou, we can't let them enter Xiapi easily, and we should also send troops and horses to intercept it..." I heard that Liu Yu is a benevolent and righteous gentleman, and he is not very good at leading and fighting, and most of the generals under his command are like this. Xuzhou is so far away from Youzhou, it is impossible for Liu Yu to personally lead the troops here, it must be his henchmen and generals, and we can try our best to defeat the soldiers and horses in his hands first..."

Speaking of this, Xi Zhicai's gaze was also a little solemn.

There was a Qingzhou army before, and now there is a Youzhou army, and two groups of reinforcements have already run over. Who knows if there will be new soldiers and horses coming over, if there are a few more batches, I'm afraid it won't be easy for them to even return to Yanzhou in a gray way...

However, in any case, the most important thing at the moment is to stop the soldiers and horses who are coming, and not let them go to Xiapi to meet the other soldiers and horses in the city, otherwise things will only become more difficult.

Cao Cao also knew this, and immediately took the generals in the tent and thousands of soldiers and horses out of the camp first, intending to deal with these reinforcements before the soldiers and horses in the city could respond.

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The distance of twenty miles is a distance that is neither close nor far, and if you walk, it will probably take more than an hour to walk at the fastest speed, but if two groups of soldiers and horses meet each other, this number will be greatly reduced, to a very small extent.

Soon, Cao Cao, who led the soldiers and horses out of the camp, saw thousands of soldiers and horses coming on, and when he first saw the word 'Liu', just like everyone else, Cao Cao also thought that this was the soldiers and horses from Youzhou, and he was very surprised.

But soon, Cao Cao discovered that there was something wrong with this group of soldiers and horses.

Youzhou cannot be said to be a particularly rich state, but in the past two years, under Liu Yu's governance, it can be regarded as the kind of people living and working in peace and contentment, and the overall strength is not very bad. But looking at the appearance of the soldiers and horses on the other side, not only are most of the soldiers old and weak, but the ordnance on their bodies is also unsatisfactory, many of them have no armor on their bodies, and they are just carrying a spear in their hands...

This seems to be a bit big different from Cao Cao's impression of Youzhou soldiers and horses? At least Cao Cao remembered that the soldiers and horses in Youzhou should not be so poor, right?

But when they got closer to each other and he could see the other side clearly, he realized that everything he had thought before seemed to be wrong.

"Liu Bei? How did he come here..."It's not surprising that Cao Cao can recognize Liu Bei opposite, but the characteristics of the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang on the opposite side are too obvious, and almost as long as they are normal, they can see their appearance.

Especially when the sour jujube alliance, although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and others did not repel Lu Bu, both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei left a deep impression on Cao Cao. Liu Bei himself is a person with a different appearance, and he is different from ordinary people, so it is no wonder that Cao Cao can remember it, and at the same time, it also makes Cao Cao understand why the soldiers and horses on the opposite side are so poor.

"Liu Xuande, what are you doing here?!"

Patting the horse out of the battle, Cao Cao asked unceremoniously.

Since Liu Bei came here with his soldiers and horses, his intentions were basically obvious, how could Cao Cao have a good attitude towards him? If it weren't for the thought of persuading Liu Bei to leave and not to get involved, I'm afraid he would have already rushed forward.

"Ming Gong!" Seeing Cao Cao out of the formation, Liu Bei also came out of the formation under the escort of the two brothers and bowed to Cao Cao. "Prepare to worship the king's face from outside the gate, and the day after tomorrow will be on one side, and it will not be enough to serve. Xiang respected his father Cao Hou, but because Zhang Min was unkind, he was killed, and it was not Tao Gongzu's crime. At present, the relics of the Yellow Turban are disturbed outside, and Dong Zhuoyu's party is entrenched inside. May the Ming Duke first be anxious for the court, and then for personal revenge, withdraw the troops of Xuzhou to save the country, then Xuzhou is very fortunate, and the world is very fortunate. ”

If these words were to be said in the letter, I am afraid that people would think that they were sarcastic. However, Liu Bei has always spoken sincerely, and the people present were unhappy when they heard it, and it was difficult to say that the other party was mocking him.

But...

How could it be that he just walked away in disgrace? At least Cao Cao would never have given up like that.

"Needless to say, Tao Qian's husband harmed my father, I swear to kill him, if you know each other, leave here immediately, otherwise Hugh will blame me for being ruthless..."

Liu Bei didn't think that he could persuade Cao Cao to quit with words, so he didn't say anything. When Zhang Fei next to him heard this, he was so angry that he shouted, and the snake spear in his hand pointed at Cao Cao. "Traitor, give me my life!" Riding his horse and galloping over, he had to take Cao Cao's head first.

At this time, there were nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses of Cao Jun present, where would Zhang Fei be so arrogant, and soon a military general rushed up and wanted to stop him, but he didn't expect to be cut off by Zhang Fei in just a few rounds, this scene surprised Cao Cao and others.

"I didn't expect this puppet's martial arts to be so powerful..."

At least in the eyes of everyone, this kind of martial arts is not much inferior to Gan Ning or Zhao Yun.

However, just when Zhang Fei eliminated two more opponents and almost went straight to this Cao Cao, he saw that a man who was almost as strong as Zhang Fei had already killed him from the oblique direction, and the halberd in his hand directly blocked Zhang Fei's snake spear...