Cao's army has already approached the city, and siege battles are inevitable. Zang Ba seized the time to set up defenses at the head of the city, and the arrows and logs were all moved from the treasury to the city wall.

However, there were only 20,000 arrows in the city, and these arrows were only enough for three days. However, this is not the most headache for Zang Ba, what he is most worried about now is that there are too few defenders in Tai'an City, only 5,000 people, and the 500 people in the headquarters he brought are only 5,500 people, and he is currently only a general.

There's no way to ask for help, and while sending the letter for help, Zang Ba pondered about mobilizing the residents of the city to come out and defend the city! No matter what, you must make it until the reinforcements arrive!

At this time, in the city of Xuzhou, Liu Bei had already received the news that Chang Feng was preparing to surrender to Cao. He was very angry at the moment, originally he had been adhering to the principle of employing people without doubt, although Han Fei had reminded him not to be gullible, but he still insisted that he should guard Tai'an City alone, but he didn't expect him to dare to secretly descend to Cao Cao!

But at this time, Liu Bei thought of another question, Cao Cao had already beaten Lu Bu back, could he not attack Qingzhou? Previously, because of Yuan Shu's attack, Zhang Fei was transferred out of Qingzhou, and Zhang He was still in Shanyang at the moment, and there were only a few people in Qingzhou, Zang Ba, who was afraid that it would be difficult to hold!

Sure enough, two days later, Liu Bei received the information that Cao Jun was dispatching and approaching Tai'an, and he was shocked and angry at the moment! Han Fei and Zhang Fei had not yet returned to Xuzhou City at this time, Liu Bei didn't care about the fatigue of the soldiers, and directly ordered them to reroute to aid Tai'an City!

When Han Fei received the order, he couldn't help frowning. His team was walking very slowly to escort the captives, and if they went to Tai'an, who knows how long it would take. Thinking of this, he found Zhang Fei, and it was Zhang Fei who said: "The three generals now Cao Cao wants to attack Qingzhou, and he wants to come to Tai'an City." The lord ordered me to wait to come to the rescue, but it took too long for the army to go, so I asked the third general to bring Yu 3,000 cavalry to take the first step. Shall I arrange these captives in a later time and raise an army to keep up? ”

"Fly boy, don't worry! Rescue soldiers are like fighting fires, and a certain family will order people to go to Tai'an City! Zhang Fei patted his chest and reassured.

Han Fei nodded, and asked Zhang Fei to lead 3,000 cavalry to take the lead, and then summoned the generals in the battalion to hold a meeting, and the army was divided into two groups, one to escort the captives back to Xuzhou City, and the other was led by himself and Mi Fang to rescue Tai'an City after Zhang Fei.

At this time, Cao's army had already begun to attack the city, and Xiahou Yuan personally led his soldiers to the bottom of the city, and dozens of ladders were set up on the head of the city. Cao Jun climbed the ladder under the cover of the archers and went straight to the city. Zang Ba commanded his men to repel Cao's army again and again at the head of the city, and never let anyone climb the head of Tai'an. However, in just one day's fighting, 800 people were killed, and no less than 1,000 were wounded.

In the face of such casualties, Zang Ba began to scratch his head, and if it continued like this, he would have no one available in two days! What to do? When Zang Ba was worried, Cao Jun's camp was not calm.

Guo Jia and Xiahou Yuan led 10,000 troops on this trip, and today's casualties are as high as more than 2,000. The two only knew that there would not be too many defenders in the city, but they didn't know how many there were. Xiahou Yuan said to Guo Jia: "Military Division, do you want to continue to attack the city tomorrow?" ”

Guo Jia nodded and said: "According to my observation, the defenders in the city will not exceed 5,000, and the defenders in this battle today will have at least 1,000 casualties, as long as there are three days, there will be no soldiers available in Zang Ba's hands!" ”

"There are no soldiers in the city, and I am afraid that there will be no soldiers in our army by then!" Xiahou Yuan smiled bitterly.

"I've thought about this, I sent a letter to General Yu Ban last night, asking him to personally bring 8,000 defenders of Dongjun to help, Dongjun will come here in three days, and when we drain the defenders of Tai'an City, he will also arrive with troops. When the time comes, it will be decided to occupy Taean. In this way, the door of Qingzhou is wide open. ”

"I'm afraid that other cities in Qingzhou will come to help!" Xiahou Yuan said worriedly.

"It's okay, I have informed the lord of the situation here, and the lord guild ordered General Cao Ren to march into Jiuli Mountain, and Liu Beijun in Shanyang is afraid that he will not be able to move the place. As for the rest, it's up to us which of us is faster! After Guo Jia finished speaking, the cold light in his eyes flashed.

The next day, Zang Ba found that Cao's offensive was more violent, and the casualties gradually expanded, and in the afternoon, Zang Ba had to let go of the archers' restrictions on arrows.

Sure enough, the archers shot more arrows and immediately suppressed Cao Jun. Until 10 p.m., Cao's army did not threaten the city. However, when the evening was counted, there were less than 5,000 arrows left.

Zang Ba had no choice but to issue a notice in the city, calling on the young people in the city to come and help defend the city! But how much of a role these untrained people can make, Zang Ba doesn't know. While he was worried, one of his men suggested, "Why don't you let the prisoners out of the prison to defend the city, and if you win, you can set them free." I think these people will work harder than others! ”

"Well, that's a great idea! What's your name? ”

"General Hui, the villain's name is Niu Ben, and he is now an uncle." Niu Ben replied.

"Niu Ben, you are very good! Ha ha! You've done a great job! Now that the officer has been promoted to the rank of captain, these prisoners will be under your command tomorrow! Zang Ba was very happy to hear Niu Ben's words, and immediately led people straight to the cell.

At this time, there were a total of one hundred and eight prisoners in the Tai'an City Prison, and Zang Baba released all of them, and organized these people into an army alone, called the prison army, and belonged to Niu Ben's command. Promise them that if they hold the city, they will be set free!

The next day, Zang Ba killed five old horses, picked up a big pot to cook meat under the city wall, and all the soldiers defending the city had a bowl of meat to eat. When the soldiers received the meat, they all cheered, and then their morale soared!

The prison army rushed to the city with the oxen today, and each of them also fished a bowl of meat to eat. Looking at the murderous subordinates on the head of the city, Zang Ba secretly said: This horse is worth killing! Look, I'm going to kill a few horses every day from today!

Cao Jun's attack today can be described as unstoppable, Xiahou Yuan didn't leave a reserve or anything at all, except for him and Guo Jia's personal guards, the rest were sent by him.

In just one morning, Cao Jun ascended to the top of the city, although he was quickly defeated each time, which made Xiahou Yuan see the hope of victory. It seems that Liu Beijun has indeed suffered heavy losses, and there are people in cloth clothes on the head of the city to help defend the city.

It must have been Zang Ba who mobilized the poor people in the city, but these poor people had no training at all, so how could they be my elite opponents. If you work hard in the afternoon, you will definitely be able to take this Tai'an City! Xiahou Yuan clenched his fist violently when he thought of this, and his heart became excited.