Chapter 137: Reinforcements Arrive
(Recommended reading: 'The princes fall, the big stars fall', it's just a legend, Xiao Yi's neck is about to break, and he watched Zhou Tianhuanyu all over it, but he didn't wait for the expected meteor shower, but he made a 'pillow', and he didn't sleep well for several nights!
Lujiang's military report came, causing a lot of shock in Cao Ying, no matter what, Yuan Shu is one of the princes of the Ten Directions after all, the overlord of the powerful Jianghuai, such a figure falls, the impact on the people's hearts is quite large, but after the shock, it is an infinite carnival, the generals and colonels in the battalion have shouted wine, fought hard for many years, and saw a strong enemy perish, congratulations!
In the countless laughter, Prime Minister Cao Cao was extraordinarily calm, he asked people to set up an altar in the back tent, and personally sacrificed to the old man, and finally sighed, "I went to half of Yuan Highway, and came to a Sun Bofu, the gains outweigh the losses!" ”
However, one thing is certain, the 'little overlord' - Sun Ce is busy chasing the remnants of the Yuan army, digesting the huge fruits of victory after the first battle of Lujiang, in a short period of time, he does not have the energy to send troops north to participate in the battle for Xuzhou, but it makes the people of Cao Ying feel a lot more relieved!
A wave has not settled, wave after wave, the situation in the south has temporarily stabilized, but the situation in the north is very worrying, Yuan Shao, Hebei, that is famous for 'seeing small profits and forgetting his life', don't look at what he says, but who can guarantee that the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command will not take advantage of the situation to go south?
'Treachery' is such a thing, others may have some scruples about doing it, but for Yuan Shao, it is as simple as eating Chinese cabbage, Jizhou, he got it by this means, and he has to guard against it!
"Governor, all the troops and horses are ready to set off at any time!" At night, the Chinese officer - Xiaobin entered the account to report the military situation, in order to prevent the Hebei soldiers and horses from going south, Prime Minister Cao Cao has passed down a military order, let Xiao Yi command 50,000 troops, and live on the northern border of Xuzhou to prevent trouble!
"Command the ministries to act according to the plan!" Xiao Yi waved his hand, and the soldiers under his tent immediately rushed out to give orders, and soon, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded in the camp, and with the night wind, it came out from afar~~
"Tiger dove, whether you live or die, it depends on your destiny...... let's go!"
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In the past half a month, he has been lying on the head of Xiapi City every day, looking forward to the stars and the moon waiting for reinforcements to appear, and at the same time observing Cao Jun's every move.
As a battlefield general, Lu Bu's eyes are very keen, don't look at the Cao camp on the surface, there is no change, even the size of the camp has not changed, but he judged from the bonfire at night that at least about 50,000 Cao troops have been transferred, and most of them are still cavalry, including the most elite Xuanjia Iron Cavalry!
"Why did Cao Jun move late at night, and they went there again?"
Whenever he thinks of this problem, Lu Bu's heart is hot, the soldiers and horses must be dispatched to meet the enemy, the five counties of Xuzhou have all fallen, and it is impossible for reinforcements to appear, so the only possibility is that there are foreign soldiers and horses killing into the territory, is it Yuan Shao's Hebei soldiers? Or Sun Ce's Jiangdong soldiers?
No matter which way, in short, reinforcements are coming!
"Quick, please come to the city to discuss matters!" Half a month has passed since the last bloody battle, and during this time, the Cao army has not moved, just tightly besieging the city, neither attacking nor withdrawing troops, and the two sides have been stalemate!
For the defenders in the city, this feeling is even worse, like a sword hanging above his head, dangling around, I don't know what the breeze will blow, it will fall, causing the defenders to be generally nervous, and even caused a small-scale 'camp roar', killing and wounding hundreds of soldiers, fortunately Lu Bu dealt with it in time and ordered to kill those crazy soldiers, so that the matter did not spread!
Chen Gong came quickly, his eyes were red, during this time, he patrolled the city defense day and night, strictly guarded it, and the whole person lost weight!
"Take a look at the public platform, Cao Jun is constantly dividing his troops out of the camp, thinking that reinforcements are coming, I want to lead a group of men and horses out of the city to rob the camp, and the inside and outside should be combined, kill him without leaving a piece of armor, and get out of the evil spirit in the chest!" Lu Bu is like a tiger trapped in a cage, his heart is already full of anger, if he doesn't kill people, he will be masochistic!
"Cao Cao is treacherous, Xiao Yi is resourceful, the enemy army is unpredictable, Wen Hou must not move lightly!" Chen Gong also discovered that Cao's army was moving frequently, but he was cautious by nature and resolutely opposed sending troops before the situation was clear!
"Moreover, Yuan Shao of Hebei and Sun Ce of Jiangdong are all heroes of one side, like a tiger in the neighborhood, peeking into the land of Xuzhou for a long time, even if the two soldiers and horses arrived, who knows if they really came to help the war, or want to take the city by skill, people's hearts are the most unpredictable!"
Competing for hegemony, between friends and foes, unpredictable, today to drink and talk, swear to the alliance, tomorrow the sword and soldiers will meet, and it is not uncommon to die, not to mention that the open gun is easy to dodge, the hidden arrow is difficult to defend, and there are few stupid people who are killed by their allies?
"What the public platform said is extremely true, but General Ben should be careful!" has been pitted more times, and Lu Bu has also become smarter, "In this case, if you don't see a rabbit, you don't scatter an eagle, wait and talk!" ”
The battle situation is unpredictable and always unexpected!
That night, there was a commotion in Cao Ying outside the city, the firelight flickered, and there were shouts of killing.
On the night of the second day, there was a commotion in Cao Ying again, shouting and killing one after another, the dawn stopped, and Lu Bu stared at the city for a long time, but did not dare to move lightly!
On the night of the third day, Cao Ying was in chaos on all sides, the drums were like thunder, shouting to kill the heavens, and the men and horses were frequently mobilized, Lu Bu and Chen Gong went to the city to check together, they were speechless for a long time, hesitated again and again, and the soldiers and horses still did not dare to move lightly!
Now it is certain that reinforcements have indeed arrived, and they are constantly breaking inward, trying to get in touch with the defenders in the city, but Cao's army is too tightly defended, and three assaults have failed!
On the fourth day, Lu Bu decided to take the initiative to attack, for the sake of safety, he sent dozens of sharp soldiers, taking advantage of the night, close to the Cao army camp to inspect the situation, and the result met the rangers of the Cao army, the two sides had a bloody battle, only three of the top soldiers out of the city escaped back, and the rest were gone!
However, they also brought back a very important news, "In the Cao army camp, all the Zizhong are loaded, and the small groups of rangers who went out have been withdrawn, and there is a great posture of pulling out the camp and withdrawing troops!" ”
"Cao thief, you finally can't hold on!" Lu Bu's heart was overjoyed, and he immediately ordered that the soldiers under his command should be ready for battle, just waiting for the Cao army to withdraw and the people's hearts fluctuate, the inside and the outside should be combined, kill him without leaving a piece of armor, retake the land of the five counties of Xuzhou, and if it goes well, he will kill all the way to Xuchang to take revenge
On the fifth day, the Cao camp in the day did not change at all, and even sent a team of cavalry to walk around outside the city of Xiapi, after nightfall, there was still no change, that is, the torches were beaten more, the drums were beating, and the horns were blowing more vigorously~~
But the more this is the case, the more excited Lu Bu at the head of the city is, the way of using soldiers, virtual and real, Cao Junxian is full of momentum, which proves that they are going to retreat, it is very likely that it will be tonight!
The facts did not disappoint Lu Bu, at midnight, from the direction of due north, dozens of miles away, a fire dragon suddenly appeared, it seemed that there were tens of thousands of people, shouting and killing Cao Ying~~
Cao Jun did not show weakness, and immediately sent troops to meet the enemy, and the two sides were within Lu Bu's sight, and launched a bloody battle, only to hear the sound of killing shaking the sky, people shouting and neighing, and the sound of weapons crashing was endless~~
The fire dragon came very fiercely, quickly defeated the Cao army's soldiers and horses, and then hit the defense line outside the city, constantly breaking inward, in a short time, it killed through the three defense lines of the Cao army, and dozens of cavalry soldiers broke through the encirclement, all the way to the outside of Xiapi City!
"Outside the city, are the soldiers and horses? Who is the leader of the troops? Lu Bu couldn't bear it anymore, and when he saw the sharp soldiers approaching, he immediately asked out loud!
"We are Hebei soldiers and horses, on the order of General Yuan to rescue Xiapi, the leader of the troops is General Yan Liang, please 'Wen Hou' quickly send troops to respond, the two work together to break the Cao army!"
By the light of the fire, Lu Bu raised his eyes to watch, dozens of horsemen outside the city were covered with blood, obviously after a bloody battle, and looking at their armor and banners, but they were the outfits of Hebei soldiers and horses, especially the thick Yanzhao accent, which made people not have a trace of suspicion!
"Soldiers, reinforcements have arrived, follow me out of the city and destroy Cao's army!"
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