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In the face of the army occupying the tall city, it is definitely not a good way to storm it. Fortunately, most of the grain and grass ordnance in Puyang City were transported to Dongjun at the beginning, which curbed the possibility of rapid expansion of Lu Bu's army in a short time. Ximenqing, who felt that the capital was not enough, was unwilling to waste every possible war dividend, but Cao Cao's army had just set up camp in front of Puyang City, and Ximenqing followed with the grain transportation brigade.

After the delivery of grain and grass, Cao Cao had not yet ordered the drums to gather generals, Ximen Qing first appeared in the tent of his old friend Yu Ban. Yu Ban scolded with a smile: "Why are you here again?" Didn't the lord teach you to guard Zhen City? Are you a military general or am I a military general? How can every big battle have your shadow! Ximen Qing scolded with a smile: "I am the Sima of the other department, the master of the march, and I was appointed by the lord to supervise the grain and grass of the army. Without me, I won't starve you to death! Some time ago, I bought so many military supplies, and I didn't ship them for you to use, do you want them to be moldy, broken, and rotten in the treasury of Dongjun or Dong'a? Yu Bandao: "Okay, okay!" You're all right! What you do and what you say is right! Walk! Go to the lord's tent, go there! ”

Cao Cao, an active subordinate, liked it very much, and this time he nodded Ximenqing's head to show his favor before the military division team could offer a tactical plan. Ximenqing naturally wanted to climb up the pole and arched his hand: "In the humble opinion of Zaixia, it seems that fighting is to fight money, food and materials...... Xiahou said angrily: "To fight a war is to fight money, food and materials, then we white knives go in, and red knives come out." A full ornament with your head pinned to the waistband of your trousers? Ximenqing hurriedly said: "No! I don't dare say that. I'm talking about the aspect that consumes the most in a big battle, when it wasn't 10,000 people, and if it was a small fight, there were 9,000 if it was three days......"

"Stop! Let's be honest! It's not the time to be funny in front of the lord! Now at war! Be serious! Cheng Yu shouted, and Ximen Qing said again and again: "I think the whole army will be divided into ten teams, and we will not fight during the day." We will take turns to give him a few more waves of feints in the evening, and in three days he will have someone who can stand firm. When the snow blows, I'll go to his house and drink the northwest wind! Haha, that's all I have to say. It's all up to the military division! Guo Jia and Cheng Yu looked at each other and smiled. Cao Cao stroked his beard and said, "Well, you can try it!" ”

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The moonlight had just shone on the antlers on the city wall, and the first wave of Cao Cao's army had already begun. The little hearts of the soldiers guarding the city of Lu Bu's army immediately tightened. Under a flurry of arrows, cannons, and drums, the first wave was thrilling and dangerous. It didn't take long for another .......

On the first day, one-third of Lu Bu's sergeants and soldiers hung panda eyes, on the second day, more than half of Lu Bu's sergeants and soldiers hung panda eyes, and on the third day, how could there be a few energetic soldiers from Lu Bu down to the soldiers?

On the morning of the fourth day, the banner of Cao's army waved, and a group of soldiers crossed the moat and climbed the ladder in unison. The arrows poured down like hail from the sky on the city wall that Lu Bu's army was desperately defending, and it was not until sunset that it receded like a tide.

On the fifth day, Ximenqing, who was fully dressed and carrying a yellow horse, took the soldiers and horses borrowed from several friends and pushed a prisoner cart to the moat. Ximen Qing shouted: "Call Lu Bu to come and answer!" After a while, a mighty man with a golden crown, a hundred flowers robe, Tang Yi armor, and a lion belt really appeared on the Puyang city wall: "Who are you!" Tell Cao Cao to talk to me! Ximen Qing said: "Lu Bu, don't care who I am!" My father-in-law, Cao Gong, asked me to ask if you have slept well these past few nights? Lu Bu: "Don't bother you!" Lu ate well and slept soundly! ”

Ximen Qing said: "Really? Then I'll tell you that there will be dozens of soldiers and horses coming to steal the city every night in the future, so you can sleep in peace! Lu Bu was slightly angry: "If you have the ability, you will fight to the death with me!" Ximenqing: "Let me fight you to the death, don't think about it!" I'm just going to keep you from getting a good night's sleep! Look at who is in the prisoner car? Yes, this is your relative Wei Xu, who ate my wine and meat in Zhencheng, and he paid for the wine, which is your three thousand Bingzhou veterans and five hundred war horses! But he didn't pay for the meat, so I waited until now and you haven't delivered it! I'm afraid you'll forget it all and I'll have to ask you for it now! ”

After speaking, Ximen Qing, who was standing in front of the cage, whipped Wei Xu's cage with a horsewhip and shouted: "Wei Xu! You open your eyes and see! This is Lu Fengxian, who you have been worried about! You didn't give money for meat, do you see if he has come to redeem you for more than ten days? No! People don't care about your life or death at all! Lu Bu in the city was already furious.

After speaking, Ximenqing continued to shout with another horsewhip at the cage: "I can't do this small business!" Wei Xu, I can only give you to the Dragon Lord to see if it is willing to help you pay for the meat! Come on, send General Wei down the moat! Brothers of the state army, you have all seen it! How did you help this Lu Bu to live and die, and to fight in the south and the north? Even his own relatives don't care what he's going to do to you? ”

Hearing the sound of "tied", Ximenqing hurriedly rolled to the side. A feather arrow pierced Wei Xu's right chest, who was about to be pushed off the moat, and the blood flowed into the river like a red ribbon. Ximen Qing turned over and shouted: "The brothers of the Bingzhou Army are all two shoulders against one head!" Don't give your life to this three-surnamed slave anymore! After speaking, he quickly left the battlefield with the soldiers of Cao Jun.

In this way, the military spirit of the state army became more and more unstable, and even Hou Cheng and other generals gradually had different intentions.

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Cao Cao looked at Ximen Qing with interest and said, "If you are Lu Bu, what should you do next?" Ximen Qing said with a smile: "If Lu Bu stays in Puyang City any longer and is not tired to death, he will be starved to death." The subordinates felt that we could arrange a bait that Lu Bu had to take the bait. The Lord is just right, and he can take the time to take back Chen Liu, etc. Cao Cao waved his hand, and Ximen Qingxiang withdrew from the Chinese army's tent. The promised "no one sleeps tonight" that night was not staged on time, and Lu Bujun rarely slept peacefully. But there was already a shortage of food in the city, so Lu Bu had to go out of the city and plunder.

When Lu Bu led the army to the vicinity of Cao Ying, the sound of drums and the military flags waving in the wind were heard in the distance, which made the long-aggrieved Lu Bu army suddenly excited. Lu Bu pointed forward with the Heavenly Painting Halberd in his hand, and the state army launched a fierce attack on the Cao army camp with a roar. But when they opened the gate, they saw that apart from the goats hanging upside down on snare drums and the barracks full of straw men, there were only four or five pot stoves emitting the smell of meat.

After Lu Bu ordered the goats to be boiled, he occupied a pot stove alone and ate the meat. Zhang Liao, the general who accompanied him, secretly felt that it was inappropriate, but he hesitated when he saw Lu Bu, who was gobbling up, and the soldiers who began to slaughter sheep and cook meat with happy faces. At the same time as this group of starving ghosts screaming and gnawing on the ground, the meat and rice porridge in the cauldron and the barbecue grill with a bonfire in the north of Puyang City appeared in the field of vision of the hungry and tired soldiers of the Lu Bujun on the city wall, and the fragrance of the wind made their throats tremble.

Ximenqing shouted: "Brothers of the state army! Come and eat! You should know what these porridges and barbecues taste like! There's no need to get along with your stomach! My lord said that after eating a full stomach, soldiers against soldiers, generals and generals will do a good job! That's what you're supposed to do! Come and eat yourselves! We're going back to eat too! As soon as Ximen Qing said that, he disappeared from the field of vision of the Bingzhou army with a group of firehead troops. In just a moment, the state army was rushing to scramble for food, and there was no strong friendship in the past. For that mouthful of porridge or a mouthful of barbecue, they fought angrily.

Such a drama was played out with no vigor near the other city gates, and they were completely unaware of the imminent arrival of the dangerous Cao army. Just as the soldiers of Bingzhou were scrambling for food, they heard a "bang", and the soldiers of the Cao army appeared beside them like a torrent. "Quick! Protect the lord's family and escape from the rebels! Gao Shun, who is loyal and righteous, drew his sword and shouted at the guards.

This melee ended in a one-sided situation after a short time, and the soldiers of the Cao army were escorted in batches one by one, and the captured and state soldiers were escorted in batches. "Report! Our army has taken control of the four gates of Puyang and is advancing towards Taishou Mansion step by step! With a happy face, the herald shouted and ran into the tent. Cao Cao and his entourage set up camp in a mountain col and clearly monitored Puyang, "Okay! Gentlemen, we will soon be able to repair in Puyang City! ”

Lu Bu and others hurriedly gathered their subordinates to return to Puyang City after a full meal, but unexpectedly, it didn't take long to hear a cannon at the corner of the mountain pass, and the left side killed Dian Wei and a biao of soldiers and horses, and the right side of Xiahou Yuan and a biao of soldiers and horses blocked Lu Bu and others in the mountain pass. Lu Bu didn't dare to fight at the moment, and after three or five rounds of fighting with the two, Fang Tian drew a halberd to sweep the two and forced the two to retreat, and rushed towards Puyang with soldiers and horses. Zhang Liao followed him and fought with the two for a few rounds before selling a flaw and leaving, and then Dian Wei and Xiahou Yuan led their troops to cover up and kill for a while before disappearing again. Lu Bu saw Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Le Jin, Li Dian and other team battles in the suburbs of Puyang South Gate, and trapped the camp to protect Lu Bu's family in the formation and fought and left, and immediately shouted and fought with Zhang Liao to Cao Ren and others.