Chapter 177: Cao's army besieges the city

As the first fierce general under Dong Zhuo in the past, Hua Xiong's martial arts are naturally strong, and he is unmatched in Yuan Shu's army, in the battle with Liu Biao, Hua Xiong fought bravely, led more than 100 personal guard cavalry, and directly killed the enemy's Chinese army, so that Yuan Shu was quite important, and let Hua Xiong be responsible for the training of cavalry in the army.

Yuan Shu's vision is still there, although he was defeated in the hands of Lu Bu, after returning to Yangzhou, he will accumulate and raise sharp, based on Shouchun, slowly developing, so many years have passed, the soldiers and horses under his command have increased to 90,000 people, the elite soldiers, most of Yangzhou and most of Yuzhou are in his hands, as long as the time is ripe, he will occupy the entire territory of Yangzhou in one fell swoop, and then capture Jingzhou, in this world, it belongs to the top princes.

All this makes Huaxiong high-spirited, but in recent times, Yuan Shu has been a little estranged from him, making him a little depressed, the war in Xuzhou, let Yuan Shu see a new opportunity, and now Liu Yu, who has the highest voice for inheriting the unification, is dead, Liu Biao ascended the throne, he will definitely not agree, the war in Xuzhou is also his opportunity, just take the opportunity to intervene, Xuzhou is a rich place.

With the arrival of the siege equipment, the Cao army began to siege the city, the war drums rumbled, the dense soldiers quickly approached the moat, each soldier carried a bag of sand on his shoulder, close to the moat, after throwing the sandbags into the river, turned around and ran, without making any stops.

Liu Bei's face was pale, and he commanded the archers to keep shooting arrows with bows, arrows were like rain, many Cao soldiers were shot by arrows, and they could only wail on the chaotic battlefield.

On such a battlefield, after being wounded, death is followed, and only death.

Lu Bu stood quietly at the head of the city, watching how the Cao army attacked the city of Xuzhou, which was high and deep, and when he came to this era, he saw very few siege battles, and the princes attacked Bishui Pass, which was simply foolish, and the Cao army in front of him was for his own interests.

The Cao army on the battlefield looked disorganized, but Lu Bu was keenly aware that these soldiers seemed to be rehearsed in advance, with only one purpose, to fill the moat as soon as possible, they did not wear armor, did not hold weapons, just carried sandbags and ran, next to them, there were soldiers who were strong and stubborn, which were responsible for guarding the army in Xuzhou City, and they were also soldiers who deterred and filled the moat.

This is the siege war, Lu Bu thought in his heart, the previous attack on Huguan and Jinyang was not fought with real swords and guns, and he didn't know much about the cruelty of siege warfare, but now he has seen it.

Tens of thousands of Cao troops came down in one day, filled a small section of the moat, at this rate, it only takes five days, the moat can be filled, of course, the closer to the city wall, it means that the Cao army will face greater danger, the city defenders have a lot of means, rolling stones and sassaches have already been prepared.

As soon as he got off the city wall, Lu Bu was invited by Liu Bei to the governor's mansion, although Lu Bu made it clear that he would not participate in the siege of the two sides, Liu Bei was like not giving up, and every time he studied the battle, he had to call Lu Bu to go.

"Big brother, tomorrow I will take a group of people and horses and go out to kill Cao Jun's sharpness, hum." Zhang Fei said angrily, obviously dissatisfied with the strict defense and hatred.

As soon as he entered the state pastoral mansion, Lu Bu heard Zhang Fei's words and shouts, saying that Zhang Fei's voice is an absolute tenor, and suddenly on the battlefield, the timid can directly scare away, Lu Bu is also very curious, how did Zhang Fei practice, in the ancient battlefield, there are many benefits to a loud voice, that is, a mobile loudspeaker.

"Lord Lu, do you say that Cao Jun clearly looks down on us, those soldiers don't even take armor and blades, they carry sandbags, do we just watch Cao Jun fill up the moat?" Seeing Lu Bu, Zhang Fei seemed to have found a bosom friend and pulled Lu Budao.

Lu Bu sneered, "General Zhang bravely crowned the three armies, and the Cao army was unstoppable, but there were 80,000 Cao troops outside the city, and it was the best to defend the city." ”

Zhang Fei pouted dissatisfiedly and said: "What 80,000 Cao troops, give me a thousand cavalry, and my old Zhang will dare to take Cao Cao's dog head." ”

Liu Bei scolded: "Yide, don't be rude." ”

"Master Lu, I'm making you laugh." Liu Bei barely squeezed out a smile and said to Lu Budao.

"Lord Liu doesn't need to be polite, Xuzhou is not so easy to attack, although the Cao army is numerous, there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city." Lu Bu said with relief.

"In the war in Xuzhou, where Lord Lu did not participate, I don't know if I can lend my cavalry to the city to frustrate the spirit of Cao's army." Chen Deng stared at Lu Budao tightly.

"Lord Chen, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the city, why do you need Lu's 1,000 cavalry?" Lu Budao.

"The adults have the people in mind, they have come to Xuzhou thousands of miles away, and Xuzhou is grateful, since they are in the same city, of course, they must advance and retreat together, are they ready to stand by and watch?" Chen Deng's tone was a little unkind.

Dian Wei glared angrily at Chen Deng, who was yin and yang, and the bulging green tendons on his arms showed the anger in his heart, the lord humiliated his ministers to death, and Lu Bu was made difficult in public, he felt very shameless.

"What does it mean to stand by and watch?" Lu Bu asked rhetorically: "When Cao Jun arrived, didn't this official do his best?" The sins done by the generals of Xuzhou should be borne by the state? Dare to ask what Lord Chen has done? Dare to point fingers in front of the tube. ”

Chen Deng was speechless for a while, and the power exuded by Lu Bu made him frightened, and then he remembered that although the other party was a state pastor, he was an out-and-out military general, once this military general was angry and did something that should not be done, he was the one who suffered, thinking about the time when the princes were in alliance, Yuan Shu was kicked by Lu Bu to know a thing or two.

Zhang Fei glared at Chen Deng and said, "It's not easy for Lord Lu to come from Bingzhou. ”

Guan Yu on the side also nodded, for Lu Bu, he couldn't find fault with anything, at this time, daring to go out of the city to negotiate with Cao Jun, this courage is not something ordinary people can have.

"Lord Chen, Xuzhou Mu is Lord Liu." Guo Jia stepped forward and said.

Chen Deng's face turned red, Guo Jia meant that Xuzhou was not his home, and he brought it up in public, wouldn't it mean that he was suspected of committing the following crimes, Chen Deng didn't expect that for the good of Xuzhou, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu didn't appreciate it, but he knew the weight of these two people in Liu Bei's heart.

Mi Zhu watched coldly, and in this short period of time, the Chen family took the opportunity to bully the Mi family.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the venue was a little solemn, Liu Bei said with a smile: "You are serious, today the Cao army attacked the city, and the defenders in the city worked together to let the Cao army return without merit, all of which are your merits, and I thank you here." ”

Fourth, recommend, reward, and work hard to rectify the brothers

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