Bad news spread frequently, Guo Yan was almost scared to death, but Jia Xu was calm, "General, this is an opportunity, why not let Zhang Ji lead his troops to resist Han Sui." ”

Guo Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, "This plan is very wonderful, Mr. said, it really made me pause, okay, just do it." ”

Han Sui raised 10,000 troops, menacing, first, to avenge Ma Teng's father and son, and second, to take advantage of the unstable situation in Chang'an to get a piece of the pie.

He didn't bring many soldiers, and he also had the intention of temptation, if he brought all the soldiers and horses, if he couldn't get any benefits, wouldn't he fall short.

Ma Teng's father and son died nine times in their lives, and almost lost their lives at the hands of Li Dao Guo Yan, and the two fathers and sons were naturally very moved by Han Sui's righteous army, and immediately joined forces and went straight to Chang'an to kill.

Zhao Yun was in Tongguan, he was moved by Zhang Xiu's affection, knew his reasoning, and repeatedly persuaded Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu was unmoved, Zhao Yun just left, Gao Shuo rushed to Tongguan with people.

As soon as they met, Gao Shuo read out Guo Yan's order in front of Zhang Xiu.

"What? Let me take the troops away? ”

Zhang Xiu was taken aback, and after thinking about it, Zhang Xiu suddenly guessed Guo Yan's intentions, no need to ask, Guo Yan must have been suspicious of himself, perhaps, not only for himself, but also for his uncle.

Zhang Xiu categorically refused, pointed to Tongguan under his feet, and said to Gao Shuo, "Gao Shuo, do you know, where is this?" ”

"What? Could it be that General Zhang Xiu thinks that I am a three-year-old child? Who in the world doesn't know that this is Tongguan. ”

Zhang Xiu raised his voice and said with a serious expression: "Yes, this is Tongguan, Tongguan is the gateway to Chang'an, there is no room for mistakes, Zhao Yun will come to the city at any time, at this time, how can I leave." ”

"What? Do you think that I can't hold Tongguan? ”

Gao Shuo sneered, "Don't worry, as long as you don't make trouble here, even if Zhao Yun brings all the soldiers and horses, he won't want to take a step beyond Lei Chi." ”

Zhang Xiu saw Zhao Yun yesterday, he knew that Zhao Yun was going to come to seize the pass at any time, but, no matter what he said, Gao Shuo ignored it, seeing that Zhang Xiu was delayed in leaving, Gao Shuo immediately sent someone back to Chang'an to deliver the letter, Guo Yan heard about this, and was even more suspicious, and immediately asked for a holy decree and let people send it to Tongguan quickly.

After seeing the holy decree, Zhang Xiu sighed helplessly, and had to take his soldiers and horses to leave Tongguan.

Jia Xu did this, not to really help Guo Yan, but to separate Zhang Ji and Guo Yan.

Everything he did was to make Zhao Yun already return home.

As for the use and framing of Ma Teng, Li Dao, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji successively, and so many innocent generals were killed and injured because of this, Jia Xu ignored all of this, he only cared about the final result, not to mention, the poisoner made a move, and naturally there was no shortage of blood.

As for whether Zhao Yun will care about this, Jia Xu believes that there is only one thing that Zhao Yun cares about most at the moment, and that is the Son of Heaven.

What's more, from beginning to end, Jia Xu has not let Zhao Yun lose a single soldier.

After Zhao Yun heard about this, he thought about it carefully, it must be Jia Xu's 'ghost' from it, if Zhang Xiu continued to guard Tongguan, Zhao Yun may still have some pressure, now that he has changed to Gao Shuo, Zhao Yun no longer has any worries, and immediately sent an order, stepped up the work, and continued to build a siege ladder, once it is ready, immediately attack Tongguan.

In the spring of 194 AD, Cao Cao withdrew from Xuzhou, and in the summer, the military rations were well prepared, and when Zhao Yun attacked Tongguan, Cao Cao raised troops again to launch the second round of the Battle of Xuzhou.

Like last time, Cao Cao's offensive was ferocious, all the way like a bamboo, attacking the city and grabbing the land one after another, and the troops were invincible.

Cao Jiang is brave, Cao is fierce, the soldiers are united, coupled with Cao Cao's superior ability to command the troops, it is simply invincible, and the good news is frequent.

This attack was the same as the last time, Cao Cao still adopted a bloodbath policy, and everywhere he passed, the chickens and dogs were not left, and all of them were slaughtered.

Tao Qian was still stationed in Tancheng, while Cao Bao and Liu Bei were stationed in the east of Tancheng, forming a corner with Tancheng and maintaining a strategy at any time.

This is the first time that Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the two overlords of the Three Kingdoms, have faced each other head-to-head.

Liu Bei didn't expect that Cao Cao would be so direct and decisive, temporarily abandon Tancheng, and personally lead the army to wrap him and Cao Bao dumplings, Liu Bei had a bitter word in his heart, and said in his heart, "Tao Qian don't treat me well, and give me Danyang soldiers, and provide me with food and grass, fools know that this is using me as a shield, let me give him my life." ”

Tao Qian also had something to say in his heart, "You Liu Bei, eat me, drink me, and I also let you be the assassin of Yuzhou, how can the Son of Heaven have such a good thing, don't you call me?" ”

The two tacitly looked at the Cao soldiers who were swarming like a tide of black pressure outside the city, and Liu Bei suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart.

Cao Cao's strength was seven or eight times that of him, and just looking at the momentum that covered the sky and the sun made Liu Bei feel bottomless.

Liu Bei gritted his teeth and personally led people to supervise the battle, he knew very well that this battle, no matter what, would have to be fought, if he directly abandoned the city and fled, he would make the world laugh.

Cao Cao personally supervised the battle, looking at Liu Bei and the three people on the city tower, Cao Cao's eyes flashed with a trace of disdain, choked, and resolutely pulled out the sword of Yitian, the green light flashed, reflecting the scorching sun above his head and shooting a compelling cold light.

Cao Hong, Cao Zhen, Dian Wei, Yu Ban, Xiahou Yuan...... One by one, the armor was piercing, majestic, all of them were clustered around Cao Cao, and when they saw Cao Cao's order, everyone went down the mountain like a tiger, and they all rushed forward to kill.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

With the earth-shaking gongs and drums, more than 70,000 Cao soldiers, like a tide of pressure and pressure to attack the city wall, the offensive is like the sky falling apart, the sound of killing is shocking, the spear is shining, Cao Bingduo can not see the edge at a glance, a cloud ladder, like a long dragon, and many dense, quickly approaching forward.

Cao Hongfei dismounted, rushed to a ladder in a few steps, and without saying a word, risked death to climb the ladder.

"Arrows, arrows—"

Liu Bei saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly ordered.

For a while, arrows rained down, and the heads and faces were poured down, accompanied by a terrible scream, and many Cao soldiers fell down the ladder with arrows.

Cao Hong gritted his teeth, desperately swung his knife and hit the arrows, and continued to climb without stopping.

Cao Cao waved his hand, Cao Bing's catapult and nest car also quickly put in place, the boulder rumbled, crossed an arc in mid-air, and slammed towards the city wall, although the distance was too far, the crosshair was insufficient, and most of the stone bullets could not hit, but the earth-shattering momentum still made the defenders frightened, and many people who were frightened shrank their necks and hid behind the female wall.

The boulder roared, and Cao Bing's archers were not to be outdone, not seeking to shoot many enemy soldiers, and the task given to them by Cao Cao was to cooperate with the catapult to suppress the defenders' archers to the greatest extent.