At the beginning, the number of enemies estimated was at most 30,000, and they were all cavalry, but the scene in front of him made Yuan Yun feel that all the estimates were wrong, and it was far from the original history, when had Xu Du been besieged by so many men and horses? I saw that the wilderness outside the West City Gate was already densely covered with torches, and the sky was dyed a dusky red all night. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The enemy outside the city did not start a siege, but chose to camp, the two raised mountains in the distance became their first choice, it seems that Cao Ang left behind on the two high mountains to report the soldiers have been completely ended, fortunately they lit the beacon fire in time, so that the city took precautions in advance.

"Have the scouts ever detected the number of enemies?" Cao Ang asked one of the lieutenants on his side.

The lieutenant general immediately replied: "Ten scouts report, it is estimated that there should be 100,000 enemies, and at present it is only the vanguard force, and the follow-up enemy army stretches for twenty miles, and it is ......" Speaking of this, the lieutenant general paused, his eyes full of confusion.

Cao Ang asked impatiently: "If there is something to do quickly, you are the only one who asks about the delayed military aircraft." ”

The adjutant general hurriedly continued: "It's Liu Biao's army, not Zhang Xiu. ”

"What?!" Yuan Yun and Cao Ang were puzzled at the same time.

Why did Liu Biao come here, this timid guy would send a large army to take the initiative to attack Xudu? This joke is too big, Liu Biao in history didn't have the courage at all, and in the end, he just cowered in Jingzhou, and never left until he died. Thinking of Liu Biao's opening of the pass to Xu Du before, it seems that it is not for any trade, but for the convenience of his own army to press the border, I didn't expect such a situation today, Yuan Yun can only scold in his stomach, he was not deceived by Liu Biao, but was deceived by the original history, and Liu Biao will stay in Jingzhou until the end of his life.

Everything is so wrong, is it really because he saved Cao Ang? Yuan Yun is very confused now, his mind is full of some cranky thoughts, at this moment Liu Biao has become stupid and bold, where is there anything normal? glanced at Cao Ang, who was staring outside the city wall, this thing should have been sacrificed heroically when Cao Cao defeated Yuan and then went to fight against Zhang Xiu, but everything was ahead of schedule, history had already deviated, and everything was different.

Suddenly, Yuan Yun immediately thought of something, so he hurriedly asked, "Is there any news from Zhang Xiu's side?" ”

Cao Ang's eyes were full of doubts, and he shook his head and replied: "Zhang Xiu's Wancheng is still closed at the city gate, and the road is also blocked, I thought he wouldn't come over this time to take advantage of the fire to rob, but I didn't expect him to instigate Liu Biaolai." ”

Yuan Yun had a bad premonition in his heart, but he couldn't say why, it was a pity that there were no reconnaissance satellites or drones in this era, otherwise you can take a look at the situation in Wancheng now, now Liu Biao has 100,000 troops here, if Zhang Xiu comes again, it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will happen, and those reinforcements of Xiahou Yuan are afraid that when they face these 100,000 enemies, they have lost the possibility of rescue. If Cao Cao returns to the army at this time to rescue, Yuan Shu will inevitably cross the border to pursue, Cao Cao at this time is equivalent to falling into a dilemma, Xu Du has to be saved, but once he returns to the division, it is likely to be the end of the whole army, who knows if Liu Biao has contacted Yuan Shu, now this situation, most of the time is very likely, damn, isn't Liu Biao a benevolent Han clan? What's the deal with teaming up with the thief?

"Send ten more scouts out of the city, and you can't let go of a single grass or tree around Xudu." Cao Ang gave an order.

Seeing that Cao Ang was still so calm, the sense of uneasiness in Yuan Yun's heart became stronger and stronger, this was a very strange feeling, he couldn't tell any reason, did he miss something?

Cavalry! Yes, it's the cavalry, thinking that these Han cavalry in the late Eastern Han Dynasty are not like those soft-footed shrimp in later generations, their riding skills are no worse than those Karasuma people, and traveling thousands of miles a day may be nonsense, but three or four hundred miles may really be able to do it, after figuring out this truth, Yuan Yun only felt a cold sweat on his back, and hurriedly said to Cao Ang: "Send scouts to scout Cao Sikong's army along the road, I always feel that Zhang Xiu has come, Liu Biao is timid and afraid, let his own side deal with Cao Sikong, I always feel that he doesn't have the courage, So Zhang Xiu must have sent troops, and it is definitely cavalry. ”

Cao Ang was puzzled: "But there is no movement in the direction of Wancheng now, Zhang Xiu ...... Wrong! Could it be that our spies were sent out late? Zhang Xiu actually left with the army before Wancheng was closed? ”

"Someone! Get the map! With Cao Ang's shouting, several of his own soldiers took the map in a short time, and then a circle of lieutenant generals raised torches to illuminate it.

Cao Ang looked at the map carefully, but Yuan Yun looked at another map in his mind, if Zhang Xiu sent troops in advance, it must have reached an agreement with Liu Yan, as long as his cavalry entered Liu Biao's territory, and then bypassed the pass leading to Xudu in Wancheng, he could go directly to the south of Yuzhou in Cao Cao's territory, where the terrain was not as flat as Xudu's side, mostly mountains and rivers, and the population was sparse, which was very suitable for hiding. But what is Zhang Xiu's purpose of running thousands of miles like this? Compared with the hundreds of thousands of troops taken away by Cao Cao, what kind of storm can Zhang Xiu's 20,000 or 30,000 cavalry set off?

At this time, I only heard Cao Ang say coldly: "Zhang Xiu must have borrowed Liu Biao's territory, and then went around the direction of Yuzhou, their goal is not to directly attack our army, but to cut off the supply of grain and grass from Xudu past, as soon as this supply route is broken, the army that is crusading against Yuan Shu in front may be dangerous." ”

It seems that Cao Ang is more experienced in this kind of thing of fighting, but I didn't expect this guy to be a good general in addition to carrying the black pot for himself, at least just now I didn't expect Zhang Xiu to cut off any grain and grass, so thinking about it, I feel that Zhang Xiu's purpose may be really grain and grass, didn't Cao Cao take away the unlucky grain official Wang Yuan this time? Originally, I was still curious, Cao Cao prepared inadequately in order to crusade against Yuan Shu, and even exterminated several big clans, and the grain copied could make wine for himself, how could there be a grain and grass crisis, and now there is finally an answer, if it is expected, I am afraid that Zhang Xiu will have succeeded.

Take a look at Cao Ang again, this guy has begun to sweat on his forehead, it is estimated that he has thought of everything as he does, and he has also judged the possibility that Zhang Xiu has succeeded, it seems that this product is not simple, the original history just died too early, and he was accepted by God before he could perform, so thinking about Yuan Yun was suddenly stunned, could it be that Cao Ang is wise and foolish, in fact, he is also a demon in his bones? After all, he had been following Cao Cao to fight in all directions before, and he had never heard of him making any mistakes, and he was the first to rush to save his father when Wancheng was attacked in history, if he didn't have talent, how could he find out that Zhang Xiu was wrong so early?

Damn, I was deceived by this guy's loyal appearance, this bastard is definitely a latent demon, not like the definition he gave him, just a kind-hearted honest man, but it's okay like this, lest you be busy there, and in the end you can't help it, then you will lose a lot of money.

After Cao Ang collected the map, the deputy general in charge of the scout had already rushed out, and it was estimated that he would soon receive news about Cao Cao's army, and it would definitely not be good news, Yuan Yun was now fully prepared in his heart.

The firelight of Liu Biao's camp under the city wall, surrounding the high mountains on the two plains, stretched out like this, the general who camped was a particular one, and he simply couldn't drain the water of the big camp, and any force that wanted to break into such a camp was estimated to pay a painful price, and his side was only about 8,000 people, and there were many recruits, not to mention stealing the camp, it is estimated that half of them were killed by random arrows before they arrived.

At this time, Xu Yi and the others also touched the city wall, and looked at the torches of the enemy camp all over the ground in the distance, and they all screamed in surprise.

Xiahou Nan was the first to speak, and said to Cao Ang: "It seems that the ball game can't continue, it's better to cancel tomorrow's finals, let's wait until it's too peaceful, anyway, we can earn enough money for Guo Jiajun's request." ”

Dian Man frowned slightly when he heard this, and there was a taste of regret, but in the end he endured it and didn't say anything.

Xu Yi took another look at the situation outside Xicheng, and nodded: "It's because the game has to be stopped, and it is estimated that no one wants to have any games at this time." ”

Yuan Yun felt that it was not good to stop the game at this time, once it stopped, rumors would inevitably spread in the city, and people's hearts would be uneasy, so it was better to continue the game, so that everyone who knew Cao Ang's city garrison didn't care about the enemies outside the city.

After thinking about it, I just wanted to speak, but I heard Cao Ang rush to say: "The ball game doesn't stop, tomorrow's finals are still the same, your finals are over, and you have to celebrate a lot, I want everyone in the city to know that I, Cao Ang, don't look at these miscellaneous soldiers outside the city at all." ”

Dian was overjoyed, immediately laughed and nodded in agreement, Xu Yi and Xiahou Nan naturally will not object, the betting of the final is definitely more than any game, although now it has earned more than 100,000 yuan, but who cares about the money, so the three of them walked down the city wall like this, but they really don't take the Liu Biao army outside the city seriously, and at this moment, the soldiers on the city wall saw Xu Yi and the others finish talking to Cao Ang, they laughed and left happily, and immediately swept away the haze on their faces, I don't think it's a very difficult thing to keep Xu Du.

"The son of the world is wise, but the ball game can't be stopped, and when the finals come, I will invite the Son of Heaven and the civil and military forces in the court to watch together, so that it is really lively." It was Xun Yu who spoke, he heard the conversation of several people just now, and he was very relieved, the young man saw such a large army outside the city, and he could not panic, it was already commendable, I don't want them to come up with a good way to appease the people in the city, this is really surprising, and at the same time it is gratifying.

When Yuan Yun and Cao Ang saw Xun Yu coming, they saluted one after another, so that they gave way to the best position so that the other party could observe the enemy camp.

Xun Yu looked at it for a while, and then said with a smile: "It turned out to be Liu Biao, hehe, Liu Biao's miscellaneous army also dared to touch the tiger beard, how can the prince not teach him some lessons?" These miscellaneous armies are so bastard, you see that although they are closely connected with each other, they do not leave a distance for prevention, in case of fire, they can burn the whole camp at once, and they seem to feel that they have a large number of people, so even the wooden wall or fence has simply given up the construction, if it is charged by the cavalry, I don't know how many casualties will be killed, the general of this army must be a fool, if Xiahoudun and Xu Chu are here, only 20,000 horses and horses can be washed away, but now we have a small number, and it is more secure to defend the city, I'll leave it to the prince here, as for Cao Sikong's side, the prince doesn't have to worry too much, you just need to keep the promise. ”

After Xun Yu finished speaking, he didn't stay any longer, and walked away so leisurely, but Yuan Yun saw a trace of melancholy on Xun Yu's face when he walked down the city wall, this Mr. Wen Ruo estimated that he was just acting very stable, after all, the defenders were only 8,000, but the enemy army was 100,000.

With a smile, Yuan Yun said to Cao Ang: "Those black powder placed outside the city ......"

Cao Ang immediately interrupted, then shook his head and said, "This is only the vanguard of the enemy, their main force has not yet arrived, and it is too early to use those black powders." ”

Yuan Yun nodded, then looked at the two mountains outside the city, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously drew a beautiful arc.

At the beginning of this night, Yuan Yun and Cao Ang both moved to the barracks at the West City Gate to live, and the lives of the residents in the city were not greatly affected, the meals that should be eaten, and the work that should be done was just the time of curfew in advance, and those outsiders who came to Xudu were concentrated in Dongcheng at the moment, and a team of sergeants guarding the city camp were specially responsible for guarding, and Xun Yu was above the court, which was more reassuring, so everything in Xudu City was in order.