Hao Zhao left, the smile on Cao Cao's face gradually dissipated, looking at the bodies of Le Jin and Cao Hong on the stretcher in front of him, he felt a breath of depression in his chest, Cao Hong is his own family, his own strength is a rare member of the general, whether it is martial arts or the art of war, Le Jin is the first military general to follow him, both of them can be regarded as his henchmen, but he didn't expect to lose two generals in a row, which made Cao Cao not angry. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"My lord, why did you let him go?" Xiahoudun sullenly accompanied Cao Cao back to the barracks and asked in a low voice.

"We have been on the expedition for several months, and the soldiers are war-weary, and now Lu Bu sent people to send corpses, but there is no good intention, in order to hit our morale, that young man is only a small general under Lu Bu, and it will not affect him, but if he is beheaded, he can only vent his anger for a while, but it is very unfavorable to the hearts of our army, how can I fall for his plan?" Cao Cao glanced at the direction of Xiapi and sneered: "But from the expression of that young general just now, Gu confirmed one thing. ”

"What's the matter?" Xiahou was stunned and looked at Cao Cao in confusion.

"Chen Gongtai was injured, no wonder I haven't seen him in the past few days, that young man is too shallow in knowledge, and he was deceived by me, which confirmed my guess." Cao Cao snorted coldly and said: "Lu Bu, although he has Xiaozhi, but he is suspicious by nature, stubborn and self-serving, and now without Chen Gongtai's help, this time we don't need to make a move, as long as the young man brings this news back, it will inevitably cause Lu Bu to be suspicious, with that reckless character, it won't be long before Xiapi City will be self-defeating, I knew that this was the case, so I didn't have to be so persecuted, so that I would damage my two generals." ”

In Cao Cao's opinion, the reason why Lu Bu broke out this time, even beheaded Le Jin and Cao Hong, and even used Cao Jun's corpse to hit Cao Jun's morale in turn, must be because he pressed too hard and squeezed out Lu Bu's potential.

"So what now? Stop? Xiahoudun frowned.

"Stop?" Cao Cao pondered for a moment and shook his head and said: "You can't stop, continue to fight, and you have to fight hard, you can't let Lu Bu have a chance to think too much, the greater the pressure, the more irritable people are, and order the three armies, from now on, all armies will take turns to attack the city, and Lu Bu can't be allowed to have the slightest respite." ”

"By the way, strictly order the generals of all departments not to rush to the front line, just command the army to attack the city, Lu Bu is now in a hurry!" At the end, Cao Cao remembered something, frowned and ordered, lost two generals in a row, Cao Cao doesn't want to lose any more generals in the next war, Lu Bu's archery skills are not ordinarily ruthless, plus the current embattled situation, if he is determined to pull a few pads on his back, then Cao Cao must not cry to death.

"No!" Xiahoudun nodded when he heard this, although he was a little unconvinced, but he also knew that Cao Cao's worries were very reasonable, when he was in Puyang, Cao Ying's six generals joined forces to reluctantly force Lu Bu to retreat, and no one dared to question Lu Bu's force.

At the same time, Hao Zhao also returned to Xiapi with his troops to report to Lu Bu.

"Lord, that's it, I'm afraid there are spies sent by Cao Ying in our army now, please make a decision?" General Hao Zhao told Cao Ying's experience, and finally looked at Lu Bu.

"yes, got it." Lu Bu nodded silently, looked in the direction of Cao Ying, for a long time, smiled and patted Hao Zhao's shoulder: "You don't care about this matter, now, I will officially make Hao Zhao a captain, in charge of a thousand soldiers and horses." ”

"Thank you, lord!" Hearing this, Hao Zhao's eyes flashed with excitement, and he quickly knelt down to thank him.

"After a busy night, lead the soldiers to go down and rest first." Lu Bu looked at Hao Zhao with satisfaction and said with a smile.

"Yes, the last general will leave!" Hao Zhao bowed and retired.

"My lord, do you immediately order a thorough investigation into this matter?" Gao Shun hesitated for a moment and looked at Lu Budao.

"I can't check it!" Lu Bu shook his head, stomped on the city wall with his hand, looked in the direction of Cao Ying, and said in a deep voice: "Let's not talk about whether this matter is true, even if it is true, once it is thoroughly investigated, it will only cause the army's morale to be unstable, and the generals of all departments are in danger. ”

"Yes." Gao Shun nodded, a flash of relief flashed in his eyes, and now Lu Bu is becoming more and more like a master.

"Woo~Woo~"

"Rumble~"

The desolate sound of the horn was accompanied by the sound of passionate war drums, and in the distance, Cao Ying's soldiers and horses began to converge in the direction of Xia Picheng, Lu Bu and Gao Shun frowned at the same time, looking in the direction of Cao Ying, today's horn sound seemed to be different from the past.

The four huge phalanx black pressure pressed in the direction of the south gate, and a strong oppressive aura made Lu Bu and Gao Shun change their faces at the same time.

"Old fox!" Soon, Lu Bu reacted, Lao Cao was putting pressure on himself, thinking of the information that Hao Zhao brought back before, if it was still the previous Lu Bu, I am afraid that under the pressure of internal and external forces at this moment, it is normal to make some irrational decisions.

"Report~" A junior colonel rushed over, with a panicked look on his face and said: "Junhou, the Cao army at the north gate, the east gate, and the west gate have all moved, and the Cao army is crazy!" ”

"Quickly inform Zhang Liao and all the soldiers in the city, cancel the rest, transfer half of the people to the city immediately, and the others will be on standby at any time!" Lu Bu's face sank like water, this was the rhythm of the decisive battle, and Cao Cao obviously wanted to crush Lu Bu in this way.

This is indeed a decisive battle, although Lao Cao hopes to put pressure on Lu Bu and let Lu Bu mess up, but if it is really chaotic, then this is the last battle of Xiapi.

"No!" The little colonel said yes and left quickly.

Lu Bu looked in the direction of Cao's army, four phalanxes, according to this scale, that is, 40,000 people went into battle at the same time, obviously Lao Cao took this south gate as the main direction of attack.

"My lord, what should we do in the city?" Gao Shun looked at Lu Bu and said worriedly, although he had said it before, it was Cao Cao's discordant plan, but he had to guard against it, if someone made trouble in the city at this time, there was no way to take care of it both inside and outside.

"Let Hao Zhao be in charge of security in the city." Lu Bu snorted coldly and said sharply: "I will guard the south gate, you and Wen Yuan will work harder, and be responsible for the other three gates!" ”

"This ...... Can Hao Zhao do it? Gao Shun frowned and said, a new general, does he have this ability?

"If it doesn't work, it has to work!" A flash of determination flashed in Lu Bu's eyes: "At this time, there are not many people we can use. ”

Gao Shun was silent, Hou Cheng's rebellion not only made the morale of Lu Bu's subordinates plummet, but also made Lu Bu's originally sufficient generals become overstretched.

"I see!" Gao Shun nodded, and went straight to the direction of the east gate.

Cao's army did not immediately attack the city, nor did it encircle Sanqueyi, but advanced towards the city at a very slow speed, constantly creating momentum, creating psychological pressure on the soldiers defending the city, and at the same time saving the physical strength of the soldiers, preparing to explode during the siege.

Decisive battle?

Lu Bu endured the depression in his heart, he knew that if Cao Cao ******** attack at any cost, with only this amount of strength in his hands, at least at this moment, Lu Bu would not be able to defend this city with such a huge difference in strength.

Looking around, many soldiers showed a golden look on their faces, Cao Cao's psychological tactics have begun to take effect, if he can't break the psychological pressure created by Cao Cao, I'm afraid that before Cao Cao attacks, the strength that he finally brought up will fall, and something must be done.

"Zhang Guang!" Lu Bu said in a deep voice.

"My lord." Zhang Guang hurriedly stepped forward.

"How many more of our trebuchets do we have that work!?" Looking at the rear of Cao's military array, the dozen or so behemoths, Lu Bu's heart sank, and he had to find a way to suppress these things.

"There are twelve, but we don't have many stones." Zhang Guang said in a deep voice.

Catapults do great damage to city walls and buildings, but the damage to soldiers is not great, after all, a stone throwing is so big, even if it hits the crowd, it will smash two or three at most, and the trebuchet of this era, the low firing frequency is scary, and the casualties that can really be caused are not large, but the earth-shattering effect is a serious test of morale.

Lapidation?

Lu Bu's eyes flickered, the splendor that the trebuchet can launch is not just a stone, it must be polished and made into a circle, otherwise the accuracy will be greatly affected, and the range will also deviate with the different weight of the sling.

"Range?" Lu Bu suddenly paused, looked at the slowly moving array in front of him, a sneer flashed at the corner of his mouth, and said to Zhang Guang: "Bring all the slingers with me, and let people bring all the oil over!" ”

"Yes." Zhang **** didn't ask much, and immediately went to gather the slingers, just like modern gunners, slingers are also specially trained, and it is not just a few people who can be slingers.

At the rear of Cao's camp, Cao Cao took Guo Jia and Cheng Yu to watch in the rear, looking at the city wall that had not moved so far, Cao Cao smiled and said to Guo Jia on the side: "It seems that although Fengxian's tiger has grown, it is also limited." ”

Guo Jia nodded, looking at the direction of the city head and frowning slightly, although Lu Bu was called brave and unscrupulous by a group of people, no one would underestimate him on the battlefield, the terrifying insight and grasp of the battle situation on the battlefield, looking at the world, few people can surpass Lu Bu, otherwise he would not have been beaten by Lu Bu in Puyang at the beginning, and the current situation is not good, Lu Bu should also take the cavalry out to kill the sharp spirit of Cao Jun, but at this moment, the city seems to be too quiet.