Lü Bu's cavalry and Zang Ba's infantry crisscrossed outside the four gates of Chengde, and if anyone left the city, they began to harass and shoot until the other party retreated to the city. The Chengde defenders of the www.biquge.info closed the city gates, fearing that Lu Bu would seize the city, and there was still unfinished grain and grass in the city, so there was no room for loss.

In the past three days, Lu Bu did not let go of a single enemy army, so that Li Feng, who was in charge of guarding Chengde, was so anxious that he wanted to burn the grain and grass in the city.

In the evening, Ji Ling's army still did not arrive, Zang Ba came to Lu Bu and said: "The time agreed between the lord and Ji Ling has passed, I'm afraid Ji Ling has already run away with the soldiers." ”

"Xuan Gao doesn't have to be suspicious, just wait and you'll know." As the coach, Lu Bu must have a trace of the coach's generosity, and he also felt in his heart that Ji Ling should have run away, but he couldn't say it. Otherwise, why hasn't it arrived yet, the time agreed by Lu Bu and Ji Ling is calculated according to the progress of the army's march.

The more Zang Ba waited, the more irritable he became, and he wanted to find something to relieve his mood, so he asked, "Lord, how happened to Xu Xuan's attack on Shouchun?" Will Shouchun be captured before our army? ”

In the past three days, Lu Bu's cavalry went to Shouchun City to hang around, knowing that the reason why Yuan Shu really retreated was because Xu Xuan took the opportunity to attack Yuan Shu, and Lu Bu waited in Chengde very reassuringly, trying to exhaust the enemy.

"Report, Tu Tang is urgent." A fast horse galloped from a distance in the direction of Tuzhong, and when he saw Lu Bu's cavalry, the messenger on the fast horse shouted loudly.

Lu Bu took the battle report and said to the messenger: "It's been hard all the way, go down first and have a full meal." By the way, are you coming from the direction of Tuzhong? ”

"General Huiyu, yes, dozens of messengers of the inferior rank scattered around Tuzhong to search, but there was no sign of the lord, and the lowly official received the order of the superior, so he came in the direction of Chengde." The messenger said respectfully.

"Did you see an army of 20,000 men on the road?" Ji Ling lacked food and grass, and Lu Bu was not sure whether Ji Ling had run away with the army.

"I didn't see an army of 20,000 people, but I saw a group of about 20,000 refugees supporting each other in the direction of Chengde." The messenger said.

Lu Bu and Zang Ba looked at each other, this refugee was undoubtedly the soldiers led by Ji Ling. Lu Bu knew that there was little food left for Ji Ling, and he didn't know how much food it weighed, so he couldn't calculate how long Ji Ling's army could hold out. Now it seems that I am afraid that I have been hungry for nearly three days, and I am still in a hurry, and it is strange that the soldiers still have the strength, no wonder it is late.

Lu Bu was secretly glad that he was just suspicious of Ji Ling in his heart, and he didn't say anything, otherwise it would reach Ji Ling's ears and always leave a pimple in Ji Ling's heart.

"Send someone to cut down firewood and attack the city tonight." Lü Bu asked Zang Ba to lead the soldiers to cut down trees, and built a fire around them to threaten to attack the city. Of course, his plan was to wait for Ji Ling's army to arrive and attack the city, otherwise use his cavalry and Zang Ba's 2,000 infantry to attack the city? I'm afraid that if I can't even touch the city wall, I will be shot back by the random arrows on the city.

The plan is more than changed, and the Ji Ling army is so hungry that it has no strength, how can it attack the city? Now the only way is to attack the heart and scare the Chengde defenders into opening the door and surrendering.

Ji Ling should have promised the soldiers that they would have food when they came to Chengde, but when the soldiers arrived, they found out that they had been deceived, and they were afraid that they would go out and bomb the camp to Lu Bu every minute, and at that time, even Lu Bu couldn't control the angry soldiers.

Waiting for Zang Ba to leave, Lu Bu opened the battle report and read it, and after reading it, he breathed a sigh of relief, the South Road army was victorious, and Zheng Bao's party was all annihilated, and the grain and grass hoarded in Tutang also began to move to Chaohu, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were rushing to Hefei, and from the time calculation, they should have arrived in Hefei two days ago, but I don't know if they have conquered Hefei again.

Zang Ba lit ten hills-like fires outside the east gate, attracting the attention of the defenders in the city, and the defender Li Feng beat the drums, and the already tense Chengde City was full of solemn atmosphere.

When Liu Ye heard the news, he rushed to the city gate to advise Li Feng again: "Why don't you open the city and surrender?" A certain has been preparing for a long time, just waiting for Lu Bu to enter the city. ”

From Lü Bu to Chengde, Liu Ye came every day to persuade Li Feng to pretend to surrender, lure Lü Bu into the city according to the original plan, and then designed to kill Lü Bu during the banquet.

Li Feng shook his head and said: "Lu Bu's bravery, if you are not an enemy, you will not open the city gate unless you have to." ”

Li Feng is not optimistic about Liu Ye's strategy at all, although Liu Ye can be civil and martial, in other words, he can't be literary or martial. Li Feng drank Liu Ye and looked out of the city, although the sky was getting darker, the outside of the city was brighter by the fire, and he saw a fiery red war horse slowly walking towards the city.

"The lord of the city will come out to talk."

Li Feng raised his voice and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Lu Bu. Are you Li Feng? Let me ask you, is it a battle or a surrender? ”

"There are tens of thousands of soldiers in my city, and there are 100,000 grains and grass in it. Li Feng said fearlessly. Outside the city, Lu Bu's army can see the head at a glance, less than 3,000 people, Li Feng's tens of thousands of soldiers have a city to defend, and he is afraid of Lu Bu's two or three thousand people?

"A certain main force of more than 50,000 people will arrive immediately, and I don't know if there is still confidence in defending the city in half an hour." Lu Bu threatened. If you want to scare open the gate of Chengde, the only time when Ji Ling's refugee troops arrive, let the defenders on the city tower consider this hungry soldier who has lost their combat strength as the main force.

Don't say that you will wait until dawn tomorrow to let the city see the combat strength of this soldier, as long as this soldier approaches the city and sees that the city gate is not opened, there will be chaos immediately if there is no food to eat. Once the city sees Lu Bu's strength, I'm afraid that he will really defend to the end.

Li Feng was startled when he heard that Lu Bu said that an army of 50,000 was coming, and asked suspiciously: "It would be good for General Lu to have 20,000 troops, besides, isn't General Lu's main army in the Huainan area?" How can there be as many as 50,000? ”

"Do you know that General Ji Ling has descended to me? Zheng Bao on the South Road is just a clown who jumps off the beam, and he has long been annihilated. Otherwise, why did I besiege Chengde but not attack it, just waiting for the arrival of the South Road army. Since he is unwilling to open the door and surrender, he will set foot on this city tonight. Lu Bu heroically pointed to Li Feng on the city floor.

Li Feng secretly said that it is not good, if Ji Ling surrenders to Lu Bu, plus Ji Ling's 20,000 troops, then Lu Bu really has an army of 50,000: "Where is Ji Yongyi?" ”

"We'll be there in half an hour." Lu Bu said: "Give the second half an hour to think about it, if my army arrives, I haven't thought about it clearly, and I blame the general for being ruthless." ”

Lü Bulema returned to the battle and took the soldiers to meet Ji Ling. In fact, it was to discuss with Ji Ling and let Ji Ling come forward to trick Li Feng and ask him to open the door and surrender. Originally, Lei Xu planned to come to open the city gate, but later due to the problem of food and grass, the soldiers were physically exhausted, and finally failed.

Lu Bu traveled more than ten miles and encountered a long line of torches. There was really no difference from what the messenger said, and the soldiers were weak, and in order to reduce the load, the armor, broadswords, and other weapons on their bodies had long been discarded. The only remaining spears and spears in the team were used as crutches, and the tips of the spears had long been dulled, making them impossible to kill at a glance.

The long line was lifeless, swaying with every step and looking like it was going to fall to the ground at any moment. The more Lu Bu looked at it, the more anxious he became, if Li Fengtie didn't open the city gate, all the 20,000 people would starve to death. Lu Bu felt that the pressure on his shoulders was extremely heavy, he had killed a lot of people, but seeing someone living miserably and compassion was overflowing.

"Yongyi is really a loyal person, and he knows that he will not fail me." Lu Bu hypocritically said to Ji Ling on the stretcher at the front of the team.

Ji Ling listened to Lu Bu's words, and did not have a trace of pride, but said guiltily: "But they are almost too hungry to crawl, and I, as the main general, can't take care of them." ”

"Didn't Yongyi bring them to become virtuous? As long as you enter the city, you will have food to eat. ”

"I hope that after the general takes the city, he will not kill innocents in vain." Ji Ling pleaded.

"I am here for this matter, Li Feng, the general of Chengde, has not yet opened the city gate, and he must come forward bravely to persuade him to surrender. I know that Yongyi has the grace of knowing Yuan Highway, and this matter should not be brave, but at present, the lives of 20,000 soldiers are all on my own, and I have to think about the lives of the soldiers. Lu Bu said sincerely.

"If Li Feng defends the city, I recommend one person or I can say that he will surrender." Ji Ling said: "Shu Shao Shu Zhong should have an old relationship with Li Feng, maybe he can help." ”

"Thank you for your bravery." Lu Bu saluted Ji Ling: "I thank you for your courage on behalf of 20,000 soldiers." ”

"A general can't do that, it's a matter of the last general's business. The general saluting the last general is to torture the last general. Ji was about to get up from the stretcher to return the salute, but he was pressed on the stretcher by Lu Bu before he stopped.

Shu Shao limped to Lu Bu with a snake spear and said, "Li Feng was originally recommended by me to Yuan Gong, and he may be able to say that he has come to surrender." ”

Since Li Feng was recommended by Shu Shao, Shu Shao may be able to say that Li Feng will be demoted. Don't underestimate the recommendation, if you are recommended, it is equivalent to being a protégé of the recommender, and you have the grace of recommendation.

"I had previously intimidated Li Feng and said that an army of 50,000 was about to attack the city, but... Zhong Ying..."Lu Bu pointed to Shu Shao's embarrassed appearance, he was so hungry that he was almost withered, would it expose the emptiness of his own troops, could he bluff Li Feng?

"Don't worry, general, it's good that I can save my life after repeated battles, how can Li Feng doubt it." Shu Shao said.

Lu Bu had no choice but to continue to gamble that they were worthy of trust, Shu Shao dared to use military rations to save the people, and the lives of 20,000 soldiers were all in his hands, so he should not rebel under the city, and betraying himself was just a hungry tiger skin.

In order to reassure them, Lu Bu handed over the battle report to Ji Ling to read.

After Ji Ling finished reading it, he said in a low voice: "After the destruction of Shouchun City, I hope the general can spare the Yuan Gong family." ”

Lu Bu shook his head and said: "Yuan Shu is the Son of Heaven, I am a minister of the Han Dynasty, and I am inseparable from him, how can I spare him?" ”

Lu Bu decided that he would put the skin of this loyal minister on the end, according to history, Yuan Shu was afraid that he should die, but who knows. Lu Bu's voice changed: "But for the sake of bravery, righteousness and loyalty, I think that Yuan Shuhui would have left Shouchun long before the city was broken." ”

Lu Bu decided to buy people's hearts, but when the time came, he caught Yuan Shu and secretly let him go.

"But the creation of the Shouchun Yuan clan is beyond my control, it depends on whether the Yuan clan wants to live or die."

Lu Bu captured Shouchun, of course, he had to find the Yuan family to open the knife. The Yuan family has been three dukes for generations, and the wealth accumulated is richer than Lu Bu even if it is corrupted by Yuan Shu. The army can't do without the Yuan clan, it depends on whether they want money or death.