When Lü Bu received a threatening letter from Xuzhou, he was furious and wanted to attack Tao Ying himself, but Zhang Zhao distributed the letter to the streets of each city through spies set up in Donghai County. After hearing about this, the generals whose families were in Pengcheng had no intention of attacking Pengcheng, the soldiers did not work hard, and Guangqi was guarded by the generals, so until July, Zhang Liao still did not break through Guangqi.

When Lu Bu led the iron cavalry of Bingzhou to the city of Guangqi, at this time, Tao Ying also rushed to Pengchengguo, and the haze of a great war was shrouded in the sky of Pengchengguo.

Peng Chengguo, Prime Minister's Mansion. The weather in August was extremely hot, and after such a long time of recuperation, Zhou Tai's injury had healed. The young general Qu A also recovered from his injuries along the way, and the ancients were not as delicate as they are today, so his body recovered quickly.

The spacious Juxian Hall was built, and the civil and military forces of Pengcheng were gathered together. After going south this time, Tao Ying brought back a lot more generals. On the left side of the main hall stood civil officials headed by Zhang Zhao and Kong Rong, and on the right side stood military generals led by Xu Sheng.

Now Zang Ba is guarding Shanyang County, and when he first arrived in Shanyang County, Zang Ba could not lead his troops to come to help, and the general Yu Ban led his troops to be stationed in Ziqiu, south of Pengcheng, to defend the attack of Huainan Yuan Shu. Tao Ying suddenly found that Pengcheng, the capital of Ding, was indeed an unwise choice. Because Pengcheng is the land of four wars, Lu Bu and Cao Cao in the north, and Yuan Shu in the southwest, can all kill Pengcheng in a very short time, if they attack Pengcheng at the same time, Pengcheng will also rest!

But fortunately, in August, Huainan was also a restless time, because at this time Sun Ce had already taken Qu'a, and then Sun Ce had broken away from Yuan Shu's rule, and asked Yuan Shu for the jade seal.

Yuan Shu was angry, and wanted to send troops to recruit Sun Ce, but the two forces fought on the Yangtze River, so Yuan Shu had no time to estimate the situation in the north.

Cao Cao sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, so in this battle, the main battle was still Lu Bu and Tao Ying.

In Pengcheng in the morning, the heat wave had not yet hit, and in the Juxian Palace, Zhang Zhao told the battle report sent by Guangqi. Now that Lu Bu's army of nearly 40,000 has attacked the city of Guangqi, the people are panicking. The grain around Guangqi has been harvested, and the grain and grass are all stored in Guangqi City, so Lu Bu wants to capture Guangqi and take the grain and grass to attack Pengcheng.

Tao Ying asked Zhang Zhao about Lu Bu's troop transfer, only to know that in this battle, the conceited Lu Bu only sent troops with Zhang Liao, and seeing that only the second general came, Tao Ying nodded reassuringly. Lu Bu was brave and invincible, but Tao Ying was not afraid of him.

Tao Ying asked Zhuge Jin what his strategy was, and Zhuge Jin said: "Lord, although Lu Bu is powerful, most of his soldiers and horses are newly recruited new troops, so their combat effectiveness is not as powerful as the original Bingzhou Iron Cavalry. We have enough grain and grass, but Lu Bu's grain and grass are far inferior to our Pengcheng. ”

After Zhuge Jin finished speaking, Tao Ying nodded. Yu Ban offered advice next to him: "Lord, Lu Bu has eight yuan strong generals under him, and now he is guarding such a big place in Xuzhou, the last general thinks that it is better to surround Wei and save Zhao." ”

"Wai Wei to save Zhao?"

The people next to him were puzzled, and Yu Ban said again: "Yes, Wei Wei saves Zhao." We are far more numerous than Lu Bu, and the lord can send a large army from Haixi to attack Donghai County, and he can also repair the book Yuan Dagongzi, let Yuan Dagongzi lead the troops south, and all the territory he seized belongs to him, and Yuan Gongzi will definitely be happy to send troops. At the same time, the second prince can let Qingdao County Han Dang lead the troops to attack Langya from the sea, so that Lu Bu will definitely retreat to defend the East China Sea, and we can turn from attack to defense! ”

After Yu Ban finished speaking, Tao Ying was very satisfied with this method of attacking instead of defending, so he hurriedly asked who would lead the troops? Yu Ban thought about it, it seemed that the person leading the troops had to be able to pierce Lu Bu's flesh like a sharp knife, and he knew that it hurt before he could withdraw the troops. And a person with such ability, it is none other than Cao Chun who has a good relationship with Yu Ban, not to mention that now Cao Chun has cultivated his body in Taoling Town, and it is the time to make contributions.

So Yu Ban said: "It is better to take General Cao Chun as the main general and General Li Dian as the deputy general, and the two of them will have 15,000 troops to attack Tan County from Wuyuan." Let Haixi County order Yin Li to lead 5,000 troops from Haixi to attack Houqiu, and the last general will lead the troops to defend Guangqi! ”

Tao Ying thought about it, this method is very good. Zhang Zhao heard that Yu was abstinent and led the troops to guard Guangqi, and hurriedly said: "This matter is not appropriate, General Yu guards Guangqi, who guards the hill?" If Yongqiu is broken by Yuan Shu, Peng Cheng is also in danger! ”

Tao Ying thought about it, and Zhang Zhao seemed to be right, so he looked at Yu Ban. Yu Ban hurriedly said again: "Don't worry about this matter, hang my banner on Steroid Hill, and let General Cheng Lian guard Steroid Hill!" ”

Tao Ying nodded, now there is only this strategy. So in order to delay time, Tao Ying ordered Lu Bu and all the families of the generals to be brought to Guangqi, and he himself went to sit in Guangqi to boost morale. Although Zhang Zhao and others tried their best to oppose it, Tao Ying still tried his best to lead the troops towards Guangqi.

In this battle against Lu Bu, Tao Ying led nearly 40,000 elite divisions from Pengcheng, Xiapi, and Peiguo counties to kill Xiang Guangqi. In less than two days along Peng Guangdao, Zhao Yun, the left vanguard, led the army to arrive outside Guangqi City, the right vanguard, Tai Shici, led 6,000 troops and horses to Liuxian to defend, and Xu Sheng led 5,000 troops to garrison Wuyuan.

The remaining 25,000 people, due to the forbidden commander, took Zhuge Jin as the left and Xu Sheng as the right to march towards Guangqi, and at the same time ordered Peiguo Prime Minister Lu Qian to lead 10,000 troops from Fengxian to Guangqi.

Nearly 100,000 people gathered in Guangqi, which frightened Liu Bei. After Liu Bei's defeat, he took the potters to take refuge in Lu Bu, and Lu Bu asked him to be stationed in Xiaopei, although Xiaopei City has been expanded, but Liu Bei only has less than 3,000 soldiers and horses, where can he resist so many people?

So Liu Bei wrote a letter to Xu Du, asking Cao Cao to mediate between Lu Bu and Tao Ying. While writing to Cao Cao for help, Liu Bei wrote to Lü Bu and Tao Ying on the other hand, saying that he remained neutral in Xiaopei and would not participate in their fight.

Outside the city of Guangqi, Lu Bu called for battle outside the city, standing on the tower of Guangqi City and looking at it, the black oppression outside the city was full of military camps. The barracks are connected to the sky, and the thousands of acres of fertile land outside the city have been trampled into ruins.

Guangqi County Commander couldn't help but sigh, these fertile fields don't know how long it took to get to today's scale, and in this battle, the fertile fields were all destroyed. The villages outside Guangqi City were also trampled to the ground by Lu Bu, and the common people fled to Pengcheng with their families, and it seemed that the three years of business had been reduced to ashes.

Pioneer Zhao Yun wanted to go out of the city to meet the former boss, but the county order persuaded him. The county order is better to wait for Tao Ying to arrive before making a decision.

So Zhao Yun ordered the army to be stationed at the four gates of the city, and then let Lu Bu's army bask in the sun outside the city!

When Tao Ying arrived in Guangqi City, Yu Ban set up two camps outside the city. At this moment, Zhao Yun has more than 1,000 cavalry of the Tianwei Army under his command, more than 5,000 elite infantry brought from the south, plus more than 3,000 soldiers and horses brought from Pengcheng, almost nearly 10,000 people, so it can be stationed in a large battalion.

Another large camp was rooted at the foot of the mountain and was guarded by Zhuge Jin. Yu Ban was guarded in Guangqi City with Tao Ying, Zhou Tai and others. As soon as Zhao Yun's camp was built, as soon as it was dark, Lu Bu led the army to attack Zhao Yun's camp.