Outside Xiaopei City, there was no news of Pengcheng, and Lu Bu had already led an army of nearly 20,000 people to surround Xiaopeicheng. Hearing that Lu Bu had surrounded Xiaopei City, the potter sat on the governor's mansion with a somewhat haggard face.

"Haven't heard from my brother yet?"

"No ......"

Sun Qian said beside him, and everyone around him was a little nervous.

Liu Bei stood at the head of the city, and the black pressure outside the city was full of soldiers and horses stationed in Lu Bu, and Lu Bu sat on the Langya Kingdom and the Lu Kingdom, both of which were large and rich, far from being comparable to a small place like Xiaopei. Moreover, under the governance of Tao Ying, the people live and work in peace and contentment, who is idle and has nothing to do to fight! Therefore, although it has been peaceful for two years, Liu Bei's three brothers still only have less than 5,000 old and weak soldiers.

Moreover, Xiaopei City is small, and the merchants who come and go do not pass from Xiaopei, so Xiaopei is even poorer. Now on the surface, he is an affiliate of Lu Bu, so Tao Ying has not helped him much. Standing at the head of the city, Liu Bei sighed.

Guan Yu stroked his beard and said, "Big brother, Lu Bu is menacing, I'm afraid Xiao Pei won't be able to defend it." ”

Zhang Fei was still shouting next to him: "I'm afraid that he will do something, the three family slaves, if it weren't for the Tao family children to lure the wolf into the room, we wouldn't be where we are today, so I don't agree to surrender to him!" Zhang Fei was babbling beside him, and Guan Yu glared at him. How much does this have to do with Tao Ying? When he led the army to recruit Yuan Shu, he blamed Zhang Fei for not listening to persuasion, so that he was taken Xuzhou by Lu Bu.

Liu Bei asked the two of them not to quarrel, and now they have sent someone to inform Cao Cao and let Cao Cao save him. I don't know if Cao Cao will help him with the crusade against Yuan Shu. However, there is still a Shanyang County separated from Yanzhou here, and he is afraid that Cao Gong will want to come, and Shanyang Zangba will not let him pass through Shanyang.

Faintly in his heart, Liu Bei had the idea of wanting to kill the enemy and then go to Cao Cao.

On this side, Lü Bu surrounded Xiaopei, and Tao Ying also led Lü Qian to lead troops to be stationed in Guangqi, the nearest part of Xiaopei City, to prevent Lü Bu from suddenly attacking Pengcheng. Lü Qian led his troops to garrison Xiaopei, as the saying goes, Lü Qian always wanted to find an opportunity, when they were both defeated, and then lead the troops to defeat them, and then take back Xiaopei.

Lü Qian garrisoned troops outside the city, and Lü Bu did not dare to attack the city with all his might.

Over there, when Lu Bu's soldiers surrounded Xiaopei, the messenger pretending to be Tao Ying in the south at this time had already sent the letter to Danyang and Yuzhang. After Yuzhang Huaxin received the holy decree, the emperor named him the prime minister of Chen Guoguo, and let him set off on the same day after receiving the holy decree. After the envoy read the holy decree, he gave him the seal and asked him to go to Yuzhou Chen to take up his post from now on. At this time, the land of Yuzhou was all fragmented, and there was originally a history of thorns here, but it was wiped out by Cao Cao.

drove away Hua Xin, and the envoy appointed Sun Shao as the Taishou of Yuzhang. Sun Shao received the order, and then began to sit in Nanchang and lead the affairs of Yuzhang. After Sun Shao occupied Yuzhang, he strictly obeyed Tao Ying's order, and in reality he purged all the generals aside, leaving the generals who had taken refuge in him, and all those who hesitated were driven out of the army, and they were transferred to the government or dismissed directly. After taking over a military horse that obeyed him, Sun Shao obeyed Tao Ying's instructions and renamed Fusang City Jiujiang City, and then Tao Ying sent his second brother Xu Sheng to take up the post of Jiujiang County Commander, and then Xu Sheng assembled a new naval base in Pengze Lake - Jiujiang Naval Army Base!

After Sun Shao occupied Jiujiang, he ordered Zhang Ying to be stationed in Pengzecheng, Fan Chou to be stationed in Jiujiang City, and Zhao Yun to lead his troops to be stationed in Nanchang. After Yuzhang gained a firm foothold, Sun Shao sent an envoy with gifts to visit Wang Lang of Huiji, forming an alliance with Wang Lang, and at the same time asked the Heavenly Eagle Army from Suzhou City to transport Taoling cannons and ammunition to Nanchang City.

In the blink of an eye, the Artillery Academy has been established for more than a year. Tao Ying divided the artillery researchers who already had a certain level into three groups, and asked them to lead their students to various places to reassemble new artillery schools. Especially in the enclave far from the base camp in Xuzhou, these places are the most vulnerable to attack and the most difficult to support. So Tao Ying established the Nanyang Artillery School, Nanyang Artillery Factory, and Nanyang Cold Weapon Manufacturing Factory in Nanyang Wancheng.

In Nanchang, Yuzhang, Yuzhang Artillery School, Yuzhang Artillery Factory, and Yuzhang Cold Weapon Manufacturing Factory were established. Let the soldiers of these two counties form their own bases, and then develop them themselves so that they are not attacked from the outside world.

In order to allow Sun Shao to be completely consolidated in Yuzhang, another holy decree was sent to Danyang County. Cao Cao named Sun Ce the Marquis of Danyang and the Taishou of Jiujiang County, and asked Sun Ce to raise troops to fight against Yuan Shu stationed in Shouchun in Jiujiang.

After Sun Ce received the appointment, he convened everyone to discuss. Zhou Yu saw the letter and said that at this time, Liu Xuan was newly dead, and it was best to take Yuzhang as the best policy. Last year, the three families conquered Yuan, although Yuanshu's power was damaged, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, so at this time, the conquest of Yuanshu could only be a sandpiper and a clam fighting Cao Cao and Tao should be powerful.

But when it comes to attacking Yuzhang, at this time Yuzhang has already hung up Tao Ying's battle flag, and the entire Yuzhang has taken refuge in Tao Ying, and if you want to fight, you must be surprised. So at Zhou Yu's suggestion, Sun Ce rejected Cao Cao and let Cheng Pu lead his army to attack Nanchang City.

Cheng Pu led more than 6,000 soldiers and horses to attack Nanchang, and every time he went to a city, he found that the city of Yuzhang had increased a lot in two months! And almost every city will have a few cannons, even a small county town. Moreover, there were nearly 1,000 garrisons in each county, and although they were not enough to attack the enemy, they were more than enough to defend the city.

Cheng Pu also wanted to bring more men and horses, but at this time, Sun Ce only owned the land of Danyang County, and he couldn't afford to raise too many soldiers and horses. Moreover, the land of Danyang is in the south, there are mountains, and the grain produced is far less than that of Wu County, so Sun Ce's soldiers and horses are only as many as 30,000.

These more than 30,000 soldiers and horses had to defend Yuanshu in Huainan in the north, Chen Deng in Suzhou County in the east, and Wang Lang in Huiji County in the southeast. Therefore, it is very much to be able to give Cheng Pu so many people.

Cheng Pu is a veteran who can fight well, and Yuzhang is just and steady, so Zhou Yu feels that he has this ability.

It is said that Cheng Pu has been killing all the way to a short distance outside Nanchang City, and he still has not encountered obstacles. When they heard that Cheng Pu led 6,000 soldiers and horses to Nanchang, there were less than 5,000 soldiers and horses in Nanchang City.

As soon as Cheng Pu arrived in the city, Sun Shao said: "The enemy army is coming from afar, and there will be not enough grain and grass." All we have to do is hold on to the city, and when he runs out of food and retreats, we will attack him again!" ”

Seeing that the opponent had less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, Zhao Yun was very small Cheng Pu, so when Cheng Pu called for battle under the city, Zhao Yun opened the city gate, let Sun Shao guard the city, and led the well-equipped Tianwei army out of the city to meet Cheng Pu!