Cao Bao's army was approaching the city of Qiaoxian, and in the face of only 4,000 troops and no support from the people, Cao Bao thought that taking the county was as easy as digging for something. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.] But after the real fight started, Cao Bao found out that he was wrong, and he was very wrong.

When Cao Bao captured Xiang County, the county commanders and county lieutenants of Xiang County were all officials appointed by the imperial court at the beginning, and after they had already surrendered to Yuan Shu once, they were not afraid to surrender a second time. It's that in everyone's mind, it's always hard to make a decision for the first time, but after making a decision once, it's much easier to do the same thing later.

Therefore, after most of the 300 Yangzhou soldiers stationed in Xiangxian County were killed and wounded, the officials of Xiangxian County took the initiative to open the city to greet them. At this time, the Xuzhou soldiers led by Cao Bao had only killed and wounded less than 100 people. In this situation, Cao Bao only said that Yuan Shu could not win the hearts of the people of Yuzhou, but he was the figure that the people of Yuzhou were looking forward to. But what I didn't expect was that after the failure of the siege of the city for three consecutive days, the people in the county still did not move.

After another failed siege, Cao Bao could only withdraw his troops with hatred. On the way back to the camp, Cao Bao looked back at the city of Qian County, and said secretly in his heart: "When Lao Tzu breaks the city, Lao Tzu must kill those officials in this city one by one and hang their corpses on the city gate!" ”

It's just that Cao Bao didn't have a chance to break through Qian County, but Li Feng suddenly made a fool and let Cao Bao break through Qian County, and Cao Bao didn't have a chance to kill those officials in Qian County. When Li Feng made up his mind to defend Qian County, he had already dealt with all the possible troubles, including those officials in Qian County. For the sake of Yuan Shu's great cause, Li Feng naturally couldn't take the big families in Qian County, but killing the officials in Qian County could also play a role in deterring those families.

After returning to the camp, a general beside Cao Bao came up and said to Cao Bao: "General, although it is difficult to attack Qian County, the defenders of Qian County are still few soldiers, how can they stop the general for how long?" Today's sun is shining, why don't the general go out of the camp to hunt, and relax. ”

Cao Bao looked back and saw that the person who spoke was Cao Hong, a general. Looking at Cao Hong, Cao Bao's originally depressed mood suddenly loosened a little. Think about it carefully, although the city is high and the pond is deep, there are only 4,000 defenders in the end, even if you can block their attack this time, how many times can you block it?

"Well, in that case, let's go for a walk." After Cao Bao thought about it carefully, and he was really tired of eating the food in the barracks in the past few days, it was a good choice to go out and get some game.

Cao Hong saw Cao Bao agree, so he followed Cao Bao out of the camp. By the time Cao Bao arrived at the stable and had selected the horses, Cao Hong had already brought a force of dozens of people over. Looking at it, Cao Hong had been prepared for a long time, but he only proposed this mention today.

Cao Bao took people out to hunt game, but the Xuzhou soldiers in the camp were demoralized at this time. Originally, the army was not good for attacking the city, and at this time, the main general did not stay in the barracks to find a way, but ran out to hunt, which made the morale of the Xuzhou army, which was already demoralized, even more low.

In the city of Qiaoxian, Li Feng was taking advantage of the time when the Xuzhou army did not attack to strengthen the city defense. In the past few days, although they repelled the attacks of the Xuzhou army many times, they also lost more than 1,000 people, which is still based on the fact that the Xuzhou army did not continue to attack the city from morning to night every day.

"Master Li, the defenders in the city are suffering heavy casualties, but the lord doesn't know when he will be able to return. Master Li has a countermeasure, should he recruit the people from the city to defend the city? Just when Li Feng arranged for his soldiers to prepare for the city defense, someone behind him said this to Li Feng.

Li Feng looked back, and suddenly had a slight smile on his face, and said: "It turned out to be Yingongzi, don't worry, Yingongzi, after receiving our letter, the lord will definitely return immediately." The person who spoke before was Yuan Shu's nephew Yuan Yin.

Yuan Yin was originally the Taishou of Danyang, but Sun Jian later occupied Jiangdong, and Yuan Yin was expelled. Later, Yuan Yin was cast under Liu Xun's account under Yuan Shu, and it was not until Yuan Shu's battalion Wei Zhongdao's request to send troops that Yuan Yin was transferred to his side. When Yuan Shu sent troops to Yang Zhai, he left Yuan Yin by Li Feng's side as his deputy.

"If Cao Bao storms Qian County before the lord returns, how can he deal with himself?" Yuan Yin, as a member of the Yuan family, did not throw himself into Yuan Shao but under Yuan Shu, which means that Yuan Shu will become the head of the Yuan family. At this time, it can be said that Yuan Shu is the most dangerous time, and Yuan Yin will naturally be worried.

Li Feng heard Yuan Yin say this, looked at Cao Bao's camp outside the city, and said with a smile: "Young Master Yin, relax, and your subordinates look at this Xuzhou military camp outside the city." In addition to routine patrols, the Xuzhou soldiers in the barracks did not have non-commissioned exercises, which shows that the morale of the Xuzhou army has fallen to the extreme. Only then did the soldiers see dozens of cavalry in the barracks heading towards the mountains and forests, except for the main general of the enemy army, who dared to hunt in the mountains at this time? It can be seen that the commander of this enemy army is also an incompetent person. ”

Yuan Yin was originally extremely worried, but after listening to Li Feng's explanation at this time, he was relieved. Not only Yuan Yin, but also the soldiers who heard the conversation between the two armies also lost their nervousness at this time and relaxed. Yangzhou and Xuzhou are connected, Yangzhou soldiers are afraid that Xuzhou soldiers are not a matter of one or two days, although they repelled the offensive of Xuzhou soldiers before, but this worry can be reversed by one or two small victories.

But now it's different, even the commander thinks that he will win, and what he says makes sense, what do these little soldiers have to worry about? The next time the enemy comes to attack the city, it will just be to die. The morale of both sides is high and low, and now even the mentality has changed, and Cao Bao is doomed to failure.

At this time, in Yangzhou, there was an army marching in a hurry, but this army was not under the banner of Yuan Shu, the leading standard-bearer, holding a big banner with the word "Sun" written on it. It turned out that this turned out to be Sun Jian's army.

The man who walked in the front wore red heavy armor, a red cloak, an ancient ingot knife pinned to his waist, and a big horse in his crotch, holding a majestic and domineering hand.

"Mr. Zhongdao, if you wait for General Ben to save Yuan Highway as Mr. said, how will you get along in the future?" Sun Jian rode on horseback, looked at Wei Zhongdao beside him and asked.

After persuading Yuan Shu to send troops, Wei Zhongdao did not return to Xiliang, but stayed in Yangzhou. When Wei Zhongdao heard that Yuan Shu did not stop in Yuzhou and sent troops to Yangzhai, Wei Zhongdao seemed to have expected Yuan Shu to fail, and set off for Jiangdong District to seek Sun Jian's troops.

And the reason why Sun Jian agreed to send troops, in addition to getting some benefits, was that it was more unfavorable for them to enter the mountain, and it happened that at this time, an envoy from the imperial court came to intercede for Shanyue. Under all kinds of coincidences, Sun Jian agreed to Wei Zhongdao's request. In any case, Yuan Shu was once Yuan Shu's subordinate, and Sun Jian snatched the part of Yangzhou in Jiangdong in Yuan Shu's hands.

"After General Sun rescued General Yuan, he could occupy the land of Jiangdong with peace of mind, and he didn't have to worry that General Yuan would suddenly attack the general. In this way, wouldn't it be a great good thing that the general could manage the land of the six counties of Jiangdong with peace of mind? ”

Sun Jian listened to Wei Zhongdao's words, and after thinking about it, he didn't answer Wei Zhongdao, and ran forward with a horsewhip.

(It's so uncomfortable, I really can't hold it, so today's two chapters are small chapters, readers greatly forgive me.) ）xh118