Because Zhuge Gui held on to the city and refused to fight, Cao Cao's army was never able to break through the cement city of Langya County, let alone Kaiyang City, even though it had experienced damage.

As time wore on, morale gradually declined.

And at this time, Liu Bei came.

"Sick! I'm still very sick, this is a war, not a ranger duel! Cao Cao tore up the war book sent by Liu Bei, "Where did this Liu Bei come from, he is so arrogant." With such a small person, he dared to give me a war letter, I really don't know my own catties! ”

He snorted angrily and looked around at the generals in the camp, "The plains are ...... Where did such a plain phase come from, who of you knows the details of this Liu Bei? ”

The generals in the tent looked at each other, all shook their heads, and finally Ji Ling, who was in the first place in the west seat, spoke: "General Qi, the last general knows a little bit about it." ”

The reason why Ji Ling sits in the first place in the west is not because of his high status, but because he is not from Cao Ying. Cao Cao captured Xuzhou, and Yuan Shu sent Zhu Ling and two other generals to lead four battalions to assist, in fact, it also meant to get a piece of the pie.

In the past six months, Cao Cao has watched coldly, although Ji Ling only has more than 10,000 people, but his talent in governing the army is not inferior to Cao Ren and Yu Ban, and his combat courage is no less than that of Le Jin and Xiahou Yuan, and he can be called a good general. But after all, he is Yuan Shu's person, what he says is friendly is what he hears, and what he says is that he has a pair of eyes by his side, Cao Cao can't trust him very much, so he speaks much more politely: "You know this Liu Bei, then you have to talk to everyone." ”

Su Ling's lips were a little up, and his big eyes were always staring, so no matter what he said, he looked very arrogant: "This Liu Bei Liu Xuande is a native of Zhuozhou, and he is the plain minister of Gongsun Zhanfeng, and he is under the command of Shi Tiankai, the pseudo-assassin of Qingzhou, and I have competed with him in Hebei." ”

The situation in Qingzhou was the most chaotic among the northern states, Yuan Shao appointed Zang Min as the temporary Qingzhou Assassin, and Gongsun Zhan also appointed his subordinate Tian Kai as the Assassin History, and both actually occupied a part of each. In addition to them, Qingzhou Beihai County under the leadership of Taishou Kong Rong obeyed the Xijing Imperial Court, Qingzhou Yellow Turban still controlled some county seats, and Xuzhou local tyrant Zang Ba also invaded several coastal counties, and several people and horses restrained each other, and they all became a pot of porridge.

"Damn, what kind of birdman am I, it turned out to be a hypocrite." Cao Hong shouted at the top of his voice, "Tian Kai, a coward, didn't dare to come by himself, so he sent a subordinate to die." Liu Bei really dared to come, he didn't know what was dead or alive! ”

"That's not true." Ji Ling smiled, "I think this Liu Xuande is not only stronger than Tian Kai, but his scheming talent is even higher than that of his master, Gongsun Zhan!" ”

"You still take him seriously, isn't that a bit too much?" Cao Hong smiled and said, "Didn't my brother have suffered defeat under him?" "The generals of Cao Ying are always hostile to Ji Ling, so Cao Hong's words are a little sarcastic.

"Liu Xuande is a general who is often defeated, how can I lose to him?" Ji Ling pointed to his head, "I'm not saying how powerful this person is in battle, but that he has a good brain." ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao was a little interested, "How can you see it?" ”

"It is said that this Liu Xuande was originally a child who weaved mats and sold shoes, and later left his hometown to follow Lu Zhizhan to learn the "Book of Shang" with Gongsun Zhan......"

Le Jin interjected with his hands in his hands: "A straw sandals seller, what do you read on and off the books?" ”

Ji Ling shook his head: "Brother Wen Qian doesn't know the use of reading if he doesn't read, not to mention that Liu Bei doesn't really want to learn any "Shangshu" at all, he just wants to touch Lu Zhi's light." With this experience, he returned to the village and became famous, and during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, through the Zhongshan merchants Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, he raised a team and assisted the officials and soldiers in several battles against the thieves, and was later appointed by the imperial court as the lieutenant of Anxi County, Zhongshan County. ”

"County Lieutenant Anxi?" Cao Cao's eyes lit up, "In the past, I was the prime minister of Jinan, and the first emperor was bewitched by the ten permanent servants of Sha Tai's military exploits, and I heard that at that time, there was an Anxi county lieutenant who disobeyed the orders of the imperial court, tied the post supervisor to a tree, beat more than 100 whips, and then ran away from the official ......"

Ji Ling slapped his thigh: "That's right, that's Liu Bei." ”

"Hahaha...... Cao Cao turned his anger into joy, "It seems that Liu Xuande has been bold for more than a day or two, but this is to my liking." ”

Ji Ling continued: "That Liu Bei wandered around after escaping from the official position, and accidentally met Qiu Yi, the commander sent by He Jin to Danyang to recruit troops. "At the beginning, He Jin sent soldiers and horses from all over the country to Beijing in order to intimidate the eunuchs, and Biqiu Yi was also all the way," Liu Bei felt that Biqiu Yi was a strange commodity to live in, so he stuck to him endlessly, and as a result, they encountered the Yellow Turban Yu Kou in Xiapi on the way north, and they fought. Although this battle was won, it also delayed time, and Dong Zhuo had already entered Beijing. Biqiu Yi was grateful to Liu Bei for his help, so he made him an official, served as the governor of Xiami County, and then went to Gaotang County Lieutenant. ”

Le Jin interjected again: "What kind of official is the county lieutenant and county Cheng now?" I have a team of thousands of people as soon as I wave, isn't it better than him? ”

Ji Ling glanced at him and said with a smile: "Brother Wen Qian doesn't understand again, the difference between an official and a bandit is only one word, but there is a world of difference." If you pull a team without a name or a point, you are a bandit, and the court can suppress you; But people don't care about how small the officials are, if you pull a team, you will be called Xiangyong, as long as you don't rebel, no one can control it. Is the benefit of being an official still small? ”

"Yes, if I were in his situation, I would do the same." Cao Cao stroked his hair and nodded.

"Later, the world was in turmoil, and he relied on his old relationship to take refuge in Gongsun Zhan's account and ...... Sima for other departments."

Cao Hong interrupted Zhu Ling's words again: "This person is very shameless everywhere. ”

Cao Cao saw that something was wrong, Cao Hong deliberately made trouble for Ji Ling, and he interrupted every time he said two words. Looking at Xiahou Yuan and Cao Zhen at him, it turned out that these people were bad and instigated Cao Hong, a heartless person, to come out and make trouble, and they united to oppose Ji Ling.

Cao Cao vaguely felt a burst of fear, only afraid that there would inevitably be factional disputes in his camp in the future, so he hurriedly scolded: "Shut up for me and listen to others!" ”

Ji Ling continued: "Liu Bei fought a few battles for Gongsun Zhan, but he really lost more than he won. Later, they broke the Yellow Turban thieves by the Yellow River, crossed the Yellow River and arrived in Qingzhou, and Liu Bei returned to Tian Kai's tent to listen to it. Tian Kai was appointed as the puppet Qingzhou assassin history, and he became the puppet plain order, and later he was promoted to the plain minister. ”

When Ji Ling said this, he deliberately looked at Le Jin and Cao Hong, and he was a little unaccustomed to no one intervening to make trouble, "Actually, this is Gongsun Zhan putting gold on his face, they only occupy a few counties in the Plains Country, so they dare to call them Plains Ministers." ”

"Gongsun Chan is stupid, he has sealed too many unworthy officials for the sake of his name, can he not attract resentment?" Cao Cao sneered, "Liu Xuande and his ilk are mediocre and ill-informed, how can they make a difference under their grandson?" "There are some things that Cao Cao can't say too clearly when he is a subordinate. Liu Bei is a person who makes a name for himself by studying, seeks to raise troops by virtue of fame, gains fame by raising soldiers, clings to others by virtue of fame, and mixes into the plains by clinging to others. A small straw sandals seller, fighting a war is commonplace, and it is not easy to climb to this point. Looking at the generals in his battalion, which one is not taller than him? But who is bigger than him? Cao Cao understands these words in his heart, but he can't say them so that his martial artists can listen to them.

Le Jin was still impatient, even if he was not allowed to talk too much, he still couldn't help but scold: "The general is right!" Liu Bei is a thing, if he has the ability, he will compete on the battlefield, he can't beat Lao Tzu, and it's nonsense to write any war book! ”

Seeing this dwarf jumping up and down, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel funny, ignored him, lowered his head and put together the bamboo slip that had just been torn off: "But...... Since Liu Bei dared to block the way with 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers, I would reward him with a face, and reply to him with a letter in a proper manner. He led 10,000 troops, and I also used 10,000 troops, which is not my bullying him. Tomorrow's match, which of you dares to capture Liu Bei? ”

"I'll go!" Le Jin and Cao Hong stood up at the same time, for fear that Ji Ling would rob him.

"Good. The two of you go together, whoever can capture Liu Bei alive, I will be rewarded. Cao Cao picked up the pen and wrote back, "I really want to meet this person." ”

Ji Ling smiled slightly, and said in his heart: "Capture Liu Bei? Don't even think about it. As long as there is a fight, this Liu Xuande can run faster than a rabbit! ”

In the early morning of the next day, the two armies of the enemy and us faced each other, Cao Cao only sent Cao Hong and Le Jin to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to battle, and he took a large group of Cao Bingtun to watch the battle on a hill not far away. Looking at the opposite formation, the generals of Cao Ying were suddenly amused. These 10,000 people arrived home miserably, including the Danyang soldiers from Xuzhou, the Youzhou cavalry from Gongsun Zhan, some of them looked like Karasuma Zahu, and more were hungry people who couldn't even lift their spears.

Such a ragtag army, let alone charging and fighting, it would be good to be able to order and prohibit it. Relying on a rabble to resist the rampant Cao Jun is simply a joke with his life!

The more Le Jin saw the coward, the more he couldn't suppress the fire, and he didn't even say hello, and killed him with his 5,000 soldiers and horses; Cao Hong was afraid that he would fight for merit, so he hurriedly urged his soldiers and horses to rush forward. Seeing this, the enemy also hurriedly charged, but as soon as the two armies clashed, Liu Bei's formation was chaotic. Danyang Bing is a native of Yangzhou, and he was completely recruited by Chen Deng with his old relationship in his hometown, and he had no intention of sacrificing his life for the survival of Xuzhou, and he retreated more than rushed forward. Those Youzhou Iron Cavalry and Karasuma are brave and good at fighting, but the number is too small. As for the team put together by the local people, the courage is commendable, the combat strength is insufficient, and the drill is completely disorderly, and they rush up one by one to send them to death.

After a while, almost all the Danyang soldiers left the battlefield, and the rest continued to fight with the Cao army, but the disparity between the strong and the weak was clear, and they were already barely parrying. Le Jin has always taken the lead in fighting, painting halberds in his hands and dancing like windmills, sweeping out and falling a large piece, and killing him with his own soldiers towards the banner of the Chinese army, intending to capture Liu Bei alive; Xiahou Yuan did not show weakness, supervising the large group of soldiers to engage with the enemy in short combat, and the shouting and killing on the battlefield was also lively.

But Cao Cao felt a little bad in his heart, although those skinny people of Xuzhou were mantis arms as cars, they would rather die on the battlefield than surrender themselves, did they really do something wrong?