Chapter 56: The Dead

The earth is roaring, and the city is burning. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This is already the sixth day of the siege. Although Gu Lu, Pei Yuanshao and other soldiers fought hard and repelled several attacks of the Cao army one after another, under the attack of the superior forces led by several generals of the Cao army's camp, they were defeated and retreated, and finally had to completely retreat into the earth city.

The so-called defending the city must be built outside the city, because if you do not master a certain counterattack ability, you can only be beaten passively, and morale will inevitably fall all the time. If there is no help outside, there is no city that must be defended inside.

The world is surging, and it seems that there is no Guan Hai Department who can come to the rescue of them, and the only one who may come to their aid is also restrained by the partial division sent by Cao Cao. In the previous battle, Guan Hai was cut off the horse by Guan Yu, although his life was safe, but his strength could not be brought into play for the time being.

Gu Lu stood indifferently on top of the city tower, looking at the Cao army camp in the distance. After the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Xiahou Yuan was defeated and collapsed, every time Cao Jun attacked, he took several well-known generals with him, so that he could no longer find a chance to attack.

In fact, Cao Cao was still too cautious, and he didn't recover from his injuries until now. Before that, he didn't have the heart to play the pre-battle battle again. At this point, it seems that the only way left is defeat, if he does not surrender.

There was a commotion in the camp of Cao's army in the distance, and a long march route of thousands of people pulled by horses came from afar.

Reinforcements? Or reinforcements from the enemy?

Are you still hoping that reinforcements will come down from the sky? Gu Lu smiled bitterly, he looked up at the blue sky, it seemed not impossible for reinforcements to fall from the sky...... If...... Words.....

It was Liu Beijun, who lived in Beihai, who was personally led by Liu Xuande, together with his generals Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Chen Zhi and other generals, to participate in the siege of Tucheng.

Looking at the huge "Liu" embroidered on the big banner, Gu Lu raised her eyebrows, the corners of her mouth involuntarily cracked, and a sneer came from this.

"Cao Cao, Liu Bei," Gu Lu sneered, "Are you a hero in the world?" ”

In history, after Lü Bu occupied Xuzhou, Liu Bei had nowhere to go, so he had to go to Xuchang to take refuge with Cao Cao. Cao Cao has always been suspicious of Liu Bei, and Liu Bei also knows this. One day, Cao Cao set up a banquet for Liu Bei to have a drink, and said at the banquet that "the heroes of the world are only the envoys and Cao'er".

At that banquet, there was also a well-known idiom - green plum boiled wine, and that was another story.

Liu Bei took Guan Yu into Cao Cao's camp and was deeply shocked by the large number of soldiers and the well-trained soldiers of Cao's army.

Cao Cao stretched out his hand to hold Liu Bei's hand, and said with a smile: "Xuande, since the day before the tiger prison, we haven't seen first-class steel for a long time to today, right?" ”

Liu Bei looked ashamed and said, "I would like to thank General Cao for speaking out that day." It's just that many years have passed, and the Han family has not yet been revived, and every time I think about it, I feel a lot of uneasiness in my heart. ”

Cao Cao originally had a smile on his face, but when he heard this, he had to put on a straight face and sighed: "Xuande is really a loyal and righteous person!" ”

The two sat down in the big tent, discussed the demarcation of the defense area, and then discussed the details of the siege and the distribution of the spoils after the war, and Liu Bei politely took his leave. Cao Cao sent it to the gate of the camp with a solemn face, and did not return to the big tent until he was out of sight.

As soon as he left Cao Jun's camp, Liu Bei seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, he subconsciously glanced back, and his face was full of solemnity. On the side, Guan Yu was too heavy, and it was difficult for a war horse to be able to carry him and all his equipment, so he didn't wear armor, but just hung the Qinglong Yanyue Sword on the side of the horse's head.

Seeing Liu Bei's actions, Guan Yu asked, "Brother, do you think there's anything wrong?" ”

Liu Bei replied: "General Cao seems to value us very much, and I feel uneasy in my heart. ”

Guan Yu disagreed, and said: "My brother is a Miao descendant of the Han family, and he has the name of knowing soldiers and being good at fighting, why doesn't General Cao pay attention to it?" ”

Liu Bei said: "Otherwise, now Cao Jun has many generals, and I am alone, so it will be inappropriate to treat him with such courtesy." ”

Guan Yu bowed his head, although he was loyal, but he didn't understand those twists and turns.

On the other side, Cao Cao returned to the big tent and sat down, thoughtful. Cao Ren lifted the door curtain, walked in from the door, and asked, "Why does the lord attach so much importance to Liu Xuande?" He will not be more than a few now, and he will not have more than a few soldiers, so what can he do? ”

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "It's not Liu Bei who I like, but ...... Forget it, Zixiao (Cao Ren Zixiao) What is the matter with you coming here? ”

Cao Ren said: "The latest siege equipment has been prepared, Liu Ye asked the lord if he wanted to take a look?" ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed, stroked his palms and laughed: "Ziyang (Liu Ye's character Ziyang) is really talented, and he made it so quickly." Go, go, I want to see if the thief will hold on to such a sharp weapon when he sees it. ”

Cao Ren didn't move, but continued: "In addition, Dong Zhao said that he wants to recruit enemy generals. ”

"Huh?" Cao Cao stopped and turned around: "Gongren really said that? ”

Cao Ren nodded and said, "That's what he said, and he also said that enemy generals are rare, and it's a pity to kill them." ”

Cao Cao twisted his beard and smiled, "I don't want Gongren to go with me." If Wen Ruo is here, he must persuade me to kill him to deter the heroes. ”

Cao Ren said: "Mr. Xun Yu's proposition has always been like this. ”

"And what do you think?" Cao Cao asked: "Then Gu Lu can also be regarded as a person who is both civil and military, leading troops to fight, and handling civil affairs is a good hand, kill him or use it?" ”

"If you can use it, you can use it, and if you can't use it, you will kill it," Cao Ren said dryly: "The lord has the idea of reviving the Han family, and he should give priority to recruiting heroes." Gu Lu..... Since he was able to seriously injure Miaocai and defeat Zihe (Cao Chun), he was a rare good general at that time. ”

Cao Cao said: "You mean, let Dong Zhao try it first?" ”

"There will be no loss if you try," Cao Ren said, "Anyway, he is now a turtle in an urn, and it is difficult to fly with wings." ”

Cao Cao was quite moved, he thought for a while, and then said: "Let Xu Chu take someone to accompany him to the city, be extremely careful, don't let the thief hurt Gongren." ”

Cao Ren shook his head and said, "Surrounded by a large army, in full view of everyone, he can hurt Mr. Dong Zhao there." ”

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what happens," Cao Cao said: "This time to seize Qingzhou, thanks to the power of Gongren, don't let him have any three strengths and two weaknesses." (To be continued.) )