At dusk, under the light of a golden sunset, the smoke of gunpowder that lasted all day dissipated in Picheng and Baimen Tower.

The white gate tower is the south gate of Xiapi City, and it is also the most important gate of Xiapi City, in the faint residual sun light, Cao Jun and Xuzhou Army fell into the tent for a day's fierce battle, Cao Bao and Chen Deng, the generals of Xiapi City, were wearing armor, the two looked a little tired, standing on the city gate, staring at the Cao army under the city like a tide.

"Yuanlong, now that the Cao army is on the offensive, the soldiers under a certain family are exhausted, it is estimated that they will not be able to resist for long, when will the lord lead his troops back to Xiapi?" Cao Bao was born in Pi Haoqiang, and he was the strongest military general under Tao Qian, with a very large size, a burly body, a full beard, and a big knife in his hand, and asked with a sigh.

In the past, he looked down on Chen Deng, a child of the family, but these days, if it weren't for Chen Deng's wisdom and help, I'm afraid that Xiapi City would have been breached.

When Tao Qian led the army north to the East China Sea, he handed over Xiapi City to him to defend, he only had 20,000 troops under his command, and now the cities and counties around Xiapi City have been lost, in the face of Cao's strong offensive, Xiapi City has become precarious.

"Tao Envoy Jun has sent a letter, he has led his troops to attack Liangcheng, as long as Liangcheng County is broken, he can return in ten days." Chen Deng stood beside him, although he was wearing armor, he still looked a little gentle, his face was handsome, his eyes were gloomy, and he sighed.

The Chen family is the largest family in Xuzhou, although it has always been not an absolute support for Tao Qian, but Chen Deng did not shirk it when he asked Tao Qian to conquer, and it can be regarded as the recognition of Tao Qian's Xuzhou assassin history.

Cao Cao was born as a eunuch, and now he is avenging his father, menacing, and killing in Xuzhou.

Therefore, the Chen family this time can be regarded as going in and out to assist Cao Bao to defend the city, Chen Deng's father and son, and his father Chen Gui presided over the city, uniting the scholar family to appease the people, and Chen Deng used strategy to assist Cao Bao to defend the city.

"Ten days?"

When Cao Bao heard this, his face suddenly became serious, and he said in a low voice: "Although General Cao Jun was not famous before, but in just a few days, he broke through several cities in the south of the downhill slope, not a general, he should not give us this time, if he attacks with all his strength, three days of continuous attack can consume our morale, and the city can be broken within five days." ”

"No!"

Chen Deng shook his head, stared at the Cao army under the city, and the corners of his mouth outlined a touch of confidence, and said: "General Cao, you know that Cao Cao's revenge is too ruthless, and now the Cao army is killing on the front line of Surabaya, and the entire Surabaya River is dyed red, in Xuzhou, the Cao army has become infamous, as long as we launch Xiapi Qingzhuang, we can get tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, plus the money and grain in Xiapi City, we can defend the city for more than half a month." ”

Cao Jun opened the killing ring in Pengcheng and Xiapi, and tens of thousands of people drowned in the Surabaya River, making the entire Xuzhou jealous and hateful to Cao Jun.

Moreover, Xiapi has always been rich in money and grain, and there is no shortage of food, if the Chen family drives the family to mobilize and collect grain and grass, within one day, 100,000 soldiers can gather a month's grain and grass.

"What about Guangling Zhao Yu?"

Cao Bao was relieved when he heard Chen Deng's words, but he was still a little worried, his eyes were clear, and he asked coldly: "Didn't he say that he would lead the soldiers of Guangling County to come to the aid of Xiapi, now that it has been more than half a month, why haven't you come yet?" ”

"This is not to blame Zhao Yu, some time ago, the Jiangdong soldiers crossed the river and were stationed in Guangling, although they have not launched an offensive against Guangling, but tens of thousands of elite troops are eyeing Guangling and can capture Guangling at any time, Zhao Yu does not dare to leave."

Chen Deng looked a little helpless, and analyzed in a low voice: "The reinforcements from Guangling, I'm afraid we can't rely on them." ”

"Damn, I didn't expect the Jiangdong Army to actually take a fancy to Guangling." Cao Bao's face was pale. Jiangdong sent troops, which was unexpected by him, and made him a little afraid.

"Whether the Jiangdong Army has taken a fancy to Guangling, it's hard to say now, if we can keep Xiapi, Sun Jian should not capture Xuzhou, if Xiapi is broken by the Cao army, then the Jiangdong Army will definitely enter Guangling."

Chen Deng squinted his eyes, he knew in his heart that if the Jiangdong Army wanted to capture Xuzhou, it would have launched an attack early in the morning, and now he was eyeing it to see if Xuzhou could resist the attack of the Cao army.

"Yuanlong, the matter of recruiting young and strong will be handed over to you, the lord trusts so-and-so, entrusts Xiapi City to so-and-so, and so-and-so will definitely defend Xiapi." There was a touch of perseverance in Cao Bao's eyes.

"A certain understands that Xuzhou is both a Ru family and a certain family, and a certain will never let him fall into the hands of Cao Thief." Today's Chen Deng has not taken a fancy to Cao Cao, and he has always been optimistic about Liu Bei.

Liu Bei ignored a qiē reinforcement of Xuzhou, Tao Qian sincerely trusted Liu Bei, and there was a credit to his Chen family, Tao Qian was old, and he couldn't rely on it, Xuzhou wanted to change a master, and the choice of the Chen family was Liu Bei.

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Night came, and under the city gate, Cao's army camped.

After a day of fierce fighting, Cao Bing also looked very tired, and after burying the pot and cooking, he began to rest and prepare for tomorrow's fierce battle.

"Chen Yuanlong!"

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the lights were bright, and the lord was in the first place in the forbidden place, his face was a little gloomy, and his eyes were gloomy, flashing with a light of indignation and hatred.

Yu Ban is a native of Taishan in Yanzhou, originally a general under Bao Xin, and later Bao Xin greeted Cao Cao to enter Yanzhou, he became Cao Cao's general, Yu Ban in Cao Cao's battle of Yuzhou with Yuan Shu shined, promoted to school captain, now Cao Cao sent troops to Xuzhou, he led the troops to break through the Guangqi of Pengcheng State, opened the door to Xuzhou, promoted to the trap captain, led a single one.

Immediately after Cao's army was divided into two routes, Cao Cao personally led the army to the east, directly took Donghai County, and Tao Qian fought Tancheng, he led his troops south to Pengcheng, attacked Xiapi, and made great achievements, and was directly promoted to General Pi, presiding over the war in Xiapicheng.

But Xia Pi couldn't attack for a long time, Cao Bao was easy to deal with, but Chen Yuanlong was too cautious.

In the big tent, a group of Cao army generals, left and right columns, their expressions were a little low, they attacked for several days, and they have not taken Xiapi so far, not only are they not sad about the ban, but they are also a little ashamed.

"Military advisor, the lord is now waiting for a certain good news in Wuyuan, but the morale of the Xuzhou army is high, Cao Bao is brave, and Chen Deng is helping, it is difficult to attack, you can have a good strategy to capture Xiapi?"

Yu Ban pondered for a moment, only turned his head and asked the white-robed young man who was sitting side by side with him for help, with a sincere attitude, and asked in a respectful low voice.

Xi Long was dressed in a white robe, his expression was indifferent, and when he heard this, he gently opened his eyes, and a cold light crossed his eyes.

He is not without the method of capturing Xiapi, as long as he is unwilling, the price of doing so is too great, the terrain of Xiapi is adjacent to Surabaya in the south, praying for water, connecting Wushui in the north, surrounded by water on all sides, and now the rainy season has not been long ago, the water level of the river is still high these days, and it is not difficult to do it if you want to flood Xiapi.

"Continue to attack tomorrow, if you still can't attack in three days, you will have a strategy." Xiao Long groaned, closed his eyes, and whispered. Until the last minute, he didn't want to use such a method.

Now because of Cao Cao's order, Cao Jun has opened a killing ring in Pengcheng and Xiapi, and his reputation in Xuzhou is already bad.

"No!"

Everyone's eyes lit up slightly, and they were instantly full of fighting spirit, and they were very confident in Xi Long, the first division of the Cao Army.

"Thou shalt go and prepare for tomorrow's siege."

"No!"

Yu Ban squinted, waved his hand, and sent all the generals under his command out, only he and Xi Long were left in the empty camp, and he asked a little incomprehensibly: "Military advisor, why do you want to make a move three days later?" ”

"This plan is too cruel, it hurts people, and I don't want to move until I have to do it." Xi Long sighed and explained in a low voice.

"Do you want to ......" Yu Ban's eyes glared, his expression changed slightly, as Cao Cao's five good generals in the future, he naturally has no low military skills, before attacking Xiapi, he already knows the terrain of Xiapi well, and instantly understands Xilong's thoughts.

"It's good to understand it yourself, not to people, it's better to be able to capture Xiapi, or to attack it directly." Xi Long nodded.

"I see."

Yu Ban shuddered, he was a little unimaginable, once the embankment broke, the damage caused by the flooding of Pi.

"Military division, the front-line scouts have come to report, Tao Qian from Tancheng can't sit still, and has already led his troops south." At this time, a soldier walked in, bowed to the play, and reported in a low voice: "All the Xuzhou Army in the East China Sea is dispatched, and Liu Bei in Qingzhou is also moving, attacking Siwu, Liangcheng, Wuyuan, and Fuyang on all fronts. ”

"Wait!"

Xi Long's face suddenly changed, his eyes widened, he looked at the person who came, and asked, "You are saying that they are not only attacking Si Wu and Liangcheng, but also Wu Yuan and Fu Yang. ”

Siwu and Liangcheng are a line of defense in the East China Sea and Xiapi, and this line of defense, arranged by the two tiger generals of the Cao army, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahoudun, is aimed at preventing Tao Qian from going south and capturing Xiapi in advance.

"Yes, Guan Yu, the second brother who attacked Fu Yang Liu Bei, led the troops, with thousands of troops, and it was Liu Bei himself who attacked Wuyuan, with nearly 10,000 troops." Lai was stunned by Xi Long's reaction, and hurriedly reported in detail.

"Strategist, what's wrong?" Yu Ban asked.

"No, it's not right!"

Xi Long frowned and said in a low voice: "If Tao Qian wants to rescue Xiapi, as long as he concentrates his forces and attacks Liangcheng, or attacks Siwu, there is no need to disperse the troops, doing so is holding our troops and preventing our troops from moving." ”

"That's right, but why are they doing this?" Hearing this, Yu Ban nodded, a little puzzled: "With our strength on this line, the soldiers and horses in Tao Qian's hands are absolutely unbreakable. ”

"What about Tian Kai's Qingzhou Army?" Xi Long was also a little puzzled and asked.

"Our scouts have found out clearly, a day ago, Tian Kai's Qingzhou army had already pulled out of the camp and returned to Qingzhou, because Yuan Shao of Jizhou sent Yuan Tan and had already led his troops to resist Qingzhou." This scout general of the Cao army said respectfully.

"Strategist, could it be that we are too worried, maybe Tao Qian is too arrogant, he wants to repel the lord in one fell swoop?"

Yu Ban spread out a map of Xuzhou, looked at it for a long time, pondered, couldn't think of a reason, and finally smiled, and said with some confidence: "In today's situation, we have an advantage, Tao Qian wants to solve the danger of Xuzhou, the only way is to kill the lord, so that we have no leader, but they want to deal with the lord, they can't do it at all, the lord is in Wuyuan, Wuyuan has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, they have no chance at all." ”

"Kill the lord?"

When Xi Long heard this, a flash of inspiration moved in his mind, his eyes bloomed with a touch of coldness, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said: "It's bad, it's bad, they want to capture the thief and capture the king, someone must be calculating us, thousands of calculations, a certain family seems to have missed the current state of the lord." ”

Cao Cao now has an anger in his heart, and naturally he is not as calm as usual.

"No, the lord is in Wuyuan, Wuyuan is backed by Fu Yang and Peng Cheng, Pengcheng is now in our hands, Fu Yang is also in our guard, even if they break through Wuyuan, the lord can retreat." Yu Ban hurriedly shook his head and said.

"If the lord is in Wuyuan, there will naturally be no problem, but what if the lord suddenly goes to Liangcheng?" In order to avenge his father, Cao Cao had lost his original calm, otherwise he would not have connived at the massacre in the Surabaya area of Cao's army.

Xi Long had a bad premonition in his heart, as if someone was calculating them, but this person should not be Tao Qian's person, otherwise they would not have been so smooth in their capture of Xuzhou.

"What?" Yu Banyan couldn't sit still.

"Where is Tao Qian?" Xi Long stood up, a little anxious, looked at the scout general, and asked.

"Liangcheng!"

This scout general of the Cao army hurriedly replied.

Xi Long groaned, calmed down, he already knew Cao Cao very well, Cao Cao is now in a big situation, and no one can stop him, since Tao Qian is in Liangcheng, then Cao Cao should go to Liangcheng, and nine out of nine will enter the trap.

"Damn it!" Xi Long's eyes were full of cold killing intent, although he didn't know who was calculating Cao Cao, but there must be someone who was calculating them, who was this person, he didn't have time to find out now, and he had to send troops to protect Cao Cao.

However, he knew that this should be a person from Xuzhou, and he could only say that there was an army in Xuzhou that he didn't know, and he was secretly calculating Cao Cao.

After all, there is only one Chen Deng who can enter the eyes of his drama under Tao Qian, if it weren't for Chen Deng, Xiapi City would have been broken, but Chen Deng is in Xiapi, not him.