Jia Xu's always calm expression also became extremely stern at this moment, and he said to Liu Ze: "Lord, Gao Shun was killed, Xuzhou is in danger, even if the lord leads the army to conquer Xuzhou at this time, it is difficult to quench the thirst of the near water." Now none of the generals in Xuzhou can take on a big responsibility, and the top priority is to appoint the commander of Xuzhou first, so as to stabilize the heart of the army and the overall situation of Xuzhou. ”

Liu Ze nodded, now Xuzhou because of the death of Gao Shun, the fall of the four counties, the morale of the people has fallen to a low point, and indeed a leader is needed to turn the tide, although Zang Ba has ruled Xuzhou for a long time, but his talent and virtue are not enough to suppress the formation, and the rest such as Cheng Lian, Yin Li, etc.

Who to choose? Guan Yu and Tai Shi Ci are fighting with Cao Bing in Xiangyang and Runan at the moment, although Cao Bing is not focusing on attacking Xiangyang and Runan, but in the face of Cao Bing who are double and himself, the pressure on Guan Yu and Tai Shici is not light, and it is taboo for soldiers to change generals in battle, so these two generals must not move. In the same way, Zhang Liao can't move, Sun Quan of Eastern Wu Chen Bing is bearded, eyeing the tiger, the war is about to break out, and no one can control Sun Quan better than Zhang Liao sitting in Huainan.

Now Liu Ze's subordinates can only mobilize the governors Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, but the First Army and the Eighth Army will soon march to Xuzhou, as the commanders of these two armies, they cannot be easily transferred at this critical moment.

Liu Ze groaned undecided.

Jia Xu said to Liu Zejin at this time: "The minister recommends a person, and he is worthy of this position." ”

Liu Ze was overjoyed. Said: "Who is Wen He talking about? ”

Jia Xu said: "Zhang He, the deputy governor of the Third Army, has both wisdom and courage to take the opportunity, and he is worthy of this great task. “

Liu Ze patted his head and said secretly, how could I forget him, Zhang He is a well-known firefighting hero in history, Zhuge Liang's soldiers went out of Qishan, and Longyou surrendered, it was Zhang He who was ordered to lead an army of 50,000 to Longxi in the starry night. Took the Street Pavilion Fortress. forced Zhuge Liang to return in vain, and he was ranked fourth among the five good generals of Cao Wei, and Zhang He's best thing was to change by chance and be good at arranging camps. Dealing with emergencies. Jia Xu recommended Zhang He at this time. It's exactly where it is.

So Liu Ze urgently summoned Zhang He from Exian County to return to Wuchang. Wuchang is not far from Exian, and after Zhang He received the military order, he came on a fast horse. In less than an hour, Liu Ze concisely told Zhang He about the shape of Xuzhou, and asked him directly: "Jun Yi, this time you will serve as the governor of the Sixth Army Corps, in charge of Xuzhou's military affairs, do you have confidence?" ”

Zhang He bowed his hand and said obligedly: "The last general will definitely live up to the trust of the lord." ”

Liu Ze was overjoyed, and immediately appointed Zhang He as the governor of the Sixth Army, controlled the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou, and at the same time promoted Zhang He's military rank to a general, and temporarily led the First Cavalry Division of the First Army to quickly aid Xuzhou.

After that, Liu Ze also personally ordered the army, and then set out to go to Xuzhou.

┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┈

The last tragic swan song of Gao Shun and the trapped camp brought great shock to Cao Jun, Cao Jun paid ten times the price of casualties to achieve a complete victory, and when Cao Cao came back to his senses, he found that the main force of the Jing Army had already fled, and it was beyond the reach of the whip to pursue it.

Cheng Lian and Yin Liqiang endured great grief and led the army to the south, there were no pursuers behind them, but they knew that it was the way of survival that Governor Gao Shun gave them at the cost of his life, and there was no news behind him, which meant that Gao Shun basically had no chance of surviving. Cheng Qian sent scouts to inquire about Gao Shun's news, and on the other hand, he hurriedly marched south.

When he arrived in Lu County, he happened to bump into Zang Ba and lead the Langya defenders to retreat here. It turned out that Zang Ba was stationed in Langya Kaiyang, and was attacked by Cao General Xu Huang, fortunately, Xu Huang's troops were only Qingzhou garrison, and the number was not too much, so the pressure on Zang Ba was much smaller than that of Gao Shun in Xiaopei, but after Zang Ba received the news of the loss of Pengcheng, he immediately realized the urgency of the situation, Pengcheng was lost, and the defensive formation of the entire northern Xuzhou Pinzi collapsed in an instant, whether it was Xiaopei or Kaiyang, there was a danger of being attacked by the enemy, if he continued to defend Kaiyang, Cao Cao only needed to advance east from Pengcheng, Capture Tancheng in the East China Sea, and the Kaiyang defenders will be completely in a desperate situation. Therefore, Zang Ba made a quick decision, and without waiting for Cao Cao to advance east from Pengcheng, he took the lead in retreating from Kaiyang to Tancheng.

As the original seat of Xuzhou, the city defense of Tancheng is still quite strong, when Cao Cao twice tried his best to attack but failed to conquer Tancheng, but time has passed, Liu Ze moved to Xuzhou to Xiapi, Tancheng is no longer the central city of Xuzhou, and at this time Cao Cao's army has approached Tancheng, the main force of the Jing army has already retreated to Xiapi, Zang Ba at this time and then stick to Tancheng does not have much meaning, but is easy to be broken by Cao Cao. Zang Ba thought about it again and again, but he didn't dare to stay in Tancheng for too long, so he led the 17th Division and the city guard troops of Langya and Donghai to break through in the direction of Xiapi, and walked to Lu County, where he met Cheng Lian Yinli, who had withdrawn from the north.

Zang Ba urgently asked where was the governor of Gao Shun? Cheng Lian Yin Li cried bitterly and described the details. At this time, the scouts came to report that the governor of Gao Shun and the seven hundred soldiers of the trapped camp had all died in Chihongkou. The officers and soldiers of Jing wept in unison, and the sorrow shook the clouds, and Cheng Lian Yin Li even wanted to order troops to find Cao Cao to avenge Gao Shun.

After Gao Shun died, Zang Ba became the supreme commander of the Fourth Army and even the entire Xuzhou military, although he was also sad and angry, and wanted to avenge Gao Shun, as a commander, what he needed most was calm, Gao Shun sacrificed in order to preserve the combat power of the Fourth Army, and then keep Xiapi and Xuzhou, so Zang Ba learned from the pain, stopped Cheng Lian Yinli's uncalm behavior, and led his troops to Xiapi City.

Chen Deng was stationed in Xiapi City, and when he heard that Zang Ba was back, he hurried out of the city to greet him, and Lu Yu, the assassin of Xuzhou, also went out of the city, after the army entered the city, Zang Ba Gu told Gao Shun about his death, and Xuzhou City was crying.

But Cao Cao's army soon followed, and the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou did not have time to grieve, and immediately threw themselves into the defense of Xuzhou.

After Zhang He was instructed, he rushed to Xuzhou almost non-stop, and when he arrived outside Xiapi City, Cao Cao's army also arrived at the same time and tried to encircle Xiapi City. Zhang He seized the opportunity of the Cao army's unstable camp, immediately made a decision, and immediately launched a surprise attack, the first cavalry division's three thousand archers rode like a tiger out of the forest, and instantly tore the Cao army's position to pieces, and the general soldier Guan Hai took the lead, rushing to the front, breaking through the Cao army's three company camps in one breath, and killing until the city of Xiapi.

At this time, Zang Ba was supervising the battle on the city tower, and when he saw Guan Hai breaking through, he was very happy to know that King Jing's reinforcements had arrived, and immediately opened the city to greet him.

After Zhang He entered the city, he immediately read out Liu Ze's military order, and the officials of Xuzhou, big and small, stepped forward to pay homage to the new governor of the Sixth Army. Cao Bing's army of more than 100,000 troops besieged the city, and the shape was imminent, Zhang He didn't care about the noisy with Xuzhou's subordinate officials, and said in a deep voice: "He is entrusted by the lord to take charge of Xuzhou's military affairs, and I hope that all of you will work together to defend Xiapi, the lord's army has set off from Wuchang, and it is expected that it will arrive in Xiapi in about ten days." These ten days, will be the most difficult ten days in Xiapi City, Cao Cao will definitely do his best to attack the city, the governor has boasted in front of the lord Haikou, people are in the city, people are dead in the city, so from the governor of Xuzhou should be a soldier, are not half slack, vow to live and die with Xuzhou! ”

Zang Ba and other generals generously received orders, performed their duties, and prepared to meet Cao's army.

When Zhang He first arrived in Xuzhou, he was not very familiar with the Fourth Army Corps and the defense of Xuzhou, and in order to better grasp the situation, Zhang He, accompanied by Chen Deng and Zang Ba, comprehensively inspected the defense situation of Xiapicheng and made sure that he knew it well. In the face of the Cao army, which was several times larger than the defenders of Xuzhou, Zhang He felt a heavy responsibility, and did not dare to relax for a moment, personally inspecting the defense of the city walls everywhere, and was busy until late at night.

Seeing that the Cao army company camp under the city was brightly lit, and the city of Xiapi had been encircled, and tomorrow would be the beginning of the fierce battle, Zhang He took a deep breath, this battle is related to the life and death of Xuzhou, and the burden on his shoulders is not light at all, but he is completely confident that Xiapi must not be lost. (To be continued......)