Cai Yan and Gan Ping Milan also stayed up all night, Liu Ze was about to go on the expedition, they could sleep comfortably, knowing that Liu Ze had convened his subordinates overnight, they didn't dare to disturb, waiting in the back hall, anxiously waiting.

The figure at the door flashed, Liu Ze, who was dressed in military uniform, strode in, and the three girls all greeted him, before the words came out, the circles under his eyes were red, tears were in his eyes, and he shouted "Husband......" and stopped.

It is said that heroes are short of breath and children are long, and the atmosphere at this time is a little sad even for Liu Ze, but he is a man and a pillar of the family, women can cry, but he can't. Liu Ze reluctantly squeezed out a little smile and said: "It's just a battle, I'll be back soon, it's not the first time I've gone on an expedition, it's like parting with life and death, don't worry, it's okay." Yan'er, persuade Lan'er and Ping'er. ”

Cai Yan was the first to wipe away her tears, and said to Gan Ping and Mi Lan: "Two sisters, don't cry, we have to believe in our husband, a good man is ambitious in all directions, a true husband has the world in his heart, he is our pride, we want to support him!" ”

Gan Ping tried hard to laugh, but failed, and whimpered, "Husband, you must take care." ”

Mi Lan is not as sad as Gan Ping cried, but she has been with Liu Ze for so long, especially after having a daughter, Mi Lan's heart is all on Liu Ze's body, staring at her husband, and said emotionally: "Husband, you must come back!" I'm waiting for you to come back with my two sisters, Wei'er, Qiong'er, and Yao'er! ”

"What about the kids?" Liu Ze found that there were only three ladies in the hall, and none of the children were missing.

Cai Yan said: "The children are so sleepy that they can't sleep. If you want to, I'll order someone to bring you over...... "Wei'er is three years old, but Qiong'er Yao'er is just over 100 days old.

Liu Ze stopped: "No need, let them sleep." Yan'er, I have arranged for Wu Anguo, and I will escort all of you to Xiapi after dawn, the state pastor's mansion over there has been built, and this time I will move over, I heard that Qin'er is pregnant, so you can take care of it after you pass. ”

Cai Yan knew that Liu Ze had his arrangements for this, so he nodded and agreed. Liu Ze really wanted to hug the three ladies again. But the cold uniform made him have to give up this idea. Liu Ze took a long breath, said solemnly, and resolutely turned away, leaving only the three ladies wiping their tears in the house.

It's not that Liu Ze has no feelings for the three ladies. He was afraid that if he stayed in the house, he would be saddened. When the interruption continues. On the contrary, it is chaotic, not to mention that it is just an expedition, and it is not that it cannot come back.

It dawns early in June. At the time of the fifth watch, the east is already dawning, and the air in the early morning has a hint of coolness, in this hot summer, the morning is undoubtedly the most comfortable.

In Tancheng City, where the armies to go out are not all concentrated, there are only 14,000 people under the command of Guan Yu and Tai Shici on the school field at this time, and the three armies of Gao Lan, Guan Hai, and Chen Zhi have already completed the assembly outside the city, waiting for Liu Ze and them to go out of the city to converge. However, more than 10,000 people rested on the school ground, guns and halberds were like a forest, the army was neat and tidy, and the momentum was huge.

Liu Ze finished his oath and ordered to go on an expedition, and the army rushed out and left Tancheng. Outside the city, they joined the three armies of Gao Ran and other armies who had been waiting here for a long time, and marched in the direction of Xuyi.

Although it is in the territory of Xuzhou, the marching speed is faster than the normal marching speed, but Liu Ze still stuck the daily marching mileage at seventy miles, and the daily camping is meticulous, strictly in accordance with the marching regulations. In Liu Ze's view, no matter when and where, the troops should have the highest vigilance, the kind of camp that is attacked by the enemy in the middle of the night, and plunged into the enemy's ambush circle halfway, but all generals who have read the military book should not make such low-level mistakes, and they will be invincible only if they are constantly prepared.

As for whether Xuyi's defenders can hold on, Liu Ze is not too worried, although Xuyi City is only a small county town, but due to the importance of the strategic location, Xuzhou's successive assassins attach great importance to Xuyi's city defense, in addition to sending troops to garrison for a long time, Xuyi's city defense construction is also far higher than the county level, not so much Xuyi is a county seat, but rather Xuyi is a fortress. Although Xuyi now only has 7,000 defenders of Yu Poison, with Xuyi's strong city defense and sufficient defensive armaments, even if Yuan Shu's 100,000 troops are all besieged, they may not be able to capture Xuyi in a short time.

Liu Ze's self-confidence is not blind, in the absence of catapults, relying only on the simple ladder and the lathe crossbow these instruments to attack the city in the form of ants, the cost of casualties of Yuan Shu's army must be very large, if you want to take Xuyi, the besieging army will have to pay at least three times or even five times the number of casualties of the defenders and it is possible to take the fortifications, if the defenders' will to fight is tenacious and the fortifications are strong, the proportion of casualties of the siege troops will only be higher, obviously such a high casualty price is not affordable by Yuan Shu's army.

After a day's march, the Xuzhou army arrived at Liangcheng. Yesterday, Liu Ze had issued a military order to Lu Bu, asking him to send an army to assist in the rescue of Xuyi, Liu Ze pointed out that the surname of Dao would recruit Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, and the agreed place of rendezvous was in Liangcheng. According to the agreement signed by the two sides, although Lü Bu's army was semi-independent and was not under the control of Xuzhou on weekdays, it had to obey Liu Ze's command in wartime. According to the offensive and defensive alliance between the two sides, whether it is Xiaopei or Xuzhou, as long as it is attacked by foreign enemies, both sides are obliged to send troops to help each other. Liu Ze didn't care how many people Lu Bu would send, the key was that Zhang Liao Gaoshun, the two generals under Lu Bu, if he could control it in his own hands, he would definitely be able to reduce the risk of Lu Bu sneaking into Xuzhou.

Lu Bu did not lose his trust and sent 3,000 men to Liangcheng, but he did not follow Liu Ze's order to send Zhang Liao Gao Shun, but only sent Hao Meng and Cheng Lian. Hao Meng's explanation for this is that Lu Bu's army is currently resting and stationing in various places, and it can't gather more troops for a while, so he temporarily transferred 3,000 men and horses to help Liu Zhijun fight, and if Liu Zhijun needs it, he will send a large army to come later. As for the second general of Zhang Liao and Gao Shun named by Liu Ze, it is very unfortunate that Zhang Liao is seriously ill and cannot afford to be sick, and recently a group of Yellow Turban thieves crossed the border from Mount Tai to attack Xiaopei's border area, Gao Shun led troops to exterminate these Yellow Turban bandits, and he could not be recalled urgently for a while, so he could only send Hao Meng and Cheng Lian to come.

Liu Ze nodded and didn't say anything more, but just ordered Hao Meng Chenglian to lead the army to walk with the Xuzhou army and march together to Xuyi.

Three or five days later, the army arrived in Xu County and camped on the north bank of the Huai River, far away from the Yuan Shu military camp on the south bank.

Ji Ling led the army all the way east, and entered the territory of Xuzhou in a mighty way, connecting the two cities of Kedongcheng and Huailing, basically without any form of resistance, all the way to Xuyi. Yu Poison knew that Yuan's army was powerful, so he immediately closed the city gate and guarded it strictly. Ji Ling didn't take the small city of Xuyi in his eyes at all, and the 100,000-strong army surrounded Xuyi City, sent people to the city to shout, and ordered the defenders to go out of the city and surrender.

In response to the shouting, it was not words but a few cold arrows, and a few Yuan soldiers who were standing at the forefront of the city shouting loudly were shot through the throat, and they couldn't shout half a sentence anymore, and the rest fled back in a wolf and reported to Ji Ling.

Ji Ling didn't expect to make the defenders surrender just by shouting a few voices, this was just a formality, but Ji Ling still laughed at the defenders in Xuyi City, with a mere 7,000 people, they dared to use their arms as a car, their 100,000 troops were not vegetarians, just spitting stars was enough to flood Xuyi City, since these guys didn't know how to lift, let's teach them a good lesson.

Touching the scar on his face, Ji Ling coldly spit out four words: "Chickens and dogs don't stay!" ”

Yuan Shu's army launched an attack on Xuyi City like a tide, countless Yuan soldiers held shields, carried cloud ladders, pushed rushing carts, shouted slogans, crossed the trenches and antlers under the city, braved the rain of arrows shot down from the city, and tried hard to approach the city wall, set up cloud ladders, and struggled to climb towards the city.

Yu Poison stood calmly above the city, the enemy was outnumbered, to say that Yu Poison did not have a little fear, that was false, the enemy's 100,000 army, more than ten times the defenders of his own side, this was destined to be a bitter battle, and there was almost no hope of victory. But it is not that fear can solve the problem, and the only thing he can do now is to rely on strong city defenses to contain the enemy's attack and wait for reinforcements from Xuzhou to come.

This army Yu Poison has not been in charge for a long time, and Yu Poison doesn't have much bottom in his heart about the combat strength of the Xuzhou soldiers under Tao Qian, after all, these 7,000 people are not the Plains Army brought out by Liu Ze. However, what made Yu Poison a little relieved was that the veterans in this army accounted for the majority, and they all followed Tao Qian to participate in the pacification of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the Battle of Pengcheng with Cao Cao, which can be regarded as the rest of the battle, especially the Battle of Pengcheng, more than half of the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou were killed and wounded, and many soldiers crawled out of the pile of dead.

Hearing the news of the siege of Yuan Shu's 100,000 army, the first reaction of these veterans was not fear, but a kind of bloodthirsty excitement, and there was a sense of eagerness to try.

The fortifications of Xuyi City over the years and the abundant defensive ordnance such as bows and arrows, rolling logs, and stones are not decorations, and they are all beckoned to the Yuan soldiers who are besieging the city at this moment. The crossbow arrows as dense as the rainstorm, the rolling wood and stones that roared down, became the nightmare of the besieging Yuan soldiers, and the corpses were spread under the city of Xuyi, and they attacked again and again in vain.

Ji Ling didn't expect that the defense of a small Xuyi city would be so tenacious, but this aroused his arrogance even more, Ji Ling didn't believe it, with the sea of people tactical ant attached offensive, he couldn't take this kind of small city? Ji Ling personally stood in front of the battle, urged the three armies, and launched an overwhelming siege battle. (To be continued......)