"Duke Ming can order Yu Ban to lead the army, feint to attack Xiaopei, and Xia Cai guards the enemy to see that Xu Du is empty, and he will definitely take advantage of the void to enter!" Looking at each other with Cao Cao, Guo Jia continued: "When Xia Cai defends the enemy out of the city, Ming Gong can urgently order the Qingzhou army to storm Xia Cai, and the enemy who goes out of the city will definitely come to help, and then the army of Xu Du will pour out, and the enemy army can be wiped out in one fell swoop." As for Shouchun, it will be just an empty city at that time! ”

With his chin twisted in his hand, after listening to Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao suddenly fell into deep thought.

Defeating the Xia Cai Qin army, Liu Wei must be furious, and the Qin army is advancing eastward, perhaps just around the corner.

Yuan Shao of Hebei is also eyeing it now, and he has already explored it clearly, and the grain and grass of Yuan Shao's army have been prepared, and it will not be long before Yuan Shao will wave his troops south.

Now although Xuzhou is besieged for many days, Xiaopei has been lost to the Qin army, such a situation, for Cao Cao, it is really close to the end of the mountain.

If Liu Wei was furious and marched eastward, Cao Cao really did not have much confidence that he would be able to resist the large-scale attack of the Qin army.

Seeing the entanglement on Cao Cao's face, Guo Jia arched towards Cao Cao with his fists and said, "Don't worry, Duke Ming, if you take Xia Cai and Shouchun, King Qin will definitely not go east!" ”

"Oh?" Guo Jia's words seemed to make Cao Cao eat a reassuring pill, he frowned slightly, looked at Guo Jia with unblinking eyes and asked, "Why does Feng Xiao expect that King Qin will not go east?" ”

"King Qin has hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, and the army is strong, looking at the world, I am afraid that there will be no opponent!" Referring to Liu Wei, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao without concealment: "The Duke of Ming is indeed the enemy of the King of Qin, which is indeed much earlier. But Ming Gong may not have discovered that although the Qin army entered Xuzhou, it only occupied Xiaopei and did not advance to Xuzhou, and General Xiahoudun still had enough time to break through Xuzhou City. Xuzhou a place, the Ming Duke must be in the middle of the Yan, and from this matter, it can also be seen that the King of Qin does not have the ability to annex the territory in a big way, before that, even if he breaks the Ming Duke, the Ming Duke can only be divided into other heroes. The subordinates expected that the king of Qin would not advance eastward, but would only control the Ming Duke and balance the forces of all parties. ”

"That is, once Yuan Shao goes south, he will have to go to war with him for a long time?" Guo Jia's words made Cao Cao's brows tighten even tighter.

Born as a hero, Cao Cao refused to be a pawn of others.

If Guo Jia's words were fulfilled, even if Cao Cao could temporarily win some small victories in the battle with the King of Qin, he would not be able to escape the fate of being a pawn on Liu Wei's chessboard.

His face was a little unkind, Cao Cao didn't speak, just stared down at the chessboard, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Qi Cao Gong, Xun Junshi is here!" Sitting opposite Guo Jia, when the two of them were speechless, a guard's voice came from outside the door.

"Hurry up and ask Gongda to come in and see you!" Hearing that Xun You was coming, Cao Cao hurriedly gave an order outside the house.

As Cao Cao's command fell, Xun You walked in from outside the house, first bowed to Cao Cao with his fists in his fists, and then arched his hand to Guo Jia, who had already stood up.

"Gongda!" Cao Cao, who also stood up, arched his hand to Xun You, made a gesture of invitation to him, and said: "Fang Caimou and Feng Xiao are discussing how to deal with the ...... King of Qin."

"There is no information about the people who went to Luoyang!" As soon as Cao Cao opened his mouth, he mentioned the King of Qin, and Xun You hurriedly said: "Now the Duke of Ming should be prepared with both hands, in case the King of Qin is lucky, he should deal with the eastward advance of the Qin army!" ”

The views of Xun You and Guo Jia are almost worlds apart, Guo Jia believes that the Qin army will definitely not advance eastward, but Xun You is adamant that if there is no successful assassination of Liu Wei, the Qin army will definitely advance eastward.

Turning his head and glancing at Guo Jia, Cao Cao did not express what Guo Jia said before to Xun You, but asked Xun You: "With the meaning of Gongda, how should we deal with it?" ”

"After this incident, if he fails to assassinate the King of Qin, the King of Qin will definitely be furious!" Facing Cao Cao, Xun You said in a very resolute tone: "It is an indisputable fact that the Qin army is advancing eastward!" Cao Gong can order the army to advance eastward and attack Xiaopei, and the Qin army will definitely take the opportunity to go to Xudu, and then only need to order the Qingzhou army to ambush in the middle of the road, and it will be successful! ”

When Xun You said this, Cao Cao turned his head to look at Guo Jia, first stunned, and then he and Guo Jia both raised their faces and laughed.

Cao Cao and Guo Jia looked up and laughed, but Xun You looked puzzled, blinked twice, and asked with a blank look: "How can Cao Gong and Feng Xiao laugh?" Could it be that what he said is bad? ”

"Although Gongda is slightly different from Fengxiao's opinion, the strategy is the same!" stepped forward and patted Xun You's arm gently, Cao Cao said very affectionately: "In this way, there is no doubt about it!" ”

Xun You still looked puzzled, but Cao Cao had already shouted outside the house: "Someone! ”

A guard guarding outside the house heard Cao Cao's shout, strode into the house, bowed with fists clenched, and quietly waited for orders.

"With the order forbidden, immediately order 50,000 soldiers and horses to go to Xiaopei!" Looking at the guards standing at the door, Cao Cao instructed him: "In addition, order Sun Guan and other generals of the Qingzhou Army to prepare the army and meet the invading Qin army at any time!" ”

After receiving Cao Cao's order, the guard responded with a fist clenched, turned around and left the room.

When the guards left, Cao Cao took Guo Jia and Xun You's hands, and said with a smile on his face: "It is said that the army of King Qin is strong, but in all battles, there has never been a defeat. There is a certain Fengxiao, first there is a great victory in Shouchun, this time the Qin army dares to go east, there are two of them, they will definitely have no return! ”

Being held by Cao Cao, Guo Jia and Xun You couldn't salute him, but just said in unison: "Ming Gong is a loyal man, we should help him!" ”

Cao Cao, Guo Jia, and Xun You set a plan to intercept the Qin army, but Xuzhou City at this time was in a crisis.

The Cao army besieged the city for several days, the grain and grass in the city was already in short supply, and now the Cao army launched a fierce siege, the Xuzhou army at the head of the city, although the number is not less than the Cao army, but the combat power is incomparable, and the battle to defend the city is extremely hard.

Standing on the city wall, looking at the Cao army arrayed outside the city, Liu Bei's white face had long been bloodless.

The news of the Qin army's defeat of Xiaopei did not reach the city, and Liu Bei did not know that not far from them, reinforcements had arrived.

However, after the Qin army defeated Xiao Pei, they did not advance to Xuzhou, and even if Liu Bei knew that they were coming, it was of little use.

A series of ladders advanced towards the city wall, and behind the ladders were the heavy infantry of the Cao army holding large shields in a neat formation and holding shields above their heads.

Not far behind these Cao troops, four or five rows of Cao troops holding large shields blocked their shields in front of them, forming several solid shield walls.

Behind the shield wall were Cao army archers lined up in a neat phalanx.

In siege warfare, due to the barrier of the city wall, the archers can not play a very big role, but the arrows they fire can effectively suppress the defense of the defenders on the city, and they still play a vital role in the entire battle.

The queue moved forward slowly, looking at Cao Jun outside the city, Liu Bei's already pale face twitched a few times, and his forehead was already full of beads of sweat.

Different from Liu Wei's nervousness, Zhang Fei, who was standing beside him with a Zhangba snake spear in his hand, had a look of anticipation.

Guan Yu was captured by Xiahoudun, and Liu Bei did not send troops to save him, Zhang Fei had nowhere to go with his anger in his stomach.

Cao's army attacked the city, but it invisibly gave him a reason to fight.

Most of the Xuzhou troops defending the city were the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army earlier, and these people still had a good hand at harassing the people, but if they were fighting, they were really much worse.

Many of the soldiers under Liu Bian's command were also born in the Yellow Turban, but under Liu Bian's domestication, those soldiers of the Qin army have already grown into warriors in a hundred battles.

Even the Qingzhou Army incorporated by Cao Cao, although Cao Cao was quite conniving at them, was also disciplined, and there was special general training, and the combat power was no longer comparable to the past.

Compared with Liu Wei's Qin Army and Cao Cao's Qingzhou Army, these Yellow Turban remnants incorporated by Liu Bei still maintain their past habits, although they no longer harass the people now, but their combat power has not improved much.

Looking at the Cao army advancing outside the city, the Xuzhou soldiers at the head of the city were all trembling nervously.

Cao's army continued to attack the city, and its strength had already made these soldiers who defended the city fearful, if it weren't for Zhang Fei to take the town, I am afraid that Xuzhou City would have been breached a few days ago.

"Archer!" Cao Jun, who was carrying the ladder, was about to enter the range of the Xuzhou army's bow and arrows, when an officer on the city wall shouted loudly.

Although they were afraid of Cao Jun from the bottom of their bones, the Xuzhou army defending the city knew that if the city was breached, few of them might be able to survive under Cao Jun's butcher's knife.

With the officer's order, the archers of the Xuzhou army at the head of the city put their arrows on the bowstring and aimed at the Cao army who was advancing towards the city wall.

Entering the range of the archers of the Xuzhou Army, Cao Jun, who was carrying the ladder, accelerated his pace a little, and gradually changed from walking to running, but on the way to run, they tried to keep the same pace, and the shield held above their heads was not messy at all.

"Shoot the arrows!" Cao's army had already run very close, and the officer of the Xuzhou army at the head of the city pressed his arm down sharply and gave the order to release the arrow.

As soon as the officer gave the order, the archers of the Xuzhou Army, who had already pulled the bowstring and aimed at the outside of the city, let go of the bowstring one after another.

With a soft sound of the bowstring, countless arrows flew out of the city.

The arrows roared, and the strong wind covered Cao Jun outside the city.

Cao Jun, who put the big shield on his head, braved the arrows shot by the Xuzhou army, and the pace under his feet accelerated a lot.

Countless arrows fell into Cao's army, and the feather arrows slammed into the shield, making a "crackling" sound.

Due to the tight shield protection, the Cao army that rushed to the city wall did not suffer much damage from the attack of the arrows, but occasionally a few unlucky Cao soldiers were shot by the arrows that came through the gaps in the shield and fell to the ground.