Chapter 31: The Siege of Xuzhou
"Big brother, it's not good, the spies are coming to report, Cao Cao raised an army of 150,000 and has the heart to march to Xuzhou!"
Guan Yu suddenly ran in from outside the house, he never showed panic on his face, and he couldn't be calm at the moment.
Just because the enemy is Cao Cao!
Although everyone in the world is very disdainful of Cao Cao, no one dares to jump out and say anything, just because Cao Cao's strength is strong enough to shut up these people!
Liu Bei was startled and asked, "Is the news reliable?" ”
"Of course, it is estimated that the enemy army is only two hundred miles away from Xuzhou!" Guan Yu looked left and right, but did not find the third brother Zhang Fei.
"What about the third brother?"
Liu Bei sighed and said, "Grow sweet potatoes in the house, right?" ”
"What the hell is going on with the third brother? Ever since I met Ye Hui, I have been behaving abnormally, I think that Ye Hui is purely a magic stick! Guan Yu finally said what he really thought in his heart.
"Raise the account!"
At the meeting, Zhang Fei finally appeared, but he still looked spiritless, and his soul was out of the world.
Seeing this, Guan Yu angrily reprimanded: "Since you have no intention of saving the country, you might as well go home and kill the pig!" ”
You must know that Zhang Fei was originally a butcher, and the most taboo thing is for others to talk about it, even if this person is his sworn brother.
"What do you mean by being a murderer?" Zhang Fei also began to expose the short.
"Enough!"
Liu Bei shouted, the enemy is at present, these two people still have the mind to quarrel, it is really speechless.
"Mi Zhu, what is the best plan to retreat from the enemy?" Liu Bei looked at another person in the room who looked like a civil official.
Now in Liu Bei's army, there is really no one who can give advice, if anyone has a slightly higher IQ, there is only Mi Zhu, who was born as a businessman.
Mi Zhu thought for a long time before he replied weakly: "Perhaps, we can take the Beihai route to ask General Gongsun for help?" ”
Looking around Xuzhou, the only one who can help and is willing to help may be Gongsun Zhan.
Liu Bei didn't think much about it, so he said, "Okay, then you go quickly to ask for help!" ”
After Mi Zhu left in a panic, Liu Bei said again: "The reinforcements will arrive in ten days at the earliest, and we only have 50,000 soldiers, how can we deal with the enemy?" ”
These words are obviously asking Guan Zhang and the others, they have 20,000 people under them, but Liu Bei only has 10,000 here.
"In my opinion, we can only defend the city and wait for reinforcements to arrive." Guan Yu touched his long beard.
Zhang Fei, who was aroused, couldn't help but say loudly: "Isn't it just Cao Cao, I only need to bring 1,000 people to disperse them!" ”
"Good!"
Liu Bei was a little relieved to see that the two of them still had fighting spirit, even if they didn't win the first battle, they had to play with momentum first.
Our Xuzhou is not a mermaid!
After caring about Zhang Fei for a few words, Liu Bei let him go out of the city to ambush, and at the same time began to prepare for the defense of the city in the city.
Cao Cao's army.
The lineup of generals with the army this time can be called luxurious, with Xiahou Brothers, Cao Ren, Li Dian, and Yu Ban, and Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, and Xun You.
Seeing that he was about to arrive at the city of Xuzhou, Cao Cao was in a very good mood.
Recently, his reputation has risen to an unparalleled level, and many things have been done, and he is more handy than before.
What's more, the Son of Heaven has been submissive to himself recently, and he has long lost the momentum of his previous superiors.
Replace the Han?
Cao Cao did think about this problem, but he didn't tell anyone, and besides, now is not the best time.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the city wall of Xuzhou is strong, and the people's hearts are towards Liu Bei, are we surrounding or fighting?" Cao Cao asked loudly.
Xiahou Yuan quickly replied: "150,000 troops, why do you need to besiege the city? As long as the ladder is erected, Liu Bei will inevitably be so frightened that he will take the initiative to open the city and surrender. ”
"Yes, our army is three times larger than him, and there is no fierce general like Lu Bu in the city, Liu Bei can only tie his hands!"
"General Shenwei, how can Xuzhou stop it!"
The generals couldn't help laughing, as if they had regarded Xuzhou City as something in their pockets.
But at this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the grove next to him, and then an earth-shattering cry erupted.
"Kill!"
"Cao thief, take your life!"
The accident happened suddenly, and Cao Jun didn't know what was happening, so he saw countless cavalry rushing out of the woods, brandishing swords and shouting to kill.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, Cao Jun was slashed and killed more than 100 people, because they had not had time to draw their weapons.
Fortunately, Cao Cao reacted quickly and immediately shouted: "Enemy attack, formation!" ”
"Enemy attack, stand shield!"
"Spears!"
If you want to compete with weapons, then Cao Cao's side is undoubtedly superior, after all, he has a deep foundation, and it is definitely not comparable to Liu Bei, who sells straw shoes.
Even if there is funding from the Mi family, Liu Bei only has a piece of land in Xuzhou after all, how can he be compared with Cao Cao.
Therefore, after Zhang Feijun achieved the advantage of the first two waves of offensives, he began to prepare to retreat, although he was only a pig killer, but he often studied poetry and the art of war on weekdays.
Sneak attack, the focus is on the beginning, if you can't defeat the enemy, then you have to leave immediately, otherwise you will only get stuck in the quagmire.
Moreover, Zhang Fei only brought 1,000 people, but Cao Cao had 150,000 troops here.
"Where to run!"
Seeing that Zhang Fei took advantage of him and wanted to leave, how could Cao Cao's generals let him get his wish, so he rode his horse and chased after him.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Fei couldn't care about the sergeants behind him, and ran towards Xuzhou City without looking back.
When the soldiers saw that the main general had left themselves alone, they immediately lost their fighting spirit and turned into deserters one by one.
Cao Jun covered up the past, and soon wiped them all out, leaving not a single living mouth!
"Hmph, you dare to take the initiative, it's really beyond your strength!"
Cao Cao said indignantly, fortunately, he was only attacked and killed two or three hundred people, but he wiped out a thousand cavalry on the other side, and the deal was still worth it.
So Cao Cao immediately ordered: "The whole army is advancing quickly, and the goal is Xuzhou!" Siege directly! ”
Finally escaped back to the city, and Zhang Fei truthfully reported the battle situation.
Guan Yu couldn't help but sarcastically: "Third brother, you are inevitably too underestimated against the enemy, Cao Cao's 150,000 army, are they all paper paste?" ”
"It's better to say something cool than if you hide in the city like a turtle!"
"That's it!"
Liu Bei had already expected that the sneak attack would not have any effect, but fortunately, the people of Xuzhou were willing to help defend the city, hundreds of thousands of people, and it was enough to defend Gongsun Zhan's reinforcements.
Siege warfare has always been the most brutal.
There is no strategy at all, it is to rely on human life, if the city wall is a little shorter, you can even step on the corpse unconsciously!
The shouts of killing shook the heavens and the earth, the blood flowed like a river, and human life was like mustard.
"Big brother, Cao Cao this time, I'm afraid he won't retreat easily!" Guan Yu thought to himself, even if Gongsun Chan could take advantage of Beihai, how many people could he bring?
Five thousand? Ten thousand? It's still a drop in the bucket.