"What!"

Tao Qian exclaimed.

Yang Zhao did this to ruin his reputation and destroy his reputation in Xuzhou, which could easily lead to the soldiers in Xuzhou not wanting to fight for themselves and only wanting to surrender.

Benevolence and righteousness were snatched away by Yang Zhao instead.

Yang Zhao's dispatch of troops is a righteous act, just to take revenge, he did not commit any crime against Xuzhou Qiu, and he can also get part of the hearts of the people of Xuzhou, on the contrary, Tao Qian was completely discredited and became a treacherous, greedy and lustful villain.

Tao Qian had to admit that Yang Zhao played very well.

made Tao Qian, who was already at a disadvantage, lose his reputation, and before he could fight, he had almost lost.

"What should I do?"

Tao Qian asked everyone eagerly, "What else can we do?" ”

Zang Ba said: "With the current situation, in addition to surrendering, there is only one way to defend to the death, if you choose to defend to the death, you can also send people to visit Cao Mengde, Yuan Highway, etc., to ask for support, but there should be no one to support us." ”

The battle of Yang Yuan had just ended, Yang Zhao killed all sides, Yuan Shao had to cede land and sue for peace, and it was indeed difficult to invite people to support Xuzhou.

When they heard Yang Zhao's name, they didn't dare to respond, even if Cao Cao hated Yang Zhao very much now, he didn't dare to start a war with Yang Zhao casually, otherwise Yanzhou would be robbed by Yang Zhao.

Sun Guan said: "If we surrender, can Yang Zhao let us go and not kill?" ”

Except for Chen Deng and other people from the family, others heard the words and looked at Tao Qian at the same time.

said that he would only find Tao Qian for revenge, even if he surrendered, Tao Qian would die, but except for Tao Qian, can anyone else live if they surrender? No one knows, and they don't dare to take the risk of giving it a try.

Rather than surrender, it is better to hold on.

"We hold on, we hold on!"

Tao Qian considered the end and ordered: "Pass my order, prepare the wood and stone for defending the city, make arrows, and at the same time send someone to visit Cao Mengde and their ......"

They were forced to the point of desperation, so they could only rely on the thick walls of Xiapi to defend to the end.

After this order was laid, the city was quickly busy.

Those who prepared weapons, those who hoarded food, and all kinds of people hurriedly walked around, although they were dissatisfied with Tao Qian's war for Xuzhou, but under the order, many soldiers did not dare to disobey.

They just hope that they can hold the next Pi.

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Yang Zhao left the East China Sea and entered the confines of Xiapi County.

The counties along the way, basically did not resist much, they surrendered almost, and even the counties on the other side of Pengcheng also came to surrender, there were one or two that needed to be fought, but it was not difficult to fight, and soon swept through the north of Xuzhou and came to the outside of Xiapi City.

A total of 50,000 soldiers and horses came to the city.

"The lord, the people of the Chen family, are still in the city and have not escaped." Yang Feng came back to report the news.

Yang Zhao nodded and said, "The Chen clan is confident, we can be sure that after the city is broken, we will not do anything to them, and we don't think there is any need to run away." ”

Guo Jia, who followed the battle, said: "Tao Qian and others can be killed, but to stabilize Xuzhou, the Chen family still has to stay." ”

In the big picture, this is indeed the case.

Yang Zhao ordered: "Set up camp first, and then attack the city tomorrow." ”

Outside Xiapi, there is also a moat, next to which is Surabaya.

They were stationed on the banks of the moat.

However, Tao Qian and the others directly gave up the defense line of the moat, and all entered the city, defending according to the strong city wall, they were worried that they would not be able to enter the city after the fight.

Outside the city, it's dangerous!

Seeing that Yang Zhao was camping and did not attack immediately, Tao Qian and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lord, I look at Pi, it shouldn't be easy to fight."

Guo Jia looked at the city tower and analyzed: "The city wall here is very high and thick, even if our explosives can be thrown, the impact will not be too great, and we can only blow up some of the guards." ”

Jia Xu, who also followed the battle, agreed: "If I were Tao Qian, and I learned that the lord was coming to attack with a large army, I would definitely make preparations for all kinds of defenses, such as even blocking the city gate with stones, so that our bed crossbow could not be broken and dragged down with us." ”

"You're right!"

Yang Zhao thought that when Cao Cao attacked Lu Bu, it was outside Xiapi City that he had a stalemate with Lu Bu for a long time.

Xiapi high and thick city tower, it is difficult to break through, stalemate to the end, it rains, the river rises, Cao Cao ordered people to dig up Surabaya and the moat, the water flooded Xiapi, and caused civil strife in Lu Bu's army, and finally broke the city and killed Lu Bu.

Now the weather is sunny and rain is unlikely.

I thought it would be easier to win the next battle, but now it seems that I thought too much about it before.

Yang Zhao said again: "Attack the city tomorrow to see how the effect is, if the strong attack is not broken, then think of other ways." ”

"Good!"

Everyone nodded.

They are not in a hurry, they have time, although they still have to consider going back to support Liu Bian's accession to the throne, but this matter is not very urgent, after getting Xuzhou, and then supporting Liu Bian's enthronement, it will appear more powerful and more confident.

The next day at noon.

In Yang Zhao's army, the drums of war were finally beaten and the attack began.

At the same time, the sound of war drums was also heard on the upper floor of Xiapi City, and the guards of Xiapi quickly gathered.

"Tao Gongzu, why don't you surrender?"

Yang Zhao looked up and said loudly: "If you surrender now, I can spare you from dying." ”

Tao Qian gritted his teeth and said: "Yang Yuanjun, those things have nothing to do with me, they were done by Zhang Min on his own initiative, and I am also looking for him, but I can't find it, can we sit down and talk about it?" ”

Yang Zhao responded: "Yes, as long as you open the city gate and surrender, we will continue to talk." ”

"Impossible!"

Tao Qian resolutely refused to surrender, gritted his teeth slightly, and said: "This matter really has nothing to do with me. ”

Yang Zhao asked: "All the evidence points to you, and you still say it's okay?" ”

After a pause, he shouted again: "I went to Xuzhou, just to take revenge, and it has nothing to do with the soldiers and people of Xuzhou. ”

His voice came in slowly.

All the soldiers looked at Yang Zhao at this time.

"I just want revenge, I don't want to kill you, but now I have to kill, if you don't want to die, open the city gate and surrender, you can be safe and sound." Yang Zhao continued to chant.

"Yang Zhao, shut up!"

Tao Qian retorted in a panic: "Don't listen to his nonsense, he is sowing discord!" ”

Yang Zhao went south, not only did not commit any offense in the autumn, but even appeased the people, sent porridge and grain to the displaced people, and all the good things that should be done were done, and the people's hearts in Xuzhou were basically inclined to Yang Zhao's side.

Tao Qian didn't have much ability, but now he was smeared again, and when he heard Yang Zhao's words again, the guards and soldiers in Xiapi were shaken terribly.

There were many soldiers defending the city, and naturally they wanted to surrender, so they could only look at Tao Qian.

"We, Xuzhou, will never surrender!"

Tao Qian said loudly: "Yang Zhao, you can't separate us!" ”

Hearing this, Yang Zhao saw that above the city tower, those soldiers who were about to move definitely wanted to surrender, but they didn't dare to mention it, after all, Tao Qian's prestige in Xuzhou was still there.

The current level is not enough, let the guards of Xiapi mutiny, and it will not be necessary after a while.