Zhang Ji and Xiahou Yuan, who had marched all the way from Taishan County, actually walked in front of Cao Ren, who had set off from Licheng.

When they had already arrived at the city of Lanling, the scouts brought back the news of Cao Renjun.

Zhang Ji found Xiahou Yuan, who was in the rear army, "How to fix it now?" Do we fight or wait? ”

Looking at Lanling City, which was quiet in the morning light, as if it was empty, Xiahou Yuan was also confused.

He even asked such a brainless word?

"Don't beat us up?" Xiahou Yuan was amused, he pointed to the seemingly empty Lanling City and said, "It's obvious that Liu Bei is still sleeping!" At this time, the cavalry turned into foot soldiers, and before they could react, they rushed into the city, opened the city gates, and the city belonged to us, so what else do you have to hesitate about? ”

"Look at how much Liu Bei disrespects us, the city is empty!"

"But Cao Ren still has half a day to ......go," Zhang Ji said with a wry smile.

He actually wanted to take the opportunity to pull out the city, but before leaving, Xun Yu explained two sentences to him in private.

"Why do we have to wait for him?" Xiahou Yuan was a little puzzled.

Zhang Ji looked at Xiahou Yuan in surprise, "You don't know? Ao, I know, what are your Xiahou clan and Cao clan? ”

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Xiahou Yuan's face was slightly displeased, he didn't like to listen to this very much.

"My fucking mouth, it seems like I'm talking too much." Zhang Ji scolded and greeted himself, and his head was wilted, and he said helplessly, "You have also read the holy decree, General Xun is worried that I may be ...... I'm going to think about it a lot or something, actually, I'm sure I won't think about it anyway. Then he explained a little bit, which was related to the previous incident. ”

Zhang Ji walked around and said unhappily, and Xiahou Yuan figured out what was going on.

"It's really good that you look at the pile, but sometimes your brain is really not clear. Isn't this what General Xun said to comfort you? What does it have to do with our wars? Xiahou Yuan scolded speechlessly, "It also involved the Cao family and the Xiahou family, you can really think about you!" ”

"Our Xiahou family does have some in-laws with the Cao family, but my Xiahou Yuan is Xiahou Yuan, and I am a partial general of the imperial court!"

"You don't talk to me about these useless things, Your Majesty gave you such a will, and Xun Yu personally appeased you twice, why didn't you think about it, would I be unbalanced in my heart? Damn, if it is Ma Chao who attacks Lanling in the south, it is you who have to order me! ”

Zhang Ji laughed, "It really seems that I was thinking too much just now, but we don't have a good relationship!" Living and dying together so many times, what is the difference between you commanding me and I commanding you? ”

"I think Xun Yu is idle, what does he have nothing to do to explain to you? Cao Ren's commander is stronger than you, what can't you admit? Xiahou Yuan scolded.

Zhang Ji was serious, raised his hand and said solemnly: "I have never refused to admit it, I have something that I can't admit, it is Xun Yu who thinks that I may not admit it." Cao Ren's appearance even has the face of the chief general of the three armies, I really can't compare. ”

"Of course, in fact, you can't blame Xun Yu, he not only has to sit in the center, but also Tuntian, and he is also busy taking care of the careful thoughts of our generals, which is really tiring. The imperial court is now getting higher and higher, but the north has not yet been unified, and he is also worried that there will be friction among the generals and delay the major affairs of the imperial court. ”

"When he said something more, we were all comfortable and saved a lot of trouble, which was good, good."

At this moment, Zhang Ji's mind seemed to be sobered up instantly, and the regulations were clearer than anyone else.

Xiahou Yuan said speechlessly: "I can see it, just me, Xiahou Yuan, seems to be a temperless person, pointing where to fight." ”

Zhang Ji grinned, and sighed weirdly, "Oh, I don't know why, so many Xiliang good horses were given to you, and I didn't even have a horse." ”

Xiahou Yuan: ......

"Without further ado, siege!"

Xiahou Yuan raised his arms and scolded, "If the two of us delay the fighter plane for this kind of, we should all cut it with a thousand cuts!" ”

Zhang Ji looked at Liu Bei, who was standing alone at the head of the city, and said quietly: "If my eyes are not wrong, that person ...... It seems to be Liu Bei, we seem to have delayed the fighter. Otherwise, you will rip me, and I will rip you? ”

Xiahou Yuan: ......

His eyesight was not as good as Zhang Ji's, and he looked at it for a long time, but he only saw a person standing on the head of the city, but he did not see his face.

"Rest, wait for Cao Ren's foot guards to arrive, and then do your thoughts!" Xiahou Yuan said helplessly.

Now that he has been startled, he is reluctant to let the cavalry raised by spending countless money and food become foot soldiers to attack the city, even if it is just a loss of dozens of people, he is distressed.

Zhang Ji smiled, "Don't cut it?" ”

"If you want to die, I can fulfill you!" Xiahou Yuan scolded in a sullen voice.

Zhang Ji laughed, "Actually, I have always felt that we, the generals, should not be involved in the affairs of the court. ”

Xiahou Yuan looked at his nose and nose, and he didn't want to talk to Zhang Ji, who didn't know why he was so interested in talking about it suddenly.

But he couldn't help but think about Zhang Ji's statement.

Thinking about it, he was still angry, and scolded in a sullen voice, "Wen doesn't know the soldiers!" ”

"If the civil and military are separated, you will wait to be killed by that group of civil servants like Ding Gong and Wang Yun!"

Zhang Ji smacked his tongue secretly, and said thoughtfully, "Yo, what you say is really true, you don't know the soldiers, and you are even reasonable." Sure enough, it is worthy of my robe, and one sentence hits the nail on the head, but I have failed to consider it. ”

"However, you said that if we send Liu Bei a round of arrow rain now, can we also kill his arrogance first?"

Xiahou Yuan was stunned, "If there is a serious fart next time, release it early!" Queue up a long snake formation to lure the enemy out of the city! ”

"Good!" Zhang Ji said with a smile.

……

On the head of the city of Lanling.

Liu Bei finally recovered from the shock, and immediately sent someone to wake up the soldiers who were still sleeping, and called Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

"What do they mean by that? Why besiege but not attack? Zhang Fei asked in surprise after going to the city.

Liu Bei's face was very ugly, "Black clothes and black armor, one person and three horses, a long knife for chopping horses, and an iron crossbow hanging from the saddle." This is the elite of the West Garden of the imperial court, and when they attack, I am afraid that it will be too late. ”

"The imperial army is probably here to conquer Cao Cao. Now Tao Qian has chosen to help Cao Cao, and his identity has changed from a loyal minister to a traitor, and the court is going to attack ...... Xuzhou, rebel! Guan Yu muttered, "Brother, we are in a bad situation now. ”

If it was an ordinary soldier or horse, Guan Yu would have gone out of the city to teach them a lesson.

But in the face of the Xiyuan Army, which has bright armor, morale like a tiger, and good records, he does not dare to be blind.

Especially the strength of the West Park Army, it seems that it is ...... It's over 10,000.

Zhang Fei roughly counted the array of the Xiyuan Army, and the pair of thick eyebrows instantly squeezed together, "The strength is between fifteen thousand and twenty thousand, is it wrong for the imperial court to fight us with such a huge force?" ”

Liu Bei explained with an ugly face, "They are not just here to fight us, but to raid Pengcheng!" ”

"With the elite cavalry as the vanguard, go straight to Xuzhou, kill the Xuzhou troops, and then use the infantry as the rear wing to attack the city and capture the wall. This is a rather conceited style of play, if the cavalry loses, it will be difficult for the foot soldiers to advance, and the battle will be in a difficult situation in an instant. ”

"But the Xiyuan Army is the elite of the imperial army, and the strength is close to 20,000, but this is a quick victory tactic to fight Xuzhou!"

"It's just...... What a good thing we should be! ”

Guan Yu pondered for a moment, and said to Liu Bei in a deep voice: "Brother, when you recruit the people in the city to go to the city to guard the palace, prepare to roll oil and gold juice, and make preparations for defense first. If there is an opportunity, he should quickly send a horse out of the city and ask Tao Qian and Tian Kai for help. ”

"The imperial court soldiers and horses are moving south, this is the time when Xuzhou's life and death are in danger, and it is expected that Tao Qian will not dare to hide it anymore!"

Liu Bei's eyes drooped, and he looked at the terrifying Xiyuan cavalry outside the city sickly, and muttered: "What I'm worried about is that in this case, how will we return to the court in the future and serve the country?" ”

"Brother, we're all sinful now. If you surrender, the consequences are unpredictable. Guan Yu said.

Liu Bei has also been worried about this, if there are big interests in hand, surrender may be able to mix up with the marquis.

But now they are completely united, and they only have 7,000 soldiers and horses in their hands.

And the three of them have no family favor, and it is really difficult to say what the result will be after surrendering.

"Moreover, no one can say what the current situation of the imperial court is. At this moment, Cao Cao rebelled, and the imperial court attacked Xuzhou in the south at this moment, it is difficult to say that this is not a desperate approach after the emperor was angry! Guan Yu said solemnly.

"The imperial court has always relied on Cao's generals, and after Cao Cao's rebellion, even if there are still loyal and commendable people, it is difficult for the emperor to reuse them. This move undoubtedly reduced the military generals of the imperial court by more than half. ”

"I think my brother should prepare for the battle in front of him with peace of mind, wait and see, and make plans later!"

Guan Yu's remarks persuaded Liu Bei, and he nodded silently and said, "What Yun Chang said also has some truth. However, our surrender at this moment is not an opportunity. Cao Cao rebelled, there is no one available in the court, if it is Mingjun, we may be reused in the past, but there are different opinions in the world, we don't know what the temperament of the current Son of Heaven is! ”

Guan Yu said, "Brother, we don't have any outstanding achievements!" Even if we want to surrender, at least we should make a big name, and after surrendering, we will be in a better situation in the imperial court. ”

"Two brothers!" Zhang Fei, who was a little anxious and scratching his ears and cheeks, interjected and shouted, "I can understand it, you haven't thought about surrendering now, since you haven't thought about it, then you must not want to surrender yet, so what are you talking about?" Their formation has moved, and it seems that they are going to attack the city, so it is better to prepare to defend the city as soon as possible. ”

Liu Bei and Guan Yu, who were busy talking, noticed that the formation of the imperial army had really changed after Zhang Fei's reminder.

"Second brother, third brother, go your separate ways!" Liu Bei immediately said, "The second brother summoned the people in the city to help guard the city, and the third brother led people to prepare gold juice to beat the wood, no, prepare the shield first." The enemy army is all cavalry, and there is no siege of the city, I am afraid that they want to release arrows. ”

"Whoa!"

Guan Zhang and the others quickly took the order and went their own way.