"This ambush army, Cao Cao has been hiding in the mountains for a long time.

"He must have wanted to lure me into the mountain path and ambush me again, but the situation forced him to change his mind.

"As long as my army is in a sloppy formation when attacking because of its desire to win, and he pours out the ambushes on both flanks, he will have a chance to win the victory.

"I am not sure of victory, and he is the same, he chose to ambush at the mountain pass, and he was forced to do so."

She only has 5,000 soldiers who can fight independently, and there are 5,000 soldiers who need to use her resourcefulness and prestige, and even use her own bravery to maintain morale at critical moments.

Cao Cao thought of this, and he tried his best to break up her formation and offset the benefits that her personal bravery could bring to the army.

But what is she going to say...... She can't fight as devastating as she used to?

The situation on the battlefield changed in an instant, and she was no longer given much room to think.

The thick fallen leaves at the pass were crushed by the chaotic footsteps, and then stained with blood plasma.

The Yanzhou soldiers on both flanks are rapidly entering the battlefield, with more and more soldiers and horses, and the front section is also constantly retracting, wanting to cut off the connection between the front army and the Chinese army and complete a siege.

…… After this war, I'm afraid that the fallen leaves at the foot of the mountain will be more vivid than the red leaves of the maple trees, right?

Once again, the drums of war rang out, echoing majestically and tragically around the mountains.

Lu Xuanyu did not pull out the saber at his waist, but took a horse lance from his own soldier.

In the expectant, fanatical, reverent gaze of the soldiers, in the footsteps they followed, the young commander said nothing, but was silent and rode his horse towards the mountains.

Chapter 286

It's a foul-smelling city.

Stone is the most precious thing, it can build a stronger platform, but there are not many people in Xiapi City who have this condition, even the scholars, they can't do it all.

Therefore, under the command of Liu Bei, the soldiers defending the city took out the wooden planks in reserve and built wooden platforms that were higher than the flood, so that those people who took refuge in the city also had a place to take refuge.

In this way, they set up their tents on wooden planks, cautiously, and relied on warmth.

But defecation became a problem.

A city that could only accommodate 10,000 people suddenly moved into 100,000 people, and the domestic garbage generated every day was already a problem. When Cao Cao only besieged the city and did not release water, Liu Bei attached great importance to this point, and requisitioned the people, led by the small officials, to repeatedly clean the city every day to clean up the dirt and prevent the plague.

But now that they are soaked in waist-deep sewage, they have no way to sweep the city along the streets, and they throw all the filth into the water without hesitation.

Liu Bei couldn't blame these people for such a thing, they had neither such knowledge nor such a mind—they had enough difficulty to survive each day that they could no longer care about whether this city would cause a plague.

But it's true that the city has lost a clean water source.

So the soldiers and civilians who were already submerged in the water still had to pray for rain.

Only when it rains will they be able to get a little water to drink.

On days when it doesn't rain, people are forced to drink contaminated water every day because of thirst, and every day people have diarrhea that causes more serious water pollution.

Most of those who had drunk the dirty water ended their painful lives after almost frantic struggles and pleading, being snatched from their families by the silent defenders and thrown down the high walls.

It was about to become a dirt mountain, and one of the defenders said that next time he would need to lose it in a different direction.

Actually, you don't have to care so much, the other defender replied, next time it will be us, don't you want to occupy a good position?

Compared to the corpses that had been thrown at the bottom, soaked in muddy water, and could no longer be recognized, it was clear that the more they were stacked on top, the more decent they were.

Imagine yourself being left on top...... After going down to Huangquan, it should be able to let his relatives distinguish his appearance, right? This proposal actually moved the defender's heart.

But the whispering was suddenly interrupted again.

Lord!

They hurriedly grabbed their weapons and tried to unleash their dirty and tattered clothes, trying to make themselves look decent at this moment, but their lord already looked very unseemly, so he didn't dislike the mud on their faces and the smell of urine all over their bodies.

Their lord wore a robe of no discernible color, but in the impression of the two defenders, it should have been dark blue with beautiful silver thread embroidered on it.

The lord likes beautiful clothes, who doesn't know?

But the garment was also very dirty, muddy, bloody, and some indistinguishable stains left layer after layer of marks, dried up repeatedly, and soaked in the sewage repeatedly.

is as embarrassed as Liu Bei.

There is very little water in Xiapi City, not enough to drink, let alone bathe or wash clothes.

Therefore, when Liu Bei walked towards them, his eye sockets were sunken, his beard was messy, and he looked extremely haggard.

"How's it going?" The lord opened his mouth, and his cracked lips were bloodshot, making his lips whiter.

There was no blood at all.

"Everything, everything!" The soldier glanced at the mouth and quickly responded.

The lord looked down at the two of them, and though they knew that the lord was not irritable, they were still uneasy, wondering if they had provoked him somewhere.

Or he didn't anger him anywhere, but he was also very irritable and desperate, and wanted to find someone to scold and vent his emotions, isn't this also normal?

This city is about to be unbearable, everyone is on the verge of collapse, can Liu Bei stay out of it?

"Ha," the lord looked at it, and suddenly laughed, "I don't wipe the stains on my face, I almost can't recognize which of you two is who." ”

…… Ahh

The little soldier quickly wiped his face with a sleeve that was not completely torn...... It doesn't seem to have been wiped clean yet.

The lord reached out in hatred and wiped him again with his sleeve.

"Wipe your face, be refreshed," he said as he wiped, "wait until Cao Cao is driven away and repair the river, in fact, this land is very fertile, and it will be good to plant next year." ”

…… A little hard, wiping my face a little painful.

…… I endured the pain.

…… I couldn't hold back.

…… So I cried.

"Lord, lord!" He covered his cheeks and wiped them indiscriminately, crying, "Can we still hold it?" ”

Liu Bei glanced at him.

"Why can't you hold it? You see that some time ago, Cao Cao was in a hurry to attack the city, and then he began to besiege it if he couldn't take it. ”

He pointed out of the city, "Look. ”

There was still a camp of Yanzhou soldiers in the distance outside the city, but it was indeed deserted.

"Now that the drums are sluggish, the battle is not strict, this is because Cao Cao is no longer in the army," he said, "where can he go?" ”

The little soldier looked at him stupidly, "Lord, where have you been?" ”

"Then it must be my second brother and Xiao Lu who are here!" Liu Bei crossed his waist and said, "Don't you know what kind of people my second brother and Xiao Lu are?" Invincible! ”

…… It's a bit of a shame.

The soldier wiped his face again, not knowing what to say.

"But Cao Cao is a deceitful person, if they fight in a hurry, I'm afraid that they will be ambushed, we have to cheer up again and hold on for a while, so that they can concentrate on the enemy - come, and you," Liu Bei naturally pointed at the soldiers who came around, "You also wipe your face and dry your clothes, General Xiao Lu is a female doll after all, when she enters the city, seeing you like this, I'm afraid I don't want to laugh at you!" ”

…… Laugh at us.

…… It also sounds a little ashamed.

…… The little soldier hurriedly wiped his face again, and wiped his tears away by the way.

Are General Lu and General Guan fighting for them?

Is Xiapi City about to be saved?

That's great!

Is Lu Lian fighting for her lord and this city?

Undoubtedly, yes.

But will she succeed? Not necessarily.

When Lu Lian's Chinese army slowly pressed on, Cao Cao immediately discovered the abnormality of the enemy army.

Even though the front army had already distanced itself from the Chinese army and had almost stretched his neck into that rope loop, Lu Lian still maintained a high degree of vigilance.

It was nothing, Cao Cao and Xun You had made many plans, and if he could lure her into Maling Mountain, he would win more easily, but he was very sober, and at the same time changed his plans several times for the ambush on his left and right flanks.

- Some of these plans are simple, some are complicated, but they have only one purpose, to pull her formation apart, pull it apart, divide, surround it, and gradually annihilate it.

The Guan-Lu coalition army was the last army in Xuzhou that still had the strength to fight, and Cao Cao didn't even expect to succeed in a battle, because he knew that as long as he could keep cutting and eating Lu Lian's soldiers and horses, she would eventually show fatigue.

As a result, Xuzhou's income has become a matter of time.

As long as Lu Lian is defeated, he can divide his troops back to Yanzhou and repel the combined forces of Zhang Xiu and Dong Cheng! He left Yu Ban Ju Guan Yu outside Huai'an City, and Yu Ban would never disappoint him again and again!

As long as Lu Lian is defeated, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and Yangzhou will gradually become his territory!

The flag waved, and the wings quickened their pace.

Even if he stayed on a distant hill and looked down on the battlefield, Cao Cao's familiarity and control over his army still reached a terrifying level.

He calculated that before Lu Lian's Chinese army arrived, he would encircle this front army, and the ambush soldiers on both flanks would definitely be able to do it.

With a shield in one hand and a spear in the other, the Yanzhou people rushed towards Lu Lian's front army!

Lu Lian's Chinese army had also arrived.

In front of this overwhelming army and horses, pouring down from the mountains like a torrent, he was only one step slower.

Judging from the mobility of this Chinese army, as well as the gaps and postures when advancing, it can be easily seen that they are two completely different armies from the previous army.

So just this step is enough.

A smile quickly appeared on Cao Cao's face, not a smile when he calmed the hearts of the army, but a heartfelt smile that had not appeared on his face for a long time.

"Lu Lian is a veteran soldier, and he will gather the soldiers on both wings to protect the Chinese army," Xun You observed for a while and said, "You can't take it lightly." ”

As if to verify what he said, the two wings of the wild goose marching array also began to shrink inward, like a film of oil, enveloping the Chinese army in it.

With these soldiers in the way, the Chinese army was able to adjust their pace and formation.

Cao Cao frowned again, and an order was issued with the flag.