Xuzhou.

The sky was cloudy, thunder and lightning.

Zang Ba stood on the city wall, staring intently at the Wei army that was pouring in outside the city.

At the moment, there was a haggard look on his face.

After all, the main army of Wei came to attack Xuzhou, and now Pengcheng has become a lonely city.

To say that Zang Ba is not panicking, it is impossible.

Faced with the persuasion of Wei to surrender, and in the face of Wei's coercion and temptation, Zang Ba knew that he had no choice.

Only by holding Pengcheng can we have a chance!

Because of the siege, Zang Ba didn't know the situation outside, but he firmly believed in his heart that when Wei attacked his Xuzhou, Han would definitely not be indifferent.

Keep at it, and there's hope!

Woo woo woo~

Knock knock~

The sound of drums and siege horns was heard outside Pengcheng.

Zang Ba clenched his fists and roared.

"Defend the city!"

The Xuzhou soldiers on Pengcheng suddenly clenched the spears in their hands, and the crossbowmen were even more ready to attack.

"Rush!"

"Kill~"

Under the cover of siege engines.

The Wei army began to launch a fierce attack, and they carried huge ladders and braved the rain of arrows from the defenders, desperately climbing.

The defenders of Pengcheng in the city were about to pour down the oil and shoot a rocket, only to see that the oil was ignited by the way.

For a time, the city became a sea of fire.

At the same time, the crossbowmen in the city also exerted their strength, and the defenders' arrows rained down like raindrops, and the Wei army continued to fall, but the soldiers behind did not flinch and charged forward one after another.

The defenders of Pengcheng relied on the city walls and resisted bravely.

They stabbed the enemy on the ladder with their spears and stoned the besieging army. Up and down the city walls, blood splattered, and screams came and went. The offensive and defensive battles have entered a white-hot stage.

The battle lasted a whole day, and although the Wei army was brave, the stubborn resistance of the defenders of Pengcheng made their repeated attacks in vain.

In the end, the sky was almost dark, and there was a light rain in the air.

During the entire siege battle, Cao Pi watched it.

But after reading it, his face suddenly became gloomy.

At this rate, when will Peng Cheng be defeated?

The Wei army has already suffered a lot of damage because of the strong attack on the city.

Although the siege of the city is all Xuzhou soldiers, if it continues like this, sooner or later the elite ones in his hands will be used.

"Finally, one day was fine, but I still couldn't capture Xuzhou." Chen Qun sighed.

"Those Xuzhou generals, what complaints do you have?" Cao Pi suddenly asked.

It took a lot of time to capture the fortress outside Xuzhou in the early stage, and the people who were sent to attack the fortress were the people brought by Xuzhou.

After attacking the fortress, they lost a lot of soldiers and horses, and now they want to attack the city, I am afraid that many people have complaints in their hearts.

"Your Majesty, there are indeed a few people who have complaints."

Chen Qun said slowly on the side.

This can't be blamed for their complaints, but who else can there be no complaints?

They surrendered to Wei, originally thinking of glory and wealth, but they ended up wanting them to come with soldiers to die.

If the soldiers and horses under his command are sent out, where will their wealth be?

"If there is a complaint, remove his military power and hand it over to those who have no complaints, the previous reward is still valid, take him back to Luoyang to enjoy the wealth!"

If Cao Cao is here, he will definitely appease these Xuzhou generals.

But Cao Pi didn't take his father's method.

What he wants is to completely control Xuzhou, as if the powerful generals controlled Xuzhou before, which will give birth to careerists like Zang Ba.

It is not taken by Cao Pi.

But Cao Pi also pays attention to methods in dealing with these people.

There is also a reward for asking them to send their lives, and for the generals, many people Cao Pi have given the rewards of the marquis.

Even now, those who have complaints will be taken away, and it will not be handed over to the Wei generals, but to other Xuzhou generals.

It is precisely these details that let these Xuzhou generals surrender to his Cao Pi hands, just like dough, which can be kneaded by him at will.

and not to erupt into a camp roar.

Although he oppressed the Xuzhou generals, the benefits were still given.

After listening to Cao Pi's words, Chen Qun immediately took the order and left.

"No!"

It's just that

Looking at Chen Qun's departing back, Cao Pi's brows still wrinkled unconsciously.

He can play with people's hearts, but if he wants to capture Pengcheng, he can't do it by playing with people's hearts.

"I wonder how the general is progressing in Xiapi?"

Zang Ba guarded Pengcheng, and his son Zang Ai guarded Xiapi.

Zang Ba has prestige among the people of Xuzhou, so it is difficult to use persuasion tactics, but his son Zang Ai does not have the prestige of his Lao Tzu.

Xing Xu will take Xiapi first.

Leaving only Pengcheng as a lonely city, the difficulty of taking Xuzhou has dropped a lot.

"Newspaper~"

At this moment, a herald hurriedly walked in outside the camp.

"Your Majesty, Shouchun is urgent!"

Shouchun urgent?

Cao Pi's eyes narrowed, and he immediately picked up the newspaper, opened the military newspaper, and took it in his hand to study it carefully.

"Han-Wu Alliance?"

Cao Pi's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

"How is this possible?"

Something is wrong!

Isn't there still life and death in front?

You, the State of Wu, sent an envoy to ask my Great Wei to send troops, why did you now ally with the Han State again?

Cao Pi felt that his brain was a little insufficient.

"What the hell is going on?"

Liu Ye, Jia Xu and others immediately stepped forward and carefully studied the contents of the military report.

"It seems that the prince of the Han Kingdom is afraid of my Great Wei, so he doesn't dare to lose his strength too much in the war against Wu."

Liu Ye analyzed on the side.

"Wu State has the strength of the whole country, 100,000 soldiers, can be called 500,000 troops, even if the Han prince is not afraid of the Wu army, but he is also afraid of losing troops in the battle with the Wu army, and I will take advantage of the Wei State, and now occupy Xunyang, and negotiate peace with Wu State, and get so many benefits, it is a right choice."

Cao Pi thought about it carefully, and it seemed to be such a truth.

"Hey~"

He sighed deeply and said: "It seems that I asked for Hefei, which forced the Wu State too tightly, and compared with my Great Wei asking for Hefei, the conditions of the Han State seem to be not so difficult to accept in comparison." ”

The battle between Han and Wu, there was no defeat for both sides, and this good scene was not staged successfully, which made Cao Pi very pity.

"The old minister has a different opinion."

Jia Xu stared at the military newspaper in his hand, his brows furrowed tightly.

"What does Jia Gong think?"

Jia Xu's opinion, Cao Pi still attaches great importance to it.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the prince of the Han Kingdom, at the beginning, didn't think about killing Wu."

Didn't want to kill Wu in the first place?

"How so?"

Jia Xu said slowly: "Didn't Your Majesty find out that there are too few Han troops in Wu?" ”

There are too few Han troops?

Cao Pi thought about it for a moment and immediately nodded.

"As you say, it is."

Jia Xu continued: "The Han army that attacked Wu was less than 50,000 people, and there was no follow-up to increase troops. ”

It stands to reason that if you want to destroy Wu, you must mobilize the strength of the country.

After all, it was a collision between two countries.

But the prince of the Han Kingdom did not have the power to mobilize the country.

"The crown prince of the Han State only mobilized half of the people of Jingzhou, plus the military strength of 50,000 people, and looking at the content of this military newspaper, after the Han State signed an alliance with the Wu State, it dismissed most of the people, and transferred 20,000 Wudang Fei troops, Your Majesty doesn't think it's strange?"

Originally, I didn't think it was strange, but now that Jia Xu said this, Cao Pi's face also showed suspicion.

"What does Jia Gong mean?"

Jia Xu stroked his short whiskers with a white chin and said: "The Han State has always joined forces with Wu to fight against Wei, but the prince of the Han Kingdom found a reason that was not a reason to come to attack Wu, Your Majesty doesn't think this matter is too weird?" ”

Cao Pi thought about it for a while and found that this was really the case.

"What does Jia Gong mean is that cutting down Wu is not the purpose of that Liu Gonghei?"

"It's because he broke through the defense line of Xunyang too quickly, so I think that he is here to attack Wu, but now it seems that this is not the case."

It's not Vawu

Is it to attack the Wei State from Runan?

Weak Wu and bad Wu, then Liu Gonghei has already achieved his goal, is it now to weaken Wei and disadvantage Wei?

"Then the Han Kingdom has no flying army, where did it retreat?"

"The military newspaper said that it was Xiangyang!"

At this moment, the military newspaper is already in the hands of a young man, this is Chen Tai, Chen Tai has made meritorious contributions in defending the city in Shenyang, and now he has been promoted to a loose cavalry squire, and he can follow Cao Pi around.

It can be said that he is a close minister of the Son of Heaven.

"Xiangyang, hum! Sure enough, it was intended to break through from Runan, and now that our army is all pressed in Xuzhou, and some of them are on the border of Wu, now is indeed a good time. ”

Cao Pi slapped his thighs violently, looking scared.

"If it weren't for Jia Gong's words, I'm afraid that I would fall for the trick of that Liu Gonghei again."

Jia Xu's face was still cold.

"If you want to break through from Runan, then the timing of the prince of the Han Kingdom is wrong."

Wrong timing?

"What does Jia Gong mean by this?" Cao Pi, who thought he had seen through the situation, narrowed his eyes and frowned slightly.

"Although our army is not around Runan now, there are still 10,000 soldiers in Suiyang, who can support Runan at any time, and our army is on the border of Xuzhou, which is not too far from Runan, is it possible that Liu Gonghei can go down to the city and break the county in a few days?"

Break the county in a few days?

That's simply not possible.

It's going to take several days to travel, not to mention, he Wei Jun is not the Jiangdong rats of Wu Jun.

His Wei army is an elite division!

It was not something that the Han army could defeat in a short time.

In particular, there are many cavalry, and the speed of support is incomparable to the Wu army.

"In this way, the goal of the prince of the Han Kingdom is not to break through from Runan, is he preparing to send troops from Wancheng and prepare to attack Yingchuan?"

Cao Pi thought of another possibility.

"According to the school government, Nanyang has not requisitioned people's husbands, so it should not be here."

That's weird, where can it go?

"Perhaps, Han Guo just wanted to teach Wu Guo a lesson, and then get some benefits, and then Chen Bing Runan was to rescue Xuzhou."

Chen Qun's son Chen Tai said on the side.

There is also this possibility.

Cao Pi's heart was in a mess, but he still ordered: "Let Suiyang's 10,000 mobile troops be transferred to the vicinity of Nanyang, if you want Chen Bing Runan, let me give up attacking Xuzhou, then his Liu Gonghei's calculation is wrong!" ”

Cao Pi has already decided.

No matter what moves Liu Gongsi makes, he will definitely recover Xuzhou!

I am firm, no matter how you jump off the beam clown of the Han Kingdom, I will not move my mind!

And thousands of miles away.

The vanguard of the Han army has already left Yangping Pass and captured Fuxian with lightning speed.

And the vanguard general is none other than Yongchang Pavilion Marquis Zhao Yun!

There were not many Wei troops in Fuxian County at all, only 500 people in the city and countryside.

After Hanzhong was broken, this place was already the sphere of influence of the Han State.

After all, Fu County was too close to Yangping Pass, although the Han army did not attack, but often went to loot, Fu County died five county magistrates within a year, and when Zhao Yun captured the city as the vanguard, the city simply did not even have a county magistrate.

It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Most of the officials who were awarded the title of magistrate also chose not to come to the office.

No way, in order to be a small county magistrate, he pinned his head to the waistband of his trousers?

For those children of families who can become county magistrates, this is not worth it at all.

Zhao Yun was dressed in silver armor, wearing a white robe, and riding a tall white horse under his crotch.

It can be described as a white robe and white armor, with an extraordinary appearance.

"Leave two hundred people to clear the city, and the rest don't have to delay time, tonight, we have to rest until we run two hundred miles!"

Since it is fast, the speed of rushing is naturally fast.

The vanguard army under his command are all carefully selected elites in the army, and under the rapid march, they can only achieve one hundred and fifty miles a day.

It takes three days to get to the next target river pool.

Hurry for two days, rest for one day to restore combat effectiveness.

In short, when the war is together, you need to fight hard.

"Driving~"

It took a quarter of an hour to regroup the soldiers, and Zhao Yun led the vanguard of 10,000 people to rush towards the direction of Hechi.

The road of Chencang Road is spacious and the terrain is relatively flat, so it is very fast to rush the road.

"How much explosives are left?"

Liu Chan turned his head to look at the quartermaster of the army.

"There are still five hundred pounds left."

Five hundred pounds?

It should be enough to blow up a few cities.

When Fang just captured Fu County, he only used 100 catties of explosives.

It's a pity that although this explosive is good, the output can't keep up.

If there is a few thousand catties of explosives, it is a loose pass, and he can blow him up.

"It's been raining lately, so it's good to keep it alive, so don't get wet."

These explosives were a siege weapon, and with their power, they could save him a lot of time and reduce a lot of losses.

"No!"

It's just that in Liu Chan's opinion, the power of this explosive is still not satisfactory.

It can only be said that the development of this explosive needs to be further optimized.

To be able to do this in a short period of time is already the effect that Qing Xuzi forgot to sleep and eat, and died for several Fang Shi.

Three days later.

Zhao Yun had already arrived at the bottom of the river.

Under his deliberate control of time, it was late at night.

Hechi is an important place in Wudu County, connecting Chencang Ancient Road on one side and Wudu Road on the other.

It can be described as a battleground for soldiers.

Walking along Wudu Road, it is the land of Longxi.

But.

Hechi doesn't need to send a large army to attack.

Because the guards in the city have already been bought by the Han State.

Really.

After the messenger entered the city through the drawbridge, the gates of the river were opened.

Zhao Yun first sent a group of men and horses into the city to control the situation, and then entered the river pool with the elite division.

After all, Hechi is too close to Hanzhong and too far from Guanzhong.

After the Han State occupied the land of Hanzhong, the Wei State weakened its control over Wudu County a lot.

For example, it is closer to Fu County, and even Wei Guan did not dare to go, which can be seen.

"General, there are still 1,000 Ding Zhuang people in the city, which can be driven by the general!"

The general of Hechi is from a strong background in Wudu, he is not a Han, but a Di person, but some Di people, the degree of recognition of the Han is far more than those Han people.

The so-called converts are fanatical.

This is the case with Li Hao, the defender of this river pool.

"The river pool is broken, I am afraid that the Wei army in the three counties of Hanyang, Longxi, and Wudu will hear the wind, and there will still be defenders in the river pool." Zhao Yun wiped the silver gun in his hand and said.

Li Hao immediately said: "I have five hundred people, and then requisition the people in the city, it is enough to defend the city, besides, isn't the king going to Hechi soon?" What are you afraid of? ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yun nodded.

"Please also ask the general to send some dry food, rice and water, preferably some meat, and after a full meal, our army will go towards Sanguan."

From Fuxian County to Hechi, the road was smooth, and it can even be described as overwhelming.

But when it comes to Sanguan, it is a test.

How to quickly break through Sanguan and Chen Cangcheng is related to whether he can quickly take the land in Guanzhong!

"The rice and meat are ready, General, please!" (End of chapter)