Chapter 298 The first confrontation between old enemies
Liu Bei had long received news that Cao Cao's army had arrived.
Liu Bei was experienced in many battles, so he was not afraid. He brought his two brothers to the city wall and set up a posture to wait for the arrival of Cao Cao's army.
Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei on the city wall and found that the other party was calm and seemed to be a capable opponent.
"Who is on the city? Come out and respond!" Cao Cao said bluntly.
Liu Bei bowed to Cao Cao who was below and said, "After King Jing of Zhongshan, he was a relative of the Han Dynasty and the magistrate of Pingyuan County, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande."
"Oh, it turns out it's Duke Xuande. Cao has long admired the name of Duke Xuande. I don't know that Duke Xuande is not enjoying his fortune in Pingyuan County, so why are he doing in Xiaopei?" Cao Cao said sarcastically.
"Cao Sikong was joking. I was a relative of the Han Dynasty. Xuzhou suffered this disaster. I couldn't sit idly by. Cao Sikong, after hearing the next sentence, don't commit another murder, withdraw your troops and go back. I won't meet Cao Sikong." Liu Bei of course understood Cao Cao's sarcasm and refuted Cao Cao in his words.
"Haha, Xuande is indeed heroic. I wonder where Xuande, the Pingyuan County Magistrate, has the courage to fight against me." Cao Cao smiled. A small county magistrate dared to speak shamelessly in front of him.
Liu Bei blushed a little. What he actually cared about the most was his official position. People who came out of the same period now had the lowest official position. Liu Bei was a little inferior in this regard.
"Listen to the black guy below, my elder brother is a relative of the Han Dynasty, and you are not something you can comment on. If you have a habit of killing, come and attack. Your grandfather Zhang Yide is waiting for you here." Liu Bei was looked down upon by others, so Zhang Fei was the first to jump out.
"Where did the black guy come from? Is it scary?" Cao Cao was frightened by Zhang Fei's loud voice.
Zhang Fei was scolded by Cao Cao, and he was about to scold him. Liu Bei directly covered his mouth and asked Zhang Fei to continue talking. Cao Cao would definitely attack directly, which was very unfavorable for Liu Bei.
Liu Bei glared at Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei immediately became honest, hid behind Guan Yu, and did not dare to speak again.
Liu Bei said to Cao Cao again: "Cao Sikong, you and the envoy Tao have just a little misunderstanding. You should turn swords into jade and silk, and both sides stop fighting to avoid the loss of life. Isn't it beautiful?"
"Liu Xuande, don't waste your verbal trouble. Tao Qian and Gu had a grudge against him to kill his father. If this grudge is not avenged, Gu will not gain a foothold in the world. The whole army obeyed the orders and launched an attack immediately." Cao Cao saw that Liu Bei was delaying time and no longer wasted his verbal trouble.
Liu Bei still wanted to work hard, but Cao Cao had ordered the army to start the attack.
"The whole army is on guard!" Liu Bei issued an order. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei hurried down to arrange preparations for the war.
Cao Cao's army rushed towards Xiaopei with murderous intent. They were used to being smooth sailing before, and they did not take Liu Bei and others in Xiaopei City seriously.
"Shoot the arrow!" When Cao's army entered the range of the arrow attack, Liu Bei immediately arranged an attack.
Cao's army was so experienced in dealing with such an attack that it easily blocked this wave of attacks.
Liu Bei still underestimated the combat effectiveness of Cao's army. If an ordinary army encounters its own attack, it will definitely kill some of them. Unexpectedly, Cao's army only suffered a small number of casualties.
When Liu Bei was shocked, Cao's army had already carried the ladder to build Xiaopei's city wall.
"Push them down quickly, don't let them come up." Liu Bei hurriedly ordered.
But there were too many ladders, and Liu Bei's soldiers were too busy at all.
"Drink!" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei shouted together, waved the sword and spear, and pulled down a bunch of ladders.
However, Cao's army had too many troops, and the cooperation between the soldiers was very tacit, and they kept climbing the city wall like ants. No matter how Liu Bei and the others pushed down the ladder, it was useless.
"It's too overestimated." Cao Cao felt that Xiaopei City should be about to be captured.
"Use all the turmeric oil and wood." Liu Bei shouted loudly.
After these cities were used, Cao's attacks stopped.
"The whole army is pressing! The archers attack with all their might to cover the infantry." Cao Cao could not give up this opportunity.
All Cao Cao's troops began to increase their attacks, and Cao's archers kept firing bows and arrows on the city walls. Liu Bei's archers kept fighting back, but unfortunately the number was limited, making it difficult to expand the attack range, resulting in the continuous increase in Liu Bei's casualties.
Cao's army took this opportunity and quickly climbed the city wall.
"Haha, our army has already climbed the city wall, and Xiaopei is about to break through. As long as Xiaopei is broken, Xuzhou will be in the hands of the Gu." Cao Cao laughed.
The civil and military officials around Cao Cao also thought so.
But are the three Liu Bei brothers who are easy to surrender? They quickly slapped Cao Cao in the face with practical actions.
Guan Yu's big sword swept across, and in an instant, a large number of Cao troops who had climbed up the city wall were cut off in half. Zhang Fei was like a madman, sweeping countless Cao troops out of the city wall. Many Cao troops fell under the city wall and fell to death. Liu Bei was not a vegetarian, and his two swords slashed left and right, and ordinary people were unable to rely on him.
Under the leadership of the three, Xiaopei's defenders quickly saved the situation and drove Cao's army down. The morale of the defenders was greatly boosted.
Some Cao's army did not dare to face the three of them, and hurriedly fled from the city wall to the ladder and fled to their lives. This situation lasted for a whole noon. Cao Cao did not expect that Liu Bei could block his full attack for such a long time.
Cao Cao was slapped in the face. It seemed that he could not conquer Xiao Pei for a while, but he had just said something and it was difficult to take it back. However, if he did not withdraw his troops, no matter how many soldiers could not conquer Xiao Pei, it would only increase casualties.
"Lord, our army is so tired that we should withdraw our troops and rectify it first. It will not be too late to conquer Xiaopei tomorrow morning." Cheng Yu, beside him, observed Cao Cao's expression and immediately gave Cao Cao a step.
"Jing Jin and withdraw the troops." Cao Cao also followed the trend.
After receiving the news of withdrawing the troops, Cao's army hurriedly retreated from the battlefield.
"Haha, Cao's army is just like this!" Liu Bei whistled to the sky. The unstoppable Cao army in Xuzhou was actually blocked by him and had to withdraw his troops. Liu Bei knew that his reputation would spread all over the world with this battle. The defenders on the city wall also cheered loudly.
"Cao Heizi, if you have the guts, come. Don't leave." Zhang Fei shouted the loudest.
Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei who was extremely proud on the city wall and smiled coldly, and tomorrow he would let you know how powerful he is.
Cao Cao's army began to set up camp outside Xiaopei City. During this period, Liu Bei did not dare to send troops to stop him. He was not sure whether Cao Cao had any conspiracy. If Xiaopei was captured due to temporary greed for merit, it would be more than worth the loss.
Liu Bei sent someone to inform Tao Qian of today's battle. Although Liu Bei won the battle today, his troops were also seriously injured, and Tao Qian needed to send more troops to reinforce.
Chapter completed!