Tao Qian would not be stupid enough to lead his soldiers out of the city to engage in a field battle with Cao's army. He ordered the soldiers to defend the city. Xuzhou had enough food and grass. As long as he defended the city, it was fine.
After Cao Bao returned to Pengcheng, he hurriedly climbed onto the city wall and organized soldiers to shoot Cao's soldiers. Cao's soldiers were eager to fill up the moat, so their defense was definitely weak. This was also an excellent opportunity for Xuzhou's army to regain momentum.
The soldiers of Cao's army did not fight back. They saw one soldier throwing a cloth bag into the moat, and then turned around and retreated to provide space for the soldiers behind him. Bags of dirt and sand were thrown into the moat, causing waves to move.
The soldiers naturally became live targets for Xuzhou Army to train their archery. Whenever Xuzhou Army shot and killed a Cao Army soldier, they would always be excited for a long time. In order to defend the city, Tao Qian also increased his stakes. Whenever a Cao Army soldier was killed,
The soldiers were rewarded with a hundred coins, which greatly stimulated the morale of the soldiers.
After a day's work, Cao Cao's army really filled up a small part of the moat, but Cao's army also paid the price of more than a thousand soldiers. Such casualties had never been encountered before in Pengcheng. Cao Cao wanted to learn from the Xiliang army and sent cavalry to assist.
Attack the city, but very few of Cao Cao's cavalry are skilled in archery. What's more, there are powerful defensive weapons like bed crossbows on the city. Cao Cao saw the cavalry losses not far away, so he could only strengthen the equipment of the soldiers and clear the moat as soon as possible.
Fill in.
According to this progress, in less than half a month, the moat will be completely filled, and the Xuzhou Army will start to play offensive and defensive games with Cao Jun. Although the Xuzhou Army has many soldiers, Cao Cao is confident that he can capture it.
Ten days later, Liu Bei led 5,000 troops to Pengcheng to help in the battle, and Tao Qian personally went out of the city to greet him.
Liu Bei cupped his hands and said: "Bei was helped by Lord Tao in times of trouble. Now Xuzhou is suffering from military disaster. Bei has come to help Lord Tao to defend the city and prevent Cao's army from advancing."
"Xuan Dezhen is a man of benevolence and righteousness. I hate that Cao Cao, without distinction between young and old, actually led an army to invade Xuzhou. He killed all the people in the counties and towns along the way. Now he is filling in the moat outside the city. It will take only a few days to fill it up and restore it."
I hope Xuande will help me defend the city." Tao Qian said.
Guan Yu, who was behind Liu Bei, said coldly: "The traitor Cao led his army to attack Yuzhou in the past, ignoring the people. He did this because of family affairs. How can he talk about being a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty who bullies the emperor and ignores his superiors."
"Brother, let me, Lao Zhang, lead his men out of the city and fight for a while to destroy the morale of Cao's army." Zhang Fei shouted.
Liu Bei turned around and scolded: "Don't be rude."
"Master Tao, these are the second and third brothers who hold humble positions. Generals in the army have no rules. Don't blame me." Liu Bei looked a little apologetic.
Tao Qian turned his attention to Zhang Fei and Guan Yu and said, "What a fierce general! With such a fierce general in the city, why worry about Cao's army not being defeated!"
After receiving Tao Qian's praise, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also showed joy on their faces. The status of military men is always lower than that of civil servants, let alone a well-known Zhoumu like Tao Qian. It is a great honor for a military commander to be praised by him.
Liu Bei, led by Cao Bao, hurried to the city wall. Looking at the densely packed Cao Jun outside the city, resentment flashed in his eyes. If it weren't for Cao Jun, Liu Bei would still be the Yuzhou herder of the Han Dynasty. How could he be subordinate to others and stationed below?
After Pi, Liu Bei also trained his troops and horses all day long, hoping to one day take revenge.
"Second and third brothers, gather your troops and horses and meet Cao Mengde when I go out," Liu Bei said.
The city gate was wide open, and the leading general, holding a double sword, shouted at Cao Jun's camp: "Cao Mengde, please answer me in front of the formation, I am Liu Bei."
Within a short while, Cao Cao learned that Liu Bei had called for formation outside the camp. The gate of the camp was opened wide, the flags were fluttering, and Cao Cao personally led the troops out of the formation.
"Xuande, please come and be fine!" Cao Cao said, cupping his hands.
"Shameless man, disregarding the royal family, he invaded Yuzhou, and now he slaughters the people of Xuzhou without authorization." When he said this, Liu Bei's eyes turned red, and the hand holding the sword trembled slightly involuntarily.
Cao Cao said proudly: "I, the general, respect you as the former shepherd of Yuzhou, so I treat you kindly. I didn't expect you to speak rudely. I, the general, attacked Yuzhou because I was ordered by the emperor. The Yellow Turbans are raging in Yuzhou, and the people have been suffering for a long time.
, is there anything wrong with this general going out on an expedition?"
Liu Bei was at a loss for words. He was a member of the royal family, but Cao Cao had the emperor in his hands. "If that's the case, why did they invade Xuzhou this time and massacre innocent people without permission?"
"Tao Qian, a common man, killed my family. If he does not avenge this, he will not be a human being. If Xuande is willing to serve our army, he will definitely recommend you as the shepherd of Xuzhou in front of the emperor. How about it?"
Before Liu Bei could answer, a general flashed out from behind him and shouted like thunder: "Thief Cao, suffer death!"
With a wave of Zhang Ba's snake spear, he came towards Cao Cao alone, lapping his horse.
Cao Cao was surprised in his heart, but showed no fear on his face. There were generals in Liu Bei's army to help him. How could Cao Cao's army be weaker than others? A general appeared behind him, it was the fierce general Xiahou Dun, who raised his sword to face Zhang Fei.
With swords and spears, the sound of steel clashing could be heard endlessly. Xiahou Dun was powerful, but Zhang Fei was even better. The snake spear in his hand was like a spirit snake coming out of its hole.
At the 20th mark, Zhang Fei roared and struck Xiahou Dun directly on the head with the snake spear.
Being stabbed by a spear, the war horse became fierce, and Xiahou Dun was thrown off the horse in embarrassment.
Zhang Fei raised his snake spear and stabbed Xiahou Dun in the neck. If this blow was carried out, it would be difficult for even gods to save him.
"Stop, thief!" a voice shouted from behind.
With a "clang" sound, a long knife resisted the snake spear, but Xiahou Dun, seeing the critical situation, rushed to kill Zhang Fei and took over Zhang Fei to fight.
Zhang Fei cheered up and fought Xiahou Dun again. The soldiers on both sides had already been dumbfounded. Xiahou Dun had defeated Cao Bao and Sun Guan in front of the two armies and established a great reputation. Unexpectedly, he was defeated by this face as black as coal.
In the hands of the shouting man, it seems that the black-faced man has not exerted all his strength, and now he is fighting with another general of Cao Jun.
When the two horses fought together, Zhang Fei was the superior in the end. He could only parry against Xiahou Dun, but had no ability to fight back. The snake spear seemed to be endowed with spirituality in Zhang Fei's hands. He dodged with the left branch and the right.
His moves are very different.
Cao Cao sighed: "Zhang Fei is really a strong general. He fought against Lu Bu in front of Hulao Pass in the past and shocked the princes, and now we see him again."
These words angered a general on the left rear. He raised his two halberds, took Xiahou Dun, and attacked Zhang Fei. It was Cao Cao's guard Dian Wei. He was extremely powerful and could tear tigers and leopards alive. He even used his two halberds.
He was so proficient that there were few opponents among Cao's army.
When Zhang Fei saw another general coming out of Cao's army, he advanced forward instead of retreating. With a flick of his snake spear, he stabbed the general's right hand holding the halberd.
The two halberds moved slightly, the snake spear was knocked open, and the two horses crossed each other and slashed straight at Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei was shocked and hurriedly dodged. He didn't expect that this general of Cao's army was so powerful. The power of his own spear could not be underestimated even though the battle lasted for a long time.
"Can the generals be named by each other?" Zhang Fei shouted loudly.
"Wu that black general, listen clearly, a certain family is Dianwei!" After saying this, he came to kill him.
Zhang Fei's dark face turned even darker. "Black General" raised his snake spear and faced Dian Wei.
Dian Wei's double halberds are exquisite, and Zhang Fei's spear skills are superb. When the two of them fight, they can see people coming and going, the light of the halberds and the shadow of the spears, which is extremely exciting.
Cao Bao on the city was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth. Compared with Dian Wei, Xiahou Dun, who had fought with him before, was not at the same level at all. However, Liu Bei's subordinate Zhang Fei was even more brave. He fought three generals in a row, and became more and more brave as he fought. It seems that
I had underestimated this kind-faced Liu Xuande before, who always smiled when he saw him.
Fifty years later, Zhang Fei stared at Dian Wei panting.
After eighty, Zhang Fei immediately held his spear and shouted: "Happy!" Yan Bi rushed back to the formation, but he was exhausted.
When Guan Yu saw Zhang Fei turn around, he lightly kicked the horse's belly with his legs. The horse was like an arrow from the string, and it was killing Dian Wei in the field. Since Cao Jun did not care about his integrity, and the three of them took turns fighting Zhang Fei, Guan Yu had no worries.
Dian Wei saw clearly the incoming general, with red phoenix eyes and silkworm eyebrows, a face as heavy as a jujube, and the galloping horse seemed to be one with the war horse. The gleaming long sword in his hand was frightening. Among the generals, few people could use it.
Such a heavy weapon.
"Dian Wei is dead!" The light of the sword flashed, and the Qinglong Yanyue sword struck Dian Wei with a force as strong as a thousand swords. Using the force of his horse, this sword was more powerful than a thousand swords.
Dian Wei was shocked and hurriedly raised his halberds to greet him. The man and the horse took three steps back one after another, their faces turned red, and the war horse under him also neighed manically.
Seeing Dian Wei take the next blow, Guan Yu swung the long sword in his hand again and slashed at Dian Wei with a more powerful force than the first blow.
The anger in Dian Wei's chest was completely aroused, he roared and raised his two halberds.
With a "pop" sound, the horse under Dian Wei couldn't stand the repeated battles and fell to his knees. Looking at the oncoming sword light, Dian Wei shook the halberd in his hand, and a small halberd went towards Guan Yu.
Guan Yu did not expect that Dian Wei had such a method, so he hurriedly withdrew his sword, "Keng", and the back of the sword accurately blocked the small halberd. Dian Wei took this opportunity, patted his horse and rushed back to the formation.
"A shameless man can only use such methods!" Guan Yu said proudly, but his slightly narrowed eyes were also widened. Dian Wei's martial arts was obviously not inferior to his own. If he hadn't had a fight with Zhang Fei just now, the outcome would have been different.
Unknown.
When Cao Cao saw Guan Yu and Zhang Fei appear one after another, his eyes were blazing. These two men were both brave and courageous, and among Cao Cao's army, they were also top-notch generals. With the help of such generals, Cao Cao seemed to have seen a general manipulate them.
The scene of galloping horses and taking the head of a general among thousands of troops.
Guan Yu proudly rode back to the main formation.
The battle outside the city greatly boosted the morale of the Xuzhou army. With such brave generals in the city to help, there was no need to worry that Cao's army could not retreat. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu made the defenders yearn for it. A man is fighting on the battlefield. Who doesn't want to stand out and achieve some fame? Among military generals,
, Those with superb martial arts skills are most likely to win the support of soldiers. Otherwise, Zhang Fei's temper would be so bad, and the soldiers would not leave him.
It took Cao Jun another ten days to completely fill in the moat of Pengcheng.
