Cao Cao looked carefully at the guards on the city and saw that they all showed no fear on their faces, knowing that it was impossible to surrender to the enemy without fighting.
Liu Bei has won the hearts of the people in Xuzhou, and the people of Xuzhou are willing to die for him. The wall of Xiapi City is high and thick, and it is not easy to break through.
Especially when he saw that the guards on the city were very strict, he knew that the general who was guarding the city was no ordinary person.
"Who is the guard in the city? Who is in charge?" Cao Cao suddenly asked.
In fact, he knew who was guarding the city, but he was not sure who was in charge.
"Mi Zhu, Prime Minister of Xia Pi, was formerly Xuzhou Biejia and a very rich man in Xuzhou. Now he is Liu Bei's wife and brother. He should be in charge of the city." Someone beside him replied.
"Mi Zi Zhongnai is a businessman who doesn't know about soldiers. He would never have such soldiers. Who is commanding the troops in the city?" Cao Cao asked again.
"There are two people who command the troops in the city. One is Xiahou Bo, an old general in Xuzhou. After Liu Bei occupied Xuzhou, he still commanded the troops, but it seems that he was not reused and his ability to lead troops was average."
"The other person's name is Xu Sheng, who is from Langya. I heard that Zhou Wen'an went to Qu'a to bring him back when he was fleeing chaos in Qu'a. This person does not seem to be outstanding, but when Liu Bei sent troops to Xuyi to reject Yuan Shu, he had already
He commanded the troops to defend the city, and now he is a general, which shows that he is highly valued by Liu Bei and Zhou Ping, and he seems to be somewhat outstanding."
Cao Cao chuckled and said: "Haha, he can be valued by Zhou Wen'an and entrusted with important tasks. He must be talented. Now it seems that this person is very good at guarding. Did you see that the guards on the city are well distributed?
If this person is here, it will be difficult for Xia Pi to defeat him!"
Pengcheng has not yet been conquered, and now Xiapi is very tightly guarded, making it difficult to break through. Cao Cao even regrets that he sent troops to attack Xuzhou.
The emperor is in Xudu, and the forces he has deployed are not stable enough. It seems too early to become an enemy of Liu Bei now. If Xuzhou can be captured, it will be fine, but if not, the future life will be difficult.
Cao Cao then thought that he had raised troops to attack Xuzhou twice, but both times he returned without success.
This is the third attack. Although they came to take advantage of the opportunity, Xuzhou has obviously set up defenses for itself and is not that empty.
Moreover, Liu Bei has now abandoned the capture of Lujiang and led his troops back to support him. If he cannot conquer Xiapi as soon as possible and Liu Bei's troops return, there will inevitably be a fierce battle.
Regarding the fierce battle with Liu Bei, Cao Cao was not confident that he would win.
The bravery of Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, coupled with the wisdom of Zhou Ping, and Liu Bei won the hearts of the people, which could not be compared with Yuan Shu, Tao Qian and others.
Cao Cao was also worried that Yuan Shao from Jizhou would take the opportunity to come south to attack Xudu and kidnap the emperor.
He could take advantage of Xuzhou's emptiness to send troops, and Yuan Shao could take advantage of Xuzhou's emptiness to send troops.
"Where are Liu Bei's reinforcements?" Cao Cao asked again.
"Li Jia has led 3,000 soldiers and has passed Xiaqiu. He can reach Xiapi in two days. Zang Ba, with 5,000 soldiers, can reach Xiapi in five or six days. Liu Bei has led more than 10,000 people and can reach Xiapi in about 15 days.
Pi."
Cao Cao was a little puzzled: "Liu Bei only led more than 10,000 people, why are there so few soldiers?"
"Guan Yu, Tai Shi Ci, and Lu Su led more than 25,000 people to stay in Jiujiang. Among them, Guan Yu led 10,000 people to guard Hefei, and Tai Shi Ci, Lu Su led 15,000 people to guard Liyang."
Cao Cao sneered and said: "Hey, I led an army of 50,000 to conquer Xuzhou, but Liu Bei didn't take it seriously and refused to abandon Jiujiang. He only sent back more than 20,000 people to help. It seems that he didn't take me seriously!"
"Ming Gong, Liu Bei left Guan Yu to guard Hefei. I always feel that his intention is not good. It seems to be to facilitate the troops to attack Xudu." Guo Jia expressed his doubts.
"Zhou Wen'an must have expected that it would be difficult for me to defeat Xiapi, so he did not send all his troops to rescue him. However, he may have forgotten Sun Bofu. With Sun Bofu here, Guan Yu's troops and horses may not be able to move, let alone the troops to Xu.
It’s all gone.”
"Perhaps Zhou Ping will go elsewhere to ask for help." Guo Jia said.
Cao Cao nodded slightly: "It is indeed possible, but the only person he can ask for help at this time is Jingzhou Liu Jingsheng."
Xia Houyuan said anxiously: "If Liu Jingsheng invades Xudu, he must be on guard."
"Haha, Miaocai is overthinking, Liu Jingsheng is more than capable,
Not aggressive enough. He gave Nanyang to Zhang Xiu, which shows that this person has no intention of going north, and just wants Zhang Xiu to guard the gate of Jingzhou for him. Such a person is nothing to worry about." Cao Cao said with a smile.
Guo Jia immediately said: "What I said is true. Even if Zhou Wen'an goes to Jingzhou to ask for help, Liu Jingsheng will not send troops."
"The one I'm worried about is Yuan Benchu! As long as Zhou Wen'an doesn't go to Yecheng, I can safely attack Xuzhou here."
As usual, Cao Cao sent people to the city to persuade him to surrender, but the people on the city responded by shooting arrows, indicating that they had no intention of surrendering.
He sent people to call for battle again, but there were only 5,000 soldiers in the city and 40,000 enemy soldiers outside the city. Unless Liu Bei left a bag of advice and ordered them to fight, who would go to fight at this time?
Besides, there is no Zhang Liao in the city, only outside the city.
The person leading the troops outside the city was not Sun Quan, but Cao Cao.
Cao Cao had no choice but to send orders to the entire army to prepare for the attack.
You can not attack Pengcheng, but you have to attack Xiapi. The two cities have different meanings. If you capture Pengcheng, you will only occupy one city. If you capture Xiapi, it will be equivalent to capturing Xuzhou.
Li Jia led three thousand soldiers to rush all the way. Before they arrived at Xiapi, they learned that Cao Cao had already arrived at Xiapi.
He originally thought that he could return to Xiapi before Cao Cao, but he didn't expect that Cao Cao would leave so fast.
If we lead troops back to Xiapi now, we will definitely be blocked by Cao Cao.
He had no choice but to lead his troops into the camp to take control. uuReading www.uukanshu.com At the same time, he sent people to sneak back to Xiapi and explained to Mi Zhu that he had led his troops to take control of the camp. Zang Ba and his lord's reinforcements were about to return, allowing them to occupy the camp.
The city stood firm and waited for reinforcements.
On the one hand, he sent someone to report the situation to Liu Bei and asked the lord to take countermeasures as soon as possible.
"Li Jia? Is he the one who set up the empty city plan in Huai Ling?"
Cao Cao got his revenge, and Li Jia led his troops into the camp to take advantage of him.
"It was this man who when Li Jia was in Xiang'an, Lujiang, he again devised an empty city plan to defeat Jiang Qin. This man had a very clever plan."
"Well, this man's intelligence is not weaker than Zhou Wen'an's. Liu Bei sent him here first for his own reasons. Zang Ba's five thousand people are also about to arrive to take care of them. We must be on guard against these people."
Cao Cao ordered Zhang Liao to lead five thousand soldiers to block Li Jia and Zang Ba to prevent them from suddenly sending troops to attack.
Although Li Jia and Zang Ba together only have 8,000 people, Li Jia is good at planning and must be on guard.
Needless to say, Zhang Liao is brave. With his five thousand soldiers, he can completely defend Li Jia and Zang Ba. Moreover, now is the time when troops need to be used to attack Xiapi.
Li Jia originally wanted to send out troops in a dispersed manner, but the red flags were used as suspicion, delaying the progress of Cao Cao's attack on the city.
But when he saw the enemy soldiers coming from outside the city and knew that the leader was Zhang Liao, all his thoughts came to nothing.
Li Jia was in Huailing at the time and did not see Zhang Liao's bravery in Xiapi with his own eyes, but from everyone's talk, he could deeply feel Zhang Liao's power.
He knew that he was definitely no match for Zhang Liao, so he could only stay in Qili City and wait for the arrival of other reinforcements.
Soon, Zang Ba's troops also arrived.
When Zang Ba learned that the enemy general outside the city was Zhang Liao, he gritted his teeth with hatred and said angrily: "If I don't kill Zhang Liao, Zang Ba will have no face to face Zhongtai!"
