Rebirth of the God of War Lu Bu

Liu Bei nodded slowly, with a worried look on his face, "But the Jizhou Army and the Bingzhou Army are fighting in Hanoi, how can they care about Xuzhou?"

"If the Holy One is willing to come forward, Cao's army will not dare to step forward with just a message. Even if Cao's army is powerful, how dare it be an enemy of the princes of the world? Bingzhou's soldiers and horses are strong, and now they have captured the land east of Hedong. The army only needs to cross the Yellow River. To be able to capture Yanzhou, the Marquis of Ye was the former leader of the feudal lords, and the Lord became the shepherd of Xuzhou, and the Marquis of Ye also recommended it, so he would definitely not sit back and watch Xuzhou be swallowed up by Cao's army." Chen Deng analyzed.

"Lao Gongyou is the one who went on an envoy trip to Bingzhou." Liu Bei turned his attention to Sun Qian who was standing aside.

"Here." Sun Qian saluted and left in a hurry. Even if he was not optimistic about asking for help, Sun Qian would still try his best.

"Instruct the army and the people to reinforce the city wall. People outside the city can go inside the city!" Liu Bei said.

After the news of Cao Jun's arrival spread in the city, people were panicked. Liu Bei also ordered the soldiers in the army to spread the atrocities among the people. Many people spontaneously went to the city wall to repair the city wall. Soldiers and horses from all over Xuzhou also It is to mobilize towards Pengcheng.

Xuzhou is a place of the Fourth War. There are no strange dangers to defend. Once a large army comes, they can go straight to Pengcheng. This is also the place where Liu Bei is most helpless. It is reasonable for the cities along the way to seek refuge with Cao Jun. After all, Cao Jun has five Thousands of soldiers and horses, like the small cities along the way, can be captured in just a few days. Cao Jun also made it very clear that no one would commit any crime in the cities that surrendered, and all the cities that resisted would be massacred.

The officials of Xuzhou had seen Cao Jun's methods, and they were frightened and hurriedly opened the city gate. They did not want to die for Xuzhou like this.

In just one month, 30,000 soldiers and horses were gathered in Pengcheng and 20,000 soldiers and horses were gathered in Xiapi. This was all the strength Liu Bei had in his hands.

It is no secret among the princes that Cao Jun is short of food and grass. Liu Bei allowed the people outside the city to enter the city not only to protect the people, but more importantly because he did not want Cao Jun to get food and grass. When an army of 50,000 went out to fight, the food and grass consumed every day It is huge. Even if Yanzhou is close to Xuzhou, it is not that convenient to transport grain and grass. It only needs to resist Cao's army.

When the locust plague broke out in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, many refugees poured into Xuzhou. Liu Bei also ordered the admission of nearly 30,000 refugees. This move won Liu Bei a lot of fame, but it was followed by a huge consumption of food and grass. Although Liu Bei also learned from Bingzhou and ordered the refugees to cultivate fields, the refugees now need to eat and drink.

There are many aristocratic families in Xuzhou, and the number of refugees received is also very small. The fields of the aristocratic families are also limited, and basically they do not require too many manpower. In this way, the food and grass consumption of the nearly 30,000 refugees will all go to the state pastoral office. It is true that Xuzhou has sufficient food and grass, but it was only a year after Cao Jun invaded Xuzhou last time, and the people have not recovered from that disaster. In addition, a lot of food and grass were consumed in the transactions between Xuzhou and Bingzhou, Mi Although his family was far away from Xuzhou, many businessmen in Xuzhou still loved the Mi family. Mi Zhu bought grain and grass in Xuzhou aggressively. Especially after the influx of refugees in Bingzhou, the price of grain in Xuzhou doubled.

The aristocratic family did have a lot of grain and grass in their hands, but as the number of people in the city increased and Cao's army attacked the city, the aristocratic family secretly manipulated the price of grain and hoarded grain and grass, causing the price of rice and grain in the city to rise twice as high as usual.

As a result, there is not much food and grass in the city of Xuzhou. A full supply will only be enough for three months. If Cao's army besieges the city for three months, Xuzhou will be in danger.

Of course, Liu Bei, who had 30,000 troops and horses in his hands, also wanted to defeat Cao Jun in one fell swoop. Cao Jun was an elite army, and Liu Bei also had fierce generals like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, as well as elite cavalry. These cavalrymen he learned from Lu Bu at a great cost.

Knowing that, this also made Liu Bei's confidence high. As long as he could defeat the Yanzhou army, he would be able to march straight into the hinterland of Yanzhou.

Xiahou Dun led five thousand soldiers and horses to Pengcheng. After setting up camp five miles away from Pengcheng, he led three thousand soldiers and went to fight outside the city.

Three thousand soldiers and horses were arrayed outside the city, which was quite impressive.

Seeing this, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei to lead the cavalry into battle. He also needed a big victory to improve the morale of the army, so he used the strongest cavalry to attack.

Zhang Fei received the order and ordered two thousand cavalry to open the city gate.

When Xiahou Dun saw how strong the Xuzhou army was, he felt nervous. Although he had 500 cavalry under his command, the number of Xuzhou cavalry on the opposite side reached 2,000. If the 2,000 cavalry team rushed into the army, it would be very difficult for ordinary soldiers.

It's an absolute nightmare.

The arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Xiahou Dun was not one to retreat easily. With a thought in his heart, he walked up to the formation and shouted: "I am Xiahou Dun, the general of Yanzhou, who is coming?"

Zhang Fei smiled when he saw that Xiahou Dun's words meant that he wanted to fight with generals. The fighting style of fighting with generals was Zhang Fei's favorite, especially the duel with fierce generals, which always made his blood boil.

"I am Zhang Yide from Yan, Xiahou Dun, come up and die!" Zhang Fei shouted loudly, and the soldiers following Xiahou Dun were all frightened, mainly because Zhang Fei's voice was too loud.

"Zhang Yide? Zhang Yide who fought with General Xu Chu in a deadlock?" Xiahou Dun quietly put away his contempt. He admired Xu Chu's martial arts very much. The man with a leopard head and ringed eyes in front of him was on par with Xu Chu. It can be seen that Zhang Fei's

Brave.

After answering, Zhang Fei jumped on his horse, raised his spear, and killed Xiahou Dun.

Xiahou Dun moved the long knife in his hand, and he also attacked Zhang Fei. The two of them were going back and forth on the battlefield, and in the blink of an eye they were fighting for more than twenty times.

Xiahou Dun felt that the tiger's mouth had cracked, and looked at Zhang Fei with a hint of awe. The spear in Zhang Fei's hand was not only versatile, but also the force transmitted through the spear was huge.

In front of the two armies, Xiahou Dun would not admit defeat easily. He shouted loudly and attacked Zhang Fei again.

Zhang Fei showed a sneer. The battle just now allowed him to find out Xiahou Dun's strength. He might be considered a strong general in the army, but there was still a big gap between him and himself.

After another close call, Xiahou Dun feinted with his sword and rode back to the main formation. Zhang Fei led the cavalry to pursue Cao Jun's camp. Arrows rained down on the camp. After Zhang Fei and his men cursed outside the camp for a while, he led his troops.

Rush back to the city.

This victory also greatly boosted the morale of the defenders. When facing Cao's army before, the Xuzhou army could only hold on. But now this fierce Xuzhou cavalry has given hope to the defenders. The generals and

After the aristocratic families in the city became familiar with Liu Bei's rule, they naturally did not want to welcome a strange Cao Cao. Pengcheng was the seat of Xuzhou's state government, and the city was high and the pond was deep. Didn't Cao Cao return with no success when he led his army in the past?