Rebirth of the God of War Lu Bu

Cao Cao is also preparing a plan against Xuzhou. The arrival of Xuzhou has further strengthened his intention to capture Xuzhou. An important place like Xuzhou is a complete waste in the hands of Liu Bei, because Liu Bei does not have the strength to defend Xuzhou, and even Xuzhou cannot

Not completely in control.

"My lord, the Marquis of Jin defeated Xianbei and chased the Xianbei tribe everywhere on the grassland. Once Youzhou is stabilized, the next thing the Marquis of Jin wants to capture is Chang'an," Xun You said.

Cao Cao nodded slightly, "Fengxian was so brave and allowed Xianbei to flee. He is truly a fierce general of the Han Dynasty."

Xun Yu also listened to the envy in Cao Cao's tone. Lu Bu's identity as a military commander may not be valued by the princes, but after this military commander has achieved achievements that have attracted everyone's attention, can he still be as simple as a military commander? Now Lu Bu has already had his wings.

Feng, although the aristocratic family is not friendly to Lu Bu, Lu Bu wins the hearts of the people, and with the existence of Jinyang Academy, even if there is no aristocratic family, there will be no shortage of talents to govern the place.

"Lord, why don't you send someone to Jinyang to test it out." Xun Yu said. He was a person who cared about the Han Dynasty. As long as he could continue the Han Dynasty, he was willing to make more efforts. The performance of the Jingzhou sage was really impressive.

This is not satisfactory, not because he is disloyal to the Han Dynasty, but because the Han Dynasty now needs strong figures to support him. Cao Cao is sitting on Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and after occupying Xuzhou in the next step, his strength is at its peak. If Cao Cao comes forward to support the Han Dynasty, it might not be impossible.

Convince the princes of the world.

Yuan Shao was from a famous family, and he was the fourth generation of the Three Dukes, but Xun Yu was not optimistic about Yuan Shao, otherwise he would not have gone from Jizhou to Yanzhou to join Cao Cao.

"We will talk about this after Feng returns to Jinyang first. The most important thing now is to capture Xuzhou." Cao Cao looked confident. The Chen family's surrender was the key to his capture of Xuzhou. The Chen family was a prominent family in Xuzhou and was well prepared.

Trusted by Liu Bei, the betrayal of such characters is the most fatal.

Cao Cao can also understand the Chen family's choice. A strong Xuzhou is in the family's interests. Continued wars will only weaken the family's strength more and more. Xuzhou, for example, was originally a prosperous place. In successive wars,

People's livelihood gradually became poor.

"My lord, if you want to capture Xuzhou, Hua Xiong who is currently stationed in Xiapi should not be underestimated. He has thousands of elite soldiers under his command, most of them cavalry." Cheng Yu said.

Cao Cao laughed and said: "Why should Hua Xiong worry? When he was in Yuzhou, he was still fighting for me and fled in embarrassment. This time, Hua Xiong will be captured alive."

After agreeing to send troops, Yanzhou, which had been dormant for more than half a year, became active. Food and grass from various places were continuously transported to the direction of Xuzhou, and various counties also dispatched troops and horses to Shanyang.

Yanzhou's big move made Liu Bei even more worried. Those who went to Jingzhou and Bingzhou for help did not get very good results. Bingzhou was busy dealing with Xianbei, and Jingzhou had just lost on the battlefield in Jiangxia. Even though Liu Biao wanted to support Xuzhou

, it was just a show of support. Liu Biao was very afraid of Cao Cao. If he sent troops to attack Yuzhou or Yanzhou at this time, it would be no different from seeking death.

The reason why Cao Cao did not deal with Jingzhou was because there was a royal family in Jingzhou. Once the halo on his head lost its effect and he found an excuse for Cao Cao, one can imagine the fate of Jingzhou. Liu Biao was not arrogant enough to compete with Cao Cao.

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Perhaps in the past, Liu Biao thought that Cao Cao was nothing more than this, but after seeing Cao Cao's marching and fighting methods, Liu Biao was still more afraid. Under such circumstances, Cao Cao could capture Yanzhou and drive the Jingzhou army from Yanzhou back to Jingzhou.

It is an incredible thing in itself. Not only Liu Biao, but others also thought that Cao Cao was doomed.

Although the retreat of the Jingzhou Army was related to Yuan Shu cutting off the retreat route of the Jingzhou Army, it was still achieved by the Yanzhou Army's sacrifice of life and death. When Cao Cao is mentioned, the last thing the Jingzhou Army soldiers want to think of is the Qingzhou Army.

Although the Qingzhou Army has not followed Cao Cao the longest, it is the most ferocious army under Cao Cao's command. The Qingzhou Army is composed of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. It was these Yellow Turbans that killed Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou at that time. The Qingzhou Army only obeyed Cao Cao's orders.

For obeying Cao Cao's orders, this Yellow Turban is also the most elite Yellow Turban in Qingzhou.

In September, Cao Cao ordered his general Xiahou Dun to be the vanguard and sent troops to Xuzhou. The banner was still to avenge his father.

Before Cao Jun entered Xuzhou, Xizuo spread rumors in Xuzhou, saying that Cao Jun came only to avenge his father and would not cause any infringement on ordinary people. However, officials who took refuge with Cao Jun would not be embarrassed. If they did not join Cao Jun, they would not be embarrassed.

After Cao's army captured the city, no chickens or dogs were left.

When Cao Jun attacked Xuzhou last year, Xuzhou officials had already felt Cao Jun's sincerity. With the experience last time, they became more comfortable taking refuge in Cao Jun. Maybe some officials didn't want to surrender just like that, but Xuzhou's strength

Weakness prevented them from seeing the hope of victory. Officials often represented the will of the aristocratic family, and the aristocratic family did not want to coexist with Liu Bei.

Xiahou Dun led his army out of Yanzhou and entered Yuzhou. He entered Xuzhou directly from the Pei State Department in Yuzhou and attacked Pengcheng. Pengcheng, the seat of Xuzhou's state government, represented Xuzhou in a certain sense. This was also the embarrassing situation Xuzhou faced after Cao Cao unified Yuzhou.

Xuzhou can be entered directly from Yanzhou or Yuzhou. It is impossible for Liu Bei to accumulate heavy troops to guard all the cities. Besides, Xuzhou does not have that many troops.

Xuzhou is really in the hands of Liu Bei, with the three counties of Pengcheng, Xiapi and Guangling. Among them, Guangling was captured by Liu Bei from Yuan Shu for a short time and could not provide many troops. Hua Xiong was stationed in Xiapi at this time.

The number of troops gathered in Pengcheng reached 40,000. This was Liu Bei's strongest force. Rather than spreading his troops around, it was better to stick to one place.

This time Cao Cao was very determined to attack Xuzhou. The number of his army reached 80,000, and they also carried a large number of crossbows and thunder chariots. He was very determined to occupy Xuzhou in one fell swoop.

Faced with this situation, Liu Bei could only gather the aristocratic families in the city. Liu Bei spoke passionately for a long time, and even shed tears when he said it. The aristocratic families in the scene did not do anything else except to promise to support Liu Bei in defending the city.

When Cao Jun attacked Xuzhou twice before, the aristocratic families in the city also provided a lot of food, weapons and armor. This time the aristocratic families' actions made Liu Bei a little confused. If the city was breached, the aristocratic families would also be unlucky. Could it be that

These aristocratic families are not afraid of the brutal Cao Jun.

"Xianhe, why are the aristocratic families in the city unwilling to give too much assistance?" Liu Bei turned his attention to Jian Yong. Although the power the aristocratic families can provide is not strong, it represents the attitude of the aristocratic families. What Liu Bei values ​​​​is not the aristocratic families.

He did not want any uncontrollable factors to appear in the city when Cao Jun attacked the city.