Zhou Cang came over: "I am very grateful. Thank you. But we don't want the pig, you can take it back. Stay fifty chickens."

"How is that good? The pigs are caught."

"Old man, please return the pig to everyone. If you accept the chicken, you will accept your wishes. There is a notice from Wen Hou here, so please take a closer look."

Zhou Cang sent the villagers away, leaving fifty chickens, and before leaving, he asked the master to get a regular sum of money for the old man.

Why don’t you want a chicken or a pig? Because it’s too troublesome. Their three thousand cavalrymen don’t even have the conditions to kill pigs and eat meat. It’s very likely that the people here just got it done, and the people behind them caught up and were about to leave immediately.

The group rested for a while, rushed to the south of Jizhou City, and posted notices along the road and town shops and villages.

Zhang He's body was so miserable that he had more than a thousand killed and injured more than a thousand five hundred. He returned to the city miserably.

Yuan Shao, Ju Su, Tian Feng and others were waiting for news in the military tent. Suddenly the school came in and reported: "General Zhang was defeated, more than half of his casualties, and he was rushing back."

Yuan Shao's chin was almost dropped in surprise: "Are you defeated?"

"I'm defeated, rushing back."

"Zhang He comes back and asks him to come to see me immediately."

Ju Su, Tian Feng and others were also extremely surprised.

Zhang He is not an unknown person. Although he is not as good as Wen Chou, Yan Liang, and Ju Yi, he is more powerful than Chunyu Qiong. His cavalry are all veterans who have experienced many battles. How could he be defeated so quickly? And more than half of the casualties? This team is considered to be disabled and will be difficult to recover in the short term.

After a while, Zhang He came in, with several arrow holes on his armor and blood on his face, which shows how tragic the battle was.

He knelt on the ground: "Lord, my subordinates have been killed more than 1,500 and injured more than 1,500."

Yuan Shao was about to scold him hard, but when he saw that Zhang He was like this, he didn't blame him: "Are you injured?"

Tian Feng hurriedly asked: "General Zhang, how did the Xuzhou army fight? How many casualties did they suffer?"

"The Xuzhou Army adopted the tactics of grassland herders. The entire army was wearing armor and did not catch the enemy. The return horse arrows were shot very powerfully, and they were equipped with exquisite crossbows, which was very fierce in combat."

"The entire army was wearing armor and there were actually crossbows. Xuzhou has developed into this way?" Ju Su was very surprised.

Yuan Shao waved his hand: "Zhang He, go back and settle the team quickly and treat the wounded soldiers."

"Yes, thank you lord."

Yuan Shao's strength is very strong. There are famous doctors in the army and there are also many doctors, so he is busy treating the wounded.

Yuan Shao sighed: "Lu Fengxian, Lu Fengxian, it's bad

The four gates of Jizhou City were closed, and infantrymen were on the city wall, and food and accommodation were all on the city wall, and various defensive materials were transported to the wall.

When it was almost dark in the evening, the Xuzhou army arrived and camped more than ten miles away from Jizhou City.

It was really 200 miles a day, which was so scary. This speed shocked everyone.

Moreover, Xuzhou really did not attack the cities along the way, and passed by directly next to it. No city along the way dared to send troops to stop it.

Lu Bu brought only more than a thousand cavalry troops to the city and stopped hundreds of meters away from the city wall.

Yuan Shao was so angry that his teeth itched.

Yuan Shao shook his sleeves: "Open the city gate, I'll meet Lu Bu's man."

Yuan Shao did not lead many troops, but also more than a thousand cavalrymen, only Zhang He and other generals and military advisor Tian Feng.

The two of them came to the two armies and saw the king.

Yuan Shao was burly, with a rich face and a majestic appearance.

Yuan Shao saw that Lu Bu was still the same, sitting down on the Red Rabbit Horse in armor and carrying a square halberd.

This was a pre-war negotiation between the two sides, and Yuan Shao was not worried about Lu Bu's dare to play any tricks.

"Lu Bu, who was kind enough to help you, now that I have a bite back, I dare to attack my Jizhou."

Lu Bu handed over the weapon to Xu Shitou next to him and gave a deep gift: "Brother Benchu, don't be fine. This time he came not because of any personal grudges between you and me, but because of the disputes in the world. In the end, the people were suffering. For the sake of the people in the world, Butter brought troops to eliminate the forces of local separatism."

"Bah, you are so kind, and you are still considering the people of the world. A 50,000 or 60,000 troops are rushing back and you can arrive in three days. Then you can stay in Jizhou forever."

Lu Bu couldn't help but sigh: "I originally wanted to spare your life, but who knows that you don't appreciate it yet, so don't blame me for being cruel."

Both sides have different positions and it is impossible to negotiate. They lead their troops back.

When Lu Bu returned to the army, the Central Army camp summoned all the generals. This time, there were a lot of talents, and there were really a lot of people.

Gao Shun, Lu Su, Zhuge Liang, and more than ten deputy generals directly under Lu Bu.

This time, more than 25,000 Iron Horse Army and 15,000 cavalrymen came.

Lu Bu opened the simple map: "Look, the reinforcements around Yuan Shao are not far away. The nearest one is Ju Yi, one hundred and fifty miles away. As expected, thousands of cavalry will come back tomorrow morning. Wen Chou and Yan Liang's army are expected to arrive the day after tomorrow. What we have to do now is to take down Jizhou City tomorrow morning."

Gao Shun stood up first: "Leave it to us to trap the camp, and ensure that we can quickly enter the city."

Lu Bu nodded: "This arduous task must be handed over to the camp, but we have a newly invented weapon. We will first use a giant crossbow to fight the camp before climbing the city. The city has a force of only more than 10,000, and we will definitely not be able to defeat our elite soldiers. When Jizhou comes, all counties and counties in the east will all descend on the wind."

Zhuge Liang reminded: "The lord must not be kind to a woman, and he will be cruel to attack the city tomorrow."

"Don't worry, Kong Ming will do his best to attack the city tomorrow."

Zhuge Liang was worried that Lu Bu's wife was benevolent and loved the people too much, so she couldn't beat her up.

The next morning, Huo Tou Jun prepared the meal early, stewed pork noodle, cornmeal steamed buns, and old pickles were made very good.

You will know at first glance that you have to fight, otherwise you wouldn't have eaten so well in the morning.

Lu Bu brought only 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, and arranged an array outside the east gate of Jizhou City. First, there were 200 double-bow chariots and crossbows behind them, and the cavalry guarded them on both wings.

The war drums were ringing and the horns were blowing.

Yuan Shao watched from the city wall. Lu Bu was really impatient and came directly without waiting for the craftsmen to build the siege equipment.

The city walls were ready, hot oil, golden soup, rolling wood, and thunder stones.

Lu Bu was watching there, and the command was handed over to Lu Su. Zhuge Liang was still too young at this time and was in his early twenties and could not convince the public.

The first order was passed, and the crossbow began to attack.

The one that was fired was not a crossbow arrow, but an iron egg the size of a goose egg, with a lead wire on it, igniting the lead wire.

"put."

More than 200 goose eggs hit him, but his hit rate was not good, and only about 70 or 80 shots hit the city tower.

Yuan Shao was still laughing: "What a thing, this thing is not lethal."
Chapter completed!