Chapter 88 Please call me, Tiefu Tu! (Thanks to [deadpangzi] for the large sum
Xuzhou, Xiapi City.
Cao Cao personally led an army of 20,000 people to Xiapi City, thirty miles north of the city, and set up camp.
Liu Bei led an army of 20,000 troops to the fifty miles south of Xiapi City and set up camp.
Qiao Rui and Lei Bo led an army of 60,000 to ten miles west of Xiapi City. The camp was huge and the tents stretched for several miles!
Cao Bao turned around at the top of the city, looking at the armies belonging to the three forces in three directions, feeling despair in his heart.
He wanted to surrender, but he was still hesitating to whom to surrender.
Liu Bei was definitely unable to surrender again, and Zhang Fei wanted to use his Zhangba snake spear to hit him seven times in and seven out.
Cao Cao was the reinforcements invited by Liu Bei.
The emperor issued an edict to attack Cao Bao by name. If he fell into Cao Cao's hands, I'm afraid it would just be death.
"Then, only by surrendering to Yuan Shu can we have a chance of survival!" Cao Bao figured out the joints, like a drowning man grabbing the last straw.
Even if you rely on the false emperor, it is better than losing your life!
Cao Bao finally made up his mind. He decided to open the city and surrender to Yuan Shu's army tonight. It would be best if he could cooperate with others to defeat Cao Cao and Liu Bei. In this way, he might be able to please Yuan Shu and gain a bright future for himself and his family!
It's a pity that Cao Bao's thoughts are beautiful, but the reality is very cruel.
Before Cao Bao could open the city gate and surrender to Yuan Shu, Song Xian and Wei Xu in the city led 10,000 Qingzhou troops and opened the north city gate first, preparing to welcome Cao Cao into Xiapi!
After Cao Bao learned the news, he almost spewed blood, but he reacted very quickly. Soon after the north city gate opened, he also opened the west city gate, preparing to lead Qiao Lei and Bo's army into Xiapi to fight Cao Cao, creating chaos.
The three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang, who were leading the army to intimidate the South City Gate, stared dumbfounded at the news that Cao Cao and Yuan Shu's troops had entered Xiapi City. After a long time, Zhang Fei finally asked: "Brother, we are all here, how many are there?"
Do something?"
Liu Bei listened to the fierce fighting sounds coming from the city, decisively pulled out his double swords, and said to Zhang Fei and Guan Yu: "Qiao Rui's army is fighting with Cao Cao. If we go to raid Qiao Rui's army's camp at this time, we will definitely be able to do it."
A lot of gains!”
Guan Yu agreed very much, and then said to Liu Bei with admiration: "Brother is wise!"
"Let's go, kill Yuan Shujun!" Zhang Fei clamped his legs on the black horse, straightened up his eight-foot-long snake spear, and rushed towards the west.
After Yuan Shu became emperor, he carried out violent conquests and captured strong men everywhere to expand his army.
Yuan Shu, who now controls most of Yuzhou and the Jianghuai area, already claims to have an army of 500,000!
However, the real elite troops under Yuan Shu were less than 100,000 strong. In this invasion of Xuzhou, almost all of these elite soldiers were brought with them by Ji Ling, Qiao Rui and other generals.
Qiao Rui and Lei Bo were also generals who had experienced hundreds of battles. They had already made various preparations when they led their troops to Xiapi City.
Not only were there soldiers guarding the main roads leading to the camp, but there were also nearly 10,000 soldiers staying in the camp.
After all, Cao Cao in the north of Xiapi City and Liu Bei in the south are in alliance, so Qiao Rui is obviously preparing for a possible sneak attack.
...
Let us say that after Song Xian and Wei Xu opened the north gate, they led their soldiers and a group of people with their families and went northward.
When passing by Cao Cao's army formation, Song Xian even sent someone to deliver a message to Boss Cao.
Cao Cao unfolded the letter, quickly read it, and crumpled it into a ball with a sneer.
Cheng Yu was a little curious about the content of the letter, so he asked in a low voice: "Lord, what did their letter say?"
Cao Cao didn't want to answer, so he threw the paper ball in his hand to Cheng Yu and said, "See for yourself."
Cheng Yu hurriedly opened the letter and saw what it said: "The Taiwei's army has arrived. After we open the gate of Xiapi City, the mission here will be completed. I wish the Taiwei a success soon."
"It was Chen Gong's handiwork..." Cheng Yu handed the letter to Jia Xu, and then said to Cao Cao: "My lord, Lu Bu's army left and took away most of the gentry and gentry in Xuzhou... I'm afraid even Xiapi City was stolen by him.
It’s empty!”
"This is actually a good thing!" Jia Xu, who was beside Cheng Yu and Cao Cao, said: "Without this group of wealthy gentry, my lord's new policy will be smooth, and Chenliu County has too many people, so a group of people can be moved there.
Coming from Xuzhou."
Cheng Yu nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, with the existence of the Chamber of Commerce, various materials can be continuously transported to Xuzhou, and Xuzhou will soon be prosperous again."
When talking about the population of Chenliu County, Cao Cao suddenly felt a little troubled, troubled by happiness...
“I can only blame Mr. Lu for being so famous now!
Whether they are refugees or ordinary people, even some poor families and small aristocratic families are rushing to move to Chenliu... It is said that the housing prices in Chenliu City have now surpassed those in Luoyang!" Cao Cao said with emotion.
How profitable is it to sell land? Lu Yanke is too familiar with it!
However, Chenliu County has limited capacity after all, and too much population will inevitably lead to frequent public security problems. Distributing excess people to other states and counties can effectively stabilize the situation in Chenliu, and is an imperative policy.
After Cao Cao returned from his wandering thoughts, Song Xian and Wei Xu's armies all withdrew from the North Gate, leaving only hundreds of soldiers behind to guard the North Gate for Cao's army.
Without any further hesitation, Cao Cao waved his hand and said calmly: "Enter the city!"
"Attack!"
"Enter Xiapi City!"
Entering the city does not mean that the battle ends successfully, on the contrary, it is just the beginning!
Of course, Cao Bao could not completely trust the soldiers in Qingzhou, and had secretly arranged countless surveillance measures.
It was precisely because of his secret caution that he was able to discover in time that the Qingzhou Army had betrayed him.
Cao Bao opened the west city gate and sent people to Qiao Rui to beg for surrender, less than half an hour later than Lu Bu's army opened the north city gate.
Cao Cao and the army behind him quickly passed through the city gate hole still stained with fresh blood.
Nodding to the Qingzhou soldiers who had retreated, Cao Cao led his troops straight to the west gate!
Unfortunately, Cao Bao's army fought hard to hold back Cao Jun.
When Cao Cao's army was about to arrive at the West City Gate, Qiao Rui's soldiers had already rushed through the West City Gate!
Since the city is not conducive to the deployment of the army,
Seeing that the plan to block the city gate was no longer possible, Cao Cao made a quick decision and ordered the Beiwei army borrowed from Lu Yan to stand in the front, preparing to receive the first and strongest wave of impact from Qiao Rui's army.
It's not that Cao Cao doesn't cherish the Beiwei Army, it's just because after looking at all the armies, only the Beiwei Army has the strongest defense! Of course, in addition to the cavalry, the Beiwei Army is also the most powerful in attack!
Xu Chu led the Tiger Guard formed by his family members, disciples, and knights to protect Cao Cao. He stared unblinkingly at the Beiwei army hundreds of meters away, which was neatly formed in a shield formation.
"I heard rumors that the Beiwei Army ranks first among infantrymen in the world. Today, I, Xu Chu, will have a good look at it!"
"Cang Dang! Cang Dang!"
Suddenly, a clanging sound came from not far away.
Xu Chu and others turned around and saw that there was a mobile iron fort over there, walking towards Beiwei's army with firm steps.
"That's...!" Xu Chu stared angrily, looking at the exaggerated double iron halberds in the iron man's hands, he immediately called out a person's name: "Dian Wei!"
"Dian Wei, who is fully armored... You are cheating by carrying Wei Jun!"
Dian Wei heard Xu Chu's shout, he turned his head to look at Xu Chu, grinned and pulled down the ghost mask.
"Dong dong dong!"
Dian Wei began to charge, and the sound of a raging sound reached the ears of Xu Chu, the Tiger Guards, Cao Cao and others.