Liu Bei was very restrictive to Lu Bu. When Lu Bu first arrived in Xuzhou, Liu Bei kept him firmly in Xiaopei and prevented him from doing anything. At that time, Lu Bu had less than two thousand troops, and he was determined to
When he wanted to expand his army and reorganize his strength, due to Liu Bei's overt or covert interference, more than half a year later, Lu Bu's strength was still only about 2,500. Although Lu Bu was resentful, he had no choice but to rely on others and had no other choice.
Coupled with Chen Gong's persuasion, Lu Bu could only swallow his anger and give up bitterly regarding Liu Bei's actions.
It was not until news came out that Cao Cao was going to attack Xuzhou that Liu Bei completely relaxed his restrictions on Lu Bu. Lu Bu also took the opportunity to recruit troops and horses. By the time Cao Cao's army conquered Pengcheng, Lu Bu had more than four thousand soldiers and horses under his command.
However, these soldiers and horses are still too few for Lu Bu. Moreover, nearly half of these four thousand people are new soldiers. They may be able to fight with the wind on the battlefield, but once they face danger, they will not be able to do anything.
At this time, Liu Bei asked himself to fight against Cao Cao. Lu Bu was not surprised at all. Chen Gong had already mentioned to him that Liu Bei suddenly no longer restricted his expansion. His intention was to use himself as a human shield so that he could fight against Cao Cao.
There is more time to survive in front of him. But you must know that Lu Bu only has 4,000 troops at this time, while Cao Cao has an army of 50,000!
But does Lu Bu have other options? At this point, he has only two options: fighting and surrendering. For him to surrender to Cao Cao, although it is not impossible based on Lu Bu's arrogance, he must go to the end of the mountain and be completely desperate.
He would do this only under certain circumstances. Although the current situation is terrible, it has not yet reached a completely desperate situation. What's more, Lu Bu also has Chen Gong under his command, and Chen Gong regards Cao Cao as his mortal enemy.
There is basically no room for change.
Xiaopei, also known as Peixian, is also a relatively famous city in Xuzhou, and its legend is no less legendary than Pengcheng. Peixian is the hometown of Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, and his important ministers Xiao He, Cao Shen, Fan Kuai, Zhou Bo and others were also from Peixian.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, was not born in Peixian County, it was rumored that his ancestors were from Peixian County. Therefore, Peixian County was highly praised in later generations as "the Muyi of the Han Dynasty and the family of the Ming Dynasty". One city produced two people.
Founder of the country, think about how glorious that is for the residents of the city.
Of course, there are still more than 1,100 years before Zhu Yuanzhang was born, and today's Xiaopei is in a period of crisis. In Xiaopei City, Lu Bu has to face Cao Cao's five troops with his mere four thousand troops.
Ten thousand troops!
The odds of winning are so slim! Think back to when Lu Bu faced Cao Cao's army returning to aid Yanzhou in Puyang. The disparity in strength between the two sides at that time was far less huge than it is now. But Lu Bu didn't lose, and it ended in a disastrous defeat. And now Lu Bu's military strength
It is less than 10% of Cao Cao's strength. It can be said that in front of Cao Cao's army, no matter how brave and invincible Lu Bu's personal strength is, he is like a mantis trying to use his arm as a chariot.
Perhaps at the last moment, Liu Bei finally felt that it was too unkind to treat Lu Bu like this, so he ordered Chen Dao to lead 4,000 troops into Xiaopei for reinforcements. As a result, there were 8,000 defenders in Xiaopei City. 8,000 people
If you defend in the city, you can hold on for a while. Liu Bei finally expressed his intention to Lu Bu: "If Xiaopei cannot be defended in the end, he will lead his army to retreat to Xiapi and fight to the death with Cao's army in Xiapi."
For Cao Cao, as long as he sends his troops to conquer Xiapi, it is basically equivalent to occupying the entire Xuzhou. However, when attacking Xiapi from Pengcheng, it is not necessary to pass through Xiaopei. Cao Cao can ignore Xiaopei where Lu Bu is and directly attack Xiapi.
Attack Xiapi. However, Lu Bu stationed in Xiaopei has always been a thorn in Cao Cao's heart. Caution is one of Cao Cao's personality traits. Before attacking Xiapi, he must eliminate all worries.
In addition to the above reasons, Lu Bu is also a tiger and wolf. If Cao Cao ignores him and captures Pi, and Lu Bu takes the opportunity to escape elsewhere, he may become Cao Cao's henchman again in the future. And Liu Bei is a long-distance runner at this time.
His reputation had not yet been revealed, so Cao Cao was not worried about him. He expected that he would not be able to abandon a state and escape after all. Therefore, Cao Cao decided to capture Xiaopei where Lu Bu was before attacking Xiapi.
——————————————————————————————————————“Siege the city——!” Sitting on the war horse, looking at the Xiaopei city wall from a distance
, Cao Cao shouted loudly.
Lu Bu saw this scene on the Xiaopei City Tower and felt that it was very similar, except that he was the one sitting on horseback who ordered the attack on the city, and the target of the attack was the city under Cao Cao's command.
As soon as he recalled the attack and defense of Dongjun City, Lu Bu thought of the enemy general who pushed him off the city wall. When he thought of Gao Shun, Lu Bu's face suddenly became extremely ferocious.
"Hmph, since Cao Cao's guys can defend the city with thousands of people, I, Lu Fengxian, am a hundred times a thousand times stronger than those miscellaneous fish, so I can naturally do it!" After Lu Bu's ferocious expression, when his mood calmed down, he suddenly became heroic.
The defense of Xiaopei was no better than the defense of Puyang. At that time, Cao Cao returned with reinforcements and conquered the city all the way. In the end, he only had the isolated city of Puyang left in Yanzhou. With the rest of the cities under Cao Cao's control, and the army's money and food became increasingly scarce,
A lonely Puyang City had no chance of being defended. It was only a matter of time before it was breached. It was on the premise of knowing this that Lu Bu decided to take the risk and attack Cao Jun. The current situation is very different from before. Xuzhou at least
Half of the territory is still in Liu Bei's hands, so there is no need to consider the situation of being isolated and helpless. Just defend the city. Since General Cao can withstand the onslaught of tens of thousands of troops with thousands of troops, how can he not be able to do it?
arrive!
When he thought of this, Lu Bu's expression immediately became extremely heroic. Lu Bu was Lu Bu, full of confidence at all times, even if this confidence was unfounded and inflated to the extreme. He regarded Gao Shun as a bastard and believed that he could successfully defend the city with a weak force.
Dongjun City, then he can now keep Xiaopei. But he also doesn't think about it, if Gao Shun is really a bastard, then what does he mean to him who was pushed off the city wall?
Moreover, Lu Bu missed a very important point in saying that today is different from the past. That day, he took advantage of Cao Cao's expedition and suddenly launched an army to attack Yanzhou. Due to the haste, he did not bring many siege equipment. But at this moment,
Cao Cao was well prepared to attack Xuzhou.
When he saw a large number of charging cars and manholes appearing outside Xiaopei City, Lu Bu's previous heroic spirit of defending the city with eight thousand men suddenly disappeared and fell silent.
The ramming car kept hitting the city gate of Xiaopei City. With each impact, the city gate of Xiaopei City would make a loud noise, and the defenders on the city would feel a violent tremor in their hearts.
The archers on the well railing fired round after round of arrows, mercilessly killing the defenders on the city.
Ladders were set up one after another, and Cao Jun's soldiers scrambled to climb up the city tower. On top of the city tower, defensive tools such as wood and rolling stones were constantly thrown down, causing clouds of blood below the city.