Lu Bu, who is brave and unparalleled, known as the first fierce general in the late Han Dynasty, was also cowardly in front of the domineering president Cao Cao!

The Xuzhou army shrank all the way, and Lu Bu retracted all the more than 13,000 soldiers and horses at hand into Xiapi City, and the entire strategic space in the wilderness of Xuzhou was given to Cao's army.

However, it has to be said that this step is a wise strategy!

First of all, even if he didn't bring Qingzhou soldiers, Cao Cao's army was still more than 36,000, nearly three times that of Lu Bu, and in the past two years, the wolf cavalry in Bingzhou has been weakening, Xuzhou does not produce horses, and the replenishment of war horses is far from being consumed quickly.

If Cao Cao and Lu Bu are desperate, Lu Bu will give up the field strategic space to completely seek death, but now it is a warlord melee, Hanoi County and the remnants of Yuan Shu in Yangzhou are all allies of Lu Bu, and Yuan Shao in Hebei is also a huge bomb of instability, Cao Cao is still attacking from afar, as long as it is dragged in Xiapi City and dragged for a few months, Cao Cao's food supply will not be available, or there will be changes in Guanzhong, or Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and Yuan Shuzhong will send troops to the Central Plains, and then it will be an opportunity for Lu Bu to counterattack.

And these days, the cold winter in the wild is really difficult!

It was only in the middle of October, the abnormal weather during the Xiaoice River had snowed heavily, and there was a layer of thin soldiers on the surface of Surabaya, and there were no cotton clothes and cotton jackets in these years, and the Yanzhou sergeants who were still wearing linen clothes were frozen in the cold wind, and their faces were blue from the cold, and the sergeants standing guard could not grasp the halberd steadily, and had to take a breath of heating in their hands from time to time, and in the twenty days that Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou and then marched down, Chen Gong completed the clearing of the wall, the nearby fields were empty, and even the straw and everything were carried into Xiapi City, It's hard to find firewood nearby.

On this expedition, the Wenchen generals who came out with Cao Cao were a little more comfortable, and everyone had a set of down jackets, and some even stuffed their gloves with scalded chicken and duck down.

As soon as the snow fell, Cao Jun's Tushan tactics outside Pengcheng were almost reimbursed, the earth was frozen and hard, and the strong men who came with the army desperately picked up the pickaxe, and only picked up a small piece of hard soil, not to mention the earth mountain, the tunnel could not be dug up, and the Xiapi City in the distance, on the city wall behind the moat, Chen Gong also ordered people to water down, and gave the city wall a thick layer of ice armor, whether it was a siege ladder or a siege hook, it seemed that it was difficult to attach, and there were many defenders at the head of the city.

Wearing a big down jacket like a bread suit, and taking the ministers to the gate of Xiapi City to investigate in person, Cao Cao shook his head with great difficulty.

"This city is difficult to attack!"

"If it weren't for the fact that he pulled a lot of broken stones from Pengcheng, we wouldn't even have the materials to fill the moat, and there is wood, which can be split and burned as firewood to keep the soldiers warm, if it weren't for Tuqiu! It's even tougher! ”

Here, Guo Jia said with a smile of relief, Yang Xiu, who joined the army sarcastically, couldn't help but flush with the handsome face of a literati, and the rest of the children of the family who laughed at Wang Hou's garbage king also twitched with their cheeks, fortunately Wang Hou was not here, otherwise it is estimated that they would be even more shameless.

Suddenly remembered, Cao Cao nodded thoughtfully, and subconsciously looked in the southeast direction of the army, however, at this glance, the corners of Mr. Cao's mouth couldn't help twitching violently.

The military situation is like fire, this time I won't take the carriage, Wang Hou, who was sent by Cao Cao to contact the Guangling Taishou, directly rode with Cao Hongjie, and the two of them were wrapped together in a thick duvet, living like a big bread, not to mention Mr. Cao, even if Zhao Yunwang Congge, who followed behind, was directly pumped by the disgusting handsome face.

Now Cao Cao didn't know whether he should be glad to have discovered Wang Hou's talent, or whether he should regret patting Cao Hongjie to his side, he shook his head helplessly, he shook his head speechlessly.

"This kid !!"

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It can be regarded as a moment of breaking free from the position of logistics chief who was tired of vomiting blood, and handed over Minzhuangtun and the two grain transport troops to Cheng Yu to manage, and Wang Hou was appointed as a messenger to contact his good friend, Guangling Taishou Chen Deng.

It was snowy so thick that he didn't even know where the horse's hooves had stepped on, and after trotting twenty miles, a horse lost its front hooves and fell lame, so Wang Hou had to slow down and trotted forward.

In later generations, Wang Hou's most painful thing was to get up in the morning in the winter to catch the bus to work, but now he found out what a happy thing it is to have a bus to ride, and the overwhelming knives and snow flakes are so cold that he is going to smoke.

No wonder the population of Russia in later generations was so small, and the population still grew negatively, because of the cold! It's cold, hugging Cao Hongjie, he was so stunned that he didn't have any extra thoughts, and even his head was straight and wooden, and there was only one thing left in his blank mind, so there was only one thing left to hurry.

Fortunately, he was also lucky, and he was only halfway through when the same army from the southeast was shivering in the snow and winding in the snow.

Knowing that Cao Cao had invaded the territory of Xuzhou, Chen Deng, who volunteered to be the internal response, was also busy with Guangling's troops and actively killed him.

"Ahhhh......h

Freezing all singing, dancing, rapping, basketball, in the big tent of the Chinese army, relying on the iron and coal stove built by Chen Dengxin, Wang Housi haha exhaled cool air, that look, just like an orange cat leaning on the stove, Cao Hongjie is very contemptuous.

On the other hand, Chen Deng, who hadn't seen him for a year, was quite enthusiastic, and while helping him warm the wine, he quipped: Brother Tuqiu, you are full of economy, but you are so non-frost-resistant, I really don't know how you survived when you were studying! ”

There was heating when I went to school!

Now think about what it really is, or the afterlife! Even if it was a powerless citizen, rubbing his hands, Wang Hou snorted depressedly, but after a while, he suddenly pulled the iron stove in amazement, and shouted in surprise.

"Brother Yuanlong, how can you have a charcoal here?"

"There is coal in Xudu, why is there no in Xuzhou? After returning from Xudu, Chen sent people to search in Guangling Mountain, no, he found three places at once, as well as the fire kang of Tuqiu Brother, Chen also promoted it in Guangling, and now in Guangling, but everyone knows that Wang Nuankang is used! ”

I really didn't expect Wang Hou to have more fans in Xuzhou, and Chen Deng was proudly showing off with a wine jug.

"And not long after leaving Xudu, the name of the night incense cang Cao of the Tuqiu brother spread, Chen knew that Tuqiu was not without a target, and also learned from the appearance of Tuqiu brother, and boasted that the night fragrance was too guarded, and the night Hong Kong that Guangling County could control was also hoarded, and went down to the field, Tuqiu brother's five grains reincarnation was really magical, this year, Guangling's fields have reached an annual output of three stones, and the fields have reached a bumper harvest of six or seven stones per mu!"

"Tuqiu brother, you're not authentic! I didn't inform my brother of such a good thing, fortunately, Chen Mou inquired about the news of Xu Du at any time, otherwise he would have missed the increase in income of 100,000 stones this year! Ha ha! ”

Chen Deng was the captain of Xuzhou's agricultural school before, and he was catchy about this farming, but Wang Hou didn't care too much about what he said, and even forgot to rub his frozen hands, full of surprises, Wang Hou sat up straight in surprise.

"So to speak! Brother Yuanlong's Guangling, a lot of coal? ”

"Yes! This time he went north to meet Cao Chengxiang, and Chen also brought 20 trucks of coal. ”

Chen Deng was still playing haha, but Wang Hou's eyes were as bright as a light bulb, and he jumped up suddenly, and grabbed Chen Deng's sleeve like a, and couldn't stop shaking excitedly.

"Twenty cars is not enough, Brother Chen, two hundred cars! 200 carts of coal, this time you will be a great achievement, if there are 500 carts of coal, the thief will definitely die! ”

The shaking head was dizzy, seeing that Wang Hou suddenly had the same nerves as the corpse, Chen Deng was stunned for a moment, and Cao Hongjie on the side looked sympathetic, and patted him on the shoulder helplessly.

"He's like that, just get used to it!"

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Although Wang Hou suddenly became nervous, and did not explain what to do with so much coal, but the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty was such a magical era, and the spirit of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period that the warrior died for his confidant was still strong and remaining.

It was precisely because of the sudden transportation of coal that Chen Dengguangling's army, which could have been able to fight the main force of Cao's army within four days, dragged on for another 16 days, and when it returned to Xiapi City, it was already the middle of November.

However, since Wang Hou was ordered to send an envoy to Guangling, the siege battlefield of Cao's army has not changed much, the ground caused by the cold and freezing is too hard, and the first trench is piled up tightly around Xiapi City with snow, and the ground has only dug less than half a meter of soil pit, and as for the soil mountain, it is less than half a meter.

At the gate of the city, Xiahoudun and Li Dian scolded a few people in a different class, but looking at the traces on the ground, it is estimated that the effect of this scolding battle is also average, with Chen Gong guarding, Lu Bu has not been provoked once, and the entire Xiapi offensive and defensive battle has not been carried out for half a month.

Originally, Cao Cao was very dissatisfied with Chen Deng's internal response, after all, he personally came to Xudu and offered the plan of Pinglu, but now the army has been deep in Xuzhou for more than a month, but he has not shown up for a long time, which is a feeling of being deceived by anyone, however, when he heard that Chen Deng's 8,000 troops did not bring any baggage supplies, but brought more than 500 ox carts of coal, Cao Cao took his subordinates and military generals to personally greet them out of the camp.

"Chen Deng, the chief of Xuzhou, met the prime minister, the prime minister was ordered to beg the thief, Chen Yuanlong should have come immediately to wear a strong and stubborn approach, but he had the heart to ask the thief, but he was tired by the trivial matters of rearmament and armor, and he arrived late, it was really a sin, and I hope that the prime minister will forgive the sins!"

Looking at this greeting posture, Chen Deng already knew that he believed that Wang Hou was right! However, in the face of Cao Cao's enthusiasm, he immediately lowered his posture and turned over to worship.

People give face, Cao Cao is naturally Zhou Gong Tubu Lixian corporal, he laughed and turned over and dismounted, and also put a down cloak on his body, probably from Wang Hou, and personally draped it on Chen Deng, laughing and saying.

"What is Yuanlong's crime? The arrival of Qing Zhi is like a tiger for Cao! Yuanlong, please get up! Hurry up, please! Come on, put hot wine, I and Yuanlong return to the camp together! ”

The face is really full, but what is more abundant is the coal, this Chen Deng followed Cao Cao into the camp, and Xiahou Tang Li Dian and others, who were scolding and smoking, also couldn't wait to pull these high-quality and large pieces of raw coal dug out of the Xuzhou coal mine back to the camp.

didn't make a move, Cao Cao calculated everything, and before setting out on the expedition, he counted the right time, place and people, and missed the impact of this weather on the war.

The heavy snow has been falling for more than ten days in a row, and the weather is freezing cold, not to mention the strong men who come with the army, even if the soldiers of all departments are frozen, the phenomenon of freezing to death occurs from time to time, and in this era, there is a shortage of materials, and several people in the TV series have a tent, which is a dream! Only the generals can be assigned a certain leather tent, and most of the sergeants are similar to last year's Wang Houbu Qu when he spent the winter, and he casually used straw and wood to prop up a shed, which is the residence for the winter!

No wonder it is said that in the bitter cold place, in the severe cold, the knife wind blows the Huaihe Plain, the weather is cold and dripping into ice, the soldiers can't even go out, and most of the day is hugging each other and shivering to keep warm, in this case, not to mention the battle in the city, even if it is a field battle with Lu Bujun, it is difficult!

Then Chen Deng appeared in front of Cao Jun with more than 500 truckloads of coal, a car of about one ton, and more than 500 tons of coal.

However, Chen Deng is also interesting enough, as Cao Cao entered the Chinese army, let the iron stove be carried in, and after lighting the honeycomb coal and hot wine, he did not forget Wang Hou's merits, holding the wine that Cao Cao personally gave him, he stood up again, and bowed down heavily with hot wine in both hands.

"Prime Minister, transporting coal here, relieving the misfortune of the army, is the reminder of the transfer of Wang Hou Wang Tuqiu, the ministers are just from their ears, and the king is careful as a hair! Chen, please take note of the prime minister's work! ”

Cao Cao, who heard this, nodded again, meritorious but not self-pretending, Chen Deng's image in his eyes was a few points higher, beside him, Guo Jia also showed a smile clearly, thinking that Wang Hou was frozen like a bear last year, and he could think of transporting coal, and sure enough, he was him!

It's just that after picking up the wine jue and looking at it twice, Guo Jia suddenly shouted in surprise.

"By the way, where is Wang Houwang's transfer envoy? Didn't he come back with Guangling Taishou? ”

"Five miles away from the camp, Wang Zhuan's envoy said that he would return to the camp first, and there was something important to deal with, didn't he meet the prime minister first?"

Chen Deng also showed a stunned face, and replied with a wine, and the entire military camp looked at each other when he asked this rhetorical question.

Where did Wang Hou go??

Wang Zhuan's envoy really stayed in Cao's camp loyally at this time, but in the helplessness on Cao's face, this goods and the root of his life were gouged up, his sad legs knelt heavily on the ground, and he raised his hands to the sky and roared at the sawdust of the rear army.

"Lao Tzu's wood, ah!!"