Chen Zhi turned out to be about this time, when Liu Bei in history led Yuzhou Mu and Bingtun Peiguo, he came to defect to Liu Bei. Now that Yuzhou and Runan are in a mess, Chen Zhi has consciously learned a skill, but he can't protect the territory and the people, and he is very ashamed. Hearing that Liu Beinan came to Xuzhou to please the Han thief, he came from Runan to vote. I hope to serve under Liu Bei's account to make meritorious deeds, instead of wasting time.

After the feast, Liu Bei took Chen Zhi as the captain of Renyong and the military Sima, and led a battalion of men and horses in the pro-army to be controlled by Liu Ke.

However, it was said that after Yuan Hei surrendered, Cao Cao won Chen and Liang and divided his troops to Yingchuan. Sun Jian was difficult to defend Yuzhou, so he abandoned Yingchuan and left, leaving only Han Dang to leave an army to defend Runan, and he led a large army south to attack Lujiang.

Cao Cao gained most of the territory of Yuzhou, and for a while he could no longer go south. Cao Cao decided to digest and digest the territory in his mouth first, so he led his own army to inspect the counties and countries to appease the people and deter Xiaoxiao. Seeing that the counties were ruined due to the rebellion, the people were scattered and the land was deserted, so he was transferred to Jun to come to Yuzhou to preside over the affairs of Tuntian.

Ren Junzi Boda, Zhongmu people, when Cao Cao raised troops to fight against Dong, he led hundreds of clan guests to join Cao Cao, and Cao Cao took his sister-in-law's wife. Later, Liu Bei opened up a large-scale barren tuntian in Qingzhou to avoid the famine year, and Cao Cao also followed. Bai Ren Jun was the general of the pawn farmer and let him be in charge of the tuntian affairs. Ren Jun is generous and steady, and since he presided over Tuntian in Yanzhou, Yanzhou has almost never been short of grain. Won the trust of Cao Cao. This time, he won several counties in Yuzhou, and Cao Cao's first thought was to let Ren Jun come over to engage in development.

In winter, the first heavy snow of the year has finally arrived. The cold wind howled and flakes of snow flew. When I woke up one night, the sky and the earth were the same color.

Looking at this vast expanse, Liu Bei knew that this year's war was almost over. If you want to completely defeat Yuan Shu, you have to wait for the next year. However, this year, we still have to take Xuzhou down completely.

Now Yan Yan is in Guangling, Zhang Fei is in Xiapi, and he has Pengcheng again, surrounded on three sides, further squeezing the strategic space of Xiapi. It's also very sad to think that the next Pi guard will be very sad.

Indeed, Zhang Fei took the next phase, and Liu Bei was stationed in Pengcheng, which means that Xiapi may be attacked from both sides at any time. Now Ji Ling, Qiao Rui, Lei Bo and Chen Lan are discussing whether to retreat to the south of Xiapi and back to Jiujiang to reject Liu Bei.

Ji Ling almost died at the hands of Zhang Fei last time, and now he still has palpitations when he thinks about it, he is strongly advocating the retreat to the south to defend the Huaishui defense line: "Now Liu Bei is in Pengcheng, Zhang Fei is in Xiaxiang, if you don't retreat quickly, Xiapi will be surrounded, and when the time comes, you can't leave if you want to." ”

Chen Lan glanced at Ji Ling with disdain, this person is also known for his martial arts, how can he be so timid: "We have the danger of Geyi Mountain, the depth of Surabaya, according to this big city, with tens of thousands of armor, why are you afraid of Liu Beizai?" ”

Ji Ling said bitterly: "Li Feng has surrendered, if the Han army comes to attack, Li Feng will be among them." This person is familiar with the details of our army, and when the time comes, he will talk to the Han army about the loopholes of our army. ”

Lei Bo thought for a while and said: "What General Ji said is extremely true, if I were Li Feng, I would say that the Han army would attack first and then cut off our army." ”

When the generals thought about it, they were all afraid. Take care of the left and right side of the next phase, and choke the main road to the south of Xiapi City. The prime minister has been taken by Zhang Fei, if Liu Bei attacks from the south of Pengcheng, then he will take advantage of the consideration, and the consequences will be unimaginable. At that time, the Han army did not need to do anything, only needed to send people to stare at the grain road, and the tens of thousands of troops in Xiapi would starve to death in the city.

Thinking that there are only 1,000 people stationed in the garrison now, the generals' hearts jumped, and Qiao Rui hurriedly said: "We can't lose our worries, we must send troops to garrison, otherwise our army will be in danger." ”

The generals discussed, and sent Chen Lan to lead 10,000 people to garrison the defense. Ji Ling wanted to go, but was rejected by the other three generals. Because Ji Ling was bent on retreating south, in case he arrived to take care of it, and then directly led the army to run, then it would really be over. It's better to let him be in Xiapi City, calmly in front, and resist the Han army.

When Zhang Feibing was the prime minister, when he summoned Li Feng to ask about the geography of Xiapi, Li Feng also focused on his considerations. If you want to take Pi, you must first take this city, and if you think about it, the defenders of Pi City will inevitably be chaotic without a fight.

It's just that the terrain is complicated, surrounded by water, and it is difficult to capture it in a hurry. Zhang Fei also understood that Li Feng meant that he would not be able to take care of the soldiers in his hands. Zhang Fei scratched his head, he couldn't help it, there were only a few thousand soldiers and horses in this county, a few hundred in this county, and a few hundred in that county, so that there were not enough people until now.

But I don't have enough manpower, and the lord is now in Pengcheng. So he sent someone to send a letter to Liu Bei from the path, and asked Liu Bei to work with him to find out what to expect.

Liu Bei's original intention was to gather all the generals, go down Surabaya and directly attack Picheng, eliminate Yuan Shu's living force in one fell swoop, and then sweep Xuzhou. However, in this way, I am afraid that the casualties of our own army will not be less. Seeing Zhang Fei's letter, he wanted to capture the back road of Pi. Liu Bei thought about it, anyway, there is no way to eliminate Yuan Shu this year, so it doesn't matter if it's so fast or slow. Then cut off the grain road first, and then capture it to see how long they can hold out. So I gladly followed. ordered Liu Ke and Wu Kuang to still defend Pengcheng, and led the army south with Shamo.

When he arrived at the boundary of the territory, Liu Bei got in touch with Zhang Fei and asked Zhang Fei to test the siege first, so that he could roughly estimate how many defenders there were in the city.

Zhang Fei was not polite when he got the order, and directly ordered the army to attack the city. At the head of the city, a small colonel stood beside Chen Lan and said, "General, the Han army is attacking the city, looking at this formation, it seems that it is going all out." ”

Chen Lan's face did not move, and he sneered when he heard this, this Han army thought that there were not many garrisons, and they wanted to go down in one go. It's a dream. Now that the soldiers in the city are well fed, you are several times more numerous, and I am not afraid.

Chen Lan said: "Order, prepare all the materials for defending the city." It is said that the Han army's stone cart is very powerful, and now they will support me with raw cowhides and cloth curtains. ”

"Yes!" When the school heard this, he obeyed the order and left.

Before the siege of the city, it is natural that a wave of stone bullets will be consumed. Zhang Fei gave an order, dozens of trebuchets slowly marched to the front of the city, and under the control of countless soldiers, a round of stone bullets flew towards the city with a sharp whistling sound. When Chen Lan saw it, she yelled: "Raise your shield and dodge!" ”

Many stone projectiles smashed on the cowhide held up at the head of the city, and after being relieved of their strength, they fell weakly. Some of them crossed the cowhide and cloth curtains and smashed into the city, but most of them were empty, and only a few unlucky ones were hit. On the spot, he bleed from his mouth and nose and collapsed.

The commanding officer in charge of the trebuchet waved the flag: "Calibrate, put it again!" ”

It was another dazzling action, and this round of stone rain was much more powerful than the previous round. Most of them flew over the hides and landed on the heads of the defenders of the city. Even with shields to defend them, many people were still smashed to the ground wailing.

After a few rounds of stone bullets, it was time to launch a large army to attack the city. Zhang Fei straddled the horse, touched the black whiskers on his chin, and said in his heart, if it weren't for the stability of the people in Xuzhou, how good would it be for me to directly arrest all the soldiers and drive them to attack the city. Your army can reduce casualties, and you can let those wastes die, saving you from consuming food. Alas, it's a pity.

Zhang Fei quickly came back to his senses and was about to attack the city. Chen Lan was at the head of the city, watching groups of Han soldiers pushing strange instruments slowly forward, and couldn't help frowning, and there was a vague bad feeling in her heart.

Soon Chen Lan breathed a long sigh again, I have more than 10,000 soldiers here, wouldn't it be useless to use it to defend the city. And no matter how you attack the city, you'll know how good I am later.