Xuzhou City, six days have passed, Cao's army launched a tidal attack several times, all of which were desperately repelled by the defenders in the city, a Xuzhou city is high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the defenders' will to fight is also very tenacious, especially the Danyang elite soldiers stationed at the four gates, which can really be called fearless of death!

In addition, Cao's army rushed forward with light troops this time, did not carry large siege equipment, and relied on the soldiers to hold shields and carry ladders to rush up, undoubtedly sent to death in vain, and Cao Cao had no choice but to order to suspend the attack and find another good strategy!

At night, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Cao Ying's people were discussing the way to attack the city, 60,000 troops besieged the city, but they could not overcome it for a long time, not to mention the loss of morale, once the other party's two-way reinforcements arrived, they were in danger of being dumplings!

"How much grain and grass are there in the army?" Compared with the siege, Cao Cao was more worried about the problem of food and grass, and it was taboo for soldiers to starve.

"Back to the lord, the grain and grass can last for about ten days!" Guo Jia was responsible for the allocation of grain and grass for the army, and in order to speed up the march, they only carried half a month's military rations on this expedition, and now they have consumed a small half!

"Why don't I take someone to the surrounding counties to collect grain?" Touching the sword on his waist, the face of the general Xiahoudun was full of murderous aura, the so-called 'fighting grain' is to grab grain from the hands of the people of Xuzhou, this kind of thing often happens when the warlords are fighting, and there is no difference between the crossing of the army and the locusts, where they go, eat there!

"Well, it's a good idea, you can't let the children go hungry!" Xiahoudun's proposal was immediately strongly approved by the generals surnamed Cao and Xiahou, and this time they were already holding back a sense of anger in their hearts, wishing they could go out to grab food, kill people, set fires, and vent well!

As for what moral constraints? This is a troubled time, human life is as cheap as a mustard, all the princes are doing this, who is qualified to say whom!

"Gentlemen, don't do it!" Guo Jia hurriedly spoke out to stop it, and as soon as the killing mouth was opened, it could no longer be stopped.

"We are here to capture Xuzhou, not to destroy Xuzhou, arson and robbery will only greatly disappoint the hearts of the people, and it will attract the common hatred of the people of Xuzhou, even if we can take down here, we will not be able to gain a firm foothold."

"Hey! If you can't attack it, you can't grab it, how can it be good! "Everyone fell into hard thought, just received a military report, Yuzhou Thorn Shi - Kong Ling personally unified the army of 50,000 to come to the rescue, the forward troops have entered the territory of Xuzhou, at most four or five days will advance here, Beihai Taishou - Kong Rong is also gathering people, may lead the troops south at any time, at that time the enemy army is surrounded by three ways, but it will be bad!

"Xiao Lang, what do you mean?"

The meeting lasted for a long time, Xiao Yi sat there without saying a word, just holding a small wooden stick and constantly drawing some ghost talismans on the ground, no one knew what he was thinking?

"If you remove the consumption of war horses, how long can the grain and grass last?" Xiao Yi touched his chin and asked Guo Jia.

The consumption of military food is nothing more than people eating horses and feeding, and the latter is far more than the former, the consumption of one war horse is enough to feed five soldiers, and the largest cavalry in Cao's army is Xiao Yi's 'Xuanjia Iron Cavalry', they are one person and two horses; although the combat power is unparalleled, the consumption of grain and grass is also the largest.

"That would save half the amount of food and grass!" Guo Jia's eyes flickered, as his best friend, he probably guessed what Xiao Yi was going to do, the cavalry was useless for attacking the city, and the war horse couldn't go up the city wall, the Xuanjia army had been watching from behind for the past few days, just like a tiger falling on the ground, useless, now it's time to let this elite soldier out!

"Okay, five thousand Xuanjia troops, each carrying three days' dry rations, I will take them to intercept the reinforcements from Yuzhou!" Suddenly slammed the wooden stick in his hand into the ground, Xiao Yi was ready to do a big job!

"That's too dangerous, isn't it? Using 5,000 men and horses against 50,000, the disparity in strength is too great! ”

"That's right, bring three days of rations, what will you eat after three days?"

Cao Yingzhong's generals almost thought that Xiao Yi was crazy, didn't he go to death, and they all spoke out to stop it, although the situation is unfavorable now, but it is not for the sake of fighting for his life!

"Silence! …… Xiao Lang, tell me about your plan! "Cao Cao is still as stable as Mount Tai on the handsome position, he is the backbone of this army, and whoever messes up can't mess with him!

"It's very simple, take it by surprise and attack it unprepared!" Xiao Yi looked at the generals with a playful expression and asked, "Can any of you guess that I would dare to take a mere 5,000 men and horses to rob and kill the Yuzhou Assassin Shi Kong Ling?" ”

"This, naturally, I can't think of ......, yes, the plan is crazy! ……”

"Very good, even you can't think of it, and the enemy army can't even think of it!"

"Gah! ......" Everyone's discussion stopped abruptly, and each mouth could be stuffed into three eggs, but thinking about it on the other hand, Xiao Yi's words seem to have some truth, such a crazy plan, the ghost can only think of it!

"What do you do with the military rations? The army has no food, but it is killing itself! ”

"For the first three days, I ate the dry food I brought, and after three days, I ate the food of the enemy!" Xiao Yi is also ruthless, what you want in this sneak attack is fast, accurate, and ruthless, there is no way to retreat, if you don't win, you will die!

"Well, now, if you want to break the situation, you can only give it a go!" Cao Cao slapped his thigh, and he decided to follow the gamble, "Cao Xiu, Yu Ban listens to the order, you two each bring a thousand fine horses, act with Xiao Lang, and you won't win!" ”

"No!" Cao Xiu and Yu Ban immediately stepped forward to receive the order, both of them were rising stars in the army, and they had always been valued by Cao Cao, and now they were all sent out.

Seven thousand men and horses attacked, this bet is equivalent to pressing most of the cavalry in Cao's camp, which is a big gamble.

"When will the centaurs leave?"

"Tonight!"

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Yuzhou Thorn Shi - Kong Ling is now proud of the spring breeze, after receiving Tao Qian's letter for help, he immediately set up troops to rescue, now the army of 50,000 has crossed the border, is marching towards Xuzhou, where the army goes, people shout horse neighing, momentum like a rainbow, the dust even half of the sky is covered, there are such male soldiers in hand, repelling the Cao army should not be a problem.

Of course, friends belong to friends, interests belong to interests, this dispatch of troops is not in vain, Tao Qian has promised to give him 200,000 pieces of military rations, 20,000 pieces of cloth, 2,000 military horses, and 50,000 taels of gold as the cost of this military dispatch.

In addition, from now on, Xuzhou will be free of charge 10,000 stone of sea salt every year, which is a really good thing, his Yuzhou is located inland, lack of salt has always been a big problem related to people's livelihood, in fact, Han Kyushu, in addition to the coastal Qing, Xu, Yang Prefecture, that place is not short of salt, especially in bitter cold places such as Xiliang, a few catties of salt can be exchanged for a fat and strong grassland cow, or a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl!

"How far is our army from Xuzhou City?" As soon as she thought of these benefits, Kong Ling was full of energy, and she couldn't wait to fly to Xuzhou City immediately.

"Back to the assassination of Lord Shi, there are four more days of travel, our army can reach the city of Xuzhou!"

"Rescue soldiers are like fighting fires, pass the order down, speed up the march, you must rush to Xuzhou within three days, and those who dare to delay without reason will be killed!"

Under an order, the soldiers and horses of Yuzhou immediately accelerated the pace of marching, and the dust rushed forward, and the result ran all the way down, the originally well-organized marching army column slowly became chaotic, the elite soldiers naturally rushed to the front, ordinary soldiers ran in the middle, and the heavy soldiers who drove the grain cart fell far behind, and the whole team was like a long snake that was pulled.

The Yuzhou army, which was busy on the way, naturally didn't expect that not far away, a group of 'evil wolves' had secretly targeted them!