Xu Sheng and Shan Zichun returned to the county guard's mansion, and Shan Zichun was obviously still confused about Cao Jun's situation, but through the inspection just now, Xu Sheng already knew his current opponent, and said softly: "Xiahou Yuan, our opponent!" ”

"Xiahou Yuan? Could it be that this person is General Yide's ......" For Shan Zichun's understanding of Xiahou Yuan, it is obvious that it is still on the in-law relationship between Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei, but for Xu Sheng, it is not so simple, he said softly: "Among the martial arts lists, Huang Xu and Sun Tai are two Xiahous, and one of them is Xiahou Yuan. ”

Shan Zichun was stunned, he really didn't expect Xiahou Yuan to rank so high in the martial arts list, although most people in the world scoffed at the martial arts list, but he knew that many people were still quite convinced by this ranking, although he didn't dare to say how authoritative it was, but it was very representative.

Let's not talk about whether the ranking of Lu Bu, Zhao Yundian, and Wei in front of them is reliable, but let's just say that this Xiahou Yuan can be ranked after Huang Zhong, Xu Chu, Sun Ce, and Tai Shici, and it can be seen that this person is not simple at all, if his strength is really as shown on the martial arts list, then Pei County is dangerous, no wonder Xu Sheng did not choose to fight with the vanguard of the Cao army just now, it seems that he also has some scruples.

Although the number of forwards brought by Xiahou Yuan is not large, but Xu Sheng is not sure of victory, once he goes out of the city to fight, there are three long and two short, which is equivalent to putting Pei County in danger, how to explain to the lord Liu Lan when the time comes?

Five days later, Cao Cao led the coalition army to finally arrive in Pei County, and Zhao Yun's main force also arrived early in the morning, but they passed the news to Xu Sheng in the form of carrier pigeons, and did not show up, so that Xu Sheng's rescue had arrived, and secondly, they could confuse the enemy, so that the enemy only thought that the enemy they were facing was only the Peixian defenders.

Zhao Yun didn't choose to show up, it was completely deliberate, if he showed up and entered Pei County, then there was a great possibility that Cao Jun would make dumplings, and he wouldn't be able to escape if he wanted to, but if they were on the periphery, then everything would become more calm, they could attack and defend, they could advance and retreat, especially with such a fierce cavalry force as the Dragoon, it can be said that the role of defending the city is far more useful than entering Pei County.

And after Cao Cao arrived again, he still didn't understand Xiahou Yuan's reaction a little, after all, he was unbeatable in the speed of his mobile march to capture the county, many times, the enemy garrison had just heard the news that they had already killed, and they could often kill the enemy by surprise and catch off guard, but in Pei County, Xiahou Yuan not only did not complete the surprise attack but even retreated, although Xiahou Yuan also introduced the reason why he did this in front of Cao Cao, but until Cao Cao was escorted by hundreds of soldiers, After riding a horse and observing Pei County up close, he could really understand why Xiahou Yuan would make such a decision.

The fortified city of six zhang high is indeed a fortress that is difficult to capture for the lightly armed Xiahou Yuanbu, but Cao Cao is very satisfied with this fortress: "If Pei County can be taken, it seems that our Fei County will become a thing of the past." ”

The existence of Pei County is more like a commercial city, and his business dare not say that it can be compared to the capital city of Luoyang, but the commercial scale is definitely beyond Luoyang, and the main reason why Cao Cao values it and even wants to replace the military town of Fei County with Pei County is actually such a tall and thick and strong city wall.

Subject to technology, many city walls in this era are still earthen walls, which is actually more convincing than Cao Cao, because even if it was the right Beiping of the year, it was only a military town like Lulong that was built with bricks and stones, but as long as it broke through Lulong to the south, the county town it went to was actually vulnerable, such a situation is actually very common in the Central Plains, the city walls of some small counties, but two or three zhang high, some war horses can enter the city with a jump, and border towns like Fei County are this kind of existence, if it is not for several times to Langya Dongguan with troops, It will not become a military town, and the walls will not be raised to four feet high.

But Sizhang is actually a limit, and if you want to increase it, Fei County no longer has that possibility, unless you build another city and build a new foundation, but that would be too troublesome, and with Cao Jun's current financial resources, even if it is proposed, it will definitely be opposed by all kinds.

So when he saw Pei County, he was deeply attracted by him, he didn't come here for two years, it has changed a lot, and in terms of the scale of his city defense, far beyond the military town of Fei County, if he takes it, use Pei County to play the role of Fei County's Tibetan soldiers and grain, it is also completely possible, and its role is more important than Fei County, just by virtue of his distance from Xuzhou City, his role far exceeds Fei County.

"Is Cao Gong really planning to take Pei County?" Guo Jia found Cao Cao's eyes shining next to him, and said with a smile.

Cao Cao nodded and said: "To be honest, if Pei County is attractive to me, it is really not that attractive, but if you look at it as a whole, today's Pei County is like a feeling of the Acropolis of Xuzhou City, like a feeling of Hongnong and Tiger Prison in Luoyang, its geographical location makes me really a little moved, to be honest, this time in Xuzhou, even if we fall short, but as long as we can win Pei County, it is also a victory for us, Pei County is too critical, if we can win it, So if you attack Xuzhou again, Miaocai can't really say that he can really drive straight into Xuzhou City and take Xuzhou City directly.

"The lord said well, but judging from Liu Lan's attention to Pei County, this Pei County is not so easy to break, and since the lord said that it is like the acropolis of Xuzhou City, then the speed of Xuzhou reinforcements must be very fast, if we take the risk of attacking, in fact, we are taking a great risk, if there is any mistake, I am afraid that we will end up the same as Lu Bu, and Pei County will become our eternal pain."

Guo Jia said as tactfully as possible, but Cao Cao was not unclear about his answer, he was just expressing the importance of Pei County to them, but it was as if the old and scheming Tao Qian actually said that Liu Lan came to Pei County, which was nothing more than using the official position of Yuzhou Mu to use him, let him help him defend Xuzhou, and keep all threats out of Xuzhou, not to mention that Tao Qian finally played with fire**, it was completely to give Xuzhou away, but in terms of this strategic vision, Tao Qian did it really beautifully, If it weren't for Liu Lan's somewhat fluke and encountering stupid opponents like Cao Bao and Tao Shang, I am afraid that Liu Lan and Zang Ba would become the Tao family's gun.

Guo Jia sighed regretfully, and arched his hand and said: "It was all careless at the beginning, if I could storm Xuzhou earlier, Liu Lan would never have the opportunity to enter Xuzhou." This can be said to be an eternal pain in Guo Jia's heart, once upon a time he almost had the opportunity to annihilate Liu Lan, but in the past, he had the chance to win, and he planned to confuse Liu Lan, for the sake of truth, so the date of attacking Xuzhou City was postponed again and again, and finally lost the golden opportunity, so from that day on, he swore that he would never make such a mistake again.

"It's not your fault, it's all Zhang Miao's reason, if he can start the army a few months later, we won't be forced to withdraw our troops in such a hurry, all this can be said to be days, it's not that your plan is wrong."

Cao Cao nodded at Guo Jia, affirming his performance at that time, after all, he had done his best, there was no need to blame him, not to mention, it was really the joy of life to have an opponent, otherwise, life would become too boring, and the reason why he was so motivated now was not because of Liu Lan and Yuan Shao, it was they who made Cao Cao work hard every day, always reminding himself to work hard, and not daring to relax a little.

"Shame on your duty."

"Don't think about it anymore." Cao Cao waved his hand and said: "Have you seen the city defense of Pei County, it is simply ordinary and vulnerable, if it weren't for the fact that I had been to Pei County before, and I had seen Xu Sheng's means of defending the city, I really had to suspect that this guard would be a waste, it seems that Liu Lan really arranged a good opponent for us, the last time in Langya, Yuan Rang taught Liu Lan a hard lesson, it seems that he did not dare to be careless this time." ”

Guo Jia looked up at the city wall, they were not far away, but the enemy army's officers and soldiers defending the city were still sitting idle, completely looking like a ragtag army, even if some people were still doing their duty to defend the city, but the clothes were crooked, even the Yellow Turban Army was not as good, and it was too deliberate to do so, so it seemed to be telling them that the Peixian garrison was a group of county soldiers, vulnerable, to attack me, to attack such a force, it was not a one-time attack on the city?

"What is the lord going to do?" Guo Jia asked with a smile.

Cao Cao's original purpose was to attract Liu Lan's main force to come to the aid for the purpose of attacking Peixian, and then Xiahoudun could move to Dongguan, but seeing the current situation, he couldn't help but chuckle and said: "Since the enemy wants us to attack the city so much, then we have to pretend to be more or less." ”

"I wonder where the lord plans to attack the city from?"

"Siege?" Cao Cao suddenly laughed: "When did I say that I was going to attack the city, since they expect us to attack the city so much, then let's call the formation, see their reaction, dare to come and fight my evil!" ”

"General Dian Wei, I'm afraid that no one in the Peixian army will dare to come to the battle."

Dian Wei, that is the first person in Cao Jun, tearing tigers and leopards, was praised by Cao Cao as the evil of the ancients, and above the martial arts list, his ranking is the third tallest, even higher than Guan Yu, but Cao Cao doesn't seem to agree with this, of course, if you compare the comprehensive ability, Dian Wei is of course not as good as Guan Yu, but if it is really better than the ability to fight on the battlefield, I am afraid that even Zhao Yun will have to lean back.

In this world, I'm afraid that except for Lu Bu, there is really no one who can be his opponent.

"Is the lord really planning to call for battle?"

"If Xu Sheng dares to come out to fight."

Cao Cao smiled and said: He said that the fighting generals are completely for the sake of attacking the enemy's shortcomings with his own strengths, since the enemy army wants him to attack the city, then he will call the battle generals, just to prevent Xu Sheng's wishful thinking from starting, and when the time comes, he is looking at his reaction, of course, Cao Cao is completely sure that Xu Sheng will not dare to come to fight, so this is completely a temptation.

And when Cao Cao was thinking about sending troops to call the battle, in the Peixian County Guard's Mansion, Shan Zichun and Xu Sheng had also heard the news, but the two did not plan to go to the city tower to observe the enemy's situation, but waited for Cao Jun's reaction in the meeting hall of the County Guard's Mansion, if Cao Jun came to attack the city, it would be the best, after all, he and Zhao Yun already had a tacit understanding, that is, it was best to drag Cao Cao a little longer, at the critical moment, they suddenly killed, they would be able to kill Cao Cao by surprise, and it was even possible to defeat Cao Cao with one blow.

Such tactics were used by Zhao Yun as early as the Battle of Jizhou, but he did not agree with Zhang Zheng at that time, so it led to the bloody battle of Gu'an until almost all the men were killed.

This incident made Zhao Yun feel guilty for a long time, although it was said that it would be a success, but such a big loss really had a profound impact on him. So in Pei County, he informed Xu Sheng as soon as possible and asked him to be prepared, but Xu Sheng knew very well in his heart that it was unlikely that Cao Cao would be fooled, after all, they did it so obviously, and any general who had led the troops for many years would definitely be able to see the problem, after all, this is a city defense, even if the defenders don't care about the lives of the people in the city, but their own safety can not be taken into account, but the performance of the coming enemy is not at all, do you say there is a problem.

There must be a problem here, that is, of course, to confuse Cao Cao, in fact, Xu Sheng's original idea was to let the defenders defend normally, but Shan Zichun made such a suggestion.

His idea is very simple, that is, to kill multiple birds with one stone, first of all, regardless of whether Cao Jun attacks the city or not, it is normal for Pei County, and it is within the plan, so it is better to make an appearance, so he will come to see Xiahou Yuan and even Cao Cao's reaction, if he comes to attack, it will be carried out according to the original plan, if he does not attack, it can play a role in delaying time.

However, the reason why Shan Zichun used such a ploy was more because he often heard the lord Liu Lan say that Cao Cao was very suspicious, so he just wanted to let Cao Cao guess in this matter and let him mess with himself.

But at this moment, the defenders of the city gate hurried over, knelt down on one knee in front of the steps, and said: "Lord, the enemy general Dian Wei is calling for a battle outside the city, and he wants to fight to the death with you, the general." ”

Shan Zichun's eyes changed instantly, and Xu Sheng stood up directly, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes, after all, all this was very different from their original idea, and even completely exceeded their plan, and the most important thing is that Dian Wei in the future, this person is the third fierce general in the martial arts list, although he has never fought with him, but Xu Sheng knows that he has a few catties and a few taels, and even if Dian Wei has water, it is almost a general like General Xu Chu, so he is afraid that he will not want to come back when he goes out of the city, even if he comes back, his morale will inevitably be frustrated, but if he doesn't go out of the city, then the enemy will definitely affect the morale of the defenders, and for a while, it really makes him a little dilemma.