Liu Bei nodded slowly, and his face couldn't hide the look of worry, "But the Jizhou army and the Bingzhou army are competing in Hanoi, how can they take care of the matter of going to Xuzhou." ”

"If the saint is willing to come forward, just a text, Cao Jun will not dare to step forward, even if the Cao army is strong, how dare he be the enemy of the princes of the world, and the state soldiers are strong and strong, and now they have captured the land east of the river, the army only needs to cross the Yellow River to attack Yanzhou, Ye Hou is the former lord of the princes, the lord has become Xuzhou Mu, Ye Hou also has a recommendation, will not sit back and watch Xuzhou swallowed by Cao Jun." Chen Deng analyzed.

"There will be a trip to Lao Gongyou to go to the state and merge the state." Liu Bei set his eyes on Sun Qian on the side.

"Whoa." Sun Qian saluted and hurried away, even if he was not optimistic about asking for help, Sun Qian would still try his best.

"Command the army and the people, strengthen the city wall, and the people outside the city can go to the city!" Liu Bei said.

The news of the arrival of the Cao army, after spreading in the city, the people were panicked, the atrocities of the Cao army in the past, Liu Bei also ordered the soldiers in the army to spread among the people, many people spontaneously went to the city wall, repaired the city wall, and the soldiers and horses from all over Xuzhou were also mobilized to Pengcheng.

Xuzhou is the place of four wars, there is no danger to defend, once there is a large army to come, you can go straight to Pengcheng, this is also the most helpless place for Liu Bei, the city along the way to take refuge in the Cao army is also reasonable, after all, the Cao army has 50,000 soldiers and horses, like a small city along the way, it only takes a few days to capture, Cao Jun also said very clearly, but all the cities that took refuge in the autumn did not commit any crimes, and the cities that resisted were all slaughtered.

The officials of Xuzhou had seen Cao Jun's methods, and in panic, they hurriedly opened the city gates, they didn't want to die for Xuzhou like this.

However, in one month, Pengcheng gathered 30,000 soldiers and horses, and Xiapi gathered 20,000 soldiers and horses, which is also all the strength in Liu Bei's hands.

Cao Jun lacked grain and grass, this is not a secret among the princes, Liu Bei let the people outside the city into the city, not only to protect the people as simple, but also not to want Cao Jun to get grain and grass, 50,000 troops go on the expedition, the daily consumption of grain and grass is huge, even if Yanzhou and Xuzhou are close, it is not so convenient to transport grain and grass, just need to resist Cao Jun.

When the locust plague occurred in Yuzhou, Yanzhou, there were not a few refugees who poured into Xuzhou, and Liu Bei also ordered to accept nearly 30,000 refugees, which won Liu Bei a lot of fame, but then followed by a huge consumption of grain and grass.

Xuzhou's family is not a few, the refugees received are also a small part, the family's fields are also limited, basically will not need too many manpower, as a result, nearly 30,000 refugees' grain and grass consumption, all to the state pastor's body, Xuzhou grain and grass is sufficient, but after the last time Cao's army invaded Xuzhou for only a year, the people did not recover from the disaster, plus Xuzhou and the state of the transaction consumed a lot of grain and grass, although the Mi family is far away from Xuzhou, However, many businessmen in Xuzhou are still interested in the Mi family, and Mi Zhu wantonly buys grain and grass in Xuzhou, especially after the influx of refugees in Xuzhou, the price of grain in Xuzhou has also doubled.

There was a lot of grain and grass in the hands of the family, but the increase in the number of people in the city and the siege of the city by the Cao army led to the family's secret manipulation of grain prices and hoarding of grain and grass, resulting in a twofold increase in the price of rice and grain in the city compared with usual.

In this way, there is not much grain and grass in Xuzhou City, and it is only enough for March if the Cao army besieges the city for March, Xuzhou will be in danger.

Of course, Liu Bei, who has 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, also wants to break through the Cao army in one fell swoop, the elite of the Cao army, Liu Bei is also a fierce general like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in his hands, as well as elite cavalry, these cavalry He learned from Lu Bu at a great cost, which also made Liu Bei confident, as long as he can defeat the Yanzhou army, he can also drive straight into the hinterland of Yanzhou.

Xiahoudun led 5,000 soldiers and horses to Pengcheng, and after camping five miles away from Pengcheng, he led 3,000 soldiers to fight outside the city.

Three thousand soldiers and horses were spread out outside the city, but it was also quite impressive.

Seeing this, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei to lead the cavalry into battle, and he also needed a big victory to improve the morale of the army, so he was the strongest cavalry as soon as he struck.

Zhang Fei ordered 2,000 cavalry and opened the city gate.

Although there were 500 cavalry under his command, the number of Xuzhou cavalry on the opposite side reached 2,000 people, and if the cavalry team of 2,000 rushed into the army, it would be an absolute nightmare for ordinary soldiers.

The arrow was on the string, and he had to send it, Xiahoudun was not a person who retreated easily, his heart moved, and he shouted before the battle: "I am Xiahoudun, the general of Yanzhou, who is coming?" ”

Zhang Fei saw that Xiahoudun's words meant to fight generals, and smiled, this kind of fighting method is Zhang Fei's favorite, especially the duel against fierce generals, which can always make him feel his blood boiling.

"I am a Yanren Zhang Yide, Xiahou Dun hurry up and send him to death!" Zhang Fei burst into a shout, and the soldiers who followed Xiahoudun were all distracted, mainly because Zhang Fei's voice was too loud.

"Zhang Yide? Zhang Yide, who fought with General Xu Chu without a victory? Xiahoudun quietly put away his contempt, he admired Xu Chu's martial arts very much, and the man with a leopard's head and eyes in front of him could be on par with Xu Chu, which showed Zhang Fei's bravery.

After answering, Zhang Feiyue raised his horse and speared and killed Xiahoudun.

The long knife in Xiahoudun's hand moved, and he also slapped his horse to kill Zhang Fei, and the two of them came and went on the battlefield, and in the blink of an eye, they were more than twenty together.

Xiahoudun felt that the tiger's mouth had cracked, and the eyes that looked at Zhang Fei added a hint of awe, the spear in Zhang Fei's hand was not only varied, but also the power transmitted through the spear was huge.

In front of the two armies, Xiahoudun would not admit defeat easily, burst into cheers, and killed Zhang Fei again.

Zhang Fei showed a sneer, Fang Cai's fight had already allowed him to find out Xiahoudun's strength, maybe he could be regarded as a fierce general in the army, and there was still a big gap compared to himself.

After Shihe again, Xiahou shook a knife and rode his horse back to the camp, Zhang Fei led the cavalry to chase and kill until the Cao army camp, the arrows on the camp were like rain, Zhang Fei led people to scold outside the camp for a while, and then led the troops back to the city.

This victory also greatly boosted the morale of the defenders, when facing the Cao army before, the Xuzhou army could only hold out, and now this fierce Xuzhou cavalry, but gave hope to the defenders, the generals in the army and the family in the city after being familiar with Liu Bei's rule, naturally did not want to welcome a strange Cao Cao, Pengcheng is the state seat of Xuzhou, the city is high and deep, in the past Cao Cao led the army to come is not in vain.

(End of chapter)