The sun was shining under the city of Wuguan, but Zhang Xiu, the guard of the city, felt a little chilly in his body.

The battle flags outside the city are dense, and the Jingzhou soldiers are densely packed with soldiers who can't see the edge at all; The reflection of the sun's rays from the weapons in their hands dazzled the defenders of the city.

"Wen Ping and Liu Bei led 50,000 troops to invade, and there are only 3,000 defenders in the city, but what should I do?"

Before Zhang Xiu could speak, he saw a horse outside the city come forward.

This person raised the weapon in his hand, and Zhang Xiu shouted loudly in Yaocheng: "Chen thief bullied the king, coerced the Son of Heaven, and killed the minister without permission, the crime cannot be punished!" ”

"Today's soldiers are here, and you haven't surrendered the city yet, but when?"

"If the guards in the city know the current affairs and support the Han family with us, they can still leave a name in history; If you don't know what to do and insist on resisting, the day the city is broken, the chickens and dogs will not be left! ”

"On the day the city is broken, there will be no chickens and dogs!"

The Jingzhou army waved the weapons in their hands, and all of them shouted loudly, and the sound almost broke through the sky.

Zhang Xiu's face changed when he heard this, and then he scolded back: "My lord is loyal to the Han family, saving the Son of Heaven in danger, and helping the Han Dynasty to fall down, and even more tirelessly raising troops to fight against rebellion. ”

"It's really ridiculous that you and other thieves invade my city for no reason, and you dare to speak wildly in this mouth!"

"If you want to fight, you will fight, there are only warriors who die in battle, and there are no cowards who surrender!"

"Fight! War! War! ”

Although there were only 3,000 defenders in the city, no one showed fear on their faces when facing the menacing 50,000 Jingzhou army.

When they heard Zhang Xiu's words, they also shouted loudly by pulling their throats without showing weakness.

Wen Ping called back the Jingzhou general who shouted, and then personally patted his horse forward and said to Zhang Xiu: "The general's name is Zhenliangzhou, and he is even more protective of the Son of Heaven from the control of the two thieves, Li Dao and Guo Yan, and he has worked hard. ”

"However, after the general surrendered to Chen Wenzhao, his official position was only a partial general, and his soldiers and horses were only two or three thousand.

"My lord is a relative of the Han family, and his reputation is famous all over the world, and he is thirsty for talent. If the general is willing to open the city and surrender, why can't he add officials to the knighthood and glorify the ancestors? ”

Zhang Xiu snorted coldly twice and shouted: "As a general of the current dynasty, my lord does not dare to canonize his official position indiscriminately, even Zilong, a general in Guanzhong, is only a partial general. ”

"Liu Biaopifu is just a state pastor, but he wantonly canonized his official position without the consent of the Son of Heaven, and his wolf ambition is really obvious."

"Wuguan is the gateway to the central and southern parts of the Guan, and my lord ordered me to be stationed in such a critical place, isn't it enough to value me, an unknown person!"

"If you want to fight, you will fight, and the thief will stop talking about anything else!"

Wen Ping frowned slightly when he heard Zhang Xiu's words.

He returned to his main formation and said to Liu Bei beside him: "Although there are not many defenders in the city, the morale is high, and Wuguan is a rare danger in the world, so it may not be easy to break the city." ”

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had an extremely good sense of Chen Xu, and they were both a little reluctant to follow Liu Bei to raise troops to attack Wuguan.

Now hearing Wen Ping's words, Guan Yu immediately snorted coldly and said: "The Guanzhong army is brave and good at fighting, Zhang Xiu was famous in Liangzhou when he was young, how can Wuguan be easily broken!" ”

Zhang Fei also nodded and said: "Zhang Xiu is the senior brother of Zilong, Zilong is the champion of the three armies, his loyalty and righteousness are unparalleled, and Zhang Xiu is not a wasted person." ”

"You want to persuade this person to surrender with just a few words, but you take it for granted!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's tone was not very friendly, and there were even some thorns.

Wen Ping is an extremely important general of Liu Biao, who has always led troops to garrison the north, and has many henchmen. These people looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with unkind faces, and they were extremely dissatisfied with their attitude.

Seeing this, Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Don't blame General Wen, my two virtuous brothers said such things, just to remind the general not to despise Zhang Xiu, and there is no malice." ”

Wen Ping smiled slightly, and said: "The two generals are kind, I naturally know, but now that the soldiers are coming to the city, do you think you should break through the martial arts?" ”

Liu Bei replied: "The Wuguan city wall is too steep, if you have to do it, it is better not to attack it." The general might as well send someone to call the battle first to see if Zhang Xiu will lead the army out of the city to meet the battle. ”

"If he goes to war, our army will be many and the thieves will be outnumbered, I will have more and fewer thieves, and it will not be difficult to break the thief army."

Wen Ping bowed slightly, and then motioned for a partial general to step forward and call for battle.

Seeing this, the general was overjoyed, and immediately ran to the bottom of the city wall with a spear, and shouted: "The admiral is here, which thief dares to go out of the city and die!" ”

When the generals in the city heard this, they were immediately furious and asked Zhang Xiu for battle.

Zhang Xiu shook his head and said: "I am outnumbered by thieves, and it is not advisable to rush out of the city to fight without victory!" Passed on my military order, ordered the soldiers to divide into two teams to rest, patrol the city wall day and night, and then hang up the battle exemption card. ”

"If there are those who dare to speak out to fight in the city, they will not be spared!"

Zhang Xiu has been fighting on the battlefield for so many years, and he is very clear about the defense of the city, and now there are many soldiers in Jingzhou and few soldiers in Guanzhong.

In order to prevent the Jingzhou soldiers from attacking Wuguan day and night, making the soldiers in the city tired, Zhang Xiu ordered the soldiers to rest and defend the city separately.

When the generals in the city heard Zhang Xiu's words, although they were still indignant in their hearts, they also knew that this was the best choice, so they immediately stopped talking.

However, he said that the general who was hired by the civil service and came to Wuguan City to call for battle, shouted for a long time, but saw that there was no reaction in the city at all, and felt that he was despised, and immediately began to use foul language.

The generals of Wuguan were furious when they heard this, but because of Zhang Xiu's order, they didn't dare to say anything about asking for battle, so they could only look at the general outside the city angrily.

Zhang Xiu saw that all the generals were angry, and felt that the Jingzhou general under the city scolded too badly, so he immediately brought a two-stone strong bow, hid behind the city wall and quietly pulled the bowstring.

The more the Jingzhou general scolded, the more energetic he became, and after scolding, he was even more foaming and talking.

"Crunch, crunch!"

The bowstrings of the two stones were pulled apart, and there was a tooth-souring sound, and everyone in the city held their breath when they saw this.

"Chirp!"

Zhang Xiu let go of the bowstring, and the arrow flew out at great speed.

The scolding Jingzhou general didn't feel the change in the atmosphere on the city wall at all, and was still foaming and scolding.

"Be careful!"

Wen Ping had been paying attention to the movement on the city wall, and when he saw that the arrows had been shooting down, he hurriedly reminded him.

"Poof!"

However, the Jingzhou general was completely immersed in his own scolding, and he didn't hear Wen Ping's shouting at all.

The arrow rushed down the wall and hit the general by the throat.

His eyes widened, and he made a 'ho-ho' sound from his mouth, and finally fell off his horse.

"The general is mighty! The general is mighty! ”

The sergeants on the city wall saw that their master was so brave that they could shoot the Jingzhou generals with an arrow from such a distance, and they couldn't help but boost their morale and shouted loudly.

The anger that Fang had just held back because of being scolded disappeared in an instant.

"Two arrows can shoot people to death, and the thief will inevitably be too powerful!"

Seeing this situation, the Jingzhou soldiers all changed their faces greatly, and looked at Zhang Xiu, who was standing with a bow, with a look of fear in his eyes.

In fact, Zhang Xiu was able to shoot the Jingzhou general, in addition to the fact that he used a two-stone big bow, he also occupied the convenience of the city wall.

Otherwise, it would be too reluctant to shoot someone outside the land of two arrows.

The cheers on the city wall came and went, and Zhang Xiu opened his hands and pressed twice in the air, and everyone closed their mouths.

He put the big bow on the ground, pointed to the corpse outside the city, and shouted loudly: "Such a vulgar person, it is not a pity to die." If you want to fight, you will fight, and filming such people coming forward is just surrendering your identity! ”

Don't look at Zhang Xiu's delicate appearance, the roar is like a huge thunder, and almost all the Jingzhou soldiers under the city heard his voice.

"Fight! War! War! ”

When Sergeant Guan heard that his morale was even better, he roared loudly.

Seeing that the morale of the generals under his command had been discharged, Wen Ping's heart immediately sank, and then ordered him to retire.

After seeing the Jingzhou army leave, Zhang Xiu breathed a long sigh of relief, but he also knew that today was just the beginning, and the fierce battle was still to come.

Back in the house, Zhang Xiu took out a secret letter, which read, 'The thief is Zhinaifa', but the envelope has been torn open.

Zhang Xiu took out the letter paper inside, looked at the handwriting on it with some distraction, frowned and muttered: "If the Jingzhou army arrives, it only needs to hold the city tightly and avoid the battle." ”

"This letter has been sent a long time ago, and it can be seen that before the lord went out to conquer Yizhou, he had expected that the Jingzhou army would come to attack Wuguan."

"However, there are 50,000 thieves, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are 10,000 enemies, and Wuguan only has 3,000 defenders, isn't the lord worried?"

"Or does the lord trust my talent so much that he thinks I can hold it for him?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu's eyes suddenly flashed brightly.

But it was said that Cao Cao had been waiting in Xuzhou for a long time, and finally waited for Yuan Shao's messenger, and as Xun Yu expected, Yuan Shao was willing to send Chen Liu to Cao Cao, hoping that he could send troops to attack Chen Xu.

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, so he said to the envoy of Jizhou: "Your envoy just go back and resume his life, after I take over Chen Liu, I will definitely raise a large army to attack Guanzhong, crusade against Chen thief, and welcome back the Son of Heaven." ”

The envoy of Jizhou successfully completed his mission and rushed to Jizhou under the stars.

Sending away the Jizhou envoy, Cao Cao said with some concern: "Sun Bofu is entrenched in Jiangdong, has many generals under his command, has plenty of grain and grass, and is an ally of Chen Wenzhao. ”

"Before, because of the battle for Yuzhou, I had a bad relationship with Sun Bofu, if today the army attacked Guanzhong, Sun Bofu led troops to attack, but what should I do?"

Guo Jia laughed twice when he heard this, and said: "The lord of this matter can rest assured, as long as the lord leads the army to attack Guanzhong, and then leaves the elite soldiers and strong generals to guard Jiangdong, then Sun Bofu will definitely not covet the lord's territory." ”

Cao Cao frowned and said, "Although Sun Bofu is young, he is brave and good at fighting and forging ahead. When he saw that our army was on an expedition, even if he left some soldiers and horses to guard Jiangdong, he might not be able to frighten this person. ”

Guo Jia said: "The land of Yuzhou is a good thing for Sun Bofu, and what he has always coveted is the land of Jingzhou. ”

"Now that Liu Biao has sent Wen Ping and Liu Bei to lead the troops to attack Wuguan, as Sun Bofu of Jingzhou's feud, how can he miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?"

"The reason why he did not send troops to attack Jingzhou for the time being was just because he was afraid that Ming Gong would attack Jiangdong. As long as Ming Gong showed that he had no intention of fighting with him, Sun Bofu would definitely raise an army to attack Liu Biao. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he suddenly realized, discussed some detailed matters, and then led his troops to Chenliu.

However, it is said that after Sun Ce occupied Jiangdong, he worked hard every day to develop internal affairs.

Due to Zhou Yu's persuasion, Sun Ce did not suppress the Jiangdong Shi clan by bloody means as in history.

During this time, Sun Ce and the Jiangdong Shi clan compromised with each other, and the relationship between the two sides has improved significantly, and many Jiangdong Shi clans even sent their children to serve under Sun Ce.

Sun Ce has gained many talents as a result, and his prestige has been even more shocking, and he has always had the intention to enter Jingzhou to avenge his father.

However, in the first few battles, Jiangdong failed to gain an advantage, and in addition to fighting with Cao Cao, he was afraid that he would take the opportunity to attack Jiangdong.

Therefore, Sun Ce was much more cautious about sending troops to Jingzhou this time.

In the state pastor's mansion, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and others gathered together to discuss the situation today.

Lu Su said eloquently: "Chen Wenzhao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and occupied the land of Sanzhou, the soldiers under his command were brave, and the people returned to their hearts, and the strongest prince in the world was none other than this person." ”

"However, Chen Wenzhao was attacked on all sides, and now he has raised a large army to attack Yizhou, how can the rest of the princes sit idly by?"

"Liu Biao sent an army to attack Wuguan, Yuan Benchu and Cao Mengde were ready to move, and the princes of the world were all on the scene at this time to expand their power, how could Jiangdong be indifferent?"

"Ming Gong and Liu Biao are feuds, if you take advantage of the emptiness of Jingzhou to occupy the land of Jingxiang, you can not only expand your power, but also avenge your father, why not!"

Thinking of his father, Sun Ce immediately gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Biao and Huang Zu, the two old horsemen, I swear to kill you!" ”

Zhang Zhao hurriedly persuaded: "Cao Mengde is in the north, only bordering Ming Gong and Yuan Benchu, Jizhou and Xuzhou are allied, Cao Mengde wants to expand his power, and the only way to go south is to go south." ”

"In addition, when he was in Yuzhou, the lord had a bad relationship with Cao Mengde, if he raised an army to attack Jingzhou, what should he do if he took advantage of the situation to enter?"

"Lord, lord!"

Zhou Yu didn't speak when he heard this, and his heart was also a little entangled, and at this moment, a person hurriedly ran in.

Seeing this, Sun Ce was shocked and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The man knelt on the ground and said, "The scout has come to report, Yuan Benchu has let Chen Liuchu to Cao Mengde, and Cao Mengde has already led a large army to kill Guanzhong!" ”

Sun Ce was not shocked and rejoiced, and said: "The only person I am afraid of is Cao Cao'er, whose leading troops attack Guanzhong, Jiangdong has no worries, this time I will kill Huang Zu and avenge my father!" ”

Cao Cao got Chen Liu's expedition to Guanzhong, which surprised many people, and after Jiangdong Wenwu heard the news, no one objected to sending troops to Jingzhou.

Sun Ce ordered the three armies the next day, and after worshipping heaven and earth, he slaughtered Jiangxia.

Because of Chen Xu's attack on Yizhou, the princes of the world moved, and an unprecedented melee was coming.