Hua Xiong's face was contemplative, Cao Cao had the land of Yuzhou and Yanzhou in his hands, plus Xuzhou, even if he was attached to Liu Biao, it would be dangerous.

"With the courage of the general, you only need to lead 10,000 people, you can take advantage of the situation to capture the land of Yuzhou, Cao's army has little food, and after our army is trapped in Xuzhou, the general can take advantage of the situation to seize Yanzhou." Jian Yong saw Hua Xiong's intention to move and continued.

"Cao's soldiers and horses are strong, General Rong Ben will make a final conclusion after thinking about it." Huaxiong Road.

"General, although the Cao army is strong, Xuzhou also has 50,000 soldiers and horses, if General Hua is willing to help, then the Cao army is not worried." Jian Yongdao.

After Jian Yong left, after Hua Xiong thought deeply, he immediately gathered the generals in the army, glanced at everyone, Hua Xiong said slowly: "Cao Cao is brutal, this general is ordered to attack the land of Yuzhou, everyone should work together to conquer Yuzhou." ”

"Whoa." The generals in the army hugged their fists, especially the generals who followed Hua Xiong at the beginning, they admired Hua Xiong very much, otherwise they would not have followed Hua Xiong to this day.

The town guarding Yuzhou is the general of the Cao army and Lejin, these two people have followed Cao Cao for many years, marching and fighting are quite strategic, at this time the soldiers and horses in the hands of the two have 8,000 soldiers and horses, at this time the Cao army is not only attacking the land of Xuzhou, but also sending soldiers and horses to attack Henan Yin, which can be described as two battles.

Huaxiong's mobilization of soldiers and horses did not hide from Cao's eyes, after Yu Ban learned about it, he ordered the soldiers and horses to stick to the city, and immediately sent fast horses to inform Yanzhou of the news, Huaxiong has 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and Huaxiong is brave and good at fighting, which should not be underestimated.

After Cao Cao learned the news, his brows were tightly locked, although Yuzhou has experienced a locust plague, but it is a state and county rich in grain, over time, it can provide more grain and grass for the army, after Hua Xiong occupied the Liang State Department and the Pei State Department, not only took refuge in Liu Biao, but also secretly befriended Liu Bei, Cao Cao really wanted to clean up Hua Xiong, there are such tigers and wolves in the land, it is always difficult to make people feel at ease, as long as the land of Xuzhou is captured, Hua Xiong is bound to not last long, then Cao Cao will use the cruel facts to let Hua Xiong understand, Even if he has Liu Biao as a backer, he doesn't want to plot the land of Yuzhou.

Jokingly said: "Hua Xiong has 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, thousands of cavalry, if the Jingzhou army takes the opportunity to send troops, then Yuzhou is in danger, if Yuzhou is lost, Hua Xiong can drive straight into the land of Yanzhou." "Since Liu Biao inherited the unification, some of the families in Yanzhou have become more active, compared to the Marquis of Shanyang, the Han Emperor has a great attraction to them, these Cao Cao is well aware, but Yanzhou is turbulent, and when he frees his hand, it is the time for these small children to give the head.

Hua Xiong was ready to send troops to attack Yuzhou, in Cao Cao's expectations, after all, Yuzhou had experienced a locust plague, even Hua Xiong was greatly impacted, of course, he also knew that Hua Xiong took the opportunity to recruit troops and horses, it is said that Hua Xiong had just formed a large army under his command, and he would not easily attack Yuzhou and fight him.

"Ben Hou expected that I am afraid that the Holy Lord secretly promised Hua Xiong something." Cao Cao snorted coldly, he was more and more dissatisfied with Liu Biao, after capturing Xuzhou, after the rule was stabilized, with the land of Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou, his strength would reach a very high level, and then send troops to pacify Qingzhou, Liu Biao would not be enough, and he had Liu Yu's son Liu He in his hands, which was also a crucial step.

"My lord, send an envoy to Huaxiong to make peace." As long as Pengcheng and Xiapi break through, Yuzhou will belong to the Marquis of Shanyang, and they naturally don't want to give up, and they also faintly feel that their time is running out, and they also want to help Cao Cao pacify Xuzhou in the last days.

Xi Ce knew that Cao Cao was a character with great ambitions, and he used Jin Hou as a general, regardless of his background, whether it was a scholar from a poor family or a child of a family, he could be reused, compared with the recruitment order of the state, the recruitment order of Yanzhou was more effective, which also depended on the attitude of the two parties towards the family.

"The order is forbidden, strictly guard the city, and do not go out of the city to fight with Huaxiong, and after the Hou returns to the army, Huaxiong will definitely die without a place to be buried." Cao Cao said coldly: "Order the army to attack Xuzhou tomorrow." ”

Under Liu Ye's efforts, he finally created a thunderbolt car, in the eyes of Xi Ce, the power of these thunderbolts is much worse, mainly reflected in the range, according to his observation, and the thunderbolt in the state army, the range can reach a minimum of two hundred steps, at such a distance, can cause great trauma to the defenders, the most powerful thing about the thunderbolt is not his lethality, but its deterrence, imagine what kind of mood the defenders will be when they see the boulder falling from the sky, the defenders of Keiguan are not strong, but they are under the thunderbolt, It was captured by the state army.

"The craftsmen who built the thunderbolt were all imprisoned in one place, and they were not allowed to move around without orders, and they were not allowed to approach the idlers." Cao Cao said, he didn't want the thunderbolt to be known by the princes as soon as possible, such a sharp weapon, the longer it was kept secret, the greater the effect, and there were also sharp weapons like bed crossbows in the army, unlike the bed crossbows in the hands of Lu Bu and Yuan Shao, which were all built by Yuan Shu's order craftsmen, and the range of these bed crossbows could reach three hundred steps.

With a range of three hundred paces, it is absolutely invincible on the battlefield, and according to the information he learned, even the bed crossbows in Bingzhou and Jizhou cannot reach such a range.

Shouchun's craftsmen were also placed in Yanzhou by Cao Cao.

Hua Xiong led 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack Yuzhou, so that Liu Bei's frowning brows eased a lot, as long as Hua Xiong can firmly contain the Cao army in Yuzhou, then the Cao army will inevitably retreat, locusts to a certain extent to alleviate the Cao army's grain and grass needs, but it is also extremely difficult to transport grain and grass from Yanzhou to Xuzhou, and the consumption along the way is quite large.

But judging from the posture of the Cao army, he did not plan to withdraw the army easily, and the craftsmen in the army were still building siege equipment, which also made Liu Bei extremely puzzled, the defenders in the city had 20,000 people, even if the Cao army had 30,000 people, how could they capture Xuzhou so easily.

"My lord, when the Marquis of Jin captured Hedong, he once captured Jiguan with 8,000 defenders in one day." Sun Qian reminded.

Liu Bei frowned and pondered: "In Gongyou's opinion, Cao Jun has such a sharp weapon as a thunderbolt car? "The matter of the thunderbolt is not a secret among the princes, Liu Bei is also quite envious that the Bingzhou army can have such a sharp weapon, thinking about how to turn around and trade with the Bingzhou army and get the thunderbolt, if the thunderbolt is installed in the city, even if the Cao army has 100,000 people, to hold Xuzhou, only 20,000 people are enough.

"The lord has to guard against it." Chen Deng said: "If Cao Jun has a thunderbolt, then Xuzhou is in danger." ”

Liu Bei said worriedly: "The thunderbolt can throw boulders onto the city wall, which is extremely powerful, and you should take countermeasures as soon as possible to be safe." ”

(End of chapter)