Chen Jiao said goodbye to Cao Cao and others and turned to leave.
Guo Jia noticed the corners of Chen Jiao's mouth raised when he turned around just now.
It wasn't until Chen Jiao left that Guo Jiacai said to Cao Cao, who was still excited: "Sikong, I feel something is wrong."
Cao Cao stopped smiling and looked at Guo Jiaqi: "How do you say, filial piety?"
Everyone also looked at Guo Jia.
Guo Jia glanced at the door of the handsome tent, and then said to Cao Cao: "The messenger from Xiaopei just now, when faced with your taunting Sikong, not only did he not look angry, but he seemed to have a little pride on his face, and he was sincere."
Guo Jia pondered for a moment and said, "Could it be that something happened in Xiaopei City that we don't know about yet?"
Cao Hong laughed loudly and said, "What can happen to Xiaopei?"
"Could it be that Lu Bu is here in person?"
"Then Lu Bu, can we still be afraid of him?"
"The old thief Chen Gong colluded with Lu Bu and welcomed him into Yanzhou, but so what?"
"Aren't you so frightened by big brother's empty city plan that you ran away!"
"Whether it is Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, or today's Jiangdong kid, they will all be the dead souls of my elder brother!"
Everyone laughed again.
Cao Cao also held his beard and said proudly: "Fengxiao, it's just Xiaopei, no matter what happens to him, there is no need to be afraid! Moreover, we meet just outside the city, and the army will follow, so what is there to fear?"
"If they are stubborn, I will destroy Xiaopei!"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Although Guo Jia was still worried, he had nothing to say.
indeed.
Even if Lu Bu really comes to Xiaopei, what will happen?
It's not like entering Xiaopei to meet.
Just outside the city, the army is still behind.
Guo Jia knelt down and sat back down, muttering: "Maybe I think too much."
Xun You sat aside, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "There is no need to worry too much about being a filial piety. Although Duke Ming brings us counselors, he himself is also a man who has experienced hundreds of battles. What he thinks is more important than We are even more profound. Moreover, it is just the pride of a young messenger, who can be sure whether he is making a fool of himself?"
Guo Jia nodded, picked up a glass of wine, and took a sip directly.
Xun You glanced at the wine in Guo Jia's wine cup from the corner of his eyes, feeling a little envious.
The entire military camp, and even Duke Ming himself was prohibited from drinking alcohol.
Only he, Guo Jia, was allowed to be extra "merciful" and allowed to drink every day.
This Ming Gong is really partial!
Cao Cao and the civil servants and generals discussed some follow-up strategies, including after defeating Xiaopei tomorrow night, and then continuing to attack Pengcheng, etc., before letting everyone disperse.
Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others went back to their tents to take a rest.
Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xu Huang and others organized their troops and horses, preparing to leave the camp with Cao Cao before Shen Shi and go to Xiaopei City to meet with the Xiaopei garrison.
Time passed quietly.
At noon, after Cao Jun finished lunch, all the soldiers marched outside Xiaopei City and lined up to wait.
Cao Cao has more than 20,000 elite soldiers here.
They were neatly arranged in four square formations.
At first glance, it was so dark that it was very frightening.
Cao Cao continued to rest in the commander's tent with all the officials and generals.
It was not until three o'clock in the hour, after Cao Cao took his lunch break, that everyone followed Cao Cao on their war horses and slowly set off from the commander's tent and rushed outside Xiaopei City, stopping at the front of Cao Cao's 20,000 elite soldiers.
Cao Cao rode his war horse and looked up at the Xiaopei city wall.
There were only a few patrolling soldiers, and they didn't look anxious at all.
Cao Cao laughed mockingly.
I don’t know what the little Pei guard is bluffing about?
I have fought countless battles in my life, and I am not as reckless as your lord Lu Bu, so how could I be frightened?
Cao Cao didn't wait long, and the city gate slowly opened.
Cao Cao squinted his eyes and looked towards the city gate.
He also felt something was wrong!
The first one to come out was a young general wearing silver armor, riding a tall horse, and carrying a red tassel gun.
He had never seen this person before when he attacked Xiaopei twice!
The first one to come out was none other than others.
It was Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun led his five thousand soldiers to leave the city first, and then opened up their posture on the left side opposite Cao Jun and formed five square formations.
Cao Cao pointed at Zhao Yun and asked Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xu Huang and others behind him: "Does any of you know who this is? He looks less than thirty years old. He is very young. How can he command so many soldiers?"
Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xu Huang and others shook their heads.
Cao Cao frowned.
At this moment, Liu Bei tremblingly rode his horse forward and shouted to Zhao Yun: "Zilong? Is it Zilong who is coming?"
Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei doubtfully.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also caught up.
Zhang Fei said anxiously: "Zilong, why are you here?"
Zhao Yun was also stunned when he saw Liu Guanzhang again.
His expression was a little complicated.
When he left the mountain this time, he originally heard that Liu Bei had become the shepherd of Xuzhou, so he came to join him.
Before him, he thought that the only benevolent and righteous person in the world was Liu Bei.
Now, it was discovered that Liu Bei had defected to the butcher Cao Cao.
Zhao Yun was extremely disappointed.
Liu Bei was a member of the Han clan, so how could he seek refuge with the butcher Cao Cao?
However, at this time, he did not want to make any comments.
After all, he now has another lover.
Zhao Yun hugged Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and said: "Liu Shijun, Guan Er Ge, Zhang Zhang San Ge, I have important matters to attend to. It's not convenient for us to talk now. I apologize!"
After speaking, he remained silent.
Cao Cao wanted to ask Liu Bei who Zhao Yun was.
At this moment, an old man with a long beard rode out first.
Behind him, three generals who were also wearing iron armor, carrying weapons, and looking high-spirited. They were generally older, and one of them even had white hair, walked out.
Behind them, the soldiers came out in an orderly manner.
Among these soldiers, someone held high the flag with the word "Cheng".
Cao Cao's attraction moved away from Zhao Yun and he looked at the old man walking out, squinting his eyes.
He always felt that the old man looked familiar to the three generals behind him.
However, for a while, he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
He became increasingly uneasy.
When did Lu Bu have such a familiar old friend among his men?
He fought against Lu Bu too many times.
He knew all the generals under Lu Bu!
Absolutely, absolutely, there are no such people.
However, these people are not Lu Bu's, and they look familiar, so who else could they be?
The person who came out in the second batch was surprisingly Cheng Pu.
Behind Cheng Pu were Huang Gai, Han Dang and Song Qian.
The four of them, along with three thousand soldiers recruited from Pengcheng, lined up beside Zhao Yun.
Cao Cao's army saw two batches of soldiers walking out of Xiaopei City in the blink of an eye. There were already 8,000 people, and everyone began to commotion.
Cao Cao's army only brought more than 20,000 people this time!
Before they attacked Xiaopei, there were only three to four thousand people in Xiaopei.
There are so many people now. If you want to break through Xiaopei again, it may be difficult to reach the sky!
Behind Cao Cao, Guo Jia's face turned pale.
Sure enough, the young envoy sent by Xiaopei this morning turned around and smiled, it was not a bluff!
Come prepared!
Guo Jia thought of a possibility and hurriedly rode forward to Cao Cao's side. He whispered: "Sikong, I'm afraid something has happened! Although it's a bit unbelievable, I suspect that Lu Bu may have surrendered to Jiangdong! The person meeting this time may not be Zhang Liao, the general of Xiaopei, is the lord of Jiangdong."
Cao Cao hurriedly shook his head and said: "Absolutely impossible!"
"Although Lu Bu is a reckless man, it is absolutely impossible for him to surrender when he has Xuzhou and so many soldiers."
"Lu Bu is very ambitious."
"He will definitely fight to the end."
"Moreover, the new master of Jiangdong has just taken Jiangdong, and his subordinates are divided. Jiangdong's soldiers are also good at water warfare, and are at a disadvantage in land warfare and siege warfare. Facing people like Lu Bu who are proficient in land warfare, we must definitely Smashed skull."
"Besides, our latest intelligence shows that the new master of Jiangdong has just led his army to the polder."
"As of now, it's less than half a month."
"In half a month, we may not even capture the polder, let alone the entire territory of Xuzhou."
Seeing that Cao Cao was so sure, Guo Jia fell silent, stepped back, and did not refute again.
After Cheng Pu led his army out, the third group of people came out of Xiaopei City.
The leader was Zhang Liao.
Cao Cao and others had met Zhang Liao and knew that Zhang Liao was the guard general of Xiaopei, so they did not react much.
Zhang Liao led eight hundred cavalry and two thousand soldiers in formation beside Cheng Pu.
After Zhang Liao, the fourth batch of troops also came out.
The leader was Gao Shun.
Behind Gao Shun is the Qibai camp.
Seeing Gao Shun's fallen camp, neatly dressed in heavy armor, armed to the teeth, reflecting the cold light in the sun, Cao Jun all shuddered.
Especially Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, all looked serious.
Facing the 700 heavily armored soldiers trapped in the camp, they suffered too much.
Xiahou Dun was even shot in the left eye by an arrow in order to rescue them from the trapped camp, and he is still lying in the camp!
Cao Cao looked at the four groups of troops arrayed in front of him, totaling more than 10,000 people, and his expression became more and more serious.
His eyes fell on Zhang Liao, and Cao Cao immediately stepped forward and said: "Zhang Liao, what do you want to say when you invite me out? If it's just to make things mysterious, then there's no need."
Zhang Liao glanced at Cao Cao, but did not step forward or respond.
Cao Cao frowned.
His eyes fell on Cheng Pu and others again.
Suddenly, his eyes narrowed slightly.
He remembered!
He remembered this old man and who the three generals behind him were!
Sun Jian!
That's right, when Dong Zhuo brought trouble to the imperial court, he issued an imperial edict to attack Dong Zhuo and summoned the princes of the world. At that time, Sun Jian was leading these few people!
Cao Cao hurriedly retreated in front of Guo Jia and others. He pointed at Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and Song Qian tremblingly and said: "They, they are the generals under Sun Jian's account, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and Song Qian." Qian! They are from Jiangdong!"
As soon as Cao Cao said this, the entire Cao army exploded.
Guo Jia swallowed hard.
The worst guess came true!
The young envoy sent by Xiaopei in the morning turned around and smiled, laughing at himself and others for still being kept in the dark!
Xuzhou is gone!
What happened?
Xuzhou is gone!
It fell into Jiang Dong's hands in such a short period of time!
Cao Ren also looked unbelievable.
The war horses under him became a little restless.
Cao Ren tightened the reins and said to Cao Cao: "Impossible! How could Jiangdong capture Xuzhou in such a short period of time? Even if Yuan Shao went south, it would be impossible for him to do it!"
Cao Cao did not respond to Cao Ren, but stared at Cheng Pu and said, "Is this General Cheng Pu?"
When Cheng Pu saw Cao Cao taking the initiative to say hello, he hugged his fists and said, "More than ten years have passed, and Cao Sikong still remembers Cheng. What a blessing!"
Cao Cao: "."
Cao Ren: "."
Cao Hong: "."
Xun You: "."
Cheng Yu: "."
At this moment, a figure appeared again at the city gate.
The leader is Lu Bu!
Behind Lu Bu are Lu Qiling and Liu Yu.
Cao Cao's army fell silent instantly.
They saw it!
Behind Lu Bu and the others, someone else came out!
Immediately following Lu Bu was Yan Xiang.
Cao Cao's breathing became a little rapid.
Yan Xiang, he knows him too!
He is Yuan Shu's chief registrant!
Why is Yuan Shu's chief secretary here? !
Yan Xiang rode out on a tall horse, squinting his eyes and walking out leisurely.
Behind him, Liu Ye was humming a ditty with a high-spirited look on his face.
However, Cao Cao and others did not recognize him.
Behind Liu Ye, Chen Deng and Chen Gui and his son also rode out.
Cao Cao: "."
This is the person with whom I share my needs!
I promised him the position of Guangling Prefect!
However, because he gave up Xuzhou temporarily, he also abandoned this chess piece.
Chen Deng and Chen Gui were talking and laughing.
Chen Gui pointed at Cao Cao, and Chen Deng looked over and hugged Cao Cao.
After Chen Deng and Chen Gui, another tall horse came out.
As the figure on the war horse also appeared, Cao Cao lost his voice and said: "Gongtai!"
Gongtai, the name of Chen Gong!
When Chen Gong heard Cao Cao calling his name, he glanced coldly, ignored him, and continued to ride his horse forward.
Behind Chen Gong, a group of teenagers rode out.
They were Lu Xun, Lu Ji, Zhu Ran, Ling Tong, Zhou Fang and others.
It was their first time to see such a grand scene. A group of people were chattering with excitement.
"What a pomp!"
"I will do the same in the future!"
"Brother Xun, this is the first time that eldest brother talks about pomp and circumstance!"
Lu Xun was waiting for a dozen teenagers, and more than a hundred Danyang elites in heavy armor also walked out on foot.
Everyone returns to their respective places.
Lu Bu, Yan Xiang, Liu Ye, Chen Deng, Chen Gui, and Chen Gong stood at the front of Cheng Pu and Zhang Liao's army.
Lu Qiling, Liu Yu and a dozen teenagers stood aside.
More than a hundred Danyang elites were arrayed next to the four groups of armies.
Outside the entire Xiaopei City, there were clearly tens of thousands of troops, but the drop of a needle could be heard.
As the sound of horse hoofbeats came from Xiaopei City, the frightened Cao Cao turned his attention away from Chen Gong and others.
I saw a war horse whose whole body was as black as ink, walking out step by step.
On its back sat a young man wearing bright silver armor, a saber hanging on his waist, and a bow and quiver on his back.
Youth is no one else.
It's Lu Yi!
Behind Lu Yi, Nangong Yan and Shi Huan followed closely, one on the left and the other on the right.
This was the first time that Cao Cao and others met Lu Yi!
When they saw Lu Yi coming out, they looked towards the gate of Xiaopei City.
There should be someone else coming out.
The one who came out is the one behind the scenes!
But Lu Yi, Nangong Yan and Shi Huan came straight to the front of Lu Bu, Yan Xiang, Liu Ye, Chen Deng, Chen Gui and Chen Gong and stopped.
Lu Yi smiled slightly and said to Cao Cao, who was still looking at the city gate: "Lord of Jiangdong, Lu Yi, thank Cao Sikong for being invited to meet!"
Cao Cao's eyes widened and he stopped breathing. He turned his head stiffly and looked at the young man not far ahead.
Lu Yi, the Lord of Jiangdong?
Although he had already guessed the unbelievable fact: Jiangdong captured Xuzhou so quickly.
However, he still couldn't believe what he heard!
Moreover, the Lord of Jiangdong is actually such a young person!
(End of chapter)
