Why is it so good? Cao Ren looked confused.
I haven't thought about it clearly yet, but I soon understood that Lu Bu was acting forcefully at this time and was in a dilemma. In the long run, the morale of the army will definitely be low.
It is indeed a good thing, but now that Lu Bu does not retreat, sooner or later the general's morale will be stabilized, and the harassment tactics will be broken by him.
"Previously, it was possible to pacify the bandits by traveling and attacking, but that was because the Qing Xu bandits were not good at horsemanship and did not have good war horses. But Lu Bu was different. His elite disciples came from Xiliang Iron Cavalry and Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, and were good at field battles and horse fighting. It’s unsustainable.”
Cao Ren lamented that if this continues, Lu Bu will only be able to stabilize the morale of the army, reorganize the army, and then attack the city. Although Pengcheng is solidly built, there is no danger to defend it. Once a siege is formed, human lives must be used to build it. .
Only by fighting to the death can we defend, and only by strong hearts and minds can we defend.
It’s also difficult.
Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai still didn't say much, but they looked at Cao Ren and said: "Just fight with them. When the order is given, we can attack and kill them with a large army."
"Okay," Cao Ren looked at the two of them, turned around and left the main hall without asking any questions.
After he left, Cao Cao and Xi Zhi looked at each other, smiled, and said, "The longer Lu Bu persists, the more unstable his rear will become. If the stalemate continues for another ten days, we will be able to attack and win in one fell swoop by the autumn harvest."
"I have received information about some terrain passes from Liu Xuande, and I can take the route."
Hearing this, Xi Zhi suddenly became happy and nodded: "Okay, I'll do it right now."
"Okay," Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Where's Bo Chang?"
Xi Zhicai looked a little strange, "Yesterday he told me that he didn't like being without horses and wanted to have horses... The word order seems a bit weird."
Cao Cao was also stunned.
No horse, there is a horse.
Why do you say that?
What does this guy mean?
Cao Cao immediately thought of his Jueying.
Could it be that I lent him a ride once and then couldn’t put it down and refused to give it back to me? Want absolute shadow?
"My lord, although Bo Chang is the chief secretary, he has the talent of a fierce general. Such a brave and handsome young man naturally needs a good horse. His war horse is old and has inconvenient legs and feet. Bo Chang has already asked Dian Wei to replace it. , now riding a skinny horse.”
When Xi Zhi just said this, he added: "I was drinking some time ago and talked about the victory over Zhang Liao. Bo Chang said that it was not because of his superb martial arts. In fact, he didn't know much about martial arts. He was all about war horses. good."
Cao Cao immediately raised his head and exclaimed with a stuttering voice: "What he said is nonsense. Isn't this just asking you to take credit and ask me for Jueying?"
"Zhang Bochang really cares about him! He also asked you to use this achievement as a verbal hint, right?!"
"I don't know about that," Xi Zhicai quickly bowed and ran away after finishing speaking.
I'm soft-spoken when it comes to eating people, but I'm short-handed when taking advantage of others. I also accept money from prostitutes to do things. Speaking boldly, it all depends on the master's mood as to whether he will be given.
…
At this time, in a house in Pengcheng.
Standing in front of Zhang Han was a tall, sturdy, and naive middle-aged man. His skin was quite dark and rough, and his hands were full of calluses. When he smiled, his eyes almost narrowed into slits. There was a lot of flesh on his face. In the eyes of outsiders, He's just a piece of meat, not easy to mess with.
But with Zhang Han and Dian Wei, his smile never fell for a moment.
This man's name is Ji Damu, the warrior who shouted "The military advisor is putting on armor" that day. Zhang Han has been missing him for many days.
"From today on, you will follow Brother Dian and protect me together."
"Thank you sir!"
Ji Damu was immediately shocked. With his husband, of course he would be well fed and clothed in the future!
And...he glanced secretly at Dian Wei and then at Zhang Han.
I secretly murmured in my heart: With the two of them here, how can I worry about my life?
Why are you here to be a bodyguard? I feel safer with you two here... Doesn't this mean I enjoy the same treatment as my lord?
Damn it, am I a genius?
"No problem sir, I will stay on guard day and night and I will definitely die in front of you."
Zhang Han's mouth twitched.
wipe? This man's mouth seems a bit straight.
He lowered his head and thought for a while, "Then I'll give you a cousin name. Don't use your same name in the future."
"Okay! Thank you sir! I'm so grateful!" Ji Damu's face was full of surprise. He didn't expect that his husband would be so grateful to him. Fortunately, he couldn't help but shout that voice to boost the morale of the army!
Sure enough, good people have good friends!
Isn’t this reward coming?
Are you trying to treat me like a benefactor? ! My husband is a decent person, and he will definitely keep these friendships in his heart, and he also took the trouble to pick up my cousin's name for me.
In my village, only those with status have a nickname.
"Just call him Bo Xiao."
"What allusion does it come from? What does it mean?" Gao Shun frowned and asked curiously.
"I don't know, I don't understand this," Zhang Han whispered. At the same time, his eyes signaled Gao Shun not to talk too much. He looked at Ji Damu and said, "From now on, I will call you Ji Boxiao, the brave and capable Xiao!"
"Thank you sir!"
"Well, I'm going to inform the Eight Hundred Cavalry of the Suwei Camp that the alcohol prohibition will be in effect for another three months from today."
"Wei! I'm going right now!" Ji Damu left happily immediately, receiving encouragement from Dian Wei's eyes, he felt relieved.
From now on, if I, Ji Boxiao, follow my husband, my status will be different, and it’s time to make my mark! Starting a family and starting a career is just around the corner.
Ji Boxiao immediately went to stay at the guard camp, and soon came back with a bruised nose and a swollen face, with a wailing look on his face.
It turned out that after going there, he was beaten up by Gao Shun's soldiers. The lord had just rewarded him with a hundred jars of fine wine and was about to drink it. When you came to talk about the prohibition on alcohol, these elite knights were not happy on the spot.
After a quarrel, they immediately started fighting. Both sides suffered flesh injuries. Ji Boxiao did not suffer much. He hit seven or eight people each, but he didn't fall down.
When I came back, I complained to Zhang Han.
"That's unreasonable!" Zhang Han slammed the document, then thought about it and said, "Then forget it."
He looked at Gao Shun and said, "Brother Gao argued hard in front of me before lifting the ban on alcohol. Let the brothers drink the hundred jars of fine wine tonight."
Gao Shun was stunned, is there anything else I have to do here?
But when he thought about it carefully, he understood Zhang Han's intention.
Since I argued with reason, wouldn't these brothers be even more grateful to me? He chuckled, shook his head and clasped his fists, "Thank you sir."
Zhang Han looked at Ji Boxiao again and said, "Take Su Wei's brothers and have a good time with them. Forget about being unhappy today."
"Did you suffer a loss?"
Ji Boxiao shook his head and grinned: "I'll beat seven of them one by one! If it weren't for brother Gao Shun's sake, I'd beat them all down."
Gao Shun's face suddenly darkened. But there was no arrogance when this man spoke, but he spoke calmly, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.
"Go ahead," Zhang Han said with a kind face.
He suddenly understood why this kid was nicknamed Tieniu.
In fact, it should be called Tietou.
Neither Dian Wei nor Gao Shun had anything to say about drinking. They looked at each other and tacitly agreed.
In the evening, when the watchman was dispatched, Dian Wei took a few confidants and moved out the fine wines saved from several prohibition periods from the cellar of the house. The few people cooked wine in the house, ate chicken soup, and chatted. To eat, it is much more enjoyable to share a hundred jars among hundreds of people than them.
"Alas, the war is urgent now, and Lu Bu has not been eliminated, but we are here drinking and having fun, feeling uneasy..." Halfway through the drink, Zhang Handun felt guilty, raised his bowl and said: "Come on, get me drunk, let me forget These are things I’m ashamed of.”
Dian Wei: "..."
Gao Shun: "..."
…
In mid-July, Cao Hong arrived from Dongjun with his troops. As soon as he arrived in Pengcheng, Cao Cao immediately sent him and Liu Bei to lead troops and horses out of the city along the Xiaqiu trail, around Juling, and along the waterway to attack the rear of Lu Bu's army. .
Before Pengcheng, after several battles with Cao Ren's elite cavalry, Lu Bu repelled Cao's cavalry that came to harass him several times, and made several ambushes and counterattacks, with fruitful results.
With excellent cavalry command and proficient tactics, he truly confronted Cao's army and successfully forced Cao Ren's troops to leave Peng City and camp outside the city, hoping to fight to the death.
However, at this time, there was no news from Xiapi City for ten days.
When the news came, it was the defeated army who came to report.
When Lu Bu knew this, he woke up from his sleep, stood up, and his eyes were suddenly shocked: "Cao Cao's route around my food has been cut off!"
Chen Gong stood in front of him, lowered his hands and said: "I'm not as good as Cao Cao. I just think that he harasses and fights with us like this to weaken the morale of our army."
"Unexpectedly, he secretly went around and attacked. Cao Cao got many people in Xuzhou to defect to him... He naturally knew the terrain of Xuzhou."
"In this battle, Cao has a reputation for justice, knows the terrain of Xuzhou, and wins the people's expectations with his benevolent policies. It can be said that the right time, the right location, and the right people are all there."
"If you have moral integrity, you will get more help..." Chen Gong looked up to the sky and sighed deeply.
