Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

"Report!"

"What's the matter!" Cao Cao was checking the documents in the study.

"Yuan Shu has captured Danyang County, and is now preparing to attack Wu County!" The soldier handed over the bamboo slips in his arms.

After reading the detailed information, Cao Cao ordered the soldier to retreat.

He immediately ordered someone to notify the important officials under his command, and within half an hour, all the important officials in the administration had arrived.

"Everyone, this year first Yuan Shao attacked Qingzhou and captured several counties, and then Yuan Shu went south to Jiangdong and captured Danyang County. They are expanding their territory and increasing their strength from south to north. What should we do!"

"My lord, the last will fight!"

"My lord, we will fight wherever you say!"

Immediately, the generals called for a fight.

Cao Cao was very happy. He believed that the morale of the army was good, and the generals were not afraid of being beaten by Liu Zhang.

After a while, the voice gradually died down, and Cao Cao turned to Wenchen, and Xun Yu immediately came out.

After a pause, he said, "My lord, last year we stockpiled 100 million stones of grain and grass, 5 spears, 1 knives, 1 shields, 1 armour, 20 arrows, enough for 10 People set off for three months."

"Bring a map!"

Cao Cao gave an order, but several soldiers came over carrying a map in a few moments.

This map is very large, made of dozens of pieces of sheepskin. The soldiers put the map on the wooden board in the middle of the meeting room, and then spread it out.

Cao Cao and the others walked to the map.

"At present, our army occupies Yanzhou and Yuzhou Yingchuan County, Chen State, Liang County, Lu State, and the northern part of Runan County. Our army has Yuan Shao in the north, Liu Zhang in the west, Tao Qian in the east, and Liu Biao and Yuan Shu in the south. Either fight Qingzhou, or fight Tao Qian!"

"My lord!" Guo Jia stood up immediately after Cao Cao finished speaking. "I think Tao Qian should be attacked first!"

"What's Feng Xiao's opinion!"

"There are only Beihai and Donglai left in Qingzhou, which is too far away from us. Although Xuzhou has five counties and the people are rich, Tao Qian is not good at military affairs. The entire Xuzhou has only [-] soldiers and horses, and there are no generals. It is not difficult to attack."

"Senior minister!" Several counselors also agreed.

Cao Cao thought about it and felt that what Guo Jia said was very reasonable, so he said, "We will attack Xuzhou!"

"Decree!" Cao Cao said these two words, and everyone's expressions changed, and they all looked at Cao Cao seriously.

"This time to attack Xuzhou, I intend to send [-] troops. With Xiahou Dun as the vanguard, Guo Jia, Le Jin, Yu Jin, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu will follow me!"

With Cao Cao's military order, the forces under his command immediately began to act.

Grain, grass and equipment began to be transported to Xiaoxian County, Peiguo. Xiahoudun led a vanguard army of [-] and marched eastward, pointing directly at Pengchengguo.

Although Xuzhou has only five prefectures, it is a wealthy place with a dense population and developed commerce.

Over the years, although it has also experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Xuzhou is thriving under Tao Qian's governance.

The Xuzhou government was originally Tan County, but Tao Qian moved the government to Pengcheng in Pengcheng State.

This Pengcheng is a big city, not to mention the high walls, there is also a moat outside the city.The moat is connected to Surabaya outside the city. It can be said that it is very difficult to fill the moat.

Xiao County is only tens of kilometers away from Pengcheng, and it only takes one morning for a quick march.

Xiahou Dun led 1 people, stayed in Xiao County for a day, and then set off for Pengcheng.

Bing is very fast, and before Tao Qian found out the news of Cao Cao's large-scale assembly of troops, Xiahou Dun's 1 people arrived in Pengcheng.

Knowing that the enemy army appeared ten miles outside the city, Tao Qian hurriedly summoned his subordinates to discuss.

Cao Bao, the school captain of Xuzhou, suggested closing the city gate immediately, strictly restricting the people from entering and leaving the city, and immediately sending soldiers to guard the city.

Tao Qian accepted Cao Bao's suggestion and immediately ordered Cao Bao to do it.

There are [-] soldiers in Xuzhou, [-] of which are in the hands of the Taishan thief Zang Ba, the other [-] Danyang soldiers are in the hands of Tao Qian, and the remaining [-] are basically under the command of Cao Bao.

Cao Bao got the military order and immediately went down to prepare.

Pengcheng, as the seat of Xuzhou, stationed most of Xuzhou's troops.

In addition to the [-] Danyang soldiers directly under Tao Qian, there are also [-] soldiers from Xuzhou.

Cao Bao left the governor's mansion and immediately ordered the city gates to be closed. The soldiers and horses in the barracks in the city were deployed to guard each city gate with 2000 people, and the rest of the soldiers and horses wore armor and were ready to go to the city to fight at any time.

Xiahoudun led the troops slowly approaching Pengcheng. The scouts found that the gate of Pengcheng was closed, and the walls were densely covered with banners and crowds of people. They knew that the city had been prepared for a long time, and it seemed that today it would not be possible to attack by force.

He had no choice but to order the army to retreat slowly and set up camp ten miles outside the city.

With such a distance, Pengcheng can be reached in an hour, and the Xuzhou army in the city can't see clearly what they are.

Soon the camp was set up, and Xiahou Dun ordered the soldiers to guard it strictly at night to prevent the enemy from attacking at night.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Xiahou Dun personally led 5000 people out of the camp and headed for Pengcheng. The soldiers who stayed in the camp took the time to make engineering equipment.

Under the city of Pengcheng, three hundred paces away, the five thousand army stopped. Under the protection of two personal guards, Xiahou Dun rode his horse and slowly approached the city wall.

"Tao Qian, please come out and talk to me!"

"Who is under the city, why did you lead the army to invade my city?" Tao Qian stood at the top of the city and immediately responded loudly.

At this time, Tao Qian, although old, was in good spirits.

"I am Cao Chen and sit down Xiahoudun. If you open the city and surrender, you will not die, and you will still be rich!"

"I have no grievances with Cao Cao in the past, and have no vendettas in recent days. Why did you attack me?" Tao Qian was puzzled.

"Tao Qian, you have no grievances with the prime minister, but Xuzhou is Han land, and the prime minister ordered me to recover Han land, will you open the city gate?"

"No!" Tao Qian already understood that Cao Cao wanted to capture Xuzhou.

When the persuasion failed, Xiahou Dun quickly retreated back to his army, then led his men around Pengcheng for a week, and then slowly retreated.

As a strong city, Pengcheng is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Just now, Xiahou Dun knew that it would be very difficult to attack by force.

In the handsome tent, he looked at the map around Pengcheng.

There are eight counties under the jurisdiction of Pengcheng Kingdom, Pengcheng, Liuxian, Guangqi, Fuyang, Wuyuan, Luxian, Wuxian, and Steuqiu. Except for Pengcheng, the rest of the cities are not easy to capture.

And the most important thing is that Pengcheng is in the center of Pengcheng country, and it is almost impossible to capture Pengcheng with these 1 people.

Xiahou Dun ordered to hurry up to make engineering equipment.

There are Liuxian and Guangqi in the north of Pengcheng, and Wuxian and Shiqiu in the south. No matter what, we must attack Pengcheng first.