The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

At this time, Zang Ba had been fighting outside Xiapi City with the defenders in the city for two days. Naturally, he had found out the enemies in the city and knew that the defender inside was Sun Shao.

Sun Shao was from Qingzhou before, and he took refuge with Liu Bei later, but this was nothing to Liu Zheng. Although he had some good feelings for Sun Shao, the other party might not take refuge in him.

In this situation, Sun Shao was besieged in Xiapi City. If he didn't want to die, Liu Zheng would come forward to persuade him to surrender. There is still a chance.

When Liu Zheng stood at the bottom of the city and yelled at the tower, the people on the tower waited for a long time before someone poked their head out.

"Who is Your Excellency?"

A figure protruded from the tower, wearing a Confucian robe, with a serious expression, staring at Liu Zheng off the court. He didn't know Liu Zheng, and at this time Liu Zheng was wearing a suit of armor. Although he was very gorgeous, no one thought of it. In front of him, this person is Liu Zheng.

Although Sun Shao was curious, he only thought that the man in the fine attire under the city was a general. He never thought that this person was Liu Zheng. After all, Liu Zheng is the king of a country, so it is unlikely that he would go to battle to kill the enemy and hide in the capital. , Dealing with political affairs is what Liu Zheng should do.

When Sun Shao asked, Liu Zheng obviously didn't intend to hide it. After he finished speaking, Liu Zheng answered directly.

"The widow's name is Liu Zheng. I don't know if you have heard of the widow's name."

Liu Zheng answered simply, but he wanted it immediately, and the expression on Sun Shao's face instantly became ugly, full of horror.

"What! You are Liu Zheng! Impossible, how dare Liu Zheng come here at this time?"

"Hahaha, why don't you dare, don't you people really think that you can make the few people pay attention?"

"Or do you think you have the ability to kill widows on the battlefield?"

Liu Zheng was extremely confident, so confident that he didn't think that Liu Bei's men were capable of defeating him on the battlefield.

Of course, it's not that Liu Zheng is confident, but judging from the current situation, Liu Bei and Yuan Shao's strength has been greatly damaged in a battle. Neither of these two people can bring too much threat to Liu Zheng.

The troops under Yuan Shao’s command suffered heavy losses, not to mention that there were not even a few generals, and although Liu Bei still had a few brave generals, they were exhausted physically and mentally from successive battles, and they were suddenly attacked by Liu Zheng. If the situation is disrupted and it is difficult to protect oneself, how can it be possible to fight Liu Zheng head-on on the battlefield.

So Liu Zheng has nothing to fear at the moment. After arriving at Xiapi City, if Sun Shao doesn't surrender, then he can command his troops to attack Xiapi City, and Xiapi City can also be defeated.

Sun Shao, who had some doubts about this person in the city, naturally felt a little convinced after hearing Liu Zheng's arrogant remarks, and he didn't dare to doubt Liu Zheng's identity.

But even if he knew that the person under the city was Liu Zheng, Sun Shao was at most surprised and didn't feel scared, because he still didn't know at this time that the [-] troops of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun had been wiped out.

Although Liu Zheng arrived here, Sun Shao did not see that Liu Zheng brought a lot of soldiers and horses. It was just that there were a few thousand more soldiers on the battlefield. , as long as he sticks to it until Guan Yu and Zhao Yun return, then everything will be settled, and Xiapi City can also be defended.

Sun Shao was still calm at this time, he let himself calm down, not to be intimidated by Liu Zheng's identity.

However, Liu Zheng didn't give him much time to think about it.

While horrified, Liu Zheng spoke again.

"Mr. Changxu, I know what you are thinking. Are you still waiting for Zhao Yun and Guan Yu's 2 men to return to Xiapi City for support?"

When Liu Zheng said a word, Sun Shao's expression immediately changed. Liu Zheng guessed what he was thinking in his heart, so Sun Shao was not shocked.

"How do you know?"

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree, Liu Zheng has risen to the present, but it has only been a few years, Sun Shao, of course you have heard of Liu Zheng, and Sun Shao has a kind of fear in his heart for Liu Zheng's horror. Liu Zheng said what he thought in his heart, and he even had some fear of Liu Zheng.

"Hahaha, there is something on this battlefield that I don't know. You know why I can win every battle. Naturally, I have a comprehensive understanding of the situation on the battlefield. Not only do I know that you are waiting for Guan Yu and Zhao Yun to come to support you, The widow also knows that the two of them went to Tan County to besiege Yuan Shao, and the [-] troops under them are all elite, only you are left to garrison in Xiapi City with some old and weak soldiers."

After Liu Zheng told the news about Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others, and even the situation in Xiapi City in detail, it made Sun Shao on the tower look wrong.

He didn't expect Liu Zheng to know Xiapi so well. At the same time, he began to worry more and more about Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, worrying whether they could return to Xiapi city to support him.

But Liu Zheng didn't make him think too much, because he said something again soon, which made Sun Shao's face completely desperate.

"You don't have to wait any longer. Guan Yu and Zhao Yun won't come again, and even if they come, they won't be able to bring you any support."

"what why?"

"Why? Do you need to ask? Naturally, they were defeated by the widows on the way back to Xiapi City. You don't have to think about it. It's been so long. Don't they know Xiapi? Has something happened to the city?"

Chapter 831 The Conqueror

"Since they haven't come for so long, naturally they can't come because of an accident."

"So now you understand what the widow means standing here and telling you these words, surrender, now open the city gate, the widow will read you as a celebrity, and give you good words and courteous treatment, But if you continue to be obstinate and endowed with stubbornness, then don’t blame the widow for being rude.”

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, his tone changed from a calm conversation at the beginning to a half-threatening one now.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Sun Shao felt more and more dignified, and understood the pressure Liu Zheng put on him.

At this time, what Liu Zheng said made Sun Shao a little suspicious and doubted the authenticity of Liu Zheng's words, but seeing Liu Zheng so calmly in the city, Sun Shao became more and more clear that Liu Zheng should not be possible. Lie, after all, Zhao Yun and Guan Yu should have known what happened in Xiapi City in the past three days.

Unless they are indifferent to the safety of Xiapi City, otherwise, the journey from Tan County to Xiapi can be reached in half a day at most, but three days have passed, and Guan Yu and Zhao Yun have not even seen anyone. Sun Shao felt that something must have happened.

So what can happen?It is nothing more than that Zhao Yun and Guan Yu were defeated by Liu Zheng on the ambush tunnel, and now they are already in danger, because only they are in danger of themselves, so they can't take care of the situation in Xiapi City, and Xiapi City wants to hold on in Liu Zheng's hands It will be difficult to come down.

Sun Shao turned around and looked at the city behind him, the people in the city, and the old, weak, sick and disabled guarding the towers. It is extremely difficult for these soldiers and horses to gain some advantage in Liu Zheng's hands, let alone no Sun Shao himself is the only general who defends the city. Even if the city tower is now guarded by Guan Yu, it may not be able to stop Liu Zheng's attack.

There was nothing to be done, and Sun Shao didn't want to blindly die here. After a long silence, Sun Shao had already made a decision in his heart.

"Liu Zheng, how do I know if what you said is true or not? If you deceive me and trick me out of the city, then I am ashamed of Liu Xuande."

Although Sun Shao already wanted to surrender in his heart, on the surface he couldn't just surrender directly. After all, he still had a glimmer of hope, hoping that Guan Yu and Zhao Yun could support Xiapi. He wanted to continue to wait. If he and Guan Yu don't show up again, then for the sake of his own safety and the lives of the people in this city, he can only open the city and surrender to Liu Zheng, otherwise he will gradually gather troops under the city according to Liu Zheng's strength.

It won't be long before this city of Xiapi can be conquered.

After all, Xiapi City has been besieged by them for three days now, plus it was besieged by Yuan Shao for a few days before. Now Xiapi City, whether it is the people in the city or the soldiers guarding the city, is already in panic. In a state of war.

Even if Sun Shao wanted to guard Xiapi, the people in the city would not have the ability to defend Xiapi.

"Why do you want to lie to you, the majestic king of a country? But I know what you think in your heart. You just want to wait a little longer. When Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's men appear, I can promise you. Casualties, the widow will give you two more days."

"How? If you still don't have any reinforcements outside the city of Xiapi after two days, you can open the city and surrender."

Liu Zheng didn't want to directly send his troops to attack Xiapi City by force. Although he could win by storming Xiapi City, his troops would inevitably suffer losses. For Liu Zheng now, any It is a pity to lose a little man and horse.

He didn't want to make such a fearless sacrifice, it was naturally the best to take down Xiapi City without using weapons.

Sun Tzu's strategy chapter in the Art of War is clearly written, the first is to attack the army, the second is to attack the handover, the second is to attack the army, and the next is to attack the city; the method of attacking the city is a last resort.

Siege is only a last resort.

If it is possible to take down the enemy's city without attacking the city, that is the best way.

The people on the city tower breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Liu Zheng's words, especially those defenders. They thought that Liu Zheng's arrival would increase the attack on the city, but they didn't expect Liu Zheng to be so kind. For the sake of their safety, they did not choose to attack, but negotiated and took the form of slow negotiations.

Being able to avoid war is actually good for both sides.

Sun Shao also took a high look at Liu Zheng. The two sides did not start a war immediately, but spent two days outside the city peacefully.

And during the two days when Liu Zheng was stationed outside Xiapi City to recuperate, Tan County was also secretly discussing a major event at this moment.

Tan County, within the Donghai County Government.

Yuan Shao led his few remaining soldiers and horses to station here.

Yuan Shao's general Wen Chou has been stationed in the city tower to guard against the attack of Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others outside the city.

However, after Guan Yu and Zhao Yun suddenly led the army to retreat, they naturally attracted the attention of Wen Chou on the tower.

Wen Chou originally thought it was a trick by Guan Yu and Zhao Yun.

However, seeing that Guan Yu and the others did not leave any troops behind, and directly led the army to evacuate in a hurry, he felt that something was wrong. He opened the city gate and sent out some spies to investigate the situation emotionally.

But this investigation immediately shocked him, and he realized that something was wrong.

The spies he sent out happened to find out from a distance that Guan Yu and Liu Zheng's troops were fighting, and Liu Zheng's thousands of troops wiped out Guan Yu's [-] troops. All this was mastered by the spies sent by Wen Chou. Back to Wen Chou in Tan County.

After Wen Chou understood the situation, he naturally didn't dare to hide anything, and immediately went to find Yuan Shao, intending to tell Yuan Shao the news.

So Yuan Shao soon found out about this matter, and immediately summoned several of his staff to discuss it.What impact will this matter have on them.

"My lord, why did you call us over in such a hurry?"

After Ji Feng and others came to the hall, they immediately asked Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao's face was gloomy, and his complexion was very ugly.

After seeing everyone coming together, he didn't speak, but turned to look at Wen Chou, and signaled Wen Chou to take the initiative to tell the news to everyone present.

Wen Chou understood Yuan Shao's meaning, and his expression was also not good-looking, but he still took the initiative to speak at this time.

"Everyone, we are in trouble."

Wen Chou's words immediately made everyone present nervous.

"General Wen Chou, what happened?"

"The troops of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, who were besieging us at the outskirts of Tan County, withdrew suddenly, and were ambushed and annihilated on the way!"

Chapter 832 This plan won my heart

"Since they haven't come for so long, naturally they can't come because of an accident."

"So now you understand what the widow means standing here and telling you these words, surrender, now open the city gate, the widow will read you as a celebrity, and give you good words and courteous treatment, But if you continue to be obstinate and endowed with stubbornness, then don’t blame the widow for being rude.”

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, his tone changed from a calm conversation at the beginning to a half-threatening one now.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Sun Shao felt more and more dignified, and understood the pressure Liu Zheng put on him.

At this time, what Liu Zheng said made Sun Shao a little suspicious and doubted the authenticity of Liu Zheng's words, but seeing Liu Zheng so calmly in the city, Sun Shao became more and more clear that Liu Zheng should not be possible. Lie, after all, Zhao Yun and Guan Yu should have known what happened in Xiapi City in the past three days.

Unless they are indifferent to the safety of Xiapi City, otherwise, the journey from Tan County to Xiapi can be reached in half a day at most, but three days have passed, and Guan Yu and Zhao Yun have not even seen anyone. Sun Shao felt that something must have happened.

So what can happen?It is nothing more than that Zhao Yun and Guan Yu were defeated by Liu Zheng on the ambush tunnel, and now they are already in danger, because only they are in danger of themselves, so they can't take care of the situation in Xiapi City, and Xiapi City wants to hold on in Liu Zheng's hands It will be difficult to come down.

Sun Shao turned around and looked at the city behind him, the people in the city, and the old, weak, sick and disabled guarding the towers. It is extremely difficult for these soldiers and horses to gain some advantage in Liu Zheng's hands, let alone no Sun Shao himself is the only general who defends the city. Even if the city tower is now guarded by Guan Yu, it may not be able to stop Liu Zheng's attack.

There was nothing to be done, and Sun Shao didn't want to blindly die here. After a long silence, Sun Shao had already made a decision in his heart.

"Liu Zheng, how do I know if what you said is true or not? If you deceive me and trick me out of the city, then I am ashamed of Liu Xuande."

Although Sun Shao already wanted to surrender in his heart, on the surface he couldn't just surrender directly. After all, he still had a glimmer of hope, hoping that Guan Yu and Zhao Yun could support Xiapi. He wanted to continue to wait. If he and Guan Yu don't show up again, then for the sake of his own safety and the lives of the people in this city, he can only open the city and surrender to Liu Zheng, otherwise he will gradually gather troops under the city according to Liu Zheng's strength.

It won't be long before this city of Xiapi can be conquered.

After all, Xiapi City has been besieged by them for three days now, plus it was besieged by Yuan Shao for a few days before. Now Xiapi City, whether it is the people in the city or the soldiers guarding the city, is already in panic. In a state of war.

Even if Sun Shao wanted to guard Xiapi, the people in the city would not have the ability to defend Xiapi.

"Why do you want to lie to you, the majestic king of a country? But I know what you think in your heart. You just want to wait a little longer. When Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's men appear, I can promise you. Casualties, the widow will give you two more days."

"How? If you still don't have any reinforcements outside the city of Xiapi after two days, you can open the city and surrender."

Liu Zheng didn't want to directly send his troops to attack Xiapi City by force. Although he could win by storming Xiapi City, his troops would inevitably suffer losses. For Liu Zheng now, any It is a pity to lose a little man and horse.

He didn't want to make such a fearless sacrifice, it was naturally the best to take down Xiapi City without using weapons.

Sun Tzu's strategy chapter in the Art of War is clearly written, the first is to attack the army, the second is to attack the handover, the second is to attack the army, and the next is to attack the city; the method of attacking the city is a last resort.

Siege is only a last resort.

If it is possible to take down the enemy's city without attacking the city, that is the best way.

The people on the city tower breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Liu Zheng's words, especially those defenders. They thought that Liu Zheng's arrival would increase the attack on the city, but they didn't expect Liu Zheng to be so kind. For the sake of their safety, they did not choose to attack, but negotiated and took the form of slow negotiations.

Being able to avoid war is actually good for both sides.

Sun Shao also took a high look at Liu Zheng. The two sides did not start a war immediately, but spent two days outside the city peacefully.

And during the two days when Liu Zheng was stationed outside Xiapi City to recuperate, Tan County was also secretly discussing a major event at this moment.

Tan County, within the Donghai County Government.

Yuan Shao led his few remaining soldiers and horses to station here.

Yuan Shao's general Wen Chou has been stationed in the city tower to guard against the attack of Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others outside the city.

However, after Guan Yu and Zhao Yun suddenly led the army to retreat, they naturally attracted the attention of Wen Chou on the tower.

Wen Chou originally thought it was a trick by Guan Yu and Zhao Yun.

However, seeing that Guan Yu and the others did not leave any troops behind, and directly led the army to evacuate in a hurry, he felt that something was wrong. He opened the city gate and sent out some spies to investigate the situation emotionally.

But this investigation immediately shocked him, and he realized that something was wrong.

The spies he sent out happened to find out from a distance that Guan Yu and Liu Zheng's troops were fighting, and Liu Zheng's thousands of troops wiped out Guan Yu's [-] troops. All this was mastered by the spies sent by Wen Chou. Back to Wen Chou in Tan County.

After Wen Chou understood the situation, he naturally didn't dare to hide anything, and immediately went to find Yuan Shao, intending to tell Yuan Shao the news.

So Yuan Shao soon found out about this matter, and immediately summoned several of his staff to discuss it.What impact will this matter have on them.

"My lord, why did you call us over in such a hurry?"

After Ji Feng and others came to the hall, they immediately asked Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao's face was gloomy, and his complexion was very ugly.