"You can see that there are soldiers and horses leaving the city of Liaodong?"

The guards who followed at the side heard the young master's question, and hurriedly replied:

"Returning to the young master, I haven't seen any mobilization of soldiers and horses in Liaodong!"

After hearing the response from the guards, the pottery merchant became suspicious, and said:

"No, Liu Xuan told me that Lu Bu had already sent troops to Xuzhou for rescue. Why didn't there be any signs of troops being mobilized?"

When the guards heard it, they were also dumbfounded, not knowing what was going on.

The potter didn't continue to ask any more questions, so he opened his mouth and said to the guards:

"Let's set off immediately to see if we can catch up with Lu Bu's army on the road and return to Xuzhou with them."

Everyone quickly chased in the direction of Xuzhou.

Just when the potters led their troops to Xuzhou, Xuzhou was rushed to the city gate by Cao Jun with a siege vehicle because the chain of the suspension bridge was cut off.

Under Cao Ren's order, Cao Jun's soldiers protected the siege vehicle and rammed it towards the city gate. The first time they hit it, the soldiers knew the fortification of the city gate.

The city gate was only shaking slightly, and there was not much movement. Seeing this, the soldiers accelerated the progress of the siege vehicles.

It doesn't matter if Cao's army speeds up, it will worry Cao Bao on the city wall. Cao Bao deliberately added another thousand soldiers above the city gate to attack the siege vehicles below.

After the siege engine rushed through the city gate twice, it didn't go so smoothly. It was blocked by arrows and rolling stones shot down from the city wall.

The soldiers on the side of the siege vehicle would be shot by arrows from time to time and fell to the ground to die. The soldiers holding the shields were also hit by stones. Because they couldn't bear the weight of the stones, they vomited blood.

Seeing this, Cao Ren kept sending soldiers to replenish.

Tao Qian in the city was also terrified by the current situation, and was always worried about whether his son could really move to rescue soldiers.

Knowing that Cao Jun is attacking the city gate now, he couldn't sit still anymore, and he also came to the city wall, looked down, and couldn't help being startled by the scene in front of him.

Looking at the densely packed people below, all of them are vicious and the siege vehicles at the city gate are also constantly attacking the city gate.

Tao Qian found Cao Bao and said:

"General Cao, you must guard the city gate, and you cannot let a Cao soldier in!"

Cao Bao looked at his lord and assured him:

"My lord, don't worry, I, Cao Bao, will keep Xuzhou City even if I risk my life."

Tao Qian was still a little worried about his son. He stood on the city wall and looked into the distance. Not only his son had gone out of the city to rescue soldiers, but also Chen Deng had also gone to rescue soldiers. So far, neither of them has heard anything.

One day's battle passed, and Cao Ren still hadn't entered the city. Although some soldiers climbed up the city wall, they were outnumbered. As soon as they climbed up, they were besieged to death by a group of people.

Seeing that it was getting late, Cao Ren had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

Back in the tent, Cao Hong, Xiahoudun, and Xiahouyuan were sitting in front of Cao Ren. Cao Ren said:

"This old man Tao Qian is huddled in the city, but he can't come out. The gate of Xuzhou is still so strong! It seems that it will take a few days to take Xuzhou."

Xiahou Dun was a little unconvinced after hearing this, and said:

"Zixiao's words are different. If you don't care about the lives of the soldiers, you can increase the manpower at the city gate. As long as you can quickly open the city gate, no matter how many people there are, you will not be afraid!"

Cao Ren knew that Xiahou Dun and the others were already in a hurry, and the Lord's order was to take Xuzhou quickly, but they didn't expect that Xuzhou soldiers would resist so tenaciously.

After deliberation by several people, Cao Ren still decided to fight steadily, as long as the city gate was knocked down a few times, it would definitely be able to break open.

On the second day, Cao Ren led his troops to attack the city again. Because the suspension bridge was breached yesterday, Tao Qian and Cao Bao did not dare to open the city gate and let the soldiers go down to repair it.

Fearing that after the city gate was opened, Cao Jun didn't know where to ambush, so he suddenly took the opportunity to rush into the city.

It was another day to attack the city, this time it was Xiahou Dun who personally led troops to attack the city with Cao Hong.

Cao Bao didn't dare to be careless when he saw Xiahou Dun personally attacking the city. He ordered the archers to shoot at the two of them. It would be great if he could kill one of them.

However, Cao Bao thought very well, but the reality is very cruel. Although many arrows were shot at the two of them, the two of them relied on their own force to knock down the arrows abruptly, or dodged the attack repeatedly. .

The two also noticed that the archers on the city wall were targeting them, and they were also annoyed in their hearts, and ordered the soldiers to attack more fiercely.

Under the leadership of Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong, the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted, and the speed of the siege vehicle also increased. After hitting it, it retreated, and then quickly hit the second and third times.

Lu Bu, Xu Chu and the others, who had been observing in the distant mountains and forests, saw that their strength was about the same, so Xu Chu asked Lu Bu:

"General, I think Cao Jun has almost attacked, so it's time for us to make a move?"

Lu Bu also felt that the time was almost up, and was about to order to kill Cao Jun, but was stopped by a voice.

The one who spoke was Zhang Liao, only to hear Zhang Liao say:

"General, don't be impulsive, you still need to wait. If you rush out now, I'm afraid Tao Qian won't be so grateful to us. If we wait for Cao Jun to break through the city gate, we will kill them. That way of paying will definitely be more courteous to us. "

After hearing Zhang Liao's words, Lu Bu also felt that what Zhang Liao said made sense, so he resisted the urge to kill and continued to wait where he was.

But Xu Chu was in a hurry. Seeing the hustle and bustle outside the city, he really wanted to rush down and kill him, but he didn't get Lv Bu's order. Even he didn't dare to act without authorization, because he knew in his heart that the military discipline in Liaodong was very strict. .

Don't say that he just joined Liaodong not long ago, and he didn't make many meritorious deeds. Even if he had done a few meritorious deeds, if he dared to violate the orders of his superiors, it would be a dead end. He sighed and continued to watch obediently.

On the city wall of Xuzhou, Tao Qian saw Cao Jun's offensive so fiercely, and ordered Cao Bao:

"General Cao, no matter what, you must stop that siege engine! Don't let it smash through the city gate."

Cao Bao also knew the consequences of the city gate being broken, so he ordered the soldiers to bring over the burning oil!

A dozen soldiers carefully scooped the fire oil from the cauldron into the wooden barrel, and a dozen of them quickly came to the city gate with the wooden barrel.

After the order to buy Cao Cao's life was issued, a dozen soldiers poured down the fire oil in their hands while the siege vehicle was charging.

Burning hot kerosene fell from the sky and poured on the soldiers beside the siege vehicle. The soldiers' heads fell off in an instant, their faces and hands were flushed, and their faces were covered with blisters the size of coins!

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