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Although he was trapped in the demolition house, there was such a large number of reinforcements from the demolition team...

Oh, that's right, it should be that even though they were trapped in Xiaopei City, Lu Su led a large group of infantry to reinforce the battlefield of Xiaopei. Such a big movement, Liu Bei's three brothers could still clearly see it on the city wall, and discovered

After this point, the three Taoyuan friends were inevitably worried. Guan Yu, who was still seriously wounded by the arrow, said directly to Liu Bei: "Brother, it may not be a good idea to continue like this. While our army still has the strength to fight, brother

Or should we make an idea as soon as possible, whether to abandon the city and break out of the siege? If it is delayed for a long time, our army will consume too much in the battle to defend the city, and it will be difficult to break out of the siege again."

Liu Bei was extremely hesitant and knew that Guan Yu's words were true. There were still more than 3,000 troops in Xiaopei City. If he abandoned the city at all costs and broke out, there should be some hope of a successful breakout. But if it was delayed any longer, the limited troops would be unable to do so.

If your army is exhausted in the battle to defend the city, your own army will not be able to break through even if it wants to.

After hesitation, Liu Bei was still reluctant to give up Xiaopeijian City, which had ample food and dangerous terrain.

If Lu Wenhou sends troops to rescue, there should be news within three days. If reinforcements do not arrive after three days, it will not be too late for our army to make plans again."

Guan Yu nodded and stopped talking, but Zhang Fei next to him said dissatisfiedly: "Brother, why do you trust that servant with the third surname so much? How can you, a villain like Lu Bu, be trusted? Expecting him to send troops to rescue us is just a daydream.

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Liu Bei was silent again, and then said after a long while: "I have not failed Marquis Wen, and Marquis Wen will not fail me."

Zhang Fei sneered loudly and sneered at Uncle Liu Huang's naivety. But at this moment, there was sudden movement in the Xuzhou army camp five miles away. The Xuzhou army, which had been stationary for eight days, suddenly dispatched more than 4,000 people.

After arriving at Xiaopei City, they took up positions outside the siege fortifications. The Liu Bei brothers hurriedly commanded the army to prepare for the battle. However, they were surprised to find that the Xuzhou army actually led with long shields, and arrayed their bows and crossbows behind the shields in a defensive position.

At the same time, ten strange wooden carts were pushed to the front of the formation and lined up against the Xiaopei city wall.

Seeing this scene, the three Liu Bei brothers were inevitably confused. Liu Bei also wondered, "Why did Tao Ying take the defensive position with his long shield first? Does he want to attack the city, or does he want to prevent our army from making a surprise attack out of the city?"

Also, how come his Thunderbolt Chariot is placed so far away, a full three hundred steps away from Xiaopei City Wall? The Thunderbolt Chariot that Brother Mi Zhu helped me imitate can only travel a hundred steps at most?"

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Also confused were the Xuzhou civil and military officers under Tao Ying. Seeing that Tao Ying was on the defensive with his long shield, bow and crossbow, Zang Ba, Chen Dao, Tao Ji and other generals were inevitably puzzled and rushed to Tao Ying one after another.

He asked, "Sir, we obviously don't have much time. Why are you still on the defensive? Do you think Liu Bei, the traitor, still has the guts to go out of the city and die?"

"If I don't take a defensive position, what if the enemy comes out of the city for a surprise attack and destroys our trebuchet?" Tao Ying replied with a smile.

"But we don't have time!" Zang Ba said anxiously: "We only have one day. Even if ten trebuchets throw stones one after another, they still can't destroy the Xiaopei city wall."

"Who said we don't have time?" Tao Ying suddenly laughed and said, "Brother Xuan Gao, please don't worry, and generals, please don't worry, we still have plenty of time."

"We still have enough time?" All Xuzhou generals were dumbfounded, wondering what Tao Ying meant by this?

Fortunately, Tao Ying finally didn't show off this time. He nuzzled to Li Ming, the captain of the soldiers next to him. Li Ming understood and immediately asked someone to bring a middle-aged man in his thirties, a scholar in a Confucian shirt and a square scarf. He was dressed up and holding a one-foot-square wooden box in his hand. He looked ordinary and nothing special. Then Tao Ying pointed at the middle-aged man and smiled at the generals: "Everyone, I won't hide anything from you now that things have reached this point. In fact, in order to avoid falling into the dilemma of our army fighting on two fronts, I have already sent people to secretly visit Marquis Lu Wen. In addition to asking for peace and a ceasefire, I also asked Marquis Lu Wen to join forces with our army to exterminate Liu Bei's traitors. This Mr. Song Kai and Song Bei'an are The envoy sent by Marquis Lu Wen to give our army a reply."

"This gentleman is the envoy sent by Marquis Lu Wen?" Zang Ba and others were surprised and happy. They quickly saluted and asked Song Kai impatiently: "Mr. Bei'an, my young master asked for peace and a break from the war. What was Marquis Lu Wen's reply? "

"Don't worry, generals, my lord has agreed to Mr. Tao's request." Song Kai's answer made Zang Ba and others overjoyed. Song Kai held the wooden box and said with a smile: "Actually, my lord has already discovered after the war in Liu County. Realizing that something was wrong, and suspecting that our army had fallen into Liu Bei's traitor's plot to kill with a borrowed knife, he immediately ordered General Zhang Wenyuan to withdraw from Xuzhou. After Tao Gongzi's secret envoy arrived in Shanyang to meet my lord, and under the confrontation between the two, my lord Lu Wenhou finally understood. The traitor Liu Bei deliberately dragged our army into the Xuzhou battlefield to create opportunities for the traitor Liu Bei to fish in troubled waters. Therefore, my lord not only agreed to stop the war and make peace with your army, but also decided to personally send troops south to join forces with your army to attack Xiaopei."

After that, Song Kai opened the wooden box in his hand, revealing the head of a middle-aged man, and said with a smile: "In order to prove the sincerity of our army and your army to join forces to attack Liu, my lord has killed Sun Gan, the envoy of Liu Bei's traitor." Cut it off and give it as a gift to Mr. Tao Ying. Mr. Tao, generals, please take a look."

"Good! Marquis Wen is wise!" Zang Ba, Tao Ji, Chen Dao and other generals cheered together. They were all smiling, and they all complained that Tao Ying was too exciting - such good news has been concealed until now. .

"Generals, now you understand why I am not in a hurry?" Tao Ying asked with a smile. Seeing the Xuzhou generals nodding their heads in shame, Tao Ying turned to Song Kai and said, "Mr. Bei'an, could you please come to Xiaopei City?" Go up there and inform the traitor Liu Bei about this, and then I will order the attack on the city."

Song Kai agreed and quickly held up Sun Qian's head. He also hoisted a white flag and hurried to Xiaopei City. The generals in Xuzhou were all happy and rushed to surround Song Kai when he came out of the battle to see with his own eyes what Liu Bei heard. What kind of painful reaction was this bad news? Only Lu Su was confused. As soon as the generals walked away, he tentatively asked Tao Ying: "Sir, didn't you always say that joining forces with Lu Bu was seeking the skin of a tiger? Why did you change it this time? Got an idea?"

"There is no way." Tao Ying spread his hands helplessly and said: "Our army is not strong enough to prevent Lu Bu from reinforcing Liu Bei, so I have no choice but to lose money and avoid disaster. I bought Lu Bu with a large sum of money and grain."

"Then the young master only needs to stabilize Lu Bu temporarily. Why do you ask Marquis Wen to send troops to reinforce our army? Aren't you afraid of attracting wolves into the house?" Lu Su asked doubtfully. Tao did not answer. He just looked at Lu Su and smiled.

Su kept rolling his triangular eyes. After a long time, he patted his head and said suddenly: "I am really confused. Who is the young master? How can he make mistakes?"

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At the same time, at the foot of Xiaopei City, he saw a scribe coming out of the Xuzhou army with a white flag in his hand. Liu Bei, who was in a panic, was overjoyed. He said that Tao Ying wanted to surrender or negotiate, so he quickly ordered not to shoot arrows and allowed the Xuzhou envoy to arrive.

At the foot of Xiaopei City, Song Kai couldn't wait to stand out of the city, preparing to negotiate with the envoy in person. After Song Kai walked to the bottom of Xiaopei City, he also bowed to the top of the city and politely said loudly: "I'd like to trouble the sergeants on the city to inform Xuan Xuan.

Duke De. Let’s say that Duke Lu Wen of Yanzhou was working for Song Kai and was ordered to visit Duke Xuande.”

"Lü Bu's envoy? Why did Lu Bu's envoy come out of Tao Ying'er's team?" Liu Bei was shocked, and an ominous premonition suddenly came into his heart. He quickly returned the salute to Song Kai with cupped fists, and said loudly: "Mr. Song, this is Liu Bei.

May I ask what kind of advice Mr. Wen Hou has sent here?"

“Mr.

!The envoy has come here today to announce on behalf of my lord that from now on, our two armies will no longer have any relationship and will never have any contact with each other!"

"What? Lu Bu's son breaks off the alliance with me?!" Uncle Liu Huang felt as if he was struck by lightning. The world was spinning for a while, and he almost fainted on the spot. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei next to him became even more furious and immediately yelled at Lu Bu. Zhang Fei also yelled:

"The slaves with the third surname are indeed repetitive and unjust!"

Song Kai opened the wooden box in his hand again, revealing the head of Sun Gan in the box, and said loudly: "Mr. Xuande, this is what I have been ordered to show you by Master Tao Ying. My lord wants to repay Master Tao Ying for his gift of food."

De, I have beheaded Sun Qian, the envoy of Duke Xuande who asked for help, and gave his head as a gift to Master Tao Ying."

"Gongyou——!" Although he was far away, Uncle Liu recognized the head in the box as that of Sun Qian and burst into tears. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei next to him roared like thunder and ordered arrows to be shot.

The envoy who killed Lu Bu, a shameless villain, avenged Sun Qian. Unfortunately, Song Kai was well prepared. Seeing that the situation was not going well, he immediately ran away, rolling and crawling as far as he could. While running, he yelled "Liu Bei is a traitor."

, My lord is indeed right about you. The two countries are fighting. If you don’t kill the envoy, you will even kill the envoy. If my lord knows about it, he will definitely not let it go with you!"

Fortunately, this Song Kai already knew that Liu Beijun might turn against him and kill him, so he escaped quickly and was not shot to death by Liu Beijun's random arrows. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei flew into a rage on the city wall, yelling at Lu Bu's eighteenth generation of ancestors, and even

They wanted to bring their troops out of the city together to fight to the death with the Xuzhou army, but fortunately Liu Bei held them back - now Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both had arrow wounds on their bodies, so if they went to fight the Xuzhou army that was well prepared and protected by fortifications, what else would it be if they weren't seeking death?

"Brother, I have long said that Lu Bu's son is repeatedly dishonest and there will be no good consequences for forming an alliance with him. Is what I said now wrong?" Zhang Fei asked Liu Bei angrily.

Liu Bei had no face to refute Zhang Fei's accusation. He just choked with tears and said: "I regret not listening to my good brother Jin Yu. Even if I die, I will have no face to see Gongyou."

"Third brother, it's too late to say anything now. This can't be entirely blamed on elder brother. The main reason is that Lu Bu is capricious and forgets his duty." Guan Yu excused Liu Bei, then turned to Liu Bei and said: "Brother, Lu Bu has betrayed

Alliance, if our army continues to hold on to Xiaopei, it will just sit there and wait for death, so we might as well make good plans early."

Uncle Liu Huang continued to hide his face and cry bitterly, thinking quickly in his mind: "Continue to hold on? Or abandon the city and leave? I don't know if the mediators from Kong Rong and Tian Kai can arrive in time?"

While Uncle Liu Huang was making quick calculations on the Xiaopei city wall, Tao Ying, the Xuzhou army, finally gave the order to attack the city with stones. Ten Xiangyang cannons were loaded with huge stone bombs weighing 150 kilograms, and then they were cut off together.

The rope of the throwing arm was tightened, and the heavy basket at the lower end of the throwing arm fell violently. The stone bullets were thrown out by the lever principle, whizzing towards the Xiaopei city wall 300 steps away. Two of the stone bullets accurately hit the west gate of Xiaopei.

The city tower. With an earth-shaking huge crack, the brick-and-wood structure of the Xiaopei city tower collapsed, burying countless Liu Beijun crossbowmen hidden in the building alive. The hoarse screams immediately echoed on the Xiaopei city wall.

stand up.

"How is it possible? How is it possible to hit such a distance?!"

When the three Liu Bei brothers were stunned, another stone bullet fell from the sky. It hit the soldiers near the three brothers. Five or six Liu Bei soldiers were smashed into meat paste on the spot, but the stone bullet did not dissipate.

The city wall penetrated five feet into the ground, bounced up again, and hit two more Liu Bei Army soldiers who had no time to escape. It smashed one soldier's hip bone to pieces, broke another soldier's legs, and two Liu Bei Army soldiers.

Crying and screaming, the remaining soldiers of Liu Bei's army were all out of their minds. They screamed and fled in all directions. In the panic, some soldiers fell off the city wall. The mouths of Liu Bei's three brothers were completely opened to the ears. They were in disbelief.

At the same time, several other stone bullets also flew over. Three of them hit the side of the city wall, making three large craters several feet deep in the brick-and-earth wall. The other one hit the moat and splashed into the city wall.

Several water jets were several feet high, and the other two hit the edge of the moat, destroying a section of the embankment. Another one crossed the city wall, flew directly into Xiaopei City, and hit a private house, smashing the tiles into pieces.

It broke through the beam and collapsed on the spot. Desperate screams and screams also echoed in Xiaopei City and the city walls.

After the first round of stone bombs was thrown, Tao Ying patted his horse and climbed onto the anti-horse wall. He laughed at Liu Bei from a distance and said, "Big-eared thief, I wonder why my thunderbolt chariot can hit farther than your thunderbolt chariot, right? To be honest.

Let me tell you, I let Mi Fang steal the fake sketch of the Thunderbolt Car that Mi Fang stole for you on purpose! In order to give you a surprise today! This time, we have to settle old accounts and new accounts together! Soldiers, continue with me.

Throw stones and smash the earthen fence of Xiaopei!"

"Promise!" The Xuzhou soldiers who controlled the Xiangyang cannon agreed with a loud voice, rushing to reload and throw stones. Another round of stone bullets roared out one after another, hitting the poor Xiaopei city wall again, and a new round of crying and screaming sounded.

Echoed again at the top of Xiaopei City, Uncle Liu punched the arrow stack hard, and cursed secretly with a pale face, "I've fallen into a trap! The traitor Tao Ying has been carefully preparing to deal with me! No, it must be done.

Hurry up and try to break out of the encirclement, otherwise, once Xiaopei is breached, Tao Ying will never let me go!"

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When Tao Ying laughed and returned to the command flag formation, Song Kai, the previous envoy of Lu Bu's army, was also helped in front of Tao Ying - although the unlucky guy escaped quickly, he was still hit by an arrow in the butt. Tao Ying looked at it When he saw that his injuries were not serious, he smiled and said: "Fortunately, the vital part was not hit. It can be cured. Go down to heal the injuries, rest and receive the reward. Don't go around giving fortune-tellers and fortune-telling in the future. Follow me from now on." I will reward you with the official position of civil servant and help me sign documents."

"Fortune telling?" The Xuzhou generals next to him were all confused. They were about to ask Tao Ying how Song Kai, the envoy of Lu Bu's army, turned into a charlatan, but Song Kai was overjoyed and saluted Tao Ying and thanked him repeatedly. , then he held Sun Qian’s head in front of Tao Ying and asked respectfully: “Master, what should I do with this head?”

"It's useless." Tao Ying did not go to pick up the head, but just said with a smile: "But don't waste it, food is precious now, and the painted wheat dough can still be eaten. It was smashed together with Jian Yong's head. Leave it to the kitchen to make the batter."

"A human head made of wheat flour?" Zang Ba was shocked. He quickly grabbed the head and took a closer look. As soon as he took the head, Zang Ba immediately discovered that the weight of the head was wrong. When he took a closer look, he found that the head was not right. It is indeed kneaded from dough, but the person who kneaded the dough was very skilled. He kneaded it very well and carefully painted it, so it really looked like a severed human head from a distance - by the way, the dough was used to make the head to coax ghosts. The trick has not been invented yet. According to normal development, it should have been invented when Zhuge Liang conquered the Southern Barbarians and crossed the Lu River.

"Sir, what on earth is going on?" Zang Ba, Chen Dao and others were even more surprised, and quickly asked Tao Ying together.

"It's very simple, heart attack tactics." Tao Ying replied with a smile: "Lü Bu is famous for being a repetitive villain. Liu Bei's traitor will never truly trust him, so I sent someone disguised as Lu Bu's envoy to negotiate with Liu Bei. On behalf of Lu Bu Announce the severance of the alliance with Liu Bei, so that Liu Bei's traitors dare not expect reinforcements, and then suddenly use advanced trebuchets to attack the city, completely destroying Liu Bei's traitors' determination to defend the city, and forcing Liu Bei's traitors to abandon the city and break out of the siege."

Zang Ba, Chen Dao and others were completely dumbfounded. After a long time, Zang Ba stammered and asked Tao Ying: "Master, will the traitor Liu Bei believe it?"

"I will definitely believe it." Tao Ying said with a smile: "Liu Bei is a traitor who is suspicious by nature. After seeing Sun Qian's fake head and hearing the words of the fake messenger, he will definitely believe it. He will believe that Lu Bu has betrayed him and will no longer count on Lu Bu's reinforcements. "

"But what if Liu Bei, the traitor, doesn't believe it?" Zang Ba insisted.

"Brother Xuan Gao, don't worry. I bet that Liu Bei will definitely believe it!" Tao Ying put away his smile and said seriously: "Brother Xuan Gao, if someone says that you are plotting rebellion and betraying Xuzhou, then I will immediately ask Zhong Kang and Shu Zhi to tell this Someone killed me because I believe you are definitely not a betrayer! In the same way, if someone says in front of me that Shu Zhi and Zhong Kang betrayed me, then I will ask Brother Xuan Gao to kill this person immediately, because I I know. Zhong Kang and Shu Zhi will never betray me! But Liu Bei is different. Not to mention Lu Bu, who is a notoriously repetitive villain, even his sworn friends Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he doesn’t completely believe it, because he is different from me. .I treat others with sincerity, but he treats others with deceit, and he treats others with his own judgment. I can trust you, but he will not trust anyone!"

"Young Master..." Zang Ba, Chen Dao and Xu Chu were all a little moved, while Tao Ying patted their shoulders one by one. He smiled and said: "Brother Xuan Gao, Shu Zhi, Zhong Kang, you are all my brothers.

So I believe in you. And Brother Xuan Gao, do you know why I refused to attack the city a few days ago?"

"Why?" Zang Ba asked.

"Two reasons, one is that I am waiting for Lu Bu's reaction." Tao Ying took Zang Ba's hand and replied sincerely: "As for the second, I don't want to let Brother Xuan Gao and your soldiers sacrifice themselves in vain to attack the city.
To be continued...