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Chapter 467: Siege and Cutoff! Same Negotiation, Different Results
Even leading these 5,000 people through the mountains was difficult and bumpy. They encountered ambushes by Meng Huo and his men many times on the way. Fortunately, this time, in addition to military generals, they also had powerful special troops such as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. Cao Cao and Liu Zhang were also safe under Dian Wei's protection.

After arriving at the bottom of the military town wall, Meng Huo had already led his army to wait here. When he saw Cao Zhang at the front of the team, he suddenly became furious. He took a bow from the soldier next to him, drew the bow and arrow, and glared at him.

"Grandson, take your grandfather Meng's arrow first!"

Before Meng Huo finished his words, an arrow had already been shot out from the bowstring. The strong arrow energy broke through the air and shot towards Cao Zhang at a rapid speed. Facing this powerful arrow, Cao Zhang simply swung his Fang Tian Hua Ji to block the arrow and deflect it away. Meng Huo's full-strength arrow was easily blocked by Cao Zhang.

"Sun Thief, I let you get away with it last time, do you dare to come down and fight me this time?"

Cao Zhang raised his Fang Tian Hua Ji high and pointed at Meng Huo from a distance. Meng Huo stood on the city wall, looking at Cao Zhang with such anger that his teeth were itching.

"Bring me my Pangu Axe! If I don't chop him down this time, I won't be named Meng!"

Meng Huo said angrily to the two servants who were helping him carry Pangu Axe. Next to Meng Huo stood a short military officer, who quickly grabbed Meng Huo.

"Brother, don't go. You are no match for him. We just need to secure this place. They can't break through!"

The person who spoke was none other than Meng You, who had just escaped from the gates of hell. He was a little worried at the moment. After all, he had heard that his brother had returned in defeat in Kuaiji County. Now seeing that his brother was going to take risks again, he naturally would not agree no matter what.

"I just can't stand his arrogance! I want to chop him up right now!"

Meng Huo was looking at Cao Cao under the city wall, his teeth almost broken at this moment, because Cao Zhang was holding his Fang Tian Hua Ji, pointing at the city wall and cursing. What's more, Cao Zhang's curses were so ugly that even a rough man like Meng Huo could not tolerate such words.

"Brother, you have to calm down. He is deliberately trying to provoke you. If you go down and fight them, if you lose, we may not be able to defend this place."

Meng You tried his best to stop his brother, fearing that he would not be able to control his emotions and go down to fight with Cao Zhang.

In the end, after Meng You's strenuous persuasion, Meng Huo finally put down the Pangu Axe in his hand and decided not to go down the city wall to duel with Cao Zhang. However, he could not stand Cao Zhang's overly beautiful words, so he chose to go down the city wall and not continue listening on the wall, otherwise he might not be able to bear it any longer.

Seeing Meng Huo disappear on the city wall, Cao Zhang stopped his verbal attack, turned his horse back to the camp, and found Cao Cao, Liu Zhang and others.

"Father, Lord Liu, Meng Huo is avoiding fighting. Our five thousand men are all cavalry. If we attack the city rashly, even if we succeed, we will probably suffer heavy losses."

Cao Cao also frowned. This situation was really difficult to deal with. Liu Zhang on the side did not express anything. He just watched Cao Zhang in front of him report the battle situation quietly.

"Ziwen, do you have any ideas?"

"I have a plan that can take down this city."

Cao Zhang clasped his hands and said.

"Father, we can stay here and cut off all their resources. There is no need to besiege the city. We can kill as many people as they come out. We can also kill as many people as come to deliver food. In this way, how long can the food in their city last?"

"Well, that's great. We can take this city without spending a single soldier."

Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction and then praised.

"Hahaha, Ziwen, I didn't expect that you have not only improved your martial arts, but also made progress in military tactics. Not bad, not bad."

Cao Cao looked at Cao Zhang with great joy, his eyes revealing an unconcealable happiness. Rather than having a military general who only knew how to fight, he wanted a son who could lead the army. Only a talented general could inherit his legacy. If he was just a military general, it would not mean much to Cao Cao.

Therefore, Cao Cao is so happy now. Cao Zhang continued to clasp his fist towards Cao Cao.

"Thank you for the compliment, father."

Liu Zhang, who was standing by, looked at the scene of loving father and filial son, then turned to look at Liu Xun. He felt that not only was he inferior to Cao Cao in military affairs, he was even not as good as Cao Cao as a father.

After Cao Zhang received the order and left, he evenly distributed the 5,000 soldiers on all the passable roads around the military town. There were hundreds of people on each passage, firmly controlling all the roads. Not to mention people, even flies could not get through.

Besides, those who came this time were either the Captain of the Tomb Raiders, the Lieutenant General of the Fa Qiu, and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. Each of them is capable of fighting against hundreds or thousands of people alone. In a one-on-one fight, even a second-rate general can defeat them. With hundreds of people added together, even a first-rate general would have to consider whether he can survive.

Inside the city, Meng Huo's subordinates had been observing their movements on the city wall. When they saw them disperse and enter the nearby roads, they immediately went to Meng Huo's mansion to report to him.

When Meng Huo heard that they had cut off all the nearby roads, he waved his hand indifferently. This military town was usually the first line of defense against the Yizhou army, so the food reserves were still abundant. Even if they were to supply all of them plus the people in the city, it would be able to last for more than half a month.

Meng Huo really didn't believe it. How could they stay here and collect the harvest for half a month? So Meng Huo didn't bother with them at all. In this way, the two sides really confronted each other in the border military town of Yongchang County.

In Jiaozhou, Jiaozhi County, under the city of Longbian, Sun Ce's army had besieged Longbian City for nearly a week. During this period, Sun Jian also came to Jiaozhi County and held no less than three talks with Shi Xie, but each meeting ended in a bad mood.

Shi Xie suffered heavy losses. His originally small force was now reduced to just a few tens of thousands. All his generals, including Shi, Shi Hui, Shi Gan, Shi Song, Liu Xi, Xue Cong and others, were killed. Even Shi Xie's son Shi Xin died at the hands of Sun Ce.

Now, there are only two first-rate generals left under Shi Xie, Shi Yi and Shi Wu. Apart from them, the rest are all second-rate generals. Not only the generals, but also the heavy armored soldiers under his command were wiped out, and his elite troops were almost wiped out. The reason why Longbian City has not been broken yet is all because of the four hundred poison girls in Longbian City. That's why Sun Ce and his men did not attack by force, but chose to negotiate.

After Sun Ce finally killed many first-class generals, he was successfully promoted to a legendary general. Today, Sun Jian and Shi Xie had another peace talk. Shi Xie still came alone. After all, no matter how many people he brought, it made no difference to Sun Ce who had already been promoted to a legendary general. It was better for Shi Xie to come alone.

After sitting down, Sun Jian poured Shi Xie a cup of hot tea with a smile on his face.

"Brother Wei Yan, what do you think this time? I really don't have much time left, and I don't have much patience left either."

Sun Jian was busy washing his tea, totally ignoring what was happening to Shi Xie who was sitting opposite him. Beside him, Sun Ce was standing with Overlord Spear in his hand. He seemed to have merged with the surrounding environment, yet was still faintly visible, unlike Guan Yu and Dian Wei who were completely integrated into the environment.

That's because Sun Ce's transition from a famous general to a legendary general was too fast, resulting in an unstable foundation. In addition, most of the generals he killed were not as strong as the Huns generals killed by Dian Wei, not to mention he did not kill a single famous general. He relied purely on the stacking of first-rate generals.

In this situation, he is much worse than Dian Wei. As for Guan Yu, the gap is even bigger. Dian Wei can pursue breakthroughs in battle because he wants to be on par with Guan Yu.

The gap between legendary generals is even greater than the gap between famous generals and first-class generals. It can even be said that every ten points correspond to a level, just like Guan Yu's Martial Saint points, Dian Wei's Evil points, and Sun Ce's Overlord points.

Nowadays, Dian Wei and Sun Ce are both at the lowest level, and only Guan Yu has broken through to the second level. His speed has also achieved an almost rapid growth. Not to mention traveling a thousand miles a day, it didn't even take a day and a night to travel from Linzi to Wuhuan. It only took ten hours to travel thousands of kilometers.

However, legendary generals are legendary generals after all, and the gap between them and famous generals is irreparable. Even though Sun Ce is relatively weak among the legendary generals, he is still a legendary general after all and can easily crush other generals.

Shi Xie sat opposite Sun Jian and looked at him with anger on his face.

"grass!"

"Hey, Wei Yan, please don't say such things. It's beneath our demeanor."

Sun Jian said with a smile. There were only Sun Jian, Sun Ce and Shi Xie in the big tent. Sun Ce looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, pretending not to hear anything. Even if he heard it, he really didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but the netizens in the live broadcast room were excited.

"Hahaha, Shi Xie is anxious! It's amazing. Shi Xie was forced to swear."

"It seems that Sun Ce must have been promoted to the legendary general, otherwise he would not have left Shi Yi and Shi Wu alone and would have killed them long ago."

"Liu Caoxie has Guan Erye under his command, Cao Zhonger has Dian Wei under his command, and now Sun Menghu also has Little Overlord under his command. It seems that the time for unification of the world is not far away."

"If Shi Xie and Liu Zhang surrender to Liu Caoxie now, I think Liu Caoxie can fight two of them at once."

"Vote now, vote now, brothers. Who will rule the world in the end?"

"That must be me, Cao Zhonger. After Cao Zhonger annexed Liu Zhang, the strength of his subordinates increased by almost 30%. In addition, Dian Wei can deal with Guan Erye. And when Liu Caoxie was dealing with Cao Zhonger, he must have taken some time out to deal with Sun Menghu. From this, it can be seen that the probability of Cao Zhonger unifying the world in the end is still relatively high."

"I beg to differ. Don't forget that Master Zhang San, who is still in Xianbei, will most likely be promoted to a legendary general. By then, Master Guan Er and Master Zhang San will both be legendary generals. It won't be a problem for them to deal with Cao Zhonger and Sun Menghu together."

"No one is optimistic about Sun Menghu? You may not have noticed that Sun Menghu has been improving day by day since that fight with Liu Caoxie in Jiujiang County. In the past, Sun Menghu was not much stronger than Liu Caoxie, even compared with Liu Zhang and Shi Xie, but now he can easily crush both of them. If Sun Menghu is allowed to develop for a few more months, I feel that Liu Caoxie and Cao Zhonger will not be able to compare with Sun Menghu."

"Cao Zhonger! Cao Zhonger! Cao Zhonger!"

"It's all in vain. It still has to be Liu Caoxie. With these two legendary generals, who can stand up to them?"

Netizens in the live broadcast room had a heated discussion about who would eventually unify the world. Nowadays, Liu Zhang and Shi Xie have become puppets in name only. The final overlord can only be one among Gu Rubing, Cao Cao and Sun Jian.

The two men sat opposite each other at the desk and fell into silence. The words that Shi Xie had just blurted out, coupled with Sun Jian's ridicule, had once again brought the peace talks to a standstill.

However, as Sun Jian said, he no longer had any extra patience. If Shi Xie still didn't know what was good for him, then Sun Jian wouldn't mind killing him. Anyway, there were only a few tens of thousands of Jiaozhou soldiers left. To Sun Jian, they were like chicken ribs, tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away.

Therefore, Sun Jian was not in a hurry, but Shi Xie was the one who needed to be anxious.

After a long while, Shi Xie spoke again.

"What can you do to guarantee that you won't kill me after you've used me?"

"What guarantee can you give? Brother Wei Yan, what you said is true. I am the best guarantee. As long as I am still here, I can guarantee that your life will be safe."

Sun Jian picked up the teacup and savored the taste of his top-quality Da Hong Pao. He hadn't felt so happy for a long time. When did it start? It seemed to be when Zhou Yu, Sun Ce, and Sun Quan encountered Zhang Liao. Since then, Sun Jian has never been able to do what he wanted. Everything he did was not going well, so much so that he even suspected that he was being targeted.

Now, he was finally able to hold his head high. The bonus from his special mission had reached an extremely terrifying level. Coupled with Zhou Yu's indomitable character, Sun's army at this moment was probably more than twice as strong as before.

"Oh, Sun Jian, if you had said this before, I might have believed it a little, but now you are saying this bunch of nonsense, I don't believe a single word. After all, how can a person who can stab his ally in the back at any time and fight all the way to the ally's county capital have any credibility?"

Shi Xie snorted coldly. Shi Xie now could be said to have thrown away all hope. After all, only one in ten of his generals were left, and his soldiers also suffered heavy losses. Nearly three quarters of the land in Jiaozhou was lost, and his only son also died at the hands of Sun Ce's Overlord Spear. With all these factors combined, Shi Xie no longer had the idea of ​​dominating a region and becoming a local emperor. All he cared about was how to save his own life. After all, if he died in the game, that was real death, and he would die in reality as well.

(End of this chapter)