Three Kingdoms: The opening incorporates Li Cunxiao

Chapter 172 Calculation
  Guan Yu raised his sword and called for Cao Bao: "General, please open the city gate and let Guan go."

There were many Xuzhou soldiers on the city wall, and they all looked at Guan Yu desperately.

A general is the courage of a soldier.

With the mighty tiger gone, what hope do they have in Xiapi?

I'm afraid that if Ji Ling leads his army to charge for a while, he will be able to break the city.

Cao Bao naturally understands this. Although he thinks highly of himself, after getting along with him for so long, he naturally knows what Guan Yu means to Xuzhou.

With Guan Yu here, at least the soldiers still have fighting spirit. If Guan Yu leaves, the city may be broken within these few days.

"Can Yun Chang have the heart to leave us and live alone?"

Cao Bao really didn't understand Guan Yu.

If he talked about Guan Er based on the righteousness of life and death for the people in the city, Guan Er might be restrained by his righteousness.

He chose to use words to provoke him, insinuating that Guan Yu was greedy for life and afraid of death, and in the end he could only fetch water from a bamboo basket.

Guan Yu sneered, he was tricked by Cao Cao to come to Xuzhou, now that his brother has been found, how could he be willing to be buried with Tao Qian.

"Don't talk nonsense. I made it clear to Tao Shijun beforehand that the day I find my brother is when Guan leaves. Could it be that you want to force Guan to stay?"

Feng's eyes opened slightly, and he held up the cold saw in his hand. As long as Cao Bao dared to say no, Guan Yu didn't mind sending this cowardly man to death.

"This"

Cao Bao was afraid of Guan Yu's bravery, so he had no choice but to relent: "Open the city gate and let General Guan go."

Guan Yu put away his sword and clasped his fists: "Thank you very much."

Done.

Without giving Cao Bao another look, he walked towards the city.

He had helped Tao Qian defend the city for so long, and the first soldiers ordered by Cao Cao had already been beaten cleanly. In any case, he had done his best to be benevolent and righteous.

Now that I heard about Liu Bei's whereabouts, I didn't have any nostalgia for this fortified city that had been guarding it for half a year, so I just left.

Guan Yu went down to the city and joined forces with Zhang Fei.

The two of them were also afraid that something might change later, so they led their troops westward without even having time to express their brotherhood.

Because of Ji Ling's order, no one on Yuan Shujun's side went to stop him without opening his eyes.

A scout from Ji Ling reported that Guan Yu had abandoned Xiapi and left.

Overjoyed.

Xiapi's army was weak, and Xuzhou's soldiers had little experience in fighting, so they were unable to fight a tough battle.

The reason why the city has not been breached until now is entirely due to Guan Yu's bravery and morale to barely fend off the enemy.

Now that Guan Yu is gone, Ji Ling seems to be able to get a Xiapi easily.

Immediately ordered all battalions to speed up cooking.

State pastoral office.

Report! ~
  The messenger rushed in quickly.

"My lord, General Guan Yu abandoned the city and now Ji Ling is organizing an attack on the city. General Cao Bao ordered me to report back to my lord. I am afraid that Xiapi City cannot be defended."

"what!"

Tao Qian stood up in panic and took two steps forward. He felt dizzy and almost fell. He barely managed to hold on to the table before he could stand still: "Guan Yunchang is a righteous man, why did he choose to do this?"
  Abandon the city now! "

"At noon, General Guan's sworn brother came to the city. After shouting a few words outside the city, General Guan insisted on leaving. General Cao Bao couldn't stop him and had to let him go." The sergeant's words made Tao Qian tremble with anger.

Guan Yu's sworn brother didn't come early or late, but he summoned Guan Yu at this critical moment.

If this was all a coincidence, he wouldn't believe it even if he killed Tao Qian.

Since it is not a coincidence, there is only one explanation!
  "Cao Cao! How shameless Cao Ah is! In order to gain the land of Xuzhou, he abandoned an entire city and ignored the life and death of the people! He is called the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, but he is actually a Han thief! A Han thief!"

Chen and his son, who were sitting upright at the bottom, said nothing and had no idea what they were thinking.

Mi Zhu was the first to stand up: "My lord, for this plan we have to dispatch private soldiers from the Xuzhou clan to defend the city and fight Ji Ling to the death!"

"Huh, defend the city? So what if we defend the city? It's just a wedding dress for Cao Cao!" Tao Qian gritted his teeth and then directly ordered the messenger: "Go and tell

Cao Bao, ordered him to open the gate of Xiapi City and welcome Ji Ling into the city! Didn't Cao Cao want to reap the benefits? I won't let him get what he wants! "

Mi Zhu quickly grabbed the messenger and shouted: "No, lord, this must not be done! Yuan Shu claims to be emperor without authorization, he is a traitor. If the lord lets him enter the city, Cao Cao will do it in the future."
  How can Cao let his lord go when he enters the city? Even if he loses to Ji Ling in a desperate fight, if Prime Minister Cao gets the city in the future, even if his lord is not allowed to guard one side, he will still have to be worshiped by high-ranking officials and generous salaries!

"

Conspiracy.

Chi Guoguo’s conspiracy!

No matter how much hatred he felt in Tao Qian's heart, he had to go on according to Cao Cao's expectations.

If Cao Cao wins Xuzhou and Tao Qian is killed if he dedicates the city to Ji Ling, he will definitely die.

If he doesn't offer the city, God knows if he, Tao Qian, will have the life to wait until Cao Cao's high-ranking official is generously rewarded after Ji Ling breaks the city.

But he had no choice. When everyone knew that Cao Cao was bound to win all of Xuzhou, how could he choose?
  After Tao Qian took two laborious steps, he seemed to have aged ten years: "Just do what Zizhong said."

After saying that, he straightened up and fell unconscious.

On the plain ten miles west of Langya County.

The main tent of Cao's army was pitched here.

When Cao Cao entered Xuzhou, he ordered his soldiers to camp here, and did not rush into the main battle circle of Xuzhou.

Cheng Yu opened Cao Cao's tent with brisk steps.

"My lord, you are so kind. As soon as Guan Yu left, Tao Qian indeed mobilized the private soldiers of the wealthy people in the city to defend the city. The scouts from the front reported that the battle between the two sides was fierce. It is expected that Ji Ling will be able to break the city tomorrow.

"

Guo Jia twirled the short beard on his chin and chuckled: "On one side are the high-ranking officials of the Han Dynasty Prime Minister and generous salaries, and on the other side are the rebels and traitors. Of course Tao Shijun knows how to choose."

Cao Cao laughed and stood up.

If he hadn't tricked Guan Yu away, I don't know how long Tao Qian would have had to wait before he could make up his mind to fight Ji Ling to the death.

Now it's better. Even the private soldiers of the big families in Xuzhou have gone to the city to defend the city. If they take over Xiapi, Cao Cao will have absolute say and will not be afraid of the big families below.

When the time comes, Pipi will become a stable rear supply place, and Cao Jun's deterrence will be able to spread to the entire Xuzhou in an instant.

"Okay! Send an order to Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan to mobilize their troops and march all night to Pi. After Ji Ling breaks through the door, he will use his troops to cover up and kill them."

"Instruct the Chinese army to rebel at the third watch and set out at the fifth watch. Our army will rest in Xiapi City at noon tomorrow."

"promise!"

Cao Cao turned around and patted Xu Chu's general's belly: "Zhong Kang, haven't you always wanted to compete with Yuan Shu's number one general? I will hand over Ji Ling to you.
  No matter life or death. "

Xu Chu was overjoyed, cupped his fists and said, "Thank you so much, Prime Minister. I will definitely cut off Ji Ling's head and serve you as a chamber pot envoy."

(End of this chapter)