Beast King Three Kingdoms

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In Xuyi City, Chen Deng was tired all day, but he didn't dare to go back to rest and lived in the tower.

After closing his eyes and resting his mind for a moment, the captain under his command sent the battle report.

"What? You lost five thousand soldiers?"

Looking at the battle report, Chen Deng couldn't believe his eyes. He had to know that there were only [-] troops in Xuyi City, and only a quarter of them were lost in this attack.

Based on this calculation, Yuan Shu only needs to attack three more times, wouldn't the city's soldiers and horses be completely wiped out?

"How much damage did Yuan Jun suffer?" Chen Deng looked up at the herald, with a flash of light in his eyes.

"This..." the herald said falteringly: "The specifics have not yet been found out. Probably,, probably equal to our army, almost the same."

"Bang!" Chen Deng threw the battle report in his hand on the ground, then stood up and shouted, "It's almost the same? I'm waiting for the city to be strong, and I have the support of the people. The geographical advantage and the harmony of the people are all on my side, but I played like this. The record is simply a joke in the world."

Seeing Chen Deng's fury, the herald was so frightened that he dared not say a word, but stood aside obediently, bowing his head in silence.

After venting for a while, Chen Deng gradually recovered his mood. Frowning, he picked up the battle report on the ground and began to read it carefully.

After a while, Chen Deng finally understood everything. The reason why the loss was so great was that the other three gates suffered heavy casualties, while the east gate he guarded was slightly better.

Seeing this, Chen Deng subconsciously wanted to question the other three gate guards, but thinking of the huge power of the catapult and the brave performance of Yuan Jun's soldiers, most of his anger disappeared immediately.

"That's all! It's really very different." Chen Deng sighed.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Deng turned around and sat down, writing vigorously, explaining the predicament here in detail, and then ordered people to send Cao Bao to Jiangdu, asking him to send troops to rescue.

"We must persevere until the reinforcements arrive!" Chen Deng was determined and cheered secretly in his heart.

In Yuan Jun's camp outside the city, Yuan Shu was discussing with Xun You and Feng Ji how to destroy the city.

"Our army in Xuyi must take it, but a strong attack will cause too much damage, so it's not advisable. Do you have a plan?" Yuan Shu asked in a deep voice, his face looking a little gloomy.

Feng Ji shook his head and said, "Except for a strong attack, Ji really can't think of any other way."

Xun You also frowned and remained silent.

In order to fight against Yuan Shu, Tao Qian stationed [-] troops in the center of Xuyi City, and even hundreds of thousands of stones, grain and grass. Obviously, he wanted to fight a protracted war with Yuan Shu.

Moreover, with Chen Deng, a resourceful man, the possibility of using tricks is even smaller.

Under such conditions, if you want to break through Xuyi City, there is no other way but to attack by force.

Seeing the expressions of the two of them, Yuan Shu felt even more irritable. He gritted his teeth and said, "Is there really no other way?"

Feng Ji comforted: "There are only [-] soldiers and horses in Xuyi City, and today they lost [-], and their strength has been reduced a lot. If we attack a few more times, the soldiers and horses in the city will definitely be lost, and Xuyi City will be destroyed by then."

"No!" Xun You retorted, "Although there are only [-] troops in the city, when the crisis comes, Chen Deng will definitely mobilize ordinary people to defend the city, and Tao Qian may not be able to send reinforcements. Such consumption is not a good strategy."

Yuan Shu thought so, frowned and said, "Gongda's words are true, but if we don't attack the city by force, what should we do?"

"For the current plan, we can only use the power of catapults to bombard Xuyi City, so that the soldiers in the city will no longer have the will to fight." Xun You thought for a while and offered a plan.

Xun You retorted just now, but Feng Ji didn't take it seriously, the two of them were the only counselors under Yuan Shu's command, and these days they met each other and forged a deep friendship.

At this time, after hearing Xun You's plan, Feng Ji praised: "Gongda's plan is very clever. It should be used as a plan to kill people's hearts. It can't be said that it can break down the resistance of the defenders in the city."

Yuan Shu had some headaches. Xun You's plan was really good, but it was more troublesome to implement it.

The catapult itself was extremely bulky, and so were the stone bombs. It was already very difficult for the army to carry the catapults, so naturally they couldn't carry a large number of stone bombs, and they usually used local materials.

However, in the Jianghuai area, there is a flat river and mountains and rocks are rare, so it is very difficult to obtain local materials, so it is impossible to guarantee that the army can continue to use the catapults.

"That's all!" Yuan Shu had no choice but to do what Xun You said, and allocated 5000 people to mine nearby stones for consumption by catapults.

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In Jiangdu, as early as a few days ago, Cao Bao had prepared his troops and horses, but he hadn't seen him attack Qu'e for a long time.

The reason why Cao Bao is like this is because of timidity in his heart.

Counting Yuan Shu's achievements in detail, chasing Dong Zhuo, conquering the two Huaihe Rivers, and conquering Jiangdong, although Cao Bao had never seen Yuan Shu's powerful army, he was like a thunderbolt, and he really didn't have the guts to ask him to attack Yuan Shu.

"My lord, you are so confused! How can you listen to Jingzhou's sweet words and provoke such a great enemy as Yuan Shu?"

From the very beginning, Cao Bao was opposed to going to war with Yuan Shu. At the beginning, Tao Qian really didn't want to get involved with Jingzhou. It is even more planned to strike first.

Cao Bao was sent by Tao Qian to attack Qu'e, and he was extremely reluctant in his heart, but he was ordered to do so.

However, after the army arrived in Jiangdu, Cao Bao has been delaying on the grounds of preparing the army and saving food and grass.

Tao Qian had nothing to do about it. After all, he would not accept military orders abroad. Moreover, Cao Bao was born in a large family in Xuzhou, and his family was very powerful. Although Tao Qian was the lord of Xuzhou, he did not dare to punish Cao Bao rashly. It's a pity that most of them have disappeared and no reply has been received.

Dong Xi, who was guarding Qu'a, was puzzled by the delay in seeing Xuzhou's army come to attack.

Jiangdong is Yuan Shu's rear area, its importance is self-evident, Dong Xi naturally did not dare to neglect, and sent countless spies to sneak into Jiangdu to find out the reality of Cao Bao's army.

But the news that came back made Dong Xi even more puzzled. Cao Bao's army was stationed in Jiangdu City, and the daily training continued unabated, and the food and grass consumption was even more abundant. However, there was no intention of marching, but it was like a military exercise.

"What kind of tricks is Cao Bao playing?" Dong Xi didn't know Cao Bao well, so he couldn't judge rashly.

To be cautious, Dong Xi ordered people to set up a post station in Beigu Mountain to strengthen the connection with Dantu, so that even if the Xuzhou army wanted to attack secretly, they would have nowhere to attack.

All over the country, the two armies began a long and strange confrontation.

On this day, Chen Deng sent a letter asking for help to Jiangdu.

Cao Bao looked at it, a mocking smile flashed across his face, he raised the letter in his hand, and said to the generals: "Look! Chen Yuanlong sent a letter asking for help, Xuyi can no longer hold on."

After hearing this, the generals had different faces.

Among them, the generals who knew Chen Deng's talent were even more stunned. How long has it been since Xuyi's [-] troops can't hold it anymore?Yuan Shu's army is too strong!

"At the beginning, this general opposed the alliance with Jingzhou, and it was unwise to provoke such a powerful enemy as Yuan Shu! But Chen Deng tried so hard to persuade the lord, and even caused disaster today, he still has the face to ask this general for help." Cao Bao couldn't help. Said without complacency.

"General! Shall we send troops to rescue?" A general came out and asked.

"Huh!" Cao Bao snorted coldly and said, "Didn't Chen Deng try to persuade the lord to go to war with Yuan Shu? In that case, let him see the strength of Yuan Shu's army, so as to avoid jumping up and down in front of the lord in the future, slandering and slandering, Create a strong enemy for me in Xuzhou."

The three major families in Xuzhou, the Cao family, the Chen family, and the Mi family, are of equal strength.

The Mi family was born in a merchant family, and they were looked down upon by others. In addition, the Mi family was low-key, so they did not attract attention. The Cao and Chen families continued to fight openly and secretly for their own interests.

Cao Bao didn't want to send troops to rescue this time, because he also had the intention of suppressing the Chen family.

Seeing that Cao Bao didn't send reinforcements, many of the generals frowned.

At this time, Cao Bao's confidant said: "General! We have not attacked Qu'a on time for some reason, and I am afraid that I have offended the lord. If we do not send troops to rescue this time, it will be difficult for the lord to explain in front of us in the future."

Cao Bao frowned slightly, and murmured, "It's really troublesome."

Although Cao Bao expected that Tao Qian would not dare to do anything to him, the Cao family was not vegetarian after all, Tao Qian had to weigh carefully if he wanted to move him.

But if he was dismissed on the pretext of delaying the battle, Cao Bao would have nothing to say.

Thinking of this, Cao Bao suppressed his unhappiness, and pretended to say: "It was just a joke! Although Chen Deng is innocent, but after all, he is my colleague, how can he not save him?"

Hearing this, all the generals secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"General wise!"

After a while of discussion, Cao Bao sent [-] troops to Xuyi for rescue, while the remaining [-] troops stayed behind in Jiangdu.

There were [-] troops left in Jiangdu, so naturally they were unable to attack Qu'e again. After all, Qu'e also had [-] troops stationed there, so Cao Bao would have enough reason to shirk before Tao Qian in the future.

At the same time, sending most of the soldiers and horses to rescue can also show Cao Bao's care for his colleagues, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

"Hey! Chen Deng, Chen Deng! You should owe this general a favor this time?" Cao Baomei thought.

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