I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 562 Cao Ren’s plan

In order to defend against Sun Jian and Cao Ren's attack, Liu Bei could only temporarily station in Yicheng.

This city is not big, the city walls are also very short, and the food and grass in the city are extremely limited.

Liu Bei stationed his troops and horses here just to effectively use the low city wall to defend against the attacks of Sun Jian and Cao Ren.

But this will not help break through.

The food and grass in Liu Bei's army gradually became less and less. He could only order the soldiers to temporarily distribute the food and grass uniformly, reduce the food consumption of the soldiers, and use it to extend more time.

However, this method only treats the symptoms, not the root cause, and all methods are only temporary.

If there is no way to break through the siege of Cao Ren and Sun Jian, Liu Bei will be in trouble sooner or later.

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Cao Ren was overjoyed when he learned that Liu Bei had stationed troops in Yicheng.

Tao Qian and Yuan Shu's troops were wiped out. Now the only enemy in Pengcheng Kingdom is Liu Bei.

Since he has all his troops and horses stationed in one place, it is equivalent to sitting there and dying without any external aid.

Although it can solve the problem for a while, the final result will definitely not be good.

So Cao Ren and Sun Jian set up several camps around Yixian and surrounded Yixian.

They were not in a hurry to rush in, they just blocked the main road leading from the county to other places, preventing Liu Bei from finding a way to rush out.

According to Cao Ren's estimation, Liu Beijun definitely didn't have much food and grass.

His food route has also been cut off by his own troops and horses, and now he can only sit back and have nothing in Yi County.

And in a small place like Yixian, there won't be much food and grass hoarding. As time goes by, once the enemy troops run out of food, they can only wait to die.

The Xuzhou Army and Yuan Shu Army were completely wiped out, and it was absolutely impossible for them to come to support Liu Bei.

The longer the delay is, the more Liu Bei will fall into despair.

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In the county of Yicheng, Liu Bei sat on the main seat, with a picture spread on his table.

Liu Bei was rubbing his eyebrows with his hands, looking at the map with a bitter look on his face, trying hard to find a way to break through.

"Ugh."

Liu Bei let out a long sigh, his face full of sorrow.

"There is no way forward or backward, no door left or right."

At this moment, Han Dang came into the hall.

"General, Cao Renjun has begun to attack the city again!"

Liu Bei was unmoved.

"What's the point of worrying about trivial matters?"

Han Dang was shocked when he heard this.

"General, the enemy's attack on the city is considered a trivial matter?!"

Liu Bei stretched out his hand and motioned Han Dang to sit down.

"Yi Gong, during this period, Cao Ren has been sending troops to attack the city, but he is just making harassment. Which one of them is true?"

"This……"

"Alas, Cao Ren's fellow is not here to attack the city. He is actually trying to disturb the morale of our troops, exhaust them, and resort to harassment."

Han Dang listened and nodded slowly.

"General, what's our next step?"

Liu Bei pondered for a long time and said nothing.

Next step?
If he had known what to do next, he wouldn't have stayed here and sighed to himself.

"Yi Gong, the current situation is that we can only send people out of the city to break through the siege of Cao Ren and Sun Jian, and go to Xuzhou for help."

Han Dang said anxiously: "But Tao Qian and Yuan Shu have already burned all their troops to Zhou Yu. How can they send troops to help at this time?"

"General, don't worry. Isn't my lord in Xuzhou now? He has asked the general to move his troops here beforehand, so that I can avoid the disaster. Now that my lord knows that the general is trapped here, how can he not come to rescue him?"

Liu Bei sighed: "I know that my lord will definitely lead his troops to rescue me, but my lord only has less than [-] Liaodong soldiers. Although they are hidden soldiers, they are not many in number. Once trapped, you and I will be guilty!"

"Although Tao Gongzu was defeated and his main army was completely routed, Xuzhou is not without troops. As long as he gathers troops from various counties and can come to Pengcheng to attack me from inside and outside, he does not seek to defeat Cao Ren and Sun Jian, as long as he can open a passage for me. enough."

"This move is also related to the life and death of Xuzhou. If I lose, will Tao Qian have a good death if he turns back?"

"If Tao Qian's soldiers and horses can come to Xuzhou, they will be of some help to the lord's actions. Therefore, we have to ask Tao Qian for help."

When Han Dang heard this, he immediately said: "I am willing to lead the dead soldiers and break through the siege to ask for help for the general!" "Yi Gong, there are ambushes and traps set by Cao Ren everywhere outside the city. If you want to break out of the siege, you need to be careful. Just be careful...this trip is not easy."

Han Dang solemnly said: "Even if it is not easy, Dang is willing to bear this responsibility. Even if he is captured by Cao and Sun, he will definitely be loyal to the general! He will never betray the general!"

Liu Bei stood up and came to Han Dang.

He held Han Dang's hand tightly, tears filling his eyes.

"Yi Gong is truly a loyal and righteous man! Alas, it is Bei who has failed you and the soldiers of the three armies for putting you in such danger! It is Bei's crime that the three armies are trapped here!"

Han Dang said sternly: "What's wrong with the general? When the lord asked the general to move the troops, we were dissatisfied. If it weren't for the general's kind words, how could the officers and men of the three armies be where they are today? I'm afraid they would all follow Tao Qian and others in Xiapi. The coalition forces were slaughtered."

"It is also our duty to lead troops to break out of the encirclement today. What does it have to do with the general?"

Liu Bei slapped Han Dang's hand vigorously and said, "Good brother! Take care of yourself all the way! I'll wait for you to come back. Let's have a drink in Xuzhou to celebrate!"

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That night, Han selected thirty elite cavalry to accompany him to break out of the encirclement.

Two generals, Cheng Pu and Gao Shun, respectively led their troops to cover Han Dang in breaking out of the encirclement.

On the city wall, Liu Bei watched the three generals' troops quietly leave the county town and slowly move toward the east, clenching his fists tightly.

"O Lord Righteous, this time it all depends on you. You must succeed and return home. I will be waiting here for you to come back. We will go to see the lord together afterwards!"

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"Wooooow~~!"

The sound of the horn suddenly resounded through the sky. Cao Ren, who had not yet gone to bed, was quite surprised when he heard the sound of the horn. He hurriedly walked out of the camp and looked into the distance.

"what happened?"

Cao Ren frowned and asked.

Not long after, Sima Qin Yi was seen rushing to Cao Ren.

"Deputy Governor, Liu Bei sent troops to steal the camp!"

"Liu Bei sent troops to steal the camp?"

Cao Ren raised his eyebrows, then thought for a moment, and sneered: "No, it's not about stealing the camp, it's about concealing the truth, making false claims to the east and attacking in the west. Liu Bei wants to send people to break out and ask for help!"

"Ask for help?"

Qin Yi wondered: "Tao Qian's army has been crippled by the governor, who can Liu Bei turn to for help at this time?"

Cao Ren smiled and said, "It's probably Tao Qian...it's okay. The enemy has stolen the camp. Just take normal precautions and fight back. Come find Zihe. I have something to tell him."

Not long after, Cao Chun, covered in armor, came to Cao Ren.

"Brother, what do you want me to do?"

"Haha, my brother-in-law has sent people out of the city and wants to go to Tao Qian for help."

When Cao Chun heard this, he also sneered.

"Then according to my brother's opinion, how should we entertain him?"

"The mountain roads to the east of Yixian County are the densest. Liu Bei's men will definitely break out from there."

"I will be on guard against Liu Bei's soldiers who steal the camp, and you will lead the people over to ambush them."

Cao Chundao: "Don't worry, we will definitely kill everyone without leaving any one behind."

"No, it doesn't hurt to let one or two pass."

Cao Chun was quite puzzled when he heard this.

"Why?"

Cao Ren smiled and said: "Mengde would have expected Liu Bei to act like this, but now Mengde has sent troops to Guangling to put pressure on Xuzhou. Tao Qian is straightforward on the surface, but in fact he is a selfish person. , now that he has suffered heavy losses and his counties have been captured, how can he send troops to rescue Liu Bei again?"

"Is there anything in this world that is more despairing than sending people to call for help and breaking out of the siege, but failing to call for help?"

"I want Liu Bei to know what it means to ask for something but not get it, and what it means to live worse than death."

Cao Chunyan said: "But he is our brother-in-law after all."

"It's just because we were married that I didn't do anything cruel!"

"This time, I want to capture Liu Bei alive and imprison him in Jiangdong. On the one hand, it can complete the family relationship between us, and on the other hand, he can also be used to threaten Liu Jian and make Liu Jian have scruples about what to do in Jiangdong. You know, Liu Bei is Liu Jian's close relative, and the general he relies on most. If Liu Bei is in my hands, Liu Jian will be very careful and will not dare to act rashly!"

Hearing this, Cao Chun suddenly realized.

"Brother, you are so kind!"

(End of this chapter)