The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 551 Prepare for Siege
Cao Cao realized that Li Yuan seemed to know something inside, and asked nervously, "What did Zhou Yu tell you?"

"Why is General Cao so nervous all of a sudden? Did he do something shameful?" Li Yuan said in no hurry, the more nervous Cao Cao was, the happier he was.

"Stop talking nonsense, what did Zhou Yu tell you?" Cao Cao looked at Li Yuan angrily. If his eyes could turn into blades, Li Yuan would have been hacked to death by him.

"I only know one thing. Zhou Yu's wife originally lived in Yecheng with Zhou Yu. It seems that she moved out of Yecheng to Chenliu because of General Cao. I was thinking, if General Cao moved to Chenliu again, I'm afraid Mrs. Zhou will return to Yecheng immediately, and I believe that General Cao already knows what I want to say because of his intelligence." Li Yuan knew that Cao Cao liked married women, and this is not a fair thing, although saying it would not weaken Cao Cao's military strength, But his subordinates must have a different view of him, especially someone as upright as Xun Yu.

"Enough, stop talking!" Cao Cao stopped Li Yuan from continuing.

Li Yuan ignored Cao Cao and continued: "General Cao is afraid that Zhou Yu will expose this matter, so you want to assassinate Zhou Yu. First, you can eradicate an untrustworthy and capable person, and second, you can occupy his wife. , It’s really a best of both worlds, General Cao is much more romantic than me, Li Yuan, I’m afraid no one in this world dares to be number one if you dare to be number two.”

"Li Yuan, don't spout blood, I, Cao, am such a person!" Cao Cao roared, his eyes were red, like a beast that wanted to eat people, even Cao Cao was the one who was exposed. Can no longer keep calm.

Standing behind Cao Cao, Dian Wei saw Cao Cao so angry for the first time. He thought Li Yuan was really powerful, and Cao Cao lost his composure with a few words. He said to Cao Cao: "My lord, don't fall for Li Yuan's plan , he wanted to provoke you on purpose."

Cao Cao took a deep breath and kept himself as calm as possible. He originally wanted to question Li Yuan about killing Xia Houheng, and then took the opportunity to satirize the matter between Li Yuan and Yu'er, but he didn't expect that instead of angering Li Yuan, he would instead To himself, Li Yuan's eloquence is better than he imagined.Li Yuan dare not say that he is the best in martial arts in the world, but when it comes to quarreling and cursing, he thinks that no one in this era is his opponent.

"Cao Cao, I'll go back if it's okay." After Li Yuan finished speaking, he returned to the city with Xu Zhu, leaving only his back for Cao Cao.

Cao Cao and Dian Wei watched Li Yuan and Xu Zhu leave, and after they had gone far, Dian Wei said, "My lord, why didn't you do anything just now?"

Cao Cao took out a bow and crossbow from his bosom, and said incredulously, "I don't know why, although the distance was very close just now, I still feel that I can't kill Li Yuan. If I miss, I will definitely die in his hands." The bow and crossbow are specially made, and the arrows can be fired just by pulling the trigger, and the arrows are so powerful that it is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to dodge them, especially when they are at close range. It is possible to escape.

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will do their best to protect you." Dian Wei has absolute loyalty to Cao Cao.

"I believe in your martial arts, but Li Yuan and Xu Zhu are both top-notch masters in the world. Even you can hardly stop them at the same time. If Li Yuan makes Xu Zhu entangle you, and then he comes to kill me, I will definitely not be able to escape "Cao Cao seldom does anything he is not sure about, especially when it concerns his own life. Although he had the opportunity to take out his crossbow and shoot at Li Yuan just now, he still didn't do that.

"Li Yuan can really bear it. He obviously had the opportunity to attack us just now, but he didn't do it. Could it be that he is really so upright?" Dian Wei also knew that Cao Cao's martial arts were average. If he was Li Yuan, he would have endured just now. If you don't stop fighting, if you kill Cao Cao and their hundreds of thousands of Cao troops, they will basically be self-defeating.

"You underestimate Li Yuan too much. How can he be a kind person? He must be afraid that I will have some way to escape, and even kill him. That's why he didn't do anything. Otherwise, based on the grievances between me and him, he would definitely not Let me go back easily." Cao Cao knew Li Yuan very well, but he didn't think Li Yuan was a good person.

After Li Yuan returned to the city, Xi Zhicai came to ask, "Master, what did you say to Cao Cao?"

"It's nothing, it's just a quarrel with him, Cao Cao is about to die of anger at me." Li Yuan thought it was funny when he thought of Cao Cao blowing his beard and staring.

"Have you had a fight? Could it be that there was only one fight?" Xi Zhicai felt a little baffled. The two strongest princes in the world had a fight and then went back separately. It was like a fight between children.

"By the way, Zhicai, are all the thunderbolt vehicles of our army ready?"

"Xiapi's thunder chariot has been transported to Qiao County, Xiaopei's side has also been sent there. My lord asked someone to improve the thunder chariot to defend the city. This method is really fast. Cao Cao would never have thought that the thunder chariot used to attack the city would be It can also be used to defend the city." Xi Zhicai felt more and more admiration for Li Yuan.

As early as a few months ago, Li Yuan asked the craftsmen to improve the Thunderbolt Chariot. He required that the stone bombs loaded should not be too heavy. , relying on height to strike distant enemy soldiers.

"Because I thought that Cao Cao's army would also have catapults similar to thunder chariots, so I had to improve thunder chariots to deal with him." Li Yuan knew through "history" that Liu Ye invented the catapult during the Battle of Guandu. Restraining Yuan Shao's well fence, so in order to prevent Cao Cao from attacking the city with catapults, he also used Thunderbolt chariots to deal with Cao Cao.

"My lord, shall we try to attack Cao Cao's camp tonight?" Xi Zhicai suggested.

"No, Cao Cao is cunning and treacherous. How could he not be on guard? If we went to attack at night, we might be caught in the ambush. This would not be worth the loss, so it is best not to attack at night." Li Yuan rejected Xi Zhicai's suggestion .

The next day, Cao Cao's army began to attack the city. Li Yuan and his generals were waiting on the top of the city. More than 2000 archers were already standing by the female wall. If it wasn't because the city wall was not wide enough, Li Yuan would have arranged more bows and arrows. Hands, at least more than 3000 archers can stand in Xiapi.

Cao Cao watched the situation on the city from a distance, and felt his scalp tingle when he saw the dense crowd of archers on the city, but he was already prepared and ordered: "Zi Lian, roll out the catapult."

"Yes!" Cao Hong roared, "The catapult is coming forward, ready to attack the enemy's city."

Under Cao Hong's order, the soldiers began to push out the catapult. This catapult was indeed invented by Liu Ye, but it was bigger and heavier than the Thunderbolt Chariot in Li Yuan's army. It was very difficult to move, and it took dozens of soldiers to push it. Every step forward leaves deep marks in the dirt.

(End of this chapter)