Chapter 846: Three-way army marches into Xuzhou
The Wuling Army advanced at the same time in two groups. Fa Zheng and Guo Jia led their troops from Yanzhou to Xuzhou. Wu Shun personally led the army in Jingzhou and Yuzhou to push forward, and soon caught up with Wei Yan who had entered Xuzhou first.
It is worth mentioning that Zhang Xiu, who was guarding Hulao Pass, was unwilling to fight without any war. He ran to Xudu and asked Fa Zheng to take him to the battle with him. However, Fa Zheng could not make the decision, so he could only fly to Wu Shun and ask Wu Shun for his opinions.
Considering Zhang Xiu's hard work in guarding Hulao Pass, Wu Shun agreed to Zhang Xiu's request for battle very happily, and Fa Zheng assigned others to guard Hulao Pass.
This time when he went to Xuzhou, Wu Shun's goal was to destroy Liu Bei's forces and lay a solid foundation for the defeat of Cao Cao.
Wu Shun chose to take action. As an ally, Jiangdong naturally had to send a large army to attack Xuzhou. Since Zhou Yu's strength had not yet recovered, Sun Quan from Jiangdong appointed Lu Su to lead 30,000 troops to cooperate with the Wuling army to fight.
This time the Xuzhou Battle, the Wuling Army used a lineup that was extremely terrifying and gave Liu Bei almost no chance to be lucky.
In terms of cavalry, except for Ma Chao's Western Liang Iron Cavalry defending the Yuan family forces in Yanzhou, all of them were put into the battlefield. Among them, there were 50,000 Qinglong Cavalry, 2,000 Qilin Cavalry, 100 Beast Cavalry, and 2,000 heavy cavalry in the personal guard camp!
The cavalry lineup alone was enough to scare Liu Bei into panic!
In terms of infantry, the White Tiger Legion had 22,000 people, the Vermilion Bird Legion had 20,000 people, the New Army had 20,000 people, the Kirin Legion had 20,000 people, and Zhang Xiu's troops had 5,000 people.
The Wuling Army is known as the 300,000 army, and is pressing towards Xuzhou in a mighty way, just like Mount Tai pressing its head!
The Wuling Army pushed forward all the way, and countless surrendered soldiers from the Xuzhou Army, and none of the cities along the way could last for more than three days.
Liu Bei knew that he could not fight the Wuling Army head-on, so he gathered a large army in Xuzhou City. Here, Liu Bei pulled up a force of 50,000 people to defend the city and prepared to defend Xuzhou to the death.
On the other hand, Cao Cao sent Cao Hong to lead 30,000 troops to Xuzhou at the request of Liu Bei!
After this calculation, Xuzhou has a total of 80,000 resistance forces! For the surging Wuling Army, 80,000 people seem to be a little short.
You should know that in terms of elite level, the most elite soldiers in Xuzhou can only be compared with the new army of the Wuling Army. The Cao army is stronger than the Xuzhou army, but it is not as powerful as the Wuling Army to resist the same number of Wuling Army.
No matter how you look at this war, it is a one-sided situation. Moreover, there are 30,000 people from the Jiangdong Army joining in the fun!
On Xuzhou City (formerly Pengcheng), the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang gathered together. Looking at the continuous Wuling Army camp outside the city, they were both angry and helpless.
Two days ago, two large armies of Wuling Army had already merged in Xuzhou City. Yesterday, the Jiangdong Army also arrived here.
At this time, Liu Bei was under great pressure. He had known that there would be such a day, but he didn't expect that Wu Shun would move so quickly.
Including this year, the Wuling Army has been fighting for three consecutive years! Are the soldiers tired and do not need to rest? Will the resources in Yizhou be exhausted?
No one answered Liu Bei for these questions. Now, what he needs to face is the attack from the Wuling Army at any time!
"Brother, let me explore the truth and reality of the Wuling Army!"
When Zhang Fei saw Liu Bei's serious expression, his heart ached slightly. His elder brother had never been as serious as before, no matter what adversity he was.
"Third brother, there are many famous generals of the Wuling Army, and there is no need to test it anymore..."
Liu Bei turned around and said seriously.
He knew that Wu Shun claimed that 300,000 troops were coming, and all the generals in the Wuling Army would follow him. Although Zhang Fei was invincible, he could not help him with the Wuling Army.
"Brother, how can you be more ambitionful to others!" Zhang Fei said dissatisfied. The general of the Wuling Army is powerful, and he is not bad at Zhang Fei!
"Second brother, what do you think?"
He couldn't tell Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei interacted with Guan Yu again.
The Wuling Army’s company was outside, and Zhang Fei felt really uncomfortable if he didn’t go out to fight!
"Brother, what Yide said makes sense. In recent days, the Wuling army has attacked cities and captured villages, and has been arrogant. Most of our soldiers are forced by the enemy's momentum and become afraid of war. Under this city of Xuzhou, morale needs to be raised!" Guan Yu said.
"Chang Yun, we don't need to go, they are already here!" Liu Bei said suddenly.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei hurried out to look outside the city and found that it was the Wuling Army who came to fight!
The leader is the number one general in the Wuling army, Wu Shun's sworn brother, the leader of the White Tiger Legion, and Zhang Xiong!
Following Zhang Xiong, there were also the chief general of the Qilin Legion, Zhao Yun, deputy general Zhang Ren, Wei Yan, the chief general of the Qinglong Legion, Zhang Xiu, the general guarding the Hulao Pass, and Meng Huo, the chief general of the new army.
Following the generals were two thousand White Tiger Camp and one hundred beast cavalry!
"Liu Bei, why not surrender soon to prevent the people in the city from suffering!" Zhang Xiong urged the war horse to move forward, his voice as if thunderous!
"Does the Wuling Army also know the suffering of the people? To let the people in Xuzhou live and work in peace, General Zhang Xiong will lead the troops to retreat."
Liu Bei retorted.
His political achievements in Xuzhou were good. Under his governance, the people of Xuzhou were doing well, slightly better than other places.
Liu Bei was more proud of this because in Xuzhou, the voice of unity and external voice was louder.
"Liu Bei, in order to save the people of Xuzhou and the fire, my elder brother will send a large army here. If you do not surrender, the day you break the city will be the time for your death!"
Zhang Xiong doesn’t have eloquence!
All he told was the truth. If Liu Bei wanted to resist stubbornly, Liu Bei would definitely die on the day the city was destroyed!
Zhang Fei, who is also very angry, heard Zhang Xiong threatening his elder brother, how could he bear it! He was furious and shouted loudly to Zhang Xiong under the city: "Zhang Xiong, if you have the courage, come to attack the city. Let's see how your Grandpa Zhang stabs you a hundred holes!"
"Haha, Zhang Fei, dare to go out of the city to fight!"
Liu Bei was not angry, but Zhang Fei was extremely angry. Zhang Xiong struck while the iron was hot and directly invited the battle!
Under this city of Xuzhou, defeating Zhang Fei can severely hit the morale of the Xuzhou army.
"What's the matter!" Zhang Fei was furious.
He is really not afraid of Zhang Xiong. Zhang Fei is so cruel that he is afraid of himself.
"Third brother, don't be reckless!"
When Liu Bei saw that Zhang Fei was about to go down the city, he hurriedly pulled him!
"Brother, Zhang Xiong's dog thief is rude, I can't stand it!" Zhang Fei said anxiously.
"Third brother, please watch here, I'll go out to fight him!" Guan Yu said.
"Second brother. I want to go too!" Zhang Fei insisted.
"Since that's the case, the second and third brothers should be careful and not be entangled with him for too long." Seeing that Guan Yu also wanted to go out of the city to fight, Liu Bei no longer insisted on avoiding the war.
The dangers of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are greatly reduced.
"Brother, don't worry, I and my third brother will meet them!" Guan Yu said.
"Zhang Feishu, don't you dare to face the challenge?"
Under the city, Zhang Xiong's thunderous roar came again, and there were also mocking sounds mixed with.
Chapter completed!