The remnant sun is like blood.
The cold and crimson afterglow of the remnant sun sprinkled on Zhang Xiu's body, making him lonely.
He stood in the tower of the south gate of Chenliu with his gun, his brows furrowed deeply, and he looked not far away, the iron barrel-like camp of the Tao army, his expression became more and more solemn, and his disappointment became more and more obvious.
Five days have passed since the defeat of the day.
That night, his breakthrough was seen through by the potters, and under the pressure of Huo Quai's iron hooves, more than half of the five thousand soldiers and horses were lost, and even Yu Ban died under Huo Quai's gun.
Zhang Xiu, who failed to break through, had to lead the remnants of the defeated army to retreat to Chen Liucheng and continue to defend the lonely city.
Over the course of five days, the potters tightened the siege of Chenliu, completely isolating the city from the outside world, leaving Zhang Xiu with no way to hear from Cao Cao.
Zhang Xiu could also guess what was going on outside.
Cao Cao's strategy was wrong, and he must have suffered a heavy blow from the potter, and he was defeated again.
Cao Cao already had few soldiers, and if he suffered another fiasco, I am afraid that self-protection will be a problem, let alone come to rescue him from the city again.
He had vaguely guessed that Cao Cao had given up on him and led his army to retreat to Xudu.
Even so, Zhang Xiu still held on to the remaining hope in his heart, hoping that Cao Cao could come up with another surprise plan to save him from the siege of the potters.
Time passed little by little, and Zhang Xiu's remaining thoughts were disintegrating inch by inch.
Standing at the head of the city every day to observe, how could Zhang Xiu not see that the number of Tao troops encamped on all sides was constantly increasing, and now it has reached 30,000 people.
There must be only one reason why the potters dared to besiege the city with so many soldiers and horses: Cao Cao had retreated to Xudu and completely abandoned Chenliu, and the potters had lost the threat from the south before they dared to use their entire army to besiege his isolated city.
"Jia Xu, Jia Xu, you hurt me, you said that Cao Cao is the lord of the world, and he will win the world in the future, so I listened to your persuasion to surrender to him, and when the lord of the world, will he be beaten like this by a potter?"
Zhang Xiu looked up to the sky and sighed, remorseful, and desperate thoughts grew in his heart.
In addition to despair, Zhang Xiu was very confused.
With the current strength of the pottery merchants, ten times their own, they only need to give an order, and they can raze Chen Liucheng to the ground in a blink of an eye.
But why, the potters besieged the city for many days and delayed the attack.
The potters besieged but did not attack, which made Zhang Xiu more and more confused.
"Potter, what the hell do you want to do, why don't you attack immediately and give me a good time."
Zhang Xiu secretly gritted her teeth, and there was a little thought of "early death and early superbirth" in her heart.
Just as Zhang Xiu was thinking, in the Tao army camp opposite, he suddenly found a strange movement.
The dust and mist were raised, but I saw a group of Tao cavalry galloping towards the city gate.
"The whole army is ready to meet the enemy."
Zhang Shensi retracted and immediately became alert.
As early as in the Battle of Weixiang, Zhang Xiu's descendants of the Xiliang soldiers had been wiped out, and the thousands of soldiers and horses he commanded now were just Yu Ban's troops.
Under normal circumstances, these people will not completely obey his orders, but now that Yu Ban is dead, all the soldiers are leaderless, Zhang Xiu is their nominal commander in the end, although reluctant, but in this predicament, they can only obey Zhang Xiu's orders.
As a result, thousands of Cao soldiers had to slowly clench their swords and guns, raise their bows and crossbows, and reluctantly put on a posture to meet the enemy.
A moment later, the group of men and horses galloped closer, and after seeing the reality of the enemy clearly, Zhang Xiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The army that came was not a member of the Tao Army, but only more than a hundred horsemen.
But what made Zhang Xiu nervous was that he saw the existence of potters in the coming army.
The potter rode out of the city a few steps and said in a loud voice: "Zhang Boyao, the potter is here, you dare to go out of the city for a while." ” Zhang Xiu was suspicious in her heart, hesitated for a long time, didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the potter's gourd, and finally decided to go out of the city to see it.
The city gate opened, the drawbridge was slowly lowered, and after a while, Zhang Xiu carried a silver gun and rode out of the city alone.
"Zhang Boyao, I have long heard of you, a fierce general in Xiliang, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation."
The potter smiled faintly, as if he were talking to a friend he had been friends for a long time.
Zhang Xiu's heart shook slightly, but it was extremely unpleasant.
In the battle of Wei Township, he thought that he could defeat the cavalry of the pottery merchants, make great contributions to Cao Cao, and gain a firm foothold in Cao's camp, but he did not want to be defeated by the pottery merchants, and the cavalry of the descendants was wiped out.
At that time, he deeply realized how great the potter, who was originally only a rumored Xuzhou outlier, was.
A few days ago, Cao Cao's strategy failed, he was personally blocked by the potter, and he was instigated by the potter's two-word discordant plan, and he was deeply frightened by the potter's methods.
Xiliang people have always only worshiped the strong, and the strong demeanor of the potters is enough to make Zhang Xiu respectful.
"What is worthy of the name, in the first battle of Weixiang, my Xiliang cavalry was completely wiped out by the general of Taozhou Mu, and Zhang really saw that Taozhou Mu's name is worthy of it."
Zhang Xiu smiled bitterly and laughed at herself.
The potter smiled, "Liu Bei, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, and your new lord Cao Cao have all met under my hands, Zhang Boyao, you lost to me, there is nothing to be ashamed of." ” The potter did not hide his confidence, and his words seemed to say, it is normal for you to lose to me.
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"This pottery businessman has unparalleled wisdom, this bearing, and this self-confidence, I have never seen it in my life, even if it is Dong Zhuo, it is even better than Cao Sikong, no wonder Cao Sikong will repeatedly defeat under his hands" In the face of the potter's self-confidence, Zhang Xiu secretly marveled in his heart.
Although there is jealousy in his heart, Zhang Xiu is also a fierce general of Xiliang in the end, and he has the blood of a Xiliang man, how can he be intimidated by the strength of the potter.
He immediately reined in his thoughts, raised his sword eyebrows, and smiled proudly, "Taozhou Mu has a domineering bearing, which is really extraordinary, but I, Zhang Xiu, am not frightened, when will Taozhou Mu attack, although let the horse come, Zhang will fight you to the death." ” In the face of Zhang Xiu's generosity, the potter suddenly burst out laughing, and his laughter was full of ridicule.
Soldiers can be killed, not humiliated, Zhang Xiu saw that the pottery merchant had the meaning of mocking him, and couldn't help but sink his face, "Tao Zhou Mu, you don't have to be too proud, although I Zhang Xiu only has a group of remnants left, but if you want to capture Chen Liu, it is not so easy, even if I die in battle, I will make you pay a heavy price."
The potter restrained his smile, his knife-like face was still sarcastic, and he said coldly: "I'm not laughing at your bravery, I'm just laughing at Cao Cao who has abandoned you in a lonely city and fled south to Xudu, but you are bent on fighting and dying for Cao Cao, so stupid, it's really funny." ” In the words of the potter, the meaning of surrender has been faintly revealed.
Zhang Xiu is a general of the West Liangsu, a good commander of the cavalry, and there is a shortage of cavalry generals under the command of the pottery merchant, if he is summoned to surrender, it is naturally better.
Moreover, in the previous battle of Weixiang, he captured more than 1,000 Xiliang cavalry, these people are good at riding and shooting, if you can summon Zhang Xiu to surrender, you can easily collect the hearts of this thousand Xiliang people, use the existing horses, and in a blink of an eye, you can send out a cavalry of more than 1,000 people.
There are so many benefits, so the potter let Chen stay and came to talk about Zhang Xiu in person.
Zhang Xiu is not stupid, how can he not hear the meaning of Tao Shang's words, his face is slightly angry, but he sighed lightly, "Zhang Mouxin has not been to Cao Sikong for a long time, Sikong treats me well, I should be loyal to death, what's so funny." ” After a sigh, Zhang Xiu said slowly: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng treats me well, and it is only natural that Zhang will fight to the death for him." ” The potter smiled and said lightly: "You have been alone for a long time, until Cao Cao abandoned you and fled, this is his responsibility for you, not for you, you have done your duty, even if you surrender to me, who dares to say that you are disloyal" Zhang Xiu was silent.
The pottery merchant knew that he had been said to be tempted, so he said: "I might as well tell you that I lack cavalry under my command, and it is precisely because I fancy your ability to command the cavalry, so I want to surrender to you, you are under the command of Cao Cao, you must not be reused, and you will be submissive to me, but I can make you stand alone. ” Zhang Xiu's body was shocked, as if his heart was touched fiercely, and in an instant, a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes.
The potter had insight into people's minds, and he could see that Zhang Xiu had been shaken by him.
After all, Zhang Xiu is also flesh and blood, and throughout the ages, there are some people who can treat death as if they were at home, and they will not hesitate to die.
What's more, he himself has only surrendered to Cao Cao for a long time, and he can't talk about how loyal he is to Cao Cao.
The reason why Zhang Xiu was so difficult to make up his mind was because he was a little confident about his own strength, thinking that with thousands of soldiers and horses, he could still hold on to Chen for a few days.
Perhaps, he could wait until Cao Cao came to save him.
On the other hand, it was because he took care of Xu Du's aunt, if he demoted the pottery merchant, he was afraid that his aunt Zou would be punished by Cao Cao.
And behind him, at the head of the city, those forbidden old subordinates stared at him deadly, and their eyes were burning with deep doubt.
After pondering for a long time, Zhang Xiu sighed secretly and arched his hand: "Taozhou Mu has a good intention, Zhang is really moved, but Cao Sikong treats Zhang a lot, and I really can't bear to betray him." ” "Cao Cao really treats you well, I don't think so."
The potter sneered, raised his hand slightly, and gestured to the back.
More than 100 riders behind him split a road and rode forward again.
Zhang Xiu suddenly became alert, clenched the handle of the gun in his hand, and his sword eyebrows also condensed, and hostility suddenly appeared.
But when he saw the comer, he was immediately stunned, and said in a trembling voice: "Auntie, why are you here?"
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