Chapter 405 Going Straight to Xiapi

Tao Qian didn't have many generals, and it was Xuzhou generals Cao Bao and Mi Fang who were dispatched this time.

There is also general Zang Ba in Xuzhou, which is probably the only one Tao Qian can take out, but Zang Ba did not come out this time.

Cao Bao and Mi Fang each brought 50,000 soldiers and horses, and they came in two armies.

When they arrived outside Huaiyin City, Zhang Yu had long since disappeared.

The two bumped into each other, and Cao Bao said, "General Mi, my lord let us enter Huaiyin City, but Zhu Qian is unwilling to open the city gate."

Cao Bao was one step ahead and wanted to enter the city, but Zhu Qian refused.

"Why don't we just shoot it down," Mi Fang said.

Cao Bao wanted to move, but he thought about Tao Qian's order before he left, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

Tao Qian asked them to find a way to occupy Huaiyin City, but they couldn't take it down.

The two sides used force, and it was easy to be caught. Moreover, Zhang Yu was still on the side at the time, and they were also afraid that Zhang Yu would attack them.

After thinking about it, Cao Bao said: "We will leave 20,000 soldiers and horses to watch, and deal with Zhang Yu first."

The two are Tao Qian's confidantes, so they naturally know about Zhu Qian and Tao Qian's mess.

After some discussion, the two continued to head south to recover the city occupied by Zhang Yu.

Many cities, Zhang Yu and the others have already evacuated, and there is nothing to ask for in an empty city.

Cao Bao and Mi Fang easily occupied many cities, but they were empty cities.

Although it is an empty city, it does not prevent them from reporting their merits to Tao Qian.

"Hmph, this Zhang Yu is not very good. In front of my Xuzhou army, he has to run away." Tao Qian said happily when he received the news.

Yes, Zhang Yu disappeared, Tao Qian thought he had escaped.

And did Zhang Yu really run away?

of course not.

When Cao Bao and Mi Fang arrived, he let the infantry go back first to defend the city together, while he hid quietly in the mountains with Dian Wei.

Zhang Yu was still hiding in the mountains after the two of them left with the army.

Xuzhou's army headed south, and their goal was several cities that Zhang Yu occupied along the Yangtze River.

The two headed south with 80,000 soldiers and horses.

"General Mi, this battle is a good opportunity for us to make a name for ourselves. We didn't have the opportunity to perform in the previous wars against the Yellow Turban and against Dong. We must not miss this time." Cao Bao said confidently.

Mi Fang was also very proud, he said: "That's natural, defeating Zhang Yu, it will be difficult for us not to make a name for ourselves."

Both of them are extremely conceited people, and with a large army, they don't take Zhang Yu seriously at all.

Go all the way south, and in two days, it is estimated that we can arrive.

At this time, Zhang Yu and the others had been hiding there in the mountains dozens of miles north of Huaiyin.

This is a small mountain range, the mountain is not high, and the terrain is not dangerous, but there are many dense forests.

Zhang Yu and the others hid inside for five or six days without being found.

"My lord, it's getting moldy hiding here, when are we going to go out?" Dian Wei asked for the hundreds of times in the past few days.

This time Zhang Yu didn't make him wait, but said, "When it gets dark, act."

Yes, Zhang Yu is about to act, hiding here just to make a big deal.

After Dian Wei heard this, he immediately became excited.

Then start to prepare.

At night, Zhang Yu and the others came out quietly.

"My lord, where are we going?" After setting off, Dian Wei still didn't know where Zhang Yu was going, he only knew that something big was going to happen.

"Xiapi City." Zhang Yu said three words lightly.

Dian Wei's expression froze on Yelu for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "Haha, should we go and arrest Tao Qian? That's good, who told him to be so arrogant."

Yes, Zhang Yu's goal is Xiapi City, the seat of Xuzhou.

Zhang Yu and the others set off all the way, and when the road was approaching dawn, they were only more than two hundred miles away from Xiapi City.

Xiapi City was not far from Guangling County, and it didn't take long for their cavalry to go on their way.

After resting for half a day, Zhang Yu and the others set off again.

"My lord, we seem to have been discovered." After walking for a long time, Zhang Yu and the others were discovered.

This is the hinterland of Xuzhou,

It's hard not to be discovered.

"Follow me and fight all the way to Xiapi City." Now that Zhang Yu was discovered, there was no need to sneak around, and he was ready to charge with his people.

The cavalry began to advance rapidly.

After walking for less than half an hour, Zhang Yu and the others encountered someone blocking the road, and a 3,000-man army built a defense on the road.

Three thousand soldiers and horses, although they had already prepared, but Zhang Yu and the others had 20,000 cavalry, and they were scattered after a few charges.

However, Zhang Yu spent more than an hour in order to control the casualties.

Zhang Yu asked Dian Wei to arrest several people for interrogation.

"My lord, we discovered the situation this morning, but we can't be sure. They found traces of a large number of cavalry activities, so they set up defenses here."

Zhang Yu and the others traveled at night and rested during the day. Although no one found them, a large number of traces exposed their whereabouts after dawn.

The other party can't be sure, but they can guess it, so they fortify again.

"This is the hinterland of Xuzhou, and there is no way to be discovered. This has been discovered a long time ago. Regardless of those who were scattered, we will continue to set off." After understanding the situation, Zhang Yu did not back down.

Continue with the army.

An hour later, Zhang Yu and the others encountered someone blocking the way again.

The opponent already knew that Zhang Yu was coming, and also knew that their goal was Xiapi, so they defended desperately, but there was no time in a hurry.

In Xiapi City, Tao Qian received the news in the evening.

"No, it's impossible, Zhang Yu, what is he going to do, what is he going to do." Tao Qian screamed in fright.

Tao Qian was terrified and hurriedly recruited Chen Gui, Zang Ba and Mi Zhu.

"Tell me, can you stop Zhang Yu, can you stop Zhang Yu?" Tao Qian also knew that Zhang Yu was coming for him, so he went straight all the way, preparing to kill him in the city of Xiapi.

When several people heard the news, they were also very shocked. Zhang Yu was going to attack Xiapi City and killed him directly.

"What kind of person did we offend? He's a big devil, really a big devil." Mi Zhu said with his foot on the ground.

Chen Gui was also dumbfounded. They thought about many situations, and they also thought that Cao Bao and the others would be ambushed by Zhang Yu on the front line and would suffer a great loss, but they never thought that Zhang Yu would directly kill Xiapi City.

After being shocked, Zang Ba said: "My lord, there is no problem at all. We have 50,000 defenders in Xiapi City, and the city is tall and thick. Zhang Yu must have used cavalry to attack us. They cannot attack our Xiapi City."

Zang Bayi said that Tao Qian had calmed down a little, and it was indeed not easy to go to Picheng.

"This Zhang Yu is so defiant, isn't he afraid of being surrounded?" Tao Qian said.

Tao Qian thought about what happened to Yuan Shao again, as if Zhang Yu was really not afraid of anything.

Thinking of the serious damage to Jizhou, Tao Qian regretted for a while, why provoke such a big devil.

Even if Xiapi City can't be captured, the whole of Xuzhou doesn't know what it's like to be made a fuss by him.

Generally, if you go deep into the enemy's hinterland, the most fearful thing is not to be surrounded. It is not easy to encircle a vast land. Only the food road will be easily cut off, but Zhang Yu is not worried about the food problem at all. He has cavalry, and it is not easy to encircle him. .