In the era of cold weapons, there was no smoke of war nor the roar of cannons. However, there was one thing that could not be replaced by hot weapons, and that was bloody and cruel. It was more visually impactful.
When Cao Cao gave the order to attack the city, the entire Cao Jun army charged at the city walls like ants.
The east, south, west and north gates were all under siege. Wave after wave of Cao Jun soldiers dyed the city walls red with blood.
Although Zang Ba had dismissed his soldiers, he was still stationed in Kaiyang. Therefore, Kaiyang's defense was not inferior to Xiapi's. If not for the protection of Sishui, Xiapi's defense would not be as good as Kaiyang's!
With Boss Lu holding the fort at the front, and Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Zang Ba at the other three gates, they stabilized the morale of the troops.
Liu Mang had just defeated a wave of Cao Jun soldiers on the city walls. Before he could rest, Lao Cao's army attacked again.
Each of the four gates was attacked by twenty thousand soldiers. There were also Ferocious Cavalry below.
"Kaiyang, Kaiyang!" Cao Cao squinted his eyes at the city in front of him. He originally thought that it was just a county in Xu Province and could not be compared to Xiapi. However, he was wrong. Even with the advantage of numbers and siege weapons, they still suffered heavy casualties.
"Fengxiao, do you know who was the original guardian of Kaiyang?" Cao Cao asked.
Guo Fengxiao seemed to know what Lao Cao was thinking. He took a sip of wine and said, "Zang Ba Zang Xuan Gao, a Chinese from Mount Tai. His father's name is Zang Jie. He has two sons, Zang Ai and Zang Shun. When he was young, he gathered several people to save his father who was convicted of a crime. After that, he went into exile. Later, he became a cavalry lieutenant under Tao Qian and was in charge of recruiting soldiers to resist the Yellow Turban Army. He, Sun Guan, Yin Li and the others gathered troops in Kaiyang and formed an independent force. In the second year of Jian 'an, he led troops to defeat Xiao Jian and occupied Ju City. This led to Lü Bu sending troops to attack Zang Ba. In the end, the two reconciled! "
"Zang Ba hiding Xuan Gao?" Cao Cao lowered his head and pondered.
"Kaiyang was originally Zang Ba's main camp. Before it was subdued by Lü Bu, this was also the reason why Zang Ba could negotiate with Tao Qian!" To be able to turn Kaiyang into a state capital by himself, this Zang Ba, Zang Xuan Gao really was a genius.
"My lord, my lord, don't always think about recruiting talents. You want to recruit Zang Ba? Great, he's the one guarding the south gate now. General Xiahou Dun has already launched several waves of attacks, but he couldn't even make it up the city walls! " Guo Jia was also having a headache. His lord was very suspicious and loved talents. She wanted to recruit anyone she saw. If it was so easy to recruit, why would Lü Bu come to Lang Ye?!
"Milord, this general requests for battle!" Seeing that his subordinates couldn't even make it up the city walls after attacking Kaiyang for so long, Xu Huang became anxious.
"Gongming!" Cao Cao shook his head at Xu Huang's request. "Don't be anxious. Now isn't the time!" On the city walls, a golden armored general was shining brightly under the sunlight like a war god! This was Lü Bu. As long as he stood there, the Lvbu's Army would be an undefeatable army.
Lü Bu hadn't even made a move yet. How could he, Cao Cao, send out his generals? Xu Huang, Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, Yu Jin, Li Dian. These were all valiant generals under Lao Cao. However, none of them were a match for Lü Bu. If they were to send out now, other than delivering their heads to the Lü Bu, they wouldn't be of any use.
A man might not be a match for a tiger in a one-on-one battle, but a man knew how to scheme. Exhausting the troops and attacking the city day and night, Cao Cao had plenty of men! As long as they could exhaust Lü Bu to death, it would be worth it no matter how many people died.
"It's a pity that my Er 'Lai is no longer by my side!" Lao Cao's expression was gloomy.
Guo Jia knew that Cao Cao was thinking of Dian Wei again. In the battle of Wancheng, Cao Cao not only lost his beloved son, he also lost such a valiant general.
The sky gradually darkened and the sun was about to set. The soldiers of both sides heaved a sigh of relief. The ancient times weren't like the modern times. Aside from the moonlight, there wasn't any light at night. Therefore, the battles were all fought during the day.
"Beat the gongs and retreat!" Cao Cao glanced at the golden-armored man on the city wall. The golden-armored Lü Bu seemed to know that Cao Cao was looking at him and looked over as well. The two pairs of eyes met and sparks that belonged to heroes in troubled times surged in the air.
"How are the casualties?" Lü Bu asked his subordinate.
"More than 380 were injured, and 122 were killed!" When the subordinate said injured, it meant that they were seriously injured and couldn't fight anymore. In one day, in just one day, more than 500 people were killed. That meant more than 2000 people were killed on the city walls.
How many people did Lü Bu have in total? Less than 10,000 people? Could they only last for five days?
No one cared about Cao Jun's casualties anymore. There were more than 3000 corpses under the city walls, but so what? Cao Jun could afford to waste time, but Lü Bu couldn't.
"Gongtai, what can we do?" Lü Bu had never wanted his strategist to come up with a plan to retreat Cao Cao's army like today.
"Fengxian!" Chen Gong's expression also turned gloomy. They were all cheated by Zang Ba. If Zang Ba didn't disperse his army, Cao Cao wouldn't dare to act rashly with the 30,000 soldiers of Mount Tai and the 10,000 soldiers of Chen family. However, the 30,000 soldiers were gone and all that was left was 5,000 dan of food, a few hundred sets of armor and less than a hundred war horses.
The current situation was even more severe than Xiapi. There were no more soldiers outside of Xu Province that could help them.
"Sigh!" Lü Bu sighed. How could he not know that he had fallen into a hopeless situation? The battle of Xiapi had taught him that there was no city in this world that couldn't be breached.
"If we really can't do it, Gongtai, you take Lü Bu's daughter, Liu Mang, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Zang Ba with more than a hundred war horses and break out!" Lü Bu's eyes flickered. "With me, Lü Bu, here, I can definitely help you delay for a day or two!"
"Milord! You mustn't! " The reason why the Lvbu Army was called the Lvbu Army was because of Lü Bu's existence. If Lü Bu was gone, would it still be called the Lvbu Army?
Lü Bu didn't say anything, but his heart was warm. In this critical moment, Lü Bu didn't say that he was going to break out. Instead, he thought of his daughter and Liu Mang. To be honest, Liu Mang was actually working for Lü Bu. However, his boss, Lü Bu, always thought of him. It felt like he was an elder! Yes, it was the feeling of an elder towards a junior.
The teleport button in his body flashed once again. Originally, Liu Mang wanted to leave but now, he wanted to leave.
"Give me money!" Liu Mang said indifferently.
"Eh?!" Chen Gong frowned. What kind of situation was this and he was still thinking about money?
"I said, give me money!" Liu Mang repeated. Looking at Lü Bu and Chen Gong's confused expressions, Liu Mang explained, "Three days. You just have to hold on for three days and I will be back. Didn't General Zhang Liao say that as long as there are enough horses, his Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry will be able to advance courageously? I can bring you horses and armor, but I need money, a lot of money! "
"Are you serious?!" Lü Bu's eyes lit up. As long as his Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry had horses, they would be a real Wolf Cavalry. Lü Bu didn't care about the Ferocious Cavalry, White Horse Cavalry, and Xiliang Cavalry.
"When have I ever lied to you?!" Liu Mang rolled his eyes, "But I need a lot of gold!"
"How much do you need?!" Chen Gong's face was still full of worry. Kaiyang didn't have much money left. In this chaotic world, horses had become a strategic resource. They were all controlled by the warlords at the frontier. For example, Yuan Shao, Ma Teng, Han Sui, and the others. They didn't intend to sell horses. Even if they did, it would be at least a few dozen gold per horse. With such a price, how many horses could they buy with the money left behind by Kaiyang?
Liu Mang wasn't an expert in buying horses, but Liu Mang had a classmate whose family raised horses. There was a huge breeding farm in Shandong's Hongwei. According to that classmate, a normal adult horse would cost around ten thousand gold. Only some racehorses would cost a few million gold.
Gold, according to Liu Mang's previous market price, was 300 gold per gram. Buying an adult horse would cost 35 grams. 100 horses would cost 3500 grams.
"How much do you need?!" Liu Mang asked.
"A thousand war horses?!" Chen Gong carefully said a number.
"A thousand?" Liu Mang calculated that it would be 35000 grams. That would be 70 jin of gold. According to the gold of the Three Kingdoms, it would be 1120 gold.
Liu Mang rounded it up. "1200 gold!"
"What?!" Lü Bu jumped up in shock.
"That's impossible!" Chen Gong couldn't remain calm. This price was too f * cking fraudulent.
"Do you think it's too expensive?!" Liu Mang didn't know the price of war horses in the Three Kingdoms, but this was indeed the price of modern horses. "If you think it's too expensive, I can negotiate with them!" Buying a thousand horses would mean a transaction of more than 10 million gold. There would definitely be a discount for such a transaction.
"No, no!" Lü Bu and Chen Gong quickly shook their heads.
"How much gold does Kaiyang Prefecture have?!" Lü Bu suppressed his joy and asked Chen Gong.
"Less than 2000 gold, but General Zang Ba should have a few thousand gold!" Zang Ba was preparing to retire. His Prefecture must have gathered a large amount of Kaiyang Prefecture's assets.
"Okay!" Lü Bu calmed down and said. "Borrow 5000 gold from Zang Ba and say that I will return double the amount in the future! I want five thousand warhorses! "Said Lu Bu while holding out five fingers." Haha! "Said Lu Bu while stretching out five fingers.
"5000 horses?!" Liu Mang stared at Lü Bu with his eyes wide open. "This is 7000 gold. Even if you buy 5000 war horses, you still have 2000 gold left!" Was the rest used to buy armor?!
Boss Lu was prepared to play big this time.
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