"Long! Long! Long!" Cao Pi and Cao Zhen woke up from their sleep when they heard the loud noise outside the tent. They quickly got up and put on their clothes and armor.

"Yuan Shu is here for a sneak attack?" Cao Zhen quickly put on his helmet, pulled out his sword, and asked in a panic.

"I'll go take a look." Cao Pi took his sword and walked towards the outside of the tent.

As soon as Cao Pi walked to the door, the door curtain was suddenly opened. Cao Pi quickly drew his sword. Cao Ren who opened the door curtain was startled by Cao Pi.

"What are you doing? Damn it, you scared me to death." Cao Ren suddenly started swearing.

"Did Yuan Shu attack the camp?" Cao Zhen asked eagerly.

"Attack the camp? Attack what camp?" Cao Ren said with a puzzled face, "We should set off, it is already Chen time."

"But what was that noise just now?"

"When the army assembles, drums will be sounded to signal..."

Under Cao Cao's supervision, Cao's army advanced rapidly, and in less than two days they arrived on the plain twenty miles away from Kuangting to repair.

"Your Majesty, the scouts have sent news that Kuangting has been occupied by Yuan Shu's troops." Yu Jin came to Cao Cao's military tent and reported the news that the scouts had discovered.

"How many people are there in the city?" Cao Cao asked.

"I don't know at the moment, my subordinates will immediately send people to continue investigating." Yu Jin answered with clasped fists.

The generals in the camp were in an uproar after hearing Yu Jin's report, and Cao Cao also had a worried look on his face.

"Surround Kuang Ting immediately. It is impossible for Yuan Gongdao to assemble his entire army in such a short time. There should be only a small group of people in Kuang Ting." Cao Cao thought for a while and said.

After seeing Cao Cao's judgment, the generals took their orders and left. Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan led their two thousand troops to bypass Kuangting and stationed themselves at Beiji River to block Yuan Shu's reinforcements. The rest of the generals followed Cao Cao to besiege Kuangting.<

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Inside Kuangting.

"General, it's bad, we are surrounded by Cao Cao." A military attache stumbled towards Liu Xiang's residence. Liu Xiang had just finished his nap and was lying on the bed disheveled.

"What did you say? Surrounded?" Liu Xiang picked up his pants and hurriedly came to the city tower. He saw soldiers on guard in all directions outside the city, and the word Cao was embroidered in black on the yellow banner in the distance.

"Send someone quickly to deliver a message to the lord!" Liu Xiang shouted to his soldiers in a panic, regardless of his identity.

"Wei. I will send someone right now." After hearing Liu Xiang's order, the military attache left in a panic.

Cao Cao outside the city saw Liu Xiang jumping anxiously on the city. He knew that his judgment was correct, so he began to command the soldiers to set up camp outside the city.

At night, Liu Xiang was so anxious in his residence that most of the dozen messengers he sent were beheaded by Cao Jun and thrown back into the city. Cao Jun's behavior frightened Liu Xiang, who was already timid, into despair.

We have given up the idea of ​​sending a messenger to Yuan Shu.

Cao Jun not only used the messenger's head to intimidate Liu Xiang in the city, but also learned the information in the city by interrogating the messenger. At night, Cao Cao summoned the generals to discuss the next action.

"If I lead two thousand men to attack by force, I will be able to conquer the city within three days."

"Why do we need two thousand people? I can bring one thousand people."

"Three days is too long. I can defeat the city in one day with 800 men."

The generals in the military tent quarreled and asked Cao Cao to fight. After thinking for a long time, Cheng Yu suggested: "Liu Xiang did nothing when our army was encamped. He seems to be an incompetent person. I have a plan that can eliminate the need for a strong attack."

Broken city."

Cao Cao was overjoyed after hearing Cheng Yu's words. After all, Cao Cao didn't want to waste the strength of his soldiers when he was sure of victory. The people from Yuan Shu's headquarters who would support him later were what Cao Cao was most afraid of.

After Cheng Yu finished speaking, all the generals in the tent took orders and acted...

In the early morning of the next day, Cao Cao's troops stationed west of Kuangting began to retreat rapidly to the east. The large banner with Cao's name in the army fell over, and the shouts of killing continued. Liu Xiang, who had not slept all night in the city, was overjoyed when he saw Cao Cao's army retreating outside the city. In an instant,

She shed tears of excitement and praised the messenger to his subordinates.

A group of cavalry came under the city wall, led by two generals who were strong in stature.

"General Liu, open the city gate quickly. We are under the command of General Ji Ling. Yesterday we received the order from the envoy to come to support you." A general outside the city shouted towards the top of the city.

"Go and open the city gate! Go quickly!" Liu Xiang seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw. He didn't bother to verify the authenticity and hurriedly asked his soldiers to open the city gate.

"The two generals look a little unfamiliar. I don't know what to call them?" Liu Xiang rushed to the gate of the city happily, his haggard face glowing, and he asked the two men who were greeting the soldiers to enter the city.

Xiahou Dun and Cao Chun didn't expect to enter the city so easily. Liu Xiang's wine bag and rice bag were simply a gift from heaven. The two looked at each other and smiled.

"I'm Xiahou Dun." Xiahou Dun took over Liu Xiang's words and said jokingly.

"It turns out to be General Xiahou. I have long admired his name." After Liu Xiang saluted respectfully, the smile on his face suddenly became stiff, and he uttered a trembling voice, "Xiahoudun? Are you Xiahoudun?"

Liu Xiang's legs became weak and he took a few steps back and collapsed on the ground. Just when he was about to shout, the spear in Cao Chun's hand had already reached Liu Xiang's chest, and Liu Xiang suddenly felt hot in his crotch.

"You are such a coward!" Xiahou Dun was very disdainful after seeing Liu Xiang pissed in fear, and did not look at Liu Xiang again. Xiahou Dun's sergeants swarmed up and tied Liu Xiang into a rice dumpling in an instant.
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Seeing Liu Xiang being captured, the defenders in the city lost their will to resist. They surrendered one after another. Cao Jun who entered the city quickly took control of the defenders in the city and captured a lot of baggage and food.

"Yuan Rang, Zihe, how does it feel to be Yuan Gongli's subordinate?" Cao Cao led the crowd into the city gate and captured Kuang Pavilion, which made Cao Cao relieved. Cao Cao was in a good mood, so he made a joke to Xiahou Dun and Cao Chun.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night." Xiahou Dun took off the tassel on his head and the negative seal on his back and said, "Wearing Yuan Shu's things for a long time will easily cause nightmares."

Cao Cao laughed loudly, and the soldiers took over the defense of Kuangting City in an orderly manner. The fierce fighting that Cao Pi had expected did not happen, and Cao Cao's army did not even lose a single soldier in this operation.

"Are you Liu Xiang?" After Cao Cao arranged all the arrangements for entering the city, he finally had time to interrogate Liu Xiang, the incompetent defeated general.

"I, Liu Xiang, am from Nanyang, and my father is..." Liu Xiang replied calmly.

"How long has it been? You guys are still here pretending!" Cao Hong roughly interrupted Liu Xiang's self-narration and kicked Liu Xiang on the waist. The pain made Liu Xiang almost faint, "Ask you

Just answer whatever you want and don't talk useless nonsense."

"Yes, yes, I will tell you everything." Liu Xiang's flattering expression disgusted Cao Cao, and the stinky smell in his crotch made everyone in the hall feel sick.

"How many troops did Yuan Gonglu send for this march?" Cao Cao had no good impressions of Liu Xiang, so he skipped the polite words and asked directly.

"This time Nanyang has 30,000 troops, and the Black Mountain Bandits and Huns also have about 10,000 troops." Liu Xiang replied obediently.

"You also know that they are thieves! You are still colluding with them!" Xiahou Dun was so angry after hearing Liu Xiang's answer that he raised his fist as big as a sandbag and was about to hit Liu Xiang, but Cao Cao stopped him.

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Cao Cao then asked Liu Xiang a few more questions about Yuan Shu, and the answers he received were not much different from Cao Cao's guess. Cao Cao waved his hand contemptuously and asked the soldiers to take Liu Xiang away. Before leaving, he added:

"Next time you catch someone like this, remember to change into a pair of pants before bringing him in."

Cao Cao's words made Liu Xiang ashamed. Cao Pi looked at Liu Xiang's embarrassed appearance and thought that the overall quality of Yuan Shu's generals was really worrying. Such a person could actually become the commander-in-chief of an army. Cao Pi really couldn't complain about Yuan Shu's vision of employing people.
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"Brother, this is the best opportunity to defeat Yuan Shu. I apply to bring two thousand soldiers into the battle." Cao Hong felt a little resentful as he watched Xiahou Dun and Cao Chun easily accomplish their feats today.

"Your Majesty, Yuan Shu doesn't know that we have occupied Kuangting at this moment. We can encircle and suppress Yuan Shu's main force before entering Kuangting." While Cao Cao was thinking, Cheng Yu on the side said, "Since he is better than we expected.

Since it will be a little later, we might as well have Generals Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan ambush near the Beiji River, and wait until Yuan Shu approaches Kuang City to catch him off guard."

"Zhongde's plan is very clever." Cao Cao happily agreed after hearing Cheng Yu's plan. Cao Hong knew that he had the opportunity to make a contribution and stopped talking. He secretly thought that the people who studied were indeed insidious and cunning, and he would have to cultivate some skills in the future.

A person who uses his brain.

After Cao Cao sent messengers to deliver the news to Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan, he took Cao Pi and Cao Zhen to wander around the city. The people in the city seemed to have been accustomed to war. They did not react at all to the change of ownership of the city and continued to go about their daily lives as usual.

A life that begins with work and ends with sunset.

It happened to be the Shangsi season, and the people would play, sing and dance by the flowing water, take a bath and pray for blessings. Cao Pi looked at the smiles on the people's faces as if it was a lifetime ago, and Cao Cao saw Cao Pi's thoughtful expression.

"Zihuan, I will carry out the farming strategy around Juancheng, but the grain storage method may be a bit difficult. I can't mistreat my brothers who have followed me in the war." Cao Cao said calmly.

"When my father was serving in the Kingdom of Jinan..." When Cao Pi was eager to argue, Cao Cao waved his hand to interrupt Cao Pi.

"These things must be done slowly. I will let them use part of the land to resettle the victims." Cao Cao said slowly, staring into Cao Pi's eyes.

"My father is wise." After hearing Cao Cao's words, Cao Pi stopped arguing too much. Cao Pi knew that Cao Cao's foundation was unstable and the implementation of the farming policy would be greatly hindered. It was not easy for Cao Cao to agree.
Chapter completed!