"Zi Lian is awake?" After hearing Cao Ren's story, Cao Cao stopped looking at the Xuzhou military camp outside the city wall.

"I just woke up. I heard from the doctor that I still need some time to recover." Cao Ren replied.

"That's good. Now that we don't have frequent wars, he can rest in peace and recover." Cao Cao remembered that when he sent Cao Hong back to the city that day, Cao Hong only breathed one breath. Now it seems that Cao Hong still deserves to die.<

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"Brother, Yuan Shao's side..." Cao Ren said to Cao Cao hesitantly, with a troubled expression on his face.

"I know what you are thinking. You think I am acting as Yuan Benchu's younger brother. However, Benchu ​​and I have a close relationship. If he can send someone here, I will naturally treat him with courtesy." Cao Cao understood that Cao Ren and Yuan Benchu ​​had a close relationship.

The other generals of the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan were still very dissatisfied with Yuan Shao, so they could only explain their actions in words to reassure them.

"Yuan Shao sent people here because he saw that we could no longer hold on any longer. He wanted my eldest brother to owe him a favor. If we hadn't turned the tables, he might have been more arrogant now." Cao Ren said angrily.

"This is the method of the fourth generation and the third prince of the original generation." Cao Cao chuckled, turned around and walked, looking at his own camp in the city, "What do you think of Wenbo?"

"Brother, are you talking about Zhu Ling? I don't think he is like the Jizhou people I have met before. He always feels that everyone owes them money. I don't know what he is arrogant about." Cao Ren scratched his head and gave his answer.

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"Wen Bo cares about family and justice. He is a respectable person. You should get closer to him. I will send you to act with him in a few days. Don't deliberately make things difficult for him because of Yuan Shao's affairs." Cao Cao said meaningfully.

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"I understand, brother." Cao Ren knew that what Cao Cao asked him to do must have deep meaning. Anyway, he had no dislike for Zhu Ling, so he agreed.

"What has Zihuan been doing recently? I have been busy these days and I haven't seen him much." Cao Cao thought that he had no time to care about Cao Pi these days, so he asked.

"Zihuan is with Mr. Zhicai every day." Cao Ren replied.

"What are you doing with Zhicai?" Cao Cao asked in confusion.

"It seems that I am asking Mr. Zhicai for advice on strategy." Cao Ren thought for a while and replied, "I think Zihuan will definitely become like his elder brother in the future, an all-rounder who can govern a country and command an army."

"Have Zixiao eaten honey fried rice recently? I think he is almost as good as my Xuanjun." Cao Cao laughed loudly after hearing this, and took Cao Ren, who was stunned in place, to inspect the military camp together.

The scene in Ren City at this moment was completely different from that of more than ten days ago. With the large amount of food and baggage sent by Cao Chun and the arrival of Yuan Shao's reinforcements, Ren City was temporarily freed from the tension of life and death. Cao Pi also adjusted from the state of self-doubt.

He would pester Xi Zhicai every day to learn some basic knowledge about war during the Han Dynasty.

Cao Pi gradually realized that the storage and transportation of grain and grass had a decisive role in determining the outcome of the war in this era. He couldn't help but feel more and more admiration for what Zao Zhi and Mao Jie had done.

"Military advisor, urgent report from Peixian County."

Xi Zhicai took the letter from the soldier. After he opened the letter, he asked the soldiers to find Cao Cao. After receiving the news, Cao Cao summoned his men to discuss it at the official office.

After Cao Cao saw Cao Pi, he asked Cao Pi to go with him. Cao Pi was very curious about the trend of the war, so he naturally agreed happily.

"Yuan Rang has already sent people to sneak into Guangwei City. We will soon be able to capture Guangwei City through internal and external cooperation. As long as we occupy Guangwei, we can cut off Tao Qian's supply line through Surabaya." Cao Cao's face was filled with joy.

Passed by in a flash.

"Envoy, I, Zhu Ling, would like to lead my troops as a vanguard to repel the Xuzhou army attacking outside the city." Zhu Ling was keenly aware that Cao Cao was going to attack Tao Qian's Xuzhou elite outside the city, so he took the lead in asking for orders to fight.

After Zhu Ling led his troops to Rencheng, he heard that Cao Cao and his men fought together life and death, and he admired Cao Cao a little. In addition, Cao Cao deliberately treated each other with courtesy. Now Zhu Ling has great admiration for Cao Cao. Zhu Ling already admired Cao Cao.

He felt that he had not done much to help Cao Cao after coming to Rencheng, and felt that he was not worthy of Cao Cao's courtesy, so he said this.

"Wenbo, please be patient. I know that you are eager to achieve your goals, and I also know that you are brave and good at fighting. This time, you and Zixiao will lead their respective subordinates to sweep the north bank of Surabaya in preparation for completely cutting off Tao Qian's backup in the future. What do you think?"

Cao Cao said to Zhu Ling with a smile.

"Thank you, Ambassador, Zhu Lingding and General Cao worked together to kill the enemy." Zhu Ling clasped his fists and said in a loud voice, with a look of joy on his face.

"Do you have any objections to Zixiao?" Cao Cao turned to Cao Ren and asked.

"Brother, don't worry, I will do my best." Cao Ren had already known Cao Cao's intention, and he followed Zhu Ling's example and clasped his fists to accept the order.

"The two generals should set out from the north gate at Haishi to avoid alerting the enemies outside the city." Xi Zhicai added in detail. Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction after hearing this.

Cao Cao then discussed with his subordinates how to counter-siege Tao Qian. Cao Pi knew that from now on the war situation would turn around, and Cao Cao would prepare to start his own counterattack.

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Cao Cao inside the city was intensively preparing for the counterattack, but Xiao Jian and Cao Bao who were attacking outside the city were still optimistic about the situation.

"The baggage will be delivered tomorrow. My lord has also transferred five thousand troops and horses from Xiapi. They will arrive in two days at the latest." Xiao Jian's face was a little tanned. It was obvious that in order to repel Cao Cao, Xiao Jian

It really took a lot of hard work.

"Cao Cao has calmed down a lot in the past few days. We can take advantage of them to regain control of the north." Cao Bao obviously felt that there were a lot less activities in Rencheng these days, and he caught fewer scouts than before.

There are few, but these scouts are still as unwilling to say anything as they were caught before, and they don’t know what the military policy said, making these scouts as brainwashed as the Taiping Religion believers.

"Cao Cao is now relying on the people sent by Yuan Shao to support him. In a few days, he will have to rely on Xia Houyuan to help him escape like he did a few days ago. But the people who gave Cao Cao advice that day need to be more careful. We

Don't underestimate the enemy too much." Xiao Jian didn't know that the commander who sneaked out to destroy the secret camp outside the city that day was Cao Cao, otherwise Xiao Jian at this moment would probably be furious because of losing such a good opportunity.

"What you said is absolutely true. That Xia Houyuan was so brave is rare in this world." Cao Bao recalled Xia Houyuan's performance that day and couldn't help but sigh sincerely.

"It's a pity that if he were from Xuzhou, he could be used by my lord..." Before Xiao Jian could finish speaking, he heard a commotion coming from outside the camp, "What's wrong? What's going on outside?"

"No! Cao Cao's cavalry is coming from the south of our camp!" A deputy general stumbled into the camp. Xiao Jian and Cao Bao looked at each other in disbelief.

At the same time, Cao Cao led all the civil and military personnel on the city tower. They looked at the situation outside the city with confused faces. Cao Cao did not know what was going on with his own army that suddenly appeared from the south.

"Brother, it's Yuan Rang's reinforcements that have arrived!" Xiahou Yuan said excitedly to Cao Cao when he saw Xiahou Dun leading the charge on horseback.

"Mancheng and Zhicai defend the city, and the others will follow me to support Yuan Rang!" After saying this, Cao Cao hurriedly summoned the troops in the city. Fortunately, Cao Cao had already prepared for a counterattack, and Cao Cao's troops in the city had already been prepared. Cao Cao gave the order

The fully assembled troops quickly rushed out with Cao Cao.

"General Mancheng, what's going on outside?" Cao Pi was strictly prohibited from approaching the crenellations of the city tower by Cao Cao, so he had to ask Li Dian anxiously.

Li Dian put Cao Pi on his shoulders. Cao Pi saw that there was chaos outside the city. The Xuzhou army completely abandoned the east, west and north camps. A large number of people rushed towards the south camp, but they were suddenly attacked by the south camp.

Cao Cao's cavalry appeared and dispersed. They were led by a black-faced man in a ruthless suit, holding two halberds, and kept hitting the Xuzhou soldiers. The scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere made Cao Pi, who had adapted to the battlefield, still feel a little bit.

Discomfort.

The troops led by Cao Cao quickly entered the battlefield. The Xuzhou soldiers in the southern camp were breached before they could resist. Xiahou Dun rushed to join Cao Cao a moment later.

The garrison was completely dispersed, and many Xuzhou soldiers had no choice but to surrender.

"Yuan Rang, why are you here? How's it going in Guangwei?"

"Yu Jin has captured Guangwei. I'm afraid the news will spread here soon, so I quickly brought people over to support."

"The capture of Xuzhou is just around the corner!"

As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, he saw Cao Bao and Xiao Jian in the distance leading a dozen cavalry to flee towards the south. Cao Cao thought that these people might be the instigators of the siege of Rencheng, so Cao Cao shouted sharply in the direction of their escape.

Shouted: "Catch them! Whoever captures the enemy chief will be rewarded heavily!"

Hearing this, Xiahou Dun picked up the spear in his hand, mounted his horse, and chased the fleeing Cao Bao and Xiao Jian. Many soldiers also heard Cao Cao's reward, and many Cao troops rushed out of the escape route of Cao Bao and Xiao Jian to intercept them.<

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The mounts under Cao Bao and Cao Bao were both BMWs and fine horses. Cao Cao's soldiers were unable to stop the impact of the horses. The two men quickly broke through the siege and were about to escape.

"Get out of the way!" A roar like thunder was heard, and a pair of blood-stained iron halberds flew out, hitting Xiao Jian and Cao Bao in the back at extremely fast speeds.

Xiao Jian's mount was hit by an iron halberd and broke its hind legs. Xiao Jian heard his mount scream, and he fell to the ground without making any sound.

Cao Bao's luck was obviously much better than that of Xiao Jian. The deputy general next to him screamed and had his back broken by an iron halberd. The deputy general fell off his horse like a pile of mud and was trampled to death by his panicked men behind him.

Get real minced meat.

"Who is this man?" Cao Cao was greatly amazed by what happened in front of him. He quickly rode to Xiahou Dun and asked.
Chapter completed!