Liu Zhe ordered: "Zilong, you go down and rest first."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun shook his head and said, "Lord, no need, I have to be careful of Cao Cao's sneak attack."

Zhao Yun refused to go down and rest, and there are still a lot of things that he, a general, needs to do.

Liu Zhe smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, Cao Cao will not attack again."

"Really?" Zhao Yun's eyes lit up. He had known Liu Zhe's plan these two days and asked in surprise: "Our people are here?"

Liu Zhe nodded and said, "Well, it has arrived, Cao Ren has retreated now."

"That's great." Zhao Yun showed a happy smile on his face and said with relief.

However, the feeling of fatigue immediately surged and felt exhausted all over.

When Liu Zhe saw Zhao Yun look even more tired, he couldn't help but say, "Zilong, you go down and rest. I'll talk to Cao Cao tonight."

"Let Zilong protect the lord."

Zhao Yun was not willing to rest, and he insisted on following and protecting Liu Zhe.

Seeing Zhao Yun persisting so much, Liu Zhe did not force him and agreed to his request.

......

Cao Cao's roaring voice came from the inside in the camp of Cao's army and the central tent.

"Damn, what happened?"

Cao Cao roared in the tent, furious and shouted at the group of generals who were lowering.

Today, when Cao Ren's attack signal was seen, Cao Cao immediately asked Cao Hong to continue the attack. But after they attacked for a while, Cao Cao actually found that Cao Hong had sent another signal that he could not attack.

When the two rays of wolf smoke rose, Cao Cao almost fell off his horse.

What the hell is going on?

Cao Cao cursed in his heart.

However, although Cao Ren didn't know why he could not attack, he was already attacking and was already in a difficult situation. In the end, Cao Cao gritted his teeth and had to bite the bullet and continue the attack.

Fortunately, the morning's attack result was gratifying. Several times the soldiers under his command rushed to the city wall. However, it was not yet at noon, and the defense above Tongguan seemed to be further strengthened. None of his soldiers could attack the city wall again.

From the attack to now, Cao Cao has been sieging the city for six consecutive days. The biggest progress is that the soldiers attacked the Tongguan city wall, and then they could not go further.

In six days, Cao Cao's soldiers suffered heavy losses. So far, half of the 60,000 soldiers were available. In other words, he lost more than 30,000 people in six days, and more than 10,000 soldiers died in battle alone.

Cao Cao felt so distressed. Only a small number of these soldiers who lost were surrendered, while the rest were soldiers and horses formed by his direct descendants.

Today I originally wanted to conquer Tongguan with Cao Ren, but after all, he was not feeling well and Liu Zhe was not feeling well.

However, Cao Ren released his pigeon halfway. The most important thing is that Cao Cao didn't know why Cao Ren could not attack the city and why he let him go.

Tongguan was blocked in the middle, and it would take at least more than a day to know Cao Ren's news.

Cao Cao kept cursing Liu Zhe: "Damn Liu Zhe, abominable Liu Zhe, a bastard, so damn, damn, damn, really damn, mom sells criticism..."

The unfavorable attack for several consecutive days has made Cao Cao feel tired and has become a little broken.

When Tongguan was occupied, Cao Cao had to conquer as soon as possible to meet with Cao Ren and relieve the Yongzhou crisis.

It’s okay to conquer Tongguan after a year or two. If you don’t conquer it as soon as possible, Yongzhou will be gone.

In particular, Liu Zhe's army had crossed the river and entered Yongzhou, and Cao Ren was already in danger. Once Cao Ren was defeated or captured, Yongzhou would be gone.

That's why Cao Cao did not let the injured Cao Hong rest, but asked him to continue to command the soldiers to attack, in order to capture Tongguan as soon as possible, but unfortunately, he still failed.

It’s not that Cao Hong didn’t work hard, but that Liu Zhe’s soldiers were too difficult to deal with.

Cao Cao paced back and forth, feeling extremely regretful, and once again, he knew that he would not adopt Cheng Yu's plan, so he would take the initiative to provoke Liu Zhe.

Originally, he wanted to pretend to provoke Liu Zhe and numb Gongsun Zan, but he turned out to be really provoked by Liu Zhe. Instead, he wanted to suspend attacking Xuzhou, which was exactly the opposite of what Cao Cao thought.

Cao Cao's subordinates, looking at Cao Cao's slightly out of character, all showed helpless expressions on their faces. They were not surprised by Cao Cao's appearance.

Moreover, Cao Cao was just acting a little out of character, which was already very good. If someone else came, he would probably have collapsed long ago.

After Cao Cao vented his anger, the depression in his chest finally eased a lot. He sat down again, looked around for a while, and asked in a deep voice: "I can't capture Tongguan for a long time, what can you do?"

Cao Cao had no choice but to do anything. The best way he could think of was to attack from both sides. But now, there was a problem with Cao Ren and he could not attack with him. The most hateful thing is that the reason is still unknown.

"Lord, what else can you do? Keep attacking." Cao Hong said indignantly. After contacting the hard work for several days, and with injuries on his body, Cao Hong's voice was hoarse and his eyes were covered with blood.

Seeing Cao Hong's appearance, Cao Cao couldn't bear to speak louder to him.

"Lord, the matter is now..."
Chapter completed!