Chapter

At dawn, the sun rises.

The head of Quyang City and the outside of Quyang City are surrounded by the tranquility of the early morning, but within the tranquility, there is endless murderous intent...

The wind was gentle and gentle, carrying a faint smell of blood.

Chen Deng walked out of the military tent, stretched out, and was about to put on his armor when he saw a young man hurriedly ran in front of him.

"Military advisor, the general invites you."

Chen Gong nodded, but didn't care too much.

When he thought about it, Cao Xing came to see him early in the morning, probably to discuss today's war.

Although Quyang is tenacious, he is already at the end of his strength. Judging from the last performance yesterday, the number of soldiers and horses in Quyang City is about a thousand. Some of the newcomers are not strong in combat effectiveness. Chen Gong believes that it will not take long.

Can defeat Quyang.

So, he put on his coat and armor, and Shi Shiran came to the Chinese army's tent.

But as soon as he walked into the military tent, Chen Gong immediately felt an unusual atmosphere, which was very depressing and even a little solemn.

"Shulong, what's going on?"

"I just received news that Chen Deng, the governor of Guangling, crossed the Huai River last night and captured Huai Pu."

With excitement, Chen Gong shivered.

"What did you say?"

Cao Xing lowered his voice, "Chen Deng sent troops and captured Huaipu last night... According to Tanma's news, about ten thousand people were sent from the direction of Guangling and were crossing the Huai River. The vanguard, commanded by Gang Ji Xu Xuan, has already arrived from

Departing from Huaipu, about 3,000 people are expected to arrive in Quyang before You hour... Gongtai, Chen Deng has sent troops! Even if we attack Quyang, it will be of no avail..."

The sword in Chen Gong's hand fell to the ground with a clang.

He stood dumbly in the military tent without saying a word for a long time.

Chen Deng sent troops? How could Chen Yuanlong be so bold as to send troops to cross the Huaihe River? Previously, Chen Deng had been very tactful. Although he did not surrender to Lu Bu, he also showed enough respect and cooperation. Now, he actually

If you send troops, aren't you afraid of Marquis Wen's revenge?

Chen Gong, after all, is Chen Gong.

No matter how future generations evaluate this person, he is still one of the top figures of this era.

With a quick thought, he immediately connected many scattered clues together.

The reason why Chen Deng dared to send troops was definitely not because of Haixi. With Haixi alone, Chen Yuanlong would not dare to quarrel with Lu Bu.

If it’s not Haixi, then only...

"Cao ***, have you sent out troops?"

"What did you say?" Cao Xing was startled and stood up quickly to ask.

"If my guess is correct, Chen Deng, who has always played both sides and refused to show his attitude, suddenly sent troops to cross the Huaihe River this time because of Cao Cao."

"Cao***?"

"Cao *** he... is going to send troops!"

Cao Xing is not a fool. He still cannot understand the meaning of these words.

That's right, if Cao Mengde hadn't sent troops to Xuzhou, where would Chen Deng have the courage to go against Lu Bu? If he really had such courage, he would have broken things off with Lu Bu long ago. Why did he remain silent and respectful earlier? He

There is only one possibility for sending troops, that is, Cao Cao also wants to send troops to Xuzhou. It is even possible that Cao Cao has already sent troops and has already sent troops to Xuzhou and is approaching Xiapi.

what to do?

Cao Xing and Chen Gong looked at each other speechless.

After a while, Cao Xing said with difficulty: "Gongtai, let's withdraw our troops."

It was extremely difficult to say these words.

It lasted two days and lost all the troops. Seeing that Quyang was about to be breached, he had to withdraw his troops and leave without success. In other words, the previous attack on Haixi had become a joke. I thought that Haixi would be easily accessible, but I didn't.

I would like to think that one million bushels of grain and grass were not obtained, but nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses were lost in vain. No matter who is put in this kind of thing, no one will be able to bear it, let alone Cao Xing?

He even blamed Chen Gong secretly in his heart.

It was a good idea to attack Haixi County, but now we are in a dilemma.

Just retreat like this?

Ridiculous for nothing...

But Cao Xing had to secretly praise Chen Gong's foresight: If it weren't for Gongtai, how could he know that little Haixi was so powerful? Fortunately, we attacked Haixi this time and knew the root cause. Otherwise, he would fight against Cao in the future.

During the duel, Haixi's attack will inevitably expose the lord to enemies from both sides.

Although Haixi was not captured, now that we know the dangers, we can at least take precautions...

Whether Cao Xing or Chen Gong, they all have their own thoughts at this moment.

After a while, Chen Gong said softly: "Withdraw the troops, we will immediately withdraw the Prime Minister."

"I'll go down immediately and give you instructions."

"slow!"

Chen Gong thought for a while and said to Cao Xing: "Shulong, Chen's plan to cross the Huai River must not be known to the army, otherwise the morale of the army will be chaotic. We retreat, but we cannot retreat casually. We still need to continue to attack Quyang."

"Continue to attack Quyang?"

Cao Xing looked at Chen Gong in surprise, a little confused about the mystery of this.

"If we retreat like this, with Cao You's learning ability, there's no guarantee that he won't see the clues.

At that time, if he leads his troops to pursue us, wouldn't we be in trouble? Therefore, we must fight first until Cao Youxue cannot react. Then abandon all the baggage and quickly evacuate Quyang. Before noon, the last group of troops evacuated Quyang.

Then quickly return to Xiang Xiang. Also, notify Wen Yuan and order him to abandon the defense of Xu County and quickly move closer to Xiang Xiang. We can join forces together.

When the time comes, Xiapi and Xiapi will respond to each other from a distance, which will also distract Cao Cao... Whatever tricks Cao Youxue uses this time, I will return them to Cao Cao."

"Very good!"

Cao Xing nodded repeatedly.

It must be said that Chen Gong responded quickly.

From the battle of Quyang, it has quickly shifted to the battle of Xiapi.

"Then, it's up to me to cut off the queen."

Chen Gong said: "Zishan and I will return directly to Xiapi and ask the prince to make preparations in advance. After Shulong retreats to Xiaxiang, he needs to join Wenyuan as soon as possible."

"Here!"

"Then let's split up immediately."

On the seventh day of September in the third year of Jian'an, the sun was exceptionally bright.

The soft breeze blows on your body, which makes you feel quite comfortable. Before the cold winter is coming, it is not easy to encounter such good weather. But under Quyang City, you can't feel any comfort at all.

Even bloody.

boom!

A stone struck the city wall.

Standing at the top of the city, Cao Peng could feel the ground beneath his feet trembling slightly.

"Something's wrong!"

Cao Peng suddenly stood up and looked down at the city.

In the distance, the Xiapi Army was in neat formation, and almost all the trebuchets were concentrated outside the west city gate, with more than fifty units in total.

It seems that after last night's fierce battle, the Xiapi Army changed their mind and placed all their troops and siege equipment outside the West City Gate.

That posture is to storm the west city gate.

But Cao Peng didn't dare to easily mobilize troops from the east city gate, because he couldn't protect them all, and Chen Gong would come again to attack the west.

Therefore, Pan Zhang, Deng Fan and Zhou Cang all concentrated on the east gate of the city, and at the same time ensured that their troops numbered 4 to 500 people.

This resulted in a relatively reduced number of troops at the head of Xicheng.

Fortunately, after last night's training, the new recruits have become much calmer.

Or put it another way, without experiencing the flames of war, you will never become a good soldier. Of course, the newcomers are still far away from the standard of 'good soldiers' in Cao Peng's mind, but at least they will not be killed when the Xiapi Army launches an attack.

They were in a panic, adding to the chaos.

"Sir, be careful."

Chu Ge swung his spear and knocked away a stray arrow flying towards Cao Peng, and shouted a warning.

Cao Peng waved his hand, as if he didn't seem to care much about these stray arrows. He observed them intently, and after a while he shouted: "Ziyou, come here."

Xia Houlan carried two feet of dragon scales and quickly came to Cao Peng's side.
To be continued...