Xiaoguangong

Chapter 405
The battle in Wancheng has lasted for a month.

During this month, Cao Ren used all his strength to continuously attack Wancheng, but the tens of thousands of people in Wancheng were like one person, with high fighting spirit and unyielding, insisting on fighting continuously.

Every time Cao Ren felt that the city would be breached soon, but the repeated attacks every day only resulted in more and more casualties of Cao's army, and the attack became weaker and weaker.

The soldiers of Cao Jun who were full of confidence before had already begun to flee.

At first, only the Xianbei tribe of Ke Bineng ran away. Later, the Xiongnu also ran away, as did the forced laborers, and finally even the Luoyang Central Army began to flee.

Today Cao Ren caught many deserters again, and after careful questioning, he actually found the children of Qiaojun among the deserters.

These children are the pillars of Cao Wei's shoulders. Even if the world falls apart, they will never betray, and they will definitely fight the Cao family to the last moment.

Cao Ren was so furious that he ordered someone to drag those Qiaojun children into the big tent. First they slapped each of them, and then dragged them by the collar, asking them angrily why they wanted to escape.

Facing Cao Ren's anger, these Qiaojun children could only lower their heads and tremble uncontrollably.

Cao Ren hated iron for being weak and scolded:

"Why is the Son of Heaven sorry for you?

If you escaped, you would think of your parents, wives and children at home, it would be ridiculous! "

A soldier bravely raised his head, gritted his teeth and said with a wry smile:

"General, I heard that General Yunshan is Guan Ping, we... can't win this battle."

"Nonsense!" Cao Ren was furious, and grabbed the man by the collar and lifted him up, "Nonsense, this siege war has been protracted, so what's the point of saying it failed in just one month?

Back then our army was almost exhausted in Guandu, and your father and brother never retreated. Today we are besieging Wancheng, and we can win overnight. Why do we say we have failed? "

"But... but General Zilian's life and death are uncertain, and our army's food and grass have been burned. How can...how can we fight for a long time? Please have mercy on the general."

Cao Ren was taken aback, and his palms couldn't help shaking slowly.

Cao Hong's capture had a great impact on the morale of Cao's army.

Most of the grain and grass were burned before, and Cao Jun's grain and grass quota was greatly reduced. If this continues...

When is it a head.

Cao Ren stood there blankly, like a wooden statue.

No one knew what he was thinking, but everyone seemed to have a vague guess.

This fierce general of Cao Wei turned around slowly, picked up a letter from the table in front of him, and put it in front of his eyes. It seemed that there was darkness in front of him again.

This is a private letter written by Cao Pi to Cao Ren.

Cao Pi's tone was still relaxed, and he kept asking about the war, obviously already quite anxious.

Yunshan's identity dealt a huge blow to Cao Wei.

Just a few days ago, Chen Qun publicly wrote a letter in Hanzhong, expressing his serious dissatisfaction with Cao Pi's usurping Han.

He denounced Cao Cao's previous crimes of killing Kong Rong and Xun Yu, and said that the great Han Dynasty is still Zhengshuo, Cao Pi has no virtue, no talent, no destiny, and following him will sooner or later lead to death.

Cao Cao relied on the full support of the Yingchuan family to win the battle of Guandu and overthrow his elder brother Yuan Shao.

But now that Chen Qun, the leader of the Yingchuan family, has openly stood on the side of the enemy, the pressure in Cao Pi's heart can be imagined.

He sent letters to Cao Ren again and again, hoping that Cao Ren could make some progress on the battlefield.

But the more hopeful he is, the greater his disappointment will be.

Cao Ren is still stubborn, but he feels that he has no hope of winning.

As a veteran general of the Cao family, even if I know I can't do it, so what?
If I don't break through Wancheng, I can't turn around.

Cao Ren waved his hand wearily, and told his subordinates to disperse. Those deserters looked at each other and didn't know whether to stay or go.

"Go away, go back to your own army, and you will definitely not be forgiven if you run again next time!"

Cao Ren's voice was rather hoarse. He sighed up to the sky, and then slowly sat down on the ground.

Everyone knew that Cao Ren was in a bad mood, and no one dared to approach him. Even the dinner was just placed in front of the military tent, for fear that Cao Ren would send them to attack this hopeless city if he was in a bad mood.

Cao Ren stood in the military tent by himself, staring at the map in front of him and thinking hard, but the more he thought about it, the more desperate he felt.

Famous generals in ancient times, when faced with the desperate situation of mortal death, Cao Ren felt the same mood now.

He stood up tiredly and was about to eat something when he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside.

Is there any bad thing?
Cao Ren heaved a long sigh and cheered himself up. Unexpectedly, there was no communication outside the door, and the tent door was opened directly.

Cao Ren was about to reprimand the visitor for being rude, but seeing the appearance of that person clearly, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Giant Eagle! You, why are you here!"

Appearing in front of Cao Ren was Chang Diao who hadn't seen him for a long time.

Cao Ren was overjoyed, stepped forward quickly and pressed Chang Diao's shoulder, and punched him twice in the chest in surprise, Chang Diao almost suffocated to death.

"Well, general, general..."

"Giant Eagle, sit down, sit down! What's going on now, what's going on in Guanzhong now?"

Chang Diao lowered his head slowly and sighed:
"I...hey, I'm afraid the general's body is going to die."

There was a buzzing in Cao Ren's ear, and a smile froze on his face.

The corner of his mouth twitched a few times and sighed:
"really?"

"Really." Chang Diao sighed, "General, you have to make plans early."

Xiahou Dun's health has not been very good. He did not do well in Guanzhong before, and now he is charged with forcing Yunshan to rebel. He is haggard and depressed, and his body can no longer bear it.

Cao Wei's control over Guanzhong was insufficient. Xiahoudun can barely hold on to Guanzhong and Huayin. Other places have already rebelled under Guan Ping's dispatch. Chang Diao sent Cao Ren to see if he could achieve some success in attacking Jingzhou.

Chang Diao was very unhappy.

How can he have so many ties, and he doesn't have any deep hatred with Guan Ping. The previous friendship was not bad, so why bother to work hard for Cao Wei's great cause.

But now the situation is not clear, especially since his family is still in Luoyang, he didn't dare to raise the flag to directly rebel, so he had to come to Cao Ren's tent.

Along the way, Chang Diao was thinking about how to persuade Cao Ren, but seeing Cao Ren's sad face now, he didn't know what to say.

If anyone in this world treats him well, Cao Ren must be the first.

Without Cao Ren, Chang Diao could only be a leading soldier at most, how could he be famous, and halfway he got the positions of General Cao Piwei and Yuzhou Mu.

Weighing the pros and cons, Chang Diao decided to persuade Cao Ren to let it go.

"General, don't attack again. Our army's morale is low and we are in a hurry. How can we do it... It's better to keep the elite, go back to Luoyang, and make plans."

Back in Luoyang, Zang Ba will definitely rebel directly, and Luoyang will not be able to hold it at that time, so he can only retreat to Yecheng.

Although retreating to Yecheng still has the scenery of Yuan Shao back then, the Cao family is not popular in Hebei at all, and after retreating to Hebei, it is likely that they will be directly eaten alive by the local wealthy family.

In other words, now is their last, last chance.

How could you make Cao Ren give up!
"General, I..." Chang Diao searched his stomach for a long time, and could only bite the bullet and said, "That guy Sun Quan is low-minded, arrogant and ignorant. Liu Bei and Guan Ping have already won Hanzhong. Can't resist.

I can't wait to go south now, so I'd better go back to Luoyang and make a long-term plan. "

If someone else persuaded him, Cao Ren would really pick up the big-eared melon seeds in a hurry.

But the person who persuaded him was Chang Diao...

He had to think about it.

"Juying, do you know that Sun Quan is about to lose?"

i know shit...

Chang Diao's greatest hope now is to return to Luoyang as soon as possible. After returning, he quickly picks up his family and escapes to Guan Ping's place on a dark and stormy night. All is well.

For this, he naturally wanted to speak ill of Sun Quan desperately.

"That's right, General, Sun Quan is a man of great ambition and talent, if we continue here, if Sun Quan is defeated, our army will definitely be shaken, and when the time comes to be hunted down by bandits, wouldn't it be chaos?

It's better to retreat calmly now, at least there are still strong soldiers lingering, and the thieves don't dare to chase, so I ask the general to make a decision as soon as possible. "

Cao Ren hesitated for a long time, his swarthy face seemed to have become extraordinarily old.

What Chang Diao said also made sense. Now the army's morale is in chaos, and the only reason they can attack the city is because of Cao Ren's coercion.

If Sun Quan was really defeated, the morale would collapse as soon as the news came, and I don't know how many people will return to Luoyang by then, and I'm afraid they will disperse on the spot.

"Okay... then, just listen to the giant eagle.

An order was sent to pull out the stronghold in the starry night and prepare to withdraw the troops. "

(End of this chapter)