Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

After Cao Ang learned that the letter had been handed over to Chen Deng, he smiled slightly.

"Leaving it to Chen Deng is the same as leaving it to Tao Qian. How could this old guy like Tao Qian be sick at this time? He must be pretending to be sick to delay time."

Cao Ang said casually and asked the messenger to go down to receive the reward and then rest.

……

Outside Xiapi City, Cao Bao's tribe.

After Cao Bao received the news from Tao Qian, he launched a fierce attack on Xiapi City.

At the same time, he also returned the bodies of Wei Yue and others to Lu Bu, with the purpose of destroying Lu Bu's confidence and telling him that his plan to ask for help failed.

When Lu Bu saw the bodies of Wei Yue and others, he did feel a little desperate.

Fortunately, Lu Bu found that Gao Shun was not among the corpses.

In this way, Lu Bu also retained hope.

Lu Bu, on the other hand, resisted Cao Bao's attacks every day.

At present, he only has more than two thousand soldiers who were trapped in the camp, still guarding the city wall with him.

The other soldiers either died in battle or left the city under cover of night to surrender.

The remaining two thousand people trapped in the camp are all veterans who have followed Lu Bu since Bingzhou. They will definitely not surrender, but will fight to the death with Lu Bu.

After Cao Bao received the news from Tao Qian, he directly sent someone to reply to Tao Qian: "Go back and tell the lord that within three days, I will break down Pi City! At that time, I will put Lu Bu's head on his neck and offer it with both hands. !”

Afterwards, Cao Bao ordered to attack the city.

At this time, the 50,000 vanguard army led by Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong had arrived in Xuzhou.

Tao Qian received the news immediately.

"What's going on? Why did an army of fifty thousand suddenly appear? Could it be that someone came to support Lu Bu?" Tao Qian frowned and muttered to himself.

You know, the current defenses of various cities in Xuzhou are very empty.

There were basically only about a thousand soldiers in the county, and all the remaining soldiers were mobilized by Tao Qian to attack Xiapi.

Now there is an army of 50,000, entering Xuzhou from the north. If the other party wants to launch an attack, I am afraid that most of Xuzhou will fall!

Thinking of this, Tao Qian felt nervous and quickly looked at Chen Deng who was standing aside: "Yuanlong, what do you think of this sudden appearance of an army of 50,000 people?"

When Chen Deng heard this, he frowned and looked at the scout and asked, "Have you clearly seen the flag of the fifty thousand army?"

"Back to the military advisor, the 50,000-strong army is led by two generals, with the flags of Zhang and Huang respectively!" the scout said hurriedly.

"Zhang? Huang?" Chen Deng repeated, then frowned and began to think about where these two flags came from.

Suddenly, Chen Deng thought of Huang Zhong who beheaded Yan Liang before the battle, and Zhang Liao who defeated Wuhuan and beheaded Tadun on the grassland!

"Could it be Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong?" Chen Deng muttered with surprise on his face.

When Tao Qian heard this, he asked with surprise: "Aren't Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong Cao Ang's men? Why did they lead an army to my Xuzhou?"

Chen Deng thought for a while and then analyzed: "I heard that both Zhang Liao and Lu Bu once served under Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou. Maybe Zhang Liao came here just to help Lu Bu!"

Tao Qian couldn't help but snorted coldly when he heard this: "This is our internal matter in Xuzhou. Why should Zhang Liao, an ordinary general, intervene? Doesn't Cao Ang just care about it?" At this time, Tao Qian did not send troops to Cao Ang to rescue Lu Bu at all. think.

After all, during the crusade against Yuan Shu, when everyone gathered in Xuzhou, Lu Bu's face to Cao Ang was not his face, and his nose was not his nose.

Therefore, Tao Qian believed that Cao Ang and Lu Bu had fallen out long ago and would definitely not send troops to help Lu.

After Chen Deng listened to Tao Qian's words, he raised his hands to Tao Qian and said, "My lord, we don't know Zhang Liao's purpose. I think I'd better go there in person and ask what Zhang Liao wants to do." !”

"This..." Tao Qian hesitated after hearing this. Firstly, he was afraid that Chen Deng was in danger, and secondly, he was afraid that Chen Deng would run away after realizing that he was in danger.

When Chen Deng saw Tao Qian's hesitation, he realized what he was worried about, so he continued.

"My lord, my home is in Xuzhou. Naturally, I don't want Xuzhou to be affected by those external forces, so I ask my lord to give me another chance!"

When Tao Qian heard this, he nodded and said to Chen Deng: "Okay, then go and ask why Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong came to my Xuzhou! The best thing is to make them retreat!" "

"Yes!" Chen Deng responded, and then went to pack his things and prepare to go to Zhang Liao as envoy.

At this time, Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong were already stationed in the Lanling area.

Before they set off, Cao Ang had told them not to rush to Xiapi to support Lu Bu after arriving in Xuzhou.

After all, their goal is to capture the entire Xuzhou, and aiding Lu Bu is just an excuse for them to send troops to Xuzhou.

As for whether Lu Bu would be defeated, this was not within the scope of Cao Ang's consideration.

If Lu Bu is defeated before Cao Ang takes action, it can still give Cao Ang an excuse to take action.

After all, Lu Bu was the imperial minister of Xiapi, and he was killed by Tao Qian. As a general, I, Cao Ang, seek justice for him. Is it reasonable?

If Lu Bu had not been defeated, he would have been seriously injured.

As a result, he no longer has the strength to compete in the world, and he has to work for the Cao family honestly.

Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao.

Inside the Chinese army's tent, Huang Zhong, Zhang Liao and several lieutenants were looking at the map of Xuzhou.

At this moment, the soldiers guarding outside the camp ran in.

"Report! Generals, there is a man outside the camp who claims to be Tao Qian's military advisor, a man named Chen Deng, and he wants to see him!"

"Chen Deng?" Zhang Liao repeated in surprise, obviously he didn't know who Chen Deng was.

Huang Zhong used to work under Liu Biao in Jingzhou, which is adjacent to Xuzhou, so he had heard of Chen Deng.

"Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong, he has been working under Tao Qian. It seems that Tao Qian couldn't sit still after our army entered Xuzhou, so he sent this person to inquire about the situation."

Huang Zhong analyzed it calmly.

When Zhang Liao heard this, he couldn't help but asked: "So, he is also a counselor, but I don't know how his talents compare with his filial piety?"

After hearing Zhang Liao's question, Huang Zhong laughed, waved his hands lightly and said: "Ha! There is no comparison, he is not as good as one of Feng Xiao's toes!" (End of Chapter)