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

Chen Deng cupped his hands towards Tao Qian and said with a solemn expression: "My lord, please rest assured, I will defend this Pengcheng for my lord even if I risk my life!"

When Tao Qian heard this, he was quite moved and said softly: "Yuanlong, if it is possible, none of us will die!"

"Lord, do you have any way to break the situation?" Chen Deng asked expectantly.

Tao Qian nodded when he heard this and said: "There is no way to break the situation. Now I can only think about how to save my life!"

After listening to Tao Qian's words, Chen Deng thought the other party was going to surrender, so he hurriedly said: "My lord, a soldier will die for his confidant. Yuan Long is willing to fight to the death and will never surrender!"

"My lord, listen to Yuan Long. Judging from the current intentions of the Cao family, even if you surrender, the Cao family will find excuses to attack you in the future!"

"In this case, it is better to fight to the death. Even if we lose, we will still have to tear a piece of flesh from Cao Jun's body!"

When Tao Qian heard what Chen Deng said, he was moved and at the same time strengthened his thoughts.

I saw Tao Qian waving his hand to Chen Deng and saying, "Yuanlong, I don't want us to make unnecessary sacrifices. I want to take you away to Jiangdong!"

"What?" Chen Deng looked at Tao Qian blankly, with confusion on his face.

Tao Qian continued: "Yuanlong, I have had some friendship with Sun Jian for a long time. This time, I hope you will go to Jiangdong on my behalf and contact him, hoping that I can take refuge in Jiangdong."

After listening to Tao Qian's words, Chen Deng frowned and said, "Master, is Sun Jian willing to offend Cao Ang for us?"

"I believe he will. I will hand over all the remaining Xuzhou Army to him and just ask for his protection!" Tao Qian said his thoughts with a serious face.

Chen Deng could tell that Tao Qian was determined to do this.

But he couldn't understand why Tao Qian would make such a decision.

Tao Qian seemed to understand what Chen Deng was thinking, so he explained: "I am already old, and I am afraid I don't have a few more years to live."

"But you are different. You are still young and can accomplish great things in the future. With your talent, Chen Yuanlong, you will be well treated even in Jiangdong!"

After Chen Deng listened to Tao Qian's words, he fell silent and didn't know what to say for a while.

At this time, Chen Deng continued to speak: "Actually, for you Yuanlong, joining the Cao family is the best choice. It's just a pity that Cao Ang may not tolerate you if you work for me now, so I We can’t let you take risks.”

"Of course, you don't have to worry about your family. Even if Cao Ang takes over Xuzhou in the future, he will have to rely on families like your Chen family to govern Xuzhou."

"It's just that if you follow me to Jiangdong in the future, I'm afraid there won't be many opportunities to come back."

After hearing what Tao Qian said, Chen Deng was silent for a while, and finally made up his mind and said: "My lord, Yuan Long will follow you to the death!"

Tao Qian laughed happily, patted Chen Deng on the shoulder and said, "Okay, Yuanlong, pack up and set off for Jiangdong. I'll support you here in Xuzhou to delay time!"

"Yes!" Chen Deng responded with a serious face, then went to pack his things and prepare to leave for Jiangdong.

At this time, Cao Ang had already set off from Lanling and advanced towards Pengcheng.

Along the way, although Xuzhou's army resisted desperately, they were only able to slightly delay Cao's army. On the other side, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao took Zang Ba and others and 3,000 troops to the Mount Tai area.

After arriving at Mount Tai, Lu Bu said to the four of Zang Ba: "You four, hurry up and gather your old troops to avoid accidentally injuring them after a fight!"

"Yes, Marquis Wen!" Although the four of them knew that Lu Bu was only following Cao Ang temporarily, the value of Lu Bu's military power was on display here, and Zang Ba and the four of them did not dare to disobey his orders.

What's more, Cao Ang originally asked them to summon his old troops, so thinking about it, they could accept it.

The four people hurriedly split up to gather their old troops.

As soon as the Taishan bandits heard that the imperial court wanted to arrest them, none of them wanted to fight and ran to Zang Ba's side.

Soon, only 30,000 soldiers were left under Chang Xi's tent.

These 30,000 soldiers are Chang Xi's trump card and the elite among the Taishan bandits. Each of them has the lives of ordinary people in their hands, so each one of them looks murderous.

However, compared with Cao Jun's army of hundreds of battles, this is still not enough.

In Changxi's camp.

When he learned that Zang Ba's four guys had come back to gather his old troops and wanted to take those people to defect to Cao Ang, he couldn't help but curse.

"These four weaklings want to be groveling slaves, so they surrender to Cao Ang. I don't want to live a life of judging people's faces. Wouldn't it be better for me to be the king of the mountain here?"

Chang Xi complained harshly to the four Zang Ba people in front of his subordinates.

As for Chang Xi's men, they were all desperadoes. They were all used to being lazy, so naturally they didn't want to go to Cao Ang's place and be constrained by the various rules and regulations of the regular army.

Chang Xi knew what his subordinates were thinking, so he walked out of the camp and said to the remaining 30,000 people: "That bullshit Lu Bu, who claims to be the best in the world, didn't he end up becoming the Cao family's dog?"

"Such a person dares to say that his martial arts is the best in the world, and I, Chang Xi, will be the first to refuse to accept it!"

As Chang Xi finished speaking, his subordinates shouted in unison: "I won't accept it, I won't accept it!"

Upon seeing this, Chang Xi showed a bright smile, and then said: "Okay, in that case, let's kill Lu Bu, kill Zang Ba and others, and take back the military power in their hands!"

"At that time, we will attack Lanling and defeat Cao's army. Then this Xuzhou will be our Xuzhou! Take Xuzhou!"

After Chang Xi boosted his morale, his desperadoes shouted in unison: "Kill Lu Bu and capture Xuzhou!"

Thirty thousand people shouted in unison, and the sound spread far away.

Lu Bu and others naturally heard the shouting, and then he looked at Zhang Liao with a strange look on his face: "Wen Yuan, this sound came from Chang Xi's camp, right? Is this boy? You drank too much and dared to say such big words?"

"Just because he is a loser and he has a mob under his command, he wants to kill me and seize Xuzhou? What an idiot!" (End of Chapter)