Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 646 Attacking the City at Night
Cao Ren ordered the soldiers to open the city gate and went out side by side with Dian Wei. In front of them was Lu Bu who was riding a horse with a halberd.

Seeing that Dian Wei was still carrying the big iron halberd, Cao Ren couldn't help but feel worried, and said to Dian Wei: "Lü Bu is a brave man. If we use short soldiers to deal with him, I'm afraid we will suffer a loss."

How could Dian Wei not know that he suffered a loss at the hands of Lu Bu last time and knew that with a pair of short halberds, he couldn't even get close to Lu Bu.

But because of his face, he could not take the initiative to ask for a replacement of the long soldiers. Now that Cao Ren was speaking, Dian Wei borrowed the donkey from the slope and asked the soldiers to get a long halberd.

He picked up the halberd and weighed it in front of him. He found that the weight was too light and he was quite dissatisfied. However, he couldn't find any other weapons at the moment, so he had to make do with it.

When Lu Bu saw Cao Ren and Dian Wei coming out of the battle, Dian Wei waved his halberd a few times on his horse, looking rather jerky, and shouted angrily: "My defeated general dares to come up and die!"

Dian Wei was furious after hearing this and shouted: "Lu Bu, stop being so arrogant, you will die here today!"

Lu Bu also roared: "You are worthy of it!"

"First, survive my Fang Tian Hua Ji!"

As soon as he picked up the reins, he immediately galloped forward and the two of them fought together.

Cao Ren saw that Dian Wei's long halberd was raw and he was at a disadvantage as soon as they fought. He quickly stepped forward to help, and a general rushed out from behind to block Cao Ren. It was Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao used the crescent halberd, and Cao Ren suddenly felt the pressure coming on him. He was secretly frightened. The opponent was so powerful, could he and Dian Wei really withstand it?
Don't forget that Lu Bu has not been destroyed yet, and his side will be defeated first!

Cheng Lian and others under Lu Bu's command also came up to help. Cao's army rushed forward, and the two sides suddenly fought together.

Lu Bu came with anger. Fang Tian painted the halberd everywhere, bringing with it a shower of blood. The surrounding Cao troops fell off their horses and died. Dian Wei tried his best to stop him, but he was not very skilled with the halberd. He tried his best to fight in front of Fang Tian's painted halberd. To protect, let alone suppress Lu Bu, there are dangers on the court.

The two sides fought for an hour, both men and horses were exhausted. Lu Bu tried to kill Dian Wei several times, but he managed to escape. Although Cao's army was several times more numerous, it was gradually suppressed by Lu Bu's army. Cao Cao saw that the situation was not good, and he Then he called for gold and retreated his troops. Lü Bu took advantage of the situation to cover up the attack. When they reached the bottom of the city, arrows rained down from the top of the city, so Lü Bu had to retreat temporarily.

Dian Wei entered the city and met Cao Cao. He said with a shameful face: "This general is not effective in fighting. Please punish me."

Cao Cao stroked his beard and said: "It doesn't matter, today's situation has been as expected."

He turned to Cao Ang behind him and said, "The news of our defeat will be spread to the city later."

Cao Ang quickly accepted the order and immediately woke up. Cao Cao wanted to take this opportunity to once again clean up the forces in the city that were dissatisfied with Cao Cao!
He couldn't bear it and said aloud: "Father, if you go too far, will you be punished by everyone in the world?"

Cao Cao snorted coldly, "A woman's kindness!"

"If you want to implement benevolent government, you must survive first before you are qualified to speak out!"

Cao Ang was speechless. When he looked up, he saw Chen Gong, who was tied to the pillar, sneering. His heart moved and he said to Cao Cao, "How about we take Mr. Gongtai into custody for now?"

Seeing Cao Cao nodding in agreement, Cao Ang ordered his soldiers to escort Chen Gong, who was tied up with five flowers, down to the top of the city, and then got into the carriage. Cao Ang followed and closed the door.

The carriage started slowly. When Cao Ang turned the corner, he couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Gongtai seems to be quite disdainful of my father's words?"

"If I were in my father's situation, how would I choose?"

After hearing this, Chen Gong snorted coldly, "You don't need to trick me."

"I'm just talking about two people. If they were in Cao Gong's position, their behavior would definitely be different from Cao Gong's."

After hearing this, Cao Ang asked quickly: "Who are they?"

Chen Gong said in a deep voice: "The first is Liu Xuande, and the second is Yuan Xianyi."

Cao Ang heard a different meaning and said, "Mr. Gongtai has seen these two people?"

When Chen Gong didn't answer, Cao Ang was confused. According to Chen Gong's experience, he should have met his father first and then defected to Lu Bu. Logically speaking, he shouldn't have met Liu Bei or Ji Hu Guo?

He asked a few more tentative questions, but when he saw Chen Gong being tight-lipped, he couldn't help but feel discouraged and said, "Sir and my father had a close relationship before. Is there no room for change now?"

Chen Gong said indifferently: "Different Taoists do not agree with each other. Your Cao family and I will not say another word."

"I can only say, don't you think about why so many people broke with Duke Cao one after another?"

Cao Ang was silent, thinking that his father did not care about the world's opinions, but how would he do it in the future?
Zhang Liao followed Lu Bu and returned to the camp, admonishing: "Marquis Wen, take it back as soon as you see fit. When Ma Teng, Han Sui and Yuan Shu surround us, we won't be able to leave!"

Lu Bu snorted coldly, "You mean to say that those who know the current affairs are heroes?"

Zhang Liao was speechless, so he heard Lu Bu say: "I still want to give it a try. You lead the troops to open a road to the Black Mountain Pass in the east. I will be ready to retreat at any time."

"If things go wrong, I won't go to Jizhou or Youzhou. Let's go back to Bingzhou and conquer the world again!"

Zhang Liao was in a state of excitement, clasping his fists and saying, "Take the order!"

Watching Zhang Liao leading his troops out of the camp, Lu Bu sat on his horse and turned to look at the city with a stern look in his eyes.What he didn't tell Zhang Liao was that he was in Huaicheng and had an inside line. Tonight was a great opportunity to raid Huaicheng, kill Cao Cao, and rescue Chen Gong!
But Lu Bu knew that this was likely to be known to Cao Cao, so this trip was very risky, so he had no intention of letting Zhang Liao take risks with him.

But it doesn't matter, I am fully prepared. As long as I control the city gate, even if things don't work out, I can always retreat if I want.

Zhang Liao led his troops towards the Black Mountain passage dozens of miles away. He was still cautious at first, for fear of being discovered by the enemy. After all, the situation in Montenegro was extremely complicated, and several forces were entangled in it.

When the results arrived, it was already night, and a valley passage was exposed among the dark mountains. The village in the middle of the road seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, and the broken door of the village creaked with the mountain wind.

He ordered people to lead troops in, and found the bodies of dead soldiers on the road from time to time. It seemed that they had happened within half a month.

With the moonlight in the sky, Zhang Liao hesitated in his heart. There was obviously something wrong with the Black Mountain passage. It seemed that the middle was not safe. Now, should he march all night and risk being attacked, or should he wait until dawn?
While he was thinking, he led the troops inside for more than ten miles. In front of him in silence, the spy's shrill warning whistle sounded. Zhang Liao quickly ordered the soldiers to line up, and saw a soldier bumping out.

Seeing this, Zhang Liao quickly responded with his troops. The soldiers on both sides were about to fight each other. Zhang Liao looked at the clothes on the opposite side and quickly ordered the soldiers to stop. He also shouted: "Is this the general under Uncle Zhi?"

Among the crowd, someone rode out and said, "Is this General Wenyuan?"

Zhang Liao took a closer look and saw that it was Zhang Yang's general Sui Gu, who had several injuries on his body. He stepped forward and said, "I didn't expect to meet General Sui here!"

"Why is the general here?"

Sui Gu said anxiously: "Don't mention it, Zhang Hou ordered me to explore the inside story of Black Mountain. I led the troops in and found out that there were actually soldiers and horses hidden by Zhang Yan privately!"

"There were quite a few of them, at least close to a thousand. I couldn't rush them and was injured by their surprise attack. It took me all my life to get back!"

"Now I have to return to Huaicheng quickly to tell Zhang Hou that Zhang Yan has evil intentions!"

Zhang Liao heard this and sighed: "The general was a step too late. Huaicheng was attacked by Cao's army and Zhang Hou died in the battle!"

"Cao Cao has taken the emperor hostage, and Marquis Wen is attacking the city!"

Sui Gu turned pale after hearing this. Just as he was about to speak, there were killing sounds from behind, and he said, "They are catching up!"

Zhang Liao said in a deep voice: "I came just in time, I will help the general kill the enemy!"

Sui Gu shouted: "Okay!"

"First kill these dog thieves, then return to Huaicheng to kill Zhang Yan and avenge Zhang Hou!"

Fires were blazing into the sky in Black Mountain, and shouts of killing were everywhere, while Huaicheng, dozens of miles away, was once again in chaos.

During the day, the news of Cao's army's defeat and retreat soon spread throughout the city, and many people began to think about it.

At the top of the moon, suddenly several trumpets sounded in the city, and fires were set off in several places in the city at the same time, causing chaos.

All forces took the opportunity to rush to the city gate with their servants and try to escape. Most of them were done by the ministers. Cao Cao's actions made them understand that staying in Huaicheng was a piece of cake, so they started to take action one after another. The thought of running away.

Except for the south gate which was besieged by Lu Bu, the gates in the other three directions were all attacked. The streets were crowded with people, and a fire was lit at the south gate. Apparently someone wanted Lu Bu to enter the city!
Mrs. Kong Rong was in a daze and was woken up by Kong Rong. She heard Kong Rong say: "Let's go now, right away."

Mrs. Kong Rong looked out at the sky and saw that the sky was already red with fire. She couldn't help but asked anxiously: "Where are you going?"

Kong Rong spoke concisely and concisely, "Go east, take the two children with you, and I will ask my servants to escort you out of the city."

Mrs. Kong Rong heard Kong Rong's unquestionable tone and quickly woke up her daughter and said casually: "Which direction should we leave the city from?"

Kong Rong hesitated and said, "South Gate."

Mrs. Kong Rong was startled. Isn't this the direction where Lu Bu knocked on the door during the day?

But she had no time to question at this time. She quickly hugged her young son and pulled her daughter into the carriage. When she saw Kong Rong was still in the yard, she couldn't help but said, "My husband won't get in the carriage?"

Kong Rong shook his head and said, "You go first."

Mrs. Kong Rong's heart tightened. Just as she was about to speak, Kong Rong had already closed the carriage door and urged the servants to drive the carriage out.

Mrs. Kong Rong and her daughter stuck their heads out, and just after saying a few words, the carriage suddenly accelerated and then drove away.

Kong Rong looked at the sky that was on fire and often sighed, fearing that after tonight, he still didn't know how many people would die.

Lu Bu ordered his soldiers to attack the city gate with rams. After a while, the city gate opened, and a broken-arm general led the troops to greet him. It was Cao Xing. He said to Lu Bu: "Marquis Wen, follow me quickly. I know Where is Mr. Gongtai being imprisoned?"

Lu Bu nodded slightly and rushed into the city on horseback.

The loud shouts of killing in the city reached the high platform of the palace in the center of the city. Cao Cao stood on the high platform, looking at the dots of firelight and the crowded flow of people on the streets everywhere, thinking that it was time to close the net.

(End of this chapter)