Cao Thief

Chapter 229
The sky is dark.

There is still a faint glow in the sky, making the sky dim...

The wind blowing from the upper reaches of the Zushui River carried a hint of chill, as if telling people that it was already winter and the weather was getting colder!

In Quyang City, there was a rare tranquility.

Below the city, there was a faint cry, but to Cao Peng, it seemed like a passing cloud.

He couldn't say for himself why this happened.If he had seen so many people die in his previous life, he would never be as numb as he is now.

Yes, it is numbness!

Looking at the corpses, whether it was his own side or the place, he couldn't feel any emotion.

The whole person seems to have lost his soul, unable to feel emotions of joy, anger, sorrow and joy.Walking on the tower, stepping on the thick blood water under the feet, making the sound of baji, baji.The entire west gate of Quyang was almost soaked in blood. The blood and water mixed together and flowed out along the water holes on both sides of the city wall, dyeing the whole city red and soaking the soil below the city...

Breathing out softly, Cao Peng glanced at the soldiers on the top of the wall.

"Crazy, how many people died today?"

"There are about 240 people in the west city alone. The east city is better, but the casualties are also serious."

Another death of nearly 400 people...but it is certain that what Chen Gong paid was definitely far better than his side.What is the point of such a strong attack?Cao Peng couldn't figure it out.Could it be that Chen Gong heard some rumors, which is why he attacked so frantically?
Scratching his head, Cao Peng looked very distressed.

"What time is it?"

"It's past Xu time..."

"Looks like today is almost over!"

After Cao Peng sighed, he just wanted to turn around and go back to the hall to rest.

Suddenly, in the Xiapi army camp outside the city, there was a burst of rapid drumming.

Immediately afterwards, the trumpets sounded, and the Xiapi army held torches and formed an formation again. With the rumbling drums, they kept approaching Quyang...

"Fuck me!"

Cao Peng couldn't help but blurted out cursing.

"These grandchildren are typical, and they don't intend to make me feel better."

As he spoke, he slammed his fist on the battlements.Perhaps due to repeated bombardments, the battlements have already loosened.As soon as Cao Peng punched down, he felt that his hands were weak, and the battlement fell down from the top of the city with a bang, and hit the ground, making a dull sound, which spread to the top of the city.

For a moment, Cao Peng froze.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

"The imaginary is the real, the real is the illusory, the emptiness is the real, the magic is infinite..."

Cao Peng murmured, as if he didn't realize it.

And the Xiapi army outside the city, accompanied by a roar of war drums, launched the catapult again.The stones thrown at night are all wrapped in dry grass and then set ablaze.Groups of fireballs roared towards the head of Quyang city, and under the cover of stones and arrows, the Xiapi army launched an attack.

"not good!"

Cao Peng yelled, dragged his knife, turned around and left.

"Young master, what happened?"

Zhou Cang took his steps and was preparing to switch defenses with Xia Houlan at the foot of the city.

Seeing Cao Peng rushing down from the top of the city, Zhou Cang, Xia Houlan, Wang Xu and the others couldn't help but startled.Since the war, they have never seen Cao Peng showing such panic.At this time, Cao Peng was so flustered, it must be that something big happened, and the three of them couldn't help but get nervous.

"Uncle Zhou, take your people and follow me."

"what?"

"Xiahoulan Wang Xu, the two of you continue to stay at the top of the city and stand against the Xiapi dog for me."

"Here!"

Xia Houlan and Wang Xu were a little confused about the situation, but Cao Peng's military order was issued, so naturally the two of them would not disobey it, and quickly obeyed.

"My lord, what happened?"

"Follow me to help Dongcheng."

Zhou Cang and Cao Peng took the lead in running ahead, heading straight for the East Gate along the long street.

Behind the two of them, three hundred pawns were inexplicable, but followed closely behind.Since the war horses in the city were taken away by Gan Ning and others, Zhou Cang and Cao Peng also marched forward.Zhou Cang was out of breath, and while running, he asked Cao Peng for advice in a daze.

But Cao Peng's answer made him even more confused...

"Chen Gongtai, you're fucking talking all over the place!"

Cao Peng cursed while running.

Hitting east and west, this guy actually played a trick!Isn't that the trick Cao Cao played in Wancheng or Rangcheng?
In Cao Peng's memory, the battle of the East and the West originated from the Battle of Wancheng.

How many times did Cao Cao attack Wancheng?Second or third time?Cao Peng couldn't remember clearly.Anyway, it was Cao Cao who discovered that there was a breakthrough in Wancheng, which was located to the west of Wancheng.So he kept his composure and stormed to the east, forcing Zhang Xiu to transfer his troops, and then attacked the west city.However, this strategy was finally seen through by Jia Xu, and he almost got Cao Cao into it.In later generations, "striking east and attacking west" became one of the 36 strategies.But Cao Pengyuan was in Haixi, so he didn't know much about Cao Cao's later battle in Wancheng.

So did the slam dunk show up?
Cao Peng didn't know either!

However, this guy Chen Gong was really playing tricks under his nose.

In fact, it was not Cao Cao's creation to attack the east and attack the west.

Its real source is recorded in the facade of "Huainanzi-Binglue Training".

The original text of Binglue Xun is as follows: Therefore, the way to use soldiers is to show them softness and meet them with strength; East……

And the first person to use this strategy as a strategy was not Cao Cao, but Banchao, the Marquis of Dingyuan during the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Chen Gong is so ruthless!
He had enough soldiers and horses in his hands, and then put pressure on Cao Peng.

The east and west gates of Quyang are like a balance, originally in a state of balance.Chen Gong attacked with a superior force, forcing Cao Peng to distribute his forces in a balanced manner, and turned to favor the west city.The large number of troops at the west gate meant that the troops at the east gate were insufficient, and then suddenly changed the direction of attack, catching Cao Peng by surprise.It should be said that this is not a conspiracy, but a real conspiracy.

Even if Cao Peng saw the mystery, he had to follow Chen Deng's baton.

If you don't increase the strength of Ximen, Ximen will be defeated sooner or later; if you increase the strength of Ximen, then the strength of East Gate will definitely decrease...

What's more, Cao Peng didn't see it.

I have to say that Cao Peng's luck is not bad.

Since Zhou Cang's soldiers and horses were still resting during the day, [-] recruits were temporarily recruited to defend the west gate.

This also created an illusion for Chen Gong, that is, Cao Peng no longer has troops to dispatch.

Otherwise, why would he push the rookie onto the battlefield?

Cao Peng secretly rejoiced that he did not transfer Zhou Cang, and also rejoiced that he was one step ahead and noticed the conspiracy.

If Zhou Cang and Xiahoulan hand over, and Xiahoulan's soldiers and horses arrive at the West School Field, if they want to go into battle again, their combat effectiveness will be reduced by at least one-third.After getting off the tense battlefield, who doesn't want to take a good rest?But before he had a mouthful of hot food, he hurriedly went to the battlefield again, and his morale was naturally low.

Fortunately, really fortunate...

Cao Peng and Zhou Cang led the people, and only ran two-thirds of the distance from the long street when they heard a loud noise coming from the direction of the east gate.

In the distance, smoke and dust billowed.

"The city has collapsed!"

The exclamations of the soldiers kept coming.

Cao Peng was in a hurry, quickly speeded up, and rushed towards the east gate as if desperately.

At this moment, the East City Gate was in chaos.Pan Zhang was exhausted from fighting all day long, so Deng Fan came to guard him instead.The problem is that Deng Fan is good at fighting, but his command of troops is obviously insufficient.So much so that when Chen Gong and Cao Xing mobilized their army to launch an attack with firepower several times that of the day, Deng Fan panicked!His situation is different from that of Cao Peng. After all, Cao Peng has a nearly 30-year-old soul.The criminal investigation experience in his previous life, which has been reincarnated, made Cao Peng calmer and calmer than his peers.

And Deng Fan, that is a real boy.

Growing up so big, how has he ever had such an experience?

When he discovered that the Xiapi army's attack had suddenly strengthened, Deng Fan was stunned!
Before that, he assisted Pan Zhang to stabilize himself.Now that Pan Zhang was not around, he couldn't help but feel a little confused... After only one round of attack, the city wall of the East City collapsed.Of course, there is still a problem here!That is the city wall of the east city, which is not as good as that of the west city.Quyang is higher in the west and lower in the east, and there is an obvious depression outside the east city, and the soil quality is softer than that in the west city.

On the surface, the walls on both sides are similar.

But in fact, the East City is far less solid than the West City.

Cao Xing discovered the problem of Dongcheng yesterday, so he came up with a plan to storm Dongcheng.

However, Chen Gong's strategy of "strike the west and strike the east" is undoubtedly more secure.Although Lu Ji's attack during the day was unfavorable, it further weakened the east city wall.After nightfall, with only one round of bouldering, the east city wall collapsed.Deng Fan didn't know what to do for a while.

The Xiapi army, which had already been ready to go, immediately swarmed up and rushed to the gap.

There was also panic on the top of the city, and Deng Fan didn't know whether he should shoot arrows first to repel the Xiapi soldiers, or fill in the gap.

The general's bewilderment caused the soldiers on the city to panic...

Seeing that more and more Xiapi soldiers rushed to the gap, and when Quyang City was about to be broken, Cao Peng finally rushed to the gate of the East City.

"Big Bear, fill the gap!"

Cao Peng was under the city, hissing and roaring.

"Brothers, don't panic, I'm here... fight back immediately!"

Cao Peng's shouts echoed above the city gate tower.

These days, everyone is already familiar with Cao Peng's voice.So much so that when he heard Cao Peng's shouts, his flustered mood immediately calmed down.

Deng Fan also came back to his senses, and quickly shouted: "Fill the gap!"

"Zhou Cang, lead 200 people to the city, and shoot arrows!"

"Here!"

Without saying a word, Zhou Cang immediately led the archers to the city wall.

Cao Peng took the lead, brandishing his sword, and charged in front of the Xiapi soldiers entering the city.There was a gust of wind hanging from He Da Dao's sword, and he slashed down on his head. The Xiapi soldier who bore the brunt was a Dubo. Seeing Cao Peng's childish appearance, he couldn't help but grinned, and twisted his gun to meet him.

Swords and guns collided, and there was a clang.

The heavy gun swung away, and Dubo immediately revealed himself.

Cao Peng gritted his teeth and rushed past Dubo like the wind without stopping.

With a sweeping sweep of the river's sword, Na Dubo was torn apart.Remnants of limbs and broken arms, mixed with internal organs, were scattered all over the place, and Cao Peng had rushed into the chaos.

An iron meteor came out and hit the face door of a Xiapi soldier, denting the brow bone of the Xiapi soldier, bleeding from seven orifices and falling to the ground.Two blows beheaded two people, and the method was extremely cruel.At this moment, Cao Peng was like a tiger descending from the mountain, raging in the chaos.Wherever he went, the knife was shining, and blood mist sprayed out.A hundred Haixi soldiers immediately went into battle. Although Xiapi soldiers kept pouring into the city, they were killed and retreated again and again.The people in front retreated, and the people behind rushed in, and the gap was overcrowded all of a sudden.

I only heard Deng Fan's roar from the city gate tower: "Throw stones, fill the block!"

Rumbling, sandbags, wooden piles mixed with stones fell from the top of the city.The Xiapi soldiers who were squeezed into the gap screamed again and again...

The smoke and dust billowed, and dozens of Xiapi soldiers became bloody and bloody in the blink of an eye, becoming a piece of material to fill the gap.

A Xiapi soldier's body was pierced by wooden stakes, and dozens of sandbags were pressed against him.Leaving only one leg out, a twitch, a twitch...

"Don't panic, everyone, don't panic!"

Pan Zhang was startled awake and climbed to the top of the wall.

Together with Zhou Cang and Deng Fan, while commanding the archers to shoot arrows, they slashed and killed those Xiapi soldiers who had ascended the city.

After Cao Peng wiped out the Xiapi soldiers in the city, he led the soldiers and followed them to the city.

The moment he had just boarded the city, the Haixi soldiers at the top of the city shouted a series of joyful shouts, "My lord is here, my lord is here!"

Outside the East City Gate, Chen Gong's expression changed drastically.

"Damn... we were fooled!"

That's right, he should be considered fooled.However, it was not Cao Peng's design, but purely Cao Peng's unintentional action, which made Chen Gong make a wrong judgment.Looking at the swaying figure on the top of the city, he was so angry that he couldn't help jumping off the chariot.

He grew up so big, except for Cao Cao back then, no one else could look like Cao Peng, which made him feel angry.

From Chen Gong's point of view, he was humiliated...

"Siege, siege!"

Chen Gong hissed and roared, the whole person seemed to be crazy.

Cao Xing stepped forward and hugged him, "Gongtai, we can't fight like this anymore...the casualties are too heavy, and the sons are already exhausted."

"But, but..."

"Gongtai, listen to me, ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.

Anyway, Quyang is at the end of its strength, let's rest for one night and fight again tomorrow... I don't believe that Cao Youxue can continue to persevere. "

Chen Gong gritted his teeth and stood under the city, gradually regaining his calm posture.

"Shulong, withdraw troops."

With the sound of the gong, the Xiapi soldiers stopped attacking after a round of strong attack.

I have to say that this battle did a lot of damage to the Xiapi soldiers.It was clear that the city was about to be broken, but the opponent drove it down again... It has always been like this, the small Quyang City, in the past two days, has been like an unbeatable little strong, making Xiapi soldiers feel chilling.

Chen Gong gripped the sword tightly.

Cao Youxue, let you live another day, let's see how long you can last!
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The night is dark and the wind is blowing.

Chen Deng Yinma on the south bank of the Huaishui River, looking at the pontoon bridge built on the Huaishui River under the moonlight.

Is it finally time to start?I didn't expect that a small Haixi County would push Lv Bu to such an extent. It's really not easy...

"Prefect, the pontoon bridge has been built."

"Give me an order to cross the river immediately. We must capture Huaipu County tonight."

(End of this chapter)