Puyang City,

His ears were filled with the sound of a huge trumpet, and Cao Cao listened to the deafening shouts of killing, and his eyes were full of anger and rage. He pressed hard against the gauze-bandaged wound on the side of his face, watched the besieging troops in front of him let out a deafening cry, and rushed forward desperately.

In fact, Cao Cao's military camp has indeed begun to run out of food. But it did not reach the point where it was necessary to withdraw, and after the battle of Guzi He and the destruction of Lu Bu's main force, Cao Cao made a slight plan to let the entire army regroup and wave his army back to attack Puyang City.

Originally, under Cao Cao's expectations, the main force of Lu Bu's army had been disabled by him, and it only took a single blow to capture Puyang City. At the same time, in order to show his sincerity to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao decided to cooperate with Yuan Shao's 30,000 army to attack Puyang City.

But!

At this moment, the attack had been on for a whole morning, and the morale of the defenders in Puyang City was still undiminished, and there was no abnormal state of rout and panic. Such a scene made Cao Cao, who was already gambling on red eyes, naturally feel irritable in his heart.

Relying on the skillful skills and battlefield instincts honed in the battlefield for many years, the four thousand Cao troops first showed their skills, and under the dense rain of arrows like locusts, they came to the city almost unscathed and took their positions - yes, at this point in the battle, Cao Cao no longer sent those cannon fodder soldiers to test the death, but used the elite men in the army: the few Qingzhou soldiers who were personally commanded and trained by Cao Cao!

Sure enough, these Qingzhou soldiers did not disappoint Cao Cao, they took advantage of the opportunity when it was difficult for the soldiers in the city to come out and shoot arrows vertically, they raised their shields, quickly and methodically erected numerous ladders, and began to climb upward; Another twenty or thirty men, pushing chariots nailed to large wooden stakes, also came under the city gates, sheltered by several layers of thick cowhide, and the loud clamming of the trumpets and snare drums was overpowered.

Suddenly, the defenders of the city panicked, and it seemed that many people fell to the ground.

"The city is going to be broken!" Amid the laughter and cheers of everyone around him, Cao Cao finally relaxed the muscles on his face with relief and muttered.

Cao Cao has led the army to fight for many years, and with his talent and unrelenting understanding, he has long been familiar with the heart of domination. And the ability to accurately judge the enemy's situation is even more perfect: in the short moment just now, he has already seen that the defenders of Puyang this time seem to have never had the experience of holding the city and fighting. In this case, the defenders should immediately put down the rolling logs and falling rocks, and at the same time use the rejection pole to knock down the ladder, and after a little hesitation, allow the siege army to climb the city wall, then the general trend is gone - more than a dozen Qingzhou warriors have already gone up quickly!

Finally, I can breathe a sigh of relief, the city wall is an important fortification of the city, and it is also a psychological barrier for the defenders to defend against the enemy. Now it has only suffered a blow and has been quickly broken through, which is a great blow to the fighting spirit of the defenders, and the troops with slightly inferior quality will collapse directly nine times out of ten.

Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, and looked around, many people showed relieved expressions: many generals with sharp eyes like Cao Cao had already seen at this time that on the dilapidated Puyang City, there were no longer soldiers in armor, but farmers covered with sackcloth, and even, there were rich merchants in silk!

Such a situation couldn't help but make Cao Cao's eyes flash a fierce color: those people in Puyang must have heard about their massacre in Xuzhou, and they were afraid that they would kill again in Puyang. As a result, he fell for Lu Bu's demagoguery and came to defend the city to the death!

However, it's okay in this way, when they break through Puyang, they must get what they want and know the consequences of betraying the Cao family! However, Xun Yu, a benevolent gentleman, will definitely come to dissuade him, right? And the Cao family is indeed worried about internal and external troubles now, and it is not appropriate to kill again........

Just when Cao Cao was reverie about the fate of the people of Puyang, Xiahoudun beside him suddenly pointed to the Puyang city wall: "Lord Sikong, look! ”

At the same time, the surrounding soldiers also let out a burst of exclamations, and Cao Cao didn't have time to think about it, so he looked up.

I saw two dead soldiers from Qingzhou who climbed the city wall, dragging their bloody tails, and falling from the city with their hands and dancing miserably. Then came the third and fourth....... and after a few efforts, the Qingzhou soldiers who had just gone up were all turned into corpses and thrown off the city wall.

Cao Cao's eyes suddenly showed unbelievable anger, he really couldn't imagine that when the city wall was about to be broken through, and Xiandeng had already succeeded in the surprise attack, there would be a shocking reversal on the city wall!

"Meng De, it's Lu Bu!" Xiahoudun pointed to the city again, and said with surprise in his eyes.

At this time, Cao Cao's eyes, just like Lu Bu locked him up that day, stared at the majestic figure on the city wall: it can be seen that after Lu Bu experienced the battle of the Gourd River, his skills were indeed much bleaker. However, his appearance is a shot in the arm that cannot be ignored for all Puyang defenders!

"This is impossible, in the battle of the Gouzi River, Lu Bu first suffered internal injuries, and then he was hit by three arrows, and countless knives and guns were added. At this time, he should have been bedridden a long time ago, how could he still appear on the city wall?! Cao Cao whipped and shouted angrily, at this time, he already hated this lone wolf in troubled times to the bottom of his heart, and of course, he was also afraid of it to the bottom of his heart.

And looking at Lu Bu, who had cut off the heads of the Qingzhou soldiers with another halberd at this time, Xiahoudun saw that in the blood splatter, the heads of the Qingzhou soldiers flew into the air, and the headless corpses were kicked backwards, taking the several soldiers who followed behind on the ladder down.

After thinking for a while, Xiahoudun calmly said: "Lord Sikong, Lu Bu's life will not be long in coming....... at this time, he should already be burning his life and fighting, and he is still more than enough but not enough." How have you ever seen that Lu Bu kills people, and after cutting off the heads of the soldiers, he needs to kick them away? ……..”

"Huh?" When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes suddenly filled with joy. But Yao watched Lu Bu really kill Qingzhou soldiers with more and more effort, Cao Cao's eyes showed a touch of regret and reluctance, and muttered: "He, a lone wolf, is also my fierce rival in life." It's a pity to die like this, and it's a bit of pity........"

"Mengde!" Xiahoudun suddenly heard Cao Cao say this, and couldn't help but feel anxious, and hurriedly dissuaded: "This is not the time to love talents, we need to ........"

Speaking of this, Xiahoudun couldn't say any more, because he had already seen that Cao Cao raised his right hand that was blocked. I saw the cold look in Cao Cao's eyes, and then, sure enough, I heard the voice in his dream:

"We need Lu Bu's head to establish the reputation of the first military god of the Cao family in the Central Plains! At the same time, I need to be more patient. Therefore, Lu Fengxian's head should be handed over to Yuan Shao's subordinates to snatch it! ”

"Mengde....... this?"

"Yuan Rang don't forget, Lu Fengxian is Ma Chao's father-in-law after all! And the anger of the Yongliang God of War is not something that our Cao family, which is now broken, can bear it........"

Xiahou Xuan's eyes were angry, obviously dissatisfied with Cao Cao's words. However, after thinking for a while, he could only show a helpless look of submission, and said to Cao Cao with sincerity: "Meng De is really far-reaching........

"Summoning the order, informing Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Zhang Jaw, it is said that Puyang City is about to be breached. The Cao family wants to dedicate this credit to the three generals! Cao Cao spoke, but after thinking for a moment, he said directly to Xiahoudun: "Yuan Rang, you should go in person, it is best to quietly reveal Lu Bu's situation to the three people, I believe that the head of the world's number one martial god will make these three people very excited........"

Xiahoudun was stunned again, then clasped his fists on the horse and saluted, and said, "My subordinates understand........"

"Lu Bu, Lu Bu, I can't bring a tiger and wolf general like you under my command, it's really a big regret in my life Cao Mengde." Glancing at Lu Bu's fighting figure in Puyang City again, Cao Cao had already decided in his heart: The people in Puyang City should not be killed indiscriminately. Perhaps, one day, only those of them who have personally seen Lu Bu will pass on the story of Lu Bu, the god of war, by word of mouth, right? ……..