In Cao Jun's camp, Cao Cao stood on the lookout, surrounded by Dian Wei, Guo Jia, Xun You and others, looking at the entire battlefield.

At this time, from under the lookout, a man wearing iron armor and an iron helmet ran up, this person was burly, majestic, with a long face and short beard, tiger eyes and dragon eyes, and Fang Shuo's mouth, it was Xiahou Yuan, the general under Cao Cao's account.

As soon as Xiahou Yuan climbed the lookout, he hugged his fists and said to Cao Cao: "Lord Qiqi, there is a soldier and horse in the northeast who came to rescue Tao Qian, and the one who rushed to the front was playing the banner of Liu Xuande of the plain, and the team was also mixed with the banner of Beihai Xiang Kong Rong and Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai, did our army stop it?" ”

"Liu Xuande?" When Cao Cao heard this name, he only felt familiar for a while, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "This person is Liu Bei, who pacified the Yellow Turban Army in the past?" ”

Xiahou Yuan said: "It's this person." ”

"It turned out to be him, and after years of not seeing him, I almost forgot about him. I didn't expect him to dare to come to this troubled water! Cao Cao sneered and turned his face to look northeast.

Reflecting the bright firelight, Cao Cao could clearly see that the person riding a white horse and wielding a double sword in his hand was Liu Bei. Moreover, he also recognized the man who used the Zhangba Snake Spear on Liu Bei's left, and the person who used the Qinglong Yanyue Knife on Liu Bei's right, these two were Liu Bei's sworn brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

However, sandwiched between Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, there are two knights, both of whom are extremely brave and handsome, but Cao Cao doesn't know them.

Thousands of soldiers and horses, under the leadership of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and two other knights, rushed left and right in the Cao army's camp, Cao soldiers could not stop them, and the five of them were each other's horns, like five tigers entering a flock of sheep, as if no one was in the land.

Seeing this scene, Cao Cao's brows couldn't help frowning, and he remembered that Liu Bei's sworn brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were both brave and good at fighting, and their martial arts were excellent, and ordinary soldiers would be able to resist them.

"Pass the order, withdraw all the siege troops, and all the generals will no longer stop Liu Bei and the others, and let them enter the city." Cao Cao immediately made a decision and immediately ordered.

"Lord, it looks like Kaiyang City is about to be captured, at this time, let Liu Bei and the others in, wouldn't it increase the liliang of the city's defense?" Xiahou Yuan said suspiciously.

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Liu Bei, Kong Rong, and Tian Kai are all rabble, and letting them into the city is to annihilate them all in the city. You quickly go to give the order, all the soldiers are back to the barracks, and there will be no more attacks tonight, so that you can recuperate and recharge, and tomorrow morning, you will attack the city with all your might, and the first to ascend will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and the captain will be crowned! ”

"Whoa!" Xiahou Yuan understood Cao Cao's intentions, answered, and immediately got off the lookout to convey the order.

As soon as Xiahou Yuan left here, Guo Jia asked over there: "Lord, why don't you defeat Liu Bei, Kong Rong, Tian Kai and others outside the city, with the strength of our army, even if there are a few more such reinforcements, it will not be a problem to win." ”

Cao Cao said: "If you attack them now, you can indeed defeat them, but the chance of them escaping is also very high." I put them in Kaiyang City just to annihilate them and let the world know that no matter who dares to go against Cao Cao, there is only one result, and that is death! ”

Soon, Cao Cao's order was conveyed, and the Cao army camp was full of gold and troops, and the Cao army's siege ended in vain, and the Cao army also tried to avoid the soldiers and horses of Liu Bei, Kong Rong, Tian Kai and others, and did not fight.

Liu Bei and the others were fighting, and suddenly saw that all the Cao troops had retreated, and took the initiative to get out of the way, which made Liu Bei feel a little inexplicable.

A person with a leopard's head and eyes on Liu Bei's left and holding a snake spear is Zhang Fei, after he saw this situation, he laughed and said to Liu Bei: "Big brother, as soon as we arrived, Cao Jun retreated, it seems that Cao Cao is afraid of the prestige of the eldest brother and does not dare to fight with the eldest brother." ”

"The third brother laughed, what prestige can I have, I guess Cao Cao sold us a face." Liu Bei was quite self-aware, although he couldn't guess why Cao Jun Mingjin withdrew his troops, but he also knew that Cao Cao was not afraid of himself. On the contrary, he was also a little afraid of Cao Cao.

"As soon as Xuande Gong came, Cao Jun retreated, which is enough to prove Xuande Gong's excellence, Zilong is deeply admired." The person who spoke, sandwiched between Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, this person was young, his face was as white as jade, handsome and chic, holding a gentian gun, his surname was Zhao Mingyun, and the word Zilong.

Zhao Yun was originally the general of Gongsun Zhan's account, and when Liu Bei came to rescue Tao Qian, he specially borrowed Zhao Yun and a thousand soldiers and horses from Gongsun Zhan because of the lack of soldiers and horses. Zhao Yun obeyed Liu Bei's orders.

"Big brother, no matter what, since the Cao army has retreated, then let's enter the city immediately." A red-faced and beautiful-haired man on the right holding the Qinglong Yanyue Knife said loudly, this person is Liu Beiyi's second brother of Jin Lan, surnamed Guan Mingyu, and the word cloud is long.

In the middle of Guan Yu and Liu Bei also sandwiched a young man, this person is armed with an iron spear, a bow and arrows hanging from his waist, and six halberds are inserted behind his back.

Tai Shi Ci originally had nothing to do with this matter, but Sun Qian went to Qingzhou to seek reinforcements, and when he arrived in Beihai, Beihai Xiang Kong Rong heard that Tao Qian was surrounded by Cao Cao, so he ordered troops and horses to prepare to come to the rescue.

Who would have thought that the Yellow Turban thief Guan Hai led the crowd to attack Beihai, beheaded Kong Rong's generals, and surrounded Beihai. It happened that Tai Shi Ci came to repay the favor, entered the city, and volunteered to go to the plains to ask Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai to send troops to rescue.

Since Gongsun Zhan defeated Liu Yu last year and occupied the entire Youzhou, his shili has increased greatly, and he personally led his troops south, captured Bohai County in Jizhou, and garrisoned Nanpi.

In addition, Gongsun Chan sent Tian Kai and Liu Bei to continue south to Qingzhou, occupied Pingyuan County, let Tian Kai do the history of Qingzhou Thorn, garrison Leling, let Liu Bei be the plain order, and the troops were in the plain, and the three parties clamped down on Gongsun Zhan's sworn enemy Yuan Shao.

Tai Shici arrived on the plain, saw Liu Bei first, and then went to see Tian Kai, and moved him with affection and reason, so he persuaded Liu Bei and Tian Kai to send troops to rescue.

"Into town!" Liu Bei took the lead, put away his two swords, and said loudly.

On the tower of Kaiyang City, Tao Qian, Cao Bao and others were all overjoyed when they saw this, and they all thought that the arrival of Liu Bei and others had made Cao Cao feel scared.

When Tao Qian saw that Cao's army was retreating, and Liu Bei and others were galloping towards the city gate, he immediately ordered: "Quickly open the city gate and let the reinforcements enter the city!" ”

Seeing that Tao Qian was so happy, Chen Deng hurriedly came over, hugged his fists and said: "Qi Tao Envoy, about Zhang Yan's matter, I must ...... today."

"Zhang Yan's matter, let's talk about it later, this mansion is going to meet the rescuers from Qingzhou now!" Tao Qian interrupted Chen Deng's words and turned to leave.

Chen Deng was in a hurry, grabbed Tao Qian's arm, and said loudly: "Tao Envoy, I must explain this matter clearly, Zhang Yan did not send rescuers to come, but led the army to attack Yanzhou. I believe that at this time, Zhang Yan has not only annihilated the Cao Ren army in Gaoping County, but may also have invaded the hinterland of Yanzhou, this is a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and I hope that Tao Zhijun can understand! ”

Tao Qian shook off Chen Deng's arm and said angrily: "Wai Wei to save Zhao? Who did he surround and who did he save? Isn't Cao Cao's army still here? Since he didn't want to send troops to the rescue, why bother making so many excuses. Without him Zhang Yan, this mansion can also find rescuers! ”

As soon as the words fell, Tao Qian, under the escort of Cao Bao, quickly went down to the city tower and left Chen Deng alone on the city tower.

Chen Deng's face burst into a wry smile, sighed heavily, and blamed himself: "It's all my fault, if I had entered the city earlier, things wouldn't have developed to this point." ”

"Captain Chen, is what you just said true? Did General Zhang really annihilate Cao Ren's army and attack the hinterland of Yanzhou? At this time, Zang Ba, the commander of the cavalry, came over, he happened to hear what Chen Deng said to Tao Qian, and after seeing Tao Qian away, he climbed the city tower and asked.

Chen Deng said: "What I said is true, but the news may not have reached Cao Cao's ears yet, otherwise, Cao Cao's army should have already retreated!" ”

Zang overbearing: "If this is the case, then the siege of Kaiyang should be solved." Captain Chen, I believe what you said, General Zhang will definitely not ignore the overall situation, and he should also understand the truth of cold lips and teeth. ”

"I'm glad that General Zang can believe me. It's just that Tao Yuanjun didn't believe it, and he always thought that General Zhang deliberately didn't send rescuers to arrive. ”

Tao Yuanjun is angry, and when the weather disappears tomorrow, he should understand. The rescuers from Qingzhou have arrived, won't Captain Chen go to meet them together? ”

Chen Deng glanced at the arrogant Qingzhou rescuers outside the city, and sneered: "A group of rabble, what is there to see." Cao Cao deliberately withdrew his troops and let them into the city, just to annihilate them all in this city, but they didn't know the danger at all, they were really a group of fools! ”

"What does Captain Chen mean is that Cao Jun deliberately retreated just now?"

"With Cao's soldiers strong and strong, can't they deal with these rabbles from Qingzhou?" Chen Deng asked rhetorically.

Zang Ba pondered for a moment, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, yesterday Guangling Taishou Zhao Yu led the army to come, and the Cao army only used a small number of troops to defeat it, and even Zhao Yu was beheaded by the Cao army, and he fought with the Cao army for several days, and its combat effectiveness was indeed not comparable to the Xuzhou soldiers.

In this way, what Chen Deng said is very likely.

Chen Deng looked at the Qingzhou rescuers who had already arrived under the city, and said slowly: "It is rare to come so many rescuers, if they are all stationed outside the city, and Kaiyang City is a horn to each other, the Cao army will inevitably be difficult to take care of, but unfortunately none of them can see through the mystery, tomorrow at dawn, when the Cao army attacks the city again, this group of people will see the true strength of the Cao army." ”

Zang Ba listened to it in his ears, but he remembered it in his heart, the matter has come to this point, and he can only take one step and see one step.

The north gate of Kaiyang City was opened, Tao Qian personally went out to greet him, Sun Qian led Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai, Beihai Xiang Kong Rong, the plain made Liu Bei come to Tao Qian, introduced each other, everyone knew each other, and was connected to Kaiyang City by the enthusiastic Tao Qian together, thousands of soldiers and horses penetrated into the city, and after a while, the city gate was tightly closed.

Cao Cao was still standing on the lookout, and when he saw that all the rescuers from Qingzhou had entered the city, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he immediately ordered: "Pass the order, all battalions will take strict precautions, and tomorrow, attack the city with all their might!" ”