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In the small city of Dong'e, the sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and the sound of horse trampling became more and more crisp and loud.

Then a group of hundreds of cavalry jumped on horseback and whipped their whips, galloped through a messy alley, and headed straight for the county government.

The county government hall.

The atmosphere in the hall was solemn, and all the martial arts under Cao Cao gathered in this not spacious county hall.

Cao Cao sat alone on the steps, an ordinary county order table case was placed in front of him, and the current case was almost his handsome case.

At this moment, Cao Cao's face was full of clouds, gloomy and gloomy, his deep and sharp eyes were full of anger and worry, his brows were tightly locked, and his anger was full but there was nowhere to vent.

On both sides of the hall, only three people are seated now, and the rest of the hundreds of civil ministers and military generals are all lined up in the center of the hall, and everyone bows their heads and is silent, for fear of making a little noise to attract the anger of the lord.

To this day, Cao Cao led the army back to Yanzhou for nearly two months, that is, when Li Li returned to Bufu after escaping, Cao Cao led the army back to Yanzhou to meet Lü Bu's army.

After two months of bloody fighting, the rebel army of Lu Bu and Zhang Miao was like a bamboo, marching all the way, attacking the city and pulling out the village, and was invincible. In contrast, the army under Cao Cao rushed day and night to return to help, and fought continuously for several months, and more than 100,000 soldiers were already exhausted and tired; In addition, there is an urgent shortage of grain and grass, broken weapons, and a shortage of ordnance. In the face of the high morale of Lu Bu's army, Cao manipulated more than 100,000 troops in hand, but it was also in vain, and he could not resist the attack of Lu Bu's army at all.

After two months of fierce fighting, Cao Cao's army has been fighting for five months, including fighting almost every day except for rainy days. As a result, the combat strength of the Yanzhou army fell to the lowest point. Morale is low, and there is a tendency to slump. Therefore, in the battle of Yanzhou, Cao's army was defeated again and again, not only failed to defend the old nest, but lost the city and lost the land one after another, and collapsed for thousands of miles.

Until this moment, Cao Cao's Yanzhou foundation has been lost, and almost the entire Yanzhou has fallen into the hands of Lu Bu and Zhang Miao and others, and now Cao Cao and his civil and military forces and 120,000 troops are shrinking in the four cities centered on Dong'a.

Not only that, but now Lu Bu's army is already in the city. The small town of Fan County is being attacked.

It is no exaggeration to say that Cao Cao and his army are already on the verge of exhaustion. If the only four cities were captured by Lü Bu again, then Cao's army, including Cao Cao himself, would have no choice but to lead his troops to flee Yanzhou. Destruction is imminent.

When the catastrophe comes, he shows loyalty.

And the three people sitting in the hall today are the outstanding figures who appeared in the battle of Yanzhou. They are: Xun Yu Xun Wenruo, who stayed in Dongjun, and Cao Chun Cao Zihe, who was temporarily appointed as the guard general of Dongjun. and Shou Zhangling, Cheng Yu, and Cheng Zhongde, who surprised everyone.

Xun Yu's merit lies in. Before the fall of the state governor's mansion, all the few ordnance, money and grain in the government treasury were transferred to the small city of Dong'e for storage, which was the life-saving food and grass that determined the life and death of Cao's army. Therefore, Xun Yu made great contributions and saved the entire Cao army, so that the Cao army still has the strength to resist and the courage to fight to the death.

Cao Chun was ordered to succeed Xiahoudun as the chief general of the Dongjun Left-behind Mansion two months ago. Although he did not resist the fierce attack of Lu Bu's army, resulting in the fall of the Prefecture Governor's Mansion, he assisted Xun Yu in transferring grain and grass before the city was broken, and he dealt with it properly. The most important thing is. He rescued Cao Cao's wives and concubines and children from the state capital, until he met Cao Cao, Cao Cao's family was quite large. For this alone, Cao Chun's weight in Cao Cao's mind has skyrocketed countless times, and his credit is still above Xun Yu.

Shouzhang Ling Cheng Yu was recruited by Cao Cao a year ago, and then served as a county magistrate. At the beginning, Cao Cao only heard that Dong'a Chengyu was famous and had some talents, so he recruited him to become an official. Unexpectedly, in the first battle of Yanzhou, Cheng Yu not only defended the small city of Dong'e, but also preserved the last grain and grass of the Yanzhou army and provided a place for the army to live. At this time of life and death, what Cheng Yu did was really impressive, which shows that he has outstanding talents, but serving as a county commander is really overkill.

Therefore, although Cheng Yu is still a county magistrate at the moment, he has already entered Cao Cao's sight, and has been invited to the upper seat, and has already entered the house, and has become one of Cao Cao's most relied on advisers. Although its status is inferior to Xun Yu, its weight in Cao Cao's mind is not inferior to Xun Yu.

Coincidentally, Cheng Yu and Xun Yu have known each other for many years and are close friends, otherwise Xun Yu would not have handed over the grain and grass to Cheng Yu to take care of.

At present, Lü Bu's army is pressing the border, and Cao Cao led his troops to defend Dong'e City, resting the army while actively resisting the rebel siege. However, the situation deteriorated to this point, and Cao's army had no choice but to fight to the death.

"Da Da Da!"

A rapid and crisp sound of horses' hooves entered the main hall, instantly breaking the extremely oppressive solemn atmosphere in the hall, making everyone look shocked and looked back one after another.

"Report ———"

In front of everyone's eyes, a scout hurriedly ran into the main hall and knelt down to report: "My lord, Yangping City has fallen, and Lu Bu's army is marching straight to Dong'a, and it is expected to arrive at the city at noon!" ”

"Sizzle———!"

After hearing this, everyone in the hall gasped, and then held their breath and silenced, and stared at Cao Cao on the steps with solemn expressions.

"Lu Bu's traitor is finally here, I've been waiting for a long time!"

Just as everyone was staring at Cao Cao worriedly, but seeing that Cao Cao's expression was unusually calm, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and the previous gloomy and ice-like expression instantly faded, replaced by a smiling look.

Immediately, Cao Cao got up without hurry, paced to the bottom of the hall, stood in the middle of the civil and military forces, and said with a smile: "Two months ago, Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, Xu Yan, Wang Kai and others listened to Chen Gong's slander, welcomed Lu Bu to succeed him as Yanzhou Mu, and waited for an opportunity to sneak attack the rear of our army. In the past few days, the rebels have been invincible in successive battles, and now they have captured most of our counties and forced us to the small city of Dong'e, and are almost in a desperate situation.

Dong'e is a small area, the city wall is only two zhang high, less than one zhang thick, it is really a weak and weak city. According to the rapid offensive of Lu Bu's army, Dong'e City will be broken overnight, and we will be reduced to lost dogs and exhausted, and sooner or later we will be slaughtered by Lu Bu's rebels, and there will be no place to bury! ”

Speaking of this, Cao Cao's voice stopped suddenly, and a pair of extremely sharp eyes swept over the civil and military forces around him, and then raised his voice and said: "However, we have no way to retreat now, and we can only fight to the death, put it to death and live later, and then have a glimmer of life!" Now our army is trapped in three small cities, and the grain and grass can only be used for more than a month, but it can still be defended according to the city, and it is safe for the time being.

Lu Bu is well-known for his bravery, and the wolf cavalry under his command is even more stubborn and unstoppable. However, my Cao Cao's generals are like clouds, with more than 100,000 soldiers, all of whom are elites in a hundred battles, why are you afraid of Lu Bu, why are you afraid of the wolf cavalry? The congregation will obey the order! ”

"We will obey the orders of the Lord!" As soon as Cao Cao's order came out, dozens of generals led by Cao Ren knelt on one knee and shouted in unison.

Cao Cao strode to the front of the handsome case, and ordered sharply: "Order Cao Ren to be the main general, lead the army, garrison Dong'e City, and dispatch troops and horses in the center!" Ordered Cao Chun to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to garrison the east city, Cao Hong led 30,000 troops to garrison the west city, and Cheng Yu led 10,000 troops to defend the marshal's mansion! The three cities are fighting each other, and they can only defend the city, and they must not go out of the city to meet the enemy! ”

"No!" The generals in the hall received the order in unison.

Cao Cao nodded slightly, and said aloud with a resolute expression: "Now, our army of more than 100,000 troops is stationed in three cities, even if the cities are short and vulnerable, but our army's more than 100,000 soldiers stationed in the cities are three impregnable copper walls!"

The wolf cavalry is brave, and Lu Bu is brave and the world is the best, can they still fly up to the city? It is because the rebels of Yilu Bu are not afraid, as long as we fight bloodily and unite as one, we will be able to repel the rebels. When the morale of Lu Bu's army is low in the coming day, it will be the time for us to wait for the Jedi to counterattack, and the recovery of Yanzhou is just around the corner! ”

"Defeat the rebels and kill Lu Bu!" In the hall, Cao Ren shouted loudly, followed by the generals chanting, and a group of civil servants followed the generals and echoed loudly.

"Go, prepare for the battle and defend the city, there must be no mistake!" Cao Cao waved his hand, and all the generals bowed down to salute, and immediately got up and took orders to leave.

When the generals left, many of the ministers in the hall also left, and it was up to them to raise the equipment to defend the city, organize the strong to carry the stones and rolling logs, and take care of the wounded soldiers. On the occasion of the imminent battle, they naturally did not dare to slack off and prepared early, so as not to panic.

After a while, only Xun Yu and Cheng Yu were left in the lobby, and Cao Cao, who was in the handsome position, was the same as before at this time, his face was gloomy, his brows were tightly locked, and he was worried.

"Don't worry, lord." Seeing that Cao Cao was at a loss, Xun Yu thought about it slightly, and then said with relief: "As the lord said, now we have been forced to a dead end, and there is no way back, but to fight to the death, there is no other way." However, although Lü Bu's rebels were fierce, the cities along the way had already occupied most of the rebels' strength, so that Lü Bu's troops and horses were only 40,000, and our army's strength was several times that of the rebels. What's more, although the wolf cavalry is brave and good at fighting, it is not good at attacking cities. Since then, as long as our army can't hold out, what can Lu Bu's army do to me? When the rebels were frustrated, the lord could lead a large army to counterattack, recapture Yanzhou in one go, defeat the rebels of Lü Bu, and kill Zhang Miao and other traitors. At that time, the lord will be able to completely occupy Yanzhou, and there will be no worries! ”

Xun Yu's voice fell, and Cheng Yu echoed: "What Wen Ruo said is extremely true. For now, our army can only rely on the stubborn resistance of the only three cities at present, take the opportunity to reorganize the army, and it will not be long before it can make a comeback.

Prior to this, Chen Liu, Zhang Miao, Xu Yan, Wang Kai and others had been vacillating, supporting the army and standing on their own feet without showing their feet, so that the lord could never occupy the entire territory of Yanzhou. With Lu Bu's rebels peeping at the side, this rebellion is inevitable. However, there are often great opportunities hidden in desperate situations, and this is exactly what happened in the rebellion of Lü Bu's army. As long as the lord can survive the current predicament, he can then use his superior forces to level Yanzhou in one fell swoop and completely pocket the entire territory of Yanzhou. ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao's expression was shocked, the gloomy color on his face immediately dissipated, a ray of scorching light flashed under his eyes, his brows stretched out, and he nodded thoughtfully.

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