The matter was so unpleasantly settled, Liu Ping led his so-called 9,000 soldiers to feint to attack Pengcheng, and Cao Ren personally took all the elite Cao troops to meet Liu Bei.

The reason why it was unpleasant was because Liu Ping knew that the guard in the city was Zhang Fei, and it was impossible to be easily frightened.

Zhang Fei is a fierce general who dares to resist the most elite tiger and leopard cavalry of the Cao army with more than 20 horses, not to mention that now he has at least 7,000 people in his hands, with his guts, what can't he do?

After Cao Ren left, Liu Ping was about to face Pengcheng County independently.

Fortunately, his task was to contain Zhang Fei, so that Zhang Fei did not dare to pursue Cao Ren, so that Cao Jun could be attacked by the enemy on his back.

Now he only had 9,000 men, and it was impossible to besiege the city again, so he arranged troops outside the city.

Pai Lejin led 3,000 men and horses in front of the formation, this is the most capable force under his command, of course, it must be put on the blade.

Send Zhang Liao to follow Zang Ba and lead 5,000 military horses to be arranged in the back to fill the number, if Zang Ba dares to have any two hearts, Zhang Liao will kill him at any time.

At the same time, let Tai Shici guard next to him, and personally lead a thousand Tuntian soldiers to the rear, of course, it is also full.

In fact, Liu Ping's formation is a bluff, and he has no bottom in his heart.

If Zhang Fei dared to lead his army and horses out of the city to attack, as long as he broke through the 3,000 army formation of Lejin at the front, the 6,000 people behind him would not be able to form an army.

So although the number of people is superior, in fact, Liu Ping is like beating a wolf with a hemp pole, and he is panicked.

However, he still had a glimmer of hope that the idle move he had laid out at that time would work.

At the beginning, Cao Cao assigned Lu Qi, the daughter of Lu Bu, to his command, and he saw that Lu Qi's appearance was quite similar to the little girl Xiahou, which could be described as an enhanced version of the little girl.

And Zhang Fei will be able to marry the little girl Xiahou who has been reduced to picking mulberry in person as his wife in the future, and the two daughters born to him will become the queen of Shu Han, which shows that Zhang Fei must like this one.

At that time, Liu Ping guessed that the main general of Xuzhou to take Dongguan was most likely Guan Yu, and the guard general of Pengcheng must be Zhang Fei, so Liu Ping sent Lu Qi to Pengcheng and asked her to wait for an opportunity to get rid of Zhang Fei, and later sent Zhou Cang to assist her.

However, this beheading plan has not worked, and Liu Ping knows that it is not easy to complete this plan.

Otherwise, Zhang Fei would already be a dead man, and Cao Ren would have captured the city a long time ago.

……

Speaking of Dongguan, Guan Yu retreated into the army, and then led his men straight to Dongguan County.

Although he did not kill Xiahou Yuan, he had been completely annihilated by his subordinates, and Xiahou Yuan had been seriously injured, and it was impossible to fight again, and his strategic intention had been achieved.

The purpose of his trip was to capture the city of Dongguan County, not to argue with a group of people.

Although so many people have their hearts towards the Cao family, they are just a group of ignorant people who don't even have weapons and armor, as long as the squire's heart is to Xuzhou, the people will naturally follow.

Although there are many people in the riot now, Guan Yu does not pay attention to it.

There may still be fears in the mountains, but if he is in the wilderness, he only needs to send three thousand regular troops to slaughter the mob.

Guan Yu led the army before he arrived at Dongguan City, and he received an unexpected gift.

I saw that Guan Ping actually detained hundreds of people waiting for him there, and those people were men, women, and children, and they didn't look like ordinary people.

Guan Ping walked over with a smile and said, "Father, these are the squires of Dongguan County, and it is said that they are buying supplies outside the city for the Cao family's labor army.

I didn't have time to return to the city for a while, and I was arrested by our scouts. ”

"Squire Lao Jun, and he personally buys it?" Guan Yu was furious when he heard this: "It's hateful, I didn't expect that in just two or three months, even these squires have already turned their hearts to the Cao family." ”

His lord Liu Bei is full of benevolence and righteousness all over the world, and he has always been kind to the squires and the people, and he has not made the squires to the people completely return to their hearts in such a short time.

The Cao clan is even more known for its brutality, and the people should hate them to death, but now it has become a situation where everyone is in the heart.

If he let his lord know, I'm afraid he will be angry.

"Father, I heard that this is because a few months ago, the Cao family sent a young county guard named Liu Ping, and after that person took office, he showed kindness in the county, and it became the current situation."

"Liu Ping? Just a teenager? Guan Yu was greatly surprised, and then sighed: "This kind of young genius, it's a pity that it can't be used by me."

That's it, the siege is important. ”

Guan Ping said hatefully: "Father, why don't we push these squires to the front to block the arrows, then it will be much easier to attack the city." ”

Squire Qin and the others were disgraced, and they were so frightened that they lowered their heads and trembled, and now they and their relatives outside the city were all arrested, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck.

"No way!" Guan Yu said categorically: "If you do that, the name of the lord who has been serving for more than ten years will be ruined."

Even if I don't, there will be only 2,000 defenders in the city, so why should I be afraid? Guan Yu looked at Dongguan County with half-squinted eyes, his face full of pride.

Guan Yu is indeed not covered, there is no worries, the army attacked the city on the first day, fortunately Cao Ang personally led people to block it, so that the people who attacked were killed.

Although he barely survived the first day, Cao Ang estimated that the city would never last for fifteen days.

……

On the other hand, Cao Ren led his army to stop Liu Bei.

Cao Ren's nearly 40,000 elite Cao troops must quickly defeat Liu Bei's military horses.

After all, he was deep into the enemy's territory, laboring on expeditions, and it was more difficult to transport grain and grass, and what he was most afraid of was falling into the quagmire of a war of attrition.

And I don't know how long Liu Ping can scare Zhang Fei behind him, if he can't scare Zhang Fei and Zhang Fei rushes out, then Liu Ping's 9,000 miscellaneous army is definitely not an opponent, and he will face the crisis of being attacked by the enemy at that time.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei seemed to have already guessed Cao Ren's mind of being anxious for a decisive battle, and set up camp to refuse to defend it, and confronted Cao Ren with peace of mind.

It was impossible to consume Cao Ren in this way, so he personally led the army to attack Liu Bei's camp.

But Liu Bei had already prepared, and the camp was extremely strong, and it was as safe as a rock under the impact of Cao's army.

For a time, the three-way battlefield of the Cao clan fell into a crisis at the same time.

……

In Cao Cao's bedroom in Yanzhou Assassin's Mansion, Cao Cao's condition improved slightly.

At this time, he was already able to recline on the couch and read official documents, of course, he was most concerned about the battle report ahead.

Now that the war reports from all sides have come, he is also a little anxious.

I thought that after planning for so long, even if he didn't go out in person, letting Cao Ren lead the troops on his behalf only had to follow the plan, and it should be easy to capture Pengcheng.

Unexpectedly, there were many accidents, but they caused the current precarious situation.

He sighed, shook his head to himself, and said, "It seems that Cao Ren is still inexperienced and insufficient."

The good situation has made him command what he is now. ”

The battlefield is always ever-changing, and even the best plan has times when accidents occur, and a good commander is to make the right response after an accident occurs.

Of course, that requires a lot of experience and keen judgment, but with the exception of genius generals recorded in the history books, few people are born with such judgment.

Cao Ren just did a decent job in this military operation, and there was nothing brilliant about it.

Of course, this was only Cao Ren's first time leading the troops independently, and Cao Cao couldn't blame him.

When Cao Cao had just started his army, he had been beaten several times and there was no soldier left, if it weren't for the help of his old friend Yuan Shaoxiang, he would have been defeated a long time ago.

"Is Brother Liu Ping in danger?" Cao Jie looked at his father's worried appearance beside him, and asked with big eyes.

Although Cao Cao didn't like to let the female relatives of the family interfere in the military, he knew that this was his daughter who cared about his future husband, not to mention that his daughter was waiting by the bedside these days, and his filial piety touched him very much.

"Don't worry, I won't let Ping'er have an accident."

At this time, a letter was sent in by the little maid, which was written by Xun Yu.

These days, Xi Zhicai has fallen ill, and Cheng Yu is on the front line, so Cao Cao sent someone to send a copy of the battle report to Juancheng at any time, so that Xun Yu can participate in the planning.

Cao Cao unfolded the letter and read it slightly, then sighed and said, "Order, let Cao Ren withdraw his troops." ”