Although Xuchang is no longer the capital of Liu Xie, it is also a big city that Cao Cao has operated for many years, and at the same time, it is also the most important city for Cao Cao to resist Ye Zhao, so even if the capital is moved to Suiyang, Cao Cao still has a large number of people stationed in Xuchang, and Cao Ren is also stationed there.

In the Cao clan, Cao Ren's status is very high, and he has won Cao Cao's trust and dependence, and this time Cao Ren was stationed in Xuchang, which shows that Cao Cao attaches great importance to Xuchang.

At this time, the situation in the world has changed, Cao Cao's command, there are already many people secretly sending surrender letters to Ye Zhao's side, Cao Cao is not unaware, but he can only pretend not to know, once the matter is investigated at this moment, then before Ye Zhao attacks, Cao Cao's internal chaos will be the first.

But although I didn't see it, it was just a matter of doing it, Xuchang, as Cao Cao's important town in the West, was also the first line to resist Ye Zhao, and let outsiders guard it, no matter who it was, Cao Cao couldn't rest assured now.

However, Cao Cao also knew the benefits of Ye Zhao's soldiers, so when he sent Cao Ren to guard Xuchang, Cao Cao's requirement for Cao Ren was three days.

No matter what method is used, as long as Cao Ren can hold Xuchang for three days, after three days, Cao Ren can evacuate on his own, and three days is enough for Cao Cao to prepare, and a small territory also has the advantage of a small territory.

Although he has seen the strength of Ye Zhao's army, but only for three days, Cao Ren is still confident to hold it, after all, Xuchang is not Xingyang, as Liu Xie's capital, Xuchang has been expanded several times, and the city wall alone is five zhang high, not to mention, in this Xuchang City, there are many new types of city defense equipment developed by craftsmen recruited by Cao Cao, 50,000 troops, Cao Ren does not think that he can not hold it for even three days.

It's just that when Ye Zhaozhen's troops arrived, in the face of all kinds of new tools, Cao Ren experienced something desperate on the battlefield for the first time.

Not to mention the stone bullets that can kill soldiers by rubble after being broken, I have seen it before, if it comes to defense, Cao Ren has no good way, so he can only dig a jump trench on the city wall, see the opponent's stone, and let the soldiers hide in the ditch to reduce casualties.

At the same time, the bed crossbow used to defend the city can also pose a threat to Ye Zhao's army to a certain extent, at least it can suppress Ye Zhao's three-stone crossbow, but it is extremely troublesome to reload, and it is not as convenient as Ye Zhao's three-stone crossbow.

But if it was just like this, Cao Ren was still confident that he would hold on for three days under Ye Zhao's indiscriminate bombardment, and the effect of the trench would be even better than Cao Ren expected, as long as he seized the opportunity to hide in the trench, the casualties caused by the gravel bullet would be reduced by at least half.

But the problem is that this time Ye Zhao brought not only a catapult, but also a well that is almost the same as the city wall of Xuchang, the arrow clusters shot by the archers above can easily shoot the defenders at the head of the city, but most of the arrow clusters of the archers at the head of the city are blocked by the baffle on the well, even if they can shoot in, the damage caused is not great.

There are also those ladders patched together, the retractable siege ladder, once it is fixed, it is almost impossible to push it away, and you can only watch Ye Zhao's soldiers and horses rush up along the siege ladder endlessly.

There is also the one that can shoot nine giant arrows at the same time, each of which is no worse than the power of the bed crossbow, but the speed of reloading is almost twice as fast as the bed crossbow.

It's just the first day, the city wall has changed hands several times, if it weren't for Cao Ren taking the lead and taking the soldiers to drive the soldiers and horses down in Guanzhong, this first day, Cao Ren almost couldn't support it, even so, at the end of the day, Cao Ren had several more wounds of different depths, and after a rough inventory of the battle losses, Cao Ren was even more desperate.

Three to one, as the third Cao army who defended the city, but Ye Zhaojun on the besieging side only had one, even if these were not elite, but this was defending the city! In this way, they all fought three to one terrible casualties, how can this battle be fought?

This is not the worst, the worst, is morale, in the era of cold weapons, the impact of morale on a war is huge, and now in Xuchang City, although there are still 30,000 Cao troops, but walking in the army, you can clearly feel the low morale.

Not to mention these ordinary soldiers, it is Cao Ren himself, in the face of Ye Zhao's momentum, he can feel a strong sense of powerlessness, the horror of the equipment in Ye Zhao's army far exceeds Cao Ren's expectations, whether this Xuchang City can still be held for two days, Cao Ren's confidence began to waver.

In the past, this was almost impossible, he Cao Ren was also a famous general in the world, the soldiers were full of food, and he was one of the best cities, such a city, let alone three days, in the past, Cao Ren felt that he could hold it for three years, but this time, in the face of Ye Zhao's fierce offensive, Cao Ren's hair turned a lot gray overnight.

The next day, Ye Zhao's offensive was still the same, and the Guanzhong army was like a cattle, rushing to the city to cut people when they saw them, the reason for the low morale, on this day, the battle loss ratio between Cao Ren and Ye Zhao reached a terrifying five to one, Cao Ren five, Ye Zhaoyi, at any time, as the defender of the city to play this kind of record, it is a shame for the guards, but this day, for Cao Ren, it is already a miracle to be able to hold the city without losing.

Xuchang City, under the indiscriminate bombardment of Ye Zhao's siege equipment, became riddled with holes.

At night, Cao Ren leaned against the city, sleepiness swept over, thinking in his heart, as long as he could keep it through tomorrow, he would withdraw, as for it longer...... Anyway, Cao Ren felt that he couldn't do it.

Now, Cao Ren no longer has the luxury of overcompleting the task, he just hopes to be able to complete the task assigned by Cao Cao, it seems that his brother is still prescient!

Cao Ren sighed, leaned against the wall, his eyelids gradually became heavy, and he didn't know how to fall asleep, until the sound of shouting and killing from the city woke up Cao Ren in his sleep.

But seeing that the city was in flames, there were chaotic soldiers and civilians everywhere.

After beating a spirit, Cao Ren instantly sobered up, and hurriedly shouted: "What happened!?" ”

"General, there are people in the army who have been bribed by the gentry in the city, and they want to open the city gate!" A general of the Cao army hurriedly came to Cao Ren's side and said.

Cao Ren's heart sank, and what he was most worried about still happened.

However, the reaction was not slow, and he said sharply: "Order all the armies, guard the city gates, transfer 10,000 soldiers and horses, and go to suppress them!" ”

"Whoa!"

The chaos in the city did not disappear with Cao Ren leading his troops to suppress it, but it tended to intensify, and even worse, Ye Zhao outside the city also began to move a large army to attack the city overnight.

There are scholars colluding with the army to rebel and rebel, and there are strong enemies attacking outside, Rao is Cao Ren is familiar with the art of war, has been on the battlefield for a long time, in the face of this situation, he is also powerless, seeing that the city is broken, Cao Ren painfully issued an order to break through.

Xuchang City can't hold it for three days.

It's just that when Cao Ren led the army out of the city, he was blocked by a Guanzhong soldier and horse, the first general, wearing a black beast armor and no helmet, sat on a Dan rhino, holding an iron halberd in each hand, and when he saw Cao Ren, he grinned: "General Cao, my lord has an invite." ”

Seeing this person, Cao Ren's heart sank completely.

Dian Wei's reputation may not be as dazzling as Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Xu Rong, but as Ye Zhao's personal guard, Dian Wei's ability, at least Cao Jun's generals are very clear, because back then, when the princes were discussing Dong, this Dian Wei was able to fight with Lu Bu, as for how strong Lu Bu is, there is no need to say more.

Looking at the black-pressed Guanzhong soldiers around him, and then at the group of defeated troops behind him who lost their armor, Cao Ren smiled bitterly, slowly raised the war knife in his hand, and said loudly: "Ye Hou is kind, Cao Mou understands it, but the Tao is not the same, I have heard the name of General Dian for a long time, can you dare to fight with me!?" ”

Dian Wei looked at Cao Ren in surprise, then grinned, knocked the double iron halberd in his hand, and clamped his legs under the crotch Dan Rhino, and the Dan Rhino rushed towards Cao Ren and laughed: "Okay! I asked a certain to see what the generals of the Cao Army were capable of! ”

Cao Ren didn't talk nonsense, his legs knocked on the horse's belly, and he hedged with Dian Wei, and the moment the two sides approached, the big knife in his hand fell, fighting for his life.

Dian Wei was unhurried with a halberd to knock Cao Ren's big knife open, Cao Ren's martial arts are also exquisite, looking at the world, it can also be regarded as first-class, but what he is facing is the world's top general, just one move, Cao Ren's tiger mouth cracked, blood flowed, but both hands held the knife shaft, in the moment of the wrong stirrup, suddenly turned around, and slashed at Dian Wei with a knife.

Dian Wei heard the sound of the wind, and the halberd in his hand reached out again, breaking Cao Ren's big knife apart, and then shouted loudly, and the halberd in his other hand flung back.

Cao Ren's knife was knocked open, and his back was to Dian Wei, it was difficult to move at all, the halberd swirled and directly sank into his back, Cao Ren's body trembled, looked down at the halberd that came out of his chest, laughed miserably, and fell to the ground.

Dian Weile stopped the Dan rhino, glanced back at Cao Ren's corpse, turned his head to look at the panicked Cao Jun, raised the remaining halberd high, and said loudly: "Those who descend will not be killed!" ”

"Those who descend will not be killed!"

"Those who descend will not be killed!"

As Dian Wei's voice fell, behind Dian Wei, countless Guanzhong soldiers raised their weapons at the same time, shouted in unison, thousands of soldiers and horses shouted in unison, and the voices converged into a torrent and rushed straight into the sky.

Cao Ren is dead, and the remaining Cao army has no intention of fighting again, in the face of such momentum of the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, how can they still have the heart to continue to resist, except for a few Cao Ren's henchmen, the rest have thrown away their weapons and knelt on the ground to surrender.

On the edge of the sky, the first ray of sunlight between heaven and earth pierced the darkness before dawn, and the fire in Xuchang City had gradually stopped, with the death of Cao Ren, the surrender of a large number of Cao troops, and the Guanzhong army continued to pour into the Great Wall of Xu, and began to clean up the city, Zhang Bang Anmin, when Ye Zhao learned of Cao Ren's death, it was already three poles of the sun.

Ye Zhao sighed, another person he was familiar with passed away, which made Ye Zhao feel an unspeakable loneliness, such things will continue to happen in the future, I hope Cao Cao will not lose his mind because of this, and said to the left and right at the moment: "Send someone to collect Cao Ren's corpse and send it to Suiyang." ”