Cao Bao didn't expect to stop himself with just one shot, although the soldiers under his command had already climbed the city wall several times, and even occupied a small part of the city wall. But without exception, they were all driven down.

Since seeing Jiang Hong besieged in Hefei and sending troops to recover Xiapi State, Cao Bao seemed to see his ascension to the day, but he never expected to be blocked by this small shooting sun.

After spending almost half a month in Sheyang, Cao Bao felt that his patience was about to run out, but there was no other way, and Cao Bao's little head couldn't think of any way.

Dozens of miles away, Ling Cao looked at Xu Rong suspiciously, this cavalry commander was really suspicious, Ling Cao made it clear that he didn't believe Xu Rong at all.

Xu Rong was very helpless, he left as soon as his brain was hot, and he didn't have time to ask Jiang Hong for a token or something, and it was normal for Ling Cao not to believe that he was.

Xu Rong crossed the Yangtze River from the river, ran all the way, and soon arrived near Sheyang, and even met Ling Cao and his party, who had set off many days ago and were wandering near Sheyang.

Seeing Ling Cao holding a flag in the army, with a boss's Jiang character embroidered on it, Xu Rong was full of joy and thought that he had found a friendly army, but he almost didn't fight with Ling Cao.

Fortunately, even if Xu Rong expressed his intentions, Ling Cao saw that Xu Rong was not hostile, so he also stopped.

The two of them didn't know each other, and Ling Cao couldn't be sure whether what Xu Rong said was true or false, and there was no trust between the two of them.

"That's it, General Ling, to be honest, now that Sheyang is besieged by Cao Bao, even if these soldiers under the general's command enter Sheyang City, they can't change the critical situation in Guangling." Xu Rong said earnestly.

Ling Cao nodded, he was not a fool, he naturally knew that what Xu Rong said made sense, and leading the army into Sheyang could not change the current situation.

"If the general can be trusted...

"I can't believe it." Ling Cao refused, and the scene was very embarrassing for a while.

"Uh." Xu Rong hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said, "Okay, since that's the case." ”

Xu Rong took off his helmet, swooped, cut off his hair, held it in both hands, and handed it to Ling Cao's hands.

"This..." Ling Cao didn't want Xu Rong to cut off his hair in order to gain his trust.

"The Book of Filial Piety" once had a cloud: the body is skinned, and the parents who receive it dare not destroy it, and the beginning of filial piety is also. In ancient times, hair meant human dignity for men and body for women, and was a very important thing.

Cao Cao cut his hair and acted as the head, even if he was putting on a show, then Cao Cao undoubtedly made a bloody effort for this show. From the Xia Shang Zhou Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a kind of humiliating punishment called 髡 punishment, that is, shaving the hair and beard of a prisoner, which was a kind of personality insult.

In "The History of the New Five Dynasties" and "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty", there are more often people who "break their hair as an oath" to show their determination at critical times, which is enough to see how determined Xu Rong is to win Ling Cao's trust.

"I also hope that the general will keep one or two for Xu for the time being." Xu Rong put on his helmet again and said very solemnly.

"Okay, General Xu is like this, I can't say anything anymore." Ling Cao sighed.

"Since General Ling believes in Xu, then Xu will speak freely. Ling Jiangjun also knows that entering the city will not have much effect, so we might as well act like this... Xu Rong whispered.

"Okay." Ling Cao nodded, "I hope General Xu will keep his promise." ”

The camera returns to Sheyang's side, the day's siege ended again without a problem, even though Cao Bao had endless anger, he could only hold it in his stomach and honestly collect his troops and return to the camp.

At night, a young general secretly found Lu Dai and said:

"Superintendent, it's not a way to keep it like this! The brothers have suffered heavy casualties, this shooting sun will be broken sooner or later, and the support of Taishou will not come for a long time, so we have to find a way ourselves. ”

"Tell me, what can you do?" Lu Dai asked with some amusement.

"Night Raid." The young general said.

"No." Lu Dai refused with a smile.

"Why?" The man hurriedly said, "If you defend it so stubbornly, after all, on the day the city is broken, you should take advantage of the military strength to attack out of the city and keep a chance of life." ”

"It's too risky, if you're not careful, it's a catastrophe that you can't recover, we can't afford to lose this sun." Lu Dai explained slowly.

"But it's better than waiting here to die!" The man said unwillingly.

"Huh." Lu Dai smiled and shook his head.

Although Lu Dai is only in his 30s this year, he already has the idea of promoting young talents, and the young general in front of him is the person he values the most. Everything is good, but it's too frizzy, and it needs to be polished.

Just as Lu Dai was about to preach, there were bursts of fighting outside the city. Lu Dai was shocked, and without waiting for the soldiers to report, he walked like a fly, quickly climbed the city wall, and watched the situation outside the city.

Through the firelight, Lu Dai faintly saw the word Jiang on the banner, presumably supporting the reinforcements of Sheyang, but he didn't know that in order to choose to attack the enemy camp at night.

Cao Bao is not a fool, and the people of Xuzhou are not dry food, Yuan Shu withdrew his troops, and Cao Bao also knew the news that Jiang Hong survived, so Cao Bao has been sending many spies to find out if there are reinforcements around Sheyang.

It's just that what Cao Bao didn't expect was that Ling Cao's department was going to Zhongduze, and naturally there were water bandits who helped Ling Cao lead the way, and quietly went around to Cao Bao's camp, but Cao Bao didn't know anything.

Cao Bao's battalion did not detect the existence of enemy reinforcements, so the battalion's defense was very lax, and Ling Cao led the army to kill him by surprise, and the camp was chaotic for a while.

Fortunately, there are not too many soldiers led by Ling Cao's night attack, and it is not like a cavalry attack on the camp, it has super mobility, and it can constantly transfer and ignite everywhere to cause chaos.

Cao Bao is a general in Xuzhou, and he can be entrusted with half of Xuzhou's troops by Tao Ying, so he is naturally not a waste, and hurriedly organized soldiers, hoping to besiege Ling Cao's headquarters and prevent him from running around.

Seeing this, Lu Dai on the city wall did not guard the sun without a dead brain. Without saying a word, he gathered his troops and horses, went out of the city to attack Cao Bao's camp and support Ling Cao.

Cao Bao was already in a hurry by Ling Cao, but he didn't expect that Lu Dai, an old turtle, would dare to go out of the city, and Lu Dai suddenly led the army into the camp, and Cao Bao was even more at a loss.

However, because there was no one to lead the way, Lu Dai and Ling Cao didn't know where Cao Bao's warehouse and grain and grass hoarding were, and the chaos caused was limited, so they couldn't give Cao Bao a fatal blow.

Cao Bao relied on his numerical advantage, although he was still at a disadvantage, but he was able to gradually stabilize, looking at this, it seemed that the two sides were going to lose both sides as the end.

However, on Ling Cao's side, there is still one biggest chip that has not been put on the table.