Cao Ren of Jingbei did not intend to surrender.

Even if his subordinates admonished him in many ways, saying that Xun Gang held the seal of the King of Wei, then Cao Chong was the orthodox King of Wei, and it was not unreasonable to surrender him; But Cao Ren couldn't listen to it at all, in his eyes, Xun Gang was a thief, whether he killed Cao Cao or not, as long as he coerced the King of Wei to order him not to be a minister, then he was a thief!

Maybe he also forgot that if he followed this reason, then Cao Cao would also become a thief.

Cao Ren even sent a letter asking Xun Gang to return power to Cao Chong, so that he could choose to surrender; However, Xun Gang laughed when he saw the letter, this old guy didn't seem to have recognized the situation yet, would he be afraid that he wouldn't succeed?

However, Cao Ren is indeed a rare famous general, and he is too weakened in Romance, you must know that he has dragged Zhou Yu for a year to guard Jiangling, but it is not like Romance to pass it off; When guarding Xiangyang and blocking Guan Yu, he did not break the city, which eventually led to Guan Yu having no choice but to defeat Maicheng.

Xun Gang still didn't dare to underestimate him, after all, despising the enemy would only reap the consequences; After all, ** is well said, strategically despise the enemy, tactically value the enemy. If I planted it in his hands, it would be too much of a loss.

After a few days of repair, the army marched at full speed to Wancheng, there was no longer any blocking force along the way, and the village and county town were not unpleasant to fall in the wind, after all, Xun Gang drove the title of Jingzhou Mu, and if he wanted to resist, he had to weigh it.

This made Xun Gang a little disappointed, don't you have any backbone at all?

Xun Gang's plan was to quickly march to the bottom of Daowan City, and take advantage of Cao Ren's failure to organize a defense. But Zhang Liao put forward a different opinion, he has been in Cao Ying for a long time, so he naturally knows how powerful Cao Ren is. Although Cao Ren is not good at attacking fortifications, defense is a must, which is why Cao Cao relies on him.

"Cao Ren has been in battle for a long time, our army is eager to fight quickly, Cao Ren will inevitably avoid us and refuse to fight, it is better to march slowly, wait for work with ease, and break it with the technique of besieging the city, and it will definitely win!"

Xun Gang swayed, and Tian Yu also said: "In addition, we can make Ma Chao's Bailing army change into the appearance of a tiger and leopard horseman, so that the enemy army knows that its elite division is loyal to our army, and wanders outside the enemy city every day, disturbing the enemy's morale, and before the enemy's morale collapses, it is a good opportunity for us to attack!" ”

His own military discussion was refuted, although Xun Gang was helpless, what the two said was not unreasonable; Cao Ren is good at defense, and it is easy for him to find an opportunity to break through gradually by attacking quickly, so it is better to take it step by step.

Wancheng is on the banner of the exhibition, with nearly 10,000 armor, all of them are majestic, and they are ready to fight. Cao Ren governed the army very strictly, but he ate and lived with the soldiers, fought and charged ahead, did not take credit for his pride, and was deeply loved by the soldiers. At that time, it was precisely because Wu Qi was willing to share weal and woe with the soldiers that he was able to become a generation of famous generals and was respected as one of the ten philosophers of Wumiao.

Cao Ren is indeed a famous general, and even Zhou Yu dare not underestimate him, let alone Xun Gang. Xun Gang didn't read the art of war, he just watched the battles of later generations one after another to extract experience from it, and came to this point. Therefore, when he saw Cao Ren's army, he couldn't help but pay attention to three points in his heart.

Xun Gang was about to give an order, when he suddenly heard a sound of gongs and drums on the city tower, a proud figure looming, like a god under the sun, and the brilliant colors were so dazzling that it was difficult to open his eyes. Cao Ren was dressed in a fish-scale battle armor, with a strong hostility on his face, if it weren't for an acquaintance, Xun Gang wouldn't dare to look at his eyes.

"Xun thief, you deceived your subordinates and concealed them, assassinated the King of Wei, and set up Cao Chong's son to take power alone! I was about to ask for sin, but you came first! If you are willing to bow down in front of the battle, I am willing to give you a favor, don't insult your reputation! ”

Cao Ren was planning to fight psychological warfare first and pour stinky water on Xun Gang's body; If you can take it by surprise, you can make Xun Gang worry in his heart, the army's heart will collapse, and he will take the opportunity to go out and defeat it in one fell swoop! No matter how bad it is, it can make those soldiers who have their hearts towards Wei surrender to them, and they will benefit without harm.

Xun Gang didn't expect Cao Ren to strike first, the army had not yet been fully arranged, and some soldiers who had heard of Cao Ren's fame began to whisper, including many veterans in Cao Cao's hands, who swore allegiance to Cao Cao and had no choice but to take refuge in Xun Gang, and now their hearts have been shaken.

"It's not good, let Cao Ren see the shortcomings of our army!"

Xun Gang looked at Cao Ren with a serious face on the city tower, and said in his heart that this person is really not simple, the external trouble has not yet come, and now he is still worried about the inside. He looked at Zhang Liao and Lu Bu, and made a look at the two, and the two understood, and gave up.

"You have a good plan, I have a wall ladder, it depends on who is better between you and me!"

After Zhang Liao and Lu Bu went down, they found the Dangbaicai, Bochang, and Shichang of each unit, and announced that it was impossible for the two of them to shout loudly in front of each unit, you must know that the military law has a clause that "no noise is allowed in the barracks", how could they make mistakes themselves and make the barracks become like a vegetable market?

"The first king was killed by the Sun thief, this is the news obtained by the scout, and it can never be fake! Now that the King of Wei is still young, Jingzhou Mu solves problems for the King of Wei, and is a hero of the Wei State, so that the soldiers under his command must not be bewitched by the enemy! Cao Ren is jealous of Xunhou because of his love of power, and you have followed Xunhou for many days, don't you know that Xunhou is a person? ”

The captains of the queue gave up their hands one after another, and they didn't even dare to say anything, but they had their own thoughts in their hearts, and they didn't know if they listened to the words of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, and whether the soldiers bought what the two said or not, they didn't know.

Sometimes, these things get darker and darker, after all, no one knows what happened to Xun Gang; In case the soldiers did not believe that they were going to the enemy position, there would inevitably be a mutiny in the village in the next few days, and then it would not be something they could control.

After the order was issued, Cao Ren seemed to have expected Xun Gang to do this, and took advantage of Xun Gang's army to cut wood and camp and sent several soldiers to infiltrate the barracks, spreading various remarks such as "Cao Cao is still alive", "Cao Ren got Cao Cao's will to eradicate the traitor Xun Gang", "Xun Gang plans to attack Xuchang and abolish the emperor and stand on his own".

In just a few days, this news has spread all over the barracks, and by the time Xun Gang received the news, these rumors had almost been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Cao Ren's move was not only to recruit soldiers loyal to Cao Cao, but also to win over the loyal Han Party by taking advantage of Xun Gang's intention to "abolish the emperor and stand on his own". As soon as these two parties come out, Xun Gang will lose at least nearly half of the support of his troops!

"This news has been spreading for several days, and we thought it was a joke, but we didn't want the rumors to spread and be difficult to contain!" Tian Yufu knelt on the ground, because he was so late in reporting to Xun Gang because of his dereliction of duty, which caused Xun Gang to lose the best time to resist, "My subordinates are derelict in their duties, and I also ask the lord to do it!" ”

"Rumors are rife in the army, you have your own responsibilities as a supervisor, and you should really be beheaded according to ......the law."

Xun Gang stood with his hands behind his back, without the slightest expression on his face, but there was a faint hint of excitement in his eyes. Tian Yu lowered his head after hearing this, waiting for Xun Gang's disposal.

"But ......," Xun Gang suddenly said, "Now that the enemy is present, killing the generals in the army will only increase his popularity!" The matter was put on hold for the time being, and the Wancheng War was dismissed according to military merits. ”

Xun Gang meant to let Tian Yu wear the crime and make meritorious service, Tian Yu was naturally grateful when he heard this, and he would inevitably use twelve points of strength to fight in the coming day, which would be more effective than killing him.

Lu Xun, who had been watching the play, suddenly arched his hand and said: "Cao Ren bewitched our army with rumors, I don't know what the lord plans to do?" ”

"He Cao Ren is just playing tricks, of course, it can affect the morale of our army, but with my way of governing the army, even if someone has bad intentions, he will not dare to attack, and after I clean up Cao Ren, the hidden dangers caused by the rumors will naturally subside!"

Xun Gang said, but looked at Lu Xun with a smile on his face, and asked, "Bo Yan seems to have something to say?" ”

Lu Xun smiled: "Lord, Wancheng has been decided!" ”