Outside Xiaopei City, Tao Ying led an army of nearly 30,000 entrenched less than fifty miles away from Xiaopei. Cao Bao seemed to know that he was not the opponent of Tao Ying's military horses, so he divided the soldiers and horses into three large battalions and formed a horn with Xiao Peicheng. After the news of the failure to aid Tanxian reached Xiaopei, Cao Bao knew that this must be a plan, so he closed the city gate and did not come out, but the news reached Sun Jianjun.

Inside the city, the winter snowflakes seemed to be falling, and Sun Jianjun went to look for Cao Bao with a huffing face. When Cao Bao was seen in the barracks, Cao Bao was training military horses.

Groups of cavalry were running and practicing in the school field, and Cao Bao was wearing cold armor, but a drop of dew overflowed from his face. When Sun Jianjun walked into the school field, he shouted loudly: "General Cao, it's really good Yaxing." It's all at this time, and he is still training people here, and the general is not sending troops to Tan County, and Tan County is about to die! ”

Hearing Sun Jianjun's sharp voice, Cao Bao knew that his trouble was coming again.

Inviting Sun Jianjun to the house, Cao Bao explained: "Sun Jianjun, Tan County is definitely not in danger, all this is just a ploy of the second son!" ”

"Tan County is not in danger? I'm afraid that the general doesn't want to save Tan County, the general has 50,000 troops here, and he detains Lu Bu's family but doesn't send it to Tan County, what does this mean? What's more, now that Duke Yuan is leading his troops north to attack Yongqiu, such a good opportunity, General Cao did not go south to attack Guangqi, and then besieged Pengcheng, but he supported his troops here to respect himself, did the general have different aspirations? ”

Sun Jianjun was aggressive, and Cao Bao frowned beside him. The most feared thing in the world is not that the general will not do his best, and the soldiers are afraid of life and death, but that a layman will command an insider to fight, which is the most terrible thing.

What does Sun Jianjun mean by this? I am loyal to my lord, and the bright moon can be seen, how can I do such things that are inferior to pigs and dogs? ”

Cao Bao tried hard to defend himself, the power of the prison army is not very big, but he can tell his words and deeds to the pottery merchant, if he offends him, he said to the pottery merchant that he rebelled, his family is in Tan County, and he will definitely be exterminated by the nine clans.

"Since there is no dissent, why didn't General Cao send troops to attack Pengcheng? How could General Cao not send troops to attack the second son, now the second son is stationed outside the city with only twenty or thirty thousand troops, and there is not much food and grass, and his elite cavalry has already gone south to Pengcheng, and the general has not sent troops, when will he stay? ”

Sun Jianjun still kept questioning, and Cao Bao said-for-tat beside him: "If I don't send troops south to Pengcheng, if I take the liberty of sending troops to Pengcheng, it means that I have declared war on the second son." The second prince has Lu Bu to help in the north, and if war is declared at this time, they will definitely reconcile with Cao Cao, and when the second prince and Lu Bu merge and go south, we will be in a dilemma, and we can only be wiped out! ”

Cao Bao explained one reason after another, but Sun Jianjun said unrelentingly: "If you grow up with other people's ambition to destroy your own prestige, how can my Xuzhou soldiers and horses be inferior to a thief?" ”

"The high walls of Pengcheng City are thick, and the rush to attack it will definitely damage morale. Now that winter has come again, seeing that the heavy snow is coming, we only need to hold Xiaopei, so that the second son can't get by, no one supports Pengcheng, Ji Ling's army will definitely be able to break through the Steroid Hill, and then go all the way north, when the time comes, let Ji Ling and Pengcheng fight, when they are both defeated, I will send troops to the south, and I will definitely be able to take advantage of the fisherman, isn't it a good policy? ”

Cao Bao said his thoughts, and Sun Jianjun faintly heard his words. Cao Bao was originally anti-righteous, and now he has troops to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, originally wanting to occupy Pengcheng by himself. If the alliance between Xuzhou and Yuan Shu is destroyed, then Xuzhou will become a new battlefield in the future, and the people of Xuzhou will always be attacked.

The unreasonable Sun Jianjun didn't seem to want Cao Bao to get such a big credit, so he made trouble again. It is also true that the two of them represent two different big families, and if the Cao family regains power, the interests of their own family will be damaged.

"The general should not forget the instructions of the lord to attack him unprepared, and now the second prince is tired, and the soldiers are homesick, so they will definitely refuse to fight to the death. If the general does not defeat the second prince's army and horses at this time, then Yuan Gonglai will blame, who will be responsible? ”

Seeing that Sun Jianjun was so unreasonable, Cao Bao couldn't help but sigh.

Outside Xiaopei City, it was a little cold, the north wind was blowing, and Tao Ying couldn't help but sneeze. The little soldiers came to report, Cao Bao commanded tens of thousands of troops to call the town, and Tao Ying's cold face couldn't help but show a long-lost smile.