Maybe it's really tired.

The noise on the city tower has not stopped, and the voices of people are boiling and shouting endlessly. But it didn't stop Cao Peng from falling asleep...... In his sleep, he seemed to return to his previous life.

staring at the scorching heat, walking in the city, but looking at a loss.

"Cao thief, look where you're going!"

A shout suddenly sounded in his ears, and the world seemed to freeze in an instant. Looking up, I saw Lu Bu standing on top of a tall building, covered in blood. He held Fang Tian's halberd in his hand, and the red rabbit hissing wind beast under his crotch actually jumped down from the hundred-meter-high building.

"I gave you soldiers and horses, but you didn't save you when you died."

As he spoke, Lu Bu had already arrived. It's just that before Cao Peng could react, the Red Rabbit Hissing Wind Beast and Lu Bu disappeared without a trace.

Diao Chan wears a thin light veil to cover up graceful**.

"Friends, save my ......"

She stretched out her hand towards Cao Peng, and Cao Peng was about to catch it, but saw a red-faced man suddenly appear behind Diao Chan, with a big knife in his hand.

"Slut, take your life!"

"Don't!"

Cao Peng screamed and woke up from his dream.

On his forehead, cold sweat was dripping, and his clothes were already soaked.

He sat on the bed, gasping for air. When he closed his eyes, his head was still chaotic, like pots and pans ringing together, making him almost crazy.

"Bring water, bring water!"

With Cao Peng's hurried shouting, a junior school ran in from outside the foyer.

This small colonel is the general of Hailing's elite soldiers, Zhai Jian and Zhai Yanming. After Cao Peng became the master of Hailing, he saw that Zhai Jian was good, so he let him come to his side. He held a bowl of water and looked at Cao Peng nervously, but he didn't know how to ask. Cao Peng let out a long breath, and after taking the water bowl, he drank it all in one go. The mood of irritability seems to have subsided a lot.

"Yanming, what time is it?"

"Near-decided."

The person is fixed, that is, the time of Hai, which is about 21-23 o'clock.

In the room, the candle flame was a little dim, obviously afraid of waking Cao Peng.

"So late?"

"Yes, County Lieutenant Zhou didn't let you be disturbed, saying that he would let his son sleep a little longer."

"What about County Lieutenant Zhou?"

"Just now 20,000 arrows were found in the treasury, and the county lieutenant of Zhou informed the county lieutenant Pan that he would take people to distribute them in the treasury and would come back soon."

"Nothing happened."

"Everything works."

Cao Peng nodded and waved his hand to signal Zhai Jian to leave the room.

He placed the bowl of water beside him and sat down on the bed, trying to calm down. He couldn't tell why he had such a strange dream, but he knew that the things in that dream were very likely to happen. Historically, there are different opinions about the ending of Diao Chan. But in general, there are so many kinds: first, Diao Chan was martyred for Lu Bu; Second, Diao Chan was accepted by Cao Ying; Third, Diao Chan was accepted by Guan Yu; Fourth, after Guan Yu was cool, he thought that Diao Chan was hindering his life and forced Diao Chan to death; Fifth, Diao Chan lives in seclusion.

All five of these endings are possible.

But according to Cao Peng's understanding, at least in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after Lu Bu of Baimenlou was killed, there was no mention of Diao Chan.

Which ending is it?

Cao Peng couldn't tell the difference...... But according to many later theories, the third and fourth are the most likely.

Beauty, hero!

However, if Diao Chan was collected by Guan Yu, then it should have appeared in the late Three Kingdoms; However, after Guan Yu was killed, there was no trace of Diao Chan. And with Guan Yu's good name, Cao Peng didn't dare to guarantee that he would accept Diao Chan. After all, before the Republic of China, Diao Chan's reputation did not seem to be particularly good. Was Cao Yingshuang? Or was it Guan Yushuang? Or is it seclusion, or martyrdom?

Cao Peng felt that no matter which ending it was, it was not perfect enough.

A strange woman like Diao Chan deserves a happy ending...... Moreover, Diao Chan and Cao Peng had the grace of saving their lives, and later they also had the grace of carrying them. The two favors are added together, if they can't be repaid, Cao Peng is really ...... However, how can you save Diao Chan?

Cao Peng patted his forehead lightly, and fell into distress.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a noise outside the hallway.

"Why the noise?"

Cao Peng stood up and walked out.

But before he could walk out of the hall, he saw Zhai Jian leading a small school and stumbling in.

"Childe, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good!"

"Why the panic?"

The little colonel swallowed his saliva and stammered: "Lu Bu ordered the surname Cao to bring troops here, and the men and horses of his department have reached Quyang thirty miles away. ”

It's coming so fast!

Cao Peng shuddered and grabbed Xiao Xiaoxiao's arm, "Do you know, how many people are there?" ”

"Eight thousand soldiers and horses poured out."

"But the surname Cao is a general?"

"Exactly!"

Cao Peng gasped and rushed out of the hall.

Zhou Cang also got the news, and hurriedly climbed to the gatehouse with Pan Zhang.

"Childe, Lu Bu is here!"

"I've heard that."

Cao Peng tried to keep himself calm and smiled slightly, "It's just a subordinate soldier, only eight thousand." Deng Bomiao killed 6,000 of his men in a big flood, and now 8,000 soldiers and horses are nothing. By the way, besides the surname Cao, who else is here? ”

The junior colonel hurriedly replied: "Xuzhou don't drive Chen Gong as a military advisor, and go out with the army." ”

"Chen Gong...... You mean Chen Gongtai? ”

Cao Peng was still smiling at first, but in the blink of an eye, his face changed.

"Exactly!"

Cao Peng couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and hurriedly walked to the gatehouse. He stood on the battlement of the arrow tower and raised his eyes to look into the distance. I saw that on the black plain, there was not a single ghost in sight. The silence is like a graveyard, and it makes people feel awesome in their hearts.

Chen Gong, here?

Before Cao Peng, it can be said that there are thousands of calculations, but he didn't calculate that Chen Gong would go out with the army. He even counted Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, but he didn't think of Chen Gong. In his opinion, Chen Gong was the mastermind by Lu Bu's side, and it was impossible to leave Xiapi easily.

Unexpectedly...... "Pass my order, and the whole city will be under martial law."

Pan Zhang, you immediately return to the east gate and take precautions with Deng Fan. Chen Gong is a scheming person, and he must not be taken lightly. ”

"Whoa!"

Pan Zhang intervened and bowed down to answer the order.

After Pan Zhang left, Zhou Cang stood beside Cao Peng and asked softly, "Ah Fu, what went wrong?" ”

The flames on the pine oil torch danced, shining on Cao Peng's face. Although it seems, Cao Peng is very calm. But there is a faint outline of a haze. I have been in contact with Cao Peng for more than a year. Regarding Cao Peng's surname, Zhou Cang also has some understanding.

In Zhou Cang's eyes, Cao Peng was a little moody.

Even when he encounters the most dangerous things, he rarely shows panic.

Whether it was to kill Lei Xu at the beginning, or to pacify the pirates later. Zhou Cang had never seen it, and Cao Peng was at a loss. And just now, although Cao Peng tried his best to cover up the past, he was still flustered. From Cao Peng's eyes, Zhou Cang caught ...... Seeing that there was no one on either side, Cao Peng nodded.

"I didn't expect that Chen Gong would come over."

"Then Chen Gong, is it very powerful?"

Zhou Cang has been shrinking in Haixi, and has been busy with Tuntian and the navy, so he doesn't know much about Chen Gong's affairs. He had heard of the name of Chen Gong, but he didn't know the details of Chen Gong. This is also in line with his style, things that are not related to him, and he will never care.

"This person is Lu Bu's mastermind."

Cao Peng clenched his fists, and with a bang, he slammed on the battlement.

"The reason why Lu Bu was able to sit in Xuzhou was because of this person's advice.

He was originally the mastermind of Cao Gong's subordinates, and he was also the first hero to welcome Cao Gong into Yanzhou. But later, for some reason, he turned against Cao Gong. In the first year of Xingping, Cao Gong Xingbing avenged Taigong, and it was this Chen Deng who united with Lu Bu to cause chaos in Yanzhou and almost drove Cao Gong out of Yanzhou. ”

Zhou Cang couldn't help but gasp, and his face immediately showed a solemn look.

"Bo Miao's previous policy of using the word 'drag' was on the premise that Chen Gong was not calculated. If Chen Gong comes, I am very worried about whether Bo Miao's plan to divide the troops can be realized. That Chen Gong is not a reckless man, and he is very strategic. Compared with it, Bo Miao is afraid that it is more tender. ”

"Then let's recall Bo Miao immediately?"

"It's too late!"

Cao Peng exhaled vigorously and said with a wry smile: "The surname Cao and Chen Gong have reached Quyang thirty miles away. It is estimated that at midnight, the troops will be able to come to the city. I'm not worried about anything else, I'm just afraid that Bo Miao and Xingba will behave recklessly when they see that their plan doesn't work...... Regardless of whether Chen Gong was fooled or not, the two of them stayed outside the city and could always pose a threat to Chen Gong. But if they ...... impulsively"

Cao Peng did not say what the result of impulsiveness would be.

But all of it, without saying it.

"So what do we do?"

Cao Peng pondered for a moment, and suddenly shouted loudly: "The three armies listen to the truth, the whole city is forbidden at night, and no lights are allowed to be revealed." After the sons and daughters hid in the city, all the mouths were crowned, and they were not allowed to make a sound. If anyone dares to speak out, they will be killed on the spot, and there will be no mercy! ”

"The three armies are on alert, and the whole city is forbidden at night."

"The title of the mouth, the silence of the three armies ......"

After a series of orders were delivered, he stood on the city tower and looked into the city, only to see that the entire Quyang fell into darkness in an instant.

and all the torches and lanterns at the head of the city were taken down and extinguished...... The entire Quyang seemed to have become a dead city in an instant, cold and deserted, silent, and made people feel an inexplicable fear.

Cao Peng was still standing on the battlements, and Zhou Cang was standing beside him.

He divided the river into two pairs of knives, handed the long knife to Zhou Cang, and held the eight-foot short knife himself. Inhaling deeply and exhaling lightly, Cao Peng closed his eyes.

Time is passing little by little.

An hour passed quickly...... In the distance, in the black plains, there were sporadic fires.

The firelight became more and more, and gradually converged into a series of fire dragons swimming in the plains. From a distance, the momentum is terrifying...... Zhou Cang touched Cao Peng and made a gesture.

That means telling Cao Peng: The enemy army is coming...... Otherwise, how to attack? Hit them off guard.

Cao Peng shook his head, stretched out his hand and turned his palm and pressed it down: Don't be impatient, wait and see what happens. Tell everyone, steady, don't panic.

Sneak attack?

If the opponent is a different person, Cao Peng doesn't mind taking advantage of the opponent's unstable foothold and going out of the city to sneak attack.

But among the enemy troops, there is a Chen Palace.

This kind of trick, if you want to deal with Chen Gong, I'm afraid it's impossible. If a sneak attack can be won, why should Cao Ying pity Chen Gong?

It's also a little weird.

Before the enemy army appeared, Cao Peng was very nervous. But when the enemy's traces appeared, and even when the soldiers came to the city, Cao Peng was not afraid. In its place, there was an inexplicable calm. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath of cool air.

If I die in Quyang County this time, I don't know the future generations, can I leave my name?

This strange thought came together, and Cao Peng's face involuntarily smiled: It should be possible. At least I've changed the lives of a lot of people! Dian Wei was rescued by me, Wei Yan was taken by me to Cao Ying's tent, and Yue Ying...... I don't know, what is Yueying doing in Hailing now? Could she have guessed the predicament I was facing at this very moment?

It's a pity that Lao Tzu is dead, and he is still a virgin!

When Cao Peng opened his eyes again, he had no fear at all.

His mood was in a state of extreme calm, and the man stood behind the wall, staring at the movements of the enemy from between the battlements...... One by one, the fire dragons stopped five miles outside the city.

I saw that they did not immediately set up camp, but quickly lined up.

In the firelight, the formation was lined up and lined up, looking particularly majestic. The soldiers stood in the cold wind, one by one as calm as a mountain.

Occasionally, there will be the neighing of horses.

Immediately after, I saw that the formation suddenly dispersed, and one by one carriages walked out of the rear army.

The soldiers moved quickly, as if they were setting up something in front of the formation.

This doesn't seem to be in line with the art of war!

Zhou Cang and Cao Peng glanced at each other, and they could see each other that there was confusion in their eyes.

Originally, he wanted to use this silence to deter Lu Bujun. But now it seems that people don't care about this kind of trick at all.

What to do, what to do.

Cao Peng's trick didn't work, but Chen Deng's trick really made Cao Peng a little puzzled.

What do these guys want to do?

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a rapid drum beat from the enemy camp under the city. In the firelight, Lu Bujun set up dozens of stone throwers in front of the formation. A soldier placed a cobblestone wrapped in withered grass on a stone-throwing machine. Immediately after, I heard someone screaming: "Release! ”

Buzz-Buzz...... With the sound of the machine, one by one burning fireballs rose into the air and flew towards the city head of Quyang County.

I heard a series of loud noises, and the city wall was hit by fireballs, and standing on the top of the city, I could feel the trembling under my feet.

Holy, they're going to attack the city?

Cao Peng hurriedly shouted loudly: "The whole army is on alert, beware of the sneak attack of the thieves." ”

In an instant, chaos erupted on the city walls. And after sending out three rounds of fireballs, the Lu Bu army under the city immediately came up with three teams of archers. The arrows in their hands were all wrapped around the dead grass, and after they were ignited, with a series of passwords, the rockets took off into the air...... "Be careful! ”

Cao Peng roared loudly.

A fireball roared up to the city, smashing fiercely on a big pole, breaking the flagpole.

A few soldiers were accidentally crushed under the flagpole and screamed in a mournful voice. Cao Peng couldn't help but be a little angry, and pulled out his long knife.

"Shoot the arrows!"

With his order, arrows rained down on the tower.

"Stop, all stop!"

Cao Peng found that Lü Bu's army did not attack, but lined up neatly under the city.

What do you mean by these guys?

Just when Cao Peng was puzzled, a war horse rushed out of Lu Bu's army. Immediately a general, black armor, and a spear in his palm.

He reined in his horse under Quyang City, raised his head and shouted: "The defenders of Quyang listen to the truth, and wait for the city to open and surrender before dawn." Otherwise, after dawn, when the city is broken, you will definitely be punished one by one. ”

By the light of the fire, Cao Peng recognized at a glance that the general was surnamed Cao.

And I saw him on his horse, bending his bow and setting his arrows, and it was an arrow that shone at the head of the city...... The arrows roared, and in the middle of the peng, there was a rope of a large flag, and the big flag fell in the firelight.

Cao Peng looked solemn and pursed his lips.

He squinted his eyes, looked at the surname Cao who retreated with a swagger, and couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: Good for you Chen Gongtai, good for a dismount!

(To be continued)