At noon, the soldiers who finally had time to drink some water had a hasty meal by the way, and then took a small rest at their respective posts. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Without hypocrisy, Chen Deng had a simple meal with all the soldiers on the spot, and at the same time did not forget to let the number of dead and injured just counted be sent to the county guard mansion so that Tao Muzhou would know.

Sitting on the ground with the soldiers, looking at them tired, Chen Deng's heart was inexplicably touched for a moment.

The battlefield is always a harvest of human lives, and war is also a harvester of human lives.

Endless harvesting, endless fighting, endless calculation, endless offense and defense

However, when Chen Deng was about to travel too much, the person who went to deliver the casualty data came back and said that Tao Muzhou had something to look for.

Chen Deng hesitated for a moment, and then summoned a general and instructed: "During my absence, if the Cao army launches an attack on the city, resist it!" Either way, be sure to resist it! ”

The general nodded heavily, watching Chen Deng's back walking away.

The county keeper is on the house.

Behind Chen Deng, Cao Bao followed closely into the lobby.

As soon as he entered the hall, he saw Tao Qian sitting on his seat, holding the number of dead and wounded that Chen Deng had just sent over, and he didn't know what he was thinking with an expressionless face.

Seeing that Chen Deng had arrived, Tao Qian stretched out his hand and motioned for him to take a seat.

There was no abuse, no complaints, and no more words, Tao Qian just sat quietly, quietly thinking about something.

In Chen Deng's memory, it was the first time he had seen Tao Muzhou like this.

After waiting for a long time, Tao Qian didn't speak, so Chen Deng had no choice but to shout in a low voice: "Lord Muzhou, Lord Muzhou"

When he called for the third time, Tao Qian came back to his senses, he smiled slightly, and said, "I'm getting older, and my energy is not as good as before." Remember when I was with your father."

Waving his hand, Tao Qian finally talked about the point, "Alas~, forget it." Let's not talk about these old things, I have already seen the casualties and losses just now, and I am not very optimistic. But to be honest, this elite soldier of the Cao army is indeed incomparable to our Xuzhou soldiers. ”

Puzzled, confused and surprised, these are the things that Chen Deng is full of in his heart now. Since we know that Cao Jun is not something that our Xuzhou soldiers can match, why did you want to invade Yanzhou Rencheng?

Slowly pacing back to his seat, Tao Qian sighed with a wry smile, "How can I be willing." At the beginning, I went to attack Rencheng mainly because several families in Rencheng sent people to be willing to be the internal response of our army, and the representatives of various families in Xuzhou who served in the army were very active, so they were forced to launch an attack on Rencheng. ”

After a pause, Tao Qian continued: "As you know, in the end, it was just a futile, and even had to bear Cao Cao's grudge. ”

In these regards, Chen Deng said that he was also very helpless, although he did not know much about the real combat power of the Cao army, but logically speaking, the Xuzhou army not only had internal responses but also had a force far above the strength of Rencheng, and it was very easy to capture Rencheng. But in the end, it still failed, and it is really incomprehensible.

Chen Deng didn't think about Ren Cheng anymore, but asked Tao Qian what his plans were for the next defense of the city.

As Chen Deng expected, it was still mainly based on sticking to it, and for the current Xuzhou army, except for raids, ambushes and encirclements, there was not much hope of victory for the two armies alone.

With the strength of the two armies, it is a very fatal problem, not to mention the basic quality of Cao's sergeants.

You must know that Cao Jun has been fighting almost every year in the past few years, whether it is against the Yellow Turban or bandits, or a local small war with Yuan Shao's forces, most of the whole army can be said to be good at fighting, plus Li Dian, Xiahou Chun, Dian Wei and Le Jin, all of them are good at fighting.

Just when Chen Deng was silent, Cao Bao, who was silent on the side, suddenly stood up and said, "How long will such a law-abiding person be observed?" As it stands, we can't afford it. ”

As soon as these words came out, Tao Qian's face became even more bitter, and even Chen Deng's brows were almost wrinkled to the top of his head.

Chen Deng once felt that relying on Jiancheng and his genius-like mind to repel Cao Jun was no problem at all, but now it seems that it is a problem to be able to hold Pengcheng all the time, let alone repelling.

Wait, wait, wait

Since there is no great hope of repelling it, but it would be good to use Peng Cheng as a guide to bring troops and horses to attack Cao's army's grain transport team, and it can also let people go to the border of Yangzhou, Jingzhou and Yuzhou to spread rumors and attract Cao Cao's energy, maybe in the case of Jizhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Xuzhou, the huge pressure will make Cao Cao make the decision to withdraw his troops automatically.

After thinking about it in detail, the more he thought about it, the more feasible it became, Chen Deng couldn't help but regain his smile, and then said slowly to Tao Qian: "Maybe we can change our thinking, since the front is not good, then why not change the enemy's back." ”

Tao Qian smiled bitterly, after listening to Chen Deng's headless rumors, his head was misty, and he couldn't understand it at all. After hearing this, Cao Bao stood in place, frowning his forehead and thinking carefully.

There was no intention of continuing to play dumb riddles, Chen Denghe told the story eloquently. As this plan came out of Chen Deng's mouth bit by bit, the expressions of the two of them also changed little by little, first from thinking, to suddenly realizing, and then returning to bow their heads and ponder.

Neither of them is a mediocre person, and no one who can sit in these two positions will be fools. After Chen Deng's detailed explanation, the two of them were thinking about the feasibility at this time.

This plan is not bad, but the key place still needs to hold on to Pengcheng. In other words, the army in Pengcheng could not move, and it was estimated that Cao Jun would notice it if it moved, and this plan would lose its effect.

The three of them pondered together, and the time gradually passed noon, Tao Qian slowly got up and said expressionlessly: "This plan is not in a hurry, and the day is not the best time, let's wait until after the evening." Defending Pengcheng now is your most important task, and the rest will not be left behind. ”

After finishing speaking, Tao Qian paused when he had just taken a few steps, and continued: "Cao Jun should be about to start attacking the city again, what are you still doing here?" ”

Chen Deng and Cao Bao hurriedly responded with fists, and rushed to the west and north behind Tao Qian, each busy preparing to defend the city.

The Cao army, which appeared under the city in a rage, was attacked first by Li Dian in the west, followed by fierce attacks in the north and south under the orders of Le Jin and Xiahoudun.

The big war is on, and the blood is not stopped!

The flames are endless!

The guns are full of guns, and the swords will not fall!

Black Cao Qingxu, the city wall is not stacked!

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