Although there was still a distance between Yu Ban and Cao Ren, Deng Zhan heard what the two said clearly.

When it was forbidden to analyze that the person was killed by the dragon rider guard, Deng Zhan was stunned for a while.

He had always been committed to teaching the Dragoons to kill them with one hit, but he never thought that all the soldiers would use the same method to make others see through things at a glance.

The Cao army on the opposite street gathered more and more, Yu Ban and Cao Renzheng ordered the soldiers to arrange the stripped corpses side by side, and a group of Cao cavalry rushed along the street.

The first person was none other than Cao Cao.

Seeing Yu Ban and Cao Ren standing on the street, Cao Cao rode his horse towards them.

As they were talking, they heard the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, and they turned their heads to look at them almost at the same time.

Seeing that it was Cao Cao, the two of them hurriedly greeted him, hugged their fists and bowed to Cao Cao, Cao Ren opened his mouth and said: "Qi Cao Gong, nearly 400 soldiers of our army were killed in the alley, and all their clothes and armor were stripped off. ”

Riding on horseback, looking down at the hundreds of corpses on the ground, Cao Cao's brows tightened, and he said to the two: "Have you called the soldiers guarding the gate to ask?" ”

"It's been called, but it hasn't arrived yet!" Putting down the fists he had picked up, Cao Ren answered again.

Just as Cao Ren and Cao Cao were talking, a low-ranking officer of Cao Jun came to the front under the leadership of Cao Ren's own soldiers.

"General Qiyu, the officer defending the city has already arrived!" The soldiers arrived behind Cao Ren, and because Cao Cao was on the spot, he whispered a word to Cao Ren.

"Gong Cao, bring it to the officers guarding the city!" waved his hand at the pro-soldiers, and when the pro-soldiers retreated, Cao Ren reported to Cao Cao.

Hearing that the officers guarding the city had arrived, Cao Cao nodded and said to Cao Ren, "Call him to speak!" ”

Turning his head and beckoning to the several personal soldiers who were leading the officer, Cao Ren shouted: "Call him over, Cao Gong has something to ask!" ”

After Cao Ren's order, the officer guarding the city gate hurriedly walked over and stood in front of Cao Cao.

"Did any of our soldiers leave the city earlier?" Riding on horseback, Cao Cao tilted his head to look at the officer and asked him.

"Back to Gong Cao, earlier there was a group of less than 400 people of our army out of the city!" Clenching his fists and bowing, the officer said to Cao Cao very worriedly: "They said that Chen Gong had escaped from the city, and he was ordered by Cao Gong to go out of the city to pursue!" ”

"Stupid!" Before Cao Cao could speak, Cao Ren already glared at the officer and said in a low voice, "Why don't you check it out?" The one who left the city was not our army, but Lu Bu! If you wait for a good life to investigate, then how can Lu Bu leave the city so easily? ”

Cao Ren snorted, and said that the officer was trembling all over, but I didn't dare to say anything.

"That's it!" Waving his hand to Cao Ren, Cao Cao said to him, "Even if the soldiers find out that the person who left the city is Lu Bu, who can stop him?" ”

"Go ahead, guard the city gate, if anyone goes out of the city again, if it is not the general you know well, don't let it go easily!" Waving his hand to the officer guarding the door, Cao Cao commanded in a very flat tone.

"Cao Gong!" The officer guarding the city gate got Cao Cao's words, and hurriedly retreated with a thousand thanks, just when Cao Cao was about to leave with his horse, a general of the Cao army with a team of soldiers came from the street behind him, and when Cao Cao approached, the general strode to Cao Cao's side, hugged his fist and bowed down and said: "Lu Bu abandoned the war horse, people don't know where to go!" ”

"Abandon the warhorse?" The red rabbit horse that Lu Bu rode was a famous horse in the world, and there were probably few people in the world who didn't know about it, and when he heard Lu Bu abandon it, Cao Cao was stunned and asked the Cao general: "Where is the red rabbit?" ”

It was not another person who reported to Cao Cao that Lu Bu had abandoned the Red Rabbit Horse, it was Xiahou Yuan, a fierce general under Cao Cao.

Hearing Cao Cao ask about the Red Rabbit Horse, Xiahou Yuan waved behind him and shouted to the soldiers who followed him: "Bring Lu Bu's Red Rabbit Horse!" ”

On Xiahou Yuan's order, a soldier led his horse behind him.

The war horse led by the soldier was much taller than ordinary war horses, the hair on the war horse's body was as red as a flame, and the empty war horse stood in front of Cao Cao, and the horse's head was even mentioned on his chest.

If Cao Cao was standing on the ground and the war horse was lifting his chest, it could only be said that the horse was short enough.

But he was riding on the back of a tall northern horse, riding on horseback, and the red rabbit horse could still mention his chest, which shows how tall this horse is!

Turning over and jumping off the horse, Cao Cao walked to the side of the red rabbit, held the reins in one hand, and said to Xiahou Yuan: "I heard that Lu Bu's red rabbit is the dragon among horses, so I will try it today!" ”

"Hurry up and lead a good war horse for Cao Gong!" Cao Cao said that he wanted to try the Red Rabbit, and Xiahou Yuan hurriedly gave an order to the soldier who led the horse.

The soldier received Xiahou Yuan's order, and he pulled the reins with both hands, not daring to relax his vigilance at all.

In the whole world, only the Qin army under Liu Wei equipped war horses with stirrups, and even Lu Bu's red rabbit was not equipped with stirrups.

Although Liu Wei had sent a batch of war horses to the Xuzhou Army earlier, the war horses were all horses that had been removed from the stirrups.

Lu Bu is tall and has powerful arms, so jumping on the red rabbit is not too troublesome.

But Cao Cao is a little shorter than Lu Bu, and his strength cannot be compared with Lu Bu at all, with both hands on the saddle, Cao Cao failed to jump on the horse.

Seeing this, Xiahou Yuan, who was standing aside, hurriedly stepped forward, half-squatted on the ground and said to Cao Cao: "Gong Cao, please step on the back of a certain person and get on the horse!" ”

Xiahou Yuan half-squatted on the ground, Cao Cao glanced down at him, smiled and waved his hand and said: "Miaocai, this horse can't be used, it can only be said that this horse shouldn't be ridden by a certain horse, even if you reluctantly go up on Miaocai's back today, what will you do in the future?" ”

As he spoke, Cao Cao helped Xiahou Yuan up and said to him: "Miaocai is loyal, I already know!" ”

Helped up by Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan said to Cao Cao: "If Cao Gong wants to ride this horse, the last general is willing to send Cao Gong on the horse every day!" ”

"That's it!" Waving his hand, Cao Cao said to Xiahou Yuan: "And take this horse, and wait until you find a way to ride it in the future, and then make plans!" ”

Xiahou Yuan answered, and led a group of soldiers to lead the war horses away.

After he left, Cao Cao said to Cao Ren and Yu Ban: "The red rabbit is Lu Bu's mount, and if you leave the red rabbit in the city, then Lu Bu must have left, and the two generals can withdraw the soldiers!" ”

"Cao Gong!" As soon as Cao Cao's words fell, Guo Jia, who came here with him, dismounted and said to him: "None of the soldiers who were killed had any armor, it can be seen that Lu Bu and the others were not in enough armor when they left, and there must be people in the city who want to leave now!" ”

Deng Zhan, who was hiding in the alley, heard Guo Jia's words and immediately gasped.

Guo Jia said this, if Cao Cao had the intention to stop them, with the strength of him and the group of dragon cavalry guards behind him, although it was not impossible to leave, it would take a lot of more time.

"What does Bonghyo think it should be?" Turning his head to look at Guo Jia, Cao Cao's brows furrowed slightly, and he asked him.

"Ming Gong!" Holding his fists and bowing, he saluted Cao Cao, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "If the Duke of Ming has the intention to go through a bigger battle in Huainan, he can take strict precautions and kill all the people stranded in the city!" If you don't want to......"

Speaking of this, Guo Jia pulled a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, and said to Cao Cao: "It's only between Ming Gong's thoughts, it's inconvenient to say more!" ”

After carefully looking at Guo Jia from head to toe, Cao Cao's eyes narrowed slightly, and after a while, he said to Cao Ren and the others: "Pass the order, leave a small number of soldiers here, and the rest of the people, go to the city to exterminate the remnants of the Xuzhou army!" ”

Hiding in the alley, he heard the conversation between Guo Jia and Cao Cao completely, and Deng Zhan was stunned.

From Cao Cao's words, Deng Zhan could hear that he was also unwilling to be an enemy of the Qin army at the moment.

In this way, it is not only the Qin army under Liu Wei who is not ready for the big war, but Cao Cao is still gathering strength.

With Cao Cao's order, Cao Ren and Yu Ban hurriedly ordered the soldiers to withdraw.

A group of Cao Jun left the street under the guidance of Cao Ren and Yu Ban, and Cao Cao and Guo Jia also went down the street surrounded by a group of soldiers.

The Cao army near the city gate was almost completely withdrawn, and only a small number of Cao troops were still guarding the city gate.

"General......" Seeing the Cao army withdrawing, a dragoon guard officer beside Deng Zhan whispered to him: "Cao Jun seems to be a little strange......

"It's weird!" Looking at the small number of Cao troops left at the city gate, Deng Zhan said to the dragoon guard officer: "Cao Cao has made it clear that he wants to let us go!" ”

"My subordinates don't understand!" The officer shook his head and said to Deng Zhan: "I waited for the person who killed them, and he actually wanted to let us go......"

"If you capture us and ask if it is the Qin army's dragoon guard, Cao Cao will be the enemy of His Highness!" Looking at the officer, Deng Zhan whispered to him: "Although we can go out of the city now, but when we go out of the city at this time, we have confirmed the name of His Highness ordering someone to come to rescue Lu Bu. ”

The dragoon guards who followed Deng Zhan to stay in the city were speechless, and their eyes were just staring at Cao Jun at the city gate.

It was also getting dark, so in order to stay in the city for a while, he rushed out of the city, even if Cao Cao did not pursue them, it was still a pretext for Cao Cao to fight with Liu Wei in the future.

A large number of Cao's troops withdrew, and the streets looked empty.

The small number of Cao Jun guarding the city gate did not dare to slack off at the moment because they had let Lu Bu and the others go before, and they looked at the street without blinking.

They didn't hear the conversation between Cao Cao and Guo Jia, and they didn't know that Cao Cao had the intention of letting Deng Zhan and the others go, and they only thought in their hearts that they must not let any suspicious people leave.

Night finally fell, and on the streets in the distance, Cao Jun was still searching for the remnants of the Xuzhou army in the city with torches, but the street where Deng Zhan and others were dormant was quiet, and the silence made people a little breathless.