After Cao Ang learned that the letter was handed over to Chen Deng, he smiled slightly.

"Give it to Chen Deng and hand it over to Tao Qian, it's all the same, Tao Qian, this old guy, how can he be sick at this time, he must be pretending to be sick and delaying time."

Cao Ang said casually, and asked the messenger to go down to receive the reward and go to rest.

……

Outside the city of Xiapi, Cao Bao trilogy.

After Cao Bao received Tao Qian's news, he also launched a fierce attack on Xiapi City.

At the same time, he also returned the bodies of Wei Yue and others to Lu Bu, the purpose was to undermine Lu Bu's confidence and tell the other party that his plan to ask for help had failed.

When Lu Bu saw the corpses of Wei Yue and the others, he did feel a little desperate.

Fortunately, Lu Bu found that among these corpses, Gao Shun was not seen.

In this way, hope was also reserved for Lu Bu.

And Lu Bu is resisting Cao Bao's attack every day.

At the moment, he only had more than 2,000 soldiers left in the camp, still guarding the city walls with him.

The rest of the soldiers were either killed in battle or went out of the city at night to surrender.

The remaining 2,000 or so trapped camps are all veterans who have followed Lu Bu since the annexation of the state, and they will definitely not surrender, but will fight to the death with Lu Bu.

After Cao Bao received Tao Qian's message, he directly asked people to reply to Tao Qian: "You go back and tell the lord that within three days, I will break Picheng!" When the time comes, I will put Lu Bu's neck on his head and offer it with both hands! ”

Subsequently, Cao Bao ordered the siege of the city.

At this time, the 50,000 vanguard army led by Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong had arrived in Xuzhou.

Tao Qian received the news as soon as possible.

"What's going on, why is there suddenly an army of 50,000? Could it be that someone came to support Lu Bu? Tao Qian frowned and muttered to himself.

You must know that the defense of Xuzhou's current cities is very empty.

The defenders in that county basically only had about 1,000 people, and the rest of the soldiers were all drawn out by Tao Qian and used to attack Xiapi.

Now there is an army of 50,000, from the north of Xuzhou into the territory of Xuzhou, if the other party wants to attack, I am afraid that most of this Xuzhou will fall!

Thinking of this, Tao Qian's heart was nervous, and he hurriedly looked at Chen Deng on the side: "Yuanlong, do you have any opinion on this sudden appearance of 50,000 troops?" ”

When Chen Deng heard this, he frowned and looked at the scout and asked, "Can you clearly see the banner of the 50,000-strong army?" ”

"If you return to the army division, the 50,000 army is led by two generals, and the banners are Zhang and Huang respectively!" The scout said hurriedly.

"Zhang? Yellow? After Chen Deng repeated, he frowned and began to think about where these two flags would come from.

Suddenly, Chen Deng thought of Huang Zhong, who killed Yan Liang in front of the battle, and Zhang Liao, who broke Wuhuan and beheaded Zhang Liao on the grassland!

"Could it be Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong?" Chen Deng muttered with surprise on his face.

When Tao Qian heard this, he asked with a surprised face: "Aren't these Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong Cao Ang's subordinates, why did they lead a large army to my Xuzhou?" ”

Chen Deng thought for a while, and then opened his mouth to analyze: "I heard that this Zhang Liao and Lu Bu both served under the Assassin Shi Ding Yuan in Bingzhou, maybe Zhang Liao came here to help Lu Bu!" ”

Tao Qian couldn't help but snort coldly when he heard this: "This is my internal matter in Xuzhou, Zhang Liao is an ordinary general, why should he interfere, doesn't Cao Ang care?" ”

At this time, Tao Qian didn't think about Cao Ang's sending troops to save Lu Bu at all.

After all, when they were crusading against Yuan Shu, everyone met in Xuzhou, and Lu Bu did not have a face or a nose to Cao Ang.

Therefore, Tao Qian believes that Cao Ang and Lu Bu have already fallen out, and they will definitely not send troops to help Lu.

After Chen Deng listened to Tao Qian's words, he arched his hand to Tao Qian and said: "Lord, we don't know the purpose of this Zhang Liao, I think, let's go in person and ask Zhang Liao what he wants to do!" ”

"This ......" Tao Qian hesitated a little when he heard this, he was afraid that Chen Deng was in danger, and secondly, he was afraid that Chen Deng would run away after realizing that he was in danger.

When Chen Deng saw Tao Qian hesitating, he realized what the other party was worried about, so he continued.

"Lord, Zaixia's home is in Xuzhou, so naturally I don't want Xuzhou to be affected by those foreign forces, so I also ask the lord to give me the next chance!"

When Tao Qian heard this, he nodded and said to Chen Deng: "Okay, then you go and ask, why did Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong come to my Xuzhou!" Preferably, it is possible to get them to retire! ”

"Yes!" Chen Deng answered, and then went to pack up his things and prepare to send Zhang Liao.

At this time, Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong had already settled in the Lanling area.

Before they set off, Cao Ang had instructed them not to rush to Xiapi to support Lu Bu after arriving in Xuzhou.

After all, their purpose is to take the whole of Xuzhou, and this aid to Lu Bu is just an excuse for them to send troops to Xuzhou.

As for whether Lu Bu will be defeated, this point is not within the scope of Cao Ang's consideration.

If Lu Bu was defeated before Cao Ang made a move, he could still give Cao Ang an excuse to make a move.

After all, Lu Bu is the minister of the imperial court, and he was killed by you Tao Qian, and I, Cao Ang, as a general, seek justice for him, right?

If Lu Bu hadn't been defeated, then it would have been a big loss of vitality.

In this way, he no longer has the strength to compete for the world, and he doesn't have to work honestly for the Cao family.

Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao.

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army, Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao, as well as several lieutenant generals, were looking at the map of Xuzhou.

At this moment, the soldiers guarding outside the camp ran in.

"Report! Generals, outside the camp, there is a person who claims to be Tao Qian's military advisor, a person named Chen Deng, who wants to ask to see! ”

"Chen Deng?" Zhang Liao repeated with a little surprise, obviously he didn't know who Chen Deng was.

And Huang Zhong used to work under Liu Biao in Jingzhou, adjacent to Xuzhou, but he had heard of Chen Deng.

"Chen Deng Chen Yuanlong, he has been working as an errand under Tao Qian, I think that Tao Qian couldn't sit still after our army entered Xuzhou, so he sent this person to inquire about the situation."

Huang Zhong calmly analyzed.

When Zhang Liao heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "In this way, he is also a strategist, but I don't know how his talent compares to Fengxiao?" ”

After listening to Zhang Liao's question, Huang Zhong laughed, waved his hand lightly and said, "Heh! There is no comparison, he is not as good as one of Feng Xiao's toes! (End of chapter)