"Hey, Cao Hong is so scared?"

Xiahou Dun touched his head and said with a wry smile.

"How many people have you killed? Even I can't bear this evil aura!"

After staying by Xiahou Dun for a long time, even a powerful general like Cao Ren felt a little uncomfortable and asked immediately.

"I won't say it anymore, I won't say it anymore!"

Xiahou Dun's face changed, and he obviously did not want to mention the matter in Gumu City.

"We quickly clean up the battlefield. The lord said that as long as we defeated Cao Hong's 50,000 troops, we would join forces and go south to detain Dongguan City."

Seeing that Xiahou Dun was unwilling to say it, Cao Ren was tactful and did not continue to ask questions. He quickly changed the subject and said.

Three days later, Cao Cao's army surrounded Dongguan City with 100,000 troops.

At this time, Dongguan garrison Mi Fang learned about Cao Hong's defeat and death.

In panic, he had to close the four gates and send a fast cavalry to Tancheng to report the news.

Cao Cao surrounded him but did not attack, and seemed to have plans. However, Mi Fang did not know what his purpose was.

In this way, another three days passed.

Tancheng.

After receiving Mi Fang's message, Tao Qian's eyes suddenly turned black and he almost died of his back. Fortunately, Mi Zhu's side was quick and quick to hold him. The rest of the people quickly helped Tao Qian to the couch inside the house, pinching the people and slapping them again.

After working for a long time, Tao Qian woke up quietly.

Tao Qian leaned on the couch and said with a sad look: "Cao Hong is dead, and his 50,000 troops were also defeated by Cao Cao. Now there are only Mi Fang's 25,000 troops in Dongguan City. How can he defend the attack of the 100,000 Cao's army?"

Mi Zhu stood aside. When he learned that his younger brother was surrounded, he was already anxious. However, Tao Qian fainted and had to rescue Tao Qian first. When Tao Qian woke up, he began to talk about being surrounded by Dongguan.

Mi Zhu quickly took a step forward and bowed and said, "Lord, Dongguan and Dong'an have stored one-third of the food and grass in Xuzhou. If Cao Cao gets it, his strength will definitely increase greatly. Zhu, suggests that the lord send reinforcements to defend the two cities immediately."

Chen Gui on the side was also anxious. After Mi Zhu finished speaking, he followed and said, "Lord, Langya Kingdom is the barrier in the north of my Xuzhou. If it is lost, Cao Cao can connect the two states of Yan and Qing. And you, you will also face the Cao army's military front directly. What Zi Zhong said just now is reasonable, and you should send troops to support Dongguan and Dong'an."

Tao Qian was already weak and sickly, and his confidant general died tragically. He hated Cao Cao in his heart. At this time, he heard two ministers from Xuzhou who proposed rescue. He asked Zhao Yu: "Yuanda, what do you think? I wonder who is leading the rescue?"

Judging from Tao Qian's words, Zhao Yu knew that he had decided to send troops north. Now Cao's army is full of momentum. According to common sense, it is time to avoid the edge. However, the destruction of Gumu made Zhao Yu put away his thoughts. He took a step forward and bowed to Tao Qian and said, "The lord, please send Pengcheng Prime Minister Liu Bei to lead his troops north to lift the siege of Dongguan."

Hexiang, which Liu Bei guarded, is also the gateway to Xuzhou. If Liu Bei is transferred north, the troops in the Hexiang area will be empty, which makes Tao Qian hesitate for a moment.

Seeing Tao Qian's appearance, Chen Gui guessed his thoughts and hurriedly said, "The Hexiang area is too important and cannot be left unguarded. However, Dongguan cannot be rescued. Only now can we let Zang Ba lead his army to stay in Hexiang and let Liu Bei come to Tancheng. The lord will send out 50,000 troops from the city defense army and go north to rescue."

Chen Gui's words made Tao Qian's eyes lit up, and he then smiled and said, "What Hanyu said is exactly. When Liu Bei is transferred to Tancheng, I will distribute 50,000 troops from the city defense force and let them lead the north."

If this happens, Liu Bei will have 100,000 troops in his hands and become an important figure in Xuzhou. Zhao Yu wanted to object, but could not find any reason. It was because Xuzhou was short of war generals, which made him very helpless.

This matter is not too late, so Zhao Yu had to say: "Now, I have to do this. The lord should quickly transfer Liu Bei to the war in Dongguan, and then there will be changes."

After following the opinions of Zhao Yu and others, Tao Qian immediately sent a fast horse to Hexiang.

A few days later, Hexiangcheng.

After reading the letter sent by Tao Qian, Liu Bei said in a deep voice to Jian Yong, Zhang Fei and Zang Ba on the side: "Half a month ago, Cao general Xiahou Dun captured Gumu."

Jian Yong didn't know why Liu Bei looked heavy and seemed to have a big incident, so he asked in a low voice: "Brother, has something big happened to Gu Mu?"

Zang Ba was about to speak, but saw Liu Bei's face heavy, and he kept silent and waited for Liu Bei's following.

After hearing this, Liu Bei nodded and said angrily: "He Cao Mengde is simply not a human being. More than 30,000 unarmed people in Gumu City have been killed. Now Gumu City is a dead city."

"What?"

Jian Yong, Zhang Fei and Zang Ba were shocked after hearing this. Since ancient times, the attacking party's actions of massacre were all the best strategies for the attacking party to do helplessly. The purpose was to shock the rest of the cities that were still defending, so that they could know the principle of dying from the city to the death and abandoning the city to live.

But Xiahou Dun had already captured Gumu City, but he still killed innocent people indiscriminately. This move hurt the world and made people indignate.

Zang Ba's face changed and he thought that something might have happened to Cao Hong. He asked: "Lord, is there something happening to General Cao? Langya Kingdom can't be defended?"

Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, and thought that Zang Ba's sense of smell was indeed very sensitive. Before he could tell it, he guessed seven or eight points. Liu Bei's eyes immediately showed a hint of praise and said, "That's right, General Cao Hong was worried that Xiahou Dun would slaughter the city, so he led 50,000 troops north to fight him, but he was caught in Cao Cao's treacherous plan. He was ambushed by Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun at the foot of Jiwu Mountain. General Cao Hong was beheaded by Xiahou Dun's formation, and his 50,000 troops under his command also fell apart! The battle situation suddenly changed, and the two cities of Dongguan and Dong'an were in danger, so Tao Envoy took me back to Tancheng and led 50,000 troops north to resist Cao Cao, and Xuan Gao continued to lead the army to Hexiang."

Zang Ba was shocked when he heard this and thought that Cao Cao was indeed powerful. After only half a month, he disrupted Xuzhou's deployment, forcing the Xuzhou army to leave the city to fight with him. He replied: "No matter how late, the lord should return to Tancheng early and lead the troops north. If the last general is here in Hexiang, he will definitely not let Cao Cao take advantage of the opportunity!"

Seeing that Zhang Fei had the opportunity to go to war, he smiled carelessly and said, "Brother, don't worry, with me, Lao Zhang, you will definitely beat him up and let him see and see how powerful I am!"

Afterwards, Liu Bei asked Jian Yong to stay and assist Zang Ba in stationing in Hexiang, while he led Zhang Fei and more than a hundred personal soldiers to Tancheng.

Xuzhou has a developed water system. There are three major rivers in the territory of Langya. There is also a river between Dongguan and Dong'an, called Yishui. This river is five or six meters wide, extending from Gaixian to Kaiyang. It can be said to be a natural barrier and a desperate road for the defenders of Dongguan.

A few days later, Liu Bei led a 50,000 army to the north in panic and came to Dong'an. Standing by the edge of the Yishui River, looking at each other across the river. He saw that outside the city of Dongguan, Cao's army camps were tens of miles, crisscrossing during the period, and seemed to be messy, but when you look closely, you feel that there is a mystery in it.

Liu Bei did not dare to neglect his orders to find the ferry while discussing with Chen Deng, the garrison of Dong'an City, to rescue the enemy.

Chen Deng was only twenty-eight or nine years old, and was in the golden age of life. At this time, he was full of energy and passion, and there was no tension in the Cao army being imminent. He pointed to the Cao army camp on the east bank of the Yishui River from afar and said, "General Liu, please look at the arrangement of Cao Cao's military camp seems to be messy, but if you look closely, you can find the mystery in it. This is the eight gates of the golden lock formation. The eight gates are: Xiu, Sheng, Wu, Jing, Death, Shock, Open. If you open the door and enter it, it will be auspicious; if you enter the wound gate, Jing, Xiu gate, Xiu gate, and Xiu gate, you will be injured; if you enter the death gate, you will be dead. If you strike in from the Shangsheng Gate in the southeast corner and go out to the west Jing Gate, the formation will be chaotic."

Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this. Although he saw that Cao Cao's military camp was arranged in a very well-organized manner, he didn't know that this method really contained tricks. After listening to Chen Deng's story, Liu Bei immediately looked excited and asked, "Since Yuanlong can see the mystery of Cao Cao's military camp, he must have a plan to break the enemy in his heart. Please tell me!"

Facing Cao Cao, the number one overlord of the Central Plains, Chen Deng was not afraid, and was still a little excited. As long as he defeated Cao Cao in this battle, his name of Chen Yuanlong would be famous all over the world. At this moment, he smiled and said, "Cao Cao set up this formation to lead our army to attack the camp. The camp opened the eight gates, which corresponds to Na Xiu, Sheng, Injured, Du, Jing, Death, Shocked, and Opened the eight gates. General Liu only needs to send a powerful general to lead thousands of iron cavalry into the camp gate southeast of Cao Cao's military camp, and then break out from Jingmen directly west. Cao Cao's military camp will be in chaos. At that time, our army will take advantage of the situation to enter, and we can defeat Cao Cao in one battle."

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said to Zhang Fei beside him: "Third brother, have you remembered the two camp gates of Cao's army that Yuan Long just mentioned?"

Zhang Fei touched his head with awkward expression and replied, "Brother, I have remembered the camp gate clearly, but after rushing in, I may not be able to find the Scenic Sect to come out!"

Zhang Fei is either a fool or a bit reckless. He dared not make any promises in such a big battle. Moreover, this was Liu Bei's first battle to enter Xuzhou. Zhang Fei naturally had to be more conservative when speaking to outsiders.

Chen Deng bent down and picked up a branch and started writing and drawing on the ground. Soon, he drew a topographic map of Cao Cao's military camp. Then, Chen Deng pointed to the formation map on the ground with the branch and said, "General Zhang, this is Shengmen, the gate near the south gate of Dongguan City. This is Jingmen. In the west direction, General Zhang is afraid that he can't find the direction, but once he enters Cao's camp, he will rush towards your own northwest direction and you can find Jingmen."
Chapter completed!