After hearing Mao Jie's words, the Cao army soldiers around him raised their weapons and shouted loudly: "Okay, okay, okay..."

"We should let the eldest son be the commander..."

"No, not bad, the eldest son is brave and humble in combat, and he will also share his credit with us. Where can I find such a good commander..."

"The eldest son is very good. If he becomes our commander, I, Zhang San, will be the first to agree..."

Seeing these Cao soldiers on the city wall talking, the meaning expressed was exactly the same, all of whom were hoping that Cao Ang could be their commander.

It can be seen that Cao Ang’s performance just now was recognized by them, and Cao Ang had previously distributed the credit to them. With the help of his kindness, these honest Cao soldiers naturally spoke out to support Cao Ang.

Besides, Cao Ang is Cao Cao's eldest son and Cao Cao's successor in the future. Who would be willing to offend Cao Ang? Unless he was stupid, he would object.

Mrs. Ding obviously did not expect that her beloved son had only fought for one battle and was so deeply loved by the soldiers. Until this time, he was not good at opposing, so she whispered to Cheng Yu and said, "Cheng Biejia, since Ang'er is so loved by the soldiers, I can't say anything. You are an elder, and you must always remind Ang'er not to take risks easily. Since your husband is not here, you should assist Ang'er and guard Puyang City. I, please."

After saying that, Mrs. Ding gave Cheng Yu a slightly blessed gift.

Cheng Yu had never received such treatment. He replied in a panic: "Miss mother, don't worry, Yu, I will assist the eldest son in defending Puyang City."

Mrs. Ding was very helpless. Although she was reluctant to be the commander in her heart, the people's hearts are now gathered up all by Cao Ang alone. Mrs. Ding is not the foolish woman who is not a scheming woman, so she had to give up her persistence.

She walked up to Cao Ang, stretched out her jade hand to tidy up the armor for him, and said softly: "Ang'er, you are old now. Your father did not have the same achievements as you at your age. However, you are too young and have little experience. Some things cannot be looked at just on the surface. Cheng Yu is talented, so you must listen to his opinions more, not be determined by one's own will, and not let down the trust of the soldiers."

The thread in the hands of the loving mother and the clothes on the wandering son were sewn tightly before leaving, fearing that she would return late.

Every mother is worried about her children. The child is about to travel far away, and her mother can do this, let alone Cao Ang’s scene at this time. It was on the battlefield. In this era of extremely high mortality rate in the war, Mrs. Ding was worried and anxious.

However, when his son grew up, he used his actions to prove to Mrs. Ding that he had the ability to be loved by his soldiers and to protect the people or things he needed to protect.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Ding suddenly burst into tears and kept explaining, saying, "Did you remember? You must listen to Cheng Yu and the others more. He is the person your father trusts the most and will not harm you."

Cao Ang felt extremely uncomfortable. Although Ding was not his biological mother, he was better than his biological mother. He patted his chest and smiled honestly: "Don't worry, mother, I will never forget my mother's teachings."

Then, Mrs. Ding walked down the city wall step by step.

After Mrs. Ding left, Cheng Yu quickly invited Cao Ang to discuss matters on the city tower.

During this period, Mao Jie said: "Lu Bu's morale is high, which is daunting. However, now he has been defeated by the eldest son one after another. As the saying goes, everything will turn back. I believe that the morale of Lu Bu's army will definitely plummet. I guess Lu Bu will not attack the city again in the past few days."

After hearing this, Cheng Yu disagreed with Mao Jie's point of view. He smiled bitterly and said, "How can Lu Bu treat it with common sense? From the fact that he led the army to invade after his lord came out of Xuzhou, we can see that this person is very ambitious. Although our army won a small victory, the combat power of Lu Bu's army is so strong. Those people are Dong Zhuo's old subordinates, and they are all the Western Liang army that Dong Zhuo is famous all over the world. Compared with ordinary troops, it is inevitable that it is inappropriate. Therefore, I think Lu Bu will attack the city again tomorrow."

Cao Ang listened carefully to the two of them and then asked: "Why is Uncle Cheng so sure that Lu Bu will attack the city again tomorrow? In today's battle, their ladders and rushing cars were destroyed by our army. Even if he would attack the city, it would be difficult to create so many siege equipment for a while. Moreover, the ancients said that they would surround them five times and annihilate them ten times. Lu Bu's number of soldiers is similar to our army. Wouldn't he be afraid of losing his troops?"

After hearing this, Cheng Yu's eyes suddenly showed an expression of "Cao Ang, a child is a teaching!", and he immediately expressed his opinion, "Young Master, let's think about it this way. The lord swept most of Xuzhou's land in half a month, and his reputation is growing day by day. In this Central Plains, how many people can compete for power with the lord? Even if he is Lu Bu, who is called an unparalleled general by the world, he dare not flirt with the lord easily. Now Lu Bu can act so recklessly because his lord's army is far away in Xuzhou. From Puyang to Tancheng, Xuzhou, it only takes three days to fast horses. If the lord knows what's happening here, he will definitely lead his army back to aid. Therefore, there is not much time left for Lu Bu. If I guess it is not bad, Lu Bu will withdraw his troops in ten days."

Cheng Yu made a long statement, and his analysis was quite reasonable. Before Cao Ang and others could express his opinions, Cheng Yu continued: "Besides, Lu Bu's army has strong combat power, and Lu Bu personally took charge of the army. You may not imagine the deterrent power of a peerless general. Therefore, I concluded that the morale of the soldiers of the Lu Bu army would not fluctuate too much. Even if he lost the rush, there were many ladders that Lu Bu reserved. Rumors, Lu Bu has five healthy generals under his command. Today, Song Xian will make us busy. If five healthy generals come out together, how likely will our army win?"

Cheng Yu's words shocked Cao Ang and Mao Jie again. While thinking about responding, Cheng Yu said again: "Besides, the troops in my Puyang City are only a few thousand, and the rest are temporarily pieced together. I believe you have seen their combat power. As a general on the battlefield, Lu Bu has not even had many lords in the battle. Since we can see the clues, Lu Bu must have seen them, so I concluded that Lu Bu will attack the city tomorrow."

Cheng Yu's words made Cao Ang and Mao Jie unable to find any reason to refute them, and both of them bowed their heads and thought hard.

Cao Ang's face was heavy. After some consideration, he obviously recognized Cheng Yu's idea. In addition, he had no good intentions to deal with it. Cao Ang had to whisper: "Since you can see that Uncle Cheng, you must have a way to deal with it in your heart. Please ask Uncle Cheng to teach me."

Cao Ang asked without shame, and he did not have the airs of commander of the three armies at all. Such performance made Cheng Yu very pleased. He showed confidence on his face and smiled: "Now, our army is very morale, and the eldest son doesn't have to be angry. Although Lu Bu's army is strong, it has a fatal weakness."

After hearing this, Cao Ang hurriedly asked, "Where is Lu Bu's weakness?"

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "There is nothing else, there are only few people."

Cao Ang asked in confusion: "What does Uncle Cheng mean? Please tell me in detail."

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Lu Bu's army, more than 20,000 people were originally wandering in the Sili territory. Just because Yang Fan's edict kept coming, he launched troops. Yanzhou is not his territory. Even if he captured Baima City, it was still a groundless plaza. Lu Bu's reputation has long been so bad that it can no longer be smelly. How could the people really rely on him? The exhaustion of troops is the shortcomings of Lu Bu, and we are different. There are still hundreds of thousands of people in Puyang City. The lord is benevolent and politically polite and the people are the people.

They are all grateful to the lord, so we can easily recruit new soldiers. Therefore, I guess that these 20,000 troops are Lu Bu's capital. If one person dies, he will lose one person and it is difficult to get supplementary. Even if he forcibly recruits the people to join the army, how much combat power can he exert? Therefore, Lu Bu's attack in the previous few days will definitely be quite fierce. As long as we defend these few days, Lu Bu will be afraid of the rats. By then, Puyang City will be truly safe."

Cheng Yu's words were analyzed thoroughly, and even ordinary people could understand what he meant, let alone Cao Ang. He smiled and said in the high boxing, "Uncle Cheng said it is right. He wants us to fight attrition with Lu Bu. He will definitely not dare to be like us."

Mao Jie also deeply admired Cheng Yu's few words, which made him feel like he was pushing away the dark clouds and seeing tomorrow, and he suddenly became clear.

Since he received guidance from an expert, Cao Ang knew what to do next. He posted the list all over the world, recruited new troops, and trained these soldiers who had not experienced the battle formation for a long time, so he was so busy that he was overwhelmed.

The next day.

As Cheng Yu said, Lu Bu's army once again attacked Puyang City with high spirits. This time, his command of Song Xian, Wei Xu and Li Su took turns to attack the city.

Several times, Cao Ang was extremely dangerous and turned into good fortune. Even though Cao Ang prepared one day earlier, he was seriously injured. On this day, he lost more than 3,000 soldiers in the battle, and Lu Bu was not much better. In just two days of attacking the city, he lost more than 5,000 soldiers.

With only 15,000 men left in the army, Lu Bu was inevitably a little afraid of being attacked. On the third day's attack, he was a little unrelenting, and more than a thousand soldiers were lost in vain.

Finally, Li Su had no choice but to persuade Lu Bu and let him attack Puyang with all his might. Because there was not much time left for Lu Bu, they wanted to take Puyang before Cao Cao returned. If Cao Cao came back, their previous efforts would be in vain.

After hearing Li Su's suggestion, Lu Bu also felt that what he said was very reasonable. In the next three days, Lu Bu's army attacked Puyang wildly.

Cao Angchu was the commander and had insufficient experience in the battle. He was attacked by Lu Bu several times. If he had not led people to resist him, Puyang City would have changed hands long ago.

After six consecutive days of fierce attack on Puyang without success, Lu Bu lost more than 13,000 soldiers. At this point, he only had 8,000 soldiers under his command.
Chapter completed!