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Last year, Lv Bu took the opportunity to attack the Yanzhou, but not only did Yuan Shao not agree to General Cao's request to send troops, he even attempted to force the general to go and join him. The general is truly willing to give his all to go against my two hundred thousand strong army to the end for such a disloyal and disloyal person?

Gongsun Xu's voice was loud, and everyone in the city could hear him loud and clear. Gao Gang was Gao Qian's trusted aide, and was extremely clear about what had happened, hence he was somewhat embarrassed. He used an uneasy gaze to secretly look at Cao Cao Cao's back. However, Cao Cao Cao and Xiahou Yuan's face became extremely shocked. Last year, the matter of Yuan Shao requesting surrender was extremely secretive, how did Gongsun Xu know about this matter?

After Gongsun Xu shouted these words, without waiting for Cao Cao Cao to speak, he once again shouted sternly: "This time, my army of Youzhou will take back Jizhou, even if it means fighting till the last man or soldier, we will not hesitate! With General Cao's lofty ambitions, the things that he wants are already in his hands. Does he really have to destroy the foundation that he painstakingly built for Yuan Shao? "

Cao Cao Cao couldn't help but secretly sigh. This Gongsun Xu really deserved his reputation, his short speech actually contained three meanings, firstly, he was threatening himself with the determination of over a hundred thousand army of Youzhou fighting to the last man, and forced himself to not give it his all to fight against Youzhou Army. Secondly, Gongsun Xu obviously knew what he was doing from the start to the end, and hinted that since he had gained enough reputation, he should stop.

Xiahou Yuan also completely understood the meaning behind Gongsun Xu's words, he shook his head and said softly: "Gongsun Zan actually has such an outstanding son, the ancestral grave has really given birth to smoke!"

Cao Cao Cao sighed in his heart, he originally thought that his eldest son, Cao Ang, was already a heroic figure, but now it seems that he was far from being able to match up to Gongsun Xu! He knew that Gongsun Xu's words were not empty threats, so he was not really that angry, and only had a little helplessness. If his own strength was strong enough, even if he had half of Yuan Shao's strength, why would he need to fear Gongsun Xu's threats?

Xiahou Yuan saw that Cao Cao was lost in thought, and quickly whispered: "Meng De, do you want to answer?"

He slowly shook his head, he felt that no matter how he tried, he would not be able to answer in time. If he opened his mouth and said that he wanted to fight Gongsun Xu to the end, who knows if the other party would actually believe that he was going to launch a fierce attack, he did not want his Yanzhou Army to suffer any more casualties. Cao Cao Cao was even more unable to speak to show his weakness, otherwise, he would definitely become unstable, and the Yuan Shao Army inside the Henei County would be disorderly as well. If they did not wait for Gongsun Xu to attack, the entire city would probably become chaotic, thus, facing Gongsun Xu's aggressive question, the best way was to just ignore it.

Xiahou Yuan opened his mouth, originally wanting to say what would happen if Gongsun Xu continued to be so aggressive, but right at this moment, Gongsun Xu shouted a few more words, causing him to take back the words that he was about to say.

"It seems like General Cao has not thought of an answer yet, so this general will not force you to answer immediately!" How about this, this general will come back to meet with General Cao in four hours. By then, the general will have made his decision! "

After Gongsun Xu finished speaking, he did not even bother to look at the change in Cao Cao's expression. He turned his horse and galloped, very quickly he was in the middle of a large group of people.

Cao Cao Cao suddenly reacted, he had actually forgotten to ask Gongsun Xu about Cao Chun's situation, it was just that Gongsun Xu had already gone far, and could only send people to search for the remnants of the tiger leopard riding's army to ask. Although he did not see Cao Chun among the fleeing tiger leopard riding soldiers, Cao Cao still firmly believed that he did not die. Or perhaps, it could be said that he did not want to believe that his cousin, who had the most potential and ability, had died just like that.

Gao Gang hurriedly took two steps forward, and bowed as he said, "Gongsun kid is deceiving me with lies, I hope that Envoy Cao will not be deceived by it! When that happened last year, Master was currently fighting a fierce battle with Army of Heishan, and even though I couldn't withdraw all of his troops to help envoy, Master has always treated envoy as his own brother! "

"Hehe." Cao Cao said with a smile: "General Gao doesn't need to explain, Ben Chu and I had a deep friendship back when we were young, how could a trivial matter ruin the brotherly relationship between the two of us? Rest assured General, this old man and Yanzhou Army will definitely not retreat, we will definitely ensure that the city is not lost! "

When Gao Gang heard this, he was overjoyed. He immediately knelt and kowtowed, "Envoy Cao is too righteous, I thank Envoy Cao on behalf of the one hundred thousand citizens of the city!"

"General, please get up!" Cao Cao Cao reached out his hands to help Gao Gang up, saying in a friendly manner: "This old man is not familiar with the city, I hope that General can help!"

Gao Gang stood up, cupped his fists and said: "Envoy Cao, there is no need to be courteous, but I have orders for all of us!"

"Alright!" Cao Cao Cao clapped his hands and shouted, "If we work together, why should we fear the tens of thousands of people in Gongsun kid? The enemy forces will attack the city at any time, so General, please dispatch the young men of the city to assist them in defending the city! "

"Here!" Gao Gang replied excitedly as he turned around and walked away.

Xiahou Yuan looked at Gao Gang's back, and said in a small voice: "It's really convenient for us to act without a general under Yuan Benchu's command!"

Cao Cao smiled and nodded his head, if the one guarding the Henei County right now was a general like Qu Yi, he would definitely not be able to command them. Currently, Gao Gang did not have much power, so the entire city could be said to be under the control of the Yanzhou Army. Furthermore, the food in the city was extremely plentiful, and when Gongsun Xu's army attacked, they could even use the strong and young men of the city as cannon fodder. Cao Cao felt that it would not be difficult to defend the city for a short period of time, at that time, it would not be too late to make new plans according to the situation in the Qinghe County.

"Miao Cai, follow me on a tour around the city." Cao Cao withdrew his gaze from White Horse Camp's banner, turned around and walked forward along the wall.

Just as Xiahou Yuan was about to follow him, a few cavalrymen on the streets below the walls rushed over, the one leading them was Cao Ang. He saw Cao Cao Cao shouted loudly: "Father, the tiger leopard riding's soldiers are back, General Xiahou Dun and General Xu Huang are bringing them over!"

Cao Cao suddenly turned his head and loudly asked, "Is there any news about Zi?"

Cao Ang's face darkened, and nodded without answering. He was extremely close to Cao Chun's uncle and nephew, and after knowing that tiger leopard riding had suffered a crushing defeat, he had been worried about Cao Chun's whereabouts. When he heard that the veterans of tiger leopard riding had returned, he immediately ran over to ask, but who would have thought that he would receive such grievous news! If Xiahou Dun and Xu Huang had not stopped him, Cao Ang would have killed a few of the tiger leopard riding's defeated soldiers to vent his anger.

Seeing that, Cao Cao Cao's face changed. Could it be that Zi He was actually running down the city walls stairs, grabbing Cao Ang who had already jumped down from his horse to bow and wait, he shouted: "Zi He, what happened?"

"Father" Cao Ang said in grief: "tiger leopard riding was heavily surrounded by Gongsun Xu, and more than seventy percent of them were killed or injured! "In order to protect the rest of the soldiers, your son and uncle only brought a few dozen men to protect you. I'm afraid the odds are against you!"

"What!?" Cao Cao Cao's vision turned black, he staggered and fell to the side. tiger leopard riding could no longer be rebuilt, but Cao Chun's clan's talent was one of the top few, where could he go to find him?

"Father!" Meng De!)

Cao Ang and Xiahou Yuan turned pale with fright, and quickly supported Cao Cao on both sides.

"Son and child! This is what I should do! " Cao Cao woke up from his daze and started to cry after calling Cao Chun's name.

In the Cao Clan, Cao Ren and Cao Chun were the most loyal and capable two. If Cao Chun were to die, Cao Cao Cao Cao would lose an arm.

Cao Ang and Xiahou Yuan tried very hard to persuade him, even Dian Wei came over and tried to persuade him, but Cao Cao Cao was in too much pain, he could not listen to any kind of consoling words.

"Zi Xiu, look after your father!" Xiahou Yuan instructed helplessly, and pulled Dian Wei to the side.

Dian Wei was puzzled: "What orders does General Miao Cai have?"

Xiahou Yuan said in a low voice: "Send two reliable guards out of the city to see Gongsun Xu, if you want to agree to some conditions, just to find out the exact whereabouts of Zi He! If he is alive, I want to see him, if he is dead, I want to see his corpse! "

Dian Wei looked at Cao Cao Cao who was crying incessantly, nodded and agreed, then immediately went to find two capable and reliable guards to instruct him.

Cao Ang had never seen Cao Cao Cao cry like this, even after trying to persuade him for a long time, it was to no avail. Just as he was at a loss of what to do, he suddenly saw a group of people rushing over, and immediately shouted: "Father, Uncle Yuan and General Xu have brought the warriors of the tiger leopard riding over!"

Cao Cao Cao looked towards the source of the sound and sure enough, it was Xiahou Dun and Xu Huang bringing all those defeated soldiers from the tiger leopard riding over. His heart was filled with killing intent, these damned fellows spent countless of his own money and food but still somehow lost and came back miserable, and it was his son and his own son who ended up saving their lives, what was the use of such a useless generation!

Very soon, the group of people arrived in front of them. Cao Hao led the way and jumped off the horse, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing continuously: "This little one greets my lord! We should die a thousand times for our crimes, please punish our lord! "

"We deserve to die a thousand times for our crimes, please punish our lord!" The remaining three to four hundred people quickly knelt on the ground and begged for forgiveness.

Seeing that it was Cao Chun's two personal guard captains, Cao Cao Cao was even more furious. He stepped forward and viciously kicked Cao Hao and Cao Qiang over, and shouted: "What exactly happened? Why aren't you telling me quickly! If there is even the slightest bit of concealment, then your heads will fall to the ground! "