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Under the protection of seven or eight large shields, Cao Cao Cao's helmet and armor leaned against a corner of the city wall as he looked out. The noon sunlight shone on his face, causing his expression to become extremely grim.

This morning, Gongsun Xu changed from his usual slow strategy of attacking the city to suddenly attacking the east side of the city with all his might. The other three sides also launched attacks on a considerable scale and's reserve troops were gathered outside the city, waiting to be attacked. Cao Cao Cao was very clear, although Gongsun Xu's main attack direction was to the east, but if one party could break through the other three walls, Gongsun Xu would definitely change the direction of attack.

Xun Yu placed a refined iron shield on his head, under the protection of a few guards, he rushed up the wall and quickly rushed to Cao Cao Cao's side, shouting: "Master, the other three walls are temporarily unharmed, the enemy's attack is not too fierce, General Xiahou Dun and the rest can totally withstand it!"

An hour ago, Cao Cao saw that the enemy's attack was fierce and feared that the other walls would not be able to withstand it. Thus, he let Xun Yu patrol the front area in order to timely discover the danger and send troops to rescue them.

"Very good!" Cao Cao Cao heaved a sigh of relief, staring at the flag of Gongsun Xu's White Horse Camp outside the city, he asked: "Wen Ruo, why do you think Gongsun Xu suddenly went crazy and attacked ferociously?"

Xun Yu thought for a while: "Before this, this subordinate had guessed that Gongsun Xu did not want to attack the city without caring about the price, and he had indeed not attacked with any strength for the past few days. But now, he has suddenly changed from his slacking in the past few days, this subordinate thought that some kind of accident has happened to the Qinghe County, and it should be extremely important for it to happen, for Gongsun Xu to suddenly attack without caring about the price!"

"What kind of accident would it be?" Cao Cao's eyes suddenly lit up, his face was also full of anticipation, and he muttered softly: "Could it be that Gongsun Zan is seriously injured or even dead? Or perhaps Yuan Benchu obtained the decisive victory? "

"This …" Xun Yu hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "This subordinate does not know, but Master should not think too highly of himself. We have to use all our might to block Gongsun Xu's attack, if something were to happen to the Qinghe County to the detriment of Yuan Shijun and Master, not only would the situation be for nothing, it would also be more serious!"

It was just as Xun Yu had said. From morning till now, in a short span of half a day, he had lost more than two thousand men and horses. If Gongsun Xu continued his reckless attacks, he would only need two days before he would be out of weapons!

Cao Cao Cao looked away from the banner on top of the White Horse Camp, at the mountains of corpses and seas of blood inside and outside the city wall, suddenly sighed: "Wen Ruo, I suddenly regret coming here to wade through the muddy water!"

Xun Yu was shocked, he went close to Cao Cao's ear and whispered: "Master, do you want to retreat? If it was a few days ago, it should have been possible to break out of the encirclement, but it seems like Gongsun Xu is going to sacrifice everything to keep us here, it would be difficult to break out of the encirclement and return to the Yanzhou! Even if they could break out of the encirclement, it would be very difficult to stop Gongsun Xu's cavalry! This subordinate thinks that if we resist the city and defend it, we will still have a chance to defeat Gongsun Xu. Once we abandon the city and escape, I'm afraid that it will happen in the blink of an eye. "

Cao Cao Cao's face was as black as ink. He turned his head and looked in the direction of the Qinghe County, muttering to himself with furrowed brows, "What happened at the Qinghe County?"

Xun Yu also frowned. He didn't know why, but an ominous feeling suddenly welled up in his heart.

At this time, Shan Meng rode a fast horse and quickly arrived in front of Zhao Yun who was standing about 400 to 500 steps away from the city wall to supervise the battle. He anxiously cupped his fists and said: "General Zi Long, the casualties among brothers are too severe.

"How many casualties?" asked with a dark face. The one who had launched the fierce attack today was an elite walking soldier led by Shan Meng. The ones who had been sent here were mainly responsible for the attacks from the other three sides.

Shan Meng said dejectedly: "There were at least one thousand five hundred injured, and I'm afraid seven to eight hundred people died!"

Zhao Yun frowned, the number of casualties was within his expectations, but he was not surprised at all. However, losing so many elite walking soldier in a short half a day pained him.

"Continue attacking!" Zhao Yun looked at the heavily armored walking soldier who was rushing out of the crack and shook his head as he rejected Shan Meng's request.

"General!" Shan Meng was extremely anxious and could not help but shout out.

Zhao Yun said in a deep voice, "We have suffered heavy casualties, how can Cao Cao take it easy? Continue attacking! If I am unable to take down the city wall in two hours, this general will personally lead his troops to attack the city! "

Shan Meng had no choice but to turn and ride his horse and gallop to the back of the group. He then personally took out a weapon and led his men to attack.

Zhao Yun looked at Shan Meng's leaving figure, and sneered: "Cao Cao, his manpower is insufficient, he will definitely not be able to withstand such a intense consumption of energy! The destruction of the city is just around the corner! "

Just then, Gongsun Yi ran over and cupped his fists on the horse and asked loudly: "General Zhao, Master has sent me here to ask if you need any reinforcements?"

Zhao Yun had brought ten thousand elite walking soldier s today, and had already lost twenty percent of them in half a day. Gongsun Xu who was observing from the back realized that the casualties were too high, and he was a little worried that Zhao Yun might not be able to hold on.

Zhao Yun said solemnly: "Please report to my lord, this general's side temporarily does not need any reinforcements! When the time comes, this general will ask the lord to send reinforcements to destroy the city in one fell swoop! "

Gongsun Yi frowned slightly, and with a word of agreement, he spurred his horse to turn around and leave.

Gongsun Xu rode on his horse under the big banner, and upon seeing Gongsun Yi coming back, he anxiously asked: "What did Zi Long say?"

Gongsun Yi shouted, "Reporting to General, General Zhao Yun has said that there is no need for reinforcements for now. When the time is right, he will ask General Zhao Yun to send reinforcements to destroy the city in one go!"

Gongsun Xu nodded, he turned and asked: "Feng Xiao, can you break into the city today?"

Guo Jia stared at the fierce battle near the big hole in the city wall, and slowly shook his head: "I don't think it will be easy! Cao Cao's casualties were indeed great, but it did not cause any damage to his vitality. Unless he ordered the other three sides to attack at all costs, it would be difficult to break out of the city today! "

Gongsun Xu frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head: "It's not that I despise them, it's just that compared to my White Horse Camp, the soldiers under my father's command are not trained well, and their equipment cannot keep up with their movements, even if they were to attack the city at all costs, I am afraid it would be difficult for them to make any substantial progress, to the point of increasing the number of casualties! Look again, if Zi Long is still unable to make decisive progress in the afternoon, I will think of a way to contact Sima Yi and work together to break through the city walls! "

Guo Jia didn't know that Sima Yi already held the military power, so he shook his head and said, "Although Sima Yi's reputation is not small, I'm afraid that he'll have a hard time playing a role just now when he joined Cao Cao's camp!"

Gongsun Xu did not comment, he stared ahead and spoke softly: "Let's look first, then talk!"

Zhao Yun was riding on his stallion and did not move. He only ordered his subordinates to attack continuously and in a short hour, they launched two fierce attacks. During this time, Shan Meng brought his men to break through the wall many times, but unfortunately, they were all blocked by the Cao Army.

Zhao Yun raised his head to look at the sky and shouted angrily: "Men, tell Shan Meng to retreat, this general will personally go up to battle!"

Gongsun Yi once again rode his horse and shouted from afar, "General Zi Long! General Zi Long! The general has ordered you to call for reinforcements, and you are not allowed to attack again! "

"What?" Zhao Yun was shocked. After confirming that the order was real, he helplessly ordered for them to retreat.

With a clear and melodious cry of gold, the soldiers of the White Horse Camp began to retreat like a tide.