In a suburb somewhere along the Si Shui River, several streams crisscrossed and formed a water swath, with reeds rippling, and birds roaming. Fish jumped out from time to time on the water surface.

At this time, a unit was rushing, and countless water birds flew up one after another.

The leader is a military general, in his thirties, and his appearance is very similar to Cao Cao, but his body is half a small part smaller than Cao Cao. He rides on a horse and looks very abrupt. It is Cao De.

At this moment, he had no intention of enjoying the scenery around him. While rushing to the road, he covered his forehead with his hands and kept looking forward.

“Where has this place been?”

The deputy general next to him hurriedly replied: "Go back to the general, the opposite bank of this large area of ​​water is the county town of Lu County. After marching for about thirty miles further, we will reach Pengcheng."

Cao De's expression was a little relaxed: "Well, it's almost here."

Seeing that he was a little anxious, the deputy general expressed his consolation: "General, don't be anxious. The lord made sufficient preparations this time. With the ability of Tao Qian, it would be easy for our army to take Xuzhou."

When Cao De heard this, he looked happy: "Well said it. By the way, take out the filial piety clothes, since they are here for revenge, and when siege, they must be worn."

The deputy general took the order and took out a package, took out a set of white cloth robe from it, and served Cao De to put it on.

The deputy general said, "We are waiting for the journey day and night. Finally, we see that the soldiers are exhausted. The breeze is rippling here. It is better to rest for a while and wait for the soldiers to drink some water, use some dry food to nourish their energy. It is not too late to rush to Pengcheng."

Cao De looked at the army behind him, and indeed many soldiers looked tired.

"Well, it's okay, there will be a big fight later, it's time to raise enough energy."

At this time, a loud footsteps came from a distance. Cao De looked up at the distance and saw a pair of cavalrymen, as if they were rushing towards this side.

"Hmm? Where is that army?"

The deputy general looked in the direction he pointed for a long time: "I can't see clearly. However, according to the lord's arrangement, Pengcheng must have been surrounded by all sides at this time, and Xuzhou's troops would definitely not be able to escape. Therefore, the last general thought that perhaps the lord sent troops to welcome the general."

Cao De smiled slightly and said with relief: "Brother, I'm so mean. Let's go and go and take a look."

As the troops on both sides got closer and closer, Cao De suddenly became happy: "It's Xiahou Military Banner, haha, Meng De actually sent Miaocai to welcome me, which would be too hard for the troops to mobilize."

He was excited for a moment and whipped the whip hard. The war horse neighed, spread out four hooves and rushed out.

"General, slow down..." the deputy general shouted, then quickly turned around and ordered the army to speed up and follow.

"Haha, Miaocai..."

Cao De galloped forward, but when the distance between the two sides was shortened to hundreds of steps, he realized something was wrong.

"Well? The general in charge doesn't seem to look like Miaocai..."

He still thought it was his dazzled eyes, shook his head, and looked carefully. At this time, the distance between the two sides was dozens of steps closer. He could already see clearly the general opposite. He had a leopard head with a round eyes, a steel whisker on his face, and was holding a serpent spear in his hand, glaring at him.

"Zhang...Zhang Zhang...Zhang Fei..."

Cao De was so scared that his face was bloodless, and he stuttered when he spoke, and he hurriedly wanted to stop the war horse.

However, a general next to Zhang Fei shot an arrow at him.

The arrow hit Cao De's shoulder blade, which made him scream and fell off his horse.

"General..." The deputy general led the army and rushed over.

"Hahaha... Cao Cao is so cunning, I don't expect my brother to be such a fool. Ziyi, if you catch Cao De, you can leave the rest to me. You can't fight with me."

Without saying a word, Zhang Fei waved the snake spear and killed Cao's army.

The deputy general saw Cao De covering his wounds and bleeding profusely, and was tied up by Taishi Ci, so he was naturally anxious.

"Let my general go..."

Before the word "jun" could be said, Zhang Fei stepped forward and stabbed him through with a spear.

"Haha, it's great! Second brother, please know my intentions and handed me this good job, kill, haha..."

Taishici watched Zhang Fei rushing around, as if the Cao army was not soldiers, but scarecrows, allowing Zhang Fei to poke one after another to death.

"Haha, if you can treat wars as games, I'm afraid there is only Yide in the world."

Taishi Ci smiled and shook her head, and handed Cao De to the soldiers behind her.

"You wait and take some medicine for this person. I deliberately avoid the key points of my arrow and will not die. You must take good care of it. If you let this person die, the lord will blame him."

"Wuwu...Wuwuwu..." Cao De was angry and struggled hard, but his mouth was blocked by a cloth strip and he couldn't say anything.

Taishi Ci looked at him coldly, then he thrust a long spear and broke into Cao's army.

As dusk approaches, the afterglow of the sunset falls on the tall city walls.

Although Pengcheng was still besieged by Cao's army, Cao Cao was even more anxious than Liu Bei and others in the city.

"Report..."

While this word came, Cao Cao's eyes suddenly opened: "Report quickly!"

"Zhang Fei, Taishi Ci, led five thousand cavalry to raid General Cao De. The general was caught by arrows on his shoulders and captured by Taishi Ci. Most of the troops and horses he led were killed by Zhang and Taishi. The rest fled in scattered..."

"My brother..." Cao Cao fainted and almost fell down, but fortunately, Cheng Yu and others supported him.

"Lord, don't be sad. My subordinates heard General Xiahou Yuan mention that Taishi Ci's shooting skills are extraordinary and are still above General Xiahou, and can be said to have a hundred steps through Yang. However, he only shot General Cao De's shoulder with one arrow, and tied him up and took him away, which did not harm him, which means that Liu Bei was not willing to make a mortal enemy with our Yanzhou."

Cheng Yu's words made Cao Cao react quickly.

"Zhongde means..."

Cheng Yu said: "With his subordinates' investigation, Liu Bei decided to threaten the lord with General Cao De's life. In this way, he could not only avoid a complete battle with our army, but also gain great achievements."

Guo Jia also said: "Tao Qian is old and afraid that there will be no more time. Liu Bei sent troops to rescue him at this time. If he really taught him to resolve the danger in Xuzhou, he would be afraid that the land of Xuzhou would return to this person."

"Hmm?" Cao Cao suddenly flashed his eyes with a fierce look.

"Liu Bei's ordinary man, a mat and foot seller, dares to borrow Cao Cao's hand to help him seize Xuzhou. It's so hateful and annoying. I will kill him sooner or later!"

But he was still angry but did not lose his mind.

He looked at Cheng Yu and others with a dark face: "What should we do now?"

Xi Zhong said: "Liu Bei is rebelling against the lord's army. I wish my subordinates a bad idea. If Liu Bei killed General Cao De, the lord would be justified. He immediately ordered General Xiahou Dun to go north from Chengyang County. He could attack Donglai County within two days and force Liu Bei to return to the army to rescue. In this way, Pengcheng could be transported just now. Moreover, our army could also attack Qingzhou immediately, which was a blessing. Now he tied up his lord's younger brother and came to threaten him. If the lord retreated, all his previous efforts would be wasted. If he did not retreat, his reputation would be destroyed."

Cao Cao showed impatientness: "Cao knows this, so there is no need to say much. Do you have any good ideas when facing Liu Bei's plan?"

Several major strategists looked at each other, and finally, Guo Jia bowed and said, "Jia has a way, maybe you can try it."
Chapter completed!