Chapter 293: Cracks in the Coalition
"Brother, you won't be deceived by Cai Boyi, right?"
Xiahou Dun, who was standing restless, kept walking around Cao Cao, looking at the closed Nanwuyang city gate, and then reminding Cao Cao to be on guard against Cai Yong.
"Mr. Boji is my closest friend, and he will never deceive me for a mere horse!"
Cao Cao and Cai Yong are twenty-two years apart, and they are both teachers and friends. In Cao Cao's perception, if there is someone in this world who doesn't lie to him, it must be Cai Yong.
"But, brother, we have been waiting here for nearly two hours, why don't you see Zixiao come out?"
Xiahou Yuan was also a little nervous. Since Cao Cao was sure that Cai Yong would not lie, the one who deceived him must be Tao Ying.
"Brother, could Mr. Bo Li be deceived by Tao Ying's son?"
Cao Cao's eyes shrank suddenly, and then he returned to normal.
"Don't ask for a guess. Didn't Ang'er just say that she took her son to wash and eat? Wait a little longer!"
Another hour later, just when even Cao Cao began to doubt whether he had been deceived by Tao Ying, the west gate of Nanwuyang was opened, and Cai Yong and Cao Ren slowly walked out.
"Mr. Bo Ji, remember this kindness!"
Cao Cao hurriedly looked at Cao Ren who was safe and sound, and immediately bowed to Cai Yong.
"Meng De is out!"
Cai Yong hurriedly supported Cao Cao who was bowing with both hands, looked at him with complicated eyes for a few breaths, and turned around and left.
"Teacher, take care of me!"
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"Cai Boyi struggled with his eyes, but he wanted to speak, why is this?"
Looking at Cai Yong's figure disappearing from afar, Cao Cao glanced at the head of the city, and his eyes slowly pulled into a thin line.
"Brother, Mr. Bo Yi has entered the city, let's go back to the camp!"
Seeing Cao Cao wandering around in the sky, Xiahou Dun couldn't help but step forward and urge him. He always believed Tao Yinghui, who dared to abduct two sisters-in-law, was kind and relieved Cao Ren.
"Zixiao, in the past three hours, can you be troubled in the city?"
Cao Cao ignored Xiahou Dun and looked at Cao Ren who was clean and thoughtfully.
"Don't worry, brother, I have been staying at An'er's residence for the past three hours. I first wash and change clothes, and then have dinner together. During this period, no one came to make things difficult for me!"
When Cao Ang mentioned, Cao Ren's eyes flashed with a hint of color.
"Brother, Ang'er has grown up and values love and friendship. If he hadn't asked Tao Ying, I'd probably died of hunger and thirst last night!"
Cao Ren's eyes were very pure, and there was no trace of dodging. Cao Cao believed that Cao Ren was not lying.
"Why do you need to wash and eat for so long? My elder brother and my third brother have been waiting here for nearly three hours!"
Xiahou Dun never believed that Cao Ren could take such a long time to eat, and suspected that he was happy to Shu.
"When washing up, my clothes were wet. It took nearly two hours for the servants to help bake them!"
I remembered that I had no clothes to wear and soaked in the bathtub for nearly two hours, and almost turned into soaking, and Cao Ren felt depressed.
"Oh, so that's it!"
Cao Cao's brows suddenly jumped, and he felt a little uneasy.
"Let's go, let's go back!"
Cao Cao and the other four got on the horse and galloped towards the camp ten miles away.
"Zixiao, didn't you tell Ang'er that Nan Wuyang is about to lose his protection?"
Cao Ren, who was on par with Cao Cao, heard the question and replied without delay.
"I mentioned it. I asked Ang'er to wait for an opportunity to return to Luoyang, but Ang'er disagreed. He said that Langya has been defeated, Jibei, Dongping has been lost, Rencheng is not guaranteed, and Nanwuyang is safe and sound!"
"Xilulu..."
Hearing Cao Ren's reply, Cao Cao, who was galloping on his horse, pulled the reins violently. The war horse immediately stood up and roared to the sky. If Cao Cao hadn't held the reins tightly and clamped the belly of the horse, he might have fallen off the horse.
"Langya has been defeated, and the Xuzhou coalition forces are defeated!"
"Jibei, Dongping has been lost, and the Snakeqiu coalition may have been completely destroyed!"
"Rencheng is not protected, Rencheng...How can Nanpingyang be safe!"
The moment the front hooves of the war horse landed, Cao Cao had analyzed the information that Cao Ang accidentally revealed clearly.
"Cai Boyi wanted to speak but stopped. It turned out that he was warning me!"
Cao Cao finally understood why he had waited for Cao Ren outside the city for three hours.
"Cai Boyi didn't lie to me, Ang'er didn't lie to me. It was Tao Ying'er who used them to delay time!"
Among them is the time to drag Cao Cao into attack and the time to retreat.
"Brother, what's wrong?"
Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Ren came back again, looking at Cao Cao who was hysterical with worry.
"Brothers, we may have to withdraw our troops!"
Cao Cao, who had complex eyes, flew over Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren's faces one by one. The light contained in his originally deep and sharp eyes gradually dimmed, and finally returned to a calm and unpredictable appearance.
"Tao Ying'er has solved Xuzhou and Jibei coalition forces. At this moment, Nanpingyang may have been lost. Our army is facing the danger of attacking from east to west!"
Cao Cao explained the information provided by Cao Ang, and Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan were both shocked.
"The combat power under Tao Ying'er's command is so terrifying!"
Cao Ren's heart moved, he pondered for a while, and immediately reminded Cao Cao.
"Brother, there is someone coming from Nanwuyang City today. It is Chen Lin, the chief clerk of the general!"
Cao Cao was stunned, and then sighed to the sky.
"Those who destroy the world are He!"
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Cao Cao's Allied Army Camp.
In the evening, after dinner, the generals gathered in the tent of the coalition central army.
Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Ren sat in the right row.
Yuan Shu, Yuan Yi, Yu She, Yang Hong, Xu Qi, Wu Zi and others sat in the left row.
"Everyone, although our army suffered a small casualties in the battle yesterday, it was considered a defeat. The morale was low and it was urgently needed to rebuild its morale with a victory. Cao suggested that it would be better to attack the city overnight, what?"
Cao Cao, who was expressionless, was paying attention to the changes in his expressions of Yuan Yi, Xu Qi and Wu Zi while asking.
As for Yuan Shu, he is just a fisherman in troubled waters. He can't make the decision in the coalition forces, so Cao Cao directly ignored him.
"Brother Meng De, it is too difficult to attack the city at night, and the morale of the coalition forces is already low. If they lose again, they may not have the power to fight again!"
Rencheng Prime Minister Xu Yu looked at Cao Cao worriedly. He also wanted to break through Nanwuyang as soon as possible so as to take back the million stones of grain he had lost, but he also understood the difficulty of siege at night.
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"Xu Xiang's concerns are reasonable. Meng De, I think it's safer to break through Nanwuyang with one rush tomorrow morning!"
Wu Zi, the prefect of Jiyin, did not agree with Cao Cao's eagerness for quick success and instant benefits.
"I wonder what the prefect Yuan wants?"
Xu Yan and Wu Zi expressed different opinions one after another. Cao Cao nodded without comment, raised his eyebrows, and turned his eyes to Yuan Yi, the prefect of Shanyang.
"Cao Mengde, siege at night is a taboo for military strategists. You cannot harm public interests because of personal grudges!"
Before Yuan Yi could speak, Yuan Shu, who had a gloomy face, shouted at Cao Cao.
"Yuan suspects that you have reached some kind of ulterior motives with the traitor Tao Ying to ruin the coalition forces!"
Everyone followed Yuan Shu's sinister gaze and looked at Cao Ren beside Cao Cao, silently.
Everyone knew that Cao Ren was captured by Tao Ying yesterday, and they also knew that Tao Ying hung him on the top of the city to make Cao Cao throw himself into a harassment and dare not attack the city.
But at the moment, Cao Ren seemed to be sitting in the big tent without any damage. Not only Yuan Shu suspected that Cao Cao and Tao Ying had reached some kind of deal, but Yuan Yi, Xu Yan, Wu Zi and others also suspected.
"Since that's the case, Cao will lead his troops south tonight to echo the Xuzhou and Yuzhou coalition forces and launch an attack on the Nancheng rebels!"
Since there was a crack in the alliance and was suspected by everyone, Cao Cao didn't say anything more. He immediately stood up and bowed to everyone, turned around and headed towards the layman in the tent.
"I'll be in trouble for you!"
Without waiting for Yuan Shu, Yuan Yi, Xu Yu, Wu Zi and others to react, Cao Cao took his three brothers out of the tent and headed to the army camp.
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"Hiss, did you misunderstand Cao Mengde?"
Xu Yan looked at Cao Cao's empty seat, and a trace of doubt appeared in his eyes.
"If Cao Mengde withdraws from the coalition forces, who will dominate?"
Wu Zi's deep eyes were occasionally swirling on Xu Yan and Yuan Yi's face.
"Cao Ren lost it and got it back, which really makes people have to doubt that it is also a good thing for the coalition forces to temporarily divide their troops."
Although Yuan Yi doesn't like Yuan Shu, he is both a Yuan family after all. Even if he doesn't support Yuan Shu, he will not dismantle Yuan Shu's stage in front of outsiders.
Besides, Cao Cao's headquarters did not have many people. Even if Cao Cao left, the coalition army still had more than 27,000 troops, which was enough to deal with Tao Ying.
"Cao Mengde's move is obviously a guilty conscience. Even without him, Cao Mengde, we can still defeat Nanwuyang!"
Yuan Shu glanced at Yuan Yi who was sitting seriously and immediately cheered everyone up.
"There are not many people in Nanwuyang City. As long as you work hard tomorrow, you will be able to break through the city and kill Tao Ying."
As for Wu Zi's new coalition leader, after Cao Cao was gone, it was naturally his turn to Yuan Shu.
"With 27,000 people in hand, why is this general afraid of Tao Ying's son!"
Chapter completed!