Although we had long expected that Dingtao would be a hard bone to crack, Xiahou Dun was slightly surprised after the war started.

After several days, Xiahou Dun filled in thousands of people, but he was unable to shake Xu Sheng's defense.

At the same time, Guan Yu and his reinforcements from Puyang had also arrived at Pingzeting, Juyang, less than 50 miles away from Dingtao, forcing Xiahou Dun to dispatch Cao Xiu's elite cavalry to block the attack.

It was only a matter of time for Cao Ren to take Chengwu. As long as Xiahou Dun took Dingtao, he could block Guan Yu's way to retreat south, and the troops from Hebei...

At that time, if food and grass alone cannot be used to replenish this, it might be possible to defeat Guan Yu's army.

If Guan Yu is defeated, the turning point of the war will appear, and Cao Cao's foundation can be maintained... and to achieve all this, we must take down the Dingtao in front of us.

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As the sky was clear, Xiahou Dun commanded the army and launched a fierce attack on Dingtao City with a storm.

The moat was filled a few days ago. Xiahou Dun, who was familiar with the defense of Dingtao City, immediately commanded the troops to attack the city in a targeted manner. With the long-range support of the thunder chariot, he finally successfully collapsed a small section of the city wall in the southeast corner of the city.

Next, the focus of Cao's attack is here.

Since yesterday, the offensive and defense have entered a close-killing battle, and the number of casualties has also increased.

Although Xu Sheng used the few hours of the war to repair the collapsed city walls urgently, the time was too short and the effect was quite limited.

During the next attack, Cao's army could still launch a crazy attack on the city with its siege equipment.

The sound of drums and horns was vigorous and rapid. Thousands of Cao soldiers rushed to Dingtao City from both directions, with the roar of mountains and roars of tsunami.

Nearly a hundred Cao's thunder chariots were pouring out plural stone bullets on the heads of the defenders. The stones hit the city wall, making a huge roar, almost deafing people's ears.

The scattering aircraft of the defenders on the city tower were not to be outdone. Under the cover of the giant shield in the front row, they fought back crazily against the opponent's stone bullets and arrows.

The stone bombs that are full of wind and dense rain-like arrows intersect in the air, weaving clouds of death.

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"Boom~!" There was a loud bang. The city wall that was overwhelmed and severely slammed into the ground collapsed again along the original damage, causing dust to spread all over the sky. Dozens of soldiers from the Cao and Liu armies were buried in the ruins on the spot.

"Kill~!"

"Roar in, rush in!" Seeing that the gap in the city wall became larger, Cao Jun was energetic and climbed towards him more and more frantically, chopping and slashing...

"Kill and kill~! Drive Cao Gou out!" Xu Sheng was covered in blood. It seemed as if he had just washed from the blood river, and his angrily eyebrows and murderous aura made his opponent feel like a demon was born.

The severity of the situation forced Xu Sheng to lead people to block the collapse of the city wall.

Within a few breaths, several more people died under Xu Sheng's sword. But the rest of the Cao soldiers rushed forward and rushed forward.

The sound of war drums inside and outside the city was as fierce as a wave, without any weakening. The earth-shaking shouts and killing sounds set off layer by layer like a tide, surging layers of huge waves, continuously impacting Dingtao City.

In other areas, some Cao troops braved arrows to beat the stones, boiled oil with lead juice, and climbed up the city tower with a ladder and a flying hook. As soon as they reached the city wall, they rushed straight to the catapult, trying to destroy these terrifying equipment.

The defenders did not show any weakness. They held shields in one hand to block the arrows, waved their swords and spears in the other hand, and quickly fought.

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As time goes by, the fight becomes more and more tragic.

Just under that collapsed city wall, the piled up bodies were enough to serve as a staircase to climb the city. The Cao army soldiers were simply crazy and launched an uninterrupted attack from here regardless of casualties.

Xu Sheng mobilized two batches of reserve teams to reinforce, but none of them could fill the bottomless pit that devoured human life.

It rained all night!

Just as Xu Sheng was fighting in blood, another worry-free thing came unexpectedly.

"What did you say?" Xu Sheng shone a mixture of blood and sweat on his face, and asked loudly at the governor Xing Daorong with a hoarse voice.

"Sir, somehow, there were some places in the city that suddenly caught fire. Many people ran around. Some people spread rumors, trying to provoke the people in the city to deal with our army..." Xing Daorong's face was stained with many ashes.

He replied with an extremely anxious look.

"My mother, when will it not come? It's just that time!" Xu Sheng, who has always been calm, couldn't help but scold his mother at this time, "Transfer a thousand people to calm down the situation. Once someone finds that he is spreading rumors and causing trouble, he will kill him immediately without mercy."

"Sir, some officials in the city sent someone to ask if they need their help to stabilize the chaos in the city?" Xing Daorong Yingnuo was about to leave, but suddenly remembered something.

"Jing Lie, are you really stupid or fake?! The chaos in the city is probably caused by these bastards who want to "help" themselves. They want to take advantage of this chaos to help Xiahou Dun into the city.

"Xu Sheng's murderous intent suddenly appeared between his eyebrows, his eyes became extremely sharp. After a moment of pondering, he said to Xing Daorong with a stern voice and expression: "Let me know it---No matter who asks for 'help', it cannot be accurate.

I will pass my order again, and all households in the city are not allowed to leave the house without permission. Those who violate the order shall be killed!"

"No~!" Xing Daorong woke up like a dream, and he was scared and sweated in a cold sweat. He immediately left after receiving the order.

"Blow the trumpet, beat the drum, kill all Cao Gou~!" Xu Sheng shouted loudly at the top of his lungs, and rushed into the enemy formation again like a tiger out of the gate, kicking his sword, invincible.

"Kill~!" The infected guards roared like thunder, and sacrificed their lives to fight the enemy.

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At Pingzeting, the two armies fell into a strange confrontation.

Cao Xiu led the elite cavalry to use the powerful power of the cavalry to run continuously, looking for the weak spots in the opponent's battle formation, just like a vicious wolf who chooses people to eat, and may launch the most fatal blow at any time.

However, it’s a little bit of a pity that his opponent is Guan Ping.

Guan Ping and Zhao Yun had a good relationship. They had asked this cavalry master for advice on various methods of dealing with the cavalry and local areas, and even had many confrontational exercises with the Wudang Flying Army and the Wind Cavalry.

In actual combat, Guan Ping also had many experiences in fighting cavalry.

Facing the cavalry, Guan Ping dared not say that he would definitely be able to fight and win, but he would never panic.

This time he was ordered to reinforce Dingtao, with 5,000 infantrymen under his jurisdiction, including 5,000 Wudang Flying Army and Li Yi, the thief-stricken captain. A total of 10,000 people.

After receiving the warning from the scout, Guan Ping quickly took the Wudang Flying Army and Li Yi's troops were in the middle. He immediately formed a double-headed fish-scale defense array, which made Cao Xiu unable to attack calmly.

At the beginning of the battle, Cao Xiu tried to forcibly break through the enemy formation, but first encountered a blast of Wudang Flying Army crossbows. In the subsequent close-breaking battle, he could not break through the dense formation of Wudang Flying Army.

Knowing that if he continues to fight, he will only be able to lose both sides. Cao Xiu decisively led his army to distance himself from Guan Ping and changed the frontal attack to four-way guerrilla attacks.

With a brief encounter, both sides paid the price of hundreds of elite soldiers killed.

The change in Cao Xiu's strategy immediately made Guan Ping embarrassed——Cao Xiu's purpose was to delay Guan Ping and ensure that Xiahou Dun's attack on Ding Tao was not disturbed. It would be better to defeat Guan Ping; if he could not defeat him, he would hold him back.

The goal is achieved.

In contrast, Guan Ping had to support Xu Sheng. In terms of time, he couldn't afford to delay.

After two hours of stalemate, Guan Ping suddenly changed his formation and the entire army was divided into two. Under the cover of Wudang Feijun, Li Yi led his troops to head south first and headed straight for Dingtao.

Cao Xiu was unwilling to let Li Yi go, and he also intended to divide the troops. But Guan Ping did not give him this opportunity at all, and Wudang Feijun took the initiative to launch a provocative attack.

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White Horse

Cao Cao, Jia Xu, Xu Chu and others rode their horses on a small hill, looking at the long dragon-like crossing team in the distance.

Ships of all sizes were coming and going, transporting ships of soldiers across the Yellow River.

This time, in order to transport the 50,000 troops needed by Cao Cao in the shortest time, Xun Yu collected more than a hundred ships of all sizes and temporarily made some large rows of rafts.

Although Xun Yu was reserved about Cao Cao's plan to gather troops to encircle and annihilate Guan Yu, he still worked diligently when executing the orders.

"How much have you been through?" Cao Cao seemed a little impatient with the wind and cold. He wrapped his fur and cloak tightly on his body. He turned his head and asked Jia Xu.

"I have almost crossed 26,000 people, and there are still 4,000 people in the river and the north bank." Jia Xu thought for a while and replied, "The 20,000 people in Guandu have already crossed according to time.

I guess news will come soon…”

"Yeah..." Cao Cao nodded, "Zi Xiao should have captured Cheng Wu, but I don't know how Yuan Rang is going?"

Jia Xu was about to reply, but suddenly heard a noise ahead.

Cao Cao also noticed it and frowned, "I asked someone to go over and ask, what's going on..."

Xu Chu Yingnuo immediately sent a cavalry guard to rush to the place where the noise caused.

Not long after, the cavalry guard brought General Jianwei Gao Rou back to Cao Cao.

"Prime Minister, a scout found dozens of enemy warships heading towards Baimajin, which caused noise..." Gao Rou said anxiously after saluting.

"What? Is the Jinfan Navy?" Cao Cao's expression changed slightly, and then he said angrily, "I actually realized that the scout was extremely dereliction of duty when the enemy warships got close.

The remaining soldiers stepped up their crossings and ordered the soldiers on the south bank to prepare bows, arrows and crossbows, and once the enemy warships entered the range, they would be sunk. "

"No~!"

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Fifty or sixty ships clashed, and the sails of the warships were raised high, and with the power of the southeast wind, they sailed on the river like arrows. Without exception, a blue brocade sail was hung diagonally on the masts of each warship.
Chapter completed!