Three Kingdoms: copy Lu Bu's force at the beginning

When Xia Houlian heard the news, he was shocked and angry, and personally fought Wei Yan.

Wei Yan is the most powerful general in the middle and late period of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms in history, bar none.

Even Jiang Wei, compared with Wei Yan in martial arts, is also a little worse.

Although Xia Houlian also has some martial arts skills, he is only a second-rate general, incomparable to his brothers Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan.

After fighting for more than 30 rounds, Xia Houlian was finally no match for Wei Yan and was beheaded by Wei Yan.

With Xia Houlian's death like this, Cao's army has no leader. Naturally, it will be difficult to resist the Qin army's offensive, and they are defeated.

Cao Jun's morale was not high at all. In this defeat, almost [-]% of Cao Jun chose to kneel down and surrender.

Chen Liucheng calmed down easily.

The change of ownership in Chenliucheng and the death of Xia Houlian meant that the entire Chenliu County could no longer stop the Qin army's offensive.

When the news reached Puyang, Wei Yan took down the entire Chenliu County at lightning speed.

To the north of Chenliu County is Dong County.

Lihu City in the northeast of Chenliu County is less than a hundred miles away from Puyang City.

Therefore, Xia Houlian was killed in battle, Chenliu County fell, Puyang was shaken, and Cao Cao was even more frightened and angry.

"Damn Wei Yan, damn Chinese thief." Cao Cao couldn't help yelling, with veins throbbing on his forehead.

At this moment, in Puyang City, there is only one counselor who is full of favor.

As for the generals, there are only Yu Jin and Cao Xiu.

After Cao Cao scolded, he immediately sent someone to call Man Chong, Yu Jin and Cao Xiu over.

The three of them were equally shocked when they heard the news that Chenliu County had fallen.

Cao Cao sighed: "The current situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for our army."

"Originally, the Qin army just surrounded Yanzhou, but did not attack."

"But now, because of the Xun family's rebellion, Qin's army has found an entry point and drove straight in. Our army has lost consecutive battles."

"Soon, the Qin army will be approaching the city of Puyang. I wonder if you have any good strategies to retreat from the enemy?"

All three of them thought in their hearts, if you hadn't killed Xun Yu on impulse, how could the Xun family have rebelled?
It's just that the three of them just thought about it, and they definitely didn't dare to say it.

During this period of time, Cao Cao had a bad temper, but he did not kill less.

But how can we retreat from the enemy?

Cao Cao had already considered this issue, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Man Chong, Yu Jin and Cao Xiu's resourcefulness is no better than Cao Cao's. How can they think of a way in a while.

Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Chun and other generals of the Cao family and Xiahou's family did have soldiers and horses in their hands.

But they are defending the border in Yanzhou and cannot move lightly.

Otherwise, once these soldiers and horses move, it means that Yanzhou will be torn open again, and Puyang will be even more dangerous at that time, and will be attacked by two sides.

Therefore, apart from being silent, the three of them could only be silent.

Cao Cao didn't have any hope for this, so he couldn't help but sigh slightly when he saw this.

"It seems that the general situation in Yanzhou is over."

"You have followed me for many years, and you don't have to die with me now."

"There are also tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Puyang City. They are all old and young. They don't need to lose their lives in vain."

As soon as Cao Cao said this, Cao Xiu immediately came to the hall, knelt down, and clasped his hands together: "The general will swear to follow the master to the death, and will never live by idling."

Cao Xiu is from the Cao family, so it's different.

According to the rules of cutting grass and roots, Cao Cao died, and the Cao family and Xiahou family could not escape.

If it were anyone, they would do this to save trouble in the future.

In the past, after Qin Shihuang destroyed the six kingdoms, he did not kill the grass and roots.

Not only did it attract countless assassinations, but after the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the descendants of these six kings and families became even more powerful.

Man Chong and Yu Jin looked at each other with extremely complicated eyes.

The two of them are not fools. At this juncture, if they dare to follow Cao Cao's words, they will definitely be hacked to death if they cannot get out of this room.

Therefore, the two also hurriedly left their seats, came to Cao Xiu's side and knelt down: "The last general is also willing to swear to die to follow the lord, and will never live by idling."

Cao Cao was "very moved", and immediately got up, came to the three of them, helped them up, and sighed: "How lucky are you to have the three of you so risking your life to follow them."

"Cao makes an oath here, if he can survive this calamity, Cao will treat the three of you kindly."

"If you violate this statement, heaven and earth will perish, and both humans and gods will be abandoned."

The three of Cao Xiu immediately cupped their hands and said, "Your lord is wise, we are lucky."

Cao Cao was quite proud of himself, thinking that his strategy of playing hard to get was able to successfully accept the hearts of Man Chong and Yu Jin, so that the two of them would not have any other thoughts.

However, Cao Cao overestimated his own charm and underestimated the current crisis too much.

If Cao Cao hadn't killed Xun Yu, Guo Jia's plan before his death, and Cheng Yu's departure, perhaps Man Chong and Yu Jin would have been moved by Cao Cao.

But it's different now. In the eyes of Man Chong and Yu Jin, Cao Cao is no longer a wise master, but a moody, mediocre master who kills without blinking an eye.

As a feudal lord, it's okay to kill people often.

Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao, and even Ma Teng, Han Sui, etc., which one does not have bloody hands.

It's just that it's unbearable to kill the minister of the brachius, and the six relatives don't recognize it.

Cao Cao thought that Man Chong and Yu Jin had relented, so he asked everyone to sit down and began to assign tasks.

"Wen Ze, the [-] new troops in the city were drilled by you alone, and I will hand them over to you to lead this time."

"Your task is to guard the east and west gates."

"Man Chong, I will give you three thousand soldiers to guard the north gate."

"If there is a large-scale attack from the Qin army, quickly send someone to me or to Wen Ze for help."

"Wen Lie, I will give you [-] soldiers and horses to guard the south gate."

"If the Qin army comes, they will attack the south gate, so you will be under the greatest pressure."

The three immediately responded together.

Cao Cao said again: "This battle is related to the life and death of Yanzhou. Our army can only win, not lose."

"Right now, the morale of the army is a little unstable, and there are even more secret operations of the Qin army in the city. I have to guard against it."

"In my opinion, in this battle, all four city gates must be sealed."

"In this way, if the connection between the inside and outside of Puyang City is cut off, there will be no more soldiers with two hearts, and the Qin army's secret work will not be able to leave the city."

Seal the city gate?

The three of them were stunned, they didn't expect Cao Cao to come up with such a brilliant plan.

Cao Xiu immediately cupped his hands and said, "My lord is wise, and I will admire you very much in the end."

Man Chong and Yu Jin glanced at each other, then cupped their hands together and said, "Your lord is wise, and I will be extremely admired in the end."

"Okay." Cao Cao nodded in satisfaction, "When Mancheng leads his army back to the city, immediately seal the city gate."

Mancheng is Li Dian's nickname.

Li Dian was ordered to rescue Chen Liu, but before he arrived, Chen Liu fell and had to return to Puyang City the same way.