In this assault, everything that happened seemed very sudden.

The Yuan army attacked Guandu Tucheng from all sides, and was in a hurry on three sides and the road was stable. After waiting for the dangerous three sides to retreat, the Yuan army actually sent back news from the north of Guandu, which made the morale of Cao's army even more depressed because of Cao Hong's death.

No one expected that Cao Hong, who had guarded the north yesterday, was killed the next day, and died due to his own low eyes. He also lost all the generals and Cao soldiers who led him out of the city.

The core personnel of Cao's army were almost gone, Cao Hong died again, and the talents were even more withered.

Upon hearing this news, Cao Zhi's grief suddenly surged in his heart, because Cao Hong was not only one of the main generals of the Cao army, but also his subordinate. Although his nature was irritable, his weight was still extremely important within the Cao family.

Those who were even more sad than Cao Zhi were Cao Hong's brother and Cao Ren, the largest general of the Cao clan. After hearing the news of Cao Hong's death, Cao Ren stood there blankly without saying a word for a long time. After a long time, he heard him muttering to himself: "Who is the one who killed my brother?"

The scout did not dare to hide it and said to Cao Ren with a sad face: "It's Gao Lan and Gan Ning of Yuan Jun."

"Gao Lan... Gan Ning..." Cao Ren clenched his fists tightly, nodded heavily, and remembered the two names deeply in his heart.

The Xia Hou family was still reluctant, but the generals in the Cao family who were related to Cao Hong could no longer bear it, especially those rising stars of the Cao family.

That night, Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, two junior generals of the Cao family, were wearing plain clothes and white scarfs. They came to Cao Zhi and cried bitterly, asking Cao Zhi to send troops to the ferry to avenge Cao Hong.

After listening to the two of them, Cao Zhi felt sad, but he still did not dare to be careless and immediately asked Jia Xu for advice on what he meant.

Jia Xu looked at Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, who were dressed in plain clothes and hated, glanced at him without saying much, without saying much, just saying: "Don't go out to fight, otherwise you will be afraid of following Cao Hong's footsteps."

Although Jia Xu is not planning, he is already the leader of the army. Cao Zhi dares not ignore his words.

However, Cao Zhi respected Jia Xu, and Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu were not accustomed to him. After hearing the old man's words, he became angry and stood up and pointed at Jia Xu's nose and cursed, saying that he "eating people but not doing human affairs" and "How can outsiders know the affection among our clan"...

Fortunately, Cao Ren could control the overall situation, so he immediately pulled the two kids out, criticized them and asked them to apologize to Cao Zhi and Jia Xu.

Cao Ren was very wise and knew the overall situation. Although he wanted to avenge Cao Hong, he understood that what Jia Xu said was not wrong.

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On the other hand, when Gan Ning and Gao Lan returned to the camp, it was already dark.

Today, Yuan Shang commanded the three armies to attack Guandu Tucheng, which was very tired, but when he heard that the two generals had returned, he brought back Cao Hong's head, he was very happy and forgot to be tired. He immediately summoned the two of them to the tent and rewarded them with great rewards to commend his merits.

After the two received the reward, they went down to rest. Although they did not speak to each other, Yuan Shang could see a hint of hostility between them through the eyes of the two of them looking at each other.

While curious, Yuan Shang immediately called the deputy general of the army to ask, and only then did he realize that the two of them could not argue for Cao Hong's head. As a result, Cao Hong had already committed suicide by sword. As a result, the two still couldn't argue. In the end, they only took one ear of Cao Hong's head and came back together. On the way, they took several moves, but almost didn't fight.

Yuan Shang laughed loudly when he heard this, shook his head and sighed.

In fact, after hearing this, Yuan Shang was still not angry at all. Instead, he felt that this was a good thing. There was some friction and some estrangement between his generals, which was a blessing for him. If his generals were all close and like two brothers, it would make Yuan Shang sad.

Therefore, Yuan Shang did not mean to adjust Gan Ning and Gao Lan.

Shortly after Cao Hong's head was sent, Tian Feng and Ju Su asked for a visit.

The two entered the handsome tent and congratulated Yuan Shang, and then brought the conversation to the point.

Ju Su asked Yuan Shang first: "Lord, Cao Hong is dead, Cao Jun is even more morale. I wonder if you have any plans for the next step?"

Yuan Shang shook his head slightly and said, "I haven't considered it yet."

Tian Feng's face turned right and said, "Lord, as the commander of the three armies, how can you not consider the next step of acting? The lord should not be so negligent in his actions!"

Yuan Shang sighed in his heart and thought to himself that Tian Feng was annoying. Then he thought for a while and said, "Cao Hong had just died, Cao Jun was depressed, and the core generals under Cao Zhi were not enough now. For a moment, he could not find an excellent person to guard the North City for Cao Hong. If we take the opportunity to fight, we have a great chance to break through the North City! What do you think, the two gentlemen?"

Tian Feng almost didn't think about it and said, "No, don't look at Cao Hong's death, but Cao's army is in a difficult situation and will definitely change defenses in Tucheng as quickly as possible. If I expected it, Cao Hong's death will definitely affect the chain reaction within the Cao clan generals, especially Cao Ren, the first general of the Cao clan, who will definitely take over Cao Hong's post and go to Beicheng to guard. Cao Ren is not comparable to Cao Hong, but I am afraid it will not be easy to break."

Yuan Shang frowned when he heard this and said, "What should I do now? If I don't attack forcefully, Cao's army will be able to defend to the death, and it will be difficult for the time being."

Tian Feng smiled coldly and said, "Lord, we still have to attack hard now, but we cannot attack blindly. We must take advantage of our own advantages. Our advantage is that there are many soldiers! According to my wishes, when we attack next time, we will still divide the troops from all sides, but we will only attack the north and south sides, and not attack the other east and west sides. When the Cao army sees that we only attack two sides, once the situation is dying, we will definitely evacuate the troops from the other two sides to reinforce. At that time, the troops from both sides ambushed in the east and west sides can take advantage of the opportunity to attack. If the Cao army does not withdraw the troops from both sides, then we will do our best to defeat the north and south gates! Conquer Guandu in one fell swoop!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shang touched his chin and said, "Speaking east and attacking west and pretending to be east? Between... Well, this is a bit interesting."

Tian Feng smiled and said, "Lord thinks it is feasible?"

Yuan Shang laughed and said, "Mr. Tian is extremely wise, your idea will definitely not be wrong."

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Yuan Shang formulated a plan to attack Cao's army, but on the other hand, one of the Cao's army began to be restless and thoughtful.

Cao Hong died, and the grief of the generals of the Cao clan was extremely popular. Cao Ren had been through the battlefield for a long time, but although he was heartbroken, he could still hold on. On the contrary, Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu were inexplicably mourned.

This is an indisputable fact that the Cao family is declining. As Zhang Liao surrendered to the enemy and Cao Hong was killed, the Cao family's declining process seemed to be faster.

Although Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu belonged to the reserve of the Cao family, they were also the best. They could naturally feel the decline of the Cao family.

Zhongzhou is currently in troubled times, with a strong enemy approaching and in danger. Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu dare not be careless at all, and Cao Hong's killing sounded the alarm for them. Although they wanted to avenge their clan uncle, they also knew that it was impossible according to their strength. Therefore, the two generals are very depressed.
Chapter completed!