The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 342
Cao Hong tried to slash Dongfang Sheng's copper hammer warrior, but only left a white mark on the opponent's crotch armor, but was hit by the opponent's copper hammer on the arm, which made his arm numb.

The sound of the golden bell sounded, and Cao Hong had no choice but to retreat with most of the remaining soldiers. In this confrontation, Cao Jun only left corpses on the ground and did not even touch the edge of the city wall.

Dongfang Sheng ordered to continue to hold on to the city wall after seeing Cao Jun retreating. He knew that Cao Cao would not say defeat lightly, and the first time was just a test.

Sure enough, Cao Cao launched a second wave of offensive in the early morning of the next day. This time Cao Cao tried to dig tunnels directly into Yangping County from the ground.

Dongfang Sheng smoked Cao Jun out of the tunnel directly with the smoke from the damp hay. Dongfang Sheng added some peppercorns to the hay. The smell directly made Cao Jun's eyes blinded by the smoke in the tunnel.

The tunnel was then directly blocked by Qingqi sent by Dongfang Sheng, and Cao Jun's tunnel battle was declared a failure.

Next, Cao Cao sent the archers and crossbowmen to the commanding heights with the method of building earth mountains, trying to suppress the defenders on the Dongfangsheng city wall from the top down.

Dongfang Sheng adopted the water dragon tactic. The pipe made of moso bamboo is connected with an air bag that can pump air to provide pressure. The water jet ejected from the pipe mouth is as powerful as the fire gun used by modern fire officers and soldiers. Cao Jun has no base at all. There is no chance to build up the earth mountain, even the earth bag, because once Cao Jun starts to build the earth mountain, Dongfang Sheng will hit the water jet, and the earth will be scattered in an instant.

Just when Cao Cao was about to continue to attack, Xiahou Dun and Le Jin rushed over with the remnants of the troops. They suffered a big defeat at Yu Hong's side.

Fortunately, Xiahoudun and Le Jin were also veterans on the battlefield. They did not directly bring the remnants into Cao Cao's camp, but stayed on the outskirts. The two of them rectified the soldiers before entering the camp.

In many cases, if a group of people along the way returns after losing a battle with remnants, it will directly affect the morale of everyone, and then affect the situation of the entire battlefield.

Cao Cao knew that the attack on the camp had failed when he saw Xiahoudun and Le Jin, but he couldn't understand why Dongfang Sheng had such a sufficient source of soldiers. Logically speaking, Xuzhou should not have so many people for him to recruit enough soldiers.

"It was the [-] captured by the Yuan Army last year." Xiahou Dun took a deep breath and said, although even he himself couldn't believe it, it was the truth.

Regarding Xiahou Dun's statement, Cao Cao showed a helpless and clear expression, but now that the deal is done, all [-] Yuan troops have surrendered to Dongfang Sheng, and it is useless to sigh.

After Cao Cao pondered for a while, he already had a plan to withdraw his troops in his heart. It happened that there was an urgent letter from Xudu at this time. After reading it, Cao Cao became more determined to withdraw his troops.

However, Cao Cao did not intend to withdraw his troops immediately. This is the worst way to withdraw his troops. Once the opponent knows that if he takes the opportunity to make a surprise attack from behind, it will easily lead to a rout and a crushing defeat.

"Get ready to fight again." Cao Cao sighed.

Just when Cao Hong was about to go out to summon the soldiers, Dongfang Sheng's voice came from outside: "Don't Cao Gong invite me in for a sit down?"

Everyone in the tent except Cao Cao stood up nervously, holding the ring sword or long sword around his waist, only Cao Cao said with a smile: "Everyone is here, why don't you come in by yourself?"

After the curtain of the military tent was lifted, Dongfang Sheng appeared in front of everyone with a smile on his face. There were only two people following him, one was Zhao Yun, and the other was Dongfang Leopard.

Zhao Yun was elegant and agile, and Dongfang Leopard looked strong and fast. As soon as the two entered, the eyes of General Cao Jun in the military tent lit up, and he secretly sighed in his heart about the two heroes.

Although the fight was in full swing a few days ago, it seemed like there was you without me, but when they really met, Dongfang Sheng and Cao Cao were talking and laughing, and there was nothing unusual about it.

When the wine was halftime, Dongfang Sheng still didn't have any suggestions, which made Cao Cao a little impatient: "What is Meng Ren's intention?"

If Guo Jia was present, he would definitely shout that he was cheated. Dongfang Sheng was playing psychological tactics. During the negotiation, he deliberately did not mention conditions, and waited for the other party to raise their temper.

"Yihe, I believe Mr. Cao doesn't want to fight to the death with me. People like Liu Biao and Sun Ce are watching you and me. The snipe and the clam fight and the fisherman wins. This is not the result I want. Dongfang Sheng said with a restrained smile.

When Cao Cao heard Dongfang Sheng talk about peace talks, he immediately changed his face as a negotiator and said, "It's okay to negotiate a peace, but you have to withdraw from Xuzhou."

"Withdraw from Xuzhou?" Dongfang Sheng chuckled and said, "Don't be joking, Mr. Cao. This Xuzhou was conquered piece by piece by me. It is absolutely impossible to withdraw from Xuzhou."

Cao Cao smiled slightly and said, "Then let's make half of each person."

"Mr. Cao must understand today's situation. If you don't attack Yuan Shao in time, I'm afraid you won't have so much time to negotiate with me after Yuan Shao recuperates and recovers." Dongfang Sheng said unhurriedly.

"In the beginning, it would take at least two or three years to recover, but during this time I can capture Xuzhou." Cao Cao retorted.

"He can wait, can you wait?" Dongfang Sheng asked rhetorically. "Did Mr. Cao think that Xuzhou must be captured by you? Have you ever approached the city wall of Yangping County in the past few days?"

After Cao Cao heard Dongfang Sheng's words, he had no words to refute for a while. Although his offensive has been fierce these days, he has not even approached the city wall of Yangping County until now, and the ladder has never had a chance to be erected on the city wall. It is simply an unacceptable record.

"Okay, I'll withdraw my troops." Cao Cao sighed, "But see you next time, I will definitely not hesitate again!"

"Me too." Dongfang Sheng replied.

In this way, the Battle of Yangping ended hastily, ending with Dongfang Sheng and Cao Cao negotiating a peace. This result was beyond the expectations of many people. Liu Biao and Sun Ce were among them.

Liu Biao always wanted to take advantage of the time when Dongfang Sheng and Cao Cao were fighting each other, and then invaded Yizhou. Just like the battle of Guandu between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, he took the opportunity to firmly hold the entire Jingzhou in his own hands.

But this time, the battle ended unexpectedly. Before Liu Biao could even raise food and grass, Dongfang Sheng negotiated peace with Cao Cao.

But Sun Ce didn't know why he kept silent. He was silent during the Battle of Guandu, and he was silent during the Battle of Yangping. Even Dongfang Sheng couldn't figure out what Sun Ce was thinking.

(End of this chapter)