Chen Guoding.

With Yuan Shu sending Qiao Rui as the chief general, he first brought his people to Chen State to control the entire territory.

At this moment, the situation in the Central Plains suddenly changed a lot.

It was impossible for Yuan Jun to quickly gain a foothold in the Central Plains, and Cao Cao was also anxious.

Before he could fully gather the main forces, he would first march into Liang State by more than 10,000 troops.

As for the remaining main troops, Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren to be responsible for the overall coordination and gathering. After all the troops were brought together, he would lead the crowd to the south to provide assistance again.

With Cao's army in person, he brought the crowd.

This news was quickly received by Qiao Rui in Chen State.

When Qiao Rui learned that Cao Cao had led the crowd to come in person, he knew that this person's ability should not be underestimated!

Immediately, he quickly sent someone to return to Shouchun to report this detailed battle report to Yuan Shu, and then quickly summoned all units to start shrinking the defense line to block the soon-to-be attack Cao's army.

A few days.

At this time, Cao's army had already experienced many battles and had very strong combat power.

Facing the soldiers with low combat power in Liang State, they were unable to fight at all.

Moreover, after Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu in Yanzhou, he was also famous and spread all over the world.

When the Prime Minister of Liang heard that it was Cao Cao who came with everyone himself, he was already very frightened. After following him, he almost did not hesitate at all, and he rushed into the palace at night to hold the King of Liang hostage.

He also offered a surrender the next day.

Seeing that Liang State was so aware of the current affairs, Cao Cao also extinguished his intention to massacre the city.

Huaiyang City.

As Cao Cao easily pacified the Liang State, he personally took charge of the county government and presided over military affairs.

He first spread the scouts to go deep into the front line to investigate and collect information.

When they arrived at the scene, Yuan General Qiaorui sent Leju to Leju, Liang Gang led a detachment to Wuping and Laixiang, while he sent the masses to Tuo County to guard against Cao's army as a supportive force.

While Cao Cao had already understood the military situation, he thought for a long time, but he had a plan in his chest.

Next, Cao Cao personally approached Tuoxian with his members.

Arrive at the city.

The Cao army slowly formed a formation against the reinforced Tuoxian Town, facing the reinforced Tuoxian Town, with uniform military appearance and orderly morale.

The combinations between crossbowmen, spearmen, and swords and shields are also complementary.

At this time, Qiao Rui stood tall on the top of the city, his eyes slowly looking at the Cao army formation outside the city, and his eyebrows unconsciously frowned.

"This formation is arranged in a tight and moderate manner, so it is easy to leak!"

"From this point of view, Cao Cao is really a soldier!"

Because the Battle of Kuangting more than a year ago, Qiao Rui and Zhang Xun were both stationed in Runan County, so they did not directly participate in the war. Although they heard their colleagues describe how powerful the Cao army was, they had no idea at all.

But now after seeing the formation of Cao's army with his own eyes, Qiao Rui felt a little pressure in his heart.

The next moment, the Cao army's formation gate opened wide, and one of them was wearing armor, wearing a black horse, slowly hitting the horse out of the formation, and then stood outside the range of the distance and the city wall.

From the side is a middle-aged general with a fierce face, a burly figure, tall figure, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and a double halberd.

This is naturally Cao Cao. The inseparable generals were Dian Wei, who was recommended by Xiahou Dun and promoted to the commander of his personal guards.

I saw Cao Cao standing outside the range of shooting, his slightly shorter seven-foot body raised his head and looked up at the top of the city. After pondering for a while, he yelled loudly:

"I heard that the city guard is Qiao Duanchen, who was born in the Runan Qiao family?"

A speech fell.

Qiao Rui, who was above the city, could naturally hear Cao Cao's words very clearly.

"Qiao is the new head of the Qiao family. Could it be that Cao Cao and Mengde, who relied on the three cities of Yanzhou in the previous period, turned defeat into victory and drove the world-famous Lu Bu out of Yanzhou?"

Unable to figure out Cao Cao's thoughts about this move, Qiao Rui had no choice but to deal with it and replied.

"That's right." Immediately, Cao Cao nodded calmly and agreed. After a moment, his face suddenly returned to his serious expression and said in a deep voice: "Since you are a large family in Runan, you think you are also a family that has received the grace of the country in the world."

"The Han Dynasty's regime is in decline and the government is under control by thieves, which has led to the rampant chaos among the states and counties, and the heroes have emerged."

"Yuan Shu had already had bad intentions and had no respect for the Han Dynasty."

"If you don't want to get rid of the ambitious people who intend to seize power in the Han Dynasty, and reflect on helping the evil, can you be worthy of loyalty and righteousness?"

When the two talked, Cao Cao had no unnecessary nonsense. He went on stage and stood from the perspective of righteousness in the Han Dynasty, and criticized Qiao Rui with justice.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Rui suddenly felt a little funny and couldn't help but sarcastic: "Cao Mengde, do you have the right to mention the word "Loyalty and righteousness?"

"If you have the heart to respect the court at all, how could you gather a large army to invade foreign states?"

"What qualifications do you have to talk about our Lord being unfaithful to the Great Han?"

After saying that, Qiao Rui even emphasized, "What's more, the Han Dynasty lost its deer and the whole world chased it. The scholars and people of the Han Dynasty have long suffered from frequent natural disasters such as natural disasters!"

"Only in the world today, the strong have the dominance."

"If my Lord can pacify this chaotic era, rectify the chaos, and restore a peaceful and prosperous era in the world, what if he is unfaithful to the Han Dynasty?"

Since Yuan Shu did not take the Han Dynasty's etiquette seriously in his usual style, his civil and military personnel naturally lacked some loyalty and awe.

Now that Qiao Rui talked with Cao Cao, he also had more radical words.

"snort!"

However, seeing Qiao Rui firmly defending Yuan's family, Cao Cao was a little annoyed in his heart. He snorted coldly and said coldly: "Now Cao's army is at the city, and it's only a matter of time to break up the county town."

"If you still cherish your life and the lives of the people in the city, then you should just open the city and offer surrender quickly to keep the city safe!"

"If you continue to be obsessed with your heart and fight stubbornly, the day when the city is broken, you will definitely not be able to keep your dog."

Cao Cao quickly sent out an extremely sharp word with extremely serious words.

He originally wanted to persuade Qiao Rui to open the city and offer surrender from the perspective of righteousness.

In this way, the door of Chen State can be opened without bloodshed.

Our side can also preserve its strength and deal with the subsequent offensive with the main force of Yuan Shujun.

But he did not expect that this person's loyalty to Yuan should be really not underestimated!

After thinking about it, Cao Cao decided to use this to intimidate Qiao Rui, intending to destroy his fragile psychological defense, force him to submit and submit to the city.

But on the other hand, Qiao Rui's reply showed his courage. He looked down at Cao Cao's body high and said coldly:

"Cao Mengde, since you are sure, just attack hard and don't make any noise."

In a short sentence, Qiao Rui also expressed his clear position.

Looking at Qiao Rui's indifferent expression, Cao Cao sighed secretly.
Chapter completed!