Although Xuchang is no longer the capital of Liu Xie, it is also the big city that Cao Cao has run for many years. At the same time, it is also the most important city for Cao Cao to resist Ye Zhao. Therefore, even if the capital is moved to Suiyang, Cao Cao still stayed in Xuchang with a large number of troops, and Cao Ren was also stationed in the garrison.

Among the Cao clan, Cao Ren has a high status and is deeply trusted and dependent on Cao Cao. This time, Cao Ren was arranged to garrison in Xuchang, which shows Cao Cao's importance to Xuchang.

At this time, the situation in the world had changed. Many people under Cao Cao's command had secretly sent letters of surrender to Ye Zhao. Cao Cao knew it, but he could only pretend not to know. Once he pursued this matter at this moment, before Ye Zhao attacked, Cao Cao would have to be in chaos first.

However, although he didn't see it, he was just treating it. As Cao Cao's important town in the West, Xuchang was also the front line of resisting Ye Zhao and letting outsiders guard it. No matter who it was, Cao Cao was not at ease now.

However, Cao Cao also knew Ye Zhao's military advantage, so when he sent Cao Ren to guard Xuchang, Cao Cao's request for Cao Ren was only three days.

No matter what method is used, as long as Cao Ren can defend Xuchang for three days, Cao Ren can evacuate himself after three days. Three days is enough for Cao Cao to prepare. If the territory is small, it will also have the benefits of a small territory.

Although he had seen the power of Ye Zhao's army, Cao Ren was still confident to defend it if it was only three days. After all, Xuchang was not Xingyang. As the capital of Liu Xie, after several expansions, Xuchang alone had a city wall of five feet high, not to mention that there were many new city-guarding equipment developed by craftsmen recruited by Cao Cao, and a 50,000 army. Cao Ren did not think he could not defend it for even three days.

But when Ye Zhao really sent troops to arrive, facing various new tools, Cao Ren experienced despair on the battlefield for the first time.

Not to mention the stone bullets that can kill soldiers by gravel after being broken, I have seen them before. If you want to defend, Cao Ren had no good idea. He could only dig a trench on the city wall and see the other party sending stones, so that the soldiers could hide in the trench and reduce casualties.

At the same time, the bed crossbow used to defend the city can also pose a threat to Ye Zhao's army to a certain extent. At least it can suppress Ye Zhao's three-stone crossbow, but it is extremely troublesome to fill it, not as convenient as Ye Zhao's three-stone crossbow.

But if this is the case, Cao Ren is still confident that he will last for three days under Ye Zhao's bombing. The effect of the groove is better than Cao Ren expected. As long as he seizes the opportunity to hide in the groove, the casualties that the gravel bomb can cause will be reduced by at least half.

But the problem is that this time Ye Zhao brought not only the catapult cart, but also the well that was almost the same as the Xuchang city wall. The arrow clusters shot by the archers on it could easily kill the defenders on the city. However, the arrow clusters of the archers on the city were mostly blocked by the baffles on the well. Even if they could be shot in, the damage caused was not great.

There are also a few ladders that can be pieced together to retract and retractable siege ladders. Once fixed, it is almost impossible to push them away. I can only watch Ye Zhao's soldiers rush up along the siege ladders.

There is also the ability to shoot nine giant arrows at the same time. Each giant arrow is no worse than a bed crossbow, but the filling speed is almost twice as fast as a bed crossbow.

On the first day, the city wall changed hands several times. If Cao Ren had not led the way and led the soldiers to drive down Guanzhong troops, Cao Ren could hardly hold on this first day. Even so, after a day, Cao Ren had several wounds of varying depths. After a rough count of the battle loss ratio, Cao Ren was even more desperate.

Three to one, as Cao Jun three who defended the city, Ye Zhao's army was only one. Even though these were not elite, they were defending the city! In this way, all of them fought terrifying casualties of three to one. How could they fight this battle?

This is not the worst. The worst is morale. In the era of cold weapons, morale had a huge impact on a war. Now, although there are still 30,000 Cao troops in Xuchang City, you can clearly feel the low morale when walking among the army.

Not to mention these ordinary soldiers, even Cao Ren himself could feel a strong sense of powerlessness in the face of Ye Zhao's momentum. The terror of the equipment in Ye Zhao's army far exceeded Cao Ren's expectations. Whether Xuchang City can be defended for two days has begun to shake.

This was almost impossible in the past. Cao Ren was also a famous general in the world. He was very talented and had enough food. He was one of the best cities. Not to mention three days, if it were the past, Cao Ren felt that he could defend it for three years. But this time, facing Ye Zhao's fierce attack, Cao Ren's hair turned much white overnight.

The next day, Ye Zhao's offensive was still the same. The Guanzhong army was like animals, rushing to the city and chopping people when they see them. The reason for the low morale was that the war loss ratio between Cao Ren and Ye Zhao reached a terrifying five to one. Cao Ren and Ye Zhaoyi was at any time, as the defender, which would be a shame for the defender, but on this day, it would be a miracle for Cao Ren to be able to defend the city without losing it.

Xuchang City became riddled with holes under Ye Zhao's siege equipment.

At night, Cao Ren leaned against the city, and his sleepiness swept over, thinking in his heart, as long as he could stay tomorrow, he would retreat, as for the longer he would stay... Anyway, Cao Ren felt that he could not do it.

Now, Cao Ren no longer expects to exceed the amount of tasks, but only hopes to complete the tasks assigned by Cao Cao. It seems that his brother is foresighted!

Cao Ren sighed and leaned against the wall, his eyelids gradually became heavier, and he felt like he fell asleep, until the sound of shouting and killing came from the city woke Cao Ren in his sleep.

But the city saw the fires soaring into the sky, and there were chaos in the military and civilians everywhere.

After a sudden shock, Cao Ren woke up instantly and hurriedly shouted: "What happened!?"

"General, some people in the army were bribed by the gentry in the city, and they joined forces to open the city gate!" A general of Cao's army hurried to Cao Ren and said.

Cao Ren's heart sank, and the thing he was most worried about happened.

However, the reaction was not slow and he said sternly: "I ordered all troops to guard the city gates, and to transfer ten thousand troops to suppress them!"

"Here!"

The chaos in the city did not disappear with Cao Ren leading his troops to suppress it, but instead tended to intensify. What's worse, Ye Zhao outside the city also began to act and the army attacked the city overnight.

Inside, there were gentry colluding with the army to rebel and rebellion, and outside, there were strong enemies attacking fiercely. Even though Cao Ren was familiar with military tactics and had been through the battlefield for a long time, he was powerless in the face of this situation. Seeing that the city was broken, Cao Ren issued a painful order to break through.

Xuchang City can't be kept for three days.

However, when Cao Ren led his army out of the city, he was blocked by a Guanzhong army. The leader was wearing black beast-faced armor and did not wear a helmet. He sat down with a Dan rhinoceros and held an iron halberd in each hand. Seeing Cao Ren, he grinned: "General Cao, my lord is invited."

Seeing this person, Cao Ren's heart completely sinks.

Dian Wei's reputation may not be as dazzling as Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Xu Rong, but as Ye Zhao's personal bodyguard, Dian Wei's ability was at least clear about the generals of the Cao army, because when the princes attacked Dong, Dian Wei could have fought against Lu Bu. As for how strong Lu Bu was, there was no need to say more.

Looking at the dark Guanzhong soldiers around him and looking at the group of defeated soldiers behind him, Cao Ren smiled bitterly, slowly raised the sword in his hand, and said aloud: "Mr. Ye is kind, Cao is grateful, but he doesn't plan to do something with each other. I have heard of General Dian's name for a long time. Do you dare to fight me!"

Dian Wei looked at Cao Ren in surprise, then grinned, knocked the two iron halberds in his hand, and clamped the Dan Rhinoceros under his crotch. Dan Rhinoceros rushed towards Cao Ren and laughed: "Okay! Let's ask someone to see what the general of Cao's army has!"

Cao Ren didn't say anything nonsense. He knocked his legs against Dian Wei and confronted Dian Wei. The moment both sides approached, the big sword in his hand fell down, fighting for his life with his life.

Dian Wei calmly knocked Cao Ren's sword open with a halberd. Cao Ren's martial arts are superb, and he can be considered first-class in the world, but he faced a top-notch general in the world. With just one move, Cao Ren's mouth collapsed and blood flowed. He held the knife rod tightly with both hands. At the moment when the stirrup passed, he suddenly turned around and slashed at Dian Wei in half.

Dian Wei heard the wind sound, and the halberd in his hand poked out again, breaking Cao Ren's sword open. Then he shouted loudly, and the halberd of his other hand swung backwards.

Cao Ren was knocked away with a knife, and his back was turned to Dian Wei again, so it was difficult to move again. The halberd was spinning and directly penetrated behind him. Cao Ren trembled, he looked down at the halberd that appeared on his chest, laughed bitterly, and fell to the ground dejectedly.

Dian Weilezhi Danxi looked back at Cao Ren's body, turned his head to look at the helpless Cao army, raised the remaining halberd high, and said aloud: "Submitted people will not kill!"

"Those who surrender will not be killed!"

"Those who surrender will not be killed!"

As Dian Wei finished speaking, behind Dian Wei, countless Guanzhong soldiers raised their weapons at the same time, shouted in unison, and thousands of soldiers shouted together, and the voices gathered into a torrent to soar into the sky.

Cao Ren was dead, and the remaining Cao army had no intention of fighting again. Faced with the momentum of the Guanzhong soldiers, there was no intention to continue to resist. Except for a few Cao Ren's confidants, the rest of them threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground to surrender.

In the sky, the first beam of sunlight in the sky and earth pierced the darkness before dawn, and the fire in Xuchang City gradually stopped. With Cao Ren's death and the surrender of a large number of Cao's army, the Guanzhong army continued to pour into Xu's Great Wall and began to clean up the city. When Ye Zhao learned about Cao Ren's death, it was already noon.
Chapter completed!