Chapter 13 Cao Ren’s Dead End
Liu Wu, who was in Wancheng at this time, had no idea that Zhang Fei, Mi Zhu, Xu Shu and others in Bowang had a rift because of Mrs. Mi’s pregnancy.

However, as Chen Dao brought hundreds of personal guards to support Wancheng, Chen Dao also brought him the news that Madam Mi was pregnant.

“Shuzhi, is this true? Madam Mi is pregnant?”

Liu Wu confirmed to Chen Dao with some excitement and surprise.

It’s not surprising that Liu Wu was so excited. In fact, after spending such a long time with Mrs. Mi, Liu Wu was indeed touched by this mature, charming and virtuous woman.

He and Mrs. Mi had a child, which was the fruit of their love.

On the other hand, if Madam Mi is pregnant and gives birth to a child, it will be of great benefit to both Madam Mi and Liu Wu.

Chen Dao looked at Liu Wu’s surprise and bowed to him and replied accurately:
“My Lord, Madam Mi is indeed pregnant.”

Chen Dao had no dissatisfaction towards Liu Wu.

As a personal guard general, he had more contact time with Liu Wu and Liu Bei than Guan Yu, Mi Zhu, Xu Shu and others.

Chen Dao put himself in Liu Wu’s shoes and thought about it. He actually didn’t think that Liu Wu had done anything wrong.

Madam Gan was Liu Bei’s favorite wife. She was extremely beautiful. If she were an ordinary man, he would have consummated his marriage with Madam Gan long ago.

But Liu Wu didn’t.

Liu Wu just consummated his marriage with Mrs. Mi, who had remarried him.

And except for Mrs. Mi, Liu Bei did not touch any of his other beautiful wives and concubines for the time being.

I am afraid that if Cao Cao in the north were to replace Liu Wu, the result would be different.

In addition, Liu Wu now shouldered a heavy responsibility and actually captured the important town of Wancheng, which directly opened up a new sky for Xinye, which survived in the cracks.

Therefore, Chen Dao did not have any dissatisfaction towards Liu Wu, on the contrary he had respect for him.

He told Liu Bei about Liu Wu, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, Liu Bei was still alive and still his lord.

Chen Dao looked at the excited Liu Wu with guilt, but he felt a little disgusted with his behavior of informing Liu Bei without Liu Wu’s knowledge.

“It’s really a double blessing. Taking Wancheng has opened up the situation in Xinye, and now Madam Mi is pregnant again. It’s really God’s help. Shuzhi, Xingba, you should immediately increase the number of scouts to check on the battle between General Yunchang and Cao Ren. If General Yunchang is defeated, we still have to gather troops to support him. In this battle, we must defeat Cao Ren and take over the entire Nanyang County!”

Liu Wu turned around and gave instructions to Gan Ning and Chen Dao.

“promise!”

Both generals responded loudly and hurriedly arranged for more scouts.

Seeing Gan Ning and Chen Dao leave, Liu Wu thought about Guan Yu’s battle with Cao Ren, and a hint of anticipation appeared on his face. He said:
“In history, Guan Yu defeated Cao’s army with the help of Xu Shu. The current situation is much better than in history. With the fall of Wancheng hitting Cao’s army’s morale, the result should be better than in history!!”

“We must take over the entire Nanyang County. Only in this way can we gain the approval of the civil and military officials of Xinye. Only by taking over the entire Nanyang County and recruiting soldiers and horses can we have the strength to compete with the princes of the world!”

Liu Wu clearly understood how important it would be to take over Nanyang County.

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the other side.

South of Bowang City, Cao’s army camp.

“This damn Liu Bei actually killed Wen Ze and seized Wancheng. How could this be possible? Didn’t Liu Bei only have the troops under Guan Yu and Zhang Fei? Where did he get the people to raid Wancheng?”

Inside the big tent, Cao Ren learned that Yu Jin had been killed and Wancheng had fallen. His eyes were bloodshot and he could not believe it, and his angry roar was resounding.

Inside the tent, Li Dian and his generals all looked extremely unhappy.

Wancheng’s location is extremely important. By crossing Wancheng, we can attack the indefensible Xu Du almost at any time.

This is also the reason why after Liu Biao sent Liu Bei, Cao Cao immediately ordered three generals, Cao Ren, Yu Jin and Li Dian, to guard Wancheng as soon as Liu Biao made any move.

In fact, Wancheng is Xudu’s last line of defense.

Now, it has fallen? Even Yu Jin is dead! !
“General, Liu Bei certainly doesn’t have many soldiers. I heard that this time there was an insider who opened the city gate. The most urgent task is to recapture Wancheng.”

“General, please lead the main force to attack Wancheng immediately, and I will lead an army to stop Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. In this way, we may be able to recapture Wancheng!” Li Dian stood up and bowed to Cao Ren.

When Cao Ren heard Li Dian’s words, his anger slowly dissipated. He also heard the fleeing defeated soldiers say that there were indeed not many troops attacking Wancheng.

“Okay, Mancheng, I will give you three thousand soldiers. You must help me to tie up Guan and Zhang. I will come to support you after I take back Wancheng!”

Cao Ren gave the order without any hesitation.

It would undoubtedly be a correct decision to hold back Guan Yu’s main force while he led the main force to recapture Wancheng, where Liu Bei had few troops.

“Yes!” Li Dian responded loudly.

Next, with Cao Ren’s order, the army of more than 10,000 was immediately divided into two, leaving Li Dian’s 3,000 soldiers to continue defending Bowang City, while Cao Ren led the army to prepare to march south.

“Kill! Wancheng has fallen, Yu Jin is dead, Cao’s army is finished, kill Cao’s army!”

Suddenly, accompanied by a large amount of smoke and dust rising in the north, a large number of soldiers and horses rushed out from the smoke and dust, shouting and killing, shaking the sky, and Cao’s army was all shocked.

Wancheng fell? Yu Jin died?
“Cao Ren, you bastard, where are you running to? Do you dare to fight with Guan?”

A man rode out on a red rabbit horse, Guan Yu stroked his beautiful beard, holding a Green Dragon Crescent Blade in his hand, and roared loudly.

All Cao’s troops were even more frightened when they saw Guan Yu’s mighty power.

Guan Yu had recently become famous in Hebei. He killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou, passed five passes and killed six generals. His invincible power was in the hearts of all Cao’s soldiers.

It can be said that Guan Yu alone, Guan Yunchang’s appearance alone, destroyed the morale of 10,000 Cao’s troops!
The two armies of Cao’s army were in turmoil!

“Damn it, go!” Cao Ren glanced at Guan Yu and the shouts of killing in the distance, gritting his teeth in anger, but he knew that he could not let Guan Yu’s army get entangled, so he gave the order directly!
“The entire army forms a formation and resist!” Li Dian shouted with a livid face.

Ignoring Guan Yu’s army that was coming to attack him, Cao Ren led most of his troops south immediately, leaving Li Dian behind.

The 3,000 Cao troops who stayed behind saw that there were so few companions around them, the main force had left, and Guan Yu was riding his Red Hare like a god of war. Their morale plummeted again. In just half a quarter of an hour, as the army behind Guan Yu pressed forward, Li Dian’s 3,000 troops were defeated.

“Guan Yu!” Li Dian gritted his teeth. Looking at Guan Yu charging back and forth in Cao’s army, he had no choice.

Guan Yu’s reputation in Cao’s army had become quite strong in the past two years. In addition, when the unfavorable news came that Wancheng had fallen and Yu Jin had been killed, Cao Ren also led the main force away, and his 3,000 troops were defeated at the first blow.

Li Dian had no choice but to gather his soldiers and then slowly retreat, trying his best to stop Guan Yu’s army.

“Haha, Yunchang is truly a god, defeating Cao’s army of 3,000 men by himself.”

Zhao Yun, who came up with 800 soldiers, looked at Guan Yu and smiled.

That’s right, there were only 800 soldiers and horses behind Guan Yu. These 800 soldiers and horses had branches tied to their horses to create smoke and dust, which scared away Cao’s army.

Guan Yu stroked his beautiful beard and said regretfully:
“It’s up to Yide now. Unfortunately, we still have too few soldiers. Otherwise, why would we go through so much trouble to directly defeat Li Dian’s army and then attack Cao Ren’s army from both sides? Now we can only let the main force ambush Cao Ren on his way. I don’t know if we can inflict heavy damage on Cao Ren.”

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the other side.

Cao Ren led an army of more than 10,000 and marched quickly towards Wancheng. Cao Ren didn’t care whether Li Dian could stop Guan Yu.

He only knew that he had to recapture Wancheng as soon as possible and must not let Liu Biao send a large army to take over Wancheng.

When the army of more than 10,000 people reached the narrow mountain path in the forest, their speed slowed down. Cao Ren frowned slightly as he looked at the surrounding terrain.

This mountain is definitely a good place for an ambush.

Under normal circumstances, Cao Ren would send people to check whether there was an ambush.

But there are pursuers behind him. If he waits to check clearly, he will probably be entangled by Guan Yu.

Cao Ren pondered for a moment and thought that Liu Bei’s troops would definitely not allow him to ambush here again, so he ordered his troops to speed up the march to Wancheng.

(End of this chapter)