Seeing that the three of them had left, Cao Ren ordered the soldiers to quickly pack up their weapons and siege equipment, and prepare to set off for Le'an County in a while.

The three of them moved quickly, arranged everything, and soon got ready, and the three of them returned to Cao Ren's residence.

Cao Hong opened his mouth and said to Cao Ren:

"Zixiao, the brothers are all ready, and the siege equipment has also been brought, and we are just waiting for your order."

Cao Ren nodded when he heard this, and said:

"You lead the army to the city gate and wait. I will say goodbye to my brother now, and then we will set off."

The three of them went out without hesitation when they heard Cao Ren's order. Cao Ren also came to Cao Cao's room, where Cao Cao, Kong Rong, and Kong Ni were sitting. Cao Ren cupped his hands and opened his mouth to Cao Cao said:

"My lord, the 20 troops have been prepared, and we are now ready to set off for Le'an County."

Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren, nodded, and said:

"Okay! Let's go now, Zixiao, be careful along the way."

Cao Ren nodded, saluted Cao Cao again, and went out of the room to the city gate, joined Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun, and Xiahouyuan, and gave an order.

So he led the army out of Pingyuan County, and after Cao Ren left, Cao Cao said:

"This time I only left one general, the generals of Kong Taishou and Kong Cishi, and they will have to work hard in the next few days to go to Ganling City to call for battle."

Kong Rong and Kong Ni both nodded after hearing this.

They didn't care about this matter at all, because they knew clearly in their hearts that no matter who they sent this time, there would be no problems.

Because they had heard what Cao Cao said that Yuan Shao would no longer send troops out of the city to fight, and they sent people to go there just to make a cutscene.

Cao Ren led his troops to the city of Le'an County. The defenders of Le'an County saw a large number of people coming, and they were fighting under the banner of Cao Zi, not their own banner.

This made the soldiers guarding the city a little panicked, because at this time, the general of Ximen in Le'an County was fighting fiercely with the 20 troops sent by Yuan Shao, so why did another 20 troops emerge from the rear.

This made the soldiers have to think wildly, Cao Ren soon arrived outside the city gate, Cao Ren asked Cao Hong to call the gate.

Cao Hong drove his horse forward and shouted to the soldiers guarding the city wall:

"I am the general under Duke Cao of Yanzhou, Cao Hong. I have come to reinforce Le'an County by the order of my lord. Open the gate quickly!"

The soldiers on the city wall looked at each other, and then shouted to Cao Hong below:

"Is there a token?"

Cao Ren also heard the shouts on the city wall, and then he rode forward, stood side by side with Cao Hong, took out something from his arms, raised it directly above his head, and shouted:

"This is the token of your prefect Kong, and I also have a letter written by the prefect Kong, quickly open the city gate, let me wait in, and wait until Yuan Shao's army is defeated!!"

The soldiers didn't know anything, and they didn't receive the order from the gatekeeper, and they didn't dare to open the door, so they hurried to call the gatekeeper to the city wall.

The general guarding the city had already received the letter from his lord, and knew that the person who came was Cao Cao's general, Cao Ren, so he shouted at Cao Ren who was under the city:

"Since it was sent by Mr. Cao, and there is my lord's token, I wonder if you can bring the lord's token up for me to see!"

Cao Ren also understood the scruples of the generals and soldiers on the city wall. During the battle, 20 soldiers and horses suddenly came from the rear, even if he was himself, he would panic.

So Cao Ren said:

"of course can."

After Cao Ren finished speaking, he saw a bamboo basket tied with hemp rope on the city wall and put it down. Cao Ren was about to step forward to put Kong Rong's token into the bamboo basket.

He was stopped by Cao Hong beside him, and Cao Hong said:

"Zi Xiao is the commander-in-chief of the army, don't risk yourself, let me go."

Because they don't know whether the current Le'an County has been captured by Yuan Shao's soldiers, and whether these soldiers are deliberately acting to deceive themselves and others.

After being reminded by Cao Hong, Cao Ren already understood, so he handed over Kong Rong's token to Cao Hong.

It wasn't that Cao Ren didn't care about loyalty, was greedy for life and feared death, but that he knew his duties clearly, because he was the leader of an army. If something happened to him, the 20 troops would be like a mess.

I only heard Cao Ren say to Cao Hong:

"Zi Lian, you must be careful, if the situation is wrong, withdraw immediately, and I will always pay attention to the movement on the city wall!"

Cao Hong nodded after hearing this, and said:

"Don't worry, Zixiao, the arrows that can kill me Cao Hong haven't been made yet."

Cao Hong took Kong Rong's token and went directly to the root of the city wall, walking carefully all the way, and put the token from Kong Rong into the bamboo basket.

Cao Ren, who had been staring at the movement of the city wall from behind, heaved a sigh of relief, and then saw Cao Hong come back.

Cao Hong returned to Cao Ren's side, hehe smiled, and said:

"Maybe I'm thinking too much this time."

Cao Ren also smiled, and then said:

"Not much, be careful sailing for thousands of years."

The bamboo basket tied with the hemp rope was soon in the hands of the general who defended the city. He held it in his hand and pretended to check it for a while, then shouted to the soldiers coming out of the city gate:

"Open the city gate quickly, the reinforcements sent by the lord have arrived."

Cao Ren and Cao Hong looked at each other and smiled when they heard the words of the generals defending the city.

The two of them didn't see any problem at all, so they shouted to the soldiers behind:

"Brothers, let's go, let's go to the city!"

What Cao Ren didn't know was that the generals guarding the city wall had already received Kong Rong's letter a day earlier than they did.

He did these things just for acting, for Cao Ren and others to see, opening the city gate too easily may arouse their vigilance, if he messes up what the lord ordered .

He didn't tell the soldiers that he had received the Lord's letter one day in advance, because he was afraid that they would be too noisy, and it would be troublesome if they didn't know who would tell it.

When the city guard ordered his men to open the city gate, he had already brought a group of soldiers down the city wall and arrived at the city gate to welcome Cao Ren and others.

When the general guarding the city saw Cao Ren approaching him, he bowed his hands to Cao Ren and the others, and pretended to ask:

"I don't know how to call the generals?"

Before Cao Ren could speak, Cao Hong looked at Cao Ren and said:

"This is the general of our army, Cao Ren, and I am Cao Hong! He is Xiahou Dun, and that is Xiahouyuan!"

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