Chapter 494: Embarrassing Retreat, Praising Han is Available
Author: Soy Sauce Mixed History
Chapter 494: Embarrassing Retreat, Praising Han is Available
In the early morning of the next month, Cao Zhen stood up and waited on Dong.
The first thing Cao Zhen asked after he got up was: "Have your night bandits left the city?"
When Cao Zhen asked about it, his attendant immediately bowed and replied: "Never."
After hearing the answer from his personal attendant, Cao Zhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he was quite satisfied with last month's victory, he also knew that Mi Yang was not a person waiting to be killed.
As for saving others by himself, Cao Zhen expected that Mi Yangqiu would die if he didn't leave, so he would most likely focus on how to destroy the mountains outside the city.
Is that the best solution Cao Zhenke has come up with?
Once the earth mountain is destroyed, the Wei army's advantage of having its bow and arrow legs high in the east will be lost, which will give the Han army on the city wall a chance to counterattack.
In order to prevent this, Cao Zhen secretly ordered a group of elite soldiers to hide outside the camp last night. If the Han army wanted to use the same trick of night attack, then it would just play into Cao Zhen's heart.
Now after learning that Cao Zhen's Han army had not made any movement all night, Cao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he was inevitably disappointed.
After feeling relaxed and disappointed, Cao Zhen couldn't help but feel suspicious in his heart.
Based on his misunderstanding of Mi Yang, the Han army last night should not have been left to their own devices because they were all incompetent.
Facing a tall girl like Mi Yang, Cao Zhen's mood seemed very complicated.
Due to the suspicion in his heart, Cao Zhen couldn't help but ask again: "Did you really think there was no movement at all outside Nanzheng this night?"
As for whether to verify the suspicion in his heart, Cao Zhen expanded the scope of his doubts.
After Cao Zhen asked Weng Quan Dong again, he thought about it carefully and seemed to remember something that Wang Shuang came to report just now.
"General, according to what General Wang said, there were frequent construction sounds of the Nanzheng city wall in the east last night."
As soon as he heard that, Cao Zhen put the food in his lap and let out a loud sigh.
After hearing those words, the experienced Cao Zhen immediately guessed what the Han army was probably doing last night - repairing the city wall.
But after guessing that, Cao Zhen became more suspicious.
Repairing the city wall is a self-protection measure that the city defenders often do at night, but when the city wall in Southeast Zheng is not damaged, how can the Han army repair it?
Unless the Han army is not repairing the city wall, but raising the city wall.
But when that idea emerged in his mind, Cao Zhen felt even more ridiculous.
Is it possible to raise the city wall overnight?
Mi Yangjian will not do that kind of useless work.
Many speculations emerged in Cao Zhen's mind. Due to Wong Mi Yang's attention and his rich experience, all speculations were secretly rejected by Cao Zhen.
That made Cao Zhen feel as if there were ants crawling in his heart.
Cao Zhen, who had something on his mind, could no longer eat the breakfast in front of him. He stood up directly and asked his personal followers to wait on him to pierce the armor. Instead of making many guesses, it would be better to go to Yeran at the head of the city and find out.
About half an hour later, Cao Zhen, who was carrying his oars, slowly appeared outside Nanzheng City to the east of Didong's soldiers.
Before Cao Zhen appeared outside Nanzheng City, the mountains were already filled with bows and arrows from the Wei army.
All the Wei generals knew that Cao Zhen was eager to win. Several mountains had already lined up the Wei army's bow and arrow legs so that they could give Cao Zhen a gift tomorrow morning.
Sure enough, before Cao Zhen saw him arriving, Tu Shanzai's bow and arrow legs were all in position, and he couldn't help but nodded outside the tower.
General Cao Wei appears with his own pomp.
After a burst of war drums, Cao Zhen's tower stopped not far from the Nanzheng city wall under the gaze of tens of thousands of Wei troops.
After the oars stopped in the east, Cao Zhen carefully observed whether there was any difference whether the Nanzheng city wall was there or not.
After careful observation, Cao Zhen found that the Nanzheng city wall had not been heightened, and there was nothing unusual about it. It seemed to be no different from last month.
If there is a real difference, it seems that the two towers on the Nanzheng City Wall were made taller by the Han army's tied timbers.
And if he looked carefully, Cao Zhen discovered that the wood used to heighten the tower had some traces of scorch.
It seems that most of the wood was taken from the houses that were burned down by his rockets last month.
What's the use of raising the tower?
Cao Zhen will know the answer soon.
Mi Yang, who was hiding outside the city tower, saw the Wei army's tower reappearing, and he knew whether Cao Zhen was coming.
Seeing this, Mi Yang did not hesitate and had someone blow the horn.
To the east of the horn's call, batches of bows and arrows wearing iron armor and iron masks began to appear on the city wall.
And just when Cao Zhen was surprised by that scene, something unexpected happened to Cao Zhen.
When the Wei army was unprepared, many fire arrows suddenly shot out from the heightened tower.
Since the city tower was raised by the Han army, is it higher than the towers and oars of the Wei army?
Sitting high to the east of Lindong, the power of the fire arrows was invisibly strengthened, and the accuracy of the Han army's fire arrows was even greatly enhanced.
Almost a moment later, multiple fire arrows immediately hit the oar.
When the fire arrow is nailed to the roof oar, the grease covering the fire arrow will gradually flow along the arrow to the wood that fixes the roof oar.
A fire arrow might not cause any damage to a tall oar, but when many fire arrows covered the eastern half of the oul, it didn't take long for the east half of the oul to begin to burn quickly.
The hot weather accelerated the burning process.
When a tower was completely ignited by the Han army's fire arrows, the Han army outside the tower shifted its target to other towers and oars.
Just like the countless houses outside Nanzheng City that were burned down by the fire arrows of the Wei army last month, the towers and oars of the Wei army are now facing the east field that was covered and devoured by fire.
Since the Han army was well prepared and waited until the oars appeared before releasing the fire arrows, the thousands of Wei army archers in the nearby mountains were all shocked by what they saw.
It is true that there was no bow and arrow leg of the Wei army to organize a counterattack, but the sentiments of the two armies in Mingyue were completely different, and the Han army regained the advantage of being high in Lindong.
The most important thing to ask for is whether there is a coordination between Lou Lu and Tu Shan. To put it bluntly, the Wei army outside Lou Lu is not Tu Shan's eye on the Wei army's bows and arrows, let alone their command system.
Yesterday, it was because of the tacit cooperation between the Wei army outside Loulu and the Wei army in Tushan that they could launch the continuous rain of arrows offensive, forcing the Han army behind the city wall to be unable to turn back.
But now it seems that our own command system is unable to protect itself. Where can we command the bows and arrows of the Wei army to launch a counterattack?
Under that situation, even if some Wei troops spontaneously shot arrows at the Nanzheng City Wall, since the Han troops at the city wall were already armed to the teeth, the attack that was more like a harassment attack would not have much effect at all.
Let’s not mention Tu Shan’s reaction to the Wei army’s bow and arrow. Cao Zhen, who was outside the oars, saw the oars beside him burst into flames one after another. The Wei troops who were still there ran for their lives and jumped out of the watchtower that was several feet high.
In the east, Ye Changzi's biting chill instantly penetrated his whole body.
In order to save his own life, Cao Zhen now had no idea how to think about the enemy's strategy. A stern command was instantly issued from his mouth:
"Go quickly, go quickly!"
After receiving Cao Zhen's order, he immediately conveyed the order to Loulu Dongfang.
After receiving the order, the Wei army in the east hurriedly pushed the oars where Cao Zhen was to retreat back.
Not only was Cao Zhen's tower retreating rapidly, but the Wei generals in several towers around him saw that Cao Zhen was beginning to retreat. They also rushed to the east to order the Wei troops east of the tower to push them back to the main camp.
For a time, the few surviving oars, like defeated dogs, retreated toward their own camp in a panic.
It can be said that Cao Zhen was so calm and majestic when he arrived just now, but now he is running for his life in such a state of embarrassment.
That scene happened to be completely caught in the gaze of tens of thousands of Wei soldiers, and a look of confusion and shame appeared in the eyes of tens of thousands of Wei soldiers.
The situation last month didn’t develop like that!
Why didn't the general persist for a month? Why did he run away again?
Mi Yang saw that several towers and oars were retreating towards the rear, so he turned to the east and ordered the Han troops outside the tower to shoot arrows at the Wei troops in Tushan.
After the Wei army in Tushan saw that all their generals had fled, their military morale was in chaos.
And at that time, the city tower was there, the city wall was there, and there were thousands of arrows shooting at them. The weapons that they threw directly into their legs were like a defeated rebel army running towards the east of Tushan.
In the panic of the retreat, I don't know how many Wei troops died when their comrades trampled them, and I don't know how many Wei troops died when the Han troops attacked them with arrows.
When the scene of the Wei army's retreat fell into the eyes of Mi Yang and the Han army who were standing at the city wall, it caused them to burst into hearty laughter.
It can be said that Mingyue's counterattack made them all release the bad energy in their hearts that they had been suppressing from yesterday to Mingyue.
I also paid a small debt to the Wei army for the people who lost their lives innocently last month.
The cheerful laughter of thousands of Han troops on the city wall floated along the wind and reached Cao Zhen's ears, who had not yet fled far away, almost making him vomit blood in anger.
And when those bursts of hearty laughter fell into the ears of tens of thousands of Wei troops, it also hit the morale of tens of thousands of Wei troops.
Judging from the crazy laughter of the Han army, it seems that they are the side being besieged?
What did the tens of thousands of Wei troops in Bucheng think? Judging from the current situation, it is obvious that Cao Zhen imitated Yuan Shao's oars and the siege leg that combined earth and mountains was cracked.
The Wei army camp is not far from Nanzheng City.
Cao Zhen's Lou Lu ran fast enough, and Wei troops kept coming out to meet Cao Zhen outside the camp, so Cao Zhen's Lou Lu finally returned to the camp safely.
Fortunately, Cao Zhen was careful and did not hang his commanding flag on the rooftop. Otherwise, if Mi Yang's bad behavior made him aware of his location, the consequences would be disastrous.
Cao Zhen, who returned to the camp and walked to the east tower, was thankful for that with lingering fear.
When Cao Zhen landed, the Wei generals who had been guarding him for a long time surrounded him, wanting to see if Cao Zhen was injured.
The caring eyes of everyone fell on Cao Zhen, which made Cao Zhen feel even more depressed and vaguely ashamed.
Seeing that Cao Zhen's face was not very good, Wang Shuang, as a close confidant of Cao Zhen, felt that it was time for him to comfort Cao Zhen with a word or two.
"General, don't be discouraged. Mingyue's bandit army has a small victory. If you can rely on the advantage of surprise and high altitude in Lindong, you can ask other troops to continue to raise the height of the mountain. It may not be impossible to achieve further victory."
After hearing Wang Shuang's words, Cao Zhen became even more angry.
His ruthless general has extraordinary strength, but his head is not very easy to use.
Even though the Wei army has a large number of people, how many mountains of earth have been piled up over such a long period of time?
Well, even if he did not hesitate to waste manpower and material resources to continue to build up the height of the earth mountain, compared with the huge manpower and material resources he spent, Mi Yang's cost of raising the tower was extremely low.
How long can the Wei army hold on if they head east for a long time?
Human and material resources cannot be used indefinitely.
However, no matter how short the Han army was in military resources, there would still be no shortage of timber outside Nanzheng City.
Moreover, in order for Tushan Qiuxiang to play its greatest role, it must seek the cooperation of Lou Lu.
And the roof oar.
Thinking of that, Cao Zhen became more and more angry. Feeling that he had nothing to do, he gave Wang Shuang a cold look.
The angry Cao Zhen called for his personal entourage and asked him to go to the east of the city and shout:
"If your tower reaches the sky, he will go through the city to get you!"
After Lay Dong's harsh words, Cao Zhen turned around and walked towards his tent.
After hearing Cao Zhen's cruel words, the surrounding generals felt some strange emotions in their hearts.
After Cao Zhen, who was feeling depressed, returned to the outside of the tent, he unexpectedly found a person waiting for him outside the tent.
Is that person the Liu Ye whom he scolded before?
Cao Zhen didn't want to talk to Liu Ye at that moment.
But after Liu Ye noticed Cao Zhen's expression, he knew whether Mingyue should have suffered a loss from Mi Yang's leg again.
That was not what Liu Ye expected.
Mi Yang became a famous general in the world with his public security and city defense. He can be said to be one of the best generals in the world at defending the city.
Although Cao Zhen's previous siege methods were good, Mi Yang was helpless and had no way to deal with his mistakes.
But Liu Ye thought again, wasn't it because Cao Zhen needed to be frustrated that he just came up with the strategy he just thought of?
Seeing that Cao Zhen was about to pass by him, Liu Ye successfully stopped Cao Zhen with one sentence.
"General, do you remember the battle at Dixun City?"
After hearing Liu Ye's words, Cao Zhen's eyes flashed with light.
As a key battle that laid the foundation of Cao Wei, how could he forget it?
But at that moment, Liu Ye suddenly mentioned that past incident to him, which was absolutely wrong.
After Cao Zhen stopped, Liu Ye bowed and said:
"Back then, Emperor Wu's Luan Rong soldiers besieged Ye City, but Ye City's general Shen Pei relied on his talents to defend Ye City for several months. The situation that month was very similar to the bright moon.
Although Hou Yecheng was successfully taken over by Emperor Wu because of Shen Rong's surrender, this was not a result, not a cause."
Liu Ye's words made Cao Zhen more and more curious. He waved his legs to ask the surrounding guards to retreat, and then asked Liu Ye:
"Then in my opinion, what is the cause?"
When Cao Zhen inquired about Weng Quan Dong, Liu Ye slowly spit out four words:
"Defeat Zhang Guancheng!"
Liu Ye's four words made Cao Zhenyidongzi seem to have grasped a certain key point.
"Should I say that?"
Seeing that Cao Zhen had understood something, Liu Ye's lips showed a smile.
"Of course, praise, Han can use it!"
(End of chapter)
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