At noon on the third day of the Battle of Tongguan, due to the trebuchets placed on the city wall by Liu Ye in the morning, Yuan Shu's army was unprepared and suffered heavy losses and a great loss of morale. They chose to withdraw temporarily. At noon, they regrouped and regrouped with Liu Bei.

The army fought together towards Tongguan. This time Yuan Shu simply gave up carrying the catapult and led his army to rush up against the endless flying rocks above Tongguan.

After half a day of fierce fighting, Yuan and Liu lost about 5,000 soldiers and retreated at the cost of more than 3,000 Cao Jun casualties.

On the fourth day, the battle became even more fierce. Liu Bei also became ruthless and sent all the soldiers around him, leaving a thousand elite soldiers to guard him. Because of the brutal siege for four consecutive days, the damage to his army was too heavy.

With Liu Bei's desperate efforts, Yuan Shu naturally couldn't paddle. Although he didn't survive, he still had a full force of 50,000 to suppress the situation.

Under the absolute suppression of military strength, Chen Deng is also a clever woman who can't make a cake without straw. He can make plans to suppress Yuan Shu's two major advantages, but it is impossible to spread the beans into an army. Tongguan is still facing a very dangerous situation. Even if new arrivals are added,

With more than 5,000 reinforcements, the number of Tongguan soldiers is still almost 20,000, and Yuan Shu's overnight harassment also exhausted the soldiers defending the city.

It was night, after repelling the harassment of Yuan Shujun again, the gate of Tongguan City quietly opened, and a large army slowly emerged, numbering nearly ten thousand, all wearing Yuan Shujun's armor and clothes, heading towards Liu Beijun's.

Go to the camp.

"Military advisor, I'm afraid it depends on tonight whether Tongguan can be defended or not." Cao Xiu stood on the city wall and said to Chen Deng.

"The army is ready. If Liu Bei's army blows up the camp, we will lead the army to attack immediately," Chen Deng said.

"But what if the other party doesn't fall into the trap, but instead follows it?" Cao Xiu said cautiously.

Chen Deng glanced at him lightly: "Do you think if we don't take advantage of this opportunity, it is still possible for us to repel the Yuan Liu coalition? Or do you think we will have a better chance after tonight?"

Cao Xiu was also shocked when he heard this. Indeed, they had no choice. They had to fight to the death, win if they succeeded, or be completely defeated if they failed. It was better than waiting to die. According to the intensity of Yuan Shu and Liu Bei's army's siege, they were single-minded.

I don't think I can last even five days if I stick to it.

Soon, with Cao Xiu and Chen Deng's attention and anticipation, fire actually appeared in Liu Bei's camp in the distance, and the sound of killing continued for a long time.

"Send troops!" Chen Deng relied on his extraordinary five senses to immediately see the situation in Liu Bei's army and said directly.

After hearing this, Cao Xiu did not hesitate and jumped off the city wall eagerly. He led the already prepared army out of the city in two groups and galloped towards the camps of Yuan Shujun and Liu Beijun respectively. What was surprising was that the two

The number of the army was actually more than 20,000, and it looked mighty.

On the city wall, countless fine drops of sweat appeared on Chen Deng's head, and his breathing became rapid. His spiritual talent of bluffing can disguise a small number of soldiers into a huge army. The previous scene was his masterpiece, and this is also

The reason why he had hope for the success of the night attack. Otherwise, if he only relied on an army of more than 10,000 people, how could he possibly defeat Liu Bei's army while blocking Yuan Shu?

The troops made a dangerous move. Chen Deng knew that what he did was too hasty and inappropriate, but he had no choice. His military strength was crushed. Even though he could use various means to reduce the damage of his own defenders, the base of his troops was

Even if he was there, what would happen if he suffered a 1 to 2 battle loss? Strategically speaking, it was still a loss.

Chen Deng knew very well that the only opportunity he could take advantage of was the gap between Yuan Shu and Liu Bei. So in his plan, tonight's small force raid, if it failed, he would blame Yuan Shu and not Liu Bei.

People believe that as long as he can confuse Liu Bei's soldiers, and then spread rumors among Liu Bei's army, there is a high chance that he can directly provoke hatred between Liu Bei and Yuan Shu's soldiers.

And if it succeeds as he sees it, he will send two armies to attack the two camps respectively. Among them, the army attacking Yuan Shu's camp seems to be more than 20,000, but in fact it is only more than a thousand. It looks huge but is actually a blow.

Immediately after the defeat, Chen Deng was betting on Yuan Shujun's attitude towards Liu Bei. With 20,000 troops placed outside Yuan Shujun's camp, it was up to him to see whether Yuan Shu would make a decisive decision to directly rescue Liu Beijun.

The more than 20,000 troops attacking Liu Bei's army on the other side were actually more than 10,000 troops. This was all Chen Deng had left except for the three thousand soldiers guarding the pass. If this night attack could not directly knock Liu Bei's army out of the camp,

If he is beaten to a disability, his night attack will be considered a failure.

At this time, Chen Deng was looking at the two camps in the distance with worry in his heart, but he didn't know that in Yuan Jun's camp, Yuan Shu, who rarely stayed up late, had no rest at all at this time. He stood with Fazheng on the observation deck of Yuan Jun's camp, and he also

Looking in the direction of Tongguan and Liu Bei's military camp from a distance, his face looked slightly happy.

"It's begun!" Yuan Shu said with a smile.

"Although Chen Deng is full of tricks, it is far easier to deal with such an arrogant smart man than to deal with a fool like Cao Xiu. When the situation is unfavorable, a fool will insist on insisting on his own way, while a wise man will

A desperate fight with a sword that goes astray." Fazheng said calmly.

"It seems that after tonight, Tongguan will be ours." Yuan Shu looked satisfied. Originally, he had planned to attack Tongguan directly. Although the time was almost the same, the loss of troops really made him feel distressed.

In these four days of siege alone, he had lost more than 5,000 soldiers. If not for the proper treatment by his medical soldiers, this number would have been doubled.

The battle losses in the siege battle were really terrible, and most of the soldiers died directly rather than being injured. Even if they were slightly injured, they would fall to death directly after being driven off the ladder. Therefore, the loss of troops could have been reduced by nearly 80%.

The number of medical soldiers in the siege was only reduced by more than 50%, and their role was greatly reduced.

"But having said that, your spiritual talent is really suitable for fighting with the army. If the other party doesn't understand your abilities, they will probably fall for it." Yuan Shu sighed lightly.

Although Chen Deng is a bit arrogant, he is also a top-notch counselor. Historically, he was based in Xuzhou, causing Sun Ce and Sun Ce's army to collapse several times. Although he is not obvious, he is definitely a man with far-reaching wisdom.

Fa Zheng was able to easily plot against him this time, simply because he was calculating deliberately and not intentionally.

After all, Chen Deng's character, as well as his style of conduct and spiritual talent, were clearly understood by Yuan Jun during the battle of the family's attack on Yangzhou when the princes were fighting against Dong. But Fazheng, because of his young age, has always had a low reputation.

, and his spiritual talent is not an exposed talent like Chen Deng's. Even if he uses it, the other party will not be able to see it. Unless a top strategist makes several calculations, he can probably guess its general outline.

Fazheng's spiritual talent is not so inexplicable. With such a long distance, Fazheng cannot detect Chen Deng's emotional fluctuations. Because both parties are top strategists, Chen Deng's spiritual talent is no less than that of Fazheng

, even if they were face to face, if the other party was on guard, Fazheng would not be able to detect it. When Yuan Liu was negotiating, Liu Ye was also unprepared, so he was tricked. However, after that, Liu Ye vaguely guessed

After all, Fa Zheng's changes during the negotiation were completely different. It would be strange if there was nothing fishy in it.

Fazheng knew the scope of his abilities, so he was not targeting Chen Deng at all, but Cao Xiu. Although Chen Deng actually commanded Cao Xiu, Cao Xiu was the nominal top general of Tongguan after all, and the defenders of Tongguan were all under his control.

, Chen Deng only existed as his military advisor. Therefore, if Chen Deng wanted to send troops for a night attack, he had to discuss it with Cao Xiu in advance, and even let Cao Xiu lead the troops.

Chen Deng's mental power is so strong that Fazheng is hard to detect. But a general like Cao Xiu does not have such strong mental power. Although the inner energy can also block Fazheng's mental talent, who has nothing to do without being involved in the battlefield?

Have you been wasting your inner strength to protect yourself? Cao Xiu is not outstanding in martial arts and has been hiding in the rear. Fa Zheng is simply going to catch him and get it right.
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