Chapter 2100 This is walking back and forth through the city gate.
"Report~~~"
Cao Jun's scouts in the front retreated, and the scouts in the back hurriedly came forward.
"How many people are coming out?" Xiahou Dun asked with his face covered.
The Cao army scout was obviously stuck for a moment, and then said with some difficulty: "This... General Qi, Fancheng... Fancheng has closed its gates again..."
"Oh...ah?" It took Xiahou Dun a while to react and his eyes widened, "What? What did you say? The city gate was closed again? Didn't you come out?"
"Yes...General Qi, Fancheng was about to send troops, but for some reason, the city gate was closed again..." Cao Jun's scout lowered his head and said.
Xiahou Dun was not convinced and asked again: "Is it true that not a single soldier has left the city?"
Cao Jun's scout nodded.
Xiahou Dun stood stunned for a long time, not even knowing when Cao Jun's scouts would retreat.
This...is returned? What is this?
Has his ambush been discovered? Or is there something wrong in Fancheng? Is there internal strife in Fancheng? What does such behavior mean?
After a while, Sima from the camp came to ask: "General...the soldiers are all arrayed and ready. This...I don't know General..."
"Wait a moment..." Xiahou Dun waved his hand.
The military prince nodded and retired without mentioning it.
All we can do is wait a little longer.
In a cold weapon war, unlike hot weapons, you only need a gun and bullets, and you can use the gun at any time to fight. You need to wear armor, eat, prepare off-hand weapons, consume equipment, and carry a flag.
Recognition of flags, war drums, golden gongs, etc., even the simplest armor, takes some time to put on and take off. There is no way to say that if you need to prepare yourself, you can prepare it immediately, and if you need to rest, you can lie down and rest immediately...
To put it simply, it can be seen as a period of switching time from combat preparation to rest. It is not a skill that has no CD and can be transformed instantly.
Xiahou Dun was not sure what the situation was in Fancheng, so he naturally would not issue an order to disband immediately. Moreover, Xiahou Dun always felt that something was wrong with things, but he couldn't remember what went wrong for a while. It was like going out.
I thought I didn't have my phone with me, then I touched it and it was still in my bag, but I didn't seem to do anything and couldn't think of anything. Then I closed the door and then I remembered that I didn't have the keys with me.
Xiahou Dun's speculation turned out to be true. About half an hour later, Cao Jun's scout came excitedly and reported: "General! The door is open! It's open!"
"How many people are there!?" Xiahou Dun asked anxiously.
"Uh... haven't come out yet..." Scout Cao Jun lowered his head, "I... didn't see clearly..."
"Get out!" Xiahou Dun felt a throbbing pain in the corner of his head. He felt that this matter was gradually out of his control, and he had a headache.
A premonition that tonight would definitely not go according to his plan could not help but jump into Xiahou Dun's mind.
"Are we going to attack now?"
Xiahou Dun shook his head and said: "Wait a moment..."
After a while, Cao Jun's scouts came to report again. Before he could say anything, Xiahou Dun asked, "Is it closed again?"
Cao Jun's scout nodded, "Exactly..."
Xiahou Dun waved his hands helplessly.
Xiahou Dun gritted his teeth and said, "Shu Zi! You are so cunning!"
Xiahou Dun's combat goal was to wait for the soldiers in Fancheng to come out, and then attack them in the camp while Cao Ren attacked from behind. With the two-sided attack and the advantage of his troops, he would definitely be able to defeat the Fancheng defenders who attacked at night, and there was no other way.
Opportunity drove his troops all the way to defeat and then took the opportunity to occupy Fancheng.
Of course, it is also possible that Fancheng did not open the city gates and refused to allow the defeated troops to enter the city. In that case, it is not a big problem. After all, after Fancheng lost a considerable part of its troops, it will be easier to attack in the next step. After all, Fancheng has suffered from morale and
With the double loss of soldiers, it was expected that they would not be able to hold on for long.
But now Fancheng's troops are opening and closing the city gate but they can't come out...
This is a bit embarrassing.
Is this a strategy to exhaust troops?
Xiahou Dun put his hands behind his back, gritted his teeth, and walked in circles in the Chinese army's tent.
Everything is possible, but it is obvious that Fancheng should be on guard, but what if Fancheng is also testing? What if he asks Cao Ren to withdraw his troops and Fancheng sends troops again, wouldn't it be a missed opportunity?
No one may be able to analyze clearly when faced with sunk costs. Therefore, Xiahou Dun was not sure which situation it was, so he could only wait and see, looking forward to subsequent changes, and hoping that his plan would still work.
There is a slight possibility of success.
About half an hour later, the gate of Fancheng opened again, and then a group of people rushed out with a rumble. However, under the expectation of Xiahou Dun and others, they only walked around outside the city gate before taking a hundred steps.
Just turned around and went back...
After receiving the news, Xiahou Dun stood stunned for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh. "Come, please send a message to General Zixiao and come back..."
Obviously, Fancheng will not conduct any night attacks. How can they do such a thing if they want to attack at night? Cao Jun's pants were... No, he had all his swords, guns and armor ready, and then he waited for nearly two days in the cold autumn night.
For an hour, nothing has been done... If we continue to wait, then after dawn, how can Cao's army, who stayed up all night, find the energy to attack the city? If you don't attack the city, it will be a waste of a day. Do you have to force yourself to attack the city, not to mention the damage?
It's definitely not too small.
Therefore, Xiahou Dun could only ask Cao Ren, who was in ambush, to withdraw his troops back to camp, then send a small number of soldiers to strengthen surveillance and patrol of Fancheng, and let most of Cao's soldiers disarm, taking advantage of more than an hour before dawn.
take a break.
As a result, something happened.
Xiahou Dun is also an older man. For future generations, a man in his forties may still be a "promising young man." Especially for those involved in politics, forty may have just started, but for a big man now, forty is already
He is not young, especially in the past ten years, he has spent almost all of his life in the military. Naturally, he is older than those pampered nobles.
As you get older, your energy is not as good as that of young people. At the same time, your sleep is shallow and you wake up frequently. This is what Xiahou Dun is like. Just as he squinted his eyes, he heard a chaotic and noisy sound, which seemed to be about to blow up before dawn.
All the darkness has driven away the general.
Xiahou Dun jumped up suddenly, stretched out his arms to let the guards help him put on his armor, and asked eagerly: "How many people came out this time? Where did they attack?"
The soldiers of Cao's army who rushed to report said: "General! It's not Fancheng, it's Nanying!"
"What?"
In the South Camp on the other side of the Han River, there are not no soldiers in the camp. They are mainly one thousand Cao troops and two thousand Jingzhou soldiers who are responsible for taking care of the heavy equipment. There are also about two thousand civilians who are mainly responsible for cutting down trees and making equipment.
Then it is sent to the north shore via pontoons and boats.
Originally, the south bank was safe. After all, it was separated from Fancheng by the Han River. But now the fire at the south camp of Cao Jun was soaring into the sky. In the dazzling flames, countless hussar soldiers were rushing into the supply camp on the south bank.
While slashing and killing, he set fire to it, causing a huge noise that was deafening.
A battle flag flickered in and out of the firelight, with a large "Liao" character on it vaguely visible.
"Liao?" Xiahou Dun was stunned for a moment, then became furious. He immediately climbed up to the high platform, beat the war drums, and prepared to command the generals to cross the pontoon bridge for encirclement and suppression.
There are not many ships in Fancheng, and even if there are boats, it is impossible for Qiusi to transport them from Chang'an. Therefore, even if the number of men and horses secretly crossed the Han River, there must not be many, and it may not even exceed a thousand.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers marched into the south camp openly and wreaked havoc. It was unbearable. Xiahou Dun decided that even if the south camp was destroyed, he would take the opportunity to kill the incoming enemy generals.
Here, on the one hand, it can relieve future troubles and boost morale; on the other hand, it can also vent the bad breath on Cao Hong!
Under the command of the sound of war drums, the soldiers of Cao's army in the north of the Yangtze River immediately took action. Cao Zhen received Xiahou Dun's order and was about to assemble when he suddenly heard another loud commotion from the north. The gate of Fan City opened, and a
The battle flag with the word "Xu" on the pole was raised out, and the sound of rolling horse hooves was like muffled thunder in the firelight, and it was heading straight for him!
"Hold on! Zi Dan leads his headquarters to defeat the enemy in the south camp! The remaining troops are stationed in the north camp, and the archers are on the wall to prevent them from rushing into the camp!" Xiahou Dun, who was on the command platform, immediately ordered Cao Zhen to continue to reinforce the south camp, and then turned to
He turned his head to look at Cao Ren. Cao Ren held up his hand to reassure Xiahou Dun and then got off the high platform to command the defense against the Fancheng cavalry attacking from the north.
Xiahou Dun's tactical arrangement was undoubtedly the most correct.
It’s just that the correct response may not necessarily have the correct result...
The general on duty at Hanshui South Camp is He Yan. He is a guy who focuses more on civil servants. He can't even be called a general. His force value is basically... well, it can be ignored.
He Yan is the grandson of the former general He Jin, and Cao Cao worked under He Jin to some extent back then. In a sense, although He Jin had no special achievements to boast about for the Han Dynasty, if He Jin had been alive back then,
, Dong Zhuo would not have the chance to come to Beijing and take power, so when He Yan defected to Cao Cao, Cao Cao also remembered some of the past friendship and arranged an errand for He Yan.
For most generals of the Cao family and Xiahou family, the complicated matters of military logistics, huge accounts that need to be counted and calculated almost every day, are undoubtedly an extremely troublesome matter, so a literary officer is definitely needed.
The officials are specifically responsible for these matters, and He Yan has done a good job in this regard, so this time he is responsible for the logistics and statistical coordination of the entire camp.
He Yan naturally has no problem dealing with logistical documents, but do you want him to deal with Liao Hua...
At the same time, Liao Hua and others have fewer troops and are easier to extinguish. If they were to attack the Fancheng cavalry at this time, what if the Fancheng cavalry flew kites for a walk? Wouldn't it mean that neither side would be able to gain anything?
But just when Cao Zhen was about to lead his people to the water gate of the Jiangbei camp, and was about to cross the pontoon to attack Liao Hua and others in the south camp, he suddenly saw pieces of flames rising in the Han River.
, and then follow the current and hit the pontoon!
"Fire! Fire is burning on the water!" Cao Jun's soldiers shouted, pointing at the flames flowing down the river, looking a little flustered and frightened, not understanding this strange phenomenon.
Getting a little closer, Cao Zhen saw that it was not really the fire on the water, but the flames on the rafts. Although Fancheng said that there was no way to build many boats immediately, some rafts were tied up to cross the river.
Or it is not an impossible task to burn down Cao Jun's pontoon bridge as it is now.
"It's just a raft! Don't worry about those!" Cao Zhen shouted, "Hurry across the river! Cross the river!"
Cao Zhen was a little nervous, but also a little excited. There are too many children in the Cao family, some biological, some from the clan, and some adopted like Cao Zhen. If he wants to gain a foothold in such a large group of people in the Cao family,
It's impossible without two brushes, but it's also impossible if you have too much ability...
Cao Zhen understood this after Cao Ang's death.
If Cao Ang is still alive and the heir is certain, no matter how good Cao Zhen is, as long as he is loyal to Cao Cao, Cao Ang will be safe. But now, although Cao Cao seems to want Cao Pi as his successor, it is not clear. Maybe Cao Cao thinks
Uncertain heirs are also a kind of protection for their own children, but invisibly, some competitors, including Cao Pi, began to behave in special ways, so at such a special time, Cao Zhen certainly did not want to express himself too much.
Being intelligent, being a reckless man in military achievements is obviously more in line with the expectations of the princes, and will also make him more popular.
Although Cao Zhen repeatedly yelled to ignore the rafts and let the following Cao soldiers find ways to block them, the instinctive fear of fire still made Cao Jun's actions somewhat slow and deformed when passing the pontoon bridge, so that by the time Cao Zhen waited
When they had already rushed to the other side and started to assemble their troops, there were still a large number of Cao Jun soldiers crossing the pontoon bridge timidly...
Although Cao Jun tried his best to block the burning rafts that were flowing down the current with bamboo poles, wooden sticks and spears, some of them hit the wooden frame of the pontoon. The nails on the rafts were destroyed by the force of the water flow.
It crashed into the wood of the wooden frame of the pontoon, and then quickly ignited the wooden and bamboo structure of the pontoon!
"Bastard!" Cao Zhen roared angrily, "Don't worry about those people behind you! Brothers, follow me!"
At this time, Liao Hua had already carried out a massacre in the southern camp of Cao Jun...
Both Xiahou Dun and He Yan, who was defending in the south camp, underestimated Liao Hua's ferocity. Especially He Yan, he originally thought that Liao Hua had less than a thousand people when he rushed out. Even if the sneak attack succeeded, he would only kill a few people and free two.
How can I put the fire on? What will happen?
As long as he sat firmly in the center and coordinated the counterattack, these sneak attackers should have fled in panic, or even pursued them. But what He Yan didn't expect was that in the face of the large number of Cao's troops, Liao Hua not only had no
Instead of trying to escape, he rushed deeper into the camp, aiming straight at He Yan!
He Yan's face turned pale, this young man, why don't you practice martial ethics? If you want to burn the baggage, just burn it. What do you want to do when you come to me... What are you doing?
"Protect me! Protect me quickly!!" He Yan screamed in a high-pitched voice, like a castrated Erha crying to the sky.
Seeing the behavior of the commander in the camp, Cao Jun was naturally even more panicked. Liao Hua and others rushed towards He Yan while randomly throwing torches and lighting the surrounding tents and piled equipment and items.
He Yan retreated steadily, until he bumped into Cao Zhen who came to help, and finally stopped, shouting in shock: "Zidan, save me! Save me!"
"Step aside!"
Cao Zhen didn't bother to talk nonsense with He Yan, so he just led his men and rushed forward!
At this moment, Cao Zhen finally saw Liao Hua's appearance clearly. He only saw that Liao Hua was wearing a black armor, and the hood on his head was also black. He didn't know if it was originally made like this, or for this raid.
He was remodeled after being remodeled. He is not very old, only in his early twenties. He has a strong body and a pair of eyes that exude a cold brilliance under the hood.
Cao Zhen exhaled and said: "The person here is Liao Hua and Liao Yuanjian?!"
Didn't Cao Zhen know that the person facing him was Liao Hua? Although Cao Zhen didn't know what Liao Hua looked like or what his martial arts skills were, he got a lot of information from Cao Ren of Xiahou Dun, which showed that Liao Hua was not a mediocre player.
So Cao Zhen used a dirty trick from the beginning!
Normally, most people will subconsciously answer questions when they meet a general's name. Then there will inevitably be a pause between movements, and the breath may be disrupted, so Cao Zhen secretly clasped a small iron halberd in his hand and waited for Liao Hua to stop.
Open your mouth and throw it out!
At this moment, the two sides were confronting each other. The distance between them was no more than fifty steps. Whether he was calculating mentally or not, as long as Liao Hua was slightly distracted and despite his extraordinary martial arts skills, at such a short distance and in the dark, it was expected that he would be extremely difficult to block.
!
If Liao Hua could be killed in one fell swoop, all the problems in Nanying would be solved immediately!
It's a pity that Liao Hua thought the same way. When he saw Cao Zhen yelling in public, he just raised his hand!
The guard following Liao Hua raised his hand and shot!
Cao Zhen was so frightened that he screamed, turned around quickly, and threw the iron halberd away with his backhand!
Arrows and iron halberds whistled in the wind, passing by each other!
"when!"
Liao Hua struck down the iron halberd with a sword. The crossbow arrow on the other side hit a Cao soldier behind Cao Zhen. Both sides couldn't help but stare at each other, then said "poof" almost at the same time, and then waved their swords silently. Cut each other down!
When children fight, they often see each other waving their arms, like a windmill-like tortoise punch, but in fact it is not very effective. When adults fight, they usually push each other. Even if they throw punches at each other, most of them are The skin is bruised and the face is swollen, but when warriors wield swords and guns, they often see life and death immediately!
Liao Hua saw Cao Zhen's shoulder move, and the sword in his hand seemed to be curved and straight in the light and shadow of the flames, sweeping from right to left!
Cao Zhen's knife came so fast, and the tip of the knife hit Liao Hua's neck and throat!
