"Zixiao..." Xiahou Dun pointed out some hills and forests northwest of Fancheng, "Look, if we set up an ambush here, can we stop the hussar army?"
Cao Ren was silent for a moment and said, "It's difficult."
Cao Zhen was wrapped in a wound cloth and stood beside Cao Xiu. Both of them looked slightly decadent.
Two days ago, a messenger from the Hussars came, holding a tricolor flag.
Truce, peace negotiation.
Xiahou Dun thought about it for a long time, and finally let him pass, and sent soldiers to protect him, and went to Cao Cao's side. This behavior actually hinted at Xiahou Dun's attitude towards this matter.
Although the battle seemed to be won this time and Fancheng was captured, neither Xiahou Dun nor the other generals felt a refreshing sense of victory, and even felt a little aggrieved.
"If we still have 20,000 elite soldiers..." Cao Ren said cautiously, "Maybe we can give it a try... After all, the Hussars are familiar with this place, and if there are hills and woods around it where soldiers can hide, they will be able to do so."
Inside and outside, if the hussar detects it... he may take advantage of it..."
Not 20,000 soldiers, but 20,000 elite soldiers.
These days, maybe someone who can just pick off a gun is considered a soldier, but when it comes to being an elite soldier, he is considered a high-level soldier.
Xiahou Dun was silent for a while and shook his head.
"Uncle Yuan Rang, that..." Cao Xiu originally thought that Cao Zhen would ask, but after waiting for a long time, Cao Zhen didn't say anything. On the contrary, Cao Xiu couldn't help but ask, "Didn't the Lord surround Wancheng? Why not take advantage of this opportunity..."
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Xiahou Dun looked at Cao Xiu and said, "It is true that we have surrounded Wancheng, but it will take some time to capture it." Originally, there was a lack of soldiers in Wancheng, but later Xu Huang and others entered the city, and their strength naturally increased.
, even if the siege continues, it cannot be defeated in a short time.
Cao Ren then said: "Now the Hussar army has left Wuguan and is stationed under Zhuyang. It is so heavy that you and I can't move. If it comes out again... No, I'm afraid it has already sent out the army to Heluo... And now the lord's troops are all in
Jingzhou, if... if..."
Cao Ren didn't say any more, and a faint sigh dissipated in the wind.
Although it seems that Cao Cao's side has the upper hand at the moment, it is a partial advantage formed by Cao Cao's almost bankrupt deployment of all the troops he can gather at the moment. On the other hand, Fei Qian's side still has He Luo's cards.
For spanking, there are two pairs of big and small king's balls padded under the buttocks. One pair is called Youzhou and the other is called Jizhou. They can be taken out at any time and thrown on the table to double...
"Standing here will only increase consumption..." Xiahou Dun said, "Jiangdong is ready to make a move again. If...by then, I am afraid that we will be attacked from both sides..."
"It's not easy for Wancheng either!" Cao Xiu said through gritted teeth.
"If we have a decisive battle with the Hussar, even if we defeat it, we still need to march into Guanzhong... And if there is a mistake and the Hussar wins, then the Hussar can go straight into the hinterland of Yuzhou, or even... How will we respond then?"
Cao Ren said slowly. "I have been thinking about it recently. What the hussars did when they came out of Jingzhou was not to gain land, but to plunder the people. Therefore... if they can fight, they should naturally fight. If they can't, they should avoid it."
also."
"What does Zidan think?" Xiahou Dun asked.
Cao Zhen took a breath and said: "Thousands of hussars have left Wuguan. If we drive in a hurry, we can reach Fancheng in three days. Fortunately, it rains heavily and the roads are muddy and difficult to travel... But now the rain is getting lighter... I'm afraid it will be too fast."
Coming... Although there are ten thousand people in the city now, how many civilians and cavalry are added..." Cao Zhen glanced at Cao Xiu, "Although Xiangyang... is probably not enough to fight against the hussars and cavalry..."
The reason for pretending to be stupid is because Cao Zhen could use his military exploits to cover up before, but now Cao Zhen was injured by Liao Hua. To a certain extent, the damage to the Hanjiang South Camp was also an important factor in the current material crisis, so Cao Zhen
You must show a certain degree of wisdom at this time, contribute to the overall strategy, and show your own value, so as not to become a scapegoat without any merit after the war.
Cao Zhen paused for a moment and continued, "Zhen inspected the city yesterday and found that there was a shortage of food and grass. Even if he went out for a small fight, he might only have twenty days. It would be difficult to recruit Xiangyang again. In addition, there was also a shortage of arrows. There was still a shortage of arrows.
There are armors, weapons, and various utensils, all of which are lacking... Many places in the city were burned down, and the water gate also needs to be repaired... In my nephew's humble opinion... If we can make peace, it will be better..."
"What?!" Cao Xiu glared at Cao Zhen, "You, you..."
Cao Xiu was very unconvinced. He sent troops from Xu County to fight north and south, all the way from Xiangyang to Dangyang, and then back to Fancheng. Not to mention the energy and physical effort he expended, Cao's soldiers were also injured in the process.
There are countless, but now it seems that it has become a war to seek peace? How can the young and energetic Cao Xiu endure this?
"I heard that there is a cold disaster in Guanzhong, and the Hussars must not have much food and grass. If we delay the battle for a long time, it will definitely not be continued!" Cao Xiu suddenly found a reason and said with some excitement, "As long as we stick to this, we can finally
Win!』
"This... the cold disaster is true, but... do you know what changes are happening in Xu County now? Do you know how much the harvest will be this autumn?" Cao Ren patted Cao Xiu on the shoulder.
, "It is said that Guanzhong used the method of Zhuanghe to keep warm, and the disaster they suffered may not be as we expected before. Now that the Hussars are going south, they may not be short of food and grass. On the other hand, we..."
Historically, when Cao Cao attacked Jingzhou, he originally had enough energy and was ready to have a good fight with Liu Biao, Liu Cong and others. Unfortunately, Liu Cong was too timid and fell to his knees as soon as they met. Then Cao Cao suddenly became so inflated that he didn't know why, and took advantage of the situation to send his troops south.
Jiangdong must be eliminated in one go. Under the situation at that time, Jiangdong was indeed left with a relatively strong opponent. Liu Zhang stayed in Sichuan and Shu and basically did nothing. In the eyes of Cao Cao at the time, the world was about to be reunified in his hands.
, so he sang "The Duke of Zhou spits out food, and the world returns to its heart". For the first time, he showed his ambition openly and nakedly in front of everyone, and it immediately became tragic. If we dig deeper, Zhou Yu's so-called fire attack strategy was so smooth.
There may not be royalists adding fuel to the flames...
At present, although Cao Cao's capture of Jingbei was successful, the results were far less brilliant than those in history. In addition, both the north and the south were threatened, and the foundation of the rear area was not stable. Therefore, whether it was Cao Cao or Cao Cao,
It is natural that the senior generals under his command are still cautious about the future.
Whether you feel angry, aggrieved, unwilling, or unwilling, for the current Cao Cao Group, maintaining the status quo seems to be the best choice, which can not only ensure some of the current benefits, but also
It can avoid a two-front battle and ensure that the situation does not deteriorate too much...
However, sometimes, the more you worry about something, the more it will happen, just like a falling cake, most of them have the butter side down...
……d(·｀′·d*)……
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the rain that had been raining for days finally stopped. In this refreshing dark night, Taishi Ci's troops approached Yangcheng.
"Five hundred...seven hundred...one thousand..."
Yan Kuang stood on the top of Yangcheng City and looked outside, counting Taishi Ci's men and horses who appeared outside the city. The more he counted, the uglier his face became, "Damn it, damn it..."
The torches are like little stars scattered in the wilderness.
At a corner of the city wall, a new recruit of Cao's army looked at him curiously. Then he saw Yan Kuang's face was extremely distorted and ugly in the firelight. He couldn't help but quietly asked the veteran beside him: "What's wrong with General Yan?"
"What's wrong?" The veteran glanced at it and said with some risk-taking indifference, "What else can I do? I'm frightened by these..."
"What scares you?" The recruit looked at the lights outside the city, "Is it because of these torches? They don't look like many?"
"You know nothing..." the veteran sighed, "Well, that's not one soldier with one fire... it's one group with one fire..."
The recruit scratched his head and asked, "Huh? What do you mean?" He may not even know how many fingers his hands and feet add up. It is indeed extremely difficult to understand this number of hundreds or thousands.
"Forget it, you just need to know a lot... a lot..." The veteran had no intention of explaining to the recruits, "Anyway, you know a lot, enough to kill us..."
"Ah?!" The recruit understood now, "Then... what should we do?"
"What else can we do?" The veteran laughed, his smile full of helplessness, "Just give me a cushion before you die..."
The recruit shivered, and when he looked outside the city again, his eyes had changed from the previous confusion to fear, which was almost exactly the same as the look in Yan Kuang's eyes.
Originally, Yangcheng was garrisoned by Ren Jun and Yan Kuang. In addition to being responsible for farming, they also strictly guarded against various changes in Heluo. But now Ren Jun went south and took away a large number of soldiers. For most generals,
The number of soldiers is his courage. Now that it has been reduced by more than half, Yan Kuang's courage will naturally not be strong enough.
As he counted, Yan Kuang couldn't help but gradually exposed his body outside the battlements, trying to identify some details among the torches outside the city. For example, if there were no other figures around the torches, then it might be
A bluff that deliberately lights up the flames.
However, before Yan Kuang could take a closer look, a sharp whistle-like sound roared from below the city. Although Yan Kuang subconsciously made an evasive action, he was still carried away by the impact and fell heavily backward!
Only when he fell to the ground did Yan Kuang react. In the severe pain, he saw that an arrow on his right shoulder had broken through the armor and penetrated directly into the flesh and blood, which was heartbreaking!
In pain, Yan Kuang was helpless by the guards on his left and right. As for how to stop the bleeding and how to pull out the arrow, they were completely obscured by the unbearable pain. In his dizziness, he could only hear a clear voice.
There was a sound from below the city, "Listen up! If we open the city quickly and abandon the darkness to the light, we can survive! Otherwise, don't blame a certain subordinate for being ruthless!"
The sound gathered together and never dispersed. It came from far away from the city. Everyone in the city could still hear it clearly, as if it was talking in their ears.
"What?!" Yan Kuang supported the guard, unable to believe his own ears, "What did he say?"
"He...he said he wanted to open the city..."
"That's not it!"
"They want to attack the city..."
"How do they attack the city? Attack the city now? The cavalry comes to attack the city?" Yan Kuang covered the wound and spoke a little hastily, which actually pulled the wound. He suddenly twitched and cold sweat rolled down his head, "Damn...
…Should……"
"Woo..."
The trumpet sound suddenly sounded, causing a commotion in Yangcheng. Yan Kuang was so anxious that he didn't care about his wounds and shouted alert amidst the sound of drums. Cao Jun nearby was also a little panicked, and the sound wave suddenly rose. As a result, a trumpet sounded outside the city.
After that, it suddenly stopped again, and then the hustle and bustle on the top of Yangcheng City seemed even more abrupt in the dark night.
Yan Kuang turned to one of Cao's soldiers and ordered: "Peek over and take a look, what are you doing outside the city?"
The Cao Jun soldier subconsciously glanced at Yan Kuang's wound. He looked a little hesitant, but in the end he took a breath, fearfully stood on the edge of the battlement, stretched out his head and took a look outside, and then hurriedly
He shrank back.
"What did you see?" Yan Kuang asked.
"There are cavalry approaching..." Cao Jun's soldiers also had some incomprehensible expressions, "I can't see the number of people clearly, but there are indeed some cavalry approaching..."
"Archers! Archers come forward!" Although Yan Kuang didn't understand why Taishi Ci sent cavalry to approach the city, he still subconsciously ordered the archers to come forward and prepare to suppress it.
Cavalry sieges a city? How to siege a city?
How can we attack a city without siege equipment?
Under Yan Kuang's order, archers immediately stood on the edge of the battlements, preparing to shoot outwards. However, before these archers were ready, in the dark night, the sound of bowstrings could be heard outside the city!
Arrows suddenly shot out from the night, biting on the brick wall battlements, and also stuck on the lintels of the wooden windows of the city gates. Of course, many of the archers who had just stood on the edge of the battlements were also hit by arrows.
, suddenly screamed or collapsed to the ground, or fell off the city wall.
Yan Kuang shouted again and again for the shield soldiers to come forward...
Amidst the chaos at the top of the city, some small and strange sounds came from the city gate.
"What sound?" Yan Kuang asked repeatedly.
One of Cao's soldiers looked out with his shield on his head, then quickly turned his head back with an inexplicable expression on his face, "Some cavalry threw some short spears at the city gate... These people took it seriously. There were more than a dozen of them."
A short spear was stuck on the city gate..."
Yan Kuang was confused, "Throwing a short spear? What are you doing?"
Although first-class generals such as Yan Kuang and Tai Shi Ci are naturally incomparable, they have been in the army for many years and know that the Yangcheng city gate is made of wood core and iron sheet, which is extremely thick and strong. Once the door bolt is hung on the inside, it can be used to rush the car
Even if you hit it, it may not be able to shake it easily. What do these mere short spears mean?
Suddenly, one of Cao's soldiers shouted loudly, "Fire! The city gate is on fire!"
Only then did Yan Kuang realize that there was a bright light at the city gate, and thick smoke kept rising. In this situation, Yan Kuang could no longer care about his own safety. He took two steps forward and, under the cover of the guard shield, carefully
The Earth God went out and looked at the entrance to the city gate, and saw that the short spears nailed to the door were all burning at some point, like a dozen large torches, with bright red flames jumping up and down.
"Get water, get water quickly!" Yan Kuang ordered, "Get water quickly and put it out for me!" Although he didn't know how these short spears burned, Yan Kuang subconsciously felt that something was wrong, and headed towards
He ordered the soldiers beside him.
Several soldiers of Cao's army rushed to the side of the city gate building and brought water from the water tank. However, because the city gate hole was sunken, it was not that easy to pour water in. A Cao soldier had just carried the water.
Standing on the battlements, he was about to carry a bucket of water and pour it down the city. Suddenly, an arrow flew out from the black shadow outside the city, hit his chest, and immediately rolled down the city with a scream!
When another Cao soldier saw this, he was so frightened that he immediately fell to the bottom of the city. He quickly shrank behind the battlements. As a result, the water spread out, and his accuracy was very wrong. Not even a drop of water was splashed.
Go inside the city gate.
"This can't be done, it can't be done..." the guard beside Yan Kuang said, "General, the enemy's bows and arrows are very powerful. Let the men put out all the torches on the top of the city first, so as not to expose the target, and then we can put out the fire..."
Yan Kuang nodded, "Good idea, good idea! Put out the fire, put out the fire!"
In an instant, the city was plunged into darkness, with only the city gates still pulsing with flames.
Yan Kuang stood up straight, moved a little, and breathed a long sigh of relief. Now he no longer had to worry about being exposed and shot by the enemy...
"Whoever comes, kill him quickly..."
Before Yan Kuang finished speaking, there was a loud bang from the city gate!
The huge sound and vibrations from the soles of their feet caused Yan Kuang and others on the city wall to shake. They suddenly became unstable and fell to the ground.
Yan Kuang only felt his ears buzzing, and after a while he regained consciousness slightly. He looked around and saw all the Cao soldiers on the city wall either lying down or huddled in the corner.
In the middle of the city, no one dared to stand up straight!
"What...is going on..." Yan Kuang tried his best to prop up his body, but because of the injury on his shoulder, he pulled the painful spot and fell back to the ground.
"This... this is magic!" Suddenly, Cao Bing exclaimed, trembling and screaming, "This is thunder! They know the magic of sky thunder..."
"...That's nonsense!" Yan Kuang finally stood up and pointed at the screaming Cao soldier, "You are deceiving the public with your evil words! Behead..."
Before Yan Kuang could finish speaking, there was another loud noise!
On the city wall, Cao Bing immediately squatted down, climbed down, and hugged his head. He shivered, huddled everywhere and trembled. Then before Yan Kuang made any reaction,
At that time, I suddenly heard a burst of screams and commotion coming from the corner tower of the city...
Although the current gunpowder cannot directly destroy the heavy iron-clad city gate, it is enough to frighten the enemy, create disturbances, and divert the attention of Cao's army. Under Yan Kuang and others, Cao's army went up and down.
When everyone was attracted by the fire and explosion at the city gate, Zhu Ling had already climbed up the city wall from a corner of Yangcheng with his elite hands under the cover of the sound and the cooperation of Cao Jun himself who extinguished the torch and illuminated it...
