No matter how much Xiahou Dun's mood collapsed, the situation was stronger than his own, and he still had to endure it in the end, just watching helplessly as Wang Xuan led his men to occupy Fancheng in a grand manner.
As for sneaking upstream to destroy the dike and flood Fancheng, to be honest, this is indeed a temptation. It doesn't take much. As long as he, Cao Hong, and Xu Chu sneak over, they can smash the newly built dike in a few strokes.
But the problem is...
"Zilian (Cao Hongzi), do you think that despicable, shameless and shameless Wang Xuan would leave such an obvious flaw to us?"
"Uh..." Cao Hong was stunned for a moment, with a very troubled look on his face. After a while, he sighed, "With that cunning guy's temperament, no!"
(Wang Xuan: Oh, who praised me again?)
"That's it. I think that's the bait left for us to lure us there. There are seven masters of the same level as us around that guy. In the army, we can use the cloud energy of the army to save our lives even if we are besieged.
Wuyou, but in the wild..." Xiahou Dun didn't say more, but everyone here understood what he meant.
Hearing this, Cao Hong couldn't help but picture the scene of being besieged before his eyes, and couldn't help but shudder. Li Tong's bones were still cold, and he didn't want to follow in Li Tong's footsteps.
This guy was so despicable that Cao Hong cursed in his heart.
"Then what should we do now? Just wait for that guy to lead people to attack the city?" Seeing that they didn't get to the point for a long time, Huang Zu couldn't help but ask. This is what he cares most about. After all, Jingzhou, including him,
The top aristocratic families all live in Xiangyang City, and the only disadvantage is that they will be destroyed together.
Huang Zu's words suddenly caused the hall to fall into silence. This made Huang Zu keenly aware of something wrong. He stared at Xiahou Dun, who was above him, and asked word by word: "General Xiahou, what's the big deal?
occur!"
"Indeed!" Xiahou Dun pondered for a moment and then took out the letter sent by Cao Cao. In fact, there were two letters in total. One was about the situation of Xiapi and Gan Ning, and the other was written to Xiahou Dun alone.
There are only eight words on it: Don't do anything, protect yourself.
In the eyes of Cao Cao and others, the current Xiangyang is simply a trap. It is only as much as it can be pulled out. Anyway, there cannot be any other losses.
He, Cao Cao, has a poor family background.
The letter passed through the hands of Huang Zu, Kuai Liang, Cai Mao and others. After reading it, the eyes of these representatives of the Jingzhou family were full of despair. Chen Deng's speech was indeed impassioned, but... it was not a desperate situation.
, who would make such a choice, and now, for their Jingzhou family, this has reached a desperate situation.
Whether Wei Yan captured Xiapi or Gan Ning captured Shouchun, for Cao Cao, these two places were more important than Xiangyang. He couldn't care about Xiangyang's life and death at this moment.
So despite the fact that there are still 50,000 troops in the city and enough food to last for more than three years, for them, the fall is only a matter of time.
It's not that they looked down on themselves and promoted Wang Xuan, but because of the great reputation Wang Xuan had built up over the years, no one could survive in Wang Xuan's hands. This had nothing to do with the number of troops, it was simply a matter of metaphysics.
In this regard, Xiahou Dun and others did not say much to comfort them. We are all smart people, and there is no need to clarify many things. They will try their best to defend the city, not for the Jingzhou family, but to delay Wang Xuan. In addition,
It is impossible to bring this 50,000-strong army back to the Central Plains. In this case, it is better to use up Wang Xuan's troops as much as possible.
There is nothing wrong with mourning soldiers!
Early the next morning, the Han army began to build a pontoon bridge on the Han River. These military equipment were already modular for the Han army and were easy to build. As for Cao Jun's navy, only half of it came back last time. At this moment
A group of burly men, each holding a weapon, stared at the river bank. Cao Jun's navy could only stare, not daring to intervene, and watched helplessly as the pontoon bridge was set up.
Two days later, at the foot of Xiangyang City, Wang Xuan led 15,000 troops into formation. Looking at Xiangyang City, which was nearly 20 meters tall, Wang Xuan also looked solemn. The city was fortified, the army was strong, and the generals were strong.
This combination is difficult to fight.
Of course, the main reason is that there are too few troops. There are only 15,000 people, and they can only attack this city wall at most. In the final analysis, they still have insufficient troops. Fortunately, there are more strong generals on their side, so they can still attack.
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"Trebuchet, shoot!"
The war drums rumbled, and more than thirty trebuchets began to throw huge stones at the towering Xiangyang City Wall. Giant stones weighing sixty or seventy kilograms roared across a distance of two to three hundred meters, accompanied by the sound of howling wind and unparalleled roar.
The kinetic energy smashed down, and with a rumbling sound, the city wall of Xiangyang was shaken by the smash, and wall bricks were thrown out one by one.
Occasionally, a few lucky boulders hit the top of the city. An unlucky soldier was hit and his whole body was immediately smashed to pieces. The scene was unbearable, and the boulders that did not hit anyone were even more shocking.
People are afraid. After breaking into pieces of different sizes, bullets shoot out in all directions. When they hit the body, there will be a bloody hole, and the harm is even greater.
"Trebuchet, counterattack, counterattack!" Xiahou Dun's eyes flashed with fierce light, and he roared loudly to boost his morale.
Relying on the advantage of being in a commanding position, although the workmanship of Cao's army's trebuchets was not as sophisticated as that of the Han army's, the launch distance was not much different, and the school team, which had already had ballistics, was now aiming at the Han army's trebuchet camp. Suddenly, fifty or sixty
A huge boulder roared and smashed over.
"Okay, it's here!" Wang Xuan smiled. He didn't expect the catapult to cause much damage to Xiangyang. Based on the experience of later generations, he wanted to rely on the catapult to capture Xiangyang. He didn't even think about it for a few years.
However, Cao Jun's catapults must be dealt with, otherwise they will inevitably cause considerable damage to their own side when they begin to attack the city.
The Han army was already at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, so it had to make careful calculations.
"You guys go up and try to destroy the enemy's trebuchets." Wang Xuan turned to Guan Yu and others and said: "Guan Ping, you can go up too, I don't need your protection here."
"Uncle Wang, this..." Guan Ping was hesitant. Although the military does not care about relatives but only official positions, that definitely does not apply to real bosses. Wang Xuan is so maverick in leading the army, and Guan Yu and others must listen to him.
not see.
"Uncle Wang, I told you to just call me Brother Wang." Wang Xuan glanced at Guan Ping. They all seemed to be about the same age. Calling him uncle didn't make him older. Speaking of which, Mi Zhen also followed Guan Ping.
Zhen Mi is about the same age as Guan Ping, and Zhen Mi is two years younger than Guan Ping. If Guan Ping calls him uncle, he always feels that he is too beastly.
The actual difference is only over a hundred years, which is nothing in the long river of time.
However... if you call me uncle or something while walking on the road of heaven, earth and human relations... emmmmmmm, you can't think about it, you can't think about it, it's too evil.
However, cultivating the Tao is cultivating the mind. Is this also a process of tempering the soul? e=(′o｀*))) Alas, it’s so difficult for me!
Guan Ping's mouth seemed to be cramped, and he shouted in his heart: You are almost the same age as my father, and you are my father's brother. If I call you Brother Wang in front of my father, do you think my father will beat me to death?
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"Let's discuss our own affairs, don't you think so, Yunchang!" Wang Xuan poked Guan Yu.
"Yes, yes!" Guan Yu said through gritted teeth.
Seeing this, the others turned their heads and suppressed their laughter.