Chapter seven hundred and ninety second night battle
On the first night after Tao Shang finished attacking the city, Cao Pi visited the prison where Xun Yu was imprisoned.
Xun Yu's cheek was still slightly swollen from the previous punch from Cao Zhang, but after careful treatment by the Xuchang medical officer, it was much better, at least it didn't look particularly scary.
Today, Jinling's army is attacking the city vigorously. All Cao's soldiers in the city are concentrated at the four gates to defend it. No one has time to interrogate Xun Yu.
However, the matter of extracting a confession from Xun Yu and having Xun Yu confess his guilt has always been remembered in Cao Pi's mind and has not gone away.
For Cao Pi personally, this matter can be said to be very important.
The prison is a dungeon. There is no sunlight during the day and no moonlight at night. There is only a solitary lamp flickering faintly in the cell.
When Xun Yu saw Cao Pi coming in, he just glanced at him sideways and said nothing.
Cao Pi stepped in and found a clean place to sit down.
He looked at Xun Yu coldly and said: "I thought you were unjust, but now it seems that you are indeed connected with the pottery merchant! I, the Tao merchant, am not kind to you, why are you like this?"
Xun Yu raised his eyes and looked at him, and said calmly: "Why do you say this?"
"For you, Tao Shang abandoned the city of Puyang and transferred his troops to attack Xuchang. When he arrived in Xuchang, he didn't even take a break and directly surrounded and attacked with four gates! Do you know that in today's battle, our Xuchang city is surrounded by
How tragic?" When Cao Pi said this, his tone was full of resentment and anger.
Xun Yu fell silent when he heard this.
After thinking for a moment, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"It's so good. It's so clever."
Cao Pi frowned slightly: "Who do you think is smart?"
"Anyway, I'm not talking about you." Xun Yu's tone was not very good either.
Cao Pi stood up, walked to Xun Yu, and stared at him closely: "Tell me, what is the deal between you and the pottery merchant? Tell me!"
Xun Yu did not answer Cao Pi's question, but asked him instead: "When the Tao merchants attacked the city, how were the nobles and the people in the city? But was there any resistance?"
Cao Pi: "What benefits did the pottery merchant promise you?"
Xun Yu: "Are all the defensive equipment in the city still available?"
Cao Pi: "When did you start contacting the pottery merchant?"
Xun Yu: "Are the nobles in the city still willing to donate military resources?"
Cao Pi: "Is it your trick to send Cao Ren and my brother out of Xuchang?"
Xun Yu: "Tao Shang is attacking the city and people's hearts are unstable. You have to let me go out to stabilize the situation. After the situation is stable, you can deal with Xun as you like."
Cao Pi took a deep breath.
He now fully understands what it means to play the piano to a cow.
Xun Wenruo seemed to be unable to speak human language.
If it weren't for the lack of opportunity, Cao Pi wished he could strangle Xun Yu to death with his own hands... and slap him twice before strangling him to death.
"Mr. Wen Ruo, are you listening to me?"
Xun Yu said with a straight face: "Second Young Master, have you listened to me? The current situation is in crisis and the people in the city may be unsettled. I just ask you to let me go out to assist the city defense. When the city is defended and Tao soldiers retreat, Xun Yu
I am willing to let him be killed and beheaded without any complaints!"
Cao Pi finally couldn't help it anymore. He grabbed Xun Yu's lapel and said angrily: "Xun Yu, don't think you are great. Without you Xun Yu, my Cao family can still protect Xuchang City. This Xuchang City's surname is Cao.
My surname is not Xun! The people in the city are the people of my Cao family, not your Xun Yu!"
A hint of sneer flashed from the corner of Xun Yu's mouth. He stretched out his hand to push Cao Pi away and said angrily: "Xuchang is the city of the Han family, and the people are the people of the Liu family. What does it have to do with the Cao family and the Xun family? Master, please be careful what you say!"
"You..." Cao Pi pointed at Xun Yu fiercely, nodded and said: "Just wait! I will deal with you sooner or later!"
After that, he turned around and walked out.
Seeing Cao Pi's lack of food and salt, the tears in Xun Yu's eyes slowly flowed down his cheeks.
Xuchang City, it’s over.
…
Cao Zhang was outside the prison door and kept listening to what was going on inside.
When I was young, I saw Cao Pi walking out of the cell. Cao Zhang came up and said, "Second brother, the nobles in the city are indeed a little uncooperative at the moment. The food donated and the number of people sent out are much less than before. This matter is
Isn’t it related to Xun Yu being imprisoned? Otherwise, let’s release him first and talk about it later?”
Cao Pi secretly scolded Cao Zhang for being a fool.
If we let Xun Yu out now and allow him to perform great feats and defend the city, wouldn't it be harder to have him imprisoned again in the future than to ascend to heaven?
"This person has a connection with the Tao family. If we let him out, I don't know what trouble he will cause!"
Cao Zhang nodded without knowing why, not knowing whether he understood or not.
But Cao Pi was his elder brother, so he could do whatever he asked him to do.
At this time, a guard suddenly ran in from outside and said to Cao Pi: "Second Young Master, it's bad, the Jinling Army is attacking the city again!"
Cao Pi led Cao Zhang and rushed out of the cell.
It was pitch dark now, and the soldiers of Cao's army on the entire city wall were already exhausted from the fierce battles during the day.
I thought I could have a good night's rest, but I didn't expect that Tao Shang's army came to attack the city again.
Although Cao Jun relied on the city and equipment to defend the city, they were completely incomparable to the Jinling Army in one matter.
That means there are many soldiers in Jinling.
The soldiers of the Jinling Army who attacked the city during the day have gone back to rest, and there will be another wave of soldiers attacking tonight.
The moon was dark and the wind was high. The Jinling army held torches in the rear, lighting up the night sky as if it were daytime, and launched a night battle against Xuchang City.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Countless fire-ignited projectiles were thrown at the top of Xuchang City by trebuchets in large numbers.
Tonight's battle will be supervised by the potter himself.
While observing the top of the city of Xuchang, he ordered the messenger: "The three armies should not rush to the top of the city for the time being. They only need to use trebuchets to bombard the city and use manholes to shoot rockets to the top of the city. Attack from a long distance and disrupt the enemy as much as possible."
Army, but we must reduce close combat and reduce casualties.”
The military order was passed down, but Xu Chu seemed very anxious.
He swayed back and forth beside the potter and said anxiously: "Prime Minister, you just let the trebuchets and crossbowmen attack from a distance. When will it be our turn to attack the enemy? The general's hands are itchy waiting!
"
The pottery merchant glanced at him and said with a smile: "You probably have nothing to do tonight. Why don't you go back and catch up on your sleep first? I'll send someone to call you if necessary."
"What?" Xu Chu was stunned when he heard this: "We were attacking the city and you actually asked us to sleep in the rear. Prime Minister, are you lying to us?"
On the other side of the pottery merchant, Xu Rong whispered: "Prime Minister, you only let the trebuchets and manholes attack. At most, it will only deplete the enemy's morale, but it will be of no use to siege the city."
"There is no rush to capture the city. What I want is to consume the enemy's morale and consume their defense materials... As time goes by, I will see what Cao Hong can do to maintain the city defense. In addition, in this way, the variables in the city will also change.