Chapter 740: Bitter City Siege

The drums of war are great, and the four walls of the bitter city can not be described as a sea of people, the archers' shooting, the javelinmen's throwing, the countless bows and crossbows, and the siege troops in front of the city gate, little by little cannibalize the defense force of the bitter city. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The defenders of the city were struggling to resist while hurrying to repair the destroyed city walls, and the shouts of killing shocked the four fields, and the heavens and the earth seemed to be moved.

After a while, the clouds were thick, and the heavy raindrops of beans smashed down towards this battlefield where tens of thousands of people were fighting like beads of broken threads.

There were corpses everywhere, there was blood everywhere, there were stumps and abandoned weapons everywhere, there was no time for people to breathe, the attacking and defending troops were replacing in waves, and many soldiers were almost losing their minds in the end, but they still had to save their lives......

Take the city, and hold it.

The heavy rain was like a note, washing away the mottled city walls and piled up corpses, the smell of blood in the air was washed away several times, but it still lingered, making people smell sick, and then looking at the ground, it was miserable, and it could only be described in Jia Yi's words on the Qin Dynasty:

Millions of corpses, bleeding and drifting!

The battle of Kucheng was fought for three days and three nights in this tug-of-war offensive and defensive battle, and the strength of the two sides has been drastically reduced all the time in the past three days.

The war lasted three days and three nights, and it rained heavily for three days and three nights.

Cao Cao didn't seem to expect that this battle would be so fierce, nor did he expect that the casualties would be so huge, at this moment the heavy rain had stopped, but the sky was still dark, and the air was full of the smell of blood, which was disgusting.

However, Cao Cao was not in the mood to pay attention to these, and Yang Xiu's words beside him made him worried: "In the past three days, although our army has killed nearly 10,000 enemies, we have also lost nearly 6,000 men and horses, most of which are Qiaorui troops received by General Xiahou, and they have begun to be a little uncertain when they see that their casualties are so huge!"

"Kill a thousand enemies, lose eight hundred, not to mention that this is a siege!" Cao Cao frowned, looked at Guo Jia beside him, and said leisurely, "Fengxiao, isn't there any better way? I'm afraid that if this continues, even if we eliminate the defenders of Kucheng, we won't have much combat effectiveness!"

Guo Jia didn't speak, he didn't react until Yang Xiu called him a few times, he turned around, the corners of his mouth moved slightly on his handsome face, it seemed that he had a way to defeat the enemy, and bowed to Cao Cao: "Shicai is thinking about a good strategy, I haven't heard the lord call me, and I hope the lord won't blame me!"

"It's not weird, it's not weird!" Cao Cao stretched his frowns, his face rose with rare interest, and he wanted to hear what good plan Guo Jia had come up with, so he asked eagerly, "As long as there is a good way, I won't blame you for as long as you want!"

Seeing Cao Cao attach so much importance to himself, Guo Jia couldn't help but have a moment of emotion, he hesitated, coughed a few times, and then said: "The subordinates have no talent, in fact, it is not a good strategy, but now our army is surrounded by bitter cities on all sides to attack, cutting off the enemy's retreat, the enemy is bound to fight to the death, and the elite of our army is useless to die, but let other princes sit back and enjoy it, why bother?"

Cao Cao suddenly realized, and was about to say something, but was preempted by Yang Xiu: "Lord Sacrificial Wine means that our strategy at the beginning is wrong, we should first show the enemy to surrender the way, or show the enemy to retreat, so that the enemy army will not defend with all its might, and we can also take the bitter city with very few losses, get the grain and grass in the city to supply the army, and then chase and kill the enemy army on the road!"

"Why didn't I think of such a simple truth!" Cao Cao slapped his forehead and was about to give the order, but was persuaded by Guo Jia:

"The lord doesn't have to rush to order, since the lord has said that this is the simplest truth, we can think of it, then the enemy can also think of it, and the enemy will definitely think of a way to deal with it if he can think of it, so if you want to take the bitter city steadily, it will take a lot of twists and turns!"

"How much trouble?" Cao Cao and Yang Xiu were stunned at the same time, and looked at Guo Jia, who was known as a ghost genius in front of them, in surprise.

Indeed, since he is called a ghost talent, the ideas he comes up with are naturally beyond the reach of ordinary people.

"What? The Cao army outside the east gate has withdrawn?" Li Feng, who was stationed at the east gate, looked at the herald in front of him, and some didn't believe his ears.

"Yes, General, Cao's army has indeed withdrawn, for some reason!" said the herald on the ground.

Li Feng didn't finish listening to the herald's words, and now he couldn't believe his eyes.

I saw that the Cao army outside the east gate really gathered into a phalanx and slowly retreated, and where they disappeared into the eastern sky, smoke and dust rose everywhere, and the faint sound of war horses galloping came.

It seems that another army has arrived, but I don't know if it's friend or foe, I don't know if it's a surprise or a horror to face next, although the pain on my wrist from being pierced by Lu Bu's arrow is still painful, but at least Li Feng knows that he hasn't died yet.

The other three gates also came one after another, and they all reported to Li Feng that the rest of the Cao army besieging the city had also suspended their attacks, not knowing what the plan was.

"Get out of town and see what's going on!"

"No!"

The east gate was wide open, and several scouts rode out and galloped away into the distance.

And these probes don't know that there are a pair of eyes and arrows staring at them in the darkness at this moment.

"Woooo

The ambushed Cao Jun appeared at this moment, led by a handsome young man, he and a few people took off the clothes of these Tanma and put them on themselves, and smiled at the soldiers around him: "Don't I look like the enemy's Tanma?"

"Don't say it, Brother Wang, it's quite similar, but if you go to pretend to be a grain officer to explore the horse, will the lord be surprised to know it!" the rest of the soldiers laughed.

"If you don't say it, how will the lord know?" The young man named Wang Yu chuckled at the corner of his mouth, turned over his horse, and said angrily, "Since following the lord, I have never had the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy, and I must behave well today!"

"Hahaha, that's great!"

After Wang Gao finished speaking, his face became serious, he looked at the bitter city not far away, spurred his horse, and walked away, and the rest of the people looked at each other, and also restrained their laughter, and followed Wang Gao.

After a short time, he had arrived outside the east gate of Kucheng, and Wang Yuan took out the order flag found from the dead probe horses and waved it to the defenders on the city wall: "Open the door quickly, I have an urgent military report!"

When the defenders saw that the banner raised by Wang Gao was their own, they did not suspect him, so they opened the city gate and let Wang Gao and several of his soldiers enter the city.

Wang Gao entered the east gate and followed Li Feng's soldiers directly to the city tower, and when he saw Li Feng kneeling on the ground, he bowed: "I have seen the general, and my subordinates have an urgent military intelligence report!"

"What military situation, tell me quickly!" Li Feng obviously didn't notice that Wang Yuan in front of him was no longer the departing Tanma.

Wang Yu pretended to take a breath, and then said in a deep voice: "Lord Zhang Xun was stopped and killed by Yu Ban, and he couldn't get out, Cao Cao saw that he couldn't attack here, so he stopped attacking the city and led his men and horses to attack Lord Zhang Xun with Yu Ban!"

"Ahh

He also just knew about the name of Yu Ban, Cao Cao Fancheng was defeated, and only two teams of men and horses could be peaceful and not chaotic, one was Xiahou Dan's Qingzhou soldiers, and the other was the men and horses led by Yu Ban, and this Yu Ban army was strictly organized, and it was famous in Cao's army, I don't know what the consequences would be for Zhang Xun although he was known as the head of the three major generals in Huainan.

What's more, now the people of Cao Cao's headquarters have been added.

For a while, Li Feng fell into the contradiction of whether to defend the city or go out of the city to rescue Zhang Xun.

I believe that Liang Gangle and Chen Ji are also in a dilemma now, right?

No one noticed that Wang Gao's eyes flashed when he looked at Li Feng.

At this time, Li Feng's heart was in a state of confusion, where did he notice the change in Wang Yuan's expression? He waved his hand and said anxiously: "Quickly go and inform the other three generals to come to the council hall!"

"No!" Wang Yu winked at his companion and got up to leave.

"That's what Kucheng looks like!" Riding his horse and galloping through the streets of Kucheng, Wang Yuan looked around at the backward scenery on both sides, and saw countless wounded soldiers sitting or lying on the side of the road with gloomy faces, looking blankly at the Tanma passing by them.

Looking at their eyes, Wang Gao's heart seemed to ache.

Soon arrived at the north gate, Liang Gang was looking into the distance from the city tower, Wang Yuan turned over and immediately knelt forward: "General, Lord Li Feng ordered the villain to come and invite the general to the conference hall to discuss important matters!"

"Got it!" Liang Gang glanced at Wang Yuan and said in surprise, "Why doesn't your accent sound like Huainan's?"

Wang Yuan was shocked, and then explained: "The villain is subordinate to His Majesty in Luoyang, not a person from Huainan!"

"Oh!" Liang Gang nodded, "I see, you go back first, and I'll arrive later!"

"No!"

Wang Yuan stepped back and got up, and naturally heard what Liang Gang said to the guards at the north gate: "You guys stay here first, if the enemy attacks the city, you must defend it to the death!"

"No!"

A smile curled into the corners of his mouth, and Wang Yuan beat his horse and headed towards the city.

Kucheng is a small city, so the council hall is actually just a decent building, after Wang Gao arrived, he saw that his own people were already guarding outside the council hall one by one, he stepped forward and pretended to greet one of them, but in fact, he confirmed the current situation in a low voice:

"Has Li Feng already gone in?"

"I went in, and the brother who went to report to Chen Ji and Le is also back!"

"Okay, when these four guys enter the council chamber, activate the mechanism inside and trap them inside!"

"Don't say it, they're coming!"

Wang Yuan interrupted his speech, only to hear the neighing of the horse, and following the prestige, the two generals rode their horses, turned over and dismounted, handed over the reins to the receiving soldiers, and then entered the council hall proudly, it was Chen Ji and Le.

After a while, Liang Gang also came, dismounted and entered the conference hall, Li Feng had been waiting for them for a long time, and as soon as the four of them met, they chattered a lot, and then they all entered the room with solemn expressions.

Wang Yuan watched their every move, and only after watching them enter the council hall did he make a gesture to the people around him: "Do it after half a pillar of incense!"