The reason why Cao Cao didn't look down on Yuan Yao was that he Cao Cao even beat Yuan Yao's father Yuan Shu back then, let alone Yuan Yao, a rabbit cub.

But when Cao Cao really kicked Huainan, he finally knew that this Huainan was not so easy to take, and Xia Cai was originally connected to Xuzhou.

Our Yuan Yaotong shoes are not strong, but there is one thing that he is one of the best in this Huainan, that is, he is afraid of death, and only Huang Yi can compare with our Majesty Yuan Yao.

So I'm afraid that Lao Cao won't want to fight himself, and all the places where he and Lao Cao have all kinds of defensive measures.

The moat, the drawbridge, the shooting hole in the city, it can be said that Yuan Yao put all the things that could be used to strengthen the city's defenses there.

Lao Cao stepped on it, and his feet immediately bled from his feet.

What kind of person is Tai Shici, a rare military general in the world, with amazing force, this person is also good at the art of war, and the Danyang soldiers in his hands are also elite.

"Kill, kill, kill!" The screams of murder above the city.

From time to time, Tai Shi Ci appeared above the city to boost morale, and wave after wave of Cao army sieges were repulsed.

"This war still underestimates that Yuan Yao!" Guo Jia looked at the stalemate over there with a wry smile.

Originally, I thought that even if Yuan Yao is developing rapidly now, it is not as good as Cao Cao's army, after all, Lao Cao's soldiers and horses were born from the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and those who can survive after the Yellow Turban Rebellion are basically strong, Lao Cao annexed this Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and then assisted the training of those generals under him, and fought in the south and the north, it can be said that there are very few people in the world who can compare with the elite of this army.

As for Yuan Yao, where did these soldiers and horses come from, you must know that just before, Yuan Yao was just a lost dog, and all his soldiers and horses were newly recruited into the army.

Naturally, the strength will not be strong.

But now Yuan Yao has taught Cao Cao Jun a lesson, that is, the lion fights the rabbit, and he still has all his strength, not to mention that he Yuan Yao is still a rabbit that can bite people.

This will bite our Cao Cao army very lightly.

"No matter how strong he is, he can still be three heads and six arms!" Cao Cao also gritted his teeth, but he was thick and thin, that is, although this Tai Shi Ci has amazing combat effectiveness, there are only so many soldiers and horses, what if you rely on the city, I am several times your army, and the consumption will also consume you.

There are only a few ladders over there, so the losses of Cao Cao's army are so uncomfortable.

Cao Cao immediately gave the order, rested on the spot, and began to build siege weapons.

Guo Jia held on to this time, carefully and carefully went down to Cai, and the topographic map around Cai was also eaten by Guo Jia, and it really belonged to a route with no ambush, no reinforcements, and no escape.

Although this Tai Shi Ci made Cao Cao suffer a loss, as long as Cao Cao's army was ready to attack the city, and the battle was fought in the real sense, Xia Cai would die.

"Is this Yuan Yao really confused?" Guo Jia was puzzled, could it be that this Yuan Yao knew that they Cao Cao's military came to slap him in the face, so he stretched out his mouth to beat Lao Cao? But this is not right, if you stick out your mouth, there is no need to send Tai Shici, send some second- and third-rate generals, plus some miscellaneous soldiers.

"Lord, let's let General Cao Chun disperse more scouts and spy on the movements of this Huainan!" Guo Jia suggested Cao Cao.

Cao Cao nodded and immediately issued a military order.

Yuan Yao's army seemed to disappear all at once.

Two days have passed, and some of Cao Cao's siege machines have also been built, and the rushing cars and wells and ladders have also been built.

Yuan Yao was afraid of death, so he built Xia Cai Chengchi very strongly, with a lot of moats and suspension bridges, relying on Yingshui, it was also able to make the city water continuous, and Cao Cao couldn't cut off the water even if he wanted to.

Even so, under the threat of Cao Cao's army, it is still precarious, and it is very cost-effective to forcibly fill the moat, and Cao Cao is under the planning of a group of dogs.

They didn't fill in the moat, but built wooden planks directly on top of the moat, and relied on these planks to piece together to reach the city of Xia Cai.

After that, it was to lean on the well railings on both sides to exert his power.

Countless rains of arrows were hurled from above the well fence into the city of Xia Cai.

These arrows were all wrapped in black oil, turned into rockets, and shot into the city, if it weren't for Xia Cai City, Tai Shi Ci would have made people prepare countless pots and pans filled with water, I am afraid that they would have been ignited by the flames on this rocket.

That's it, the city is not yet on fire.

"Good, good, good!" Cao Cao nodded with great satisfaction Le Jin's soldiers and horses have already gone up to the city wall, this time I don't want to do it before, although I was driven down in the end, but it is better than not even being able to climb the city wall before.

"Pass on my military order, those who climb the city will be rewarded with 100 yuan, those who kill the enemy's soldiers will be rewarded with 100 yuan, the commander will be rewarded with 50 yuan, and so on. The city breaker will be rewarded with a hundred gold, and he will be knighted! Cao Cao's reward suddenly aroused the passion of those Qingzhou soldiers, people die for money, birds die for food.

There will be brave men under the great reward.

Cao Cao naturally couldn't count on the frontal battlefield, and in the flanks, Lao Cao also sent people to swim across the moat, wanting to find the waterway secret door of the moat. See if you can get into the city from there.

However, most of them were shot back by Tai Shici's soldiers and horses.

On the fourth day, the suspension bridge on the moat finally collapsed, Cao Cao's rushing car also had a purpose, and above the city, the Danyang soldiers had already given up a piece of wall battlement, and more and more Cao troops began to fight fiercely above the city.

"Resist, resist!" Tai Shi Ci wiped the blood on his face, this is a difficult battle, whether it is against Cao Cao or for their Huainan army, if this battle, the Huainan army resists, then Yuan Yao's prestige will reach a peak, and if Yuan Yao can't hold on, not only will he be slapped in the face by Lao Cao, but he will also be targeted by the wolf cubs behind him.

The wolf thing says a thousand things and ten thousand, and he also knows that persimmons are selected to be soft and pinched, and when they hunt, they first select the prey, and the legs and feet are not good.

These individuals behind Yuan Yao are, Zhang Xiu, whose strength is undamaged, although Liu Biao is in Jingzhou, he looks like a good man, but you must know that if Liu Biao was a good person, it would be impossible to ride into Jingzhou alone to the current foundation.

Although Sun Quan's old mother is in the hands of Yuan Yao, don't forget that Sun Quan is a person with blue eyes and purple eyes, and he is not inferior to Liu Bei.

Once Yuan Yaojun is defeated, then those wolves will pounce on them as if they smell blood.

Yuan Yao gave him Tai Shi Ci's trust, and he Tai Shi Ci would inevitably repay this lord.

"It's the sixth day!" Tai Shi Ci was counting the time, and the stones and stakes above the city were all thrown down.

"General, General, our rolling stones are gone!" Just when Tai Shi Ci was stunned, the lieutenant on the side ran to Tai Shi Ci's side and shouted in panic.

Now Cao Cao's army will not let the Danyang soldiers of Xia Cai rest at all, once the rolling stones are gone, then the situation that could have been able to stalemate with Cao Cao will be over.

"Damn, why didn't you say it earlier!" Tai Shi Ci gritted his teeth

"General, we thought, we thought that these falling rocks were enough to last for a month!" The fact that the falling wood and rolling stones, which could last for a month, were used up in six days, is enough to see the cruelty of this war.

"Let the people below continue to prepare, and the reserves will give me the top!" Tai Shi Ci could only use the reserves to plug the gap above the city first.

"Yes!"

"Haha, haha!" Cao Cao was also paying attention to the movements of Xia Caicheng at any time in the camp under the city, and seeing his soldiers and horses suddenly break in, Cao Cao was stunned at first, and then he was overjoyed.

I can't hold on!

"This city is not well prepared!" Guo Jia said.

"This Yuan Yao traitor, even if the city's supplies are not ready, dare to block my army?" Cao Cao said proudly, after taking Caicheng, the next one is Yingshang, and then Ruyin, if it is fast, Lao Cao doesn't mind swallowing half of Huainan into it.

Guo Jia shook his head, is it true that Yuan Yao didn't even have all the supplies in his own city? Or is the war too intense?

On the top of the city, Tai Shi Ci once again commanded the soldiers and horses to repel Cao Cao's army over there, but Cao Cao didn't care at all, because Tai Shi Ci couldn't hold out for long, and even the reserves were used, how much future could there be?" "Cao Cao walked very simply.

……

The night slowly deepened.

The sky in the south of the Yangtze River is already cold in the morning and evening, although there is no biting cold wind in the north at night, but this gust of wind is mixed with rich humidity, which makes people particularly uncomfortable.

If you say that the cold in the north is a physical attack, as long as you wear a thick layer of cotton wool to be able to resist it, then the cold in the south is a magic attack in the real sense.

Even if you wear a lot, the moisture will be hard to bear.

Therefore, since ancient times, it has been many young deaths in the south, and the moisture has long been deeply rooted in the bones.

In Xia Cai City, the corpses and blood have not yet had time to be cleaned, and the weather is not hot, otherwise if it is summer, I am afraid that it will have become rotten and smelly.

Countless Danyang soldiers were lying on top of the city, some alive and some dead, and the former robes turned into cold corpses in an instant.

The sound of wailing, the sound of pain, mixed together, confused thoughts.

Tai Shi Ci was on the city wall, and before he could go back to rest, he presided over the medical officers to carry the wounded down the city wall.

"Be careful, be careful!" Tai Shici's face was still mixed with bloodstains, and he didn't know if it was the enemy's or his own.

Some of the wounded have been rescued, but more can only stay and wait for death, in this era, there are no anti-inflammatory drugs, no hemostatic drugs, and no surgery, you can only rely on rough bandaging, whether you can survive or not, it depends on your own ability.

"General, go and rest, I'm here!" The military waiter on the side looked at Tai Shici's tired figure and couldn't help but step forward and feel relieved.

Tai Shi Ci is really tired, it has been like this for the past few days, in the past two days, Cao Cao's army has attacked the city very urgently, Tai Shi Ci has not had much time to rest, his hair is dry, and his lips are cracked.

Tai Shi Ci wet his lips with his own saliva, and then said in a dry voice, "No, wait for these brothers to arrange, and then I will go to rest!" ”

"But General, you haven't rested in days!"

"Rest? Hehehe, compared to these brothers, what is it if you don't rest! Tai Shi Ci pointed to the corpses and wounded over there, and more robes had rested forever.

"Okay, I'll go to rest when I'm done." Tai Shi Ci stopped the persuasion of his military candidates.

It was busy for half the night, and the moon was already past the middle of the night.

"General, do you think we can really hold the city?!" Even Tai Shici's deputy began to be suspicious.

Will they really be able to hold the city in this battle, and who will they be against? That's Cao Cao, and when the Danyang Army was in its heyday, it didn't beat Cao Cao.

"Xia Cai? Can't hold it! Immediately, Tai Shi Ci gave his answer.

"Huh?" Jun Hou was stunned for a moment, he thought that Tai Shici would comfort himself, but he didn't expect him to say such a thing.

"But!" Tai Shi Ci then said, "We can't hold Xia Cai, but we can win that Cao Cao!" ”

The military was even more confused. The city can't be defended, can you win this war?

"Garrison Xia Cai, this is Your Majesty's order, I believe in Your Majesty, so we will definitely win!" Tai Shi Ci took matters seriously and said to the soldiers on the side.

"Your Majesty?!" The military greek nodded thoughtfully.

……

In Huainan, Yuan Yao walked over above the mansion, his heart was like his steps now, chaotic, mang, and at a loss.

It's the seventh day, this is already the seventh day, I don't know how Ziyi is, I don't know how Xia Cai is, and I don't know how Cao Cao's army is now.

"Lord, don't worry, General Tai Shici has never disappointed the lord!" Xu Shu over there comforted Yuan Yao.

Yuan Yao didn't know how to answer, it wasn't that he believed in Tai Shi Ci, but that the enemy this time was too strong.

"Lord, the matter has come to this point, no matter how much you think about it, it is useless, I believe that with General Tai Shici here, even if Xia Cai is broken, then Cao Cao will not be able to get the slightest benefit!" Tian Feng and Fu Zhu are calm emperors.

Yuan Yao didn't have the mood of them, just when Yuan Yao was anxious, there was news over there.

"Report!" The messenger sent by Yuan Yao finally replied.

"Your Majesty, General Zhang Xun and the Modao Battalion have stepped into the territory of Xuzhou!"

That's good news.

"Good!" Yuan Yao immediately shouted, asking Zhang Xun to come back to help, isn't this their second step.

"Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord, the matter is half done!" Tian Feng, who had formulated this plan over there, stepped forward and congratulated Yuan Yao.

"Haha, haha!" Yuan Yao laughed.

"My lord, since General Zhang Xun has already stepped into the territory of Xuzhou, then our third step will also start to prepare!" Tian Feng spoke.

The use of Cai Ruyin and the three cities of Yingshang was used as bait, in order to attract the attention of Lao Cao's army, so that Cao Cao could concentrate on attacking Xia Cai, so as to delay time to protect the hinterland of Huainan.

Now that this purpose has been achieved, the second part is Zhang Xun's return, and Zhang Xun has set foot on the land of Xuzhou.

"Pass the order, let General Zhang Liao and General Gan Ning rest their troops and horses, and set off immediately when I give the order!"

"Whoa!"

……

Forty miles outside the city of Xiacai, in the camp of Cao's army, Cao Cao looked at the letter in his hand in his camp.

This is an information, but also a reminder letter, not a bystander, it is now his Lao Cao himself appointed Xuzhou Thorn Shi Le to send it, in Xuzhou appeared in Xuzhou under the banner of Yuan Zi soldiers.

"Yuan Shao's reinforcements?!" Cao Cao was frightened at first, if Yuan Shao also started a war behind him, Cao Cao would not be comfortable, even if he slapped Yuan Yao's face, his old Cao would be slapped by Yuan Shao.

"Lord, it's not Yuan Shao's reinforcements!" Guo Jia shook his head and said, although Yuan Shao and Yuan Yao are uncles and nephews, these two uncles and nephews are not good things.

If Yuan Yao is allowed to choose, Yuan Shao dies, and all the family property belongs to him Yuan Yao, then the first person who wants to kill Yuan Shao is Yuan Yao.

The same principle can also be reversed, how can such two uncles and nephews with ghosts work together to deal with Lao Cao. If this is really the case, he Guo Jia doesn't need to give Cao Cao advice, just let Cao Cao surrender, because there is no fight at all.

"It's not Yuan Shao's reinforcements, why are you under the banner of Yuan!" Li Dian and other generals on the side asked suspiciously, generally speaking, no soldiers and horses are willing to do things under the banner of others.

If you're under the banner of Cao Jun, it's okay, under the banner of Yuan, isn't this looking for Cao Jun to draw?

"This Yuan, not the other Yuan!" Guo Jia suddenly thought of something, "Lord, do you remember, why did my army send troops?" ”

"Yuan Yao'er agreed to Yuan Shao's request and formed an alliance to send troops to invade my Qingzhou! Say?! Cao Cao naturally remembered.

"This soldier and horse is the one that Yuan Yao's traitors sent troops to Qingzhou to take advantage of?" Cao Cao naturally remembered the origin of this soldier and horse, Yuan Shao asked Yuan Yao to send troops, and Yuan Yao sent troops, but Yuan Yao's traitors have never been willing to do loss-making transactions, and they have always taken advantage of them when they are cheap, and run away if they are not cheap.

Generally speaking, the city where Yuan Shao's army withdrew in front, Cao Cao's army over there has not had time to take over, this Yuan Yao's soldiers and horses arrived, ransacked it, and left immediately, some cities Cao Cao's army could not drop troops and horses to deal with Yuan Yao's army, so he was allowed to develop in the hinterland of Qingzhou.

Now it seems that this Yuan Yao's soldiers and horses have returned.

"Does this Yuan Yao want to use this soldier to help Xia Cai and others?" Cao Cao asked suspiciously.

"Lord, this Zhang Xun's soldiers and horses appeared in Xuzhou generation, and they must want to cut off the supply of grain and grass for our army!" Now Zhang Xun's soldiers and horses have just entered Xuzhou, and they have not yet brought substantial damage to Cao Cao's army, if Zhang Xun suddenly inserts Xuzhou, then the grain road from Xuzhou to Cao's army camp will be dangerous, and if it is not good, their Cao army camp will be hungry.

"Good, good, good time!" Cao Cao suddenly burst out laughing.

"Lord, why are you laughing?" Li Dian looked at Cao Cao suspiciously.

Listening to Li Dian's question, Cao Cao explained, "If he Zhang Xun doesn't come, I can't do anything about him, but he has moved now, so don't blame me for being fast!" Come on, go and let Zihe come to see me! Cao Cao shouted to his guards.

"Lord, do you want to eat even the expeditionary force with this Yuan Yao?" Xun You naturally saw Cao Cao's plan.

"It's nature! How can there be a reason not to eat this food delivered to your door! Cao Cao said coldly.

"Lord, Cao Chun has arrived!!" Over there, Cao Chun had already arrived in Cao Cao's camp.

"Zihe, you came just in time, how is the tiger and leopard riding under your command?" Cao Cao asked Cao Chun over there.

"It's business as usual, it's in good spirits!" Cao Chun said in official language to Cao Cao.

"When did Zihe learn to speak like that?" Cao Cao's face was unhappy and said, "Those cubs, I still don't know, I'm afraid I can't hold it back for a long time!" "The tiger and leopard ride was built by Cao Cao with a lot of money, and the original target was the wolf rider in Bingzhou.

Every soldier of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is carefully selected from the Qingzhou Army and other departments, and it can be said that he is the elite of the elite.

As an elite, they naturally have their arrogance, and they originally thought that they would follow Cao Cao to this place of Huainan to fight a big battle, after all, Yuan Yao in Huainan not only has his old enemy and the wolf cavalry in his hands, but also the robbery battalion formed by Yuan Yaocai, these are the opponents they want to target.

But that Yuan Yao Xiao'er was like a turtle with a shrunken head, and he hid directly in the camp and didn't come out, which immediately made the tiger and leopard rider dumbfounded, this tiger and leopard rider is a heavy armored cavalry, you can't let the heavy armored cavalry that Lao Cao worked hard to cultivate be used to attack the city!

Don't say that Lao Cao is reluctant, even those tigers and leopards are unwilling to abandon their war horses.

There was no enemy to fight a decisive battle, no city to attack, and suddenly the proud tiger and leopard cavalry who was originally in Cao Cao's army suddenly became a soldier.

Except for scouting and probing, there is nothing to do every day.

This soldier was already unruly, but now he is leisurely all of a sudden, and the other friendly troops on the side have two more crazy words, and he can't hold back for a long time.

In the camp, scolding and scolding are full of gunpowder, if it weren't for Cao Chun's long time as the commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry, I am afraid that he would have been unable to suppress these tiger and leopard riding masters.

"Lord, why don't we attack the city!" Cao Chun looked at Cao Cao longingly, because in the past two days, he had even come to his tiger and leopard ride to borrow a war knife.

It's hard to say that words, oh, you tiger and leopard riding is the uncle's life is expensive, and you have to protect it, we are a cheap life, it is better to win a credit.

"Nonsense!" Cao Cao reprimanded Cao Chun, he Cao Cao killed and would not let the tiger and leopard ride to fill such a pit as Cai.

It's all money, a heavily armored cavalryman, can raise an extra foot soldier, plus the money for war horses, that's even more.

He Cao Cao is reluctant.