Just when Liu Chan arrived in Hanzhong, Guan Yu had already swept away the counties around Xinye and began to slowly shrink the encirclement.

Guan Yu led Liu Feng, Meng Da, and Shen Tan, and Zhang Fei commanded Deng Tong and Ding Li, and their two armies galloped across the country, and Cao Wei's defenders were invincible, either surrendering or fleeing quickly.

Not even a single one dared to resist.

Guan Zhang and Cao Hong are also old acquaintances.

Before the war, Guan Yu released cruel words, saying that even if he let Cao Hong have a hand, Cao Hong would never dare to come.

If you don't accept it, you will slap me in someone's face.

Cao Hong, who was stationed in Wancheng, was furious when he heard this, and he immediately ordered his troops and horses.

And then......

"Wait, let's see how it goes."

Cao Hong took out his 30,000 cavalry and pretended to go south for a while, but it also attracted Guan Yu's attention.

But after waiting for seven days, Guan Yu still didn't see any signs of Cao Hong's southward movement, so he simply stopped waiting and directly waved his army to attack the city!

10,000 Han troops crossed the river in two ways under the command of Shen Tan and Meng Da, and drove directly to the city of Xinye.

Xinye Town, can't hide many soldiers and horses,

But Niu Jin, who was born in the old army, is very experienced,

He prepared a large amount of equipment to defend the city in advance, especially a lot of bed crossbows at the head of the city.

As soon as Meng Da launched an attack, he immediately ordered a salvo of bed crossbows, which caused huge casualties to Meng Da's army in an instant.

The bed crossbow has a long range and is powerful, but the accuracy is terrible, and it is quite troublesome to rewind it later.

Shen Tan's face was calm,

He divided his troops into five teams and took turns to attack Xinye,

The crossbow on the city fired a few rounds, and after all, the arrows ran out, and Meng Da also took the opportunity to command the troops to push the ladder slowly, erecting the ladder on the city tower, and a large number of soldiers stepped on the ladder and pounced on it.

Niu Jin has a poor reputation in the Wei army, but he is also a fierce general with old qualifications.

He personally held a steel knife, stood at the head of the city and calmly commanded, cutting down the Han soldiers who rushed up one by one to the ground.

His bravery also inspired Deng Ai,

Deng Aina stood at the head of the city with a ring-headed knife in his hand, slashing and slashing while shouting loudly to keep the Wei army morale.

The battle lasted from daytime to evening, and Shinno was already crumbling.

Shen Tan snorted disdainfully and said:

"Return to Guan Gong, I will be able to break the city tomorrow, and I don't have to worry about him."

Although today's onslaught did not break the city, Shen Tan could see that the Wei army's will to resist was already very weak.

They were able to withstand it before, relying on the bed crossbow at the head of the city and the bravery of Niu Jin.

By tomorrow, the Han army will dispatch a sword, and with the cloud ladder, Niu Jin will not be able to stop even if he has three heads and six arms.

There is no need for Guan Yu to worry about it at all.

Deng Tong and Ding Li were a little unhappy when they saw that Shen Tan was so confident.

Originally, I thought that after the Battle of Xinye began, the Wei army would definitely go south from Wancheng on a large scale to support.

When the time comes, there will be a chance to perform.

didn't expect Cao Hong to sit still, which made Guan Zhang very speechless.

What's the matter, Wei Jun was infected by Wu Jun, and he was about to sell his comrades-in-arms so soon?

It doesn't make sense, but Xinye also has city defenses, so it's better to stick to it.

"Big brother, we can't just leave it at that!"

Ding Li hasn't caught a big war for a long time, and Deng Tong is the same.

If there is no more war, the status of the two will be far removed by others,

Now that Jufu and Ding Feng have become famous generals, Deng Tong is a little unacceptable.

"Hmph, tomorrow we will also attack the city, and we will cut the cattle gold first, and then it will be considered a credit."

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The Han army outside the city was full of ambition, but the Wei army inside the city was suffering.

Most of them were previously hired by Wen, and they originally followed Chang Diao to come here, and their morale was good.

But King Wei didn't know which tendon was wrong, and actually transferred General Chang, who was trusted by everyone, away, which made them very frustrated.

Although Niu Jin's army is not bad, but such a small city, how to resist the thousands of troops in Guanzhang.

After a day of fighting, they were all haggard and depressed, and they were no longer able to fight.

Hey, let's get in.

The Han army will not slaughter the city, as long as they come in, we will surrender immediately!

It's better than dying under a knife.

Shi Tao is also a general mind.

He stood on the city tower today, looking at the battlefield full of flesh and blood, Shi Tao was already frightened.

It's horrible, it's horrible.

I didn't expect that more than ten years later, Guan Zhang, who was beaten back then, would be able to fight back.

Xinye just had such a few people, and Cao Hong didn't come to support, so he couldn't hold it from the beginning.

Shi Tao even wondered if he had offended Cao Pi, so Cao Pi deliberately put himself here to die?

Bastard, bastard, I'm loyal to Da Wei, and you actually treat me like this.

Then don't blame me for being rude.

"Go, contact General Winged,

Tell General Yide that when the siege begins tomorrow, I will immediately open the northern city and invite the general into the city! ”

If you are unkind to me, don't blame me for being unjust.

Shi Tao had already prepared a way back for himself.

Zhuge Liang mixed so well under Liu Bei,

If you go to the past, at least you can keep your current position, it's better than being pushed to the battlefield to the death for some reason.

He made up his mind, and felt that he had asked his confidential people to secretly go out of the city at night to contact Zhang Fei.

Shi Tao also knew that what Guan Yu hated the most was the corpse vegetarian scholars.

But Zhang Fei is different, Zhang Fei has always respected scholars, and he can even restrain his temper in front of celebrities and celebrities and chat with them.

As long as he cries in front of Zhang Fei and reminisces about the past, presumably Guan Yu will not do anything to himself.

Everything was planned, and Shi Tao's henchman also hurriedly took the letter and quietly left.

Xinye was quiet, everyone was licking their wounds, and no one seemed to see Shi Tao's small movements.

But what Shi Tao never expected was that his small actions were not only seen by others,

Even, this beginning is in the design of Niu Jin.

Previously, Jia Xu's strategic design was to use Xinye as the city defense, and Wancheng's cavalry to support it, so as to continuously consume the living force of the Han army to attack.

But because of the previous series of failures, Jia Xu was forced to resign as a captain.

Huan Jie, Chen Qun, and Sima Yi all believed that the enemy's main army in Jingzhou would definitely attack Xinye.

Guan Zhang's morale is strong and unstoppable, rather than constantly throwing troops from Wancheng to the south, it is better to use Xinye to make some trouble.

This small city was simply burned down and retreated to Wancheng with all its might.

Jia Xu's initial suggestion was to retreat to Xinye, and now he wants to continue to retreat north to Wancheng, which Cao Pi is of course not happy about.

So, under the discussion of Chen Qun and Sima Yi, they offered Cao Pi a clever plan -

Use Shi Tao to attract the Han army into the city, then set fire to the city, annihilate the Han army with fire, and by the way, let Guan Zhang jump and kill Shi Tao.

Shi Tao is Zhuge Liang's old friend, and this trick will definitely disgust Zhuge Liang.

And Cao Wei's loss should be acceptable.

Even, Cao Hong's cavalry army was already ready to line up, as long as the fire started, they would immediately launch an attack on the Han army in Xinye, Guan Zhang was caught off guard, and he might not be able to block the rotation of so many elite cavalry.

The plan looks pretty good.

Shi Tao is far from being Cao Wei's own person, after all, he was Zhuge Liang's friend back then, and he defected from Liu Bei's side.

Giving him a pawn farmer lieutenant is already a lot of face.

He was under the siege of Guanzhang, and nine times out of ten he wanted to surrender the city.

At the end of the road, Guan Zhang will definitely not doubt Shi Tao's sincerity.

When the Han army entered the city, it was the best time to set fire to Xinye on all sides.

This is the legendary method of the dead.

Anyway, there is no shortage of people like Shi Tao in the Wei Kingdom, and if he dies and gives up his position to the children of other families, he will definitely receive a gratitude.

As for Deng Ai, this is another arrangement of Sima Yi.

Sima Yi discussed with Cao Pi and Chen Qun about the appointment of Deng Ai.

Sima Yi thinks that Deng Ai is indeed talented, but his origin is too weird, maybe he was buried in the Wei army by Liu Chan, like Meng Da.

The battle of Xinye is the best opportunity to test Deng Ai,

If he cooperates with the battle, inflicts heavy losses on the Han army in Xinye City, and even kills the general of the Han army, then he is definitely a great Wei Chunchen and can be of great use.

But if he doesn't work hard, or if he reveals the intention of surrendering to the Han army, then Niu Jin's knife is not good-looking.

Now, it's up to Shinno to set it up.

Deng Ai is extremely smart,

On the first day he came to Xinye, he had already seen through Niu Jin's arrangement,

Using Shi Tao to lead the way to Zhang on the bait, this is also too ...... It's too real.

Deng Ai's back was cold for a while, and he said in his heart Cao Wei, these people are really ruthless,

Shi Tao is also a celebrity, or a celebrity whom Deng Ai has heard of since he was a child.

It's terrifying to use him as a dead room.

However, Deng Ai quickly adjusted his emotions.

The reason why Shi Tao was abandoned was not because of his lack of ability, and he was at both ends.

If he firmly followed Liu Bei, or took on a big responsibility and actively deployed Xinye, how could the Son of Heaven be so ruthless?

The Son of Heaven had long seen that Shi Tao was embarrassed and useful, and he had a lot of collusion with Shu, so he deliberately made this ruthless move.

I, Deng Ai, am loyal to the country, and I have a benevolent gentleman like Engong as a supporter in the court, which fool like Shi Tao can be compared.

I was originally an unknown official, and Engong actually handed me such a heavy responsibility, so that I could face the closure directly.

This is the greatest trust in me.

Look at it, I will definitely cooperate with the fire attack, and I will definitely make the Shu thief fall a big heel at this time!

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Shi Tao's cronies and slaves went out of the city overnight in makeup, and soon disappeared into the vast night with the special connivance of Niu Jin and others.

Niu Jin, who had fought fiercely all night, breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that according to the plan tomorrow, it should be a good show for Shi Tao to surrender in Kaicheng.

Of course, he would not stay in the city to die, and when Shi Tao surrendered, it was when he led the crowd to escape.

He had already arranged for 800 dead men to lurk in the city, and various places had prepared things to start fires.

As long as the Han army was stationed in the city, fires were lit everywhere.

That's not all, after Deng Ai came to Xinye, he also offered a clever plan-

Let the Wei army build a dam upstream of the river to intercept the flow of water.

It was winter, and the amount of water in the water was not large, and the construction of dams upstream by the Wei army would not necessarily arouse the vigilance of the Han army.

When the time comes, when he sees a new wildfire, he immediately opens the gate and releases the water, and under the attack of water and fire, the main cavalry of the Wei army immediately goes south.

Although this cannot eradicate the scourge, it can deal a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Shu thieves.

When the time comes......

I, Niu Jin, will become the lifesaver of Da Wei!