Cao Cao's 50,000 Cao army, the next day, as soon as dawn, launched an attack on Shouzhang.

This time, the Cao army, who came with Cao Cao to exterminate the Yellow Turban Army, were all strong young men recruited from Chen Liu, and they all participated in the battle against the Black Mountain Army of Dongjun and the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army a year ago.

Under the leadership of Xiahou Yuan, Li Dian and other generals, a frenzied attack on Shouzhang was launched.

Zhang Xiao and Guan Hai stood on the city wall, looking at the Cao army who was frantically attacking the city, and sighed in their hearts.

Cao's army was indeed fierce, attacking the city for an hour, with countless casualties, and there was no sign of retreat.

"Zhang Shuai, although we have a lot of soldiers, but it is not a way to continue like this, the Shouzhang city wall is short and weak, I'm afraid it won't last long!"

"Guan Hai, you were scared by Liu Bei in Duchang, right? In Shouzhang City, we have 200,000 troops, and more than 100,000 troops are coming from Dongping, and we are afraid of tens of thousands of Cao troops! ”

It's okay if Zhang Xiao doesn't mention Duchang, but when he mentions Duchang, he won't fight anywhere.

At the beginning, it was agreed that he would attack Kong Rong in Duchang, and Zhang Xiao was responsible for sniping Tai Shici, who came to help.

However, Zhang Xiao's brain was in water, and he let Tai Shici's subordinate Liu Bei lead the army to travel more than 500 miles without hesitation.

As a result, Liu Bei and Kong Rong should cooperate with each other and defeat Guan Hai.

Guan Hai wanted to get angry, but he knew that now that Cao Jun was attacking the city, it was not the time to settle old scores with Zhang Xiao.

"Zhang Shuai, Cao's generals Xiahou Yuan, Li Dian and Le Jin are all fierce generals who can block 10,000 enemies by one person, so they have to guard against it!"

"Then you say, what are we going to do?"

"Division?"

"Division? You just said that the Cao army is mighty, why do you want to divide the troops again? In this way, aren't we even more unable to withstand Cao Jun's attack? ”

"Zhang Shuai, Cao's army is now in ruins, soldiers and horses from all walks of life are coming to attack the city, Cao Cao's side, there must not be many troops, we might as well divide the army of 20,000 elites, quietly go out of the city from the east city gate, take a detour, and attack the back road of Cao's army."

"Miao, Guan Hai, your trick to capture the thief and capture the king first is really wonderful, when Cao Cao is in danger, Xiahou Yuan and others will definitely give up the siege and rescue Cao Cao, and then we will pour out of the nest, attack inside and outside, and catch them off guard."

"Well, that's exactly the case, but there is one thing that needs to be solved urgently by Zhang Shuai!"

"What's the matter? Guan Hai just say it! Zhang Xiao thought that he was about to defeat Cao Cao, and his face was full of joy.

"There is no food in Shouzhang City, the grain collection team behind it did not follow what we said at the beginning, concentrated troops, spent money to buy food, and then escorted Shouzhang, they are grabbing food everywhere, and the troops are scattered, once something happens, our Shouzhang will be all over!"

"Guan Hai, I just praised you for your good strategy, but I can't figure it out now? As long as we break the Cao army, the crisis of Shouzhang will naturally be gone. Let's break the Cao army first, turn back, and then take care of the grain grabbing! ”

Zhang Xiao personally went out of the city, led an army of 20,000, went around to the foot of Jinxian Mountain, and launched a fierce attack on Cao Cao.

"General Xia, it's not good, the lord is surrounded by Zhang Xiao's army."

"What?"

"The lord and Xun Yu are leading the army to break through and retreat to the Golden Line Ridge."

"Alas, it looks like the city is about to be broken, evacuate, quickly, it is important to rescue the lord!"

When Shouzhangcheng was about to break the city, Cao Cao was attacked, and Xiahou Yuan and others had no choice but to withdraw their troops to help Cao Cao.

"Rush!"

Guan Hai knew that Zhang Xiao had succeeded, and led more than 100,000 garrisons of Shouzhang out of the city to pursue Cao's army that had returned to Cao Cao's aid.

Although Cao's army has strong combat effectiveness, it is also powerless in the face of the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, which are several times larger than themselves and have high morale.

After Xiahou Yuan and Cao Cao converged, they fled to the top of Jinxian Ridge and defended dangerously.

The two sides fought fiercely until dark, and Zhang Xiao and Guan Hai led their troops to withdraw from Jinxianling and set up camp between Jinxianling and Shouzhang.

"Zhang Guang misunderstood me!"

Cao Cao, who was seriously injured, looked at the stars in the sky and roared to the sky.

"Lord, withdraw!" Xun Yu and Xiahou Yuan said at the same time.

"Withdraw? Where to retreat? Withdraw to Chenliu in the gray past, or withdraw to Dongjun? Let Zhang Xiao chase my ass and bite? When we withdraw from Chenliu, how many more people can we stay? ”

"What then?"

"What to do? Fight! Cao Cao showed ruthlessness.

"Li Dian and Cao Ren led their subordinates to build a stone wall and prepare to defend against the attack of *** day."

"Xiahou Yuan, you led the army down the mountain, set up an ambush on the road that must be attacked in the first day, and caught them off guard."

"But what about the lord's injury?"

"It doesn't matter, you can't die, as I said, hurry up and arrange!"

Xiahou Yuan, Xun Yu and others had no choice but to lead the army to arrange according to the order.

Cao Cao was ruthless in his heart, this time he solved Zhang Xiao and Guan Hai, and the next thing is the end of the world, and he also has to find Zhang Guang, chop it up and boil the soup to drink.

was remembered by Cao Cao about Zhang Guang, but he didn't know that he had become the person who would kill Cao Cao's heart.

He was lying on a small hill with Dian Wei at this time.

"Big brother, there won't be any problems with the tens of thousands of gold hidden there, right? In case it is discovered by Zhang Miao's kid, it will all be gone. ”

"It's okay, even if Zhang Miao really finds out, I have a way to get it back."

"Lord, those people in the reconnaissance platoon can't have wrong information, right? Why haven't we seen any trace of the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army? The third battalion commander, Huang Yan, interjected on the side.

"Don't worry, the people of the reconnaissance platoon will not make such a low-level mistake, let your people hide well, and don't be discovered by others."

"Lord, lord, here come."

The soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon took advantage of the night and touched Zhang Guang's side.

"How many?"

"The previous information is not wrong, there are about more than a thousand people, and there are five carts of grain."

"Okay, pay attention to concealment, everyone remembers, our goal is not to take food, but to kill people and destroy food."

More than 1,000 remnants of the Yellow Turban Army marched in the direction of Shouzhang with five carts of grain.

"Boss, we have such a good harvest this time, if we go to Shouzhang, Zhang Shuai will definitely be rewarded."

"Well, Zhang Shuai and Guan Shuai, leading 200,000 troops to fight against Cao Cao's tens of thousands of troops, there must be no problem, as soon as we arrive in Shouzhang tomorrow, I'm afraid that Zhang Shuai has already led the army to pursue Cao Cao."

"Boss, should we speed up, I can't figure out if we can drink some soup behind Zhang Shuai tomorrow morning."

"Okay, order down, speed up, before dawn tomorrow, you must rush to Shouzhang."

These more than 1,000 people are one of the many teams that came out to buy food for Zhang Xiao.

As luck would have it, I raided a few big landowners and got a lot of grain.

"Shoot the arrows!"

With the order of Huang Yan, the commander of the third battalion, the officers and men of the Ninth Army on the mountain bag fired a salvo with a hundred bows.

The first round was a rocket, and all five carts of grain were set on fire.

"It must be Cao Jun, all the soldiers, kill with me!"

The general, known as the boss, will lead his army to attack the ambush on the mountain.