"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Countless boulders and arrows smashed on the head of Xuchang City, like dark clouds, and the soldiers of the Cao army couldn't raise their heads one by one.

Cao Hong ordered the soldiers to counterattack the well fence with arrows, and said angrily: "Hateful pottery thief, attacking the city during the day doesn't count, and attacking the city at night, is he really a good bully for the soldiers of my three armies?" ”

The adjutant general beside Cao Hong hurriedly admonished: "General, the enemy did not directly attack the city, but only bombarded the city wall with catapults and well railings, and if this continues, although the casualties are not large, the morale of the three armies is only ......."

"Fight back for me! What about our stone throwers? They all gave me to the top of the city, and there were arrows and crossbows, and they were shot together, and he was surnamed Tao's weapon, don't we have them? ”

The lieutenant hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "General, we really don't have any." ”

"What?" When Cao Hong heard this, he couldn't help but be annoyed and angry: "Why not?" ”

The lieutenant general said in a low voice: "The equipment for defending the city in Xuchang City and the current support for the three armies have always been donated by the gentry of the gentry in the city, and when Duke Xun was in charge of the military administration, the people in the city also took the initiative to assist in the defense, but now it is ......."

Cao Hongqi gritted his teeth, but he couldn't attack.

"Is this Xuchangcheng surnamed Cao or surnamed Xun?"

The deputy general said in a low voice: "Mr. Wen Ruo has an excellent reputation in Xuchang, and he also has the prestige of the Yingchuan Xun clan, plus he has been in power for many years, building the city, and is impartial, and he is very respected by the people in the city, and many scholars secretly recognize Mr. Xun as better than Sikong ......."

That's a bit of an exaggeration.

You say that Xun Yu has won the hearts of the people, so you say that Xun Yu has won the hearts of the people, what is the comparison between him and Cao Cao?

Isn't this a pit man?

Sure enough, Cao Hong's face instantly turned red with qi, and his blood pressure rose directly to one hundred and eighteen.

"Bastard, Xun Yu, he really didn't have any kind eyes from the beginning......"

Before he could finish speaking, he saw a flying stone in the air blasting towards Cao Hong's head.

The deputy general was startled, hurriedly ran to Cao Hong's side, and protected Cao Hong with the iron shield in his hand.

"Boom!"

With a heavy muffled sound, the guard and Cao Hong all fell to the ground, and the flying stone slowly fell down the city after hitting the iron shield.

Cao Hong was knocked to the ground by the strong force of the flying stone, and his chest hurt, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

If it weren't for the guard who came over with a big shield to block this blow for him, Cao Hongshi was afraid that he would be killed, and his head would be smashed.

Cao Hong touched the blood on his lips, stood up, and shouted outside the city: "Potter! I'll you! I'll go to your Tao family for a hundred generations! ”

In the rear of the Jinling army, the potter sneezed vigorously.

He looked up at the starry sky and muttered to himself, "It's cold this day." ”

At the same time, Cao Hong shouted at the head of the city that the lieutenant general would order his troops and that he would go out of the city to face the potters head-on.

The lieutenant generals tried their best to dissuade them, but Cao Hong did not listen.

It was at this time that Cao Pi rushed to see Cao Hong.

Seeing that Cao Hong was so irritable, Cao Pi hurriedly persuaded him, saying that the pottery merchants attacked the city in such a cycle in order to undermine their morale and force them to go out of the city to face the battle, so that Cao Hong must not fall for the tricks of the pottery merchants.

After a lot of persuasion, Cao Hong's mind calmed down.

He gritted his teeth and said to Cao Pi: "Then what should I do in this situation?" ”

Cao Pi thought about it for a while, and carefully told Cao Hong about the fact that Shicai went to see Xun Yu in the cell.

After Cao Hong listened, he suddenly thundered like five thunders.

"These unscrupulous bastards, rioters! When Xun Yu was in charge, they assisted in defending the city and provided property, but now that Xun Yu is in prison, they are all shrinking? This is obviously looking down on my Cao family! ”

Cao Pi said worriedly: "If we want to defend the city now, we must recruit all the scholars and people in the city, so that they can fully support us, just like Xun Yu did at the beginning, so that it is possible to protect Xuchang City." ”

Cao Hong slammed the wall battlements with his fists, and said angrily: "After tonight, I will consult with the scholars in the city in the coming day, and let them quickly pay for them, if it is slow, don't blame Lao Tzu for being ruthless!" ”

……

After a night, the Jinling army finally slowly withdrew, and on the city wall, the soldiers of the Cao army finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Many soldiers collapsed to the ground like mud.

This night's offensive and defensive battle was really too tiring and exhausting.

And the materials for defending the city are basically consumed.

Cao Hong was also tired, but he didn't rest, and immediately sent people to summon the leaders of the Shi clan in Xuchang City and let them come to see him collectively.

As a result, after the order was issued, there were not many of those warrior leaders at all.

Only a few insignificant people came, some people sent their families to come in their place, and some simply complained and did not come.

If it is replaced by Xun Yu, when this situation occurs, it must be both envy and power, and start to play Tai Chi with these scholars.

It's not that the leader of the clan doesn't really want to come, he just wants to take some initiative.

After all, they also knew what Cao Hong was looking for them, and they could guess it with their toes.

In fact, for the leaders of the Shi clan, it doesn't matter if they donate things or contribute money or people, but what they want is Cao Hong's promise, after all, people really contribute, and they can't do anything good.

Xun Yu handled it very appropriately in this regard, and every time he did not lose his majesty, but also appeased him.

In the tug-of-war between the two sides, they can often get what they want.

There is no love for no reason in the world, and there is no hate for no reason, and the Xuchang clan supports Xun Yu, which naturally has their reasons.

Because they get along with Xun Yu very comfortably, they don't get tired of doing things until they get to the point.

But Cao Hong is obviously not a routine with Xun Yu.

The methods of the Xuchang family are completely different from Cao Hong.

What Cao Hong hates the most is their set.

Without beating around the bush, he directly sent people to arrest all the leaders of the scholar clan in Xuchang in front of him.

Cao Hong didn't say a word, and when he saw these arrested clan leaders, he opened his mouth to ask for money and things.

In the face of such an arrogant and rude request, of course, the leader of the scholar clan could not give it.

Big brother, there's nothing wrong with you asking for things, but you can't ask for it like this, what's the difference between this and Ming robbery?

If we are really convinced, then these scholars in Xuchang will not let your Cao clan bear die in the future?

As a result, in Xuchang City, the most representative leader of a scholar clan stood up and expressed some doubts and indignation at Cao Hong's approach.

Cao Hong listened to his words and gave him face very much.

He directly ordered someone to cut him down.

When he was young, the head of the Nashi leader was left in front of the rest of the Shi leaders.

All of a sudden, everyone fell silent.

Heroes don't suffer immediate losses, Cao Hong asks them to come up with whatever they get.

After bullying the scholars, Cao Hong ordered people to forcibly recruit the ordinary people in Xuchang City, and one person from each household assisted in the city defense.

In fact, if you want the people to go out of the city defense, you only need to promise benefits, or give an encouraging speech, or ...... In short, there are many worthwhile means that can be used, but Cao Hong's temper is too short-tempered, especially when there is a Xun Yu in front of him to compare with him, he is not convinced.

So, he resorted to the most faint and faint tricks.