Cao Ang ate a closed door outside Yecheng, which was also expected.

However, he was only a vanguard army, and he could not send an army to storm the city, so Cao Ang began to command the army, "building earth mountains up and tunnels down," waiting for the arrival of the main force led by his father himself.

Cao Cao was also in a hurry, and ordered a rapid march, but he arrived at the foot of Yecheng in one day, and when he saw the tall city walls of Yecheng, he couldn't help but wonder if the original plan to take Yecheng within seven days was too hasty.

It was the strongest city he had ever seen, and there was no one.

After quickly joining forces with Cao Ang, Cao Cao began to order a strong attack.

At the sound of an order, countless soldiers carried the ladder, braved the rain of locusts and arrows, set up the city wall, and began to climb up densely, but a rolling log on the head of the city where two people hugged each other was thrown down, and it would fall down.

Another dense large stone was thrown from the top of the city, and the Cao army ghost cried wolf.

A group of soldiers pushed a crash car composed of a huge tree to hit the city gate, and the city was still raining arrows like flying locusts, and this group of soldiers had not yet rushed under the city gate, and more than half of them had been killed and wounded.

"Boom!"

When the crashing car with several corpses lying on its stomach hit the city gate, there was a muffled sound, and the city gate did not move at all.

Immediately afterward, a soldier came to make up for it with a rattan card, ready to hit the second ......

With such a strong defense, the defenders were easily defended, but the besieging side suffered heavy losses.

After a day of fierce fighting, Cao Jun suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and corpses were everywhere outside the city, all of which were Cao Jun's corpses, and the water of the moat was stained red with blood.

But Yecheng still stood there, the city wall was not damaged at all, and the Yuan army was not killed or wounded.

In the evening, everyone gathered in Cao Cao's tent to discuss the gains and losses of the day.

In fact, needless to say, anyone can see that the siege is not going well, more than 10,000 soldiers filled in, and they didn't even touch the head of the city, so the loss was too great.

The atmosphere in the tent was naturally very depressing.

"Lord, it's not a way to fight like this," Xun You took the lead in breaking the dullness, and sighed: "Yecheng is so strong, it can't be conquered overnight, such a strong attack, not to mention the big losses, I'm afraid it won't help."

For today's plan, the only way to surround Yecheng is to surround it, the so-called encirclement point to send reinforcements, and when the food in the city is exhausted, Yecheng will destroy itself. ”

In siege warfare, the strong attack is the biggest loss, if the city is too strong, it cannot be captured for a while and a half, it is completely possible to use the method of siege, sooner or later the city can be trapped to death.

"How can you not know that besieging the city is a good strategy?" Cao Cao said with a cloudy face: "But Lone led the army to the north this time, and he came from the city, and Lone had agreed with Ping'er for seven days before.

If he sent Zhang Wenyuan to resist Guo Yuan for seven days, but Lone never took Yecheng, would Lone retreat or not? ”

"When the lord arrives, he can divide the army into two roads, send the eldest prince to lead a military horse back to defense, and the lord himself will lead a military horse to besiege the city here, isn't it the best of both worlds?" Xun Yu Dao.

"Well, that's the only way to do it," Cao Cao nodded.

It seems that it is unrealistic to take Yecheng within seven days, and there must be a plan to fight a protracted war.

And it is not easy for Zhang Liao to resist Guo Yuan for seven days, and it is impossible to last longer, so he can only send Cao Ang to lead the army back to Xudu for defense.

You can't lose your nest anyway.

At this time, Guo Jia contracted the wind cold and did not participate in this discussion.

"Newspaper—"

At this time, a herald suddenly rushed in, "Prime Minister, Yin Kai, who is stationed in Maocheng, led an army of 5,000 and came to Yecheng to kill." ”

Cao Cao glanced at Xun You and said with a smile: "The reinforcements have really arrived." ”

It turned out that Yuan Shang ordered Yin Kaitun to be stationed in Maocheng in order to protect the grain route of the Shangdang, but now that Yecheng is besieged, Yuan Shang can't care so much, and at the same time sent Guo Yuan to attack the Central Plains, he urgently dispatched other county guards to come to help in the war.

Cao Cao stood up and looked at the map, Maocheng was in the west of Yecheng, and at this time their garrison was in the east of Yecheng, "Tomorrow Lone will be stationed here, and Ang'er will take the army and horses of his headquarters to meet Yin Kai."

Remember, go and come back. ”

"No!"

Cao Ang obeyed the order, and now he commands 10,000 elite Cao troops, and there are two generals who are happy to enter the ban, so it is naturally not a problem to defeat Yin Kai.

The next day, Cao's army outside Yecheng changed its strategy and became a siege but not a fight.

The two sides are also fine.

Cao Ang led his army around Yecheng and marched for a day, and the next day, when the sun was sinking in the west, he bumped into Yin Kai's army, and a bloody battle immediately broke out between the two sides.

Cao's army was twice as large as Yuan's army, and Yu Banlejin's second general was far more capable of fighting than Yin Kai, so the battle ended before dark, and at the cost of 1,000 dead and wounded, 5,000 Yuan's army was annihilated, and Yin Kai's head was beheaded.

The baggage gained, take what can be taken, and burn all that can't be taken, Cao Ang ordered a rapid march, starry night, and rushed back to Yecheng.

He had only been there for a total of three days, and he had already achieved a lot of victories.

Cao Cao was very satisfied with Cao Ang's performance, and ordered Yin Kai's head to be thrown into the city with a stone thrower to deter the defenders.

and ordered Xin Bi, who had already surrendered, to shout to the city to persuade him to surrender under the city to shake the heart of Yuan's army.

At this time, another herald came to report: "The commander of Handan, the son of Fu Zhi, led an army of 8,000 and killed Yecheng." ”

"Is this a hornet's nest?" Cao Cao smiled.

"Wait for the commander to go and fight against the frustrated birds," Cao Ang volunteered.

"My father is not yet old, my son does not have to work so hard," Cao Cao patted Cao Ang on the shoulder and said, "You have marched overnight, the army is tired, and you are stationed here, wait for your father to go, and send the frustrated bird to see his father." ”

Frustrated was killed by Cao Cao, Frustrated Hu himself had the intention of avenging his father, and there were 8,000 people under his command, although Cao Ang's army was elite, but the starry night was running back and forth, and he had become a tired army, and he was really not necessarily Frustrated's opponent.

"My son and take a good rest here, and when his father returns, he will agree with Ping'er that seven days have arrived, and you need to immediately lead the army back to Xudu, and you must not let Xudu be exposed to Guo's reinforcements."

"No!" Cao Ang responded.

Now it's like their father and son are singing a two-person turn, you beat me and I rest, I beat you and rest.

Cao Cao did not have the slightest doubt about Cao Ang, and the next day he completely handed over the command of the army in front of the battle to Cao Ang, and then took Cao Chun as his deputy general, commanded 3,000 tigers and leopards, and Dian Wei as the escort, with a total strength of 10,000 troops, and went to meet the frustrated hu.

Cao Ang led his army to continue the siege here.

In fact, the siege of the city is similar to resting, and there are no generals in the city who can fight, and the soldiers are not as many as Cao's army, so they can only rely on the tall city walls to defend, but they dare not go out of the city to face the battle.

……

Yecheng, Yuan Shang's official office, late at night.

Since the siege of the city by Cao's army, the city has been cut off from the outside world.

Fortunately, Cao's army only attacked for one day, and then stopped attacking, and it was safe and sound for a few days.

"I don't know where Guo Yuan's march has gone," Yuan Shang sighed, put on a piece of clothing, and looked at the map hanging on the wall with an oil lamp: "At this time, should you go out of Tongguan?" ”