Zhang Liao and Cao Ren obeyed Cao Cao's command and attacked Qiongxian. According to reliable information, there are only more than 2,000 people stationed in Qiongxian County, while Cao Jun has more than 100,000 people, this huge number gap, Cao Jun can drown 20 people in a single mouthful.

So Zhang Liao and Cao Ren launched an attack very easily, and they didn't even make a plan.

When the army arrived in Qiongxian, they were shocked by what they saw, and the whole of Qiongxian was surrounded by a huge high wall, leaving only a narrow passage, and behind the passage was the only gate to enter the city.

The passage is actually not narrow, and two carriages can enter and exit side by side, but there are too many Cao troops brought by Zhang Liao and Cao Ren, and they are stuck outside the passage.

Zhang Liao was a little unhappy, he originally wanted to attack in one fell swoop and dismount the two thousand people in the city wall, but he didn't expect to be blocked by this wall.

"It seems that we can only follow the formation and let the army enter little by little." Cao Ren also frowned and said.

Zhang Liao has always led troops well, and under his command, more than 100,000 people, five people in a platoon, lined up a long distance.

When the soldiers in front smashed open the city gate, hundreds of mechs suddenly appeared. Zhang Liao saw it from a distance, thinking it was a soldier in armor, but he didn't care.

However, when the vanguard force and the opposing mecha soldiers came into close contact, the forward troops collapsed.

Seeing the soldiers retreating, Zhang Liao rode his horse and rushed to the front to observe, not only did this high wall disrupt his plan, but the situation that appeared at this time was also unexpected by him.

Driving the horse closer and seeing the detailed battlefield, Zhang Liao was very stunned, and his eyes widened. I saw that the soldiers in armor were not real people at all, but a complex machine.

Mechs attack as simple as a few standing in a row brandishing machetes, but their own vanguard can't help them.

"It's not the way to go." Zhang Liao thought about the strategy, "Since the sword is useless against them, shouldn't it be enough to use a stake to push them apart?" ”

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao ordered the forward troops to retreat temporarily, and found some soldiers to cut down some trees, and tied the trunks together and crashed into the mecha soldiers.

Sure enough, as Zhang Liao expected, the mecha soldiers were all installed on the side of the road, although they were still mechanically waving the knife in their hands, they couldn't cut the people in the middle of the road at all.

"Keep going." Seeing that his plan took effect, Zhang Liao was very happy with a wave of his hand.

But it didn't take long for him to be happy, and his face turned white and green, which was very exciting.

I saw that the vanguard unit had just crashed into the mecha soldiers and was trapped in a fire pit and swallowed them all, and the people behind hurriedly stopped, but the line was too long, and the people behind didn't know what was happening in front of them, so they squeezed forward vigorously and pushed some soldiers to the fire pit.

The fire pit seemed to be sprinkled with animal fat, and the fire burned so vigorously that a soldier could shout or two and be burned to death if he fell into it.

At this moment, the entire Cao army could smell a smell of burnt human flesh, and many soldiers actually vomited.

Seeing that the division was unfavorable, Zhang Liao originally wanted the soldiers to build a bridge on top of the fire pit, but was stopped by Cao Ren.

"You see, there's still a long way behind the fire pit, and I don't know how many mechs and fire pits are waiting for us." Cao Ren hurriedly persuaded Zhang Liao.

The two of them decided to go back to Cao Cao first and let Cao Cao find a way.

After returning to the barracks, Zhang Liao told Cao Cao in detail about the situation in Qiongxian, and Cao Cao's face was very ugly.

"I don't believe that our army of more than 100,000 will be stopped by 2,000 men." Cao Cao roared.

Although Cao Cao was angry and even felt humiliated, he did not take it, he knew that if he let the soldiers continue to attack from the front, he might succeed, but he would definitely suffer heavy casualties.

"Since the front can't work, then we will attack from the back of Qiongxian." Cao Cao said with a frown.

Cao Cao asked his subordinates to bring a map of Qiongxian, and it can be seen from the map that behind Qiongxian is a forest, which is too advantageous for covert raids.

"Cao Ren, this time you go, give you a thousand elites, and be sure to kill all the 200 people in the county!"

"Yes!" Cao Ren replied loudly.

Because Zhang Liao led the troops to fail, although it was not all his fault, Cao Cao was also a little angry with him, and this time he only ordered Cao Ren to carry out the task alone.

Cao Ren looked at the dense forest, and was very happy in his heart, if he made a meritorious service today, he would definitely be more appreciated by Cao Cao than Zhang Liao.

Thinking of this, Cao Ren smiled at the corner of his mouth, and then whispered to the generals behind him: "After entering the forest, everyone should be quiet, don't attract Liu Bei's attention." ”

How did Cao Ren know that Liu Bei had already thought that Cao Cao would come to such a hand, and before they came to this forest, he let Zhao Yun and Bian Que ambush in the forest.

When Cao Ren led the thousand elite of the Cao army to tiptoe through the forest, Bian Que had already set the poison gas, and after a while, half of the people were poisoned, Cao Ren realized that he had been fooled, and immediately returned to escape from the forest.

But things didn't go as he wanted, and Zhao Yun had already blocked their way back with his soldiers. Seeing the poisonous gas in front and Zhao Yun in the back, Cao Ren had no choice but to break the kettle.

After some fighting, there were only more than 200 people left in a thousand people, and Cao Ren was also slashed on the arm, and the blood flowed, although he was embarrassed, his life was saved.

The second failure, Cao Cao has no anger, it seems that his skills are not as good as others and he can't blame others, after thinking about it, Cao Cao asked people to go to Sun Jian for help, Sun Jian is very familiar with Qiongxian, he should be able to take it, and the price is one thousand taels of gold.

Sun Jian ostensibly agreed to Cao Cao's promise to help, but in fact, he had already discussed it with Zhuge Jin behind his back, and they were ready to take advantage of the low morale of Cao's army to take the lead in taking Qiongxian, which was worth more than a thousand taels of gold.

Moreover, after taking Qiongxian, you can also develop in the Qiong area by the way, and the future is bright.

Sun Jian and Zhuge Jin discussed specific combat countermeasures, and they discovered that there was a mountain in the east of Qiongxian County, called Qiongshan. Although this Qiongshan Mountain is a mountain, the altitude is not high, and it is full of terraced fields.

They guessed that the Shu army in Qiongxian County must have supplied Qiongshan as food, so they could hold it for so long.

Sun Jian called Huang Gai and ordered Huang Gai to lead 30,000 Wu troops to attack Qiongshan.

But all this has long been calculated by Liu Bei, Liu Bei sent Ma Chao to ambush on Qiongshan, originally to deal with Cao Cao, but he waited for Huang Gai by mistake.

Huang Gai's more than 30,000 people were ambushed when they went up to Qiongshan, half of them were killed or wounded, and the rest of the people didn't dare to go any further no matter how Huang Gai shouted.

Ma Chao looked at Huang Gai under the mountain and laughed, and the angry Huang Gai almost vomited blood.