Cao Jun's fortifications stretched for dozens of miles from east to west, just like building a narrow and long city.

The 100,000-strong army shouters of Yuan's army attacked the city like a tide, set up a cloud ladder, and began to climb up like ants.

Cao Jun stood at the head of the city with long snakes, some shooting with bows and arrows, some lifting ladders, and some smashing down with pre-reserved stones.

For a time, the sound of drums and horns on the battlefield and the shouts of killing were deafening.

With every breath, I don't know how many people died, and the two sides entered a stalemate in the siege battle.

Of course, the fortifications of the Cao army were not repaired in vain, they occupied a geographical advantage, condescending, and the losses were naturally much smaller, while the Yuan army attacked on the back, of course, suffered heavy losses.

From morning to noon, there were already corpses all over the field under the barrier, all of which were Yuan Jun's corpses.

The commander of the siege was Gao Ran Zhang He, and the two of them saw that it was not a way to fight like this, so they ordered to temporarily slow down the offensive, but mobilized archers to shoot from the bottom to the top from behind, so that the casualties were finally reduced.

It's a pity that it is impossible to break through the Cao army's barrier with only bows and arrows, and Yuan Shao naturally can't tolerate it, so he forced the second general to continue to attack the city at any cost.

The second general had no choice but to continue to order a strong attack, and for a while, the two sides were killed again, and flesh and blood were flying.

Bow and arrow battles, hand-to-hand combat, until dusk, neither side can fight, then stop.

Under the inventory, Cao's army lost more than 5,000 people, but it is roughly estimated that at least 20,000 corpses of Yuan Jun were lying under the city at this time.

The logic of war is so ruthless, I have died fewer people than you, and it is calculated that I have won, and this has been the case throughout the ages.

So when the casualties were reported, Cao Cao still felt a burst of joy, if this battle loss ratio continued, he must be the one who won in the end.

What's more, this place is the official ferry of Henan, and if it comes to transporting grain, it is much more convenient for him to transport it from Xudu than Yuan Shao, and he can afford it.

After counting the casualties, even Yuan Shao, who had a lot of money, was a little distressed.

There is no other reason, if at the beginning when he had an army of 200,000, 20,000 deaths were nothing, but now he only has 100,000 people left, and another 20,000 deaths, it is one-fifth.

How many days can it last?

"Continue to attack tomorrow and win the battle," Yuan Shao said strongly.

There is no reason to give up halfway in attacking the city.

"Lord, if we continue like this, we will lose too much," Zhang He persuaded, "It's better to trim up a little and fight again the day after tomorrow." ”

"If Ci is not in charge of the army, how can there be no losses in the war?" Yuan Shao said in a cold tone: "We have suffered a big loss, and Cao Apu's loss is not small.

We trim it, and we trim it, which is equivalent to trimming him. ”

Zhang He sighed helplessly, Yuan Shao's words were irrefutable, fighting was supposed to rely on human lives.

The next day, there was another bloody battle between the two sides,

The third day was the same again.

However, the Yuan army's offensive in the last two days was far less fierce than the first day, so the number of casualties was greatly reduced, but the threat to Cao's fortress was naturally greatly reduced.

In Cao Cao's view, blocking the Yuan army north of Guandu and retreating on its own after the Yuan army ran out of food and grass was already a predetermined ending.

They just need to grit their teeth a little and persevere, and it doesn't seem to be as difficult as they think.

In the evening, Yuan Jun discussed in Yuan Shao's main account.

"In three days, more than 40,000 people were killed and wounded, and they never touched the city," Yuan Shao roared like thunder, waving his sleeves and saying angrily: "Are you waiting for your life?" Are you cowardly? ”

Although the words were said to the civil and military generals, they were particularly harsh in the ears of Gao Ran Zhang He, and the two of them couldn't help but sit on pins and needles.

It was they who commanded the battle on the front line, and Yuan Shao's voice was questioning, wasn't it just asking them?

There was silence in the tent, and no one spoke.

I have to say that everyone in the Yuan camp has their own little abacus, and they have never been able to twist into a rope, which is also one of the reasons why the Yuan clan is bound to lose.

Of course, this situation was also caused by Yuan Shao himself.

"What can I do? What can I do? Yuan Shao was even more angry when he saw that everyone had become a stuffy gourd.

"Ming Gong!" At this time, Fu Zhu stood up and said: "The Cao clan built a tall barrier, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If we are at a disadvantage, if we continue to attack, I am afraid that there will be more casualties. ”

"That's natural," Yuan Shao nodded: "Even if you use a bow and arrow to shoot, our side will also attack below, and the terrain is unfavorable."

Tell you, what is the best plan? ”

"Why don't the lord use logs to build a turret, the height needs to be higher than the barrier of the Cao army on the opposite side, and then order the soldiers to shoot at the Cao army's position on the turret, in this way, wouldn't our side occupy a favorable geographical advantage?"

If in the past, if Fu Zhu put forward such an idea, Yuan Shao would definitely refute it in one sentence, and he couldn't break through the offensive barrier of Cao's army with arrows, so what was the use of shooting?

However, after these three days of bloody battles, Yuan Shao couldn't bear such a big loss, so the strategy of frustration was not a bad way.

So in the next few days, the Yuan army stayed in the camp and did not attack the city, and the Cao army thought that the Yuan army had suffered too much loss and was ready to withdraw.

As a result, on the following day, Yuan Jun pushed out hundreds of them from the camp, and laid them with movable rafts of rolling wood underneath.

Each building is about three zhang long and about four or five zhang high, which is much higher than the height of Cao Jun's fortress.

The hundreds of floors are connected to form a sky bridge connected in mid-air.

The soldiers of the Yuan army stood on the overpass, condescending, and their bows and arrows shot towards the walls of the Cao army fortress like a torrential rain.

As a result, Cao Jun's geographical advantage was instantly reversed.

Yuan Jun's platform was two or three feet higher than them, and they couldn't see the soldiers on the platform at all, so naturally they couldn't shoot the other party.

However, the soldiers of the Yuan army could poke their heads out at any time and aim at them.

For a while, Cao Jun became the prey of the hunting ground, and was shot by the condescending Yuan soldiers.

In the face of the rain of arrows, everyone was miserable, and they suffered heavy casualties for a while.

Cao Cao was reading a book in the big tent when suddenly three arrows were nailed to his bookcase, startling him.

At this time, Dian Wei hurriedly rushed in with a double iron halberd, raised his foot and kicked a bookcase next to him, and then hid behind the bookcase according to Cao Cao.

"Aggressive...... Aggressive ......" feathered arrows rained down on the bookcase.

"What's going on?" Cao Cao was horrified, how could a bow and arrow come in through such a high city wall?

Could it be that Yuan Jun rushed in?

"Lord, the Yuan army on the opposite side has set up a stage, which is even higher than our city wall, and our soldiers have suffered too many casualties." Dian Wei protected Cao Cao under him and said loudly.

"Order people to protect you gentlemen," Cao Cao first thought of Guo Jia, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and others.

He was shot like this here, and the rest of the place was naturally not spared.

His strength is not weak, and he can still make two strokes, but let Guo Jiaxun and these people dodge arrows, and he can afford their physical strength too much.

Perhaps these people are already miserable.

"Go, leave me alone, go!"

"The lord is all right, right?"

At this time, I saw Guo Jia and Cheng Yu, one holding an umbrella made of thatch, coming into the tent and visiting Cao Cao with concern.

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