The sunset had sunset in the sky, and most people couldn't see clearly at this time with the glimmer of the stars, and the camp was brightly lit, but outside the camp, it was pitch black.

This belongs to the front-line camp of Zhongmu, a camp of less than 100 people, the main responsibility is not to fight, but to be vigilant, because around Zhongmu, there is no danger to defend, so in order to guard against possible enemies from all directions, Zhongmu guards will set up a lot of checkpoints outside the city, but there are not many camps with 100 people like this, and there are only three in the entire vicinity of Zhongmu, and the rest are dotted with small passes, most of which are five to ten people stationed in them.

After discovering the enemy's traces, the wolf smoke will rise immediately, if the enemy attacks, then withdraw, ordinary sentry is no combat mission, but the camp of 100 people is different, in addition to sentry, they also have the task of delaying the enemy's attack, the camp is much stronger than the ordinary outpost, and even there are many more powerful bows and crossbows, such as concurrent crossbows are more common defense equipment today, which can make up for the disadvantage of lack of manpower to a certain extent.

Now the two sides have officially started the war, as an important camp around Zhongmu, these three camps are not far from Zhongmu, from here you can see the torches at the head of Zhongmu City and the occasional shaking figure under the torches, the same situation here, Zhongmu City can also be seen at a glance, once the war starts, these three camps will be nailed to the enemy's side and rear like nails, no matter which direction the Cao army attacks the city from, arrows from here can shoot each other, bringing pressure to the other party.

In order to avoid being breached too quickly, although these three military camps are not big, but the walled wall is extremely high, there are two zhang, and the inside is also padded with rammed earth, the walled wall can walk, and the ordinary siege vehicle can not break through the wall, almost quite a small city.

The deterrent effect is greater than its own lethality.

The Guanzhong warriors held long knives and stood quietly on the wall, their sight was greatly restricted at this time, and they could only rely on their sense of hearing to detect nearby sounds.

From time to time, sparks burst from the torches, and a beep sounded, and at one moment, the immobile warrior suddenly waved the long knife in his hand and slashed at the wall in front of the side.

"Bang~"

With a muffled snort, four severed fingers flew out, and there was the sound of heavy objects falling under the wall, and before the warrior stepped forward to check, the light in front of him suddenly dimmed, and the warrior did not look back, but the knife in his hand was slashed backwards.

"Bell~"

In the uncertain firelight, the two war knives collided fiercely together, bringing up a spark, without waiting for the warrior to react, there was a sudden pain in the chest, but it was pierced by a sharp arrow, the strength in the hand could not help but be weak, and the person on the opposite side was also ruthless, seeing the opportunity to withdraw the knife, rushing forward, a knife wiped the throat of the other party, the sharp blade brought a cold light, followed by a puddle of blood and a corpse that fell weakly.

It's complicated, but from the Guanzhong soldiers found that they didn't shoot right, to the two sides fighting, and then to being killed, these things happened in a very short period of time, whether it was the soldiers in Guanzhong, or the soldiers of the Cao army who touched it, they were all elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and they were quick and decisive, but the sound here still alarmed the other soldiers who were guarding the camp.

Someone rang the gong, but also more than a dozen Cao soldiers have taken the opportunity to touch the wall, the camp of the Guanzhong soldiers quickly climbed up, in the fierce fighting, the two sides did not fight for a long time, but in an instant, the Cao army who touched the wall died nine, the rest jumped down from the wall, the defenders quickly threw the torch out, on the flash of fire, there was a lot of snorting in the dark.

How many people were killed and wounded, no one knows, but the defenders also paid for seven casualties.

"Cao Jun has arrived here, set off beacon fires, let the soldiers defending the city be careful!" After counting the casualties, the commander in charge of the battalion immediately ordered people to set off beacon fire to warn in the direction of Zhongmu City.

The enemy killed here quietly, it is likely that the checkpoints along the way have been removed, if the enemy army sneaks up at night, it will not be good, once Zhongmu is lost, their external camps will lose their meaning.

"These Guanzhong troops are really alert!" In the distance, looking at the beacon fire that was quickly lit in the camp, Cao Xiu sighed, originally wanted to take the opportunity to pull out these nails buried outside the city, but now it seems that it is not easy.

"General, we still managed to capture one!" One of the generals bowed down and said, although they were defeated in two places, they still managed to break through a camp, so they were not completely defeated.

"I calculated with my heart and without my heart, but I only broke through one." Hearing this, Cao Xiu looked at the camp on the other side that was gradually burning, shook his head and sighed: "It's not a victory." ”

This is just Zhongmu, and it is not the elite of Guanzhong, but it is still not easy to take down Zhongmu, let alone fight with the elite army led by Chen Mo later.

"The rest of the checkpoints have all been breached, and before the arrival of the lord's army tomorrow, there are not too many enemy troops outside the city of Zhongmu, which is enough for our army to attack the city with all its might." The general laughed.

"With these two camps, you can't do your best." Cao Xiu shook his head, the purpose of the other party's three camps outside the city, he could naturally see that there might not be many soldiers and horses, but for the siege troops, it was a psychological pressure, if they couldn't be uprooted, they would not be able to attack the city with all their might.

"So, why don't you attack again?" The general proposed: "We have already attacked once and have been repulsed, and if we attack again at this time, the enemy may slacken." ”

When Cao Xiu heard this, his heart moved, and after thinking for a while, he nodded: "Yes!" If you start again at the fifth watch, the other party will inevitably be wary at this time. ”

"I'll arrange this!" The general nodded and went down to make arrangements.

The night fell silent again, and the soldiers of the Cao army, who had not retreated, lurked outside the city to rest, staring at their prey like wild wolves lurking in the dark.

After this has been going on for a long time, at the time of the fifth watch, the sky will be clear, even the soldiers of Guanzhong will inevitably give birth to a little difficulty, and the Cao army that has retreated does not know when, and touched the camp like a ghost, this time, the soldiers of the two camps failed to hold, just like the general next to Cao Xiu said, after blocking once, it is inevitable that there is a sense of relaxation in the heart, and now again, and choose this time, the two remaining camps were broken by Cao Xiu, but the price paid for this is not small, Cao Xiu brought, However, the elite selected in the army, but in order to remove these three nails, nearly five hundred were damaged, and how many more will be killed in the next siege battle?

This is the first battle.

In the blazing firelight, someone in the direction of Zhongmu began to shoot arrows in this direction, but Cao Xiu had already pushed away with people, Zhongmu City wanted to capture it was not as simple as the camp, and the task of uprooting the camp by himself had been completed, and Cao Xiu was not ready to stay here for more.

Compared with the troops invested by both sides, it is not a big deal that the three camps of less than 100 people were burned by the other party, and they are not even waves, but for Zhongmu, the fall of these three guard camps is of great significance, which means that if the Cao army attacks the city next, it will no longer have any worries and will be able to attack the city with all its might.

It was too late to re-establish, as the sky dawned, the vanguard of the Cao army had arrived in Zhongmu, and the next war may be a boring and tragic battle to defend the city, and in terms of the strength of the defenders of Zhongmu, they did not have the strength to fight with the enemy army out of the city.

This time, it was Li Dian who led the way for the Cao army, and after arriving in Zhongmu, he did not immediately order the siege of the city, but called the generals who had been stationed in this area to learn the details of Zhongmu.

As a border city and the front line, Zhongmu's defensive strength Yu Sheng gave 5,000, which is also the reason why Zhongmu dared to set up camps and sentry posts everywhere.

"Five thousand?" Li Dian frowned, looking at the mountains and rivers around Zhongmu on the map, he didn't believe it, although it was the junction of the two families, but Zhongmu was surrounded by a smooth road, it was definitely not a strategic place, and there was no need to station so many soldiers and horses.

"General, the last general once saw the guard take 5,000 men and horses out of the city to fight." One of the generals hurriedly explained.

Bravado!

When the other party said this, Li Dian instantly understood in his heart, although Cao Jun had arranged a lot of people and horses here, but there were only two or three thousand people, and the other party pulled out five thousand people at once, but he didn't fight, but after scaring back here, he returned to the city, if there were really five thousand soldiers and horses, there was no need to pull them out to show the enemy, this was obviously the other party's bluff, and these generals were really bluffed.

After sighing in his heart, Li Dian looked at the generals and said: "Our army has just arrived, the soldiers are tired, and it is not suitable to fight immediately. ”

"General, I wonder when I should attack the city?" One of the generals asked.

"Don't be in a hurry, let the soldiers rest for a few days." Li Dian smiled and waved his hand.

"Whoa!" Although the generals did not understand what they meant, they did not ask too much, and each took orders to leave.

On the other side, the Zhongmu defenders saw the Cao army coming, and they also took the first step to uproot the camp they were standing outside the city, and they were ready to fight to the death, who knew that after the Cao army arrived, there was no immediate intention to attack the city, the first day of the camp was good to say, but the second day there was no movement, and the third day did not mean to send troops.

The soldiers defending the city were a little confused for a while, this Cao army came over with great momentum, why didn't they see any action?

With such doubts, the defenders unconsciously let go of some vigilance, and Li Dian and others are obviously at this opportunity, when the defenders of Zhongmu are unknown, at dawn on the fourth day, Li Dian suddenly led men and horses to kill, even if the defenders reacted in time, but they could not block the elite attack of the Cao army, after holding on for two hours, with the Cao army continuously entering the city, the defenders finally could not support and began to withdraw.

Li Dian's guess was right, not only did Zhongmu not have 5,000 defenders, not even 2,000, Zhongmu City was broken, and Cao's army won the first battle!