"Lord, the scout just came with the news, Yuan Shang sent troops and horses straight to Yecheng, it seems that Yuan Shang is going to retreat and return to Yecheng." In the big tent of the Chinese army, Xun You and Yang Xiu hurriedly came in and said to Chen Mo.

Chen Mo moved his soldiers and horses to Dongcheng, in addition to attracting the attention of the defenders in the city, and more importantly, to prevent Yuan Shang from returning to Yecheng and blocking Yuan Shang.

"This Yuan Shang is a little bold, when he gives up, he will give up." After Chen Mo motioned for the two to sit down, he asked with a smile, "Do you know who led the troops?" ”

"It is Guo Yuan, a general under Yuan Shang, and in this battle with the Cao army, this person was a strong opponent of Cao Ren, the general of the Cao army." Yang Xiu bowed.

"Guo Yuan?" Chen Mo pondered: "I remember that this person is Sikong's nephew, maybe he will use this to say that he has descended this person?" ”

Sikong is Zhong Xuan, the relationship between Zhong Xuan and Guo Yuan, Chen Mo knows, so he has this question.

"I'm willing to give it a try." Yang Xiu got up and said, he is still quite good at lobbying this kind of thing.

"Be careful, if he doesn't want to, don't pay attention, just come back." Chen Mo nodded, and instructed, accepting Guo Yuan can be regarded as giving Zhong Xuan face, if the other party is unwilling, Chen Mo will not force it.

"Whoa." Yang Xiu nodded in agreement and turned to leave.

"What about our casualties?" Chen Mo asked while dealing with military affairs.

"Although today's battle is fierce, not counting the casualties of our army, there are more than 700 dead and 3,000 wounded." Xun You said with a smile.

"Most of the defenders of Yecheng are new soldiers, it is so easy today, and if you fight again tomorrow, I am afraid it will not be so easy." Chen Mo is not too optimistic about this matter, a city like Yecheng is extremely unfavorable for the attacker, as far as the results of today's observation of the battle are concerned, although it is chaotic, the order of the soldiers defending the city is not chaotic, and the defenders of Yecheng are still very level.

"What I'm worried about is that after Yuan Shang completely gives up celebrating and returning to Yecheng, Cao Jun will also follow, and then the area around Yecheng will be a three-legged trend." Xun You frowned.

Chen Mo looked up at the map, and what Xun You said was exactly what he was worried about.

"This time for Jizhou, it is inevitable to fight with the Cao army, and the three-legged momentum is also bound to be faced, if our army breaks through Yecheng, then Yuan Shang and Brother Meng De join forces to attack the city, or attack Muye, it is also possible." Chen Mo put down the bamboo slip in his hand, got up and frowned: "Yuan Shang is already poor at this point, but there is nothing to worry about, the real trouble is Cao Jun." ”

Han Qiong and Zhang He were defeated, although they defeated Yuan Tan before, but in the subsequent contest with Cao Cao, Yuan Shang has also been pressed and beaten, and now he has to turn back to Yecheng and give up the land of Qinghe, and the morale and morale of the army have long been exhausted.

Xun You nodded, Cao Cao sent troops this time, occupied the plain first, and already had a foothold in Jizhou, and the opportunity was also seized by him, although the soldiers in Guanzhong were brave and good at fighting, but Cao Cao was also an elite general, even if Chen Mo took Yecheng, it was only on a level with Cao Cao, and in the end I remembered who belonged to it, and it was not known yet, and in the end, I am afraid that it is still the two who can afford to occupy Jizhou, but even if it is the winning side, after this battle, I am afraid that the energy will be spent on Jizhou in the next few years.

After Chen Mo arranged for Cui Geng and Bao Geng to intercept Yuan's army, early the next morning, he began to attack the city again, but as expected yesterday, today's siege has become more difficult, those recruits have experienced a tragic battle yesterday, and the survivors began to transform, Chen Mo attacked the city today, and even the number of times he rushed to the city wall was limited.

Wells and ladders were burned countless times, but the defenders of Yecheng did not show fatigue at all, but this battle gave them more confidence.

"See!?" Under the sunset, looking at the Guanzhong soldiers who retreated again, Li Shan stood up tremblingly, pointed a knife at the retreating Guanzhong soldiers in the distance, and laughed: "That's the Guanzhong Army, they will die the same, they will be defeated, there is Yecheng, they can't attack it!" ”

"Roar~" Although the defenders were tired, they once again repelled the Guanzhong army, which did bring them confidence, and the impact of the rapid defeat of Zhang He and Han Qiong before dissipated.

"Guan Zhongjun is nothing more than that!" On the enemy floor, looking at the retreating Guanzhong soldiers, Gao Gan looked at the judge and said: "Then why did Han Qiong and Zhang He lose so quickly, could it be that these two had already voted for Chen Mo?" ”

The judge was thinking about how to break the enemy, and when he heard this, he was a little unhappy in his heart, and frowned: "General, we can stop Chen Mo, because there is the strength of Yecheng, and the area of Chaoge, but there is no such strong city, and the general's random speculation will only chill people's hearts; Now that our army has just recovered some of its morale, it will not be able to withstand the blow, so the general must not say this again! ”

The trial was already a little harsh, and when Gao Gan saw his attitude, he didn't say more, but in his heart, Han Qiong and Zhang He, who didn't know about life and death, were on the account.

The trial is also a little helpless to see this, as long as you don't mess around now, Han Qiong is a veteran of Jizhou, and Zhang He is also quite prestigious in the army, if you pursue this matter at this time, it will only chill people's hearts, as for what happens afterwards, it can't be controlled now, if Han Qiong and Zhang He are still there, I don't mind maneuvering for the two of them, after all, Jizhou now lacks such a general.

In this way, the two sides fought for three days, and Chen Mo could not break the city, but instead lost his troops under Yecheng, which also made the morale of the defenders of Yecheng more and more high.

On the evening of the third day, Chen Mo had just collected his troops and returned to the camp, when he saw Zhang Ji hurriedly coming in: "Lord, the moat is out of water!" ”

"Oh!?" Chen Mo stood up from the frame, looked at Zhang Ji and said, "Is this true?" ”

"When our army was fighting today, a soldier came to report that the water level of the moat was rapidly declining, and when the troops were collected, the general personally went to confirm it, which is absolutely true!" Zhang Ji replied affirmatively that the drying up of the moat was something he had seen with his own eyes, and he couldn't fake it.

"Good!" When Chen Mo heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, looked back in the direction of Yecheng and said: "Pass on my military order, and the soldiers in the camp who have not fought will immediately go out of the camp and break through Yecheng, and it will be tonight!" ”

"Whoa!" All the generals received their orders in unison, and the horn of assembly sounded again.

Soon, Ma Jun's side also sent someone to tell him that the source of the moat had been blocked, Gao Shun's trapping camp had been assembled and standby, and the entrance to the culvert had been found, preparing to sneak into Yecheng tonight.

The river in the city is dry, and if it drags on for a long time, the city guards will inevitably find clues, in that way, Ma Jun's hard work in the past five days will be in vain, and there is only one chance to break the city.

And Chen Mo was also decisive enough, after hearing that the moat had dried up, he immediately ordered to continue the siege of the city, and transferred the army repaired in the camp to attack the city overnight.

On Yecheng, Gao Gan and Xianbei saw that the Guanzhong army was retreating, and was about to return to the city to rest, when they suddenly heard the assembly call from the Guanzhong army camp in the distance, and their hearts were shocked, and they hurriedly stood on the enemy tower to check, and saw the troops fighting today returning to the camp, but there were troops and horses in the camp assembled outside the city, obviously to attack the city overnight.

"What does Chen Mo want to do?" Gao Gan frowned and looked at the soldiers and horses assembled by the other party, although this night battle blocked the sight of the defenders, but the besieging side will also be greatly affected, this year, most people can't see anything at night, so night battles are quite rare in this era, and there are not many night marches.

"I don't know." The judge frowned and said: "However, the defenders in the city are also tired today, so the general should quickly give an order and order the generals in the city to go to the city to replace them in order to resist the enemy army." ”

I felt that something was wrong in my heart, Chen Mo should not be the kind of person who is easy to be impatient, and if he rashly launched a night battle, he must have a plan, but what he wanted, he couldn't figure it out for a while, and he could only guard against it for now.

"Hmm." Gao Gan nodded, and immediately ordered that while the enemy army was not yet fully assembled, the guard was quickly changed, and the defenders in the city were allowed to go to the city to replace the defenders who had been exhausted after a day of fighting.

The sky gradually darkened, and the fighting in the direction of Dongcheng became more and more intense, and a group of men and horses did not light torches, but groped under Yecheng City in the sparse moonlight.

In order to prevent Chen Mo from playing tricks, although Chen Mo mainly attacked the eastern city, the trial also arranged people and horses to patrol the other four cities to prevent Chen Mo from taking the opportunity to sneak attack other city gates.

Gao Shun raised his head, looked at the bright torches on the head of the city, and silently calculated the location in his heart, the location of the underground culvert, Ma Jun only measured a general direction, where it was, they had to find it themselves.

The torches thrown from the city wall from time to time could not shine on them, Gao Shun looked at the people around him: "You can see things?" ”

"General, no problem." An adjutant general bowed.

"Very well, there is a moat ahead, and the culvert is in this area, so you should look for it immediately, and when you find it, you will whistle as a trumpet, and you shall not make a loud noise, and you shall not light a torch." Gao Shun nodded, as the most elite unit under Chen Mo's command, the trap camp received the most rigorous training at the same time, but the treatment was also excellent, in addition to the most sophisticated armor and weapons, he could eat three meals a day, and the meals included meat, fruits and vegetables.

In the trap camp, there is basically no night blindness.

"Whoa!" The generals agreed in a low voice, and began to grope their way into the moat, the bottom of the river was muddy, so deep and shallow, they began to grope around, Gao Shun stood by the moat, and waited with the rest of the trapped camp soldiers.

A quarter of an hour later, a shrill whistle sounded in the direction of the west.

Gao Shun glanced up at the head of the city, saw someone poking his head out to look, threw torches down, silently grabbed his bow and arrows, and looked at the city wall vigilantly.

In the end, nothing was found, the defenders shrank back, Gao Shun breathed a sigh of relief, led everyone into the moat, and found the culvert, the culvert is not big, you have to bend your waist to enter, if the enemy military knows first, the ambush is included, only a team of swords and axes, even if [www.xbqg5200.xyz] trap the camp can not rush in.

After walking for a while, the ground began to open up, and the wind blew in front of you, and the exit was ahead......