Fancheng.

This city is very small, and there are only a few thousand people in the city, but Xiangyang has 20,000 elite soldiers such as Wen Ping in the city, and Wen Ping leads 10,000 elite soldiers, and the other three generals are divided into 10,000 elite soldiers.

The city walls are two feet three feet high and very thick. An urn city is set at the city gate, and wooden arrow towers are set up on the city wall. There is also a lot of food in the city.

Fancheng is bordered by Hanshui in the south, and it is a ferry when you go out, so the south gate does not need to be guarded. It only needs to garrison the east, north and west sides of the city.

Since ancient times, to guard Xiangyang, it is necessary to guard Fancheng. Then assist with the water army to control the Han River. Fancheng is the last city in front of Xiangyang and is the gateway.

Since Wen Ping knew that Cao Cao had arrived in Xinye, he sent spies to the north to find out the truth of Cao's army, and on the one hand, he prepared various equipment to defend the city and asked Xiangyang to send more arrows.

And prepare reinforcements to come to the rescue at any time.

Because Wen Ping knew that in order to stop Cao Jun, Jingzhou must work together. It is impossible to rely on him to hold Fancheng alone, this time it is not Guan Yu's 20,000 elite soldiers that you take, but Cao's 200,000 horse infantry army going south.

When Cao Cao divided Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan, Yu Ban and others to lead the infantry army of 100,000 to the south, Wen Ping had already received the news.

"Send someone to Xiangyang, please prepare soldiers, at least 20,000, prepare more iron armor, and come to the rescue at any time." After Wen Ping heard the news, he immediately sent someone to Xiangyang to inform the news.

Then Wen hired out of the mansion and turned over his horse, shouldered a big knife, and went to the north of the city to inspect the city gate to boost morale.

Xiangyang.

Since Cao Cao led the army south, many people have fled, not only Xiangyang, but also Nanjun, many people have fled from Zigui to Fangling.

Most of them are scholars who were exiled to Jingzhou from the north, and there are also a small number of Jingzhou scholars, anyway, they don't believe that Cai Mao and Zhang Yun can hold Jingzhou.

But as these people fled to Fangling, Jingzhou turned out to be a lot more stable.

But this stability is only superficial, and if Cao Cao's army does not retreat, Jingzhou may collapse.

At present, Liu Cong, the assassin of Jingzhou, is just a sculpture, and only a person like Wen Ping sent someone to Xiangyang to report to Liu Cong first.

When Liu Cong learned of this, he hurriedly summoned Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Han Song, Kuai Yue, Wang Wei and others, who were either flattering ministers or pro-Cao faction.

But at present, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun still want to defend it, so they are not considered surrenderers.

Liu Cong's appearance is somewhat similar to Liu Qi, but it is more delicate. He sat on the throne in the north and said in a panic: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng actually ignored the fact that Xinye was guarded by soldiers and the grain route was dangerous, and 100,000 horse infantry troops went south to Fancheng, and the defenders of Fancheng only had 20,000, how to stop it?" ”

The officials present all looked at Cai Mao, Cai Mao settled down, and glanced at Kuai Yue, but Kuai Yue closed his eyes and recuperated. Cai Mao panicked, but was still unwilling to give up Jingzhou.

It's so good to be entrusted, and he's calling for wind and rain now.

"General Wen is a general, and he has been on the battlefield for a long time. Listen to him. Immediately prepare 20,000 elite soldiers, give them wine and meat, and prepare more iron armor to rescue at any time. ”

Cai Mao calmed down again and said.

"Recruitment." Liu Cong was in a hurry, and immediately said when he heard the words.

Then the ministers dispersed, and after Cai Mao walked out of the lobby, he caught up with Kuai Yue, pulled him aside, and asked in a low voice, "Why didn't Mr. Xenodu say a word?" ”

"Jingzhou is difficult to protect." Kuai Yue whispered. Then Kuai Yue arched his hand to Cai Mao, ignored Cai Mao's call, went out of the Assassin's Mansion, and after returning to Kuai Mansion, Kuai Yue asked his son Kuai Ming to close the door of the mansion, and only allowed people to enter and exit through the side door.

Shut yourself out.

Why is Jingzhou difficult to protect?

The human heart is unpredictable.

Kuaiyue is well aware of this.

But it was said that on the Xiangyang side, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were still dreaming of garrisoning Jingzhou, and the general Wen Ping did not give up and resolutely resisted.

And on this day, Cao Jun was late.

After Cao's 100,000 infantry army arrived in Fancheng, Cao Ren led 40,000 elite soldiers to camp in the north of the city, Yu Ban led 30,000 elite soldiers to camp in Xi'an, and Xiahou Yuan led 30,000 elite soldiers to camp in the east of the city.

The army arrived in the morning, and it was already noon when the encampment was completed. Cao Ren no longer gave Wen Ping time to prepare, and began to attack the city in the afternoon.

A siege is an onslaught.

Cao Ren ordered his subordinate general Niu Jin to be the vanguard, leading 3,000 elite soldiers to attack the city.

"The prime minister has an order, and to attack Fancheng is to get Jingzhou. Therefore, whoever invades Fancheng first will be promised to be a marquis, given a gold seal and a purple ribbon, and I will personally take out a thousand silk cloths to reward him. Niu Jin, you are the general under my command, and I hope you will take this credit. The army was already lined up and was about to attack the city, but Cao Ren sent someone to summon Niu Jin and encouraged him.

Niu Jin is in his early twenties, a strong young man, and he is just strong. Hearing this, he hurriedly agreed and rode his horse to the front army.

"Drumming!!" Cao Ren saw Niu Jin riding away, so he waved his right hand and ordered.

"Knock Knock Knock !!!" The drums were restless, Niu Jin supervised the formation in the rear, and ordered three thousand elite soldiers to go up, and a large number of well cars and ladder cars were used as auxiliaries.

The one guarding the north of Fancheng is Wen Ping himself, the general Wen Ping, and his subordinates are not Chen Lan, Lei Xu is comparable, and the iron armor rate is relatively high.

Wen Ping looked forward to the offensive of Cao's army, but he was not in a hurry or impatient.

"The enemy must be within range of fire before shooting. Don't waste arrows. Wen Ping said to the left and right.

"No." Say yes to the left and right, and then give the order. Soon after, Cao's army pushed the well cart to the killing range, and the archers of the Wenpin army in the city began to shoot Cao's soldiers.

Of course, Sergeant Cao counterattacked, and for a while the arrows were like rain. Then there were terrible screams, bleeding and wounding, and countless people died on the spot.

And as Cao Jun advanced, the ladder truck was also driven.

On the day of the war, it had already entered a white-hot state, and the onslaught of Cao's army was unimaginable.

In the first battle of Anlu, Zhuge Liang relied on Chen Lan, Lei Xu and 10,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters, plus five or six thousand people, plus the use of fraudulent schemes, only barely held for a few days.

That's still Xu Huang, Zhang He's soldiers and horses are few, only 50,000.

At this moment, Cao's army of 100,000 troops attacked the city, while the defenders of Fancheng were only 20,000, and the people were only thousands. Although Wen Ping is a general, he is also anxious.

After two days of garrisoning, he couldn't hold on.

In the evening of the same day, Wen Ping led his own soldiers, inspected the city wall, and comforted the tired soldiers, went back to the mansion in the city, wrote a letter for help, hesitated, or sent someone to Xiangyang for help.

"Why did the general hesitate?" The camp Sima of Wenpin was also present and couldn't help asking.

"In Fancheng, I vow to protect Fancheng. General Zhang, General Wang, and General Li are also people who know their roots, and they will not betray when they are idle. But the rest of the generals in Jingzhou are not easy to say. Although I asked Xiangyang to prepare men and horses, I prepared more armor. However, it was a double sword, and the blade of the sword was double-edged. There are pros and cons. ”

Wen Ping sighed.

When the battalion Sima heard this, he also sighed, when the lord (Liu Biao) was still there, there were many generals in the army, not to mention that now the young lord is suspicious.

Who can be faithful?

Only the general in front of him, as well as General Wang Wei of Jiangxia, is loyal.

As for Xiangyang, Cai Mao had already prepared, so after receiving Wen Ping's letter, he hurriedly dispatched a selected 20,000 infantry army to be led by six leading generals to reinforce Fancheng.

The 20,000 defenders fought for two days, and basically more than half of them were killed and wounded. With the reinforcement of 20,000 defenders from Xiangyang, Fancheng was stabilized again.

If such tactics are used to attack the city, Wenpin can hold Fancheng. 40,000 against 100,000, and Fancheng had enough supplies and strong walls.

Xiangyang squeezed it, and there were soldiers and horses sent over.

Even if Cao Cao wiped out the 100,000 army, he might not be able to take Fancheng.

But the mountains and rivers are strong, but they are not as strong as the hearts of people.

Wen Ping fought for another day. The situation is still stable and can be defended. The soldiers are all from Jingzhou, defending their families and defending the country, and their morale is okay.

After Cao's army retreated in the evening, Wen Ping once again led his personal soldiers to inspect the three city walls in the north, east and south of the city, and appeased the defending generals.

Wen Ping was also tired, so he hurried back to the mansion for dinner and fell asleep.

And so the night began.

Including Wen Ping, Fan Cheng originally had four leading generals. Wen Ping said that the other three generals are reliable. But of the 20,000 elite soldiers from Xiangyang, there were six leading generals.

40,000 people, 10 generals.

Cao Cao was powerful in the world, and Cao's army was invincible in the world, attacking the city for three days. In the land of Jingzhou, Liu Cong is just a puppet, and the power is in the hands of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun.

Naturally, people's hearts fluctuate.

Fancheng has Weng City, and there are two city gates, city gate towers. Tonight, General Zhang Chong is in charge of guarding the first city gate. Late at night, Zhang Chong conspired with his subordinate battalion Sima and the soldiers.

Inside the city gate tower, the lights are bright. Zhang Pet sat on the main seat, and below him were the battalion Sima and six military candidates. Zhang Pet said: "We hold Jingzhou, and Jingzhou is also Cai's, not Liu's." We might as well open the city gate and dedicate Fancheng to Prime Minister Cao. There will be many rewards. ”

Zhang Chong's Sima, most of the military candidates agreed, and only one military candidate named Li Jin spoke out against it. The man stood up and said, "General." Liu Jingzhou treats us well. Besides, we are all from Jingzhou, and guarding Jingzhou is guarding our hometown, how can we give Jingzhou to Cao Cao? ”

Zhang Pet glanced at Jin, and then ordered his own soldiers to pounce and kill Li Jin. Before Li Jin died, he scolded the traitor. Zhang Pet was indifferent.

"Jin Sima, you personally hurry out of the city to see General Yu Ban. After that, I personally attacked the second gate and led Cao's army into the city. ”

Zhang Pet said.

"No." The battalion Sima promised to go down the city gate tower in person, open the city gate and go to the forbidden military camp. Soon after, Zhang Zhong got the news and ordered his 3,000 soldiers to rise up and attack the second city gate. Jiang Chong, the guard of the second city gate, was caught off guard and was defeated by Zhang Chong, and then thought about it, I lost the city gate, and I couldn't go back to explain, so I simply turned around and unloaded my armor and obeyed Cao Jun. So the two generals worked together to enter Fancheng for the vanguard of Cao's army, and then Yu Ban led the army and calmly entered Fancheng from the west of the city.

But it was really expected by Cao Cao, Kuai Yue, Zhou Yu, Lu Su and many others, and the solidity of the mountains and rivers is not as good as the hearts of the people. In this war, the Liu family is just ashes.

What can the general do?

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