In Yuan Shu's camp, in the camp of the main general that had just been arranged, Yuan Shu was discussing the next siege strategy with Fa Zheng and Huang Zhong and other generals.

"My lord, our army has lost no more than 100 people today, and most of them are injured by stray arrows, and most of them can be re-entered into battle after a little treatment. In this siege battle, our army was just responding from the sidelines, and Liu Beijun and Cao Jun suffered a lot of damage. Fa Zheng first concluded.

"Liu Bei has lost a lot this time, I really didn't expect him to be so stupid. Or do we just keep the status quo and watch him fight? The frizzy Ma Chao smirked. As early as when he was negotiating before, he saw that Liu Bei and them were not pleasing to the eye, especially Guan Yu, at that time, the feeling that his life was in the hands of the other party, and he could be pinched to death by the other party like an ant at any time made him feel crazy. This is the first time he feels the gap between him and the world's top generals, Yuan Shu didn't let Dian Wei do it at the beginning because he was afraid of frustrating Ma Chao's sharpness, after all, Ma Chao at that time had already been hit.

"Don't talk nonsense. Liu Bei wants to be as stupid as you say, and he would have taken down the Central Plains a long time ago. Yuan Shu rolled his eyes and said, he can see that Ma Chao is purely a brainless, it is another Sun Ce, and his brain is not as good as Sun Ce, Sun Ce is still a little smart, except for the war, the brain is just a decoration, just think about the things that this product has done in history.

"Lord, if we follow this way of attacking, it is estimated that we will be able to take Tongguan in less than ten days." Pan Feng said.

Yuan Shu smiled and shook his head: "Liu Bei is crazy, I'm not crazy." All the soldiers under my command are elite soldiers, and it would be a great loss if they followed this style of play. This type of offense is definitely not going to work. Today, that is, we did not lead the troops to charge, Liu Bei was in a hurry to have this kind of performance, and Liu Bei's attack next must not be so crazy. ”

"Lord, our army's current strategy is to support Liu Bei to hold Cao Cao hostage, and it is best to take Tongguan in a short time. Otherwise, after a long time, I am afraid that Liu Bei will return to Yuzhou, and the battle in Qingzhou will be almost over. Fa Zheng frowned.

Yuan Shu snorted coldly: "I don't have the leisure to raise a white-eyed wolf. I gave him the opportunity, and it depends on whether he can grasp it. Being able to assist him in attacking Tongguan is already considered a certain benevolence, and there is no way to let him out. Every soldier under my command is more expensive than him, and he deserves to do this kind of loss-making business for him? ”

"Well said! Lord, what you said is too good, the soldiers under our command are all elite, how can they lose the soldiers in order to buy time for Liu Bei? With his attitude, it's good that we don't just hit him. Ma Chao applauded. Although he was not under Yuan Shu for long, Ma Chao quickly integrated into this powerful and united army. Compared with the wild roads under Ma Teng, the well-equipped and disciplined regular army under Yuan Shu was obviously more in line with Ma Chao's appetite.

Although Huang Zhong and Pan Feng did not speak, the recognition in their eyes was obvious, and even Fa Zheng nodded approvingly. Just now he was just making a suggestion from the perspective of a strategist, according to the character of the law and the right to report, Liu Bei dared to stare during the previous negotiations, and he should have directly led the army to eliminate Liu Beijun at that time.

"Xiaozhi, do you have any plan to take Tongguan as soon as possible without losing too much of the soldiers?" Yuan Shu asked.

"Ten are to surround it, five to attack it, and to fight it twice. The number of our soldiers is far greater than that of the other party, and if we want to take Tongguan, we should use the strategy of exhausting soldiers. Fa Zheng came with his hands.

"Tired of soldiers?"

"Not bad. Our army has a large number of troops, so we might as well send 20,000 troops to intermittently attack and feint at night, beating gongs and drums to disturb the enemy's army, and consume the opponent's physical strength and energy. Fa Zheng suggested.

"Well, that's a good idea indeed. Wushuang, your troops have a day off, and tonight's feint mission is up to you to complete. Yuan Shu said.

"No!" Pan Feng nodded. Under Yuan Shu's command, he was used to doing dirty work, and there was no way, his army of gold oil was suitable for these jobs. Fortunately, Pan Feng has a gentle temperament, and he used to do this kind of thing of wiping his ass under Han Fu's command, but if it was replaced by Wei Yan and Sun Ce, he would have stopped doing it.

It was night, the snow slowly drifted up again, and under the quiet night, Cao Jun stationed on the city wall did not dare to rest at all, and was nervous to patrol around the city wall. The daytime battle, whether it was the rain of arrows in the sky or Liu Beijun's crazy siege, left a deep impression on them, which made them still have palpitations.

Cao Xiu held the edge of the city wall with both hands, feeling the cold east wind around him, the worry in his heart could not be calmed for a long time, and his eyes were fixed on the distance, as if he could see the camp of Cao Yuan's army through this dark night.

"General, you've been standing all day, go back and rest. There's a big battle to command tomorrow! Seeing that Cao Xiu had always stood still, the captain guarding the city stepped forward to dissuade him.

Cao Xiu's gaze remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "It's okay, this bit of fatigue is nothing to so." You let the guards wipe their eyes and don't let go of any trouble. ”

The first time he led the troops alone, he encountered this extremely unfavorable situation, which could not allow Cao Xiu not to be nervous and cautious. At this time, he was like a frightened bird, even if there was a hint of wind and grass, it would be difficult for him to sleep, for fear that the other party would make a night attack or cooperate with the outside. So I'd rather be tired and stick to the city wall myself, for fear of any mistakes.

"I hope Yuan Liu won't use any conspiracy!" Cao Xiu sighed lightly in his heart. In the face of the scheming generals under the command of Yuan Shu and Liu Bei, he did not have a trace of confidence in being able to win the battle, he just wanted not to make any mistakes, and just keep the rules to the end.

He knew how many catties and taels he had, and he knew the horror of Yuan Shu and Liu Bei, especially Yuan Shu, Cao Cao had suffered a lot in his hands, not to mention that he was a hairy boy. So he didn't have the idea of sending troops to attack at all, but just guarded the pass cautiously.

This is also the reason why Cao Cao sent him, cautious. If Liu Bei's army attacks the city, it is enough to make the other party helpless if he only needs to hold Tongguan and not go out, if Liu Bei unites Yuan Shu, it is estimated that Cao Cao himself will not be able to please him, and it is estimated that he can only defend the city. It is better to send an extremely cautious person like Cao Xiu than to send Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan, at least he will not be arrogant and think that he has a chance to defeat the other party, and every flaw revealed by Liu Bei and Yuan Shu may be a fatal trap.

Although Cao Xiu kept praying in his heart, it was obvious that the heavens did not respond to his wishes, and he soon noticed a slight movement under the city walls.

"Drop the rocket in the northwest direction!" Cao Xiu pointed to the place where the sound came from and shouted.

Before the archers could hear the order to shoot arrows, a continuous rain of arrows suddenly appeared in the sky. Countless archers were shot defenselessly as soon as they pulled their bowstrings, and they were killed on the spot.

"Whoosh! Sou! ”

Countless arrows slashed past Cao Xiu's side, he pulled out the long sword hanging on his waist, easily blocked the arrows shot at him, and shouted: "Foot soldiers pay attention to raising their shields to cover, and the archers quickly release arrows to return fire after finding a hiding position!" ”

Under Cao Xiu's call, the Cao army on the city wall quickly recovered from the chaos, and began to defend and fight back according to Cao Xiu's instructions. Groups of men with huge shields and crossbows gathered together, and the shield soldiers put together the huge shields in their hands to form a shield wall, while the archers hid behind them, occasionally fighting back.

A large number of rockets were fired in the direction that Cao Xiu was pointing, and suddenly the Yuan army besieging the city under the city wall in the darkness was faintly exposed in front of Cao Xiu.

Looking at the faintly floating number of wells and the archers and shield soldiers on them, and the countless Yuan Jun driving the ladder with a big sword, Cao Xiu only felt a burst of shock. Sure enough, the other party began to attack at night.