On this night, countless people stayed up all night.

In Liu Bei's camp, the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang and Liu Ye have not rested at all, gathering together to stand on the highest lookout platform in the camp, looking at the direction of Tongguan.

Listening to the distant, low and continuous shouting of killing, and looking at the dazzling firelight, Liu Bei's heart was hot.

"Yuan Highway can! I didn't expect him to take the initiative to attack at night, and I really underestimated him. Zhang Fei said with an excited smile.

"The total number of people involved on both sides of this battle is about thirty or forty thousand, and the damage is definitely more than two thousand, Yuan Highway is really bleeding this time." Liu Ye looked at the movement in the direction of Tongguan, estimated a little in his heart, and said calmly.

"If Yuan Highway continues to fight with us like this, I'm afraid it won't take half a month, and this Tongguan will be enough to take within seven days." Liu Bei said with a smile.

"Yuan Shu, this should be just a temptation, Yuan Highway is not an easy person, the lord should not expect him too much." Liu Ye was not as optimistic as Liu Bei, and the confrontation with Yuan Shu during the day made him completely underestimate Yuan Shu's nature. This is a lord who doesn't see a rabbit and doesn't scatter an eagle, and wants him to work hard for himself for free, dreaming.

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Under Pan Feng's shouting, the army under his command slowly retreated like a tide, and even if they retreated, they maintained a formation, defending and counterattacking from time to time, not giving Cao Jun any chance. The Jiangdong Army's training of formations has been deeply rooted in the subconscious, and it is not advisable to fight alone on the battlefield, and a small battle formation of three or five people may be enough to defeat several times the enemy. One plus one can play a much greater role in the battle formation than two.

The entire army quickly withdrew from Tongguan and retreated to the camp far behind. Cao Xiu watched Pan Feng's army retreat like this, without the slightest courage to pursue. Not to mention the ambush that the other party may have, even if there is no ambush, he has no confidence to defeat this crazy army head-on without losing the natural danger of Tongguan.

"Coming back? How's the battle going? Fa Zheng said.

After Pan Feng returned to the camp, he immediately rushed to the big tent in the center of the camp to report to the military advisor Fa Zheng, who had been waiting here for a long time. As for Yuan Shu, at this time, he was already comfortably asleep, anyway, there is a law, there is no need for him to be present in person, how good it is to sleep comfortably and be a shopkeeper.

"Our army killed more than 400 people, suffered more than 500 minor and serious injuries, and killed and wounded more than 1,300 enemies." Pan Feng said with a little excitement. In the case of the siege of the city, the battle damage was almost two to three, even if it was with the help of the surprise of the night attack, Pan Feng was enough to be proud.

Fa Zheng nodded slightly: "Yes, Wushuang, you really don't lose the former number one general in Jizhou." I'm afraid that when it comes to siege warfare in our army, you should be the first person. ”

Pan Feng said modestly: "Don't dare to be." The army under the command of the last general has no other use, so he can only do these jobs that do not require too strong combat power. ”

"Wushuang, your record is clearly there, there is no need to be modest. In this case, I am afraid that any army in Jiangdong will not dare to say that it can do better than you. ”

"Thank you for the compliment."

"However, this time it's okay to test the combat strength of the Cao army's defenders, and next time don't fight the other party again." After the comfort and appreciation, Fa Zheng also struck.

When Pan Feng heard this, he said in a low voice: "I know." ”

"After an hour, you can send troops to harass you. Don't attack the city, just put a few cold arrows, beat gongs and drums to stir them up. Fa Zheng said lightly.

"No!" Pan Feng nodded.

Soon, after an hour, Pan Feng led the army to the vicinity of Tongguan again, but this time the army did not carry a ladder, but only erected two wells. All the way to Tongguan, after Pan Feng gave an order, the archers on the well archers shot towards Tongguan one after another.

At the same time, Pan Feng asked his soldiers to blow horns and beat gongs and drums again. Let Tongguan just recover from the previous turmoil, and the sleeping Cao soldier woke up again.

Cao Xiu, who was standing on the city wall, was mentally prepared and said very calmly: "Don't panic, according to the previous arrangement, the archers will shoot rockets to find out the enemy's situation, and the foot soldiers will prepare a giant shield to guard." ”

However, before Cao Xiu could spread out the army, under the light of the rockets shot by the archers, he suddenly found that Pan Feng's army did not step forward at all, but slowly retreated to the rear.

"What's going on?" Cao Xiu frowned.

"General, the other party seems to have withdrawn its troops, and it has no intention of attacking the city." The captain who was guarding the city rushed to report.

"I know this, the other party obviously has no intention of attacking Tongguan, it's just harassment." Cao Xiu said without thinking, as soon as the words came out, he instantly understood Fa Zheng's plan, his face suddenly darkened, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I see." ”

"General, what's wrong?" The lieutenant was puzzled.

"The other party is a tired tactic, not a siege. He is intent on making our lives uncomfortable and draining our physical strength and energy. Cao Xiu said.

"So what do we do? Checkmate. The lieutenant said anxiously when he heard this. Although he was just an ordinary lieutenant, he also knew the disadvantages they would face if they continued like this. There are already few people, if they don't rest well, the soldiers under their command can defend for a few days under the attack of Yuan Liu's army? Anxious, he could only put his hope on Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu's face was gloomy as water, he had few soldiers in his hands, and the opponent's strength was several times that of him, even if he discovered the opponent's conspiracy, he didn't know how to deal with it. This is a conspiracy in itself, and there is no other way than to break it by force. He was sure that if he ignored it, he would be greeted in two days by a feint and harassment, but a truly tragic siege.

"I don't have anything to do for the time being. Now they can only inform the resting soldiers and ask them to try not to be affected by the surrounding environment, and the other party cannot get in. No non-commissioned officer is allowed to leave the house except on my orders. Cao Xiu couldn't think of a way for a while, so he had to deal with it temporarily.

"General, what a plan!" The lieutenant was naïve and excited.

Cao Xiu shook his head slightly: "This method treats the symptoms but not the root cause." The other party led the army to harass and make such a big movement, even if it was forcibly ordered, I am afraid that the soldiers will not be able to rest well. But it should be no problem to cope with these days for the time being, and in a few days reinforcements will be sent in, and we just need to hold out for a few more days. ”

"General, the lord has already sent reinforcements?" The lieutenant was very excited.

Cao Xiu nodded lightly, and said quite indifferently: "Yes, the lord has ordered Xun Thorn Shi to send troops to support our army a few days ago, and it is estimated that it will arrive in a few days." The order goes down, so that the brothers must hold on. ”

"Yes!" The lieutenant smiled and said loudly: "The last general is going to motivate the soldiers." ”

Then the lieutenant left excitedly. In the face of the vast army of more than 100,000 under the city, the defenders of Tongguan have always been a little panicked in their hearts, and the most important thing is the worry that it is difficult to support the lonely tree, if there are reinforcements to come, their morale is immeasurable.

However, the captain who left excitedly did not notice that the moment he turned around, the worry in the eyes of the seemingly confident Cao Xiu and the bitterness at the corners of his mouth.