Cai Mao looked at Wancheng in front of her and fell into a dilemma. //. 78 No pop-ups Update fast // Siege or retreat, it's a difficult choice.

"Strategist, what should I do now?" Liu Bei was also beating a drum in his heart, now the situation was not in line with what he had expected, and he didn't know what to do?

"It's hard to ride a tiger." In the face of Liu Bei's question, Zhuge Liang only gave four words.

It is difficult to ride a tiger, yes, no matter how severe the situation is, there is no room for retreat now.

Cao Cao was attacked from both sides, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for himself, if he misses this opportunity to attack Cao, he will never be able to break away from Liu Biao and stand on his own.

Sun Jian and Cao Cao fought in Hefei, and lost the threat of Cao Cao and Sun Jian, Liu Biao had no worries for the time being, and he had no value for him. Liu Bei can foresee that if he returns to Jingzhou with Cai Mao, I am afraid that he will be "imprisoned" by Liu Biao immediately, and there will be no future in the future.

Only by taking Wancheng can he take the first step towards the world, otherwise, he will still have nothing!

Cai Mao must be persuaded to attack the city, Liu Bei thought in his heart.

However, for a while, Liu Bei couldn't think of any good words, after all, Wancheng was well guarded, and it was too difficult for Cai Mao to attack the city at any cost.

Zhuge Liang saw Liu Bei's difficulty, shook his feather fan lightly, rode his horse slowly to Cai Mao's side, and whispered a few words to him.

After Cai Mao listened to Zhuge Liang's words, her eyes suddenly became sharp.

"The whole army is attacking the city!" Cai Mao's tone was resolute and loudly conveyed the order to attack.

"Strategist, how did you say that he was moved?" After Zhuge Liang came back, Liu Bei was very curious about what he said about Cai Mao's siege, so he asked.

"Hehe, there are many scholars in Jingzhou, led by Cai and Kuai, and the interests are complicated, as long as you instigate it, it is not difficult to say that Cai Mao's mind is moved." Zhuge Liang smiled slightly.

When Liu Bei heard this, he nodded slightly, as if he had an understanding.

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Putting aside the battle situation in Wancheng for the time being, let's first say that Xiahou Yuan led the reinforcements to Chang'an in the starry night, but when the reinforcements arrived outside Chang'an, they couldn't enter the city.

Ma Teng's army is 200,000, but Zhong Xuan also has a set of defending the city, Ma Teng attacked the city for several days, although it caused a lot of casualties in the city, but there was never much progress.

So Ma Teng was furious, relying on the absolute superiority in numbers, besieged the four gates of Chang'an, and vowed to wash Chang'an City in blood on the day the city was broken.

Ma Teng's 200,000 troops were divided into four gates, and there were nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses outside each city gate. The reinforcements brought by Xiahou Yuan were only 50,000 in total, and it was too difficult to break through the siege of the Liangzhou army and enter the city.

At Jia Xu's suggestion, Xiahou Yuan was not in a hurry to enter Chang'an City, but stationed his 50,000 soldiers and horses on a high ground outside Chang'an City, observing the movements of Chang'an City in the distance.

Jia Xu's reinforcements were stationed in the northeast of Chang'an, and whenever the Western Liang army attacked the north or east gate of Chang'an, Xiahou Yuan would send troops to attack its rear in time, so that it could not concentrate on attacking the city.

In Chang'an City, Zhong Miao also learned the news that the reinforcements had arrived outside the city, and with the containment of the reinforcements, the siege pressure on the east gate and the north gate was reduced a lot. So Zhong Xuan removed half of the defending sergeants on the east and north gates and went to support the west and south gates.

In this way, the guardian force of the West Gate and the South Gate has been strengthened, and the difficulty of the Liangzhou Army to break through the city has increased a lot. Although the number of defenders at the east and north gates has decreased, there is constant harassment from enemy reinforcements outside the city, and it is impossible to concentrate on attacking the city, and it is impossible to take the city for a while.

The 200,000 army was dragged outside Chang'an City in this way.

Ma Teng was very unhappy with this result. He originally planned to take Chang'an City with vigorous and resolute action, and then coerce Xuchang to destroy the Cao thief foundation. I never thought that Zhong Xuan was quite capable, his 200,000 army attacked the city very fiercely, and he still failed to capture Chang'an after a long attack. And after Cao Cao's reinforcements arrived, it made the siege more difficult.

Ma Teng couldn't wait any longer, and he got the news that Sun Jian and Liu Biao had already launched an offensive against Cao Cao. If it drags on like this, even if he can finally capture Chang'an City, I'm afraid Xuchang will already change hands. Ma Teng tried his best to even pull the Qiang people in Liangzhou into the battlefield, that is, to become the first prince to enter Xuchang City, and he must not allow others to enter Xuchang before him.

Liangzhou is rich in horses, although the cavalry did not play a role in the siege war, but Ma Teng still brought 10,000 cavalry on this trip.

Ma Teng decided to let the 10,000 cavalry go to destroy Cao Cao's reinforcements.

Although the number of Cao Cao's reinforcements was as high as 50,000, the combat effectiveness of the two-week iron cavalry was known as the best in the world, and in the field battle, Ma Teng was confident that with this 10,000 cavalry, it was enough to annihilate Cao Cao's 50,000 reinforcements.

As long as all the 50,000 reinforcements are wiped out, Ma Teng believes that the defenders in Chang'an City alone will not be able to support them for much time.

On Xiahou Yuan's side, Jia Xu estimated that Ma Teng's siege of the city for many days was fruitless, and his patience was almost exhausted, so he thought it was necessary to deal with his own support army.

Ma Teng invaded the territory, it was impossible not to bring cavalry, siege cavalry was useless, but once he decided to do something to the reinforcements, he would inevitably send cavalry to come.

Since he guessed Ma Teng's possible move, Jia Xu naturally thought of a way to deal with it.

Hmph, isn't it possible that only you Ma Teng has cavalry, and our army will be gone? A sneer appeared on Jia Xu's face.

Those who are familiar with Jia Xu know that when he shows this kind of smile, it must mean that someone is going to be unlucky.

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