"Wen Chang, looking at the strength of the Cao army, it's quite spectacular." On the city wall of Wancheng, a middle-aged general with a strong physique and a resolute appearance said to the young man beside him. It's just that although he said that Cao Jun's army was magnificent, his tone was always flat, and he didn't hear any cowardice at all, and even faintly, there was a little excitement.

"Hmph, a rabble." The young man's face is like a heavy jujube, and his expression is arrogant, but he is somewhat similar to Guan Yu.

The middle-aged man is Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng, 43 years old this year, who served as a lieutenant general in Liu Biaojun's army and was under the jurisdiction of Liu Pan. Earlier, Huang Zhong and Liu Pan guarded Changsha together, and after Liu Pan was transferred to Wancheng, Huang Zhong naturally followed him to Wancheng to garrison.

And that young man was Wei Yan, who was not yet twenty years old at this time, and was at the age of hot blood and impulsiveness. Although Wei Yan was young, he was quickly appreciated by Huang Zhong because of his outstanding ability. However, although Huang Zhong recommended Wei Yan several times, because Wei Yan was proud and extreme, he was not liked by Liu Pan.

"How can Wen Chang underestimate the enemy?" I don't know when, Liu Pan came behind the two, "The main general of the Cao army this time is Gao Shun, I heard that this person is a famous general in the world, and the camp under his command can be described as a rare elite soldier in the world, and you must not underestimate it." ”

Gao Shun's reputation at this time was already well-known, at least most of the generals did not dare to despise him when facing him.

"Hmph, that Gao Changgong's article is good, and he is quite good at being a scholar. But when it comes to fighting, I want to see how good he is. "It's a pity that Wei Yan doesn't belong to that majority. Maybe it's because the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, or maybe it's because of his proud character, in short, he doesn't pay much attention to Gao Shun.

"You can underestimate the heroes of the world, beware of regretting it too late!" Liu Pan already looked at Wei Yan unpleasantly, and at this time, seeing that he still had the idea of underestimating the enemy at the moment of the war, he was even more unhappy in his heart. It must be known that Gao Shun is also a long-famous general, and you Wei Yan is just a mere military marquis, why are you so arrogant and ignore strong enemies! Thinking of this, Liu Pan snorted coldly and waved his sleeves away.

Liu Pan acted like this, Wei Yan only said that he deliberately insulted himself, and he was secretly angry in his heart.

"Wen Chang......" Huang Zhong also had a headache about Wei Yan's temper. Although Huang Zhong was not afraid of Cao Jun, he had a vague sense of anticipation and excitement for the upcoming battle. But in any case, Huang Zhong would never underestimate Cao Jun, and it was taboo to despise a strong enemy. He wanted to persuade Wei Yan a few words, but he didn't know how to speak, so he could only shake his head helplessly. If Wei Yan's temper does not change, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get ahead under Liu Pan's account. In fact, it is not only Liu Pan, who in the whole world would want to have an arrogant general under him.

"Cao's army has begun to attack the city!" Even if Huang Zhong had the heart to admonish, there was no time for him to organize his words now, and Cao Jun had already launched an offensive.

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After Gao Shun led the army to Wancheng, he made a slight adjustment and launched an attack on the city wall.

It stands to reason that Gao Shun commanded an army of 20,000 and there were 15,000 defenders in the city, and the gap between the two sides was not very large. Wancheng was well defended, and it was obviously not wise to launch a strong attack in such a comparison of forces.

However, 20,000 people is already the upper limit of the number of people Cao Cao can transfer to Gao Shun at this time. Yuan Shu wants to teach a lesson, Yuan Shao wants to be on guard, in this case, it is already very good to be able to allocate 20,000 people to Gao Shun. Although the superiority in strength was not obvious, even if it was not a wise move to attack the city at this time, Gao Shun had to give the order to attack. Even at all costs, Wancheng must be taken, only this is beyond doubt, and it is the premise above everything.

Although there are wise strategists like Jia Xu around him, no matter how smart a wise man is, he is by no means omnipotent. At least the use of stratagem needs to be when, and now in front of the walls of Wancheng, the so-called timing has not yet been born.

But despite this, Gao Shun didn't give the siege order casually as soon as his brain was hot. There are two reasons why he dared to attack the city, one is that Cao Cao allocated a large number of siege equipment to him, and the other is that he has not heard of Liu Panqi.

Although Cao Cao couldn't give Gao Shun more soldiers and horses, he still didn't hesitate to siege equipment. With the participation of these siege equipment, at least the casualties of the self-army can be greatly reduced.

As for Liu Pan, the defender of Wancheng, Gao Shun was completely impressed. His understanding of the Three Kingdoms was not thorough, and it had been several years since he crossed over, so he had almost forgotten about those estimates that were not particularly famous. Since he hadn't heard much of Liu Pan's name, Gao Shun took it for granted that the other party was just a second-rate general at best, so he didn't take it too seriously.

Of course, Gao Shun's prediction of Liu Pan was not wrong, Liu Pan's own ability was not very outstanding, but there were two cattle under his command. If Gao Shun knew that Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were in this Wancheng in front of him at this time, I am afraid that he would never dare to give the order to attack the city so easily, even if he had more siege weapons.

It can be said that Gao Shun is also a light enemy to a certain extent, and this mistake is not only made by Wei Yan, but also by Gao Shun. Although it is taboo to underestimate the enemy, sometimes the more famous the general, the easier it is to make such mistakes. It is not necessarily a relationship of personality, sometimes it is just a habit, and when you win repeatedly, you will naturally unintentionally elevate yourself and belittle others. Even the most cautious person is difficult to avoid an inadvertent change in mentality. Cao Cao's defeat at Chibi is like this, in terms of character, Cao Cao is by no means the kind of frivolous person, but after Guandu defeated Yuan Shao with inferior troops in the first battle, he inevitably became complacent after all. Thinking that he even defeated Yuan Shao, Sun Quan or something is not a dish. It is with this mentality that Cao Cao finally became a tragedy.

The battle was fierce, and the rolling stones were thrown from the city wall one after another, blocking the pace of Cao Jun's climbing.

It stands to reason that the casualties of the besieging side will be much greater than that of the defending side, but fortunately, with the help of siege equipment, the casualty ratio of the Cao army and the Wancheng defenders is not too large, almost 1.2:1.

"Archer, prepare - shoot!" As soon as Huang Zhong gave the order, another rain of arrows fell on the city, taking the lives of dozens of people.

And Huang Zhong himself was even more unwilling, and three arrows shot out in a row, piercing the throats of three Cao soldiers in an instant.

"General be careful!" However, just as Huang Zhong was about to re-bend his bow and arrows and continue to reap the lives of Cao Bing, a sergeant beside him suddenly shouted. Immediately afterwards, Huang Zhong heard the sound of the wind in his ears, and hurriedly bent his waist, avoiding the sharp arrows whistling overhead.

Well bar, well bar again! If it weren't for the archers on these well railings, the casualties of their own defenders would never have been so heavy! Huang Zhong was angry and anxious, but he was helpless.

Gao Shun didn't expect to be able to break through Wancheng one day, and seeing that it was almost dusk, he gave the order for Mingjin to withdraw his troops early.

After the battle, the two sides counted the number of casualties, and the Cao army lost a total of 1,905 people, and the Wancheng defenders lost a total of 1,579 people.

On the first day alone, he lost nearly a human horse, which couldn't help but Gao Shun sighed again and again, it seems that it is really difficult to capture this Wancheng.

Of course, Gao Shun felt that it was difficult to do, and Liu Pan's heart at this time was also not a taste. He also knew the importance of Wancheng very well, once Wancheng was broken, there would be no barrier in the north of Jingchu.

But what's the use of worrying? Cao's offensive was so ferocious......