Looking at the fierce battle at the foot of the mountain, and then looking at Liu Cong's flat face, Fa Zheng secretly thought to himself, how to answer? Liu Cong's question seems random, but since Fa Zheng saw Liu Cong again, he has enjoyed the highest courtesy, but he has not taken any credit. Pang Tong's existence made Fa Zheng also feel the pressure.

"Ming Gong, Shangyong is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and once the fire gets out of control, I am afraid it will be difficult to control. At that time, not only will the upper and lower be invisible, but the Daba Mountain and Wudang Mountain will also suffer. The people and beasts in the mountains will not be able to escape this catastrophe......"

"Well, in this case, my army will probably be held back here for a while." Liu Cong looked at the mountains on both sides, it was late autumn, and there were fallen leaves and dead shrubs everywhere, and once ignited, the fire could stretch for hundreds of miles.

"How is this mediocre guard?" Liu Cong changed the subject after a while.

"As far as I know, Lu Liuming is not famous in Yizhou, but Yang Ren and Yang Ang are generals under Zhang Lu, this Yang Ren is cautious, Yang Ang is quite brave but very impatient." Although Fa Zheng and Zhang Lu are in Yizhou together, Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang don't have much contact in the end, so they don't know much about Zhang Lu's rule.

One cautious, one brave. This Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei seem to be quite good at knowing and employing people. And that Liuming, Liu Cong is really curious, is it ignorant and fearless? A thousand people actually dared to rob the camp of Wei Yan, Yu Ban and others. You must know that Yu Ban has been famous for a long time, and Wei Yan can be regarded as the champion of the three armies in Jingzhou. With the combination of these three people, coupled with the natural advantages of Shangyong, Liu Cong estimates that it will not take half a month, and he will not be able to help Shangyong City anyway.

The fire attack was also not in good condition and was difficult to control. Water attack is even more impossible, because the mediocrity occupies the upper position. If Zhang Lu ordered the counties of Hanzhong to continue to support Shangyong. I'm just afraid that I'm going to be blocked in this passage. But fortunately, Shangyong is under Zhang Lu's control, Liu Zhang invited himself to reject Cao Cao, and at the same time hoped that Liu Cong would clean up Zhang Lu. Therefore, the greater the obstacle Liu Cong receives, the more he can win Liu Zhang's favor. At that time, all the losses will be paid by Liu Zhang.

For several days, Liu Cong took Fa Zheng and others up the mountain to check the terrain, and Wei Yan and the others' attacks on the ground progressed slowly, and most of the time they relied on catapults to attack. This is also what Liu Cong ordered, it is better to progress slower than to reduce casualties, otherwise the troops of more than 20,000 people will be gone before they see Liu Zhang, although they can continue to replenish from Jingzhou. However, Jingzhou also faced a possible attack by Cao Cao and Sun Quan, and it was best to not shake the existing defense system. And the special topography of Shangyong also makes field experts in a forbidden place.

However, because of the initial lesson, Wei Yan and Yu Ban also became cautious, and if they were defeated again in the same place, their reputation at this time would be ruined. On this day, Liu Cong was about to go up the mountain again, when suddenly there was a commotion in the city, and then a general led thousands of people out of the city, aiming at the catapults of Liu Cong's troops. Seeing this, Wei Yan on Liu Cong's side immediately urged him to step forward to stop him, and Yu Ban immediately organized troops to resist the troops leaving the city, and the two armies launched the first frontal battle inside and outside the moat.

Liu Cong is still very calm and takes Fa Zheng to climb the mountain, in his opinion, his troops are twice as large as the Shangyong defenders, and there are Wei Yan and Yu Ban commanders, the two sides are fighting in broad daylight, and the Jingzhou soldiers will definitely not lose to the Shangyong defenders. Just as he looked back at the bottom of the mountain from time to time, Fa Zheng seemed to recognize the man who led the army. Strangely, the defenders of Shangyong City did not come out of the nest. What surprised Liu Cong even more was that the two sides were at the front of the battle, although the Shangyong defenders were inferior to the Jingzhou soldiers in terms of matchups, but the general was not lost to Wei Yan at all. One move, one style, the two of them and the two horses have been entangled together from the beginning!

When did there be such a character in Hanzhong? Yang Ang? Could it be that Liu Cong was negligent? Seeing that the two sides had fought for dozens of rounds, there was still no winner or loser, if it weren't for the small number of Shangyong defenders and the inability to keep up with the combat effectiveness, Yang Ang was reluctant to return to the city, and he had not retreated at all before. Later, Yang Ren was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he let Lu Liuming and others come out of the city again and forcibly escorted Yang Ren into the city. Yang Ang saw that he couldn't take advantage, and Yang Ren didn't agree with him to attack, so he only brought out 4,000 people.

Wei Yan naturally knew that tens of thousands of soldiers in the army were watching him, especially Liu Cong, who went up the mountain to check the terrain. Taking advantage of Yang Ang's return to the city, Wei Yan immediately organized a very fierce counterattack, and more than 4,000 people brought out of the city by Yang Ang were chased to the city, with thousands of dead and wounded. It's also a bad breath.

When Yang Ang entered the city, Wei Yan still refused to leave by the moat, obviously he didn't expect that there were such brave people in this county, in Jingzhou Wei Yan thought that he was slightly inferior to Gan Ning in martial arts, and he should be about the same as Liu Pan, Huang Zhong and others, and he himself had an age advantage.

However, Yang Ang's behavior greatly encouraged the soldiers defending the city, and they had long hated the catapults of the Jingzhou soldiers. Although thousands of people were lost, three catapults were damaged, and they were evenly matched in the battle between the two sides.

It can be said that the Shangyong defenders gave Liu Cong another surprise, and when they could hold on completely, there were military generals who led the troops to kill. Although Yang Ang was very brave, Liu Cong also gradually saw the clue, that is, the three main generals in Shangyong City did not have an absolute commander. Under normal circumstances, either hold on, or attack with the whole army, so that the behavior of some teams to come out and act as heroes just shows that Yang Ren cannot restrain Yang Ang.

Maybe this is the breakthrough of Shangyong, and in the next few days, we will make a fuss about dividing Shangyong and angering Yang Ang.

In the evening, when the two sides withdrew, Wei Yan replied to the Chinese army camp with a dark face, he was annoyed by the fierce battle during the day, although he took advantage of Yang Ang's entry into the city to cover up the enemy troops in front of him, but he also lost three catapults, and the most important thing was that he did not seize the opportunity to defeat the enemy general. If you can capture or wound the enemy general, it will be a great encouragement for your own side, and the opportunity is missed!

Liu Cong didn't think so, and said with a smile: "Wen Chang, come to Japan, this Yang Ang can go out of the city today, he will be there in the future, don't let him go again when the time comes!" ”

Wei Yan was silent, in his opinion, Liu Cong was comforting him, after all, there would not be too many opportunities to attack rashly like today, and Yang Ang would be more cautious with today's lesson.

Seeing that Wei Yan didn't believe it, Liu Cong also swore and said: "There will definitely be an opportunity, Wenchang, don't worry." Liu Cong is so confident, in fact, after the observation of the past few days, he has a preliminary plan, since Yang Ren can't restrain Yang Ang, and Yang Ang is good at holding himself, he will definitely be angered. Even if Yang Ren and Lu Liuming dissuade him, as long as Yang Ang sees the opportunity, he will definitely attack.

Now Liu Cong is almost an opportunity, and there is also the choice of the location of the ambush. The 10,000-strong defenders of Shangyong City either relied on catapults to break through the city wall, or lured the enemy to attack, and then ambushed them halfway, and wiped them out with one blow, so that they could successfully take Shangyong.

Because the catapult was partially destroyed, Liu Cong simply ordered the whole army not to go out on the second day and wait for the arrival of the follow-up catapult. Such a move boosted Yang Ang's confidence even more, and he said to Yang Ren proudly: "I think Liu Cong is nothing more than that, without a catapult, they have nothing to do." When we have the opportunity, we will organize the warriors to destroy its catapult and make it withdraw obediently! ”

In the face of the facts, Yang Ren couldn't reprimand Yang Ang, but kindly reminded: "I have heard that Liu Cong is cunning, and Cao Cao is still defeated by him." Now the city is strong, and there is no need to go out of the city to meet it! ”

"But we can't sit idly by and watch their catapults grow more and more, then we will be broken sooner or later!" Yang Ang also did not give an inch, in his opinion, Yang Ren was too conservative, Shangyong City was so strong, Liu Cong's troops would not dare to attack, and the only thing they relied on was the siege equipment. If he can lead people to destroy these weapons at night, then Shangyong will save the day.

Soon Yang Ang found such an opportunity, and after the fierce battle between the two sides on this day, Liu Cong did not order the catapult to be pushed to the center of the camp, but stayed outside the camp tent and sent a small number of soldiers on duty. The second day was still the same, on the third day, after confirming the enemy's greed for convenience and the attack on Shang Yong earlier the next day, Yang Ang led his people out of the city in the middle of the night and quietly approached Liu Cong's camp, quickly destroying the catapults, and when most of Liu Cong came to reinforce them, five of the eight catapults were destroyed, and the other three were also half-disabled.

Yang Ang safely withdrew to Shangyong City with a smile on his face, and this night attack was more effective than the last daytime attack, which made Yang Ang and the Shangyong defenders excited!