"When Cao Cao's army sent Shouchun's letter, General Tai Shici and Jiang Qin had already led the crowd to defend for more than ten days, to relieve the siege of Shouchun, we had to beat Luoyang and approach Chenliu and Xuchang, the two important towns of the Cao army, in order to force Cao Cao to withdraw, otherwise, Shouchun lost the entire Jiangdong hinterland, and would face the onslaught of the Cao army, if Jianye was accidentally beaten down by them, I don't say the consequences, you must also know the consequences," Guan Zheng stood at the head of Tongguan City, spread out the map, and said to the generals on the left and right

"Cao Cao, does this want to settle the situation in a war, if Luoyang is taken by us, then his Central Plains hinterland will be in our hands, what else is left, only the counties of Hebei are left, and when our army takes the Central Plains, we can send troops to build ships and force the Yellow River, he Cao Cao's command is not good at water warfare, what will he use to fight us when the time comes," Guan Yu said with a smile

"Who will be the Hangu Guard," Guan Zheng looked up and asked

"Li Dian, an old acquaintance of the governor," Ma Chao looked at Guan Zheng and said slightly

"Brother Mancheng" Guan Zheng rubbed his temples when he heard this, for Li Dian, Guan Zheng felt that this gentleman was compatible with his temperament, he was really unwilling to meet Li Dian on the battlefield, and he still owed Li Dian a favor in the previous battle of Xiangyang, and at this time, when he learned that the Hangu Pass guard was actually Li Dian, he couldn't help but have a headache

"Maybe the governor can try to persuade him to surrender," Ma Chao added

"Persuade Mancheng to surrender, I'm afraid this gentleman will not agree," Guan Zheng fell into a dilemma, Li Dianzhui is of great benefit to him, Guan Zheng is of great benefit to the entire Eastern Wu, at least the soldiers under his command will reduce a lot of casualties, but according to Li Dian's temperament, will he surrender

"The order goes down, let the soldiers rest for a few days, and after three days, the soldiers will send a letter to General Taishi of Guguan, I'm afraid he won't be able to last a few days," Guan Zheng thought about it and decided to capture Hanguguan and take Luoyang according to the original plan to relieve the siege of Shouchun

"Taishi General Cao Bing has come up again," Jiang Qin shouted at Taishi Ci, who had closed his eyes and recuperated while sticking arrows into the quiver on the city wall

"Gongyi, you go down and rest for a while," Tai Shici opened his bloodshot eyes and said to Jiang Qin

"It's better for the general to go and rest, the general has not slept for two days, and if he continues like this, his body will not be able to bear it," Jiang Qin adjusted the bowstring and said to Tai Shi Ci

"Hehe, a certain two days off Gongyi, why don't you go, so-and-so carry this for a while, how about you for the next one," Tai Shici picked up the water in the crockpot at his feet, washed his face, picked up the halberd leaning against the city wall, and smiled at Jiang Qin

"General" Jiang Qin still wants to persuade again

"Go, come and change me for the next time," Tai Shici said as he pulled Jiang Qin's body and pushed him towards the city

"Ladder siege trebuchet repair, if it is not repaired, who will be superior," Cao Zhang tightened the armor rope again, picked up the long knife beside him, and raised the round shield there

"Childe, let someone go on this time," Yu Ban saw that Cao Zhang wanted to lead the troops to attack the city again, and hurriedly stood up and said

"Have a good rest, you and Uncle Gongming have contributed a lot of strength, and I will fight for a while," Cao Zhang smiled and wrapped the handle of the knife in his palm with a bandage, and said to Ban

"Such a son, be careful to guard the spring for Shangshou, Tai Shici is not an easy person," Yu Ban was too tired, and he didn't be too polite with Cao Zhang at the moment, poured a bowl of water, drank it in three or two sips, and sat down on the ground

When Cao Zhang heard this, he just smiled at the ban, turned around and followed behind Cao Bing, who was rushing forward, and ran briskly towards Shouchun City

"Bang", a huge ashlar turned over and smashed against the city wall, causing chaos

"Don't be afraid to let the Cao army come up and fight them again, don't dare to smash their own people," Tai Shi Ci bent down there and shouted loudly, a few days ago, the Shouchun defenders suffered a lot of losses from the Cao army's trebuchet, and when they came back, Tai Shi Ci simply let these Cao soldiers go to the city, and when they got to the city, those trebuchets and rat throwers naturally would not be smashed again, so it really had some effect, although the casualties of the defenders were not small, but it was much stronger than standing at the head of the city and being smashed

"Go up, climb up," Cao Zhang held a shield above his head with one hand, and climbed towards the city with a ladder in the other

"Release the arrows" waited until Cao Bing showed up, and Tai Shici, who was squatting at the head of the city, gave an order

The soldiers were not in a hurry to shoot the arrows in their hands, and only waited until Cao Bing showed half of his body and was ready to turn over the wall, and then carried out the roll call one after another, because the distance between the two sides was too close, so after those arrow clusters were shot, none of the arrows missed, one arrow was killed, a string sounded, and one more soul was heard, and the Cao soldiers at the top of the cloud ladder fell towards the city like dumplings, but the Cao soldiers on the back side continued to climb upwards as if they were blind

Cao Zhangden arrived at the head of the city, and was not in a hurry to show his head, only to see him suddenly raise the round shield in his hand over the city, and only after attracting the defenders' arrows to shoot out, then he turned over and crossed the city, and his hand qi knife fell, and he cut down several people in a row

"Come up," Cao Zhang shouted as he protected his chest and abdomen with a shield

"Brush, brush, brush", several Cao soldiers heard this, desperately turned over the city, each holding a shield and guarding, on Cao Zhang's left and right, to help him resist attacks from both sides of his body

"Cao Jun landed in the city and killed the enemy," Tai Shi Ci saw that Cao Bing had landed in the city, and those trebuchets also stopped attacking, and a halberd cut Cao Bing in two, shouting

Hearing this, the defenders rushed up and quickly annihilated the few Cao soldiers at the top of the city, and turned around to push the ladders

Seeing this, Cao Zhang shouted angrily, and the long knife in his hand waved again and again, all the way to the city wall with the most defenders

Slashing all the way and speeding all the way, with a "bell", the long knife in Cao Zhang's hand collided with the halberd in Tai Shici's hand

"Taishi Ziyi," Cao Zhang raised his head and said coldly

"Cao Ziwen" Tai Shi Ci secretly pressed the long knife in Cao Zhang's hand and said

"Bell, bell", Cao Zhang hurriedly drew his knife, took a few steps back, stabilized his position, and swung his knife again to attack Tai Shi Ci, who was standing with a halberd, and in an instant, three knives were slashed, but Tai Shi Ci raised his halberd and blocked it

"Eat me with a halberd," Tai Shici slashed the halberd in his mouth after connecting Cao Zhang's three knives, and shouted

"Poof" There were many people at the head of the city, and Cao Zhang couldn't dodge for a while, and a cut in his waist and abdomen was cut, and blood immediately dripped down his robe

Seeing this, the "generals" and Cao soldiers stepped forward one after another to desperately rescue him from Tai Shici's halberd

"Kill the enemy" Tai Shici's halberd flew and overturned more than a dozen Cao soldiers one after another, and shouted angrily with blood on the halberd