"General, you can't fight anymore!" Wen Qin, the general under Cao Shuang, walked in quickly, looked at Cao Shuang, whose eyes were a little red, and said in a deep voice: "The soldiers before the battle have begun to counterattack the supervising team, and if they continue like this, the army will be hostile, and I am afraid that they will not be able to suppress it!" ”

Although the three-day attack in a row put tremendous pressure on Liu Cheng's defenders, Cao Shuang's extreme measures were also resisted by the officers and men in the army.

In the course of three days, almost twice as many deserters died at the hands of the Overseers as they did at the hands of the Han Army, and every day the Wei Army would retreat desperately, even at the expense of swords to the Overseers, and the number of such cases was increasing, and if this continued, Wen Qin did not know if the Wei Army would fall into civil strife before breaking through Qiutou.

"Don't fight?" Cao Shuang looked at Wen Qin, threw a battle report on his chest and said: "Pang Tongtun is in Shouchun, Wei Yan is cruising in Qiaojun, surrounded on three sides, the grain and grass in the army are exhausted, and the city father is burned, if you don't seek a breakthrough, you tell me, how to fight?" ”

Wen Qin's eyes flashed with struggle when he heard this: "But if it goes on like this, there may be a mutiny in the army!" ”

"Now our army is under great pressure, the Han army is also under great pressure, if you want to break the situation, you must break the city first, as long as you can break Liu Cheng, our army will have a glimmer of hope, kill to Xuchang, gather the troops of Yingchuan to fight against the Han army, but if not, you and I have to die here!" Cao Shuang looked at Wen Qin, with a hint of ferocity in his eyes.

The war in the north has been passed back, Sima Yi can't give him support, even if there is, Cao Shuang can't accept it, Sima Yi's army needs to protect the imperial court, no matter how much dirt has been born over the years, but at this time, the first problem Cao Shuang thinks about is to keep Wei Ting, and try to delay Sima Yi as much as possible, even if it is to lose his life!

"Now we only have two options!" Looking at Wen Qin, a touch of evil flashed in Sima Yi's eyes: "Fight to the death, break Liu Cheng, go to Xuchang, gather troops to fight again, as long as we are still finally changing, the army of the puppet Han will not be able to gather in the north with all its might, and our dynasty will have a glimmer of life; The other is as you said, retreat, the grain and grass have been exhausted, at most January, our lieutenant general has no food available, Liu Cheng, Pang Tong, Wei Yan attacked from three sides, our army collapsed without a fight after a month, and the puppet Han can sweep across the Central Plains and gather troops and horses to attack Jizhou! ”

"The last general understands!" Wen Qin's face was solemn, and he bowed to Cao Shuang and said, "The last general will personally go to supervise the battle!" ”

"No hurry, there is still some time!" Cao Shuang shook his head, in a desperate situation, he became decisive little by little, and after pondering for a while, he looked at Wen Qin and said: "Pass the book to the counties of the Central Plains for me, and the county guards can raise their own soldiers and horses to fight against the puppet Han!" ”

"General, this ...... Isn't that right? Wen Qin's face changed, it took Cao Cao his whole life to return the rights of the county taishou and the state pastor back to the imperial court and abolish the state pastor.

"So far, I have no choice, if I am defeated here this time, at least, they can help Your Majesty block a pseudo-Han, so that the court has more respite!" Cao Shuang closed his eyes bitterly, if he had a choice, he would not have made this decision, but right now, for three consecutive days, the resilience of the Han army exceeded Cao Shuang's expectations, even if it was captured, in the face of the pursuit of Pang Tong and Wei Yan, how much strength did he have to deal with these two people.

This is definitely not a good strategy, but it is the only way that Cao Shuang can think of at the moment, even if he loses, he can leave a little respite for Dawei.

"Remember, there are only counties in the Central Plains!" Looking at Wen Qin, Cao Shuang said in a deep voice.

"Whoa!" Wen Qin took a deep breath, bowed, and left.

After a short break, the war started again, but it was obvious that the siege of the Wei army was not as crazy as before, even under the deterrence of the warlords, the spirit and spirit had already dispersed, and it was all overpowered, and then it declined, and then it was exhausted, which was also a helpless thing, especially in the short time of rest, the Wei army had begun to have a large number of deserters, even if Cao Shuang had made arrangements, but it still couldn't be stopped, the appearance of these people also loosened the morale of the Wei army.

"General......" Wen Qin came back after arranging things, accompanied Cao Shuang to supervise the battle in the formation, looking at the Wei army that was obviously a little weaker, Wen Qin smiled bitterly: "Since the general intends to break through, why not take this opportunity to go to Xuchang?" ”

"Even if they escape, what if they attack again?" Cao Shuang asked rhetorically: "The army has no fighting spirit, how can it resist the Han army?" And how do I command the counties to fight with me? We need a win, and Liu Cheng is the most suitable! ”

Since the start of the war, Liu Cheng's name has spread in the Central Plains, several wars with less to win more are about to push Liu Cheng's fame to the level of the older generation of famous generals, if you can defeat Liu Cheng head-on, after Cao Shuang goes to Xuchang, you can quickly recruit soldiers and horses, at least you have to let those people see hope, will follow you, otherwise with the current situation, if Cao Shuang flees to Xuchang in disgrace, I am afraid that there will be many people who will directly defect to the puppet.

A victory?

Wen Qin smiled bitterly and nodded, this is actually not an excessive expectation, but it seems that from the beginning of the war to the present, in the entire battlefield of the Great Wei Dynasty and the puppet Han, it seems that only Sima Yi has won Li Yan, and the rest, if the skirmish is not counted, the big war has not been won at all, Sima Yi's side is fine, Cao Shuang's side, almost being pressed and beaten by Pang Tong and Liu Cheng, Wen Qin is also in this war, watching Cao Shuang grow rapidly.

Sometimes, people's growth is really forced, and it has nothing to do with age.

"Therefore, this battle is to do your best and win!" Cao Shuang looked at the army in front of him, his fists couldn't help clenching, although the offensive of the Wei army was not as good as before, it could be seen that the counterattack of the Han army was also a lot weaker!

Of the 200,000 troops, at least 80,000 died in three days, most of which died at the hands of the warlords, but the Han army also suffered a lot of casualties, 10,000 none, and 78,000.

Although the casualty ratio is a little terrifying, but this is only temporary, as time goes by, this proportion will continue to decline, after all, there are many people, is the only advantage of the Wei army now, the Han army defenders are constantly decreasing, and the physical strength is also being consumed, relatively speaking, the Wei army's number of attacks can always maintain an advantage, and in terms of physical strength, the Wei army relatively speaking, there will be more rest time to recover physical strength, and the consumption of materials, especially the consumption of bows and arrows, will also become Liu Cheng's fatal weakness. This casualty ratio will continue to increase over time.

Cao Shuang can do whatever it takes, but Liu Cheng is afraid that he will not be able to use this means to prevent the soldiers from routing, if the Han army is defeated, it will be really defeated, as long as the Han army in the city retreats and begins to fear the battle, this battle, the Wei army will win!

Two days! Two days at most!

Cao Shuang looked at the fierce battle on the city wall, and a flash of clarity flashed in his eyes, no matter how elite the Han army is, according to common sense, it should be the limit that the Han army can hold for two more days!

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"The general doesn't have to come in person!" Liao Hua saw Liu Cheng who came to the city wall, and hurriedly bowed down.

"If you don't come, how can you observe the enemy?" Liu Cheng shook his head, the battle has come to this point, how could he not come?

"Not enough arrows in the army?" After looking at it for a while, Liu Cheng suddenly looked at Liao Huadao.

"It's true that there aren't enough arrows, but the worst thing is that many archers are already out of strength!" Liao Hua smiled bitterly.

Drawing a bow also requires strength, as the main long-range troops in siege warfare, in addition to the consumption of arrow clusters, the most important thing is the archer, and the general archer is the object of key protection.

But external attacks can be blocked, but the consumption of strength and muscle strain, these external forces cannot make up for it, three consecutive days of sleepless war, even if Liu Cheng will consciously take care of the archers to rest more, it is inevitable to lose the trouble, after all, in this environment, Guan Xingdu almost collapsed, and it is difficult for ordinary people to sleep soundly, and naturally they can't get too good recovery.

Liu Cheng nodded and said, "Find other soldiers who are idle to replace them." ”

Anyway, now the outside of the city is densely packed with people, even if you are not a professional archer, as long as you can pull out the bow and shoot the arrow, there is no suppression at this time, there is no way to suppress it.

"General, if we continue to fight like this, I'm afraid our army won't be able to hold it!" Liao Hua looked at the swarming Wei army, and his face was a little ugly.

Liu Cheng didn't speak, he could naturally see that now the Han army and the Wei army were at the time of the comparison of perseverance, but if it was really so hard to consume, Liu Cheng would almost have seen the future, and if there was no good land, the city of Qiutou would be broken, and at that time, the defeat of this battle would be irreparable.

"From now on, set off wolf smoke! Wolf smoke rises during the day, and beacon fires are set off at night, there must be no mistake! Liu Cheng was silent for a moment and then looked at Liao Huadao.

Cao Shuang is so hard-hearted to consume with him, he has to take it if he doesn't accept it, Liu Cheng is a little unbearable, he can only seek external force now, Wei Yan or Pang Tong will definitely come to the rescue after knowing the situation here, as long as the two of them come all the way, this game is actually not difficult to break, hard power, the big man has never scared anyone, Cao Shuang can stump him with the advantage of strength, but this is already Cao Shuang's limit, the key is the supervision team in the rear, if the supervision team is hit hard, the current situation of the Wei army will collapse quickly!

Liu Cheng also thought about ordering someone to rush out and go straight to the supervising team, but this point is a bit too risky, the soldiers who go out of the city may face the situation of nine deaths and one life, and it is unlikely to succeed, Cao Shuang has been guarding against this, and the place where the four gates are attacked is also the most fierce place.

Therefore, Liu Cheng can only seek external forces to break this deadlock now.

"Whoa!" Although he didn't understand why, Liao Hua still nodded.

The ground beneath the city was covered with blood and corpses, and this was the first time in Liu Cheng's life that he had been caught in a bitter battle......