Coming out of Liu Yi's mansion and saying goodbye to Meng Da, Zhou Tong finally breathed a sigh of relief, when Liu Yi approached him just now, his brain was a little messy, and he struggled frantically between doing it and not doing it, and in the end he still didn't choose to do it, and even he couldn't tell why.

What should I do in the future? Just follow Liu Beijun like this? What about Nanyang's family?

There are thousands of thoughts in my head, but I can't think of a way for a while, with Liu Yi's character, after seeing him this time, next time I want to see him, it is estimated that I will have to wait until the end of the battle.

When he returned to the barracks, he saw someone packing up his things, and when he saw Zhou Cheng, he hurriedly got up and saluted: "Junhou!" ”

"Why are you packing?" Zhou Tong looked at his current subordinates suspiciously.

The soldier said: "General Meng just sent an order over, saying that Mr. Pitian Junhou is seriously injured and asked Junhou to go back to Fangling to recuperate." ”

Vaguely, he seemed to remember that Liu Yi had said this, but at that time, Zhou Tong's mind was a little confused, and he didn't pay attention to it, and it was Meng Da who kicked him before he came back to his senses and thanked Liu Yi, and now that his subordinates talked about it, Zhou Tong only had some impressions.

Do you want to go back to Fangling?

Zhou Tong shook his head, not understanding why he wanted to say it back?

However, leaving here may be a good choice, since he is ruthless to kill Liu Yi, he doesn't want to put the blade in his hand at the former robe, he actually once secretly shot the arrow book into Cao Jun in the way of the arrow book, and wanted to cooperate inside and outside to help Cao Ren break through this city, but unfortunately, Cao Jun obviously did not receive it, and now, he didn't want to kill the former robe, and he also let him deal with Liu Yi in turn, and he couldn't bear it, although he had some escape intentions, but he didn't want to be caught between the two parties to make a choice.

With a little melancholy and confusion, Zhou Tong silently began to organize his bags.

Under the same night, there was no tranquility in the camp of the Cao army.

In order to protect the wounded, Cao Ren sent the wounded soldiers to the rear camp to recuperate, he actually brought 50,000 troops this time, Nanyang soldiers and horses together with most of the troops in Luoyang are here, in the case of sufficient troops, this kind of lose-lose play, Cao Ren can afford to consume, and send the wounded soldiers to the rear barracks, but also to avoid the wounded soldiers affecting the mood of other soldiers.

However, after fighting for a month, Cao Ren's side was also a little unbearable.

"General, you can't fight like this again!" Several generals came to the tent and persuaded Cao Ren bitterly: "In the past month, our army has lost nearly 20,000 people, and there are countless light and serious wounded soldiers. ”

This is also the biggest drawback of siege warfare, if you take down a city at all costs, there are more cities waiting behind, the casualties of the besieging side are much greater than those of the defending side, and the general is not willing to attack the city easily if it is not necessary.

Cao Ren naturally knew how heavy their casualties had been in the past month, and he didn't know how many soldiers and horses there were on Fangling's side, whenever he thought he was about to break through this damn Guancheng, the other party could always replenish his troops in time.

Although Cao Hong's death made Cao Ren feel uncomfortable, but after a month of venting, he was able to control this anger.

Silently listening to the complaints of the generals, after Cao Ren's brain calmed down, he began to think about the pros and cons of continuing to attack, after all, Fang Ling's reality was unknown, as if the opponent's strength was endless, in this case, Cao Ren's judgment obviously caused great interference, and he didn't know how long the other party could support it.

A general suddenly said: "Some time ago, when we were cleaning up the battlefield, we found an arrow book, but it was someone in our army who had infiltrated the city, and asked me to wait for the night attack on the city, and he would help us open the gate." ”

Cao Ren was slightly stunned, and then frowned and said, "There is such a thing, why not say it earlier?" ”

"This ......" The general glanced at Cao Ren with a wry smile, at that time Cao Ren was desperate, and the generals dissuaded him and didn't listen, he wanted to tell Cao Ren, but he was blasted out by Cao Ren before he could open his mouth, what could he do about this kind of thing? But he didn't dare to say this directly, so he could only bow his head helplessly, ready to accept Cao Ren's stormy scolding.

Cao Ren looked at the aggrieved appearance of the general, thought of his performance in those days, sighed helplessly, waved his hand and said, "This matter is not yours, don't blame yourself." ”

"Is it still possible to contact the Dao man?" After thinking about it, Cao Ren asked, if he can really cooperate with the outside and the outside, as long as the city gate is opened, there are only hundreds of troops in this closed city, and he can now call on an army of 30,000 to kill the other party in one go.

Shaking his head, the general said: "Some time ago, that person occasionally released arrows, but he has not been able to find them in the past few days. ”

It's a risky thing, and there has been no response on his side, and it may be discovered that Cao Ren has stormed the city these days, and the defenders at the head of the city have changed one after another, and it may not be possible to die in the war, and the most important thing is that the contact between the two sides is all based on the other party's arrow book to contact, and there is no possibility of contacting the other party on their side.

Cao Ren was a little regretful, even if the other party couldn't help open the gate, it would be good to be able to send back the information of Fang Ling, but now it seems that this line can't be counted on.

After thinking for a moment, Cao Ren said to the generals: "Have you ever noticed that this gate city seems to be strong, but the city wall is hollow? ”

The generals nodded when they heard this, and in recent days, many soldiers have strayed into it, some have died directly inside, and some have crawled out.

A general suddenly said: "Why don't you send someone with a heavy hammer in tomorrow to open a gap at the other end of the city wall, and then we can send troops to rush into the sand!" ”

Since the city wall is not as strong as imagined, but the city gate is difficult to break open, it is better to attack the city wall directly, anyway, it is hollow, as long as people go in, the other party has no way to attack, you can desperately bombard the city wall, as long as there is a gap, it is equivalent to opening a door for Cao Jun to rush in.

Another general smiled: "Not only that, we can put the thunderbolt car farther away, no need to attack the enemy troops on the city wall, just keep bombarding the gap in the city wall!" ”

In this way, the gap in the wall can be enlarged, so that people can easily rush in, and as long as they can chisel through the opposite wall, the army can enter at any time.

"Good!" Cao Ren nodded, gritted his teeth, and said, "Pass my order, mobilize three hundred heavy hammer soldiers tomorrow, and order the shield men to protect the heavy hammer soldiers and rush into the enemy wall!" ”

The plan has been decided, and the generals of the Cao army began to leave separately, and they did not mention the preparations for going down.

Early the next morning, Meng Da, who was preparing to meet Cao Jun's crazy attack again, found that Cao Jun seemed to have regained his senses today, and did not kill as crazy as before, the opponent's catapult began to slowly push forward under the protection of the shield soldiers, and the rows of Cao Jun soldiers did not rush up directly, but arranged troops under the pass.

I breathed a sigh of relief silently in my heart, if Cao Jun returned to his previous routine, this Guancheng should be able to defend until Shangyong's soldiers and horses came to help.

"General, this distance is not right!" A general suddenly said to Meng Da: "According to the location of the enemy's catapult, I'm afraid it won't be able to hit here, at most it can hit the city wall." ”

Meng Da was also a little confused, what does this mean? Cao Ren shouldn't make such a low-level mistake.

As he spoke, the other party's catapult had begun to blast towards the city wall.

"Boom Boom Boom~"

The continuous bombardment hit the city wall, and the city wall under his feet was constantly shaking, but none of them smashed up.

Meng Da leaned on the side of the female wall and looked down, and somewhat understood the other party's calculations, did he want to collapse the city wall directly when he saw that the city wall was hollow?

It's just that......

Looking back at the solid city wall newly built by Liu Yi in the rear, somehow, Meng Da began to mourn for these Cao Jun in silence.

Originally, when Liu Yi began to build the solid city wall, Meng Da still felt that it was a bit superfluous and unnecessary at all, but now it seems that Liu Yi's cautious approach has undoubtedly saved this Guancheng again, in Liu Yi's words, the more comprehensive the preparation and the more thoughtful the consideration, the greater the chance of victory, it seems that there is still some truth.

Cao Jun's trebuchet bombarded the city wall continuously, and the broken cement flakes whizzed down, but although it was a hollow city wall, it also had extremely strong attributes, and Cao Jun's thunderbolt continued to bombard for a day before barely connecting the gaps together, but it was impossible to continue the attack.

Meng Da took the defenders to watch it like this for a day, he didn't stop it, and he couldn't stop it, there were so many soldiers and horses in the city, if he really killed it, there would be no scum left that could be swallowed by Cao Jun in minutes, so he had no intention of stopping it, and he couldn't stop anything, so he should watch the show.

Cao Ren was also a little helpless, leaving a team of men and horses to monitor, not allowing the defenders to have the opportunity to rush to repair overnight, collect the troops and return to the camp, and prepare to escort the hammer soldiers into the gap tomorrow with a rushing car to destroy the city wall.

"Sir, can this wall be used?" After Cao Jun collected his troops, Meng Da found Liu Yi, told him about Cao Jun's affairs today, and asked Liu Yi.

"If you want to get in from inside, it's impossible." Liu Yi shook his head when he heard this, the cement has not dried yet, but the new solid city wall is made close to the original hollow city wall, the width is one zhang, and the city wall in front is easy to break, that is because the wall completely bears all the power, but here, there is a new city wall behind it, unless the other party uses a pickaxe or something like the other to dig a way, a heavy hammer...... Wash and sleep.

"Then the people who enter the walls will not be bothered?" When Meng Da heard this, his eyes lit up.

"No need, by the time they smash through the surface layer, our reinforcements will arrive early!" Liu Yi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, in this way, there is no need to abandon the Fangling, the people of this Fangling can be regarded as preserved, and Cao Ren has lost his sharpness after this battle, and the next thing is to wait for the other party to withdraw the army.