Chapter 70: Besieged
Cao Xuan pushed away the group of soldiers, and grabbed a soldier who looked extremely excited with one arrow step, telling him to calm down, but the soldier was even more excited when he saw Cao Xing, he pointed to a certain person who was constantly being dragged on the ground, and said loudly to Cao Xing.
"Lord Cao, that's my eldest brother, my eldest brother, he was born with a disability, as early as yesterday, I told him to take our family out of the city quickly, but today he was caught by this group of beasts, I want to go down to save him, I want to go down to save him!"
However, Cao Xing pressed the soldier to the city wall with his arms, and his eyes were also bloodshot, watching Xianbei's insult to their Han people. The surrounding soldiers also let out heavy breathing.
Although they don't know each other with the people who are being dragged below, but compared to Xianbei, they are all Han compatriots, seeing their compatriots suffer such humiliation, who can calm down?
After a short time, there was only the soldier's sobbing sound on the city tower, and Cao Xing's hands gradually loosened, he looked at the soldier and said softly: "This brother, I understand your feelings, I also have the same thoughts as you, but please forgive me for not letting you out, because as long as you go out, the entire Bianyun County, everyone's lives will be over, maybe you have hatred in your heart now, maybe you will resent me Cao Xuan, why don't you let you out, but I also ask you to sprinkle this hatred on those humble people first, As soon as the battle is over, if you and I are alive, and you want to come to me to settle accounts, I am welcome at any time, and now I have only one order, that is, all of you must give me calm at this moment, without my order, you must not go out of the city without authorization, and those who violate the order will be beheaded! ”
Cao Xing's tiger eyes were full of tears, and he finally said the last word heavily, and the soldiers around him were all solemn, and their eyes began to become cold.
As Cao Xing said, those compatriots who humiliated them have triggered the greatest hatred in their hearts, which is tolerable and unbearable, and they should use the sword in their hands to pay for their blood debts.
And Chen Hu also patted the soldier's shoulder, the soldier lowered his head, and the crying was even more sad, Cao Xuan asked Chen Hu to be optimistic about this soldier, don't let him do anything stupid, his eyes also looked ahead, but in a trance, he seemed to find a familiar figure, a Xianbei was riding on a big horse at the moment and kept cheering, constantly pulling the rope behind the horse's legs, there was a person tied to the rope, that person was good-looking, Cao Xuan only felt familiar, and after a while, Cao Xuan finally recognized it, Isn't that Cai De?
Cao Xing was a little puzzled, Cai De was not from a family, but Cai Gui's baby nephew, but why was he arrested by Xianbei? Could it be that Cai Gui and the others were also arrested by Xianbei?
But at this moment, Feng Yun hurried over again, and shouted to Cao Xing with all his might: "Big brother, hundreds of people have surged over the south city gate, and they have retreated to the city gate!" ”
Cao Xing heard this, his heart was suddenly shocked, he immediately waved his hand, and led everyone to the south city gate, you can see that there are many people running over here in a panic, Cao Xing didn't say a word, immediately asked the soldiers to open the city gate, and at the same time arranged for people to prepare bows and crossbows on the city tower, those Xianbei who were chasing and killing the people, if they dared to get close to the range, they would all shoot and kill.
Hundreds of people were fleeing desperately at this moment, and when they finally ran within 200 steps, countless arrows roared, shooting back all the Xianbei people who were chasing them, and these people were finally safe.
When these people completely retreated to Bianyun County, Cao Xuan immediately went down to appease them, so that they did not need to panic, and at the same time asked them what happened, Cao Xuan vaguely remembered that these people had fled from the city yesterday, but why did they return now?
After some inquiry, Cao Xing finally learned what was going on, this time Xianbei came to Bianyun County to plunder, it seems that they had a plan, they made a precise arrangement, it seems that they are preparing to specifically capture Bianyun County, so when Hadoli and others have not launched an attack on Bianyun County, they sent some troops and quietly went around to the rear of Bianyun County, just to wait for those people in Bianyun County to come out, and slaughter them wantonly, so as to prevent the people of Bianyun County from having the opportunity to escape.
Hearing this, Cao Xing's expression became more and more solemn, and he hit the city wall with a heavy punch, until now, he only knew that the leader of Xianbei this time was called Ha Duoli, but he could confirm that this Ha Duoli was by no means an ordinary rude general, he had his own ideas, and his purpose was very simple, that is, to take all the wealth of all the people in Bianyun County in one pot, so he made such a careful deployment.
However, Cao Xing didn't care about saying so much at this moment, he, Fengyun and others pacified the people first and let everyone go home.
At night, Cao Xing, Fengyun and others dragged their tired bodies and finally returned to the county office, and at this time, Che Wu also hurriedly came, and he reported to Cao Xuan about today's casualties.
According to a rough estimate, Xianbei's loss of troops this time was almost more than 1,000 people, but the loss of the defenders of Bianyun County was also not small, and the preliminary calculation was more than 500 people.
Don't say it's Fengyun, even the city tiger Zhou Cang's eyes flashed with a hint of despair, the reason why they were able to hold Bianyun County today is very simple, first of all, because Cao Xuan took the lead in killing the enemy, while killing the enemy while boosting morale, and Zhou Cang and other fierce generals also charged ahead, and the generals over there, because they were afraid of Cao Xing's bow and arrow skills, so they hesitated and failed to come to the soldiers in person, causing Xianbei's morale to collapse. All kinds of things add up to the current ending.
But from another point of view, it can also be said that Cao Xing and their luck are too good today, even if Xianbei is calculated from yesterday to now, the total number of casualties is only more than 2,000, which means that there are almost more than 8,000 people who can fight.
However, Cao Xing's side can fight, there are only more than 400 and less than 500 people, although Bianyun County is only a small county town, but with only 500 people, how can they hold it? Even if Cao Xing really stimulates the last combat power of the soldiers, each soldier is broken, and at most one enemy can kill more than 5,000 people in Xianbei, and in the end, it is difficult to avoid the end of the city being ruined.
The thought that this might be the end result made a sense of frustration rise in everyone's hearts.
When Cao Xing saw this, he actually let out a laugh, and he shouted directly to the people around him: "Bring the wine!" ”
When it was close to night, there was a sound of hurried footsteps, and he hurriedly walked into the county office, Qin Ye was still holding a spear and wearing armor, and he went into the cliff, but he saw Cao Xuan sitting on the main seat at the moment, holding a large jar of wine and drinking wildly, he couldn't help frowning.
"Nephew Cao Xian, now that the battle is not over, why are you acting like this!"
Cao Xuan glanced at Qin Ye, stood up and saluted Qin Ye, and then said with a smile: "Qin Ye, how long do you think we can hold on!" ”
After hearing this, Qin Ye pondered for a moment, and then raised four fingers: "Four days!" ”
"And four days later!"
"Reinforcements will arrive in four days, and the crisis in Bianyun County will be solved!"
However, hearing this, Cao Xuan showed a bitter smile, he looked at the depressed expressions of Chen Hu and Zhou Cang and the others on the side, in fact, he also knew why Zhou Cang and the others were so depressed.
Now that Bianyun County is in crisis, it stands to reason that the county town should send reinforcements, and Cao Xing also remembered that when the Xianbei people first came to attack the city, he had already sent two scouts to ask them to notify the county town and let the county send reinforcements.
However, today Cao Xuan finally realized that he didn't seem to think comprehensively enough, those Xianbei people had already surrounded Bianyun County around a flood, and the people who escaped were all driven back, Cao Xuan didn't know why the scouts he sent out passed through the Xianbei blockade?
The only way to get the news of the border emergency on the county side may be through the surrounding county seats, and those who have ordered them to send scouts to inform the county town side.
But in this way, it seems to be a little late, they got the news that it will take an estimated day to send scouts, and after a day, those scouts set off from there, Cao Xing roughly estimated that even if they traveled in the starry night and ran non-stop, it would take about three days to reach the Jiuyuan County City.
And Jiuyuan County City sent reinforcements over, it took almost three days, and a week of back and forth had passed, and Cao Xuan didn't know if he and the others would be able to hold on until that time.
Looking at Cao Xian's appearance, Qin Ye couldn't help frowning and said: "Nephew Cao Xian, don't you don't believe the old man's words, I have also seen today's situation with my own eyes, but you have to understand clearly, it is just a method of agitation used by Xianbei against you, in order to make our army confused, and now as the commander of the first army in Bianyun County, we must not shake the army's heart!" ”
Seeing Qin Ye's serious appearance, Cao Xuan also slowly put down the wine jar, and the expression on his face began to become solemn.
"Master Qin, please rest assured, maybe you don't know, I, Cao Xing, have already died once, I have no fear of dying for the national righteousness and defending the country, the reason why I will let you brothers drink today is just so that everyone can drink happily before dying!"
"Good! Cao Xian's nephew is so courageous, even if the reinforcements don't come, we can do our own work well, worthy of the sky, worthy of the earth, and worthy of our conscience! Saying that, Qin Ye actually grabbed the wine jar and took a sip. Take a look at the latest chapter of "The Strongest Marksmanship of the Three Kingdoms" to read for free for the first time.