After Zhang Liao, Zhuge Liang, and Pang Tong met again, they began to carefully scrutinize every aspect of the battle with Cao's army.

Cao's army had Xiangyang Jiancheng as the core of attack and defense, with an army of 90,000 and Cai Mao's Jingzhou army, 40,000 soldiers and horses, and an army of at least 50,000 in Eastern Wu, with a total strength of nearly 200,000 people, which should not be underestimated.

However, at the thought of going to fight opponents like Guo Jia and Zhou Yu, everyone was excited, one by one, their brains were opened, and one tactical idea after another was proposed, and then they denied each other and revised each other.

Zhang Liao has personally experienced what a military advisor is and what a monster is this time, this Wolong and Phoenix Chick are such a pair.

It's no wonder that Lu Bu wants to get them at all costs, this Zhuge Liang is his own person, but this Pang Tong is Liu Bei's military advisor, the great enemy in the future

When Zhang Liao thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a hint of murder, but he had to hide it carefully, after all, it was now an alliance.

April 30, Wan County.

In the scorching sun, the tall walls still stand like behemoths, and the walls that have been blown down have long been repaired.

Wanxian County is now the logistics supply base of Cao's army, and the grain and grass collected from Yanzhou and Yuzhou are continuously transported here.

The 90,000 Cao army ate and drank, but the number was huge.

Relying only on the grain and grass collected locally in Jingzhou, it was not enough to supply Cai Mao's army.

When Kuai Yue, Li Yan, Liu Bei and others fled, they moved the granaries of each county to the air, and even those who did not move away were burned to the ground.

Cao Jun has just arrived, especially if he will rule here in the future, how can he take food from the mouths of the people

Not only could they not seize grain, but in some areas where there was a shortage of grain, Cao Jun had to use his own military rations to help the people of Jingzhou, so that a large amount of grain and grass had to be transferred from the rear.

On the main road from Jingzhou to Yanzhou and Yuzhou, the convoys of grain transported were constantly coming and going, and each convoy had hundreds of horse-drawn carts and ox carts, and there were not enough large cattle, and even donkey carts were on the field.

The status of Wanxian County is so important, Cao Cao naturally sent his henchmen to garrison it.

Xiahoudun led 8,000 Cao troops to defend Xiangyang City, and not far from Bowang and Xinye, there were also Cao Ang and Cao Anmin's 5,000 Cao troops stationed respectively.

At noon, there was a convoy of grain in the distance, hundreds of ox carts and horse-drawn carts were full of goods, and those sacks should be grain and grass and other things.

The front and rear of the convoy were escorted by a 300-strong Cao army infantry, all of which were very energetic, and they were in a better state than the Cao troops who usually escorted the grain team.

A mile from the North City Gate, there is a checkpoint where dozens of heavily armed elites of the Cao Army braved the scorching sun, patiently inspecting passing vehicles and pedestrians.

Xiahoudun was extremely strict in governing the army, and his troops did not dare to slack off, so even on such a hot day, they were all dressed neatly.

When they saw the arrival of the convoy, they greeted it from a distance, and the leader of the team was a chief.

He glanced at the leader of the convoy and the leader of the escort force, all of whom were unfamiliar faces, and there was a hint of caution in his heart.

"You report your name, I want to check the information" He used a Yanzhou accent, and the answer to him was in the Yuzhou dialect.

"We are from Yingchuan, the No. 10 convoy of B, my name is Wang Quan, this is a pass, and the transportation is all grain and grass"

Shi Chang took the pass and looked at it, and determined that it was jointly issued by the Taishou of Yingchuan County and Xun Yu, the military advisor, with the convoy number, the list of materials to be transported and where they came from.

He was still not at ease, so he took a few steps forward to a carriage and stabbed a sack with his saber, and when he took it out, a large pile of soybeans spilled all over the ground.

Only then did he nod, waved his hand to let him go, and admonished, "The grain and grass will be sent to the Tianzihao granary near the East City Gate, and someone will sign for it there." ”

The No. 10 convoy began to enter the city, and the city gate was narrow, and only vehicles could enter it.

However, when an ox cart came to the city gate, suddenly the axle broke, and a wooden cart fell down, and the whole cart rolled over in the city gate, and the sack rolled to the ground.

Strangely, however, no one stepped forward to lift the cart, let alone pick up the sacks, and on the contrary, the convoy retreated far away.

The guards at the city gate immediately shouted to the convoy people, "What's the matter with you, don't you fix it quickly, what's the matter if you block the city gate?"

But the more they shouted, the faster the convoy ran, and just as the guards turned around and were about to catch up, suddenly there was a loud bang in the city gate, and at the same time the whole earth shook.

A strong flash of light flashed, and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke permeated, which was not unfamiliar to the soldiers of Cao's army.

When they entered Wanxian, it was the same scene, but this time the scene was much hotter than the last time, and the movement was greater

This is exactly the scene of the explosives exploding

Just when the Cao officers and soldiers inside and outside the city gate were still stunned, and the Cao army, who was not killed in the ruins, called out to his father and mother, the driver of the convoy that had just arrived and the escorted Cao army attacked the surrounding Cao army from inside and outside the city at the same time.

They took out horizontal swords from under the sacks of the carriage or under the carriage, and even crossbows, although there were only six or seven hundred people, all of them were outstanding in martial arts.

The most important thing is that they also have hand grenades, which are specially thrown at crowded places, and piles of Cao Jun are blown to pieces.

Their crossbows were also terrifying, and within a few dozen zhang, there were no arrows, so although they were only six or seven hundred, they couldn't raise their heads by the 1,000 Cao troops at the north city gate.

"The enemy attack is the attack of the Central Army" Cao Jun, who finally came to his senses, shouted loudly and sounded the alarm.

Hearing the explosion, Cao's troops gathered from all over the city towards the north gate, and some of the troops posing as Cao's army fired three green flares into the sky.

Immediately the sound of horses' hooves rumbled in the field, and a black cavalry appeared on the horizon.

At the time of the explosion, Xiahoudun was taking a nap when the sound of the explosion woke him up.

He quickly put on his armor with the help of the guards, rushed out of the Taishou Mansion, and his subordinates led his war horse, he turned over and rode to the north gate with the guards.

On the way, he met the Chinese officer who came to report the news, "General, it was the people of the Central Army who pretended to be a convoy carrying grain and blew up the North City Gate with explosives, and they are now fighting for the North City Gate, and the cavalry of the Central Army was also found in the distance"

Xiahoudun was not too worried, and had already been mentally prepared for the central army to attack Wanxian.

Of the 8,000 elite soldiers under him, he put 1,000 people at each city gate, and the remaining 4,000 people were maneuvered.

"Immediately send people to Bowang and Xinye to send letters for help, and send people to Xiangyang to deliver letters, and the carrier pigeons are also released, hoping that the strategy of the military division will be useful."

By the time Xiahoudun arrived at the North City Gate, the North City Gate had already been occupied by the Central Army.

Of course, to be strictly speaking, the north gate has been blown up into the sky, and now it is only the ruins of a place.