Guo Jia believed that with such a move, he would be able to mobilize a large force of the Central Army to engage him, and then he would be able to give full play to his numerical advantage.

Cao Cao's army consisted of 60,000 Cao troops and 30,000 Jingzhou troops, and the army of Eastern Wu was led by Zhou Yu and was responsible for staying in Xiangyang City, and the distance from Xiangyang to Yuxian was the same as the distance from Xiangyang to Xinye.

Until the army entered the city of Yuxian, it did not encounter any enemies along the way, but there were people defending the city in Yuxian.

Look at the Jingzhou army with the banner of Kuaiyue, there are at least 20,000 people, and Yuxian has just strengthened the city wall, and the city wall is one zhang higher than the original one, and three feet thick.

Unless it is blown up with explosives, it is impossible to capture it easily, but the explosives studied by Cao Jun are only experimental products, and the quantity is not large, and they have all been used up when they bombed Wanxian County.

Therefore, Cao Cao only sent Cai Mao's Jingzhou army to attack the city first, and the result was as expected, it was very difficult, Kuaiyue's army was equipped with a large number of crossbows, and when defending, the firepower was intensive, and the Jingzhou army was not as good as Cao's army, and the casualties were heavy, and it could not be attacked at all.

Just when Cao Cao was hesitating whether to send the main force of Cao's army to attack the city, new information was finally sent, it was new information from Xiahoudun, who had already run back to Xiangyang.

He told Cao Cao what had happened to him, and Cao Cao was a little flustered when he heard that Wanxian was lost and Xinye was lost.

Yuxian was anxious, but the Central Army used the main force in Wanxian and Xinye, and his fist was in the air.

In particular, this Wanxian County is the logistics supply hub of the Cao army, and a large amount of grain, grass and baggage are hoarded here, and all of them have fallen into the hands of the Central Army at once, and the impact is too great.

Cao Cao discussed with Guo Jia and thought that it was still necessary to recapture Wanxian, otherwise the supply line would be interrupted and it would be difficult to fight for a long time.

Moreover, after the loss of Wanxian, Cao Cao lost the news of Bowang, and he was very worried about the life and death of his eldest son Cao Ang.

To relieve the siege of Wanxian, the big deal is to have a dignified duel with the central army, the military strength of the two sides is almost the same, and even the Cao army has a slight advantage, and it may not necessarily suffer.

So Cao's army turned to the northeast as a whole, aiming to recapture Wanxian.

Now Cao's army is marching more cautiously than before, and the scout team is also fifty miles forward to investigate the movement, so it is easy not to fall into an ambush.

As soon as they passed through the county, the scouts reported to Cao Cao of the Chinese army that the banner of the Central Army had been found ahead, and a team of 6,000 men had blocked the road to Wanxian.

They occupied the hills on either side of the road, dug a trench, and cut the road, apparently intending to block the advance of Cao's army.

Cao Cao ordered Cai Mao to lead the Jingzhou army to continue to take the lead, and Cao Cao's attitude was very clear, that is, to use the Jingzhou army to consume the enemy's energy, physical strength and even arrows, and then send Cao's own main elite.

Blocking Cao's way was the Rong 3rd Brigade of the Rong 1st Division, who had already built fortifications to wait for Cao's army, and the time was in a hurry, and only one trench was dug.

Although Cai Mao is 10,000 unwilling, how can people not bow their heads under the eaves, since the moment they surrendered, they can no longer be the masters.

Now he faintly regrets it, why can't he run to Jingnan like Liu Bei in the first place, maybe he can still divide one side!

It was too late to say anything, and the 60,000 elite Cao Jun was eyeing him behind him, and he believed that Cao Jun would not hesitate at all when he fired a repeater at him.

The first thing Cai Mao's army had to do was to fill the ditch with negative soil, and since the trench tactics were widely used by the central army, all the princes learned the simplest and most practical method of filling the ditch with negative soil, and the sack even became a necessary thing for marching and fighting.

The Central Army condescended from the top of the hill and fired fiercely with repeater and bead ballista.

The Jingzhou troops were all infantry, but fortunately there were 5,000 hoplites, who held large shields on the edge of the trench to cover their companions to fill the ditch with soil.

Cao Cao, Guo Jia and the generals of the Cao army just watched from the sidelines, and it was more appropriate to fill in the lives of these troops.

After paying thousands of casualties, several passages were finally filled in the trenches.

The hoplites slowly crossed the trench and began to advance slowly up the hillside, followed by the crossbowmen of the Jingzhou surrender army, and began to return fire.

I have to say that the equipment superiority of the Central Army, especially the advantage of the crossbow, is too obvious, with these long-range firepower, the 6,000 Central Army is on par with the 20,000 Jingzhou Army.

When the Jingzhou army finally advanced to a distance of thirty zhang, hundreds of grenades flew out from behind the shields of the Central Army, crossed the large shields of the hoplites of the Jingzhou army in a wonderful arc, and fell into the crowd of crossbowmen.

The violent explosion and the flying fragments gave these crossbowmen the greatest damage to the crossbowmen who were not protected by heavy armor, and many of them were cut off or severely injured their hands and feet, and there were cries everywhere.

Even if the army is surrendered, it can't be sacrificed indefinitely, Cao Cao ordered Mingjin to withdraw the troops, and the Jingzhou army suddenly rushed back as if they had been amnestied.

Only this wave of attacks, coupled with the previous negative soil filling ditch, the Jingzhou army had five or six thousand casualties, and the morale was low, and it was impossible to go on the offensive for the time being.

Next, Cao Cao sent Cao Hong to lead 10,000 Cao army infantry, intending to outflank him from the left flank, but he found a central army on the left flank not long after setting off.

Although no trenches were dug or fortifications were dug, they silently occupied a hill and blocked the left flank of Cao's army, and the number was also more than 10,000 people.

Cao Hong tried to attack once, but was also blown back by crossbows and grenades, but fortunately, Cao's armor protection was much better than that of the Jingzhou army, and the casualties were only a few hundred.

Subsequently, the scouts reported that there were also enemies on the right flank, and they also advanced to a certain distance, and they stopped advancing, looking at the banners of the two troops of the Central Army and the Jingzhou Army, which added up to more than 10,000 people.

Guo Jia drew a sketch, "In this way, there are nearly 30,000 people, it seems that the Central Army has gathered the main force, and the rest of them should be their cavalry." ”

"According to intelligence, in this Jingzhou operation, the Central Army invested the Third Infantry Division, the First Honor Division and the Special Operations Division, a total of three divisions, they are all the main divisions of the Central Army, with a long history."

"This third division is said to be a mountain infantry division, which used to be responsible for guarding Hongnong and Hanzhong, and is good at mountain warfare, not to mention the other two divisions, they will be there in every big battle, and our army is already very familiar with it." Cao Cao nodded, agreeing with Guo Jia's analysis.

Guo Jia continued: "Now, they want to use infantry to consume us head-on, and wait for the opportunity to use cavalry to win by surprise. Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong just wanted to crush us head-on with the strong combat effectiveness and firearms advantage of the Central Army. ”

"Don't use conspiracy, but use upright conspiracy, it seems that Wolong and Phoenix Chicks also stop there."