216. Liu Bei returned to the army
After a whole day of fierce fighting, Ma Chao used up all the rolling logs. And Cao Jun finally seized the opportunity and climbed to the top of the city in the evening. However, he was soon driven down by Ma Chao and his soldiers.
At this time, it was getting late, and Cao Jun finally retreated like a tide after the defeat. The western walls were horrible and unusual, and the situation in the east was not much better. Ma Dai led his soldiers to drive down Cao's army that rushed to the city twice. However, the second time, Ma Dai was attacked by a Cao soldier and slashed in the back. Although he reluctantly drove Cao Jun off the city, after that Ma Dai was replaced by Chen Zhi, who rushed to the city.
At the end of the first day of the battle, nearly 3,000 soldiers were killed and wounded in the city, Han Fei was very upset when he saw this number of casualties, and if this continued, there would be no soldiers in the city in four days at most! Han Fei in the city had a headache, and Cao Cao outside the city was not easy. In today's battle, Xicheng alone lost more than 5,000 soldiers. This casualty ratio is too large, even Cao Cao's soldiers can't bear it.
At this moment, both sides are in a dilemma, Cao Cao is worthy of being a hero, and he instantly weighed the pros and cons. That Han Fei was Liu Bei's number one strategist, and if he could be caught or even killed, it would be enough to break one of Liu Bei's arms. To that end, it is not a matter of throwing these 80,000 people here. Tomorrow, if you can't reduce the number of besiegers, you will have to add a team of people! Anyway, it's not too far from Xuchang, and there are really not enough people, so you can transfer people here!
So the siege battle on the second day was more fierce than the first day, and Zhang He had to go into battle with his wounds and command the battle in Dongcheng. And Ma Chao in Xichengtou was also extremely tired after a day of fighting. The generals are still like this, and the casualties of ordinary soldiers are even more serious. Today alone, there were nearly 3,500 casualties.
Han Fei organized all the soldiers in the city into several reserve armies, and just waited for the city head to be short of manpower before sending them to the top. But even then, it won't last a few days. "Lord, if you can't do it, mobilize the young people in the city to go to the city to help defend the city!" Chen Zhi gave Han Fei advice.
Han Fei hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm afraid it's the only way to go." Now I only hope that the lord can receive my letter as soon as possible, so that he can return to the aid here as soon as possible, otherwise I am really afraid that I will not be able to defend this city. ”
Just when Han Fei was in trouble, Liu Bei finally received his letter. At this time, Liu Bei had just returned to the north bank of the Yangtze River with the army, and when he saw the letter he received, Liu Bei was shocked, and he couldn't imagine what would happen to him without Han Fei. So Liu Bei hurriedly summoned Jia Xu to discuss countermeasures.
After reading the letter, Jia Xu said to Liu Beijin: "Lord, when you send someone to take the big village on Jiuli Mountain first, as long as you have that big village in hand, at least you can protect Zicong and have a way out." ”
Liu Bei woke up when he heard this, and he could send Zhang Fei to lead 8,000 cavalry to Jiuli Mountain, and take the Dazhai on the mountain at all costs. Leave a way out for Han Fei in Shanyang City. Zhang Fei did not dare to slack off when he received the order, and immediately set off with his army, heading towards Jiuli Mountain.
After Zhang Fei left, Liu Bei was restless. So he changed his route and no longer went to Jiangducheng, but led his army straight to the direction of Pengcheng.
Others don't say it, just say that Zhang Fei has been sleeping in the open air all the way, day and night! It took three days to pass through Pengcheng and come to Yanzhou. As long as you climb over a big mountain, you will arrive at Dazhai on Jiuli Mountain.
At this time, Shanyang City had entered the fifth day of defending the city. More than 10,000 soldiers in the city were killed and seriously wounded. Outside the city, Cao's army lost nearly 40,000 people. The reason why so many people died was because the city used fire oil yesterday, and the fire would not be easily extinguished once it burned, so on this day alone, nearly 10,000 Cao troops remained in the city forever.
However, after the oil was used, the fortification materials in the city were exhausted. The only remaining arrows won't last more than two days. Han Fei frowned and walked around the lobby, while Chen Zhi hung his arms and persuaded him, "Lord, let's withdraw!" If you don't leave, you really can't go! ”
Han Fei waved his hand to stop Chen Dao's words, and then he spoke: "There are still more than 6,000 people, plus the young people in the city, we can hold out for at least three more days." If you can't do anything, I'll break through with you in three days. ”
After hearing this, Chen Zhi stomped his feet and said, "That's it, since the lord has decided, then I will also go to the city to kill the enemy!" If I go up alone, I will be able to kill a few fewer soldiers! Without waiting for Han Fei to speak, he strode out with a big gun. In fact, not only Chen Dao, Ma Chao was also injured, but the skin injury was not in the way. Rao is like this, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Zhang He and Chen Zhi all went into battle with injuries, in order to kill more enemies and let their soldiers die a few less.
Looking at Chen Zhi's back, Han Fei shouted in his heart: "Lord! How long will it take you to arrive! I really can't stand it anymore! ”
On the fifth day of the siege, the city sent all its last reserves to the city. If you send it again, you will have to use the young people in the city, and these people are all hired for money, and they are just temporary patchwork, and the combat power can be imagined. If someone else uses Han Fei, he really doesn't want them to go to the city.
Cao Cao, who was outside the city, had no temper at all until today, but there was a wave of anger buried in his heart, and he only hated to slaughter the city to relieve the hatred in his heart! At this time, Sima Yi came in to report that Liu Bei had returned to the army, and if our army could not take Shanyang City as soon as possible, it was likely that we would have to face off against Liu Bei's army here!
When Cao Cao heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes and said: "Zhongda, I gave you a task, you will lead the troops to capture the nearby people now, and start driving them to attack the city tomorrow!" ”
Sima Yi felt a chill in his heart after hearing this, this Nima is the rhythm that makes me carry the black cauldron! But this matter was originally raised by him, and it was only appropriate for Cao Cao to send it to him! Thinking of this, Sima Yi suddenly had a feeling of lifting a stone and hitting himself in the foot. However, Cao Cao's military order had been issued, and Sima Yi had no choice but to accept the order.
So he rushed to the surrounding villages with a bunch of cavalry, and drove the local men, women, and children to the Cao army camp to listen to orders. Han Fei in the city didn't know that Cao Cao at this time had done anything to win. He only thought that if he held it today, there were only two days left!
Zhang Fei led the men and horses to the foot of Jiuli Mountain, and at this time he suddenly received a report from the scout that there was a team of people and horses, escorting this bright taxi just past and going straight to the mountain. Zhang Fei was overjoyed when he heard this: "God really helps me!" Wouldn't it be possible to take me to kill that group of people, and then rob those people's clothes, to deceive the gate of the village? Thinking of this, Zhang Fei urged the war horse tightly and chased after the team.
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