Originally, Cao Cao thought that Xiang Ao's attack would stop, and he didn't want to send troops to Mount Tai again the next day.

It's just that unlike yesterday, Xiang Ao did not appear on the front line.

The battle situation above Mount Tai was temporarily deadlocked, while Gao Shun and Xiahoudun in Puyang were fighting hotly. The Puyang city gate in the north has been occupied by Gao Shun several times, if it weren't for Xiahoudun's force, Gao Shun was beaten down again and again, and Puyang would have changed hands at this time.

The battle in the siege war was naturally much more tragic than the war in the field, and in just two days, the casualties and losses on both sides were almost more than 1,000 soldiers and horses.

Whether it was Gao Shun, the commander of the Yan army, or Xiahou Dun, the commander of the Cao army, they were all worried.

"Subordinate Li Jin, meet General Gao."

Gao Shun hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Jin up, and said with a relaxed smile: "Brother Jin Xian is finally here." ”

"Xiahoudun, don't look at the old man, the city defense battle is called brave, I am ashamed of myself."

Li Jin followed Gao Shun's guidance, knelt down in the military tent, and chuckled: "General Zhongda is humble. Xiahoudun is a famous fierce general under Cao Cao, and General Gao Shun is better at commanding legions, so why use his weaknesses to compare with his strengths? ”

Gao Shun smiled lightly, then frowned slightly and said, "Having said that, the lord has already ordered the entire front to attack the Chen State. Puyang in Dongjun is a springboard to enter Cao Cao's hinterland, if Puyang can be taken as soon as possible, it will naturally reduce the pressure on Guandu and the lord's Taishan, and even contain Cao Cao's main force, so that Cao Cao is defeated, and he really does not dare to slack off. ”

When Li Jin heard this, he nodded solemnly and said, "What the general said is extremely true. ”

"The general is coming over, it's going to..."

"Hmm!" Gao Shun nodded heavily and said: "The lord once said that General Jinxian has the courage of Lu Bu in the past, plus General Jinxian is stationed in Hanoi and is closest to the general, so he played the lord, and asked the general to be sent over and behead Xiahoudun on the city wall." ”

"Thank you General Zhongda for your trust!" Li Jin clenched his fists heavily, and said with a straight face: "General rest assured, the last general will definitely do his best to kill Xiahoudun on the city wall." ”

"Hmm!" Gao Shun nodded heavily, patted Li Jin's shoulder, and didn't say more.

And at this time, Puyang City.

"General, the Yan army's offensive is too fierce, so let's urgently write to the lord, let the lord send troops over again. Otherwise, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for two days. ”

Xiahoudun looked at the deputy general beside him, a little angry, but thinking of the current situation in Puyang, Xiahoudun let out a long sigh and said helplessly: "Xiang Ao's main force is in Mount Tai, and the main army's strength is already a little tight. As for Guandu... Hey, not to mention, the battle situation is a few points more fierce than Puyangdu, which will be garrisoned. ”

"How's that good?" The adjutant general's face was a little anxious.

Xiahoudun thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Urgently write to Prime Minister Yingchuan Xun, saying that the front-line troops are urgent, and ask for new recruits. ”

The adjutant general looked up at Xiahoudun, then shook his head slightly, and said, "No!"

Xiahoudun asked for help in the direction of Yingchuan, and Gao Shun, who was supported by Li Jin, would not wait for Cao Cao's reinforcements to arrive.

The next day, Gao Shun led a large army and launched a ferocious attack on Puyang. Especially after leaving Li Jin, a powerful thug, Gao Shun did not intend to give Xiahoudun a chance to resist.

Gao Shun personally led the camp, with Li Jin as the vanguard, and forcibly climbed the city wall, tearing apart Xiahoudun's defense.

"Kill!" Li Jin shouted, and rushed towards Xiahoudun with this spear.

Xiahoudun didn't know Li Jin, and Li Jin didn't have too many shocking achievements under Xiang Ao.

Li Jin, who could launch a charge, made Xiahou frown. In Li Jin's momentum, Xiahoudun vaguely felt the might of Xu Chu, the fiercest general under his lord's command.

"Where did the jumping clown dare to block the way of the general? Suffer death! Although there was some faint worry in his heart, Xiahoudun didn't hesitate too much and picked up his gun to greet him.

"Humph!" Li Jin snorted in a deep voice, and did not answer Xiahou Yuan, the spear danced horizontally, and slashed towards Xiahou Yuan's waist in a daze.

Xiahou Yuan's eyes were slightly condensed, his legs kicked, and he slashed the Yanguo soldiers who were blocking him in front of him with a jump, and at the same time dodged Li Jin's onslaught, and then turned over and appeared behind Li Jin.

Without waiting for Li Jin to react, Xiahoudun stabbed with a simple straight stab, with a fierce murderous aura on the head of the gun, and stabbed at the position of Li Jin's vest socket like ordinary lightning.

"Kill!" Xiahoudun drank wildly, as if he had come up with a surprise move to kill Li Jin on the battlefield.

Li Jin, who was in danger, did not panic or be in a hurry at all. With his back to Xiahoudun, he shook the spear in his hand. drew a faint trace, and accurately slashed the head of the spear on the head of Xiahoudun's spear.

With a crisp sound, the spear in Li Jin's hand was hit by Xiahou Yuan's huge impact and rebounded. The direction of Xiahoudun's spear's assassination was also shocked far away.

In addition, Xiahoudun used ninety percent of his strength, and Li Jin's blow made Xiahoudun instantly lose his focus.

Li Jin, who was facing away from Xiahoudun, drew a strange arc at the corner of his mouth, turned around, grabbed the spear with both hands and stabbed it hard at Xiahoudun, who was going to balance.

"Kill!" Li Jin burst into a loud shout, the spear in his hand was faintly glowing with silver light, and the phantom of a giant python suddenly appeared, and then exposed the fangs of the upper jaw and bit it towards Xiahoudun's throat.

The biting killing intent and the harsh gun wind not only made Xiahoudun's neck hurt, but the hairs on Xiahoudun's whole body also stood up.

At the moment of life and death, Xia Houdun, who lost his balance and lay flat in the clear space, and could not borrow his strength, kicked each other with his feet, forcibly twisted his back, and rolled, narrowly avoiding Li Jin's fatal blow.

With a loud bang, Li Jin's spear slammed into the stone slab of the city wall at Li Jin's feet, and the slate shattered in response.

The shattered fragments of the stone slab roared towards the soldiers around them, regardless of whether they were friends or enemies, and the lives of the soldiers around the cruel reapers.

Li Jin's ferocity frightened the surrounding soldiers into retreating frantically, causing a gap of about ten zhang long to appear on the city wall.

Xiahoudun, who rolled on the city wall and dodged Li Jin's fatal blow, got up in embarrassment, brushed away the messy hair that blocked his vision, and looked at Li Jin in front of him in anger and horror as if he had descended from the mortal world.

"Hey, hey! Xiahoudun, do you know this general now? Li Jin did not take the opportunity to chase and kill Xiahoudun, but smiled evilly, pulled out the spear inserted in the stone slab, and looked at Xiahoudun with disdain.

Xiahoudun's face was full of shame and indignation, and he couldn't wait to eat Li Jin raw.

"Who are you?"

Li Jin danced a spear flower and said lightly: "Yanguo and Li Jin are also!" ”

"Li Jin?" Xiahoudun still had a puzzled face, so he stood up and said with a straight face: "With General Li Jin's bravery, he didn't make a name for himself in the world, wouldn't it be a pity to stay in Yanguo?" ”

"Hehe, you want me to rebel and surrender?" Li Jin said disdainfully: "But in today's battle, does General Xiahou think that the people of the world will know me Li Jin?" ”

Li Jin's words made Xiahoudun's face sink. Does this person want to step on the corpse of the general and become famous all over the world?

"It seems that General Xiahou has figured it out." Li Jin's voice interrupted Xiahoudun's contemplation, and then shook the spear in his hand, and raised the corners of his mouth and said fiercely: "The general went to Huangquan, don't blame him for being ruthless." ”

"Kill!" Li Jin burst into tears again, kicked his feet violently, and suddenly rushed towards Xiahou Dun to kill him.

Xiahoudun's complexion changed greatly, and the panic in his heart could no longer be buried in his eyes, showing Xiahoudun's hastily coping limbs.

"Protect the General!" Xiahoudun is the boss, if Xiahoudun dies, after the Cao army is defeated, I don't know what kind of treatment will be. The deputy general was anxious, and took the guards around him to Xiahou to help.

"Humph! Mantis arm as a car! Li Jin shouted disdainfully, brandished his spear and rushed into the army that had come to rescue Xiahoudun.

"Besiege Xiahoudun!" Gao Shun, who was originally fighting for control of the city wall on the city wall, how could he give up the opportunity to kill Xiahoudun, shouted loudly, led the trapped camp under his command, and rushed in the direction of Xiahoudun.

At this time, more than half of the people in the trap camp who climbed the city wall, after Gao Shun drank loudly, the soldiers in the trap camp, like ordinary demons, launched a crazy charge against the enemy army that blocked them before the year.

"Kill!" The shouts of killing continued on the city wall, and the soldiers of the Yan Army under the city wall also bravely attacked the city wall they were responsible for.

The original battle in front of the battle instantly turned into a battle between the enemy and us to protect the generals. While rushing and killing frantically, while desperately protecting, the control of the city wall was temporarily put aside by the soldiers of both sides.

"Xiahoudun, where to escape!" Li Jin, who had been staring at Xiahoudun, saw that Xiahoudun was under the protection of the guards, and quietly pushed down the city wall.

The fierce murderous aura frightened Xiahoudun into a whole body. The breath of death coming from behind his head made Xiahoudun subconsciously fall down and turn his head.

With a soft sound, the arrow flew out with a sharp energy, grazing Xiahoudun's eyeballs, making the back hole penetrate the heart of a Cao sergeant, and then he lost his motivation.

"Ahh Blood donations kept flowing out of Xiahoudun's eyeballs, dyeing Xiahoudun's entire face red in the blink of an eye.

"Puff Li Jin, I'm going to kill you." Xiahoudun covered his eyeballs that had been shot, and turned around to rush towards Li Jin.

The adjutant general hurriedly grabbed Xiahoudun and shouted anxiously: "Quick, take the general down, quickly!" ”

"Who dares to stop me?"

Xiahoudun's body shook, bounced the deputy general away, and planned to rush out again. The adjutant general's face turned fierce, and he raised his right hand and slammed it between Xiahoudun's neck. Xiahoudun's eyes darkened and he fainted.

The deputy general did not dare to delay, for fear that Li Jin would make up another arrow, so he resisted Xiahoudun and ran under the city wall.

"Order the three armies to retreat to the inner city." Before leaving, the adjutant did not forget to give the order.

Soon, the Cao army in the outer city, under the command of the generals of various departments, soon retreated into the inner city. Gao Shun, who occupied the outer city wall, did not continue to attack, and sent a large army to surround Xiahoudun in the inner city of Puyang City.

If Xiahoudun was not injured, Xiahoudun would not be angry, and if he was not angry, the deputy general would not knock Xiahoudun unconscious. was not knocked out, even if Li Jin won a batch, Xiahoudun could use the city wall to block Li Jin and Gao Shun outside Puyang for a day or two.

If you don't knock out, there is no way, if Xiahoudun is angry and rushes out of the army again, I'm afraid Xiahoudun will only die on the city wall.

As for taking advantage of the situation to attack the inner city, Gao Shun didn't even think about it. At this time, for Xiahoudun's army, it was almost a desperate situation, and if it attacked at this time, it would either be destroyed or stubbornly resisted.

It's good to destroy the withering and decay and attack the inner city, but if you swear to resist stubbornly, it won't be worth the loss.

Besides, since Xiahoudun chose to go into the inner city, there must be reinforcements from other places, and Gao Shun can use Puyang City to surround and send reinforcements.

That night, Xiahoudun, who had been knocked unconscious, had already woken up.

At this time, Xiahoudun's left eye had been wrapped. Although it was bandaged, it was a sharp pain from going upstairs in the eye sockets, which made Xiahoudun's face pale.

Coupled with the blindness of one eye, the vision brought by it is not suitable for the trauma of the soul, and the hatred that cannot be erased in the remaining eye of Xia Houdun keeps flickering.

"My army is besieged in the city?"

The adjutant general nodded and said in a deep voice: "General, I see that there are still 30,000 Yan troops outside the city, but I don't know if the Yan army still has reinforcements." ”

"How many defenders are there in the inner city?"

"More than 12,000."

"How long is there enough food and grass?"

The adjutant general's face was a little ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "Less than five days." ”

Xiahoudun listened to it, and did not have the slightest look of decadence after the defeat. Even in Xiahoudun's eyes, he showed full of fighting spirit.

"Five days?" Xiahoudun muttered to himself, then came to the picture and looked at it calmly for a long time.

"There should be reinforcements arriving on the fifth day, but we just need to find out how many soldiers and horses Gao Shun still has, so as not to know the generals who come to the aid and be surrounded by Gao Shun to send reinforcements."

"Yes, General!" The lieutenant nodded approvingly and took the order.

Xiahoudun in the inner city was in full swing to prepare for the city defense, and after Gao Shun in the outer city arranged the posture of attacking Xiahoudun at any time, he sent a large number of scouts to the south of Puyang to explore the movements of Cao's army.

Gao Shun didn't intend to make Xiahoudun so happy.

"Trouble General Jinxian, investigate the entire area of Puyang City, and find all the water sources in the inner city of Puyang City."

Li Jin was slightly stunned, and then asked with a little horror: "General Zhongda is not planning to poison him, right?" ”

Gao Shun smiled lightly and said casually: "It's not so vicious in Xia." ”

"After General Jinxian found the water source, he found some manure and threw it into the water source." Gao Shun smiled weirdly: "When Xiahoudun is all ready, and finds that the water source is all stinky dung, how does Brother Zhongda think Xiahoudun and his subordinates will make decisions?" Hey! ”

When Li Jin heard this, he was stunned at first, and then looked at Gao Shun with wide eyes, looking incredulous.

In Li Jin's impression, Gao Shunke is a meticulous general, even if he has some strategies, he is also dignified against the enemy, when did he think of such a disgusting method?

Li Jin twitched the corners of his mouth, looked at Gao Shun with a chill on his back, and secretly begged: It seems that people who have been with the lord for a long time can't be easily offended, it seems that everyone will think of some strange ways to torture disgusting people in their bones.

Li Jin hugged his fists and took the order, eager to leave Gao Shun's camp as soon as possible.

Not only that, Gao Shun also had nothing to do and sent people to the various entrances and exits of the inner city to scold the formation, either that Xiahoudun's skills were inferior to others, or that Xiahoudun was as timid as a mouse.

even added Cao Cao in, so angry that the soldiers in the inner city and the five Buddhas ascended to heaven.

"General, let's break through." The adjutant general roared angrily: "All the water sources have been polluted by the Yan Army, not to mention, I have been scolded all day long, and I can't fight back, the last general is really... It's really..."

The deputy general didn't know how to express the depression in his heart, and patted the table in front of him fiercely, venting the anger in his heart.

Xiahoudun seemed to be calm, but the raging flames in Xiahoudun's eyes reflected the boundless anger in Xiahoudun's heart at this time.

"Has a way been found to filter the water?"

"General, I found it. But that smell..."

"If it tastes, it tastes." Xiahoudun said helplessly: "As long as you can drink it, it is impossible to make everyone die of thirst." ”

The adjutant general nodded and continued: "General, do you want to break through or not?" ”

"Can't break through." Xiahoudun had a calm face and said firmly: "If Puyang is lost, the Yan army will go south without any hindrance, and it will drive straight into the hinterland of Yuzhou. ”

"My Chen Kingdom is now in danger, and there is no city that can let us leave it behind. Wait for reinforcements, no matter how much it costs, you must hold Puyang. ”

When the adjutant general heard this, his face was heavy, and he nodded helplessly and firmly.

The battle situation in Puyang seemed to be stalemate, but everyone understood that at this time, Cao Cao's Chen State had been exposed to the tiger teeth of the Yan army.

Whether Chen Guo can be saved depends on the battle situation between Cao Cao and Xiang Ao on Mount Tai. If Cao Cao wins, he can divide his troops to aid Puyang, so that Puyang's battle situation can breathe.

If Cao Cao is defeated, after the army led by Xiang Ao Qin and Gao Shun in Puyang join forces, no matter what happens to Guandu, Chen Guo will have no room to turn back.

The news of Puyang soon reached Mount Tai and Xiang Ao's ears.

"Lord, do you want to wave your army up the mountain?" Tian Feng's expression was a little excited.

Xiang Ao glanced at Tian Feng, turned his head and asked softly to the guard beside him, "Dian Wei has any signs of awakening?" ”

"My lord, General Dian Wei has been silent since he entered the military tent three days ago, and he doesn't know the specific situation."

Xiang Ao listened, nodded, and chuckled: "Yuan Hao doesn't need to worry, after Ah Wei wakes up, Cao Cao's people on Mount Tai will not be the opponents of this king and Dian Wei at all." ”

"At that time, there is no need for any strategy at all, just wave the army and kill it."

Tian Feng looked at Xiang Ao in surprise, and asked in disbelief: "So is this the innate power?" ”

Xiang Ao nodded and chuckled: "The innate power is not imaginable. When Yuan Hao sees it himself, he will understand. ”