Gao Rou didn't expect Li Fu to be so bold, although he knew that he had always oppressed the people, but he didn't expect it to be so excessive, and now let Xu Chu take advantage of the loophole, like a spear to cut off half of the north and south of the land of Bingzhou, and he didn't expect Cao Jun to come so quickly this time, and Xu Chu even slaughtered the city.

But I have to say that Xu Chu's approach was very effective, and even Hu Yanquan was a little hesitant when he heard the news. When Gao Rou led 20,000 horses to arrive in Dingxiang City, the people in the city had already gone to five or six, and the former prosperous city was suddenly deserted, and the rest of the people were also panicked, lest Dingxiang be captured and slaughtered by Cao's army again, and only after seeing Gao Rou's army was slightly relieved. And Han Juzi also came with the news that Han Sui ordered Yan Xing and Cheng Yin and Liang Xingsan, one of the eight generals, to start attacking Loufu City, and Ma Teng's department also began to prepare to cross the river to attack the city, and Bingzhou had already started a war on all sides.

Gao Rou urgently mobilized to defend the city throughout the whole process, inspecting everywhere, only three days later, Xu Chu's army had arrived at the city, looking at it from a distance, dense, the iron armor was black, and the hearts of the people who watched were numb.

"Gao Rou, don't hurry up and surrender the city, otherwise, once the city is broken, Jiuyuan City will be the end!" Xu Chu's loud voice immediately shouted under the city.

"Kaesong surrenders, once the city is broken, the whole city will be bloodied!" Under Xu Chu's instructions, the soldiers of the Cao army shouted in unison, which made all the soldiers and civilians defending the city frightened, and they couldn't help but worry about their fate when they thought of the blood flowing like a river on the day the city was broken.

"Butcher Xu Chu! If you have mutilated living beings and committed such a murder, you will not die a good death, and you will suffer from the devouring of souls by ten thousand ghosts after death! Gao Rou was not afraid and scolded loudly.

Xu Chu smiled and said coldly: "Since you are stubborn, then don't blame me for being ruthless, attack the city!" ”

Xu Chu's order, and suddenly the whole army rushed towards the city wall quickly. Tall ladders and siege cones also rushed to the walls and gates, and the fierce battle began.

"Shoot the arrows!" Gao Rou commanded.

Immediately a rain of arrows that covered the sky and the sun flew into the city like locusts. The city is full of black and oppressive human heads, and there is no need to aim at all, just take the arrow and pull the bow and let go, and a feathered arrow will fly out, and nine times out of ten it can take a life.

The corpses were soon piled up all over the city, and they continued to increase, and the blood quickly stained the ground red, and the thick and pungent blood made people feel sick. But Cao Bing was not afraid of death, almost stepping on the corpses of his companions and charging, climbing desperately along the ladder under the city wall.

"Yokogi! Kerosene! Kill me! Gao Rou was shouting, and the generals were also shouting, and their hands were not idle, and they threw stones and burning oil downward.

And the archers of the Cao army under the city are not to be outdone, they have been fighting with arrows, although they are not dominant in shooting from the bottom up, but they still let many people in the city die by arrows, and from time to time someone falls from the city.

Cao Bing fell down one after another like dumplings, but more climbed up again.

After attacking the city for an hour, the head of the city was already full of bloodstains, and several times the Cao army had rushed to the head of the city, but they were all forcibly beaten down, and the city walls were scattered with pools of blood and pieces of minced meat, and it was long impossible to see what it looked like.

Xu Chu's black face was even darker, he originally thought that it was just such a small Dingxiang City, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult to fight.

"General, do you still want to attack the city?" The lieutenant asked tentatively.

Xu Chu's face was full of murderous aura, but he didn't send it out directly, and gritted his teeth and asked, "How many casualties have our army suffered?" ”

The adjutant general said with a bitter face: "More than 2,000 people have been killed in battle!" ”

"Mingjin retreats!" Xu Chu was reluctant in his heart, but as early as when he set out on the expedition, Cao Cao repeatedly warned him to reduce casualties. Xu Chu looked at Gao Rou at the city not far away, and the hand holding the hilt of the sword was full of green tendons, showing the incomparable anger in his heart.

In the big tent, a scribe was sitting, drinking quietly, and Yaxing was not affected by the battle outside. Xu Chu sat on the throne and asked, "Zhongda, let me ask you, is this Dingxiang still going to be attacked so strongly?" ”

"Why not?" This is Sima Yi, the second son of the Sima family, who was not surprised at all when he was questioned by Xu Chu viciously, and asked Xu Chu instead.

"Uh......" Xu Chu was a little speechless, and it took a long time to react, he didn't mean this: "On the first day, more than 2,000 horses were lost, if you want to continue, how will you explain to the king when the time comes?" ”

Sima Yi glanced at Xu Chu with disdain and said, "Does the general think that the king wants to merge states more or do you want these horses more?" ”

"Of course it's a merger!" Xu Chu replied without hesitation.

"That's right! Just attack onslaught, how can there be immortals in the war, just make up for it when you die, as long as you unify and merge the state, you can connect Xiliang in the west, connect the Xiongnu in the north, and then map Xiliang, with the war horses of Youzhou and Xiliang, what can Liu Yong and Sun Quan not deal with. Moreover, Yi assured that as long as the general captured this city, coupled with the killing power of Jiuyuan, the defenders of the city behind would definitely surrender to the wind, and the general could take the entire Shuofang and Wuyuan without blood, and the Huns would also be frightened, and there was no difficulty in Yanmen with Han Sui's men and horses, and it was not difficult to unify the northern part of the state! ”

Sima Yi said that Xu Chu's heart was hot in a few words, and he couldn't wait to start another battle and attack the city immediately.

"Okay, then continue the siege tomorrow!" Xu Chu felt relieved, and secretly said that the heads of these scribes don't know how to grow, why can't I think of these truths.

Early the next morning, Xu Chu ordered a full meal and immediately attacked the city. As soon as the sun rose to one shot, there was already a shout of killing under Dingxiang City, and the Cao army besieging the city and the Bingzhou army defending the city once again set off a fierce confrontation.

After another day of fighting, the corpses under the city wall were piled higher, and the defenders at the head of the city were fewer, but the city gate was still not broken, and it was getting late. And there were more casualties in the city, mainly some of the people who assisted in defending the city, they had no armor to protect their bodies, and a random feather arrow could kill them, and their number of casualties was more than three times more than that of the defenders.

However, Xu Chu was not discouraged, he also saw that the morale of the defenders was not as good as before, but the morale of the generals of the Cao army was even worse, and he was full of confidence.

Gao Rou was depressed in his heart, but he couldn't help it, and he couldn't recruit reinforcements at all, so he could only fight to the death, and if he didn't succeed, he would become benevolent.

On the third day, as soon as dawn, Xu Chu launched another onslaught, and the offensive was even more fierce, which made the defenders a little unbearable. The archers under the city are even more different from a small amount of suppression in the past, but simply do not need money to suppress the defenders of the city with a rain of arrows, as long as they show their heads slightly, they will be shot wounded or even killed, and the siege of the city did not have a large number of attacks, but also like a wolf and a tiger desperately climbed to the head of the city, only two hours after the battle, has climbed to the head of the city to start a short hand.