Lou Gui sighed and said: "Gan Ning just sent an urgent letter to report that Cai Mao rebelled in Pengze, but fortunately, the lord's order was timely and was thwarted by Gan Ning in time." But Cai Mao took advantage of the chaos to escape, took away 5,000 sailors and attacked with Le, and broke through Anhui County. Gao Ran and Shamoke are now retreating to Xunyang! ”

Liu Yong laughed angrily: "Cao Cao really put a lot of effort into it this time, and he actually made me Liu Yong lose completely." First of all, Wenpin rebelled, lost Runan, and then the troops went out of Wuguan to occupy Xicheng, and now they rebelled against Cai Mao and attacked Anhui County, which is really like a rainbow! not only lost land, but also damaged Wang Wei and Xing Daorong! Together with Wenpin and Cai Mao, a total of four generals have been lost! ”

Lou Gui was not too depressed, and comforted Liu Yong: "The lord doesn't have to be too angry, although Cao Cao seems to have won a big victory now, this also directly exposes his ambition, I believe everyone in the world will see that he is on guard." Especially after he occupies Anhui County, he will face Sun Quan directly, and if he wants to open up the situation, he will start a war against Jiangdong, which will send the lord a powerful ally! Wait a few days, Sun Quan will definitely send an envoy to discuss the alliance! ”

The situation gradually became clear, the balance had been broken, and it was obvious that when the opportunity came, Liu Yong kept thinking about where the opportunity was. didn't think clearly, Liu Yong simply suspended the dispatch of troops and ordered Zhao Yun and 10,000 horses to be on standby at any time. Liu Yong secretly summoned Tian Feng, and Liu Yong attached great importance to this old and refined first-class strategist.

Tian Feng seemed to know the purpose of Liu Yong's search for him, and directly pointed to the location of Wuguan on the map: "Now the situation, the key is here!" ”

"Do you know who the Wuguan guard is now? How many more defenders are there? Liu Yong looked at the danger marked on the map.

"According to the latest report, the Wuguan guard should be Xu Huang! Because of the capture of Xicheng, the defenders of Wuguan are now only 5,000! Tian Feng's cloudy old eyes were full of fine light.

"Xu Huang? , Cao Cao was really ruthless, and even sent three generals. Hefei has Zhang Liao, Li Dian, Lejin, Runan has Cao Hong, so who else is he in Hebei? Liu Yong was a little puzzled.

Tian Feng looked calm and opened his mouth: "Xu Chu, Wang Shuang, as well as Zhang Xiu and other generals from Yuan Shao!" ”

"In this way, in this way, then he doesn't have many troops in Xuchang!" Liu Yong's eyes flickered, and the essence of light appeared, and he guessed what Tian Feng meant.

Tian Feng said with a smile: "The lord thinks well, Cao Cao's battle line is too long, Xuchang must be empty at this time, as long as there is an army to raid Xuchang, although it can't make merit, it will definitely attract all Cao Cao's attention!" Such a way to encircle Wei and save Zhao will definitely solve the crisis in Hanzhong! Not only that, but you can also count it! ”

"What's the plan?" Hearing Tian Feng's words, Liu Yong became short of breath, he needed a victory too much at the moment to inspire.

Tian Feng then made a demonstration on the map, Liu Yong was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly convened Pang Tong, Lou Gui and others to discuss, and everyone was overjoyed.

Early the next morning, Liu Yong took Kou Feng Ling Tong Tian Feng to the camp in Ye County, and Guan Yu personally went out to greet him. At the same time that Liu Yong arrived in Ye County, Guan Yu personally led 50,000 troops to Kunyang City. The guard general was full of flattery and immediately asked Xuchang Kuaima for help, while informing Cao Hong, who was sitting in Pingyu.

Cao Jun knew that Guan Yu was brave, and this time it was Liu Yong who was in charge, and no one dared to be careless, so Cao Hong hurriedly led 20,000 horses to rescue. The Jingzhou army surrounded Kunyang on all sides and immediately launched a fierce attack. There were originally 30,000 horses in the city, but half of them were transferred by Cao Hong, and now there are only 15,000 people left, and Guan Yu, who has 50,000 horses, is terrified.

The siege has just begun, it has entered a tragic fight full of favors dare not be careless, seeing such a fierce offensive, a series of defensive means prepared have been moved out, hot oil, sassal wood, etc., all appeared, the battle was less than an hour, the Jingzhou army has nearly 2,000 men and horses killed under the city, everywhere is a tragedy.

Guan Yu couldn't bear it, and came to ask for a meeting: "Lord, the casualties of the soldiers are too great, do you want to postpone the siege?" ”

Liu Yong looked at Guan Yu coldly: "Don't forget, Xuande died in the hands of Cao Jun!" ”

Liu Yong's words made Guan Yu speechless, and at the same time, the hatred in his heart was completely aroused, and the green tendons on his clenched fists rose high.

"My current order is only one word, fight! Yun Chang understands! Liu Yong stared at Guan Yu, as if he could see through his heart.

Guan Yu was horrified, he didn't expect that the young lord he had always looked down on was so powerful, and he hurriedly took the order to retire!

But the Jingzhou army obviously won't be so simple, just in the midst of the full worry, suddenly someone from the city defenders shouted: "Look, what is that?" ”

Man Zhong followed the sergeant's point, only to see countless black spots flying in the sky, which were rapidly magnifying, and the sound of breaking the air sounded, like a wind whistle blowing by the cold wind in winter and October, terrifying and abnormal.

Man Chong's face changed greatly, and he immediately shouted: "Hide, the Jingzhou army has launched a catapult!" ”

However, as he shouted and hid, a boulder fell on the top of the city in an instant, knocking down several battlements that were not very strong. Some sergeants who couldn't dodge immediately became a mess of meat, and there were no bones left.

"General be careful!" At the same time when Man Pet was shocked, a personal soldier shouted and pushed Man Pet away. Man Pet suddenly fell a foot away, and he heard a loud bang behind him, and the rubble shot indiscriminately, hitting his back painfully. The hot pain on Man's face, obviously fell too violently, and was bruised by the hard bluestone ground. But he didn't bother to take a closer look, and hurriedly looked back, the wall battlement behind him completely collapsed and a large piece of it was gone, along with the personal soldier who pushed him, and countless screams came from under the walls of the city!

When he saw clearly, a boulder was rolling out of a collapsing house on the ground in the middle of the city, and it was rushing into another house again. More than a dozen people were injured on the ground and fell to the ground, unknown whether they were alive or dead. And on the ground where the boulders rolled, blood, scraps, and dirt were mixed together, and it was a mess. Full of pets, his back was cold, if it wasn't for the man who pushed himself just now, I'm afraid he would have no bones left!

"Quick! Hurry up the cowhide! For this kind of siege weapon of the Jingzhou army, Cao Jun naturally had already prepared, and they came up with a way, which was to sew the cowhide together to form a huge cowhide tent to cushion the momentum of the boulder and weaken the power.

Under the command of Man Chong, in less than a stick of incense, more than ten cowhide sheds of different sizes were erected at the head of the city, obviously after countless drills, Liu Yong stood in the distance and secretly admired. However, from the launch of the catapult to the establishment of the cowhide shed by the Cao army, in a short period of time, nearly 2,000 men and horses were killed and injured in various parts of the Cao army, which is still not counting the people and men in the city.

Cao Jun's method, as a later generation, Liu Yong has already thought of it, and naturally there are also targeted methods.

"Where are the archers? Immediately drop rockets at the cowhide shed at the head of the city! How many cowhides are cut for them! Liu Yong smiled secretly, a cruel sneer on his face.

In this era of extremely underdeveloped agriculture, the preciousness of ploughing cattle can be imagined, and there is a law prohibiting the slaughter of ploughing cattle in the decree of the imperial court. And how many cattle are needed to sew so many cowhide peng, the hard work and cost can be imagined.

Just when Man Chong thought it was enough to resist the catapult attack of the Jingzhou army, he suddenly saw a fire burning in the sky, thinking about the city.

Man Pet wanted to send someone to take away the cowhide shed, but it was too late, and the rockets hit the cowhide one after another, and soon a fire spread everywhere, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt cowhide and smoke. There were even rockets shot through the city and into the city, igniting many houses, and chaos everywhere!