Back at the Tiger Prison Pass, Zhao Yun immediately ordered the soldiers to get ready, fight the generals in front of the battle, Cao Cao couldn't take advantage, and wanted Zhao Yun to fight on the flat ground, and Zhao Yun would not let Cao Cao get his wish, so next, there was only one way left for Cao Cao - to lead his troops to attack.

"Lord, Hanoi urgent." After a while, the Malay report reported that Yuan Shao had already captured two cities in a row, and would soon approach Mengjin.

Zhao Yun invited Chen Gong and told the truth about the matter, "Gongtai, Yuan Shao's movements are really fast, what do you think?" ”

"Hanoi is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and now Yuan Shao has sent the main forces to attack Hanoi, I suggest temporarily abandon Hanoi, retreat all the troops to Mengjin to cross the river, and don't fearlessly confront Yuan Shao."

Zhao Yun pondered for a while, "You are right, if you want to keep Hanoi, you must divide your troops, and you will fall into Yuan Shao's hands, so according to your wishes, temporarily cede the city north of the Yellow River to Yuan Shao."

"I'll arrange it right away." Chen Gong agreed and walked out.

Zhao Yun sighed, "Such a good solar term, the wheat seedlings in the fields have just returned to green, as soon as Yuan Shao's army comes, the people of Hanoi will suffer, when will this damn war be a head." ”

It is very wise strategically to let the team temporarily retreat and retreat to the Mengjin Ferry, but the consequences of doing so are doomed to many people, and Zhao Yun is very unhappy in his heart.

"My lord." Zhang Ning, who was guarding in front of the door, saw Zhao Yun frowning, sighed, and walked in.

"What's the matter?"

"Can the team over there in Hanoi not retreat?"

"Not going back?"

Zhang Ning hesitated for a moment, plucked up his courage and said, "Hanoi is our territory, we have the responsibility to protect the people there, before we fight, we will retreat, what a chilling feeling, what will the people of Hanoi think of us, we will be very disappointed." ”

Zhao Yun knew that she was kind-hearted and couldn't bear the persecution of the people by Yuan Shao's army, Zhao Yun explained, "Although the people's property and fields will inevitably suffer losses, have you thought about it, if you turn Hanoi into a battlefield, what will the result be?" ”

"What can it look like, are we still afraid of Yuan Shao, there is a tiger prison here, only tens of thousands of garrisons can block Cao Cao's 100,000 army, we can send other troops to Hanoi, we will definitely be able to defeat Yuan Shao and lose a lot."

Zhao Yun shook his head, "Where is the battlefield, where there will be disaster, Yuan Shao has so many troops, menacing, if we put our troops into it again, Hanoi will be chaotic in an instant, hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting in Hanoi, win or lose, I estimate that after the battle, Hanoi will immediately become a ruin, you say, we are doing this, are we really protecting them?" ”

"This ......"

Zhao Yun's answer made Zhang Ning stunned for a moment, she didn't expect that sending troops to guard Hanoi was obviously a good thing, but it turned out to bring endless disasters there.

"If there is a real fight, anything can happen, so we took the initiative to back down and move the battlefield to the Mong Tin ferry, which can not only avoid the cities and villages of Hanoi...... In addition, Yuan Shao can easily occupy most of the territory of Hanoi, and his morale will definitely become arrogant and arrogant, as the saying goes, the arrogant army will be defeated, we put the main force at the Mengjin ferry, as long as Yuan Shao dares to cross the river, we can meet the head-on attack, just the Yellow River moat, is enough to reach tens of thousands of male soldiers. ”

For the sake of safety, Zhao Yun issued another order to move the nearby people to the south of the Yellow River as much as possible when the Han army in Hanoi retreated.

Zhao Yun acted resolutely, and as soon as the order was issued, the herald rode his horse like a rocket and left the Tiger Prison Pass.

There was no word all night, and as soon as the sky was bright, Cao Cao ordered a charge.

He divided the 100,000 army into five teams and attacked in turn, the first team of Xiahou Yuan's brigade, the 20,000 army swarmed forward like a tide, the sound of drums and trumpets, the sound of killing shook the sky, Zhao Yun stood on the high city wall, and saw it clearly from a high position.

"It seems that Cao Cao has no better way but to grit his teeth and attack." Xu Huang sneered disdainfully.

"Even so, we can't afford to let up. Pass my orders, get ready, put the enemy in first, and then say, no garrison equipment can be wasted. ”

"Yes." Xu Huang promised to stride away, and passed Zhao Yun's order in a loud voice, "Listen to me, put the enemy close before fighting, especially the archers, and wait for the enemy to enter the range before releasing the arrow." ”

"Yes."

All the defenders were in full array, staring at the approaching Cao Bing with their eyes.

The atmosphere of slaughter quickly spread across the battlefield, making people feel like the blood in their bodies was about to boil.

Rows of ladders, like a fast-moving dragon, straight forward, Xiahou Yuan personally supervised the battle, and Cao Bing moved forward bravely without fear.

This time, Cao Cao was clearly prepared, with hundreds of ladders for siege alone, and at the back of the team, slow-moving catapults and giant bed crossbows.

"Ready." Xiahou Yuan's second son Xiahou Ba was responsible for commanding the bed crossbow, and Xiahou Yuan's fifth son Xiahou Rong was responsible for commanding the catapult.

Xiahou Ba's right hand was raised high, and he took the lead to get down and let the bed crossbow shoot.

The hoarse bed crossbow pivot sounded, the arm-thick crossbow arrows tore through the air with a sharp cry and shot towards the high tiger prison wall, the arrows were like lightning in the air, although the crosshairs were not easy to grasp, the movement was really not small, some of the crossbow arrows grazed the city wall and broke through the wind, and some shot fiercely on the city wall, but they were submerged in several inches, the bricks and stones splashed everywhere, and the arrows kept vibrating violently.

What's more, a few unlucky soldiers of the Han army were accidentally hit by arrows, and the huge penetrating force flew backwards with arrows several meters away.

The waves of attacks on the side of the bed crossbow became more and more intensive, and the catapults on Xiahou Rong's side were not inferior.

Xiahou Rong waved his flag and shouted, "Hit me, hit me hard, they don't dare to show their heads if they have to beat me." ”

"Yes"

The purpose of the existence of bed crossbows and catapults is to suppress the defenders and provide cover for their own attacks.

Suddenly, there were loud noises that shook the earth, flying sand and rocks, dust and fog rolling, one after another boulders roared and flew towards the city wall, making a loud noise, even if only a small number of boulders smashed into the crowd, it could still cause great lethality, many soldiers were smashed into meat sauce on the spot, and the miserable screams resounded.

The sound of the boulder crashing was deafening, and the dust and smoke that stirred up flew several feet high, and the eyes were gray.

Cao Cao twisted his long hair in his hands, and took all his henchmen to look into the distance, always paying attention to the progress of the battle.