"Isn't it General Zilong and General Meng Qi who have returned from Shangyong?" When a deputy general on Pang Tong's side heard this, he asked with a little smile on his face, when Liu Feng left, he did say that once the siege of Shangyong was successfully resolved, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao would return to Wancheng, after all, Wancheng was the barrier of Xiangyang, and it was impossible to keep a mere five thousand soldiers guarding it.

But Deng Ai obviously didn't have such an optimistic guess, this time was much faster for Zhao Yun and Ma Chao to travel between Wancheng and Shangyong at the fastest speed he calculated, but it coincided with the worry in his heart, so Deng Ai waved his hand, signaled the deputy general not to say anything more, and ordered himself: "Pass the order, the army will act quickly according to the things arranged before, and then go outside the city to investigate, be sure to find out whether it is Zilong and Meng Qi, the two generals, if it is not the two generals, how many people are there!" ”

Although Deng Ai was commanding alone for the first time, he stammered slightly because of nervousness, but his cold look made the deputy general not have a trace of contempt, in such a situation where the troops were very insufficient, there was no harm in being cautious, so he hurriedly passed on Deng Ai's instructions, and all the soldiers in the city took action, and outside the city gate, the scouts quickly disappeared into the night again.

Just after a short stick of incense, the previous scout returned to the city again, but this time, he didn't have any relaxed look on his face, but quickly arrived in front of Deng Ai, looked around and quickly reported to Deng Ai: "That team of cavalry has as many as 20,000, and there are no foot soldiers, the direction from which it came is indeed the direction of Shangyong, but there are only more than 10,000 foot soldiers under General Meng Qi, and only the person in front of the head of this team of cavalry lit a few torches, obviously I don't want to be discovered, so most of them are not my Jingzhou sergeants, Most likely, it is enemy troops...... At most, there will be two more incense sticks, and the troops will come to the city. ”

Speaking of this, the scout's voice was very small, looking at Deng Ai, he knew that although Deng Ai was a lieutenant general in Liu Feng's court, he was a hairy boy who had never been on the battlefield.

But after Deng Ai heard his return, there was no nervous look on his face, and he subconsciously narrowed his eyes and said to himself: "Twenty thousand cavalry...... It came at the right time! ”

After a moment of deliberation, Deng Ai asked the scout to retreat, and ordered the defenders to close the city gate, and then turned his head and ordered his lieutenant: "Once the enemy soldiers come to the city, act according to the strategy I have arranged today, in order to keep my Wancheng safe, if the enemy is discovered and attacked, we can only resist to the death, live and die with Wancheng, and there is no other way!" ”

The deputy general couldn't help but have a little admiration for the young Deng Ai in his heart at this time, and knelt down and said: "General Zhonglang and relax, we will try our best to complete the arrangement of General Zhonglang, if we can't make the enemy retreat, we are willing to die on the wall of Wancheng, and we will also buy a little time for Your Majesty!" ”

This deputy general said loudly, and the voice was very loud, so all the sergeants around Deng Ai knelt on the ground to Deng Ai, in order to show their determination to live and die with Wancheng, this young Zhonglang will do what they have done for half a day, and know that Deng Ai is a brave and resourceful general, such a general, under the command of Liu Feng, who knows how to make good use of people, the future is unlimited, as long as this time can survive the catastrophe of Wancheng, it will definitely shine in the new Han in the future!

As reported by the scout, this group of more than 20,000 cavalry is Cao Zhang's vanguard, as for the infantry and siege things, he has been thrown away by his more than 20,000 cavalry, according to Sima Yi's analysis, Liu Feng will hardly have any defenders left in Wancheng, even if they are left, they are only thousands of old and weak soldiers, almost equivalent to no defense, and the remaining defenders do not have a general to suppress the formation, and they will definitely not think that Cao Zhang will divide his troops to take Wancheng after Liu Feng has just arrived in Shangyong.

Although Sima Yi suggested that Cao Zhang bring the cavalry and infantry to Wancheng City, and Wancheng could be broken in an instant, Cao Chang still chose to lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to Wancheng first because he was worried that Zhao Yun and Ma Chao's troops would catch up from the rear.

Seeing that Wancheng was getting closer and closer to him, Cao Zhang showed a bloodthirsty smile on his face, there was no well-guarded city wall on the city wall with dotted torches, but pitch black, which obviously gave Cao Zhang the opportunity to raid or even sneak attack, this kind of battle is what he is good at, and it is also what the tiger and leopard riders are good at, he has already thought in his heart, first send a small team of elites to sneak into the city from the side to disrupt it, and then he will lead the army straight to the city gate, as long as the door is broken, Let the tiger and leopard riders rush to kill in Wancheng, then almost none of these defenders will be able to escape and ascend to heaven.

Gradually, Cao Zhang slowed down the tiger and leopard riders, and the formation was not as dense as it had been, and gradually dispersed to approach Wancheng, obviously wanting to slow down the time it took for him to be discovered by the defenders.

Finally, Cao Zhang's tiger and leopard rode through the moat of Wancheng by the moonlight, and gathered the dragon in the direction of the gate of Wancheng, at this time the city wall of Wancheng was still silent, seeing this situation, Cao Zhang's gesture, a small team of about 100 people quickly assembled, and then dismounted, ready to go to the side of Wancheng, obviously, this is the sharp knife team that Cao Zhang wants to send.

However, just when the small group of men and horses had just separated from the large army, they only heard a whistle on the city wall, and then with a hula, almost all the entire city wall was lit with torches, illuminating the city wall as if it were day, and the firelight made the eyes of the tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers who had just adapted to riding in the darkness in a trance, and they did not see the movement on the city wall clearly for a while.

Although Cao Zhang, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, was also shaken by the firelight, he knew that his actions must have been discovered long ago, and everything on the city wall must have been a trap prepared for himself, so he shouted to retreat before his eyes could recover and ask for his life.

But Deng Ai obviously would not give Cao Zhang a chance to retreat, with a wave of his hand, the bows and arrows that had already been drawn in the hands of thousands of soldiers on the city were shot out in unison, and before the Wei army could react, many people had already been hit by arrows, and screams came from under the city.

After this period of panic and the loss of hundreds of soldiers, Cao Zhang led the army to retreat to a stone's throw away, and carefully looked at the situation above Wancheng...... Can't find the latest chapter of a book you want to read? cough cough cough, it's not a thing, I recommend a public account, there is a young lady here to help you find the latest chapters, and chat with you!