This thought lasted until half an hour later, and finally, looking at the rain of arrows that had not weakened at all, it was still very dense, and the corpses of Cao Jun who had fallen outside the pass in just half an hour and had the same number as yesterday's more than an hour, Cao Pi's confidence gradually wavered, he didn't know what prompted the defenders of Hanzhong to persist until this time and there was no decline, all he could do was to insist on such an offensive, and he hoped that the defenders would collapse in the next moment.

Finally, after a short time, Cao Hong's face was very anxious to Cao Pi's side, and he said in Cao Pi's ear: "The defenders today are more brave than yesterday for some reason, I am afraid that we have fallen into the trick of showing weakness to the enemy, it is better to stop the attack today, and it is okay to wait for us to understand the situation in Yangping Pass before making plans." ”

Obviously, Cao Hong, who had followed Cao Cao through a hundred battles and had been closely watching the siege battle, had already seen the difference between today and yesterday, and was keenly aware that if the attack continued under such circumstances, Cao's army would suffer very heavy losses, and the Hanzhong sergeants guarding Yangping Pass had lost nothing more than some arrows and city defense equipment.

"In the land of Hanzhong, there are only 40,000 soldiers left under Zhang Lu, how can they hold on for so long? Why don't I hold on for a little longer, how do you know that you can't run out of ammunition and food in the customs? Although Cao Pi was not very sure in his heart, how could he be willing to let him retreat like this, so he gritted his teeth and shook his head and rejected Cao Hong's proposal.

Although Cao Hong was a little helpless in his heart, since Cao Pi had already spoken, he thought about it and did not refute it, turned his head to the moat, and continued to command the sergeants to attack the pass.

In the city, Liu Feng was personally commanding the battle on the city wall, only to see Huang Zhong suddenly hurrying over, and said to Liu Feng: "The arrows I carried this time plus the remaining arrows of the Hanzhong defenders have been used in total, but I am afraid that the remaining arrows will not last for an hour, whether to reduce the number of arrows fired, please decide!" ”

When Liu Feng arrived here from Jiameng Pass, he did carry a lot of arrows and city defense equipment, but because Jiameng Pass also needed to be guarded, and he was afraid that it would affect the concealment of his whereabouts and the speed of the march, so he did not carry too much baggage.

"It doesn't have to be like this, just continue this offensive until the last arrow remains, and at the same time order the sergeants of all divisions to prepare rolling stones and other things." Liu Feng already had a plan in his heart, naturally he would not weaken the offensive because of the lack of arrows, and he did not hesitate at the moment, after Huang Zhong took the order and left, Liu Feng looked at the Cao Jun who were not afraid of death outside the pass, and the light in his eyes flashed, the same defeat, how to defeat, can explain the temperament of Cao Pi, and Liu Feng, at this time, is very eager to know who Cao Pi is.

In an instant, there were a lot more corpses of Cao Jun outside the pass, in just these times, Cao Pi had already lost another five or six thousand elite soldiers, and the battle had just been going on for a short time, and more important things, he trembled and persevered for a while, but the arrows flying down from the city showed no signs of weakening.

Just when Cao Pi was quite hesitant in his heart, another person arrived at the side, Cao Pi fixed his eyes and saw that it was Sima Yi who had spoken out to persuade him before, Sima Yi had just arrived in front of Cao Pi, and immediately knelt on the ground, and said eagerly: "Minister Sima Yi, I implore Zhonglang General to listen to me, this time I will come, it must be the strategy of the people in the Guanzhong, the minister has already calculated, if it is according to the momentum of the guards yesterday, the Guannai must have run out of ammunition and food at this time, and there will be no such stamina, so the minister thinks that there are reinforcements in the Guannai, Today, we can't do anything, Zhonglang will not waste the lives of our sergeants here, we should withdraw the army, and after returning to the camp, we will plan carefully and then make a decision! ”

Cao Pi still recognizes Sima Yi's ability, although this person is not good at coming forward, but in the previous battles with Cao Zhi, it was Sima Yi's strategy that won Cao Pi's heart, and indeed suppressed Yang Xiu, the first strategist under Cao Zhi, so Cao Pi knew that he could no longer ignore Sima Yi's remarks.

"Today's matter is indeed as Zhong Da's words, quite strange, pass on my generals, all the soldiers quickly withdraw, we will return to the camp just like this, break the pass, and then make a long-term plan in the future."

Since Cao Pi decided not to consume military strength here, he immediately gave the general order, and the sergeants who were about to charge heard it, they all let out a long breath, and the sergeants who charged ahead before, they saw in their eyes, almost no one survived, and finally got the withdrawal of the generals here, how could they not be happy, so they hurriedly returned to the formation, waiting for Cao Pi's next order.

Just as Cao Pi withdrew the soldiers who were preparing to charge back and was about to give the order to return to the camp, he suddenly saw a colorful flag on the wall of Yangping Pass waving several times in the wind.

Thinking of this, Cao Pi was suddenly shocked in his heart, and hurriedly ordered: "Quickly withdraw to the camp!" ”

But almost at the same time as Cao Pi's generals, only a few gongs were heard, and behind the hills on both sides of the moat, two teams of men and horses suddenly rushed out, and these two teams were all elite horses, each team numbered about three or four thousand, and went straight to the sergeants led by Cao Pi.

"This ...... Quickly form a formation and meet the enemy! "Cao Pi's formation is full of foot soldiers, and there are many siege equipment, the action is quite slow, although after Cao Pi still tried his best to form a formation, but still the formation has not yet been formed, the two teams of cavalry rushed to the front of the Cao army soldiers.

"Zihuan, don't be anxious, these two teams of men and horses are less than five thousand, if they really rush to our formation, they will be annihilated!" Xiahou Yuan saw that Cao Pi was a little anxious, and hurriedly went to Cao Pi to be so relieved, and then went straight to the formation to wait for the two teams of cavalry, he had already seen that one of the teams was led by Ma Chao, because he had already defeated Ma Chao once, so he was not afraid this time, but the city was indeed already poor in donkey skills, so he sent some cavalry to sneak attack.

But contrary to expectations, the two teams of cavalry did not go deep in front of the Cao army's formation, but only invaded at the edge, using the height and speed advantage to consume the Cao army's soldiers, and the Cao army wanted to retreat at this time, but it was already a little difficult.

"Don't worry about these Xu cavalry anymore, just withdraw to the camp, Yangping Pass is quite different today!" Sima Yi's face was very solemn at this time, and he looked at Cao Pi and persuaded.