Cao Cao set the point of digging the tunnel at the west gate of Jiangling City, and he only had to lead his troops to the north gate to call for cover. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Liu Bei is now holding a victory ticket, and he is happy to drag on time with Cao Cao, and only shouts loudly on the city tower to have a good talk with Prime Minister Cao Cheng.

Cao Cao didn't want to talk about it yesterday, but today it was to attract Liu Bei's attention, and he was willing to go to the city to answer Liu Bei.

Liu Bei still said yesterday: "The prime minister has come and gone, can he be safe all the way?" ”

You deserve to laugh at me, too? Cao Cao just asked: "We have been old friends for many years, why every time I come to you to catch up with the past, you disappear?" ”

Liu Bei was beaten by Cao Cao many times in his early years and ran away, but today is different: "The world is unpredictable, thirty rivers east and forty west, and the prime minister also has to worry about happiness and sorrow." ”

Cao Cao sarcastically said: "General Liu has been a guest countless times in his life, and he defected to his senior brother Gongsun Zhan, but the senior brother is gone; defected to Tao Qian, Tao Qian was gone; defected to Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao was gone; defected to Liu Biao, Liu Biao was gone, but Cao was the only one left, just because Cao had a big life, which was really an honor. ”

Liu Bei replied unceremoniously: "Back then, Yuan Benchu saved the prime minister in danger many times, but I was afraid that I didn't expect that I would end up with a full house." ”

Forget it, I can't talk about it, I kept Liu Bei by my side back then, so that this guy knew a lot of secrets, but he couldn't let him shake it all out, Cao Cao decided to say kind words: "Back then, Xu Du once talked about the heroes of the world with General Liu, and after many years, I don't know if it's right or not, why don't you and I line up today and go out of the city to learn the truth?" ”

Liu Bei didn't go out of the city to fight him: "It is said that the prime minister uses soldiers like a god, and Liu Bei is willing to wait and see the prime minister's military power here." The prime minister might as well practice the military formation outside the city, and let Liu Bei observe and learn. ”

Cao Cao was still about to speak, and bad news came over: "Prime Minister, Sun Quan has raised 100,000 troops and is preparing to attack Hefei. ”

Want to take advantage of the fire? There are still people behind me!

Cao Cao looked around him, the troops besieging Jiangling City were too small, and he only called the general Zhang Xi over: "You go and bring the soldiers of Runan County and rush to Hefei to support." ”

Huo Jun has been paying close attention to the movements of Cao Jun from the west city gate, and he found that the front line of the enemy is very quiet today, but he always sees people dangling there at the back end, what is the guy pointing at the city tower holding in his hand, hoe?

What kind of fame is this? Huo Jun decided to go out to find out, and was busy asking people to report his thoughts to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei discussed with Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others, and felt that it was really abnormal for Cao Cao not to attack the city today but to nag under the city for a long time, so he immediately asked Zhang Fei to lead a thousand cavalry to the west gate to support.

Seeing that it was time for Cao Jun's meal, many of the soldiers who were arrayed outside the city retreated to the camp. Zhang Fei and Huo Jun suddenly opened the city gate and led their troops straight to the suspicious area.

This group of Cao troops has been besieging the city for a long time, and they have never seen the defenders rushing out of the city to take the initiative to attack, but now they are suddenly attacked and suddenly become a mess.

Zhang Fei and Huo Jun led light horses and fast horses, and when Zhang Liao and Lu Zhao heard the news and came out of the camp to meet them, they had already killed more than 100 people and retreated to the city.

"I wanted to dig a tunnel and sneak into the city." Huo Jun was still holding a captured hoe in his hand, "No wonder I didn't act in the barracks, I wanted to get closer and dig through earlier." ”

Zhang Fei also held a hoe in his hand: "You continue to guard here, and I will go back and report to General Zuo." ”

Pang Tong smiled when he heard this: "Since you already know their tricks, then it's okay, send the sergeants to dig some deep holes along the city wall to listen to the movements underground, and take precautions as soon as possible." ”

Since it would not work to burrow into the ground, Cao Cao decided to fly in from the sky, and ordered the soldiers to carry the earth outside the city wall and pile it up, to quickly create a small mountain of earth higher than the city wall, and then leap into the city.

In order to prevent the attack of troops from the city, Cao Cao also chose the location in the northwest corner, which was far away from the city gate, and Liu Bei could not suddenly rush out of the city to launch a surprise attack.

In order to protect the soldiers from being shot by arrows from the city, he ordered the construction of many wooden signs to block the front - hmph, you are not the only ones who can use the door panels, we can use them too!

Liu Bei in the city didn't think so, you pile it up and I will pile it, and I will also send people to pick up soil and bricks to raise the city wall in the corresponding position.

Ten days later, Ge Liang, Liu Feng, Guan Ping, and Xiang Lang had already led their troops to the waters of Jiangling by boat, and even Jian Yong was on board.

Ge Liang asked Jian Yong: "Didn't you say that I want you to go to Yizhou to find Liu Zhang, why do you stay there all the time?" ”

Jian Yong shook his head and said: "At the beginning, the situation was unclear, Li Yan felt that it was safer to go to Liu Zhang, but I tried my best to keep him in Zigui." I'm afraid that as soon as I walk on the front foot, he will follow me to Chengdu with the back foot. ”

"So now you're relieved?"

Jian Yong replied: "I'll ask him whether he has a great credit for helping General Zuo keep Jingzhou, or whether he has a great credit for bringing so many thousands of people to Liu Zhang." He thought about it for two days before deciding to stay behind in Zigui. I thought it would be better to accompany him, anyway, Liu Zhang just sent two hundred soldiers to Cao Cao, so he could ignore it at all. ”

What does it mean to be ignorant? We're going to fight Liu Zhang's idea in the future! But since it is already like this, those words are not good, and now I will make it clear to Jian Yong, Ge Liang will no longer ask, but he will think of Wei Yanlai again, and I don't know how he is doing in Lujiang now.

Yu Ban, who had been guarding the south gate of Jiangling, saw that a large number of warships appeared on the river, and they could land at any time to attack his camp, so he didn't want to continue to camp here, so he ran to report to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, the south gate is only a few miles away from the river, and now Liu Bei's fleet has arrived on the river, and it is very likely that the city will kill people and horses at any time to attack our camp before and after." I would like to suggest that the siege of the South Gate be removed first. ”

Cao Cao actually felt that there was little hope of taking Jiangling since the waterway army was lost more than half, and these days the blind tossing is purely unwilling, hoping to bump into good luck and seize a loophole in Liu Bei to break the city luckily. Now that there are reinforcements coming, I don't have hope anymore, but I can't save face, is it possible that Liu Bei has thousands of reinforcements, and I am going to be scared away?

At this time, bad news came from Xiangyang: "Zhou Yu and Guan Yu jointly led the naval army against the Han River and have approached Xiangyang and Fancheng. ”

Jia Xu and others understood Cao Cao's difficulties, and took the initiative to stand up and persuade: "Prime Minister, if the waters between Xiangyang and Fancheng are controlled by the enemy, then we will cut off the back road, and the army will not be able to receive food and fodder, and there will be no way to besiege Jiangling for a long time." ”

Liu Ye also stepped forward to persuade: "Now that Sun Quan is about to attack Hefei, only relying on Zhang Xi to lead the 5,000 soldiers of Runan, I am afraid that it will be difficult to break the siege, and I hope that the prime minister will not think of one city and one place, shrink the defense line to the area of Fancheng in Xiangyang, and send troops and horses to aid Hefei." ”

Seeing that Jiangling was well defended, Cao Cao ordered the withdrawal of the army along the steps, and he was even more worried that the unfavorable news of his front line would reach the rear, and there would be people in Xu Du and Yecheng who would take the opportunity to spread rumors and make trouble, and he needed to go back to his old nest to rectify it.