In three days, more than 4,000 tens of thousands of soldiers in the city had died, and this number was absolutely terrifying. You must know that they are the side defending the city, but the Cao army definitely died nearly 20,000 people. But there are no more supplies in Wancheng, and it will definitely not be able to hold on here. Cao Cao's attitude towards taking Lujiang was resolute, and the onslaught in the past few days can be seen from this.

"The lord will break the city of Anhui in two days at most, and Sun Ce has sent news that Chai Sang has no intention of rescuing at all. Ji Ling and the others in this city are probably going to die in battle......" Xun Yu originally thought that Chaisang's people would definitely come to the rescue, but now it seems that they really didn't expect it.

"With two counties this time, we lost so many troops. But if Runan also gets it, it will be excellent for us. After occupying the Lujiang River, Xiaolian led his troops to Ruyin. "Cao Cao's strategic goal of occupying Lujiang has been achieved, and whether Sun Ce can occupy Yuzhang depends on his means. At that time, he Sun Ce will be the main force, and he Cao Cao will just be a helper.

Cao Cao's strategic purpose in the south had been achieved, and looking at Ji Ling and the others who were still trying to defend on the city wall, Cao Cao snorted coldly and returned to the camp. These people really didn't find anything good before, but now he found that these few unknown generals actually have merit. Is Liu Zhang too accurate in looking at people, or does he Cao Cao look down on others?

At this moment, Chen Lan and the others in the city were already packing up their things, and it seemed that they were working hard to arrange the city defense, but they were actually preparing to run away at night. Since Cao Cao was attacked by Lu Bu at night, it seems that they will also tighten their defenses at night to prevent Liu Zhang from doing the same trick. However, he knew that Liu Zhang's subordinates only wanted to run away, and never thought of fighting him.

In the evening, Chen Lan and the others slipped away again, but this time they were discovered by Cao Cao just after they slipped away for more than half an hour. Cao Cao, who got up in the middle of the night, was very annoyed, but looking at the empty city, Cao Cao was even more irritable. Last time, there were only broken bricks and tiles left for Cao Cao in the city of Jiujiang, and this time it was almost the same for Cao Cao, so angry......

"Rest for two days, two days later, Cao Ang will lead the troops to attack Gao Shun and others in Ruyin, you must lead the army this time. We rested for three days and informed Sun Ce that we could attack Yuzhang. "Cao Cao is really annoying, but he doesn't need to worry too much if he has already taken this place.

Cao Ang took the order and went to prepare to order troops, Xun Yu on the side said worriedly: "Liu Zhang has been in business for a long time in Runan, Yuzhou, although the generals stationed there have not heard of it, but they must have won Liu Zhang's trust. Why don't you let Fengxiao go? Xun Yu was worried that no one in Cao Ang's place would fall for the scheme, so it seemed that it was better to let Guo Jia go.

Cao Cao nodded and said to Guo Jia on the side: "Fengxiao will trouble you this time, if Liu Zhang gives up Yuzhang and rescues Runan, then you will depend on the situation." If Liu Zhang does not rescue Runan, he must take Runan, and he will definitely not give Liu Zhang a chance to fight a protracted war. "If Liu Zhang can be forced to Nanyang's side, then Cao Cao can be completely relieved.

Guo Jia arched his hand and said, "Don't worry, lord! "The battle here made Guo Jia see that Liu Zhang's men were no different, if he insisted on saying it, then it was very decisive. When the fight started, he definitely tried his best, and when he ran away, he was even more decisive. It seems that this is just the case, thinking of this, Guo Jia also feels that he does not need to be afraid to worry about this, worry about that.

On the second day, Cao Ang took a large number of cavalry and foot soldiers and left in the direction of Ruyin. There is a group of Gao Shun guarding the town, and there are generals such as Wen Ping in the back, which is the reason why Liu Zhang is relieved. This trip to Runan is definitely more difficult to attack than Chaisang, but Cao Cao thought that Yuzhou was only obtained by Liu Zhang, and even if there was a defense, it would definitely not be as much as here.

Three days later, Cao Cao's army made a detour towards Chaisang in Yuzhang, and Gan Ning on the waterway had been stared at by Zhou Yu. Without the violent weapon of gunpowder, only the giant crossbow was not enough to make Zhou Yu retreat. Sun Ce took Cheng Pu, Zhou Tai, and some other veterans towards Chaisang.

Originally, Huang Quan planned to garrison Nanchang, but since then, he has been separated from Gan Ning, which will also be broken by the enemy one by one, and may even cut off the way for reinforcements. After the final discussion, Huang Quan led a group of people to hold on to Chaisang. In this way, Sun Ce had to divide his troops to guard Gan Ning, and Huang Quan could also see the opportunity to rescue here.

Chaisang was originally a small city, but with Liu Zhang's operation in the south, it also became a big city. The most reflective is the reinforcement of the city wall, the outer part of which is not inferior to Fancheng, and the inside of the city is almost acceptable. Looking at the combined forces of Cao Cao and Sun Ce below, Huang Quan took the telescope and observed for a long time.

"Cao Cao's troops are more than half less, and Sun Ce's troops are also much less because he has to guard Xingba. In this way, there are only sixty or seventy thousand coalition troops below, and Sun Ce will definitely be the main force when attacking the city. "Huang Quan belongs to people who are good in all aspects, that is, commonly known as all-rounders, but none of them are enough to reach the top.

Cao Cao was also frightened, the periphery looked like a whole wall, this was definitely not the kind of rammed earth. It looks like a stone on the outside, but how can such a big stone be? It's not a city wall made of huge stones, but it looks very thick. It's just that for a while, Cao Cao definitely doesn't have the onslaught of hundreds of thousands of troops, and it is really a bit of a fool's dream to take this Chaisang in a short time.

Cao Cao observed this, and Sun Ce in the distance also observed it. This can't but be said to be a kind of despair, Jiujiang and Lujiang haven't had time to change, but Chaisang has begun to change here. Speaking of which, without machinery and giant hammers, it can only be a fool's dream to dismantle such a huge cement powerhouse. Although it was not 100% cement inside, there was still more than half a meter, and this wall was enough to make Sun Ce and Cao Cao feel hopeless.

"Ming Gong, are Jiujiang and Lujiang also this kind of city?" Looking at the thick walls, the cement walls that were comparable to stones, Sun Ce really didn't know how Cao Cao attacked Jiujiang and Lujiang.

Cao Cao squinted, stroked his beard and said: "This kind of city wall is unheard of, this thing has never heard of the kind of weapon you talked about, so it seems that Liu Zhang has a master there!" At this moment, Cao Cao was very shocked in his heart, why did so many good things fall into Liu Zhang's hands.

Sun Ce was depressed, but still said: "So Jingzhou and Chang'an are all such city walls?" Sun Ce felt that if Liu Zhang's territory was like this, then it would be a bit scary.

Cao Cao pondered and said: "Chang'an and other places are originally big cities, and it doesn't matter if they have these things or not. It's just that you and I don't have too many siege weapons today, how to break through this high city? Cao Cao didn't want to fill it with his life anymore, and he lost a large number of soldiers in two cities along the way. The remaining tens of thousands, he didn't want to be killed when he went back.

"Is there a countermeasure in the small city of Ming Gong?" Sun Ce is in a hurry, he doesn't have siege equipment, and he doesn't have too many soldiers to fill this small city, otherwise he will definitely try his best to get this city. As long as he keeps it like this, neither Cao Cao nor Liu Zhang has anything to do with him.

Cao Cao pondered and said: "Bo Fu must step up the delivery of equipment, or let the soldiers go to the storm, there are at most thirty or forty thousand people in this city, as long as the onslaught will inevitably be broken." "What's a good idea for Cao Cao? His main force had already run away, and he didn't bring his equipment, what could he do with such a strong city?

Sun Ce sighed in his heart, who is there in him? This time, he brought all the troops under him, even Danyang's troops. It's a pity that there are not many people like this, and there are only less than 50,000 people who can fight at full, and there are only about 20,000 people who can really fight. This also has to remove the people assigned to Zhou Yu, Cao Cao's words made Sun Ce really uncomfortable.

"Ming Gong, didn't our alliance say that it would help to attack Yuzhang? How strong the power of the Ming Duke is, Ce is now short of troops...... "If Cao Cao only helped him, then Sun Ce definitely didn't think that he could attack Xia Chaisang."

Cao Cao squinted, and after a while, he said: "Liu Zhang should be in Chang'an, and it will take more than half a month to deliver news from Chang'an, even if it is a fast horse, and it will take a month to send troops as soon as possible." We're also in time to make siege equipment now, and we're making simple catapults to smash the city these days, and then we're making ladders and stuff like that. Cao Cao suddenly felt that if he had time, Liu Zhang's tactics would be very useful. If there were forty or fifty catapults, wouldn't it be interesting to keep smashing them? In the end, with the ladder, no matter how much you hold on, this city will be attacked, right? No wonder Liu Zhang is so skillful, it is really a good way to be harassed by no one behind him.

After Sun Ce heard this, there was no way, and he had to do this for now. He and Cao Cao went back and asked the soldiers to start making siege equipment, and then he wrote to Zhou Yu, what happened here gave him a headache, and he didn't know how to cooperate with Cao Cao in a weak position.

Half a day later, Zhou Yu also saw the letter and wrote directly to Sun Ce: "Why does the lord have to be like this, if he can't get Yuzhang, Liu Zhang will definitely attack, and when Cao Cao gets Lujiang, won't he have to send it back?" Cao Cao's troops are far away from here, once Liu Zhang attacks him, he will not have time to rescue, and in the end this place is still Liu Zhang's, is it not in vain to lose so many troops? After some analysis, Zhou Yu sent it to Sun Ce, and let Tai Shi Ci guard it here.

Cao Cao was in the military tent and looked at the man in front of him. This Zhou Yu is handsome in appearance, and his talent is also outstanding. If this is really the case, Liu Zhang's attack will definitely be a big loss for him Cao Cao, and in the end, Sun Ce will be destroyed by Liu Zhang. Then he, Cao Cao, will completely lose the control of the entire south, so it seems that it is better to leave Sun Ce. After some benefit analysis, Cao Cao felt that he still suffered more losses.