At the head of the city, Chen Gong's expression was full of worry, not worried about Zang Ba's safety, he was still clear about Zang Ba's martial arts, and if the thousands of cavalry out of the city fought with the heavy cavalry of the Cao army, once their own cavalry was defeated under the power of the heavy cavalry, it would be much more difficult to stabilize the situation in the city.

Zang Ba did not occupy Xiapi for a short time, and as long as Zang Ba showed his defeat, the hidden enemy might come forward.

After another twenty combinations, a smile appeared at the corner of Zang Ba's mouth, although Cao Ren's marksmanship was powerful, he could feel that Cao Ren was already at the end of the strong crossbow, and within twenty combinations, he would be able to defeat Cao Ren.

Cao Ren tried his best to resist the attack from Zang Ba on the battlefield, and this kind of battle on the battlefield was of great help to Cao Ren's martial arts, although in ordinary times, Cao Ren would learn martial arts with other generals in the army, but how could that kind of competition be as fast as the improvement when facing life and death on the battlefield.

At this time, Cao Ren was already completely at a disadvantage, feeling the soreness of his arm, Cao Ren shook a shot and headed towards the main formation.

Zang Ba laughed when he saw this, but he didn't come forward to pursue, and the cavalry that came with him burst into bursts of shouting, in contrast, the heavy cavalry's expression was not as relaxed as before.

With a wave of the long knife in Zang Ba's hand, thousands of cavalry came towards the heavy cavalry.

Cao Ren, who had just rushed back to his main formation, saw this situation, and gave an order, and thousands of heavy cavalry headed towards the cavalry under Zang Ba's command.

This was the first battle of the Cao Army's heavy cavalry since its formation.

The momentum of the heavy cavalry charging was extremely amazing, a captain in the Zang Ba army, stabbed the spear in his hand to the enemy's chest, but saw that the cavalry was in a critical moment, he could avoid the spear, the tip of the spear pierced the armor, just brought a little spark, and then the cavalryman waved the long knife in his hand forward, and the captain fell off his horse, this is the advantage of the advantage of the armor, unless it is a strong martial artist, can find the weakness of the heavy cavalry, Otherwise, heavy cavalry is invincible to the general army.

Zang Ba's victory, to a certain extent, aroused the fighting spirit of the cavalry under his command, but after the battle, Zang Ba's mood was not as relaxed as before, the enemy's cavalry was too tightly protected, after the real battle, his own side was at an absolute disadvantage, from time to time to see his own cavalry fall, Cao Ren's cavalry was not much damaged.

The confrontation with the heavy cavalry finally ended with Zang Ba leading the cavalry to flee.

Watching Cao Ren lead the cavalry outside the city to burst out of shouts, Zang Ba's mood can be imagined, originally thought that even if Cao Jun's cavalry is elite, there is a limit, but I didn't expect the heavy cavalry to be so powerful, arrows can't bring damage to the enemy, and the blade can't have the desired effect at some times, and the feeling of the heavy cavalry to Zang Ba is that he can't speak.

"Gongtai, it was General Ben who didn't listen to your words before, and that's why there was a defeat outside the city." Zang domineering, the battle between the generals before the battle, although it can stimulate the morale of the army, compared to winning on the battlefield, it is nothing to win the battle, the two armies are fighting more by the ability of the soldiers, otherwise, even if the martial arts of a military general are strong, in the face of the siege of enemy soldiers, the final outcome can only be death.

Chen Gong said: "The general can defeat Cao Ren, which is also extremely beneficial to our army, the strength of the heavy cavalry, I think the general has also seen it, once this kind of cavalry charges, the power is huge." ”

Zang Ba nodded thoughtfully, when the battle was just engaged, the number of cavalry on his side had reached 100, and the number of heavy cavalry had fallen at most 20, which had reached a loss of 1 to 5 on the battlefield.

"The general should be careful to guard against the Cao army, it has the advantage of the city, even if the Cao army is numerous, it is difficult to play a big role." Chen Gongdao.

Zang Ba can recognize his own mistakes in time, and Chen Gong still appreciates Zang Ba's point.

Cao Ren led the heavy cavalry to victory, which reminded the families in the city that in terms of the strength of the cavalry, the Cao army was stronger than the cavalry under the command of Zang Ba, and more Cao troops would come in the future.

However, if Zang Ba still has a certain prestige in the city, most of the families are in a wait-and-see state, they want to see if Zang Ba can resist the attack of the Cao army, otherwise, they don't mind giving Zang Ba a moment from behind, in the face of interests, it seems that reuse, friendship, etc. can not impress the family.

When Cao Cao led the army to Xiapi, it caused greater turmoil in the city, and there was still a big gap between what he heard and what he really saw, and they naturally heard of the power of Cao's army.

Cao Cao led his troops to Xiapi, and after the baggage was transported, he set up 100 thunderbolts in the east and south of the city, and began to attack Xiapi.

Although there are thunderbolt cars and bed crossbows in Xiapi City, which are such sharp weapons as defending the city, they are naturally incomparable with Cao Jun in terms of quantity, although they have the advantage of the city, the range of the Thunderbolt is farther than that of Cao Jun, but it does not take much advantage.

Five days later, the moat in the east and north of the city was filled in for the Cao army, during which Zang Ba also thought of leading the cavalry to raid the Cao army camp, but it was for Chen Gong to dissuade him, Cao Cao led the army to fight for many years, and the defense of the camp must be extremely tight.

After the moat was filled in for Cao's army, Cao's army launched an attack on Xiapi.

Although many of the Cao troops who participated in the siege were new recruits, they still broke out with a lot of combat effectiveness driven by veterans in the army.

The thunderbolts and bed crossbows in the city have not stopped since Cao Jun arrived, and the damage to Cao Jun can be imagined.

Zang Ba, armed with a long knife, appeared in the east of the city, where the siege was most fierce.

The thunderbolts in the east of the city stopped their attack when Cao's ladder soldiers charged the city walls, and Cao's army paid no less price for this distance.

This is also the reason why Cao Jun's thunderbolt can not form an absolute suppression of Xiapi, although there are only 100 thunderbolts in the city, but there are a lot of bed crossbows, which has caused great trouble to Cao Jun, especially the bed crossbow, which is an absolute weapon to defend the city, and sometimes an arrow can take the lives of several soldiers.

A soldier of the Cao army was driven down after attacking the city wall, and the wooden boulders were smashed down in a steady stream since the Cao army began to attack the city.

Suddenly, there was a strong tremor at the city gate.

"Order the defenders on the city gate to smash as long as Cao's army is close to the city gate." Zang Ba commanded with a gloomy face.

Although the Cao army was numerous, the defenders of the city were extremely tenacious and defused the Cao army's attacks several times.

(End of chapter)