Yuan Shu sent the general Ji Ling to lead 100,000 soldiers and horses to attack Nanyang, Liu Biao was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly sent someone to send a message to Cao Cao, so that he could go north to resist Ji Ling. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Cao Cao was embarrassed to go south, and his personal guards did not exceed 500, although Liu Biao had food support, it was difficult to maintain the army only by relying on Xinye, and now he only recruited 5,000 new soldiers.

Downcast to this point, where is Cao Cao willing to resist Ji Ling, who has 100,000 soldiers, his soldiers and horses are not enough for people to stuff their teeth, but Liu Biao's orders he can't turn a blind eye, so he has to take 5,000 soldiers and slowly go north.

Ji Ling sent troops from Runan, and went straight to Ye County, Ye County ordered to be afraid of Ji Ling's great momentum, and directly surrendered the city, Ji Ling took advantage of the situation to garrison Ye County, and after a short rest, he raised an army of 100,000 troops, and went all the way south to Bowang.

Today's Nanyang Taishou is Cai Mao's cousin Cai Zan appointed by Liu Biao, the Cai family is the top family in Jingzhou, in addition to Cai Mao is deeply trusted by Liu Biao, Cai Mao's cousins are all members of one party, Cai Zan is Nanyang Taishou, Cai Yan is Bajun Taishou, and Cai's families are the most prosperous. The sister of Mao's father Cai Wei married Zhang Wen, the Taiwei of the Eastern Han Dynasty; The eldest daughter is the wife of Huang Chengyan; The little girl is Liu Biao's wife, both of whom are Cai Mao's sisters.

Cai Zan may be safe and sound as a Taiping County guard, but in this war-torn era, it is the key Nanyang County, and Ji Ling attacked in a big way, Cai Zan immediately became confused, and hurriedly wrote to Cai Mao for help.

Of course, Cai Mao couldn't help it, so he showed Liu Biao that he was powerful: "Lord Qiqi, Ji Ling's 100,000 army has gone south to Bowang, Cao Cao's 5,000 soldiers are by no means opponents, and the last general begs the prince to send reinforcements to help Nanyang." ”

"Who does De Jue think he will be able to send to resist Ji Ling?" Ji Ling's reputation is not false, Liu Biao does not want to send troops, but there is no one to send, Liu Pan, who is the most capable of fighting, was sent by Liu Biao to Changsha to encircle and suppress the Southern Barbarians, at this time Ji Ling suddenly attacked, and for a while and a half really couldn't send a general who could resist Ji Ling.

"Adjustable Jiangxia Huangzu soldiers and horses go north to defend against the enemy!" Cai Mao will not reuse Cao Cao, thinking about it, only Huang Zu can resist Ji Ling.

Liu Biao thought about it carefully and felt that Huang Zu was available, so he immediately ordered: "Pass on the king's order to mobilize Huang Zu's army to the north to defend against the enemy!" ”

Huang Zu left Jiangxia, Liu Biao was a little uneasy about Sun Ce, and asked: "Sun Ce has captured Yuzhang and trained sailors in the Chaisang generation, if he comes to attack Jiangxia at this time, how can he resist the enemy?" ”

Cai Mao already had a draft and replied: "The prince can order General Zhang Yun to guard Jiangxia, and let General Liu Pan threaten Sun Ce's rear from Changsha, so that Sun Ce will not dare to attack." ”

"Do as you please!"

Huang Zu just received the order from Xiangyang, so he led 50,000 soldiers and horses north to Nanyang to defend against the enemy.

But before Huang Zu set off, Cao Cao first set up an ambush in Bowang and fought a big battle with Ji Ling, defeating Ji Ling's vanguard of 10,000 people, leaving only some remnants of the defeated army to flee back.

Cao Cao disorganized the thousands of captured soldiers under his command, and reorganized the county soldiers in Bowang County, gathered 10,000 troops, strengthened the city walls of the county seat, and sent people to Anhui County to ask Cai Zan for grain, grass and ordnance.

Cai Zan was generous, and agreed to all Cao Cao's requests, and Cao Cao had a sufficient supply of grain and grass, so he reorganized his troops and horses in Bowang and waited for Ji Ling to attack.

Ji Ling's vanguard was defeated by Cao Cao, Ji Ling personally led the troops to call for battle, Cao Cao sent three generals out of the city to fight with Ji Ling, but all three were killed by Ji Ling, and the morale of Cao's army was greatly weakened, but Ji Ling's morale was stimulated.

Seeing that Ji Ling was brave and invincible, and slashed three generals in a row, Cao Cao said with emotion: "If my Miao Caiyuan let my brother be here, how could I make Ji Ling so arrogant." ”

Although Cao Cao now has the talent to lead troops, these people are all second-rate generals, and no one can compare with Ji Ling in martial arts, which makes Cao Cao can't help but think about the Xiahou brothers.

Ji Ling saw that Cao Cao had broken three generals, and he did not go out of the city to fight, so he had to lead his troops to besiege Cao Cao and wait for the other party to run out of food.

Ji Ling surrounded Cao Cao for half a month, Cao Cao really had no food and grass, and the grain road for transporting grain had long been cut off by Ji Ling, and Bowang has now become a lonely city, not that Cao Cao had to guard Bowang City, but that Liu Biao gave him a death order, and Ji Ling's army must be blocked north of Bowang and wait for reinforcements.

Cao Cao didn't know when the rumor of food shortage spread in the army, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Cao Cao personally went to the gang room to inspect, and after the inspection, he asked the grain officer: "How long can our army's food be supported?" ”

"Five days at most, after five days, our army will run out of food."

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, now Huang Zu's army has not yet arrived, if he runs out of food, then Bowang City will be self-defeating, Cao Cao looked at this grain officer and said: "I want to borrow something from you to stabilize the army's heart, I don't know if you agree?" ”

"Dare to ask the general what do you want to borrow? As long as there are subordinates, they will never shirk. ”

"Borrow your head!"

"What?"

Cao Cao ordered someone to arrest the grain officer, escort him to the sergeant, and said loudly: "Brothers, there have been rumors of food shortages in the army recently, and the general personally investigated and found that it was this grain officer who withheld the grain of the big guy, and now the evidence is conclusive, come on, take the grain officer down, and cut it in front of all the soldiers!" ”

"No!"

Cao Cao's move really quelled the rumors of food shortage, the sergeants had a full meal, and their morale recovered a lot, Cao Cao knew that this was only a symptom but not a cure, but he had no choice, otherwise I am afraid that the army's morale would have been dissipated, and now he only hopes that Huang Zu's army can arrive in time.

Ji Ling still did not see the city without food for half a month in Bowang City, but saw that the officers and soldiers defending the city were high-spirited, thinking that his strategy of trapping the enemy had failed, so he stormed Bowang City.

Together, Cao's army's military rations were consumed faster, which could have supported five days of military rations, but now it can support two days at most, Ji Ling sent an army to attack in turns, and the soldiers defending the city were exhausted, and many people wanted to open the city and surrender, but Cao Cao found out in time and beheaded these people to stop the panic.

Ji Ling's army attacked for a whole day, and it was not until ten o'clock that it was dark before the troops were withdrawn, Cao Cao was beaten to the point that he lost his temper, and he was already thinking about whether to give up Bowang, break out, and retreat to Anhui County.

Xun Yu suggested at this time: "Lord, if things are dry today, since Ji Ling wants Bowang City so much, why don't we as well as his wish, pile up a lot of hay in the city, as long as Ji Ling enters the city, order the soldiers to ignite the hay, and then Ji Ling will have to pay the price even if he occupies Bowang City, and our army just takes this opportunity to break through in the direction of Anhui County." ”

"Wen Ruo's words won my heart, so let's do it!"

That night, Cao Cao ordered people to prepare hay, leaving a small team of soldiers to ambush in the city, and then led people to break through from the south gate, Ji Ling heard that Cao Cao led people to break through, and ordered troops to enter Bowang City overnight.