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After another day of fruitless siege, and after the remnants returned to the camp, the generals gathered again in the big tent of the Chinese army, hoping that the three military divisions would come up with a new strategy for breaking the city.

Wancheng is the base camp of Zhang Ji. Since seizing most of the northern part of Nanyang County, Zhang Ji has been half-hearted with Dong Zhuo, listening to propaganda and not listening to tunes, as if he has become a new prince all the way.

After moving the administrative office to Wancheng, Zhang Ji recruited troops and horses, and strengthened the city defense of Wancheng, which was originally a strong city, and now it is more majestic than the city of Liangjing.

The city wall more than ten zhang high, with only a few soldiers and horses to garrison, can make those fierce people want to perform the dream of breaking the city alone. Under the strong bow and crossbow, every attack of the Cao army was a loss of troops and a return in vain.

The speed of Cao's army advancing westward was very fast, and it was originally pinched by picking up soft persimmons, but it was unexpectedly encountered Zhang Ji's nail in Wancheng.

"Let's talk about it, what other good way is there to capture Wancheng as soon as possible." Cao Cao said expressionlessly.

After five consecutive days of strong attack, the loss of troops has exceeded 10,000, but he still failed to capture Wancheng, Cao Cao did not get angry. It's not that our army is too incompetent, it's that Wancheng is too strong.

In the past five days, all kinds of siege methods have been used, but they still can't conquer the city in front of them.

Digging tunnels, the generals defending the city only need a few spells to collapse the tunnels.

Let's use the top generals to perform a single ride to break the city, Li Dian and other more than a dozen fierce generals just stepped into Wancheng within a thousand steps, and they were shot by the bed crossbow on the city wall. If it weren't for the right situation and retreating quickly, the city would have to lose some fierce generals if it didn't do well.

Nearly 2,000 generals were gathered, ready to use spells to gather fire, and when they forcibly blasted Wancheng, they were hit by the bed crossbow on Wancheng.

After the changes in heaven and earth, the bow and crossbow troops of the Han Dynasty achieved unprecedented development, although the bed crossbow with a range of up to 1,000 steps was not easy to manufacture, there were still some in the fortified cities of various states and counties.

The fortified city, which was given a bed crossbow, wanted to rely on the generals to break the city, and it was impossible to break the city without a large number of casualties.

In order not to lose too much of the generals under his command, in the past few days, the Cao army has adopted ant attachment to attack the city, aiming to consume Wancheng's material reserves.

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It's just that the recent news has been unfavorable, Hao Meng has already waved his army into Yanzhou, if he doesn't gain a foothold in Wancheng, Cao Cao Group will not have a place to stand.

Cao Cao didn't think about giving up Wancheng and turning around to fight Hao Meng.

However, after analysis and comparison, Cao Cao and his dog-headed military advisors agreed that even if they won the battle with Hao Meng, the gains outweighed the losses, and under the tragic victory, it was very likely that they would make wedding dresses for others.

But taking Wancheng will be invincible for Cao Cao.

First of all, it is possible to seize Wancheng and easily take over Tiger Pass, Luoyang, and even most of Guanzhong, and even continue westward into Chang'an, put the Son of Heaven and the imperial court in the palm of his hand, and become Dong Zhuo's second.

Compared to these gains, even if the entire Yanzhou is occupied by Hao Meng, what does it matter?

Second, take a step back and open the sky. Cao Cao's group, which had shrunk all its strength, was going all out to the west, and while taking charge of the two states of Yongliang, Cao Cao could also take advantage of the situation to receive Dong Zhuo's inheritance.

And after Hao Meng captured Yanzhou again, he had the land of Sanzhou, and he seemed to have become the most powerful prince in the world.

After Cao Cao marched westward, with the sturdiness of Wancheng and Tiger Prison, he could barely block Hao Meng's troops. But Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Yuan Shu in Runan, and Sun in Jiangdong are afraid that they will all have trouble sleeping, right?

This move is not only a step back and a wide range of skies, but also a disaster to the east, anyway, don't think that he Cao Mengde is carrying Hao Meng alone!

It's just that Cao Cao's plan is very good, but Wancheng's difficulty is obviously beyond his expectations.

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In the camp of Cao's army, after Cao Cao threw out the question, the generals were speechless for a while. With the IQ of these fierce generals, if they can come up with a way to break the city, why delay it to this day?

After a long time, Xun Yu said loudly: "My lord, the minister suggests, let's withdraw the army!" ”

"Withdrawal?"

Not only Cao Cao exclaimed, but even the generals in the tent also exclaimed, losing troops for so many days, just for a withdrawal?

Xun Yu touched his three-inch short beard and said: "Hao Meng's strategy against Yanzhou is too fast, and the minister is worried that before we take Wancheng, Hao Meng's troops will arrive behind us." At that time, we will face the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy. ”

"At present, a partial division of General Cao Ren has taken the Tiger Prison Pass and is sweeping Hanoi County, as well as the Luoyang area."

"Let's withdraw our troops from Wancheng at this time, so that we can concentrate our forces to capture Hongnong County, and take advantage of the situation to march to Chang'an to welcome the Son of Heaven. In addition, it can also support most of General Cao Ren's troops and horses, and while strengthening the defense of the Tiger Pass, it can also defend the Tiger Pass. ”

"In this way, even if Hao Meng's soldiers chase after us, there is a Tiger Prison Pass in the north that can block Hao Meng's soldiers, and there is Wancheng Zhang Ji in the south to block Hao Meng for us."

"This is the only way the minister can think of at the moment!"

After that, Xun Yu gave up his hand and let the lord Cao Cao cut it.

The tent was quiet for a while, and all the generals felt the urgency from Xun Yu'e's words, while Cao Cao was thinking about the pros and cons of withdrawing the army.

While thinking about it, I saw Guo Jia take a few steps sideways and arch his hand: "Lord, in Mr. Wen Ruo's suggestion, the minister has a few points to add. ”

"First, when we withdraw our troops, in those cities south of Wancheng, the people and materials will be taken away, and only some empty cities will be left for Zhang Ji."

"Second, we don't have to withdraw completely. After the withdrawal, we can lay down a cavalry in the nearby mountains; If Zhang Ji dares to go out of the city to receive those empty cities after we withdraw our troops, this partial division has just taken the opportunity to capture Wancheng. ”

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The suggestion of the two military advisors is the best plan for now. If it weren't for Hao Meng's strong soldiers, Cao Cao wouldn't mind spending a year and a half trapping Wancheng to death until Zhang Ji surrendered unconditionally.

"Cao Hong, I want you to lead 30,000 troops to the Tiger Prison Pass to strengthen the defense of the Tiger Prison Pass. Note that Hao Mengguan will travel through the mountains near the Tiger Prison, and you will have to set up more beacons and sentinels on the peaks near the level. ”

After Cao Hong took the order, Cao Cao said to Li Dian again: "Li Dian, the people and materials of several cities in the south of Wancheng will be arranged by you, and you must leave no grass behind." ”

"Xiahoudun, you lead 5,000 cavalry, bring enough grain and grass supplies, and camp in the mountains near Bowang City, and after we withdraw the army, if Zhang Ji sends troops out of the city, you can take advantage of the situation to capture Wancheng."

"Wait for the others, rest for the night, and tomorrow morning we will wave our army north to Guanzhong!"

"Whoa!" After the generals gave up, they retreated and made arrangements. When Xun Yu and the other three military advisors were about to come out of the account, Cao Cao said: "The three military advisors will wait a while, there are some things we still have to discuss." ”