No one is willing to be defeated, and the same is true for Yu Ban.

He knew that his Cao army had fallen behind the New Han army in an all-round way.

The field encounters were not the opponents of the New Han Army, and they opened up their positions to fight each other, and they were also not the opponents of the New Han Army. They want to ambush the Xinhan army, but there are no better fighters, and sometimes, they can't grasp some of the scary fighters. In particular, the New Han Army will always be very flexible to avoid risks against their ambushes, making it difficult for them to have a chance to ambush the New Han Army in the wild.

Now, the New Han army has besieged Xiangcheng and besieged their more than 200,000 Cao troops under the strong attack on Xiangcheng, directly defeating them without the power to fight back. All Yu Ban can imagine now is to fight street battles with the New Han Army and fight each other.

Originally, such strategies and tactics should have been planned by the military division of the army. However, this full favorite, although he has a full stomach, is not very good at the battle between the two armies, and besides, the full favor lacks the iron and blood of the soldier at all, and he can't think of or dare to fight that kind of cruel street war of attrition.

If they are determined to fight street battles, the prerequisite for this is that their military spirit must be stable, and the whole army has such determination to fight to the death against the Xinhan army. Only if they have such determination, even if they hold the determination that the New Han army will die together, can they arrange this street battle. If at that time, after the New Han Army is released out of the city, they dare not fight back in the face of the overwhelming attack of the New Han Army, then it is tantamount to seeking their own death.

Yu Ban had such an idea, and it was not something that came up casually, but the result of careful consideration.

First of all. Most of the more than 200,000 soldiers of the Cao Army led by him were elite soldiers of the Cao Army. Loyalty to Cao Cao is high, during this time. Although they were in a passive situation, the morale of the soldiers did not decrease, on the contrary, they were suffocated by the suppression and blow of the New Han Army, and they did not dare to say that everyone, but most of the soldiers in the Cao Army had the attitude of fighting to the death with the New Han Army.

When the morale of the army is available, the forbidden side may propose a brutal battle such as street fighting.

Secondly. With the current situation, the more Cao's army defended the high city, the more it would hit his own military heart, and under the endless blows of the trebuchet of the New Han Army, his soldiers were constantly consumed, and it no longer made any sense to pile up soldiers to defend the city wall. Instead of not going out of the city and defending the city, it is better to simply let the New Han army into the city. Fight street battles with them in the city, and engage with the Xinhan army in hand-to-hand combat, and when the time comes, it will depend on who is stronger.

Again. The biggest advantage of fighting street battles in the city is that it is impossible for the New Han army to know everything in Xiangcheng and start a war in the city. At least their Cao army occupied the terrain, and then there were people. for war was waged in the city. The weapons of the long-range strikes of the New Han Army are almost useless, bed crossbows, trebuchets. Even bows and arrows will be greatly restricted. Because after the New Han army entered the city, it was impossible for them to ignore the more than 100,000 or 200,000 civilians in Xiangcheng, and it was impossible to destroy the entire Xiangcheng, so they directly forced the New Han army to fight with them in the intricate alleys of the city.

There are also many favorable factors that put Cao Jun in a favorable position.

In the end, Yu Ban thought that even if the worst result was that with their more than 200,000 troops, they would fight street battles in the city and fight with the Xinhan army, even if they had to pay two to one casualties, they would always be able to fight the 100,000 horses of the Xinhan army, right? Only the tens of thousands of horses of the New Han Army were defeated, which was undoubtedly equivalent to success for them. You must know that now in the face of the attack of the New Han Army, even if they are wiped out, I am afraid they will not be able to kill or injure a few soldiers of the New Han Army, and their entire army can only be succumbed to death in Xiangcheng.

Therefore, Yu Ban proposed to fight street battles, and after analyzing them one by one to the generals in the meeting hall, all the generals were stunned, and they all agreed with Yu Ban's plan for street fighting. Of course, they all know that Yu Ban's plan to fight street battles with the New Han Army is undoubtedly tantamount to a desperate plan to die and be born later. When they really fought with the New Han army in the city, when the time came, they really only allowed to win but not lose, and if they lost, the whole army would be destroyed.

Li Dian first expressed his support, he was fed up with being pressed and beaten by the New Han Army. He longed for another big fight with the New Han Army.

The main battle faction in the council hall was the loudest in agreeing with Yu Ban's strategy, so that the full favor in his heart wanted to open his mouth to oppose it several times, but he couldn't speak. Because Man Chong knows that if he speaks out against the forbidden street fighting plan at this time, when there is no way to solve the current passive situation, then he will be completely marginalized by the Cao Junjun here, and in this case, he will not be a human being.

The main fighters are all madmen, and they all have the determination to die. But Man Zhong didn't want to die, but he also knew that he could only follow these Cao Junjun generals.

There were still many details to be discussed in the street battle, and the generals discussed all night to determine the details of all aspects under the bombardment of the trebuchets of the Xinhan army outside the city.

Early the next morning, the crowd dispersed, each with two dark circles under their eyes.

Man Zhong has long been tired of sleeping, but for the sake of his own life, he still quietly stopped a few generals who didn't seem to agree with Yu Ban's street fighting plan and were not very enthusiastic, and led them to a remote private place to discuss secretly.

As for what was being discussed, it was not known.

At this point, the attack of the New Han Army has been going on for a day and a night.

The trebuchet of the New Han Army had been damaged by the high-intensity non-stop throwing of stone bullets, and the main bearing rod was also damaged a lot, but the New Han Army had a spare one, so it immediately dismantled the trebuchet and replaced it with a new bearing rod. And then the bombardment kept going.

Xiangcheng is indeed strong, after Cao Cao captured Xiangcheng, in order to ensure the safety of this city, it was later strengthened and widened. Therefore, although the trebuchets of the New Han Army have been bombarded for so long, the city wall is still standing majestically, and there is no imaginary thing that has been blown down by the trebuchets of the New Han Army or a city wall.

However, the four walls of Xiangcheng. It has been bombarded by the trebuchets of the New Han Army, and the city is full of potholes. It has already been a mess, and many supplies to defend the city. Thrown on the top of the city, there are many corpses of Cao soldiers who have been smashed into pulp, and on the city, those Cao soldiers don't know how to collect such corpses.

The blood penetrates the city, which has already been black and smelly, and it is the spring of March, the season of spring and summer, when there are many mosquitoes and insects, and bacteria breed. The blackened and smelly flesh, the thick stench, attracted countless flies to scurry happily over the city.

At noon, the soldiers of the New Han Army, who were waiting for the battle and ready to launch a siege battle against Xiangcheng at any time, found an abnormal situation.

That is, at the head of the city, it seems that the Cao soldiers defending the city have slowly decreased, and it is now time. But it is extremely difficult to see the figure on the head of the city. Cao Bing, who was originally guarding the city at the head of the city, didn't know whether he hid or left the city, and there was no one left.

For a while, all the generals and sergeants of the New Han Army were suspicious. For a while, I didn't understand what Cao Jun was doing defending the city.

Also, at this time, several generals of the New Han Army. None of them were together, but each general was responsible for the attack of a wall. Qin Jie, Wei Yan, Chen Zhi, Ma Chao, etc. They were all pressed outside a wall. Preside over the siege of the city.

So, when the anomaly of the Cao army in Xiangcheng was discovered. Several of their generals had different reactions, but they could not communicate with each other in time.

Ma Chao, most of his subordinates are cavalry, mainly responsible for the situation of the eastern city wall, because if the Cao army wants to break through, it is estimated that they will leave the city from the east, so they can escape to Yingchuan. If they go south and west, it is estimated that it is unlikely, because in the direction of south and west, most of the area is already under the control of the New Han army, and they will not have a way to survive if they flee to those two directions. It is possible to flee to the mountains in the north, but if this is the case, and let the Cao army break out, then Ma Chao's cavalry will not be of much use, in the mountains and forests, it is not conducive to cavalry combat, and Ma Chao will not rashly chase into the mountains and forests to pursue the Cao army who broke through and fled. Since the cavalry is the mainstay, it is even more impossible for Ma Chao to let the cavalry fight siege warfare. Therefore, although Ma Chao felt that there seemed to be an opportunity, he did not order the New Han Army to launch a siege battle, but stabilized his position, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, and continued to bombard with trebuchets first.

In addition, Qin Jie, who guarded the southern city wall, because he had already won a big victory earlier, had already won the first prize, so his heart was also very stable, and he was not in a hurry to attack, anyway, he also knew that no matter what, it would not be wrong for him to continue to bombard with trebuchets, and he was not in a hurry to attack.

Chen Dao, who guards the north, has a more stable temperament, because his task is also heavier, in case the Cao army breaks through from the north, he will be responsible for blocking and pursuing in the mountains. Therefore, the main task of the attack is actually placed in the south and west of the city. So, he didn't move around casually.

It was Wei Yan, who was in charge of the attack in the west of the city. This guy was a little anxious for quick success, and when he found that the Cao army on the west side of Xiangcheng was missing, it seemed that he could not avoid the bombardment of the trebuchets of the New Han army, so he hid or withdrew from the city. He thought that Cao Bing was already afraid of their bombardment, and he had already beaten them to lose their fighting spirit.

Therefore, Wei Yan thought that there was an opportunity, and he thought that the New Han Army in other aspects would think like him.

Without thinking, he gave the order to tempt the siege.

Fortunately, he didn't let the whole army attack the city, otherwise the consequences would not have been something he could bear.

Wei Yan only sent 2,000 soldiers to push closer to the city wall first and tentatively attack the city, wanting to see if Cao Jun was really too frightened to show his head.

However, when Wei Yan ordered the trebuchet to stop bombarding so as not to accidentally injure the Xinhan army approaching the city wall of Xiangcheng, there was a sudden ambush on the city, and the Cao soldiers who had originally withdrawn from the city rushed up to the city wall quickly, and shot at the soldiers of the Xinhan army who had entered their range of shooting under the city.

For a while, arrows rained down, and the soldiers of the New Han Army who were preparing to enter the city were caught off guard and were hit by random arrows.

The 2,000 soldiers of the New Han Army fled back only halfway, and lost more than 1,000 men and horses in vain.

Wei Yan jumped like thunder, but he was helpless. Who is to blame for this? Although the bows and arrows of the Cao army were not as good as those of the New Han army, if they were within the range of their bows and arrows, they could also give fatal damage to the New Han army.

Fortunately, the New Han Army can still bear this casualty, but it is just a little wronged. Wei Yan also grew wise, and for two or three days after following him, he didn't dare to move.

Until the fifth day after the siege of the city, at noon on this day, several gates of Xiangcheng were opened openly, and at this time, Yu Ban had already made more than 200,000 Cao soldiers in the city ready to fight street battles with the New Han army. When you open the city gate, you will be invited to enter the urn, and it will depend on whether the new Han army dares to enter the city.

This time, the generals did not move, but suppressed the position, and after not seeing Cao soldiers out of the city for a while, they all coincidentally spread the news and met together.

To be honest, in the face of the 200,000 Cao soldiers in Xiangcheng, who had been trapped to death, Ma Chao and Qin Jie and other generals really couldn't guess what these Cao soldiers were doing.

First, let the garrison at the head of the city withdraw, and if their trebuchets do not stop, they will not rise. There is not much to do with them for a while. Now, he simply opened the gate of Xiangcheng, as if he let them go into the city. This leaves the generals with a choice of whether to go into the city now.

The most important thing is that Cao Jun is like this, and all the generals feel that Cao Jun will definitely have some conspiracy, but they can't guess what it is.

This Xiangcheng, said big is not too big, but small is not small, there are more than 200,000 Cao troops in the city, the strength can be said to be abundant, not much less than the siege of the New Han army.

The generals were worried that if they rushed into the city, if they were ambushed by the Cao army in the city, it would be worth the loss.

In the end, Chen Zhi suggested: "Looking at the situation in Xiangcheng, if we continue not to attack, and bombard him for ten days and a half months, I am afraid it will be difficult to bombard Xiangcheng, the current situation, Chen guessed, it is very likely that Cao Jun's strategy to lure the enemy, they are completely in a passive situation, unwilling to fail and come up with some conspiracy." If we march through the gates now, we will inevitably be ambushed. Therefore, our army must not enter the city easily. However, in the current situation, can we consider not entering the city, but occupying the head of Xiangcheng. In this way, it is not only equivalent to breaking through Xiangcheng, but also frustrating the conspiracy of Cao Bing in Xiangcheng, as long as we capture the city wall, it is naturally equivalent to controlling the entire city. Therefore, Chen suggested that maybe you can try to attack the city wall, if you can capture it, then it is best, no, and then find another way, or continue to besiege it first. ”

After thinking about it, the generals all felt that Chen Dao's statement was more appropriate. (To be continued.) )