By now, Cao Jun has almost fallen into a desperate situation, and Man Pet can have a plan to let them escape, who will have any objections?

Of course, if, according to Man Chong, the secret passage he discovered and had been opened up was difficult for the army to evacuate Xiangcheng safely, then the hearts of the Cao generals were indeed very conflicted. Because they subconsciously felt that they couldn't leave most of the soldiers to run for their lives alone. But now that it is possible for most of the Cao army to escape from Xiangcheng, which is besieged by the New Han army, then the Cao generals have nothing to say.

Yu Ban first said: "Mr. Man, Yu must obey the order, everything, please ask Mr. to think more." ”

"Our old man has no objections, everything is subject to the dispatch of the Manchurian army!"

"We also obey the orders of the military advisor!"

All the Cao generals expressed their attitudes to Manzhong with a state of expectation.

"This is very good, since all the generals have no objections, then Man will give an order." Man Zhong nodded with satisfaction, and solemnly ordered: "First of all, please Yu Ban and General Li Dian first order our army to abandon the lurking in the periphery of the city, and first gather 100,000 troops and horses in the center of our official office. ”

"Command!" Yu Ban and Li Dian also had such thoughts, because the streets and alleys placed by the generals and horses in the city had lost their strategic significance, and they both thought that if they had no choice but to gather the side horses and carry out a decisive charge in one direction of the New Han Army, they must give the New Han Army a certain amount of casualties, and desperately try to break through a bloody road. So, they are all very happy to respond to the order.

"Secondly, order the whole army, concentrate all the long-range weapons. Equipped with 100,000 military horses. Man's pet look was a little crazy and said: "If you are forced to die in the center of Xiangcheng alive, it is better to fight to the death." Man believes that with our army of 100,000 charges. It is not possible to put some pressure on the New Han Army. ”

"What? This、This is to let us break through directly? When some generals heard this, they were all shocked, if they rushed to kill the New Han Army, why would they use their favor to give advice to everyone? I am afraid that at this time, the army has already launched a charge against the New Han army.

"What's wrong? Are you scared? I just said that I listened to Man's order, but now I won't listen to the order? ”

"No, no, Manchu Army, I didn't mean that, but to say, now the New Han Army is ready for battle. Their bed crossbows were aimed at the corners of every street, and there were also large arrays of bows and arrows pressing the formation, and there were also military horses ready to respond to the charge of our army, and we feared that our charge would suffer too many casualties. What is even more worrying is that with an army of 100,000, I am afraid that it will be difficult to open a passage and let our army break out. ”

"Humph! This man is naturally clear. With the strength of our army, it is unlikely that we want to break through the siege head-on and leave Xiangcheng. However, three days later, our troops charged. There's a chance. Yingchuan's Cao army will be killed to the north of Xiangcheng in three days, when the time comes. They will launch an attack on the New Han army besieging us in the north of Xiangcheng City, when the time comes. It will definitely be able to disrupt the arrangement of the New Han Army, so. We then launched an attack to the north of the city of the New Han Army. ”

When Man Zhong said this, he waved his hand to stop the generals from speaking, and then said: "You should know that if our army does not take measures and does not take action, it can only be passively and slowly compressed in the center of the city, and in the end it will inevitably end up being the destruction of the whole army. Are you so? ”

Without waiting for the generals to respond, Man Zhong said with a sad face: "To put it bluntly, these 100,000 military horses are actually bait." When our reinforcements attacked the Xinhan army outside the north of the city, our 100,000 military horses launched an attack in response. At this time, Xinhanbian will definitely think that our army is going to fight to the death and make the final blow. Therefore, their attention will definitely be attracted and will inevitably concentrate on dealing with our 100,000 military horses. At this time, we will lead the rest of Cao Jun and leave through the secret passage. Note that the longer the 100,000 horses who launched the charge hold on, the more time will be given to us, so that our men and horses will have enough time to leave the secret passage. In this way, under the condition that Xiangcheng has been lost, Man can only save about half of our army's military horses. ”

"As for the 100,000 Cao troops who launched an attack on the New Han Army, if they can break through, it would be the best, if they fail to break through, this result ......" The meaning of Man's favor is self-evident.

These 100,000 Cao troops are the bait, the abandoned people. To put it mildly, it is the Death Army.

gave up half of the military horses at once, and Yu Ban and Li Dian and other generals were still a little heartbroken. But at this time, it's hard to say anything more. Because the full plan is already the best way imaginable now.

"Man told you that this plan is to let you decide for yourself whether you want to do this or not, and then decide who of your sergeants will stay and who will leave. The method has already been told to you, no matter what you do, when the reinforcements from Yingchuan arrive, Man will definitely go to meet the responding military horses as soon as possible. Man Chongdu did not hide his greed for life, looked at Yu Ban and Li Dian and said: "What Man said is only the worst result, if you consider the good side, perhaps, these 100,000 military horses can defeat the New Han army in the north of the city?" How many of these 100,000 troops and horses have escaped from Xiangcheng to join our receiving army? Therefore, Man believes that our army has losses, but it should still be possible to escape most of the military horses. ”

"Now that Xiangcheng is lost, it makes no sense for us to deal with the New Han Army in Xiangcheng, so Man believes that it is better to save more troops, withdraw to Yingchuan, and join forces with the defenders of Yingchuan to seek the opportunity to fight with the New Han Army."

"The defender of Yingchuan is Xia Houen, and the entire Yingchuan County has a total of more than 200,000 troops, and we can bring out more military horses from Xiangcheng, the more beneficial it will be for our army to hold Yingchuan. The generals should consider for themselves which matter is more important than the other. ”

……

The next thing is for the army to discuss themselves.

Because it is necessary to leave some generals to lead the 100,000 military horses that launched an attack on the New Han Army, if there are no generals to command, the 100,000 military horses will be chaotic.

There are so many Cao generals, some of them are really greedy, and they naturally insist on going with the full pet. And a large part. For the sergeants below, they all have deep feelings. They could not bear to leave some of their men to die and flee for their lives on their own.

Yu Ban and Li Dian had a dispute, and both of his generals wanted to stay.

But. Yu Ban persuaded Li Dian and let Li Dian go, and he stayed behind to command the 100,000 army.

……

Three days passed quickly, and it didn't seem to be too big Xiangcheng, but it was not so easy to demolish it, and the Xinhan army was only one-fifth of it. It's just within the city walls, and it's a few laps into the city.

Everything seemed to be calm, and the Xinhan army was moving in order.

At this time. Ma Chao, Wei Yan and other generals really didn't expect that the turtle in this urn could grow wings and fly away, and they didn't expect that the cooked duck would fly.

On this day, the sky had just brightened, and Chen Dao, who was guarding the north of the city, got up early to listen to the reports of the generals below, mainly to listen to their reports on the demolition of the city in the north of the city, as well as the reports of some scouts who had dispersed. Pay attention to whether there will be Cao Jun coming to the rescue of the more than 200,000 Cao Jun in Xiangcheng.

There are still more than 200,000 Cao troops in Xiangcheng, and the generals of the New Han Army did not dare to take it lightly, because they all knew it. Even if the Cao army is compressed back to the area in the center of the city and finally dealt with them, I am afraid that there will be a bitter battle.

To tell the truth, the new Han army that is now besieging Xiangcheng. The total strength of the army is only more than 300,000 horses, which is not too different from Cao's army. If the New Han Army hadn't suppressed it with sophisticated weapons, I'm afraid it would have been really difficult to break through Xiangcheng easily. Suppressed Cao's army in the central area of Xiangcheng.

Suppose it is said that once the Cao army counterattacks. Concentrate superior forces to break through in one direction, for the New Han army around Xiangcheng. It is also a kind of pressure, a crisis, a bad one, you may have to lose your troops and suffer a defeat.

Chen Zhi listened carefully to the scout's report, and the more he listened, the more he felt that there was a problem, because the north of the city seemed to be too quiet, and his own people did not find that there were reinforcements from Cao's army. He didn't know if the situation with the other generals was the same. But according to Chen Zhi's thoughts, he always believed that Cao Jun should not sit back and watch his 200,000 elite Cao Army fall into Xiangcheng, and there would inevitably be some rescue operations.

But for a while, Chen Zhi couldn't think of anything wrong.

Just when Chen Zhi was a little worried in his heart, he suddenly heard a shout of killing.

It's an out-of-town area!

Chen Zhi jumped up all of a sudden, looking suspicious.

In the north of the city, he has sent a lot of scouts and spies in the direction of the mountain, and it can be said that he has released the cordon more than ten or twenty miles away. However, why was it not far from the north of his city that he suddenly shouted to kill?

"Report!"

A rush of footsteps came, and before anyone arrived, they reported anxiously: "General Chen, in the north of our city, about ten miles away from the city, suddenly killed a Cao army, the number is unknown, it is estimated that there will be about 100,000 military horses, directly seize the north gate of our city to kill, please General Chen as soon as possible!" ”

"It's Cao Cao's reinforcements to rescue Xiangcheng who have arrived! Fast! Inform General Ma Chao's cavalry and ask him to immediately send troops to help us resist this Cao army reinforcements, and in addition, the operation in the city will be temporarily stopped, and we will guard against the Cao army in the city to launch a surprise attack on us. ”

"Immediately send a report to Wei Yan and General Qin Jie, and ask them to send troops to help!"

Chen Zhi strode out of the military tent, while loudly giving orders to the people below.

Chen Zhi has two soldiers and horses, one army in the city to demolish the city, one army in the city head and the outer city, he is assembling an army outside the city, first enemy Cao army from the north of the city to kill, and suddenly burst out in the city to shout and kill.

Chen Zhi's face changed again, knowing that Cao Jun was a premeditated action.

He first gathered the military horses outside the city to watch out, and he immediately went to the city to inspect the enemy's situation.

When he saw the area in the north of the city, the streets and alleys that had not yet been demolished were already full of Cao Jun's military horses, and Chen Zhi knew that the matter was big. This is why Cao Jun first chose the direction north of his city as the direction of the breakthrough, and the inside should be combined.

There was a clattering roar, and it was the bed crossbows set up by the New Han Army in the open spaces where the houses had been demolished and the arrows were fired at the main streets.

The release of arrows from the bed crossbow proves that the Cao army has entered the state of charging and has been connected with the New Han army. If they break through the blockade of the bed crossbow, they will be able to engage the New Han army in close combat.

At this time, Chen Zhi could not bring the soldiers outside the city to stop the Cao army that was killed outside the north of the city. Because once he takes away a soldier and horses, the north of the city will be too weak, and if he can't get it right, he will really let the Cao army in the city break out.

This is not allowed, the whole army of more than 300,000 New Han troops, it was not easy to besiege the 200,000 horses of the Cao army in Xiangcheng, how could they easily break through and escape?

Chen Zhiyi gritted his teeth, and then asked people to quickly inform Ma Chao, and let Ma Chao lead his cavalry to fight against the Cao army killed outside the north of the city, and he threw his army outside the city into the battle to block the Cao army's breakthrough in the city.

The Cao army outside the city is still about ten miles away from the north of the city, and Ma Chao's cavalry should be in time, and they will not let the Cao army attacking from the north of the city come to the city.

Chen Zhi's decision was correct, if he led an army, I am afraid that it would really give Cao's army a chance to break through from the north of the city.

You must know that the New Han army besieged and demolished the city, and it was necessary to deploy defenses and beware of the Cao army in the city breaking through. Therefore, it is impossible for all the soldiers to be placed in a fixed position at once and be ready for battle at all times.

Like the two military horses of Chen Dao, the soldiers and horses in the city have to be divided into three groups of men and horses, divided into three time periods to distribute. Three groups of men took turns to rest. In this way, that is to say, each group of men and horses is about three battalions, seven or eight thousand men and horses.

These seven or eight thousand men and horses were also divided into some soldiers who were responsible for driving the bed crossbows, and they had to line up and arrange bows and arrows, and the other group of men and horses was the men and horses who demolished the houses in the city.

Cao Jun chose to attack at dawn. At the first time, Cao's army launched an attack in the direction of the north of the city at the same time. At this time, it was equivalent to the 70,000 or 8,000 men and horses of the New Han Army blocking the 100,000 men and horses of the Cao army.

Obviously, at this moment, it was difficult for the New Han Army to cause too much hindrance to Cao's charge because of the deployment of troops. It didn't take long for Cao's army to advance quickly, and it was already approaching the distance of four or five hundred paces of the New Han army's archery formation, and it was soon possible to highlight the open space between the demolished houses.

If Cao's army is allowed to stand out, his army can suddenly expand the superiority of troops. At that time, the New Han Army is afraid that it will be difficult to stop the torrent of Cao's army.

Fortunately, Chen Dao's reaction was also very fast, and the soldiers in the city who were resting in turn also quickly put on their armor and immediately threw themselves into the battle. At another time, Chen Zhi led an army outside the city and quickly entered the city. (To be continued.) )