Xi'e County is located in Nanyang County, Jingzhou, and is no more than 20 miles away from Wancheng, the seat of Nanyang County. The Han Dynasty is about www.biquge.info early 400s in modern times, less than 20 miles away, according to the marching speed of Cao's army, it will definitely be able to reach Wancheng in half a day.

Cao Cao camped in Xi'e County, which was equivalent to planning to attack the city after noon tomorrow. According to the common sense of the march at that time, if the order to attack the city the next day was still half a day away from the goal, it was inevitable that the generals of the various departments would be assigned tasks the night before.

The content of the mission is when to attack the city and which direction to attack the gate. So tonight, Cao Ren and Le Jin should receive specific orders to siege the city.

At this time, Xi'e County has been surrounded by three layers in the Cao army camp, and the three-meter city wall piled up by rammed earth walls is not worth mentioning in front of the Cao army of nearly 100,000, so Zhang Xiu will not send troops to garrison here, and the people in the county will not be stupid enough to resist Cao Cao, but will prepare wine and meat, entertain the commanders of the Cao army, and even the rich people will send their own prostitutes to reward the high-status generals. For example, the Yellow Turban Thief.

Cao Jun is not a yellow turban thief, he is naturally reasonable, after the big clans in the county sent wine, meat, and women, Cao Jun and the county seat have not committed any crimes, and even opened a road in front of one of the city gates for the people in the county to enter and exit, instead of turning Xi'e County into a lonely city.

The army likes to find camps near the county because if the people in the county town have not run out, they must express their hearts when they see the army coming, or food, or women, or beds, in short, it is a material gift that can make the days of the march better.

Cao Pi has a special status, so he can live in a tent alone. There was nothing in the open top, only a low couch, which was donated to Cao Pi by the big clans in Xi'e County. Normally, there will be no such thing in the tent except for a linen floor covered with thick hay, of course, if it is Cao Cao's Chinese army tent, there will be a table. It was specially brought by the people for Cao Cao, of course, only Cao Cao could bring it, if every general brought it, it would be too troublesome.

Lying on the low couch gifted by the landlord of Xi'e County, Cao Pi was not happy because of the mopping of the floor, he was a very adaptable person, which could not help him. However, I guessed in my heart the intention of Cao Cao's garrison in Xi'e County, after all, when I came to the end of the Han Dynasty, it was inevitable to fight, and in this regard, Cao Pi was a layman before and after the crossing, so learning was a necessary process.

"Garrison Xi'e County, according to the art of war, Cao Cao must allocate the siege time of each army tonight, because after a period of marching to Wancheng, it is impossible to reorganize the army again, so when the vanguard is completed, it will immediately begin to attack the city, and the follow-up army will attack the city successively according to the arranged time and direction, this method is suitable for more siege battles, because the more points of attack, the more difficult the opponent's defense will be, and compared to the formation under the city, If the troops are engaged in the siege as soon as they arrive, although it is difficult for the other side to judge the direction of the army's siege, there is indeed a certain advantage. It's just that.... Cao Cao's army should have been much larger than Zhang Xiu's, so why use this method? As Cao Ren said, the army is pressing, and the direct attack is that the casualties should be about the same, why bother to make so many moths? ”

Cao Pi thought about it, but he didn't understand it, so he simply didn't think about it anymore, because tomorrow there will naturally be an answer. It's rare to have a low couch to sleep on today, so let's get a good night's sleep!

After eating the dried meat, Cao Pi fell asleep. Early the next morning, the drum sounded, Cao Pi got up, and continued to move with the army, and a surprise happened to him: Cao Ren was gone, and the five thousand sergeants composed of the ten songs he brought were gone, and only Le Jin was walking with Cao Pi today.

Cao Pi asked Le Jin about Cao Ren's whereabouts, but Le Jin said that the two of them were ordered alone yesterday, and Le Jin was ordered to attack the west gate of Wancheng. As for Cao Ren, he didn't know, so he must have another task.

After a while, Cao Pi discovered an abnormal situation, yesterday's march, although the hooves of the tigers and leopards riding in front of him could still reach his ears although they were separated by two thousand tiger guards. After all, the sound of 1,000 horsemen and 4,000 horses' hooves is very loud, but now, there is no sound at all, and the height of the dust flying on the front army is also short, which can only show one problem: the tiger and leopard horseman, like Cao Ren, is gone.

"My dad really has other plans!" Cao Pi thought secretly in his heart, and at the same time became more curious about what the situation would be like after arriving in Wancheng.

Before noon, Wancheng was already in sight, Le Jin led to another fork in the road, and the sergeant under his command did not need to be notified, and also followed towards that road, presumably Le Jin had already given a military order to Qu Chang and Shi Chang under his command last night.

After walking along the fork in the road for a while, the army was gone, only Lejin was the only army on this road, Cao Pi suddenly asked Lejin: "General Le, is this Ximen city wall only attacked by you with your army?" ”

"That's right, there are 3,000 sergeants under the command of Xia Guan, and it is enough to fight Simon."

Cao Pi looked back, but saw the mighty sergeant following behind him, there were definitely three thousand, and then asked: "Then is this general of the siege car and cloud ladder prepared?" ”

"The city gate of the West Gate is not big, and it is difficult to do all the work with the rushing car, as for the ladder, I took a lot from the Minfu camp last night."

Cao Pi nodded, thinking that this was the first time he had seen soldiers attack the city with a ladder, which was not an ordinary iron ladder used by electricians in later generations, but a long ladder composed of three parts: wheels, ladder body, and hook. The ladder can be lifted up and down, and it can be carried and leaned on the city wall by manpower. There is a hook at the top of the ladder to hook the edge of the city, and there are wheels under the ladder that can be moved. The most courageous way to test the courage of the besiegers when using a ladder is to face the attack of the harvest sergeant.

The army walked for a while, and the other side of Wancheng appeared in front of Cao Pi, but what surprised Cao Pi was that there were no soldiers defending the city at the head of the city, the drawbridge connecting the city gate and the moat had also been lowered, the city gate was also wide open, and there was even a group of people standing at the city gate. It's a group of well-dressed people.

This phenomenon illustrates a fact: Zhang Xiu ran away.