At noon, the scorching sun hung high in the sky, like a hot fireball baking the earth.

Now that it has begun to enter May, there is obviously a bit of early summer in the hot weather.

The first day of the battle in Shangyong City began.

The east city gate in a burst of drums, open a fierce battle, this battle is very fierce, the city and the city, are bows and arrows and crossbows, the arrows on both sides come and go, as if you don't want money to greet up.

"Kill!"

"Da Wu's son, kill it!"

"Sons, the third round of bows and arrows, prepare, release!"

The soldiers of the Wu army under the city continued to form a charging momentum, and then bows and arrows were fired in unison, round after round of bows and arrows, as if they wanted to stab the city into a hedgehog.

In the more and more the soldiers shouted, the main generals always maintained a long-range attack, rather than a frontal attack.

"General Yang, the combat effectiveness of this Wu army may not be as strong as we imagined, they have been fighting for a morning, and they haven't even crossed the moat!"

Cao Ren stood on top of the city, looking down at the city with a cold gaze.

From last night to now, this battle has been fought all night and there is still a morning, but the Wu army is still blocked from the moat by his own soldiers and horses, which makes him a little happy.

In his heart, there was even a thought, Zhao Zilong was nothing more than that.

"General Cao, there's something wrong with this!"

Yang Bai stood next to Cao Ren, but he looked at the situation outside the city, his expression was a little solemn, his eyes were shining brightly, and he said: "They seem to be dragging time, they haven't really launched a strong attack, and their strength is not right." The cavalry is gone! ”

How many soldiers and horses there are outside the city, the details have already been investigated, although it is not said that they know it well, but the cavalry will not be wrong.

Now that the cavalry was nowhere to be seen, he was a little worried.

"Cavalry?"

When Cao Ren heard this, he suddenly came to his senses. A little puzzled: "That's right, there is no trace of the Wu cavalry this morning, where did they go?" ”

"West Gate?"

The two of them suddenly changed their faces, looked at each other, and said in unison: "Could it be that they want to make a noise!" ”

"That's not right!"

However, Cao Ren quickly denied this possibility and shook his head: "Now we also have a full 5,000 troops at the West City Gate, even if they make a detour and attack with cavalry, it will be useless." With the ability of their cavalry, they want to attack the city, but they can't take it at all! ”

"General Cao, Zhao Yun is not so simple, I am always a little worried!"

Yang Bai said in a deep voice.

"What the hell is this Zhao Zilong thinking?"

Cao Ren couldn't help frowning.

"General Cao, it's better to be like this, you are staring here, with the current strength outside the city, they want to break through your defense. It will take at least a month, and we have a good chance of winning. And I'm going to guard the West Gate myself! ”

Yang Bai said categorically: "No matter what, we must not give the Wu army a chance, as long as we hold on for three days and wait for the reinforcements to arrive, we can attack them inside and outside and defeat them directly!" ”

"Good!"

Cao Ren nodded. He had fought with Yang Bai many times, and in terms of defending the city, he knew that he was inferior to Yang Bai, and Yang Bai was able to hold back the joint attack of him and Chen Wu with the eight thousand soldiers he had. Far from ordinary.

So he was more willing to listen to Yang Bai's advice.

……

Outside the moat of Shangyong, in a makeshift shed, the 8th Division of Lieyang and the 2nd Division of the South formed a joint headquarters, where two division commanders, eight regiment commanders, and a group of chiefs of staff were all here.

"Division Commander Xu, in an hour, replace your second southern division to attack!"

Chen Mu stood in the center of the headquarters shed, looked at the city head in the distance, and said: "It's still the same, to the extent that you can use long-range weapons instead of strong attacks, you can launch an appropriate charge, but try not to get too close to the city gate, it's not time to attack hard!" ”

"Good!" Xu Kun nodded, but he was a little worried, and reminded: "But Senior Commander Xu, if we continue to fight like this, it will consume a lot, I'm afraid that if we don't survive for three days, our arrows will be insufficient!" ”

"We're not afraid of that!"

Chen Mu smiled slightly, and said a message: "Just now there is news from Jingzhou, the second batch of logistics baggage can reach us at night, so we don't need to save money, now what we have to do is to complete the task assigned by the general at all costs!" ”

Zhao Yun attached so much importance to this battle, and he didn't dare to slack off at all.

"Senior Commander Chen, what do you say General Zhao is planning?"

Xu Kun is a member of the royal family, Sun Jian's nephew, although his record is also defeated, but after all, he is still young, and he is a little depressed about this battle.

He rarely fights this kind of battle on the battlefield that he can't let go of, and it is a challenge for him to not only form a charging momentum, but also to control the strength of his attacks.

"Hehe, it doesn't matter what the general has planned!"

Chen Mu shook his head and smiled faintly: "The important thing is that we only believe in the general now, the general said that he can break the city in three days, I believe he will be able to do it, and what we can do now is to ensure that the general's plan is not destroyed, so we must not be seen through by the people in the city Our knowledge is feint!" ”

"What Senior Commander Chen said is right, but it's not a way for us to fight like this, or I'll personally lead someone to fight!"

Xu Kun thought for a while: "Yang Bai and Cao Ren are both first-class battlefield veterans, if we don't pay a price, we can't fool them, if they see through it, there may be some variables later, which will affect the general's plan!" ”

"It's good!"

Chen Mu thought for a while, and finally nodded in approval, and said: "But you must remember, try to keep the casualties as low as possible, just attack the city, don't hit the city, once you get to the city, it will be a bloody battle that will never stop, and you can't retreat if you want to." ”

"I understand!"

Xu Kun held a big knife in his hand, and he strode out of the command shed.

"Captain Bai!" Chen Mu was a little worried.

"The last general!"

"Division Commander Xu wants to storm a round and consume the suspicion of the defenders in the city, but I am a little worried about his temper, you lead a regiment to support to avoid any accidents!"

Chen Mu was a little worried about the young Xu Kun, so he wanted to let the regiment with the strongest combat effectiveness under his command go for reinforcements.

"Yes!"

Commander Bai nodded, and then walked out of the command shed with his war spear in his hand.

This offensive and defensive battle, which is a bit like a big drama, was indeed in full swing on the bright side and lasted for a whole day, but in fact, both sides were fighting with relatively single long-range weapons in this era, and the casualties were not large.

When the light of the setting sun disappeared into the sky, Chen Mu began to withdraw his troops, ending the day's battle.

At this moment, there is a small road in the southwest direction of Shangyong City, and the two cavalry divisions of the Wu army are holding torches one by one under the dark night, forming a long dragon with twists and turns, and they are hurrying away.

"Ling Tong, where are we now?"

The main general Zhao Yun suddenly tightened the reins of the horse, looked at the shadows of the mountains in the darkness all around, and asked loudly.

"General, we have crossed a hundred ditches, and we have been on the official road in the past, and Xicheng is the only official road to the mediocre!"

Ling Tong quickly pulled out a marching map from the long barrel he was carrying, commanded two cavalry guards to spread out in front of Zhao Yun, and pointed to the position among them.

"We are here now, if we continue to go west and go on the official road, we can reach Xicheng County in one day, and if we go around to the north for two hours, it will be the Xicheng Gate of Shangyong!"

"Good!"

When Zhao Yun heard this, there was a glint of satisfaction in his eyes, he thought about it, and began to give an order: "Order, all the soldiers immediately dismount and rest for three hours, nourish their spirits, and set off after the hour, and let He Tang and Chang Zheng come to see me immediately!" ”

"Yes!"

Ling Tong quickly executed the order given by Zhao Yun. (To be continued......)