After Cao Pi approved Xiahou Ba's attack on the city the next day, he set up camp on the spot, because their army had an absolute numerical advantage and was not afraid of the other party's surprise attack at all, so he didn't consider the terrain and directly camped the camp a mile away from Pingsi. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the camp, Chen Qun immediately took the scribe to supervise the people to repair the siege equipment, thinking about this kind of small city, as long as the ladder built is three zhang high, the hook at the top of the ladder can be hooked on the edge of the city, this time it was originally to capture Yecheng to bring the people, so the materials for making the ladder in the camp are very sufficient, overnight, Chen Qun made fifteen ladders according to Xiahouba's requirements.

The next day, Cao Pi moved the tent forward to 500 steps under the city wall of Pingsi, the tiger and leopard rode to the left and right, Qiang Douqu was in the rear, Xiahou Ba's 3,000 soldiers were behind Qiang Douqu, fifteen cloud ladders were in the ranks of 3,000 soldiers, and the rest of the army was still in the camp where they were stationed last night.

There are already sergeants waiting at the head of Pingsi City, and from the direction of Cao Pi, you can also see a general wearing Mingguang armor standing between the two battlements in the center, no need to look, this person is the commander Han Fan.

There are a few drums in the middle of the Qiang Douqu led by Wang Shuang, and there are a few strong men with drumsticks standing next to the stock, only to see Cao Pi's big tent in the army swinging left and right, and then throwing it forward, those few strong men holding drumsticks immediately beat the drums, the earth-shaking drums resounded through the sky, Xiahou Ba's three thousand sergeants immediately pushed the ladder forward, at this time Xiahou Ba's general flag was still behind Cao Pi, and the flag of the three thousand sergeants left a military marquis was also erected at the same time, and the position was slightly behind the Xiahou Ba general flag, connected into a row.

With the sound of drums, the three thousand sergeants have passed the Cao Pi Shuai tent, and then walked a hundred steps into the range of the enemy, between which the sergeants rushed out of a horse, into the arrow of the string and galloped to the city, only one of the three thousand sergeants rode a horse, that is, Xiahou Ba, who commanded the siege.

Cao Zhen was beside Cao Pi at this time, and shook his head again and again when he saw this: "As the commander-in-chief, how can you take risks lightly!" If the 3,000 sergeants were shot to death, and without the commander, the other party went out of the city to cover up and kill, it would be a big defeat. ”

Cao Xiu on the side smiled and said: "This is a bad statement, if the enemy dares to come out, with my five hundred tigers and leopards riding can be completely annihilated, not to mention that there are still five hundred Qiang fighting soldiers." Cao Cao led the army to record Cao Pi's contribution to Yuan Tan's siege, and he was able to make up for the sergeants under Gao Ran and Cao Xiu, and now Cao Xiu has five hundred tigers and leopards to ride, so he is naturally complacent.

Cao Zhen shook his head and said: "Our army will naturally not be defeated, I mean that the three thousand siege soldiers will be defeated, this Zhongquan brother relies on the large army to suppress the formation, so he regards his duties as the commander and the victory or defeat of the three thousand soldiers as child's play, which is really not taken by the generals." ”

Cao Pi smiled: "This can also be regarded as a kind of borrowing, taking advantage of the momentum of our army to suppress the formation, and take the opportunity to win the ladder against the wall, whether it is desirable or not, only depends on the result." ”

At this time, Xiahou Ba had already ridden his horse into the range of the Pingsi defenders, but the other party did not shoot arrows, obviously seeing that Xiahou Ba wanted to earn them a round of volleys, so that the besieging army could rush closer when changing arrows to reduce losses. Since you have seen through it, you will naturally not be fooled.

But Xiahou Ba didn't stop there, and when he rushed to the bottom of the city fifty paces, he bent his bow and arrows on his horse and shot an arrow into the city wall, and the arrow went straight to the general wearing Mingguang armor on the wall.

The general was shouting at the garrison on the city wall, but he did not expect the arrow to be shot from under the city, and by the time he reacted, the arrow had already reached the front door, and it went directly through his open mouth and pierced above his neck.

The general was hit by an arrow and fell on his back. At this time, the defenders of the city were suddenly in chaos, most of the sergeants released the arrows in their hands and shot at Xiahou Ba, and a small number of them threw away the arrows to check the injury of the commander.

Because Xiahou Ba was wearing Mingguang armor and his martial arts were relatively strong, he didn't hit an arrow, but he was hit by two arrows on the buttocks of the horse under his crotch, and the horse was in pain, and he ran back faster, which made Xiahou Ba avoid the more untidy arrow rain on the city head later, only to see Xiahou Ba rush into the oncoming siege army, immediately dismounted, threw away the spear, mixed into the team with a bow and arrow, and pressed towards the Pingsi city wall, as for his horse, a sergeant was assigned to pull back to the camp.

The guard wearing Mingguang armor on the head of the city never appeared again, and the rain of arrows shot down was also different before and after, very untidy, and did not cause much damage to the besieging soldiers, but Xiahou Ba's arrows and arrows were not missing, and they shot down several defenders at the head of the city.

It didn't take long for the fifteen ladders to be set up on the city wall, Xiahou Ba took out the ring knife on his waist and braved the rain of arrows that were not too dense to step on the ladder and rushed to the city, only to see him jump on the city first, after a burst of slashing, the Cao army climbed one after another, and then after the tea time, the gate of Pingsi City opened.

Cao Pi ordered the sergeant to wave the cost, Cao Xiu tiger and leopard cavalry immediately rushed to the city gate at full speed, the power of the five hundred horses galloping has made the earthquake tremble, and then Wang Shuang's five hundred Qiang fighting soldiers rushed to the city gate, and the army of the camp behind also slowly marched towards Cao Pi's tent.

At this point, the overall situation has been decided. Cao Zhen shook his head again and again on the side: "Brother Zhongquan, this is lucky, if the other party's guard is not dead, he may be pierced by ten thousand arrows." ”

Cao Pi smiled and said: "That's not necessarily, Zhongquan's martial arts are exquisite, at most he broke a horse, but the virtuous brother is right, the boss must not rush forward lightly, Zhongquan can be a pioneer and a good general, more than enough to attack the city, and not enough to lead the three armies." ”

Cao Zhen is very disdainful of Cao Zhen, Cao Pi is very relieved, at Cao Zhen's age of blood and strength, most people will be dizzy when they see Xiahou Ba riding alone to shoot down the opponent's coach, such as the Zhu Bao and Niu Jin around him have looked stupid, but Cao Zhen, who is younger than them, is very disdainful of his rash entry as the main general, this alone is an extremely rare talent for commanding the three armies.

Among the small characters that Cao Pi is familiar with, only Cao Zhen has such a heart, and only those who are serious can command the three armies. After all, if you walk too much at night, you will eventually encounter ghosts, with thousands or tens of thousands of people, you may be able to win a big victory with a risky fight, even if the whole army is wiped out, I am afraid the impact on the overall situation will not be too great, but with hundreds of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people or even millions of people, if you take a risk, it will be difficult to turn over if you lose.

Xiahou Ba, like his father Xiahou Yuan, is good at using strange soldiers, and is even better at fighting fast, this method always has miraculous effects, but it is not a very winning method, Xiahou Yuan in history has used his life to illustrate this truth.

But the young Cao Zhen in front of him will not make the mistake of these two fathers and sons. In Cao Pi's heart, he is a person who can take charge alone, but Xiahouba is not.