When Cao Cao finished reading it, the flying arrow with the arrow hole passed the book. casually gave the letter to Xun You. The back hand said in a majestic voice: "Humph! This Hua Peng exhibition is too much of a child's play, right? He said that if I am discharged, will I be discharged? ”

Xun You carefully read the letter, and then lowered his head and pondered for a while. Only then did he slowly speak: "Lord! Hua Fei's analysis of our army is extremely much in line with the current situation of our army. He has captured the greatest weakness of our army, which must not be underestimated. ”

Cao Cao turned to look outside the tent, waved his right hand and said, "I don't know that Hua Fei is resourceful, but Wen Ruo has already sent a letter." Although Yanzhou, under the leadership of the monarchs, made every effort to develop agriculture, the military rations were still insufficient. ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "In the end, it will not work, as Hua Fei said, let the soldiers go to the rivers to fish, and go to the mountains and forests to pick fruits and hunt?" Let's get through the current crisis? ”

Xun You moved his lower lip, but did not speak. In his heart, he still agrees with Hua Fei's suggestion. Because this method is a bit more painful, it can tide over the crisis of military rations.

However, as a minister, he must be concerned about the face of the lord. You must know, if you really do this, where will you put Cao Cao? Isn't it to make the candidates see the jokes?

While thinking about it, he suddenly heard Cao Cao say again: "And now that the soldiers are coming to the city, how can there be a reason to temporarily withdraw because of the threat of a letter from the enemy?" ”

Xun You thought for a moment and replied: "Lord, Hua Fei made it clear in the letter. If I don't wait to retreat, he will launch a conspiracy against the Yanzhou Shi clan on the 19th. From the point of view of You, there must be disobedient people in the Yanzhou Xindingshi clan, and this plan must be guarded against. ”

Cao Cao pondered for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Gongda is too worried, and it is only June 17 now." If our army is to attack the city with all its might. No matter how powerful Hua Fei is, how can he use only 10,000 elite soldiers to fight against the front of my army? ”

Saying that, his ambition suddenly rose, and he waved his hand violently and said: "I expect that tomorrow at the latest, Pengcheng will be broken!" What chance does he have if he Huafei? To launch a conspiracy against the Warriors? ”

Xun You thought about it for a while, and this is indeed the truth. Pengcheng had few soldiers, and he would never be able to stop the repeated attacks of his own army. As soon as Pengcheng was broken, Hua Fei was afraid that he couldn't run even if he wanted to.

Because according to intelligence sources, Huafei doesn't have many war horses. And he did not have wings, and if the city was broken, the cavalry of his own army would break into the city, and he would have no way to escape.

He was thinking about it when he suddenly heard Cao Cao say again: "Hmph! Hua Fei Kid is too tender after all! What do you say because you miss the people of Yanzhou, and you can't bear to launch a conspiracy to persuade me to stop the army and make peace? ”

He paused for a moment, rolled his eyes and thought for a moment. sighed faintly: "Hua Fei's plan is indeed extremely vicious. Fortunately, he had the people in mind and did not start immediately. Otherwise, our army will inevitably be unable to take care of it. ”

Xun You nodded, and then reminded Cao Cao: "Lord, even if Hua Fei's plan fails." However, there is another issue that we still need to consider in his letter. ”

Cao Cao turned around, and asked with a halberd finger: "You mean, the Elk Zhu he said has gone to ask for reinforcements more than ten days ago, and Tao Qian will not sit idly by and watch Peng Cheng ignore things?" ”

Xun You nodded silently.

Cao Cao waved his hand and smiled: "Gongda, you are too worried!" If reinforcements were coming, they should have come a long time ago. And Tao Qian is old, as early as last time, he was frightened by my army. ”

He paused and waved his hand and said, "And Tao Qian's personality, you also know it very well. This person is respectful on the surface, but in fact he is stubborn and self-serving! I expect that he will only support Tancheng by himself, and will not send troops to support Pengcheng. ”

Xun You was about to speak, when suddenly a messenger came to report: "Yu Ban and General Cao Ren have completed the change of guards." and filled in the big pit and cleared the rejection array. Right now, the army is raining arrows to fill the moat, but..."

Cao Cao saw that the soldiers were squeaking, and couldn't help but say angrily: "It's just what? Don't you want to say it soon? ”

When the herald saw that he was angry, he hurriedly arched his body lower. Said loudly: "It's just that above Pengcheng, the defender archer Tai Shici." Those who kept shooting at our army, heralds and officers at all levels with three-stone strong bows caused heavy casualties to our army! ”

As he spoke, he stretched his neck in fear and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Only then did he say again: "General Yu asked the lord, can you temporarily withdraw the army and reorganize the army before attacking?" ”

Tai Shi Ci's archery is powerful, Cao Cao has not only seen it, but also experienced it himself. He heard the report, "Hmm! He pursed his lips and thought for a while.

Only then did he wave his hand and said: "Order the general to fill the moat as soon as possible, and pay attention to strengthening the protection of officers at all levels." Let's take a look at Cao Ren's army, how has the morale recovered? Make him ready to change his defense again and launch a general attack on Pengcheng! ”

He paused and looked at the herald again, and said with concern, "Wait, you have to be careful." You can shout orders from 200 paces away, and do not approach the city walls. ”

The herald arched and replied, "But my lord, Tai Shi Ci's range is as high as two hundred and fifty paces away!" ”

Cao Cao glared and said loudly: "Bastard! Then you won't be there, two hundred and fifty paces away? ”

The herald gave a salute and went to carry out the order. Cao Cao watched, and this guy who didn't turn his mind went away. He took a deep breath and calmed down a little, before turning his head and continuing to discuss military affairs with Xun You.

At this time, in the heat wave under the scorching sun, the attacking and defending armies were excited, and the battle was in a hurry to the sound of the 'dong dong' war drums. Yu Ban put tens of thousands of troops into dozens of columns.

Order the sword and shield elite soldiers to be within the enemy's firing range, and strictly defend to block the enemy's dense arrow rain. Covering the army, they adopted the method of relay, and continuously transported the soil to the moat to fill it.

At the same time, he had ordered all officers who came within range of the enemy to be replaced with the equipment of ordinary non-commissioned officers. In order to prevent being shot by Tai Shici again.

There is no way to do this, his army is now in a hurry, and he has been replaced by an officer who was originally a military commander to the position of tun commander. Only then did it barely maintain, and the command of the army was not chaotic.

Looking at the army of dead and wounded in front of him, Yu Ban was a little crying without tears in the smell of blood in the sky. By the time he reacted and gave this order, there were already hundreds of officers above the rank of commander who had been shot by Tai Shici.

It must be known that the tun chief is also known as a hundred generals, and all of them are the strongest backbones under his hands! Moreover, although the army was well defended, the casualties of the soldiers were constantly increasing.

As time passed, Cao Cao's army finally filled the moat in the early afternoon, after falling tens of thousands of elite soldiers again. All obstacles outside of Pengcheng were swept away by Cao Jun, who was so powerful.

As soon as Yu Ban led the army to fill in the moat, he heard the herald shouting order: "Order the forbidden army to retreat from the right side of the Chinese army, and order Cao Ren's army to attack from the left side of the Chinese army!" ”

Yu Banwen ordered the chief to breathe a sigh of relief, and then ordered the rear of the army to retreat first, and then ordered the front to alternately cover the retreat in the rain of enemy arrows. Prepare to quickly collect the army and go back to reorganize.

But behind him, there was Cao Ren's loud roar: "Brothers! General Yu and the others have already helped me wait and cleared the obstacles. Pengcheng is already at your fingertips, the rewards promised by the lord, the mansions of high-ranking officials, and thousands of silver and gold are waiting for you to get them! Kill! ”

Encouraged by him, all the soldiers under his command once again waved their blades with high morale and shouted: "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ”

Although Yu Ban knew that Cao Ren was boosting morale, he was still angry by his words, so he fell off immediately.

He pinched the reins of the horse and cursed in his heart: "A bear with a muddy horse! Emotional Lao Tzu and brothers, all of you Cao Renbai are here to do coolies? We clear the obstacles, and you go get the rewards? How can you speak, is it really unreasonable? ”

However, although he was angry, there was nothing he could do, who made him fall into bad luck and ran into a sharpshooter Tai Shici? It can only be a haste to lead the army to rectify itself.

It is also saved to watch this blankly, Cao Ren led the army and roared. Push the city ladder that is as dense as a cloud and press towards Pengcheng.

When Hua Fei was changing the enemy's defense, he knew that the enemy's general attack was about to begin. He also clenched the beads and strode out of the tower.

The order was issued loudly, and the third lieutenant Wu Cai was ordered to lead the three or four armies. Quickly replaced, Wu Xu's army that had guarded the city for a long time. and ordered archers and other troops to be replaced as they were all replaced.

All the soldiers listened to the order to change guards, although they all did according to the order. But their hearts were full of doubts. They really couldn't figure out why Hua Fei, who had always been shrewd, replaced all the main forces when the enemy was about to launch a general attack?