More than fifty miles away from Puyang, Yuan Shang ordered a large army to be stationed.

Cao Cao did not send troops to meet the attack, only Cao Ren led 2,000 soldiers and horses to come to prevent it.

At the head of Puyang City, the soldiers of the Yuan army piled up boulders and rolling logs to prepare for battle.

Inside the city.

More than 8,000 Yuan troops lined up and waited, but did not climb the city wall.

The war drums sounded, and Cao Jun marched towards Puyang with neat steps.

The archers of the Yuan army mounted their arrows one after another, aiming at the Cao army's large array.

Cao Jun, who was advancing, carried a ladder with a shield in his hand, and every time he went further, heavy smoke and dust would be filled under his feet.

Cao's army was getting closer and closer, and the archers of the Yuan army on the city wall used all their strength to spread the bowstring.

"Shoot the arrows!" At the sound of an order, countless arrows flew out.

The rain of arrows poured down and fell on Cao's army.

Sharp arrows struck the shield with a soft "crackling" sound.

From time to time, one or two Cao soldiers would be shot by arrows and fall on the way forward.

Their vacancies will be filled by someone else immediately.

A tight shield array approached the city wall step by step.

It was only twenty or thirty steps away from the city wall, and there was a shout from the shield array, and the soldiers of the Cao army scattered and carried the ladder, letting out an angry roar to accelerate the charge.

The archers, dormant in the shield array, also bent their bows and arrows and shot arrows at the head of the city.

The arrows were staggered back and forth, and the scattered Cao army kept falling in the charge.

The ladder was set up on the city wall, and the soldiers of the Cao army climbed up along the ladder.

Boulders and rolling logs fell on the city wall, smashing Cao Jun down one by one.

Cao's army attacked the city.

A Yuan army ran down from the city.

When Yuan Xu approached, he clasped his fists and said, "Qi Yu Gongzi, Cao Jun is attacking the city from the south gate." The other three are negligent in their precautions! ”

"The east gate and the west gate are very close to the south gate." Zhao Yi came up and said, "It's better to break through from the north gate." ”

"No!" Yuan Xu said: "The north of the city is the farthest from the south gate, and Cao Cao must ambush heavy troops. Our troops broke through from there, or they would fall into an ambush. As for the East Gate......"

"Kill from the east and be closest to Yecheng." Cui Yan said: "Cao Cao has many staff. How can you not see it? ”

"Cao Cao is too knowledgeable." Yuan Xu said: "The army should choose the east of the city to break through, and a certain has never made this choice, either the north of the city or the west of the city......"

"Childe is ......," Cui Yan asked.

"Go to the east of the city first, and wait to move!"

Cao's army attacked, and Yuan's resistance, although strong, was not as strong as before.

Looking at the battlefield with a burst of killings, Cao Cao said: "The defense of the city is weak, what does Yuan Xianxin want to do?" ”

"I want to break through!" Guo Jia said: "Our army is besieging Puyang, and this city will be broken for a long time." Yuan Xianxin is not a trapped person. Not yet dead, of course he wanted to leave as soon as possible. ”

"If he breaks through, where will he get out of the city?"

"From the east of the city, you can go straight to Yecheng." Guo Jia said.

"The pros and cons are all at once, how can Yuan Xianxin not see it?" Cao Cao said: "It is unlikely that he will kill from the east of the city. ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Not really. If it is someone else, it may not be killed from the east of the city. Yuan Xianxin is good at doing it knowing that it can't be done! ”

"Bong Hyo thought he would go out of the city from the east of the city?"

"Exactly!" Guo Jia said: "Please Cao Gong to strengthen the defense in the east of the city!" ”

Looking at Guo Jia, Cao Cao ordered: "Pass the order, Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, and Xu Chu will lead 5,000 troops to the east of the city to intercept the enemy army." Cao Hong and Le Jin led 5,000 troops, and responded between the east and north of the city! ”

The order is given. The generals ordered their troops and horses out of the camp.

The battle in the south of the city continued, and Cao's army transferred troops and horses to strengthen the east of the city.

Yuan Xu, who led the army to the east gate, was about to leave the city, when the shouts of the soldiers came from the city: "Son, the Cao army has deployed troops and horses to consolidate the eastern periphery of the city!" ”

Cao's army sent troops and horses to the east of the city. Yuan Xu said: "If you force yourself out of the city, our army will suffer a lot of losses, and Cao Cao's reaction is not slow." ”

Cui Yan asked, "Do you want to go out of the city from somewhere else?" ”

Yuan Xu waved his hand: "Kill in the south of the city!" ”

Everyone was stunned.

The main force of Cao's army was in the south of the city. Leaving the city was undoubtedly a head-to-head confrontation with Cao's army, which outnumbered them several times.

Without much explanation, Yuan Xu led the army to the south of the city.

The soldiers of the Yuan army who fought with the Cao army at the head of the city. The order was given to stay until the army left the city and follow in the chaos.

"Childe is back!" There was no expectation that reinforcements would come, and the soldiers were fighting hard. A voice reached their ears.

The one who shouted was a soldier carrying a boulder to the top of the city.

Many soldiers looked back, and sure enough, they saw a troop of soldiers and horses driving in the city.

It is Yuan Xu who is at the forefront!

Yuan Xu's army turned back, and the morale of the Yuan army at the head of the city increased sharply, and the Cao army, which had already climbed the city wall, was driven down by them again.

The battle underwent a subtle change, and Guo Jia, who was watching the battle from afar, shouted, "Not good!" ”

Cao Cao looked at him, stunned.

"Yuan Xianxin will come out of the south gate!" Guo Jia shouted: "Please Cao Gong immediately dispatch troops and horses to meet the battle!" ”

Taken aback, Cao Cao was about to give an order, and the south gate of Puyang, which was fighting, was opened by Yuan Jun.

Pushing the battering ram to see the Cao army approaching, he didn't expect the city gate to open from the inside.

Before they could come to their senses, the tide of Yuan troops rushed out of the city.

The heavy infantry slammed into the Cao army with shields, and the unsuspecting Cao army was instantly drowned in the crowd.

After the archers leave the city, they each choose to shoot their targets.

Cao Jun, who climbed the ladder, became the first choice!

The arrows flying from behind caused great casualties to Cao's army.

On the ladder, the soldiers of the Cao army fell like dumplings.

Wielding a long sword, Yuan Xu rode his horse to the front, and Zhao Yi followed him with a gun.

The Yuan army came out of the city, and the Yuan army on the head of the city also ran down the city wall and merged into the torrent.

Before Cao Cao could mobilize troops and horses to kill, Yuan's army had already broken out of the encirclement and rushed eastward.

"Summons Cao Ren, intercept immediately!" Yuan's army fled out of the city, and Cao Cao immediately ordered: "Order Xiahoudun and others, and then pursue!" ”

A fast horse galloped east.

While capturing Puyang, Cao's army entered the city, and at the same time, he allocated men and horses to pursue Yuan Xu.

Cao Ren led the army and camped ten miles away from Yuan's army.

They couldn't see each other's camps, but they both knew that the enemy forces existed.

Yuan Shang did not give the order to fight, and Cao Ren certainly would not provoke first.

Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang were discussing the deployment, and the voice of the guards came from outside the tent: "The two sons of Qi, the five sons have led the army to break through the siege and have killed Puyang." Cao Ren led the army to intercept it, far away from our army! ”

"Xian Xin is out of the city!" Glancing at each other, Yuan Shang said: "There is no way to deal with it, but to welcome it back to Yecheng." ”

Yuan Xi clenched his fists: "Xianxin resisted Cao's army for several months, and bought time to raise soldiers and horses." With this great achievement, he is even more different from the past in front of his father. Do not let it return alive! ”

"Does the second brother have a plan?"

"Cao Ren has few soldiers, even if he intercepts it, it will be in vain." Yuan Xi said: "I can lay a trap in the place where Xianxin must pass, and when he comes, he will only have to be blocked by the trap, and Cao Jun will follow!" When his father asked, it could also be inferred that it was to hinder Cao Jun. (To be continued.) )