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"Lord, it is not good for us to send troops, please punish the lord!" Cao Hong and Cao Xiu, who had escaped with a surname and a dead face, knelt down to plead guilty, Cao Ying looked at the extremely burning pontoon bridge, and only spoke after a while: "This matter is caused by Zhao Botao's tricks, no wonder you wait." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Cao Xiu and Cao Hong were naturally grateful when they heard this, and at this time, when the number of people was counted, there were 10,000 Qingzhou soldiers, and only more than 4,000 people came back, and the rest were all killed by scalpers and fires, and the pontoon bridge was also burned to only half a piece. And the enemy casualties are conservatively estimated to never exceed 300 people.

This is already the third day, in the past three days, Cao Ying spent most of his time on building a pontoon bridge, and then the only two sieges were destroyed by the other party before he could open the position, just like that, more than 10,000 people have been filled, but if he wants to break through Pujin Pass, it seems that it is still far away.

"Prime Minister, although this Zhao Botao uses the fire bull strategy, this also shows that his troops are already insufficient. After the pontoon bridge is built, it will immediately attack, and it will definitely be able to break through the Pujin Pass! Jia Xu saw that Cao Ying had been silent, and he also opened his mouth to persuade him. Cao Ying was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "Zilian, send someone to repair the pontoon bridge overnight and step up the siege!" ”

"No!" Cao Hong hurriedly went to prepare without mentioning it. was so gagged by Zhao Feng, and the messy strategies came one by one, and now it has taken more than two days. No matter how good Cao Ying is, he really can't hold it back, not to mention that Cao Ying's patience is not too good.

At the urging of Cao Ying, Cao Jun began to repair the pontoon bridge overnight. Zhao Feng watched such a scene from the top of the city, and finally did not send anyone to stop it. The lack of troops is the biggest problem for me now. The 5,000 defenders have also suffered more than 400 casualties in the siege of the city the day before yesterday and in today's field battle. My own capital is too small, and if I go out to fight in the field, I can't afford to consume it.

"General, the book that the carrier pigeon just brought back!" At this moment, Niu Jin hurriedly came and handed him a copy of the flying pigeon biography. Zhao Feng took it and took a look, and finally looked forward to some good news, and Zhang Ren said that Hao Zhao was leading 20,000 reinforcements to come here, and it was expected to arrive tomorrow afternoon.

"In other words, as long as it is less than a day!" Zhao Feng breathed a sigh of relief and said. Although the task is still very difficult, there is finally a hope. What he didn't know was that Hao Zhao was worried about the situation here, and he was stepping up his march every day, and the soldiers only slept for two hours a day, so they were able to arrive more than half a day in advance.

"Tell the soldiers the good news and let them hold on for another day, and they will be fine!" Zhao Feng ordered, and after a short time, more than 4,000 people guarding the pass knew the news, and cheers and singing actually sounded above the gate. These days, although Zhao Feng has used strategies to stir up the enemy army, but after all, there are too many enemy troops, and everyone is worried in their hearts. At that moment, Zhao Feng ordered the whole army to seize the time to rest in shifts and prepare for tomorrow's siege battle.

In the early hours of the morning, the pontoon bridge was rested again. And all of Zhao Feng's tricks have been exhausted. Not only that, Cao Ying also got the latest information, and after comprehensive analysis, he knew why it was Zhao Feng who appeared in front of him now, and how he came here.

"Feint to attack Hanzhong to attract Sima Yi's troops, and the troops will go out of the Meridian Valley to raid Tongguan and Pujin Pass, and then make a detour to kill in Guanzhong, what a strategy!" Jia Xu has always boasted of his wisdom, but when he saw such a complicated strategy, he couldn't help but gasp.

"According to intelligence, when Pujin was closed, Zhao Botao only had thousands of defenders. But once Zhang Ren enters Guanzhong from Wuguan, he will inevitably come to support his people as soon as possible. Lord, you still need to hurry up your time! It was the open-jaw who had always been silent who spoke. Cao Ying nodded in approval, and then ordered to attack Pujin Pass overnight.

"Wenhe, look, can I capture Pujin Pass this time?" After the generals left, Cao Ying supported his head a little tiredly and asked Jia Xu.

"Lord, now Zhao Botao is only a thousand defenders. We will continue to step up the attack, and within two days, we will be able to break through the city! Jia Xu comforted. But his words didn't make Cao Ying much happy, shaking his head full of white hair, Cao Ying said a little tiredly: "I, Cao Mengde, have always marched and fought fast, but everything went wrong with this march, is it really the will of God?" ”

"Lord, this Zhao Botao is a trick, just because his troops are insufficient. Now that he is attacking with all his strength, no matter how tricky he is, he will never want to hold the pass again! Jia Xu comforted. Cao Ying heard Jia Xu's continuous words of relief, and his face finally looked a little better.

Under the Pujin Pass, the earth-shattering shouts of killing came and went, and the tragic siege battle entered a white-hot state from the beginning. After receiving Cao Ying's instructions, Cao Hong began to attack the pass overnight. A team of soldiers carried the ladder to the bottom of the city, and various siege equipment such as rushing cars and arrow towers also followed. The elite division of the Cao army, braving the arrows like raindrops, rushed to the city without fear of death.

"Kill!" With Zhao Feng's military orders, hot oil, stones, and crossbow arrows smashed straight down the ladder without hesitation, faithfully performing his duties, and harvesting one stubble after another.

"Let's light the fire!" Looking at the enemy soldiers who were scorched by the hot oil, Zhao Feng closed his eyes and continued to order. The torch was thrown down, and the wooden ladder was drenched with tung oil, and it suddenly burst into flames. A mixture of roasted meat and grass ash wafted up to the city, and the defenders continued to stop the enemy from climbing. The corpses piled up under the city are about to be piled up at the head of the city.

"Good fellow, don't take a breather!" Zhao Feng watched the Cao army, who moved the corpses under the city, and then continued to attack the city, and was also a little shocked by the Cao army's strong combat effectiveness. After racking his brains, it was only postponed for three days, and now the tragic siege battle has begun.

"General, get ready!" Niu Jin hurriedly ran over at this time. Needless to say, Zhao Feng could already smell a stench. Turning his head, behind Niu Jin, more than 100 people were wringing large wooden barrels, and inside the barrels were stinking dung. Of course, there are some other ingredients added to it.

"How about Niu Jin, can it definitely be burned?" Zhao Feng finally asked one more question. This is not ordinary dung, but dung mixed with tung oil.

"Don't worry, General, I personally prepared it, and it will definitely burn." Niu Jin is confident and authentic. So in the next wave of Cao's offensive, tung oil was temporarily discarded and replaced with a big dung bag and splashed down.

"Ahh Cao Jun, who was climbing up the ladder, was splashed with dung like this, and suddenly ran back one by one. These Cao soldiers have all experienced the rain of bullets among thousands of troops, and they don't frown in the face of the rain of arrows. But when the dung was poured on the head, no one dared to move forward.

"Bastard!" Cao Hong, who was commanding the siege of the city, was also furious when he saw this situation, and Zhang Jaw on the side saw that he was so angry, and he hurriedly persuaded: "Why should the general be angry, even if Pujin Pass is full of pits, this big dung is limited." After a while, this will run out! ”

It seems to confirm Zhangjaw's inference, after the dozens of barrels of dung were poured down, the defenders did not continue to pour it, but a few torches were thrown down on the city, which immediately ignited the dung mixed with tung oil. With the help of this fire, the already pungent stench was aggravated by a few points. The defenders who were close to the front row smelled it, and many of them vomited on the spot.

"It stinks!" Although Cao Hong has no habit of cleanliness, he can't help it when he smells such a sky-high stench at this time. Zhang Jaw's face was not good-looking, but he still admonished: "General Cao, let's let the soldiers attack the city quickly!" ”

"I want to too, but you see that it stinks, how can you attack the city?" Cao Hong frowned. Zhang Jaw shook his head and said nothing, only to wait for the stench to dissipate. At this time, the sky was already bright, and the tragic scene at the head of the city and under the city was unobstructed. Taking advantage of this rare leisure, Zhao Feng counted the casualties.

"In the middle of the night, more than 300 soldiers have been killed, and more than 100 people are wounded!" Zhao Feng was also a little speechless at such heavy casualties. Of course, the Cao army was not comfortable, under such a tragic siege battle, the Cao army had nearly 2,000 casualties. Think about history, Chen to four hundred white-eared elite soldiers stopped Lu Xun. Now I have five thousand Danyang elite soldiers here, and I actually damaged so many in the middle of the night.

"When I have a chance to go back, I must ask Chen Zhi this kid, is it that now in recruit training, they have begun to cut corners?" Zhao Feng hated the authentic, this was still a casualty in the middle of the night. If Cao Ying attacked like this at the beginning, he would be able to use the crowd tactics to consume himself alive in two days at most.

Now the stench under the city is so bad that it is possible to smoke people to death if they really want to get up and smoke people to death. Cao Hong and Zhang Jaw had to order people to fetch water from the Yellow River in wooden barrels, and when the fire was extinguished, they went up and poured hundreds of buckets of water, which washed away the stench. After such a toss, it was gone for another half an hour.

"General Cao, hurry up and attack the city!" Zhang Jaw immediately suggested without waiting for the flushing to be completed, and Cao Hong also knew that the matter was urgent, so he hurriedly urged the siege not to mention it. At this moment, I heard a thunderclap overhead.

"What is this?" Cao Hong looked up in amazement, but was smashed into his eye socket by a heavy rain point, which actually smashed his eyeballs painfully. Then, the rain fell one after another, and in an instant it was a torrential downpour.

"Why is it raining all of a sudden?" Cao Hong almost roared out this sentence. No one could answer him, and rain in early summer was a very common thing. But once it rains, the siege is basically going to be greatly reduced. If you play hard, then it is possible to be forced to stop. In a word, the rain is extremely beneficial to the defending side.

"Keep attacking me!" Cao Hong relieved himself and immediately gave another order, so Cao's army continued to attack the city. Due to the heavy rain, the oil was no longer usable, so it turned into a tragic hand-to-hand fight. At first glance, it seemed to be more disadvantageous to the defenders, but the slippery ladder after the rain made it more difficult for the besieging side. Sometimes there was no need for the defenders to smash stones, and the defenders would slip and fall under their feet. The siege soldiers need to look up, and they are more likely to be confused by the rain.

"It's raining, is it God helping Zhao Botao?" In Cao Jun's camp, looking at the pouring rain outside the tent, Cao Ying also muttered. The successive strange things made Cao Ying's heart feel a little bottomless. On the contrary, when Pujin was closed, Zhao Feng and the others saw the sudden heavy rain, and they all thanked God for having eyes, and immediately raised the spirit of 120,000 points to continue to defend the city.

(To be continued)