Cao Cao looked at Xiahoudun who finished speaking, and nodded slowly: "Liu Xuande sent such a lineup, obviously to make our army suffer a big loss in Jingzhou, how can Lone let him get his wish, pass the order, Lejin stepped up the attack on Nanxiang, be sure to take Nanxiang before the Jingzhou army support arrives, and eat this lone army!" Yuan Rang, you lead a team of men to support! ”

"Whoa!" Xiahoudun stared at each other, turned around and took the order.

At this moment, Nanxiang City is already tense, Le Jin has launched a foot pawn, and attacked Nanxiang, Le Jin is very careful, tried again and again, and after understanding the deployment of the city, he also found out the number of soldiers and horses in the city, he is a very experienced general, and the number of defenders in the city is clear to him, less than 10,000 people, but the bow and arrow are complete.

It was Yi Lejin who was very glad that he had prepared siege equipment before coming, and these things would definitely greatly reduce the number of losses of his soldiers. In the face of such a fierce number of bows and arrows, it is strange that this group of men and horses can easily attack Xiahou Yuan's more than 10,000 cavalry with such a number of people, and even led to Xiahou Yuan's self-killing.

On the one hand, Le Jin commanded the army and horses to skillfully besiege the soldiers and horses in the city, and on the other hand, he sent the soldiers around to find the source of the supply of water in the city.

Lejin is really a difficult opponent to deal with, and a series of deployments have made Deng Ai a little stretched. Deng Ai has very little room to play, only this Nanxiang city head, this is not a military important place, but because of the large population here, it is a rich county, and the city defense is not tall, this city is a little crumbling under the repeated attacks of the Cao army.

What made Deng Ai even more troublesome was that although he had been saving, there were not many arrows carried by this team. Although the arsenal in the city was opened, the income was not much, and I was afraid that it would not last too long, Deng Ai was already thinking about whether to break out of the city.

But there was a heart in the city that took refuge in the nobles of their lords. There were quite a few captives. If he escapes, these big clans will inevitably be poisoned by Cao Jun. And these soldiers are also going to be released to Cao Jun, aren't they returning to the mountains?

Deng Ai is still too young in the end, he has no consciousness to kill and decide, and he lacks cold-blooded and ruthless thoughts. He still couldn't do anything about so many captives who had already laid down their arms, and he couldn't bear to let them be poisoned like this by those who had taken refuge in their lords.

The big clans in the city mobilized the soldiers who had surrendered and the young people in the city to take up arms or help the Jingzhou army in the city carry heavy grain and grass to cope with the defense of the city.

Deng Ai looked at the busy scene in the city, and he was the patriarch of those big clans. His face was also covered with ashes, and the brocade robe on his body was also full of ashes, and everyone pressed their hopes on his head. These people all know that they can only rely on the 8,000 Jingzhou troops in the city. Only then can there be a way to live.

Deng Ai pursed his dry lips, and looked back helplessly at the Cao army surging outside the city again, this was already the third wave of attacks launched by the Cao army today.

"Alert!" Han Ping said loudly.

The sergeant at the head of the city was immediately on guard, holding a shield and a spear, drawing his sword and waiting for battle, and drawing his bow and ready to fire.

Deng Ai looked at Han Ping and said slowly: "Old Han, go down and rest quickly, I'll come to the top, and I will rely on you to guard at night!" ”

Han Ping was about to say something, but seeing that Deng Ai was very determined, he had no choice but to nod, he already knew that this chief general with a young face but a very tough mind, and said slowly: "Shizai, be careful, I'll go down and rest!" ”

The head of the city was once again covered by a rain of dark arrows, and Deng Ailang shouted: "Emperor! Countless shields were erected at the head of the city, and the young and strong soldiers in the city also hid in makeshift fortifications. In front of Deng Ai, more than a dozen shields were erected.

Under the cover of countless arrows, the Cao army quickly rushed to the city, and the Cao army's arrows were immediately stopped, but they were afraid of accidentally injuring their own military horses.

The well fence appeared at the head of the city, countless ladders were erected, and the siege cone rushed into the city gate.

Deng Ai broke off: "Out!" ”

The shield was removed, and the archers and crossbowmen appeared in front of the shield hands at the head of the city, and the arrows that ignited the arrows were shot into the well fence in batches, and countless arrows were shot at the Cao army armor under the city.

Countless wells caught fire, and some armor soldiers pushed out the bed crossbows found in the arsenal, aimed at those wells that were on fire, but were still close to the city, and threw them into a very powerful way, often with a single shot, which could destroy many structures in the well railings.

The people of the city also went out of the fortifications and nervously transported the stones and rolling wood to the city.

Deng Ai commanded the reserve team to make up for the lack at the head of the city, and where the battle was fierce, Deng Ai would often appear there.

The defending side is undoubtedly passive.

And Le Jin is obviously very cunning, his main direction of attack has always been in the north city, but there are signs of Cao Jun's military horses moving in the west and east cities. Because Deng Ai couldn't be careless, no one appeared in Nancheng, and Deng Ai also divided more than 800 troops to patrol here.

Lejin has been attacking in Beicheng for the past two days, and the attack is extremely fierce, so that Deng Ai had to invest more than 3,000 people in Beicheng before he could be stopped.

In the east and west cities, Deng Ai divided more than 1,200 garrisons each, and the remaining nearly 600 people were deployed in the center of the city to serve as a reserve and enter the battle at any time.

The wisest thing Deng Ai did was to send all the scouts out of the city to look for Cao soldiers and horses who might attack Nanxiang, of course he wouldn't believe that Le Jin would only attack in the north city so straightforwardly, attacking so hard, letting the other three cities besiege but not attack, the purpose was already obvious, that is, Deng Ai couldn't help it, and mobilized the other three cities to guard the north gate.

The scouts in Jingzhou are indeed the most elite scouts in the world, and Cao Jun never thought that under the siege of the city on all sides, the Jingzhou army could still send people to investigate the surrounding military situation.

Outside the East City Gate, there are nearly 10,000 horses lurking, this force of men and horses are all in a deep mountain outside the East City, only more than ten miles away from the East City, if the rapid march launches a surprise attack at night, it will definitely catch the East Gate defenders off guard. Nearly 20,000 men stormed the city at the north gate. The Cao army in the two cities in the southwest was only more than 1,000 troops and horses, and there was no threat at all.

Deng Ai heard the news and knew Lejin's intentions very well, but he smiled: "Divide the West Gate garrison of 400 people to the East Gate, and the reserves in the city are always on standby, if the East City cannot be defended, we must support immediately!" ”

Since the sergeant will pass down the order, Deng Ai although he learned about the situation of the east gate, he is still very worried, this north gate because he is here, can live in a low grade, the general of the east gate guarding the city is just a partial general, although it is also a long-term battle, if it is Le Jin personally commanded, I am afraid that this partial general is difficult to hold!

"Captain Yu!" Deng Ai shouted.

Yu Le heard Deng Ai call him, he got up busily, he didn't do anything else in Beicheng, he was responsible for the transmission of military information, and when Deng Ai approached, Deng Ai looked at Yu Le and said slowly: "I want you to get out of the south city quickly, there is an enemy army in the east city in ambush, you go out of the south city and then ride to the east alone, go to see General Huo, and tell the general the news here, so that the general can send troops here to help!" ”

Yu Le nodded slowly, and when he was about to leave, he looked at Deng Ai with a resolute face, and Yu Le coughed: "Cough, general!" I am on the orders of General Huo to assist General Deng! When General Huo came, he explained to the last general, and General Huo said that in case of emergency, General Deng could protect himself first! Keep a useful body, and then plan for the future, if the general is in danger, he can't fight! ”

Deng Ai heard Yu Le's words, but his heart was inexplicably warm, but his mouth was reprimanded: "How can a general leave the public? This is not Deng Ai's way of doing things, if I am such a person, I am afraid that General Huo will not use me so much! Captain Yu just went, and just told General Huo that Nanxiang City was here, and the city was dead! ”

After that, he didn't look at Yu Le again, led his personal guards, and rushed to a lot again, where Cao's army attacked the city again.

Hule received the order of the general, and went all the way out of the southern city, and rode alone to the east.

At this time, Li He's men and horses were galloping towards Nanxiang, they had just left the border of Wudang County, and they were already half a foot in the territory of Nanxiang County. And Yule's horse was worthy of rubbing shoulders with Li He's horse team.