Chapter 163: The hearts of the people are disheartened

Judging from the performance of Li Dao and Guo Yan in leading the Xiliang Army to fight for several days, we can understand the sentence that people are forced out; They blocked the fierce attacks of the coalition forces one after another, and performed very well in personnel transfers, morale boosting, targeted defense, and internal suppression operations, which were remarkable; In the coalition army, Cao Cao's big tent, Cao Cao now feels more and more that it is right to choose the strategy and tactics provided by Xun You, and this Li Dao and Guo Yan are really not to be underestimated; The coalition forces were repelled after several days of siege fighting, and the casualties were not small

More importantly, there was a gap in the coalition army, the reason was that the Cao army and Zhang Yangjun were generally the main ones in the siege battle, and the soldiers and horses of Ma Teng and Han Sui were all cavalry and could not participate in the siege battle. What's more, they began to suspect that Ma Teng and Han Sui had a secret discussion with Li Dao and Guo Yan, why did the army in Chang'an City always show mercy when attacking Ma Teng's army? Also, they are all from Xiliang, and they are of the same ancestry!

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"Tell me, is there any collusion between Ma Teng, Han Sui and Li Dao? Should we retreat now? Cao Cao reclined on the couch without grace, looking lazy; No way! Ma Teng and Han Sui finally cleared up Dong Zhuo's influence on Xiliang, and they will not be mixed in again, I personally think that it should be Li Dao and Guo Yan's discord plan, it seems that they have the guidance of a master! Guo Jia insisted that Ma Teng and Han Sui were definitely not the same party of Li and Guo; I agree with this! Bong-hyo's words also reminded me of a person! A very powerful wise man! ", recruited, Li Yu remembered a person;" Who? ", Cao Cao; Li Yu: "Jia Xu! Jia Wenhe! Xiliang celebrities! He is ten times more talented than me! It is said that Li Dao and Guo Yan counterattacked Chang'an; summoned Zhu Jun to enter the court, and disintegrated the Xuzhou coalition army without blood; It's all from this person! It can be said that there is no last resort! Nicknamed 'Poison'! ”

"Oh? There are such characters who help Li and Guo? Cao Cao was surprised; In his heart, Li Yu is sometimes like this, when he admires a person, he must say something like "Jun's talent is ten times better than me", Cao Cao can be regarded as understanding the law, Li Yu praises the other party so much, the other party may not be more powerful than him, but he is also quite a talented person; As Li Yu guessed, the strategy used by Li Dao and Guo Yan was from Jia Xu's hand, but it was just one of the two strategies that Jia Xu said to Li Dao before leaving!

With the strong support of Guo Yan, Li Wei completely let go of his hands and feet in internal unity, fortified city defense, external warfare, etc., and has been defending the city for ten days without being breached. The discord meter may not have been used very well by Li Wei, and it was even a little clumsy, but it was because of this that he would succeed; The strategy he used was exactly the same as the strategy used by Cao Cao in fighting the Jinshang coalition army, all of which were to fight one and release one; put it in Ma Teng and Han Sui; fought Zhang Yang, Lu Bu and Cao Cao; Cao Cao may have had insight into Li Wei's plan, but Cao Cao would not find out, because he still had his own ideas, and he had the ambition to capture Chang'an alone; As for Zhang Yang, not to mention, he was completely tricked! He was thinking about whether the forces of Li Dao, Guo Yan, Ma Teng, Han Sui, and Cao Cao were digging a big pit, pitting themselves, completely eliminating him and then annexing his forces; There is some truth to this, but why? Here's why:

First, under Cao Cao's hints, and Ma Teng casually agreed without noticing, and then couldn't pull his face away and refused, Ma Chao half-pushed and half-recognized Cao Cao as his father-in-law and godfather; invisibly narrowed the relationship between the two forces; Second, because Li Dao and Guo Yan's soldiers and horses only beat his troops and Cao Cao's troops, but they opened up to Ma Teng's troops, even if the attack was not very powerful, this was Li Dao's strategy, but Zhang Yang didn't know it, and he didn't see it! So he suspected that Ma Teng and Li Dao were colluding, because they were both from Xiliang, fellow villagers and fellow villagers; Third, from the point of view of interests, his territory in Hanoi and Shang Dang counties is also coveted, where the land is fertile and the population is abundant, and who doesn't want a good territory in this world?

Under all kinds of conjectures, the more Zhang Yang thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case!

'Instigation, instigation! Countless arrows rained down with a clear roar. 'Flutter, flutter. ‘; 'Ahh The sound of arrows hitting the flesh, and the screams sounded chaotically.

Rows of Cao troops fell tragically, and they couldn't attack for a long time, even the Cao army, which has always been strong-willed, couldn't bear it, and after many soldiers fell from arrows, the rest began to stagnate.

"Humph!" , Li Yu snorted heavily, not knowing who he was angry with, and his eyes were gloomy and suggested: "Lord! The casualties in the siege were too great! After a long time of attacking, morale has dropped to the lowest point! Withdraw your troops! ”

"Hey!" , Cao Cao sighed, shook his head and refused: "No! Ma Teng and Zhang Yang can not move, but we can't! As you have planned, we must retreat when we occupy the righteousness, and then carry it out! Withdraw now"

Li Yu was speechless, there was no way, he had to make a choice between gain and loss!

'Kill! Enters! Death to those who retreat! Xiahou Yuan roared and rushed to the forefront, taking the lead as an example for Cao Jun.

'Rush!! ‘; With the general as an example, the soldiers of Cao, who were inspired by their morale, shouted, carried the ladder, and rushed to the city.

'Keep shooting.' Li Wei on Chang'an City yelled to oversee the army, he finally showed his own ability and calmly commanded the Xiliang army; 'Whoosh!' Soon, the archers in the city began to pour down the feather arrows in their hands to kill the Cao army who was struggling to cling to the city.

'Ahh Many of the Cao sergeants were hit by arrows, and they couldn't help but shout. However, most of them endured the pain in their bodies and continued to attack. First, they are guarded by leather armor, which is not the right point, and the injuries are not serious.

'Kill! The arrows pouring down from Chang'an City not only did not block Cao Jun's way, but instead stimulated their blood, and they roared wildly, fearless of death, and rushed upwards without fear of death; 'Bang bang bang. The war drums of the two sides could not stop roaring, and the battle entered a white heat

The shield-bearers were at the forefront, followed by the soldiers who had built a bridge over the moat with planks on their backs, then the soldiers who built ladders, and finally the large number of Cao troops who were besieging the city; This is the current strategy of Cao Jun's arrangement; Pity! There are not enough bows and arrows! Li Yu sighed in his heart, if there is a bow and arrow to suppress the other party, at least the casualties can be reduced by more than one percent!

'Boulder, rolling wood! Seeing that Cao Jun had climbed to the city, he knew that the significance of the archers' existence was no longer great, so he withdrew the archers and replaced them with a group of tall and strong soldiers who threw boulders and rolling logs downward; 'No! The lieutenant roared and ordered the boulder to roll the wood to attack; 'Bang bang bang! Not only throwing boulders and rolling logs, but also pouring hot oil and pushing the ladder with a long pole, all the means that Li Wei thought of were taken out by the Xiliang army to deal with Cao Jun; 'Ah, ah, ah! The best result of being hit and splashed by these soldiers is to burst their brains and die, if they fall to the ground and do not die, they can only cry helplessly and worse!

But this did not stop the footsteps of Cao Jun, who was stimulated to be bloody and brave; Seeing that it was useless, Li Dao's expression changed. Immediately became more dignified, Cao Jun could even endure siege battles, it was really strong to the extreme!

"Enough! Don't attack again! Li Yu's sudden hoarse roar startled Cao Cao, and he almost didn't fall off his horse; Who the hell wasn't raised by his father's mother! Lord! Withdraw your troops! Stop fighting! Li Yu knelt on one knee and asked sincerely; If it was the situation when Yuan Shu invaded Yanzhou a few months ago, at that time the siege battle was forced and had to be fought, Li Yu could send his soldiers to death with a hard heart, but now it was just a foreshadowing for future plans, he thought that the sacrifice was too great!

With capital you can take advantage of! But don't splurge! This army is dominated by the Qingzhou Army and the Black Mountain Army, and it is also the army that Li Yu once promised Zhang Ning to take care of, he doesn't want to see such an iron army made of steel destroyed like this! Destroyed in an unimportant offensive and defensive battle!

Cao Cao looked at Li Yu's eyes majestically, and the people around him were also silent, Cao Cao's majesty was getting heavier and heavier, so that they were no longer as casual as before, under Cao Cao's gaze, Li Yu stiffened his neck and refused to bow his head, and every tragic wail reminded him that he was saving people

The two of them stared at each other for a full minute, Cao Cao was a little helpless, he could be angry, angry, and punish anyone but Li Yu, he couldn't lift this heart!

Li Yu is more like his family and friends, which makes him treat Li Yu differently, in addition, Li Yu's hard work is not comparable to others, the thoughts in his heart turned dozens of times, and he reluctantly chose to "back down" in the struggle

With a wave of his hand, Cao Cao: "Withdraw the troops!" ”

Among them, the most worried about the two was Cao Ang, one was his father, the other was his teacher, and he did not dare to speak out in the dilemma; After receiving Cao Cao's order, Cao Ang breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly went to ring the gong, "Dangdang!" The shrill cry of Mingjin's withdrawal reached everyone's ears, and Cao's army withdrew like a tide

"Roar, roar, roar!" , the Xiliang army in the city let out bursts of cheers to celebrate their victory; Above the city, Li Dao and Guo Yan also looked at each other and smiled, full of pride;

(To be continued)