Chen stayed in the Jingxiang camp outside the city, and the sergeants and soldiers of the army who had been on the march for a day were all tired, and the snoring in the military tents shook the sky, but in the Chinese army tents, the candles were still not extinguished.

After two days of fighting, there are no ministers and generals in the army, and there is confusion in their hearts, Pang Shanmin personally led the army to come this time, but two days to conquest Chen Liu, all the generals faintly felt that Pang Shanmin did not seem to do his best, whether it was the use of siege equipment or gunpowder, Pang Shanmin had reservations, Pang Tong and Zhou Yu agreed that if Pang Shanmin should hide such strange things, then with lightning speed, surprise attack on Chen Liu's city gate, no matter how strong Chen Liucheng is, it is difficult to resist the power of such siege weapons, so that Chen Liuke can be broken.

Pang Tong pressed for two days, and then asked Pang Shanmin about the confusion in his heart, Pang Shanmin only smiled slightly when he heard this, and said to Pang Tong: "Shiyuan, if you break through Chen Liu, can you capture Cao Cao?" ”

Pang Tong frowned and thought about it when he heard this, and after a while, he shook his head slightly and said: "There are tens of thousands of troops in the city, even if it is broken, it is not easy to capture Cao Cao, but it is just to force Cao Cao to retreat to Hebei, isn't it the purpose of my brother's battle?" ”

Pang Shanmin smiled when he heard this: "That's why Pang Mou showed the benefits of our army's equipment in front of this Prime Minister Cao." ”

"Although the manufacturing of equipment in the army is complicated, but Liu Ye in Cao Ying's army is good at making weapons, is my brother not afraid that Cao Cao will use my skills to do my best?" Pang Tong said, but saw that Pang Shanmin was unimpressed and said: "Although Liu Ye is talented, my Jingxiang ordnance is not easy to imitate, otherwise Cao Cao's command will not even have a decent spinning wheel until now." ”

Seeing Pang Tong's brows furrowed, Zhou Yu also looked puzzled. Pang Shanmin simply decided to tell the two of them what he thought.

Two days of siege, with the advantage of the equipment to deter Cao Jun, Pang Shanmin undoubtedly wanted Cao Cao to know that this siege equipment for the current siege war, has the ability to change the situation of the battle, so that Cao Cao will naturally pay attention to the manufacture of equipment in the future.

However, the manufacture of equipment costs money and food, and the cost of throwing stones is quite expensive. The Central Plains was counted as years by Jingxiang. Now it is not as prosperous as before, let alone the land of Hebei that Cao Cao has not controlled for a long time.

Therefore, Pang Shanmin's actions in the past few days were to encourage Cao Cao and increase the military expenses required by his command. There was a slaughter of the city by Jia Xu before. made the people under his rule suspicious of the prime minister's heart. If Cao Cao increases the endowment in Hebei and improves the military strength, the people of Hebei will inevitably complain.

And so it goes. Even if Chen Liu can't capture Cao Cao in this battle, he can wait for him to return to Hebei and pit him again.

Pang Tong and Zhou Yu heard that Pang Shanmin actually had such thoughts, and they all looked at each other.

Now that the battle of Chenliu has gradually become clear, the only thing that the Cao army defending the city can rely on is the tall and strong Chenliu city wall, but Pang Shanmin has never thought of breaking Chenliu in a hurry, and is still calculating what will happen after Cao Cao fled to Hebei.

After pondering for a long time, Zhou Yu smiled bitterly and said: "It's not bad for the mountain people to think like this, but it's too unconventional......"

When Pang Shanmin heard this, he only smiled indifferently.

When Zhou Yu and Pang Tong faced Cao Cao, they were only thinking about how to break the city and drive Cao's army to Hebei.

Since Pang Shanmin became the owner of Jingxiang, he has been committed to developing Jingxiang's economy, enriching the country and strengthening the army.

Compared with the Central Plains, the smoke is everywhere, and the four borders of Jiangdong are besieged, and there is no need to worry about the safety of the border under the rule of Pang Shanmin, so that the people of Jingxiang can produce with peace of mind, and while the wealth is constantly growing, the people of Pang Shanmin will have spare strength to prepare for military supplies.

Although the process of economic development is long, the benefits are obvious, so for a long time, Pang Shanmin has regarded economic aggression as the most important means of "conquest" in Jingxiang, and whether it is to use troops in the Central Plains or sweep Jiangdong, in his view, there is no urgency.

If all the soldiers and horses under his command are exhausted in a short period of time, even if all the two princes are wiped out, Jing Xiang will be greatly injured, not to mention the newly acquired land through conquest.

After the Three Kingdoms in history, there are five chaotic China, this lesson from the past, how dare Pang Shanmin take it lightly? Therefore, whether Pang Shanmin attacked the Central Plains or Jiangdong, the means used by his subordinate generals were a little "gentle", but this kind of "gentleness" was also Pang Shanmin's deliberate restraint.

It's just that Pang Shanmin hides these scruples in his heart, and it is difficult to explain such unpredictable things to Pang Tong and Zhou Yu.

Pang Tong and Zhou Yu naturally didn't understand the bitterness in Pang Shanmin's heart, but after thinking about it for a while, it was difficult for the two to find a reason to persuade Pang Shanmin to change his mind.

The next day, Jing Xiang once again ordered the army and horses, to Chen Liucheng, but the generals Chen Liucheng head, has set up a number of stones, Pang Shanmin saw this, smiled at the left and right: "Pang thought before, the prime minister's reaction should be so fast." ”

Hearing Pang Shanmin's words, Zhou Yu and Pang Tong couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Cao Jun set up a catapult, Jingxiang siege equipment is difficult to exert its power, even if the soldiers attack the city, but also beware of the boulders thrown on the city, in this way, Chen Liu is even more solid, Chen Liu, Pang Shanmin is not only not angry, but happy......

The Jingxiang army and horses were arrayed under the city, and the Cao army in the city was not idle.

Overnight to build a stone, Liu Ye is ordering the soldiers to cut the stone-throwing noose, throw the boulder down the city, and measure the range of the stone-throwing.

In a moment, several boulders fell from the head of the city and smashed into the front of the city a few zhang away, Chen Liucheng was dusty, although the range of Cao Jun's stone-throwing was much shorter than that of Jingxiang's stone-throwing, but this momentum also made Cao Jun in the city very happy.

Seeing this, Cao Cao laughed loudly and said to the left and right: "Since then, what other means does the Jingxiang army and horse have to attack me Chen Liu?" ”

The generals laughed when they heard this, and there were even better people who shouted at the Jingxiang army and horses under the city, provoking them to attack the city, Guo Jia saw this, but his mood was quite heavy.

Besieged by Jingxiang's military horses, Guo Jia really couldn't find a reason to be happy, when did the Central Plains military horses lose their ambition so much, just resisting the enemy's siege, they were so happy......

Measured the range of the projectile. Liu Ye went to Cao Cao's approach, and reported to Cao Cao that the cost of building a catapult overnight was huge, and Cao Cao heard that the cost of throwing stones was huge, but he didn't care, and said to Liu Ye: "This is worth the money!" ”

When Guo Jia heard this, he secretly felt that something was wrong in his heart, and glanced sideways at Jia Xu, but found that Jia Xu was also worried on his face.

It's just that now Cao Cao is on the rise, and neither of them wants to spoil his interest. Chen Liucheng's military horses were attacked by Jingxiang for two consecutive days. It's also time to raise your eyebrows.

When the Jingxiang army saw that Chen stayed at the head of the city, he threw stones in a forest, so he simply stopped sending chariots to attack the city, and invited to fight under the city. Cao Jun also avoided it. The day flies by. But there was no fighting between the two armies.

At night, Cao Cao summoned his ministers to discuss matters.

In Cao Cao's view, there is now the power of throwing stones in the city. It was completely possible to suppress the siege of Jingxiang equipment, and the catapult was used to defend the city, and Cao Cao was also greatly satisfied.

On the top of the palace commander, Cao Cao was overjoyed, and said to the ministers under the court: "Chen Liu is now solid, presumably the Pang Shanmin never thought that our army would respond so quickly, today you have seen the power of the stone, Cao wants to wait for this Jingxiang retreat, in the cities under his command, all make this thing!" ”

Hearing this, Guo Jia hurriedly persuaded: "Prime Minister, this thing costs a lot of money. ”

Cao Cao shook his head again and again when he heard this, and said to Guo Jia: "Cao Mou said that this is worth the money, only more than ten stone throwers can force Jingxiang tens of thousands of troops, and dare not attack the city!" If this thing is widely made, why should I be afraid of Jingxiang's attack in the Central Plains? ”

Guo Jia heard Cao Cao's words, sighed lightly, knowing that Cao Cao's mind had been decided, and then looked at Jia Xu, but saw that Jia Xu also shook his head slightly.

Cao Cao was happy in his heart, and ordered his ministers to rest early, and when he left the palace, Guo Jia stopped Jia Xu and said to Jia Xu: "Wenhe, Guo feels that Jing Xiang has behaved abnormally for three consecutive days, and even the matter of the prime minister Guangzao throwing stones may have fallen into Jing Xiang's trick!" ”

When Jia Xu heard Guo Jia's words, he thought so.

The cost of throwing stones is only secondary, if this thing is really used to defend the city, why did you not see Jingxiang use it to defend the city when it was conquered in the past? Moreover, the cost of throwing stones is expensive, and once it is used for city defense on a large scale, it will undoubtedly be worse for the Central Plains finances.

But in this short period of time, Jia Xu couldn't think about the disadvantages of throwing stones, so he had to sigh lightly and said to Guo Jia: "Only look at it, Fengxiao and I can keep this matter in mind, and if you notice something inappropriate, you can tell the prime minister ......."

In the Jingxiang camp outside the city, Pang Tong and Zhou Yu were in a much heavier mood than yesterday, although Pang Shanmin's calculation seemed to be good, but now the attack on Chen Liu was deterred by Cao Jun's stone throwing at the head of the city, and it was difficult to make progress. ”

Pang Shanmin smiled when he heard this: "Pang Mou will tell Shiyuan how to deal with it!" ”

Pang Shanmin said, Pang Tong was puzzled and said: "Response? Could it be that the city is burning down again, as before? Cao Jun has been plagued by his brother once, how can he not take precautions? ”

Pang Shanmin said with a smile: "Today's view of the city on the stone, Cao Jun has placed the wheels, presumably when our army attacked, its stone throwing will definitely be withdrawn, but Pang felt that Prime Minister Cao Cheng was busy all night, and the stone throwing was too little, the next day our army should feint to attack the city on all sides, urge the prime minister, and then build some stone throwing, such a city defense weapon, the more the better." ”

Pang Tong was greatly surprised when he heard this, and looked at Pang Shanmin with a puzzled expression: "Brother? Do you still think that Chen Liucheng's defense is not strong enough? ”

When Pang Shanmin heard this, he said to Pang Tong: "No matter how strong the city is, there will always be a day when it will be breached, and you can't do it overnight to attack Chen Liuben. ”

Pang Tong shook his head again and again when he heard this, and said to Pang Shanmin: "It's better for my brother to come earlier, Pang Mou doesn't have the patience of my brother!" ”

Pang Tong said, Zhou Yu also persuaded, Pang Shanmin saw that the two of them could not be reluctant, and sighed lightly: "Although Chen Liu's place where Cao Cao is stationed, the grain and grass are also abundant, but our army is besieging the city, and the main force in the city is difficult to escape, and the surrounding counties have no way to transport supplies into Chen Liu. ”

"Brother is planning like this?!" Pang Tong was shocked when he heard this, and after thinking for a moment, he suddenly realized, and said with a happy face: "If you attack the surrounding counties, Cao Cao will definitely be anxious in the city, but it is very likely that he will go out of the city to fight with our army, but it is useless to attack the outside of the city, and throw stones on the city!" ”

"And in this way, our army can set up an ambush in advance on Cao Cao's way back to Hebei. This battle will capture Cao Cao in one fell swoop, and it is also very possible! Zhou Yu also smiled when he heard this, and said to Pang Shanmin: "I didn't expect the mountain people to be damaged, just like in the past." ”

"Pang Mou is not as good as the two, not as treacherous as Guo Jia, not as vicious as Jia Xu, if you want to calculate others, you only rely on the 'yin damage' in Gong Jin's mouth......" Pang Shanmin said, Pang Tong and Zhou Yu both laughed, Pang Tong said with joy: "Tong is eager to see Cao Cao's brother after the treacherous plan." What an expression! ”

Early the next morning. Jingxiang's military horses divided their troops and moved, besieging the city on all sides, and all the military horses under the city opened the way with throwing stones.

The rumbling drums fell. The direction of Chen Liu's main gate was bombarded by Jing Xiang's stones. Cao Cao and the generals retreated. Busy throwing stones on the city to fight back, for a time in front of the city, boulders flew wildly.

Jingxiang slings have a longer range. However, Cao Jun throws stones from the head of the city, the power is huge, after the boulder falls, it will often roll out of the old distance, but it can also kill the Jingxiang stone, only a moment of effort, Chen Liu's main gate of the city stone-throwing was smashed by the Jingxiang stone smashed several frames, but in the Jingxiang army under the city, there are also several stone-throwing damage.

Chen Liu's main gate was in battle, and the two families could still fight separately, but the other three doors suffered.

Liu Ye hurriedly made a stone throwing for only one day, not at all as well as the defense of the gates, when Jing Xiang threw the stone at noon to collect the troops, except for the main gate of Chen Liucheng and the city head was still safe, the other three gates of the city were damaged.

Jing Xiang threw stones and returned calmly, but Cao Cao in the city was so angry that he urgently ordered Liu Ye to build another 30 stones, which were listed in the four gates of Chen Liu.

Thirty stone throws?

Liu Ye was also stunned when he heard this, to create a stone throwing cow tendon for the cable, and its fine parts are made of fine iron, the day before yesterday Liu Ye with the city of craftsmen, busy all night, but only have to throw ten stones, Cao Cao opened his mouth to ask for thirty stones, between the moments, it is difficult to build.

And the difficulties are not only that, now Cao Jun can not get out of the city, it is difficult to find fine wood, before building a stone has demolished several rich mansions in the city, borrowing its beams for use, according to Cao Cao's meaning, now it is necessary to demolish it again?

Thinking of this, Liu Ye hurriedly complained to Cao Cao.

Guo Jia and Jia Xu also spoke to advise, both of them fell Jing Xiang throwing stones although sharp, but their siege can only be used as auxiliary, when they come again, the rest of the three gates of the city head army and horses retreat, if the Cao army rebuilds the stone, the military needs consumed, it is difficult to bear.

Although Cao Cao knew that the two of them were reasonable, but Cao Cao couldn't get used to Jing Xiang's throwing stones to show off his might, and after thinking for a while, Cao Cao said to the two: "How about Cao only adding fifteen throwing stones?" ”

Cao Cao has made concessions, Guo Jia and Jia Xu knew that Cao Cao was unwilling, so they simply stopped persuading, Cao Cao saw this, and asked Liu Ye to supervise the stone again.

Day after day, Chen Liucheng set up several stone throwing frames, Pang Shanmin and Chen Liucheng, who looked at the "mighty and extraordinary" from outside the city, smiled with relief: "The prime minister really lived up to expectations......

Hearing Pang Shanmin's ridicule, Pang Tong and Zhou Yu couldn't help but laugh, and both of them said that now Cao Cao is afraid that he doesn't know that he has been tricked into Jingxiang's plan.

Seeing that the army outside the city did not move, the Cao army in the city could not help but be disappointed, a day of hard work, and had to throw fifteen stones, but it could not be applied to the battlefield, Cao Cao suddenly felt that this body of strength was useless, his heart was angry, and said to the left and right: "Could it be that the Pang mountain people think that whether to fight or not to fight is not up to Jing Xiang?" ”

Cao Cao said, Guo Jia and Jia Xu had some understanding.

As Cao Cao said, the rushing car in the city can only be passively defended, but not allowed to take the initiative to attack, whether to fight or not, it really only depends on whether Jing Xiang has the idea of attacking the city, but the most vigilant thing in the hearts of the two is that even if Chen Liucheng adds a new stone, but with Jing Xiang's strength, there is no problem with the stone throwing on the city.

However, Jing Xiang chose to avoid the war, what kind of conspiracy is there?

Guo Jia looked at the newly made throwing stone not far away, and the more he looked at it, the more vigilant Guo Jia became.

The catapult is not only huge, but also powerful, but this big guy wants to move, even if the wheels are added, the action is too slow, in addition to defending the city and throwing stones, it is used on the battlefield, and can only be used for siege, this single use can be said to be chicken ribs.

Jingxiang's military horses want to attack Chenliu, and it is reasonable to build a stone, and Chen Liu's defense of the city, there is no need to build so many expensive equipment, rather than fighting with Jingxiang's stone, it is better to wait for him to throw a boulder, and give in a little, anyway, he can't break the Chenliu city wall by throwing stones alone......

Could it be that Pang Shanmin originally planned to lure Cao Jun to build more equipment?

Thinking of this, Guo Jia was drenched in cold sweat, and then looked at the Jingxiang army formation outside Chen Liucheng, but found that the banner in the formation shook his head, and his army was scattered, and several military horses came out of the big array, traveling farther and farther.

Seeing this, Guo Jia suddenly realized, and said to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, there is a change in Jingxiang's army, could it be that he wants to give up attacking Chen Liu, and wants to make Yanzhou smoke everywhere?" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he looked at the Jingxiang army outside the city, and his face changed greatly.

Chen Liushang can be defended for a long time, but if the Jingxiang military horses are wreaking havoc in Yanzhou, even if the Jingxiang military horses retreat in the harsh winter, this Yanzhou is afraid that it has been dilapidated, Chen Liucheng is a lonely city, if the surrounding counties and counties can not be supplied in the future, this lonely city has no possibility of long-term defense, and it is impossible to rely on Hebei grain and straw every time for supply, and cross the river to transport grain......

"Despicable!" Seeing this, Cao Cao scolded and said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, that Pang Shanmin is forcing Cao to fight a decisive battle with him!" ”

When Guo Jia heard this, he thought for a moment and said: "Even if Jingxiang divides his troops, there are only a lot more soldiers and horses outside the city than in my city, and it is quite unwise for Jingxiang to be brave and tough with them." ”

"Then Feng Xiao can have a plan to solve the current siege?" After Cao Cao said that, Guo Jia smiled bitterly and said to Cao Cao: "How can you easily crack it?" In terms of the situation of the two families, the best choice for the prime minister now is to leave Chenliu, our army will fight a bloody road, and Zhongda soldiers and horses, converge with Xuzhou, gather the power of the two armies, and still have a decisive battle with Jingxiang, but this victory or defeat, Guo is difficult to predict......" (to be continued......