The next day, just after dawn, there was a shout from outside the city, like a thunderclap, and even the tiles were shaken and trembled. The officers and men of all the armies immediately rushed to the city gate tower, looked out of the city, and saw that the Cao army was like a black wave, with flags on top of each other, as if the wind and clouds were surging, swords and guns were standing in a forest, and the cold light was as bright as ice and snow.

The city walls were busy, the defenders hurriedly piled up the fire pots and stones to the side of the wall buttresses, wound the bed crossbows, put on guns and arrows, adjusted the aiming angle, the crossbowmen went to the front, ready for battle, and the other armies were also ready to attack, just waiting for the enemy to attack the city.

Cao Jun stopped, the sound of war drums suddenly stopped, there was silence between heaven and earth, and the morning fog seemed to solidify. The soldiers on both sides looked at each other, holding their breath and pursing their lips.

Yes! There was a sudden roar of eagles in the sky, and the war drums of the Cao army rang out, and the 100,000 Cao army assault troops rushed towards the city wall with a shout, carrying countless siege equipment. At the same time, hundreds of catapults began to exert force on the rear positions of the assault troops, and hundreds of boulders roared towards the city walls.

"Shoot the arrows!" Gao Shun shouted loudly.

Arrows rained down on the walls, causing ripples in the waves of enemy troops.

At the same time as the fierce battle on the front city wall, Ma Chao led more than 100,000 turquoise cavalry to come to the flank of the Cao army and set up a battle formation. On the opposite hillside, more than 100,000 cavalry of Cao's army were lined up, led by the general Xiahoudun, and they were ready to fight.

The battle for the city wall soon entered a white-hot stage, and the soldiers on both sides continued to fight the bloody battle on the city wall, and the corpses of the soldiers on both sides increased, and blood flowed on the city wall; As far as the eye can see, it is full of figures and faces of soldiers on both sides fighting frantically, and the roar echoes in the air full of blood, often a soldier kills the opponent, and before he can withdraw his weapon, he is killed by another enemy army!

In such a bloody melee, the ability of the individual has taken a back seat, the two sides are in a state of attrition, and only the side that has the power can have the last laugh!

At a position on the eastern city wall, after repeated rushing and killing by the Cao army, the defenders were killed and wounded, and a large number of Cao troops poured up, and the situation was precarious.

At this moment, a striking figure appeared there! He wears a three-pronged purple and gold crown on his head, wears a unicorn chain armor, and wields a Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand, which is so powerful that no one can stop him! Zhang Lang personally led more than 100 tiger guards to join the battlefield!

Zhang Lang wielded Fang Tian's painting halberd and smashed into the enemy's thicket, the painting halberd rolled and flew in the air like a swimming dragon, bringing up a rain of blood in the sky, seeing the enemies opposite him splash blood and fall to the ground, and in a blink of an eye, a pile of corpses fell under Zhang Lang's feet!

Two Cao army warriors rushed up with big swords, one left and one right, and slashed with a swing of the knife. Zhang Lang raised Fang Tian's painting halberd to stand it, and the two generals struggled to press down, but they didn't move at all as if they were pressing on a boulder.

Zhang Lang violently pushed Fang Tian's halberd upward, and the two generals only felt a huge force lifting upwards, and their bodies couldn't help but lean back and fall backwards. Zhang Lang strode forward and roared, like a thunderbolt, the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand swept violently, and before the two generals could react, they were cut into two sections by the railing! Blood was spilled all over the ground!

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Cao army were frightened and subconsciously retreated.

Zhang Lang led the tiger guards to rush up, a bloody battle, the soldiers of the Cao army fled to death, and the city wall was again controlled by Lu Bu's army.

When Cao Cao saw it in the distance, he was annoyed in his heart, and couldn't help but scold: "Lu Bu, it's really troublesome!" Seeing that the first wave of attacking troops had almost lost all their spirit, he ordered the first wave of attacking troops to retreat and the second wave of attacking troops to prepare for an attack.

At this moment, a herald hurried to Cao Cao, turned over and dismounted, and hurriedly reported; "The prime minister is not good! The Xuanyuan Mountain camp is lost! ”

Cao Cao was shocked and scolded: "Nonsense! Xu Chu has 100,000 elite soldiers, how could he lose all of a sudden! ”

Guo Jia said in a deep voice: "It's possible! Chao Cao hugged his fists and said: "If Zhuge Liang lets some soldiers pretend to be Li Dian's defeated soldiers, Xu Chu will be caught off guard, and it will be impossible to resist it!" ”

Cao Cao's face turned blue and white for a while, and he scolded: "Zhuge villager, I swear to kill you!" ”

Guo Jia pleaded: "In this case, the subordinates are not considerate, please punish the prime minister!" ”

Cao Cao waved his hand, "It's not Fengxiao's fault, Fengxiao has advised me many times to be careful Zhuge Liang pays attention to the direction of Xuanyuan Mountain, but I was careless, and I didn't listen to Fengxiao's good words and persuasion!" He turned his head and glanced at Luoyang, and said loudly: "Mingjin collects the troops!" ”

Zhang Lang was waiting for the second round of onslaught of the Cao army on the city wall, but he was surprised to see that the Cao army had collected his troops and returned to the camp! Zhang Lang immediately thought of Zhuge Liang and muttered happily: "Could it be that Kong Ming is here!" Looking south, I didn't find any clues, and I couldn't help but wonder.

Zhang Lang called the herald and asked him to order Ma Chaobu to be on guard in place and not to attack without authorization. The herald took the order.

Zhang Lang immediately ordered all departments in the city to strictly guard their positions, not to slack off and not to attack.

His gaze turned to Cao Cao's tent.

Cao Cao stood in front of the map, his brows furrowed, "Xuanyuan Mountain is lost, and Xuchang is directly facing the soldiers of Lu Bu's army. ”

Zhang Jaw said: "Xuchang has 100,000 defenders, and there are 100,000 troops transferred from Yuzhou nearby, and Zhuge Liang only has more than 300,000 horses in his hands, so Xuchang should have no problem." The last general thought that he should insist that Qingshan would not relax, continue to attack Luoyang, and after capturing Luoyang, he would turn back to deal with Zhuge Liang! By that time, our army will have the full initiative! ”

Some of the generals agreed.

Xun You frowned and said, "This is too risky!" Now that Lu Bu is back, and he has brought back more than 100,000 turquoise cavalry, our army's morale was frustrated yesterday and the loss was not small, and it is still unknown whether Luoyang can be broken in a short time! Although there are 200,000 troops in Xuchang and the surrounding areas, they are not the elite of our army, but the more than 300,000 troops in Zhuge Liang's hands are all Lu Bu's main army, among which the Long Tao Army is Lu Bu's personal army corps, and its combat power is the best in the world. If there is a problem in Xuchang, the consequences are unimaginable, we can't take risks, we should return to the army immediately! ”

Some of the strategists and generals agreed.

Cao Cao felt that what he said on both sides made sense, and couldn't help but set his eyes on Guo Jia. Guo Jia said lightly: "Xun You is right! Not only what Xun You said, I believe that the news of Lu Bujun's threat to Xuchang will soon spread throughout the army, and at that time, the soldiers will inevitably have no heart to fight like arrows, even if they forcibly attack Luoyang, I am afraid that it will be difficult to make progress! The subordinates think that they should return to the army! ”

When Cao Cao saw Guo Jia say this, he made up his mind in his heart.