Cao Ren said politely, but his hands were not soft at all!

Then wave after wave of offensive was launched, very ferocious!

It's just that the failure of the previous three days and three nights of rapid attack also made him as clear in his heart as Spiegel that the strength of the defenders of the blocking sun was very strong, and it was not an overnight achievement to win, so he was no longer in a hurry, but gradually destroyed the city defense and consumed the strength of the city.

For him, this lone army can't run here at all, so why increase casualties in vain, as long as the city defense advantage is worn out little bit, it will fall sooner or later.

This qiē was also expected by Wang Xu, no matter who it was, even if he was in Cao Ren's position, after three days and three nights of crazy attack, he found that the results were not great, and he would inevitably choose this. No soldier's soldiers fell from the sky, and after the failure to capture the city in one go, spending more time and suffering fewer casualties is a choice that every general cannot refuse.

This is the best situation for Wang Xu, and it is really painful to face Cao Ren's desperate posture like a madman.

Guo Jia also took these details into account when formulating the overall plan.

A mature plan is composed of details that are set by ring, just talking about where to fight, where to take, and then what to do, that is simply nonsense, just thinking, who wouldn't? A building cannot be built without the support of intricate details.

Strategists are often the most tiring, because their minds have to be filled with a huge amount of numbers, a huge amount of information, and a huge amount of calculations, involving all aspects! Every possibility, even if it is scrutinized and verified hundreds of times, is a very normal thing.

"This is the real siege! There are advances and retreats. Orderliness. with minimal consumption. To achieve the greatest damage to the city defense, Cao Ren, this kid, was like crazy a few days ago, he was really sick! Zhou Zhi was overjoyed and said cool words beside him.

Wang Xu glanced at him, but he really couldn't muster the strength to scold.

"Okay, today's attack by Cao Ren should only be a battle for our city walls and giant crossbows and other defensive facilities. The pressure on the soldiers is not too great, so leave it to Yang Ling and them! You go with me to prepare, we will withdraw tonight, and you are responsible for picking up Zhang Jing! ”

As he spoke, Wang Xu turned around and left, but after taking two steps, he couldn't stop his steps, and spit out a sentence lightly: "Actually, looking at Cao Ren's siege deployment and scheduling today, if you compare this ability alone, you and I are far inferior to him." He has a strong ability to control the battlefield! So, you have to have a number in mind! ”

Zhou Zhi didn't answer. just raised his eyebrows, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and looked back at Cao Jun in the distance without a trace, before he gradually moved forward with Wang Xu's footsteps.

"I understand, so I will never fight any siege battles with Cao Ren in the future, if I face him, everything will be solved in the wild."

"Heh, I can't imagine that your mouth will also admit defeat!"

"Look at what you said, people are valuable in self-knowledge, and this is my strength." Zhou Zhi followed behind Wang Xu with a relaxed expression, and said self-deprecatingly: "Actually, don't talk about Cao Ren, just in terms of the control and scheduling of offensive and defensive battles, and the level of control of soldiers on the battlefield, I am not even slightly inferior to Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu." But! Playing bottom-copying, sneak attack, and roundabout ambushes, a few of them will not work, and under the same circumstances, they can go together. ”

Wang Xu was happy and said funny: "Then if you compare it like this, wouldn't Cao Ren be a complete defeat when he meets Gao Shun under the same circumstances!" ”

"The master is defeated?" Zhou Zhi was slightly stunned, and then as if he had discovered a new world, he said in surprise: "Hey, the boss really has a vision, why didn't I think of this, Cao Ren's characteristics meet Gao Shun, under the same circumstances, it really seems that he has just been restrained!" ”

"You only know this?" Wang Xu was also slightly surprised, he thought that everyone understood this.

Zhou Zhi suddenly rolled his eyes: "Of course I just knew, who has nothing to do to study this, I haven't thought about it at all, but the boss knows it, why don't you tell everyone?" ”

"I thought you understood!" Wang Xu smiled: "Actually, Cao Ren's advantage of being good at controlling meets Gao Shun, and it is difficult to give full play, because Gao Shun has a meticulous rigor and extremely tough style, so if it is really in the same situation, Gao Shun's advantage is just to restrain Cao Ren." Of course, there are too many factors that affect the outcome on the actual battlefield and can only be used as a reference. ”

"I understand this." Every time Zhou Zhi discovers something new and interesting, he is always very excited, and hurriedly interrupts: "But even so, this is also an advantage, and the boss can completely make competitive adjustments in the future!" ”

"It's useless!" Wang Xu smiled and shook his head.

"Useless?" Zhou Zhi was a little puzzled.

"Because Cao Cao and they all know it, they will avoid it." Wang Xu explained with a smile: "Do you think that if you were Cao Cao, in the face of Cao Ren and Yu Ban, the two generals, who would you choose to lead the army to attack and state high-ranking cadres?" ”

"If it's me, of course choose Cao Ren! The control power of large-scale battles, Cao Ren is stronger than Yu Ban, and Cao Ren's prestige in Cao's army is also higher, which can make the soldiers more united, and most importantly, Cao Ren is more tenacious than Yu Ban, if the current situation is to fight and merge states, Cao Ren will definitely be better than Yu Ban. ”

Zhou Zhi blurted out without hesitation, but then he reacted and paused in shock: "Boss, do you mean that Cao Cao knew that Gao Shun had some restraint on Cao Ren, so he let Yu Ban go to the state and lead the army to fight Gao Gan?" ”

"Or what do you think?" Wang Xu also paused, turned his head to look at him and said: "I sent Gao Shun to lead the Xuanwu Legion to sit in Fengyi, Yongzhou, Cao Cao knew that if he fought Gao Gan, it would inevitably lead Gao Shun to come to the rescue, so he didn't use Cao Ren, who was originally more suitable, but turned on the ban, just because he considered this aspect of the problem." ”

"Yu Ban is resolute and steady, and he does not lose the rapid change, his advantage against Gao Shun is the most suitable, and if he wins, he will advance slowly, and defeat will not give Gao Shun too good a chance. At the beginning, Yu Ban took the lead in entering the state and suffered a heavy blow from Gao Shun, also because of many factors, but in the end, even if he failed, Yu Ban also guarded the important dangerous place, and Cao Cao now personally conquered and annexed the state, retaining the advantage, which is why he enabled Yu Ban. ”

"If he had enabled Cao Ren at the beginning, once he failed, it would definitely be a mountain of defeat, and maybe now even all the passes in the eastern part of the state have been captured by Gao Shun. threatens its hinterland in Hebei. Even its crusade against Youzhou will not be so smooth. How could Cao Cao give us such an opportunity? He uses people's water products, Sun Jian and I are not as good, I will not give this kind of opportunity! ”

"If he had used Cao Ren to suppress the annexation of the state, I might not dare to fight, and I would have let Wei Yan command the northern army of Fufeng, put aside the Xiliang war for the time being, rush to the aid of the annexation, and return to Gao Shun's dispatch. But he used it forbidden. I don't dare, because I'm afraid that the state will not be able to take all of them quickly, and it will be a stalemate, but it will give Xiliang Ma Teng time and opportunity to rise. ”

"On the contrary, Cao Ren stayed on our side, and he played his greatest role, controlling the battle situation very well, and he also dared to try and break through, and he was able to cooperate well with Xiahou Yuan, and he was very aggressive. If it is replaced, it is forbidden to be in Nanyang with Xiahou Yuan. So how can we fall into such a predicament? Xiahou Yuan and Yu Ban's rhythm and mentality of leading the troops are completely different, and they can't make us fall into a Jedi unconsciously. No matter how clever Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu are behind them, different people will execute it, and the effect will be completely different. ”

"I see!"

Zhou Zhi thought for a while, followed Wang Xu again, and after a long time, he couldn't help but ask: "Boss, who am I more restrained in that regard?" ”

"You?"

Wang Xu turned his head to look at Zhou Zhi with a serious face, and seemed to smile: "You!" No one can restrain you, on the contrary, there are many people in Cao Jun's camp who restrain you! ”

"Ahh Zhou Zhi's face instantly fell, and his face was full of bitterness: "Boss, your words are too hurtful to people's self-esteem!" Am I worthless! ”

The corners of Wang Xu's mouth curled slightly, his gaze shifted from his face, and he turned to the front again: "However, you are one of the generals that Cao Cao wants the most among the generals of our Chu State. ”

"Pull it down! I'm all right-for-nothing as you say, Cao Cao still wants me like a mallet? Zhou Zhi pouted.

"I only said that there are many people in the Cao army who restrain you, but I never said that you are useless. On the contrary, even if all the good generals restrain you, as long as you have your advantage, there will be a place for you among the famous generals in the world, and even the good generals that Cao Cao, Sun Jian and others want very much. ”

What does that all mean? My advantage? Do you mean resourcefulness? Zhou Zhi instantly felt that he was messy.

"Come on! Also resourceful, both strategic and tactical, many people today can dump you a few streets. ”

"And what advantage do I have?" Zhou Zhi hurriedly asked.

"You want to know that?"

"Yes!" Zhou Zhi nodded again and again.

"Hmmm! It's actually very simple......" Wang Xu looked back at him. "But I don't want to say it!"

“…… Boss, you are ruthless! ”

In a day of fierce fighting, Cao Ren attacked a total of seven rounds, although he failed to bring huge casualties to the defenders of Duyang, but the damage to the city defense was close to the results of the previous three days and three nights of fierce fighting, this is the benefit of an orderly attack, not rushing to the head of the city, fighting not only for life, but also for wisdom!

At dusk, he slowly retreated, intending to keep his body and fight again in the future.

If this continues, within five days, Duyang City will be broken, but unfortunately on the battlefield, there may always be variables.

Not long after Cao Ren retired from the army, the sunset gradually disappeared on the horizon, and only the sunset could be seen all over the sky, blooming with colorful colors, vast and great!

"Yang Ling, Kong Ming Lantern is ready?"

Wang Xu pressed his sword in his left hand and hurriedly walked among the soldiers.

"Back to the lord, Kong Ming Lantern is all ready, just waiting for the order!"

At the beginning, the young general Yang Ling, one of the legendary Five Tigers of Jingnan, has now grown into a battle-hardened general, and the immaturity on his face has long faded in the tempering of the battlefield, although he still looks delicate, but the marks of the wind and frost are visible to the naked eye, and there is a power that is rare for ordinary people in words and deeds.

"What about the East Gate cavalry?" Wang Xu glanced at him lightly and asked sharply.

"It's all ready to go, just wait for the Kong Ming lantern to rise, and there is an echo from General Zhang Jing's camp outside the city, and we will take the lead out of the city."

"Good!" Wang Xu nodded, his face softened slightly.

"Yang Ling, I only have one order for this battle!"

"My lord, but you can command!" Yang Ling saluted.

"To live!"

Yang Ling was slightly stunned, looked at Wang Xu for a long time, and suddenly gave up his hand.

"The last general commands!" (To be continued......)