Mi Fang looked at Cao Jun who was rushing over from the moat, a little panicked, and hurriedly whispered to Tai Shici: "Ah Da, how to deal with it next?" ”

Because she wanted to keep Tai Shi Ci's identity secret, Mi Fang wanted to have a good relationship with Tai Shi Ci, so she temporarily gave Tai Shi Ci such a nondescript title.

Tai Shi Ci whispered to comfort Mi Fang and said: "Don't be nervous, with such a long moat, Cao Jun will definitely set up some ladders, but there are not many places to stand on this side of the moat, and the number of people who Cao Jun rushed through at one time is limited, as long as you stabilize your mind and let the soldiers deal with it according to the usual drill methods!" ”

Mi Fang was comforted and encouraged by Tai Shici, and his confidence suddenly increased, he walked from one side of the city wall to the other side, shouting as he walked: "The sons and daughters of the Mi family, everyone's performance just now was very good, I have written it down for you, and everyone will have a reward when they turn back!" Now that Cao Jun is going to climb the city, don't panic, pick up the knife and spear in your hands, and as long as you see Cao Jun climbing up, you will greet me fiercely! The archers of the Cao army will shoot arrows from the bottom to the top, don't show your head out, and when you see the Cao army climbing the city coming up, you will smash me with stones, press me with a sasshole, in short, don't let these guys stand on the top of the city alive......"

Although the Mi family's private soldiers are not strong in combat, their families are tied to the fate of the Mi family, if the Mi family is finished, their survival will become a problem, so although there will be fear and cringe in the face of the Cao army's siege, as long as Mi Fang is still in the city to supervise the battle, everyone will not run away.

The soldiers listened to Mi Fang's words of encouragement, and the tension and fear in their hearts were reduced a lot, and there were dozens of backbone elements brought by Tai Shici to guard the city head in sections to organize and command, so the battle has been carried out so far, and the defense can be regarded as having no flaws and flaws.

The Cao army, who rushed through the moat, finally began to set up a long ladder, and Mi Fang immediately gave an order to the hook inlay soldiers at the head of the city: "All ladders show their heads." All of them went into the river with long poles! If the ladder does not expose the head of the city, don't probe out of the way! ”

The hook is a branch of infantry, and its main role is to defend the city, and to deal with the long ladder or even ladder cart that the enemy ants attach to the city wall when they attack the city.

The hook inlay soldiers at the head of the city took advantage of the fact that Cao Jun had not yet climbed up, and several people worked together to push the long ladder away from the city wall with a long pole with a hook at the hard and strong front end, only to see that the Cao army attached to the ladder was like a string of gourds, and all of them were pushed into the moat.

Because the ladders were at different angles up to the walls, some of them touched the edge of the walls, so that the soldiers in the city could not use poles to push the ladders away. So someone picked up the stone bullet that Cao Jun shot at the head of the city, and threw it at Cao Jun, who was climbing hard under the ladder......

There are also powerful soldiers in the Cao army who are not afraid of death, and they stubbornly climbed to the top of the city under the crazy attack of the defenders of the city, but such soldiers are still a minority after all, so once they board. It meant being stabbed together by several soldiers armed with spears who had been waiting at the head of the city.

This is the case with siege warfare in the era of cold weapons, even if there are fewer soldiers defending the city. As long as there is no rout and escape. Then the besieging side would have to pay five or even ten times as many casualties in exchange for double the losses of the defenders.

The private soldiers of the Mi family guarding the west wall of Tancheng dispatched 5,000 people today, and 5,000 people remained in the city to maintain order and defend the governor's mansion, but even so. also easily withstood the first round of attacks commanded by Cao Ren.

Cao Ren saw that the defenders at the head of the city were full of fighting spirit and orderly defense, and although he was a little annoyed in his heart, he still sounded the gong of the retreating troops in time.

Beat the drums. Mingjin retreated. Cao Jun discarded a corpse at the foot of the city wall and hastily withdrew......

When the soldiers defending the city saw Cao's army retreating, they immediately shouted and beat drums in celebration. Mi Zhu and others went to the top of the city to watch the battle after the thunderbolt stopped shooting, and witnessed the Mi soldiers repelling the attack of the Cao army.

Mi Fang said to Tai Shici with some pride: "Ah Da, this Cao Jun is nothing more than that!" ”

Tai Shi Ci said expressionlessly: "Now is not the time to be complacent. In today's battle, Cao Jun did not do his best, but only launched a tentative attack, and the real big war is still to come! ”

The smile on Mi Fang's face became a little stiff, "This kind of formation is just a temptation?" ”

"That's right! Just a temptation! It looked like the scene was very large, but Cao Jun's means were not exhausted at all, but he only lost seven or eight hundred people. ”

Mi Fang asked with some difficulty: "Then if the big war starts, how many people will die?" ”

"In the city and under the city, if there are no twenty or thirty thousand people, I am afraid that Cao Cao will not retreat."

"Twenty or thirty thousand? You can fill the moat, right? ”

"The eldest prince said that fighting a war is not a good family, and people always have to die."

When Tai Shici and Mi Fang were talking, a group of big people in Cao's camp were also urgently analyzing the battlefield situation.

Cao Ren reported to Cao Cao: "When our army's 300 thunderbolts were launched together, the sound was very terrifying, and they destroyed the gatehouse and corner tower at the head of the city almost instantly, but the strange thing is that the casualties of the soldiers defending the city did not seem to be large, and it seems that they have made special preparations for our army's thunderbolts this time." A certain 3,000 soldiers of the forward battalion pushed a ladder cart close to the moat, and the defenders at the head of the city did not shoot arrows at first, but when our soldiers arrived, it was a rain of arrows pouring down, causing many casualties. The soldiers of the forward battalion rushed to the bottom of the city at the risk of death, set up a long ladder and climbed the city, but they were met with a fierce counterattack by the defenders, and they could not reach the city at all. ”

After Cao Cao listened to Cao Ren's report, a pair of thick black sword eyebrows were tightly twisted, and he looked at several military advisors and said, "Are we thinking about the defenders of Xuzhou simply?" Judging from the situation of today's battle, if we want to capture Tancheng, the price our army needs to pay is unimaginable! ”

Xun You, Xi Zhicai, Liu Ye and others had solemn faces and had the same thoughts as Cao Cao.

Xi Zhicai said: "In today's battle, although our army suffered a slight setback, it is not a bad thing, just to dispel the pride of the officers and men of each battalion and the feelings of contempt for the enemy, so as not to suffer a major setback in the future." In my opinion, the moat around Tancheng is very unfavorable for our army to attack the city, so it is better to send troops to dig several ditches from under the city to channel the water in the river into Yishui. In this way, it can not only cause a great deterrent to the defenders, but also pave the way for a large-scale siege in the future. ”

"How many days will it take to dig a ditch and drain the water?" Cao Cao asked.

Xi Zhicai replied: "The moat is only fifteen miles away from the nearest place in Yishui, if you mobilize 30,000 troops to dig a ditch at the same time, a group of three people, each group only needs to dig two and a half feet apart, and in less than three days, you can dig a deep ditch of three zhang to the bottom of the river!" ”

"Well, three days is not a long time, and this matter will be jointly responsible for Lu Qian, Yu Ban and Cao Zhen, and the water of Tancheng must be led away after three days!" Cao Cao clapped the board and directly clicked the general.

"My lord, you can order the soldiers to pile up the mud dug in the ditch, and when the water under Tancheng is drained, they will use the soil to fill in the dry moat!" Liu Ye added.

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Ziyang's plan is very good!" ”

Xun You had reservations about the method of digging ditches and draining water, because he felt that such a toss might not necessarily cause the defenders in Tancheng to mess up, after all, there were more than 30,000 defenders in the city, even without the cover of the moat, with the cover of the city wall, it still occupied the advantage of the terrain. Isn't it possible to send troops to tear down the walls of Tancheng when the time comes?

Of course, Xun You can't speak out against it at this time, after all, this is also a way, in case the soldiers defending the city see that the moat is filled and lose the confidence to defend the city, maybe they can take Tancheng in a few days.

Compared with the depression and solemnity in Cao Ying's camp outside the city, there was laughter from time to time in the governor's mansion in the city. In today's battle, because of full preparation and proper response, the Mi family's private soldiers did not let the Cao army besieging the city get half a cent cheap, which not only gave Mi Zhu a long face, but also strengthened everyone's confidence. Mi Zhu was happy, so he asked the mansion to prepare a sumptuous wine and food, and invited Zhao Yu, Wang Lang, Cao Bao, Chen Deng, Liu Bei and others to drink and feast together.

Everyone has their own thoughts in their hearts, such as Zhao Yu and Wang Lang and others, who are sincerely happy, while Cao Bao, Chen Deng, Liu Bei and others think a little more.

Although Cao Bao is a mediocre person, he has led the soldiers for many years, and he can see the performance of the Mi family soldiers when they defend the city, and secretly compare them in his heart, and are a little surprised to find that if the soldiers under his command defend the city today, they may not be as good as the Mi family soldiers. Cao Bao was a little panicked in his heart, and the original idea that he would not be able to play without him gradually disappeared.

Chen Deng has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he has personally led Chen's private soldiers, so he is also an expert in leading soldiers, he can see clearly today, Mi Fang is actually a messenger, and all command orders are secretly prompted by the big man behind Mi Fang. What surprised Chen Deng even more was that some of the small leaders among the soldiers of the Mi family seemed to have very rich experience in combat, as long as Mi Fang's order was handed down, they could immediately understand it and immediately organize the surrounding soldiers to make the right moves. Chen Deng secretly thought: Isn't Kaiyang the one who secretly reached an agreement with the Mi family?

Liu Bei was the most unpleasant in his heart, he had the intention of watching Mi Zhu's jokes, because he had seen Cao Jun's thunderbolt with his own eyes, but the Mi soldiers were not injured after Cao Jun's crazy stone bullet attack, and they were not frightened, which is really unreasonable. Liu Bei later went to the top of the city to take a closer look, and found that there were some straw mats and bedding piled up on the city, so he suddenly realized in his heart, and secretly hated why he didn't think of such a simple and easy method when he was in Yinping......

While drinking, Zhao Yu asked Mi Zhu: "Why didn't you see Brother Ling attending?" Today's Zifang is well-commanded and calm, which is really impressive! ”

Mi Zhu felt tired for a while, and couldn't understand whether Zhao Yu was praising his brother or damaging his brother?

"Zifang is responsible, he doesn't dare to drink, and now he is patrolling around the city to appease the people who were attacked by Cao Jun's stone-throwing carts."

"The second son is so loyal to his duties, he is really a model for all armies!" Wang Lang did not hesitate to praise words.

In a certain street and alley in Tancheng, Mi Fang, who led the team in front, sneezed a few times, and then muttered: "This strange weather, it's April, and it's still hot and cold!" (To be continued......)

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