In response to the change in the situation in Nanyang, the Cao army quickly reacted, and the Cao army in the area of Wancheng, where Xiahou Yuan was located, switched from attacking to defending, and their purpose would be to ensure that Wancheng was not lost, and to contain the main force of Chu. The focus of tactics shifted to annihilating the two lone armies of Blocking Yang and Wuyin.

Wang Xu led 40,000 men to stay in Duyang, and was fiercely attacked by Cao's army, which was nearly twice his size.

This is also the first time he has been trapped in a lonely city and passively beaten.

Cao Ren and Le Jin's Cao army in Duyang was crazy, and carried out a sleepless siege of the entire Duyang for three days and three nights, until the early morning of the fourth day, because the soldiers were too tired and had to withdraw. It's just that the soldiers of the Guards Legion in Duyang are no better, and even Wang Xu himself is almost tired.

At this time, he was unkempt, his helmet had long since fallen off, and the gorgeous set of dragon and tiger inlaid gold armor on his body was damaged in many places, stained with mud and coagulated blood.

"Boss, Cao Ren is crazy, he is going to kill us to death!"

Zhou Zhi, who was also unbearable, jumped out of nowhere and chattered.

Wang Xu sat slumped under the city tower, with a helpless wry smile on his face. "Even if you want to fight to death, you can't help it, Cao Jun's siege equipment is too violent, no worse than ours, our manufacturing technology, we will strengthen control in the future."

"Come on! After all, the instrument is dead, and people are not stupid. Zhou Zhi pursed his lips and sat next to Wang Xu. No matter how secret we are, as long as we take it to the battlefield, it will inevitably be damaged, and as long as people see it, they will get our broken objects and take them back for the craftsmen to study. It won't be long before it catches up. It's impossible to make any high-tech products at this time. At most, there are a few simple principles, as long as you read it, you can quickly figure it out. ”

"That's just as well!" Wang Xu smiled, didn't argue with him, and asked instead: "By the way, how is it over there?" ”

"What else, it's similar to this side, and it was smashed a few times alive by the other party's catapult. A simple repair is now being made, thanks to the help of the people of the city. ”

"How much longer?" Wang Xu's face was solemn.

"I don't know, look at how Cao Ren fights, if he comes up so desperately, he can block it for half a day at most, and he has to let Yang Ling go to the city with reserve troops."

Wang Xu was silent for a while, and said: "Try not to let the reserve troops go up, you know, they are of great use!" ”

"I understand!" Zhou Zhi nodded, and tugged at his collar with some irritability: "Boss." Otherwise, let Zhang Jing from the camp outside the city rush a few rounds, and I'm worried about two or three days if it goes on like this. There is no strength to transfer at all, he sticks to the camp every day, and Cao Jun didn't beat him, but just let the soldiers block outside his camp, and the two sides stared at each other, which was not a thing! ”

"No need, let's let the foot soldiers break through secretly in the second half of the night tomorrow night, and we will lead the cavalry to move later."

"Tomorrow night?" Zhou Zhiwei was a little surprised, and looked at Wang Xu's face. "Is the time right tomorrow night?"

"If it doesn't work, it must be done, and if it drags on, I'm worried that the soldiers won't be able to hold it up mentally!"

"Alright then, it's up to you anyway!"

"By the way, you go and call Meng Shu and Pu Tu, I have something to say to them!"

"Good!"

Zhou Zhi responded, patted the dust on his legs, and got up to leave.

Meng Huo and Pu Tu were both Southern Barbarian warriors, and now they hold the positions of partial general and general respectively in the Guards Legion, and they are also the leaders of the Southern Barbarian Guards in the Guards Legion. Among the 40,000 people left behind in this blockage, there were 20,000 cavalry, including Zhang Jing and Zhou Zhi's respective personal guards.

There are also 20,000 people who are the Nanban armor guards, and it can be said that Cao Ren's continuous attack for three days and three nights before was fought back by the Nanban armor guards. In terms of infantry combat and defending the city, aside from the characteristics of belligerence and fearlessness of death, the level of combat power alone is also extraordinary.

However, they had to withdraw first, and this time they had to go around behind the enemy, and the most important thing was mobility, imitating the plundering style of the Saiwaihu people, and of course the infantry could not follow.

As for staying in Duyang, it is a dead end, this army is Wang Xu's henchman, and it is impossible to throw it away. Therefore, they only have one place to go, and that is Wuyin, and there are still 20,000 people there, as long as they can evacuate, it will be safe in a short time.

The most important thing is that Wang Xu trusts one of the Wuyin guards.

Of course, this person is not Wu Lan, although Wu Lan is a good general, but he is still slightly insufficient to take on such a big task, but Wuyin also has a famous general who is not nominally in commanding the army, but he definitely has the ability to command the army, and he has won the hearts of the soldiers.

Wen Ping, the general of Diannong, that is, the chief of logistics of the army of the Chu State, is in Wuyin at the moment.

At the beginning, Wang Xu asked him to go on the Northern Expedition with the army, with the intention of better improving the logistics supply.

After the army captured Wuyin, a large number of supplies were transported from Wancheng to Wuyin cantonment, intending to be used as a strategic supply point, so Wen Ping naturally stayed there for dispatch.

didn't expect that the battle situation would become so tortuous later, Wancheng was lost, and the back road was cut off, so of course Wen Ping didn't dare to act rashly and stayed in Wuyin.

Therefore, nominally, today's Wuyin Shou will be Wu Lan, but at a critical time, it must be Wen Ping who carries the beam, not only because of his higher military rank of General Diannong, but also because he is more trusted by the soldiers. As early as now, when this strategic plan began to be implemented, Wang Xu sent someone to send a message to hire him as soon as possible, so he should know what to do.

Not long after Zhou Zhi left, Meng Shu and Pu Tu hurried over.

Meng Shu was the first to speak: "Holy Lord, my subordinates are preparing the city defenses and preparing to fight again, so I don't know what happened to call the two of us here in such a hurry. ”

"Meng Huo, Pu Tu, come here, you sit down first!"

"Oh!"

The two are still very young now, they glanced at each other in a daze, and obediently crossed their legs in front of Wang Xu.

Wang Xu looked at them and smiled slightly, and asked, "Have you gone to Dongqing Academy to study before?" ”

"I've read it, I have a headache to death, I have to remember a lot of things, it's not happy at all!" Pu Tu's face changed, and his face was full of bitterness.

Seeing his appearance, Wang Xu couldn't help laughing: "Hehe! So who taught the two of you the art of war? ”

"General Huangfu!"

"Sect General!"

"Huh! You weren't taught by yourself? Wang Xu was stunned.

"It's not!" Pu Tu shook his head and looked back at Meng Shu. Then he continued: "General Huangfu said that he was knowledgeable. I can't learn this temperament. Meng Huo is more suitable for him! ”

"I see." Wang Xu smiled, but he didn't want to talk about this matter, and his face gradually became stricter. "Then did they teach you what to look out for in a strategic retreat?"

"I've told you!"

This time, the two of them nodded in unison.

"Do you remember?"

"How can you not remember!" Pu Tu was a big mouth, and immediately replied: "If you can't memorize it, you have to lead the army stick, and in order to memorize all the points, I took a full twenty military sticks." ”

"Who told you not to care, they taught the right thing." Meng Huochengfu is deeper, and his temperament is also more stable.

Wang Xu's gaze also looked over. "Meng Huo. Do you think you are sure if you command your soldiers to break through and retreat? ”

"Yes!" Meng nodded his head.

I didn't think that Pu Tu also answered: "Meng Shu should be able to, General Huangfu said that he has a high level of understanding, and his thoughts are the same as General Xu many times, and when General Xu was in the past, he often communicated with Meng Shu. ”

"You mean Xu Sheng?"

"Of course it's General Xu Shengxu, the generals of other legions don't have much communication with us." Pu Tu patted his chest and said.

"Hmm!"

Wang Xu nodded, pondered for a moment, and looked at Meng Shu with burning eyes.

"Meng Shu, since that's the case. Then I'll give you a task now! Remember, this mission is a matter of life and death for the Nanban Guards. If you can't, then you can say it now, I will consider letting General Zhou Zhi take you away, the matter is very important, and you should not want your people to die on the battlefield in vain. ”

Facing Wang Xu's gaze, the young Meng Shu frowned slightly, but after a while, he said affirmatively: "I have this confidence." ”

"Well, I believe in you!"

Wang Xu smiled with satisfaction, and without hesitation, he continued sharply: "Meng Xu, listen, in the middle of the night after tomorrow, you will evacuate Duyang with all the Nanban armor guards, and be sure to rush to the vicinity of Wuyin before dawn, and General Wenpin will bring troops to respond." Remember, no matter what accidents you encounter along the way, don't fight with each other, give up when you abandon it, and don't be kind to women. ”

"In short, what General Huangfu taught you, you should do according to the actual situation, if there is a difficult decision, choose according to your intuition, because you are a battle-hardened warrior, so you have to make good use of your intuition as a warrior."

"Yes!" Meng Shu bowed heavily.

"What about the Holy Lord? Aren't you leaving? Stay and die sooner or later! Pu Tu asked worriedly.

"You don't have to worry, we have another place to go, you just need to take all the living Nanban armor guards to Wuyin, after you pass, you must obey the command of General Wen Ping, no matter what the situation, you must strictly follow him, this is my order!"

"Got it!"

"Good! Then go ahead and get busy! ”

"No!"

After explaining these things, Wang Xu's heart was also much more relaxed, and he slowly closed his eyes and seized this short time to rest.

The siege of the city for three consecutive days and three nights may have also made Cao Jun too tired, and it was very calm for a day and a night, but everyone knew in their hearts that this was only temporary, and there would be a fierce attack tomorrow morning.

Sure enough, when the dawn of dawn illuminated the distant horizon, the Cao army, which had rested for a short time, once again stepped on heavy footsteps and slowly pressed, stretching endlessly, just looking at it, there was a kind of heavy pressure, those hideous and huge siege equipment, squeaking and screaming, approaching little by little.

Wang Xu stood on top of the city tower, expressionless.

Not long after, a general rushed out of the Cao army's formation, rushed to the city, majestic, his eyes swept away, and Wang Xu, who was already looking at the city tower, shouted: "King Chu, Your Excellency has fallen into a desperate situation, it is better to open the city and surrender, and avoid killing and injuring innocents." As long as the king of Chu is willing to give up resistance, Cao Ren will treat him with courtesy, and he will never dare to do anything that insults the king of Chu! ”

"Hahaha......"

Wang Xu laughed loudly, and his deep voice spread throughout the battlefield.

"Zixiao! Your kindness, this king's heart! But this king has been on the horse for half his life, and he never knows what to descend to, and it is useless to talk more, it is better to fight! ”

"Then please forgive the contemptible person for offending!"

Of course, Cao Ren didn't really think that he could persuade Wang Xu to surrender, just to show respect.

A moment later, he raised his hands and roared wildly!

"Prepare for the front army!"

"Siege!" (To be continued......)