Cao Cao stood on top of the city, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu laughed, as if he had heard the funniest thing in this world, and shouted to Liu Bei under the city teasingly: "Liu Bei! Who are you? How dare you be so arrogant? Don't forget, you're no longer a member of the Han family, you're just a salted fish turned over a weaving mat seller! ”

Cao Cao's words deeply stimulated Liu Bei's deep self-esteem, making Liu Bei's face instantly gloomy. Fa Zheng, who already knew a lot about Liu Bei's temperament, hurriedly walked to Liu Bei's side and whispered: "Lord, this is Cao Cao's plan to attack the heart, it is a method of agitation, the lord must not be fooled." ”

Liu Bei, as a generation of heroes, can he not understand Cao Cao's intentions? Previously, he imitated Cao Cao's tone, and the sentence he said would hunt Hanzhong, why didn't he anger Cao Cao? It's just that now it seems that in terms of scheming, he has lost to Cao Cao for a while. But it doesn't matter, this defeat can be made up for in battle.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei no longer hesitated, raised his right hand, and suddenly fell down, shouting: "Siege!" ”

The 50,000 sergeants in the three phalanxes in front of the Shu army immediately shouted slogans and approached Hanzhong City with neat steps. The three phalanxes are spaced fifty paces apart, and the layers are very distinct. After walking dozens of steps, the shield bearers carrying the ladder at the front of the phalanx, holding the shield high in one hand and the ladder in the other, suddenly shook off their steps and launched a sprint; At the same time, the 20,000 crossbowmen in the back row of the phalanx stopped one after another, standing dozens of steps away from Hanzhong City, some of them knelt on one knee, and the other part stood upright behind their kneeling companions, forming a formation of two factions with crossed firepower, and then opened their bows and arrows and shot towards the head of Hanzhong City.

Cao Ren, the commander of the Cao army, saw the posture of the Shu soldiers, and immediately shouted loudly: "Zhang hangs the cowhide!" Sword and shield hand raise shield! Crossbowmen look for cover. Counterattack! Under Cao Ren's series of orders, Cao Jun moved quickly, and the various arms began to take charge of their respective duties, which seemed to be in an orderly manner, obviously, under Cao Ren's training, they had already conducted simulated exercises for the battle of defending Hanzhong, and now they were familiar with it, without the slightest sense of delay.

Zheng Zheng - a dense sound of bowstring vibration, breaking the brief peace between the two armies. The 10,000 Shu archers quickly shot the sharp arrows in their hands, then retreated, gave up their place to the 10,000 companions behind them, and retreated behind them, quickly preparing a new round of arrows. The 10,000 archers who had been behind immediately took two steps forward to fill the gap in front of them, and then pulled the bowstring and shot the arrows that were already on the strings. The 20,000 Shu archers returned in a loop, shooting alternately. Created fighters for their companions in front.

In an instant, there was a loud sound, and countless feathered arrows were shot into the sky, in an arc. After reaching the apex, they plunged down and roared towards the city of Hanzhong. It's a pity that because of Cao Ren's arrangement. This wave of arrows did not cause too many casualties to Cao's army, and only a small part of the arrows penetrated through the gaps between Cao's cowhides and shields densely covered in the city. injured some Cao Jun, and most of the rest of the arrows were blocked, but the purpose of this wave of arrow rain was not to hurt the enemy, but to play a suppressive role, from the perspective of Cao Jun all cowhide and shield, this purpose was achieved.

Bang bang bang - a series of dull collision sounds sounded, the vanguard of the Shu soldiers has taken advantage of the Cao army to avoid the rain of arrows, came to the city of Hanzhong, hundreds of ladders were erected on the city wall, just now that series of collisions, is the ladder and the city head after the collision, the sound.

Then, the 20,000 sword and axe men in the middle of the Shu army phalanx immediately followed forward, stuck their war knives in their waists or bit them in their mouths, and then began to climb up the ladder along the ladder. Shu soldiers since childhood walking between the mountains and mountains, climbing for them, and walking is not much different, therefore, their climbing speed is very fast, in the blink of an eye, hundreds of ladders have been crawled full of Shu soldiers, some agile, even has climbed to a height of about two zhang, to know the road, the city wall of Hanzhong, there are eight zhang high, two zhang, is already a quarter of the distance.

Cao Cao, who was hiding under the double shield, glanced at the Shu soldiers under the city, and then said to Cao Ren leisurely: "It's too noisy here, I and Fengxiao went to the city to drink tea, and this place will be handed over to you, remember, before Ao Lie arrives, you must not let the Shu soldiers step into Hanzhong City half a step!" ”

After explaining the defense, Cao Cao no longer stayed, and took Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai and other civil officials, turned around and walked down the city. He believes in Cao Ren, he will not let him down, although Cao Ren has all kinds of small flaws, but in major matters, he has never disappointed Cao Cao, Cao Cao believes that this time, there will be no exception.

Indeed, after Cao Cao left, Cao Ren commanded the soldiers to make various arrangements according to the course of the battle, and let the archers return fire in a timely manner, curbing the arrow rain of the Shu soldiers and crossbowmen; ordered the foot soldiers to move the rolling wood and thunder stones, and smashed the climbing Shu soldiers down; He also brought in a long team of gunners, holding spears in their hands, waiting behind the battlements, stabbing the ladder of the Shu soldiers, while waiting for the opportunity to kill those Shu soldiers who came forward. In the end, Cao Ren also carried a long sword, and under the support of the Xiahou brothers, he personally became a war supervisor, which further boosted the morale of the Cao army soldiers and repelled wave after wave of Shu soldiers' attacks.

In this big battle, a dozen is a day and a night. Under the command of Liu Bei, the Shu soldiers did not stop attacking for a moment, and the soldiers who stayed in the rear had a hurried meal, and they would replace their comrades who were fighting bloodily in front, so that they could take a short rest and eat by the way, so as to maintain enough physical strength. It can be seen that Liu Bei really wants to take Hanzhong and control this gateway to Yizhou in his own hands.

On this day and overnight, there were a lot of injuries on both sides of the war, especially the Shu soldiers, who now have more than 20,000 soldiers killed in the battle, and countless people are injured. With the help of the fortification of Hanzhong City, the Cao army defended the city, although it had a condescending and geographical advantage, but nearly 10,000 soldiers were killed in this endless battle.

In such a dense and stalemate battle, the soldiers on both sides have undergone both physical and mental tests, and if anyone can withstand it, whoever will be the losing side. Cao Cao knew this, so Cao Cao, who had disappeared for a day and a night, reappeared on the city, leading by example and boosting the morale of the soldiers under his command. Although Cao Cao's appearance successfully boosted morale, there was no joy on his face, and it was even a little gloomy.

Turning his head to look at Guo Jia behind him, Cao Cao said in a low voice: "Strange, logically speaking, there is such a big movement here, it is impossible for Ao Mohan not to know the way, why hasn't he come yet?" Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai beside him glanced at each other, with vague worry in their eyes. Cao Cao is right, it is said that Ao Lie should have arrived, but why did he not show up for a long time? Even if Ao Lie delayed his trip and hadn't arrived in Hanzhong yet, Ma Chao had already come, why didn't even Ma Chao make the slightest movement? Could it be that Ao Lie saw through this strategy to drive the tiger and devour the wolf and deliberately slowed down the speed of the march? If this is the case, then your side will lose a lot, not only has you lost a lot of people, but you have to talk about Hanzhong City to Liu Bei, isn't this digging a pit to bury yourself?

Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai's guess was correct, Ao Lie had indeed seen Cao Cao's plan a long time ago. Although he didn't want Hanzhong to fall into the hands of Liu Bei, he knew that Cao Cao, whether it was for the sake of face or for the sake of acting for himself, would not easily let Liu Bei take away Hanzhong, a vicious battle was inevitable, since this was the case, it was not bad to simply let Liu Bei and Cao Cao fight with real swords and guns, and it would not hurt to kill the vitality of the two of them. At this moment, Ao Lie had already rushed to Ma Chao's camp and enjoyed the happiness of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight that Cao Cao had been planning in advance.

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tongyi were holding a cup of fragrant tea, sitting on both sides of Ao Lie, discussing the timing of entering the army. Under Ao Lie's deliberate procrastination, the protagonists of this battle have become Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and Ao Lie is the most important factor in changing the final direction of this battle.

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong know very well that although they are now sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, but with the progress of the war, Cao Cao will definitely withdraw from Hanzhong and give Hanzhong to Liu Bei, in that case, in order to ensure the safety of the Guanzhong region, Ao Lie will have to take action against Liu Bei, at that time, the war situation will be deflected, and it will become a decisive battle between Ao Lie and Liu Bei, but Cao Cao can sit on the side and watch the tiger fight. Therefore, in order to avoid an unfavorable situation, they need to plan carefully, and strive to delay the battle between Liu Bei and Cao Cao as much as possible, so that Cao Cao can consume some of Liu Bei's strength. In this way, no matter who the city of Hanzhong falls into the last place, the soldiers of the Yan army can take Hanzhong back at the smallest cost.

Just when Zhuge Liangang and Pang Tong were repeatedly deliberating on the details, an elite of the Blood Killing Army hurriedly walked into the big tent and reported to Ao Lieyu: "King Qiyu, General Zhu Jun's troops are here, and they are currently camping in the valley twenty miles away. Hearing the news, Ao Lie's eyes lit up, and his joy jumped up, and he said with a smile: "As soon as Zhu Gong arrives, we will be more sure." ”

"However, General Zhu Jun's troops are very strange, it seems that something bad has happened in the army, and the soldiers under General Zhu Jun are all sad and their morale is extremely low." The elite of the Blood Slayer added. (To be continued......)