Of course, Zhang Lu couldn't bear to punish his own brother Zhang Wei, and sprinkled all his resentment on Yang Ren, saying that he was complacent and wanted to push him out and behead.

This unjust punishment method caused great dissatisfaction among one person, and it was the strategist Yang Song.

Yang Ren can be regarded as Yang Song's brother in the same clan, his younger brother Yang Bai was killed by Ma Chao, and he didn't see Zhang Lu have any compassionate actions, and now he wants to kill his own sect members, how can he not make him angry.

Yang Ren fought with Xu Chu and other generals, and although he was defeated and fled, he was forced by the situation to preserve his strength. Zhang Wei did not make an inch, and when he encountered obstacles, he turned around and fled, and if he wanted to be punished, he should be punished first.

Yang Ren kowtowed and begged, Yan Pu also helped to speak, Zhang Wei couldn't get over his face, and repeatedly took responsibility for himself, Zhang Lu reluctantly forgave Yang Ren, but ordered him to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to intercept Cao Cao, if he couldn't win, then don't come back.

After resting at Yangping Pass for more than ten days, Cao Cao's army set up camp and continued to attack Nanzheng, Zhang Lu's old nest in Hanzhong. Xiahou Yuan was eager to make meritorious contributions, and once again asked for orders to lead his troops first.

Cao Cao nodded in agreement, but he was still not at ease, so he asked Fan Jinqiang to follow and help the battle, and at the same time let Wang Baoyu go to supervise the battle.

Xiahou Yuan was grateful to Wang Baoyu for helping him speak, and Fan Jinqiang was loyal, so naturally he didn't have any objections. So, Wang Baoyu followed Xiahou Yuan and led 50,000 soldiers and horses to Nanzheng.

At this time, Yang Ren had already led an army of 20,000 troops into Baocheng, north of Nanzheng, the city gate was closed, and a large number of rolling wooden boulders were prepared on the city wall, posing for a posture of fighting to the end.

Xiahou Yuan's army soon came to a place less than five miles away from Baocheng and set up camp to prevent Yang Ren from sneaking up. This time, Xiahou Yuan learned a lesson, ordered the soldiers not to untie their armor, sleep in their clothes, and at the same time strengthen vigilance, and also conducted two emergency drills.

The same method, Yang Ren naturally would not use it twice, he made up his mind and resolutely did not go out of the city to fight. Therefore, Xiahou Yuan led the army to shout and curse for two days, but there was no movement in the city.

Xiahou Yuan was in a hurry, and he couldn't sit still for a moment, the last time the enemy was defeated, Cheng was the boss relative to his own opinion, and the other party couldn't come out of the city, so how could he not be in a hurry?

"Strategist, it's better to forcibly attack the city." Xiahou Yuan found Wang Baoyu to discuss.

"Although there are many of us, we will suffer losses if we forcibly attack the city, this is not what Prime Minister Cao Cheng expects, so let's think of other ways." Wang Baoyu disagreed, he had seen a lot of sieges, and every time it would cause a lot of casualties.

"Casualties are inevitable." Xiahou Yuan was unwilling to give up.

Wang Baoyu's face immediately turned cold, and he said unhappily: "They are all people raised by their fathers and mothers, whose lives are not valuable, this method does not need to be mentioned in the future!" ”

Xiahou Yuan saw that Wang Baoyu was angry, and rubbed his hands in frustration: "I have no intention of offending the military advisor, but if I wait until the prime minister leads the army to come, it will seem that I am incompetent." The military advisor also knows that the prime minister has treated me coldly recently, and if I can't make military achievements this time, I can only resign and return to the field. ”

What Xiahou Yuan said was sincere, and Wang Baoyu comforted: "General Xiahou, don't be impatient, you can rest assured, you will definitely make this contribution, and you will be ashamed." ”

"Hehe, in this way, I have thanked the military advisor in advance, and I will definitely repay it in the future!" Xiahou Yuan was immediately happy.

In fact, Wang Baoyu didn't have a good way to attack the city in his heart, but as Xiahou Yuan said, if he waited until Cao Cao arrived, it would definitely seem that he had no ability and had to take Baocheng within three days.

Wang Baoyu thought about it and finally came up with a less safe siege method, but he still decided to take a risk, and if it didn't work, he would hurry back and retreat.

Early the next morning, he asked Xiahou Yuan to prepare to ram the giant trees, pontoon bridges and 10,000 soldiers and horses at the city gate, saying that this evening, he would launch a surprise attack on Baocheng, and the direction of the main attack would be the city gate.

Xiahou Yuan was excited, and immediately went to arrange, when the night came, the army tried not to make a sound, and quietly touched towards Baocheng.

When he was less than a mile away from Baocheng, Wang Baoyu ordered the army to stop, lit the dense fog talisman he had obtained from Zhang Wei, and quietly waited for the sky to change.

Whether there can be fog or not, Wang Baoyu is not absolutely sure in his heart, this time it is purely a matter of learning and selling. However, if there is no fog cover, even if the city is attacked at night, there is no certainty of victory at all, and it is really not possible, so it can only retreat.

After waiting for two hours, Wang Baoyu was so sleepy that he yawned, Xiahou Yuan was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask, but he knew that what Wang Baoyu was waiting for had not happened yet, for fear that as soon as he asked, Wang Baoyu shouted and retreated.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wisps of white gas suddenly appeared in the dark night, and the white gas gathered more and more, and soon there was a foggy scene, and the visibility was extremely low.

Xiahou Yuan was immediately overjoyed, praised Wang Baoyu's supernatural powers, and then waited with anticrative expectations for Wang Baoyu to give the order to act. At this time, if you don't attack, let alone when, Wang Baoyu immediately announced that the main force of the army quickly began to attack the city in the fog, and several other teams of 100 people were sent to several other places to confuse the public.

Yang Ren made meritorious contributions, of course, he fulfilled his duties, and personally inspected several times at night. The sudden appearance of the heavy fog made him also more vigilant, if the enemy attacked the city at this time, the victory or defeat was unpredictable.

According to Yang Ren's estimate, even if Xiahou Yuan's army arrived, it would take at least an hour, where did he think that the army would have been ambushed under the city a long time ago.

Just when Yang Ren was assembling the team, he suddenly heard the rumbling of drums under the city, and the killing shouts shook the sky, and he hurriedly ran to the city wall to watch. It was like being in the clouds, it was originally night, and the fog covered it was impossible to see the scene under the city at all. And the sound of killing sounded everywhere, and I didn't know where the main force of the Cao army was or how many people came.

Yang Ren's head buzzed, he deeply understood the power of the dense fog, and he didn't dare to rush out troops, and ordered to defend the city wall, as long as there were soldiers forcibly landing the city, resolutely block it. But he was wrong again, Wang Baoyu didn't want to attack the city wall by ladder at all, he just wanted to open the city gate.

Almost every city has a moat, and it is necessary to pass the guò suspension bridge to get close to the city gate, Wang Baoyu arranged for Fan Jinqiang to lead the army first and came to the moat.

There were several soldiers guarding the drawbridge, and Fan Jinqiang first shot a rocket, illuminating the front, and then several arrows were swished, and the soldiers fell to the ground.

A platoon of soldiers immediately carried the prepared pontoon bridge and set it up on the moat, and the flying cloud rat took the lead in crossing the pontoon bridge and cut the rope on the suspension bridge, and the suspension bridge fell immediately.

"Rush!" Wang Baoyu raised the dragon slaying knife and let out a loud shout.