Yecheng South Gate.

The "whooshing" arrows flew wildly, the loud fighting sounds were endless, and the poignant and sharp screams soared into the sky.

Inside the city gate, Dian Wei and Cao Ren fought against each other, and they have fought for more than 50 rounds so far, but they are still stalemate.

At first, Dian Wei tried to lead the Tiger Battalion into the city to rescue the besieged lord Li Li, but was violently blocked by Cao's army, so that Dian Wei repeatedly led the army to charge and kill but failed, and was repelled by a strong bow and crossbow, and paid a huge casualty for this. Immediately afterwards, when Li Li's army broke out, Dian Wei wanted to lead the army to join forces with Li Li; If possible, rendezvous with Li Li and then turn back to the south gate, and rush out of the city in one go.

For this reason, Dian Wei ordered his soldiers to tear down the southern city gate and smash it to pieces. In this way, even if the city gate falls into the hands of Cao Jun, it doesn't matter, and when he returns with his army, he can still rush out directly from the south gate.

Unexpectedly, Cao Ren led the army to arrive at the right time, stopped Dian Wei's troops and horses, and personally went into battle to entangle Dian Wei, so that he could not get out. At the same time, Cao Ren's soldiers and horses surrounded the soldiers of the Huben battalion, and the hidden arrows flew like rain, shooting and killing the soldiers of the Huben battalion. In addition, there are more than 200 two-horse chariots and more than 1,000 crossbows outside the city, forming a flank attack with the Cao army in the city, attacking inside and outside, and firmly trapping the Huben camp in the area of two miles around the south gate, and is in a dilemma.

After coming and going, an hour had passed, and the tiger camp under Dian Wei's tent was still trapped at the south gate, unable to rush into the city or unable to break out of the siege. The war is at a stalemate, but this stalemate is exactly what Cao Ren wants to see, because the longer the stalemate lasts, the longer the stalemate lasts. The more beneficial it is to him and even the entire Cao army. On the other hand, the longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable the situation of Dian Wei and the Tiger Benying camp became. Every quarter of an hour's delay. Hundreds of Tiger Battalion cavalry were shot and killed by stray arrows, and if this situation was allowed to continue to develop, 30,000 Tiger Battalion soldiers would be shot and killed by Cao Jun sooner or later.

The reason why the battle situation is so passive is precisely because the space at the city gate is narrow, which is not conducive to cavalry combat. In addition, the Tiger Ben camp was ordered to dismount and defend the city before, so that the battle broke out suddenly, and the Tiger Ben camp was caught off guard. At first glance, it was in chaos. As a result, Cao Jun took advantage of the loophole and fired random arrows, which made the situation more and more chaotic. And so on. The soldiers of the Tiger Battalion were unable to organize an effective cavalry charge, and then fell into a situation of being passively beaten. One step behind, he couldn't keep up with every step, and he was completely disrupted by Cao Jun. Rush to the battle. So that there is only the ability to parry, but there is no power to fight back.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Excuse me!"

"General Dian Wei, don't be surprised, a certain Chu is coming, kill!"

With Xu Chuhong's furious shout, the Xiliang army that escaped from the fire in the camp on the south bank finally rushed to the south gate and quickly launched an attack on the Cao army outside the city that surrounded the south gate. And Xu Chu, who was holding back his anger, even more jumped his horse and raised his sword, rushing into the Cao army at a gallop, waving his sword like lightning, and wantonly slashing and killing the Cao army soldiers who surrounded the south gate.

Xu Chu charged ahead. Pang De and Ma Dai followed, leading more than 20,000 Xiliang iron horsemen who escaped from the sea of fire to rush to more than 10,000 Cao soldiers outside the city gate like a tide.

"Zhou Yu's soldiers and horses?" Cao Ren, who was fighting with Dian Wei, heard the shouts of killing coming from outside the city. Immediately shocked, secretly complaining that Zhang He, Gao Ran and others were incompetent, and actually let the Xiliang army in the big camp on the south bank rush out of the big camp, and then disrupted the battle to encircle and annihilate the tiger camp.

"Cao Ren'er is dead!" At the moment when Cao Ren was slightly distracted, Dian Wei suddenly shouted violently, pretending to ride a horse and rushing towards Cao Ren, but in fact, he pulled out a small halberd from his back and threw it at Cao Ren's left chest.

"Poof———!" Cao Ren came back to his senses when he heard the sound, and was about to fight Dian Wei with a horse and a sword, but saw that Dian Wei did not rush over at all, but turned around and galloped straight out of the city. Suddenly, Cao Ren didn't want to ride his horse to chase after him, and at this moment, Huo Ran found a cold light hitting his chest. Between the lightning and flint, Cao Ren didn't have time to dodge at all, so he could only rely on his body to misturn slightly, but when he saw the cold light flash and pierce into his left shoulder blade, he screamed in pain, and his body turned over and fell off the horse with his body back.

Outside the city, just a cavalry charge, Xu Chu, Pang De and others killed more than 10,000 crossbowmen trapped in the Tiger Ben camp, and scattered in a hurry. This relieved the siege of the south gate, but it was limited to the outside of the city, and the Cao army in the city did not chase it up for the time being because the main general Cao Ren was seriously injured and fell from his horse.

"General Zhou Yu, the lord is trapped in the city by Cao's army, and he is in danger, please also ask the general to quickly enter the city to rescue the lord!" Riding the horse and galloping in front of Zhou Yu, Dian Wei said urgently.

However, to Dian Wei's surprise, Zhou Yu still did not move after hearing this, and instead of immediately ordering to enter the city, he turned his head and looked around, with a very cold expression on his face, as if he had not heard Dian Wei's request at all.

In an instant, Dian Wei's black face suddenly became gloomy, and his eyes looking at Zhou Yu were extremely unkind, with a look of indignation.

In fact, Dian Wei also saw the billowing smoke over the camp on the south bank just now, coupled with the dirty faces of Zhou Yu, Xu Chu, Pang De, Ma Dai and others, and the fact that there were only more than 40,000 soldiers and horses behind Zhou Yu. He didn't have to think about it to know that Zhou Yu's army was ambushed, and the camp was burned down by Cao's army, suffering heavy casualties, and most of the 90,000 troops had been lost.

However, no matter what happened to the camp on the south bank, the most important thing at the moment was to rescue the lord Li Li. Even if the 60,000 troops in front of him were all folded in the city, he would rescue the lord out of the city. In other words, as long as the lord Li Li can be rescued, no matter how much it costs, it is worth it. This is Dian Wei's true thoughts at the moment, and it is also the direct reason why he is extremely dissatisfied with Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu looked very wolf at the moment, his handsome face was full of black dirt, but he didn't care about this, he just raised his eyes and looked around the south gate. The sudden upheaval made him chaotic, and until this moment he was still in shock and palpitations. But the current situation is critical, as the former army commander, the highest military commander of all the Xiliang Army outside the city, he must calm down, deal with it calmly, and bring the more than 60,000 cavalry in front of him back to the North Shore camp no matter what, otherwise he Zhou Yu is derelict in his duty and incompetent.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Yu's originally flustered eyes gradually became firm. Immediately, he ignored Dian Wei's questioning look, and replied to the question: "General Dian Wei, don't be impatient, I heard that the military division is in the army at the moment, and he is seriously injured. I don't know if there is such a thing? ”

Dian Wei looked at Zhou Yu coldly, and said with a gloomy face: "This is indeed the case." The military division blocked the crossbow arrows for the lord and was seriously injured, and before Li Zhi, the commander escorted the military division to break through regardless of his own safety, and then handed over the military division to the last general. Half an hour ago, the military doctor had already bandaged the wound of the military adviser with medicine and taken the antidote pill, and there was no danger of his life for the time being. When talking about the military advisor Guo Jia, Dian Wei was full of admiration, and deliberately looked at Zhou Yu. It seems to imply that Zhou Yu, as a commander of the army, is actually timid in battle, and he is not as responsible as the military advisor Guo Jia, although he is a scribe, he sacrifices his life to block arrows for the lord at a critical moment.

Seeing Dian Wei's disdainful eyes, Zhou Yu didn't care, and immediately rode his horse to the location pointed by Dian Wei, but saw that Guo Jia was sitting on the back of the Golden Lion Beast King at the moment, and there was a personal soldier behind him to protect him.

"The last general has seen the military division." Riding a horse in front of Guo Jia, Zhou Yu waved his hand and saluted, but saw Guo Jia slowly open his eyes and nodded lightly with a pale face.

"The current situation is critical, and Cao Ren's army in the city is coming in an instant, and behind the last general, there are also Zhang He, Gao Lan, Cao Zhen and other enemy generals who led an army of 100,000 to chase and kill. At this time, if the whole army enters the city, it is still unknown whether the lord can be rescued, but tens of thousands of soldiers of our army are afraid that they will be buried in it. Therefore, for the sake of today's plan, the last general Jian yì immediately led the army to withdraw to the camp on the north bank, reorganized the troops and horses, and then killed back to rescue the lord. I don't know what the military advisor wants? Zhou Yu made his decision and made it clear, obviously hoping to get Guo Jia's affirmation and support.

It goes without saying that Guo Jia has always won Li Li's trust, and this time he sacrificed his life to save the Lord, plus he had a lot of prestige in the army before and served as a military advisor for many years. is because of both seniority and prestige, Guo Jia is above Zhou Yu, and even can issue military orders on behalf of the lord Li Li at some times.

Because of this, Zhou Yu urgently needs Guo Jia's support now, otherwise even if he gives the order to withdraw the troops, the generals will not carry it out. In any case, at this moment, the lord Li Li was still trapped in the city, and with this alone, the generals would not carry out his order to withdraw his troops. Even, the generals would suspect that he Zhou Yu had ulterior motives and plotted against him, and he actually ignored the life and death of the lord Li Li, and openly ordered the withdrawal of the army. If this is the case, the consequences will be unimaginable?????? Perhaps he, Zhou Yu, is the first former army commander in history to be beheaded by his generals.

It is not difficult to see from this that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's planning is extremely accurate. As they thought, once Li Li encountered an accident, the once powerful Xiliang Army would inevitably fall apart, and there would be endless internal strife, which would lead to the entire Xiliang Army being torn apart, and if it was no longer as strong as it used to be, it would die sooner or later. This is because Li Li is too young, although he has many heirs, he is still a child, if the world is peaceful, it will be fine, but it is in troubled times. It was Li Li's death, and his son was too young to control the situation, so the Xiliang army must have constant internal disputes and internal strife, and over time it will be destroyed by other princes and completely submerged in the dust of history.

After listening to Zhou Yu's words, Guo Jia turned his head very hard to look at the city behind him, and Li Li was trapped in it at the moment. Suddenly, a trace of indescribable pain flashed in Guo Jia's eyes, and he looked back at Zhou Yu and Dian Wei and other generals, and ordered in a low but resolute tone: "If the lord is not there, I Guo Jia will give the order on my behalf, and Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Ma Dai, and Pang De will listen to the order and withdraw the army immediately, there must be no mistake!" After speaking, Guo Jia slowly closed his eyes and said no more.

—————— To be Continued —————————— (To be Continued......