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The siege lasted until the evening, when Cao and Yuan's armies dropped more than 200,000 corpses under the city walls and retreated like a tide.

Xiahoudun and Yan Liang returned to the tent together, the expressions on their faces were not very good, it seemed that they were not very satisfied with the result of this siege battle. Especially Yan Liang, the expression on his face can be wrung out of water.

Fu Zhu stayed in the tent all the time, and when he saw Xiahoudun and others walking in from outside, he said, "General Yan, General Xiahou, this battle is very difficult, right?" ”

Yan Liang couldn't help the resentment in his heart, and said: "On weekdays, these generals brag about how powerful they are, but when they go to the battlefield, they all become soft-footed shrimps, obviously they have already attacked the city wall, but they were killed by the other party. I've never fought such a humiliating battle. ”

Frustrated and persuaded: "General Yan, don't be angry, it's not that the soldiers don't need to die, but that the other party's strength is really strong." I also went out to observe for a while, and the reason why our army was able to attack the city wall on several occasions was only because the other side deliberately released water. It is not surprising that they will be driven down later. ”

Not to mention Yan Liang, but Xiahoudun was very puzzled by what Fu Zhu said, and asked, "Fu Junshi, what do you mean by this?" Since the other party is defending the city, how can he deliberately release water? Are they so confident in their own strength? ”

"This may just be my speculation, but it should be ** not far from ten." According to the normal situation, it is very difficult for us to take the county seat of Changyi in a short period of time. Once we can't see any hope of taking the city, we will inevitably turn our attention to the rest of Sanyang County. And neither Baiyun City nor the Kyushu League wanted such a thing to happen, so they would definitely find a way to let us stay here and concentrate on attacking the city. To achieve this, it was necessary to give the besiegers hope of breaking the city, and occasionally having our troops storm the walls became a very effective means. As for whether the other party will worry about our side taking this opportunity to seize more control of the city wall, I really don't know very well, and I expect that with Guo Fengxiao's ability, there should be thorough consideration. ”

Xiahoudun and the others will also come to their senses, although they are unwilling, but they also have to admit that the defenders of the city have handled this aspect very well, and every time they let their own army rush to the city wall with hope, and then they are killed and retreated. This is not to say that the army defending the city is much stronger than the combined army of Cao and Yuan, but that the commander can seize the opportunity at the right time.

Fu Zhu continued: "Don't be discouraged, although the other party's behavior does make us feel very aggrieved, but it also gives us more opportunities. As long as we make a good arrangement, find out the loopholes in the opponent's defense when the opponent deliberately releases water, and then concentrate superior forces to carry out a fierce attack, there is much hope of capturing the city. ”

Xiahoudun and the others immediately understood, and began to recall the specific course of the war, hoping to find some key points from it, so as to provide guidance for their own army's attack.

In the following days, every day the combined forces of Cao and Yuan would carry out tentative attacks, and occasionally Xiahoudun and others would personally participate. However, when they saw Huang Zhong appear on the battlefield in person, no matter how the other party fought, they would not rush to the city, and even sometimes Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun would jump off the city wall and rush to kill, Xiahoudun and the others were also helpless, no way, the other party's strength was too strong, and the two sides were not of the same grade at all.

In this case, although the combined forces of Cao and Yuan were able to occasionally storm the city wall, their morale still dropped again and again, which made Fu Zhu and others worried. Fortunately, there is still some confidence in the catapult that the catapult has not yet started a large-scale attack, because the carpenters transferred from their rear have not yet arrived, and they will naturally not attack with all their strength when they are worried that the overload of the catapult will cause a lot of damage. He believed that as soon as the carpenters arrived, the walls would be difficult to hold under the overload of catapults.

On the other hand, although the defenders of Changyi City wanted to drag their entire army to the county seat of Changyi for a decisive battle, they did not intend to transfer part of their army out to occupy other places. In Fu Zhi's opinion, there is no need to attack other places now, because if they can take the county seat of Changyi, the remaining places will naturally be able to take it, but if they can't take the county seat of Changyi, even if they take other places now, they will eventually have to give up this large piece of land because of the county seat of Changyi. Instead of this, it is better to attack the county seat of Changyi with all your strength now to increase the chance of breaking the city.

The reason for this difference in consciousness between the two sides is only because of the different angles of their emphasis, the Baiyun City side pays more attention to the population, while the Cao and Yuan coalition forces pay more attention to the land.

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Changyi City temporarily fell into a stalemate, but the war in the southern part of Xuzhou was in full swing, because the main force of the Xuzhou army was dragged in Yanzhou, making the defense of the southern region weak, and the Baiyun City army swept through the entire southern area of Xuzhou. Although in this process, Tao Qian also mobilized troops from other parts of Xuzhou to support the southern part of Xuzhou, but the effect was not obvious.

In particular, the Baiyun City side has Yang Tian, a sharp knife-type character, and it can almost be said that everywhere he goes, there is no city and no break, and the Xuzhou side is powerless to stop it. Most of the troops sent were either scattered or surrendered directly, and the Xuzhou side suffered heavy losses. Later, Tao Qian directly stopped sending troops to this side, and he also knew that before the main army rushed back, the remaining second-line troops under his command were simply not enough to compete with Baiyun City.

On the other side, although Cao Hong tried his best and commanded the army to march towards Xuzhou, due to the distance and the constant harassment of some masters of adventure professions in Baiyun City, he was unable to return to the sky in the end. When they returned to Xuzhou, the entire area south of the Huai River in Xuzhou had fallen, including most of the Guangling Kingdom and the southern part of Xiapi County.

After Xuzhou went to this place, almost a quarter of the land was lost, which can be regarded as hurting the vitality. Tao Qian's body, which had already been so angry, was injured again, and he completely collapsed on the sickbed, and his body was getting worse and worse, which filled the high-level of Xuzhou with a sense of panic. However, these people are quite smart and know the severity of this matter, especially in the current time of this kind of war, if they are not careful, the entire Xuzhou army will be completely discouraged, so they also blocked these news, except for a few people, no one knew the news that Tao Qian was bedridden. Of course, because Tao Qian has not appeared in public for a long time, it has also made some people a little suspicious. (To be continued)