After Cao Ren won the first battle, he occupied Zhuyang County, and then directly attacked Yi County and 'Yin' County.

It's just that Zhang Ren stationed troops in both Yi County and 'Yin' County.

These garrisoned troops are all 'elite' elites brought out by Zhang Ren from Yizhou, and they are not at all able to scare the troops outside the city. In particular, Cao Ren stormed Yi County, and the garrison of 'Yin' County was prepared, and in a time of crisis, they actually attacked Cao Ren, so that Cao Ren could not attack Yi County with all his strength.

At this time, Cao Ren felt a burst of happiness in his heart.

Fortunately, when the attack on Zhuyang County was as fast as thunder, the troops of Yi County and 'Yin' County could not rush to help. Cao Ren couldn't capture it for a long time, so he gave up these two lower cities, so he sent soldiers to garrison Zhuyang County, and then publicized the news that Zhuyang County was captured, and at the same time led the army to withdraw to Wanxian County.

After returning to Wanxian, Cao Ren went to meet Cao 'Cao'.

The big tent of the Chinese army, Cao Ren said: "Prime Minister, the last general captured Zhuyang County, but failed to take Di County, 'Yin' County and other places, please punish the Prime Minister." ”

Cao 'Cao' put down the book in his hand and said, "It's okay, judging from the previous situation of Wanxian's 'handover'." This Zhang Ren is not simple, he escaped in the hands of Xu Huang, and he also escaped the interception of Jianyang County, and he is very capable. This general, he likes it very much. ”

The corners of Cao Ren's mouth twitched, and his heart said that the 'fault' of the prime minister's love for talent had been committed again.

Cao Ren said: "Prime Minister, what now?"

Cao Cao said, "Cao Ren, before you ask, have you considered a strategy to break the enemy?"

Cao Ren replied: "Back to the prime minister, the last general is thinking about the army going south and directly 'pressing' Xinye. After the previous battle, the main force under Zhang Ren has been wiped out. The main army arrived in Xinye and defeated Zhang Ren, and the rest of the counties lost their backbones, and naturally looked at the wind and returned to them, making it difficult to resist anymore. ”

Cao 'Cao' nodded and said, "Since you have a plan, you can arrange it according to your own plan." Benxiang sits in Wanxian, but sits in the rear for you, although you march and arrange the formation according to your own ideas. ”

"No!"

Cao Ren clenched his fists, and his heart was 'agitated'.

After Cao Ren left, Cao Cao sent someone to invite Xun You to the camp tent.

Cao 'Cao' said: "Gongda, Cao Ren has already led the army to prepare to go south to Xinye, you send an order to Xu Huang, and after Cao Ren leaves, we will also set off and go to Yuyang County." ”

Yuyang County and Xinye County border, and Cao 'Cao' transferred the army to Yuyang County, apparently for Cao Ren to take charge.

"No!"

Xun You nodded, and went down to make arrangements.

Cao Ren dispatched troops in the army, and half an hour later, he had already led 20,000 troops to set off, and he went to Xinye County to kill. The speed of the march of the army was extremely fast, and after arriving in Yuyang County, it rested for half a day, and then marched quickly and went straight to Xinye.

As soon as the 20,000-strong army entered Xinye, Zhang Ren quickly got the news.

Zhang Ren immediately mobilized his soldiers, and then quickly prepared to meet the battle.

At this moment, Zhang Ren was standing on the city tower, and his eyes also showed a worried expression. Cao Ren came from Wanxian County, and he actually led an army of 20,000 people, and Zhang Ren even felt a sense of powerlessness when he killed with such a huge force.

In the evening, Cao Ren's army approached the city and arrived at the northern city of Xinye.

Zhang Ren looked at the troops lined up outside the city, and had already ordered the soldiers to stand by. It's just that Cao Ren didn't order an attack at all, retreated for five miles, and lined up outside the city.

After nightfall, in order to prevent the Cao army from attacking, Zhang Ren also ordered the soldiers to patrol strictly.

"Knock! knock!"

At night, war drums suddenly sounded outside the city.

The sound came from inside and outside the city, Zhang Ren rested on the city tower, and after hearing the sound of war drums, he quickly got up, and then came to the city tower and ordered the soldiers to prepare to resist.

It's just that after a long time, only the sound of war drums was heard, and no soldiers attacked.

Seeing this, Zhang Ren knew that he had been deceived.

Tactics to harass!

Zhang Ren's heart 'insight' knew the other party's strategy, but the way of using troops, false and real, true and false, it was difficult for him to determine which time the other party would attack the city, or the other party would not attack the city at all.

Zhang Ren instructed the soldiers to patrol the patrol and ordered the sound of the horn to be used as a rallying slogan. If there are really enemy soldiers outside the city, they will blow the trumpet and gather the soldiers, otherwise the soldiers will not care no matter what.

Zhang Ren gave the order, and the resting soldiers were relieved for the time being.

It's just that the sound of war drums outside the city from time to time really makes the soldiers in the city not rest well, and they are always awakened for a while, and it is difficult to really sleep.

There was no attack overnight, early the next morning.

The golden sunlight poured out from the eastern sky, and the sound was still loud.

The May sun, on the body, already has a hint of heat.

On the castle tower of Xinye County, one by one the soldiers cheered up to welcome the beginning of a new day. Zhang Ren's eyes were bloodshot, but his 'spirit' was very vigorous. After coming to the city tower and inspecting it, Zhang Ren began to wash up and eat breakfast.

At three o'clock in the morning, the sun was already high.

"Knock! knock!"

The majestic sound of war drums suddenly sounded outside the city.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

A loud roar rang out outside the city.

Accompanied by the sound of war drums, the black-pressed soldiers held steel knives high and converged towards the county seat of Xinye. This dense number of soldiers, with no head in sight, makes people's scalps tingle. That terrifying momentum is even more terrifying.

Zhang Ren saw the army outside the city, and said in his heart, finally here.

As the army approached, it didn't take long for Cao Ren to line up outside the city.

Cao Ren sent a soldier forward and shouted loudly: "Zhang Ren, the general has an order, ordering you to open the city and surrender immediately." As long as you are willing to surrender, the general will personally recommend you to the prime minister. If you stubbornly resist, there is no mercy. ”

Zhang Ren shouted: "Ben will be here, waiting for Cao Ren to attack the city." ”

After the soldier retreated, a hint of coldness flashed in Cao Ren's eyes.

Toast without eating and eating penalty wine!

Damn it!

Cao Ren's eyes showed a touch of coldness, and he ordered: "Siege!"

At the sound of an order, I saw that in Cao Ren's military formation, catapults, siege vehicles, and cloud vehicles began to drive out quickly. At the same time, a thousand vanguard soldiers immediately slaughtered and went straight to the castle tower of Xinye County.

Xinye County is not a big county in Nanyang County, but under Liu Bei's governance, after several reinforcements, the city is still quite tall. This city is not easy to capture.

When Zhang Ren saw Cao Jun killing, he also ordered: "Crossbowman, prepare." ”

At the sound of an order, I saw that on the city tower, a large yellow crossbow was erected, and then the soldiers put on the crossbow arrows and aimed at the siege vehicles and catapults and other siege weapons that entered the palace outside the city.

This big yellow crossbow is a big yellow crossbow that Zhang Ren bought from Liu Xiu's hands, and then made it.

Of the counties in Nanyang County, only Xinye County is equipped with thirty aircraft.

After a moment's effort, Zhang Ren ordered: "Send 'shoot'!"

At the sound of an order, a series of specially made crossbow arrows were quickly 'shot' out, heading straight for catapults and siege vehicles outside the city. Crossbow arrows are so powerful that they can cause great damage when they hit a catapult or siege engine. Even the soldiers outside the city were 'shot' and directly penetrated their bodies.

Cao Ren sat in the Chinese army, and when he saw this scene, his eyes showed a touch of coldness.

When Cheng Yu went to Jingzhou to congratulate, he saw Liu Xiu's weapon. Unexpectedly, the Yizhou Army under Zhang Ren was also equipped with such weapons.

However, even with the rhubarb crossbow, it is difficult to resist.

As a 'wave' of soldiers approached, a large number of Cao soldiers began to attack the city.

One by one, the soldiers rushed to the cloud car, and then quickly rushed to the city tower of Xinye, and when they rushed to the city tower, it was a burst of slashing. However, Zhang Ren was also prepared, and the soldiers under his command immediately resisted.

At the same time, the boiling water, boiling oil, sasswood, stones, etc., which had been prepared on the city tower, were constantly thrown and shot, killing the Cao soldiers who were besieging the city one by one.

In addition, catapults also began to operate, bombarding the Cao soldiers attacking outside the city.

Upstairs in Xinye Castle, the fight continues.

However, under Zhang Ren's command, there was never a trace of 'chaos', and everything was under Zhang Ren's control.

On the first day of the siege, Cao Jun climbed the city tower several times, but they were all beaten down by Zhang Ren and did not take advantage of the slightest advantage. Moreover, on the first day of Zhang Ren, he only sent 1,500 soldiers to the battle. At the end of the day, more than 400 of the 1,500 soldiers were killed, but there were still more than 1,000 soldiers to fight again.

Beginning the next day, Cao's army attacked the city again.

On this day, Zhang Ren ordered all the soldiers who participated in the first day of the battle to be withdrawn and replaced with the second batch of 1,500 soldiers to once again resist the siege of Cao's army.

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