Cao Zhen didn't make a fool, this kind of thing is indeed the most inefficient way to siege the city, which Cao Zhen knows.

But now he can't help it, he doesn't have that much time to build enough siege engines.

Three or five days, only enough for Cao Zhen to build three or four ladders or rushing cars, just such a little siege equipment, the Shu army in Meixian County will charge out of the city, maybe it will all be burned for you.

There is not enough time to build siege equipment, but you must attack immediately and weaken the defense force of the Shu army as much as possible, so is there any other option than to build a simple hook ladder and attack the city by means of ants?!

Cao Zhen is also distressed, what he brought is the elite of the Great Wei Forbidden Army, and now Cao Zhen is almost using them like cannon fodder, Cao Zhen doesn't want to do this, but he really doesn't have this time.

Cao Zhen didn't think about whether he lured the Shu army out of the city to fight. But as soon as he thought that his opponent was Wei Yan, Cao Zhen extinguished this thought.

Although Wei Yan's reputation is not as loud as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhang Xi and others, Wei Yan has presided over Yongzhou's military affairs over the years, and Cao Zhen also has a special investigation intelligence for Wei Yan.

According to intelligence, Wei Yan, who followed Liu Bei in his early years, was born in Liu Bei's subordinates, won Liu Bei's trust, and successively served in key positions such as the Taishou of Hanzhong and the Governor of Yongzhou Soldiers and Horses.

If he didn't have enough ability, it would be impossible for Liu Bei to let Wei Yan take such a key and important position.

And when it came to the battle, Wei Yan often served under the famous Shu thief Zhang Xi. Zhang Xi is a bit of a bad person, the senses of the older generation of famous generals are somewhat personal to this person, whether it is the late two generals Xiahou and Cao Ren, or the current front-line fighting General Guo Huai and General Zhang He, they are quite resentful of this person.

But resentment is resentment, and these people all agree that Zhang Xi is a strict soldier and never takes risks easily. This Wei Yan is a subordinate who has been fighting with Zhang Xi all the year round, and he can't be that kind of unwise and reckless man.

Therefore, Cao Zhen never thought about fighting a field battle with Wei Yan at all, nor did he feel that his little agitation could provoke Wei Yan out, so he didn't say a word and honestly started the siege war.

Wei Yan was a little strange about this.

This Cao Zhen, how can he be appointed as the governor of Yongliang by Wei Thief so capable?!

In the face of Cao Zhen's ant siege, Wei Yan dealt with it relatively easily. It's just that there is always a feeling of unsteadiness in my heart.

Cao Zhen, Wei Yan has also heard of it, especially a guy who seriously does not have the style of a general in Wei Yan's eyes, and his evaluation of Cao Zhen is quite high, thinking that this is the most outstanding of the second-generation generals of the Cao family, and his ability is not below the old famous general Cao Ren.

But. That's it?!

A so-called "famous general" who will only choose to attack the city with ants?!

Wei Yan really wanted to despise this Cao Zhen, but. Although it is not pleasing to look at someone, Wei Yan also has to admit that that guy, although he does not have the style of a general in a war, he is afraid of this and that, but the eyes of others are a must.

Today's big man, everyone knows that Zhang Yuanchang evaluates characters, which is a must.

When he went south to pacify Nanzhong, Zhang Xi ordered a bunch of county commanders to go out with the army, and the most famous was probably Ma Liang's younger brother Ma Yan, and the rest of the people were simply unknowns, and one of them was even a man, not even a Han person.

But it was by relying on this group of nameless people that Zhang Xi cut melons and vegetables to quell the rebellion in Nanzhong, and those nameless people are now either generals in the army, or one side is too guarded, which shows the poison of Zhang Xi's eyesight.

Wei Yan doesn't look down on Zhang Xi for anything else, but in terms of looking at people, Wei Yan absolutely believes it.

Since Zhang Xi said that this Cao is really very capable, even if it is expected to be lower, it should not be a person who can only attack the city.

Wei Yan suddenly felt that this Cao Zhen might be playing some kind of conspiracy.

For example, during the day, ants are attached to the city to relax their vigilance, and at night, they let the soldiers go to the tunnel, whether it is digging down the city wall, or sending a small force to infiltrate the city and open the city gates.

Wei Yan immediately ordered the whole army to strengthen night patrols, bury more vats under the walls of the city, listen to the movements below, and report at any time if there is any abnormal noise.

Although Wei Yan didn't want to admit it, in fact, a certain turtle he looked down on did subtly change some of Wei Yan's way of thinking, although it was really rare.

And Cao Zhen really didn't think about it so much, after all, there were so many siege methods, he didn't have time to prepare siege equipment or dig tunnels, within ten days, if he couldn't capture Meixian, then Cao Zhen needed to think about how to respond to the retreat of Guo Huai's army.

At this time, Guo Huai was leading the army to march as quickly as possible, striving to rush to the city of Meixian as soon as possible, so as to gain more time for himself to attack Meixian.

Of course, what Guo Huai is most worried about at this time is when the Shu army will chase after him.

Although Wen Qin and 7,000 cavalry were left as the troops after the break, Guo Huai also knew that this amount of troops, in the face of the offensive of more than 50,000 people of the Shu army, could support it for five days, and it was already Wen Qin's super level.

If Guo Huai's heart is a little darker, he can indeed make Wen Qin have to hold on for ten days, with Wen Qin's character and the current situation of the Wen family, Wen Qin has only one choice to die on the battlefield.

But Guo Huai's heart is not so dark in the end, and he really values Wen Qin's ability and talent, so he gave Wen Qin a more active post-break requirement to stick to it for five days.

But whether Wenqin can stay until five days later, Guo Huai is not sure.

After all, Wen Qin's opponents not only have famous generals like Zhang Fei, Zhang Xi, and Chen Zhi, but also have to face Liu Bei's morale bonus to the soldiers, which is to be doubled.

Once Liu Bei really came to the front line in person, Wen Qin would definitely not be able to stop the all-out attack of the Shu army.

Therefore, along the way, Guo Huai has been paying attention to the movements behind him, and always paying attention to whether the Shu army is chasing behind him, and whether Wen Qin has an urgent report.

Marching all the way, anxiously waiting for one day, two days, three days, four days, until the fifth day, Guo Huai did not wait for any urgent report from Wenqin, and behind him, there was no pursuing Shu army.

Guo Huai suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

After five days of rapid marching, Guo Huai is now only thirty miles away from Meixian, and now it is not the time to march urgently, but he needs to rest and prepare to attack Meixian.

At the same time, Guo Huai did not forget to send a large number of scouts to the direction of Wuzhangyuan, on the one hand, to explore whether there was a Shu army to pursue, on the other hand, it was also in the hope of contacting Wenqin and receiving the remnants of Wenqin's defeated army.

Wen Qin's ability to hold out for five days has already made Guo Huai very satisfied, Guo Huai can't let Wen Qin really die on the battlefield like this, which is a very big loss for Dawei.

After experiencing such a big war, it must be very helpful for Wen Qin's growth, as long as Wen Qin can come back alive, then Guo Huai will definitely play the Son of Heaven and let the Son of Heaven entrust Wen Qin with a heavy responsibility. The premise is that Wen Chin can come back alive.

And Wen Qinma is indeed holding on at this time, but it is already the end of the strong crossbow.

In fact, although Wen Qin is still holding on to the camp, there are only about 3,000 soldiers left in the battalion, and basically everyone is injured. The cavalry unit had less than 500 men left, and it had been completely dispersed, and it was impossible to restore its formation, so it could only roam around the battlefield in the form of a ranger squad, unable to give any help to the camp, and could not return to the camp to rest.

Today's Wei army camp has been completely surrounded by the Han army, and the battle loss ratio has already exceeded fifty, if it weren't for some of Wen Qin's earlier promises, a mutiny would have broken out in the camp at this time.

In fact, when the battle was on the third day, the soldiers led by Wen Qin had already deserted due to casualties.

There were not many of them, about thirty or forty people, and because they were not secretive, they were discovered by the patrolling military justice team and arrested.

Even according to the military law of the regular period, these people will not survive, let alone in today's situation, if these people are indulged, countless people will follow suit. It's definitely going to be an example to the chickens.

Wen Qin knew that he should be killed, but how to kill was a science.

Hold on to the third day, the casualty rate has exceeded three percent, and the current soldiers know that they are the troops that stay behind the break, and it is impossible to have any reinforcements, and all the soldiers do not want to fight such a battle, and the morale of the army is extremely low.

It's just that some of them are hindered by military law, and some of them are afraid of their relatives in their hometowns, so they don't dare to speak out or become deserters.

Wen Qin knew what the soldiers were thinking, and he also knew that if he persecuted too much, then he really didn't know what would happen when he defended the village tomorrow.

Therefore, Wen Qin pulled these thirty or so people down in front of the whole army, and made his own promise in front of the whole army.

Five days, five days.

Within five days, whoever becomes a deserter can only be dealt with by military law, and there must be no mercy, otherwise it will be an injustice to the soldiers who fought bloodily.

But after five days, if you are willing to continue to hold on, you can stay, if you are not willing to hold on, he Wenqin will not stop him is to take his Wenqin's head to surrender to the Shu army, and Wenqin is also willing to give his head.

Anyway, it was impossible for him Wenqin to surrender to the Shu army, and he had to die for the Great Wei.

After saying this, Wen Qin ordered people to enforce military law, and beheaded more than 30 soldiers who were deserters to show the public.

Wen Qin's statement is useful in the end.

In these days, the soldiers do not have much self-awareness, and they do not ask for too much, and what they fear most is that the Lord will leave them and run for their lives alone.

That was their end.

Now Wen Qin has stated that he will stay in the camp and hold out until he dies in battle, which is a great encouragement to most of the soldiers.

It's really incredible, if you were a modern person in the past, you wouldn't believe this set of nonsense, but in this era, the Lord will say this, and everyone is willing to trust it.

This is also why, Gan Ning only needs to say "I am a general, I will not hesitate to die, why are you afraid", and then he can create the myth of "a hundred horsemen robbing Cao Ying", and why You Chu only relied on a sentence of "Er Nai takes the Taishou to surrender" to let the whole county of Longxi County defend and wait for Cao Wei's reinforcements.

Because in this era, what is important is that one must practice what he says.

Now, five days have passed, and it's time for Wenqin to make good on his promise.

Wen Qin also knew, and he knew even more, that in the current situation, he had no choice on the sixth morning, Wen Qin ordered all the soldiers to be gathered, and opened the gate of the wall, and let them go out of the camp to surrender to the Shu army.

As for himself, Wen Qin still had to hold on in the camp and fight until the last moment.

(End of chapter)