Looking at his own losses, listening to the words of the military marquis and thinking about it, Niu Fu did not have the determination to fight with Wei Yan after all, he was not the attacker, there was no need for unnecessary losses, so he ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

The infantry, which had no intention of fighting, immediately retreated, and although the cavalry assisting the attack on both sides was inexplicable, the military order was like a mountain, and they soon left the camp and headed for Yuyuan Pass. The tide of the enemy in front of the camp gate generally receded, Wei Yan breathed a sigh of relief on the watchtower, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, fortunately the lord was thoughtful, and after encircling and annihilating the enemy's 1,000 cavalry at Dadingling, he did not rush forward, but waited until these catapults.

The soldiers of the guard army in front of the camp cheered loudly when they saw the menacing Xiliang soldiers withdrawing like this.

Su Lie even learned from Zhang Liao's style that day, standing on the platform and refusing to come down, where he shouted: "Congratulations to General Niu!" ”

When the soldiers heard this, they burst into laughter, and then shouted: "Congratulations to General Niu!" ”

"Congratulations to General Niu!"

"Congratulations to General Niu!"

Niu Fu turned his head viciously and looked at Wei Yan's camp, since the field battle can't take advantage, then I'll see you at the gate.???????????????? He wanted to see what Wei Yan, Wei Xuan and the others relied on to break through the majestic level? If it was the catapult, he could destroy it with a cavalry raid.

After the enemy retreated, Wei Weiyan did not relax, on the one hand, he sent people to inform Wei Xuan, Zhang Liao and others in the rear, and on the other hand, he assigned work, so that Li Yan personally supervised the formation to strengthen the wall, while Su Lie stared at the assembly of the catapult. Wen Ping led people to clean up the battlefield outside the camp, and in addition to removing the corpses of the enemy, he also needed to dig a certain number of horse traps and trenches around the camp.

After counting, in a short contact battle, their own casualties were more than 100 people, most of them were archers who should not be worried about their lives, and more than 20 people were killed by pikemen who were responsible for guarding the wall. The enemy left more than 200 corpses, and it is estimated that there will be many more wounded, and those killed are basically stoned to death or stabbed to death by spears, and the wounded are basically caused by bows and arrows, because there should be no fear of life when they are close to the Yuyuan Pass.

If such an exchange ratio continues, Wei Yan will laugh and blossom, and ordinary soldiers with bows and arrows can solve the problem. But Niu Fu was stoned to death, so he naturally had no power to return to the sky, and it was because he saw this that Niu Fu withdrew his troops.

In contrast, the defense has the advantage, and the treble of catapults, short spears, and bows and arrows must not have been encountered before. Of course, if Niu Fu comes to attack again tomorrow, he will definitely cry, because this time the catapults in Wei Yan's camp are a curved configuration, according to the operation of eight people, more than 60 small catapults can be operated at the same time, which is definitely a huge threat to the attacker. Even the cavalry assisting in the attack on both sides would have been smashed to pieces by catapults.

To Wei Yan's surprise, after Niu Fu's soldiers and horses retreated, the cavalry entered the Yuyuan Pass, but more than 2,000 infantry did not enter the pass, but camped about three miles in front of the pass. Wei Yan guessed that Niu Fu was afraid of the catapults in his camp, and was worried that there would be no team outside the pass, so he would directly send the catapults to attack Yuyuan Pass. Of course, it is not excluded that it is infantry that is encamped, and when it is night, it will be replaced by cavalry, and when it is behind its own attack, it is very likely that the cavalry here will suddenly kill.

In fact, this small catapult is specially equipped for infantry field warfare, and the lethality of the soldiers is great, but it basically can't do damage to the solid wall, because the stone fired is too small, if you count the height consumption, you basically have to move to the place more than 100 steps before the pass to launch, which is already within the range of the bow and crossbow on the city wall. Moreover, there was no infantry protection in front of the catapult, and it was easy to be destroyed by the Xiliang soldiers who came out of the Yuyuan Pass.

In the evening, Zhang Liao and Wei Zheng approached Yuyuan Pass from the east and west directions almost simultaneously.

When the sun rose again, Niu Fu of Yuyuan Pass found that the enemy's three battles were arranged in a zigzag pattern in the southeast of the pass, four or five miles away from his camp outside the pass. According to Wei Yan's guess of the number of infantry, then now the attacking Fang Wei Xuan's army has gathered 18,000 people.

However, Niu Fu was not worried, as long as the enemy's catapult did not get close, even if it was 20,000, it would not be able to help the majestic Yuyuan Pass.

In fact, Wei Yan and Zhang Liao and Wei Zheng, who arrived later, had no intention of attacking the city immediately. Just when he thought that the two sides would be at such a stalemate, Wei Xuan finally arrived. Wei Xuan was more conservative, and his camp was ???????????????? It is placed in the middle of the fret. However, Wei Xuan did not let Niu Fu continue to live in peace, and organized people to attack the camp outside Niu Fu Pass the day before Wei Xuan arrived at Yuyuan Pass!

Wei Yan was in front, Wei Zheng was on the left, and Zhang Liao was on the right, all of them were 3,000 infantry phalanxes, moving forward slowly, and in the distance were 2,000 cavalry wandering, obviously to deal with the sudden slaughter of the cavalry in the Yuyuan Pass.

Standing on the Yuyuan Pass and seeing the enemy's deployment, Niu Fu showed a sneer, he couldn't help but send all the cavalry in the Yuyuan Pass out to fight several times, but he told him that Wei Xuan just wanted him to give up the defensive advantage of the Yuyuan Pass. Once all his cavalry is dispatched, soon Wei Xuanyingzhong's infantry will also be touched, and the three sides will never be combined, and the front will be blocked by cavalry, Wei Yan relied on this tactic to exchange a thousand cavalry with him.

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Niu Fu didn't have too much to worry about Wei Yan and the others attacking from three sides, and his field camp was built on the left side of Yuyuan Pass, that is, the camp facing Zhang Liao. But he had quietly sent another thousand more men into the station. Today, nearly 4,000 people are stationed in the camp. The purpose was to prevent Wei Yan from destroying the wall with a catapult. If Wei Yan dared to use a catapult, he would risk sending out cavalry to destroy it.

Of course, he was also prepared, if Wei Xuan's four battalions were fully dispatched, and each battalion used catapults to attack the camp, he would consider abandoning the camp outside the pass.

It's just that to Niu Fu's disappointment, Wei Xuanjun seemed to lack the courage to attack hard, and the three infantry phalanxes of 3,000 people stopped advancing when they were still nearly a mile away from Niu Fu's camp, and then turned around and went directly into their own camp.

Standing on the watchtower of the camp, it can be clearly seen that the three infantry phalanxes did not carry catapults. Just when Niu Fu was inexplicable, a heavy rain in the afternoon gave him the answer.

It turned out that Wei Xuan just wanted to practice the team before the rain, and he didn't plan to attack at all.

The summer rains were heavy, but short-lived, and soon stopped. However, Niu Fu was still glad that Wei Xuan did not attack, otherwise the muddy ground after the heavy rain would not be conducive to the cavalry attack.

The next day, Niu Fu was woken up in his sleep, because the military Sima stationed in the camp outside the gate sent people to ask for help, saying that Wei Xuan was attacking the camp on three sides, and the offensive was very fierce.

Niu Fu went out neatly and frowned when he jumped on horseback, because it was a foggy day, and the sun had not yet come out, so the visibility was only thirty or forty paces. Such weather is not suitable for large-scale battles, why did Wei Xuan choose to attack at this time?

Niu Fu did not rush to the rescue, but summoned all the generals above the military marquis level in the pass and ordered them to be on standby at any time, especially the cavalry.

When Niu Fu arrived at the camp outside the gate with a hundred soldiers, he found that this time Wei Xuan was really attacking, and there were catapults firing stone bullets on three sides. Nine thousand men besieged the camp garrisoned by four thousand, and two thousand cavalry lined up in the direction of the gate.

Niu Fu could vaguely see the one-man tall catapult constantly throwing stones into the camp. The speed of their own casualties was faster than that of the attack on Wei Yan's camp that day.

What worries Niu Fu even more is that there are still 15,000 infantry in the dense fog who do not know where to go, Niu Fu does not dare to gamble, if he transfers all the cavalry, in case Wei Xuan organizes the remaining infantry to directly attack Yuyuan Pass, the pass ???????????????? There were just over a thousand infantry left in Neko.

Niu Fu did not forget that he was the defender, so Niu Fu made a correct decision and dispatched 4,000 cavalry to meet the infantry outside the pass.

When the rumbling sound of horses' hooves came from the Yuyuan Pass, the infantry attacking from all three directions stopped their attacks and began to assemble and set up in one direction.

When Niu Fu's 4,000 cavalry came to lead his camp outside the pass, the 9,000 infantry also completed the assembly, with a few rows of pikemen at the front and 2,000 cavalry still on the two flanks, obviously there was not enough sprint distance, and it was not easy to break this general policy directly with cavalry.

The two sides did not fight directly, but Niu Fu used cavalry to cover the infantry and retreated calmly, and Wei Xuan's side seemed to watch with tacit understanding, and then followed slowly, without pursuit, without covering up. In addition to the loss of more than 300 people in the defense of the camp, most of Niu Fu's infantry and all the cavalry entered the pass safely.

The sound of horses' hooves in the dense fog was used as a guide, and the two sides approached the Yuyuan Pass very strangely. Niu Fu's worried Wei Xuanjun took advantage of the closed door to open and the direct impact did not appear. Thinking that there were 4,000 cavalry, Wei Xuan would not be so bold as to do so.

Half an hour later, when the last cavalry entered the pass and the gate of Yuyuan Pass was closed again, Niu Fu breathed a sigh of relief, because he had not planned to hold on before, so the loss of discarding the camp outside the pass was not large, basically it was some timber for building the camp, and the grain was only for the day.

However, when Niu Fu boarded the Yuyuan Pass, he found that Wei Xuan's cavalry did not seem to have any intention of leaving. As the sun came out, the dense fog was gradually fading, and it could already be seen a hundred paces away, just before the gate of Yuyuan Pass, Wei Xuan's cavalry column and crane wing formation blocked the gate!

In the darkness in the distance, there was a creaking sound, and Niu Fu was shocked, it should be Wei Xuanjun moving a catapult. He had already asked the generals who participated in the battle just now, although there were many catapults of the enemy, they were not large, and the stones fired could not directly destroy the wall. He had thought too much about it before, he had never seen a catapult that could directly destroy the brick-clad city wall before, and if there were, the defenders would never let it get close.