After the third watch of the night, suddenly the drums in Yexian City were loud, and the wind echoed in the valley.

The camp of the Cao army immediately became nervous, and the whole army was on alert, and Cao Hong and other generals were on guard in the camp.

But after waiting for a long time, he didn't see the enemy attacking, and everything fell silent again, Cao Hong scolded angrily: "It's the same trick again!" ”

Cheng Yu said: "How can there be a reason for robbing the camp with great fanfare, this must be a strategy for tired soldiers, and the general Shao'an is not impatient." ”

Han Hao said: "Liu Qi's use of troops is unpredictable, this bluff, maybe he will come again, you need to be careful." ”

Cheng Yu stroked his beard and said: "You can order the sergeants to defend in batches, the front camp is on guard, the back camp is resting, and the city will be attacked tomorrow." ”

In the dark night, Cao Hong did not dare to rush out, and ordered someone to send a message to Cao Ren, asking him to arrange for the soldiers to rest, and if there was danger, send someone for help.

Han Hao had already suffered a defeat, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he personally asked for an order to patrol the camp and sent scouts to closely monitor the movement ahead.

Half an hour later, the four fields were silent, and suddenly the torches on the mountain road in front of them were bright, and the shouts of killing approached the front of the camp.

Han Hao was shocked, and hurriedly beat drums to warn, the whole battalion resisted the enemy, and when all the Cao troops formed a formation, and opened their bows and arrows to meet the enemy, the fire on the road was extinguished, and everything returned to silence.

Cao Hong rushed to the front of the camp, saw that the fire disappeared, and was so angry that he jumped like thunder, Cheng Yu persuaded him to return to the camp, and ordered the battalions to be more careful and wait for the day.

After a while, the sound of drums in the distance was heard, and the defenders were startled to get up, and after three or four times the soldiers were a little slack, and they were all drowsy.

Cheng Yu became nervous, the enemy army attacked and harassed so repeatedly, it was very likely that he was preparing for the attack on the camp, so he simply stopped resting and waited at the camp gate in person.

Until the east turned white, and there was no one on the avenue ahead, it was a false alarm, and then looking at the defenders, all of them were mentally exhausted and their morale was completely lost, Cheng Yu sighed in his heart.

Han Hao said: "This is a tired plan, Liu Qi knows that Ye County cannot defend to the death, so we must not attack the city with all our strength." ”

Cheng Yu pondered for a moment and sneered: "Liu Qi's soldiers and horses are only tens of thousands, and I have 100,000 elite soldiers, so I only need to dispatch in batches, even if I use it, it will be in vain." ”

When the two returned to the camp, they saw Cao Hong lying on the desk and falling asleep, so they woke him up, with two black circles under his eyes, his eyes were red, and he scolded Liu Qi for being despicable.

Cheng Yu persuaded: "The general is angry, you can transfer the front army to the rear camp to rest, first under the command of General Cao Ren to attack the city, and then come in the afternoon to respond, and the city can be broken in one day." ”

Cao Hong was exhausted, so he had to switch with Cao Ren and transfer the soldiers from the front camp and the ambush to the rear camp to rest.

Cao Ren led the troops to Yexian, and saw that the Jingzhou army had dug a trench outside the city overnight, and the water of the Li River was laid out as a defensive line, and there were five earthen mountains from east to west, on which arrow towers were built, and the crossbowmen were waiting for them.

Zhang Fei immediately held the river bank with a horizontal spear, and shouted: "General Cao, we have met again, do you dare to fight to the death?" ”

Cao Ren saw that there was only one wooden bridge over the river, which was guarded by Zhang Fei's troops, and knew that it was useless to fight, so he ordered the soldiers to prepare sandbags, wood and stones to fill in the river.

Niu Jin said: "Liu Qi leads the water of the Li River, if the river is filled, the water potential will be extended, and the military horses will not be able to move forward, so the water upstream must be blocked before the soil can be filled." ”

Cao Ren thought so, and ordered Niu Jin to lead 3,000 troops to block the water mouth, and the rest of the soldiers and horses to fill the river with soil.

Cao Ren stepped forward with infantry to hold down the position, and the crossbowmen hid behind him, and fired arrows at the earthen mountain, and the two armies fired at each other, and Cao soldiers carried stones and sandbags like ants and threw them into the river.

The drums of the two armies were loud, and the Jingzhou soldiers were condescending and had the advantage, and Cao soldiers continued to fall, but they were numerous in number, and they simply threw the corpses of their companions into the river.

The river was dug overnight, but it was not deep, and the river was filled up with a loss of more than 1,000 people, but the upstream water did not stop, but spread over, and Cao Ren had to retreat temporarily.

Just when he blamed Niu Jin for procrastinating, he saw Niu Jin retreating in embarrassment with the remnants of the army, and said: "There are soldiers guarding the estuary, and the last general will divide the troops to attack, who knows that there are ambushes upstream......

"Rubbish, bastard!" Cao Ren was furious and ordered Wang Shuang to guard the Chinese army and personally lead the troops to block the mouth of the river.

Cao Ren had not left the Chinese army for a long time, and suddenly the drums on the opposite side were loud, and Niu Jin ordered to form a formation for defense, but he saw ambushes on the mountains on both sides, Zhao Yun on the left, and Gan Ning on the right, like a tiger descending the mountain.

The two wings of the Cao army were stopped and rushed into two sections, the formation was completely chaotic, Niu Jin could not be restrained, and he knew that he was not the second general opponent, and fled in a hurry in the chaotic army.

Zhao Yun and Gan Ning led the troops to rush back and forth, as if they were in a no-man's land, only to kill a river of blood, corpses and bones all over the place, mixed with the spreading river, and the road was a mess.

Cao Ren led the troops to the bank of the river, but saw that the defenders had already retreated, and was ordering the soldiers to block the mouth of the river, and suddenly heard the drums in the direction of the camp to shake the sky, and soon the soldiers hurriedly came to report that the Jingzhou army was ambushed on the mountain, and the whole army was defeated and retreated.

Cao Ren was so angry that he looked up to the sky and roared, his eyes were dark and he almost fainted, and his own soldiers hurriedly supported him, but he had no choice but to lead his troops to retreat, and more than 10,000 people were lost in this battle.

In the afternoon, Cao Hong woke up and heard that Cao Ren had been tricked again, so he was furious and attacked with all his might.

Cao Jun came violently, Zhang Fei had retreated to the city, looking at the tragic scene outside the city, Cao Hong gritted his teeth and said: "If you don't break this city, you will not give up." ”

Cao's soldiers were divided into three routes, surging like a tide, surrounding Yexian on three sides, arrows raining down, and shouting and killing shook the sky.

Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Gan Ning each guarded one door, and the ash bottles, sassal wood, and boiling oil were very sufficient, only killing black smoke billowing and the sky was dark.

The city wall of Yexian County is not high, Cao Jun relied on the advantage of troops, never stopped for a moment, from the evening until the sunset, there were people who continued to climb the city, all of them were killed by Zhang Fei and others.

After dark, Cao Jun retreated a little to bury the pot to make rice, and lit torches outside the city, bright as day, ready to attack the city overnight.

Liu Qi and Zhuge Liang watched the battle in the city, and he was shocked to see such a tragic scene, and the cruelty of reality was not at all what film and television dramas could express.

The mountain wind blew through the city, and the smell of blood and charred corpses was disgusting, and I almost vomited it several times.

But seeing Zhuge Liangyun light and light, shaking the feather fan gently seemed to ignore this tragic scene, not at all like a fledgling villager.

Liu Qi sighed in his heart, he also had no war, but Zhuge Liang had experienced turbulent times since he was a child, but he came from a peaceful era, and his ability to adapt to the environment was different.

Kou Feng, who was in charge of allocating supplies, came to report: "Cao's army is extremely numerous, and the arrows and equipment are insufficient, so the general should prepare as soon as possible. ”

Liu Qi nodded and said, "You protect the military division and retreat first, and I will come later." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "The general is the most important of the three armies, Jingzhou is safe, you must not take risks, Zilong and others are enough to resist the enemy and retreat calmly, it is better to go together." ”

Liu Qi thought about it, although he wanted to stay to boost morale, but if there was any accident, with his current ability, he would become a drag oil bottle.

Called Zhao Yun and the three of them over, and told them to act according to the plan, take advantage of the night to quietly leave Ye County, and return to Bowang City to prepare.