The city wall of Wuguan was tall, and it was still impossible to reach the top on the ladder frame, so Xu Huang changed his strategy the next day and once again supervised the siege of the city.

Cao's army suppressed the defenders with catapults and wells, and prepared dozens of rushing carts, which continued to kill and crash into the gate.

The drums inside and outside Wuguan City were loud, and the arrows were raining down, and Cao Jun was killed and wounded countless times, watching the soldiers fall under his bow and crossbow, Xu Huang gritted his teeth with hatred for Liu Qi's treachery.

For several days, Cao's army attacked the city one after another, because of the cold weather, the blood and water solidified in a blink of an eye, and several feet of steps were erected under the wall.

A large area of scarlet blood ice, wrapped in countless broken corpses, was shocking.

After several rounds of fierce attacks, Cao's army suffered countless injuries to men and horses, most of the weapons were destroyed, Wuguan was still as stable as a rock, the offensive gradually weakened, and the men and horses were also tired and slack, and their morale was low.

It snowed heavily this night, and Fu Wei discussed with Wei Yan: "Recently, Cao's army is tired, so it is better to take the opportunity to rob the camp and kill Xu Huang in one fell swoop." ”

Wei Yan was wiping his sword and said with a smile: "The general and I coincide, coming out of the snow tonight, Cao Jun will be defenseless, if he can capture Xu Huang, it will be a great achievement." ”

After the third watch, the second general led the troops out of the customs, and quietly came to the outside of Cao's camp in the snow, and the howling northwest wind covered the footsteps, and they entered the camp left and right.

Cao's army was really underprepared, and the defenders wanted to beat the drum to warn, but Wei Yan had already taken the lead in the camp, waving a big sword, and there was no enemy.

Cao's army couldn't resist, and there was a great chaos in the camp, and the men and horses didn't have time to put on their armor and fled.

Fu Wei led the troops to set fire everywhere and went to the location where the equipment was stacked, as long as these weapons were burned, Cao's army would not be able to attack the city.

Wei Yan rushed straight to the Chinese army, and where he passed, the Cao soldiers turned on their backs, fled in panic, and killed the camp, but saw that there was no one inside.

"It's not good, it's a trick!" Wei Yan's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly returned to his horse and shouted: "Retreat, retreat!" ”

Knock Knock Knock –

At this moment, the drums in Cao's camp were loud, shouts were everywhere, and the torches of the camp were lit and rushed up the mountain road.

Fu Wei was leading the troops to burn those wells and catapults and other wooden tools, when suddenly the front shelf collapsed, and the soldiers were smashed down countless times, and then there were ambushes from behind.

It turned out that Cao Jun borrowed vehicles and utensils to cover up and ambushed under the cliff, which caught the Jingzhou soldiers off guard and hurriedly retreated.

Fu Wei was shocked and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to form a formation, but Cao Jun came very quickly, and Xu Huang hid here himself, swinging his big axe, and rushed the men and horses to pieces.

"Dog thief, come here!" Under the firelight, Xu Huang recognized Fu Wei and ran straight over.

Fu Wei gritted his teeth and stepped forward to fight, Wei Yan was still rushing ahead, if he retreated, Wei Yan would be encircled.

The two fought to the death under the cliff, Fu Wei entangled Xu Huang to the death, Xu Huang couldn't help it for a while, and roared angrily.

At this moment, Wei Yan led his troops to retreat, killed the besieging Cao army, and slashed at Xu Huang with a roar, shouting: "Retreat!" ”

Fu Wei retreated to the outside of the camp, gathered the remnants of the army and rushed in, Wei Yan attacked Xu Huang, killing and leaving, after Fu Wei broke off, the two fled in a dead fight.

"Wei Yanxiu go!" Xu Huang led the troops to cover up and kill, wanting to take advantage of the chaos to follow and kill in the pass.

Wei Yan urged the war horse, galloped to the pass, and shouted to the defenders in the city: "Release the arrows, release the arrows quickly!" ”

Seeing that there were still many of their own horses in the rear, the defenders were hesitating, and Wei Yan roared angrily: "If you hesitate again, don't blame the ruthlessness of military law!" ”

At this time, Fu Wei led the remnants of the army to retreat to the city, and Wei Yan stretched out his bow and arrows on the horse, aiming at Xu Huang and shooting.

The wind was loud in the dark night, Xu Huang only cared about chasing Fu Wei, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his left arm, so he knew that he had been hit by the arrow, and hurriedly reined in his horse.

At this moment of hesitation, the closing was already raining arrows, and the chasing Cao soldiers, together with some Jingzhou soldiers in front, fell to the ground one after another.

Xu Huang saw Wei Yan stretching his bow and aiming at him, and scolded: "Despicable people, secret arrows hurt people!" ”

Fu Wei was injured in the shoulder, gritted his teeth and stood at the gate of the city to hold on, waiting for the remnants of the army to retreat into the city, and the two returned to the city.

Xu Huang was hit by an arrow in the arm, and saw that the defenders were well guarded and there was no hope of taking the pass, so he had to lead the troops to retreat.

Wei Yan retreated to the city, and almost all the troops were wiped out in this battle, losing more than 3,000 people, and sighed: "Xu Gongming is a good general, I am still careless." ”

After Fu Wei gave up his life, he had several more wounds on his body, especially the shoulder blade was slashed by Xu Huang's big axe, penetrating into the bones, and almost unloading an arm.

The doctor bandaged his wounds, grinned in pain, and inhaled cold air: "No, no...... Hiss...... Don't rush things. ”

Wei Yan sighed lightly, instructed Fu Wei to recuperate from his injuries with peace of mind, and came to inspect again.

The snowflakes were still falling, Cao Jun had already retreated, and some fell into darkness again, but their hearts could not be calm for a long time.

Both of them are eager to make meritorious contributions to prove themselves, and only by underestimating the enemy's carelessness can there be such a big defeat.

The next day, Cao soldiers took advantage of the victory to attack the city again, Wei Yan personally led the troops, shot several arrows in a row, and several Cao soldiers fell in response.

Xu Huang was furious, urged the horse to come to the city, pointed at Wei Yan and scolded: "The rats hurt people with secret arrows, can you dare to fight with a certain battle?" ”

Wei Yan didn't answer, just pulled his bow and aimed at Xu Huang, and an arrow roared towards him.

Xu Huang raised his axe and scolded, and when he saw that Wei Yan refused to fight, he gave the order to attack the city.

At the end of the battle in the morning, Wei Yan was resting, and suddenly heard a report from the defenders, and Liu Qi sent Feng Xiao Pang Tong to help in the battle.

Wei Yan was overjoyed, personally greeted out of the city gate, hugged his fists and said: "A certain in Xiangyang, I have heard Mr. Jiu's name, and it is just in time!" ”

Pang Tong said with a smile: "Although General Liu knew that Cao Cao divided his troops to take Wuguan, he did not reinforce them, but he firmly believed that Wen Chang could hold Wuguan firmly and come down, but it was just icing on the cake." ”

"Sir made fun of it!" Wei Yan laughed dryly, welcomed Pang Tong into the mansion, and told the truth about the defeat a few days ago.

After sitting down, he sighed regretfully: "I took the liberty of greed, almost missed a major event, and I was entrusted by the eldest son." ”

Pang Tongyan said: "Wen Chang can get out in time and turn danger into a disaster, which shows the general's ability to know people, and he is planning for the general but not brave, Wen Chang should remember." ”

Wei Yan humbly accepted it, hugged his fists and said: "Xu Huang has a good way to govern the army, and the Cao army is attacking fiercely, I don't know what countermeasures Mr. has?" ”

Pang Tong said with a smile: "When I came, the general had already explained, and soon asked him to return in vain." ”

Wei Yan asked for a plan, but Pang Tong smiled and said nothing, and the two of them went to Guan Shang to inspect first.

Pang Tong put his hands in his sleeves, glanced at the winding avenue outside the pass, and pointed ahead with his chin: "Wuguan is bordered by a stream in the east and a cliff in the west. ”

Wei Yan frowned and said: "Cao's army is outside the pass, and he can send troops to attack at any time, and I am afraid that it will be futile to build a wall." ”

Cao Ying is not far away, extending along the mountain road, more than ten miles are the defense line of the Cao army, and it is really too much to repair the wall.

Pang Tong grinned and said, "What if I build a three-zhang high wall in three days and merge with the cliff?" ”

"How is this possible?" Wei Yan was surprised: "The Cao army is outside the pass, and it is not easy to retreat, how to build a wall several zhang high in three days?" ”

Pang Tong's eight-character eyebrows jumped left and right, and he chuckled: "I have my own clever plan." ”