Cao's army attacked Tanxian all night, and the firelight reflected the red sky, thinking that the city would be broken in one go, but Lu Meng had a good plan, and he still failed to reach the city at dawn.

The east is bright, Zang Ba's armor is hung with a layer of dewdrops, his face is slightly pale, thousands of people have been lost in vain, and the men and horses are tired, so they can only give the order to retreat temporarily.

As soon as he returned to the camp to rest and prepare breakfast, suddenly there was a loud shout at the west gate, but it was Ling Tong who attacked from the city, and when Zang Ba led the troops to support, he had already returned to the city.

After repeated setbacks, Cao Jun's morale was low, Zang Ba's eyes were bloodshot, and he dragged his tired body back to the big tent, and saw Sima Yi sorting out the documents in front of the case, his mouth was open, but he didn't know how to speak.

Sima Yi sighed lightly: "Lu Meng's ability is comparable to Zhou Yu, it must be expected that the general is eager to take revenge, and the Wu army is waiting for work, and this so-called desire for speed is not reached!" ”

Zang Ba put his helmet on the table, calmed down at this time, and knew that he was too reckless, so he hugged his fists and said: "What is the good strategy of the military advisor, please give me advice!" ”

From the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the present, after Tao Qian, Liu Bei, and Lu Bu, the Taishan army has been able to stand tall, because Yu Zang Ba is good at judging the situation and knows the way to advance and retreat.

Tough as Lu Bu, forbearant as Liu Bei, if you can't understand the current affairs, you will eventually be wiped out.

"Don't dare!" Sima Yi seemed to be a little surprised by Zang Ba's attitude, and said politely: "Lu Meng is good at using troops, quite strategic, and now he has to send arrows on the string, and the general wants to break the Wu army, and the only way to do it is to take advantage of the situation." ”

Zang Ba's eyes were slightly cold: "The intention of the military advisor, you want me to continue to attack the city?" ”

"Exactly!" Sima Yi nodded and said: "I waited for yesterday to come far away, and attacked the city overnight before resting, and the general can make an unending trend." Seeing that our army was tired, Lu Meng would definitely go out of the city and rob the camp, but he could break it in one fell swoop. ”

Zang Ba nodded slightly, and asked with a slight sigh: "The meaning of the military advisor, Lu Meng is going to come to rob the camp tonight, can he plan it?" ”

"Lu Meng is scheming, he used this trick to defraud Tan County before, how can he easily fall for the scheme?" Sima Yi shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "However, his division of an army to take Houqiu is precisely to prepare for the back road, and Tanxian County is a rivalry, and he can support at any time." I didn't attack Houqiu first, just to induce it to send troops: just get rid of Houqiu reinforcements, and then pretend to be Wu robbery camp, Lu Meng thought that he had a plan, and he must attack together, and the enemy can be broken! ”

"Strategist Takami!" Zang Ba suddenly, got up and saluted Sima Yishen, and issued an order, dividing the Qingzhou soldiers to prepare to continue the siege of the city.

Sima Yi sat alone in the tent, his eyes flashed a little solemnly, Zang Ba's performance today made him look at it differently, this person's ability is no less than that of the Cao generals, if he can be reused, he can be a big responsibility, and he is worried that Cao Pi will not be able to suppress it, which will backfire.

Zang Ba went to rest first after passing the order, although Sima Yi thought that Lu Meng would not dare to go out of the city, but he also had to be just in case, this was all his family wealth, once he had no military power in his hands, how could the Cao family reuse himself?

In the morning, Cao's army launched an attack again, 20,000 soldiers and horses surrounded Tanxian and attacked on all sides, Sun Kang, Wu Dun, and Yili each led their subordinates, beat drums and marched into the army, and vowed not to give up if they did not break the city.

In the city of Tanxian City, Lü Meng personally supervised the battle, Ling Tong and Deng Guang each guarded a door, after the battle of Guandu, Cao's siege equipment was very sharp, ten tall wells and heavy catapults, the threat to the defenders was great, and even unable to resist.

Huge stones fell from the sky, flew up the city with a roaring roar, smashed on the city walls, and some fell into the city with a terrifying sound.

The crossbowmen on the well were not only able to aim at the defenders and release arrows, but also pointed out the direction of the catapults and attacked up and down, making the Wu army miserable.

When the defenders were all hiding under the city wall, Cao's army divided into two groups of cavalry to guard the flanks, the infantry in the middle pressed in, and the crossbowmen covered the siege soldiers approaching the city, carrying the ladder to the city wall, and climbing up like ants.

Lü Meng pressed his sword in his hand and stared at the soldiers who had ascended the city in the tower, at this time the catapult had no longer started, otherwise those boulders would not distinguish between the enemy and me, but would crush the Cao army who ascended the city to death.

"Beat the drums, fire the arrows!" Lu Meng walked out of the gatehouse, drew his sword and shouted.

On the tower of the city, the Wu army got up one after another, and the archers with a hundred accurate archery skills aimed at the Cao army on the well, and the rest of the archers released arrows to the city, at the same time, the prepared rolling stones and sassal trees fell one after another, smashing into the enemy who landed in the city, and the boiling water and boiling oil were also poured down, and the terrible screams were terrifying.

After a night of offensive and defensive battles, the cooperation of the Wu army has been very tacit, and the battle situation of the other three gates is also similar, without too much intervention by the generals, all the departments act in turn, and the arrows on the city are fired together, falling down the city like flying locusts, and the Cao army in front of them instantly fell.

Although the Wu army has few soldiers, but all of them are elite, and they are in a desperate situation, although they are tired, but they all fight to the death, Cao's army continues to rush to the city, but no one can get to the city, the black smoke outside the city of Tanxian is filled, and the corpses are like mountains.

After a hard battle in the morning, Sun Kang and others saw that the attack was fruitless, so they could only temporarily rest and retreat, seeing that Tanxian was crumbling, but they could not break through, everyone was angry, and the army became more and more impatient.

Cao's army retreated, and Lü Meng immediately ordered the soldiers of each battalion to rest on the spot, at this time summer and autumn alternated, the weather was cool, lay down on the street under the city with straw mats, and fell asleep on the ground.

Ling Tong also looked tired, and when he saw that the Cao army was besieging the city, he offered advice: "The Cao army turned out, fighting overnight, and the morale must be low, and if we go to rob the camp again tonight, the two of us will work together to kill Zang Ba and Sima Yi, and we can relieve this siege." ”

Lu Meng said: "Sima Yi is insidious and treacherous, he must be prepared, not to mention the battle overnight, the soldiers in the battalion are also tired, and it is not a perfect plan to fight alone." ”

Ling Tong hurriedly said: "The Cao army is attacking fiercely, and there are nearly 1,000 casualties today, if it goes on like this for a long time, it may be difficult to hold on until the reinforcements arrive, how should this be?" ”

Lu Meng sneered: "The Art of War: Ten times the siege. Cao's army will be ten times more tired of me, the soldiers and horses outside the city are all the old troops of the Taishan army, Zang Ba's henchmen, and thousands of soldiers were lost overnight, and I expected that they would not dare to attack with all their might. After a drum of vigor and then decline, Cao Jun retreated this time, and his defeat has been revealed! ”

Ling Tong was puzzled: "The general also thinks so, I was about to take advantage of this time to kill, why did I miss the opportunity?" ”

Lu Meng glanced at the gloomy Cao Jun camp outside the city, and said slowly: "Don't forget Zhu Ranjun!" A certain order to garrison his troops on Houqiu is to solve today's difficulties! Zang Ba is arrogant, he didn't take Houqiu first, but he came straight to attack Tan County, wanting to pacify the East China Sea in a war, so arrogant, he will bring humiliation on himself! ”

Ling Tong frowned and said: "However, we are trapped in Tan County and cut off from the outside world, how can we report that Zhu Ran has come to the rescue?" ”

Lu Meng smiled: "Since I expected this matter, how can I not arrange it?" Zhu Ran had already explained when he left, at this time he must have found out the news, and he was rushing to Tanxian, but he could raid from behind the Cao army, and we should join forces with the outside, and the Cao army suffered from the enemy on the back of the abdomen, and An can not be defeated? ”

Ling Tong was overjoyed when he heard this, hugged his fists and said: "Liu Qi once said: The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and a generation of new people replace the old ones. This is in line with the general, this surprise attack on Xuzhou, both civil and military, anticipating the enemy's opportunity, I am afraid that it has become a super large governor! ”