The night was dark.

There are a lot of woodlands outside the county seat, and the light in the forest is even more scarce, and it is always dark as far as the eye can see.

Yuan Yao and the three people upstairs in Zhu County suddenly saw the stars and fires outside the city, and immediately understood that it would not be peaceful tonight.

Qiao Rui was the first to react, and after seeing the sparkling fires in the distance, he immediately looked nervous.

"Childe, the enemy is attacking, and the Cao army is going to attack the city at night!"

"Hurry up, order people to prepare, arrange defensive equipment in advance, once the other party approaches, our battle will begin."

Qiao Rui still had some brains, and after seeing the sparks outside the city, he immediately understood what would happen next, and without waiting for Yuan Yao to say anything, he was soon ready to give an order to meet the attack of the Cao army.

But Yuan Yao waved his hand and stopped Qiao Rui's behavior.

"General Bridge, don't worry."

"If we react too timely, then Cao Jun will inevitably be a little suspicious, and when the time comes, we will only besiege and not attack, but it will be troublesome."

"Don't do anything yet, just go and inform the soldiers in the barracks, put on armor and weapons, and prepare for battle."

"Wait and see what happens on the city tower, and wait for Cao Jun to get closer, and then make plans."

Qiao Rui was just about to leave and went to convey his order, but now that he heard Yuan Yao say this, he couldn't leave in a hurry.

can only follow Yuan Yao's wishes.

"It's Childe, I'll go and order my soldiers."

"General Ji Ling, you also go down and prepare, there will be a tough battle tonight!"

Yuan Yao gave an order to Ji Ling while staring at the stars outside the city, at this moment, instead of being scared, his whole person began to tremble with excitement.

This is not the first time Yuan Yao has faced such a scene, as early as when Lujiang and Chen Ce were fighting, Yuan Yao had already seen the cruelty on the battlefield.

But this was indeed the first time he led his soldiers and horses to confront the enemy army within the city walls, and the first time he faced the soldiers and horses under the command of Cao Cao, who was famous in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty.

If this battle is won, it will definitely increase Yuan Yao's self-confidence, and if this battle is defeated, although it will hit Yuan Yao's confidence, it will also make Yuan Yao understand that the strength of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty is not something that he can turn things around alone.

He is just a boat under the torrent of history, whether it goes up the current or drifts down with the wind.

The sparks in the distance, when they approached the county seat of Zhuxian, instead of gradually getting bigger, they went out a lot.

This was done by Cao Jun on purpose, in order to prevent the Zhu County defenders from discovering their arrival as much as possible.

By the time it was less than a mile away from the county seat of Zhuxian, Cao Jun's figure could no longer shelter in the darkness and could only charge head-on.

It was only at this time that there was more fire outside the city.

"Soldiers, at this time, if you take this city, Duke Cao will definitely have a heavy reward!"

At this moment, Xiahoudun, who was the general of Jianwu, opened his one eye and roared angrily in the darkness.

Xiahoudun had a very good relationship with Cao Cao, and was the first person to follow Cao Cao in Cao Cao's clan.

Later, as Cao Cao's status and influence grew, Xiahoudun also rose with the tide, and constantly rose from a general, to Sima, and then to a lieutenant of Zhichong, and a Taishou of Dongjun.

However, unfortunately, when Lu Bu rebelled against Cao two years ago, Xiahoudun, who stayed in Yanzhou, fought a big battle with Lu Bu, but he was defeated and returned, and he was blinded in one eye by Lu Bu's people.

It is rumored that Xiahoudun was hit by an arrow in his eye, but instead of being afraid, he pulled it out with his hand and directly pulled out the arrow on his eye along with the bloody eyeballs.

The last bite put the blind eye directly into his mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.

Say, the essence and blood of parents should not be abandoned!

It is with such courage that Xiahoudun is respected by the soldiers in Cao's army.

This time he led the soldiers and horses to attack Yuan Shu, and it was also the first time that Xiahoudun led the soldiers and horses to the expedition since the last defeat.

vowed to regain his face and re-establish his prestige in Cao's army.

The army charged, causing a landslide and sea crack in the blink of an eye, and thousands of soldiers and horses instantly rushed from the outside to the bottom of the Zhuxian City Tower.

When there were only more than ten zhang away from Zhu County, the soldiers on the city tower reacted.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack! Woowoo woo ......"

The horn sounded at this time, and at the same time the war drums sounded on the city tower, and for a time the defenders on the city tower also acted, busy walking with each other to deal with the enemy's charge.

However, such a movement, in Xiahoudun's opinion, is normal.

Long before attacking Zhu County, he had already sent many spies to investigate the situation in the county near Zhu County.

At the same time, I also knew that this Zhu County had 5,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the county at the moment, as well as Qiao Rui, a general under Yuan Shu.

5,000 people against 5,000 people, it stands to reason that Xiahoudun does not have an advantage, and he has no grasp of Zhu County at all.

But after analysis, Xiahoudun came to the conclusion that the strength of the defenders in this county town is not strong, and the garrison in the city is lax, and there are only a few dozen people on duty on the city tower.

The defenders in the city didn't have time to react at all, and when the defenders reacted, the small county town of Zhu County couldn't stop the attack of their army at all, and they could break through the city gate in the blink of an eye.

When the time came to enter the city, the five thousand defenders were the turtles in the urn, either fleeing in panic or waiting to be killed by their army.

Xiahoudun followed the charging army to the front of the line, and then the moonlight and the beating torches, he looked down the tower.

When I saw the small number of defenders on the city tower, I was still a little happy in my heart for a while.

Sure enough, as he expected, the defenders of this Zhu County were too lax, and they didn't expect that this place would be attacked by enemy troops.

Such slackness and laxity were attacked by his army, and he was afraid that in less than a stick of incense, the gates of this city would be broken.

This offensive and defensive battle can be resolved in one hour.

Xiahoudun began to fantasize in his mind that he could sit in Zhuxian County and drink tea at noon.

However, just when he felt that he had a chance of victory, and just waited for the army to rush over, a large number of figures suddenly appeared on the tower of Nazhu County.

In an instant, dense figures appeared on the aisles of the city tower and on both sides of the battlements.

Those men had bows and arrows in their hands, and they became terrible in the light of the bonfires at the head of the city.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Yuan Yao shouted loudly, the soldiers who had been waiting for the Cao army to attack on the city tower for a long time did not hesitate at this moment, and instantly shot all the arrows in their hands outside the city.