In the battle of Xinye City Gate, Cao Xin and more than 100 Langya horsemen shocked Xiangfan and successfully suppressed the spirit of the Jingzhou army.

And the price of this battle was that Cao Xin was hit by three arrows, Langya fell five people, seriously injured twenty people, and the rest were all wounded, and they could not continue to fight in a short time.

In the days of recuperation, the Jingzhou army did not stop attacking Xinye.

On the third day, the Jingzhou army launched a fierce attack on Xinye from three sides, and the two sides fought for a day, the defenders of Xinye suffered thousands of casualties, and the Jingzhou army dropped more than 3,000 corpses.

On the fifth day, the Jingzhou army stormed the Xinye city wall for the second time, and the two sides fought for half a day, and the Xinye defenders were reduced by nearly 1,000 people, and the Jingzhou army was reduced by no less than 4,000.

On the 10th, the Jingzhou army besieged Xinye for the third time, and Wen hired the first soldier, rushing to the city with 3,000 elites, trying to break the city in one fell swoop.

When the two sides were fighting fiercely, the eight big families in Xinye City suddenly raised troops to rebel, joined forces with the Jingzhou army, opened the north gate of Xinye City, and tried to lead the Jingzhou army into the city.

Fortunately, the Langya army sentry found out in time and sent a warning signal to Cao Xin.

Cao Xin went into battle with his wounds, led Dian Wei and hundreds of guards, fought with the rebels on Beimen Street for half an hour, killed more than 1,000 soldiers, and successfully repelled the invading soldiers and horses of Jingzhou.

Afterwards, Cao Jun obtained more than 300,000 yuan worth of goods, grain and grass from eight large households, and the income was very high.

On the night of the seventh day, Yu Poison Baifeng led five hundred Langya elite infantry, with the assistance of the sentry, quietly infiltrated the Jingzhou army to attack at night.

After Cao Xin got the news, he went into battle again with his wounds, and led dozens of guards and 300 Langya infantry out of the city to respond.

Pei Yuanshao led the sentries to set fire to the Jingzhou military camp.

With the help of everyone, the Langya infantry reluctantly returned to the city, losing more than 200 people and losing the night attack.

After several days of fighting, the Jingzhou army lost more than 20,000 troops, and Cao Xin's soldiers and horses were reduced by more than 4,000, a loss of more than half.

The situation in Shinno is gradually becoming more serious.

"General, do you want to withdraw the troops?"

In the front hall of the Xinye County Ya, Yi said with a fan shaken.

Cao Xin glanced at him and scratched the scars on his body, "Uncle Ji, you said that persistence is victory, and the Jingzhou army will retreat after holding on for half a month, why do you propose to withdraw the army now?" ”

Yi Yuan sighed, "General, my subordinates didn't expect the Jingzhou Army's offensive to be so fierce, and Wen Ping deserves to be a famous general." ”

"Haha, you Yijibo and Wenpin still have a good impression."

Cao Xin laughed and looked at the other civil and military generals present, Li Yan, Liao Hua, Zhang Baiqi, Wei Yan, and Yu Poison Baifeng were recuperating from their injuries and did not attend the meeting.

"Zhengfang, what is the opinion of the four of you?"

"General!"

Li Yan groaned and said, "What Uncle Ji said is also reasonable, but it is too early to retreat at this time. At this stage, our army and the Jingzhou army mainly depend on who can hold out longer, and the subordinates advocate holding on for five more days, and if the Jingzhou army does not retreat after five days, it is not too late for our army to think about the way to retreat. ”

"General!"

Wei Yan hugged his fists and said, "The last general agrees with Li Gongcao's opinion, in the half month of the war, although our army suffered a lot of casualties, but the grain and grass are sufficient, and the morale is still very high, and the Jingzhou army has suffered successive defeats in the siege battle, with heavy losses and low morale, and in recent days, it is in the scorching heat and the climate is bad, and the Jingzhou soldiers are bound to be war-weary. ”

Cao Xin nodded, Wei Yan made sense.

In battlefield warfare, morale is an extremely important factor, and an army of 1,000 people with high morale is often better than an army of 10,000 people with low morale.

Although the Xinye garrison was reduced by more than half, everyone ate well and slept well, often won battles, and with him as a fierce general, the soldiers were more optimistic about the battle, and their morale was at a relatively high level.

The Jingzhou army suffered nearly 20,000 injuries, the weather was hot and sultry, and the casualties were even more serious, coupled with his shouting on Xinye City, the war-weariness of the Jingzhou soldiers was bound to become heavier and heavier.

This is a good aspect, but there are also disadvantages, the most important thing is that the number of Xinye defenders is too small, 4,000 people are barely enough to hold the Sifang city wall, if the Jingzhou army desperately attacks twice, the Xinye defenders will inevitably be unbearable.

"Yuan Shao, is Jingzhou's garrison in the Jinyang area still there?"

Cao Xin looked at Pei Yuanshao, in order to divide the troops in Jingzhou, Cao Xin ordered Cao Chun to lead the cavalry to the south to reinforce the situation, and Jingzhou sent 5,000 people to garrison the captain Deng Longshuai near Tongbai Mountain.

"According to the report of the Tanma, Deng Long is still there, but Cao Chun and Li Dayan have repeatedly asked for reinforcements from the south, and they have a way to avoid Deng Long's soldiers and horses."

Pei Yuanshao said.

"Okay, order them to go south, Wancheng has 4,000 Xiahou Shang, Li Tong and Wu Ba 8,000 people, enough to hold the city."

"Yes, General!"

"Send someone to send a letter to Zhang Xiu again, persuading him to change his evil ways as soon as possible, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, otherwise he will clean him up when the general defeats the Jingzhou army."

"Yes, General!"

Pei Yuanshao clenched his fists and left the hall.

Woo woo woo ~ At this moment, there was a sound of horns outside, and the Jingzhou army began to attack the city again.

Cao Xin immediately led everyone to the city.

It was the height of summer, the weather was hot, and I saw that there were tens of thousands of soldiers carrying ladders and pushing siege vehicles under the Xinye city wall, rushing to the Xinye city wall and city gate, densely packed with a large area, from a high place, the soldiers with a long ladder on the ground looked like ants moving.

When the Jingzhou soldiers arrived under the city wall, the Xinye defenders on the four walls began to shoot arrows, throw stones, pour lime water, and boiling hot gold juice at the city, and the battle was extremely tragic.

Rao is Cao Xin, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, is hard-hearted, and gradually dislikes this kind of war.

"Kill!!"

Due to the large number of troops in Jingzhou and the few soldiers defending the city, it was difficult to completely hold the four city walls.

Cao Xin also fought on the castle tower with a big iron spear.

The last time he went out of the city to touch porcelain, in order to cover the retreat of the Langya cavalry, he was hit by three arrows in the leg and shoulder, and before his injuries recovered, there was a rebellion in the city, and he had to go into battle with his injuries.

In order to make the injury heal earlier, the attribute points earned are also added to the [Constitution], and each additional point increases the recovery speed of physical health by 10%, and the body is stronger.

After many days of recuperation, most of his injuries were healed, and he participated in the defense of the city, and there was no big problem.

"Kill!!"

Cao Xin led his soldiers to hold on to the city for half a day.

From noon to night, the Jingzhou army retreated.

The Fourth Siege was declared over.

The Xinye Army suffered nearly 1,000 casualties, while the Jingzhou Army suffered more than 4,000 casualties.

Cao Xin sighed lightly, looking at the continuous Jingzhou military village in the distance, if he comes twice, Xinye will not be able to bear it, how long can the Jingzhou army hold out?

"General!"

Wei Yan strode up, clasped his fists and said, "General, the morale of the Jingzhou army is extremely low, the morale of the army is turbulent, and the last general asks to lead his subordinates to attack the Jingzhou military camp at night, and he will definitely be able to destroy the Jingzhou army in one battle." ”

"General, no!"

Yi dissuaded, "Our army has less than 4,000 defenders left, and we can't afford to lose again, in addition, Na Wen is well appointed to lead the troops, if he is personally on duty in the military camp again, Captain Wei will definitely go and never return." ”

Cao Xin pondered for a moment, "Wen Chang, how many capable soldiers are left in the Bloody Clothes Battalion?" ”

"Nearly a thousand!"

Wei Yan said.

"Go and rest, when the Jingzhou army is defeated again, I will accompany you to the camp to steal it."

"Yes, General!"

Wei Yan clenched his fists and left.

Yi Ji looked at Wei Yan in the distance, hesitated and said, "General, Wei Wenchang is brave and strategic, and he is a good general, but he is too young and impatient, and he is also harsh on soldiers, if the general wants to train him, he should mention him more." ”

"Uncle Ji is right, Ben will mention him."

Cao Xin nodded and smiled.

Among the three newly recruited subordinates, Li Yanyi and Wei Yan have their own strengths and weaknesses.

Wei Yan is brave and strategic, but he is too eager for quick success, and most of his strategies are tricky;

Yi has been in Jingzhou for many years, knowledgeable, and has a wide range of friends, but he is not sophisticated, and he is a little dull, and he always wants him to follow the example of the ancient famous generals, and advises him to be diligent and study more, just like he persuaded Cao Boss to be the Duke of Zhou, which is a headache.

Li Yan has been an official for many years, and he has certain talents in military and politics, and belongs to the small Zhuge Liang, but he is sleek and utilitarian.

The flaws are not hidden, these three people are generally good, and if they can be used properly, they can help him a lot in the future.

Pap ~ Pap ~ Looking at the Jingzhou military camp in the distance, something suddenly fell from the sky onto the armor, with a hint of warmth, like blood splashed during a fight.

"Down... It's raining! General, it's raining! ”

Izu yelled in a faux puff and shook his arm.

Cao Xin stretched out his hand, and the raindrops fell in the palm of his hand, getting bigger and denser, washing the blood on the helmet and armor to the ground.

"It's raining! It's raining! ”

The soldiers on the city walls shouted excitedly, and the shouts came and went.

In the summer, the weather is hot and muggy, and there is nothing more gratifying than a rainstorm, and you will definitely be able to sleep well tonight, which is true for the soldiers of Shinno.

But for the soldiers in Jingzhou, the heavy rain was undoubtedly a disaster, and the rain would flood the camp tents, wet the floors, and make the soldiers' injuries worse.

"Uncle Ji is square, guess what Wenpin and Kuai Yue will do?"

Cao Xin hooked his mouth and smiled.

Before the rain, the pressure was on his side, and after the rain, the pressure was on the Jingzhou side.

"General, it's not advisable to be happy too early, there are many thundershowers in Xinye in July and August, and this rain may not be able to fall for too long."

Yi reminded.

Cao Xin smiled.

"General, my subordinates thought that the Jingzhou army would retreat."

Li Yan looked at the heavy rain outside the city tower and said, "The Jingzhou army has been fighting for days, it has long been exhausted, morale is low, Wen Ping is a famous general, he knows this situation, but because of Liu Biao's order and Kuai Yue's jurisdiction, it is inconvenient for him to withdraw the army, this heavy rain just gave him an excuse to retreat, and his subordinates thought that if the heavy rain could continue overnight, the Jingzhou army would retreat tomorrow." ”

"In this way, whether this battle will be fought or not depends on the will of God?"

Cao Xin laughed.

"Indeed!"

Li Yan and Yi Yuan nodded and smiled.

The rain in Xinye has been raining for five consecutive days, and the rain is majestic, and it rains for more than two hours a day, causing the large and small rivers such as Shuishui, Baishui, and Jianshui near Xinye to rise together.

On the third day, the Jingzhou army retreated, Cao Xin personally led 80 Langya cavalry, Zhang Bai cavalry personally led 600 light cavalry, 20 miles west of Huyang, broke the rearguard led by Wen Ping, and captured more than 6,000 Jingzhou soldiers and wounded.

Yu Yan led 500 Langya infantry, and Wei Yan led 1,000 bloody clothing battalions to capture Huyang, capturing more than 4,000 people.

On the fifth day, Cao Xin and Zhang Bai cavalry marched north, joined forces with Cao Chun and Li Dayan, defeated the 5,000 army led by Deng Long in Jingzhou, and captured more than 4,000 people.

On the seventh day, Cao Xin led his troops to attack Caiyang and Zaoyang.

In the name of Nanyang Taishou to recover the city, the two county orders and guards surrendered without a fight.

So far, the twenty-six counties of Nanyang County, except for Yucheng, are all under his control.

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