Cao Cao had just arranged it, and he received a letter from Zhang Yan, and the angry Cao Cao almost didn't cut the messenger, it turned out that Zhang Yan was planning to fight to the death, and Zhang Yan told Boss Cao in detail about the situation in Shangdang County, whether it was urban construction or grain and grass reserves, it could be held for a year and a half!

"This bastard thing!" Cao Cao said angrily

"The Prime Minister is angry! Zhang Yan is a general, and it is understandable that he only pays attention to the battlefield in Bingzhou, and judging from the current situation, Zhang Yan's approach is not wrong! Cheng Yu said

"Humph! This Zhang Yan, but I don't know that we don't have many elite soldiers now, the 30,000 horses he brought are all elites, we can't afford to lose anymore, Yuan Rang's Qingzhou Army is still in training, and they are all some recruits who have not gone through the war, which is the most uncomfortable! Cao Cao said helplessly, how can a good situation become like this, the 200,000 horses will be gone in the blink of an eye!

"General Xiahou Yuan has already sent troops, and asked the prime minister to inform Zhang Yan quickly, so that they can prepare for retreat, if it is too late, the consequences will be unimaginable, because Chengfeng has already sent Zhang Jaw to send troops to merge with the state, straight to the rear of the party, and it is clear that Zhang Yan's return path will be cut off, if we give up on the party, maybe Chengfeng will open an opening for us!" Xun Yu said

"That's the only way, I'll give Cheng Feng another letter, I hope he doesn't remember the past!" Cao Cao said helplessly, in this society, having soldiers and food is the king!

"Let's hope it's in time!" Liu Ye said with a wry smile, Zhao Yun's skills are all known to this group, and as for leading troops to fight, there is nothing to say!

"That's right! How is Xu Huang? Cao Cao suddenly said, since the last time the two of them failed to lead the troops back, he has never seen Xu Huang go to the court again!

"I've thought about it behind closed doors, and I've been studying the military book hard!" Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "This Xu Huang is really a manufacturable material, but he has a lot of complaints about us!" ”

"Alas! There's no way, who told him to run into our Mr. Cheng Yu, but look at the situation in the future, maybe we can still accept a general! Liu Ye quipped

"Haha! Do your best, let it be the fate of heaven! Cao Cao said with a smile, "Summoning Xiahou Yuan, if you can receive Zhang Yan to retreat, then take Luoyang directly, if you can't receive it, then take Sili Jinggi down!" ”

"Yes! Lord! Cheng Yu hurriedly spoke, this group of pit goods has been laughing at themselves recently, taking advantage of this gap, Cheng Yu can be regarded as coming out to breathe, after all, human slaughter is not a good name, his reputation is almost the same as that of Xu Shu's ten thousand exterminators, but others are majestic, and their own is disgusting!

Watching Cheng Yu walk away, Cao Cao said slowly, "A few gentlemen, what do you think of Xu Huang?" ”

"If he cultivates it, he must be the commander of one side, but his heart is not here, so I don't think it's necessary!" Xi Zhicai said, he knew that Cao Cao had moved his heart to love talents, but who is this also scored, those who are loyal to their opponents, the greater their ability, the higher the damage!

"Hmmm! It's a pity! Cao Cao said regretfully

Zhao Yun was observing the map of the state all the time, this was the first time he was leading troops alone, or the weak side, the most important thing was the siege war, it was a real fight, and it couldn't be faked!

"Is there anything Zhang Yan has been doing lately?" Zhao Yun frowned and said, I feel that this Zhang Yan is simply a turtle shell, the turtle is cowering in the city, Zhao Yun has no way at all!

"General Yu, Zhang Yan's army is stationed in the city, and it is not allowed to set foot within a radius of ten miles, and all the people and animals that appear near Shangdang City have been killed!" Wang Yongdao

"Solid wall clearing! This Zhang Yan is also too clean! Zhao Yun hammered his thigh fiercely, and couldn't help but complain

"General, I don't know what we should do next, it is impossible to attack Shangdang County again, and if you are not careful, you may be eaten by Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army!"

"Shrink the forces back first, by the way, is there a river near Shangdang County?" Zhao Yundao

"There is only one small river, but the moat of the Shangdang is wide and deep, even if it is flooded, we don't have so much water now!" Wang Yong couldn't help but sigh,

"Huh! Who said that they should flood the party! Zhao Yun's eyes lit up, and he had a plan in his heart!

Seeing Zhao Yun's state change, Wang Yong was also a little puzzled, how could he not understand Zhao Yun's thoughts!

"Go to the party, it has to be mine!" Zhao Yun secretly decided, "The city is high and the pool is deep, then I will bloom in the center!" ”

The time is very fast, it is so fast that people are caught off guard, Xiahou Yuan's army met with Zhang He at the border of Bingzhou, and no one dared to act rashly, so they consumed each other, Zhang He had a steady supply of grain and grass behind him, and the army was getting stronger and stronger, and Xiahou Yuan on the opposite side of the country looked bitter, because he didn't have much grain and grass!

"General, what shall we do? The lord asked us to send troops, just because we took a fancy to the speed of the general's cavalry, but now we are being restrained by Zhang He, which is really unwise! "Full of pets,

Full Favor (?) —242), a native of Changyi, Shanyang (now Juye County, Shandong Province). During the Three Kingdoms period, he was a famous cool official and general of the Wei State. Man Zhong once served as the superintendent of the post, and later acted as the county magistrate of Gaoping, and once tortured the prisoner to death, so he resigned and returned home. In the third year of Chuping (192), he was recruited by Cao Cao, and later served as the county commander of Xu County, in charge of justice, and was known for his strict law enforcement; Transferred to Runan Taishou, began to participate in the military, and participated in the Battle of Chibi. Later, Guan Yu besieged Fancheng, and Manzhong assisted Cao Ren in defending the city, dissuading the plan to abandon the city and flee, and successfully persevered until the reinforcements arrived. During Cao Pi's reign, he was full of favor and served as a former general. During the reign of Cao Rong, he was named the Marquis of Changyi and led the history of Yuzhou. In the Battle of Shiting, he followed Jia Kui to rescue Cao Xiu. After Cao Xiu's death, he was transferred to Yangzhou and took over as the general of Zhengdong, responsible for Yangzhou's war against Wu, and made many contributions. Later, due to old age, he was transferred back to the central government by the imperial court to serve as a lieutenant. In the first three years (242), he died of illness and was called Jinghou.

Xiahou Yuan sighed, he didn't know his situation, but he was opposite Xu Shu and Zhang He, both civil and military were above him, and more importantly, he was not here to fight, but only to answer Zhang Yan, and now it is impossible to beat Zhang He's Suzaku Army. "General Manzhong, do you think it's necessary for us to pick up Zhang Yan?" Xiahou Yuan was puzzled, after all, it was Zhang Yan's own idea that the matter of merging the state could be shirked now, and there was still room for relaxation with Chengfeng, once he and Zhang He started a war, it would be a real fight!

"General, we are here to meet those 30,000 elite soldiers! Either way, this elite soldier must be saved! Full of pets and murderous words, the meaning of the words is that anything can be given up, only this elite soldier cannot be released!

"That being said! But this Zhang He is also a good fighter, and with the help of ten thousand exterminators, it is really difficult to deal with, with our five thousand cavalry, it is estimated that it is for nothing! Xiahou Yuan smiled bitterly,

"We have already passed the news to Zhang Yan, if he doesn't come out, we can't fight it, we can only wait here, it depends on the game between Zhao Yun and Zhang Yan, but we can't sit still, let's discharge more scouts, check the deployment of the Gyeonggi area of Sili, Luoyang City may not be able to take it, but the area around Tiger Prison Pass must be understood clearly and solve the problem of the western front of the lord." Full of pets

"Good! As the general said! Xiahou Yuan said excitedly,

Not to mention Xiahou Yuan's arrangement, Zhang He's army of 20,000 was steadily pressed on the south side of Bingzhou, blocking the road where Zhang Yan retreated, and at the same time sent someone to Zhao Yun to send 500 catapults, as well as a lot of fire oil, which are all things that Cheng Feng has recently made, and it is said that it has a miraculous effect on siege warfare, and Zhao Yun is also very happy after receiving it!

"The army obeys! Put away the food first! On the one hand, Zhao Yun asked people to collect the grain in Jinyang City, and on the other hand, he sent people to search for stones. After all, the resources near Shangdang have been taken away by Zhang Yan, which is an extra 500 catapults, and the materials needed have increased exponentially!

"General, is it okay to have clods of earth?" Wang Yong asked

"As long as you can throw it out, anything, wood will do!" Zhao Yun said with a smile

More than 10,000 people, busy for ten days, half of the materials in the state were scavenged, and even the cavalry horses were tired and thin, and when Zhao Yun saw it, he couldn't stop nodding, thinking that it was time to give Zhang Yan some color to see, after all, the person who made Zhao Yun suffer a secret loss was still the first one!

Shangdang County, the city is five zhang high, and the outside of the city is a moat of thirty zhang, Zhang Yan can be said to be in a huge bunker, it can really be said that he can sit back and relax, and now it is not easy for him to get out, because he blocked the city gate, and there is not even a suspension bridge, so he also has a hard time saying about Cao Mengde's letter!

"General, Zhao Yun has already piled up a lot of supplies, I'm afraid he is going to attack!" Cao Hongdao

"Come on, come on, I'll see how he gets in, but I'd better ask the general to prepare to retreat, these 30,000 elite soldiers can't all be wasted here, the prime minister's side urgently needs troops, just leave me 5,000 here!" Zhang Yan said

"General rest assured, as early as after the city was built, I withdrew more than 10,000 elite soldiers, 10,000 from the city wall tonight, leaving 10,000 for the general, and finally I dug the moat, so that Zhao Yun had nothing to do!" Cao Hongdao

"Haha, it doesn't take that much, it's enough to give me 3,000 elite soldiers! Without further ado, the general can act now, bring the elite soldiers to General Xiahou, and leave me here to deal with Zhao Yun! Zhang Yan smiled, he was very satisfied with his arrangement, he didn't plan to leave everyone at the beginning, just received Cao Cao's letter, he ordered Cao Hong to take people to go first, but Cao Hong was afraid of being attacked by Zhao Yun, so he decided to build the Shangdang City first, and now it has reached the point where it is not possible to go, and it is really difficult to go if it is too late!

"General, take care!" Cao Hong gave Zhang Yan a deep salute, he knew that the end of staying behind was death!

"Haha, the little general should leave quickly, so as not to worry the prime minister, the general's army can go all the way south, I don't think Zhang He dares to act rashly!" Zhang Yan said

"Yes!" Cao Hongdao

Seeing Cao Hong go away with 30,000 horses, Zhang Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief, so that Cao Cao would not have killing intent towards him. Originally, his coming to Bingzhou this time was a thankless job, no matter what he did, he offended Chengfeng and others, and he offended more ruthlessly if he did a good job, and Cao Cao would not let himself go if he did a bad job, the world changed too fast, Zhang Yan was also extremely helpless, his injury was just right, so he came to this troubled water, it was really a hardship!

"Order the three armies, rest well, eat and drink enough to watch Zhao Yun's performance!" Zhang Yan laughed and said, for Zhao Yun, Zhang Yan has always been unconvinced, how much ability can a little child have, the Chengfeng army is strong in weapons and equipment, now he wants to see how Zhao Yun attacks the city, his mentality is not so much to defend the party in the state, but to compete with himself and Zhao Yun!

"Put!" Zhao Yun gave an order, and five hundred catapults began to work, and in an instant, a large number of stones and clods rushed to the party, but most of them fell outside the city wall, after all, this city wall is high and thick, and occasionally falling into the city will not be in the way, and the damage is not great!

Five hundred catapults started work together, the momentum was terrifying, and the rounds of attacks also made the Cao army defending the city frightened, after all, this is a catapult, one was accidentally smashed, it was also the least head to break the blood, and even directly died! Half a day passed, and the outside of Shangdang North City became a ruin, and large and small stones fell all over the entire moat, and this section of the moat was filled in forcefully!

"Bump!" Finally, a large number of stones began to attack the city, although Zhang Yan also arranged some measures on the city, but under Zhao Yun's first round of attacks, all of them turned into garbage, and now all the Cao troops are far away from the north city gate, leaving only a few dozen people hiding in the wall hole to observe Zhao Yun's actions.

"Everyone, be careful! Don't move around easily! Zhang Yan was calm and calm, his eyes contained a murderous aura, at this time, he could only rely on him to stabilize the army's heart, after all, the flying stone on his head just now was too terrifying!

"Change the fireball!" Zhao Yun saw that the catapult had advanced a distance forward, and it had been able to hit the city, so he decisively ordered, he didn't have much of this fireball, this is still a few hundred rounds that Zhang He just sent, I heard that it was a newly developed weapon developed by Chengfeng, in fact, it was a stone soaked in oil for a while, of course, this is Zhao Yun's current opinion!

As soon as the weapon was changed, it was immediately different, a large number of fireballs flew over with thick smoke and flames, pressed on the city wall, and instantly ignited the wood piled up on it, the fire was blazing, and the burning city wall was red!

When the fire became smaller, Zhang Yan hurriedly sent someone up to check, at this time, suddenly heard a sound of breaking the air, not good, Zhang Yan was shocked, this is Zhao Yun launched another attack, at this time he has no way to go to the wall, after all, the fire is not a joke, but fortunately, this fire can also stop Zhao Yun's footsteps!

In Zhang Yan's frightened eyes, he saw a huge stone grinding disc flying over and slamming into the city wall, which was like hitting his heart, and the city wall swayed as if it was about to collapse.

"What's going on? Haven't the walls been widened and thickened? Why can't you bear it after just a few clicks? Zhang Yan was shocked

"General! When the city wall is hot, I am afraid of encountering something cold, and these boulders are wet, and they look like they have been soaked in the river! A soldier hurriedly said, he was a blacksmith when he was in his hometown, he often struck iron, and he was sensitive to heat and cold, and he immediately thought of the key!

"What then?" Zhang Yan said urgently

"Don't worry, our city walls are tall, even if Zhao Yun can open the gap, it won't be too big, let's guard a place together, it's okay!"

"You mean Zhao Yun doesn't have many boulders?"

"He doesn't have many fireballs, and he doesn't have so many huge stone grinders!"

"That's okay, these are not enough to break through our Shangdang City!" Zhang Yan breathed a sigh of relief, but in a blink of an eye, Zhang Yan's brows furrowed again, he knew Zhao Yun very well, this person didn't look at his age, but he was very calm, and he wouldn't be so easy to put everything in front of him!

Just as Zhang Yan thought, Zhao Yun's attack this time was just to make Zhang Yan's army unclear about the situation, and it was also a devastating blow to Shangdang Beicheng, which could be regarded as a foreshadowing for the next attack!

"The cavalry obeys! Throw dirt! Zhao Yun looked at it and ordered it directly! So the scene of Chengfeng's attack on the Yellow Turban Army was staged, but this time the location and characters have changed, and the only one that remains the same is Zhao Yun!

Under Zhao Yun's order, the cavalry dispatched, and bags of dirt were thrown to the city, many of them were involved in that siege battle, and they were also very familiar with this operation, the only shortcoming is that there are a little few people, and they can't afford to build a dirt slope for a while! Five thousand cavalry took turns, the foot soldiers were also clamping and loading soil, and even the last foot soldiers were piling up the soil forward, as for Zhang Yan, he could only watch now, because his three thousand people had just lost nearly a thousand, and now they were busy rescuing the wounded and cleaning up the materials in the city, as for going to defend the city, it was unthinkable in the dirt bags in the sky, and just now a section of the city wall was almost cracked, which also made Zhang Yan afraid, and quickly sent someone to repair it, at this time he regretted it a little, it was better to leave some more people!

"General, do you want to build dirt slopes in several other places as well?" Wang Yong saw that the dirt slope here was about to succeed, and hurriedly came over to report to Zhao Yun, although Zhao Yun was also named Hou Ye, but he still likes others to call him a general, so most people call him a general, as long as he is called Hou Ye on a formal occasion!

"Yes! But keep your strength up, too! The other slopes must also be within the coverage of the catapults, otherwise the gains outweigh the losses! Zhao Yun thought about it, although he didn't say much, he thought very thoughtfully

"Yes! Checkmate! ”

Zhao Yun's 10,000 army did not sleep or sleep, and built five earthen slopes in three days, and saw that there were five big slopes on the tall city wall. Zhang Yan's three thousand men didn't dare to step forward to stop them at all, because as long as they showed up, they would accept Zhao Yun's greetings from the catapult, and Zhang Yan and them used it for three days to sort out the rockfalls in the city and prepare for street battles! For Zhao Yun's approach, they are also more than willing but not enough!