Cao Yun and a few people came to the barracks and gathered all the sergeants who stayed in the barracks. As soon as the army was assembled, Cao Yun led it towards the east gate. This Sun Li came from Jiangling and could only attack Qingyang from the east gate, but if he wanted to attack from the other three gates, he needed to bypass in front of the east gate, which was obviously not in line with the common sense of the soldiers. Therefore, Cao Yun concentrated his main forces at the East Gate, and only deployed a small number of troops at the other three gates.

Boom! Cao Yun led his army to the east gate and strode up the tower.

"Your Excellency. Wen Ping Zhang Ge, who had already been deployed on the city tower, strode over and saluted Cao Yun.

"Have the nearby villagers moved to the city?"

"Lord Hui, they have all moved into the city. Wen Ping replied.

"How are the fortifications arranged below?" Cao Yun nodded and asked, looking at the deer antlers and other fortifications under the city.

"Back to my lord, everything has been arranged. Zhang Ge returned.

Cao Yun nodded when he heard this, "Don't open the city gate when the spies sent out come back, just shoot the information with arrows from under the city wall." ”

"Yes"

Immediately, Cao Yun looked solemnly ahead, his hand pressed the sword on his waist, and his mood was extremely heavy.

This Sun Li led an army of 50,000 to attack, and it was really difficult to hold Qingyang, and I didn't know what generals Sun Li's account was, let alone how many people the Xia Yu faction sent to help Sun Li. Thinking of this, Cao Yun's mood became heavier and heavier.

"My lord, this Sun Li is coming with an army of 50,000, and I have an army of 30,000 in Qingyang City, as long as we can't hold out, when Sun Li's grain and grass are exhausted, we will retreat. Pang Shiyuan said beside Cao Yun.

"What Pang Senjun said is that as long as we hold on, Sun Li will not be able to attack it for a while and a half, and he will retreat when he runs out of food and grass. Xu Zhi also said loudly.

"The two of you who joined the army are not right, if Sun Li's army surrounds my Qingyang group, we will be the one who is short of food at that time, and it will be much more convenient for him Sun Li to replenish food than us. Wen Ping said.

"General Wen has been in battle for a long time, and he naturally knows more than us, but he Sun Li only has an army of 50,000, how can he surround me Qingyang?" Pang Shiyuan asked lightly, Wen Ping was embarrassed but said no more.

Cao Yun frowned when he heard this, although the villagers near Qingyang were also moved into the city, maybe Sun Li would come up with some ruthless siege methods, and if there were people with supernatural powers in the Xia Yu faction, then the siege would be much simpler, it seemed that Xu Zhi and Pang Shiyuan did not calculate the people with supernatural powers into the siege team.

Thinking of this, Cao Yun's mood became even heavier, this Pang Shiyuan and Xu Zhi looked very wise, but after all, they were still young and seriously lacking in experience, it seemed that they couldn't expect them to have any plans to turn things around.

Waiting for the arrival of the Wu army on the city wall, Cao Yun was thinking about whether he could use the Yintian bow to shoot the general of the Wu army, and he didn't know how strong Sun Li and his generals were. The sky of Qingyang is very bright because it just rained yesterday, and the weather is very mild, and the occasional wind is mixed with the aroma of the rain. If it was usual, Cao Yun would feel comfortable when he took a breath of such air, but now, smelling this air, Cao Yun only felt very pungent.

Suddenly, smoke and dust appeared not far outside the city, and Cao Yun's heart tightened.

"Newspaper"

Two spies galloped up and shot information from behind the walls.

A soldier pulled the information out of the arrow and hurriedly handed it to Cao Yun.

Cao Yun opened the information and looked at it, "Sun Li's army is still three thousand miles away from Qingyang, and there are five hundred cavalry in front of the army to open the way, and these five hundred cavalry are only one thousand miles away from Qingyang City. Cao Yun looked at the information in his hand and said.

"If you add the time when the spies come to report, then the five hundred cavalry is probably not far from Qingyang. Pang Shiyuan said loudly.

"It is very likely that these five hundred cavalry came to observe our army's deployment first, or they may have come to camp first. Xu Zhi guessed and said, "My lord, I think our army can send a thousand cavalry to ambush in the Heding Mountain, the big mountain in front, and wait for the five hundred cavalry to annihilate it in one fell swoop, so as to increase the momentum of our army." And I guess that Sun Li didn't pay attention to these five hundred cavalry, and it was estimated that he was sent as an outcast to investigate our army. ”

Cao Yun pondered when he heard this, thinking about whether to keep holding on to the city gate and not coming out, or to annihilate the five hundred cavalry first.

"My lord, I also think that we can annihilate these five hundred cavalry, Sun Li sent these five hundred cavalry more to test the meaning of seeing if our army will go out of the city to fight, our army can annihilate these five hundred cavalry first, so that Sun Li thinks that our army does not want to hold the city gate all the time, and when Sun Li's army comes to our army, it will not be able to hold out. Pang Shiyuan said.

Cao Yun nodded when he heard this, feeling a little reasonable, but he had to think about it carefully, after all, this decision didn't need to be made immediately, there was still some time to think about it, and he had to think carefully before making a decision.

"My lord, the opportunity is rare, these five hundred cavalry are given away for nothing, and the annihilation of these five hundred cavalry can increase the prestige of our army, and it can also make the sergeants better hold on to the city tower, otherwise when Sun Li's army comes, if our army just holds on, it will greatly affect morale, which is not conducive to future battles. Xu Zhi said.

"My lord, our army can now ambush and besiege those five hundred cavalry, and there will be no enemy conspiracy. Pang Shiyuan said.

Cao Yun made a decision in his mind when he heard this, and he also thought that he needed to besiege and kill the five hundred cavalry to increase the military prestige, otherwise when Sun Li's army came, he would not be able to hold out, and his morale would be greatly affected.

"Xingba!" Cao Yun shouted.

"Yes!" Gan Ning also replied loudly.

"Order you to lead 1,000 cavalry out of the city and ambush in the Heding Mountain in front, and wait for the Wu cavalry to come and be sure to besiege and kill them. If there is still an army behind the cavalry of the Wu army, you should not go back to the city, but go to the nearby villages. Cao Yun said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Gan Ning then led 1,005 cavalry out of the city.

"Lieutenant Gan Ning will definitely return victoriously here. Xu Zhi smiled and said.

Pang Shiyuan also laughed a few times, "This is the meat delivered to the mouth, and Captain Gan Ning eats it effortlessly." ”

Looking at Xu Zhi and Pang Shiyuan's relaxed and proud appearance, Cao Yun smiled faintly, feeling that these two people were not as smart as they imagined, they could be calm and calm, but after all, they lacked training.

Drive~Oh~

About an hour later, the Gan Ning subordinates returned victoriously, and the soldiers on the city wall saw that Gan Ning's subordinates had also tied up a number of Wuzhou sergeants, and the cheers that erupted were even louder.

"Open the gates. Cao Yun shouted, and then the city gate slammed open. Due to the fortifications such as antlers under the city, Gan Ning's troops could not run directly into the city, and when they had to reach the city gate, they dismounted and led the horses around.

At this time, Cao Yun had already walked down the city tower with Pang Shiyuan and others, and he still wanted to express his welcome to the victorious returning sergeants.