Jia Xu's voice did not fall, but he listened to Cheng Yu on the side and said: "I'm afraid it won't work, Wen He and look below." ” Everyone looked up again, and saw that half of the Gongsun cavalry under the north gate had come to the front of the city gate, surrounded the city gate in a semicircle, and then squatted down one after another.
In front of them, large crossbows were placed, supported by iron brackets, aimed in the direction of the city gates.
Ten thousand crossbows The width of the city gate is only a few zhang, once it is shot by thousands of thousands of crossbows, even if it is difficult to get out of the city, and the Gongsun army is a horse army, once one of them has a large army to break through, the soldiers and horses of the other city gates will rush over on the flying horses, and break through under the encirclement of this kind of crossbow, which is tantamount to a moth to a fire.
Jia Xu was silent and stopped talking.
Cheng Yu thought for a moment, and suddenly said: "Gongsun Bai has always been known as benevolent and loving the people, if tens of thousands of people are in front, he will not dare to shoot, and then break through with military horses in the rear, what then?"
I have to say that Cheng Yu, the master who dares to use human flesh as dry food, is indeed a ruthless character, and this kind of idea can be come up with.
Cao Cao groaned for a while, and finally shook his head and said: "Even if you break through with the people as a shield, in the end, it will be difficult for 40,000 foot soldiers to escape the pursuit of 30,000 cavalry. ” Five thousand white horse righteous servants, all riding eight-foot horses, and one person with two horses, traveling five hundred miles at night, Mo Yun riding and flying wolf riding may be lacking in people and horses, but the white horse righteous servants may not be like this.
Even if he is tired, let the Tiger Guards run for half a day, I am afraid that they will eventually catch up with him, and it will be difficult to escape from Yingchuan.
The 5,000 Tiger Guards now have only 4,000 horsemen left, and it is impossible for them to be the opponent of the White Horse Yicong.
Cao Cao thought about it for a long time, and then he said decisively: "Since this is the case, we will live and die with Xu Du, and then we will defend it for a year and a half, and then there are 40,000 elite soldiers in the city, and there are enough arrows, grain and grass, so I will fight to the death with the Gongsun thief army."
Last year, Cao Cao scraped the ground and forcibly requisitioned nearly 10 million pieces of grain and grass, most of which were hoarded in the city of Xudu.
Cheng Yu said with a hideous look on his face: "In this case, drive out half of the 200,000 people in the city to reduce the consumption of grain and grass, and at the same time, the thief army also needs to appease the people who escaped and increase their consumption of grain and grass." ” Xu Chu on the side asked suspiciously: "Why don't you drive all the people in the city out, so that you can stay for two years." ” Cheng Yu said coldly: "The thief army now has 2560,000 people, if the Anji army in the north goes south, it will reach 35 people, almost ten times the number of our army, if it is a strong attack, our army may not be able to hold for a month."
Leaving these 100,000 people, is to wait for the thief army to attack urgently, then the people to defend the city, and even to the people as a meat shield, Gongsun Bai has always shown benevolence and love for the people, will not dare to attack, so Xu Du City is as stable as a rock."
The soldiers around were moved, usually only Cheng Yu was ruthless, I didn't expect this guy to be so ruthless, but at this time it was the most effective way.
The next day, Cao Cao really drove 100,000 people out, Gongsun Jun was worried at first that Cao Cao would take this opportunity to escape, but after the 100,000 people were driven out one after another, although there was a lot of chaos, but the city gate was immediately closed.
On the one hand, Zhao Yun dispatched troops to settle the people, and on the other hand, he sent people to report to Gongsun Bai.
Three days later, the main army of the Gongsun army finally arrived at Xudu one after another, until seven days later, 250,000 troops have all gathered under the city, and for a time the camp was dozens of miles, and the Xu capital was surrounded by water.
At the middle of the army at the north gate, Gongsun Bai saw Cao Cao on the city tower from a distance, and immediately led the crowd to the city, and stopped more than 30 steps away from the city.
Cao Cao in the city, in a few days, his hair and beard were half gray, as if he was ten years old, his face was pale and haggard, only in those thin eyes, it was still difficult to hide his heroic demeanor.
Beside him, there are still not many generals, only Xu Chu, Xiahou Shang, Cao Zhen, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and Chen Jiao.
And the grandson of the city is in his prime, rich as jade, white robe and silver armor, wearing a fiery red hero, sitting on the sweat and blood of the one-zhang high god horse, looking high-spirited and heroic.
Behind him are even more powerful generals, Zhao Yun, Guo Jia, Pang Tong, Tai Shici, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Le Jin, Yu Ban, Liu Ye, Zhang Ji, etc., all of them are famous people, and what shocked Cao Jun at the head of the city is that Xu Huang, Le Jin, Yu Ban and Liu Ye are also famous generals in Cao Ying, especially Liu Ye, who is completely Cao Cao's henchman, but now he is standing by Gongsun Bai's side.
Gongsun Bai slowly raised his head, looked at Cao Cao, and said in a loud voice: "Mengde, there is nothing to do, it is better to surrender the city, it can be regarded as a merit for you, how about it?"
Cao Cao laughed: "Gongsun Xiao'er, as long as the old man does not die for a day, you will not be able to say victory, maybe today next year will be your death day" After speaking, with a wave of his hand, the city immediately rained down arrows, and Gongsun Bai and the generals had to retreat to the base under the cover of the shield raised by the soldiers beside him, such a conversation was destined to be meaningless, Gongsun Bai was just pretending to be a force, so as to reduce the morale of the Cao army.
Next, in order to take Xudu as soon as possible, Gongsun Bai ordered the army to attack Xudu for ten days in a row.
Broken city cannons, ballistas, tunnels, dirt mountains All kinds of siege methods were exhausted, and the soldiers of the Gongsun Army suffered countless injuries, but Xu Du was still immovable.
The city wall of Xudu was twice as thick as the original, and the powerful city-breaking artillery bombardment could not cause substantial damage to the city wall of Xudu.
Cao Cao personally sat in the city to defend the city, Xu Chu, the commander of the Tiger Guard, Xiahou Shang and Cao Zhen, the second of the eight tiger horsemen of Cao Ying, each guarded the north, east and south gates, and the brothers Xiahouen and Xiahoujie guarded the west gate together.
And the most devastating thing for Gongsun Bai was that several times he was about to attack the Ximen Tower where Xiahouen and Xiahoujie were located, but Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to hold thousands of people hostage to defend the city as a meat shield, so that Gongsun Bai had to order the retreat.
Ten days in a row.
Let Gongsun Bai realize that it is obviously unrealistic to take the fortified city of Xudu by means of forcible attack.
At dusk that day, another strong attack failed, Gongsun Bai Zhuma looked at the towering Xu Du from afar, and muttered for a long time, Fang ordered the whole army to retreat.
At the head of the city, Cheng Yu shook the feather fan lightly, looking down at the retreat of the Gongsun army, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise a sneer.
"Gongsun thief, with me Cheng Yu here, you want to capture Xu Du, don't think about it."
Cheng Yu muttered to himself with contempt on his face.
And not far away, Xiahou Shang was also full of pride, and snorted coldly: "Gongsun thief."
Although I, Xiahou Shang, can't kill you now and avenge my uncle Xiahou Yuan, this time, I will do my best to let you taste the taste of the defeated city."
All the Cao generals were proud, and those Cao pawns who had killed the Gongsun army were also depressed, and they shouted and scolded the retreating Gongsun army, all of them were arrogant.
Gongsun Bai collected his troops and returned to the camp, went straight to the big tent of the Chinese army, and issued an order to gather all the civil and military forces to discuss a new strategy for breaking the city.
"Xu Du is extremely strong, Cao thief stubbornly resisted, fought to the death, and used the people as a shield, and the last general thought that if our army continued to attack, it would only be in vain to damage the soldiers."
As soon as the meeting began, Zhao Yun stood up against the continued assault.
At this time, Zhang Liao also said: "Now that the strong attack is no longer possible, the Cao thief is already the turtle in Wengzhong, there is no need to rush for a while, and it will only increase the casualties of the army and civilians." ” Gongsun Bai nodded slightly, expressing his agreement with the proposal of the two generals, and turned to Guo Jia and Pang Tong and said, "What do you two think?"
Pang Tong and Guo Jia glanced at each other, it was obvious that the two had already discussed before the meeting, which made Gongsun Bai very satisfied, and the two strategists with 99 intelligence got along very well, which was undoubtedly a great thing.
I only listened to Guo Jiadao: "Xia Guan and Shi Yuan thought that the Duke of Wei did not need to rush to attack, the Cao thief killed the king and rebelled against the Han, and there was no loyal man in the city of Xudu Wei Gong only needed to besiege and not attack, and over time, there will inevitably be civil strife in the city of Xudu, and then it will be the time for the lord to take the Cao thief lightly." ” Gongsun Bai originally had some doubts, thinking that you knew that there would inevitably be civil strife, Cao Cao had run Xu Du for seven or eight years, even if there was a thorn in the head, I am afraid that he would have been pulled out by him, but remembering that Guo Jia in history had said to Cao Cao that Sun Ce would inevitably die at the hands of assassins, the result was really a prophecy, and now he and Pang Tong both think so, there must be a reason.
At that time, Gongsun Bai no longer asked, and shouted: "The whole army will suspend the attack, but it must be strictly guarded to the death, and the Cao thief must not be allowed to take advantage of it, and send people to the city every day to scold the battle and reduce its morale." ” After speaking, he remembered something again, and said in a deep voice: "The main generals of each sect will send soldiers and horses to conduct intensive searches within a radius of twenty miles outside the city of Xudu, and anyone who has a hole in the ground needs to be explored, even if it is a rabbit hole and a mouse hole, don't let it go, and strictly prevent Cao thieves from escaping from the tunnel."
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"Whoa" It was night, a secret room in a house in the south of the city.
The lights were like beans, and several people in black sat around the case, their faces covered with black scarves, and the atmosphere was very gloomy.
After a long time, one of them said in a hoarse voice: "Cao Thief stubbornly resisted, Duke Wei attacked for ten days without success, and now he has stopped attacking the city, what should I do?"
Another person said angrily: "In fact, with the ability of Duke Wei, it is easy to break the promise, but Cao thief repeatedly uses the people as a shield, and Duke Wei can't bear to hurt the innocent, so he can't attack it for a long time." ” Immediately afterwards, another gloomy voice sounded: "Brother Wen Ruo, I will wait for a thousand days to raise soldiers, is it time to make a move?"
As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes fell on the person in front of the desk in the middle of the secret room, and said in unison: "It's all up to Xun Gong's orders, go to the soup and fight the fire, and don't give up."
The person in the middle, sitting straight and straight, exuding an awe-inspiring aura all over his body, as if he was the head of everyone, seeing the anger of the crowd, he waved his hand slightly and said: "The princes have been waiting for seven or eight years, why care about this moment Now the wind in the capital of Xu is loud, the security is strict, it is not the best time to make a move, we will wait for the cauldron to sink the boat, fight to the death, if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, how can you move the princes at will and wait for a month, I have my own plans." ” Although his voice was not loud, it had an irrefutable majesty, and everyone gradually became agitated and nodded yes.
The man said: "The more critical this juncture, you must be cautious, these days the hidden soldiers in your mansion, must not act rashly, otherwise once the clues are detected by the Cao thief, the plan of several years, the previous efforts will be wasted, remember to remember" Everyone responded in unison, and the man waved his hand and said: "Let's all step aside, today we will gather on the day of my cheap birthday, and it is the opportunity for Cao Thief to distract himself from defending the city, and he can barely hide people's eyes and ears. ” Everyone said goodbye one after another, and the fish rushed out, leaving only the man in the middle to sit there and not move for a long time.
I can't do it today.,Strive to write another half chapter tomorrow.,Tomorrow's double change is unfinished.。
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