Chapter 346

After Cao Ren won the first World War, he occupied Zhuyang County, and then directly attacked Ying county and Yin county.

However, Zhang Ren stationed troops in Ying and Yin counties.

These troops were all elite troops brought by Zhang Ren from Yizhou. They were not able to scare success by stationing troops outside the city. Especially when Cao Ren attacked Ying County, the garrison of Yin county was ready. In the crisis, Cao Ren was harassed, so that Cao Ren could not attack Ying county with all his strength.

At this time, Cao Ren was very happy.

Fortunately, the initial attack on Zhuyang county was as fast as thunder, so that the forces of Ying county and Yin County could not help. Cao Renjiu was unable to attack, so he gave up the two towns and sent soldiers to Zhuyang county. Then he publicized the news that Zhuyang county had been occupied, and led his troops back to Wan county.

After returning to Wan County, Cao Ren went to visit Cao Cao.

Cao Ren said: "prime minister, the last general captured Zhuyang County, but failed to take Ying County, Yin county and other places. Please punish the prime minister."

Cao Cao put down his books and said, "it's all right, judging from the fighting in Wan County before. This Zhang Ren is not simple. He escaped from Xu Huang and Jiyang County. He is very capable. I like this general very much. "

The corner of Cao Ren's mouth twitches and his heart says that the prime minister AI CAI has made another mistake.

Cao Ren said, "prime minister, what should we do now?"

Cao Cao said, "Cao Ren, before you ask, have you ever considered the strategy to defeat the enemy?"

Cao Ren replied, "to the prime minister, what we are going to consider is that the army will go down to Xinye. After the first World War, Zhang Ren's main force has been eliminated. When the main army arrived in Xinye and defeated Zhang Ren, the rest of the counties lost their backbone and were naturally attached to them, so it was hard to resist any more. "

Cao Cao nodded and said, "since you have a plan, you can arrange it according to your own plan. The prime minister is in Wan county. He is only in the rear for you. You may March and set up the battle according to your own ideas. "

"No!"

Cao Ren was very excited.

After Cao Ren left, Cao Cao sent someone to invite Xun you to the camp.

Cao Cao said: "Gongda, Cao Ren has led the army to Xinye. You will send an order to Xu Huang. After Cao Ren leaves, we will follow him to Yuyang county."

Yuyang county and Xinye County border, Cao Cao transferred the army to Yuyang County, obviously for Cao Ren.

"No!"

Xun you nodded and went down to arrange.

go forward with great strength and vigour in the army. He has already led twenty thousand troops and has gone to Xinye county to kill. The army marched very fast. After arriving in Yuyang County, they took a rest for half a day. Then they marched quickly and went straight to Xinye.

As soon as the 20000 troops entered Xinye, Zhang Ren got the news.

Zhang Ren immediately mobilized the soldiers, and then quickly prepared to fight.

At the moment, Zhang Ren stood on the tower, and his eyes also showed a worried expression. When Cao Ren came from Wan County, he led 20000 troops. With such a huge force, Zhang Ren even felt a sense of powerlessness.

In the evening, Cao Ren's army arrived at the north city of Xinye.

Looking at the troops outside the city, Zhang Ren ordered the soldiers to be ready. However, Cao Ren did not order the attack at all, retreated five li and formed an array outside the city.

At night, in order to prevent Cao's attack, Zhang Ren also ordered the soldiers to patrol strictly.

"Dong! Dong

In the evening, the drums of war suddenly sounded outside the city.

The sound came from inside and outside the city. Zhang Ren took a rest on the tower. After hearing the battle drum, he quickly got up, and then came to the tower and ordered the soldiers to prepare to resist.

But after a long time, only drums were heard, and no soldiers invaded.

Seeing this, Zhang Ren knew that he had been cheated.

How to harass!

Zhang Ren knew the tactics of the other side in his heart, but he could not judge when the other side would attack the city, or whether the other side would not attack the city at all.

Zhang renphen told the soldiers to patrol, and ordered the bugle as the slogan of assembly. If there are any enemy soldiers outside the city, they can only summon the soldiers by trumpeting. Otherwise, no matter what, the soldiers will not have to worry about it.

Zhang Ren gave the order, the rest of the soldiers are at ease.

It's just that the war drums are heard outside the city from time to time, which really makes the soldiers in the city not have a good rest. They are always awakened for a while, and it's hard to really sleep.

One night there was no attack, the next morning.

The golden sunlight gushed out from the eastern sky, and a round of it still sounded.

May sun, in the body, has a trace of heat.

On the upper floor of Xinye County, soldiers gathered their spirits to welcome the beginning of the new day. Zhang Ren has blood in his eyes, but his spirit is very strong. Came to the tower, after a tour, Zhang Rencai began to wash and eat breakfast.

In the morning, the sun is already high.

"Dong! Dong

The mighty drums of war suddenly sounded outside the city."Roar!"

"Roar!"

A roar, outside the city.

With the sound of battle drums, the black soldiers, holding steel knives high, converged towards Xinye county. The dense soldiers could not see their heads at a glance, which made their scalp numb. The awe inspiring momentum is even more frightening.

Zhang Ren saw the army outside the city, and finally came.

With the approaching of the army, Cao Ren had been arrayed outside the city.

Cao Ren sent a soldier forward and cried out: "Zhang Ren, general, you are ordered to open the city and surrender immediately. As long as you are willing to surrender, the general will personally recommend you to the prime minister. If you resist stubbornly, there will be no amnesty. "

Zhang Ren roared: "this will be here, waiting for Cao Ren to attack the city."

After the soldiers returned, Cao Ren's eyes flashed a chill.

Toast, no penalty!

It's time to kill!

Cao Ren showed a touch of coldness in his eyes and ordered: "attack the city!"

At the command, Cao Ren's army, a catapult, siege car, cloud car began to drive out quickly. At the same time, a thousand vanguard soldiers immediately killed and went straight to the city tower of Xinye county.

Xinye county is not a big county in Nanyang County, but under the governance of Liu Bei, after several reinforcement, the city is still tall. This city is not easy to seize.

When Zhang Ren saw that Cao Jun was coming, he also ordered: "crossbow hand, prepare."

At the command, a large yellow crossbow was set up on the upper floor of the city. Then the soldiers put on the crossbow and aimed at the siege vehicles and catapults outside the city.

Zhang Ren bought the drawing from Liu Xiu and made the crossbow.

Among the counties in Nanyang County, only Xinye county is equipped with 30.

A moment later, Zhang Ren ordered: "launch!"

At the command, a specially made crossbow and arrow were shot out quickly and went straight to the catapult and siege vehicle outside the city. The crossbow is powerful. Once it hits the catapult or siege vehicle, it will cause great damage immediately. Even after the soldiers outside the city were shot, they were directly penetrated.

Cao Ren, sitting in the middle army, saw this scene, and his eyes showed a touch of coldness.

When Cheng Yu went to Jingzhou to celebrate, he saw Liu Xiu's weapon. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ren's Yizhou army was also equipped with such weapons.

However, even if there is a crossbow, it is hard to resist.

With waves of soldiers approaching, a large number of Cao soldiers began to attack the city.

One by one, the soldiers ran to the cloud car, and then quickly rushed to the tower of Xinye. When they rushed to the tower, they were killed. However, Zhang Ren was also well prepared, and his soldiers immediately resisted.

At the same time, boiling water, rolling oil, wood, stones and so on, which had been prepared on the city tower, were constantly thrown down, killing Cao's soldiers.

In addition, a catapult also began to operate, bombarding Cao soldiers who attacked outside the city.

On the upper floor of Xinye City, there are many fights.

However, there was no sign of unrest in Zhang Ren's command. Everything was under Zhang Ren's control.

On the first day of the siege, Cao Jun ascended the castle several times, but they were all beaten down by Zhang Ren without any benefit. On his first day, Zhang Ren sent only 1500 soldiers to the war. At the end of the day, more than 400 of these 1500 soldiers died, but there are still more than 1000 soldiers to fight again.

The next day, Cao attacked the city again.

On this day, Zhang Ren ordered all the soldiers who took part in the war on the first day to withdraw and replace them with the second group of 1500 soldiers to resist Cao's attack again.