Chapter 1015

"Woo

The low trumpet sounded outside Dingtao city. At the beginning, it was only in the north. Then, the direction of East and West cities also sounded. A moment later, the sky shaking war drum also sounded, and then, the shouts of soldiers also sounded like thunder.

The shouts of tens of thousands of people made tens of thousands of Cao's soldiers turn pale. Looking at the situation of the soldiers in the city, Ren Jun sneered: "if we can take down the city just by the shouts of tens of thousands of people, then we're still guarding a fart city. Why don't we pull dozens of people to Luoyang and roar twice?"

All the generals burst out laughing.

A school captain yelled: "the Taishou is right. The little turtles of the eastern army really think that we can't build the walls of the Taocheng. Besides, there are tens of thousands of soldiers in the city. If we want to eat the Taocheng, we have to see if he has such good teeth."

When the taxi drivers nearby heard this, they all looked much better.

Seeing this situation, Ren Jun's heart was also slightly relieved. Between the two armies, there was already a move.

The war on the ground is going on like fire. A few feet below the ground, thousands of people are also busy, like busy ants, carrying baskets of loaded soil out of the ground, and then carrying huge trees into the tunnel to support them.

The closer to the city wall, the more cautious the Dugu brothers are, because their tunnel will soon reach the bottom of the moat. At this time, if they are not careful, it is likely to cause water seepage, and all their previous achievements will be wasted. It is also possible that they will leave all the thousands of digging soldiers in the tunnel here. You know, they have only been here for a long time If five thousand soldiers are trained, even if one tunnel collapses, almost one thousand soldiers will die.

On the surface, it seems that they should be easy to supplement, but in fact they are not. There are very strict requirements for the selection of these soldiers. First, they should not be too tall. It is not convenient to move in the tunnel because they are too tall. The second is to have strong arm strength. Excavation and transportation require high arm strength. Another point is to be careful and be able to distinguish the subtle differences between different kinds of soil.

All of a sudden, Dugu Ba woke up with a low cry: "Captain, come and see." It was a captain in charge of the tunnel.

Dugu Ba stepped forward quickly and looked in the direction of Du Wei's finger. He could see that the soil there was wetter than the one below. He felt that he had reached the moat.

Taking a pick from a soldier, Dugu Ba carefully planed under the place. A moment later, he was relieved and handed the pick to the soldier. Looking back at Du Wei, he said, "from here on, dig three feet underground. Remember to reinforce this place."

"I understand!" The captain replied;

"well, it's up to you. Ben will go to other places to have a look." Then he walked back without looking back under the escort of several pro guards. Since this tunnel has been dug under the moat, the other two should be almost the same. He must look at them one by one before he can rest assured.

Later, Dugu Ba and his younger brother looked at the other two tunnels together and made sure that they had been safely dug under the moat. Then they went back to the camp. At this time, it was going to be dark for another hour, and it was getting dark. That is to say, the siegers were about to withdraw and return to the camp.

Seeing the Dugu brothers coming in, Huangfu Chaobo said, "what's the matter with the tunnel?"

"Report back to my Lord, the three tunnels have been dug to the bottom of the moat. You can certainly dig into the city before dark tomorrow, and you can open the channel to enter the city at any time."

"Well, come on, give orders to General Zhang and General Huang. The army is constantly harassing the garrison in the city tonight, and will continue to attack the city tomorrow."

Huangfu Chaobo wanted to confirm the number of soldiers in the city. Judging from the current situation, the number of soldiers in the city should be around 20000. However, seeing that Cao Cao has not sent troops to support him so far, Huangfu Chaobo has no idea.

Without the support of intelligence, Pang Tong and his three men are skilled at cooking without rice. They can only speculate based on the situation of the garrison in the city. However, judging from today's war situation, no one has found anything unusual. That's why Huangfu Chaobo has the decision to continue to harass at night and increase the attack strength tomorrow.

In Dingtao City, Ren Jun is gathering generals for discussion. Today's war is obviously much stronger than the previous days. In the afternoon, Ren Jun has already begun to transfer his central army to the city to support the city's war, but now the most elite troops under Huangfu Chaobo have not been sent out, so Ren Jun does not intend to expose the 10000 troops in the central camp too soon.

Just at this time, outside the city, there was another drum sound, which was especially obvious in this silent night. All the generals of Cao Cao's Army stood up and looked out. Soon, a soldier came in and reported: "the East army outside the city suddenly launched an attack on the city wall, but retreated near the moat."

Ren Jun listens and waves his hand to signal his soldiers to retreat, but he looks in the direction of Zhong Lou. It's only two o'clock now, and he doesn't expect that the strategy of recruiting the East army will begin. You know, in the past, it was only after three o'clock that such actions would be taken. It seems that tomorrow's war will be more fierce.Thinking of this, Ren Jun said to his private Duwei, "has the messenger for the LORD set out?"

"They were arranged to cross the river and leave after dark."

"Ladies and gentlemen, it seems that tomorrow's war will be more fierce. We have to be ready. It is said that the number of soldiers and horses on duty tonight will double. The central army of Shanyang army and the central army of its headquarters will rest under the city and be ready to support the city at any time to prevent the eastern army from attacking the city overnight. "

Speaking of this, Ren Jun turned his head and looked at Xue Hong, the main general of the central camp, and said, "general Xue, please prepare the central camp for the war tomorrow."

"The end will take orders!" When they heard this, they all agreed.

Almost at the time of Ren Jun's gathering of generals for discussion, Cao Cao of Changyi also received the military report from Dingtao. Looking at the war report written by Ren Jun, Cao Cao told Sima Yi: "Huangfu Chaobo has begun to attack Dingtao fiercely. It is estimated that he has got the information from Qingzhou and wants to encircle the Wei and save Zhao."

With that, Cao Cao handed the war report to Xun Yu. After he read it, he handed it to Sima Yi. Sima Yi took the war report, read it carefully, and then said, "it seems that it should be so. I just don't know what happened to the Langya army and general Cao Charlie."