Chapter 306 Fierce Battle
Ailang said seriously: "Everything I said is true. If there are false words, the sky will be struck by lightning!" Huang Yueying was moved to his heart when he saw him saying this, and he couldn't help but believe it. In ancient times, people feared ghosts and gods, and few people dared to swear and swear with Gods and ghosts. Therefore, as soon as Ailang said this, Huang Yueying immediately believed most of it. However, Huang Yueying didn't know that Ailang was just a freak. There was actually not much difference between God and ghosts and gods in his place, so it was as simple as farts for Ailang.
Ailang said: "You think, you have to write a song and compose a song. It's not that simple. How could I make such a song and essay in such a short time as a banquet? If I can do that, wouldn't I be a god?"
Huang Yueying was stunned when she heard this, and then she couldn't help but believe Ailang's statement completely, because Ailang's words made a lot of sense. It is not a simple thing to do poetry and songs, especially songs and essays, which also involves composing music. If you want to compose the song so perfectly, it takes a lot of time to ponder and correct it. It is impossible to complete such a little time at the banquet. Therefore, this song "The World and the City" must have taken a lot of time in advance to create it.
Huang Yueying couldn't help but feel happy when she thought of this, but then she looked at Ailang angrily, saying, "What are you talking about this to me? It seems like I'm really jealous of my little sister Zhen Mi!" Ailang nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, yes! How could our Yueying be jealous? It should be that others eat our Yueying's jealous!" Huang Yueying was both funny and angry, saying, "What are you talking about?" The two of them laughed and played as if there was no one around, which made the passers-by envious.
The next morning, Ailang didn't get up until midnight. After washing up, he had breakfast, and came to the study. He saw a wooden slip placed in the middle of the desk. Ailang was very curious and walked to the back of the desk and picked up the wooden slip and read it. It turned out that it was the Jingzhou war report forwarded by Jia Xu from Huainan.
It is said that Cao Ren and Wenpin troops attacked Xiangyang for several days, but the city of Xiangyang was high and the river was wide, Zhuge Liang commanded the command again, so Cao Ren and Wenpin could not make any progress after many days of attack. On the contrary, the food and grass of the two armies gradually showed signs of bad luck. Cao Ren couldn't help but consider the temporary withdrawal of troops at this time, but at this moment a good news came from the sky. Ma Su, a representative of the Ma family, a prominent clan in Jingzhou, actually sneaked out of the city to meet Cao Ren.
Seeing that Ma Sushi was a standard scholar, Cao Ren couldn't help but wonder how he came out, so he said, "Now Liu Bei is to guard against our army's attack. The city walls and gates are very cautious, three steps, one post, five steps, and one whistle! How can sir come out?"
Ma Su clasped his fists and said, "I came out of the city gate below,..." Seeing Cao Ren showing surprise, he smiled and explained, "Our Ma family is in Jingzhou, and many generals and officials in the army are children of our Ma family. Tonight, the lieutenant guarding the southern city gate was originally a slave to my Ma family. It is naturally easy for me to leave the city."
Cao Ren looked at Ma Su quietly. Seeing Ma Su showing his calm expression and smiling, he suddenly shouted: "I dare to deceive me! Come on, take it down, immediately push the camp gate and behead him, and order the three armies at the head!" Two personal soldiers rushed in immediately, grabbed Ma Su and dragged him out! Ma Su laughed and cursed: "I think Cao Ren is a famous general in the world. I didn't expect that he was just a suspicious and mediocre person!"
Cao Ren immediately shouted, "Tell me to transfer!" The two personal soldiers immediately dragged Ma Su back and let him go.
Ma Su glanced at Cao Ren and sneered: "What? Don't you kill me anymore?"
Cao Ren hurriedly got up and walked to Ma Su, bowed deeply, and apologized: "Sir, thank you, just because he didn't know if he really came to surrender or sent by Liu Bei, he had to try this. Please forgive me for the offense!" Ma Su hurriedly replied: "General is so serious! It's good for the general to be so cautious!"
Cao Ren ordered someone to bring in a Zhang Wuzi and ask Ma Su to sit down. Ma Su clasped his fists and sat down on Wuzi, clasped his fists and said, "General, our Ma family and many gentry in Jingzhou have long admired the power of the Prime Minister and have long been willing to surrender, but they have never been able to do so! Now that the general is at the city, this is a great opportunity for us to surrender. Please don't doubt it!"
Cao Ren nodded and said, "I naturally believe in sir."
Ma Su said: "The current situation is not difficult to break Xiangyang. The defenders in the city have suffered heavy casualties and their morale is low after these days of fierce battle. If the general is trustworthy, I hope the general will help the general break the city in one fell swoop!" Cao Ren said with his fist: "I hope to hear the details!"
"General, many generals and officials in the Jingzhou army are my Ma family's confidants. I plan to lead these men to raid the Xichengmen in the middle of the night or the next night to capture the city gate. The general leads the army outside the city at this time. As long as we see two bonfires rising from the top of the city, it is a signal that we succeed. The general can lead the army to come immediately! As long as the army enters the city, will Liu Bei and others be able to capture it?"
Cao Ren nodded and praised, "This plan is very wonderful!" Then he clasped his fists at Ma Su and said, "Sir, help me seize Xiangyang, I will definitely declare Mr. Mr.'s great merits to the Prime Minister! The Prime Minister has come to reward merits and punish me for punishment. Since the sir, the Prime Minister will definitely have many rewards and will never treat Mr. badly!" Ma Su stood up and bowed, "Thank you for the promotion of the general!" Cao Ren smiled slightly, and then said, "Ming Ye is too timid, so we will do it in the middle of the night of the next day." Ma Su clasped his fists and said, "I know, I will definitely live up to the general's trust." Then he said, "It is not advisable to stay here for a long time. If the general has no other orders, I will bid farewell." Cao Ren nodded, clasped his fists and said, "It's easy to leave." Ma Su clasped his fists and bowed and hurried away.
When Ma Su left, Cao Ren couldn't help laughing and said, "This is really God's help! With Ma Su helping him, why worry about not being able to take Xiangyang!" Li Dian clasped his fists and said, "General, beware of fraud in this matter!" Cao Ren smiled slightly, "Have you seen me try him? If Ma Su had a ghost in his heart, when I ordered him to be beheaded, he would definitely reveal his feelings! When this person was about to be beheaded, he was only angry but not afraid, which shows that he was indeed here to defect to us!" Li Dian felt that what Cao Ren said made sense and could not help but nodded.
Cao Ren turned around and shouted to the generals: "Everyone is going down and ready to rest. We will seize Xiangyang in one fell swoop the next day in the middle of the night!" The generals agreed together.
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In the middle of the night after that, Cao Ren led tens of thousands of troops to quietly leave the camp and approach the Xiangyang city gate to stop and wait.
Not long after, Cao Ren suddenly saw two bonfires rising on the city wall. It was particularly eye-catching in the night. He couldn't help but feel very happy and immediately ordered the army to advance. Tens of thousands of Cao troops, led by Cao Ren, ran straight towards the city gate. Soon after, they arrived outside the city gate. The city gate was already wide open, and several Jingzhou soldiers were waving to them at the city gate. The army immediately rushed into the city gate. At this time, the city was silent. It was obvious that Liu Bei and the others had no idea about the arrival of Cao's army.
Cao Ren led the army straight to the second city gate. Seeing that the second city gate had also been opened, the only doubts in his heart immediately disappeared. He rushed straight into the army to defeat Liu Bei in one fell swoop!
Suddenly, the sound of war drums broke through the silence of the night. A shout came from all directions, and countless torches and Jingzhou soldiers appeared on the walls on the house. Cao Ren and the Cao army officers and soldiers suddenly saw this scene and were shocked. Cao Ren immediately realized that he had been trapped.
At this moment, arrows were raining from all directions, and the Cao army officers and soldiers who were crowded with nowhere to hide on the streets were all shot into arrows and fell to the ground, screaming sounded! However, Cao army was an elite army trained and well-trained army, but suddenly encountered an attack but was not at all distracted. The shield players raised their shields to form a shield curtain. At the same time, the crossbowmen quickly fired arrows and fought back! The arrows flew towards the surrounding houses, knocking down many Jingzhou officers and soldiers!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!... A few loud noises suddenly sounded, and huge stones flew from the air and fell into the middle of Cao's army. The huge stones hit hard, and the shield could not be resisted. They were immediately smashed into pieces! At the same time, a rumbling sound came from the streets and alleys. The Cao army officers and soldiers suddenly saw countless chariots filled with long swords and spears filled the streets and alleys, rushing like mountains and seas! The Cao army officers and soldiers subconsciously wanted to resist, but they were stabbed into hornet's nests by the long swords and spears on the chariots! The chariots continued to advance, and the Cao army officers and soldiers fell down in succession without any power to fight back. In an instant, blood was accumulated on the streets and alleys!
Seeing that the other party was fully prepared and completely gained the upper hand, Cao Ren was almost in a passive situation of being beaten by the attack. He knew that the whole army would be wiped out of the city, so he immediately led the army to retreat outside the city. However, it was not easy to withdraw from outside the city. On the city wall, the officers and soldiers of Jingzhou kept pushing down the rolling stones and wood. With the rumbling sound, Cao army officers and soldiers who rushed to the city gate were knocked to the ground one after another, and flesh and blood were flying everywhere. In an instant, countless corpses were piled up in front of the city gate! Cao army officers and soldiers became frightened and stopped! At this time, swords, guns, fighting chariots from all directions were still approaching and harvesting the lives of Cao army officers and soldiers. At the same time, the Jingzhou army on the house was still firing arrows to knock down the Cao army officers and soldiers who had nowhere to hide.
Cao's army was at a critical moment. Cao Ren raised his sword and roared: "Run for me! Don't be afraid!!" He roared and rushed towards the inner city gate first. Seeing the rolling stones on the city wall pouring down, Cao Ren couldn't help but lean on the horse's back and rushed forward with a sharp forehead! Seeing countless rolling stones falling down, they were astonishing, but they all hit Cao Ren. Cao Ren rushed out of the inner city gate without any danger! Seeing this, the officers and soldiers couldn't help but feel a great boost and howled and rushed towards the inner city gate. The rolling stones were constantly pouring down. Cao's officers and soldiers were smashed down in succession, but many Cao's officers and soldiers rushed out of the inner city gate.
Cao's army rushed out of the inner city gate at a great cost, and then rushed out of the city with the rolling stones that were constantly pouring from the outer city gate. Cao Ren and more than 10,000 officers and soldiers were very lucky and finally broke out of the trap, while more officers and soldiers were trapped in the city. Many Cao's officers and soldiers could not get out, so they simply fought with the Jingzhou army. However, in the trap set by their opponents, their desperate efforts were useless. They saw that Cao's officers and soldiers fell under the rain of arrows of the Jingzhou army, or were stabbed by swords, guns, and chariots and rolled into the blood of the corpse! Screams one after another, without a fierce battle, it was a terrible scene of unilateral massacre!
Chapter completed!