"South of the Yellow River is Xiacheng. Zixiao, I want to lead a cavalry to take Xiacheng directly. You lead the infantry and besiege Heyang City, are you confident?"

Cao Cao commanded the Han army, drank horses on the Yellow River, and pointed the horse whip at Xiacheng located south of the Yellow River.

Cao Ren replied: "Leave Heyang City to the last general."

"Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, follow me to cross the river!"

Cao Cao led the three tiger and leopard superintendents and tiger and leopard cavalry to cross the Yellow River while the Yellow River was frozen and went straight to Mangshan.

The iron cavalry is sturdy, and the Han army is frightened.

Cao Ren led 80,000 Han troops to besiege Heyang City, which Zhou Yu guarded.

Zhou Yu stood on the wall of Heyang City and witnessed some Han troops leaving the camp and crossing the river to the south, knowing that Cao Cao was going to attack Xiacheng.

It is not surprising that Cao Cao took risky actions. Cao Cao's style has always been like this, either winning or losing.

Cao Cao had Liu Xiu as his backing and his actions became more radical.

"Cao Ren and others besiege the city. Even if I lead troops out of the city, I may not be able to defeat them. I wonder if Xiacheng can be defended..."

Zhou Yu had heard of Cao Ren's reputation. Cao Ren was known as the "General of Heaven and Man". Among Cao Cao's clan generals, he should be the strongest military officer.

Moreover, Cao Ren has great force and has generals such as Niu Jin and Man Chong.

In Xiacheng, Fan Zhongyan led his troops to attack the Central Plains. Geng Gong, the general guarding Hulao Pass, was transferred back to Xiacheng to serve as the lord of the city guard.

Cao Cao's cavalry had appeared in Mangshan north of Xia City, and could attack Xia City at any time, causing panic in the city.

The population of Xiacheng has reached 300,000. Many people outside the city learned that Cao Cao's troops were coming, and fled to the heavily guarded Xiacheng to take refuge.

Han Fei and Gu Yong conscripted strong men in the city, distributed weapons, and climbed to the city to defend.

The main force of the Xia army was conquering the Central Plains, and Cao Cao suddenly sent out a surprise army and the troops arrived at Mangshan.

Xiacheng's defense is empty, and if Xiacheng is captured, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Press notices in the city and recruit talents. If there are those who can turn the tide, rewards are not a problem, and even titles of marquis are not a problem."

Seeing that Xiacheng had a population of hundreds of thousands, maybe there were still generals, so Han Fei posted a list of talents in the city and asked generals for the battle.

There are really not many military generals in Xiacheng. The powerful military generals have already set out to fight and have no time to return to the army, or are on the way back to the army.

Geng Gong is good at defending the city, but it also depends on who the attacker is.

Cao Cao led a large number of cavalry to arrive, and brought powerful generals such as Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Zhen. It was difficult to defend with just Geng Gong, a guard.

The people in Xiacheng were extremely determined. Under the recruitment of Han Fei and Gu Yong, 50,000 rural heroes quickly gathered.

There were hundreds of candidates who came to apply for the generals and talents, and with passion, they wanted to turn the tide and defeat Cao Cao in the crisis of Xiacheng.

Han Fei personally selected the generals to assess their military skills, but he frequently shook his head.

Although these local heroes who came to apply for the election and tried to defeat Cao Cao were full of passion, their qualifications were mediocre and they were not able to deal with Cao Cao's generals.

Cao Cao outside the city suppressed the Yellow Turban Army, attacked Dong Zhuo, and fought with Lu Bu and Liu Bei for Yanzhou and Xuzhou. The Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, the Battle of Wuhuan, and Ma Chao. He was still fighting for hegemony with Nurhaci and Sima Yi in this world. He has experienced many battles and has rich experience in large-scale battles.

Although Cao Cao sometimes sluts, he is not something that ordinary generals can deal with.

"The real generals and talents have either become officials or participated in the martial arts ceremony. Xiacheng has no generals and talents."

Gu Yong believed that the real generals had been beaten up in one fell swoop.

Han Fei had no choice but to choose the generals at the time of the battle.

Most of the powerful generals have arrived in the Central Plains, and there are not many generals in Xiacheng.

Han Fei sighed: "Cao Cao went deep into the army alone and had seen through our reality. He could only hope that Geng Gong could defend Xiacheng."

A cavalry arrived and said to Han Fei: "Sir, the Han army has already attacked the city!"

Han Fei and Gu Yong's face changed and he immediately went to the outer city to watch.

Cao Cao's cavalry set fire at the city gate, and the thick smoke churned, causing the Xiacheng defenders to panic.

The troops left behind Xiacheng were at most second-tier troops, plus a group of rural brave men.

"The cavalry dismounted and broke the city by force!"

Cao Cao rode the famous horse claw Huang Feidian and ordered his cavalry to dismount and turn into infantrymen, and to forcibly conquer Xiacheng.

Guo Jia followed Cao Cao and his troops were at the city: "There are two generals of Xiahou and Zhang He, and two good generals, which is enough to conquer a city with empty defense."

"Siege!"

Cao Cao waved, Xiahou Yuan led the horse archers to suppress the defenders, while Xiahou Dun, Zhang He, Le Jin and other powerful Han generals attacked Xiacheng.

Han army ants attacked the city, rolling stones, rolling wood, yaksha, hot oil splashed, Han army wailed, but Han army soldiers still climbed onto the city wall.

"drink!"

Zhang He climbed the city, danced with spears, and killed the Xia army and the rural brave men who guarded the city!

The elderly Zhang He is still very powerful and is invincible on the city wall.

Le Jin carried a big sword and entered the enemy formation. His sword energy was scattered and he killed hundreds of people!

Although Cao Cao brought few Han troops to attack, they were all elite soldiers in a hundred battles. As long as a few elite soldiers climbed the city, the Xia army would be difficult to deal with. There were also several powerful generals who drove the way, and the city walls were soon in crisis.

boom!

The fierce general Dian Wei held the giant tree and violently hit the city gate. Another tiger and leopard cavalry set fire, and the city gate was also in a hurry!

Under the arrangement of Han Fei, a team of rural heroes filled the vacancy in the city wall.

But the city walls are gradually falling.

Even if the tiger and leopard cavalry dismounts and becomes infantry to attack the city, it will be almost as powerful as a hundred generals or high-level troops.

Cao Chun and Cao Xiu were guarding each other around Cao Cao, looking up at the towering walls of Xia City, showing a look of determination to win.

Cao Cao's Han army had not many troops, so he concentrated on attacking a city gate, which was very likely to break through Xia City.

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and kept observing the changes in the Xia army's flags on the city wall, as well as the direction of the dispatch of troops, determined the position of the chief general Geng Gong, and said to Cao Zhen: "You and Wang Shuang, capture and kill the enemy general."

"Abide by the order!"

Cao Zhen and Wang Shuang, two powerful generals, led hundreds of tiger and leopard cavalry, carried simple flight ladders, and attacked the city wall where Geng Gong was located.

"Shoot the arrow!"

"You guys go and support!"

Geng Gong kept giving orders and tried his best to defend the city.

Suddenly, Geng Gong had a feeling of uneasiness, and saw a flight ladder erected near the city wall where Geng Gong was located, and a team of tiger and leopard cavalry braved the rocks rolling down from the city wall and forcibly climbed the city.

Wang Shuang held up his shield, slashed the stones, and the tiger jumped into the city. He waved a 60-pound machete. The sword light cleaves the shield, kills the soldiers of the Xia army, and kills the commander Geng Gong.

Cao Zhen held a long spear, shook out the gun flower, and stabbed a Xia Jun captain to death.

With a long spear swept across, several Xia soldiers were swept away by Cao Zhen: "Wang Shuang, kill the enemy generals as soon as possible!"

"Leave it to the last general!"

Wang Shuang yelled, swung his big sword with both hands and slashed horizontally, cutting off the Xia Jun sword and shield soldiers blocking the front in half!

The sharp sword light with the aura of the sword scraped out cracks on the stone walls of the city walls!

"Protect General!"

"Ahhhhh!!!"

"General retreat quickly!"

Geng Gong's personal soldiers tried their best to protect their chief general, but were killed by Wang Shuang and blood splattered on the city wall.

Geng Gong had to retreat and continued to command the troops and resist the Han army.

Wang Shuang and Cao Zhen's surprise attack on Geng Gong made it difficult for Geng Gong to command the defenders. The Han army had a greater advantage and Xiacheng was shaky.

Han Fei looked down at the overall situation on the watchtower and commanded the village warriors. Seeing that more and more Han troops were climbing the city, his eyebrows were twisted into a hemp rope and he was in a bad mood.

Cao Cao came prepared. If Cao Cao captured the main city, although Zhang Hua's forces and Chang'an, the western capital, would not be directly destroyed, they would definitely be severely damaged.

"Sir, the great scholar Zi Xia asked for a visit."

When Han Fei was helpless, he moved to Xiacheng, a Confucian philosopher Zixia, who opened the door to accept disciples, to seek his visit.

"What is the role of Confucians at this time? Could it be that their righteous spirit can retreat to the enemy at this time?"

Han Fei is a master of the Legalists and doesn't care much about Confucianism.

At this time, what Han Fei wanted was the master of military strategists to deal with Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was a traitor in troubled times and even slaughtered the city. However, just because a great scholar came forward, he would not be more important to peace.

Cao Cao was about to break through the city, and victory was in sight. What is the use of Confucianism?

"Please come and see me."

Han Fei knew that Zixia was one of the ten philosophers of Confucius, so he still wanted to give the philosophers some face.

Moreover, Han Fei is also a disciple of Xunzi, the master of Confucianism.
To be continued...