149. Siege
Ji Ling's night attack was considered successful. Liu Bei's army was basically in vain last night! Not only that, he also suffered heavy casualties under Ji Ling's rush!
The next morning, Liu Bei learned about the news last night and immediately scolded Zhang Fei! Zhang Fei secretly swears in his heart that he must make Ji Ling look good tonight!
After Liu Bei taught Zhang Fei a lesson, he turned his head and asked Han Fei: "Zi Cong, how should we deal with many obstacles in the city now?"
Han Fei smiled and said, "Lord, I have foresaw these before. The arrows on the top of the city cannot be defended, but they can allow the soldiers to carry soil on their heads, which can reduce casualties. The most threatening now is Ji Ling and the iron cavalry he led. Only by annihilation or crippling them can you continue to pile up the mountains with confidence!"
Liu Bei nodded and said, "That's the case, but it's not easy to completely annihilate it. It's probably not enough to rely on the cavalry in the army alone."
Han Fei nodded and said, "The lord is right. If you want to completely annihilate Ji Ling's cavalry, you still need to help Cao Cao!"
"Zicong, do you mean joining forces with Cao Jun?"
"Yes, Ji Ling's cavalry is a threat to everyone. I think they will agree to join forces with the wisdom of Cao Cao and Guo Jia."
"Very good, I'll write a letter to him now!" After Liu Bei said that, he took out the paper, wrote a letter bit by bit, and then sent someone to Cao Cao's camp.
The Cao army's siege in the past two days was not very effective. Although they once climbed to the top of the city, they were quickly beaten down. After learning that Liu Bei had piled up the mountain, Cao Cao had also discussed this with Guo Jia and others. However, compared with the east, the north wall was wider, and the piled mountain could only hit a little, but it could no longer take into account the front wall. So in the end, Cao Cao gave up this idea and forced the city to attack with all his heart!
However, in addition to Cao Cao watching it on the outside on the first day, he handed over the siege to Xu Huang and Xiahou Yuan in the next two days, and he went back to the tent to rest himself.
Cao Cao was resting in the big tent, and suddenly someone came to report that Liu Bei had a letter delivered. Cao Cao nodded and signaled his personal guard to put the person in. At this time, a Liu Bei's army's message delivery soldier ran into the big tent and knelt on his knees, took out the letter from his arms and presented it with his hands. Cao Cao's personal guard next to him picked up the letter and placed it on Cao Cao's desk.
Cao Cao took out the letter and looked at it, his eyes lit up. "This paper is good! Such a good paper is used to write letters. Liu Xuande is too wasteful!" Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh a little regretful!
After opening the letter, Cao Cao read it from beginning to end and immediately said, "Go back and tell your lord that after dinner, I will send someone to lead 5,000 cavalry to meet your camp!" Liu Bei's army's sender responded and bowed out of the tent, then returned to the camp to report.
This is Cao Cao's drum gathering generals and summoning everyone to discuss matters! The time is not long, and everyone in the camp arrives one after another. Cao Cao tells the story of Liu Bei's invitation to send troops to encircle and suppress Ji Ling. Guo Jia immediately said that this matter is feasible! He said to Cao Cao: "Lord, this Ji Ling is the largest general under Yuan Shu. If he can be killed or seriously injured, he will definitely seriously damage the morale of Yuan Shu's army!"
Cao Cao nodded and said, "I think so too. The only thing I am uncertain about now is who will lead the troops there!"
As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, Xu Huang stood up and said, "Lord, I have not made any contribution since I defected to the Lost Lord. Today I ask for an order to lead the army to encircle and suppress Ji Ling. I hope the Lost Lord will agree!"
When Cao Cao saw Xu Huang taking the initiative to ask for battle, he was overjoyed and said, "Okay! Gongming is willing to go there and fight will be successful! After dinner tonight, you will lead 5,000 cavalry to Liubei's camp!"
"It's the lord!" Xu Huang agreed.
That night, after dinner, Xu Huang led 5,000 cavalry straight to Liu Bei's camp. Liu Bei's camp was also ready at this time. Originally, 10,000 cavalry were handed over to Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, each leading 5,000 people.
When Xu Huang arrived at Liu Bei's camp, Han Fei began to assign them a place to ambush. Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and Xu Huang were each ambushing each in the same direction. They were just waiting for Ji Ling to attack again after midnight.
By midnight, Liu Bei's army began to transport soil to pile up mountains again, and arrows were shot at the top of the city, but today the soldiers were prepared when they piled up mountains, so the threat of arrows at the top of the city was no longer great!
This move doesn't work, so I can only send cavalry attacks! To be honest, if there is another way, Ji Ling would not want to attack again tonight. The so-called sneak attack is just a word for stealing! After yesterday's sneak attack, there is no need to think that Liu Bei's army will definitely be on guard today! But now there is no other way, so Ji Ling can only do his best!
However, Ji Ling also took a scruple today. He brought two people to fight with him. These two people were Han Hao and Leju! Initially, Yuan Shu had many generals, but after he was killed by Liu Bei's army and Cao Cao's army, there were not many left now! Han Hao and Le were still among the best! Therefore, Ji Ling brought these two people tonight.
The three of them divided the work and each led a team of three thousand cavalrymen. They still set out from the south gate and then went around to the east gate to launch an attack! However, this time Yule and Han Hao went first, and Ji Ling was responsible for supporting him later! In his opinion, this was so safe!
But he knew that Le and Han Hao had just arrived and had not killed a few people, he suddenly saw a group of people coming from the north. The leader was not someone else, but Zhang Fei! Zhang Fei was scolded by Liu Bei today, and he hated the person who attacked him in his heart, so he was particularly ruthless today! Le saw that it was Zhang Fei, and he ran away! Han Hao had never fought with Zhang Fei, and he didn't know how powerful he was! He ran away when he saw Le, but he rushed up.
Zhang Fei was dying, and suddenly saw a sword light running towards him! He lifted the snake spear outward and pointed it on Han Hao's big knife. Han Hao's arm shook and almost let it go! He quickly stabilized his body and held the knife in both hands, and then rushed to Zhang Fei to kill him!
Zhang Fei saw that this man was not Ji Ling, so he immediately turned his mouth. The snake spear in his hand danced and fought with Han Hao. How could Han Hao be Zhang Fei's opponent? He couldn't hold it in three or five rounds. He ran away with a fake move! Zhang Fei laughed wildly and chased him! At this time, Ji Ling led his army to come, and he saw Zhang Fei chasing Han Hao at a glance!
So without saying anything, he raised his sword and rushed to Zhang Fei to kill him! When Zhang Fei saw Ji Ling coming, he immediately abandoned Han Hao and Ji Ling to fight!
At this time, Xu Huang in the east and Guan Yu in the south also led people to kill him. Under three attacks, the iron cavalry brought by Ji Ling and the other three were defeated! Ji Ling saw that it was not good and wanted to escape, but he knew that he had just gotten rid of Zhang Fei and met Guan Yu again!
Guan Yu held the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand, blocking Ji Ling's route of escape! By the way, Ji Ling specifically learned about the characteristics of Liu Bei's generals today. Ji Ling in front of him could tell at a glance that he was Guan Yu! He made up his mind: He could only fight to the death!
Chapter completed!