Chapter 1007: Poison

Ling Cao began to prepare to attack the city.

The guards in the city are Cao Xiu and Cao Chun.

The two are ready.

Ling Cao started to attack.

The four city gates stormed at the same time.

Tens of thousands of troops attacked together.

Thousands of arrows are fired.

An arrow is a sharp sword, piercing through everything.

A large number of arrows slanted down, taking away batches of lives.

However, Cao's army is not that vulnerable. They have a large number of shields to defend, but the division of labor is different for each arm, and there are always many that need to be exposed to arrows.

As long as Zhang Yu kills the enemy this time, it will be a decisive battle, and the arrow will naturally not feel bad.

As soon as the battle started, Ling Cao's tens of thousands of troops pressed up together in a more violent way.

The battle was extremely fierce, and the two sides fought fiercely.

Ling Cao launched several waves of strong attacks and was beaten down.

However, this did not affect the morale of Zhang Yu's side. The morale of the soldiers was still high and they competed for meritorious service.

The army continued to attack wave after wave. At night, Ling Cao still did not stop attacking. He replaced a group of troops and continued to attack.

Similarly, the defenders in the city fought back violently.

The two sides fought there.

Zhang Yu has been watching this battle all day long.

"One will succeed and ten thousand bones will dry up."

Zhang Yu lamented that to achieve his hegemony, he did not know how many people would have to die.

But Zhang Yu can be ruthless, after all, he can lead the whole nation to take off.

There is a big war here, and the army keeps coming.

After resting for one night, I received news that Cao Cao would arrive with his army in three days.

Zhang Yu immediately led the army to the distance, ready to stop Cao Cao.

Zhang Yu led an army of 80,000, and then walked for a day, and set up a camp in a place near a mountain.

This camp just overlooked the main road below, which is the only way Cao Cao and the others must pass.

If you want to take another road, you must take a long detour, which will take a few more days.

The battle on the front line is in full swing, and the time difference is only a few days, which will have a huge impact. The most important thing is that the transportation of food and grass is not easy.

Therefore, this is the ultimate road for Cao Cao and the others. The army can detour, but once the food and grass detour, it will take so many days, which is very dangerous.

Zhang Yu had just built the camp, and it was Cao Cao who arrived with his army to clean up the combustibles around him.

Cao Cao brought hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he gathered all the soldiers and horses around him, integrated them into one road, and commanded them himself.

"My lord, Zhang Yu built a camp near the mountain, blocking our way, so we can only attack by force." Cheng Yu said.

Cao Cao was helpless, and then ordered: "Who will open the road ahead for me."

Xu Chu immediately came out and said, "My lord, give my subordinates 30,000 soldiers and horses, and my subordinates will go down and sweep away the obstacles for my lord."

Cao Cao was overjoyed. What he needed most at this time was someone to take the lead and boost morale.

Xu Chu stormed with 30,000 men.

Zhang Yu came out to fight in person. After two hours of fighting, Xu Chu was defeated and lost.

Zhang Yu did not pursue and continued to reinforce the camp.

When Xu Chu came back, he knelt on the ground and said, "My lord, my subordinate failed to complete the task and lost ten thousand soldiers and horses. Please forgive me, my lord."

Cao Cao glanced at Ai Jiang and didn't blame him. He could see clearly that Xu Chu had tried his best and fought very resolutely, but Zhang Yu and the others had the advantage of the geographical advantage, and the arrows from top to bottom were powerful.

After losing the first battle, Cao Cao retreated to set up camp, and then went back to study countermeasures.

"My lord, we can send a light soldier to detour up and attack from the top down." Jia Xu suggested.

"it is good,

Immediately ordered people to take three thousand people up the mountain overnight. " Cao Cao agreed after hearing this.

In the middle of the night, Cao Jun touched the mountain.

When it was almost dawn, they suddenly came down from above, and at the same time Xu Chu sent someone to attack again.

"This Cao Jun is really capable of tossing around." When he was suddenly attacked, he heard that there were not many soldiers on the other side, Zhang Yu didn't panic, and sent 20,000 people to kill him.

And Zhang Yu personally led the army to meet Xu Chu again.

Zhang Yu fought Xu Chu for more than two hundred rounds. At this time, Zhang Yu's combat power was not inferior to Xu Chu's, and he could even fight against him.

In the afternoon, Zhang Yu wiped out the enemy army on the mountain, and then Zhang Yu sent 5,000 people to garrison the mountain.

The army above was wiped out, Cao Cao saw that he had no chance, so he could only order to retreat.

The two sides lost more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

Zhang Yu sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to the top of the mountain, and it was very difficult to go up from other directions.

The two sides were deadlocked, and Cao Cao was very restless in the barracks.

The failure to pass quickly made Cao Cao uneasy. The battle reports ahead could continue to come in, and the scouts were still able to pass through this road.

Ling Cao kept attacking day and night, and the troops took turns to fight. Cao Chun and the others fought very hard.

"The decisive battle is the decisive battle, but Zhang Yu obviously wants to fight quickly." Cao Cao said to his subordinates.

At the beginning, he fought Yuan Shao for two years, but Zhang Yu stormed the city as soon as he came up, and he was not polite at all.

In fact, he can look for opportunities after besieging the city and consume it slowly, so the loss of troops will naturally be much smaller.

But Zhang Yu didn't, it was the most violent attack directly.

"My lord, the start of this battle is too sudden. Generally, hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting, and it is impossible to do it without preparation for a few months. However, Zhang Yu can organize such a large-scale battle in less than a month. We can only fight here Fight him, then shrink your troops and look for opportunities." Xun You said.

Cao Cao remained silent, this matter was already a matter of life and death.

The two sides continued to stalemate.

Zhang Yu was in the big camp, and at this time they continued to reinforce, trying to block Cao Jun.

Zhang Yu blocked Cao Cao's reinforcements here, making it impossible for him to pass.

On Ling Cao's side, round after round of attacks broke the city in several places.

It's just that Cao Jun has more than 200,000 soldiers and horses after all.

In the first few days of the war, the two sides lost more than 30,000 people each.

The situation was not good, so Cao Chun and Cao Xiu discussed countermeasures together.

"My lord was stopped, so there was no way to attack from both sides, and the enemy army is getting more and more." Cao Chun said.

"Yes." Cao Xiu sighed, and then said: "There is no good way now, but to fight to the death. We try to delay as much as possible to buy time for the Lord."

The two sides are still fighting.

At this time, Cao Cao felt the pressure, and the reinforcements who came were firmly blocked by Zhang Yu, and Cao Chun had lost more than 80,000 people, and the city had been breached several times in the past two days.

Cao Cao was irritable, and after thinking hard to no avail, he found Cheng Yu, Xun You and Jia Xu alone.

"Such a situation is very unfavorable to us. If Wen sends a letter, our logistics will be overwhelmed. It will be unsustainable to bear the burden of a war between the east and the west." Cao Cao's family has always been poor, and now there are problems everywhere.

A few people have no good solution, and the situation is a bit stalemate at this time.

After thinking for a long time, Jia Xu said: "My lord, the more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the capital of the state of Lu can no longer be withdrawn, and we need to mobilize more soldiers and horses to add them. It can be said that all places have been affected by the war. , Only by ending the war as soon as possible can the current problems be solved.”

"Is there any specific way?"

After Jia Xu stroked his beard for a while, he said with flickering eyes, "Together we will die together."

"What!" Cheng Yu and Xun You both shouted.