Cao Ren and Li Tong besieged Jingling again, Pan Zhang relied on the strong wall, stubbornly defended it, repelled Cao's army many times, and sent people to Xiakou to ask Zhou Yu to send reinforcements.

Cao Ren couldn't please him when he saw it. He discussed with Li Tong: "Jingling City can't be allocated, Wenda and stay here, I will lead the army to attack Jingling's aid." ”

Li Tong answered the order. Continue to command the troops to attack Jingling. Cao Ren took advantage of the night to lead the headquarters and quietly left the camp. Pan Zhang in the city didn't know all this. The camps outside the city are continuous, the flags cover the sky, Cao Ren is gone, how does he know?

However, he said that Xu Sheng defeated Cao's army on the way, and he was sure that there should be no more pursuers in the secret way. So he hurried all the way in the direction of Jingling. Look at the two-day itinerary, you can go to Jingling. Xu Sheng's mood also eased, with Pan Zhang's presence, he didn't believe that Jingling would fall immediately, but if he didn't come back, it would be uncertain.

While he was on the line, Xu Sheng suddenly felt a feeling of discomfort in his heart. This is one of the instincts of the general, sometimes the qi is released, and the six senses are particularly keen, and they will perceive something that is not good for them.

Xu Sheng's heart froze, and before he could react, suddenly, the golden drum sounded loudly, and Cao Jun rushed out together, the first general, was guarded layer by layer, and there was a big flag behind him, with the word Cao fluttering on it. The person who came was Cao Ren.

Seeing this, Xu Sheng hurriedly turned his horse's head and ordered: "Withdraw!" ”

Xu Sheng led his troops and horses and wanted to retreat to Huarong. After a few miles, suddenly there was another horn in front of him, and a Cao army came out again. Now Xu Sheng understands that Cao Jun has blocked his front and back roads, and he wants to wrap himself up.

Xu Sheng laughed angrily, if you want to swallow your own army, it depends on whether you have this good tooth. Knowing that he couldn't be good, Xu Sheng gave up his heart to escape. Ordered the three armies, set up camp and set up a village, and wanted to fight to the death with Cao's army.

He was also forced, the front and back roads were blocked, even if Huarong and Jingling knew, they would not be able to send troops to rescue him. It seems that Cao Jun is okay.

Cao Ren's heart was also full of fighting spirit, and if he broke this army, the military strength of the Yangzhou army in the Jingling area would be greatly weakened. And the two cities of Huarong and Jingling, they are determined to win.

The war began.

In front of the position, the Yangzhou army dug rows of horse traps of different depths, and tied the sharpened trees together cross-tied together to form antlers. In the camp, giant trees have been buried in the ground, and watchtowers and arrow towers have also begun to be built.

Of course, Cao Ren naturally wouldn't sit back and wait for Xu Sheng to build a lot of construction under his nose. The archers of the two families are shooting at each other, and the cavalry is also testing and contacting each other.

In Cao Junzhong, the stone machine is also being assembled and ready to start test firing. After a while, the stone machine was ready, and then in the cheers of Cao Jun, it was pushed out by Cao Jun.

After seeing the stone machine on the high watchtower, Xu Sheng's face suddenly turned like earth. Cao Jun ambushed himself with ease and waiting, but he didn't expect that even such a heavy weapon was ready.

Cao Ren has always been cautious in his use of soldiers, and he has always used all his strength to fight rabbits. So this time, seeing that there was still enough time, I simply transported the stone machine from Jingling City. He didn't believe it, Xu Sheng was bent on first aiding Jingling, and he would still carry this kind of burden in the army.

Cao Ren guessed correctly, Xu Sheng wanted to hurry back to Jingling City to defend, so he didn't bring a lot of baggage, but went into battle lightly and marched quickly. And the battle with Cai Mao consumed a lot of materials. Now that Cao Ren has dragged the stone machine out, the pressure on Xu Sheng can be imagined.

The stone machine was pushed to the front of the formation, and a group of soldiers tinkered several times, and then, in the eyes of different moods on both sides, began to fire, and a boulder was placed in the basket, and then ejected. In the eyes of countless people, it flew into the sky slowly, and then with a whin, it smashed heavily in front of the Yangzhou army, smashed a huge pit on the ground, and in the splash of soil, it rolled forward for more than ten steps, and then it was motionless.

Cao Jun sighed for a while, feeling why he didn't hit the Yangzhou army. Xu Sheng's department, from top to bottom, was silent for a while. If such a large stone hits the head, won't it become a piece of flesh? This time it didn't hit, what about the next time?

Sure enough, in the midst of all the attention, the next boulder was closer and more accurate than the previous one. After firing three bullets in a row, the morale of the Yangzhou army was so low that it could not be lower.

Seeing this, Xu Sheng came down from the tall building, stood at the front with his sword, and said loudly: "I am here to kill the enemy side by side with you, what are you afraid of?" ”

Seeing this, all the soldiers were infected by Xu Sheng's pride, so they raised their troops and shouted: "I am willing to fight to the death with the general!" The fear just now was replaced by excitement.

Cao Ren saw it from afar and said, "This will be my life." ”

So he ordered the three armies to attack.

In front of Cao Jun, who came prepared, Xu Sheng couldn't use all kinds of means. He did not have as many people as Cao Ren, and he did not have as many arrows and horses in his army as Cao Jun. Courage and willpower are indeed the magic weapons to win. But that also scores people and the environment. And it is clear that here, courage and willpower, are of little use.

The Yangzhou army was pressed and beaten by Cao's army, and soon lost the first line of defense. The whole army is contracting. Xu Sheng's face was pale, and he had nothing he could do.

On the front line, the two armies were fighting, and suddenly, a large rock fell from the sky and smashed into their own formation, which was a fatal blow to the psychology of the soldiers.

Survival is human instinct. Even if you're fighting an enemy, you'll instinctively react when a threat in the sky approaches. And this consequence is that when the Yangzhou army heard the whistling sound in the sky, they spontaneously dispersed. After dispersing, Cao Jun will intersperse and oppress forward.

Even Xu Sheng himself had to retreat under the escort of his own guards. How can this battle be fought?

After pondering for a long time, Xu Sheng made a difficult decision: "Break through!" ”

Cao Jun has the big killer of the stone machine, and it is not a way to consume it with Cao Jun here. What's more, in Xu Sheng's army, there is not much military rations. If it continues to be consumed, even if Cao Ren does not attack, they will also run out of food.

After giving the order, Xu Sheng began to look at the map. He had to find a relatively safe way out to make sure he could get out.

At this time, the deputy general came over and bowed his hand to Xu Shengyi and said, "General, I am willing to stay here to stop Cao's army." The general can retreat quickly. ”

Xu Sheng said unhappily: "If you want to go, let's go together, why do you say this?" ”

The adjutant general bowed his head and said, "If no one breaks off, how can the army get out?" It's better to cut off your tail to survive. ”

When Xu Sheng heard this, he was also embarrassed in his heart. In fact, it's not that he didn't think about keeping people behind, but after thinking about it, there are fewer people left, it's useless, and there are more people left, so it's better not to stay. With so many people lost, what face does he have to see Zhou Yu and Sun Ce?

Seeing that Xu Sheng was still groaning, the adjutant general said: "The general has made a decision early, and the coming day will be long, why not leave a useful body in order to make another day?" ”

When Xu Sheng heard this, he said, "Okay, leave your department here to block Cao's army." ”