At that moment, Guan Ping led 5,000 men and horses, built a busy building outside the south gate of Fancheng, dug up the soil into a mountain, built a fortress on the soil mountain, an arrow tower, and arranged a strong bow and a hard crossbow, which made it very impressive.

Guan Ping has been in the army for many years, and Liu Chan has used the system to improve his command ability before, so he has made very rapid progress.

"I haven't seen this Guan Yu for a few years, but he actually knows how to use soldiers!" Cao Ren stood at the head of the city, looking at the busy figures of the Jingzhou soldiers outside the city, and his face couldn't help but be a little solemn.

The most important defensive facility of a city is bows and arrows, but without archers, the defensive strength will be reduced by more than half.

Cao Ren originally thought that Guan Yu would lead his troops to attack the city directly, but he didn't expect that Guan Yu would build a mountain outside the city to restrain the strong bows and crossbows on the city.

This is a little different from Guan Yu in Cao Ren's impression.

"I don't want Guan Yu to be so proficient in the art of war, you look at those earthen walls and hidden forts on the earth mountain, they are set up extremely tricky, our archers can't shoot them, but they can shoot us!"

Zhao Yan arched his hand towards Cao Ren and said: "General, we only have 10,000 defenders in the city, we can't underestimate the enemy, send someone to Wancheng as soon as possible, and let Sima Yi quickly lead the army south!" Now the Jingzhou army is busy with this matter, and has not yet besieged Fancheng, if it waits for it to attack the city, it will not be able to get out. ”

Cao Ren waved his hand and said, "No, Sima Yi has also been paying attention to Fancheng's movements, he knows that the situation in Fancheng is unfavorable, and he will send troops." And now that the Jingzhou army has not yet attacked the city, I will send people to ask for help, isn't it despised? ”

After more than ten days, the south gate of Fancheng became outside, and a number of earth mountains were built.

"Father, the earth mountain has been established, please review it!" Guan Ping, Guan Yu and other generals in the army stood behind the mountain, and Guan Ping said to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu stroked his three-foot long hair, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes, and asked the generals on the left and right: "What do the generals think of the construction of this earth mountain?" ”

Ma Liang groaned: "This earth mountain is outside the city of Fancheng, the road up the mountain is gentle and wide, convenient for the transportation of baggage, and the hidden fort has been dug on it, and the female wall has been established, the angle is tricky, the enemy is difficult to shoot at the city, but we can shoot them, the major general has already understood the essence of the art of war." ”

"Hmm!" Guan Yu nodded with satisfaction, lined up Guan Ping's shoulder and said, "It's a good build, but we still need to continue to work hard." ”

"Yes!" Guan Ping arched his hand and said, but there was no trace of pride on his face, but his personality was not as domineering as Guan Yu.

"Father, my brother led the troops to build the earth mountain, and now that the earth mountain has been built, let me be the vanguard and lead the troops to attack the city." Guan Xing said with his hand on the side.

"Hmm!" Guan Yu nodded and said, "Let's go back and talk about it!" ”

When the group returned to the camp, Guan Yu ordered: "Guan Ping, you take 4,000 soldiers and horses to station in Tushan, and suppress the archers on the head of Fancheng City with strong bows and crossbows!" ”

"No!"

Guan Yu said to the three captains in the army: "Li Qing, Zhang Zhen, Wang Jin, the three of you each take 2,000 soldiers and horses to the other three gates to station, bring the cloud ladder, and make a posture of attacking Fancheng. ”

Captain Li Qing asked, "General, are you really attacking?" ”

Guan Yu stroked his beard and said: "There are only 10,000 soldiers and horses in Fancheng, but our army has 30,000, Fancheng is not big, and it is impossible for 30,000 soldiers and horses to attack the city."

I asked you to lead your troops to the other three gates, to force Cao Ren to divide his troops and garrison. If Cao Ren does not send troops to garrison, or send a small number of soldiers and horses to garrison it, you will attack, and if you send a large force to garrison it, you will not attack. In this way, the troops on the south gate side will be much smaller! ”

"No!" The three lieutenants nodded, understanding what Guan Yu meant, whether to attack or not depends on Cao Ren, and they need to act at the opportunity.

Guan Yu then said: "The remaining 20,000 soldiers and horses are divided into two parts, and they will take turns to attack Fancheng, Xing'er, since you ask for battle, you will lead the troops to attack today!" ”

"Thank you, father!"

Subsequently, the Jingzhou army launched an offensive against Fancheng.

Cao Ren looked at the soldiers and horses coming from the city, rubbed his shoulders and said: "Fancheng is garrisoned by me, Guan Yuxiu wants to shake every penny." The generals listened to the order, except for the south gate, the remaining three gates each sent a hundred soldiers and horses to defend, and the remaining soldiers and horses were divided into two parts, taking turns to replace the defense! ”

"No!"

Trebuchets, rushing cars, and ladders passed through the earth mountain to reach the city of Fancheng, and 10,000 Jingzhou troops were stubborn and stubborn, holding shields and launching a charge under the leadership of Guan Xing.

Ladders were erected, and the soldiers began to siege the city.

"Shoot me hard!"

"Is the golden juice boiled, pour it for me!"

"Rolling stones, smash me!"

Cao Ren patrolled back and forth around the city, constantly instructing the soldiers on how to defend it.

Cao Ren is good at defense, but the soldiers under his command are not good at this, now that the battle of Chibi has been over for more than ten years, the soldiers under Cao Ren's command have long been not the elite of the hundred battles, they are already old, but newly recruited young and strong, although they have undergone a long period of training, but have not experienced the baptism of war.

Of course, the same is true of the Jingzhou soldiers, many of whom retired from the army and replaced them with young and strong, but fortunately, there are still copies of the Southern Barbarians in Jingzhou, and these recruits often go to exterminate the barbarians who are in trouble, but they have experienced war.

Under Cao Ren's command, the soldiers who were originally in a hurry gradually stabilized and defended in an orderly manner.

"Shoot me! Aiming at the generals on the head of the city, the gold juice hurts people seriously, and the enemy soldiers who pour the gold juice give me an eye all the time, and shoot as soon as I emerge! ”

However, Tushan was also established outside Fancheng, and the Jingzhou army sent 4,000 soldiers and horses on Tushan, and most of these soldiers and horses were good shooters, under the command of Guan Ping, they were also constantly attacking the enemy army on Fancheng, relieving the pressure on the brothers who were besieging the city.

At this moment, a soldier ran to Cao Ren's side and said, "General, it's not good, two thousand soldiers and horses from the other three gates have come and attacked the city, and there are only a hundred people on the city, and they can't hold on." ”

"This Guan Yu!" Cao Ren slapped the head of the city and shouted: "The soldiers and horses on the city head can't be withdrawn, go to another department to order troops, and send four hundred soldiers and horses to each city head, you must resist me!" ”

"No!"

"Ahh A scream sounded beside Cao Ren, and it turned out that the two soldiers who were in charge of pouring the gold juice had just emerged and were sniped by the archers on the opposite dirt mountain.

"This Guan Yu is so difficult!" Cao Ren's sword in his hand picked up a stray arrow from the opposite earth mountain, his face was a little solemn, if it goes on like this, this Fancheng is really not easy to defend.

Despite this, the casualties of the Jingzhou army, which was the besieging party, were far greater than those of the Cao army, and Guan Ping on the earth mountain watched the soldiers fall from the ladder one by one, and secretly said in his heart: "Cao Ren is the general of Fancheng, and he is proficient in the method of defending the city, if you can shoot him, Fancheng can go down!" ”