Xia Houlan knew that except for Zhao Yun here, the eldest lady of other people's accounts would not buy it, this is the eldest lady in Liu Xin's mansion, she can't beat and beat, scold and scold, if she wants not to cause trouble, she can only try to make her happy, Xia Houlan had to accompany her with a smile and said: "It's not useless, as long as you don't violate General Zhao's military order, you have the final say in other things." ”

Liu Rui's face really bloomed with a smile, and said, "Oh, this is what you said, Miss Chuanben's order......"

Xia Houlan secretly complained in her heart, so she had to prick up her ears and listen carefully, not knowing what tricks she would play.

After listening to it for a long time, I didn't hear the following, and I was about to open my mouth to inquire, but I saw that Liu Rui had already turned around and walked towards the village, and while walking, she recited some words: "Miss Ben hasn't thought about this order yet, and I'll tell you when I think about it." ”

Xia Houlan couldn't help but shake her head and smile bitterly, this errand is not easy to do, it is far easier to kill the enemy in battle, looking up and seeing several soldiers covering their mouths and snickering there, Xia Houlan unconsciously sank her face and said: "You are responsible for taking care of the eldest lady, if something happens, I will screw your head off first." ”

Zhao Yun went all the way south to Wancheng, and didn't hear any news, but he couldn't let go, and from the 20,000 infantry troops left in Wancheng to accompany him, and when there were still twenty miles away from Xiangyang, there was a sudden shout of killing in front, and there was already a report from Tanma: "General Qiyu, there is a road of men and horses attacking Xiangyang City, under the banner of the Qingzhou Army, please make a decision." ”

On the tower of the east gate of Xiangyang, Ma Yun looked nervously at the other side of the moat, where the recruits of the Han army were fighting fiercely with Cao Ying's Qingzhou army, she wanted to order the city gate to be closed several times, and finally held back, Liu Xin once announced that as long as he served as Jingzhou Mu for one day, the gate of Xiangyang City would never be closed, it was this confidence that told the world that the safety of Xiangyang City was absolutely assured, and the imperial examination that had been planned for three years would officially start tomorrow, and many candidates came for the sense of security of Xiangyang City. As long as you can get good results, you can hope to settle down in Xiangyang City, if Xiangyang City now closes the city gate at every turn, then is there any difference with other cities, and the people will still be so assured of the safety of Xiangyang City?

But Cao Ying's army came too abruptly, and directly caught Xiangyang City off guard, if it weren't for the fact that this recruit had just experienced a test of blood and fire, and had completed a kind of reborn sublimation from the inside out, otherwise this army would have rushed into the city a long time ago.

As soon as Cao Ying learned the news of Yuan Shu's troops, he immediately ordered to start the operation, and sent Cao Ren's troops stationed in Luoyang to attack Yique Pass, Cao Ying certainly did not expect Cao Ren to capture Yique Pass, he did this just to contain Liu Xin's army as much as possible, and Cao Ying himself took Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Yu Ban, and Le Jin to lead the main force of the 100,000 Qingzhou Army at night and night, and went straight to Xiangyang City,

Historically, until after the defeat of Yuan Shao, Cao Ying did not have many troops to mobilize every time, even if he was facing Yuan Shao in Guandu, in the face of Yuan Shao's 700,000 troops, Cao Ying only dispatched 70,000 elite soldiers, Cao Ying did this not because he did not have enough troops in his hands, but because he did not have enough grain and grass, before occupying the entire Hebei, the problem of grain and grass has always been the top priority that plagued Cao Ying,

Now the predicament faced by Cao Ying is not much different from history, the total number of troops in his hands is more than 200,000, and they are quite elite, but they are suffering from lack of food and grass, but this time Cao Ying dispatched 100,000 troops, and almost the entire Qingzhou army was transferred.

The reason why Cao Ying dared to do this was also after careful consideration, Jingzhou is rich, there is enough money and grain, as long as he can take Xiangyang, all his difficulties will be solved, this is also worth taking a risk, and now that the summer harvest has just passed, the people of Jingzhou must have a lot of surplus grain at home, it is really not good, and he can also collect grain on the spot to meet military needs, and for people like Cao Ying, he can even do the matter of robbing tombs, what else can not be done, requisition of grain is not good, he does not mind grabbing grain again, so, Cao Ying ignored the advice of Xun Yu and others, insisted on going his own way, and personally led the army to kill Xiangyang.

With so many troops, it is almost impossible to conceal the traces, so Cao Ying did not do anything to conceal it, as soon as the Cao army entered the boundary of Nanxiang, he chose the road and walked, passing by the counties along the way and did not attack, just ran all the way to Xiangyang, many county magistrates learned the news and sent messengers to Xiangyang to report the emergency, but most of them were ambushed by the vanguard cavalry of the Cao army on the road, so blatantly marching, the effect was much better than Lu Bu sneaking up people's eyes and ears, so, It wasn't until Cao Jun had arrived thirty miles east of Xiangyang City that Ma Yun got the news,

Nanxiang was originally the defense area of Zhang He's Third Army, but now Yique Pass is under the fierce attack of Cao Ren, Zhang Ren can't get out of his body at all, and Zhang He himself was entangled by Yuan Shu's general Ji Ling, Cao Ying took advantage of this gap to avoid Zhang He and Zhang Ren's sight, and when they learned the news of Cao Ying's army sneaking attack on Xiangyang, it was too late to rescue, if they rushed back to the division, it would be very likely to fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy.

Cao Ying marched all the way without any obstacles, he was sure that the troops in Xiangyang City must be very empty, and when they came to Xiangyang City, they knew that things were far from as simple as he thought.

The moat of Xiangyang City is very wide, Cao Ying has heard of it for a long time, but he didn't expect it to be wide to this extent, in the absence of boats, it is impossible to pass through this moat, although there are three long temporary bridges on the river, and the soldiers guarding the city have not demolished the temporary bridge, but the black crowd on both sides of the temporary bridge and the temporary bridge still clearly told Cao Ying that it is not so easy to get close to Xiangyang City,

As the horn of the general attack sounded, the Qingzhou army rushed up in great strides, the two sides started a desperate struggle at the bridgehead, and someone kept falling, and someone kept going up, many people fell directly into the moat, and the river surface was covered with circles of blood foam, the recruits of the Han army had just experienced the bloody battle with Dong Zhuo's Flying Bear Army and Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and there was no fear in the face of the same elite Qingzhou army, a comrade-in-arms fell, and the soldiers behind would take his position without thinking about it,

Cao Ying's eyebrows frowned, although these defenders were far smaller than his army in terms of numbers, their combat effectiveness was not inferior at all, if they really wanted to rush to the city through these three temporary bridges, I am afraid it would be impossible in a few days,

Xiahoudun couldn't hold it back, and said with a gun: "Lord, let me go." ”

These defenders in Xiangyang did not follow the routine at all, neither the general came out to fight them alone, nor did they fight in formation, but only relied on the bridgehead to hold on, which made Xiahoudun feel quite powerless, and it was strange if he was not in a hurry.

Cao Ying shook his head and said: "The bridge is crowded, the war horses can't gallop, it's useless for you to rush up, wait and see, if you can't, go around and attack other city gates." ”

Yu Ban and Le Jin arched their hands together and said, "Lord, I am willing to go." ”

Cao Ying glanced at the battle in front of him again, but there was no progress, nodded and said: "Yu Ban, you lead the people of the headquarters to attack the south gate, Lejin, you lead the people of the headquarters to attack the north gate." ”

Seeing these two people leave with their own people, Xiahou Yuan also came to his senses, and arched his hand and said, "Lord, let me take a man to fight Ximen." ”

Cao Ying glared at him and said: "Miaocai, you have been with me for so long, don't you still understand the key to attacking the city, you see this Xiangyang City, the pool is deep and the wall is high, if you keep it behind closed doors, how many days will it take to attack it, only if you encircle three and lack one, and let the people in the city have a way to live, they will not fight so hard, and we can also reduce our casualties." ”

Ma Yun saw the Qingzhou army under the city on the city tower and went to the two wings, and knew that he couldn't hold on any longer, after all, the main forces of the recruits were concentrated at the east gate, and the other three city gates were guarded by the Xiangyang local army with weak combat effectiveness. ”

Dian Wei waved the big iron halberd in his hand, and said angrily: "Sister-in-law, then it is not in vain that we have insisted for so long, I will take the Flying Tiger to the top of the guard." ”

Ma Yun said categorically: "The city gate is used to protect the city from attack, how can you ignore the safety of the people in the city for a vague promise, needless to say, give the order to go." ”

With Ma Yun's order, this new Xiangyang city has been built, the three city gates that have never been closed have been slowly closed, and the officials and people in the city have also breathed a sigh of relief, although the temporary bridge on the moat has not been removed, the enemy can soon come to Xiangyang City, but the people are not worried that they can attack Xiangyang City, the city wall of Xiangyang City is not only tall, but also very strong, different from the rammed earth city walls in other places, the city wall of Xiangyang is made of bluestone and city bricks, using glutinous rice juice as a binder, The four gates also built an urn city, and set up an iron gate,

However, no matter how strong the city wall is, it also needs people to defend, the local army of Xiangyang under Cai Mao is only 5,000 people, and the number of people guarding the three city gates is a little stretched, and there are many errands in Xiangyang City, but the city is mixed, if these people are transferred to their posts, it is difficult to ensure that there will be no chaos in the city,

Fu Zhi hurriedly walked to the city, and when he saw Ma Yun's sad appearance, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Mrs. Qiyu, the subordinates in the Dongcheng area have been arranged, and the Flying Tiger guards can be transferred out." ”

What he said was properly arranged, but most of the phantom spies in Xiangyang City were transferred out and concentrated in Dongcheng District to be responsible for the guards of the streets and alleys and officials' mansions, the reason why these people are secret spies is that there is a "secret" word, once exposed, they will lose their value, and they are forced to do so, even so, they can only be arranged in Dongcheng District, to minimize their chance of showing their faces in front of the people,

Ma Yun nodded, still with a solemn expression, and said: "The Flying Tiger Guards are the last mobile force, and they can't be transferred to the city, but where do the people who guard the city wall come from?" ”

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