When he was at the gate of the city yesterday, Cao Wenzhao gave him the feeling that he was a fierce and domineering, reckless and reckless man, although the official rank is very high, but only the official rank is high.

To be honest, although the county lord was determined to slap him, he didn't look down on him very much in his heart. And his perception of Cao Wenzhao yesterday is also in line with the perception of military generals by civil officials in this era, and in their eyes, military generals should be like this.

But this county lord only now understands how outrageous he was wrong yesterday.

Look at Cao Wenzhao's methods today, first digging a pit and letting Guan Yinzhi jump down, and then he grabbed the handle in Guan Yinzhi's words, so that he couldn't say a word of justification. In the end, he was directly arrested by thunderous means, and took over the entire Sanshui County in an all-round way, controlling all the power in Sanshui County.

can have such means, such a scheming city, how can Cao Wenzhao be a brave and reckless man?

At this time, he saw how powerful Cao Wenzhao was, and he also saw the miserable appearance of his own adults when they were escorted down, and his heart was even more awe-inspiring.

Cao Wenzhao has any orders, he is full of promises, and he doesn't even have the courage to refuse, anyway, he has made up his mind now, he can't offend Cao Wenzhao in life or death, even if he fights for his life, he must do his errand well.

Cao Wenzhao forced him, so he forced the officials below and the officials of each room, and those officials and officials went to force those chief Jiazheng.

Under such a strong hand, the whole city was mobilized almost within half an hour, and those who had money contributed money, and with strong efforts, at about dawn, all the things that Cao Wenzhao wanted were all gathered.

Cao Wenzhao was very satisfied, and patted the county Cheng's shoulder heavily, and this slap almost slapped the thin county adult in his forties directly to the ground.

Cao Wenzhao laughed: "You kid, it's very good to do errands, just come to Lao Tzu's army and help Lao Tzu run errands!" ”

When the county lord heard this, he suddenly made a bitter face. He secretly said in his heart: "I have been on an errand under your old man for an hour, but I am afraid, for fear that I will do something wrong with your mind, and I will be cut off by you, how dare I follow you on an errand again?" That's looking for death! ”

Of course, although he thought so in his heart, he couldn't say it on his lips.

He smiled all over his face, and said with a smile: "Oh, I have to be loved by the chief soldier, and the subordinate really doesn't know what to say, so I am really grateful and flattered." It's just that the Xiaguan family is all here, and the Xiaguan is not young, so it's really inseparable! The ability of the subordinate officer is limited, if you delay your major event, the chief soldier, it will really be impossible to redeem it! ”

The words are beautiful, but there is only one meaning: Lao Tzu doesn't do it, please be smart.

Cao Wenzhao had already guessed that it would be such a result, in front of this Sanshui County, although the official is not very big, but the power is not small, and the oil and water are also very rich, and the life is leisurely and leisurely, except for the anger of being taken care of from time to time, there is really nothing dissatisfied.

Now that life is so good, why should I follow you to birth and death?

He was not reluctant, but just patted the county Cheng's shoulder again, but this time, he used a little more force. The poor county lord felt that after being patted by Cao Wenzhao, his left shoulder was numb, and he didn't even feel conscious.

Lord Xiancheng couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said secretly in his heart: "Lord Cao is really a little interesting, if he doesn't go, he will beat himself hard, it seems that this matter has passed like this, and Lord Cao can be regarded as a small punishment." ”

Although his shoulders were numb, he was very happy in his heart, not to mention that he was patted on the shoulder, as long as he could not go to Cao Wenzhao's army, he would be willing to reduce his life for three years.

You know, following Cao Wenzhao is really born and died! I don't know if I will die in the chaos one day.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao concentrated all their forces near the north of the city. Of course, not all the troops went up to the city wall, and there were only about 1,000 people who went up to the city wall around the north gate, accounting for only half of the troops under the command of the two of them. The remaining half, in addition to the wounded and sick, about 700 or so troops, were resting under the city. Once the city is tightened, they can support it at any time, which is considered a reserve.

And Dong Ce's troops are used as the last reserve. Once Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao can't support it, he will make a move.

Of course, according to Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's estimates, it should not reach that level. Dong Ce thought about it similarly, when he defended the city in Chengcheng County a few months ago, there were tens of thousands of people in the army, and the soldiers under him who could really be called relatively elite and capable of fighting definitely did not exceed 500 people. And now, in this Sanshui County, there are more than 2,000 elite soldiers under the command of Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao, and these are all elite Han people who have survived a hundred battles, each of which is not under his original command in Chengcheng County, and even most of them are stronger.

Although the outside army is also more elite, in this kind of siege warfare, the army that lacks siege equipment and siege experience can no longer play a big role in its personal combat effectiveness. Whether it is tens of thousands of elites or tens of thousands of new soldiers, in fact, the difference is not very big.

Although it was said that the army was besieging the city and preparing to attack the city, in fact, they did not besiege this Sanshui County to the fullest, and it was impossible to attack all the sections of the city wall on the four walls when attacking the city. In this era, sieges were usually carried out at a certain gate, as they were relatively easy to conquer compared to other sections of the wall. And the defenders naturally regard this as the focus of defense, and now it seems that the direction of the key attack of the breaking army should be the North City Gate.

Of course, on the other four city walls, Cao Wenzhao had already sent people to guard them and check the surrounding situation at any time. Such precautions were for fear that the intrusive army would only make a feint attack in the north of the city, but the actual focus of the attack would be shifted to other directions.

Cao Wenzhao had already ordered people to seal the hole in the city gate behind the city gate with bricks, stones, wood and other things, so that even if the invading army broke the city gate, it would not be able to enter the city for a while. Of course, in this way, it will also cut off the way for the soldiers in the city to kill and sneak attack the enemy from the north gate.

But what is it?

Cao Wenzhao didn't plan to kill out of the city to attack the enemy, after all, relying on the city wall to defend it, its advantage was much greater than fighting with the enemy in the field. Of course, taking the initiative to attack the enemy from the city gate is also an important means in the defense of the city wall. Although it is an active attack, in fact, such an active attack is to make the entire defense more rigorous and effective, to put it bluntly, it is still for defense.

But it is not the case that the initiative is also scored, and now, because of the fight yesterday, the soldiers under the command of the three have not yet eased up. At this time, it is not a good choice to take the initiative, or you have to stick to it for a while, and then make other plans when everyone has recuperated their spirits.

At this time, in an open space under the city wall, hundreds of cauldrons had been opened, and dozens of healthy women were operating there.

They were preparing breakfast for the soldiers.

And on the city walls, there are already piles of all kinds of defensive equipment taken from the arsenal of the city. Due to the continuous wars in Shaanxi over the years, almost all counties in Shaanxi have relatively full arsenals.

This was done in order to make the city's defense stronger when it was attacked by the invading army, and secondly, to make a weapon reserve for the largest mobile force on the three sides of Shaanxi under Hong Chengchou, so that no matter which county the officers and soldiers entered, they could be fully replenished in the city.

The style of these city-guarding equipment is similar to the ones used by Dong Ce in Chengcheng County, and the number is also about the same.

In fact, the entire Ming Dynasty's city defense equipment, no matter where it is, is roughly these. These things actually work very well and are very easy to use, Dong Ce has experienced it.

Soon, the sky was already bright, and Dong Ce and the others finally saw the situation of the invading army in the north of the city.

Almost overnight, in the wilderness north of the city, there were endless tents, fearing that there were thousands of them. And judging by the number of tents, there are at least 20,000 intruders attacking this time.