General Shen was shocked in his heart, and secretly said that it seemed that Liu Jun had already taken precautions against this path! Before the thought was finished, Liu Jun's crossbow cart began to exert its might, the target of the ballista was not those Wei soldiers on the mountain road, because these targets were too small to hit, and even if they hit, the efficiency was too low, and the target of the ballista was the Wei army crowded on both sides!

Dozens of glamorous spears and arrows roared with a sense of death and pounced on the Wei soldiers who were crowded on both sides with nowhere to hide.

When he landed, he saw a torrent of blood, a large number of Wei soldiers fell, and many guns and arrows pierced several Wei soldiers at the same time, seeing such a scene, General Shen couldn't help but be anxious, and shouted: "The front team immediately passes through the first line of sky, and the rear team immediately scatters!" ”

Although these two teams of Wei soldiers were unwilling to leave General Shen behind, the military orders were like a mountain, and the two teams of Wei troops had to follow General Shen's orders.

The front team jumped into the sky in the storm of guns and arrows, but before they could catch their breath, there was a terrifying roar overhead, and when they looked up, they saw countless boulders falling like raindrops, and the blood and flesh were flying in the first line, and the Wei soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

The remnants of the Wei army finally retreated, but they were swept away by the crossbow carts on the opposite side, and finally all died on this cliff, and the blood stained the entire cliff mottled red.

General Shen and the others finally retreated out of the mountain road, and before they could gain a firm foothold, they saw countless guns and arrows rushing over with a huge whistling sound. Under the rain of blood, hundreds of Wei troops were knocked to the ground.

The remnants of the Wei army finally escaped from this land of death and retreated to the bottom of the mountains, at this time. There were more than 1,000 people left in the 5,000 Wei army, and the guides who led the way to the Wei army all died on the mountain.

A scout hurried up to Cao Cao. Yu reported: "Your Majesty, General Shen was ambushed on the first line of heaven. 5,000 soldiers were almost wiped out! ”

"What?!" Cao Cao was taken aback.

"What about General Shen? How is he? Cao Cao asked urgently.

"General Shen has died!" There was an unconcealed sadness in the scout's tone.

Cao Cao took a deep breath to calm himself down, glanced at the still calm Shenting Ridge in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Zhuge Liang really deserves to be Zhuge Liang!" At such a time, it is even possible to make our army suffer such heavy losses! ”

"Your Majesty is meaningless to call for any more battles! Why don't you send troops for now! Guo Jia suggested.

Cao Cao hesitated, he couldn't wait for his army to kill Shenting Ling and eat Huang Zhong and others alive.

"Your Majesty, let the last general attack with a team of men!" Xiahoudun asked for his life with murderous intent.

Cao Cao glanced at Xiahoudun and almost agreed, but finally shook his head, "No." Don't act recklessly, pass the order down, and Mingjin retreats! ”

Hearing this, Xiahoudun couldn't help but be deflated, while Guo Jia was relieved, he was really worried that Cao Cao would attack Shenting Ridge in a fit of rage.

Back at the barracks, Cao Cao saw General Shen's body, covered in blood, and more than a dozen sharp arrows were stuck in his chest and abdomen. Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"Your Majesty, don't be too sad!" Guo Jia comforted.

Cao Cao shook his head slightly, "Fengxiao doesn't have to worry about me!" It's just a pity that General Shen died young! ”

Cao Cao walked slowly among the fallen soldiers. The generals silently followed behind Cao Cao, and tens of thousands of soldiers quietly gathered around, and a solemn and heroic atmosphere lingered in everyone's hearts.

Cao Cao stopped. Looking up at the sky, he said, "It is a misfortune to die on the battlefield. But it is also a great luck for soldiers! Bloody battle in the yellow sand, buried in the bones. What a magnificence! ”

All the soldiers couldn't help but be excited, and knelt down to Cao Cao together.

Subsequently, Cao Cao discussed with Guo Jia and the generals the strategy of attacking Shenting Ling, and some people proposed to send an envoy to appease Liu Qi, but this was categorically vetoed by Cao Cao, Cao Cao thought that sending an envoy at this moment was suspected of showing weakness, but it might cause some unnecessary problems.

What's more, if the leader above the Shenting Ridge is Liu Qi, maybe it is still possible to appease him, but it is Huang Zhong, and Cao Cao can be said to understand Huang Zhong's stubbornness or loyalty very deeply!

As a result, no workable solution has been reached.

Qua.

A scout officer hurriedly rushed into Qu'a City from the north gate on a war horse, and shouted excitedly while galloping: "Shenting Ridge victory!" Shenting Ridge victory! ……”

The passers-by around couldn't help but talk a lot, some excited, some worried, and some doubtful.

Qua Palace.

Liu Qi snatched the letterhead from the scout's hand, read it quickly, and laughed: "Old General Huang is really old and strong, and he really lives up to my expectations!" ”

This so-called great victory just killed and injured thousands of Wei troops, and under the Shenting Ridge, the number of Wei troops is as many as tens of thousands, and the general trend is still in the Wei army, but Liu Qi doesn't understand all this, at this time, he has a little confidence in defeating the Wei army!

Although Zhuge Liang on the side understood, he didn't make it clear, and sometimes, it was rare to be a little confused.

Shentingling Wei army camp.

The night was already dark, but Cao Cao was still carefully observing the sand table, thinking.

"Your Majesty, in fact, with the current situation of Liu Jun, we just don't attack, and Liu Jun won't last long! After all, the army cannot be without food! Guo Jia, who was beside Cao Cao, said with a smile.

Cao Cao shook his head, "No! The meaning of trapping Huang Zhong to death is not the same as destroying him! What's more, our army must have gone through any difficult war! ”

Guo Jia felt that Cao Cao had a point and nodded.

Cao Cao thought for a moment, still without the slightest clue, Cao Cao couldn't help but move his gaze to the larger area around him, and suddenly Cao Cao's gaze paused on the Yangtze River, and the tiger's eyes suddenly burst out.

"Fengxiao, I have an idea."

Immediately Cao Cao briefly said his idea, Guo Jia carefully looked at the terrain of Qu'a and the surrounding terrain including the Yangtze River, thought for a moment, and said with admiration: "Your Majesty's strategy is really clever!" ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but show a smug smile and said, "Since Feng Xiao also agrees, then immediately order Gan Ning to lead the main force of the navy to come!" ”

At present, the main force of Ganning's navy is still near Chibi.

Since the failure of the plan to fight the Wei army to cross the Shenting Ridge from the trail, the Wei army under the Shenting Ridge remained unmoved for three days. However, the Wei army still did not seem to have any intention of acting.

"Cao Cao has been under the Shenting Ridge for three days, and there has been no movement! I feel like something is wrong! Prime Minister, what do you see? Liu Qi frowned.

Zhuge Liang analyzed: "This situation is nothing more than two things, first, Cao Cao has nothing to do, and second, what plan is Cao Cao doing!" For now, we can only increase our reconnaissance force to closely monitor every move of the Wei army! ”

Liu Qi soothed his eyebrows and nodded. (To be continued.) )