He brought Xiahou Yuan and other clan brothers this time, but he wanted to seek a war merit for his brothers, so as to gain a good future.

However, fools can see that it is extremely difficult to break through the pass in front of them at the moment, and the biggest damage in the siege battle lies in this, and it can even be said that when attacking the city, if you are not careful, even if you are a top general, you may stumble and die on the battlefield.

If it weren't for Xiahou Yuan's request, plus the generals around him watching, Brother Cao Cao actually didn't want a few people to go out in person.

After all, the opportunity to make meritorious service can be found again in the future, but there is only one life, and if he loses it here, he is afraid that he will regret it.

It's just that in front of so many people, even if Cao Cao wants to show that he has no selfish intentions, it is impossible for him to refuse the request of Xiahou Yuan and the others.

However, Cao Cao was the commander of the first army after all, and at this time, his eyes were withdrawn from Xiahou Yuan and the others, and he looked at Dian Wei and Xu Chu on the side.

Along the way, under Cao Cao's deliberate friendship, the relationship between Cao Cao, Dian Wei and Xu Chu suddenly became much closer.

At this time, Cao Cao looked solemnly towards Dian Wei and Xu Chu, "General Dian, General Xu, wait a minute, please ask the two generals to make a move." ”

Whether it is Dian Wei or Xu Chu, both of them can be called peerless generals, after all, according to Chu Yi, Dian Wei and Xu Chu are strong in cultivation and can be ranked among the top ten generals in the world, which can be described as god generals.

If the two of them are willing to make a move, even if they can't take the pass ahead, it is enough to attract Zhang Ren's attention.

If there is no Zhang Ren's target, even if Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan appear on the battlefield, with their strength, they may not be able to break through that pass, but there is still no problem in wanting to protect themselves.

Of course, the premise is that Dian Wei and Xu Chu are willing to make a move.

Since Cao Cao opened his mouth, he naturally had a certain degree of certainty, not to mention that Dian Wei and Xu Chu were both that kind of straightforward temperament, and the two of them were extremely eager to fight on the battlefield, so Cao Cao was completely sure that he could ask the two to make a move.

Sure enough, as Cao Cao expected, Cao Cao just spoke, and the two responded without hesitation.

Dian Wei even stretched out his big hand like a fan and patted Cao Cao and said: "General, don't worry, Lao Dian, I will go out in person and take care of this pass for you." ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but smile, for Dian Wei's assurance, he just didn't hear it, Dian Wei's words can't be taken seriously, if this pass is so easy to break, he doesn't have to worry.

Taking a deep breath, Cao Cao smiled at Dian Wei and said, "General Dian will do his best." ”

As soon as Dian Wei stretched out his hand and grabbed it, he saw two halberds fall into his hands, and then stepped out, and the whole person had already appeared on the battlefield.

A terrifying evil aura spread, and suddenly with Dian Wei as the center, all the soldiers within a radius of dozens of zhang subconsciously avoided it.

Compared with the extremely rough Dian Wei, Xu Chu is not much better than Dian Wei, ** Xu Chu on his upper body carried a big knife in his hand, strode forward, step by step, every step down, the earth shook slightly, and a huge and incomparably large black bear appeared behind him.

Xu Chu, who was full of great strength, stretched out his hand to grab it, and saw that a mountain peak in the distance was pulled up by Xu Chu Shengsheng, and then that mountain peak was thrown out by Xu Chu.

A mountain-like peak roared in, such a big momentum, as long as you are not blind, you can see it, and the soldiers on both sides were even more startled by Xu Chu's action.

Especially on the city wall, many soldiers only watched a small hill fly towards them, and suddenly they were so frightened that they subconsciously took a few steps back.

Don't say that it was these soldiers, even Zhang Ren couldn't help but feel a sudden burst in his heart, and his attention suddenly shifted from the body of Xiahou Yuan and the others who had just been killed to Xu Chu and Dian Wei.

Although the strength shown by Xiahou Yuan and a few people made Zhang Ren look sideways, who made Xu Chu and Dian Wei too eye-catching, there is no harm if there is no comparison, compared to Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong, Xu Chu and Dian Wei are naturally more dangerous.

"Even brute force wants to break the city, it's just delusional!"

Zhang Ren watched Xu Chu bombard the pass with a hill, if it wasn't for the blessing of the formation, maybe such a hill would be smashed down, and the pass would be smashed on the spot, but now that there is a military formation to suppress it, coupled with his control, under the condensation of tens of thousands of troops, it is not said to be a hill, even if Xu Chu really moves a mountain, he will not want to fall.

With a bang, I saw Zhang Ren gather the evil qi of the military road, and with a sword slash out, I saw a sword that was hundreds of zhang long roaring out, and the mountain peak was in the middle, and the mountain peak was blasted into powder on the spot.

With Zhang Ren's own cultivation, it is naturally impossible to have such an effect, the key is that Zhang Ren, as the commander of an army, can use the strength of the whole army with the help of the military array, so as long as Zhang Ren is willing, in the army, as long as the army does not collapse, he can fully exert his powerful strength.

The strength of one person is limited, even if it is as strong as Dian Wei and Xu Chu, it is impossible to compare with the strength of tens of thousands of troops, so it is still a little difficult for Dian Wei and Xu Chu to break Zhang Ren's defense in their offensive.

However, as soon as the two of them shot, the morale of the siege soldiers was naturally high, and in the blink of an eye, some soldiers took the opportunity to attack the city wall, but Zhang Rennai was a good general who defended the city, and he had expected such a situation, when a very small number of soldiers attacked the city wall, they saw a team of spearmen suddenly killed, and a spear stabbed out, and the very few soldiers who had just gained a firm foothold on the city wall had not had time to get excited about climbing the city wall for themselves, and they were stabbed into hedgehogs by spears one by one.

Under the suppression of the military array, Xiahou Xuan, who had only exerted a few percent of his cultivation, turned over the city wall, and happened to see several spears stabbing at him.

The spearmen in a group of several people shot extremely quickly, and they were completely straight, if they were ordinary soldiers, they might be assassinated on the spot, but Xiahoudun was also a top general, and he was naturally not in a hurry in the face of such a scene, and the long knife in his hand slashed, and in the blink of an eye, several spears were cut off on the spot, and with a sweep, several soldiers were swept away.

Turning over and landing on the ground, Xia Houdun, who had stood firm, had not had time to react when he saw a sound of breaking the air.

One spear after another broke through the air, that is, Xiahoudun was startled when he heard the sound of breaking the air, and he couldn't help but scold after just looking at it, but Xiahoudun was not slow, he turned over directly, and jumped down in a daze.

At the moment when Xiahoudun jumped off the city wall, several spears almost whistled over Xiahoudun's head, and the sacredly blasted several soldiers who had just climbed up on the spot.

Under the blessing of the military formation, under the fire of dozens of ballistas, it is not said that Xiahou is dead, even if he is replaced by Dian Wei and Xu Chu to face the shooting of these dozens of ballistas, I am afraid that they will suffer.

Zhang Ren did not have many good generals, and there were even fewer generals who could handle them, but this did not prevent Zhang Ren from taking other methods to defend against the powerful generals sent by Cao Cao.

If it is said that the generals alone can easily break the city, then he Zhang Ren's subordinates have three or two cats, compared to Cao Cao's generals dozens or hundreds, what kind of city is still guarding, just surrender and admit defeat.

Here, Xiahoudun and Cao Hong were obviously targeted, but whoever climbed the city wall to greet them was a ballista and shot, and there was nothing they could do about it.

Zhang Ren's attention here was attracted by Xu Chu and Dian Wei, Dian Wei went on a rampage, although it was not as shocking as Xu Chu who directly grabbed a mountain peak, but it was not much worse.

However, they are not afraid of anyone in the competition of force, but for the military formation and even the commander, the two are too far behind, facing Zhang Ren, who commands tens of thousands of troops, the two of them are helpless, and they are even covered by waves of arrow rain, and they are in a hurry.

For half an hour, the siege battle fell into a state of stalemate, Zhang Ren's command was determined, and the city wall was in order, without the slightest sign of chaos.

On the contrary, the besieging side suffered a lot of losses, a large number of soldiers were killed and wounded, and the high morale that was originally inspired by Dian Wei, Xu Chu and other generals no longer existed at this time.

Cao Cao, who saw this situation from a distance, sighed in his heart, although he expected such a result, but seeing that even Dian Wei and Xu Chu had made a move, and there was still no way to take Zhang Ren, Cao Cao felt a little lost in his heart.

However, Cao Cao was a person who could afford to let go, so he took a deep breath and ordered: "Mingjin retreats." ”

Soon there was a sound of gold, and the soldiers who were originally besieging the city immediately withdrew like a low tide when they heard the sound of gold, leaving only a corpse under the pass.

Standing on the city wall, Zhang Ren looked at the retreating imperial court soldiers and horses, as well as Dian Wei and Xu Chu who were scolding in their mouths, and finally let go of his heart.

"Hahaha, Cao Mengde, with Zhang here, you don't want to step into the middle of Sichuan for half a step."

It seemed to be encouraged by the repulsion of the offensive, coupled with Zhang Ren's intentional guidance, the city sergeants couldn't help but burst into cheers one after another.

On the contrary, Cao Cao and the others had solemn faces, and even Dian Wei and Xu Chu, who had returned, were a little embarrassed when they looked at Cao Cao.

At this time, Cao Cao said to Xun Yu and Cheng Yu: "What good strategies do you have?" ”

Cao Cao had also consulted before, and now after a siege battle, everyone has a little understanding of Zhang Ren's ability, so Cao Cao wants to see if there is any way to break the city.

However, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu looked more and more solemn, and they heard Cheng Yu say slowly: "I thought that Zhang Renshu's title as a good general was vain, but I never thought that his ability was so strong. ”

Cao Cao thought so, according to his estimate, if there was no other way than to fight for the lives of soldiers, I am afraid that this pass would cost the lives of 350,000 soldiers.

This is only the first pass into Sichuan, you must know that the land of Sichuan and Shu has been extremely steep since ancient times, and there is more than one city pass in front of you.

At this moment, an ugly-looking young scribe suddenly spoke: "There is a certain plan, maybe it will work." ”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he suddenly raised his head and looked at the other party, and saw an ugly-looking young scribe with a confident look in his eyes.

Cao Cao took a deep breath, looked at the other party and said, "Oh, why did Shi Yuan teach me!" ”

This person is none other than Pang Tong Pang Shiyuan, who was born in the land of Jingxiang, compared to the young Zhuge Kong Minglai, Pang Tong is an adult, so he was naturally recruited by Chu Yi.

Now he is accompanying Cao Cao to conquer Sichuan and Shu, which can be regarded as an experience.

Pang Tong is calm and relaxed, although he is young, but he has a unique demeanor.

I only heard Pang Tong say slowly: "The pass is steep, even if the bravery of the two generals Dian Wei and Xu Chu cannot be broken, so it is not advisable to attack strongly, even so, it is better to rely on the power of heaven and earth......"

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this, but soon Cao Cao shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "General Shiyuan knows what he means, but if he wants to repeat what happened to Hangu Pass, I'm afraid it's impossible." ”

Pang Tong smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "I know the importance of the jade seal of the country, and I have never said that I want to use the power of the jade seal of the country." ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but look at Pang Tong in surprise when he heard this, but apart from the jade seal of the country, he really couldn't think of any other way to collapse the precipitous pass in front of him.

Pang Tong said with a confident look: "If Pang is not mistaken, when Han Sui was suppressed, he seized a Fengshen Banner, and it just so happens that my Pang family has a Huoshen Banner, if it can be combined with the two Fenghuo Banners......"

Cao Cao took a deep breath and said, "Shiyuan's plan is feasible. ”

Although Cao Cao didn't think that he could break through the threshold in front of him with just two treasures, what Pang Tong proposed was also a way, and it was always no problem to try, in case it was really useful.

Pang Tong saw Cao Cao's reaction in his eyes, how could he not guess Cao Cao's thoughts, and sighed slightly: "In fact, the best way is to send people to Sichuan and Shu to spread rumors to divide the relationship between Zhang Ren and Liu Yan, but if this law wants to take effect, I am afraid that it will not be possible to see any results in a few months." ”

Xun You looked at Pang Tongyi with appreciation, nodded on the side and said: "Attacking the city is the bottom, attacking the heart is the top, but we don't have much time, if the first battle into Sichuan alone will last for a year and a half, the princes of the imperial court don't know how to attack us." ”

Cao Cao nodded thoughtfully: "It's just to attack Cao, that's fine, but Cao is the general personally ordered by the prince, those people are forced by the prince's prestige, and they don't dare to have any opinions on the prince. So in this first game, we have to make an amazing start no matter what. ”