The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 417
Not to mention how the Qu Yi tribe, who came back from the big victory, celebrated. Cao Cao and Qiu Liju, who came to watch Liu Bao's siege, were silent for a long time after returning. The match just now was really shocking. They didn't expect Jingyang City The defenders turned out to be so strong.

"The army that went out of the city to meet the battle just now was led by Qu Yi, who ascended to the dead first. General Qu Yi followed Yuan Shao first, and then surrendered to Liu Bei. They all have to be reused. Qu Yi himself has high martial arts skills, courage and strategy, and he is well-trained. He ascended to death first. Scholars are the elite of their training."

Hua Yun shared Qu Yi's information one by one, so that everyone in the big tent could have a deeper understanding of Qu Yi and the dead man Xiandeng.

"Xiandeng's dead soldiers are indeed well-trained, and they are a rare and elite army, but the more powerful ones are the weapons they use!" Cheng Yu stood up and said, "The crossbows used by Xiandeng dead soldiers are far more powerful than our army's." The crossbow used has a longer range, greater power, stronger arrow penetrating power, and most importantly, its firing rate is very fast, which is several times that of our army's strong crossbow."

"The final bed crossbow is also surprisingly powerful, with strong penetrating power and good stability." Dong Zhao said: "The bed crossbow can shoot three huge arrows at a time, which is also the power of the bed crossbow. Destroy them, and make them lose their will to fight again."

Many of Cao Cao's advisers began to analyze today's astonishing battle, and they came to a conclusion that the Xiandeng dead soldiers were well-trained, and the weapons they used were also very powerful, comparable to those used by Yuanfei Cao Cao's army.

"With such a strong army guarding the city, Jingyang will be difficult to defeat."

Cao Cao also sent troops to attack Jingyang tentatively, but he did not meet elite soldiers like Xiandeng, thinking that the defenders of Jingyang were nothing more than that. Even without Qiu Liju's soldiers, Cao Cao could take Jingyang City with a little time.

But now it seems that with such powerful equipment and well-trained first-timers guarding the city, if Cao Cao wants to take Jingyang, it will not only take time, but also cause heavy casualties.

"However, as far as I know, there are not many people who went to the death camp trained by Qu Yi. There should be only [-] in Jingyang City, and it is not difficult to break them." Cheng Yu said with certainty.

"Order Qiu Liju to destroy the city within three days."

Cao Cao was reluctant to let his soldiers die, but Qiu Liju's soldiers were different. They were originally from a foreign race, and they had such a deep hatred with the Han people. If Liu Bei was not too strong, Cao Cao would not be willing to cooperate with a foreign race.

Since the defenders of Jingyang are so strong, they can be used to consume the strength of Qiu Liju and the defenders of Jingyang at the same time. When the time is right, Cao Cao will take action to win the battle and take Jingyang into his own hands.

While Liu Bao returned to the camp with the Xiongnu soldiers and horses, Qiu Liju did not scold Liu Bao. After all, Qiu Liju saw the battle just now, and the Huns cavalry did attack desperately, and suffered heavy casualties.

Nearly ten thousand young and strong, not to mention today's Xiongnu, even if Qiu Liju lost so many young and strong, he would feel heartbroken, but it was the Huns who died, and Qiu Liju didn't care very much. What he cares about now is that if Jingyang City is attacked .

Originally, he thought that Liu Bao's [-] Huns should be enough to take Jingyang City, but now it seems that this is impossible. Even if Liu Bao's [-] Huns are all killed in battle, it may not be possible to take it.

The most important thing is that after today's battle, Liu Bao might not attack the city alone, and Qiu Liju didn't dare to push too hard. If Liu Bao was pushed back, the consequences would not be acceptable to Qiu Liju.

"Langni, go to Cao Cao again and ask for siege weapons, more Han Chinese bows and arrows and catapults, otherwise our Xianbei army will not go to attack the city." Qiu Liju is not an idiot either, he knows that Cao Cao asked him to attack the city, he is uneasy Good intentions, but he urgently needed Cao Cao's food relief, so he had to work hard for Cao Cao.

But going to die is another matter. The weapons of the Han people are too powerful. It is impossible for the cavalry from their grasslands to ride horses and hold machetes to attack the city. Besides, Qiu Liju has been envious of the weapons of the Han people for a long time. Now just take this opportunity to ask for more powerful weapons.

While Cao Cao and Qiu Liju were calculating each other, on the flat ground outside Shangdang City, a cavalry lined up swaggeringly through the outside of Shangdang City, and the generals of the Cao army in charge of guarding the city in Shangdang looked at this indignantly. cavalry.

Because this cavalry didn't take them seriously enough, they didn't defend Shangdang City at all, and even those cavalry occasionally waved to Cao Jun upstairs in Shangdang City.

"General, they should be Liu Bei's soldiers from Taiyuan. The leader is Liu Bei's important minister Chen Ziming. This man is full of tricks and tricks. If he marches like this, he may be deceitful." Ding Yi, Li Feng's deputy, looked at him. Li Feng, who was in a good mood, hurriedly spoke to persuade.

Li Feng is the city guard general Cao Hong arranged in Shangdang, commanding the troops in the city, Ding Yi is Li Feng's deputy general, quite strategic, he is afraid that Li Feng will easily throw his troops out of the city to meet the enemy, and will be ambushed.

"Humph!"

Li Feng snorted in dissatisfaction. Although he was angry, he was not an idiot. Chen Ziming's name was there. How could he not have thought of such an obvious trick to lure the enemy, but this Chen Ziming didn't take him seriously. It was a simple trick to make him fall for it.

"General Cao will lead the army to arrive in one day. We only need to hold out. How can we break through the city with only [-] cavalry." Li Feng continued to watch the troops that had passed by outside the city, and he had already made a decision in his heart. No matter what you plan, I will remain calm, and I can't help you.

"No, Chen Zi is wise, and it will be so simple."

Soon Li Feng felt something was wrong, such a simple trick to lure the enemy, but any capable general would not be able to fall for it, Chen Ziming's ingenuity made it possible to use such a trick.

"not good!"

Li Feng's expression changed drastically, and he hastily said to Ding Yi in a sharp voice: "Chen Ziming lured the enemy to no avail, but he passed Shangdang quickly and went to Jingyang for reinforcements."

The outside of the Shangdang city was wide open, and the army passed through, and there was no way to hide. The role of the Shangdang defenders was to guard this place and prevent Liu Bei's reinforcements from going to Jingyang for reinforcements.

When a large army goes on an expedition, there must be no safety hazards left behind, otherwise, if the food road is cut off, no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, they will never return. The geographical location of the Shangdang is very important, so Cao and Liu both tried their best to compete.

If Liu Bei's army wants to reinforce Jingyang City, Shangdang must win, otherwise the back road will be unstable, and the army's expedition will simply be courting death.

Now that Chen Ziming is leading the cavalry, he has no intention of attacking the city at all. The cavalry is fast, and as long as they bring enough dry food, it is enough for them to reach Jingyang. They don't need to be burdened by huge logistics like the infantry, and there is a lot of food and grass in Jingyang City. , as long as the cavalry can break through Cao Cao's blockade and enter Jingyang City, there is no need to worry about food and grass.

In this way, if they stayed at Shangdang and blocked Liu Bei's reinforcement mission, even if they failed, they would be dealt with by military law afterwards. Of course, Li Feng was anxious.

(End of this chapter)