At sunset, when Le Jin suddenly discovered that Pei Guo's old friend Guo Yuan was actually on top of the city, the Battle of Wuchao basically came to an end.

Huang Gai's arrival gave Cao Cao a life-saving breathing space, which prevented the latter from being completely surrounded. He was able to break out of the encirclement to the south and escape into the darkness as night fell, but that was all... because Huang Gong overthrew Cao Cao.

The troops left the camp at midnight yesterday and ran back and forth all day, covering a distance of sixty miles and crossing Jishui twice. It was basically the end of the war. Unlike the Yuejin troops who were on the run, they also rested for a while in Qinghe.

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Moreover, don't forget that the soldiers under Huang Gai's command are basically nothing now.

It's really cool. Huang Gai's tribe is a collection of the remnants of the four battalions after the bloody battle in Guandu that day. They are just like Xiahou Shang and Che Zhou's two thousand cavalry. Moreover, this battle itself is an abandoned son. No matter Cao Cao, Huang Gai

Neither I nor I will really put real combat power into it.

Just to make the performance more realistic, I ensured the equipment such as flags, drums, and armor.

Therefore, seeing Huang Gai coming from the north, the Yan army's cavalry turned around in a hurry. They just tried their best to drive away the defeated soldiers, and then made a gesture of trampling the cavalry. Huang Gai's entire army lost control completely and scattered in the wilderness for a while. Many people even tried to avoid it.

The sharp cavalry of the Yan army plunged directly into Wuchao Ze. Then, because of the darkness and the fatigue of their armor, they often fell into the mud and found it difficult to climb out.

Just think about it. At that time, the four battalions fought hard and were completely defeated in half a day. At that time, thousands of cavalry were galloping and they were overturned in one fell swoop. What can we do now, in this situation and this scene?

It's just that the timing of Huang Gai's arrival was too good, which had a certain strategic delay effect... This was later confirmed. After Huang Gai crossed Jishui, he knew that there was a war here, but he did not return in a hurry. Instead, he slowed down slightly and got stuck.

Arriving at the battlefield at sunset can be considered a bit of a general's strategy.

Since Huang Gai's tribe was defeated and it became dark, Cao Cao, Wenpin, and Li Tong all took the opportunity to march north. However, Gongsun Xun had no intention of forcing them to stay. Instead, he ordered the entire army to blow trumpets and assemble, asking all the troops to fight.

Clean up the battlefield. After all, after 35,000 cavalry have fought until this point, whether it is light cavalry or armored cavalry, it is no lie that both men and horses are exhausted. It is difficult to fight again after losing the stimulation of combat merit and adrenaline. Even if they are faced head-on in the dark night

The reinforcements that bumped into Cao Ren had no choice but to suffer heavy losses.

"Even if Huang Gai barely manages to defeat three battalions... that's fine!"

Under the torch, Gongsun Xun looked at the darkness in the direction of Cao Mengde's escape and was silent for a long time before speaking, but he seemed a little bored. "The soldiers are tired and the sky is dark. I ordered you to go there tomorrow, attract two thousand loyal followers, and gather some soldiers."

The horse chased south for ten miles to see if he could gain anything. After ten miles, no matter whether he succeeded or not, he immediately turned around and dispersed, drove a group of defeated soldiers northward, tried his best to drive the enemy troops on the battlefield into Wuchaoze, and then let them go.

The majority of the troops have returned to the camp for preparation, and you stay here to sweep and suppress them, and then send the troops over tomorrow to clean up the battlefield in detail."

Everyone hurriedly agreed.

This is of course. Just the armor and arrows scattered on the battlefield are a huge amount of military resources, not to mention the possible prisoners. It is impossible not to clean them specially... To put it bluntly, this battle

If you don't pick up the rags temporarily, I'm afraid it will be difficult to launch an offensive at the Guandu camp because there are not enough bows and arrows!

After the order was given, Pang De and others naturally accepted it. As the commander of the first army, Gongsun Xun, who had won an irrefutable victory, was unexpectedly not excited. He did not say anything more, and

He did not get along with the soldiers who sang Hebei folk songs on the battlefield, but led more than a thousand cavalrymen back to Guandu from the west. As he left, the songs and noise on the battlefield slowly disappeared, and the hustle and bustle ceased.

The Wuchao gradually calmed down during the day, leaving only blood filling the night sky, and occasionally wounded soldiers who could not bear the pain would cry out for help in low voices.

At the same time, just like two sides of the same thing, the Neihuang area, which had been peaceful and peaceful throughout the day, suddenly became noisy with the arrival of night.

In fact, when Le Jin heard that Guo Yuan, the captain of Yingzhou Plain, who was born in Pei State, already knew that something was wrong, but his expression only changed slightly, but he returned to normal. Because since this trip crossed the Yellow River,

Le Wenqian had already realized this. Can the pawns who crossed the river retreat?

Or in other words, do the pawns crossing the river, and the pawns crossing the river at the front, have any extravagant hopes? His color changed slightly before, but it was just that the march was too smooth one day after crossing the river, which made him a little nervous

It was just a bit of a fluke. But now that I think about it, it is not normal for the march to go so smoothly.

Of course, it is useless to think too much at this time, because after Le Wenqian realized it, there was no unnecessary nonsense, but immediately ordered the accompanying soldiers to test the siege!

However, even if Le Wenqian is known as a brave man and is known for being the first to ascend, even if his 5,000 Puyang soldiers have been fighting against the Yan army on the front line for several years and were recognized as "elite" by the Yan army's Jing'antai,

This wave of tentative rope siege failed completely as soon as it was launched.

The reason is very simple. It is not that the Yue Jin Department is tired from the distance, nor is it that the Yue Jin Department lacks equipment, but that there are too many defenders on the huge inner Yellow City!

The soldiers of the Lejin Division were ordered to step forward and first tried to climb the city with a rope, but they were easily killed on the top of the city. Basically, after they stabilized the rope, the rope was easily cut off by the top of the city as soon as they climbed halfway.

, fell heavily. With no choice, his troops could only move forward along the city wall near the inner Huangbei Gate, trying to find a weakly defended place to climb secretly, but almost everywhere they arrived, on top of the city

Then a fire suddenly broke out, lighting up the night sky, and at the same time, Jin Ge's shouts sounded above the head.

In this state, even the gods would not be able to 'board' the city through a surprise attack!

As the fires on the city became more and more dense, Le Wenqian did not rush to invest more troops, nor did he directly go into battle himself. Instead, he retreated slightly to a safe distance, calmly and calmly.

He looked at the grand scene at the top of the city with strange eyes.

Finally, as the entire north wall of Neihuang City was engulfed in flames, and as the other city gates that had been sent to intercept troops suddenly burst into flames, Le Jin was completely convinced that this was a trap!

Otherwise, Guo Yuan, who was an officer under the rule of Yingzhou, had no reason to be here, and the Yan army had no reason to hide so many soldiers in such a city and prepare so many lighting torches... which made Le Wenqian silent for a while.

What was so silent was that even though there were so many soldiers at the top of the city, and they had clearly heard his voice from the beginning, they actually didn't shoot an arrow from the beginning to the end!

what does that mean?

"General!"

Although he had been in battle for a long time, the subordinates beside Le Jin couldn't help but panic at this time. The young Puyang local officer who pretended to be Cheng Yu's nephew even lost his composure for a moment. "Why are there so many troops in the inner Huangtun camp?"

"Why are you panicking?" Hearing this, Le Wenqian came to his senses, but did not bother to raise his head and grinned at his subordinate. "Neihuang City is the only big city between Yecheng and Puyang. How many people have been stationed there?

Isn't it normal for thousands of soldiers to be prepared for a surprise attack? It's just that we were unlucky and happened to meet someone we know. After all, is it really impossible for our 30,000 troops to capture this mere county? When I die, it won't be too late for you to come and mourn me!

"

Le Jin's confident posture obviously made the soldiers around him relax a little. Without waiting for anyone to say anything, Cao Cao's first general with a foreign surname suddenly issued an order: "Pass my order... First, stop covering up, and the whole army raises fire."

Make noise to intimidate the defenders; secondly, get all the ladders and drums from the livestock behind and prepare them for use; thirdly, send an order to General Huang Hansheng behind him to come forward quickly, and when I attack the city

Lead the bows and crossbowmen to hold down the formation for me... In short, the whole army will prepare to attack the city immediately!"

The soldiers did not dare to neglect, but they all shouted in agreement.

For a moment, people above and below the city lit fires, and shouts and curses suddenly broke out. Then, as Huang Zhong hurriedly brought a large number of crossbowmen to take over the military formation and launched long-range suppression, Le Jin even ordered drums to be played to cheer, and then tried it himself

Climb the ladder to the city.

And the interesting thing is that with the sound of drums from the Music Department under the city, it was actually the inner Huangcheng that came to life first! The fire filled the entire city inside and outside, the watchtower, and the top of the city tower even had the sound of drums to send orders to the surrounding areas, and the crossbowmen

, the big shield bearer also responded forward as if he had just been awakened, setting up a shield to block the attack while firing at the castle.

Up to this point, the people above and below the city were yelling and shouting at each other, flying arrows were shooting at each other, the firelight was reflected up and down, and the drums were rumbling against each other... It was obvious that the surprise attack of the Central Plains Allied Forces instantly turned into a strong attack.

In other words, the Seventh Army must have some equipment when crossing the river, but in order to ensure speed, it is impossible to bring too much. Most of them are hooks and other objects used for climbing, which are essentially for raiding services...

In fact, according to the original plan, the seven armies led by Sun Ce were supposed to successfully raid Neihuang tonight and block the city gate, and then raid the Tongque Tower south of Ye City the next night, and use the Tongque Tower to

military reserves to try to capture Yecheng.

So far, behind this seemingly reasonable and smooth-sailing plan, there have been many magical soldiers of the Seventh Army descending from the sky. Not to mention the lucky mentality of the Yan army to surrender immediately, the key point is that now that they have just arrived in Neihuang, they have already fallen into a trap.

Got into some kind of awkward predicament.

Facing a well-defended city, siege equipment is a must...and the few ladders that were just placed on the shortest city wall east of the south gate of Neihuang were unexpectedly thrown by Yan, who had been prepared for it.

The army doused it with kerosene, and then set the city on fire. The soldiers of the Lejin Division were heartbroken.

Even Le Jin himself was doused with trouble. Thanks to his vigilance and taking the initiative to jump down to avoid the disaster, he escaped.

"General Le!"

Looking at the already burned ladder, Huang Hansheng, who was over 50 years old, felt helpless and could only hurriedly find Le Wenqian who had just stepped down and was changing his armor. "This is the deputy general designated by the military order. Please be sure to tell me directly."

, now the enemy seems to have been well prepared, and our attack on the city has been frustrated, what should we do?"

"It's just a setback, just attack again!" Facing Huang Zhong, Le Jin naturally would not learn how to pretend to deal with his soldiers, but he still looked at him with a look of disdain, and then directly snatched the hook from an officer beside him.

, then he stood up with his sword in his arms. "Please general, please prepare another formation for me... While the east ladder of the city gate was set on fire, and everyone else was watching excitedly, I swung up alone from the shadow of the west side of the city gate tower.

try again!"

Huang Zhong had no choice but to nod.

In other words, this truth is actually very simple... No matter what happened to the Yan army, whether it was an ambush or a coincidence, for the Seventh Army that raided here, at this moment, it was nothing more than two words: advance and retreat. And among them

, For the Yue Jin Department and Huang Zhong Department at the front, the so-called retreat is actually very unrealistic, so their most reasonable choice is to capture this city!

After capturing this city, if only the defenders in the city happen to be here, they can still march into Yexia; if there is already a dragnet on the outside, they can also rely on the city to hold on, and let's talk about the rest; otherwise, such a city will block us in the dark.

Before, it was difficult for the Confederate Army, which was at the end of its battle, to camp!

Huang Zhong came to ask on the premise that the city was difficult to enter, but since Le Jin still wanted to try, he naturally had nothing to say.

Back in front of us, the Confederate army was unable to attack the city, and their bows and arrows were temporarily stopped. The Yan army on the city naturally cheered and cheered, and several ladders were so bright that they almost became several natural large torches. The soldiers on both sides were eager to watch and rushed here.

Come and see.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Le Jin took the hook and personally sneaked to the west side of the city gate tower. Taking advantage of the slight shadow brought by the city gate tower itself, he threw it with all his strength and hooked up the battlements. There was no one there.

find.

Once he succeeded, he did not hesitate and directly grabbed the rope and climbed up the city wall. However, because his gloves were obviously stained with some oil and water, halfway up, Le Wenqian's hand suddenly slipped and fell directly on the wall.

land.

Huang Zhong stood behind the formation about a hundred steps away, urging the surrounding soldiers to shout and scold him on the city, but at the same time he only dared to peek at Le Jin's figure with the corner of his eye. At this time, when he saw Le Jin slipping away, he also lost his composure for a moment, feeling in his heart

I am not only confused about my future.

However, almost immediately, the figure with many ring-headed swords turned over and jumped up again, climbing again. It turned out that after Le Jin landed, he directly grabbed a handful of dust in his hand, and then climbed up again!
To be continued...