Chapter 944 Iron Wall Cao Ren

Cao Ren stood on the high platform in the center, watching the situation everywhere from a distance. After a while, he said to his subordinates: "You guys will go to the west, quickly!"

Immediately, a group of Cao soldiers took the order, rushed out of the Chinese army camp, and replenished the western front to stabilize the situation.

Zhang Jia frowned. Although the Xiliang army persevered in launching a fierce attack on Cao Jun's camp, they obviously lacked stamina after capturing the first front. Although they still maintained a ferocious offensive in front of the second front, they were still unable to do so. Break through Cao Jun's second line of defense.

In particular, Cao Ren personally supervised the army. He watched from all sides. When he saw which front was struggling, he did not hesitate to mobilize Chinese troops to supplement it. Therefore, Cao's army's front was always impregnable.

Although the Xiliang Army was more powerful than Cao's army, it did not have an overwhelming advantage, so it was unable to break through Cao's second line for a while.

"General, I'm afraid we won't be able to break through Cao Jun's second line today. Otherwise, why don't our troops withdraw their troops and return to camp for now?" Fazheng said with a frown.

He opened his jaw and nodded slightly, waved the flag in his hand, and ordered: "The entire army retreats!"

The sound of gold ringing suddenly sounded in the Xiliang army, and the Xiliang army who was in the middle of the fierce attack was stunned.

"The general has an order, ordering us to retreat!"

"Damn, this is really unlucky. The whole army retreats, quickly!"

"Retreat, stop fighting!"

Although the Xiliang army that besieged Cao's army on all sides were all proud and powerful generals, the laws in the army were extremely strict. If you dared to disobey the superior's order, you would be punished. Naturally, these Xiliang soldiers did not dare to disobey the order. One after another retreated. Tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers retreated like a tide.

"General, the Xiliang army has retreated!" the soldiers beside Cao Ren said in surprise.

"Order the troops and horses on all sides to attack, build a line of defense again, and dig trenches at the same time!" Cao Ren ordered.

The previous defense line was breached by the Xiliang Army. Now it is natural to build another layer. An extra layer of front will provide an extra layer of protection. Moreover, Cao Ren also ordered that trenches be dug in front of the defense line in order to slow down the Xiliang Army's attack. Think about it, the Xiliang Army rushed to the front of the formation in overwhelming numbers, and a trench suddenly appeared in front of them. How could they easily cross it? Woolen cloth?

Cao Jun quickly broke out of the defense line, then dragged out horse guns and antlers to form a second line of defense, and began to dig trenches. Seeing this scene, he opened his jaw and said with an ugly face: "Xiao Zhi, this will make it more difficult to break the enemy." Military position."

"General, doesn't Cao Ren want to dig a trench? Our army will help him dig the trench deeper and wider." Fazheng suddenly smiled.

He opened his jaw and raised his eyebrows: "Are you planning to besiege Cao Ren for a long time?"

"No." Fazheng said with a smile: "While our army was digging trenches, it was also secretly digging tunnels leading to Cao Ren's camp. The enemy must have thought that our army would besiege them for a long time. In fact, our army suddenly emerged from the tunnels. If we fight out, won't the enemy be captured without help?"

Zhang Jia sighed and said, "That's all we can do now. It's really difficult to take down the enemy's camp by force, so that's all we can do." Although Zhang Jia is a famous general who has experienced hundreds of battles, he has nothing to do with Cao Ren, a tortoise shell. I don't have any good solution, I can only do this.

As a result, Cao Jun, who was digging trenches, saw that the Xiliang Army was also digging trenches outside Cao Jun's camp, and the momentum was huge, with nearly 10,000 troops dispatched. After digging hard, a deep trench appeared, which seemed to wrap up the entire Cao Jun camp.

"Father, it seems that Zhang Jaw intends to siege rather than attack, and will besiege our army for a long time." Cao Tai said to Cao Ren.

Cao Ren nodded slightly: "Well, after all, the numbers of the two armies are equal. Zhang Jiao is on the offensive side, which is equivalent to equalizing his numerical advantage. This battle is not that easy to fight, and our army must be prepared for a protracted war." , we must stick to it!”

In fact, Cao Ren's goal was to attack Jiangling by surprise, but he failed to capture it because he encountered Wei Yan's tight defense. Wei Yan is also very good at defense. When Liu Bei captured Hanzhong, Hanzhong, as the border between Cao and Liu armies, was naturally extremely critical. He had to arrange for trusted generals to guard it. Everyone in Liu Bei's army thought that this important task would definitely fall on Zhang Fei. Above all, even Zhang Fei himself thought so.

As a result, Liu Bei's final announcement surprised everyone, appointing Wei Yan as the governor of Hanzhong, and Wei Yan's heroic words were also extremely inspiring: If Cao Cao brings all the people from the world to come, he will be the king's guard; if a partial general comes with a hundred thousand people, Please swallow it for the king!

Since he failed to capture Jiangling, why didn't Cao Ren retreat? The purpose is naturally to contain the Xiliang army and cooperate with Cao Cao's offensive.

Therefore, both Xiliang Army and Cao Army were digging trenches, but on this night, Cao Army welcomed an uninvited guest in the camp.

"Brother Zixiao, long time no see!"

A young general raised his hand to Cao Ren.

"Bo Ning, why are you here?" Cao Ren couldn't help being surprised when he saw the man in front of him. It turned out that this man was Cao Jun's Zhenwei General Man Chong. He had always guarded Xuzhou. Why did he suddenly come to Jiangling?

"The two armies of Liu Yuqing and Liu Xuande came out together. General Xiahou was defeated. The Prime Minister has also led his army to retreat to Xuzhou. Therefore, the Prime Minister specially sent me to inform Brother Zixiao and ask Brother Zixiao to withdraw his troops now." Man Chong said calmly.

Cao Ren's military actions were to cooperate with Cao Cao. Now that Cao Cao has withdrawn his troops, Cao Ren's military actions are naturally meaningless.

"I see, I'm giving the order to retreat." Cao Ren was about to get up and make arrangements, but was stopped by Man Chong.

"If our army just escapes like this, the Xiliang army will definitely stop it. It's better to take the initiative to attack!"

"Take the initiative?" Cao Ren looked hesitant.

That night, most of the Xiliang troops were sleeping.

"kill!"

Boom, boom, boom!

The war drums beat suddenly, and Cao Jun's shouts of killing suddenly resounded throughout the camp.

"Enemy attack! Get up!"

"Cao's army is coming for a night attack. Don't sleep, get up quickly!"

The Xiliang Army, who had experienced hundreds of battles, naturally had extremely sensitive nerves. When they heard the cry of killing, they immediately woke up, subconsciously got out of bed, and began to put on armor and pick up weapons.

But soon there were sentries galloping through the camp, shouting loudly.

"The general has an order, don't panic!"

"Everyone in the army should wear armor and hold their weapons. Don't leave the camp casually. You must stick to it!"

After hearing Zhang Jia's order, the Xiliang troops stood up, put on their armor, picked up their weapons, and boarded the camp in groups without attacking. This was Zhang Jia's order. They were only allowed to stand firm and were not allowed to attack without permission. .