As Xu Shu finished speaking, the sound of "creak" sounded, the city gate opened, and soldiers from outside the city filed in. At this time, Cao Jun naturally heard the movement here, but due to Xu Rong's restraint, and Cao Cao's suspicion , just ordered to shrink the defense and sent scouts to investigate!
Xu Shu didn't care much and hurriedly ran down the city wall to the city gate. When he saw the two leaders, he almost choked with excitement: "Wen Yuan, why are you with Mr. Li Ru?" Without waiting for the other party to answer, he became nervous. He continued to ask: "Sir, where is the lord..."
Seeing Xu Shu's nervous expression, Li Ru smiled even though his face was dusty, and said slowly: "Ji people have God's blessing. Although there are twists and turns in Yizhou, the result is more perfect than imagined. At this moment, the Hanzhong Army should enter Sichuan and take over the entire Bashu land!"
Hearing this, Xu Shu's whole body couldn't help but tremble, and big tears fell down from the corners of his eyes!
How many years? I have followed my lord for four or five years in a flash, and I have witnessed with my own eyes the lord's step-by-step transformation from an anonymous, down-and-out young man to now finally having his true foundation!
'It's all worth it...'
At this moment, the sound of fighting in the east suddenly broke through the emotions of several people!
It turned out that Cao Cao had already received the news here, and he was a man of extraordinary intelligence. After thinking about it for a while, he realized that he had fallen into Xu Shu's trick. The reason why he acted out this play was entirely because he appeared in advance and broke the news. Xu Shu's original plan was violated, so Xu Rongjun who went out did not return in time!
The reason why Xu Rongjun appeared outside the city at this moment was to build a plank road openly, secretly visit Chencang, and quietly return the soldiers who were out to Wudu! According to intelligence, the number of Wudu soldiers at full strength was only fifty or sixty thousand. This did not include the losses from the previous battles. Looking at Xu Rong's army, although the rear of the formation was hidden in the dense forest, it was impossible to determine how many people there were. But from this point of view, the number of people should only be 20,000 to 30,000!
Thinking of this, Cao Cao was decisive. Xiahou Yuan was good at defense and ordered him to continue the confrontation with Vainglory. Xu Rong immediately ordered the entire army to attack and fought with Xiahou Yuan's army. The sparse bows and arrows on the north and south walls confirmed Cao Cao's suspicion that the Wudu was indeed empty at this moment.
Seeing this, Xu Shu had no time to chat with a few people and ordered the team to speed up and enter the city!
At this time, Duan Xuan, who was beside Xu Shu, saw that some of the soldiers entering the city were wearing the military uniforms of Li Jue's army. They were newly surrendered soldiers who wanted to perform meritorious service, so he volunteered to defend the north city wall. As the saying goes, he did not trust the people he hired and the situation was urgent. Xu Shu He agreed without hesitation, and Zhang Liao took his headquarters to garrison in the south.
A moment later, as the last soldier entered the city, the city gate closed with a bang! At this time, Cao's army could hardly reach the corners on the north and south sides!
Xu Shu sighed and ordered the remaining soldiers to climb the west city wall, while he personally took charge of the defense here!
Xu Shu originally planned to let Li Ru rest in the city first, but the latter stopped him and insisted on following Xu Shu to climb the city wall! Li Ru's reason was: He had just returned and didn't know much about the situation at the moment! Xu Shu thought for a moment and understood his intention, so he went with him!
After talking for a while, Xu Shu learned that Li Ru and others happened to encounter Lu Bu, Xu Rong and others who killed Li Jue on their way back. They had just joined forces. At this moment, Gao Shun's trapped camp was running through the Yinping Mountain Road overnight , he was extremely exhausted. Lu Bu had been seriously injured in the previous battle and fell into a coma. The military situation was urgent, so Li Ru ordered him to lead his men to take a short rest, while he forced his tired body to return first with Xu Rong and others!
After inquiring, I learned that Cao Cao had already begun to attack the city at this time. If he went there rashly, he would inevitably be defeated, so he came up with the previous plan to divide his troops! According to Li Ru's speculation, the trapped camp should arrive in two hours, which made Xu Shu relieved. After all, with the current strength of the troops in the city, they could barely hold on for more than two hours, and it would be night by then!
Originally, even if Gao Shun came, it would be difficult to restore the decline, but looking at Xu Shu's expression, Li Ru's heart moved and said, "Is it possible that Yuan Zhi has a back-up plan?"
Xu Shu nodded, came to Li Ru and whispered a few words. Hearing this, Li Ru's eyes lit up, and then he laughed loudly and said: "The descendants are to be feared! The descendants are to be feared!!! Whether it is Yuan Zhi or Zilong, the descendants are indeed to be feared, King Hongnong..." Before he could finish his words, the corners of his mouth could not hold back. A wisp of blood spilled out of his body, and he fell to the ground...
At two o'clock in the morning, the sun was setting in the west, and the golden sunlight shining on the blood-stained city wall looked particularly shocking. After three hours of confrontation, the troops of Xu Rong and Xia Houyuan suffered heavy casualties!
At this moment, Xu Rong had also led his remaining soldiers to seize an opening and return to Wudu. Gao Shun on the other side also arrived an hour and a half ago. Although he repelled the Cao army attacking the city on both sides of the north, he was exhausted and had already entered the city. rest.
Cao Cao was also hesitating at this moment. After a night of attacking and a day's siege, although he relied on the large number of people to take turns to rest, Xu Rong's harassment from the north and the addition of Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others turned the battle from one-sided to one-sided. The situation is becoming increasingly anxious. While hesitating, he suddenly saw smoke billowing from the south, and a cavalry galloping towards this side!
Seeing this scene, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a headache. Whenever he was about to capture Wudu, a force would always appear to support him. If he had another hour, no, half an hour, he should be able to break the city. Cao Cao sighed deeply in his heart, Order to withdraw troops!
Soon, the cavalry rushed to the foot of Wudu City. Looking from a distance, they saw about four to five thousand cavalry. The leader was wearing a silver helmet and silver armor, riding a white horse and holding a silver spear. Looking at this man's appearance, with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, he was very heroic. , although he is young, his resolute face and the scars on his neck show his brave side. This person is Zhao Yun, and Liao Hua and Zang Ba are on the left and right next to him!
After the previous fighting in Luocheng, Zhao Yun had perfectly completed the tasks arranged by Jia Xu. After all, the killings were too heavy. Although it happened at night, there was a fear of being identified. If he continued to stay in Yizhou, it would do more harm than good.
So after Zhang Heng's army entered Yizhou, they quietly returned to Hanzhong under the cover of the latter. Although the journey was much shorter than the trap camp over the mountains and ridges, it was delayed for a long time in order to conceal its identity, and finally arrived at Haishi last night Finally returned to Hanzhong. After sleeping for about two hours, Zhao Yun was woken up by the noise. After going out to check, he found that troops were gathering in Hanzhong and getting ready. After learning about it, he found out that Cao Cao's troops had already entered Liangzhou and were expected to arrive in Wudu tonight, so Zhao Yun took the initiative to invite Ying to fight!
Originally Zhang Lu planned to let his younger brother Zhang Wei go, but at this moment Hanzhong already had insufficient troops. If Zhang Wei left again, he was afraid that foreign tribes would come to harass him! Secondly, Zhang Wei is good at guarding, but he is far different from Zhao Yun in terms of bravery! Seeing that he brought it up, Zhang Lu readily agreed without hesitation.
