Cao Mengde looked at the battle beside the city wall, his face was livid with anger, and his teeth were clenching.
"hateful!"
The two generals under his command were beaten so miserably when they joined forces.
Seeing that it was getting late, Lu Qian sighed and said, "My lord, the soldiers have been tired for a day. Why don't we all withdraw our troops and go back to camp to fight again tomorrow!"
Cao Mengde stared in the direction of the city wall with wide eyes. After a long time, he snorted coldly and walked away.
"Take the troops back to camp."
Following Cao Mengde's order, the soldiers of Cao's army who were attacking the city were overjoyed and immediately retreated in a hurry.
Chen Dao stood on the city wall, looking at Cao Jun's soldiers retreating like a tide, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.
No matter what happens tomorrow, at least I managed to hold on today.
"The order goes down, the soldiers take turns to rest, and must not relax. Be prepared for Cao's army to attack the city at night."
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In the large tent of Cao's army, Cao Mengde sat in the middle, with civil and military personnel on both sides.
Cao Mengde thought about the scene of today's attack on the city. He slammed the table in anger and gritted his teeth and said, "What a shame, do you guys have any good ideas to attack the city?"
When the generals heard this, they shook their heads.
If there is no internal response in the city, it is extremely difficult to attack the city. There is no trick.
Just like today, several generals of Cao's army wanted to attack the city wall, but in the end, even though Xu Chu and others were extremely brave, they were still repelled by the ordinary soldiers on the wall. This was the advantage of the defenders.
The defenders were so condescending that even a small stone thrown down could seriously injure Cao's soldiers attacking the city. This was where Cao's army was passive.
Cao Bing wanted to attack the soldiers of Lu Bu's army on the wall. They only had archers. Otherwise, they could only be beaten passively.
Moreover, Cao Jun wanted to use archers to suppress the soldiers of Lu Bu's army on the city wall. This was not a good thing, because shooting arrows upward under the city wall required more effort, and it is undeniable that in terms of attack distance, , much closer than the Lu Bu army archers on the city wall.
In this way, if the archers of Cao's army want to attack the archers of Lu Bu's army, it will be impossible unless they are archers who are as strong as the strong men in the army.
Therefore, the archers of Cao's army suppressed the soldiers of Lu Bu's army under the city wall, and most of the people shot by their bows and arrows were ordinary soldiers beside the city wall.
However, the archers of Lu Bu's army on the city wall were attacking the archers of Cao's army who were unable to fight back.
Archers in any army are considered elite troops in the army, because it takes far more time to train an archer than to train ordinary soldiers.
Therefore, exchanging archers for the opponent's ordinary soldiers is basically not a cost-effective deal, so any soldier will never do such a stupid thing.
If the troops under the city wall use archers to suppress the ordinary soldiers on the city wall, they will only do this unless they want to launch a strong attack, or the kind of strong attack regardless of losses. Otherwise, most of them will be infantry risking the sky full of arrows. Rain, charging on the battlefield.
As for infantry siege warfare, there is no skill to speak of. All that is required is the courage to estimate losses and consume the defensive materials on the city wall, as well as the morale of the soldiers on the city wall.
After this continues for a period of time, as long as the morale of the defenders on the city wall drops and the supplies for defending the city are reduced or even insufficient, then it will be the best time to attack the city.
When Cao Mengde saw that everyone was silent, he couldn't help but frowned. Just as he was about to speak, Xu Chu walked out of the crowd and said loudly, "My lord, the general was a little careless today. Wait until early tomorrow morning and the general will attack the city again. We must Capture the city and ask your lord for permission."
Cao Mengde looked at Xu Chu's high fighting spirit, and the anger in his heart immediately dissipated a lot, and he nodded with a smile.
"Zhongkang, I saw you right, you are really a powerful general!"
Xu Chu scratched his head and said, "Oh, it's a pity that we didn't capture the city today. I'm really ashamed."
Cao Mengde shook his head and said with a smile, "Zhongkang, although we did not capture the city today, your actions were enough to scare the enemy. I am very relieved!"
At this moment, rapid footsteps suddenly came from outside the door, and as the footsteps sounded, two people walked in from outside the door.
Everyone hurriedly turned around and saw Cheng Yu and Han Meng striding away from the door.
Everyone noticed that Cheng Yu and Han Meng's faces were a little pale, and they thought it was the reflection of the candlelight in the tent, so they didn't pay too much attention.
"This subordinate has met my lord."
Cao Mengde frowned slightly when he saw the two coming, and then waved his hands to everyone, "Everyone is tired after a day of siege today, so go back and rest quickly."
After everyone heard this, they suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and left one after another.
It's best to leave, otherwise if you continue to ask questions, if there is no other way, it will be a loss of face.
Cao Mengde waited until everyone left, then shouted away the guards next to him. When someone left, he stood up, walked quickly to the two of them, and asked in a low voice.
"Zhongde, how did things go?"
Cheng Yu hurriedly handed over his hand, "It's done."
At this point, Cheng Yu paused and then said, "It's just not too much."
Han Meng stepped forward and cupped his hands, "My lord, I have tried my best, but I really can't do too much."
After hearing what the two said, Cao Mengde frowned slightly, but soon a smile appeared on his face, "Zhongde, General Han, thank you for your hard work this time. If we can successfully defeat Lu Bu'er, you should take the lead this time. "
Han Meng was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward and handed over his hand, "Thank you, Lord."
Cheng Yu secretly sighed in his heart, stepped forward and held his hands, "Lord, when will Juancheng's food arrive?"
Cao Mengde thought for a while and said slowly, "I have sent people to rush back quickly. I believe that the first batch of food will arrive in a few days. By then, we will have a way to deal with Lu Bu's son."
At this point, Cao Mengde paused, but then he continued without waiting for the two to answer his words.
"Zhongde, General Han, thank you for your hard work this time, but remember, never tell this matter, otherwise it will cause endless trouble."
When the two of them heard this sentence, their hearts suddenly trembled, and they hurriedly handed over their hands, "I obey my orders."
This matter is no small matter. Once outsiders find out, it will be really ruined.
Cao Mengde looked at Cheng Yu's tired eyes and felt a little apologetic. He stepped forward and patted his shoulder, and said slowly, "Zhongde, you have been busy for so long. Go back and rest quickly. After you sleep, everything will be over." Just forget about it and pretend it never happened.”
Cheng Yu nodded secretly and then cupped his hands.
"My subordinate has resigned."
