Just after the fifth day of the next day, the sky was just getting brighter, so Zhao Yun led the Fengqi Army to set out first and headed north to rescue Shangyong.

There are more than 300 miles between Xinling and Shangyong, and the army will travel at least four to five days. By the time the army arrives, Shangyong may have been in danger. But with the speed of the wind cavalry, three hundred miles will only take two days.

Zhao Yun's mission was not to retreat to the enemy, but to hold back, restrain Zhang Lu's army, relieve Li Tong's pressure, and wait for the arrival of the army.

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Two hours later, more than 80,000 coalition troops set out to march towards Shangyong. The two brothers Ma Dai and Ma Xiu selected 1,400 cavalry from the remaining 3,000 cavalry to accompany the army.

The purpose of taking them to the Shangyong battlefield was to divert their attention and make them have no time to take care of other things for the time being.

In addition, after special treatment, Ma Chao's body will be sent to Shouchun by the Clippers for grand burial. Ma Chao's young brother Ma Tie will accompany him to help the spirits.

Hao Zhao led more than 5,000 soldiers to stay temporarily, and he sent the injured soldiers in charge of the remaining troops of the horse army and our army to Lujiang via water.

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The battle under Shangyong City has reached a white-hot level.

The Hanzhong army, which had an absolute advantage, surrounded Shangyong City with the power of surrounding three palaces and one.

After the siege of the city, Zhang Wei, the commander of the Hanzhong Army, immediately ordered someone to pass a message, forcing the defenders to abandon the city and surrender, and said, "If you do not surrender immediately, you will try to resist stubbornly, and keep the whole city without leaving any other people." His attitude was extremely arrogant.

Zhang Wei had learned from Xiaozuo that Shangyong's general military strength was in full force. He thought that with his army that was close to ten times the opponent's army, the enemy's guards would inevitably show their city in fear.

Who would have thought that Li Tong's answer to Zhang Wei was the head of a messenger who was hanging high on the city tower.

On both sides of the head, there are two long cloths written by Li Tong himself, each with three large characters with vigorous pens———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

If you want to fight, I will fight! This is Li Tong's answer...

When he saw the messenger's head and cloth script, Zhang Wei was immediately furious and ordered his soldiers to launch an extremely fierce attack on Shangyong City. It was completely different from the previous attack of Ma Chao's army.

The Hanzhong Army was mainly infantry, and the preparations for siege were quite sufficient. The army carried a large number of siege equipment, ranging from ladders to striking wood, to rushing cars and trespassing stones, everything was available.

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Zhang Wei divided the besieged troops into four batches, leaving one of them 5,000 people as a reserve team to stand by, and the other three batches took turns to attack the city without interruption.

Zhang Wei wanted to use this fierce attack like a tide to conquer Shangyong in the shortest time with the force of Mount Tai. As long as he could occupy Shangyong, it could not only increase the room for maneuver in Hanzhong, but also serve as a springboard to further explore Jingzhou.

The reason why Zhang Lu was persuaded to send troops to Shangyong was that Cao Cao promised to report to the emperor that he was "Hanning Gong", and Cao Cao also agreed to divide Jingzhou equally with him. He could obtain the richest Jingzhou in the Han Dynasty.

It is certainly no one can refuse to tempt.

The Hanzhong army's siege was indeed quite powerful.

Under the cover of the shield soldiers, more than 30 thunderbolt trenchers from Cao Cao threw 4,50 kilograms of rock bullets like hail toward the city wall. The wind whistled, and the rocks that fell rapidly with the gravity of the earth hit the city wall.

The huge sound, as if the city walls were trembling and shaking, made the soldiers guarding the city frightened.

Once a person is touched by such a big rock, he will definitely die or be disabled. Dozens of soldiers were even smashed to their heads on the spot, and red blood and pale brains were scattered everywhere.

After being suppressed by the Thunderbolt Cart, the archers and the soldiers who climbed the city all attacked the city frantically.

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In this situation, it was also a blessing that Li Tong had experienced many battles. He was able to calmly and calmly command his soldiers to resist. The commander was calm and calm, and soon infected other soldiers.

Under the personal command of Li Tong, more than 3,700 guards in Shangyong City fought desperately with nearly ten times the strong enemy, repelling round after round of attacks by the Hanzhong army.

After four consecutive days, Shangyong Mountain City was as solid as a rock, and remained unmoved under the fierce attack of the Hanzhong Army as storm!

Late at night on the third day, Li Tong even led an elite force to slide down the city along the rope. He launched a counterattack on the Hanzhong army and successfully destroyed a large number of enemy siege equipment. Among them, more than 20 thunderbolt stone throwing cars.

Zhang Wei did not expect that the enemy, whose troops were at an absolute disadvantage, would dare to go out of the city to counterattack. After suffering this loss, he was extremely angry with Li Tong.

On the fifth day, Zhang Wei personally visited the front line to supervise the battle and commanded the army to launch the most fierce full-scale attack on Shangyong. Shangyong was like a grass in the wind for a moment, swaying.

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The sound of war drums that had not stopped outside the city finally didn't sound for the time being. This was the third siege that the Shangyong defenders repelled today.

Looking around, I saw smoke rising from the walls of the earthen city by throwing stones. The ground was full of gravel, wood, arrows and corpses, and many blood-stained hands and feet stretched out from under the collapsed female wall.

The city walls outside were densely filled with pits smashed by flying stones and marks drawn by arrows. From a distance, these city walls looked like macaque faces.

The blood that has not yet been completely solidified is bright red, and the blood that has been solidified for a long time has been dark red, extending from the wall to the foot of the wall.

Li Tong, dragging a wounded left arm, as if rolling out of blood, silently commanded the soldiers and some people who volunteered to help, and carried the dead and wounded soldiers to the city for burial and treatment.

Since Li Tong led his army to capture the city without any offense, and he also knew that this was the army of Emperor Liu, the Shangyong people were willing to provide some help after the initial panic.

"Master Prefect, in that round just now, more than 100 people were lost..." Zhu Fan, the captain with a slightly crooked armor, walked to Li Tong and said with concern.

Zhu Fan was promoted by Li Tong when he was the prefect of Lujiang. Although he was at Shangyong at this moment, he still habitually called Li Tong the prefect.

"So, less than 1,600 people can be used?" Li Tong's eyes flashed with a hint of pain and asked in a deep voice. Shangyong's defenders were brought from Lujiang, and they were soldiers who Li Tong had trained for more than a year.

From sending troops to Jingbei to successfully preventing Ma Chao from retreating west, he suffered almost no losses. However, more than 2,000 people were lost in this confrontation with the Hanzhong army.

"Well..." Zhu Fan nodded slowly. He said anxiously, "Zhang Wei seemed to be crazy today, attacking more and more powerfully at once..."

After a pause, Zhu Fan continued, "Sir, the prefect, the rocks, the rolling wood and oil are almost used up. If the attack continues, the casualties will become greater and greater. We may not be able to hold on with us. The army of Junhou and General may not be able to reach the forefront.

Why not invite Captain Xu from Nanxiang to come and reinforce!”

"No!" Li Tong shook his head flatly without thinking, "Xu Sheng guarded Nanxiang to prevent Cao... Cao Cao's invasion. Once the Nanxiang defenders were mobilized, the northern gate of Shangyong County would be completely opened. Compared with Cao Cao's army.

The Hanzhong Army is nothing at all…”

"Now..."

"Zhang Wei is just 'people are crazy'. I've been crazy today. I think how long can he be crazy..." Li Tong looked at the enemy in the distance with a blank expression and said coldly.

"Anyone who attacks the city will have multiple troops, and then surround them, and surround them, and then separate them! Zhang Wei doesn't even know this, so why should he attack Shangyong? If he can siege the city for three days to destroy our army's morale, then from the fourth day, he will attack the four cities at the same time with 30,000 troops at the same time, and at most two days, our army will be defeated.

Like him, a stupid way to attack the city in batches for five consecutive days will only melt away the sharpness of his own soldiers."

After a snorting, a glimmer flashed in Li Tong's eyes: "Stick for three days at most, reinforcements will definitely arrive. You can post a notice in the city to see if you can recruit some young and strong people..."

"Yes!" Zhu Fan took the order and left.

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Half an hour later, the Hanzhong army, who had been resting, launched a fierce attack on Shangyong again.

"Soldiers, don't lose the face of the Lujiang army, kill!" Li Tong held the knife in one hand and roared hard...

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At this moment, Cao Cao, who is in Jiaxia County, is also paying close attention to the progress of the Shangyong war.

Because Jia Xu arranged a spy in the Hanzhong Army, he even bribed a lieutenant under Zhang Wei, and at least one day and a half, Cao Cao could obtain information on the Hanzhong Army's attack on Shangyong.

"It's worthy of being Wenda..." Cao Cao sighed with a little sadness with his latest battle report, "With one block of ten, he can still keep Shangyong safe and unleashed a late-night counterattack, destroying more than 20 Thunderbolt cars.

"After this long time, Cao Cao knew about Li Tong's resignation. Although he was furious at first, he gradually calmed down his anger and even felt regretful about losing Li Tong.

Cao Cao also knew very well that no matter who it was, it would be very difficult to resist Liu Bei's personal charm.

After taking the battle report from Cao Cao, after carefully browsing it, Guo Jia passed the battle report to Xun You, and said with a faint smile: "Shangyong is already in a dangerous position, and Li Tong is a long-standing general who has experienced many battles. It is not surprising that this result will be achieved."

"Yeah!" Cao Cao nodded and said to Jia Xu, "Wenhe, is there any movement in the Nanxiang defenders?"

"There is no movement. It seems that Li Tong has not recruited the Nanxiang defenders to rescue!" Jia Xu replied slowly.

"Li Wenda has a very thorough understanding of the importance of Nanxiang!" Guo Jia smiled and said, "Prime Minister, if you don't take action, I'm afraid Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will have to resolve the civil strife in Jingbei. If you want to defeat Shangyong, you will have no chance!"
Chapter completed!