"Prime Minister, it seems that the battle is timely and decisive!"

Cao Cao lowered his head and stared at the map on the table, without responding to Cao Hong's proposal.

Cao Cao did not want to fight quickly. In fact, in order to prepare for this comprehensive counterattack, Cao Cao had almost recruited all the food and grass that could be raised, so that Zang Ba, who was responsible for intimidating Liaodong, fell into a state of shortage of food. Cao Cao knew very well that compared to Liu Bei, the threat that Gongsun Kang could bring was only a scabies.

But despite this, under normal circumstances, tens of thousands of Cao troops on the battlefields of Xu and Yu, it is probably difficult for them to last for a month. Therefore, every day consumed, the situation of the battle will be tilted toward the other side. If the food is stopped and the war has not ended, the most helpless method will probably be taken.

Although he was equally anxious, Cao Cao was more comprehensive than Cao Hong thought.

Judging from the comparison of troops, although the Cao and South Korea allied forces were slightly better than the Jingzhou army, there were more than 20,000 cavalry with strong combat power. But in fact, only 30,000 Cao troops were actually controlled by Cao Cao. The Xiliang cavalry, which was sent by Cao Cao with great hope, has now seen a considerable change. Although Han Sui himself did not say it clearly, Cao Cao, and even the generals of the Cao army, could feel that the more than 20,000 Xiliang cavalry seemed to have signs of avoiding war and protecting themselves. During these six and seven days of battle, the Xiliang cavalry did not lack favorable fighter opportunities.

Perhaps he would suffer heavy casualties, but only Cao and Han armies could cooperate well, and it was entirely possible to defeat the Jingzhou army in one fell swoop. Cao Cao had sent people to contact Han Sui many times, hoping that the two armies could join forces to launch a fierce attack, but Han Sui either said that the time was not ripe, or that the attack was impatient and ruthless, but did not work hard. But relying solely on the 30,000 Cao army. It would be impossible to defeat the 50,000 Jingzhou army under Zhang Fei's command.

Cao Cao also knew the reason why the Xiliang army avoided the war. The battle in the east of Runan City had already hurt Han Sui's vitality and even colder his fighting spirit. He attacked Zhang Fei with 20,000 iron cavalry and 15,000 infantry, and suffered 7,000 cavalry damage, but there were no more than 10,000 casualties in the other party.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao almost regretted it. In order to defeat the Jingzhou army forever, Cao Cao divided the 30,000 Xiliang cavalry and more than 3,000 Cao's cavalry into two. He raided Runan Hepingyu respectively. However, the result was a great disappointment - Pingyu did not succeed at all, and Runan succeeded, but he did not expect that Zhang Fei's resilience was strong, and he resisted the attack of 20,000 cavalry under the raid. Now, if all the cavalry were concentrated to attack Zhang Fei's journey, the situation would be a completely different situation.

"Prime Minister, it seems that I have to ask Han Sui to explain the interests..." Jia Xu was most clear about Cao Cao's concerns and suggested.

"Yeah..." Nodded. Cao Cao ordered Cao Zhen, "Zi Dan, go and invite Han Sui to discuss matters on my behalf!"

"promise!"

"Prime Minister, now I'm invited Han Sui to our army, I'm afraid he might not be able to invite him..." Cao Zhen took the order and was about to leave. However, Jia Xu spoke out and dissuaded.

Cao Cao looked at Jia Xu in surprise, and suddenly realized that because of the Western Liang army's actions of avoiding war and protecting themselves, some conflicts inevitably arose between Cao Cao and Han Sui. At this sensitive moment, Han Sui was invited to Cao's army to discuss matters. It was easy for him to have a misunderstanding of the "Hongmen Banquet", thinking that "there is no easy discussion", and guessing that Cao Cao wanted to take the opportunity to seize control of the Western Liang cavalry.

Han Sui was suspicious and scheming by nature. It was not surprising that he thought this way. What's even more troublesome is that even if Cao Cao knew that the situation was like this, he would have no choice. If Han Sui was forced, it might make things worse.

"Wenhe, Zhongkang, follow me to Hansui's army!" Cao Cao stood up and rushed towards Jia Xu, and Xu Chu said.

...

The sky was a little gloomy, and thick clouds covered most of the sky. The sun could only reveal its light by chance. The wind was very small, and even the corners of the flag could not be blown up, and the air was filled with indescribable dampness.

The soldiers of Xiliang, who were swept the water from the water bag on the war horses to cool them down. In such a strangely wet weather, the war horses seemed to become particularly irritable and restless, and the horse's hooves kept stomping on the ground. The ponytails fluttered back and forth, and the low neighing sounds came one after another.

When a military Sima gave the war horse water, he couldn't help but feel thirsty and didn't think it was dirty. He picked up the water bag that had just drunk the horse and poured it in big mouthfuls. He drank all the remaining half of the water, and threw the water bag on the ground and cursed angrily: "What the hell is the weather!"

Cao Cao's sudden visit surprised Han Sui, but also understood a little.

Despite Cao Cao's repeated humility, Han Sui still asked him to take the lead, and he surrendered to the top.

In the tent of the general, except Jia Xu and Yan Xing, no one else participated in the secret discussion between the two sides.

After hearing Cao Cao explain his purpose directly and clearly, Han Sui said sincerely: "Prime Minister can rest assured. So he led his army to help the royal army fight against Liu Ni. But the Prime Minister ordered him to lead his army to fight to the death..."

Seeing that Han Sui was still saying these false words, Cao Cao's eyes flashed with an unhappiness, but he quickly restrained himself and said with a smile: "It is not difficult to have a literary appointment to help you, and it is not difficult to defeat Zhang Fei."

After a pause, Cao Cao changed the topic: "The weather was abnormal in the past two days, and the soldiers in Wenyou's army may adapt."

Han Sui was slightly surprised, but he didn't show it on his face. He shook his head and said, "Liangzhou is windy and dry, and the summer is hot and the night is cold. It's okay to be hot in the Central Plains, but it's just a little too wet and stuffy..."

"King of the Korean army, in the next ten days, plum blossoms may enter Yuzhou at any time (the plum rain begins). Your soldiers need to be careful of disease!" Jia Xu said with a gentle smile.

"Entering plum blossoms? What is that?" Yan Xing looked at Jia Xu in amazement and said in confusion. Liangzhou is located in the northwest and has always been raining less and has never been affected by plum rain. Yan Xing, who rarely leaves Liangzhou, naturally does not know what the so-called "Entering plum blossoms" refers to.

"Oh~!" Jia Xu said suddenly, "General Yan doesn't know anything. The Central Plains, Jiangnan area enters Xia Shi..."

A strange color flashed in Han Sui's eyes, as if he was listening, but in fact he was thinking about something secretly. Han Sui had a wide range of knowledge and naturally knew what plum rain was, but he was even more surprised why Jia Xu picked out this topic.

Han Sui was very clear about Jia Xu's ability and knew that this old fox would not say anything meaningless.

"...It may be gloomy and rainy for more than ten consecutive days, and the weather is stuffy and hot, and all things are tide and moldy. People and animals are also very likely to get sick. The soldiers in the Korean army are all from Liangzhou, and they may not be able to adapt. If they are not careful in dealing with it, it is likely to cause people and horse epidemics to rage." Jia Xu turned his head to face Han Sui, and said slowly, "The Prime Minister is afraid that this will affect the enemy's plan, so he specially came to remind the Korean army leader."

Looking at Cao Cao, Jia Xu and his party rode away, Han Sui looked complicated and said nothing. He walked slowly back to the tent.

Following Han Sui, Yan Xing lifted the curtain into the tent and said with doubt: "Is Cao Cao lying his lord? Is this plum rain really that harmful?"

"Although it's a bit exaggerated, it's not necessarily a fool!" Han Sui sat back in his seat and said in a deep thought, "If plum rain really comes, it will be extremely unfavorable to our army. I'm afraid there will be a large-scale infection!"

"Lord. Do you really want to look for fighters in the near future to fight Zhang Fei?" Yan Xing frowned and said.

"Get prepared with both hands..." Han Sui said in a deep voice after thinking for a moment.

...

The attack on Pengcheng land has entered the sixth day, and Cao Ren has not made any substantial progress.

The moat had been filled in several sections two days ago. For this reason, Cao Ren even ordered his soldiers to force the refugees to carry land to fill the river. He bet that the Liu Bei army, who valued fame, would not kill the people without killing them. As he wished, Wei Yan did not directly attack the people who filled the river, but just ordered the soldiers to throw a large amount of firewood soaked in oil into front of the moat. Then he gently threw down a torch.

In the face of the blazing flames, the refugees who had not received any training dared to move forward at all. Many people even ran away because of fear. Cao Ren worked hard for a long time and finally had to give up this seemingly wonderful method.

Hook (hook ladder climbing the city), ladder (cloud ladder), trench (filling the city ditch), hole (digging tunnels), rushing (through the hidden door).........................................................., various siege equipment is emerging one after another.

At the same time, Cao Ren also used other methods to assist the attack - designing and arrange soldiers to mingle among the refugees to deceive the city; using Xu Huang to attack Pengcheng County and southern counties to lure Wei Yan to the south to respond...

However, whether it is a direct attack or a surprise attack, it was transformed into invisible in Wei Yan's hands. Pengcheng was still unmoved.

Wei Yan, who has always been radical and bold in using troops, defended Pengcheng in an abnormal manner, and was not moved by any coercion and temptation.

Late at night, the stars and moons are hidden, and the dusk is silent.

A team of Cao soldiers sneaked into Pengcheng City along the secret passage. This secret passage was secretly dug for a long time before the Cao army retreated from Pengcheng that day, and was used for future counterattacks.

Dozens of Cao soldiers climbed out of the ground first and looked around. After seeing no abnormal movement, they called other companions to come up.

After assembling 4,500 soldiers, the commander of the army was about to arrange people to create chaos in the city so as to attack the city gate and to pick up the army into the city, but suddenly saw torches rising around and feather arrows roaring. Then, countless enemy soldiers rushed over.

The frightened Cao soldiers knew that they had been trapped and hurriedly retreated to the tunnel. The subsequent Cao soldiers did not know what was happening in front of them, and were still rushing towards the ground. The Cao soldiers rushed toward each other. The tunnel was not wide and they were in chaos for a while.

The Cao soldiers who had time to retreat into the tunnel were quickly killed. The city guards did not let go of the Cao soldiers who had entered the tunnel. Countless smoke-filled firewood was thrown into the tunnel, and then the tunnel entrance was filled and blocked with a loud bang.

"Cao Ren, what tricks do you have? Just use them and take them all!" On the city tower, Wei Yan closed his hands together at his mouth, laughing and mocking outside the city.

In the Cao army's tent

Cao Ren angrily smashed a book of Jianshu on the ground, and yelled angrily, "Wei Yan, I am irreconcilable with you!"

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Chapter completed!