Legend of Summoning of the Three Kingdoms

However, Cao Ren, as the current general of the Wei State, is known as a "heavenly man", and there are 5000 soldiers and horses in Fagan County for him to command.Although due to the limitation of the size of Fagan County, the maximum number of people fighting this time is several thousand, but even relying on these Cao Ren is enough to block the first tentative attack of the Wild Lion Army.Moreover, Cao Ren also had strong generals like Yu Gao, Le Jin, and Cao Ning to help out.

Therefore, the Wild Lion Army's siege on the first day lasted from morning to evening, and finally, under Di Qing's gloomy gaze, he ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, which ended the first day's tentative siege.And Di Qing was very dissatisfied with the results of the siege that day.

Although this was the first siege, and it was just a tentative siege, the casualties still exceeded Di Qing's expectations, although they were not beyond the unacceptable range, but the casualties still made Di Qing unhappy.

The siege this time also gave Di Qing a new understanding of Cao Ren's ability to defend the city.Di Qing and Cao Ren have been old rivals for many years, but the previous battle between Di Qing and Cao Ren has always been a back-and-forth, and no one has taken advantage of it, and the previous battle between Di Qing and Cao Ren was available to both sides. The cards are pretty much the same.

But this time, Di Qing's troops under his command far surpassed Cao Ren's in terms of quality and quantity, and Cao Ren was still able to carry the city down tenaciously. Moreover, through today's battle, Di Qing also discovered the Fagan County. Among them, the morale of the defenders of the Wei army was high, and there was no sign of a drop in the slightest.It can be seen that Cao Ren governed the army strictly.

That night, Di Qing gathered several principals of the Wild Lion Army in his main tent, including military advisor Zhu Wu, generals Xue Rengui, Han Qiong, Yang Yande, Wei Xiaokuan, and Wei Gao, and they began to discuss how to take over. How to deal with this Cao Ren.

Except for these few people, no one knows what countermeasures they discussed that night. They only know that after the second day, Xue Rengui, the number one general in the Wild Lion Army, was the most elite ten thousand in the Wild Lion Army. Jingqi left the battlefield in Fagan County.And since Di Qing had been commanding the remaining Wild Lion soldiers to launch a feint attack on Fagan County for the next few days, Cao Ren didn't notice that Xue Rengui and the [-] Wild Lion soldiers were gone for a while.

And although he is very confident in Xue Rengui's actions, Di Qing did not pin all his hopes on Xue Rengui. On the battlefield of attacking Fagan county head-on, Di Qing is also going all out to win Fagan in one fell swoop. End, advance the battlefield to the south.

But no matter what kind of fierce attack Di Qing led the Wild Lion Army against Fagan County, it was stubbornly blocked by the Wei Army soldiers commanded by Cao Ren.Moreover, Cao Ren even launched a counterattack against the Wild Lion Army by relying on the bravery of Yu Gao and Cao Ning, two powerful generals under his command.

At that time, if Zhu Wu hadn't reacted in time and set up a large formation to trap Yu Gao and Cao Ning, the Yan army would definitely have suffered casualties.

Chapter 697 Xue Rengui Arrives in Puyang

Leping County is located in the east of Fagan County. Like Fagan County, it is an important town in Cao Ren's defense, but because of its geographical location, Leping County is not as important as Fagan County.But despite this, Cao Ren still left a thousand soldiers in Leping County. Together with the county soldiers in Leping County and other young and strong people who were temporarily summoned, there are more than 2000 or nearly 3000 people in Leping County who can participate in the battle. .

However, at this time, Leping County was caught in a wave of war smoke. Xue Rengui pierced the Leping County guard's chest with the silver scissors in his hand, and then looked back at Leping County, which had already been trampled by him. The tiger's eyes were full of light, and he said loudly: "Everyone, the seriously injured should be rectified immediately, and the rest should all get on their horses."

"Yes!"

All the soldiers under Xue Rengui let out a loud shout, and then all the soldiers except those who were seriously injured and unable to move got on their horses and followed Xue Rengui closely to the south.

After failing to attack Fagan County on the first day, Di Qing and Xue Rengui discussed and decided that Xue Rengui would lead a group of elite soldiers to detour southward, not to confront Cao Ren head-on, but to insert directly into the hinterland of Wei State like a sharp knife, reaching the border of Wei State The place where the heart is located - Puyang.

As long as Xue Rengui can come to the city of Puyang, even if he can't capture the capital of the Wei state, it will be enough to make Cao Ren, who guards the northern part of the Wei state, in a state of confusion. At that time, it will be Di Qing's chance.

And when discussing this plan with Di Qing, Xue Rengui was also quite excited. There was no other reason. Before the Wild Lion Army left Jizhou and entered Yanzhou, Gongsun Xu sent Xue Rengui a secret letter. , Gongsun Xu promised that as long as Xue Rengui can make great contributions in this battle against Wei, then he can let Xue Rengui lead the army alone.

And Xue Rengui, who got the promise from Gongsun Xu, was very excited.Except for the Imperial Guard Army, the Yan Kingdom now only has the Jinpeng Army, the Wild Lion Army, the Wind Leopard Army, the Tianhu Army, the Fenglang Army, and the Xuankun Army. Among them, the most prominent status is undoubtedly the chief general of the six armies.And Gongsun Xu's promise is that Xue Rengui can ascend to the top of the generals of the first army who are in the same position as Yue Fei, Xu Da and others.

Of course, Xue Rengui also knows that if he wants Gongsun Xu to realize his promise, he needs to make a great contribution first. If he does not have enough credit to quell those gossips, then even if Gongsun Xu gives him an army establishment, he may not be able to sit still. This position is unstable.

And the battle plan discussed by Xue Rengui and Di Qing this time is undoubtedly a great contribution to Xue Rengui.Xue Rengui not only wanted to lead a large army to the city of Puyang as he had discussed with Di Qing, but also wanted to break through the city of Puyang by himself.

Although such a thing sounds a bit unbelievable, but only such a credit can be regarded as an extraordinary achievement, isn't it?

Therefore, after breaking through Leping County, Xue Rengui led the [-] fine cavalry under his command to head south at high speed, heading straight for Nayangping, Dongwuyang and other counties. Continue to lead the army to kill Dunqiu.

Once the city of Dunqiu County was broken, there would be no blockage between Xue Rengui's lone army and Puyang City, that is, the soldiers in the true sense had come to Puyang County.

So looking at the Dunqiu County in front of him, Xue Rengui raised the silver scissors in his hands high, and led the Wild Lion Army Jingqi behind him, who had gone through several battles and already had fewer than [-] people, to charge towards the Dunqiu County.

Although Xue Rengui's troops are all cavalry, the siege under Xue Rengui's leadership is not weaker than infantry. Rushing in, trampled out all the defenders of Wei State who dared to block their progress in front of them.

After going through another big battle and annihilating all the soldiers of the Wei Army in Dunqiu County, including those who had surrendered, Xue Rengui stood on the tower of Dunqiu County with silver scissors in his hand, his eyes tight Staring closely at the direction of Puyang City, he seemed to have seen a peerless feat flying towards him, and also seemed to see that in the future, Xue Rengui would lead a strong army of Yan State alone, across the battlefield. on the heroic.

At this time, Xue Rengui's deputy general came to Xue Rengui's side and reported to him: "General, all the soldiers have been killed. I don't know when we will leave this Dunqiu."

Xue Rengui took a deep breath and said: "Tonight, we will rest in Dunqiu County for the whole night. We have been killing from Leping to Dunqiu for a while. Now there are only [-] brothers left, and we need to face each other now. That’s right, Puyang City, this Puyang is comparable to small towns like Dunqiu, we must ensure that our soldiers have enough energy and spirit to deal with the next big battle.”

As soon as Xue Rengui finished speaking, he already noticed that his lieutenant general had a different expression, so he asked, "Why, do you have any questions?"

The deputy general gritted his teeth and said, "General, I don't understand why these Wei troops have already surrendered and we still have to attack them."

"The benevolence of a woman." Xue Rengui sneered at this time, and then explained to the deputy general: "Our army is only 8000 people left now, and it is deep into the hinterland of Wei. If we don't say that all the Wei troops who surrendered Killing, do you want me to allocate a part of soldiers to take care of these soldiers of the Wei army?"

"But······"

The deputy general wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Xue Rengui: "Okay, don't ask such questions in the future, you just need to remember one truth, on the battlefield, except your comrades in arms Outside of Paoze, only your enemies are left, if you don’t eliminate all of your enemies, then only you and your comrades will die in the end, so I don’t need to say how to choose.”

Looking at the lieutenant general whom he valued, Xue Rengui sighed and continued: "Okay, go down and get ready, there shouldn't be any war tonight, take a good rest, and make dinner tomorrow. When we send troops at the fifth watch, we must approach the city of Puyang as quickly as possible, and even if we cannot attack the city, we must put enough pressure on the country of Wei."

"The last general understands!" The deputy general walked down the city wall after paying a military salute to Xue Rengui.Xue Rengui and his ilk still stayed on the city wall alone.

At this time, Xue Rengui's eyes were shining brightly, and the tail of the silver scissors slammed hard on the city wall.

On the second day, Xue Rengui rode his chasing wind white dragon horse, dragging the silver scissors behind him, and led the [-] wild lion army under his command to head towards the direction of Puyang city.

When Xue Rengui led the Wild Lion Army Jingqi to arrive at Puyang City, the four gates of Puyang City were already closed. Xue Rengui led the Wild Lion Army all the way south. Some of them slipped through the net, but last night Xue Rengui led the [-] elite riders under his command to rest in Dunqiu overnight, so the traces of Xue Rengui had already been known by Wei Guo.

The monarchs and ministers of Wei State were shocked when they learned that Xue Rengui led eight thousand fine riders to attack Dunqiu County. After that, Cao Ang began to close the gate of Puyang City under the advice of Xun Yu and others, and at the same time let Puyang The [-] defenders of the city immediately mobilized and boarded Puyang City to prepare for defense.

At this time, because some famous generals in Wei State were sent out by Cao Ang to deal with the enemy army who attacked Wei from three directions, there were no other generals in Puyang City except Xu Chu.Fortunately, literati in this era are not pure literati, and literati who do not understand some skills of leading troops in battle are not good literati.

Therefore, Cao Ang handed over the arrangement of defenses and commanding the Puyang defenders to fight to Man Chong, the Minister of Wei, and Man Chong did not live up to Cao Ang's expectations. Soon Puyang City entered a state of defense, and the whole city was under martial law.

Chapter 698 Killing Cao Ren

Under Xu Chu's guard, Cao Ang boarded the top of the Puyang city, looked at the [-] wild lion army led by Xue Rengui outside the city, his face was calm, and he didn't seem to be shocked by the arrival of Xue Rengui's soldiers under the city of Puyang.

At this time, Mao Jie, who was following Cao Ang, looked at the eight thousand wild lion army cavalry outside the city, and hurriedly walked up to Cao Ang, and said, "My lord, now that the enemy army is approaching the city, I ask you to issue an order to all generals." Back to help."

Cao Ang looked at the [-] Wild Lion Army cavalry outside the city, but said: "Master Mao, it shouldn't be like this, there are only [-] cavalry outside the city, and we have [-] defenders in Puyang City. Although they are all infantry, even if they can't defeat the [-] Yan army cavalry, it shouldn't be a problem to defend Puyang City, and it won't be a problem to ask the generals to come back. And now the generals are all fighting the enemy, so we rashly sent them Transferring them back may not be good for the war.”

Mao Jie looked anxious, and said: "Your Majesty, although there are only [-] cavalry outside the city, who can guarantee that these [-] cavalry are not the vanguard of the Yan State? Ma, then Puyang City is in danger!"

As soon as Mao Jie finished speaking, Man Chong said: "Master Mao, in the north of Yanzhou, there is General Cao leading troops and horses to guard the defense. How can most of the Yan army be killed?"

Mao Jie's face turned cold, and he didn't want to give in to Man Chong, and said: "Master Manchu, then tell me how these [-] Yan army cavalry were able to arrive outside Puyang City?"

Man Chong said: "This is just a lone army, it can't pose any threat to our Puyang City at all, as long as we close the gate of the city and leave them alone."

Mao Jie sneered and said, "If the [-] cavalry are ignored, or if they don't attack Puyang City, but lead their troops to plunder around Yanzhou, then what do you think the Mandarin should do?"

Man Chong was speechless by Mao Jie's words, and couldn't find any words to refute for a while, and then he just glared at Mao Jie angrily.

At this time, Cao Ang was looking at the eight thousand elite riders of the Yan Kingdom outside the city, and suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Xun Yu, the most important minister of the Wei Kingdom, had a not particularly good-looking face, and was gloomy, as if water was about to drip.Immediately startled, he asked aloud, "Master Xun, why is his face so ugly, but what disease is he suffering from?"

Xun Yu let out a long sigh at this time, and then said: "I have nothing to do with you, I just think that if the generals who are out on the expedition know that there is a soldier and horse soldier approaching my Puyang city, although it is only [-] cavalry, it will not affect my Puyang city." Is it not a threat at all, what choice will they make?"

Cao Ang was shocked when he heard the words, and quickly ordered: "Come here, send me an order to the three generals Cao Ren, Wang Zhongsi, and Chen Tang, so that they will not be disturbed by the affairs in the rear, and they can face the enemy with peace of mind, and there will be no trouble with Puyang City. "

After giving the order, Cao Ang looked at Man Chong again, and asked, "My lord, if we try our best, can we defeat the Yan army outside the city?"

Man Chong looked dignified, and said: "Your Majesty, the eight thousand Yan troops outside this city are all cavalry, and we don't have a single cavalry in our hands. The opponent of the Yan army, and the leader of the Yan army outside the city is Xue Rengui, one of the top ten powerful generals of the Yan country, this man is extremely brave, I am afraid that this man will personally lead the army to kill our army and it will be difficult to stop him."

Cao Ang's complexion darkened, and he said: "Then can we really just let these Yan troops be so arrogant outside the city?"

At this time Xu Chu came to Cao Ang with his sword in hand, and said, "Your Majesty, the last general Xu Chu is willing to attack for His Majesty. I want to see if Xue Rengui is really capable."

Cao Ang looked at the burly Xu Chu in front of him, then looked at Man Chong, Mao Jie and others, and he already had a plan in mind.There are some things that should not be done if there is little hope. If you do it, there is still a little chance of success, but if you don’t do it, there is really no possibility of success at all.