The general on the city wall saw this and shouted:

"Lieutenant General, you will command the archers. I will block their attacks. Don't be stingy with the arrows, let me shoot hard!"

The lieutenant general received the order and began to direct the archers, shooting arrows at the army below.

The general who defended the city also began to direct the soldiers who defended the city to throw at Cao Jun who climbed up from the siege ladder.

For a while, a large number of rolling stones and wood fell from the city wall.

Seeing this, Cao Ren quickly ordered the archers in the army to shoot at the defenders on the city wall from behind the army.

As for the soldiers on the city wall who threw rolling stones and trees down the city, some of them were shot by arrows from the city from time to time, and fell to the ground injured.

The wounded soldiers were carried down, and then someone stepped forward to make up for it.

Cao Zhang led the army to attack continuously, and continued to attack until night, but never broke the Pingyuan County.

Seeing this, Cao Ren didn't want the soldiers to continue attacking the city at night, so he ordered Ming Jin to retreat!

The sound of Ming Jin came, and Cao Zhang heard it, so he had no choice but to withdraw his troops. He knew clearly that the orders in the army were merciless, so he had no choice but to lead the army to retreat.

Cao Zhang returned to Cao Ren with his soldiers and horses, only to hear Cao Ren say:

"Although this Pingyuan County is not big, it has a lot of troops. It is very difficult to quickly capture Pingyuan County, and it will not be solved in a short while."

Cao Zhang listened and said:

"The attack on this city wall was too fierce. Our army lost a lot of soldiers and horses in this siege."

Cao Ren has been watching from the rear. He knows how many soldiers and horses he lost, so he nodded and said:

"This Kong Rong is smarter than Kong Ni. He knows how to increase troops to the border towns to stop our army from attacking. I really underestimated this old guy."

Cao Zhang nodded and said:

"Uncle, what should we do next?"

After Cao Ren heard this, he opened his mouth and said:

"Since we can't break through Pingyuan City quickly, we can only set up camp outside the city and wait for the opportunity."

So Cao Ren ordered his men to retreat a few li and set up camp, and wait until dawn tomorrow before continuing to attack the city.

After receiving Cao Ren's order, a general on the side ran towards the army behind.

After a while, Cao Jun's soldiers started to move, busy with their own affairs, and the outline of a large camp soon appeared.

The camp was surrounded by simple wooden stakes, and all that was left was to set up tents in the camp.

The first one to be set up was Cao Ren's large tent for the Chinese army. After the large tent of the Chinese army was completed, the tents of other soldiers began to be set up.

Although there are a lot of 25 people, it is still very fast for a few people to set up a military account.

The generals on the city wall saw that Cao Ren was no longer attacking the city, and only then did they feel that they had been busy and didn't stop at all, and they were hungry.

So the soldiers were asked to bring all the food to the city wall, and they lived on the city wall at night, in case Cao Jun attacked at night.

In the middle of the night, Cao Jun did not launch an attack, and the generals who had been guarding the city wall were relieved.

He opened his mouth and said to the lieutenant general:

"Cao Jun should be asleep now. I will order you to lead three thousand soldiers, quietly open the city gate, and drag all the rolling stones and trees outside the city back to the city. There will definitely be a fierce battle tomorrow. We must have enough Rolling Stone Wood."

The lieutenant general heard that his general had asked him to lead his troops out to bring back the Rolling Stone Wood, turned his head to look at the mountain of Rolling Stone Wood on the city wall, and asked a little puzzled:

"General, we have prepared enough defensive equipment, why take the risk of bringing those rolling stones back?"

The general who defended the city heard what his lieutenant said, and said:

"You're right, but this time Cao Cao's attack is fierce, and we won't give up easily if we don't take our Pingyuan County. We are the barrier of Qingzhou. If our Pingyuan County falls, the other cities in the rear will unite their hearts. I can't get up."

After hearing what his general said, the deputy general also understood the seriousness of the matter, so he nodded and said:

"The last general understands. Taking advantage of the darkness, Cao Jun is already sound asleep, so the last general should bring someone back to bring things back."

The chief general listened to the deputy general's words, nodded in satisfaction, and said:

"Since you've gone out, pick up all the arrows, as much as you can, and if you have more supplies, you'll have a better chance of defeating Cao Jun."

The lieutenant general nodded in agreement, then turned and left, quietly opened the city gate with three thousand soldiers so that they could pass through the gap between the two of them side by side.

As soon as the soldiers left the city, after the order of the lieutenant general, they quickly began to carry rolling stones and wood into the city.

During the period, the deputy general kept arranging manpower, watching Cao Jun's camp for fear that Cao Jun would suddenly kill them while they were not paying attention.

Time passed little by little, and the soldiers quickly transported all the rolling stones and trees outside the city wall back to the city.

In the city, under the command of the general, thousands of soldiers kept transporting all the rolling stones and trees brought back from outside the city to the city wall.

After all the rolling stones and trees were transported into the city, the lieutenant general asked the soldiers to continue collecting arrows, whether they were arrows shot by his own side or arrows shot by Cao Jun, they were collected one by one, and all were transported into the city.

There was nothing to say all night until the morning of the second day.

Cao Ren ordered the whole army to cook food, and when they were full, they began to attack the city.

Cao Zhang led the army to attack again. Under the leadership of Cao Zhang, the soldiers rushed forward without fear of life and death.

Cao Zhang discovered something was wrong when he rushed to the city wall.

Cao Zhang saw that the traces left by yesterday's siege had been turned over, and the rolling stones and trees left from the city walls had disappeared, and even the arrows that hit the corpses had disappeared.

Cao Zhang thought he was dreaming?Impossible, the corpses are still lying on the ground obediently.

In the end, I don't care about it, let's attack the city first, and then think about it when I go back.

The army began to attack the city, and the battle was very tragic, and the soldiers on both sides suffered a lot of losses.

Cao Jun's losses were relatively large, and he did not have much advantage because of the siege.

The defenders on the city wall are a little more relaxed. As long as someone is shot by surveillance, someone will come up and drag them down, and then replace them.

Throwing rolling stones and wood from the city wall, the enemy's head will be cracked and he will die instantly.

The siege lasted for a whole day, and both sides had a full meal in the morning, and they did not feel hungry during the fierce battle.

At night, Cao Ren felt very helpless when he saw that the defenders of Pingyuan County were defending the city so bravely. Since he could not take it immediately, he had to let the soldiers withdraw first.

Cao Zhang was covered in blood at this time.

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