After Cao Zhen took away the 4,000 cavalry protecting the flanks, he could only arrange 5,000 or 6,000 infantry to attack the city. This number of troops could not surround Anling's four walls.

, so Cao Zhen simply attacked the Nancheng and Xicheng of Anling.

Yang Qing also made targeted arrangements for this. He divided the army into four. Liu Yin led 4,000 troops to defend the west city. He personally led another 4,000 troops to defend the south city. As for the east city and north city, he also sent a thousand troops each.

The army is on guard to prevent unexpected events.

The Han army in the city is said to have ten thousand people, but nine thousand of them are farmers, surrendered soldiers, rebels and other rabble-rousers. This is to strengthen the fighting power of the army and prevent it from being overwhelmed by the Wei army. Yang

The Qing Dynasty also divided a thousand old soldiers into two, and Liu Yin and Liu Yin each had 500 old soldiers to lead the new soldiers.

The Anling city wall is not very tall, only about ten feet high, and it was damaged when Yang Qing led his troops to attack Anling. Although it has been repaired and reinforced to a certain extent in the past few days, it is still not the same as before.

Compare.

Therefore, Cao Zhen did not ask his sergeants to build any complicated siege equipment. He only built a batch of simple ladders and a few ram vehicles and launched the attack.

"Kill, kill..."

"The general has an order. The first person to reach the rank will be rewarded with a reward of one hundred taels and be promoted to the third level."

"The general has an order. Anyone who captures and kills Yang Qing, the leader of the thieves, will receive a reward of one thousand taels, be promoted to five levels, and be granted the title of Marquis within the Pass."

...

The general supervising the formation repeatedly conveyed the rewards issued by Cao Zhen to the charging sergeants. When all the Wei soldiers heard that the rewards were so high, they all screamed with encouragement and bravely carried the ladders towards the Anling city wall without fear of death.

Rush away.

In addition, these Wei soldiers are all elites who have been fighting for many years. They have rich experience in rushing into battle and attacking cities, and are proficient in killing skills. Their combat power is far better than the new soldiers that Yang Qing has gathered these days.

Therefore, the Wei army's first attack almost overwhelmed the Han army. Fortunately, the Han army on each wall was almost twice as many as the Wei army attacking the city, and the original elite veterans took the lead and fought hard, so the Wei army was not defeated.

One hit.

"Your Majesty, it's so dangerous. If the Wei troops are allowed to attack the city in large numbers, it will be difficult to drive them back." Zhou Xing stepped forward and killed the last Wei soldier who jumped onto the city wall, then returned to the tower and said with lingering fear.

Yang Qingdao: "Yes, it is indeed a bit thrilling. But after withstanding the first wave of attacks by the Wei army, the new recruits will no longer be frightened into panic. It can be said that we have survived the most dangerous moment."

He paused and then said: "If Bo Qi and the others can return to support at this time, it will be easier for us."

"Your Majesty, look!" Zhou Xing did not answer him, but pointed to the east and shouted.

Yang Qing took advantage of the situation and saw bursts of horse hooves suddenly coming from the east, like winter thunder hitting the ground. After a while, a horn sounded again, exciting and exciting, shaking the surrounding areas.

After a while, rows of figures appeared in everyone's sight. These figures came and went quickly. They drove straight in. It was Zhang Yi who led the cavalry to return reinforcements.

"Okay, Bo Qi came back at the right time." Yang Qing shouted happily.

Zhou Xingdao: "It's a good thing that Mr. Zhangfu can return to the rescue in time, but Mr. Wei and Wei Qi are on the side. They will not let Mr. Zhangfu and others succeed in the attack easily."

"Yes, Cao Zhen is also considered a rare famous general. How could he not prepare in advance. Those four thousand Wei cavalry are to protect the flanks of the infantry. It is indeed difficult for Bo Qi and others to succeed in attacking.

But at least it will put some pressure on Wei Jun. As the pressure on Wei Jun increases, the pressure on our side will decrease accordingly. After all, we will make money in the end." Yang Qing said with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw three thousand Han cavalry turning southward in unison, and then thrust straight into the ribs of the Wei army in Nancheng like a sharp sword.

The Wei army that attacked Nancheng only had more than 2,000 people, and their strength was slightly less than that of Zhang Yi and others. If the Han cavalry were to attack the flanks, the entire formation of the Wei army would be in chaos. By then, they would say they were attacking the city, but they would just want to withdraw.

I'm afraid it will be very difficult for the big camp.

Although Zhang Yi had a good idea, the Wei army would not let him succeed easily. Seeing the Han cavalry charging towards him, Dunn also led the cavalry in a circle to meet them. The two armies engaged in a melee, and many fell off their horses.

The two cavalry have fought several times in the past few days, and they both understand that the fighting strength of the two sides is only about equal, and the victory can be determined by a single charge. However, after all, the Wei cavalry has a thousand more people, so Zhang Yi and the others fight each other every time.

They are all at a disadvantage and dare not fight the enemy for a long time.

Zhang Ni originally wanted to make a surprise attack when the Wei army was stunned, but he did not expect that the Wei army's cavalry still responded quickly, which made his plan fail. However, he was not discouraged. When he saw that he missed the attack, he stopped struggling and led his troops to turn around and rebel.

He walked along the road, then turned back to the original road.

When Deng En gained the upper hand, he led his troops to pursue him and held the Han army tightly in an attempt to defeat them in one fell swoop. Zhang Ni's plan failed and he made another plan. He led his troops from the east city to the north city. He wanted to circle around and kill them again.

Go to Xicheng and see if you can open a gap from there.

But as soon as Dunn saw the Han army turning north, he immediately understood Zhang Ni's plan. He divided a thousand cavalry and galloped north against the wall of the East City, blocking Zhang Ni's advance direction first.

Upon seeing this, the Han troops on the east wall fired arrows one after another, intending to support the cavalry outside the city. However, firstly, the Wei cavalry were extremely fast, and secondly, these Han troops were all new recruits with poor shooting skills, so they did not attack the cavalry flying by.

What damage did Wei Qi cause?

Seeing that the road to the north city was blocked, Zhang Yi knew that his plan would not work, so he had no choice but to smile bitterly and lead his troops to retreat to the east. Dunn led the Wei cavalry to continue the pursuit until Zhang Yi was captured.

They drove thirty miles away before returning.

By the time he led his army back to the camp outside the city, Cao Zhen had already withdrawn his troops and returned to the camp, ending today's attack.

Although he failed to conquer the city in one go today, Cao Zhen also had a general understanding of the Han army's city defense. He decided to take a rest tonight and use new tactics to attack the city tomorrow morning.

"Kang Yi, although the strategy of the Shu cavalry to turn to the West City did not come true today, there is no guarantee that they will not make a big circle to kill the West City tomorrow.

You allocate two thousand cavalry to the west city to prevent the Shu cavalry from attacking our army's formation from the west city. With cavalry in both directions protecting the flanks, our army can attack the city with peace of mind. As for defeating this Shu cavalry, we must do it first.

Let's talk about the city later." Inside the commander's tent, Cao Zhen ordered worriedly.

Dunn clasped his fists and said, "No."

Cao Zhen said to everyone again: "From today's battle, we can see that the Shu army is very tightly defended. Although most of them are rabble-rousers with low combat power, Yang Qing and other generals are not mediocre people. They have commanded these rebellious people."

It may not be easy for our army to quickly defeat the city. Therefore, someone has a plan that may be able to defeat the city in one fell swoop."

"But listen to the general's military orders." All the generals responded in unison.

Dunn asked: "I wonder what the general has ingenious plan?"

"Let all the troops rest early tonight. In the middle of the night, we will mobilize three thousand soldiers and horses to quietly come out from the back door, then make a large circle and sneak outside the east city, and launch a sneak attack before dawn.

The Shu army in the east city only has about a thousand people. Today, I observed the enemy situation in the four cities and found out that all the Shu army in the east city are those who have been out of battle formation for a long time. Our army may attack with three times the strength and succeed." Cao Zhen was quite confident.

said.
Chapter completed!