Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao, please answer the question!

The magistrate was trembling, and someone beside him said, "Magistrate Zhang, please don't open the city gate!"

However, this county magistrate is not a bloody person.

Seeing the army, his legs were already weak, and he couldn't stop it if it was about to start a fight.

In the end he was even going to be beheaded.

This will not work!

"Go away, do you want to kill me?" The county magistrate surnamed Zhang stared back.

"Open, open!"

"Open the city gates!"

Those who know the current affairs are handsome.

The gate of the city was opened wide, and Cao Jun entered the city.

Cao Cao was sitting on the chariot, with only a piece of cloth covering his head. The cold wind was blowing, and now his head and waist were no longer sore.

With a strong body, he is not afraid of the biting cold wind mixed with freezing rain.

He was not surprised that the county magistrate opened the city gate so readily, because Liu Biao had just died and these people were still Liu Biao's subordinates.

Although Sun Quan occupied Jiangxia, he hadn't completely converted Jiangxia's people into his own.

So these people don't have a strong desire to fight.

"Use this as a starting point to attack Xiakou."

"Xiakou is not Shiyang, this place is an important place, Sun Quan will definitely send troops to defend it!"

Pang Tong believes that Xiakou's army is at least about 5000 people, and most of them are navy troops.

After all, Xiakou Linshui is one of the largest ferry crossings in the inland area. If it is to station troops, this place is the best.

If it weren't for the war, the army left behind in this place should be between 2 and [-].

This is quite a lot. You must know that Sun Quan's power is far inferior to Cao Cao's. It is not bad for the entire Jiangdong to have an army of 10,000+.

And Xiakou guards 2 people, which is enough to explain its importance.

Winning Xiakou almost meant winning half of Jiangxia.

Cao Cao nodded: "Xiangcheng, Baling, Jiangling, Xiakou, and Xiling are all important points in Jingzhou. Occupying Xiakou can prevent Sun Quan's navy from entering Jingzhou."

"But now we are not in a hurry. When Kuai Yue leads the army, we can easily take Xiakou with 8 people."

Cao Cao is indeed too late. After Xiakou is occupied, they will attack Xiling.

Compared with Xiakou, there are more troops in Xiling City.

"After taking Xiling, we can go south to get Echeng, then the whole Jiangxia will be taken by the prime minister!" Pang Tong said.

The most important thing is that after the capture of Echeng, the coalition forces can be truly trapped.

These coalition forces will perish without a fight!

……

Kuai Yue's army marched eastward.

Xianning City is within sight.

Kuai Liang said beside him: "There are 4 to [-] people in this county, and there are more than [-] defenders."

Xianning is still bigger than Shi Yang, and the scouts sent by Kuai Liang went to the city for a long time to find out the news.

"The county magistrate here is surnamed Li, but he is no longer in charge of major affairs. The four thousand defenders are all in charge of one person."

"You should know this person, Zhu Zhi Zhu Junli!"

Kuai Yue really knew that Zhu Zhi had served as a county official in his early years, and was later prosecuted as Xiaolian, and he fought with Sun Jian everywhere.

It can be said that he is an old minister of the Sun family. Now that his official is the prefect of Wujun and the general of Xingfuyi, Kuai Yue thought that Sun Quan wanted Zhu Zhi to retire.

I didn't come here first to meet him.

He said in a deep voice: "It seems that Sun Quan has expectations for Jingzhou. Zhu Zhi, who is in the rear, has been invited by him, but the world still needs a prime minister."

Kuai was a staunch pro-Cao faction even when Liu Biao was alive.

Therefore, they had no burden in their hearts to surrender to Cao Cao, and because of this, Cao Cao handed over the army to Kuai Yue with confidence.

Wenpin interjected at this time: "A detailed plan is not as good as an unexpected attack. We wait until dark to launch a surprise attack on Xianning."

"They can't expect us to sneak attack Xianning!"

"With our [-] army, can't we take down a county?"

Lu Jie agreed that it was already the time of dayfall, but the end of dusk after more than an hour was determined.

People are set, that is, in the dead of night.

The icy cold wind makes people like to crawl under the warm blanket.

In the entire city of Xianning, there are not many people lighting up lights at night.

The pace of the soldiers going back and forth on the several-foot-high city wall was as fast as possible, hoping to warm their bodies with the heat generated by exercise.

No one noticed that the heels and feet outside the city wall had already touched many people, and the rope hooked the uneven part of the female wall with hook claws.

Climb up like a thief.

In Xianning city...

With a height of eight feet and a waist circumference of eight feet, the burly Zhu Zhi was reading a book.

Many military generals love literature when they get old, and he is the same. He is familiar with Zhuang Zhou's "Xiaoyaoyou"...

Of course, there is also the more popular "Spring and Autumn" in this era.

There is a maid beside her, who looks young and has a delicate appearance.

This is a maid sent by Xianning Ling to relieve Zhu Zhi's worries, but Zhu Zhi has never touched her.

"The general has been guarding here for many days, but there is no foreign enemy in Xianning, so why should the general stay around day and night?" the maid asked cautiously.

Zhu Zhi went to bed very late and woke up early every day, in order to prevent him from falling asleep when the enemy army came.

"Xianning is very important. If Cao Jun wants to take Xiakou, he must take Xianning first."

"If Cao Jun captures Wuchang first, then I, Xianning, can form a pincer attack on Cao Jun with Xiakou!"

"My lord asked me to guard such an important place, so naturally I will not slack off."

Zhu Zhi just explained briefly, because this maid has been very knowledgeable about advancing and retreating for a few days.

The maidservant, however, only knew half of what she heard, not to mention fighting, a maidservant from a farming family like this didn't even know a few words.

A dark night.

"Dong Dong Dong~"

The alarm bell sounded, the tranquility was quickly broken, and Xianning City was awakened.

Zhu Zhi reacted immediately, and slapped the book on the desk as if he had formed muscle memory.

Holding the sword, put on armor, and ran away from the door.

"What happened?" he yelled.

The soldiers coming from the city wall said: "General, Cao's army attacked unexpectedly, and the west city gate was lost!"

Zhu Zhi was furious, how long has it been?The city gate has been lost.

He asked again: "How many people from Cao's army came to commit the crime?"

The soldier's forehead was full of sweat, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It's too dark, but judging by the number of torches, at least over [-]!"

Ten thousand!

If the city gates are all there, you can still stick to it.

But the gate is lost!

Zhu Zhi quickly calmed down, "It seems that Cao Jun really wants to attack Xiakou or Echeng, and they must not be allowed to succeed."

He immediately shouted: "Follow me to defend the city wall!"

……

Chapter 68 Breaking Xianning overnight

Outside Xianning city!

"I didn't expect to break the city so easily!" Kuai Yue said in surprise.

Wenpin's expression was calm. Although Kuaiyue had some tricks, he had too little experience in battle. Attacking and destroying the city at night was the most basic tactic.

Although it is simple, it is effective.

If there are no torches at night, it is actually difficult for people on the city wall to see people in the dark!

As long as the elite go up to the city wall, it is no easy task to seize the city gate.

In fact, the most important thing is that it is winter now, and it is raining lightly, and the soldiers are as tired as hibernation. The defense at this time will be looser than ever.

"Although the city gate is broken, the enemy will definitely hold on to the city gate in order to regain it."

"The gate of the city is small, and the number of our army is not dominant." Kuai Liang said carefully.

"Then we will directly break through the city wall and attack from all directions. Why are they blocking it?"

This is the benefit of having a numerical advantage.

The city wall of Xianning County is not high, so it is not difficult to climb.

Immediately, Wenpin and Lu Jie each threw away ten thousand people, and attacked Xianning from the left and right.

And the main army of [-] attacked the city gate!

……

There were a lot of people in the dark, and the experienced veteran Zhu Zhiming knew that there were definitely more than 1 people.

It's a shame that no matter how disciplined you are, the city gate is still taken!

He has only two ways to go now, one is to guard the city gate, and the other is to give up Xianning.

He went north to Wuchang and joined Ma Zhong who was guarding Wuchang.

But when we arrived in Wuchang, we were already close to Xiakou.

Now the number of enemy troops is at least [-], and he is afraid that the joint Ma Zhong will not be able to resist Cao Jun.

At least, Cao Jun must be consumed here at the city gate!

"Where is the scout?"

A scout came, and Zhu Zhi ordered: "Go to Wuchang and Xiakou to report, Cao Cao's army is coming, I don't know if the front line is defeated!"

"Yes!"

The only thing Zhu Zhi wants to know now is why the tens of thousands of coalition troops on the front line did not stop Cao Cao.

Is it really defeated?

If you lose!

He didn't dare to think about it!

As a veteran, his consciousness is to get rid of the thoughts in his head, and now he only concentrates on one thing, which is to block Cao Jun.

Cao Jun's figure has already poured in from Ximen!

Rows of bows and crossbows are facing the city gate.

"put!"

Like the cold rain falling, the arrow pierced through the air and shot at the body with a sharp light.

After one round of arrows is fired, there will be another round.

But Cao Jun kept rushing in.