Chapter 710 The Stalemate Lasts for a Long Time

The small space on the top of the city is the time for heroes to use force, and a fierce general like Tai Shici, who can ride a thousand horses, can show off his skills. His spears and halberds are in his hands, and he kills Cao's soldiers who have climbed to the top of the city. into a river.

Cao Cao noticed the brave and invincible Tai Shi Ci, and couldn't help asking Cheng Yu beside him: "Zhongde, who is the Jiangdong general at the top of the city holding a spear and a halberd?"

Cheng Yu, who had collected information about the Jiangdong Army in advance and was well prepared, said calmly: "Returning to the Prime Minister, this is Tai Shici, the general of the Jiangdong Army. He is from Donglai, Beihai. He followed Kong Rong in his early years and was later recruited as a general by Liu Yao. After a fierce fight with Sun Ce, he was impressed by him, and from then on he was willing to serve Sun Ce."

"People from Donglai, Beihai?"

Cao Cao's eyes lit up: "Are his family members still in Beihai?"

Qingxu Prefecture is now under the rule of Cao Cao, and Beihai County belongs to Qingzhou. If Taishi Ci's family is still in Beihai, maybe they can do something about it.

Cheng Yu shook his head: "Tai Shi was extremely filial to his mother. After defecting to Sun Ce, he took his mother from Qingzhou to Jiangdong."

"What a pity." Cao Cao shook his head regretfully.

And in just half an hour, the corpses of Cao Jun were piled under the city head. Among the corpses of Cao soldiers were also mixed with the corpses of Jiangdong soldiers. However, it was Cao Jun who climbed to the top of the city first with his soldiers and soldiers. Jiangdong's soldiers fought to the death, but accidentally slipped and rolled down the city. They both died, but there was no poignancy in the love story, only the tragedy of blood.

The masonry on top of the city and the soil outside the city were filled with arrows from the Cao and Sun armies. Just from the density of the arrows, you can see how brutal the war was.

Cao Cao stared at the dead and injured soldiers of Cao Cao and couldn't help but frown.

"It seems that the Jiangdong soldiers are quite resilient. It seems that Shu County will not be captured for a while. It's a pity. Wouldn't it be great if we could keep pace with Miancai and attack Jiangdong from the north and the south?" Cao Cao sighed.

Cheng Yu on the side whispered: "Prime Minister, it is enough that our army can attract the main force of the Jiangdong Army led by Zhou Yu here and create opportunities for Xiahou Dian's army."

"Well, there were a lot of casualties in the siege, so it's better not to attack."

Cao Cao shook his head and said: "No wonder Sun Tzu said that subduing the enemy's troops without fighting is the best policy, but attacking a city is indeed the worst policy."

In just half an hour, the casualties of Cao's army attacking the city exceeded a thousand. If Cao's army launched a fierce attack regardless of the cost, I am afraid that all the lives of these 20,000 soldiers would be lost in Shu County.

"Send the order, withdraw the troops!"

Cao Cao gave the order, and the sound of gold ringing immediately sounded in the army.

Dang Dang Dang!

Hearing the sound of ringing gold, Cao Chun and Le Jin, who were supervising the battle respectively, looked puzzled, but they had to follow the order. After all, if they violated Cao Cao's general order, the consequences would be serious.

In desperation, Le Jin and Cao Chun had no choice but to order their troops to retreat.

"withdraw troops!"

The Cao soldiers who were fighting fiercely on the top of the city were killing each other happily. Although they were puzzled when they heard the sound of ringing gold, they followed the orders and retreated on the ladders, covering each other.

The Cao army who attacked the city retreated like a tide. For a while, only the bodies of Cao Jun were left on the city head. After getting off the ladder truck, Cao Jun escorted the ladder truck to turn around and return to the formation.

"Cao's army retreated!"

"Our army has defeated Cao's army!"

Seeing Cao's army slowly retreating below the city, thousands of Jiangdong's troops all cheered and shouted, showing off their power to Cao's army below the city. A bold Jiangdong soldier even opened his belt, exposed the bird, and urinated under the city wall.

"Courageless Cao Bing, drink your grandfather's urine."

When Jiangdong's soldiers saw this, they all burst into laughter, while Cao's soldiers were furious and asked for battle one after another.

"Damn it, how dare these Jiangdong rats despise our army?"

"General, attack again, it is better to die than to be humiliated!"

Cao Xiu, who had a bad temper, was even more angry and asked Le Jin for orders: "Le Xiaowei, Cao is willing to personally supervise the army and attack Shu County again."

Le Jin glanced at him and said seriously: "Wen Lie, I also want to turn back and attack the city to avenge my shame. But military orders are like mountains. Since Prime Minister Cao has issued military orders, we will just obey them."

After saying that, Le Jin ignored him, while Cao Xiu snorted angrily and followed him on horseback.

Watching Cao's army retreat, the Jiangdong Army guards in the city were naturally shouting and screaming, while the Jiangdong Army generals were also smiling. Only Zhou Yu had a stern look on his face and frowned as if he was thinking about something.

Chen Lie wiped the blood and sweat from his forehead, came up to him with a smile, and said to Zhou Yu: "Grand Commander, I didn't expect that the world-famous Cao Jun was just like this. He retreated after attacking for less than half an hour."

But he suddenly found that Zhou Yu's expression was still as usual, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Isn't the Governor happy that Cao's army retreated?"

"With such a great reputation, how can there be any falsehoods?" Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "Zilie, don't you think Cao Jun is a bit inconsistent?"

"It starts at the beginning but ends at the end?" Chen Wu scratched his scalp and said with some understanding: "That seems to be the case. During this half hour, Cao Jun's offensive was extremely fierce, but he retreated inexplicably."

"Test!" Zhou Yu said suddenly.

"What?"

"Test, this is a test by Cao Jun."

Zhou Yu's eyes shone brightly, and he seemed to understand: "Cao Cao's army still has some remaining strength, but Cao Cao does not want to fight to the end with our army. He just wants to test the combat effectiveness of our Jiangdong Army, so he attacked fiercely for a while and probed our army. After the army was weakened, it retreated."

Chen Wu wondered: "Then what is Cao Cao's purpose? Could it be that he just wanted to trap our army?"

"There is a possibility."

Zhou Yu said slowly: "Cao Cao is a scheming man and is good at using strategies to deal with the enemy, such as breaking the Yellow Turban and attacking Xuzhou. He will never waste his troops unless necessary. He must have other motives."

Chen Wu thought for a while, but felt that his head was like a thousand needles pricking him, and there was a dull pain, so he hurriedly shook his head.

"I can't figure it out. The Governor is very smart, so he might be able to figure it out. But, no matter what Cao Jun does, we still have plenty of food and grass, so we can just spend it with him."

When Li Shu raised his troops to rebel, he had long expected that Jiangdong's army might besiege Shu County, so he concentrated most of Lujiang County's grain and grass in Shu County's treasury in advance. Even more than 20,000 Jiangdong's army could feed two or three people. month, so Zhou Yu didn’t have to worry about food and grass issues for the time being.

After Cao Cao ordered his troops to withdraw and return to camp, Cao Xiu and other Cao Jun generals became angry and asked him to fight, but Cao Cao flatly refused.

"The truth has yet to be determined, so just wait patiently!"

Later, Cao's army surrounded but did not attack.