Now that Zhang Liao's reinforcements have arrived, Cao Shen, no matter how unwilling he is, can only postpone the attack on the city and gather his troops to prepare for Zhang Liao's arrival.
At the same time, the frustration and decadence in Cao Shen's heart became more and more solemn. Now that Zhang Liao has arrived, one can imagine the fate of Cao GUI who was left behind at Mengjin Pass.
Since Cao Shen had withdrawn, Zhang Liao did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, he waited for Wang Meng's large army to arrive.
Although Zhang Liao was lightly armed and took the lead, Wang Meng's large army was also made up of cavalry and was not much slower than Zhang Liao and his vanguard.
Sure enough, in just half a day, Wang Meng's large army had already arrived. As soon as Wang Meng's large army arrived, Cao Shen knew that their end was probably coming.
However, although it seemed that there was no hope, Cao Shen, as a famous general of the generation, did not give up resistance easily. He was ready to fight to the death for the final battle.
In the end, even if the entire army was wiped out, Cao Shen would still try his best to break off a few of Wang Meng's teeth.
However, after waiting for two days, Cao Shen did not wait for Wang Meng's attack. After the army arrived, Wang Meng was not in a hurry. Instead, he set up camp and ordered each army to take turns to rest.
"Damn it, damn Wang Meng!" After two days, Cao Shen had already realized the reason why Wang Meng had not launched an attack.
"How many days of food and grass do our troops have left?" After hearing clearly, Cao Shen immediately asked to the left and right.
"General Qi, it has been less than five days."
"Five days!" Cao Shen immediately felt dizzy, five days, which meant they only had five days left.
The reason why Wang Meng has not launched an attack is that Cao Shen's army has become a mournful army. With no way to go, they all have the intention of fighting to the death. If they launch an attack by force, although they can win, they will not be able to win.
But some damage will inevitably occur.
However, Cao Shen's food and grass is a big problem. Once a few days pass and their food and grass are all exhausted, then they will really become meat on the chopping board and will have no resistance.
Wang Meng could easily capture them all without spending a single soldier.
"Uncle Jing, we can't continue like this, otherwise if we wait until the food and grass are exhausted, our army will really have no resistance at all!" Xiahou Dun, whose face turned slightly pale, said anxiously.
In those previous battles, Xiahou Dun was seriously injured, and he could not recover in just two days.
On that day, when Huang Tianxiang discovered that Generals Long Huan and Wu Qian had died in battle, he went crazy and fought hard to get injured again to defeat Jiao Ying. Later, when he was chasing Cao Ning, he even shot Xiahou Dun.
Due to the huge strength gap between the two sides, Xiahoudun didn't even take Huang Tianxiang's casual shot, and was directly knocked away by Huang Tianxiang's shot.
"But now we are trapped here, so what can we do!" Cao Shen sighed helplessly.
In front of them was Xiaopingjin, and the road was blocked. Behind them were the cavalry led by Wang Meng. Even though they wanted to fight to the death, the initiative was in Wang Meng's hands.
The cavalry came and went like the wind. If Wang Meng insisted on not wanting to fight with them, could they still use two legs to catch up with four?
Judging from the current situation, unless Wang Meng takes the initiative to come to them for a decisive battle, they have no choice but to wait passively, until the food and grass are exhausted, and until their last resistance is worn away bit by bit.
As the days passed, Cao Shen and the others' food and grass were finally exhausted little by little.
At this time, Wang Meng ordered people to cook broth in front of the camp, and ordered people to keep shouting, indicating that as long as the enemy troops were willing to surrender, they would get enough food.
Under hunger, these ordinary soldiers finally began to lose their patience. After the first soldier sneaked out of the camp and surrendered, there were soon the second, the third... and even
, when it developed to the end, groups of soldiers even came out to surrender.
Wang Meng was not stingy with the soldiers who came out to surrender, and provided them with sufficient food to attract more enemy soldiers to surrender.
Seeing that the number of soldiers in the military camp was decreasing day by day, although Cao Shen was anxious, he was helpless.
After all, under severe hunger, if he went out to stop these soldiers who wanted to surrender, I'm afraid those soldiers would turn their guns against him.
What's more, they are not worried about scarcity but inequality. Although these soldiers have run out of food, they, the generals, naturally still have the last bit of food and grass to ensure their own survival. If they dare to go out and show their faces at this time,
, I'm afraid it will be torn to pieces by these hungry soldiers.
In just three or four days, more than 15,000 troops walked out of the military camp and surrendered. Now, excluding those who died during the attack on Xiaopingjin, there are only less than a thousand people left around Cao Shen.
Already.
"Generals, the matter has come to an end, and it's time to wrap things up. The remaining people of Cao Shen are probably die-hards, so there is no need to wait any longer." Wang Meng pointed in the direction of Cao Shen's camp and smiled.
said.
"Commander, the last general is calling for a fight." As soon as Wang Meng said this, Huang Feihu, who had been holding back for several days, was the first to come out and call for a fight, as if he had been given a shot of blood.
When Huang Feihu had just arrived at Xiaopingjin, he had already received information that his two sworn brothers, Long Huan and Wu Qian, had been attacked and killed by Xia Houyuan's cold arrows. It was precisely for this reason that Huang Feihu was so active at this moment.
"That's good. The enemy generals Cao Ning and Jiao Ying are very powerful. Naturally, General Huang is indispensable in this battle!" Wang Meng nodded.
From the initial loss of Xiao Pingjin to the present, they have successively lost five generals: Pei Renji, Pei Yuanfu, Pei Yuanshao, Long Huan and Wu Qian.
Pei Yuanqing of the Pei family is one of the young generals that the lord Li Xiang is very optimistic about, and the Huang family, which is related to Longhuan and Wu Qian, has an endless stream of generals, and there is even an old fox like Jia Xu, who is the leader of Li Xiang's power.
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Therefore, although Wang Meng cherished his talent and wanted to capture Jiao Ying after hearing that he was very powerful, he finally gave up on this idea after careful consideration.
As for Cao Shen, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Ning, although they all have their own talents, these people are either Cao Cao's relatives or Cao Cao's sons. Even if there is no blood feud between the two sides, it is impossible to let them go.
