Looking to the side, Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and others were in the same situation, covered in blood, leaning against the city wall, panting like an ox.
Le Jin and Cao Hong were even more exhausted. They leaned on each other without saying a word, not wanting to waste any energy. They closed their eyes to rest and prepare for the next wave of offensive.
Faced with Zhang Mancheng's fighting style, Huangfu Song was extremely troubled at first and didn't know what to do. He only waited for one person to come and figured out a countermeasure for the Han army!
This person was Chen Gongtai of the Chen Palace who had given Yuan Shu three visits but failed to return. After bidding farewell to Yuan Shu, he packed his belongings and hurried to Nanyang County to defect to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was naturally overjoyed when he saw someone coming to surrender. He directly took Chen Gong's hand and greeted him with greetings. Chen Gong was a little touched by this situation.
Later, when everyone was talking about Zhang Mancheng's attack, Chen Gong suggested!
"Nanyang has a large population and a large number of elites. The Yellow Turbans are cruel and unkind. As long as General Huangfu comes forward, uses emotion and reason, recruits elites and trains them, it is easy to go up to the city and defend them."
Then Chen Gong continued to analyze for everyone
"Zhang Mancheng and others take turns to go into battle, and our army can also take turns to rest. The veterans will lead the new soldiers to kill the enemy together.
As long as we persist for a while, Yuan Jiujiu will surely arrive to support him, and at the right moment he will make a surprise attack from the rear, which will surely severely damage the Yellow Turban Army."
When Chen Gong and Yuan Shu were drinking and chatting, they communicated with each other and learned that Yuan Shu would rush to Nanyang to provide support after clearing out the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou.
Therefore, Chen Gongcai included Yuan Shu's supporting army in his plan!
"Zhang Mancheng's army has a large number of troops, and coupled with the subsequent Bocai Army and Wang Qing's Army, the supply of food and grass is limited. As long as we survive their fierce attack in the past few days, the Yellow Turban Army will inevitably withdraw due to food and grass problems."
Chen Gong's words made everyone's eyes brighten and their confidence greatly increased. They couldn't help but recall the previous scene of Yuan Shu burning Bocai's 200,000 troops.
The Yuan family has a son, Yuan Gongdao, who should be regarded as a hero for the rest of his life. With his help, the great man will surely achieve greater glory!
The two generals Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song's favorability towards Yuan Shu exploded to the sky.
It has to be said that Yuan Shu's personal charm is still very great. Coupled with the prestige management in the early stage, he is the proper successor to the Fourth Generation and the Three Dukes, and the bright new star of the Han Dynasty.
With his previous poems and poems, he became famous, became rich in business, plus burned Bocai, and put down the Yellow Turban rebellion in Yanzhou and Yuzhou... Such achievements will definitely be rewarded heavily by the emperor.
As the Han Dynasty sold its officials and won titles in recent years, the good and the mediocre were uneven, and it was in urgent need of a new star general to inject vitality into the Han Dynasty.
At this time, Yuan Shu had been recognized as one of the new star candidates by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun! As the times change, the old people have to delegate power to the newcomers. As the saying goes, the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead.
The two generals were very optimistic about Yuan Shu's ability, coupled with his extraordinary speaking skills and his loyalty to the emperor...
"Tsk! With the highway coming to support us, our pressure will be greatly reduced in this battle."
Zhu Jun patted Huangfu Song beside him and joked:
Of course, his praise for Yuan Shu can be seen from his words.
Praise is praise. At this time, Zhang Mancheng's army began to attack the city again. The soldiers had no choice but to pick up their weapons and continue to kill the enemy.
Cao Cao was arranged by Huangfu Song to recruit strong soldiers in the city to reduce the number of soldiers transporting defense supplies, and gathered all the soldiers on the city wall.
Cao Cao was responsible for recruiting elites, while Chen Gong was responsible for gathering people and lobbying.
"Fellows and fellow villagers! The yellow turban army outside the city is cruel and ruthless. They attack the city day and night. Once they enter the city, they will burn, kill, loot and commit evil..."
Chen Gong did not directly express his intention, but told the people how fierce the battle between the officers and soldiers and the Yellow Turban Army was, and the casualties could not be replenished. In addition, the Yellow Turban Army's cruelty and murderousness made the people below turn pale with fear.
Cao Cao, who happened to be on the side, recruited a strong army, and they cooperated very well. There were countless people who were willing to join the army. For a time, the people in the city united as one and spontaneously sent their sons to the front line for support.
Because they know that the officers and soldiers are fighting bravely to keep the people safe. Once the city wall cannot be defended, they will die...
In one morning, Cao Cao recruited 20,000 strong men. The number of people who surrendered to the army was still increasing, and the military camp became busy training soldiers.
At this time, the Yellow Turban Army gathered under the city wall. Under the unified leadership of Zhang Mancheng, they built a ladder and climbed up!
One after another, brave and fearless...
Here, the Han army used stones, wood, gold juice, etc. to smash down the ladder, or several people leaned over the city wall to chop up the Yellow Turban soldiers climbing up. What's more, several people used it together.
With the weapon in hand, he pushed away the ladder that had been set up.
For a time, the two armies fell into a stalemate, and the number of casualties continued to increase. Especially for the Yellow Turban Army, the number of casualties increased sharply.
Zhang Mancheng did not have a general under his command, so after his men climbed up the city wall, Han soldiers immediately surrounded them and killed them.
The offensive and defensive battle lasted for about two hours, and there were countless corpses of Yellow Turban soldiers under the city, including some corpses of Han soldiers who fell into the city or died with the Yellow Turban soldiers.
The mountains of corpses and seas of blood are horrific! At this time, Nanyang County is like a meat grinder, with countless limbs and broken arms!
As the casualties of the Yellow Turban Army continued to increase, Zhang Mancheng frowned. It was not an option to continue like this. He would not be able to attack for a long time, and there would be no breakthrough at all.
Zhang Mancheng was a little helpless, but didn't know what to do, so he had to ask Bo Cai who was standing aside to ask if he had any good suggestions to capture Nanyang County.
Bo Cai on the side heard Zhang Mancheng asking him, nodded, fell into deep thought, then leaned into Zhang Mancheng's ear and said slowly
"There are no generals in your army and it is difficult to climb the city wall. Therefore, you have suffered heavy casualties and cannot attack for a long time. I think that we can borrow the three generals Du Wei, Feng Tai and Yuan Lang from Wang Qing and work together to capture Nanyang County."
Zhang Mancheng's face became a little ugly after listening to Bo Cai's words. Although he agreed with what Bo Cai said in his heart, it was a bit difficult for him to lower his head and go to Wang Qing to lend his general.
"Hey! Forget it, capturing Nanyang is very important."
Sighing helplessly, Zhang Mancheng turned to look at Wang Qing, only to see Wang Qing's disdainful look on his face, as if he was dragging him as hard as 2,580,000 yuan, which made Zhang Mancheng feel annoyed.
"Wang Qing, I would like to borrow the three generals Du Wei, Feng Tai and Yuan Lang from you. I wonder if you can agree?"
Zhang Mancheng took the overall situation into consideration and finally lowered his head and asked Wang Qing to lend his generals to attack the city.
"My general, without my orders, no one can do anything...Why don't Marshal Zhang Qu entrust me with the control of your army?"