Cao Cao led his army on a rapid march and arrived at Nanzheng County in the shortest possible time. When he first arrived, he did not launch an attack immediately, but chose to call for surrender, hoping to incite Zhang Lu to rebel.
Unfortunately, Cao Cao's surrender was first scolded by Fa Zheng, and then by Zhang Lu in the name of five buckets of rice, saying that Cao Cao was a butcher and would not die well.
After running into a wall, Cao Cao gave up his thoughts of surrender and ordered a fierce attack on Nanzheng.
However, Nanzheng and Juxian are different.
Ju County is a small city, and Nanzheng is the administrative seat of Hanzhong. Ju County does not even have a moat or an urn city. Nanzheng County is not only surrounded by a moat, but also has an urn city built outside the city, and the city is tall and solid.
In addition, Fazheng prepared early and mobilized abundant defensive supplies. The most important point is that Nanzheng City has sufficient troops, with 20,000 Zhang Lu’s elite troops. In addition, Zhang Lu is the religious leader of Wu Dou Mi Dao, so Nanzheng City was mobilized
of people.
All the people in Nanzheng were soldiers.
When Cao Cao came to besiege the city, there was inevitably a little panic in the city, but Zhang Lu was able to calm people's hearts.
As a result, Cao Cao's repeated attacks failed to capture the county seat, and his army was blocked outside the city.
Cao Cao watched the battle from a distance, frowning slightly as he looked at the city top where shouts of killing were everywhere. If he was blocked outside Nanzheng City, Cao Cao would not be able to mobilize the strength of Hanzhong and make use of Hanzhong.
In fact, it will be delayed instead.
This is not allowed by Cao Cao.
Cao Cao turned to look at Guo Jia and asked: "Feng Xiao, Nanzheng is a fortified city, and Zhang Lu is determined to fight to the death, and there are people from the state of Wu interfering. If we want to attack by force, it will take too much time."
.Except for brothers Yang Song and Yang Bai, are there any other hidden stakes in the city that can cooperate with us inside and outside?"
Guo Jia shook his head and said: "King Qin, although there are some informants in the city, they are all insignificant pawns and some assistants, which are of no use. After the core Yang Song and Yang Bai were captured, there will be no other people in charge of the army."
Cao Cao looked at Yang Ang and asked, "Yang Ang, do you know anyone?"
"No!"
Yang Ang also answered simply.
Cao Cao frowned deeply, pressed the hilt of the sword at his waist with his left hand, and put his fist on his hip with his right hand. He walked back and forth for a moment, with a ruthless look in his eyes. But in the blink of an eye, this ruthlessness subsided again, and he ordered: "Continue to attack.
Wait a moment."
The army is still on the offensive steadily.
The shouts of killing continued, but large numbers of Cao's troops still failed to break through the city, and the situation remained deadlocked.
Just at this time, a soldier came to Cao Cao and reported: "King Qin, General Xia Houyuan has an urgent report to send back."
"Bring people here."
Cao Cao gave an order.
The soldier went to inform him, and after a while, the sentry came to Cao Cao, clasped his fists in salute, and handed over the letter.
Cao Cao took the letter and read it quickly. When Cao Cao saw that Cao Ren was killed and Ju County fell, his pupils suddenly became blank.
The next moment, Cao Cao's expression became even colder.
"It hurts me too!"
Cao Cao let go of his hand, the letter fell to the ground, and he held his head in his hands. A pair of sharp eyes flashed with blazing anger and murderous intent.
Guo Jia quickly picked up the letter and checked it. When he saw that Cao Ren was killed, his face was solemn and he couldn't help but sigh.
Xun You, Cheng Yu and others looked over one after another, all of them very worried.
Cao Cao's eyes widened with anger, and after a long while, the pain in his head eased slightly. He clenched his fists and beat his chest, looking grief-stricken, and said loudly: "Lu Xuan killed my son Xiao and destroyed my city. This revenge
We are irreconcilable. I, the king, vow to avenge Zixiao."
People around him immediately understood.
Cao Ren had a very high status beside Cao Cao. Now that Cao Ren has followed in Cao Hong's footsteps, one can imagine Cao Cao's anger.
Guo Jia was worried that Cao Cao was losing control of his emotions and advised: "My lord, General Zixiao was killed. Everyone is sad and angry. It's just that Lu Xuan is still outside the pass and cannot break Yangping Pass for the time being."
"The top priority is to capture Nanzheng as soon as possible, so that my lord can change direction, join General Xia Houyuan, fight bloody battle with Lu Xuan at Yangping Pass, and avenge General Zixiao."
He changed his title and called him Lord Cao Cao again.
This is a relief to Cao Cao.
Cheng Yu was the oldest, with a solemn look on his face, and said solemnly: "King Qin, it is crucial to capture Nanzheng. Please don't act out of emotion, King Qin."
Xun You said: "Please ask the King of Qin to learn from this."
Everyone was worried that Cao Cao would be angry and send troops to fight at Yangping Pass. When the time came, they would be trapped in a pincer attack.
Cao Cao's eyes were cold, he flicked his sleeves and said, "I know what I should do and what I shouldn't do. Nanzheng is our rear and must be captured. It's just that Zhang Lu is determined to resist and it is difficult to attack."
At this point, Cao Cao's brows showed a fierce look again, and he said: "The army and people of Nanzheng are enemies of this king, so there is no need to leave any room. He ordered all the soldiers who attacked Nanzheng to loot Nanzheng for three days.
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"I want to destroy the city in the shortest possible time."
"In those days, wherever I led my army, everyone was frightened and did not dare to fight. Over the years, I have cultivated my moral character and lost the spirit of killing. The people in these poor and remote areas have lost their awe."
Cao Cao said coldly: "Since you don't want to submit, then just kill them."
A cold and murderous aura spread from Cao Cao's body.
The order was passed down, but no one spoke to dissuade him, and no one showed mercy to the people in Nanzheng City. At this point, Nanzheng must be captured, otherwise Cao Jun will be in a very bad situation if he continues to delay.
The officers and soldiers of Cao Cao's army were excited and excited, especially the Qingzhou soldiers, who were direct descendants of Cao Cao, even screamed.
The Qingzhou soldiers followed Cao Cao, and their military discipline was very bad, but they were very brave every time they fought, because after winning the battle, they could plunder, and whatever they plundered was theirs.
Just like this, Qingzhou soldiers dared to fight and kill, and all obeyed Cao Cao's orders.
Historically, when Cao Cao died, the Qingzhou soldiers started a riot. They beat the drums directly in the army and wanted to go home. You must know that the place where the Qingzhou soldiers beat the drums was the capital of the Wei Dynasty. It is extremely serious for the army to beat the drums without permission and cause trouble.
Political event.
The root cause of the trouble was that Cao Cao was gone.
After Cao Cao's death, all kinds of preferential treatment and benefits for the Qingzhou soldiers disappeared, and the Qingzhou soldiers were unwilling to serve Cao Pi.
Now that Cao Cao's order was issued, the Qingzhou soldiers were in full swing and their offensive was like a tide. They rushed forward wave after wave, making Nanzheng seem like a ship in the big waves, as if it was in danger of capsizing at any time.
Zhang Lu was very scared.
Fazheng saw the situation outside the city and also learned about Cao Cao's order to loot and massacre. He glanced at the brave and capable Cao army and watched the crazy and bloodthirsty Qingzhou soldiers attacking. He did not feel any panic, but instead smiled.
meaning.
Fa Zheng looked at Zhang Lu and said quickly: "Master Shi, Cao Cao ordered the looting and massacre after the city was broken, and his brutal nature was revealed again. Although Cao Cao's army's offensive is fierce, in fact, this is a good thing."
"Originally, when the master was in Nanzheng, the hearts of the people surrendered, and the whole people became soldiers. Now because of Cao Cao's arrangement, the people's escape route has been cut off, and our people's hearts have been further unified, and the soldiers and the people will be more united."
When Zhang Lu thought about it, it seemed like this was true.
Cao Cao gave the order to loot and massacre, so the people of Nanzheng could not surrender and could only fight to the death.
After Zhang Lu figured it out, he quickly said: "I will immediately go to the Sifang City to make a message and inform the people about Cao Cao's arrangements."
Fazheng said: "Thank you for your hard work, Master, but we still have to make arrangements so that the common people who volunteer to participate in the battle can gather in the city and form an array. In this battle, we will first let the soldiers fight hard. If the soldiers cannot hold on, we will mobilize the common people to join the battle.
.This battle must be defended, otherwise everyone will die."
Zhang Lu nodded and left in a hurry.
In fact, Zhang Lu was very nervous inside. But seeing Fazheng and Zhao Yun being calm and composed, he had fighting spirit in his heart and felt inexplicably stable.
Fazheng looked at Zhao Yun, who was commanding steadily, and a smile flashed across his eyes. It was the wisest decision to bring Zhao Yun over this time. Because Zhao Yun was on the tower, the commander remained calm in the face of danger and remained firm.
Zhao Yun is here, and the army is there.
Fazheng glanced at the fighting on the tower. More and more soldiers were thrown into the battlefield. There would be no winner in a short time, and fierce fighting would continue.
It just so happens that this is what he wants to achieve, not to defeat Cao Cao, but to hold him back.