Chapter 90 Guarding Pujin Pass

"Master, we are not good at sending troops. Please punish us!" Cao Hong and Cao Xiu, who escaped with a gray face, knelt down and pleaded guilty. Cao Qian looked at the extremely burning floating bridge for a long time before saying, "This matter was caused by Zhao Botao's tricks. No wonder you wait."

Cao Xiu and Cao Hong were naturally grateful when they heard the words. At this time, as soon as they count the number of people, only more than 4,000 Qingzhou soldiers came back. The rest were all killed by scalpers and fire, and the pontoon bridge was also burned to only half a part. The enemy's casualties are conservatively estimated to never exceed 300 people.

This is already the third day. In the past three days, Cao Wei has spent most of his time building a floating bridge, and then the only two sieges were destroyed by the other party before they could be opened. In this way, more than 10,000 of people have filled it, but if they want to break through the Pujin Pass, it seems to be far away. Period.

"The Prime Minister, although Zhao Botao exercises the fire bull trick, it also shows that his troops are already insufficient. After the pontoon bridge is built, immediately attack. I think I can definitely break through the Pujin Pass!" Jia Xu saw that Cao Qian had been silent, and also opened his mouth to comfort him. Cao Yan was silent for a long time, and finally said, "Zilian, send someone to repair the pontoon bridge overnight and step up the siege!"

"No!" Cao Hong hurriedly prepared not to mention it. It has taken more than two days to be gibbled by Zhao Feng's gibb and messy strategies one by one. No matter how good Cao's surname is, he really can't stand it, not to mention that Cao's patience is not very good.

At Cao's urging, Cao Jun began to repair the pontoon bridge overnight. Zhao Feng looked at such a scene on the head of the city and finally did not send anyone to stop it. The lack of troops is my biggest problem now. Five thousand defenders have also suffered more than 400 casualties in the siege the day before yesterday and today's field battle. My own capital is too little. If I go out to fight in the field, I can't stand the consumption.

"General, the biography just brought back by the carrier pigeon!" Just then, Niu Jin hurried over and handed himself a copy of the flying pigeon. Zhao Feng took over and took a look. Finally, he was looking forward to some good news. In the letter, Zhang Ren said that Hao Zhao was leading 20,000 reinforcements to come here and was expected to arrive tomorrow afternoon.

"That is to say, as long as you keep it for less than one day!" Zhao Feng breathed a sigh of relief. Although the task is still very difficult, I finally have a hope. What he didn't know was that Hao Zhao was worried about the situation here. On the past few days, he stepped up the march every day. The soldiers only slept for two hours a day, so they could arrive more than half a day in advance.

"Tell the soldiers the good news, let them hold on for another day, and they will be fine!" Zhao Feng ordered that more than 4,000 people who guarded the gate for a short time knew the news, and cheers and songs were actually sounded on the gate. Although Zhao Feng has made a lot of tricks these days, which has made the enemy dizzy, after all, there are too many enemy troops, and everyone is worried. At present, Zhao Feng ordered the whole army to take a shift to rest and prepare for tomorrow's siege.

In the early morning of the next day, the pontoon bridge rested again. And all Zhao Feng's tricks have been gone. More than that, Cao Qian also got the latest information. Under comprehensive analysis, he knew why Zhao Feng appeared in front of him now, and how he came here.

"Pretend to attack Hanzhong to attract Sima Yi's troops, go out of Ziwu Valley to raid Tongguan and Pujinguan, and then take a detour into Guanzhong. What a good plan!" Jia Xu always prided himself on his wits, but when he saw such a complicated strategy, he couldn't help taking a breath.

"According to intelligence, Zhao Botao has only thousands of defenders on Pujinguan. However, once Zhang Ren enters the customs from Wuguan, he will definitely come to support his people as soon as possible. Lord, you still need to speed up the time to tackle the key!" The one who speaks has always been taciturn. Cao Wei nodded and agreed, and then ordered to attack Pujin Pass overnight.

"Wen He, do you see, can I take down Pujin Pass this time?" After waiting for the general to leave, Cao Jian held his head tiredly and asked Jia Xu.

"Lord, now Zhao Botao has only thousands of defenders. We will step up the attack. If we don't do it for two days, we will definitely break through the city!" Jia Xu comforted. But his words did not make Cao Hen very happy. He shook his white-haired head. Cao Hen was a little tired and said, "I, Cao Mengde, have been marching and fighting quickly, but everything is not going well this time. Is it really God's will?"

"Lord, Zhao Botao is mysterious because of his lack of troops. Now he is trying his best to attack, no matter how tricky he is, he can't help but defend the pass again!" Jia Xu comforted. Cao's face finally looked better when he heard Jia Xu's continuous comfort words.

Under the Pujin Pass, the shouts of Zhentian came one after another, and the tragic siege battle entered a white-hot state from the beginning. After receiving Cao Yan's instructions, Cao Hong began to attack the pass overnight. A team of soldiers carried the ladders to the city, and various siege equipment such as rushing cars and arrow towers also followed. The elite division of Cao's army rushed to the city with the rain-like arrows.

"Kill!" With Zhao Feng's military orders, hot oil, stones and crossbows followed the cloud ladder, smashed straight down without hesitation, faithfully performed his duties, and harvested one life after another.

"Light it up!" Looking at the enemy who was scalded by the hot oil, Zhao Feng closed his eyes and continued to order. The torch was thrown down, and the wooden ladder was drenched with tung oil, and then it suddenly burned violently. A taste of barbecue and vegetation gray floated on the head of the city, and the defenders did not care about the nausea and continued to stop the enemy from climbing. The bodies piled up under the city are about to pile up to the top of the city.

"Good boy, it doesn't make people take a breath!" Zhao Feng watched the Cao army move the body under the city, and then continued to attack the city, which was also a little terrible about the strong combat effectiveness of the Cao army. I racked my brains and only delayed it for three days, and now the fierce siege has begun.

"General, I'm ready!" Niu Jin hurried over at this time. Needless to say, Zhao Feng has already smelled a stench. Turning around, behind Niu Jin, hundreds of people were twisting the big wooden barrel, which was full of stinking manure. Of course, some other ingredients are added to it.

"How about Niu Jin? Is it sure it can be burned?" Zhao Feng asked one more question at the end. This is not ordinary manure, but manure mixed with tung oil.

"Don't worry, General, I prepared it myself, and it will definitely burn." Niu Jin is very confident and authentic. So in the next wave of Cao's offensive, Tongyou was temporarily abandoned and splashed down with a big dung pocket.

"Ah!" Cao Jun, who was climbing up the ladder, was splashed by big dung, and he suddenly ran back one by one. These Cao troops have experienced the rain of bullets among thousands of troops and horses, and they did not frown in the face of the rain of arrows. But when the dung was poured on the head, no one dared to move forward.

"Bastard!" Cao Hong, who was directing the siege of the city, was also furious when he saw this situation. Seeing that he was so angry, Zhang Yi also hurriedly advised, "General, why do you have to be angry? Even if Pujin Pass is full of pits, this dung is limited. If it doesn't take a long time, this dung will definitely run out!"

It seems to confirm Zhang's inference that after the dozens of barrels of manure were poured down, the defenders did not continue to water, but a few more torches were thrown on the head of the city, and the manure mixed with tung oil was immediately ignited. With the help of this fire, the already pungent odor was aggravated a little. The guards in the front row heard about it, and many people spit it out on the spot.

"It stinks!" Although Cao Hong was not obsessed with cleanliness, he couldn't help smelling such a stench at this time. Zhang Yi's face was not good-looking, but he still admonised, "General Cao, let the soldiers attack the city quickly!"

"I also want to, but how can you attack the city with such a bad smell?" Cao Hong frowned. Zhang jaw shook his head and said no word. He could only wait for the stench to dissipate. At this time, the sky was already bright, and the tragic scenes of the city and the city were at a glance. Taking advantage of this rare leisure time, Zhao Feng checked the casualties.

"In the middle of the night, more than 300 soldiers have been killed, and more than 100 people have been injured!" Zhao Feng was also speechless about such a heavy casualty. Of course, Cao's army was also uncomfortable. In such a fierce siege, Cao's army had nearly 2,000 casualties. Thinking about history, Chen's four hundred white-eared soldiers stopped Lu Xun. Now I have 5,000 Danyang elite soldiers here, and they have been damaged so much in the middle of the night.

"When you go back, you must ask this boy when you go back. Are the recruits training now that they have begun to cut corners?" Zhao Feng said with hatred that this was still a casualty in the middle of the night. If Cao Wei attacked like this at the beginning, he could use the sea of people tactics to death in two days at most.

Now the smell of the city stinks. If you really come up, it is possible to smoke people to death. Cao Hong and Zhang Yi had to order people to empt water from the Yellow River with wooden barrels. When the fire was extinguished, they went up and poured hundreds of buckets of water, which washed away the stench with little. After such a toss, it's half an hour.

"General Cao, hurry up and attack the city!" Zhang Yi didn't wait to finish washing and immediately suggested. Cao Hong also knew that the matter was urgent, so he hurriedly urged the siege not to mention it. At this moment, I heard a thunderbolt overhead.

"What is this?" Cao Hong looked up in astonishment, but he was hit by a heavy raindrop into his eye socket, and his eyes hurt. Then, the raindrops fell one after another, and there was a pouring rain in an instant.

"Why did it suddenly rain?" Cao Hong almost roared and roared. No one can answer him that it is extremely common to rain in early summer. But once it rains, the siege will basically be greatly reduced. If it is hard, it is possible to be forced to stop. In a word, the rain is extremely beneficial to the defending side of the city.

"Keep attacking!" Cao Hong slowed down and immediately ordered again, so Cao's army continued to attack the city. Due to the heavy rain, the fire oil was not used again, so it turned into a fierce hand-to-hand combat. At first glance, it seems to be more unfavorable to the defenders, but the slippery ladder after the rain makes it more difficult to attack the city. Sometimes there is no need for the defenders to smash stones, and the defenders will slip and fall under their own feet. And the soldiers who attack the city need to look up, and they are more likely to be confused by the rain.

"It's raining. Is it God helping Zhao Botao?" In Cao Jun's camp, looking at the pouring rain outside the tent, Cao Yan also muttered. The series of strange things made Cao can't help but feel a little confused. On the contrary, at Pujin Gate, Zhao Feng and others saw the sudden heavy rain and thanked God for his eyes, and then raised the spirit of 120,000 points to continue to defend the city.

(to be continued)