"General, you can't fight anymore!" Wen Qin, a general under Cao Shuang, walked in quickly, looked at Cao Shuang with a red look, and said in a deep voice: "The soldiers in front of the formation have begun to counterattack the supervising team. If this continues, the morale of the army will be hostile and may not be suppressed!"

Although the three consecutive days of attack put huge pressure on Liu Cheng's defenders, Cao Shuang's extreme means were also resisted by the soldiers in the army.

In three days, the fugitives who died at the hands of the supervising team were almost twice as many as those in the hands of the Han army. Every day, the Wei army retreated desperately, and even faced the supervising team with swords. Such examples continued to increase. If this continued, Wen Qin didn't know whether the Wei army would fall into civil strife before breaking into Qiutou.

"No fighting?" Cao Shuang looked at Wen Qin and threw a battle report on his chest and said, "Pang Tongtun in Shouchun, Wei Yan cruised in Qiao County, surrounded by three sides, the army was exhausted from food and grass, and Cheng's father was burned. If he did not seek a breakthrough, tell me how to fight?"

Wen Qin's eyes flashed with struggle: "But if this continues, there may be a mutiny in the army!"

"Now our army is under great pressure, and the Han army is under great pressure. If you want to break the deadlock, you will break the city first. As long as you can defeat Liu Cheng, our army will have a glimmer of hope to kill Xuchang and gather the troops from Yingchuan to fight against the Han army. But if you can't, you and I will die here!" Cao Shuang looked at Wen Qin, with a hint of cruelty in her eyes.

The war in the north has been passed back, and Sima Yi cannot provide him with support. Even if there is, Cao Shuang cannot accept it. Sima Yi's army needs to protect the court. No matter how dirty he has been born in these years, the first problem Cao Shuang thought about was to save Wei Ting and try her best to delay time, even if she lost her life!

"Now we have only two choices!" Looking at Wen Qin, a trace of evil spirit flashed in Sima Yi's eyes: "Fight to the death, break Liu Cheng, go to Xuchang, gather troops to fight again. As long as we are finally changing, the army of the pseudo-Han cannot gather in the north with all our strength, and our court will have a glimmer of hope; the other is, as you said, when you return, the food and grass have been exhausted, at most, our lieutenant generals have no food available, Liu Cheng, Pang Tong, and Wei Yan attacked each other on three sides, and our army will collapse without fighting in one month. The pseudo-Han can sweep across the Central Plains and gather troops to attack Jizhou!"

"The General of the Imperial God understand!" Wen Qin's face turned solemn, and bowed to Cao Shuang and said, "The General of the Imperial God will go to supervise the battle in person!"

"No hurry, there is still some time!" Cao Shuang shook his head. In the desperate situation, he became decisive little by little. After pondering for a moment, he looked at Wen Qin and said, "Send me a letter to the counties in the Central Plains. The prefects of each county can recruit troops and fight against the pseudo-Han!"

"General, isn't this... right?" Wen Qin's face changed. Cao Cao spent his whole life to take back the rights of the prefects and prefects of each county to the court and abolish the prefects. Cao Shuang's order continued, which was equivalent to delegating the power to the prefects of each county. The hard work of Cao Wei three generations was destroyed.

"At this point, I have no choice. If I am defeated here, at least, they can help Your Majesty block the pseudo-Han and give the court more breathing opportunities!" Cao Shuang closed his eyes bitterly. If he had a choice, he would not make this decision. But at present, he has been attacking Qiutou for three consecutive days. The resilience of the Han army exceeded Cao Shuang's expectations. Even if he conquered, in the face of the pursuit of Pang Tong and Wei Yan, how much strength he still has to deal with these two groups of people.

This is definitely not a good plan, but it is the only way Cao Shuang can think of at the moment. Even if he loses himself, he can leave some breathing opportunity for the Great Wei.

"Remember, there are only the counties in the Central Plains!" Cao Shuang said in a deep voice as he looked at Wen Qin.

"Here!" Wen Qin took a deep breath, bowed and said goodbye and left.

After a brief rest, the war unfolded again, but it was obvious that the Wei army's siege was no longer as crazy as before. Even under the intimidation of the supervising team, the spirit of energy had dissipated. It was a pity that it was gone, and then it declined, and it was exhausted. This was impossible. Especially during the short time of rest, the Wei army had already begun to have a large number of deserters. Even if Cao Shuang had already made arrangements, it could not stop it. The appearance of these people also made the morale of the Wei army loose.

"General..." Wen Qin came back after arranging the matter and accompanied Cao Shuang to supervise the battle in the formation. Looking at the Wei army, who was obviously weaker, Wen Qin smiled bitterly: "Since the general is interested in breaking through, why not take this opportunity to go to Xuchang?"

"Even if they escape, what should they do when they attack again?" Cao Shuang asked back: "How can the army resist the Han army without fighting? And how can they order the counties to fight against the enemy together with me? We need a victory, and Liu Cheng is the most suitable!"

Since the war started, Liu Cheng's name has spread in the Central Plains. Several wars that defeated the more with fewer victory will soon push Liu Cheng's reputation to the level of an older generation of famous generals. If you can defeat Liu Cheng head-on, Cao Shuang can use this to quickly recruit troops after going to Xuchang. At least you have to let those people see hope before they will follow you. Otherwise, with the current situation, if Cao Shuang escapes to Xuchang in shame, many people will probably turn against the pseudo-Han directly.

A victory?

Wen Qin nodded with a wry smile. This was actually not an excessive expectation, but it seemed that from the beginning of the war to the present, on the entire battlefield of the Great Wei Dynasty fighting the pseudo-Han, it seemed that Sima Yi had won one of Li Yan. If the remaining small-scale conflicts were not counted, the war had never been won. Sima Yi was fine, and Cao Shuang was almost suppressed by Pang Tong and Liu Cheng. Wen Qin also watched Cao Shuang grow rapidly in this war.

Sometimes, human growth is really forced and has nothing to do with age.

"So, even if you try your best in this battle, you must win!" Cao Shuang looked at the army ahead and couldn't help but clench his fists. Although the Wei army's offensive was not as good as before, it could be seen that the Han army's counterattack was much weaker!

The 200,000 army died in three days at least 80,000, and most of them died at the hands of the supervising team, but the Han army suffered a lot of casualties, not ten thousand, and seven or eight thousand.

Although the casualties are a bit terrifying, this is only temporary. As time goes by, this proportion will continue to decline. After all, the large number of people is the only advantage of the Wei army now. The Han army defenders are constantly decreasing and their physical strength is also consumed. Relatively speaking, the Wei army can maintain an advantage in terms of the number of attacks. In terms of physical strength, the Wei army will have more rest time to recover their physical strength. Moreover, the consumption of materials, especially the consumption of bows and arrows, will also become Liu Cheng's fatal weakness. As one goes up and down, the casualties ratio will continue to increase over time.

Cao Shuang can do anything, but Liu Cheng may not be able to use this method as he does to prevent the soldiers from being defeated. If the Han army is defeated, it will be really defeated. As long as the Han army in the city retreats and begins to fear the war, the Wei army will win this battle!

Two days! Up to two days!

Cao Shuang looked at the fierce battle of the city wall, and a hint of sarcasm flashed in her eyes. No matter how elite the Han army was, according to common sense, it would be the limit for the Han army to be able to defend for another two days!

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"The general doesn't have to come in person!" Liao Hua saw Liu Cheng coming to the city wall and hurriedly bowed.

"If you don't come, how can you observe the enemy situation?" Liu Cheng shook his head. The battle has reached this point, how could he not come?

"There are not enough arrows in the army?" After watching for a while, Liu Cheng suddenly looked at Liao Hua.

"The arrows are indeed not enough, but the worst thing is that many archers have already lost their strength!" Liao Hua said with a wry smile.

Drawing a bow also requires strength. As the main long-range troops in siege battles, in addition to the consumption of arrow clusters, the most important thing is archers. Generally, archers are targets of key protection.

However, external attacks can be blocked, but the strength consumes muscle strain. These external forces cannot compensate for the war. Even if Liu Cheng consciously takes care of the archers and takes more rest, he will inevitably be troubled by losing his strength. After all, in this environment, Guan Xing almost collapsed, and it is difficult for ordinary people to sleep soundly, so naturally they cannot get a good recovery.

Liu Cheng nodded and said, "Look for other idle soldiers to replace them."

Anyway, there are many people outside the city now. Even if you are not professional archers, you can just pull the bow and shoot the arrow out. At this time, you won’t say anything to suppress it, and there is no way to suppress it at all.

"General, if we continue to fight like this, our army may not be able to hold on!" Liao Hua looked at the rushing Wei army and said with a look of ugly expression.

Liu Cheng didn't say anything, so he could naturally see that the Han army and the Wei army are now at a time to compete for perseverance, but if they really consume it so hard, Liu Cheng would have almost seen the future. Without the fertile land, the Qiutou City would be broken. By then, the defeat of this battle would be irreversible.

"From now on, set off wolf smoke! Wolf smoke rises during the day and beacon fires at night, no mistakes are allowed!" Liu Cheng was silent for a moment and looked at Liao Hua.

Cao Shuang was so determined to waste his time with him, and he had to accept it even if he didn't take action. Liu Cheng was a little reluctant. He could only seek external forces now. Wei Yan or Pang Tong would definitely come to rescue him after knowing the situation here. As long as the two of them came along, this game was not difficult to break. The strong strength of the man has never been afraid of anyone. Cao Shuang could use his military advantage to stump him, but this was Cao Shuang's limit. The key was the supervisory team behind. If the supervisory team was severely damaged, the current situation of the Wei army would collapse quickly!

Liu Cheng also thought about ordering people to rush out and attack the supervision team, but this is a bit too risky. The soldiers who left the city may face a life-and-death situation, and the possibility of success is not high. Cao Shuang has been guarding against this point. The four gates are also the most powerful attack.

Therefore, Liu Cheng can only seek external forces to resolve the deadlock now.

"Here!" Although he didn't understand why, Liao Hua nodded.

The land under the city has been covered with blood and corpses. This is the first time Liu Cheng has fallen into a tough battle in his life...
Chapter completed!