The goal that Fang Zhiwen and Guo Jia talked about was Xiaxiang City, more than 200 miles away from Xia Pi. This place was originally Xiahou Yuan's garrison, but Xiahou Yuan's entire army was destroyed and he was also dead. He would not have thought of returning to the battlefield without ten days or half a month. During this period, Xiaxiang City was undoubtedly a very weak empty shell.

Xi Zhicai's burning Lingxian County was undoubtedly causing a lot of trouble for Fang Zhiwen. It was a coincidence that he slowed down Fang Zhiwen's pace of taking down the court. However, Xi Zhicai still greatly underestimated Fang Zhiwen's action efficiency, because Fang Zhiwen was able to boldly activate Yiren, and Yiren could not surpass his administrative efficiency.

Fang Zhiwen simply contracted the refugee camp in Lingxian to several guilds, asking them to protect the refugees and transport them to Lianyun Island or Haixi to board the boat. The rest is how much food and money Fang Zhiwen needs to mobilize. Of course, Fang Zhiwen doesn't need to worry about this, and he has his own good help to help Fang Zhiwen settle all this.

So, on the night after the fire in Lingxian County, Fang Zhiwen and Huang Zhong's troops attacked at night and disappeared into people's eyes. In fact, everyone can guess the whereabouts of Fang Zhiwen, either the lower court or the Dunxian. Otherwise, where else could it be?

It was already midnight when Cao Cao received the information, but Xi Zhicai still woke Cao Cao up. Fang Zhiwen's whereabouts were crucial, which would affect the situation on the entire battlefield and should not be taken lightly.

"Zhicai, what do you think?" Holding the lamp in his hand, Cao Cao squinted his eyes and looked at the somewhat messy map on the map rack.

"The lower court is almost unnecessary. You can reach the lower court about two hundred miles from the lower court in Lingxian County. In other words, you may attack the lower court tomorrow night."

"Damn it, if we set out from Xia Pi now to support Xia Xiang, the infantry will need to walk for two days and two nights, and the cavalry..."

"You can support it from Suiling, and it can be reached in one day and one night. The question is, will Fang Zhiwen ambush these supported infantry first halfway?"

Cao Cao sighed and said, "When fighting with Fang Zhiwen, you can think about the worst of the situation!"

Xi Zhicai nodded with a bitter smile. It was extremely dangerous to want Fang Zhiwen to make mistakes or maintain a similar lucky heart.

"Then, if the reinforcements from Suiling were intercepted by Fang Zhiwen on the way, it would be at most delayed by Fang Zhiwen for half a day. It would not be enough to get us from Xia Pi reinforcements."

Cao Cao stroked his beard and said nothing. The oil lamp in his hand exploded with a "pibo" sound. The light on the map shook, and Xi Zhi felt a little dizzy in front of him.

"We still need rescue, otherwise Fang Zhiwen will rely on the cities around Pi to launch consecutive surprise attacks, which will not only destroy our prestige, but will also delay our time to build an effective defensive zone. If this defensive zone cannot be built for one day, Fang Zhiwen will not calm down for a day, and our military strength will always be dragged in Xuzhou, Qiao County, Huainan and Runan may change due to it."

"What the lord said is very true!"

"Then let the minister guard the matter strictly and defend the situation. Try to delay Fang Zhiwen's time, and our army immediately set off from Xia Pi. Try to arrive at Xia Xiang as soon as possible!"

"Only so, let everyone prepare and set off tomorrow. Zhicai, you should hurry up and rest. If you continue to work so hard, you may not be able to bear it!"

Xi Zhicai felt warm, he took out a small bottle from the package, and said with a smile: "No, I have this."

"Ah? Ginseng Dew produced by Miyun?"

"hehe....."

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Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai underestimated Fang Zhiwen. Fang Zhiwen could arrive overnight for more than 200 miles. Although the result was that the war horses were useless, do they need war horses to attack the city?

What's more, Huang Zhong, Tai Shi Ci and Fang Zhiwen have a large number of low-level generals in the personal guards, so there are also spare horses. On the road, as long as the backup war horses are used alternately, the guards can maintain sufficient combat effectiveness when they arrive at Xiaxiao.

When the moon sets, the sky falls into the darkest before dawn.

Several figures emerged from behind the mound. The light crossbow in their hands shot and killed several wandering whistles accurately. Then they rushed up quickly, comforted the horses, then turned over to the horses, pretended to be the enemy's whistle, and continued to slowly swim outside the city.

Behind the passage they opened, a large number of soldiers rushed towards the city gate silently and quickly. The lanterns on the city walls were shaking with the night wind, and the defenders on the city did not ignite the fire under the city, so the city was dark.

Xiaxiang City has a moat, but it is dry season now. These black shadows gently put the ladder in their hands on the moat and quickly built a temporary passage. Then, these figures rushed through the moat one after another. When they came to the bottom of the city wall, the black shadows were very careful. First, a few people quickly found the traps under the city, and then marked the upper position, and then more black shadows came under the city wall.

These photos were agile. Some took out the grapple hooks, while others held crossbows to guard. With a slight sound, everyone threw out the grapple hooks in their hands almost at the same time. Then they flashed and climbed up along the rope without hesitation.

Some of the guards who were not dozing off were alarmed by the sound. They curiously stretched their heads out and looked out. Several crossbow arrows immediately shot him to death. When the body fell from the city wall to the ground, and when a loud noise was made in the quiet early morning, the confused guards finally found something wrong. However, at this time, some black figures and cold blades appeared beside them.

"Enemy attack!!"

"Ziyi, you control the city walls and ramps, and I will conquer the city gate tower!"

"Okay, Hansheng is careful!"

"Haha, be careful too!"

Huang Zhong led his guards toward the city gate tower. The defenders in the city gate tower were very smart. Instead of rushing out, they gathered inside and on the stairs, constantly shooting arrows, and sounded the alarm bell!

“Dangdang…”

The rapid bell echoed in Xiaxiang City. The awakened defenders were gathering in a panic. The soldiers guarding the city wall were throwing torches outside the city to light the light. The city gate attacked by Huang Zhong had already put down the broken dragon stone and cut off the rope.

When Fang Zhiwen outside the city heard the sound at the top of the city, he immediately ordered the cavalry to attack and block the infantry from attacking both ends of the city wall. At this moment, the infantry had already built countless ladders on the city wall. More and more soldiers had already climbed the city wall. Under the command of Taishici, the soldiers who climbed the city wall quickly extended to both sides, using the favorable terrain of the city wall to shoot and kill reinforcements coming to support.

Huang Zhong rushed forward with one hand and almost no stop. He broke through the knife along the way, and no one could stop him. Soon Huang Zhong's troops cleared the city gate tower and relied on the ladder on the other side to block the enemy's counterattack.

"Put down the suspension bridge and connect the rope of the Broken Dragon Stone. The crossbowmen come here to block the enemy troops who come to support along the main road, and protect General Taishici and open the city gate!"

The fires and shouts of killing on the city wall woke up the entire city. Everyone was panicked. The defenders and militia on the streets were swarming towards the city wall. However, before they could arrive, the sound of thunderous horse hooves suddenly came along the avenue at the gate of the south city!

"Enemy cavalry, run!"

I don't know who shouted, and all the militia threw down their weapons at almost the same time and turned around and ran away.

"No running, line up, line up, can't run away!"

"Come over the wall and enter the yard!"

"Route, line up, raiders come forward! Hurry!"

Some people ran away, some were shouting, some were obedient to come forward, some were quietly retreating, and under the dim fire, the defenders were in a mess!

"River Fire!"

"bombardment!"

"Boom! Boom!"

Fang Zhiwen's cavalry cooperated well, and the skilled shooting covered about a distance of about 100 steps. Within this range, due to the dense crowd, the killing effect was really amazing. Before the shocked defenders woke up, the cavalry rushed over and stepped on the wounded corpses and wounded on the ground into flesh mud!

"Wow! Oh my god! Run!"

"Don't kill me!"

The defenders threw away the weapons in their hands and fled wildly. Some even rushed towards Fang Zhiwen's cavalry without telling the east and west, and the result was naturally a tragedy.

"Youzhou cavalry attacked the city and died with weapons! Those who go out died!"

"Take off your weapons and kneel beside the wall!"

The cavalry rushed forward and shouted loudly. The six thousand cavalry divided into six teams and ran wildly on the streets in the city, with the targets of the military camps and government offices in the city!

However, Fang Zhiwen's movements were still slow. There was no one in the government office except for the servants and maids. Fang Zhiwen immediately ordered a pursuit and chased him to the north city gate. He found that the north gate was not only wide open, but also disappeared from the soldiers!

"Long Yun, you lead two thousand cavalry to chase north for fifty miles!"

"promise!"

"Order Ma Xin and Liang Chao to chase each other fifty miles in the east and west directions!"

"promise!"

"Close the martial law in the city gate, suppress the prisoners, and kill those who go out without authorization! Fan Guowei, you are responsible for patrol in the city!"

"promise!"

In the early morning, a faint mist enveloped Xiaxiangcheng. Xiaxiangcheng did not become lively as usual, but was a little terrifyingly quiet. Fang Zhiwen stood in front of the gate of the official hall of the government office, looked at the rising sun, and stretched his waist!

"Lord, the statistics have been found. In addition to pursuing the three unreturned troops, our army has provided more than 11,000 enemies, captured more than 12,000 prisoners, and other supplies are incurred. Our army has suffered 321 casualties, of which 119 died, 2 generals, and 144 disabled, including seven generals."

"Buried them well! Pack up the relics and send them home with the pension!"

"promise!"

"Search the residents as soon as possible, and then lift the martial law. Accompany me to the wounded barracks later. We will go and take a trip when they leave."

Fang Zhiwen sighed softly, shook his head and turned to walk towards the government office. Guo Jia squinted his eyes and watched Fang Zhiwen's back disappear, and he also turned around and walked outward.
Chapter completed!