If he failed to win in one battle, he would break through Fancheng, but all fifty ladders were burned by Cao's army, which made Guan Yu quite annoyed.

"June, although you have not been able to conquer Fancheng today, from today's situation, Fancheng is no longer able to support him. You will be able to break the city in a few days!" Ma Liang saw Guan Yu's ugly face and comforted him with a smile.

Ma Liang didn't think that Fancheng could fight, but in today's battle, the Jingzhou army attacked the city wall several times. If Cao's army had not fought to the death, it might have really been called Guan Yu.

Even so, in Ma Liang's opinion, the morale of the Fancheng defenders has been declining today. I am afraid that this record will be good after not long after the battle. As for the battle, it has passed.

Guan Yu nodded, but did not fulfill his words. He felt a little grudge in his heart and felt that he was blind. The most important thing was that the losses of the fifty catapults made Guan Yu feel a little distressed.

"I don't know how much tincture oil is prepared in Fancheng. If we fight tomorrow, it's better to divide our troops to attack, so that Yu Jin's clone is useless." Seeing that Guan Yu's face was not good, Ma Liang knew that he was introverting what happened today and offered advice.

"In today's battle, the defenders of Fancheng have suffered a lot. If our army attacked the city, Yu Jin would drive the people to defend the city. In the past, the people of Fancheng often followed their elder brothers, so how could they harm each other? Moreover, if they encircled all sides, the Cao army would definitely fight to the death. Let go of both sides, which could also undermine the Cao army's desire to fight to the death. If we fight again tomorrow, we can order Zhou Cang to lead a group of troops outside the north of the city. If Yu Jin breaks through, he can take him down in one fell swoop." Guan Yu shook his head.

The division of troops will indeed reveal the disadvantage of Yu Jin's insufficient troops, but Cao Cao's family followed him when he went south. Liu Bei was unable to protect him well, and he felt a little guilty. Now if Yu Jin drives people to defend the city, it will be unpleasant.

Ma Liang nodded and smiled when he heard this, "Your Madam is benevolent and righteous."

...

In Fancheng, a strong smell of stench spread throughout the city. Under the supervision of Cao's army, the people kept carrying the bodies on the top of the city to burn them. Some of them were Cao's army and Jingzhou army. Many of them were bloody and hard to identify their identities, and they were all burned together.

Yu Jin took his personal guards to patrol the city, and from time to time he could hear faint crying sounds from the city. Under the night, the whole city was like a ghost.

Wherever he passed, Cao Jun quickly stood up to salute when he saw Yu Jin, but the desperate expression on his face made Yu Jin feel a little worried.

On the first day, Fancheng almost couldn't hold on. How should we defend next?

"How many soldiers are there in the city?" Yu Jin asked in a deep voice when he saw the general responsible for counting military merits back.

"Go back to General, in today's battle, our army has lost more than half. There are less than 1,550 defenders in the city. Even if they include the wounded soldiers, they cannot get two thousand!" The general said with a wry smile.

"The casualties are so severe!" Yu Jin said in surprise. Although he knew that the casualties would be huge today, he did not expect that so many losses were lost in just one day. I am afraid that he would not be able to defend it for even two days!

"The enemy's offensive is too strong, and the range of the catapult car is very long. Even the archer's range is far beyond that of our army. Most of the casualties died under the enemy's arrow cluster." The general smiled bitterly.

More than just?

Yu Jin sighed when he heard this. The Jingzhou army that was sieging the city was also quite brave. If he had not led his men to fight to the death, he would have wiped out the Jingzhou army that had already begun to tear the gap in the city wall several times. Whether Fancheng could be defended today is a question.

The atmosphere became silent for a moment, and everyone's hearts were filled with unspeakable depression. Everyone had no expectations for whether Fancheng could hold on to tomorrow.

The group continued to patrol the city silently, and a noise suddenly came from the direction of the north city.

"What happened?" Yu Jin's expression changed and he hurriedly ordered someone to go and investigate.

After a while, a soldier hurriedly came back and bowed to Yu Jin and said, "General, there are riots gathering together to mutiny and want to open the city gate, but now they have been suppressed!"

Has it started?

Yu Jin felt a little heavy in his heart. Today's battle was too heavy. He knew that the morale of the army would inevitably be turbulent, but he did not expect that a mutiny would occur so soon!

It is also because Yu Jin has always been strict in the military. Otherwise, he would have been in chaos during the war today.

Guan Yu's military strength is ten times that of the defenders, but he only attacked the cities on both sides, leaving the principle of not attacking on both sides. The three sieges and one is the same, which means that the soldiers guarding the city have no intention of dying. Now Yu Jin would rather Guan Yu encircle on all sides, so that at least the soldiers of the three armies could fight to the death!

Without further ado, Yu Jin went back to the government office after inspecting the city, frowned and paced back and forth until midnight, suddenly a divine light shone in his eyes, and two personal guards were summoned and said, "You two immediately came out from the east and north gates respectively. Sunrise entered from the other gates. After entering the city, they shouted along the street that the reinforcements from Nanyang had arrived. Apart from this, you must not talk to anyone else!"

The two guards were a little puzzled, but they didn't ask much, and agreed to say goodbye and leave.

Looking at the direction of the two people leaving, Yu Jin clenched his fists.

The first thing to solve at the moment is morale problem, otherwise I may not be able to hold on tomorrow.

As for what to do after tomorrow? Yu Jin didn't expect that now, if you keep one more day, you will have one more chance of winning!

This night was undoubtedly a torment for Cao's army. In just one night, there were several mutinys by soldiers, but the scale was not too large, and Yu Jin could still suppress it.

The next morning, just dawn, Guan Yu commanded the army, divided the army into three units, and took turns to attack the city.

The ladder transported overnight began to slowly push, and the catapult cart and the archers began to show their power to the city wall.

Yu Jin fought with Guan Yu yesterday and was much more familiar with the Jingzhou army's siege routines, but today he was not as busy as yesterday.

However, the defenders were seriously insufficient. The people who were forced to walk up the city wall were so scared that they screamed in fear in the face of the various siege equipment of the Jingzhou army and ran around in a panic on the top of the city, which also affected a lot.

"If you don't obey the orders and run around without permission... kill!" Yu Jin's face was as deep as water. At this time, he could not tolerate any softness. He ordered people to kill dozens of people running around before stabilizing the formation.

This time, Guan Yu did not invest the ladder at one time, but instead matched many temporary siege ladders to cooperate with the siege.

But what surprised Guan Yu was that Cao's army, which had obviously lost many troops, was extremely tenacious today. Three teams of troops took turns to attack the city, and coupled with the continuous bombardment of the stone-cattered cart, Cao's army was already shaking, but never really could break through the city.

The few soldiers in Fancheng and also had powerful weapons to siege the city. The failure to break through Fancheng in one battle made Guan Yu feel a big loss. Today, Fancheng showed such amazing resilience, which made Guan Yu quite angry and went to the front line to command the battle.

Guan Yu personally visited the front line, which greatly boosted the morale of the front line soldiers and the offensive of the three armies became even more fierce.

Yu Jin naturally saw Guan Yu's coaching flag reaching the front line, and quickly gathered a few archers and shot arrows in the direction of Guan Yu as he approached.

Guan Yu calmly swung his knife and shot down the flying arrow cluster, his eyes were as cold as lightning, and he looked in the direction where the arrow cluster was flying.

His eyes were like a knife, and the archers wanted to shoot again. When they saw Guan Yu's eyes, they felt cold in their hearts. No one dared to shoot another arrow.

Boom ~

The city gate, which was constantly being destroyed by storms for two consecutive days, was suddenly knocked open at this moment, and a large number of Jingzhou troops swarmed in, and the city gate of Fancheng was finally broken.

Although the soldiers guarding the city received news that reinforcements were coming in the morning, the city gate was broken and the situation was over, so how could they be willing to defend again?

"Dang ~"

A Cao army suddenly threw away the weapons in his hand and ran down the city without looking back.

It was like a signal, more and more Cao's army began to flee, and fewer Cao's army could hold on to their own position.

"Don't be messed up, don't be messed up!" Several generals wanted to stop him, but how could they stop him?

The sword in Yu Jin's hand was still dripping blood, but it did not stop it.

The situation is over, and the moment the city gate is broken, the winning or losing is determined!

Unless reinforcements really come at this time, it is just an excuse for Yu Jin to stabilize the morale of the army. He knew very well that reinforcements would never appear at the moment. The recent reinforcements would take ten days to arrive!

This battle was defeated!

In my life, this battle was probably the worst defeat. I failed to defend it for two days and was captured by the enemy. How can I explain to the Prime Minister when I go back?

"General, the enemy has not occupied the four gates yet, please break through!" Seeing that Yu Jin was still in a daze at this moment, several Cao army generals hurried forward to persuade him.

Yu Jin looked at the Jingzhou army that was rushing towards this side with unwilling wish, and nodded silently, "Transfer our military orders, break through from the east gate, and retreat to Xinye!"

"General, why don't you go to the north gate? You can retreat directly to Xiangyang and join forces with General Mancheng. With the strength of Xiangyang, you will be able to stand firm until reinforcements arrive!" A Cao general worked hard to gather the remaining troops while speaking to Yu Jin.

"Although Guan Yu has not besieged the city, how can he know that he has not had an ambush? It is better to go to Xinye first, go to Nanyang for help, or avoid Guan Yu's ambush!" Yu Jin walked forward with a big strode, but his mind was extremely calm. He was almost certain that Guan Yu had ambushed the ambush.

Just lying in ambush over there, you can only rely on luck.

Relatively speaking, there is a greater possibility of ambushing at the North Gate.

"Don't leave Yu Jin!" Guan Yu saw that Cao's army began to break through, and immediately ordered people to start surround Cao's army.

Fancheng has been broken, and the matter of peace and security is left to Ma Liang. Yu Jin is a big fish. In Guan Yu's opinion, the benefits of capturing Yu Jin are greater than taking Fancheng. At least the morale of Xiangyang will definitely be affected and can suppress Cao Cao's momentum. It would be better if he could surrender.

Just as Yu Jin led his troops out of the city gate, he saw a large number of Jingzhou troops coming here all over the mountains. Looking around, there were Jingzhou troops everywhere.

Yu Jin felt his scalp numb. Guan Yu ignored the city and directly led the entire army to fight?

At this moment, even a hundred people around Yu Jin were unable to get together, so he dared not fight again, just running wildly.

While running away, a soldier suddenly broke out in front of him, and it was the Jingzhou army!
Chapter completed!