Chapter 772: Internal Assistance to Seize the City

"Thank you for your hard work. The county was preparing to go to the city for inspection, and we happened to meet the soldiers from the Long Xiang Camp who were preparing to come over, so we came together. The county is just here to have a look. As for the handover of defense, it is the matter between the two of you." Wei Zi smiled. , waved his hand at Qu Chang and said;

Qu Chang was stunned: "Isn't it time yet?"

"Perhaps General Zhao feels that the guards and soldiers have been working too hard these days, so let the brothers from the Zhan Barracks take over in advance!"

With that said, Wei Zi didn't stop and walked straight into the tower. When Qu Chang saw this, he quickly followed him. When he followed Wei Zi into the city tower, he didn't realize that there were already two or three Long Xiangying soldiers standing beside his soldiers.

After entering the city tower, Qu Chang was about to ask for the token from General Long Xiangying, but his mouth and nose were suddenly covered. Then he felt a chill on his back, and a long knife came out of his chest. At this time, he didn't understand. Something happened, but there was nothing he could do about it.

At the same time that Qu Chang was killed, the same situation happened on top of the city. In a matter of seconds, more than a hundred soldiers on duty were killed.

Seeing that all the soldiers at the top of the city had been cleared, Wei Zi said to the general of Longxiang Camp who was following him: "General Cao, please send a message to the army outside the city immediately. In half an hour, the soldiers of Longxiang Camp will be here." Shangcheng took over the defense."

General Cao nodded and waved his hand. A soldier came to the top of the city carrying a lantern and waved it towards the darkness outside the south gate a few times. Soon the night outside the city also lit up. A little fire soon died out again.

If anyone recognized General Cao, they would be shocked to find that he was Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang.

At this time, there are still 5,000 Cao soldiers ambushing outside the city. After getting the signal from the city, they will quickly rush into the city. The leader of the 5,000 soldiers outside the city is Cao Anmin, another young general in Cao's camp. .

Originally, Wei Zi was planning to open the city gate in two days, but Zhao Yun transferred soldiers from the Long Xiang camp to keep watch, so Wei Zi had to start the plan in advance. As a last resort, Wei Zi immediately sent someone out of the city to inform Cao Jun that he would not open the city gate at Hai hour tonight to allow the army to enter the city.

When he went to the house to escort Cao's 500 soldiers to the city tower, he suddenly discovered that the leading general was actually Cao Cao's eldest son. However, at this point, he had no choice but to lead Cao Ang and the 500 soldiers to the city tower to seize the gate. Fortunately, Everything went well, and soon Cao Jun quietly took control of the city gate.

Wei Zi knew that if it was the Zhan Barracks, things would definitely not go so smoothly, because the Zhan Barracks would not pay attention to the local officials at all. They only obeyed the orders of the General's Palace and the leading generals.

The city gate and tower are now under control.

The next step is just to wait for the army to arrive, open the city gate and welcome the army into the city, and then you're done.

It's just that both Wei Zi and Cao Ang have forgotten another thing. Although they have managed to control the tower silently, more than a hundred people died and the smell of blood cannot be easily concealed.

A hundred steps away on each side of the city tower, there were two other soldiers guarding the city. Although Wei Zi and the others had already controlled this part of the city tower, within a quarter of an hour, the commanders of the defenders on both sides of the city tower smelled something in the air. Ruo Wu's bloody smell.

The two battle-hardened commanders discovered the anomaly at almost the same moment. To be able to command two hundred people as commanders in the army must be veterans of many battles. The two sent people to the tower at about the same time to inquire about the situation, and the vigilant soldiers quickly discovered the anomaly.

Although the soldiers of Cao Cao wanted to quietly deal with the soldiers who came to inquire about the situation, several alert soldiers discovered the abnormality. As a last resort, the soldiers of Cao had to kill them.

As several pitiful screams rang out at the top of the city, other soldiers at the top of the city soon discovered something unusual at the city tower, so the alarm bell rang at the top of the city and spread throughout the entire southern city wall in an instant.

Soon more and more soldiers were gathered, and under the leadership of the generals, they fought towards the city tower. The fighting on both sides of the city tower finally began.

Seeing that the Sizhou Army had been discovered, Cao Ang no longer hid. Following his command, more than 600 soldiers were divided into several groups, with 200 people on each side, to intercept the Sizhou Army soldiers who were attacking from the walls on both sides. The other two hundred people quickly opened the city gate and at the same time were responsible for intercepting the Sizhou soldiers who were about to attack the city gate.

Cao Anmin outside the city also discovered the abnormality at the top of the city. He no longer cared about hiding it, and immediately led the army to rush towards the city gate. Considering the terrain outside the south gate, they did not go out with too many cavalry. There were less than five hundred. It only took these five hundred cavalry to reach the city gate, and the situation was already settled.

The warning from the south gate quickly alerted the soldiers in the city. Soon, the guard of the Longxiang Camp near the south gate led the 2,000 soldiers who hurriedly assembled and ran towards the south gate. At the same time, the defenders of the other gates also Increase vigilance.

At this time, Zhao Yun had just laid down on the south gate tower. When he heard the warning bell, he immediately sat up from where he was lying. While arranging his clothes and armor, he loudly asked what happened.

Soon the bodyguard came in to report, saying that it was the south gate that warned him, and he had already sent someone to check what happened.

At this moment, the soldiers on duty at the top of the city suddenly shouted a warning that the enemy was attacking the city, and then a rapid warning sounded from the top of the city. Not long after, a warning bell also sounded from the north tower.

While Zhao Yun ordered his soldiers to prepare for battle, he also sent one of the Baima Yi soldiers around him to each of the other three sects.

Not long after, intelligence from various places was reported one after another by the guards.

"General, the news came back from the South Gate. The county magistrate of Wei surrendered to the enemy and led 500 Cao troops to control the South Gate. At present, Captain Chen has led 2,000 soldiers of the Dragon Inlaid Camp to attack the tower and prepare to retake the tower."

"General, the left general of the North Gate sent someone to report that Xiahou Dun's army outside the city suddenly attacked the city overnight."

"General, the Cao army outside the East Gate has approached the city wall. It seems that they are going to attack the city overnight."

Zhao Yun stood on the tower and looked outside the city. Sure enough, under the cold moonlight, most of the dark Cao army was attacking the direction of the city wall. Hundreds of troops were outside, and countless torches were being lit.

Zhao Yun immediately understood Cao Cao's plan. The two northeastern gates were attacking the city with all their strength. The idea was to delay his main force. It would not take long. It would only take half an hour for the troops attacking the South Gate to stabilize the situation at the South Gate. By then, his army would be surrounded and annihilated in the city.

As Zhao Yun expected, a quarter of an hour later, news came from the South Gate again that the South Gate could no longer be recaptured. As many as thousands of Cao Cao's heavy infantry and Qingzhou soldiers had firmly occupied the city gate.