Chapter 395

The number of garrison troops in the city was completely incomparable to Gu Yi's army outside the city.

Being stirred up by these strong men sent by Gu Yi, the morale of the garrison fell to the bottom.

But did Seeing Xun Yu and Xia Hou Dun have a strategy to break the situation?

Absolutely not!

No matter from which angle they looked, their current situation was very passive.

The only thing that could be considered an advantage was perhaps that they were the side defending the city, and Gu Yi was the side attacking the city.

Chen Liu City, as the seat of Yanzhou, had been heavily reinforced by Seeing Xun Yu before.

Although it was still not as solid as Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass.

But it could also be called easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If Gu Yi forcibly attacked the city, I fear the casualties of his soldiers would not be low.

But according to the current situation of internal and external troubles in Chen Liu.

Seeing Xun Yu was not even sure if a rebellion would occur inside the city.

Time soon came to the evening.

Gu Yi still did not issue a command to attack the city.

Simply ordering his soldiers to surround Chen Liu City tightly.

But as the saying goes.

The unknown is the most terrifying.

For Seeing Xun Yu and Xia Hou Dun.

Gu Yi's surrounding without attacking was no different from torturing their fragile hearts.

By the time the sun set.

Gu Yi calmly ordered his soldiers to light fires and cook meals below Chen Liu City.

Smelling the fragrant food, the Cao army soldiers on the city walls couldn't help but swallow their saliva fiercely.

Because the number of garrison troops in the city was insufficient.

Seeing Xun Yu only dared to divide the garrison into two parts, defending the city in a two-shift mode.

But Gu Yi was different.

Relying on his advantage in military strength, every two or three hours, he would change a wave of soldiers to continue surrounding the city.

At this moment, Gu Yi brought his soldiers to light fires and cook meals.

But the Cao army soldiers on the city walls didn't know where their dinner was.

Maybe there was, maybe there wasn't at all.

After all, the number of garrison troops in the city was already insufficient, so where would there be so many hands to light fires and cook meals?

"Could this Gu Linzhi be wanting to use psychological warfare to crush our army?"

Seeing Xun Yu analyzed in a deep voice.

At this moment, he and Xia Hou Dun were still standing on the city walls, not daring to leave easily.

"Wenruo, the combat effectiveness of our army's soldiers is already not as good as Gu Linzhi's."

"If this continues, it's not a way."

"I fear in at most two days, the morale of our army will completely dissipate."

Xia Hou Dun was also extremely anxious.

But with Seeing Xun Yu's brain, there was no good solution, let alone Xia Hou Dun?

"Sigh..."

"Let the soldiers who defended the city during the day change shifts and rest first."

Seeing Xun Yu ordered.

Helplessly, Seeing Xun Yu could only use the shift-changing method to recover some morale.

Otherwise, I fear that smelling the food of Gu Yi's army outside the city, the mentality of the Cao army soldiers would completely explode.

However.

At night.

Gu Yi suddenly ordered all soldiers to stop surrounding the city and retreat five miles back.

This operation directly confused Seeing Xun Yu and Xia Hou Dun.

They had originally thought.

The reason Gu Yi racked his brains to surround without attacking was to take advantage of the arrival of night to launch a surprise attack.

But now they couldn't understand at all what medicine Gu Yi was selling in his gourd.

But immediately after.

Accompanied by the temporary retreat of Gu Yi's army.

Those Cao army soldiers on the city walls didn't care about anything.

They breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to the ground with a sense of relief.

Compared to physical fatigue.

Psychological fatigue was even more unbearable.

These garrison troops left behind in Chen Liu were actually originally second-line soldiers of the Cao camp.

Their psychological quality was relatively not as good as those veteran soldiers.

After Gu Yi's siege intimidation, their bodies and minds felt extremely exhausted.

The enemy's sudden retreat gave these Chen Liu garrison troops a hard-won mental relaxation.

Looking at this scene.

A sense of ominous foreboding vaguely arose in Seeing Xun Yu's heart.

Based on Seeing Xun Yu's understanding of Gu Yi's past deeds.

Gu Yi never did things without purpose or meaning.

The reason he retreated, there must be another reason for this.

But what made Seeing Xun Yu feel extremely headache-inducing was.

He thought and thought, but for a moment couldn't figure out what Gu Yi was doing this for.

"Wenruo, you've been tired all day, you should also go down and rest first."

"On the city walls, I can just sit in command."

Xia Hou Dun came to Seeing Xun Yu's side and said to him.

Although Seeing Xun Yu came from the top aristocratic Yingchuan Xun clan and had also learned corresponding self-defense martial arts since childhood.

But his main job was still a civil official.

His physical strength compared to a general like Xia Hou Dun was naturally insufficient.

Standing on the city walls for a whole day, Seeing Xun Yu indeed felt a backache and pain from the bottom of his heart.

Hearing Xia Hou Dun say this at this moment, he also had the thought of going down to the city walls to rest a little.

Seeing Xun Yu, who was in a state of mental tension, undoubtedly had his thinking and thoughts weakened to a certain extent.

The speed of thinking about problems was inevitably much slower because of this.

If he could get some rest and recovery, I fear he could better deal with the situation Chen Liu City was facing now.

After pondering for a while, Seeing Xun Yu decided to temporarily hand over the defense of the city walls to Xia Hou Dun.

Anyway, with Xia Hou Dun's loyalty to Cao Cao, it was impossible for a big mess to occur.

Just like that.

Two hours passed quietly.

Time soon came to late night.

Xia Hou Dun was still leading a batch of soldiers, standing straight on the city walls, monitoring the movements of Gu Yi's army not far away.

Suddenly.

On the streets everywhere in the city, raging fires ignited without warning!

"General! Look quickly at the city!"

The group of soldiers standing beside Xia Hou Dun couldn't help but scream in fear because of this.

No matter how they thought, they didn't expect that problems would occur inside the city at this moment.