The Three Kingdoms: If you don't have money to buy an official position, you can only be the em

Chapter 27 I’m making it rain artificially, do you think I’m holding back some big moves?
On the other side, outside the city gate, Huangfu Song stood on the command platform, looking at Handan City.

While looking at him, he said to Cao Cao beside him: "Meng De, what do you think, Jiang Cheng is holding on to the isolated city, is he relying on something, is he really planning to defend the city, or is he just bluffing?"

Because he was named "General of Cavalry" for taking out the horseshoe, Cao Cao's official position was not low even though he had no soldiers under his command.

He is still the highest-ranking official besides the head coach.

In addition, he was quite talkative and had unique insights, which made him highly valued by Huangfu Song.

"I think he must be bluffing!" Cao Cao thought for a moment and said, "I think he originally wanted to retreat, and even set traps in the city to hinder our pursuit. But due to the disastrous defeat of our vanguard army, he seized too much spoils and was unable to retreat smoothly."

Having said this, he smiled as if he saw through everything.

He said: "People die for money, birds die for food. Greed is Jiang Cheng's biggest flaw. I think we should attack the city immediately and surround Handan with all our troops. Unless he grows wings and flies up to the sky, he will definitely not be able to escape!"

The imperial court knew exactly how many soldiers the other side had and what their combat strength was.

Therefore, Cao Cao did not think that Jiang Cheng could hold on, and even thought that Jiang Cheng was being stupid.

You shouldn't show your face in Handan City.

This guess was correct and almost fully understood Jiang Cheng's situation. Huangfu Song also agreed with it after hearing it.

However, thinking of Zhang Bao's "tractor" before, he was still frightened and did not dare to go all out at once - Jiang Ben himself hadn't made a move yet, and the 20,000-strong army collapsed. Who knew what other cards the other side had?
Jiang Cheng didn't have anything that could kill the enemy on a large scale, but Huangfu Song didn't know whether he had it or not.

So after some thought, Huangfu Song decided not to take the risk.

He said: "Let Dong Zhuo lead 100,000 troops to attack the city first, and we will leave 200,000 troops to support them."

Chen Gong also guessed this approach.

Because the enemy's trump card is unknown, this is the best solution: if Jiang Cheng has another trump card and plays it, then it will not be scary. If not, there is actually not much difference between an army of 100,000 and an army of 300,000. A few thousand people will definitely not be able to hold on.

After all, the imperial court's elite troops are not just miscellaneous soldiers.

When they attacked the city, they didn't move a ladder to climb up the city wall like in the TV shows, but first rained arrows on the ground, then used catapults to smash it. After a round of watermelon-sized stones, they used ladders to connect the city wall, turning the steep wall into a slope and charging upward.

Even the cavalry could charge to the top of the city wall.

This is the real siege!

"This is also safe!" said Cao Cao.

Obviously, he also agreed with Huangfu Song's strategy.

Soon, led by Dong Zhuo and with Hua Xiong as his deputy general, 100,000 well-equipped Xiliang troops, carrying siege equipment, launched an attack on the city.

However, with Ding Yuan's previous experience in mind, Dong Zhuo did not dare to go into battle himself, and stopped when he was still a hundred steps away from the city. Not only that, he also called a group of shield soldiers to surround him, not even daring to show his head.

As a result, morale will inevitably be affected.

Even after a round of arrows and catapult bombardment, the soldiers were still somewhat timid.

On the other side, when Dong Zhuo's army was carrying ladders and preparing to attack, Jiang Cheng also appeared: he walked to the top of the city gate tower, first holding a thick column and muttering something.

The next moment, a loud roar was heard.

A bright object with a tail rushed into the sky and exploded in the clouds.

There was a very loud bang.

The army attacking the city couldn't help but stop.

"The demon used thunder magic? Where is my head? Is my head still there?" Dong Zhuo asked hurriedly.

Cao Cao saw this and shook his head.

Huangfu Song was also speechless.

But soon, the two of them frowned: after Jiang Cheng "cast the spell", no one was attacked. At first, it seemed that it was just a bluff, and not the rumored "index finger thunder".

However, when Dong Zhuo came to his senses and attacked again, water drops fell from the sky.

The water drops grew bigger and bigger. Without any warning, a heavy rain began to fall.

Everyone's expression changed instantly.

"Call the wind and rain?"

Even if they used their toes to think, they knew that the rainstorm must be related to Jiang Cheng.

For a moment, the morale of the army dropped even further.

They almost had to be driven away with swords before they would charge towards the city.

The ladder is made of wood and will become slippery when it rains.

Due to various reasons, when the army rushed to the city wall, it was already exhausted and could not exert its power at all. On the contrary, Jiang Cheng's side, with high morale and well-rested, even with only 5,000 people, held off the attack from the opposite side.

For a moment, the two sides were in a stalemate.

No one can do anything to anyone.

"Dong Zhuo's army can't attack because of the rain!" Yuan Shao looked at Huangfu Song and said, "Why don't we attack with the whole army?"

Hearing this, Huangfu Song hesitated.

Cao Cao also suggested attacking, but after discovering that Jiang Cheng did not leave, he sat up on the tower. Dian Wei, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, and Zhang Yan each held a shield to protect him.

I couldn't help but feel suspicious.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly woke up and said, "Don't fall into my trap. The heavy rain is just an appearance. He is casting a spell to summon thunder!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's heart tightened instantly.

The rain has already started, so why doesn’t Jiang Cheng leave?
There must be a conspiracy!

"As far as I know, thunder and rain often appear at the same time. Since he summoned heavy rain, but there was no thunder, is this normal?" said Cao Cao.

Hearing this, Huangfu Song's face darkened.

He wanted to order an attack, but after thinking it over, he ultimately decided not to give the order.

The power of thunder is beyond human power.

He had absolute confidence in defeating Jiang Cheng's army, but he had no confidence in dealing with Thunder.

"Let Dong Zhuo's 100,000 troops attack, and the others can respond at any time!" Finally, Huangfu Song ordered: "The local militiamen who want to make meritorious deeds can go. The first person who rushes into the city will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins as long as he survives!"

This is to use the local militia to test Jiang Cheng.

But unfortunately, with the lesson of Dong Zhuo, no one dared to move.

Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, Liu Biao and others all chose to protect themselves. Even Dong Zhuo, who was attacking the city, withdrew his confidant Hua Xiong. Instead, he sent some small soldiers and generals to charge, so that they would not feel bad if they died.

In this way, it is naturally impossible to attack.

Jiang Cheng's five thousand troops were carefully selected and stood out from the army of one hundred thousand.

Holding a compound bow and looking down from a high position, he was able to withstand the attack with just arrows.

Occasionally, someone would rush up, and Zhang Liang would take a spray gun to clean them up, easily holding the defense line.

"Very good, they think my artificial rain is a big trick, and they dare not attack with all their forces!" Jiang Cheng sat there for a whole day, wasting time, and successfully delayed the day. He didn't go back to rest until the night when the rain stopped.

But night is not suitable for attacking the city.

Then the next morning, Jiang Cheng released another "rocket" and then sat there all day.

It was still the same until the third day.

Huangfu Song's eyebrows were furrowed into the shape of the Chinese character "川". He said angrily, "Things never happen more than three times. I don't believe that Jiang Cheng can really summon thunder and destroy my army in one fell swoop! Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, the two of you will lead 100,000 Bingzhou troops to join the siege tomorrow morning!"

(End of this chapter)