The heavy cavalry on the left and right flanks did not move, but continued to wait for them, but each cavalry seemed a little restless and was gearing up.

Zhang He stood single-handedly among the heavy cavalry on the left and right flanks, his eyes exuding a confident light, staring closely at the heavy infantry who were about to come into contact with the Zhao army, and a smile appeared on his face.

Han Meng walked in the forefront with the soldiers of the Zhao Army holding wooden stakes, and when he saw the heavy infantry of the Yan Army moving, he said loudly: "Rush!" ”

At the sound of the order, Han Meng and the nine soldiers in the first row quickly quickened their pace, leveled the long wooden stake, and rushed forward with the stake in their hand.

The heavy infantry of the Yan Army couldn't deny a smile when they saw Han Meng and the others rushing over, in their eyes, swords, guns, swords, halberds could not hurt them, let alone a few wooden stakes. The heavy infantry still marched with solid and sonorous steps, advancing forward for the camp step by step, every ten heavy infantry lined up in a row, every ten heavy infantry in a column, scattered out five small infantry phalanxes with a sense of layering, raised the shield in their hands with an iron will, clenched the steel knife in their hands, and prepared to harvest the heads of the Zhao soldiers.

The two armies were adjacent to each other, close at hand, Han Meng and others held a long wooden stake and crashed into the Yan army heavy infantry on the opposite side, but when they heard a loud "boom", the heavy infantry of the Yan army rushing in the front row was actually knocked away by the wooden stake, and the body turned backwards, and then hit the soldiers behind, and suddenly the heavy infantry in the front three rows were knocked to the ground by the Zhao army's wooden stakes one by one, making the original infantry phalanx stop suddenly.

"Quick, keep rushing!" Han Meng saw the opportunity and shouted at the soldiers behind him.

When the soldiers behind Han Meng heard the order, the second and third rows quickly dispersed to the left and right flanks, and they all leveled the wooden stakes, holding the wooden stakes and starting to charge the Yan heavy infantry from the left and right flanks. The long wooden stake was used to knock down the Yan heavy infantry, and the soldiers who caught up behind kept hitting the body of the Yan heavy infantry with the wooden stakes in their hands, and the sound of wood and steel was endless.

"Line up, press them all!" When Zhang He saw this scene, he was taken aback with confidence, and hurriedly shouted loudly.

The four hundred-man phalanx behind the heavy infantry of the Yan army scattered one after another. Together, they formed a solid wall, and then pressed towards Zhao Jun together.

Although the fallen heavy infantry did not suffer any damage, it was difficult to get up again, on the one hand, the sound of percussion was always heard in their ears, so that they could no longer hear the voice, and on the other hand, the long wooden stakes held by the Zhao soldiers could knock down those who wanted to get up again and again from a long distance.

Han Meng saw that his strategy had taken effect, and Zhang He pressed all the heavy infantry up, and he did not hesitate to say: "The whole army will attack, as long as you don't let the enemy get close." Our army will be victorious. ”

After the order was given, the soldiers of the Zhao army poured down from the drawbridge, lined up on the bank of the moat, and rushed forward with wooden stakes.

The heavy infantry of the Yan army blocked with shields and slashed with the steel knife in their hands, but because the wooden stakes held by the enemy were thick enough, once the steel knife was cut up, the blade fell directly into the wood. Before he could pull it out, he saw the stake sweep. And he staggered their bodies.

"Hit the door!" Han Meng saw the weakest point of the heavy infantry, although the mask under the helmet could defend against sharp arrows from being shot in, but it could not defend against the thick wooden stake, he only lightly slammed the wooden stake towards the face door of the heavy infantry, and the handle of the entire wooden stake covered the entire face of the heavy infantry, under the violent impact. The visor worn under the helmet would hit the face.

With Han Meng's shout, the rest of the Zhao soldiers also saw the opportunity and began to slam into the enemy's front door with a wooden stake, causing the enemy's heavy infantry to put down their shields and steel knives in their hands for a while, covering their faces and shouting loudly.

Zhang He saw this situation. Immediately ordered: "Cavalry attack!" ”

The heavy cavalry on the left and right flanks began to run forward, the men and horses were all wearing heavy armor, the knights held long marks in their hands, and two spears were also inserted on both sides of the horse's head, like two sharp horns of horses, and began to attack the left and right wings of the Zhao army.

The sound of majestic horses' hooves sounded, and Han Meng frowned when he saw the menacing cavalry, in his opinion, although there were only five hundred cavalry, the power was far above the heavy infantry. He knew very well what kind of disaster this cavalry would bring to his troops, and if he rushed forward like heavy infantry, although he could charge down some cavalry, the spears carried by the horses would pierce the bodies of his soldiers.

"Stand back!" Han Meng made a quick decision, and was the first to take the initiative to retreat, and at the same time shouted loudly.

He shouted his words, but his soldiers were busy beating the heavy infantry, and the sound of ping-pong clashes drowned out his voice, and everyone except a few of his relatives heard it.

The heavy cavalry rushed forward with great momentum, and the knights all raised their long marks in their hands, watching the Zhao soldiers concentrate on dealing with the five hundred heavy infantry, while their brothers were in agony under the ravages of the Zhao soldiers, everyone's hearts were full of anger, and they shook their spirits for a while, and at the same time let out a loud shout.

The sound was like thunder, and when it reached the ears of the soldiers of the Zhao army, before they could turn back, the soldiers on the side were directly knocked into the air by the heavy cavalry, and some were directly killed by the long mark, and the soldiers of the Zhao army were dressed in a string one after another on the long mark. The heavy cavalry categorically discarded the long mark in his hand, pulled out the steel knife from his waist, clashed back and forth in the formation of the Zhao soldiers, and cut off the heads of many Zhao soldiers with the steel knife in his hand.

The screams suddenly shifted shapes and shifts, and a heart-rending scream sounded in the camp of the Zhao army, and the soldiers of the Zhao army, who had a slight upper hand, were rushed by the heavy cavalry because they had no defense, and the formation was scattered, and the heavy infantry of the Yan army also got up from the ground one after another, and began to regain their weapons and shields to fight, making the formation of the Zhao soldiers chaotic.

The heavy cavalry cut off the Zhao soldiers, and the neat formation of the Zhao soldiers disappeared, and the rear army retreated backwards when they saw Han Meng retreating and the front army was defeated.

Han Meng looked at the soldiers who had been blocked by the heavy cavalry of the Yan army with regret as he retreated. looked at Yan Junjun's neat appearance again, and secretly shouted in his heart: "Is Yan Jun really invincible?" ”

Zhang He's heart fell at this time, and when he saw the heavy cavalry and the heavy infantry harvesting the heads of the soldiers of the Zhao army together, he sighed heavily: "It's so dangerous, if Han Meng is commanding the Yan army, this time it is estimated that he will win." It can be seen how important elite soldiers are. ”

Xu Huang was also relieved to see that Zhang He had won, and hurriedly came to Zhang He's side and asked, "Do you want to attack the city with a victorious army?" ”

Zhang He shook his head and said: "The Zhao army has only lost hundreds of soldiers, and the soldiers standing on the city wall are still dense, although Han Meng defeated me this time, but the defenders of the city will not take it lightly, and attacking the city will only increase casualties." ”

Xu Huang said: "No! ”

Zhang He watched Han Meng flee back to the city. The drawbridge will gradually rise, he glanced at the big flag with the word "Zhao" planted on the city tower, and then said to himself: "Yecheng has become a thing in the bag, sooner or later I will personally cut down the big banner and plant the banner of the Yan army on the tower of Yecheng!" ”

After hearing this, Xu Huang said slowly: "General, the lord has already made an agreement with Lu Bu, after Yecheng is captured. It belongs to Lu Bu's Jin army, and he is afraid that he will plant the banner of the Yan army on this city tower. It's going to take some time. ”

Zhang He said with a smile: "What the lord wants is not just a Yecheng, the entire Jizhou he wants, including Lu Bu's annex state, the lord is now retreating to advance, in fact, he is increasing Lu Bu's inflated ambition...... By the way, what about General Pang? ”

Xu Huang said: "I'm worried that the general will lose. asked General Pang to invite the lord...... General Zhang, I underestimated your strength too much, please forgive me. ”

Zhang He said: "It's okay, I almost lost this battle just now, Han Meng must be convinced." It's a shame to die. ”

Xu Huang saw that Zhang He admired Han Meng so much, he didn't speak, he just thought in his heart: "I don't know who is higher and who is lower between me and Han Meng?" ”

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Outside the north gate of Yecheng, Lin Nan led Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Chen Zhi, Wen Ping, Chu Yan and other generals to have set up a siege posture, one by one catapults were erected, the soldiers were neatly lined up there, and 20,000 elite horse steps were all spread out, looking very majestic.

Lin Nan was dressed in military uniform, standing at the forefront of the team, and the generals lined up in a line behind him, he stared closely at Jiang Ji, Xin Ping, Ma Yan, Xin Bi and others on the city tower, and turned his face to Huang Zhong and said: "Start the attack, first use the catapult to attack a little bit of the city wall, and smash a gap!" ”

Before Huang Zhong could answer, he saw Lin Chu galloping over, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "Lord Qi, the camp of the Jin army outside the West Gate was broken by Wen Chou, the general of the Jin Army Cheng Lian died in battle, and the camp was burned. ”

"Lord-" Pang De rode his horse and galloped all the way, shouting loudly, "General Zhang, he ......"

"What's wrong with Zhang He?" Lin Nan hurriedly asked.

Pang De took a breath and said, "General Zhang and Han Meng made a bet to decide the outcome with a small battle, and if General Zhang lost, he would take the initiative to withdraw the siege of the South Gate." ”

Lin Nan frowned and asked, "How is the combat strength of the two sides?" ”

Pang De said: "The enemy army is one thousand, and General Zhang is also one thousand, commanding heavy infantry and heavy cavalry, and the enemy army is just a group of people carrying wooden stakes......"

"Don't worry, Zhang He has won, you go back and tell Zhang He, stick to the south gate, don't attack the city, and you are not allowed to make this kind of agreement without my order in the future."

When the words fell, Lin Nan turned his head and said to Lin Chu: "Lu Bu's matter, put it aside for the time being, you go to find where Lu Bu is, and tell Lu Bu about the matter." ”

"No!" Lin Chu rode away.

Lin Nan said to Huang Zhong: "General Huang, start attacking the city!" ”

"No!"

"Start the siege!" Huang Zhong twisted his face and said to the standard-bearer behind him.

The standard-bearer received the order, quickly boarded a chariot, and began to wave the flag in his hand on the chariot, giving orders to all the Yan troops around.

In the camp of the Yan army, the cavalry was scattered on both wings, and the infantry was in the middle, and after receiving the order, they began to shout together, and the shouts resounded through the sky and sky.

After the shouting, there was a "dong dong" drum sound, which was sonorous and powerful, from slow to fast, and finally became very rapid. With each beating of the war drum, a little more courage welled up in the hearts of the soldiers.

At this time, Lin Nan led the generals to retreat to the Chinese army, and climbed a watchtower erected on a chariot, with a bird's-eye view, although it was not as high as the wall of Yecheng. But you can overlook the changes around you.

A hundred catapults were pushed out, each of which was operated by five men, and the five soldiers cooperated with each other to prepare a qiē, and the crossbowmen also rushed up, guarding the right and left of the hundred catapults, and as long as the enemy army left the city, they would give a head-on attack with arrows.

On the tower of the north gate of Yecheng, Jiang Ji, Ma Yan, Xin Ping, and Xin Bi saw that the Yan army had put on a strong siege posture, and everyone's hearts were abrupt. I don't know what to do.

"The enemy army is large and has heavy siege equipment, it seems that this time the Yan army is preparing to take a strong attack. Last night, the guard of the north gate Ju Yi was killed, and the morale of the soldiers was a little low, and even the suspension bridge was destroyed, which made the defense of the north gate suddenly become much weaker. Xin joined the army, what do you say is good now? Jiang Ji's face was gloomy, and he saw that the Yan soldiers outside the city looked neat. The soldiers were also ready to attack the city, so he sighed.

Xin Ping and Xin Bi glanced at each other. I didn't know which of the two of them Jiang Ji was asking, so I asked in unison, "Who is General Jiang asking?" ”

Jiang Jidao: "Both of you ask, if there is any good way, just take it out quickly, and the Yan army will start attacking the city in a while." ”

Xin commented: "There is no other way but to persevere." ”

Simbi said: "Or...... It is possible to surrender in Kaesong! ”

Jiang Ji, Ma Yan, and Xin Ping heard Xin Bi's words. At the same time, he twisted his neck and looked at Simbi with a very surprised gaze.

Xin Bi sneered and said lightly: "The old lord has no heart to fight, and he has collapsed after the battle of the giant deer, and the young lord has just taken the throne. Although it is said that there are frustrations as military advisors, but there are many wise and resourceful people in the Yan army, Jia Xu, Xun You, Xun Chen, Xu You, Guo Jia and other generations are also all talented, now Yecheng is besieged, Yan and Jin armies jointly attack Yecheng, let me ask you, how long do you think Yecheng can last? ”

Jiang Ji and Ma Yan didn't answer, but they were secretly estimating where to go.

Xin Ping frowned, and said to Xin Bi: "George, you and I are deeply favored by the old lord, and the grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by a spring, and now is the time for us to repay the old lord, how can you say this?" ”

"Those who know the times are Junjie, and I just said what I think in my heart. You are thinking about the old lord, but when has the old man thought about you? "Simbi.

"Shut up! You rebellious ......," Xin Ping said angrily.

Xin Bi snorted coldly and said loudly: "Great rebellion? I'm afraid something rebellious is about to happen in a while......"

Before the words fell, I saw a scout suddenly rush over, and bowed with a panicked expression: "Enlighten the generals, my lord, the old lord...... The old lord fell ill and died......"

Jiang Ji, Ma Yan, and Xin Ping were all taken aback when they heard this, thinking about Yuan Shao's body in the prime of life, how could he say that he would die if he died, and he had never heard of Yuan Shao's illness. The three of them couldn't help but feel sad, and at the same time focused their eyes on Xin Bi's body, and asked in unison, "Did you expect it a long time ago?" ”

Xin Bi said: "There are no two kings in the country, and one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, even if it is a father and son." ”

Jiang Ji, Ma Yan, and Xin Ping looked at each other, and they all understood what was going on, but everyone didn't explain it, and they didn't want to mention it, after all, there will always be bloody conflicts in the transfer of power.

"I'll go first, I'll leave it to you to defend, holding on is the only way, surrender is the only way out, no matter how far the war goes, if the city is not breached, I won't surrender. The death of the old lord may be a good way to use our army, and I think that this opportunity will not be wasted in vain. As he spoke, Simbi went down the tower.

Jiang Ji said: "Could it be that Zhao Guo is going to die like this?" ”

"Be careful!" Ma Yan suddenly threw himself forward, throwing Jiang Ji and Xin Ping to the ground, and at the moment of falling to the ground, the three of them felt a huge tremor on the city wall at the same time, and stone chips were flying on the side of the city wall.

Immediately afterwards, the violent impact was repeated one after another, and the boulders were thrown by the catapults of the Yan army, and the boulders hit the city wall, either the boulders became shattered, or the city wall was smashed out of a hole.

The soldiers of the Zhao army defending on the city wall did not dare to raise their heads, and in the face of the fierce attack of the Yan army, all they could do was hold on.

Jiang Ji's head and body were covered with stone chips, and he crawled backwards. While scolding: "Grandma is a bear! Why is the Yan army's offensive so fierce, it seems to be crazy to hit one place......"

"Hit a place?" When Xin Ping heard Jiang Ji's words, he repeated it in a questioning tone, and then his face suddenly changed color, and he said loudly, "It's not good!" Hurry up and get the soldiers ready to repair the walls. If you only hit one place, if you continue for a long time, it will inevitably cause one side of the city wall to collapse, so you must be prepared for prevention. ”

Ma Yan said: "What Xin Senjun said is right, in my opinion, the Yan army will not attack rashly now, it will inevitably smash the city wall first, and then attack, and now it should repair the city wall immediately." ”

Jiang Ji said: "Ma Yan." You lead 2,000 men, gather masons from all over the city, bring some stones or something, and quickly build a new wall behind the position where the Yan army smashed it with catapults, and I will lead the troops to retreat into the urn city, and as long as the enemy dares to attack, I will let them die under the urn city. ”

Mayan said "No" and went down the tower.

Xin Ping saw that Jiang Ji was going to retreat. He hurriedly persuaded: "You can't retreat!" We must not retreat, our army is demoralized. If you retreat into the city of urns, it is equivalent to giving up the entire north gate to the Yan army, although the north gate suspension bridge has been destroyed, but the city gate is still there, and it can be defended. ”

Jiang Ji said: "Okay, I'll listen to you." But if the city gate really can't be defended, you can only retreat to the urn city. ”

Xin Ping nodded: "I will stick to this gate with you, and we must not let this gate be broken in our hands." ”

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Lin Nan stood on the watchtower, watching a hundred catapults keep firing large stones at a section of the city wall, and saw that the city wall was loosened again and again under the violent impact of the big stones. A smile rose on the corner of his mouth, and he said with a smile: "As long as you persist like this, within two days, the city wall will inevitably be breached." ”

"Newspaper—"

A scout quickly came to the bottom of the watchtower where Lin Nan was, and arched his hand towards the watchtower: "Lord Qi, General Yokono Zang Ba has sent an urgent secret letter. ”

Lin Nan let out an "oh", then went down to the watchtower, took Zang Ba's secret letter from the scout's hand, opened it and read it, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he laughed loudly: "Great, it seems that the Yuan clan is going to be completely destroyed." ”

Zhao Yun and Wei Yan stood beside Lin Nan and asked in unison, "Lord, was Qingzhou broken by Cao Cao?" ”

Lin Nandao: "Almost, Cao Cao attacked Mount Tai first, forcing Yuan Tan to withdraw his troops from the bank of the Yellow River, and then Cao Cao set up an ambush and ambushed Yuan Tan's 50,000 troops, so that Yuan Tan suffered more than half of the casualties, and was forced to retreat to the bank of the Yellow River, temporarily stationed in Zhu'a, ready to fight Cao Cao again." But ......"

Wei Yan asked, "What's the matter, lord?" ”

Lin Nandao: "Zang Ba said that Liu Da'er took refuge in Cao Cao, and successfully persuaded Kong Rong and other half of the counties in Qingzhou, and the big ear gave me a headache......

Zhao Yun said: "Lord, the matter has come to this point, and there is nothing to be done." The top priority is to end the battle of Jizhou as much as possible, Lu Bu's current movements are unknown, and the defense of Yecheng is very solid, if it is delayed for a long time, it will be very unfavorable to our army. The subordinates built yì, increased the number of soldiers digging channels, and tried to communicate the water of the Zhanghe River in a period of time, flooding Yecheng, and then attacking the city to get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Lin Nandao: "Well, there are still 10,000 infantry in the battalion, you can bring them to support Xun Chen, Wang Wenjun and others, and you must complete the excavation in the near future." ”

"No!"

When Wei Yan saw that Zhao Yun was gone, he arched his hand and said, "Lord, what about me?" ”

Lin Nandao: "Wen Chang, it's time to use you, but it's not Jizhou, but Qingzhou." Now Cao Cao has occupied most of Qingzhou, although Liu Bei successfully persuaded half of the counties to surrender to Cao Cao, but there are no soldiers, I want you to go to Pingyuan County, and Zang Ba jointly command the troops to fight, cross the Yellow River, and attack the remaining Qingzhou counties. ”

"Lord, if the soldiers guarding the Yellow River go to attack the counties of Qingzhou, then Yuan Tan Wanyi will come to Jizhou, what should I do?" Wei Yan asked.

Lin Nan said with a smile: "What I want is this result, I just want Yuan Tan to come to Jizhou, so that Yecheng may be captured as soon as possible." ”

Wei Yan pondered for a while, but did not understand Lin Nan's intentions.

Lin Nan saw that Wei Yan didn't quite understand, so he patted him on the shoulder and said: "Okay, don't think about it, you are still young, you have to go through some experience, let's just take this trip to Qingzhou as an experience, you go to Zang Ba as a deputy general, Zang Ba once fought with Cao Cao." I also fought with Yuan Tan, and I have rich experience in leading soldiers to fight, so you have to learn more. ”

Wei Yan said: "No, my subordinates understand that my subordinates will not live up to my lord's expectations of me. ”

Catapults were still desperately smashing the walls, round after round. Huang Zhong, Chen Dao, Wen Ping, Chu Yan and others commanded in various departments, waiting for a favorable opportunity to come.

The roaring dull sound continued to spread out on the city wall of the north gate of Yecheng, and the big stones with beautiful parabolas in the air smashed into the city wall one after another, so that the soldiers of the Zhao army guarding the city wall were all in danger, for fear of being hit by the boulder, and hid on the stairs of the city wall.

Stone chips flew wildly, a section of the city wall was smashed deep in, and the corpses of more than a dozen Zhao soldiers were piled up under the broken stones, and the entire city wall was filled with smoke.

Jiang Ji and Xin Ping hid in the city tower with their soldiers. Seeing the section of the city wall that was violently attacked by the Yan soldiers, everyone's hearts were abrupt, and in the hearts of the two of them, they felt that the efforts they had made seemed to be so pale and powerless.

"If this continues, the Yan army doesn't need to send troops to attack the city at all, as long as the city wall is destroyed day and night with catapults, no matter how strong the city wall is, it will be destroyed." Jiang Ji frowned and commented to Xin beside him.

Xin commented: "It's so far. There's no other good way to do it, if you go to war. may die faster, but if you stick to it, there is still a glimmer of life. ”

"The morale of the soldiers is low, and the Yecheng soldiers have also begun to show a sense of fear for the Yan army in the past two days, although it is said that Wen Chou has made some gains in the West Gate, but Lu Bu will definitely not give up. It's only been two days, and many changes have happened in Yecheng, first Ju Yi was beheaded by the enemy general Huang Zhong, and then Wen Chou led us to depose the old lord and put the young lord on the throne. and the trial, Guo Tu and his henchmen were beheaded all over the house, and now the old lord and the third son died of a violent illness, this series of changes came too suddenly. Jiang Ji said slowly.

Xin Ping squinted at Jiang Ji and sneered: "Arching the second prince to the throne, it seems that you are also among them, right?" ”

Jiang Ji turned his head and glanced at Xin Ping, and saw that Xin Ping's eyes had a hint of sarcasm, so he said: "I am indeed among them, the old lord has no intention of fighting, since the battle of Julu, he has been addicted to wine all day long, and the two of them have power with each other, and those of us who are martial artists are beaten and scolded, and those who are imprisoned at the worst, and if we continue like this, I am afraid that sooner or later it will be our turn." If we don't do anything, we can only join forces and strike first. Wasn't Mr. also ridiculed by the judge and Guo Tu? ”

Xin Ping turned his head and said calmly: "The second son becomes the lord, he may not be able to save Yecheng, you generals are too naïve, Wen Chou may really want to save Yecheng, but unfortunately, he chose the wrong way." ”

Jiang Ji listened to Xin's comments in a fog, so he asked, "What do you want to say?" ”

Xin commented: "It's nothing, just casually talking, I just want to ask you, once the Yan army breaks through the city, do you choose to surrender or choose to be martyred?" ”

Jiang Ji hesitated for a moment and did not answer.

The corners of Xin Ping's mouth smiled slightly, and he said lightly: "I think, I already know what you think in your heart, since this is the case, why do you insist on it any longer?" Wouldn't it be nice to open the gates and surrender now? ”

Jiang Jidao: "Xin Bi said, the death of the old lord may bring an opportunity to our army, the Yuan family treats me well, I don't want to turn my back, and Lin Nan's account is full of talents, I Jiang Jiwen can't succeed, martial arts can't be, become this general, it's all dependent on the old lord's favor, if I surrender, at most under Lin Nan's account, I will hold the position of a county order or another department's Sima, I am waiting, if this opportunity can bring a turnaround to Yecheng, I will continue to work for the Yuan family." Although the second son has just taken the throne, with his talent, he is definitely not inferior to the old master, at least he will not raise the generation of the judge and Guo Tu. ”

Xin Ping smiled: "Probably George thinks the same way you do, everyone has their own ambitions, even if it is my brother, he may not be with me, but I have made up my mind, the day Yecheng breaks the city, it is the time when I Xin Ping dies." ”

Jiang Ji stopped talking, but admired Xin Ping's integrity in his heart, he looked at the flying stones outside the city, and sighed: "The siege of Yecheng, I don't know when it can be solved?" ”

The voice was still swirling in the air, and a large stone suddenly flew into the air and smashed towards the city tower unscrupulously.

Seeing this, Jiang Ji and Xin Ping hurriedly ran out of the city tower, and as soon as they walked with their front feet, the big stone with their back feet hit the doorpost of the city tower, and they only heard a loud bang behind them, and half of the gatehouse on the city wall collapsed. There were some soldiers who didn't have time to run out directly below.

"Grandma, ......" Jiang Ji scolded loudly, and before the scolding words could be shouted, he saw more than a dozen big stones smashed towards the city tower, he hurriedly ran to the city tower, shouting as he ran, "Retreat." Hurry back and retreat to the Urn City. ”

Although Xin Ping was determined to die, he didn't want to die now, it was really worthless to be stoned to death, and he ran desperately towards the urn city, caught in the chaotic ranks, and no longer cared about his identity as a member of the army.

As soon as Zhao Jun went down on the city tower here, the big stones over there continued to fall on the city wall, making the entire north gate in ruins.

Chen Zhi, who was in charge of directing catapults outside the city, saw that the tower of Yecheng had been destroyed. A smile appeared on his face. Originally, he had followed Lin Nan's instructions to let the catapult smash in one direction, but when he saw the crowds surging on the other sections of the city wall, especially the city tower still standing there, his heart was unhappy, so he ordered a random bombardment towards the city wall.

The ancient catapult was equivalent to the firearms of later generations, although the power was not as great as the firearms, but the principle was the same, and it was a necessary weapon for siege warfare. It has always been a leader in the era of cold weapons. The principle of the catapult is very simple, it is to borrow the arm of the trebuchet to throw the boulder out. Boulders are used to smash opposing soldiers or destroy walls, so often the defending side suffers and has no other way but to lead troops out of the city to destroy the enemy's catapults.

The Zhao army retreated into the urn city, leaving an empty north gate undefended. The catapults of the Yan army, under the command of Chen Zhi, began to smash the city walls even more unscrupulously. Anyway, Lin Nan gave an order, and Yecheng could be destroyed unscrupulously, because it was defeated, and it was not his.

Lin Nan also stood on the watchtower and looked out, and saw that the soldiers at the north gate had withdrawn to the urn city. immediately ordered: "Order Huang Zhong, Wen Ping, and Chu Yan to rush out and smash the city gate of the north gate open for me!" ”

After the scout received the order, he quickly galloped to the front army and reported Lin Nan's words to Huang Zhong, the general of the front army.

After Huang Zhong heard this, without saying a word, he immediately asked Chu Yan to dispatch a few rushing vehicles, Wen Ping led the sword and shield soldiers to cover, and the catapult commanded by Chen Zhi temporarily stopped attacking.

The soldiers in charge of operating the catapult sat on the ground resting, gasping for air.

Wen Ping led the sword and shield soldiers to open the road in front, responsible for cleaning up the remaining stone chips on the road, Chu Yan followed behind with the rushing car, and there was nothing to do along the way, crossing the moat through the suspension bridge, and reaching the north gate of Yecheng.

As soon as the rushing car arrived, they immediately began to ram the city gate, and the soldiers who controlled the rushing car knocked on the city gate together, and each time they knocked on it, they shouted a trumpet to cooperate with each other.

Jiang Ji and Xin Ping had already boarded the urn city, and when they heard that the catapult outside the north gate stopped attacking, in exchange for a muffled sound of rushing the car and smashing the city gate, they were all panicked in their hearts.

"It's not good, the enemy is going to smash the city gate, hurry, hurry back to defense." Xin Ping exclaimed nervously.

Jiang Ji was afraid of the enemy's catapult, and said loudly: "What are you panicking about? The urn city is extremely strong, even if the north gate is broken, it doesn't matter, as long as the enemy dares to enter, they will be taught to die under the random arrows. ”

Xin commented: "But once the north gate is breached, the Yan army can occupy the north gate unscrupulously......

Jiang Jidao: "Don't worry, the north gate is already dilapidated, and there is no need to defend it anymore, as long as we stick to the urn city." ”

Xin Ping sighed and stopped talking.

"Boom!"

The rushing car at the city gate is still smashing the city gate hard, several cars are erected together in the city, and the huge city gate at the north gate of Yecheng is smashed into potholes, and it didn't take long for the city gate to be smashed by the rushing car.

Wen Ping led the sword and shield soldiers into the city gate first, and drove towards the city gate for a while, and as soon as they peeked out of the doorway, random arrows were fired at them. He hurriedly ordered the soldiers to retreat and look at the troops on the urn city from the gap, but saw that the Zhao army soldiers were lined up on the urn city, and the crossbowmen were all in full array, and the defense was very tight.

"As soon as I show my head, there will be random arrows over there, such a dense number of arrows, even if I want to, I can't dodge." Wen Ping secretly thought in his heart, so he could only hide in the doorway for the time being.

Lin Nan saw that the north gate had been breached, and guessed that the enemy army must have set up a heavy defense in the urn city, so he shouted to the scouts: "Mingjin withdraw the troops!" ”

As soon as the order was given, the sound of gold rang out, and the soldiers standing outside the north gate began to retreat slowly, and the troops were also neat and consistent when they retreated, so that people could know at a glance that this was a well-trained army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Lin Nan gathered all the generals together, and said loudly: "That's it for today, the north gate has been breached, our army has been working hard for the past two days, and I think it's time to rest and rest." ”

Huang Zhong arched his hand and said: "Lord, since the north gate has been breached, you should strike while the iron is hot." ”

Lin Nan smiled: "No, the rest of the matter, the only thing is to wait for the opportunity, if you attack the city, the casualties will be very heavy, what we have to do now is not to attack the city, but to be able to eat this city." Besides, Lu Bu hasn't officially performed yet, at least let's see how Lu Bu performs, right? ”

Huang Zhong said: "The lord means that the matter of losing troops is left to Lu Bu to do?" ”

"Well, Cheng Lian was killed, the Jin army camp was captured, Lu Bu must not be able to swallow this breath, he is bound to launch an attack on Yecheng, wait, this will be a wonderful battle." A wicked smile appeared on Lin Nan's face.

The brilliance of the sun wheel was a little faint, but there was still some brilliance, it hung in the sky, dyeing the earth red with a fire-like light, and shining the last bit of golden light on the earth, making the earth like a reflection of a fire.

The banner of the Jin army fluttered in the evening breeze, and a tall war horse with the same fiery red came from the horizon, and the knight on the horse was strong and burly, wearing a golden helmet, wearing gold armor, holding a Fang Tian painting halberd, galloping heroically, and behind him, there were neatly arranged Jin cavalry, and everyone seemed to be so radiant.

At this time, a fast horse came from the official road in front, and the person on the horseback was wearing the clothes of Yan Jun. When the man saw the knight riding a tall fiery red horse, a hint of joy appeared on his face, and he hurried up to meet the man.

The two horses intersected, and the knight in golden armor restrained his horse, and when he saw a Yan scout running towards him, he raised his hand high and stopped the cavalry team running after him. After that, he drew Fang Tian's halberd horizontally, and asked loudly: "It turned out to be Captain Lin, I don't know what Captain Lin came in a hurry to do?" ”

The Yan army scout who came was Lin Chu, he was ordered to look for Lu Bu, and he searched for a whole afternoon, until the sun was setting and the twilight was four. He also reined in the horses, and when he saw Lu Bu, he arched his hand and said: "Marquis of Jin, the big thing is not good, the camp of your army outside the west gate was broken through by Wen Chou of the Zhao army, and the guard of your army, Cheng Lian, was killed by Wen Chou, and even the camp was burned down by a fire. ”

After Lu Bu listened, his originally radiant face suddenly turned gloomy, his brows were tightly locked, and his eyes also showed a little murderous intent, and he suddenly turned his head and shouted to the back: "Gao Shun!" ”

Gao Shun rode over with the rear army, and when he came to Lu Bu, he arched his hand and said, "What does the lord command?" ”

Lu Budao: "Cheng Lian died in battle, the camp was lost, the enemy general Wen Chou is stationed in the west of the city, you lead the trapping camp to beat Wen Chou back to the city for me!" ”

Lin Chu traveled back and forth between Yan and Jin, and he was also very clear about the strength of the Jin army, he knew that the trapping camp was one of the two main forces of the Jin army, but unfortunately the number was a little smaller. He heard that Lu Bu asked Gao Shun to lead the trapping camp to attack Wen Chou, so he hurriedly interjected: "Marquis of Jin, Wen Chou led 10,000 horses outside the city, and the trapping camp alone, is it too few troops?" ”

Gao Shun hugged his fists and said: "I don't need outsiders to talk much about the matter of my Jin army, although there are only two thousand people in the camp, it is enough to deal with Wen Chou." Lord, is Wen Chou going to live or die? (To be continued......)