Han Zhan's army came to the outside of Guangnian City, which was only a day away from Tantai.

Although there were no enemy generals who went out of the city to meet the battle, the four gates of the city were closed, and the city walls were full of people, posing as if they were facing a great enemy.

Seeing this situation, Han Zhan couldn't help but ask Xun You: "Gongda, in Geng Changshi's letter, didn't he say that the county order of Guangnian was also his own person, why didn't he go out of the city to greet him?" ”

Xun You frowned and grasped the direction of the city for a moment, and said in an uncertain tone: "Could it be that Guangnian Ling was killed by someone sent by the Yuan family?" He said this, it makes sense, after the army came out of the mountain, the first city occupied - Wu'an, Wu'an County Commander and messenger were killed by Yuan Shao's lieutenant Jiao Touch, Zhang Nan, and now Guangnian City is heavily guarded, maybe the county order has been poisoned.

Han Zhan turned his head to look at Guo Jia on the other side, only to see him sitting on horseback, his eyes slightly closed, and his feather fan gently shaking in his hand, as if he was thinking about something. Han Zhan asked at him, "Fengxiao, what do you think?" ”

Guo Jia opened his eyes and glanced at Han Zhan, and said lazily: "Envoy, this city wall is no more than a zhang high, if you want to attack it, you can go down in half a day at most!" ”

"Dian Wei!" Hearing Guo Jia say this, Han Zhan knew that he might have to adopt strong attack tactics in order to capture Guangnian City, so he instructed Dian Wei: "You lead the soldiers and horses of your headquarters to attack the city!" ”

Don't look at Dian Wei's identity as a military marquis now, but the number of soldiers and horses under his command has reached 3,000, and the sword and shield soldiers, pikemen, and crossbow soldiers are all complete. After receiving Han Zhan's order, Dian Wei agreed, and took his headquarters to kill the city with great momentum.

There were only 500 soldiers in Guangnian City, and the rest were temporarily recruited people. Seeing thousands of people rushing over with shouts, not to mention that the common people were so frightened that their legs trembled, even those county soldiers were blank in their minds. In particular, the few dozen archers on the city wall, before Dian Wei and his men could rush into the firing range, the arrows in their hands had already been shot. After drawing a beautiful arc in the air, it landed in the clearing.

The archer team next to him couldn't help but curse when he saw his archers discharging arrows indiscriminately. He cursed, these archers who had no combat experience shot arrows faster, and the arrows they shot all fell on the open ground without exception.

The team was so angry that they took the bows in their hands and struck the archers with their heads and faces, and at the same time scolded: "The enemy is still an arrow away, and you shoot indiscriminately, and when they rush to the city, you will not be able to draw your bow and arrow because your arms are sore." I have remembered that if anyone does not hear my command and releases his arrow, I will chop off both of his claws. ”

The archers, who had been beaten and scolded, all honestly stopped shooting, and just looked nervously at the Han Jiajun who rushed over, patiently waiting for the team to issue the command to release the arrows.

The leader stared at the rushing siege troops, silently calculating how far they were from the city walls. Seeing Han Jiajun rushing into the land of an arrow, he hurriedly raised his right hand high and shouted loudly: "Ready!" With his command, a dozen archers drew their bows and arrows again, aiming at the rushing crowd.

When Han Jiajun was only thirty steps away from the city wall, his hand waved down violently, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Shoot the arrow!" With his command, a dozen sharp arrows shot down from the city's head and flew into the dense crowd. After several unlucky Han soldiers were hit by arrows, they fell to the ground, and the people behind stepped on them regardless of the fact and continued to rush towards the city wall.

The bow and arrows at the head of the city fired another round, and the arrows shot were like sand scattered into a river, and they had no effect at all. They were discovered by the crossbowmen of the city, and after two rounds of fire, the archers fell to the top of the city.

The bamboo ladder was erected on the city wall, and the soldiers of the Han family army put their knives in their mouths and climbed up with agility. Where would the defenders above let them easily climb to the top of the city, either by stabbing people with ladders with poles, or by smashing the soldiers on the bamboo ladders with rolling logs and stones. Fallen bamboo ladders or fallen soldiers often hit other soldiers below, and the screams are endless.

However, there were many people who couldn't stand Dian Wei, and there were many bamboo ladders, so they stabbed one and put on a pair, and a soldier fell down and climbed up two or more. Soon, nearly 100 bamboo ladders were erected on the top of the city one after another, and more and more soldiers of the Han family army climbed up along the bamboo ladders.

The Guangnian county commander who commanded the battle on the city tower was a minor official under Yuan Shao, who had just taken over the post of county commander two days ago. Who knew that his position was not yet hot, and he met Han Zhan leading the army to come. There were only 500 county soldiers in the city, and he couldn't stop Han Zhan's army no matter what, but he thought that his wife and children were still in Jizhou, and it was impossible to surrender, so he could only prepare for war. At this moment, seeing that more and more soldiers of the Han family army had already turned over the battlements and fought with the county soldiers and ordinary people on the city wall, his heart suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and he knew that it was only a matter of time before the city was lost.

After Dian Wei climbed the city wall, he was invincible with his halberd, and when he saw more than forty of his own soldiers around him, he shouted: "Follow me!" He shouted, and ran down the stairs to the bottom of the city.

There were only ten county soldiers guarding the city gate, and when they saw a group of Han soldiers under the leadership of a fierce and vicious man, they rushed towards him, and they were immediately frightened to the point that their feet weakened, and they retreated again and again with their weapons in hand. Seeing that his subordinates were so sloppy, Shi Chang could only rush forward, but before the spear in his hand stabbed out, Dian Wei's iron halberd had already smashed his head, smashing him to the point that his brain burst and he died on the spot. The rest of the county soldiers, seeing that the big man who rushed over had his halberd in his hand, and his own chief was killed on the spot, who dared to hit the stone with an egg, hurriedly threw down the weapon in his hand, and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.

Dian Wei didn't bother to pay attention to these county soldiers, but ordered the soldiers who followed: "Hurry up and open the city gate!" ”

Just when Dian Wei arranged for his men to prepare to open the city gate, Han Zhan, who was watching the battle from a distance, felt that the city was about to break, and hurriedly ordered Zhao Yun: "Zilong, as soon as the city gate is opened, you will rush in with the cavalry." ”

Hearing Han Zhan giving an order to Zhao Yun, Guo Jia next to him asked casually: "Envoy, how do you know that the city is about to be broken?" ”

Han Zhan pointed to the head of the city that was still fighting fiercely in the distance, and said with a smile: "Fengxiao, didn't you see that Dian Wei has already gone up to the city wall?" In my estimation, he will soon kill the defenders of the city gates, open the gates, and welcome the army into the city! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a crack open in the closed gate in the distance, and then this gap grew bigger and bigger, and with little effort, both gates were opened. Zhao Yungao raised the gentian bright silver spear in his hand and shouted, "The cavalry will charge me!" Then the gun swung forward, and he rode out first.

Seeing the cavalry rumbling past him, Guo Jia just smiled faintly, while Xun You said with emotion: "The envoy is really like a god, and the Marquis of the Dian Army really opened the city gate." ”

The Guangnian county commander standing on the tower of the city watched the cavalry of the Han family's army rush to the city along the official road, and then rushed into the city through the open city gate. He sighed and smiled sadly: "Lord, my subordinates have done their best!" With that, he drew his sword and swiped it around his neck, and the corpse stood in place for a moment, then fell limply on the wall.

Just as Han Zhan was about to enter the city with the army, Guo Jia suddenly said again: "Envoy, since you have occupied Guangnian, why don't you let the army rest here for a few days before heading towards Jizhou?" ”

Guo Jia's words made Han Zhan a little confused. He stared at Guo Jia and asked puzzledly: "Fengxiao, why do you want to rest here, don't you know the speed of soldiers?" ”

Guo Jia smiled faintly again, and said in a voice that only he and Han Zhan could hear: "If Jia's expectations are good, Gongsun Zhan also wants you to be able to fight quickly, and when you and Yuan Shao fight to the death, he will come to reap the benefits of the fisherman." ”

Guo Jia's words made Han Zhan feel empowered, and he nodded and said: "What Feng Xiao said is very true, then we will rest here for two more days, and wait for the news of Xun County Cheng by the way, to see if the matter he secretly sent someone to handle has a result." ”