Chapter 559: Empty City Scheme

Zhang Liang, as the prime minister of the head of the Ming Dynasty, of course would not come to the Tiger Prison Pass alone, and he also brought two guards with him on this trip, Dian Wei and Dian Jie.

Dian Wei is naturally very familiar, and the relatively unfamiliar Dian Jie is Dian Wei's eldest brother.

Dian Jie in the original history, good at using a pair of hammers, as powerful as an ox, invincible, once fought Zhang Liao for hundreds of rounds without winning or losing, and later Lu Bu led troops to kill, Dian Jie was forced to retreat.

During the Battle of Yang Changsaka, Zhao Yun was besieged by Cao General after cutting down several Cao army banners, and Dian Jie also led the infantry army to help in the battle.

Later, the crowd was killed by Zhao Yun, and after Dian Jie was caught up by Zhao Yun without a horse, he was beheaded by Zhao Yun with a sword under the blade of the Qingyu Sword, and became one of the more than 50 hard-working generals who died in the longboard battle.

"Dian Wei, Dian Jie, I now order you two to defend the tiger prison, and you must not let a member of the Han army climb the city wall." Zhang Liang ordered with a cold face.

When the two brothers heard this, they clasped their fists together and said, "No! ”

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Han army, Li Yuanba's battalion.

"Have a good rest, Yuanba."

Looking at his tired and sleepy younger brother, a trace of warmth flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, and he stepped forward to cover the futon for Li Yuanba.

Although Li Yuanba failed to kill Xiang Yu, he won the title of 'No. 1 in the world', which is very good in Li Shimin's opinion.

Xiang Yu is by no means so easy to kill, and being able to deprive him of the title of 'No. 1 in the world' first also makes a good start for revenge.

"Yuanba, you have done a good job, now the responsibility of killing Xiang Yu will be handed over to the second brother, the second brother swears that he will never let him go."

Li Shimin's eyes flashed with murderous insight, and most of them immediately walked out of the camp and prepared to command the army to attack the city overnight.

The reason why Li Shimin attacked the city overnight was that the morale of the whole army had risen only in one aspect, and because some of the follow-up troops had already arrived, it was natural that he could send infantry to attack the city.

The siege at night is certainly not as good as during the day, but after all, the quality of the soldiers on both sides is very different, which is also where Li Shimin's confidence lies, he believes in the combat power of the Liangzhou army.

The first batch of infantry to arrive, a total of only 15,000, Li Shimin personally 10,000 infantry to attack the city, and borrowed Wu Jiasan as the siege vanguard.

Under the secret command of Zhang Liang, the defenders used Dian Wei Dian Jie as the defender to defend with all their might, and with their geographical advantages and tenacious fighting spirit, they were as stable as Mount Tai in a short period of time.

After four hours of overnight onslaught, both sides fought back and forth all night, and both paid a heavy price for casualties.

The sky gradually brightened, and the Han reinforcements arrived again, although the defenders adopted the method of taking turns to defend and rest, they still could not prevent the situation from favoring the Han army little by little.

The Han army's attack during the day was more fierce than at night, not to mention that it was Li Shimin who commanded it.

If it weren't for Zhang Liang's remote command in the rear, relying only on the two reckless men of Dian Wei and Dian Jie, I am afraid that he would not even be able to survive the night.

It was another four hours of siege, and by noon on the third day, the defenders of Tiger Pass had suffered more than half of the casualties, and all the defenders were already exhausted from the night's hard fighting.

If Xiang Yu can fight, it can also boost the morale of the defenders, but Xiang Yu has not woken up until now, so it can be seen that yesterday's consumption has not recovered.

In half a day, Zhang Junbao's reinforcements will arrive, but with this group of tired soldiers, it is tantamount to a fool's dream to hold on for half a day under the onslaught of tens of thousands of elite Han troops.

"What the hell should I do?"

Zhang Liang has been forced to a desperate situation by Li Shimin, it is noon now, and the Han army is also having lunch when the Han army is suspending the attack, and the next attack will be carried out immediately after eating.

Zhang Liang's eyes flashed with a hint of determination, and then he smiled bitterly: "Li Shimin, I didn't expect you to force me to such a point, and now I can only make dangerous moves." ”

Zhang Liang went to the city and looked into the distance, and saw that the Han army camp was already preparing for the next attack, so he ordered to the left and right:

"Quickly send the order down, hide all the flags in the pass, and all the armies will guard the alleys in the city, if there are unauthorized travelers and loud words, they will be beheaded."

Dian Jie was suddenly full of doubts when he heard this, the enemy army was about to attack, and instead of guarding the pass, he hid in the pass, wouldn't he give up the Xiongguan and wanted to let it?

"Prime Minister, why is that?" Dian Jie asked with a puzzled expression.

"It's too late to explain, you just go and give the order."

Dian Jie didn't dare to disobey, so he only went down to pass the order, and then Zhang Liang said to Dian Wei: "You send someone to open the tiger prison and close the city gate, and send more than ten veterans to go out to clean the city gate." ”

Instead of defending the city, take the initiative to open the city gates? This is what Zhang Liang said, if someone else were replaced, Dian Wei would probably think that he would surrender, and Zhang Liang, as a general of Rengong, would naturally not be able to surrender to the Han army.

Dian Wei scratched his scalp vigorously and said with a wry smile: "Prime Minister, what kind of trouble is this?" ”

"You don't have to ask, I have my own plan."

Dian Wei had no choice but to obey the order, and Zhang Liang also took off his armor and put on a Confucian robe, wore a scarf and held a feather fan, led the two guards to carry a piano, climbed to the top of the tiger prison pass, and sat on the railing in front of the enemy tower in the city, burning incense and playing the piano.

After the outpost of the Han army arrived at the city, they saw that the gate of the tiger prison was wide open, and the city was empty, and there was a scribe Fuqin upstairs.

Seeing that the situation in front of the Tiger Prison Pass was so weird, the Han army did not dare to enter the pass, so they hurriedly reported to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin naturally didn't believe it when he learned about it, but when he left the camp, he couldn't close his mouth in shock.

A Confucian scholar is sitting on the top of the city tower, smiling, burning incense and playing the piano, there is a view on the left, holding a sword, there is a guard on the right, holding a tail, more than ten veterans outside the city gate, bowing their heads and sprinkling sweeping, as if no one is around.

It's so weird.

"Second brother, look at the man on the city tower." Li Xiuning reminded.

After Li Shimin took a closer look, he was shocked and said: "Zhang Liang, it's Zhang Liang." ”

"Ming Prime Minister Zhang Liang? Why is he still in the Tiger Prison? ”

Li Xiuning's embroidered eyebrows furrowed slightly, and then said to Li Shimin: "Second brother, do you still continue to attack?" ”

"Let's see."

Li Shimin frowned and locked tightly, and then shouted angrily to the left and right: "The enemy reinforcements have all arrived in the pass, but the general has not received any news, are the spies of our army blind?" ”

The leader of the spies immediately knelt down in fear and shouted: "General Mingjian, if the enemy reinforcements arrive, it will never be possible to hide from our spies." ”

Li Shimin's anger shrank slightly when he heard this, but Li Xiuning said at this time: "Second brother, do you think it is possible that Zhang Liang is playing tricks to delay time?" ”

After Li Shimin pondered for a while, he frowned and said: "The intelligence said that the enemy reinforcements will arrive in four days, and I want to delay for four days just with such tricks, Zhang Liang can't be so stupid, right?" ”

"Report ...... General Qiyu, the spies in front of him urgently reported that an enemy elite cavalry was coming towards the Tiger Prison Pass, and it was expected to arrive in half a day. ”