In the middle of November, the sky and the earth were cold.

After several days of hurrying, Mu Jing personally led the main force of the army, joined the vanguard of the Yellow Turban Army, gathered all the main forces, and officially approached Xicheng, starting the battle of attacking Xicheng.

In this battle, the Yellow Turban Army was the main force, and the Jingping Army was assisted by the Jingping First Army led by Chen Zhi, with a total of 32,000 elites.

The army arrayed with the eastern suburbs outside the city, ten miles of company camps, the flags were overwhelming, and the momentum was surging, covering half of the eastern suburbs of Xicheng County, they were like a giant beast crawling, I don't know when they will open their bloody mouths and eat Xicheng County in one bite.

"There are nine counties in Hanzhong, and Xicheng is also a main city!"

Under the city, Mu Jing was dressed in military uniform, standing under the banner, staring at the high and thick walls of Xicheng City, and said with some sighs: "If we attack this city, this ghost weather, at least three times the price, and ten times the time, may not be able to fight in the end!" ”

Although there is no snow today, the sky is gloomy, there is a lot of cold wind, and it has been snowing in Hanzhong for several days, and it can be piled up three inches high on the ground, and the chill between heaven and earth has accumulated, and there is a bit of a biting feeling of cold wind wherever you stand.

In such weather, the soldiers sent troops to storm the city, which was undoubtedly self-defeating.

In the cold winter, if he can, he also wants to hold his wife in the warm quilt to keep warm.

But it was precisely because of this season that he was given a chance.

He can't miss such a great opportunity, and the only way to do it is to send troops.

But the siege of the city, such weather, is a little difficult for these soldiers.

"Lord, why don't we slow down, the army is in the outer city of the city, forming a deterrent to them, and after the beginning of spring, we will attack again, after all, the winter war, the snow will cover the sky, and the soldiers can't even hold their weapons, this is really not a good idea!"

Fei Li stepped up and said in a low voice.

As the vanguard army, he arrived under the city first, and had already fought a few battles with the Hanzhong army in Xicheng, and there were casualties among each other, but this was not the reason why his exhortation to slow down Mu Jing, the real reason was that because of the influence of the weather, many of his soldiers had begun to have chilblains, burst their hands and feet, and even some people fell down and lived in the wounded barracks.

Sixty percent of the combat effectiveness is not much exerted, and compared with the past, it is a war that adds casualties.

"No way!"

When Mu Jing heard this, he was stunned for a moment, glanced at the labor, and finally shook his head, and said: "It's not that I'm in a hurry, it's not that I don't want to estimate the lives of the soldiers, but they in the city can afford it, and we can't afford it!" ”

He couldn't afford to spend it outside the city for two reasons.

First, time is very urgent, he is racing against time with Liu Yan, and he must rush in front of Liu Yan and take Hanzhong, so he can't afford it.

Second, the problem of grain and grass is already very serious, tens of thousands of his soldiers eat horses and chew, and they have to consume astronomical amounts of grain and grass every day.

"So we have to attack as soon as possible!"

Mu Jing ordered: "Pass my military order, now all the officers and soldiers of the army, immediately build siege equipment, and after three days, the main attack will be frontal!" ”

"No!"

The generals commanded.

……

After inspecting the entire military camp, and then observing the environment of Xicheng along the city wall, Mu Jing left the front line, returned to the Chinese army camp, returned to the main tent of the Chinese army, and asked the guards to unload the heavy armor for themselves, and then sat cross-legged, picked up a few documents on the desk, and took a look.

As a lord, he can't give up both government and military affairs.

Even on the battlefield, Nanyang and Shangyong will send a lot of reports for him to see in person.

Although he has been able to make Cai Yan imitate his handwriting, many things in the six counties of Nanyang have been solved in the Minghou Mansion in Nanyang, but although the Hanzhong Taishou Mansion established by Shangyong was established at the beginning, there are still a lot of transcripts sent to him before the case.

He looked at a few of them, there were Nanyang, there were Hanzhong, and finally picked out a few points, and said to Huo Yu who was recording next to him: "Zhongheng, these recitals are all back!" ”

"Lord, you haven't approved it yet!"

"Approve a fart!"

Mu Jing said coldly: "The establishment of the Minghou Mansion system is to let them perform their duties, and contractors have to come to big and small things, Zhao Ji doesn't understand, they still think that a certain is easy to bully, these scripts are nothing more than deliberately sent to a certain family, the complaint is here, give me the same way back!" ”

The establishment of the Minghou Mansion, with the Minghou Mansion commanding the place, there are naturally a lot of big and small things, but there are many chief officials below, if he is allowed to solve everything, he will also be a fart master, as a coolie.

Mu Jing said coldly: "Hu Kongming and Liu Ziyu, the two bastards, obviously saw that a certain family asked Zhao Ji to come forward to master the Minghou Mansion, and they had some temper in their hearts, just go back the same way, they understand the meaning of a certain family!" ”

Cai Yan's first word is to imitate him, and it can hide it from many people, but it can't hide Cai Yong, Cai Yong mentioned a few words, which is enough to make Hu Zhao and others clear.

Although in order to hide Nanyang's eyes, they didn't dare to be angry.

But since ancient times, they absolutely can't accept a woman in charge.

"No!"

Huo Yu nodded, he thought about it, and reminded him: "Lord, there is another troublesome thing, we wanted to feed the war with war before, but although there is a lot of mediocre grain and grass, it can't maintain the consumption of our army, and the grain and grass are getting tighter and tighter!" ”

"Don't worry!"

Mu Jing took a deep breath: "In a few days, Xicheng will be broken!" ”

His eyes burst into a scorching light: "I heard that Hanzhong has a lot of grain and grass in Xicheng, and if we get Xicheng, we will be able to solve the difficulties in front of us!" ”

"What if they burn the grain and grass when they are defeated?"

"I'm not going to give them this chance!"

Mu Jing said very resolutely.

Many craftsmen were recruited in the barracks, and the equipment was built very quickly, and as soon as the three days came, more than a dozen wells and hundreds of ladders had been built, including a few simple stone throwers.

……

Early morning on November 12th.

On this day, the weather was not bad, instead of the gloomy atmosphere of several days, a round of morning sun appeared in the east, and the sun was very warm, melting all the snow on the ground.

Outside the eastern suburbs of Xicheng, the herdsmen lined up, and one by one the phalanxes were condensed, ready to wait.

"Drum up!"

Mu Jing stood on a viewing platform that had just been built, three feet high, and could look at the city wall in the city, and gave orders.

"Knock Knock Knock !!!"

Ten battalions of the two armies, one battalion with a thunderous war drum on one side, the drums gushing, overlapping and staggering, gathering like thunder, sounding above the nine heavens.

The sound of war drums represents the outbreak of battle.

……

On the top of the city.

"It seems that I underestimated them, thinking that it was just a bluff, but I didn't expect Mu Longtu to really dare to lead the main force in person, they are determined to eat our Xicheng!"

Yang Bai's expression was a little gloomy, he looked down at the enemy soldiers all over the mountains under the city, his heart was gloomy, although he was not afraid, but he never figured it out, where did the herdsmen get the self-confidence, in this cold winter day, dare to attack Xicheng.

Is it true that more than 18,000 Hanzhong soldiers under his command are dead?

It was precisely because I couldn't figure it out that I was depressed in my heart, suppressed a mouthful of resentment, and looked at the battlefield deadly.

"It's really greedy enough to swallow the elephant, I want to open my eyes to see how powerful the Mu Clan's Dragon Diagram is, it can connect us to several cities!"

His face was gloomy.

"General, as long as we follow the instructions of Lord Shijun, we will defend the city to the death, do not take the initiative to attack, not be fooled, and not be greedy, and defending the city will be foolproof for us!"

Yang Xu stood next to him and arched his hand.

He said this with confidence.

Originally, fighting in winter, attacking one side, must be very difficult, can not play combat effectiveness, half the effort, even if it costs human lives, it may not be able to get what you want, but the defending side of the city, occupy the right time and place, just like they are now, there are nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, even if there are 100,000 troops outside the city, they also think that they can hold the city, only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, they are really not afraid.

"Don't worry, I won't be greedy!"

Yang Bai nodded, he issued a military order: "Pass my military order, all departments will strictly guard against it, without my military order, no one is allowed to take the initiative to attack, and those who violate the military order will be killed!" ”

"No!"

The generals will take the command.

……

"Break the moat first, and the soldiers will come to the city!" Mu Jing threw the arrow out: "Laborious, you lead the army to attack, Chen Dao, you lead the army to cover, you must cross the moat and camp on the other side of the river!" ”

"Yes!"

The two of them took the order and turned to leave.

"Archers, crossbowmen, all ready!"

Chen Zhi gathered all the bows and arrows and crossbow beds of Jingping's First Army, lined up at the front, and aimed at the city wall a hundred paces away, and the bows and crossbows were raised more than sixty degrees.

This is to shoot at the sky, and the arrow will be dropped indiscriminately.

The arrows shot towards the sky, arcing in the direction of the angle, and then landed on the opposite side.

It can't be aimed, and it also weakens the lethality, but this is the best way to shoot from a distance, hundreds of steps away, even Huang Zhong's arm strength and crosshairs can't hit a target.

"First round of attack, put!"

Chen Zhi ordered.

"Woo Woo Woo !!"

The first round of arrows was fired, and most of them covered the walls.

"Defend!"

"Iron Shield!"

"Beware of dodging!"

On the city wall, Yang Bai suppressed the idea of wanting to fight back and ordered the soldiers to hide.

It's not difficult to dodge this kind of arrow, but it's a little embarrassing, and it also makes the formation on the wall a little messy.

"Second Attack!"

Chen Zhi continued to order: "Prepare...... Put! ”

"Woo Woo !!"

Another round of bows and arrows was fired, and this time they adjusted a lot of angles, about two thousand arrows, and about seventy percent of them landed on the city wall, and the rest were missed.

"Take advantage of this time, sons, cross the river and grab the suspension bridge!"

Taking advantage of Chen Zhi's bow and arrow suppression, Fei Li quickly led his troops to attack, attacking their first line of defense to break the city, the moat.

The moat in Xicheng is actually not big, the river is very icy, between a frozen and non-frozen state, the cold makes people shiver, but the river is not big, and it is not difficult to force it to cross it.

"Where are our archers?"

Yang Bai in the city is also an experienced general, as soon as he saw this scene, he didn't say a word, and immediately prepared to counterattack.

"In!"

The archers came out in array.

"Snipe the moat under the city for me, don't let them cross the river!" Yang Bai drank.

He knew that he couldn't stop them from crossing the river, and the final battlefield would inevitably be up and down the city walls, but seizing this opportunity should make the enemy pay a price.

"Yes!"

The archers on the head of the city were intent on returning fire.

"The third round of attack, put!"

But Chen Zhi's cover was in place, and his third round of bow and arrow attack suppressed the counterattack on the city's head.

An hour later, Fei Li led the main force of two battalions, crossed the moat, and seized the drawbridge.

The army continued to enter less than fifty paces below the city.

Take a break for an hour at noon.

An hour later, it began to enter the afternoon, and Mu Jing personally ordered the frontal attack on the Xicheng city wall to break out.

"Sons, kill!"

"The gods in the yellow sky are above, protect me and go up to the city!"

"Bang, hit me hard, hit the city gates!"

The Yellow Turbans pressed the main forces of four battalions and attacked head-on.

"Hold on!"

"Smash the rocks!"

"Tung oil, burned their ladder!"

Although the Yellow Turban Army attacked fiercely, there was not much pressure on the Hanzhong army in the city, and the battlements on the head of the city were established very neatly, which brought natural advantages to their defense, and the city was well prepared, and the stones and logs were smashed without dying, which could naturally block the attack.

After two hours of attack, the herdsmen did not even touch the head of the city, but damaged dozens of ladders, and nearly hundreds of casualties.

……

Night.

The shepherd battle flag flies under the starry sky.

Barracks in the tent.

The generals stood on the left and right, and Mu Jing stood with his back to the middle, looking at the topographic map on the screen, and focused on this section of the city wall on the east side of the West City: "Attack tomorrow, along the city wall, open a mile more, and the Yellow Turban Army will all press up!" ”

"All pressed up?"

When the Yellow Turban generals heard this, they looked at each other.

A lieutenant stood up and arched his hand and said: "My lord, according to today's situation, even if we press it, it will be difficult to break the city wall, such a city wall is high and thick, and the city is well prepared, we will attack and pay a lot of casualties!" ”

"I didn't let you break the city, I only let you attack!"

Mu Jing turned around, his eyes were as cold as an eagle, and he swept over: "Remember, it's a strong attack, a strong attack that attracts all their forces to us, even if it costs it, you have to do it, understand?" ”

"Yes!"

The Yellow Turban Army generals were all stunned and surrendered their orders.

"Go rest and recharge your batteries, I don't want to see a group of mentally exhausted Yellow Turban soldiers on the battlefield tomorrow!"

Mu Jing waved his hand and said.

"No!"

The generals took the order and turned to leave.

"Uncle Zhi!"

"Lord!"

"Fight for a while at night!" Mujing Road.

"Night raid?" Chen Zhi's eyes lit up.

"Yes!"

The corners of Mu Jing's mouth raised slightly: "It's a night attack, but the attack must be measured, you can't fall into the battlefield, fight for a while, and withdraw your troops immediately!" ”

He is going to attack day and night.

Only in this way can the soldiers in the city be tense and pay all their attention to him.

As for the rest......

It's up to Huang Shao.

Huang Shao is the former Yellow Turban Qu Shuai, and he is also a veteran, when he was in Runan, he almost single-handedly buried the soldiers of Nanyang County, and almost buried himself and his father in Runan, such a character should not be underestimated.

This person will be clumsy.

But this time, he likes to see an attacking Huang Shao.