PS: Corrected later

A city within a city?

All the generals and soldiers of the Wei army have a feeling of being a dog in the sun, and there are countless grass and mud horses galloping past in their hearts, and the Wei army that broke through the outer city of the Golden Siege has already taken a lot of effort, and even completely relied on Cao Liang's clever plan to succeed.

But I didn't expect that after everyone thought it was done, they found that there was a hole in the golden wall, and there was actually a city within a city, and looking at the appearance of the inner city, it was tall and sturdy, not inferior to the outer city at all.

How can this make the Wei army, who had just broken the city, embarrassed?

In fact, the inner city is equivalent to another pass, the Wei army broke through the outer city, which is only equivalent to breaking through the first pass, and only by taking the inner city can the customs clearance be truly completed.

However, it seems that although the inner city is small, it is as strong as a fortress, and it is already some distance away from the cliff, and the clay pots thrown on the top of the hill cannot be thrown into the inner city at all, and it is obviously ineffective to continue to use fire attack.

Yanghu came to Cao Liang's front and said helplessly: "Captain Cao, I didn't expect that the Shu people also built an inner city in the golden city, and now they have all retreated to the inner city, and it is extremely difficult to conquer it." ”

Cao Liang personally went up to check it, this inner city was built very cleverly, the city wall is solid, there is only a small gate to facilitate entry and exit, the road to clear the customs is under the city wall of the inner city, although it is said that you can pass through the golden wall without going through the inner city, but the Shu army stationed in the inner city is strictly guarded, and the road to clear the customs is completely blocked, and the Wei army wants to pass through the golden wall, you must take the inner city, there is no room for negotiation.

However, if you want to break through the inner city, it is by no means a simple matter, the inner city is shaped like a dock fort, Cao Liang can know that the dock fort in the Yongliang area is the most solid fortification, the fierce Hu cavalry have no way to take it, there is a large amount of grain and grass stored in the dock fort, even if the Hu cavalry is besieged for a long time, it will be useless.

Cao Liang did not find the grain depot and armory of the Shu army in the golden enclosure, presumably some grain and grass materials were kept in the inner city, which was completely conducive to the long-term defense of the Shu army.

I thought that I could successfully take the Golden Siege, but I didn't expect that there was something in this city, and this inner city undoubtedly presented Cao Liang with a new problem.

Cao Liang ordered the Wei army to suspend the attack on the inner city, and instead went to extinguish the embers on the city's head and move the siege equipment outside the city into the city.

However, Cao Liang did not plan to storm it, like this kind of strong fortress, if you want to take it by means of strong attack, you will have to pay a lot of casualties and take a long time, and now the Wei army lacks the most time.

Cao Liang summoned Deng Ai, Shi Bao, Yanghu, and Du Yu to discuss countermeasures.

However, it is obvious that they are also a little helpless about this "turtle shell" of the Shu army. Shi Bao suggested digging a tunnel to dig a passage under the inner city of Golden Wai and kill it through the tunnel.

However, this plan was quickly rejected by everyone, first of all, it takes a long time to dig a tunnel, it is impossible to dig a tunnel in just a few days, and it is not clear what the soil quality is, it is suitable for digging tunnels, if there are large rocks underground, it is impossible to dig at all.

Moreover, if the Shu army is prepared, it will be difficult to succeed in digging tunnels.

Although the distance of throwing the canisters of fierce oil from the top of the mountain was not enough, didn't the Wei army have catapults, and if these canisters of fierce oil were placed on the catapults, they could also be thrown into the inner city.

Cao Liang shook his head slightly, thinking that this method was also not advisable.

In the inner city of the Golden Siege, all are fortress structures, in order to prevent fire, they are basically masonry structures, there are few wooden houses with grass roofs, bricks and stones are not afraid of fire attacks, the soldiers of the Shu army are hiding in the fortress, and the fierce oil fire cans can not hurt them.

This kind of fortress structure is like a hard turtle shell, and it is difficult for ordinary siege methods to be effective.

Yanghu said a little angrily: "Could it be that we are helpless to watch like this?" If it doesn't work, let's attack it strongly, no matter how much casualties are paid, we must take the Golden Siege! ”

This time Cao Liang led the army to attack the Golden Siege, it was a battle with no way out, and if it didn't succeed, it would become a benevolent, so it had to be taken down anyway, if there was no other good way, then there was only one way to use a strong attack, relying on the numerical superiority of the Wei army, at all costs, attacking in turns.

Cao Liang frowned, a strong attack is the most common and widespread means of attack in siege operations, but it must be done at a great cost, and judging from the current defense situation of the inner city, even if the Wei army tries its best to attack, it may not be able to achieve the desired results.

At this time, Fang Bu led the mountaineering team back.

successfully conquered the outer city of the Golden Siege, Fang Bu and they made great contributions, but as the Wei army entered the Golden Siege, it was meaningless for Fang Bu to continue to stay on the cliff, so he took people down the mountain and returned to Cao Liang.

Cao Liang was quite satisfied with Fang Bu's performance, and it was precisely because of Fang Bu's outstanding performance that he climbed the cliff that no one could reach, and the Wei army had the opportunity to break through the outer city of the Golden Siege.

Cao Liang praised them a few words, not only Fang Bu, but even these Wei soldiers who climbed to the top of the mountain are good, they have such skills, they can be called rock climbing masters.

Cao Liang even had an idea, that is, to gather some good climbers to conduct rock climbing training, and create a special force to climb dangerous peaks.

Last time in Huainan, this time in Hanzhong, Cao Liang had encountered dangerous mountains, ordinary soldiers could not cross at all, if there is really such a mountain soldier, it can receive miraculous results.

However, this matter can only be thought about for the time being, and it will be implemented when there are conditions in the future, and the top priority is how to cross the golden encirclement.

Cao Liang noticed at this time that behind Fang Bu there was a young Wei soldier, only about sixteen or seventeen years old, and on his head, there was a pink flower branch shaped like a peach blossom, but its leaves were emerald green bamboo leaves.

"Where did you get this flower?" Cao Liang asked with great interest.

The little soldier was a little timid, and whispered, "It's on the mountain......"

"Are there many of these flowers?"

"A lot, all over the mountain."

Cao Liang stroked his palms and laughed: "I have made a plan." ”