The moat at the west gate of the Wei army is more than four zhang wide, more than one zhang, and there are thorns or wooden thorns inserted inside.

The depth and width of the other outer moats of the Great Wall have been reduced to a certain extent, and they are more than two zhang wide, and the knight can leap over the horse.

The soil taken away by the excavation trench was built nearby, and the Wankou Great Wall was built.

Many tenacious sea buckthorn shoots have taken root in the trenches, producing fine orange-yellow sea buckthorn seeds.

Contrary to the expectations of the Wei army and Zhang Liao, the Han army did not choose the section of the Great Wall that was convenient for landfilling, but stared at the west gate where Zhang Liao was located to prepare for the attack.

Tunneling during siege and siege is a very common method, but the Han army is an exception at this moment.

No defensive or offensive tunnels were excavated, and no pits were prepared to be excavated.

Zhang Liao saw that the Han army was dealing with the green bamboo, and the various armies divided labor and cooperated, cutting the green bamboo, digging holes, and roasting twists and turns to facilitate the shaping.

Under the observation of the Wei army, the Beifu soldiers made rows and rows of square stools like Hu beds.

The Dangkou army and the Duliao army, which were on the march, did not carry the baggage of camping overnight, they marched in scattered groups, each dragging two green bamboos.

The left army assembled by Ma Chao even demolished the timber around the front camp and moved the timber to the east gate and water gate of the Wei army.

At about eleven o'clock in the morning, the Duliao army arrived first, coming straight from the rear of the Beifu soldiers.

At this time, Yu Zhong's arrow wound had been preliminarily treated, the Wei army used an aconitum arrow, and Yu Zhong was poisoned and unconscious.

This poison can withstand the early stage, and it is not difficult to recover in the later stage.

Tian Xin was confident in this, but the whole army was furious because of this...... So there is no need to explain.

Xiahou Lan has fought all his life, and he can be said to be well-informed, and when he saw his own captured officials on the city wall, he knew that Zhang Liao was going to be: "Junhou, Zhang Wenyuan is going to fall into a desperate situation." He also deliberately provoked our army, and it is expected that there must be means to rely on, and not to be careless. ”

"Yes, I just gave up the siege in sections and concentrated on breaking him a little."

Tian Xin compared it on the map: "Its east gate is easy to break, but Cao Wenlie is stationed in Tunwuyang, and his forward battalion is on the east bank of Lishui." Therefore, after our army broke through the east gate, it was unable to pursue Zhang Liao's troops retreating westward, and the pursuit was attacked by Cao Xiu's former battalion. ”

At that time, it was necessary to set up a defense at the east gate, that is, the east camp and the east second battalion of the Wei army, in order to deal with Cao Xiu's attack and counter-charge.

It would have been a troublesome thing to establish a defensive position, and when would there be the strength to pursue Zhang Liao, who had retreated westward?

simply hit the West Gate by himself, Zhang Liao dared to defend it, then he would eat the soldiers and horses of the battalions of the Wankou defense line.

As for the attack and defense of the East Gate, Ma Chao will not give up after suffering such a big loss last night.

Originally, Li Xu and Li Zhen were defeated and retreated, but Ma Chao did not dare to send the main force to pursue, but the pursuing soldiers and horses sent were severely injured by Yan Pu, who responded to Li Xu.

Now that Yan Pu is guarding the east gate, Ma Chao is going to attack, and he will never devise any more strategies and strategies, just put on a posture to attack.

As long as the West Gate is broken, Zhang Liao wants to withdraw his troops to the west, and he has to leave a certain price.

About half an hour later, Zhou Cang led the Dangkou army to join Tian Xin, and the Dangkou army had seven battalions, one of which was a cavalry battalion.

At this moment, he has three cavalry battalions and more than 2,000 knights.

As long as the city is broken, how many legs does Zhang Liao have to run out?

Zhou Cang was excited, and when he saw Liu Gan and other captured officials at the head of the city, he was even more angry: "Xiahou, our army is invited to fight." ”

"Don't be in a hurry, eat first to rest your strength, our army will fill the trenches at noon, and then attack after noon."

Tian Xin also arranged the attack route of the Dangkou army after the city was broken on the map, and the Dangkou army interspersed with the large battalions of the Eastern Wei army, and then attacked the eastern defense line of the Wei army in a roundabout way to meet Ma Chao.

Otherwise, with the mortal enmity between Ma Chao and Yan Pu, even if Ma Chao wins, it will be a miserable victory.

If the left army loses too much and exceeds Ma Chao's bottom line, then Ma Chao may kill and surrender the army to vent his anger.

Ma Liang was guarding in the rear and supervising the transportation of siege equipment, and Ma Chao was in battle to kill and surrender, and almost no one could stop him.

When the time comes, let alone the Northern Expedition, how to deal with Ma Chao will become a top priority that cannot be put on hold.

Of course, Ma Chao could also not accept the surrender of the Wei army...... But this battle was different from the decisive battle of Hankow.

The decisive battle of Hankou, the battlefield was chaotic, the Wei-Wu coalition army collapsed, and there was nowhere to escape, either run fast or jump into the river, there was almost no third way to go.

But here the Wei army is a defender and has the capital to surrender.

You either attack the fortification and destroy the defenders, or you agree to accept surrender on terms.

With Ma Chao's character, if he can't say it, he will sincerely accept the surrender, go back and count the casualties, and after calculating the casualties, he may retaliate against the surrender.

The Wei army that participated in this battle was no less than 300,000...... It's one thing not to accept surrender, it's another thing to kill after accepting surrender.

If Ma Chao surrendered, causing the Wei army's fighting spirit to rise, then his only way to survive was to run to Sun Quan.

Zhou Cang didn't understand, and had another opinion: "Xiahou, the last general thinks that it is important to pursue and annihilate Zhang Wenyuan." If this gate is broken, our army will attack Kunyang and Yexian, and may be able to capture Luyang. Luyang changed hands, you can wait for the opportunity to attack Mopi Cao Hong, if you win this battle, you can enter Yique, recover the old capital, and retreat can also sweep the Central Plains, and spread the Qingxu. ”

Don't bother with Cao Xiu, Xiahou Shang, Cao Ren, and Cao Zhi's army, which recruited troops from Xuzhou and was about to lead the Qingxu army into battle.

Priority is given to seeking fighters to force the Wei army to carry out field battles, and if the Wei army is fortified and cleared, then it is the best choice to open up the route of attacking Luoyang.

The fight against Luoyang was also to force the various units of the Wei army to come to their aid and force them to conduct field battles.

If you open the Wankou passage and fight Cao Xiu, Xiahou Shang, and Cao Ren, you will fall into the calculations of the Wei army.

Therefore, Zhang Liao lost the Wankou defense line, and he would definitely evacuate to the west, whether it was to withdraw to Luyang to unite with Cao Hong, or to withdraw to Yaoshan to be a nail household, it would be troublesome.

The priorities of each other's considerations are different, and it is inevitable that there will be differences.

Worried about Ma Chao's face, Tian Xin explained: "With Zhang Liao's good fighting, I think Luyang and Kunyang have already dealt with it, and our army can break through quickly." ”

"Also, Zhang Wenyuan should not be underestimated."

Zhou Cang smiled, glanced left and right, and his eyes fell on the face of Pei Jun, who was engaged in Zhonglang who came with him.

Attracting Tian Xin to see it, Pei Jun smiled as if he wanted to say a happy event, and took out a silk book from his sleeve and took two steps forward: "Xiahou, this Song Gong's secret book." ”

Tian Xin stretched out his hand to catch it, saw that there was no lacquer seal, rolled up the silk book and examined it, his face was already emotionless, and he was even more emotionless at this moment.

Slowly rolling up the silk book, Tian Xinlu smiled and went to Pei Jun: "It's really a good thing, why don't you say it earlier?" ”

Pei Jun arched his hand: "I don't dare to show it lightly, so I have to personally present it to Xiahou in front of the steps, and ask Xiahou for your understanding." ”

"Okay, I understand."

Tian Xin stuffed the silk book into the leather box on his waist, hung up the buckle, and looked at the map again: "The Dangkou army followed the Liao army to the west to Luyang, and the Yingyang army and the Huya army marched to Kunyang. The An Zhong Army, the Jianxin Army, and the Zhengbei Army attacked and harassed to the east and responded to the left army. The Yangwu army guarded the west gate, the left guard army and the right guard army entered the west camp of the Wei army, and the knights of the front and rear battalions pursued Zhang Liao with me. ”

After confirming the direction of attack after breaking the city, the generals and military horses who were surrounding them immediately dispersed and returned to their main formation.

As for the breakthrough of the west gate of Wankou, from Tian Xin to the military officials, there is no doubt.

It's nothing more than how many hole cards are consumed, the hole cards are familiar to Wei Jun, and there is a way to crack the response, so the hole cards are not hole cards, and they are not scary.

The Wankou defense line itself has the intention of testing the Han army's hole cards.

After the pre-war distribution meeting, Tian Xin came to the position of the Left Guards and the Right Guards, where the ballista had been arranged in place and the firing angles had been set.

General Xie Fu and Second General Luo followed Tian Xin, with a look of reluctance on their faces.

The decisive battle of Hankou killed so many Wei and Wu troops, and it was one thing to retaliate against the Wei army for killing and surrendering, and keeping the Lime secret was the main purpose.

Lime should have been used in the decisive battles of Mopi, Yique or Luoyang, not here.

But now Tian Xin has no choice but to quickly break through the Wankou defense: "I will personally break through the battle in this battle, and there is no need for moderation." ”