On the west bank of the Han River, there is a faint fog in the morning.

The five Cao army scouts saw from a distance that an army with gray clothes and a weak banner was gradually pressing, and immediately divided into two and galloped towards Yicheng, while three continued to approach to observe the more detailed military situation.

This is an army they have never seen, the Jingzhou Army is a Han army, and the Cao Army's Zhengnan Army is also a Han army, so the color of the clothes is still red, but the color scheme is a little different.

The military uniform of the army in front of him is blue and black, and it is not clear through the fog that it is not clear, and it appears from time to time.

After Tian Xin's camp, Xiahoulan and Lei Xu left the camp almost at the same time to attack, Xiahou Lan's department stood in the east of Yicheng, Lei Xu's department was in the southwest of Yicheng, the drums of Yicheng City were loud, and the wolf smoke rose on the mountain.

Before noon, Tian Xin arrived two miles away from Nanguan, and cut down green bamboo in four of the seven songs, preparing to set up a simple camp.

The wolf smoke on Nanguan and Nanshan is thicker, Tian Xin observed the terrain, saw that Nanshan was some distance from Nanguan, and said to Geng Jaw who followed him: "Although Nanshan is high, it is not beneficial to attack Nanguan." After breaking the South Pass, the defenders of Nanshan were isolated and self-defeating. ”

Yicheng, seeing the wolf smoke rising, Jingzhou Thorn Shi Hu Xiu led the army to aid Yicheng.

At this moment, Hu Xiu, Fu Fang, and Li Xu saw the wolf smoke billowing from Da Xian Mountain, whether to fight or defend, and there was no conclusion on whether to reinforce or not.

Since the Xiangshui Alliance, Guan Yu has taken Jingcheng as a stronghold, attacking Linfu in the west and Hanjin in the east, and the battle line is approaching the periphery of Xiangyang, as if no one can control it.

Most of the soldiers under the command of the three came from the three counties of Nanyang, Xiangyang, and Nanxiang, and the sequelae of Cao Ren Tuwan were not so easy to dissipate.

Therefore, the morale of the sergeants in the three counties was low, and the officers were generally war-weary, and they wanted to fight, but they did not dare to fight.

In the afternoon, after Tian Xin had a full meal, he led the rest and vigilance of Jinmu Tu Sanqu to approach Nanguan, not wanting a messenger from Nanguan to climb the rope down the wall, and came to the front of the battle and raised his arms and shouted: "A certain Nanyang An Zhongzong Gongzong Ziqing also, the main book of the general is my brother!" ”

Dong Hui's face beside Tian Xin was not good-looking, and he said to Tian Xin: "Zong Pre entered Yizhou with Xintinghou, and now he is indeed serving in Langzhong. However, Zong Ziqing lost his righteousness for the sake of the small section, and it was appropriate to kill him to thank the people. ”

Zong Ziqing approached, saw Dong Hui beside Tian Xin, and hurriedly gave his hand: "Brother to meet brother." ”

Dong Hui took a deep breath, glanced at Zong Ziqing, and continued to say to Tian Xin: "When Hou Yin led the people to respond to the prince, he captured Nanyang County to defend Dongligon. Zong Ziqing saw the letter to Hou Yin, persuaded Hou Yin to release Dongligon, and said that he was willing to do great things with Hou Yin. I don't want this person to escape from the city in the middle of the night, and besiege Wancheng with the township soldiers of Dongli Gun, so that it is difficult for the Junjie of Nanyang counties to instigate, and when Cao Renjun arrives, more than 10,000 people from Wancheng officials and people will be killed, all because of Zong Ziqing! ”

Seeing the white blades of the left and right armor soldiers coming, Zong Ziqing was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Big brother Hugh is going to laugh, Nanguan is willing to surrender!" ”

Dong Hui sneered: "But do you want to let you go back and persuade you to surrender?" Battalion Governor, please kill this person quickly to deter the defenders! ”

I didn't want Geng Jaw to hesitate to speak: "Camp Governor, although Zong Ziqing killed 10,000 people in Wancheng because of his own private name. But he is a messenger, and it is unrighteous to kill him. Why don't you send Nanguan back and kill it again. ”

How many people are there in the world today?

Tian Xin was angry, and his chin bowed: "Good." ”

Dong Hui opened his mouth to persuade, but saw that Zong Ziqing had already retreated quickly, and turned around and ran twenty steps away.

The soldiers of Sanqu marched forward in formation, with the steep and dense Nanshan Mountain on the left and the turbulent Han River on the right.

Halfway through the line, Tian Xin Liumuqu was stationed here to prevent ambushes in the forest, and the remaining two songs slowly pressed close to Nanguan in the sound of drums.

Seeing that the wall of the pass was no more than one foot and five feet high, Tian Xin raised his sword in his hand to face the two Qu soldiers: "The golden song presses the array, and the earth song breaks through with me!" ”

He glanced at Dong Hui, Dong Hui bowed slightly to him, and Tian Xincai waved his sword: "Beat the drum, march!" ”

When attacking a fortified position, the formation is evenly spaced, and the shield is held slowly, and it is impossible to charge.

Sure enough, the defenders of Nanguan opened their bows and shot arrows, and the arrows were nailed to the skin shield in Tian Xin's hand.

From time to time, sergeants with arrows in the legs and soles of their feet fell to the ground with a muffled grunt, all crouching and holding shields to cover their torques and heads, and their left and right robes bypassed them, unable to help.

In battle, if there is no order from the commander-in-chief, whoever dares to retreat with the wounded and the dead in his arms is properly the act of 'helping the wounded and lifting them to death, and returning them because of the trust', and the crime of betraying the army in the seven prohibitions and fifty-four beheadings of the criminals is justified by the military law on the spot.

Disrupting the marching army during an attack is also a typical capital offense, which can be killed on the spot.

Seven prohibitions and fifty-four beheadings are the basic common sense of military officials, and they are also the content of the army's frequent assessment of sergeants.

I don't want to be summarily executed, and I have to endure no matter how great the pain is.

Tian Xin walked in the forefront, and suddenly felt a special force coming from the shield, and his left arm trembled before it regained stability, but he saw a crossbow arrow pierce the shield and poke out a two-inch-long iron tuft.

Nanguan is a simple earthen wall, Zong Ziqing pointed to Tian Xin's location, and continued to scream: "That person is the enemy general!" Quick, shoot the enemy and get a reward of 100,000! ”

Seven or eight crossbowmen around him held crossbows, fired in turns, and hit Tian Xin's big shield several times, but none of them could break the shield and hurt anyone.

Tian Xin saw from the gap that he was less than twenty steps away from the wall, and burst into a shout: "Left and right!" Stand up! ”

Lin Luozhu, a pro-soldier on his side, and the party members of the tribe and the township shouted in unison: "Stand! ”

Tian Xin's big shield slammed on the ground, and immediately a subordinate with a shield approached to cover Tian Xin's body, and the soldiers on both wings set up shields one after another, forming a shield wall.

The shield wall is close to the wall, and the Cao army's crossbows and bows are fired in unison, and the shield wall is like a swaying copper bean in a bamboo tube.

At this time, Dong Hui, the left army who was pressing the formation, waved his hand, and a sergeant led more than a dozen sergeants to rescue the sergeants who were hit by the arrows and dragged them back to the rear.

The shield formation was stable, and the sergeant behind the shield also began to return fire.

Under the formation of the flower team, those who are good at using crossbows shoot flat with crossbows, and those who are good at using bows are throwing, and a few screams came from the wall, and the defenders' arrow rain offensive was blocked.

Tian Xin observed the wall from the gap in the shield array, first recognized Zong Ziqing, and quickly found the suspect through Zong Ziqing.

The guards are dressed like ordinary soldiers, and you can't tell the identity of the guards and the surrounding military officials from the front; Because the Han army was popular with the negative badge, it was to hang a boxy leather ornament on the back, and the negative badge was hung around the ribbon, with the number, position, and name on it.

When a large army is engaged, the commander behind the general can identify the commander of the area from the negative badge behind him.

The wall is no more than seven or eight feet thick, and the defenders on it dare not move quickly when they move left and right, and there is no extra garrison equipment, Tian Xinda breathed a sigh of relief: "Luo Zhu, follow me to attack." ”

Lin Luozhu gasped, his mouth was slightly dry, and he hung the evil ghost iron mask hanging on his waist to his face: "I am willing to die with the camp governor!" ”

The twenty selected assault warriors around him wore face guards one after another, and Geng Jaw took out the flag and waved it at Dong Hui, Dong Hui was about to press up with a song in his hand, and he was still marching in line.

Behind the shield array, Tian Xin held the shield in front of him with his left arm, tucked the long bamboo in his right, and held the four township party members behind him at the other end of the long bamboo, all wearing wooden armor, and they couldn't see their expressions.

From time to time, a stray arrow fell on them, and when one person was hit by an arrow, someone immediately came up to take over.

"What does the enemy want?"

Zong Ziqing was puzzled, and saw that the shield array outside the wall suddenly broke through the gap, and twenty-two people rushed out of the gap, holding a shield in one hand, a long bamboo on the other side, and three or four armor soldiers behind him.

No, it was three or four armor soldiers who struggled to push Changzhu, and the defenders on the wall were stunned and hesitated.

Most of them carried bows and crossbows, spears and halberds were scattered on the ground, and most of their swords were in their sheaths.

So he watched Tian Xin take the lead in stepping on the earthen wall with his feet, and almost instantly flew to the four-foot-high wall, just landed on the shield in his hand and smashed it towards a crossbowman, raised his foot and hooked his hand to grab a halberd in front of him, and stabbed forward and strode forward, the side branch of the halberd blade cut through a person's neck, and blood gushed out, Tian Xin shouted excitedly: "The one who ascends first!" Fufukada Shin! ”

A defender behind him picked up a spear and was about to stab him, Lin Luozhu also suddenly climbed the wall, opened his arms and threw down the spear-wielding defender with a strange scream, and rolled to the inside of the wall together.

Because of the nervousness, but also because the Nanguan wall is too thin, fifteen or sixteen sharp soldiers fell over the wall into the inner side of the wall, turned over and gathered into a group of shouts to invite the battle, the defenders instantly exploded, except for some military officials, veterans spontaneously went to encircle and suppress, the vast majority of the defenders offensive and defensive order has been chaotic, at a loss.

Tian Xin strode forward, stabbing a person with a halberd in his hand and pushing forward.

How many people can stand on a wall seven or eight feet wide?

Dong Hui saw that Tian Xin was like a ploughing ox plowing the ground, and the defenders fell down the city wall one after another under the pushing, and couldn't help but stop: "What a brave force this is!" ”

Soon, Tian Xin's troops became the second batch of people to climb the wall with the help of Changzhu, Dong Hui had not yet arrived in front of the city wall, and saw that Tian Xin had suddenly killed the defender flag, a halberd as a chest to kill the guard, draw a sword and slash, and the battle flag that the guard would try his best to protect fell in the eyes of the sergeants on both sides: "If you don't descend at this time, when will you wait!" ”