Liu Cong received the news that Wei Yan and the others were defeated, and his lungs almost exploded. He yelled at the herald: "The two of them have been marching for many years, don't they know that 'if the soldiers are tired and tired from traveling far away, they can prevent robbery'? How not to prepare? Do you think my military law is not strict? In Liu Cong's opinion, it is understandable for Wei Yan to make this kind of mistake, but Yu Ban has led his troops to fight for more than ten years, and there are many battles, not to mention that there is a military advisor Pang Tong next to him. If he knew that Shangyong City was only a thousand defenders, he didn't know how to feel.

Fa on the side just persuaded him: "Ming Gong is angry, and the two generals Wen Chang and Wen Ze must have been negligent for a while, plus fatigue from days of marching. And in this way, it seems that the mediocre defenders are not idle. Why don't the lord set off on the same day, meet the two generals as soon as possible, and hand over this tomb to General Huang. ”

The herald naturally didn't dare to say anything, and waited until Liu Cong finished his frenzy before returning to the forward battalion. In addition to seizing the time to lead the large army to Shangyong, Liu Cong had no other good way, after all, Wei Yan and Yu Ban were both pioneers personally selected, and it was always not good to be punished or even idle as soon as the war was fought. After Liu Cong and others entered the Shangyong realm, Liu Cong even regretted choosing to open up the line of Shangyong.

Such terrain was something Liu Cong did not expect, if Zhang Lu deployed heavy troops in Shangyong, then not to mention Wei Yan and Yu Ban, even if he was there himself, it would not be easy to capture Shangyong City. Fa Zhengze comforted from time to time on the side, Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to enter Shu, and if you enter Shu, you will be a flat river.

Besides, Wei Yan and Yu Ban, even without Liu Cong's scolding, the two of them felt that their faces were disgraced, if more than 1,000 people in Shangyong City could be so embarrassed by the forward battalion, would these years of training be so vulnerable? So as soon as the next day dawned, the two rode to Shangyong again to check the terrain. Leave Pang Tong in the camp.

Although it was the second time, the two of them still felt the steepness of the mountains on both sides and the superiority of the geographical location of Shangyong City. And the fortifications of Shangyong City are not comparable to Fangling, no wonder Shangyong County Commander will choose to hold on, on the one hand, occupy geography and, on the other hand, Zhang Lu has ordered the counties along the line to raise troops to support Shangyong, Yang Ren is to lead 10,000 people to the starry night.

But no matter how difficult it is, this siege battle still has to be carried out!

In order to prevent the Shangyong defenders from ambushing on both sides of the high mountain, the army moved very slowly, and sentinels were sent on both sides to search.

Four or five thousand people became very cautious during the day because of the horror of last night, and walked for more than ten miles for two hours. When many soldiers saw the walls and moats of Shangyong City, they couldn't help but gasp.

Many of these people participated in the Zigui Suppression of Bandits, the Honghu Suppression of Bandits, the Wuling Pingman, the Jiangxia Rescue and even the Fancheng Defense. The county seats, large and small, have seen countless things. Compared with the general county seat, the city wall of this Shangyong city is much higher. The moat can even be compared to Gangneung and Saxian. The wall is high and the river is wide, and there is a price.

When the army arrived outside Shangyong City, Wei Yan arranged for people to search around the county seat, and at the same time organized people to launch a tentative attack.

There are not many defenders in Shangyong City, and they should all be on the city wall during the day, Wei Yan wants to know how long it will take for reinforcements from various counties to arrive in Shangyong.

And the tentative attack really paid a heavy price. Although Shangyong City does not have the dense arrow towers and powerful bed crossbows like Fancheng. However, several attacks could not get close to the city gate, and the defenders of Shangyong City suppressed Wei Yan's attack with a few bows and arrows, and a large number of wounded were injured by the rocks thrown down from the city wall.

On the other hand, the losses of the defenders of Shangyong City were quite limited, but only fifty or sixty people were wounded. Because the attacker was a long-distance expedition and a vanguard force, Wei Yanbu did not have any siege equipment. Thus the damage to the walls was almost none!

In the evening, there were sentinels who returned, and there were two reinforcements of about 1,000 men rushing to Shangyong. However, the north and south sides of Shangyong City are facing the mountains, and Shangyong is like a big brick stuck in a section of the mountain, blocking in the middle of the road, making it impossible for Wei Yan to besiege the city and send reinforcements.

Wei Yan immediately sent a herald to report to Liu Cong urgently, and the vanguard force only had more than 4,000 people with combat effectiveness, and it was almost impossible to conquer Shangyong City, which was immediately garrisoned by 2,000 people. can only wait for Liu Cong's large army to arrive, but this also means that Shangyong may have more and more reinforcements arriving.

Liu Cong, who originally wanted to stay in Fangling for rectification, accelerated his march after receiving the news of the ineffective attack of the vanguard troops for two consecutive days. And the medical team and craftsmen were also asked to enter the main forces in advance.

The closer he got to the mediocrity, the more shocking he was, and Liu Cong gradually understood the difficulties of Wei Yan and others, and this path was chosen by himself. Although Shangyong is not as good as Yangping Pass, it is not easy to win. The north and south of Shangyong County are only two or three miles away from the mountain, and the army will be next to the city wall if they want to pass......

Two days later, Liu Cong arrived in Shangyong, and when he saw Shangyong, he immediately thought of Fancheng. This mediocrity is a miniature version of Fancheng! I don't know if the Shangyong county order is not simple, or if the Shangyong has existed since ancient times, Liu Cong feels that this time it is a hard bone.

had no choice but to sit down and discuss the siege method, Liu Cong carefully recalled the scene when he and Cao Cao held each other in Fancheng. Cao Cao mobilized nearly 200,000 troops, and the forward 50,000 cavalry were wiped out by Liu Cong's two ambushes.

And this time, because the number of defenders was too small, Wei Yan's forward troops were not completely annihilated. Of course, fortunately, there are no catapults and bed crossbows in Shangyong, and there are high mountains on both sides, as long as you climb the detective, you can see the city at a glance!

Since it is a tough battle, catapults are indispensable, Cao Cao chose to fill the moat, Liu Cong felt that it was not necessary, at present more than 20,000 people can attack the city on three sides at the same time, and the defenders in the city are only 2,500 people, but I don't know if Zhang Lu also sent other reinforcements. There is also what Cao Cao thinks, whether he is going all out to recover Guanzhong, if so, presumably Zhang Lu senses the pressure and does not dare to send troops to Shangyong again.

After the three armies converged, Wei Yan and Yu Ban proposed to lead their troops around Shangyong to besiege the city for reinforcements. Liu Cong didn't want to disperse his forces again, first, if the enemy's reinforcements were three hundred or four hundred, it was estimated that it would be almost there. After all, there are only so many counties in Hanzhong, and there are only a few close to Shangyong. If the army of Hanzhong came, then the scattered thousands of people would not be able to achieve the effect of defeating the reinforcements. And because of the previous mistakes, the two were eager to get back on the field, which is also a taboo for soldiers, and it is not appropriate to act separately!

In fact, just as Liu Cong judged, the day after Liu Cong arrived in Shangyong, the defenders of Shangyong City changed from 1,000 to 10,000! It turned out that Yang Ren and Yang Ang led their troops to Shangyong after receiving the order, and arrived by force, although they lost nearly 2,000 people along the way, but it was quite powerful to be able to arrive before Shangyong was broken.

Yang Ren originally thought that when he arrived at the front line, Liu Cong was stationed in at least two or three counties, and after listening to Shangyong County's response in the past few days, he was also impressed. Shangyong was not originally the first line, but Fangling County ordered Wang Zi to surrender when he heard the wind, and Liuming was able to block Liu Cong's vanguard and even the main force for four or five days, which won time for Yang Ren's arrival, and as a county commander, he completed his task quite well.

Seeing that the reinforcements of Shangyong City were in place, Wei Yan and Yu Ban were also annoyed, this time Liu Cong was not angry, Shangyong City dared to rob the camp when there were only more than 1,000 people, compared to the 30,000 people stationed in Fancheng back then, facing nearly 200,000 Cao troops were not inferior at all. A county commander or county lieutenant can have such talent, and Wei Yan's robbery is not too unjust.

After the two armies confronted each other, Liu Cong handed over the task of besieging the city to Wei Yan and Yu Ban, and after the arrival of Huang Jie's rear troops, they also began to build siege equipment without stopping, while Liu Cong himself took Fa Zheng to climb the mountain to check the terrain.

"Filial piety, is it feasible to attack by fire?" Standing halfway up the mountain, with an unobstructed view of Shangyong City, Liu Cong remembered Xinye and Liu Bei's previous Bowang. Fire attack is an eternal topic in the age of cold weapons. Shangyong is backed by mountains on both sides, and such a city is not popular. However, Liu Cong was not worried about whether the fire could burn, but the purpose of his trip.

Liu Cong's name is to help Liu Zhang, but in his bones he has the idea of a state. This has not yet entered Shu to attack the fire, the people in the city will definitely suffer calamity, Liu Cong's reputation as a butcher is far and wide, how to try Yizhou again?