Pang Tong looked at her and shook his head nonchalantly. He began to draw on paper, one in half an hour, then a second, then a third—and finally a thick stack. He took a deep breath, his eyelids slightly heavy. I saw Xue Yue leaning on the back of the chair, her head tilted to her shoulders, and she fell asleep. It's as cute as a child. Pang Tong's heart trembled. He blew out the candle flame and began to leave quietly. After he opened the door, when he turned to close the door, the whole person was so frightened that he stepped back. A figure in the darkness stood inside the door. The figure stepped out. Yukitsuki yawned.

"Why don't you walk without a sound?"

Pang Tong was a little annoyed. Xue Yue ignored him. Pang Tong turned around and walked towards his house, and when he got to the house, he was about to close the door, but Xue Yue entered the house from under his arm like a ghost. Pang Tong turned around and said, "What are you doing?" ”

"Sleep." Xue Yue lay down on the big bed. Pang Tong had no choice but to sleep on the couch by the window. Later, this became a silent tacit understanding between the two, a habit. Pang Tong's army of 100,000 marched towards Puyang County in the north again, and Zhang Liao led 150,000 horses to attack it. This time, Zhang Liao went down to the village twenty miles north of the city, and Pang Tong went down to the village twenty miles south of the city. There were 300,000 garrisons in the city. Pang Tong did not move after the village. He handed a stack of papers to Lu Su and said, "There must be no mistake in building it this way." ”

At the same time, he ordered Yan Liang to lead 50,000 people to the city to challenge. The defenders of the city opened their jaws and led the troops to fight.

Zhang Jaw laughed and said: "You are a traitor again, you were so embarrassed last time, and you dare to come this time?" ”

Yan Liang rode out and shouted: "There are a few fights." ”

Unafraid, he held a gun to meet the attack. The two exchanged knives and guns for a while, and there was no winner or loser in twenty rounds. Yan Liang became more and more courageous the more he fought, and his jaw was obviously insufficient. I saw the Mingjin guards in the formation, and they ran back with their jaws open. Yan Liang didn't chase after him, and laughed: "Open your jaw, you are just so capable!" ”

The city gate was closed, and Yan Liang pulled the horse back to the battle. Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan Jianbi did not come out. Pang Tong ordered people to hold a four-zhang tall banner with the words: "May the Yuan family return to obedience and share prosperity and peace." ”

The flag was erected outside the city gates.

At night, in Pang Tong's tent, there were two beds, one of his own and the other for Xueyue. The two were in the same room, and someone outside had already called Xue Yue the third lady. But the woman didn't know it. Pang Tong sat behind a few cases and read the scroll. Xue Yue lay on the couch and said, "Why don't you avenge Dian Wei early?" ”

Pang Tong seemed to have been stabbed in the heart, and showed a painful expression for a moment. "The time has not yet come," he said. ”

"It's good for the Yuan family to delay time."

Pang Tong sneered: "Women are women, they don't understand anything." ”

Xue Yue sat up, pointed at him and said, "Hugh wants to underestimate me!" ”

Pang Tong smiled bitterly and continued to read the scroll, while saying, "How dare you underestimate you, I cherish my life very much." ”

"It's good to know." Xue Yue clasped her hands on her chest, looking confident. "I see, the Yuan family has run out of gas after Yuan Shao's death. It's so easy to beat these two kids. What is there to hesitate about, he directly attacked on both sides, and beat him to the ground. ”

Pang Tong pressed the scroll the table, looked at her and said, "You woman, why are you starting to speak inappropriately." ”

Xue Yue stuck out her tongue at him and said, "I want you to take care of it." It is really useless to know only those who are hiding in the tents. It's been eight days. Why do you want so many people to accompany you? ”

Pang Tong pounded the table with his hand and said coldly: "What do you know!" Look, I'm going to let him start to corrupt inside! ”

Xue Yue lay down and fell asleep, ignoring him no more. Pang Tong seemed to be full of anger in his stomach, and he couldn't find anyone to vent at once, so he gasped suddenly and exhaled deeply. He said in his heart: "Calm, calm, being annoyed by a girl is not my Pang Tong's doing." ”

For the sake of this woman, Pang Tong took great pains. A tent was set up for her to bathe. There are guards all around, afraid that someone will watch you. At night, the guards all looked out, not in, as if they couldn't even see her shadow. Pang Tong's sensitivity to this matter seems to be incomprehensible even to him.

Two days later, at night, a letter was suddenly delivered by Yuan Shang's envoy. Pang Tong watched it under the lights: "Under the Yuan, he still wants to seize the great cause, and now he is asking the general for peace." If the general is willing to support me to take Jizhou, all the land of Youzhou will be given to the general, and he will never break his word. ”

Pang Tong replied with a letter: "From the next day, just open the south gate on the second watch." ”

At the second watch of the next day, 10,000 of Pang Tong's army were ambushed outside the city, and other soldiers and horses gathered two miles away. But the gates were not opened. At the third watch, someone suddenly came to the wall, and the torches flickered. I saw a person carrying a human head and throwing it down the city, and said loudly: "Pang Shiyuan, this is Yuan Shang's head, take it back and offer it well!" ”

Pang Tong snorted coldly and said, "The bloody one will be killed directly." This Yuan Tan did really decisively. "He ordered a retreat. Back in the tent, Zhao Yun said: "It seems that this Yuan Tan is not simple." ”

Yan Liang hurriedly said, "It shouldn't be like this. Although Fu Zhu is neutral, Feng Ji is on Yuan Shang's side. And Yuan Tan has the courage and no strategy, he can actually do this. Either he Yuan Shang was too careless, or Yuan Tan had someone to help. ”

"It must be the old horseman." Pang Tong said coldly, as if his eyes had caught the black hand behind the scenes. Raising his head, he threw his gaze at Lu Su and said, "How are you doing?" ”

Lu Su arched his hand and said: "It will be done within three days." ”

Two days later, Pang Tong's army marched towards the north gate of Puyang City, and stood a mile away, the first column of infantry all wore mourning clothes, and there were ten large four-wheeled vehicles about five zhang long and four zhang wide in the rear. The machine uses human power to rotate hundreds of thick rope rollers into place, creating a huge amount of torque. Supports were added to the bottom of the sides to adjust the projectile range of the huge spoon-shaped bowl mouth. The end of the rod arm is secured by an opening in a large iron hook, and when released, the iron handle is knocked down by striking it with a large wooden hammer. The whole apparatus is mainly made of iron, wood and rope. Even metal gears and other metal fittings were used. Lu Su was completely stunned when he got the drawings at first, he didn't know what he was doing. But when this equipment was really strictly completed, he sighed and said, "The general is a god!" ”

But Pang Tong didn't think so, this was not his invention, it was seen in the ancient war equipment books before. He never forgot it, and it was too pediatric to draw drawings of such simple principles. It's just that when he saw this huge thing, he also sighed, and said in his heart: "Human wisdom is the driving force for development." However, it is often used in war first. He had a lot of weapons of war in his mind, and he wanted each one to show up at a critical moment to show their power.

The soldiers of the Yuan Tan Army in the city were dumbfounded, and even the people of the Pang Tong Army thought that this was a monster. However, under the personal command of Pang Tong, after repeated drills on this big monster named "Catapult" by Pang Tong, many soldiers who were incorporated into the Catapult unit have mastered the essentials.

Pang Tong saw that two ditches were dug deep next to the wall, and he knew what Ma Teng proposed to do. Otherwise, how could Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan have that mind. He stepped back to the front and looked at the sun-soaked wall. A cavalryman was in front of him, and Pang Tong said loudly, "Let's start." ”

The cavalryman raised his right hand, and the herald beside the catapult watched nervously at the action. There seemed to be no sound around them, everyone was holding their breath, and the space seemed to be imprisoned. Then, the horseman's right hand swung down as the only living thing. The catapult made a series of coherent and rapid "clucking" sounds, and the bowl at the top of the lever was waved upwards. Stones weighing up to 100 kilograms were thrown out. The people on the wall watched dumbfounded.

Ten boulders, having fulfilled their mission heavily, the walls were bitten apart, the soldiers were thrown away, and the flesh was scattered. The roof of the enemy tower burst open like a paper sculpture. The soldiers on the wall began to flee for their lives like crazy, and no one listened to Yuan Tan's shouts at all. When another round of projection was completed, several people on Yuan Tan's side flew apart due to the impact, and the rubble stirred, even shooting through the armor. He became frightened and immediately fled from the wall. After dozens of rounds of offensives, the entire city wall was riddled with holes, and the enemy tower no longer existed.

Pang Tong's army began to march, and the ramming chariots slammed into the city gate again and again. At the same time, Zhang Liao in the north launched a strong attack, and the echelons went up to the wall. The city gate on Pang Tong's side broke first, and the army poured in and killed Yuan Tan's soldiers and horses. The north side was killed on the ground at the head of the wall, and after opening the city gate, Zhang Liao led the cavalry to enter first. The offensive from the north and south overwhelmed Yuan Tan's subordinates. Some soldiers were no longer in the mood to resist after seeing the terrifying siege equipment of Pang Tong's army, and many abandoned their weapons and knelt on the ground after breaking the door.

Two hours later, Zhang Jaw led the troops to open the east gate and escorted Yuan Tan, Fu Zhu and others to escape. Pang Tong's army captured the city and collected and surrendered a full 160,000 troops. At this time, Pang Tong, whether in his own army or among the captives, had a mighty body like a god general. His strategy and his siege equipment showed overwhelming power and was admirable.

However, not every senior general of Yuan Tan's army fled, and there was a Xiliang man who had just defected to Yuan Tan, who originally planned to run from the West Gate, but was unexpectedly arrested. Or maybe the man who captured him had been paying attention to him for a long time. This Xiliang man was taken to the county government hall in the city. Pang Tong took the seat, and the civil and military columns were flanked. Ma Chao tied up his father and pushed him down in front of Pang Tong.

Zhao Yun, Yan Liang and the others looked at each other.