Hua Wenxuan and Xu Shu rode together in the mountains and forests, and nearly 10,000 people shuttled through the mountains and forests at the junction of Qingdao and Xuzhou, and after entering the boundary of Yuzhou, they turned to the southwest and marched towards Runan, where the defense was the weakest.

After Li Tong's rebellion and surrender, Runan was garrisoned by the general Li Dian. When Yuan Shao went south, Cao Pi ordered Li Dian to go north to help, and was disturbed by Liu Pi of the Yellow Turban Army, and then although he was pacified by Xiahou Dun's commanders, he had to be stable in the lonely city of Runan, and the remnants of the Yellow Turban still gathered in the mountains and forests, especially in the large mountainous areas south of Runan, which was in constant turmoil.

Hua Wenxuan led the army to march in the mountains and forests for more than ten days, marched west from Ruyin, erected the banner of the Han Dynasty prepared by Chen Deng and others, and asked for Cao Weiwen to be distributed from all over the place arranged by Chen Qi. Within a few days, the news that Hua Wenxuan was raising volunteers to avenge the Han Emperor was spreading throughout the southern part of Yuzhou.

From Ruyin out of the mountains and forests, the towns along the way either looked at the wind or could not hold out, but did not affect the march.

Hua Wenxuan and everyone had already agreed on the direction of westward expansion, and did not do unnecessary attacks along the way, and the troops pointed directly at Runan.

According to less than 50 miles west of Runan City, there have already been letters from Liu Pi and others from the remnants of the Yellow Turban, willing to march into Runan for the flank, Hua Wenxuan made a rough calculation, counting Liu Pi's more than 10,000 men and horses and the displaced people who joined the righteous army along the way, he actually had a small 30,000 soldiers and horses, and according to the Tan Ma Lai report, there were less than 10,000 people in the Li Dian Office in Runan, and there were many wounded soldiers during the battle of Guandu.

The good situation made Hua Wenxuan full of confidence, Runan City was not unfamiliar to him, especially the dungeon there.

The army marched to ten miles west of Runan and set up camp, and began to cut down wood to make siege equipment.

Hua Wenxuan instantly felt a full sense of pride in the camp, in the past, he fought for others, but now he is for himself, and he has the pleasure of becoming a dragon after being dormant for many years.

It's just that this engineering equipment was so troublesome to build, and five days later, the ladder and the rushing car were just prepared. However, when Runan City heard that it was already rumored, Hua Wenxuan was in a hurry and ordered the city to be attacked the next day.

This can be regarded as Hua Wenxuan's first siege battle, he has always defended the city before, and he has always been outnumbered, but now he finally raised his eyebrows.

The next day, the wind and the sun were beautiful, Hua Wenxuan was surrounded by Xu Shu and others, and came to the high ground less than a mile below the city of Runan, Xu Shu had already placed a lookout to watch the battle, Hua Wenxuan looked at the Cao family flag fluttering on the city gate, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, this familiar feeling made him feel a little at war with himself, he looked back at the Han banner in his array, but the more awkward he looked, and secretly said in his heart: I shouldn't also change the flag, change the Chinese character, but think about it, I am now fighting for the Han Xian Emperor revenge, It's a bit inappropriate to show your grandeur so early.

was thinking about it, and Zhao Yun, the former army, led a few horsemen over to ask for battle. Hua Wenxuan was smug and nodded with a smile.

Not long after, the sound of killing under the city of Runan shook the sky, Zhao Yunqin led the army forward, lined up dozens of ladders outside the east gate of Runan, and rushed to the car in two steps on the middle road, the siege was huge, Hua Wenxuan stood on the lookout, only to see Li Dian was on the city gate tower, holding a longbow and waiting.

Hua Wenxuan glanced at Xu Shu, but there was a trace of apprehension in his heart, the army of Huang Zu and Li Tong was several times that of Shouchun's army before, and it was impossible to attack it even if I came to attack the city today, wouldn't it be difficult?

Three drums, Zhao Yun's front team waved the flag and marched together, the arrows on the city gate tower rained down, Hua Wenxuan saw it really on the lookout, Zhao Yun's front team supervised Chen Deng's foot soldiers recruited from Guangling, the armor on his body was still lacking, under the rain of arrows, there were many recruits, more than 1,000 people lined up on both sides of the ladder in a row, holding a leather shield and rushing to the towering city wall.

When the cloud ladder approached, on the square frame, there were some who were pushed down by the city, and Zhao Yun led Bai Ma Yi to shoot a volley from the tour, trying to suppress the archers on the city.

The rushing car was covered with animal skins, surrounded by two teams of foot soldiers with short swords and big shields, and slowly pushed towards the city gate, and the rockets above the city beckoned to come in unison, and the rushing car was ignited several times, and they were all covered by the fur coats of the servants on the side.

Hua Wenxuan looked at the lookout in full swing, and asked Xu Shu sideways: "The main attack on the east gate is gaining momentum, do you want to echo the detailed attack from the side gate?" ”

Xu Shu was stunned for a moment, "The engineering equipment is insufficient, if the main attack on the east gate is still insufficient, how can the rest enter from the side door?" ”

Hua Wenxuan swallowed his spit in embarrassment, this siege is so exquisite, how can it feel completely different from the previous battle?

Look at the city gate again, the dense soldiers on the ladder are holding big shields, one person is the first to stand on the top, the rest are on the side, the city gate tower protrudes, dozens of archers are from both wings with arrows to greet the live targets on the ladder.

The screams and shouts of killing resounded through the four fields, Zhao Yun raised his gun in front of the battle, and the second batch of cloud ladders rushed up one after another, not giving the city gate tower a chance to breathe. When he reached the root of the wall, dozens of burning fireballs were suddenly thrown from the city gate, but they were a one-man high vine ball made of vines, soaked in tung oil and ignited from the city wall, and the tung oil splashed down in flames everywhere where it rolled, and countless soldiers were suddenly burned into burning people, waving their limbs weakly, but the adhesion of tung oil gradually wrapped the flames around his body, and it didn't take long to burn only a charred corpse.

It was the first time for Hua Wenxuan to stand under the city to watch the siege battle, and it was also the first time to pay so seriously about the battle damage, before it was the bloody battle in Huainan, he had never taken the lives of his soldiers so seriously, and now every time he saw a surging fireball, every time he saw a body that fell to the ground with an arrow, his heart sank suddenly, after all, other people's feelings were completely different from his own.

After the third drum, the banner of the Han army was finally seen on the tower of the city gate, and people jumped up to the city head at the cloud ladder one after another, and the rain of arrows that fell gradually became sporadic and sporadic .

The car arrived at the city gate, and the rumbling sound of banging on the door came from under the city gate, Hua Wenxuan clenched his fists nervously and stared at the city gate.

A pot of smoke-filled liquid spilled down from the city gate, so hot that the servants on both sides of the car screamed again and again, a torch was thrown, and the city gate suddenly became a sea of fire, and the two rushers and more than 100 servants were all killed here.

On the tower of the city gate, one corpse after another was thrown off the city wall, and there was not much left of the banner of the Han army.

The battle reached the sunset, and the front team lost more than half. Xu Shu frowned and leaned towards Hua Wenxuan, and said softly: "The strong attack has to be cut back!" ”

Hua Wenxuan's heart seemed to be tense and the strings were broken in response to Xu Shu's words, and he nodded helplessly, looking at the city gate tower in Runan worriedly, and whispered in his heart:

How is this different from what I thought?