Hua Wenxuan led the army towards Xudu City, the weather had already turned cold, although Zhuge Liang and others urgently collected a large number of cotton clothes in Wancheng for military supplies, but in the face of the increasingly cold weather, everyone couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.

Xun Yu returned to the city of Xudu and thought that it should be internal, if the distance from Wancheng to Xudu was a rapid march, less than three or five days, he thought that Xu Du as the Cao family must be heavily guarded, and the soldiers were well fed, where did he think that it had been hollowed out, in the face of the Xu capital at his fingertips, Hua Wenxuan didn't want to wait any longer, after all, he took Xu Du and welcomed Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he Hua Wenxuan was a real minister, and he could also coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes like Cao Mengde!

Hua Wenxuan faced the cold wind, rode on a horse, and looked at Yingchuan City, which could already be seen vaguely, isn't this Xun Yu's hometown? The reputation of Yingchuan Xun in the Three Kingdoms period can be described as unique, Xun Yu and Xun Yu's two uncles and nephews can also be regarded as one of the top two ministers of the Cao family.

According to Xun Yu's statement, Yingchuan guard general Mao Jue will inevitably look at the wind and surrender, and serve Yingchuan to meet the military needs, although Zhuge Liang and others do not believe it, but according to Hua Wenxuan's idea, if he does not surrender, will tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Jingzhou not be able to take a small Yingchuan City?

When the horse arrived in front of the battle, he reported with his hand: "The banner on the tower of the Yingchuan City Gate is neat, and the Taishou Mao Jue personally supervises the army upstairs, and his words are disrespectful, and he has no intention of surrendering!" ”

Hua Wenxuan's heart jumped a few times, looking at Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang pursed his lips, and arched his hand and said: "This must be Xun Yu's trick, it's better to leave early!" ”

Hua Wenxuan frowned, and said secretly in his heart: What if it's a trick? Maybe Mao Jue can't think about it himself! I have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in my hands, and I open roads and build bridges when I encounter water, is it true that if this Mao Jue does not fall, I will not fight in Xudu City? Thinking of this, Hua Wenxuan shook his head and shouted in a low voice: "Brother Xingba! Get ready for the siege! ”

Gan Ning paused, glanced at Zhuge Liang, said yes, and went down to prepare.

Zhuge Liang also looked embarrassed, and arched his hand and said: "The lord thinks twice, this is close to Xudu, but there are three or four days away from Wancheng, if you are trapped under this Yingchuan City, its situation is unpredictable!" ”

Hua Wenxuan didn't want to embarrass Zhuge Liang too much, and said with a smile: "The military advisor is very worried! However, there must not be many people in Yingchuan City, and Brother Xingba will definitely be able to go down and take Yingchuan City, that is, Xun Yu is really deceitful, and our army can also attack and retreat! ”

Zhuge Liang pursed his lips, looked in the direction of Yingchuan, and was silent.

Soon, Gan Ning's siege troops gathered in front of the battle, and the small Yingchuan City was a place where bullets could be broken in Hua Wenxuan's eyes, and even he was not ready to be stationed here for a long time, and the stockade was not set up.

After the three-way drum, Gan Ning's vanguard carried the ladder and pushed the siege vehicle towards the east gate of Yingchuan, Hua Wenxuan, Zhuge Liang and others lined up in front of the formation, looking at the direction of the city gate with anticipation.

Mao Jue on the city gate tower is obviously fully prepared, the pit in front of the city gate makes Gan Ning's vanguard lose a lot, Gan Ning crossed a pit full of thorns and spears, full of dead corpses made his hair stand up, and when he saw it, he entered a place of arrows, Gan Ning raised the iron shield and accelerated the pace of running, and the iron shield came with the sound of tinkling bells, which made Gan Ning secretly surprised in his heart: If there are few soldiers in this Yingchuan city, why is this arrow rain so dense?

Gan Ning looked back at the arrow-fighting soldiers who fell one after another around him, quickened his pace, turned over the antlers in front of him, and a strange smell choked into his nose, Gan Ning was stunned and stopped, what kind of smell is this? After a closer look, how does it look like the smell of fire oil?

In surprise, a burst of rockets shot down from the city wall, Gan Ning's eyes widened and he shouted, "Get out of the way!" There is fire oil! ”

It's a pity that the battlefield is noisy and chaotic, where can you shout and move, most of the vanguard troops have crossed the antlers, Gan Ning looked horrified, and quickly rushed back to the antlers, the rocket landed, and the fire suddenly rose in the sky, the land behind the antlers was soaked with fire oil, and the antlers thorns and grass piles that seemed to be placed randomly around became a good product for combustion, and the entire Yingchuan East Gate was connected into a wall of fire, and the Jingzhou soldiers who rushed to the front of the city wall were buried in the sea of fire in the blink of an eye, and the miserable howl pierced into Gan Ning's eardrums like a sharp blade, His heart couldn't help but beat violently.

It was almost at the base of the city wall, but the fire showed no signs of abating, and Gan Ning's siege troops were trapped in the range of the rain of arrows on the city wall, and they were in a dilemma.

Hua Wenxuan and Zhuge Liang in front of the battle couldn't help frowning, Hua Wenxuan called Liao Hua and explained: "Lead two thousand men and horses to help General Gan Ning, bring a skin plank!" ”

The skin plank is Huang Yueying's masterpiece, which can carry three people to wade through the water, and can be used as a big shield to block flying arrows. Liao Hua looked at Hua Wenxuan in puzzlement, and Hua Wenxuan commanded repeatedly: "Splash water and fall in the sea of fire, you can find a way out!" ”

Liao Hua nodded and galloped away, and after a while, Gan Ning, who was organizing soldiers to avoid the rain of arrows in front of the sea of fire, saw Liao Hua leading soldiers and horses to support the skin plank.

"It's not about crossing the river! Do you want to bring this thing to block the arrows? Gan Ning was surprised, but Liao Hua was silent, saw the gap in the rain of arrows, and led people to rush forward, pressing the skin planks on the ground full of flames, and putting them down one by one, really stepping out of a path, Gan Ning was startled, and hurriedly raised his arms and shouted, beckoning the soldiers to rush towards the city wall with the ladder.

Relying on several passages stepped out of the skin planks, Gan Ning led the vanguard to the foot of the Yingchuan city wall, set up a ladder, shook off the rope, and began to ascend the city.

At the top of the city, the boulders were thrown down one after another, and the arrows fired from all sides made it impossible for the besieging troops to cover them, and they could only rely on the bow team in front of the distant formation to suppress them wave after wave.

A gap gradually appeared on the head of the city, and Gan Ning took the lead in the city, holding an iron shield in one hand and a long knife in the other, and rushed violently towards the Cao family soldiers holding arrows on the head of the city.

But the Cao family soldiers have always been calm and composed, far from being as panicked as imagined, Gan Ning rushed back and forth, occupied a city wall, and successively a large number of siege troops climbed the city wall from here, but the Cao family general did not seem to want to come to stop, just lined up from afar, with bows and arrows and crossbows to kill, Gan Ning organized the troops to form a shield array, escorted the soldiers who came behind to climb the city wall, and led the large army to the direction of the city gate tower step by step.

However, the confrontation of Cao Jun still made Gan Ning a little worried, he stood in the middle of the formation, urging the large army to approach the city gate tower on the narrow city wall, and slowly leaned towards the side facing the city, looking for an opportunity to pick up the battlements and look at the urn city in the city.

I saw that in the urn city, the elite heavy armor soldiers of the Cao family were lined up in columns, crowded one after another in the urn city, and the fierce eyes looked at Gan Ning who came out of the probe, making his spine feel extremely cold.