Chapter 4 Section 12 Siege

On February 13, the first year of 396 of the Han calendar (190 AD), also known as February 13 of the first year of Chuping, Liu Yilai, who was engaged in the governance of Liaodong, inspected the city wall outside the city wall of Yecheng and surrounded by a group of Liaodong generals.

Liu Yi sighed deeply and looked at the clairvoyance in his hand. This clairvoyance was one of the ordnance materials that Gongsun Du purchased from Liu Bei last year under the banner of attacking Goguryeo. Although Liu Bei was extremely strict with the princes of the Central Plains, he was extremely tolerant of Gongsun Du, who cooperated with Izumo to attack foreign races. As long as you give money, you can give whatever you want for ordnance and materiel. It's a pity that the 50,000 soldiers equipped under the banner of attacking Goguryeo finally raised their butcher's knives to their compatriots.

"This is a troubled time" Liu Yi secretly warned himself: "In a troubled world, what kind of morality and righteousness do you talk about?" Troubled times are about living. Whether it is treachery, whether it hides a knife in a smile, or whether it is betraying friends to seek glory, history has never criticized the victors. ”

Liu Yi raised his clairvoyance and carefully looked at the seven-zhang (15-meter) high gray city wall of the city.

Since Liu Bei's occupation of Qingzhou, he has used Qingzhou's abundant limestone and clay resources to make a new binder called "cement" (i.e., "Portland cement", or "natural cement"), which solidifies slower but is harder than calcined cement. ）。 The use of this kind of cement makes the built city wall as hard as iron.

Shortly thereafter, Liu Bei began to use the long kiln calcined gypsum stone mixture to fire a new type of quick-setting cement, and after accelerating the cement setting speed (Edison cement), the abundant cement output accelerated the construction of the city. Since then, overnight, there have been many castles on the land of Qingzhou. This Yecheng is one of the products of early cement, although the construction speed is slow, but the hardness is greater than that of the later quick-setting cement. It is difficult to excavate the walls of the castle built with this cement, and to destroy the castle walls.

Liu Bei built the city and never followed the ancient law. This city adheres to Liu Bei's style, and the square city gate is not in a straight line with the city wall, but recessed, so that the city wall surrounds and protects the city gate. In this way, the city is no longer boxy, and with the number of gates, the city also becomes a strange shape. The eight recessed gates (including two water gates) make the shape of the city indescribably strange.

In order to facilitate the entry and exit of residents, there is no moat and no suspension bridge equipment. The Gushui (Dagu River), which flows into Jiaozhou Bay, enters the city from the north water gate of Yecheng and flows out from the south water gate. Above the water gates are heavy concrete gates, and in the middle of the river, there are several gates less than a foot below the water (one Han foot is 22 centimeters), which have now been raised, cutting off the water and land traffic in the river.

Liu Yi looked at the water gate carefully and asked, "Has our army entered the city as a spy (spy)?" What is the situation in the city? ”

The Liaodong general replied: "Our army has entered the city, but the enemy closed the city gate 15 days ago, and the news of the city cannot be transmitted, and we only know that there are six large artificial lakes in the city.

These artificial lakes and the Gushui River have caused the groundwater level in Yecheng to be only two meters. ”

Liu Yi sighed and understood what the generals meant.

In the era of cold weapons, there were only 14 kinds of siege methods in ancient and modern China and abroad: the method of filling the moat with soil bags; Ascending the city with hooks and ladders; the law of rushing cars and hitting city gates; Ascending the city with a ladder; Accumulate soil into a mountain and condescending shooting method; arson; the method of flooding the city by water; the method of digging tunnels into the city; excavation and destruction of city walls; flock to climb the city and go to the law; The arrow tower is high and suppresses the shooting method; the law of building and car boarding the city; the law of destroying the city walls; Catapult (gunstone) attack method, etc.

Among them, the most cruel and least serious about the life and death of the people, such as the flooding method and the fire attack method, are all Chinese-style siege methods.

The towering walls of the city make it impossible to climb the wall-style attack. The hard walls make the digging wall-style attack method more than worth the loss - it is impossible for the soldiers to brave the rain of arrows while calming down and cracking the cement.

The lakes and rivers in the city and the low water level made it impossible to dig tunnels to attack the city walls - the thick walls made it impossible to support the shallow tunnels of about two meters, and the tunnels deeper than two meters would be flooded......

In this way, after repeated measurements, the only way left to attack this city was to rush the car and hit the city gate; the method of flooding the city by water; There are three methods of destroying the city gates.

Liu Yi sighed helplessly and said strangely: "There are only 5,000 defenders in the city, however, my 300,000 troops have been wandering under the city for more than 10 days, who is the defender in the city?" ”

The general of Liaodong replied respectfully: "The name of the guard in the city is Zheng Qi, the word is strange (recommended by the book friend Xiaoxiao Fengyu), it is the Xinye City Guard appointed by Liu Bei on New Year's Day this year, and he has only been in office for a month. ”

Liu Yi suddenly, a chill ran down his spine: "Liu Bei has always planned and then acted when he does things. On New Year's Day, he suddenly transferred Zheng Qi to Yecheng, could it be that he discovered our plan in advance? Tell me how you have been besieging the city these days. ”

"When we first came to Yecheng, we found that the walls and gates of Yecheng Water Gate were the weakest, so we cut down timber and made rafts to attack the Water Gate......"

Liu Yi interrupted the words of the Liaodong generals and praised him: "Yes, Liu Bei built the city, and the city gates of all sides are recessed, and the city gates are all within the shooting range of the archers on the city wall. Only the water gate is not very recessed, and there is a pier outside the city gate. Once we have preempted the docks, the rooms in the docks can dodge the bows and arrows. As long as we break the locks and go down the water, the ships can enter the city directly. You can see that, yes. ”

"But, Liu Zhi, the water gate is a trap. Our army attacked the city from the Water Gate, and no one in the whole army returned. ”

"What?" Liu Yi was taken aback and asked urgently: "How did you attack the Water Gate?" ”

"When our army first came to Yecheng, the enemy's water gate had not yet been closed, and the water lock had not yet been raised. We cut down the logs, made rafts, and stormed the city. However, the waterway at the water gate is narrow, and only five boats can be used in parallel. After the water gate, a high wall was built along the waterway in the castle with a length of five miles (Hanri, about 1 kilometer in present). Our army's rafts were attacked by archers above the high wall on the Wuli waterway. Due to the inability to wear armor due to the fighting on the water, our troops suffered heavy casualties.

We managed to reach the end of the waterway, where there was another sluice. At this time, the enemy began to pour fire oil on the waterway, and this fire oil was made of unknown and burned on the water. Subsequently, the enemy closed the water gate and ignited the fire oil. Our soldiers, who could not enter the city, heard the wailing of the soldiers in the waterway outside the city, and five thousand soldiers died in the waterway. For a few days after the war, the smell of boiled meat filled the air, which was miserable.

Now, the Castle Warden has used a winch to raise the underwater locks. The winch outside the city has been dismantled and the noose has been removed. The ship was shaky and unable to exert force, and it was difficult for our troops to brave the rain of arrows to break the locks. Therefore, we have decided to abandon the attack on Watergate. ”

Liu Yi was covered with cold sweat: "In this way, in this battle, Zheng Qi used various strategies such as showing the enemy weakness, luring the enemy deep, cutting off his back road, gathering and annihilating him, he should be a person who is very good at defending the city, Liu Bei suddenly transferred him to Yecheng, and he probably already knows the intentions of our army?" ”

The generals were silent, and after a while, Liu Yi asked: "Under the city, how many soldiers does our army have?" ”

The Liaodong general replied: "Our army attacked Watergate, with about 10,000 casualties, and now, there are still 220,000 troops under the city. ”

Liu Yi asked again: "Has the upstream of Gushui been investigated?" ”

"Dig the water upstream to irrigate the city?" A Liao general understood Liu Yi's intentions and asked in surprise.

"Exactly. At this moment, it is spring, the rain is continuous, if the upstream of the water is excavated and the city is poured into the city, I think how long can the city be supported? Liu Yi said calmly.

A Liao general stepped forward: "The last general is willing to take 20,000 horses and horses to dig a dam in the upper reaches of Gushui."

Liu Yi nodded and replied, "Very good." However, you have to pay attention to the fact that Liu Bei is likely to predict the actions of our army in advance. In the townships and counties of Qingzhou, there are more than 1,000 Wang Yue disciples distributed all over the country, and the brave attacking team in Wuguan Township is full of organizations. Establish township and county martial arts halls and township guards. However, since our army successfully landed in Qingzhou, there has been no trace of the villagers' armed forces for more than 10 days.

Also, Liu Bei's main army went to Sour Zao, but the Guards Legion beside him had not yet been dispatched. These guards are all veterans of a hundred battles who followed Liu Bei and defeated Qingzhou in Jizhou from western Liaoning, and their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. Liu Bei has always boasted of loving the people, and after our army excavated the Gushui embankment, the people downstream of the Gushui River would inevitably be flooded. When the people downstream were flooded, how could he not move? As soon as the Guards Regiment came out, the commanders of the Township Guards were all his junior brothers and nephews, so how could they stand idly by?

Liu Bei, Xiong also. Since the beginning of the army, every battle must be won. Dominating Qingzhou, the world does not dare to underestimate it. We waited for the army to capture Longkou Port and land in Qingzhou, which was to come to Xiongkou to grab food. Our army must take advantage of Liu Bei's main force before meeting Qingzhou and quickly take a foothold. Then reorganize the soldiers and fight a decisive battle with Liu Bei's main force.

I expect that after Liu Bei heard that our army was preparing to dig up the water, he would make a move. There are no more than 5,000 soldiers in the city, as long as we leave 100,000 soldiers behind, and attack the city fiercely. Yecheng will not dare to send troops to meet Liu Bei. Our army went to dig the embankment with 50,000 mendam, quietly set up an ambush with 50,000 people, and led Liu Bei to come to the field battle. ”

The military drums thundered, and the Liaodong army at the four gates opened the camp gates and began the largest siege in the past few days. Several thousand-strong teams began to shout and advance, and each 30 people carried a huge shield and slowly pressed towards the city. With the sound of the horn, more than a dozen wagons rumbled out of the camp gate.

At the same time, as the Liaodong army opened the camp gate and opened the mouth of the city, the soldiers on the lookout sounded the mournful military trumpet, and a red flag waved again and again. In an instant, the city was full of people. On the streets of the city, the sound of brass flutes rang out. The village guards dressed in unicorn armor shouted along the streets: "The enemy army is attacking the city, and the heroes take up bows and arrows and go to the city to fight." ”

From the shops, from the restaurants, from the residents' homes, from the schools, countless people armed with bows, arrows, knives and guns poured into the streets. The defenders in the city shouted "The meritorious people of such and such a street, form into the 3rd squad, and follow me to the south gate." "So-and-so Gongmin, go here, you will be assigned to the 11th squad. "Prepare meritorious people on such and such a street, follow me." ”

In the blink of an eye, the eight city gates were like sponges absorbing water, absorbing the flow of people. On the streets, only a small number of peace guards remained, patrolling the streets with knives and guns, maintaining law and order while strictly guarding against spies.

At this moment, who dares to walk around the streets, either traitors or thieves. In a matter of moments, the patrol had killed many people walking the streets.

Zheng Qi, the defender of the city, immediately entered the south gate, and 3,000 soldiers were standing quietly in front of him. Looking up at the north, looking along the quiet long street, the hustle and bustle of Fang Cai gradually moved away, and the north city gate was in sight.

Zheng Qi smiled mockingly and said to the soldiers: "These dogs have been here for many days, and they have only attacked the city once. Sons, we can't defend the city, and we have to let the enemy troops outside the city move. The camp of the Liaodong army is in the north, and if we defeat the enemy army at the south gate, there will be a steady stream of relief materials, and the water will be delivered to Yecheng. When I gave the order, we rushed out of the city gate and killed him without leaving a single piece of armor. ”

The besieging soldiers gradually approached the city gate, and the large shields on the soldiers' tops and the hidden carts effectively reduced the casualties, and the defenders at the head of the city noticed this, and after two rounds of arrows, stopped firing.

It was closer, and there were dozens of steps to charge, and the siege soldiers were a little excited. In the camp, Liu Yi held clairvoyance, holding his breath and paying attention to the reaction on the head of the city.

Huge stone balls rose into the air and flew towards the besieging soldiers. Liu Yi nodded clearly: "It's a catapult." Liu Bei had planned to sell this toy to Liaodong, but the Liaodong army thought that this 3 million trebuchet was clumsy and difficult to move, and it was slow to launch. After the boulder is thrown, it is easy to see the flight path in the air and is easy to be dodged by soldiers. In this way, in addition to the amazing momentum, the stones smashed to the ground only have the role of a rammer during road construction.

"Why did Liu Bei's trebuchet fire round stone projectiles?" Observing the flight path of the stone bullet with a telescope, Liu Yi secretly wondered in his heart. Trebuchets can be used to find a stone and throw it out, but also use a round stone projectile, and each stone ball needs to spend ten times the effort and money of ordinary stones, polishing and trimming. Every time the trebuchet fired, it threw out a lot of coins. Liu Bei is so extravagant, what is he doing?

In just a moment, Liu Yi understood the effect of the round stone projectile, and smashed the stone bullet of the giant shield and the chariot, and under the blow, the sound was like a thunderbolt, sawdust flew sideways, and flesh and blood were splashed everywhere. The stone projectile that did not hit the giant shield and the chariot fell heavily to the ground, and the ground shook. Immediately, the stone bullet bounced off the ground, spun and rolled forward, and where it passed, the bones were broken and the tendons were broken, and the car overturned and people died. Behind every stone bullet is a flesh alley.

"I see, I see", Liu Yi's hands and feet were cold, his eyes were full of blood and flesh, and through his clairvoyance, he even saw the bleak and sad expressions of those sergeants before they died. "Ten times the effort, a hundred times the casualties." Liu Bei spent ten times more effort pondering the stone bullets, once these round stone balls were thrown, the casualties caused by not directly hitting people were even more terrible than hitting people. The special-shaped stone projectile without pondering will no longer bounce and roll when it lands, unless it hits someone directly, it is a rammer.

"We've always used trebuchets as rammers, so we don't care about this defensive weapon, and we deserve to be punished today." Liu Yi said gloomily.

Who's to say it isn't? But Liu Bei's weapons and equipment cannot be measured by common sense. Take the chain crossbow that Liu Bei sold to Liaodong as an example, the chain crossbow is very powerful, but the crossbow bolts equipped in the crossbow box have strict length and weight standards. The sagittal wing tail made by a steam press was accurate to the length of each millimeter of Izumo (millimeters) - while the gauge used in the Han court was only accurate to the inch (2.2 cm), and the weight was accurate to about one gram, and the smallest unit of the Han court weight gauge was "two (about 14 grams)".

As a result, after buying Liu Bei's weapons, he had to keep buying his supporting consumables. If you don't want to pay any more money, if you do it yourself, the arrows you make are uneven and can't fit into the crossbow case; The weight is uneven, and the arrows shot are irregular; Each arrow is double-checked, resulting in low efficacy and high cost of arrows. On the contrary, it is better to buy from Liu Bei in large quantities.

As for Liu Bei's armor, it is even more problematic. It is undeniable that Liu Bei's armor is very delicate and close-fitting. However, it is also because it is close to the body, and the models of the armor are subdivided into fat, medium, and thin types even at the same height. People of the same height and different body types were tortured when they wore that armor, and the cold and hard armor wore away the skin of countless soldiers......

Liu Bei's combat power is famous in Liaodong, if it weren't for the constant purchase of weapons and armor from Liu Bei, which made Liaodong unable to bear it, Gongsun Du would never have brazenly made a sneak attack on Liu Bei. However, once Liu Bei is defeated, and then the craftsmen who make these weapons and armor are included in their jurisdiction, they are expected to seek the world with this capital. In the comparison of risks and returns, Liaodong still decided to do it.

The trebuchet in the city was violent, and when the battle of the stone throwing lasted only two pillars of incense, the offensive position of Liaodong had been smashed to pieces, the flesh and blood were blurred, and the bones were piled up. Only a few of the nimble sergeants escaped, and the rest were surrounded by rubble, in a terrible condition, and the cries of misery were earth-shattering.

"I can't get to the edge of the city", at this moment, Liu Yi was at a loss. To add insult to injury, the Liaodong sergeant came to report that the defenders of the south gate took advantage of the defeat of the besieging army and opened the door to fight. The Liaodong army was defeated, and the siege of the South Gate was lifted.

"Fence the South Gate again?" Liu Yi thought in his heart: "The art of war is cloudy: encircling three queyi." The South Gate Army was not the main force in the first place, and its main responsibility was to monitor the movements of Jiaodong Kingdom. ”

Turning around, Liu Yi asked, "When we were attacking the city just now, did the soldiers who dug the Gushui embankment set off?" ”

The Liaodong general replied: "The soldiers and ambushers have been dispatched. ”

Liu Yi nodded: "Okay, then we will strengthen the offensive of the remaining three gates and cover the soldiers who dig the embankment and the ambush soldiers out of the camp." ”

The Liaodong sergeants shouted in unison, and more than a dozen thousand-man teams began to shout and advance again, each holding a shield and a ring-headed sword, protecting many cloud ladders and rushing to the city gate. Boulders fly, arrows fly through the air, rubble splatters, and blood and flesh become rivers.

When the Liaodong army entered the recess of the city gate, an order was given, and the defenders at the head of the city poured arrows down from three directions, and the Liaodong army returned with bows and arrows. The sharp arrows of both sides cut a beautiful arc through the air, and the defenders of the city were condescending, and the arrows flew through the sturdy flesh, splashing dazzling blood. Most of the arrows shot by the Liaodong army under the city crossed an arc and landed weakly under the city wall.

As soon as the soldiers of Liaodong embankment dug left the camp, on both sides of the road, deep in the bushes, there were faint drums and horns. The drums and horns seemed to tell each other something, there were questions and answers, and after a while, the drums passed in all directions, and the whole dense forest was full of drums.

"The Qingzhou Township Guard is here," a young general from Liaodong turned pale and said in fear: "It turns out that they are hiding around the camp of our army. ”

"Wu Yi, what is this drum talking about? You and Liu Cheng have been to Qingzhou many times to purchase weapons, and you must understand the meaning of this drum. Behind him, the leading general asked the young general of Liaodong.

Wu Yigong replied: "General Gongsun, this drum and horn are Liu Bei's absolute secret, how can he tell others?" Moreover, the signals of the drum and trumpet are so complex that even for certain people it takes five years of study to master. All I know is that Liu Bei used drums and horns during the day and lights to transmit signals at night, and this signal was to express a certain meaning through alternating long and short (similar to Morse code or African natives' drums). As soon as our army left the camp, this drum and horn sounded, and it must have told the Sifang Township Guards the news that our army had left the camp, General Gongsun, please beware of the attack - I heard one of the summoning sounds, it must be to gather the Quartet Township Warriors to attack our army together."

General Gongsun replied disdainfully: "It's just a group of villagers, what are you afraid of?" If there is no general to lead them, they are just a rabble, and if they dare to come, we will kill them all. ”

Wu Yi said anxiously: "General Gongsun, you can't say that. The people of Qingzhou are strictly hierarchical, and meritorious people at all levels have been assessed. A group of Qingzhou people are scattered on the streets and on the field paths, you can't see anything, but as soon as the military horn sounds, these people will automatically line up in a line, and the one with the highest rank will automatically become the leader, and the rest of the people will automatically become captains at all levels according to the rank of the official. These people, as long as they are given weapons, are a team of soldiers. Although they don't have a general to command, they are native to their homeland and familiar with the terrain, so if they want to ambush us, they will be familiar with the way. ”

General Gongsun waved his hand and said, "We are 20,000 regular troops, how many villagers can gather?" Now that the spring dew is heavy, and it is not easy to burn the woods, as long as we are careful, how can we be afraid of harassment by the villagers? ”

Before General Gongsun's words fell, a dense rain of arrows came out of the woods.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack" General Gongsun angrily shot down a few arrows and shouted: "The shield soldiers come forward and take cover." ”

Beside him, Wu Yi's throat let out a burst of snoring, his body tilted, and he fell under the horse, revealing a short-feathered arrow on the back of his neck.

"Chained crossbow?" General Gongsun was shocked, this is the arrow on the chain crossbow, what kind of township guard is this, it is actually equipped with an expensive chain crossbow.

Turning over and looking at the dense forest, the arrow feathers in the forest have been sparse before and after the shield soldiers.

"Go into the forest and kill these villagers for me." General Gongsun shouted.

A group of soldiers immediately obeyed the order into the forest, and after a while, the forest screamed miserably, and General Gongsun heard this voice, like the most beautiful music, bowed his body, and said to Wu Yi's corpse: "Brother, see me avenge you." ”

As he was talking, several Liaodong soldiers hurriedly came out of the forest and reported: "My lord, the forest is full of crossbows, traps, traps, and stumbling crossbows, and our soldiers who have entered the forest have suffered heavy casualties. ”

General Gongsun was furious: "Set fire to the forest for me, and set fire to these Diao people." ”

The Liaodong soldiers looked at Gongsun Du with the eyes of an idiot. The forest is damp in spring, what to set fire to make the woods burn, and besides, the soldiers of Liaodong are in the middle of the road, once the fire is uncontrollable, under the steaming of the fireworks, I am afraid that the first to suffer are these arsonists.

After yelling for a while, General Gongsun calmed down and ordered: "The army is divided into two groups, alternately covers, slowly advances, stops in case of attack, and searches and suppresses the villagers." ”

After that, the Liaodong embankment soldiers slowly moved forward at a snail-like speed, and there were showers of arrows on both sides of the road from time to time. Sometimes, several groups of villagers launched multiple attacks at the same time. The road was narrow, it was not easy to mobilize the Liaodong army, and the forest was densely covered with traps, so that the soldiers who entered the forest to ask for suppression suffered heavy casualties. In this way, the Liaodong soldiers were frightened and walked forward step by step.

Seven miles ahead, there was a post station, and around the post station was a large open space, stretching for several miles. On the edge of the clearing, hotels and inns are built along the dense forest, as well as factories for making fruit wine. Nowadays, this hotel is empty, and it happens to be stationed.

Behind the post station is the Gushui Dam, along the Gushui River, densely covered with waterwheels, for the power of the factory buildings around the post station. Dig the Gushui dam and let the water flood downstream, or block the dam, and when the water accumulates to a certain height, dig the embankment and flood the city, just in time to capture the city.

Unfortunately, in the dense forest not far from the post station, the nightmare of the Liaodong army - Liu Bei was listening to the sound of drums and horns: "The enemy army still has seven miles", Liu Bei said indifferently.

Turning around, behind him, the 5,000 Guards Regiment was quietly sitting cross-legged on the ground, trying to maintain their strength. On the avenue, a sound of footsteps sounded, and a Liaodong hundred-person team ran towards Yecheng from the direction of Longkou Port.

Liu Bei nodded: "Longkou Port has moved, and the enemy's rear road has been cut off." The order was given to let these soldiers who reported from Longkou Port go back. ”

The trumpet sounded, the Liaodong soldiers who were running were startled, and looked at the forest vigilantly, for a long time, there was no movement, and the Liaodong soldiers cautiously passed through the post station and ran forward with fear.

"Children, get up and move around, and get ready to go out of the forest." Seeing the soldiers who reported the news from Longkou Port walking away, Liu Bei ordered.

Yin Dong stepped forward and made a gesture of blessing for the Guards soldiers, who bowed their heads, accepted the blessings, and silently recited in their mouths: "The sky is above, the gods are the witnesses, our people and our people, fight to the death, defend our descendants!" Defend your homeland! Defend dignity! Defend the honor!

We are not people who are greedy for life and afraid of death. Defend my homeland, whether old or young, rather than be broken, never complete. The head fell to the ground, the blood stained the sky, and never took half a step back.

The sky is above, the gods are the witnesses, our people are fighting to the death to defend our descendants! Defend your homeland! Defend dignity! Defend the honor! ”

A deep voice echoed in the forest, and as the prayer ended, Liu Bei waved his hand, and a group of soldiers stepped out of the forest, ready for battle.

The sky was getting dark, and in the haze, Yin Dong posed to bless the soldiers who came out of the forest. Liu Bei turned around and said to Gao Shan Zhou Yi and the others: "You stay in the forest, wait for me to solve the embankment soldiers, capture Longkou Port, and then send you back to Liaoxi." ”

Because the enemy captured Longkou, Zhou Yi and others were stranded in Qingzhou, so they had to follow Liu Bei to Donglai. At this moment, the Izumo and Wanghai armies have blocked the entrance to the Longkou Port. Just wait for the battle here to end, and then wave the army to Longkou, recapture the port under internal and external attacks, and a few people can cross the sea and return to Liaoxi.

"The 200,000 army of Yecheng is pressing the border, aren't you worried that Yecheng will be breached." Zhou Yi asked.

Liu Bei replied with a smile: "Capture Yecheng, do you think this is a modern film?" In the later period of the Three Kingdoms, Hao Zhao was only 3,000 defenders in the small city of Chencang, but Zhuge Liang's 200,000 troops were helpless. The city is stronger than the Chen Cang; Zheng Qi, the number of defenders is more than Hao Zhao; Liu Yi, wisdom is not as good as Zhuge Liang, 200,000 troops want to capture my city, unless they are writing a novel (sneering). ”

This day was a day shrouded in blood, and under the city, tens of thousands of soldiers achieved the name of Zheng Qi's "Iron Wall" with their own flesh and blood. 200,000 soldiers took turns to fight, from morning to dusk, and they couldn't even get close to the city.

At the same time, Liu Bei was more than 70 miles north of Yecheng, and set up a position and prepared to start the massacre.

Further north, in the direction of Longkou Port, the Teapot No. 3 steam ship broke into Longkou Port and burned the Liaodong military ship of Longkou Port with the fireball thrown by the catapult, the flames soared into the sky, and the Liaodong ordnance and materials were destroyed.

Further north, on the Korean Peninsula, the soldiers of Wanghaicheng broke through the Tixi defense line in Liaodong, and the 11th Corps advanced to Zhaoming City (Belt Fang), the southern capital of Lelang County; The 12th Corps turned to the east and advanced towards Silkworm Tai (the former Lintun County Administration Office established in the Western Han Dynasty); The 13th Army Corps rushed to Buercheng (also known as the raccoon dog, which was the four major governors set up by the Eastern Han Dynasty in Lelang at that time - the Eastern Governor's Office, and it was also the Canghai County Governor's Office in the Western Han Dynasty. Later, in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, after the fall of Goguryeo, the former general of Goguryeo, Da Zuorong, established the Bohai Kingdom here in 713 AD. ）

More than ten days later, the 12th Corps captured Silkworm Terrace and began to advance towards Fufu City (the Wofu region, that is, the Xuansu County Administration established in the Western Han Dynasty, the location of the northern governor of the four capitals of Lelang at that time, and the border of the Goguryeo tribal settlement). Due to the Liaodong army's conquest of Qingzhou, the defenders of Fufu City were unable to resist and surrendered the city.

Subsequently, our army successfully occupied the entire county of Lelang, and formed a situation of attacking Liaodong from east to west with Izumo Castle. At the same time, our army has since directly bordered Goguryeo, and the Izumo army in Qingzhou has another training place.

At the same time, the Central Plains is not peaceful, when Sun Jian raised his army, he killed Wang Rong of Jingzhou, Dong Zhuo appointed the Marquis of the Northern Army, Liu Biao Liu Jingsheng, who had the reputation of "Eight Jun", was promoted to the history of Jingzhou Thorn, and Liu Biao, who was fifty years old, rode into Yicheng, and was supported by the Nanjun Kuai clan, Xiangyang Cai clan and other Jingzhou clans, and successfully took over the Jingzhou regime.

After Liu Biao took charge of Jingzhou, he "set up a school and sought Confucianism", and greatly promoted the merit of cultural governance. Most of the later generations of research on Yixue came from the Jingzhou School founded by Liu Biao. Subsequently, the Jingzhou School and the Qingzhou New Legalist School, which emphasized empirical evidence and data measurement, competed with each other. That's a story for later.

At that time, after Liu Biao became the assassin of Jingzhou, because he was an official appointed by Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian's back road was cut off, and from then on, Sun Jian could no longer return to Changsha, a generation of war gods, about to fall.

This day is destined to be an extraordinary day. Watching the Liaodong army stumbling towards the post house in the night, Liu Bei's raised hand fell suddenly, and in an instant, the heaven and earth were all covered by the sound of bowstrings, and the pouring arrow rain made a sound of "building", burrowing into the bodies of Liaodong soldiers.

Solemnly recommended, another masterpiece by the author of "Dream Back to Ninety-Seven" and "Online Game Fighting": "Magic Frenzy"