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When the remnant sun was slanting westward, Ma Chao stood at the head of the city, his brows were tightly locked, and he looked at the Wei camp outside the city from afar.

The 100,000 Wei army had surrounded the Jieting City into an iron barrel, and the camp was seven or eight miles on all sides, with no end in sight, and not even a fly could fly in.

Ma Chao looked at the Wei camp from afar, only to see a gate of divine thunder cannons, which were being transported to the camp in a steady stream, obviously, the Wei army's bombardment attack was close at hand.

"Yang Yishan, see it, the Wei army will soon bombard the city with divine thunder, didn't you say that you have a way to resist?" Ma Chao's solemn gaze looked at Yang Fu beside him.

The corners of Yang Fu's mouth raised a disdainful sneer, and he said proudly: "General Meng Qi, don't worry, I have my own way to keep the divine thunder cannon called Wei Jun, and there is no place for it." ”

Ma Chao was relieved to see him so confident, but he couldn't guess what trick he could have to make such a small street pavilion city able to withstand the bombardment of the divine thunder cannon.

Before I knew it, it was night.

In the middle of the night, Ma Chao was asleep, but was woken up by his own soldiers, claiming that Yang Fu had an urgent matter and took him to the city.

Ma Chao thought it was the Wei army attacking the city, so he hurriedly got out of the warm quilt, put on his armor, turned over and went straight to the city.

When he reached the top of the city, he was stunned.

It was so quiet outside the city that I could only hear the sound of the wind whistling in my ears, and the Wei army did not attack the city at all.

Along the line of the city, countless fires have been lit, and large cauldrons have been erected on them, and soldiers are pouring snow into the pots one by one.

"General Meng Qi, you're here." Yang Fu smiled and beckoned to him.

Ma Chao stepped forward, pointed to the cauldron, and said puzzledly: "I said Yang Yishan, what are you going to do?" ”

Yang Fu said with a smile: "Didn't General Meng Qi want to know how I could resist the Wei army's divine thunder cannon, this is my way." ”

Ma Chao was stunned, looking at the pot of snow water that was already boiling, and his mind couldn't turn for a while.

"General Meng Qi, wait a moment, you will understand soon."

Yang Fu turned his head and saw that the snow water in the pot had been boiled, so he shouted: "Let's all move, pour all the water on the city wall." ”

The order was handed down, and thousands of Han soldiers and soldiers immediately took action, you use a bucket and I use a scoop to scoop out the hot water in the pot, and splash it all on the city wall.

In the blink of an eye, the entire wall was drenched and turned into a wall of water.

At this time, the weather is cold, and it has already come to the season of freezing, and this water is so splashed that it does not take a moment, it quickly cools and freezes, and the city wall is covered with a layer of "ice clothing".

Looking at this strange scene, Ma Chao's eyes rolled a few times, and he suddenly came to his senses, and he was ecstatic in an instant.

He finally understood what Yang Fu's method was.

Yang Fu wanted to take advantage of the cold weather to pour a layer of ice "armor" into Jieting City, and use the hardness of ice to build an iron wall for Jieting City overnight.

"Yang Yishan, your plan is really a stroke of genius!" Ma Chao, who suddenly realized himself, gave Yang Fu a thumbs up happily and excitedly.

Yang Fu smiled faintly: "General Meng Qi also grew up in our Xiliang, he must know how cold the winter in Xiliang is, how hard the ice is, General Meng Qi thinks, can our ice wall withstand the divine thunder cannon of the Su thief?" ”

"Yes! Absolutely! That's great! Ma Chao was so excited that he couldn't close his mouth, and his face burned with pride, "That Su thief probably couldn't have dreamed, we will make such a move, and when it dawns tomorrow, it will be strange if the Wei dogs are not dumbfounded." ”

Yang Fu stroked his beard and laughed.

At that moment, more than 1,000 Han troops were busy all night, constantly pouring boiled water on the city wall, and constantly thickening the ice.

Before dawn, an ice city was finally completed.

When the sun rose in the east, smoke rose in the Wei camp, and the soldiers had a full meal and prepared to attack.

The heavenly thunder cannon of one gate, already under the reflection of the morning glow, began to drag out of the camp gate and assembled in the direction of the enemy city.

Huang Zhong rode his horse through the battalions, encouraging and urging the soldiers.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded behind him, and a female general came to Huang Zhong under the "protection" of the Wei army.

"Old General Huang, do you really plan to storm the Street Pavilion?" The female general asked with a frown.

"Of course, the divine thunder cannons have arrived, of course we have to attack the city." When Huang Zhong answered, he didn't look at her squarely.

The female general stepped forward, stopped in front of Huang Zhong, and arched her hand: "General Huang, can you not attack the city first, please give me a chance to go to the street pavilion to persuade my eldest brother to surrender." ”

There is this female general in his eyes, it is Ma Yunlu.

On the same day, she took the Ma clan and followed Ma Teng out of Zhuanglang City and rushed to Jieting, wanting to persuade Ma Chao to surrender the city to the Wei army.

It's a pity that they were a day late after all, when their father and daughter came to the street pavilion, Huang Zhong, Lu Meng, Yan Liang and other generals had already surrounded the street pavilion, and they couldn't enter the city at all.

In desperation, Ma Teng's family had no choice but to defect to the Wei army first and expressed their intention to Huang Zhong to surrender.

Huang Zhong didn't know that Ma Yunlu had sent a message to Su Zhe, nor did he know that Su Zhe had agreed to the return of the Ma family, and he was both overjoyed and suspicious about the unexpected return of Ma Teng's father and daughter.

Therefore, Huang Zhong took it upon himself to accept the Ma clan first, but secretly monitored them closely, beware of their fraud, and only waited for Su Zhe to come before making the final decision.

Ma Yunlu made several requests and wanted to go to Jieting City in person to persuade Ma Chao to surrender in order to avoid a senseless fight.

After Huang Zhong and several important generals were combined, they naturally rejected Ma Yunlu's request when they could not prove the sincerity of the Ma family's surrender, so as not to take the opportunity to enter the city and plot some tricks with Ma Chao.

In front of him, when the last moment came, Ma Yunlu was worried about Ma Chao's safety, so he could only ask Huang Zhong again.

After all, Ma Chao didn't know that they had surrendered to Wei, and when the fight started, they would definitely defend the city to the death.

Ma Yunlu had seen the strength of the Wei army with his own eyes, so he naturally did not believe that Ma Chao could resist the onslaught of the Wei army ten times larger with 10,000 soldiers and horses.

What's more, Jieting City is just a small city, not to mention the city is short, and the city wall is far less thick than Chang'an, I am afraid that without the Wei army attacking, the divine thunder cannon alone can break through the city.

was rejected by Huang Zhong again, Ma Yunlu was anxious, and said again: "Old General Huang, you have to believe me, my Ma family is sincere to surrender, Your Majesty has already known about it, please give me this opportunity." ”

Huang Zhong waved his hand and said, "Okay, Miss Ma, you don't have to explain anymore, without Your Majesty's will, it is impossible for me to let you into the city." ”

Ma Yunlu was still waiting to be invited again, Huang Zhong was too lazy to listen to her explanation, whipped his horsewhip, and walked away.

Ma Yunlu still wanted to catch up, but the Wei soldiers on the left and right stepped forward and stopped her.

Ma Yunlu stomped his feet anxiously, but he was helpless, he could only watch the Wei army go out of the city like a tide and rush towards Jieting City.

The camp gate was wide open, Huang Zhong carried a war knife, left the camp with his head held high, and went straight to the east gate of the street pavilion.

The sun rose behind and illuminated the small city.

When Huang Zhong saw the whole picture of the street pavilion, his expression couldn't help but be shocked, and his mouth opened wide in shock.