Before Wei Fang's army arrived at Li Zhiting, Xiahou Yan had already led the army here.

For this major mistake of Li Pulp, Xiahou Kang regretted it, so he was bound to win it for Li Pulp. He drew troops from those places already occupied by the Liang army, and in a short time gathered an army of 30,000 to confront the Wei army of Li Zhi.

The army set up camp, and Zhan Seng Zhi accompanied Xiahou Kang to check the defense of the Wei army.

After inspecting from a distance, the anxiety in Xiahou Kang's heart became more and more serious, and even a trace of despair arose.

"The Wei army has a deep ditch and a high base, and the defense is so tight, it is definitely not an easy thing to conquer Li Zhiting!" Xiahou sighed.

"And behind this Li Pulp Pavilion, is the place where Li Pulp Water and Fertilizer Water meet, the water flow of Shuikou is turbulent, and there is only one way to attack here...... "Zhan Seng Zhi also felt very tricky, and the two thick eyebrows were almost screwed together.

"But you still have to attack!" Xiahou Yan gritted his teeth, "Now that General Wei has not arrived, we can't wait like this, let's attack it first, and test the reality of the Wei army here!" ”

"Well, we can only attack by force anyway, so let our army take the lead!" Zhan Seng Zhi clenched his fists and asked Xiahou for his life, "The last general is willing to lead the team to attack!" ”

"Well, but you have to be careful."

Zhan Seng Zhi picked up thousands of soldiers and began the first round of attacks on Li Zhiting.

The Wei army launched a counterattack with a dense volley. Arrows rained down on Liang Jun's shield array of strong shields—arrows kept striking sparks on the shield surface, making bursts of crisp sounds.

The Liang army formed several such shield formations, which were tightly formed and advanced slowly and orderly. But it is inevitable that there will be arrows to drill into some gaps that are not tightly sealed, and casualties are inevitable in such a situation, but the Liang army is still skilled in cooperating with each other, and once someone falls, they will immediately close to each other to make up for this loophole.

After surviving this rain of arrows, you are already far enough to charge!

The dense shield array of the Liang army quickly dispersed, and the soldiers shouted and began to charge towards the Wei army's position.

But they were greeted by countless crossbows......

The Wei army's strong attack on the crossbow caused a lot of damage to the Liang army, but such casualties were still within the bearable range for the side that took the initiative to attack.

The real test was to rush to the front of the Wei army, the deep trench, and the high earth ramparts behind the trench.

The soldiers of the Liang army had to cross the trench and then climb over the earthen ramparts before they could really engage the Wei army in a short manner. But the continuous drizzle made the trench a nightmare for the Liang army - the ditch wall was too slippery! Once in the trench, it is definitely not easy to climb up again. The soldiers of the Liang army were covered in mud and crowded at the bottom of the trench like mud figures; The Wei army was on the earthen rampart, separated by a wooden fence, condescending, and constantly used the bow and crossbow in his hand to shoot at the Liang army.

The wails were incessant, the Liang army had no power to fight back, and the soldiers trapped in the trenches were as desperate as prey trapped in a trap - unable to get out or fight back, so they could only watch their companions being shot one by one.

Mud, blood, corpses...... The scene is so chaotic that people can't bear to look at it directly, this is not a human scene at all, this is simply like hell!

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhan Seng hurriedly beckoned the soldiers to retreat. The Liang army paid thousands of casualties and evacuated in disarray; At the head of the Wei army, there was a cheer that rushed straight to Xiao Han......

However, this attack organized by Zhan Seng Zhi was not useless, and the Liang army at least found out the position of the Wei army at close range.

Under the instructions of Xiahou Kang, the Liang army began to cut down bamboo and wood nearby, made ladders, and cut down many trees with the thickness of the mouth of the bowl, cut off the branches and leaves, and made a wooden pillar, and then split it in half, and then cut the round side to make a thick wide plank.

After making these preparations, Zhan Seng Zhi led the Liang army and launched a charge again.

The thick and long planks were built at the ends of the trench and became improvised bridges; Those bamboo ladders leaned against the earthen ramparts, providing a solid place for the attacking soldiers to stay.

Braving the fierce arrows of the Wei army again, the Liang army finally rushed to the bottom of the earthen ramparts.

But the sturdy wooden fence became a roadblock for the Liang army.

The wooden fence was on the edge of the earthen fence, and even if the Liang army climbed the earthen barrier by a bamboo ladder, there was little place to stay, and they had to pick up their war knives and cut at the thick wooden bars that formed the wooden fence, hoping to cut a gap.

But the reality always backfired, they didn't have time to cut a few knives, they would inevitably be stabbed and shot by the Wei army's spear and arrow, and what they exchanged for their lives was only a few shallow knife marks on those wooden bars......

Zhan Seng Zhi, who had crossed the trench with the soldiers, noticed another situation at this time, and this situation made him feel creepy - the trench and the earthen ramparts ran through the entire position of the Wei army! In other words, these Wei troops sealed themselves inside, and they didn't even leave the entrance and exit, and they had already made up their minds to stay here!

What the Liang army has to face now is 20,000 Wei troops who are as decisive as the Feishui Walled City!

Zhan Seng Zhi broke out in a cold sweat all over his body, and a miserable scene of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood appeared in his mind.

Seeing the soldiers around him fall one after another, Zhan Seng Zhi had to give the order to retreat again.

After going back, Zhan Seng Zhi immediately reported what he saw to Xiahou Kang.

Xiahou felt like he had been hit on the head by a stuffy stick, his ears were ringing and his eyes were dizzy, his legs and feet began to feel weak, and it was difficult to maintain his standing posture.

Seeing Xiahou Kang's shaky look, Zhan Seng Zhi hurriedly went over to help him, although he was anxious, he could only lower his voice and say, "Xiahou Gong, hold on, you must not fall!" ”

Xiahou Jian also reached out and grabbed Zhan Shengzhi's arm, stabilized his body, closed his eyes and calmed down, and slowly eased up.

"Don't attack yet," Xiahou commanded as he gasped, "It's just futile to attack like this, General Wei's troops should be almost there, let's think of a way then......"

On the day Wei Fangjun arrived in Lizhi, the rain finally stopped, and the sky released a clear sky.

The arrival of reinforcements, maybe there is also the weather, Xiahou Yan's brows that have been tangled all day finally relaxed, and he personally went to the intersection to greet Wei Fang and his party.

"General Wei has worked hard all the way, and I really can't help you if you want to change the route of the march temporarily."

"Whatever Xiahou Gong said, marching and fighting should be improvised. It's just that Xiahou Gong personally greeted him, which really tormented the younger generation. Wei Fang clasped his fists and saluted, and said politely.

"General Wei came to help our army, how could the old man not welcome him. I would venture to ask, how many men did General Wei bring? ”

"The whole army of 37,000 men and horses is at the disposal of Xiahou Gong!"

"Good!" Xiahou stroked his palms and smiled, "In this way, our army has nearly 70,000 troops, and the old man is a lot more sure!" ”

"Xiahou Gong, the general terrain of Li Pulp Pavilion is still known to the younger generations, even if we have 70,000 people, we can't spread it out in an all-round way, and it is almost impossible to reflect the numerical advantage."

"What General Wei said is extremely true." Xiahou Yan's smile retracted, and the brows that had just been stretched out began to twist together again, "Let's go and see the situation of the position first." ”

In front of the deep ditch and high fortress of the Wei army, the corpses of the Liang army soldiers were covered horizontally and vertically. In front of the trenches, the Liang army erected many wide baffles made of bamboo rows, and some Liang soldiers huddled behind the bamboo rows, guarding against the Wei army's sneak attack while waiting for the order for the next attack.

Zhan Seng Zhi introduced the situation of the Wei army's defense line to Wei Fang, and Wei Fang couldn't help but be a little surprised, "Have these Wei troops made up their minds to defend here?" ”

"That's right," Xiahou Yan nodded, his tone anxious, "The Wei army is expected to attack Liyang, and it must be trying to take advantage of the geographical advantage to defend it, gradually consume the living strength of our army, and finally achieve the goal of relieving the siege of Shouyang." ”

"How many Wei troops are there?" Wei Fang asked nervously.

"There were reported about 20,000 of them." Zhan Seng Zhi replied.

"Twenty thousand!?" Wei Fang's eyes widened, obviously surprised, "If you want to attack this, I'm afraid it's not an easy task!" ”

"It's really not easy," Xiahou sighed, "Without the consciousness of losing the army, I'm afraid this battle won't be able to be won." ”

"General Zhan, when you rush to the wooden fence, you can't advance any further?" Wei Fang continued to ask.

"There are very few places to stand in front of the wooden fence, and the soldiers are almost live targets......

"It seems to be really tricky......" Wei Fang's brows furrowed.

"There are very few footholds in front of the wooden fence, which means that there are not many foundations to fix the wooden fence." Wei Xun, who was behind Wei Fang, put forward an idea, "Just dig the foundation soil in front of the wooden fence directly, won't this fence fall!" ”

"Well, you can give it a try!" Zhan Seng Zhi was the first to agree.

Wei Fang and Xiahou looked at each other for a moment, and then they both expressed their agreement.

"Good!" Wei Xun said to Wei Fang excitedly, "Big brother, I'll personally bring someone up!" ”

"I'll also take someone to help General Xiao Wei!" Zhan Seng Zhi said.

Wei Xun and Zhan Seng Zhi each led a group of soldiers, broke under the wooden fence, and lined up several bamboo ladders, the soldiers climbed the ladder, and the top soldiers jointly lifted the wide and large heavy shield, and defended the brothers under the shield; The soldiers below took shovels, long knives, and even their hands, and everything that could be used to dig up the earth.

Although the earth fortress was rammed by the Wei army, under the concerted action of the Liang army, the soil was constantly dug up, and in some places, the roots of the fence were exposed.

The Wei army was in a hurry, they frantically knocked on the shield of the Liang army, once the Liang army with the shield could not support it, revealing a flaw, and then it would attract a burst of fierce arrows, and the Liang army who were digging in the soil was immediately killed and wounded.

But even so, Liang Jun soon had another group of people rush up and continue to dig violently.

On both sides of the fence, the Liang army and the Wei army were stuck in this way, and no one refused to back down. The casualties of the Liang army continued to increase, but they held back their strength and buried themselves in a wild digging.

After a great sacrifice, the foundation of a section of the fence was finally hollowed out, unable to support it, and came down with a bang!

The gap is open! The Liang army was like a flood that had finally broken through the dike, surging in, and victory seemed to be at hand!

But the Wei army's carefully constructed defense line was by no means limited to this extent.

The crossbow bolts flew densely like a swarm of locusts, and the Liang army suddenly fell in pieces like harvested rice.

Wei Xun and Zhan Seng Zhi, who had just broken through the Muzha defense line, were dumbfounded, and the joy of the previous moment was instantly gone, and what they broke through was only the first line of defense of the Wei army......