Under the city wall, Tai Shi Ci commanded the archers and crossbow archers to launch a wave of attacks on the city wall with feather arrows and crossbow arrows, and no one on the city wall dared to fight back.

Even some private soldiers who can shoot arrows, in this case, they all use shields to protect their heads and bodies to save their lives, otherwise if there are bows and arrows shot down in any area of the city wall, Tai Shici will also command people to pay special attention to this area, and shoot to death the private soldiers who dare to release arrows at this time.

As for the other young and strong people, most of them learned to protect their heads with shields under the shouts of some Liu's cousins, and then many people crowded around the city wall, using shields to form a shield wall against arrows, and then using spears, forks, stones, and rolling logs, ready to attack the soldiers of the Divine Arrow Battalion climbing the city through the arrow stacks.

But this time, Zhu Wei asked Tai Shi Ci to attack Yicheng by handsome Divine Arrow Battalion, and also prepared a special secret weapon for Tai Shi Ci, which was the firecracker grenade used in Heimu Cliff last time.

Therefore, when Chen Ying commanded 5,000 sword and shield men to form a tortoiseshell defense shield array and approached Yicheng, he did not set up the siege ladder at the first time and launched a climbing attack on Yicheng, but let people build a projectile for throwing firecracker grenades in the shield array.

Then, when the young man who was guarding the city on the city wall did not know what was happening, several shield arrays parted some openings, revealing projectiles.

Then the firecracker grenade that was lit the fuse flew up to the city wall, and soon flew to the sky above the city wall, but the young and strong people who defended the city didn't know what it was, and some people looked curiously through the gap in the shield.

"Zizizi...... Boom... Rumble ......"

With the explosion of the firecracker grenade, the young and strong people on the city wall suddenly turned upside down, and many people were not blown over by the firecracker grenade, but were frightened by the soft feet and overturned.

"Attack!"

"Kill! ……”

To be honest, even the officers and soldiers of the Divine Arrow Battalion besieging the city were a little surprised by this situation, but Chen Ying, who was in command in front, quickly reacted, and under his order, the sword and shield men of the Divine Arrow Battalion here finally began to climb the city wall and began to siege the city.

"Whoosh ......"

The archers and crossbowmen commanded by Tai Shici and Bao Long in the rear were still shooting feather arrows and crossbow arrows at the city wall, suppressing the defenders on the city wall, and the city wall was actually chaotic and uncontrollable.

Only a few people are still thinking about defense, and most are already thinking about how to escape.

Even beside Liu Biao in the Sword Pavilion of the City Gate Tower, there were several Hakka retainers and pro-soldiers and marquis, persuading Liu Biao to leave quickly, Yicheng could no longer be defended.

After all, Liu Biao is also a hero-level figure who rode into Jingzhou, although his status over the years has made him slack, but at this time he finally made a decision, "Withdraw, withdraw to Xiangyang!" In addition, send people to find Liu Qi, Kuai Yue, and Deng Yi, and let them all withdraw to Xiangyang! ”

So Liu Biao collected the two personal soldiers who had dispersed again, went directly down the city wall to change the war horse, and went out from the west gate of Yicheng and fled in the direction of Xiangyang City.

Although Liu Biao's retreat did not inform the young and strong people on the city wall, the young and strong people who were not controlled by no one soon noticed that something was wrong, so they naturally had no intention of defending the city, and escaped from the city wall one by one, some hid directly back to their homes, and some also went west to prepare to escape from Yicheng.

According to the training procedures for the siege, the sword and shield men on the city wall guarded the ladder area with shields and knives at the first time, but seeing that no one around them came to stop them, these sword and shield hands were also a lot more relieved, but they still held the sword and shield and stared viciously around.

Gradually, more and more sword and shield men climbed the city wall, so the city wall was soon occupied by the Divine Arrow Battalion, and at this time, Tai Shi Ci ordered the archers and crossbow archers to stop firing arrows and prepare to enter the city with the remaining sword and shield men to receive the city.

And the sword and shield men of the Divine Arrow Battalion who climbed the city wall also quickly killed the side of the city gate, and took the initiative to open the city gate for Tai Shici outside, and the officers and soldiers of the Divine Arrow Battalion completely poured into Yicheng.

In this way, Liu Biao's first line of defense against Zhu Wei, Yicheng, was captured by Zhu Wei's army in just over a day.

It's a pity that Liu Biao is still under the escort of a thousand personal guards, and fled back to Xiangyang City on a war horse, and then began to tighten the defense in Xiangyang City.

After Zhu Wei's army captured Yicheng, he first appeased the people of Yicheng, saying that he would not pursue the young and strong people who were recruited by Liu Biao before, so that they could all return home and live in peace.

However, for all the large and small families that privately kept private soldiers, they were forced to hand over their private soldiers, which were under the unified control of Zhu Wei's side, and it was never allowed to keep more than ten private soldiers in the county in the future.

Zhu Wei took advantage of the momentum of the great victory to strictly control the private armed forces that may appear in the county in the future in the future, so that Zhu Wei could more safely control the various counties under his rule.

As for the private soldiers of these scholars and Haoqiang's families hiding in local villages and private dock forts, Zhu Wei can't take care of it for the time being, after all, this is also a custom, and it is not something that can be banned all at once.

After capturing Yicheng, Zhu Wei took Yicheng as one of his logistics bases, anyway, Yicheng is also connected to Xiangyang City by Han River, and anything needed can be transported directly by water.

Zhu Wei left 5,000 auxiliary soldiers and craftsman battalions in Yicheng, as well as some soldiers who were injured in the previous battles, and also stayed here to recuperate, and finally left Chen Ying of the Divine Arrow Battalion and 5,000 soldiers of the Divine Arrow Battalion to guard the safety of Yicheng.

After a day of repairs in Yicheng, Zhu Wei's army advanced in the direction of Xiangyang City, and soon the army came to the outer area of Xiangyang City through the Han River, and finally set up a land and water camp near Lumen Mountain on the north bank of the Han River in the southeast of Xiangyang City, as a forward base for attacking Xiangyang City.

As mentioned earlier, Xiangyang City is a big city in Jingbei, and the rammed earth city wall surrounding Xiangyang is seven or eight stories high, and the width is about fifty steps, which is enough for Liu Biao's defenders to place troops on the city wall at will to defend against foreign enemies attacking Xiangyang City.

The moat outside Xiangyang City is close to the city wall, and the river is more than 100 steps wide, directly connected with the Han River, and it is also a little wider than the ordinary moat.

To enter Xiangyang through the moat, the only way to do this was through a few bridges built on the moat, but now these bridges must also be controlled by Liu Biao, and they can be dismantled at any time to increase the difficulty of Zhu Wei's siege.

If you want to attack Xiangyang City in this way, it is not as simple and easy as attacking other ordinary cities before, and Zhu Wei must be prepared for a hard battle...... [.]