Yuan Yun had some mental preparation before, that is, the attack battle in Yizhou would be extremely difficult, but even with this consideration, looking at the battle situation in front of him, he was still a little frightened.

When the artillery of the Gunpowder Army bombarded for two hours in a row, the defenders in the city rushed out, and these enemies who were desperately charging with large shields, even if most of them were killed and wounded on the way to the charge, they could still step on the corpses of their own people and rush to the position of the Gunpowder Army.

Then came the tragic and unusual hand-to-hand combat, in which the heavy infantry of the Powder Corps warriors was at the forefront as the main force, and the rifles were completely useless in the melee, and the opponent once again broke out in the hand-to-hand combat.

Under this charge, the defenders of Jiangzhou lost a full 10,000 casualties, and the gunpowder army was also damaged by more than 1,000, and the battlefield was full of blackened bloodstains, as well as all kinds of pungent smells, Yuan Yun could see and smell even if he stood far away in the rear camp, which made him very uncomfortable.

After the abnormal desperate charge, the defenders of Jiangzhou quieted down again, and the roaring artillery sound remained around the entire city, seeing this scene, Yuan Yun sighed secretly, and then shook his head and said: "The enemy is planning to let us into the city, and intends to start an inner city war with us in the streets and alleys, which is also the only way to weaken us." ”

Hearing Yuan Yun say this, Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly, for him, the current battle losses are within an acceptable range, and it can even be said that the results are very good, the enemy's battle losses have reached 10,000, which is enough to shake the military hearts of the defenders, and hand-to-hand combat after entering the city is an indispensable thing on the battle array, and he has never intended to avoid it.

After Wei Yan received the order, he immediately began to organize the heavy infantry to advance, this time his confidence was very sufficient, in the battle of Yong'an, he had thoroughly seen the combat power of the gunpowder army, and this combat power in Chang'an's 40,000 gunpowder army joined, directly expanded more than ten times, he can command the number of men to have fifteen.

This force was divided into three batches by Wei Yan, the front center was responsible for building fortifications with the big shield, and the rear was responsible for conserving physical strength, once the defense of the big shield was established, the distance of the charge would be pulled to the shortest, so that these heavy infantry could quickly pour into the city wearing such heavy armor.

Wei Yan's tactics worked very well, and after a round of resistance, the enemy found that they could still keep the gunpowder army at the perimeter, but by the time the third group of hoplites came up and front, these physically strong warriors were able to tear them apart immediately.

Huang Zhong's rifle battalion had been following behind Wei Yan, but whenever there was an enemy ranged unit in the battle array, they could always get rid of it as soon as possible, so that the head of the Gunpowder Army poured into the inner city through the broken wall like a flood.

When the siege was in progress, Zhao Yun and Dianman led the cavalry to lay an ambush on the other side of the west, waiting for the enemy army to escape from Jiangzhou at any time, this time Zhuge Liang did not intend to give the other party another chance to retreat with the main force, and wanted to annihilate the other party in this ruined city.

"The scouts have sent back the news, and the city is also like Yong'an, building countless low walls, like a labyrinth, and the enemy army is making desperate resistance through these low walls, but with previous experience, I believe that the soldiers of the Powder Army should be completely prepared this time." After Pang Tong finished speaking, he had already jumped off the horse, he had been wandering in the front, directing the strategy set before, and at this moment, when the army entered the city, he had the opportunity to return to report.

Yuan Yun nodded after listening to Pang Tong's words, then pointed to the position in front of him and said: "Our mobile city wall has an obvious effect this time, the only drawback is that it is still too slow to assemble, which causes the artillery position to slow down the rhythm, and it is good to find a way to solve it later." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled when he heard this, and said: "If it weren't for these mobile walls to block the enemy's first charge this time, we would not only have lost more than a thousand people, but as long as we solve the problem of how to transport these mobile city walls, Liang feels that there must be a greater effect." ”

Yuan Yun snorted and said, "I don't think Liu Bei has built so many trebuchets although he doesn't have firearms, judging from this battle, there will be more enemy long-range units we have to face later." ”

Xu You followed Yuan Yun's eyes and glanced at the location of the city wall, and then continued the topic: "The enemy can indeed increase the range a lot by relying on the height of the city wall, but it is still not the opponent of our artillery. ”

Zhuge Liang heard Xu You say this, just shook his head slightly, and then sighed: "Liang observed for a while, Liu Bei must have used powerful craftsmen to build such a light and easy-to-disassemble trebuchet, once the other party finds that it is not as good as the range of our artillery, they will all move these trebuchets off the city wall, and then pull them out and launch them when our infantry advances, which is very unfavorable to our side, after all, the shells of artillery are too large to kill, so when our infantry charges, they cannot be fired, in this case, Only by putting our cannons in front and attracting them to resist with trebuchets, and by relying on the defense of the mobile walls, can we get rid of them all. ”

Yuan Yun heard Zhuge Liang say this, he could only sigh in his heart, when the gunpowder army was trained before, there was no training in artillery and infantry to fight together, and it was not until today that such a stubborn enemy appeared, Yuan Yun realized this problem, but in addition to sighing, he could only reluctantly accept it, after all, he was not a professional military talent, and he almost didn't think much about multi-unit cooperative operations.

Swinging these irretrievable facts out of his mind, Yuan Yuncai perked up and asked, "Is Jiangzhou's guard Guan Yu?" ”

Pang Tong immediately stepped forward and replied: "Back to the lord, the current news that has been transmitted back is that the other party is commanding Yan Yan of Yizhou with his face, and as for General Guan Yu, no one has reported that he has discovered anything, so this time the other party's guard should be this Yan Yan." ”

Yuan Yun nodded and said: "Although I don't know why it's not Guan Yu, but I don't have to care about it, after we take the city, we will immediately change the waterway to a land route, and then continue to move westward, Liu Bei has lost Jiangzhou, Chengdu is going to face our attack, Guan Yu is estimated to shoot down the defense on the way, and then see you and think about the next thing." ”

When Yuan Yun said this, his face sank, and then he shouted to several heralds: "The baggage battalion has begun to be reassembled, Zhao Yun and Dian Man are now pulling out, sweeping the area where the army is going to pass, and be sure to pay attention to the ambush of the other party." ”

Yuan Yun's orders were issued very coherently, and a series of tasks were conveyed one after another, which had already been discussed with Zhuge Liang and other strategists, and the gunpowder army came all the way, and everything was developing according to their expectations.

When all Yuan Yun's orders were given, billowing smoke began to rise in Jiangzhou City, and the sound of explosions and shouts of killing continued to echo in the air, making everyone feel an inexplicable sense of killing.

The battle lasted until midnight and did not stop, it can be imagined the tenacity of the defenders, Yuan Yun frowned fiercely when he saw the battle report in the camp, because even if he made a lot of preparations, the battle losses of the Gunpowder Army in this battle reached three thousand.

Looking at the word Chengdu on the map, Yuan Yun could only smile bitterly and shake his head, judging from the information from the flying pigeon, Cao Ang should have taken Fucheng at this time, and the soldiers pointed directly at Mianzhu Pass, once this place is lost, Chengdu will be attacked by Luoyang's gunpowder army in the north and south, so Liu Bei at this moment must be in the form of anxiety.

Thinking of this, Yuan Yun was a little sluggish, and then asked Zhuge Liang on the side: "Cao Ang's side has already taken Fucheng, will Liu Bei transfer Guan Yu to the southern line so as to hold Mianzhu Pass?" ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Very likely, after all, Mianzhu Pass is the gateway to Chengdu, once it is breached, Chengdu will be besieged by a large army immediately, on the other hand, on our side, because there is a long land route from Chengdu, Liu Bei should not be too anxious, so Guan Yu is likely to be transferred to Mianzhu Pass." ”

Yuan Yun heard Zhuge Liang say this, but he was inexplicably relieved in his heart, in his heart, it really didn't look like fighting against this Guan Erye, after all, if the Martial Emperor of later generations was so damaged in his own hands, he always felt a little regrettable.

If Guan Yu really went to the southern front to deal with Cao Ang, Yuan Yun felt that it would be better, after all, they were all characters of this era, attacking each other, and it was normal for each other to win and lose, if he accidentally killed Guan Yu as a modern person, it would indeed be a bit of a fool's errand, so if he could avoid fighting with these famous generals through the ages, then avoid it as much as possible.

With the passage of time, by the morning of the second day, the city of Jiangzhou was in the hands of the Gunpowder Army, even if there was some small resistance, but as more Gunpowder Army entered the city, it could soon be completely suppressed.

And Yan Yan did not choose to lead the army to retreat when he saw that he was invincible, but sent them all to the street battle, for which he not only paid for 30,000 lives, but even he himself was not spared, in a battle, he was shot more than 20 times, and was finally beheaded by a young general.

At the same time, Jiang Wan, the defender's military advisor, was also captured, and when Yuan Yun saw him, he found that this strategist was wearing heavy armor, his face was covered with blood, and one arm was also cut off, and he looked completely half-dead.

This Jiang Wan didn't survive an hour, and after Pang Tong asked some questions, he whimpered for his life, and before he died, he was still chanting Liu Bei's name, which made Yuan Yun very unhappy when he looked at it.

"This time it was Yan Yan who commanded, and Guan Yu was nowhere to be found, and this Jiang Wan was indeed not simple, after he couldn't see General Zhao Yun's Hu Qi, he advocated stubborn resistance to the end, because he had already guessed that we had blocked Jiangzhou's retreat, which was why there was such a tragic fierce battle in the city." After Pang Tong finished speaking, there was a trace of regret on his face, he had heard of Jiang Wan's name before, and he didn't want to end up like this.

After listening to Pang Tong's words, Yuan Yun only gave a new order, ordering Zhao Yun and Dianman to start sweeping the remnants of the surrounding enemy army, while the army prepared to repair in Jiangzhou for three days, and then all the troops began to advance towards Chengdu by land.

It was also at this time that Yuan Yun received news from Yangzhou that the Sun family had finally surrendered, Sun Ce and Sun Quan personally took a group of Yangzhou people to Cao Ying, and submitted a letter of surrender in front of Cao Cao, so that the dust of the first battle of Chibi had settled.

After seeing this flying pigeon biography, Yuan Yun finally had a feeling of unification in the world, and now only the old enemy Liu Bei was left.