Shilin about this assassination turmoil although there was a lot of uproar, but as a victim of Cao Cao did not say much, he knew this loss, he could only swallow helplessly in his stomach, that day after receiving Lu Bu's threatening letter rarely out of control, began to lick the wound silently, this assassination, the blow to Cao Cao was almost devastating, the loss of Chen Qun among the high-level civil and military ministers has made him heartbroken, but compared to this, the entire grassroots official system was completely paralyzed by Lu Bu, and Cao Cao was even more anxious, However, the matter is far from over. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Just when Cao Cao had just suppressed this assassination storm and the entire Kanto region was in danger, the news from the north made Cao Cao feel like he was in even worse trouble.

Jizhou, Yecheng.

Since Guo Jia dug up the Zhangshui and poured Yecheng, the political center of Yuan Shao in the past withered, and this place is close to the border between Lu Bu and Cao Cao, and will encounter a small force from the north all the year round to harass, many people who stayed near Yecheng, or moved their families south, or simply went directly to the northern Hebei region, I heard that the treatment there is good, in short, this past is comparable to Luoyang, Chang'an, the big city, but now it is prosperous, only a desolate.

At this moment, the black army poured over from all directions along the official road, standing on the city wall as high as three zhang, looking at the dense army that poured into the city like an ant tide, Yecheng defender Zhao De's face was a little pale, although it was an important border town, but the entire Yecheng and even Wei County, the total number of soldiers and horses was not more than 10,000, and the Yecheng garrison was less than 5,000.

What's worse is that there is also instability in Yecheng City, a previous terrorist assassination, the southern Hebei side is definitely the hardest hit area, up to the Taishou, down to the county order and even the small officials were almost slaughtered, and now the people in Yecheng are panicked, and there are faint signs of riots.

The wolf smoke has risen, but Zhao De has no trace of certainty in his heart, just looking at the dense army opposite, only relying on the less than 5,000 defenders in Yecheng, whether they can support reinforcements to help, Zhao De has no trace of confidence in his heart, pressing the sword on his waist, but his knuckles have turned pale because of the force.

"Look, general, what are they doing?" Zhao De's lieutenant pointed to the crowd opposite and said in surprise.

"Huh?" Zhao De was stunned when he heard this, and looked over according to the instructions of the deputy general, but saw that these Lu troops did not attack the city, nor did they carry siege equipment, but began to build a wall in a place three arrows away from the city wall, yes, it is a wall.

The soldiers seemed to have become workers all at once, or digging ravines, and some of them quickly brought in a steady stream of timber, and began to build a wooden wall, and at the same time, every stone's throw away, began to build towers, very strange style, and as if specially trained, in less than half an hour, as the foundation opened, one arrow tower after another began to sing.

Not only from this side, but also from other directions, the other party does not seem to have the intention of attacking the city, but began to build a wall and arrow tower, the whole Yecheng suddenly seems to have become an inner city, and if you look further, you will also start to build a wall on the other side, and the wall in front of you will be more than ten zhang away.

Zhao De's face suddenly became gloomy, although he was not a famous general, he was not a stupid person, the other party did not hide his purpose, it was simply the idea of besieging Yecheng and then sniping reinforcements.

"Quick, stop the wolf smoke!" Zhao De's complexion changed suddenly, Yecheng is an important border town, and now in the face of invasion, Xiahou Yuan, the defender of Jizhou, will not sit idly by, but the other party's actions are obviously intended to lure Xiahou Yuan to attack, from the beginning, Yecheng is a bait thrown by the other party, and Zhao De naturally can't let them get their wish.

"General, the wolf smoke has been extinguished in the city!" In the camp of Lu Bujun, an adjutant general came to Zhang Liao's side and bowed.

"They don't order us, they order more!" Zhang Liao glanced at the direction of Yecheng and continued to command the soldiers around him: "Everyone move faster, there must be a God of War crossbow on each arrow tower, a row of crossbows and three repeating crossbows, brothers, our army has been training for five years, this is the first battle in five years, you must fight beautifully, remember for me, as long as there is a living enemy, don't give me stingy arrows, Cao Cao's dwarf man dared to assassinate the lord, this breath, don't say that the lord can't swallow it, we can't swallow it, this battle, we must fight, the lord said, Jizhou is what he Cao Cao should compensate us for, first defeat the soldiers in Jizhou with this general, let them know how powerful we are! Do you want to make meritorious service! ”

"Roar, roar~" A group of soldiers waved their arms excitedly when they heard this, in the past five years, Lu Bu can still fight against foreign races, but here, except for the occasional small group of troops coming to the northern Hebei region to attack and harass, their task is to train the troops day after day, train the soldiers and train the troops, and they are about to practice people to vomit, and now it is rare for Lu Bu to say let go of the fight, this group of Jizhou strong soldiers has long been a little impatient, they want to prove that they are not worse than the five people in Guanzhong.

"Wolf smoke, light it for me, and let those Cao Dwarf's people come over and die quickly!" Zhang Liao laughed and said, don't talk about these soldiers, in the past five years, he, the general of Jizhou, has also been suffocated, as an old man who followed Lu Bu's side, watching Wei Yan, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Pang De, Gan Ning These newcomers continue to rise, although he is in charge of one side, he is already a member of Lu Bu's side, but the sense of crisis that has been surpassed has always pressed him a little breathless, and he needs a big battle to stabilize his position under Lu Bu again.

On the wall of Yecheng, looking at the wolf smoke rising from all directions, Zhao Deqi's face turned pale, and he pointed to the opposite side and scolded: "Zhang Liao Xiaoer, despicable and shameless, you have the ability to attack the city!" ”

"Siege?" Zhang Liao kicked twice on an arrow tower that had been built, trying the stability of the arrow tower, and rolled his eyes when he heard the words, the battle was not fought like this, now Yecheng is the pig they have raised in captivity, and when Xiahou Yuan's troops are cleaned up, it will not be too late to clean up.

"Send people to scout the surroundings, send war eagles, closely monitor Xiahou Yuan's movements, and send people to the upper reaches of Zhangshui to set up a camp, and report the military situation with flying pigeons every day." Zhang Liao sneered, Lu Bu suffered this loss back then, and he couldn't repeat the mistakes of the past.

Zhao De scolded for a long time, seeing that the other side did not react at all, he was angry and helpless.

"General, no, at the end of the night, I will lead people to attack the camp!" The adjutant general said sonorously.

"Raiding the camp?" Zhao De hesitated a little: "That Zhang Liaonai is a general under Lu Bu, how can he be defenseless?" ”

"General, please look!" The adjutant general pointed to Zhang Liao's camp and said with a smile: "The last general just watched, although the soldiers and horses of Zhang Liao far surpassed our army, but they were only 30,000, but now the soldiers and horses are completely spread out and scattered around Yecheng, we only need to gather the elite and storm one of them, and the camp set up by the other party cannot be quickly assembled!" ”

Zhao De's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give you two thousand or three thousand elites, and tonight, go out of the city to break the enemy!" Go and prepare, and feed the soldiers to their content, and you will surely take down this madman tonight. ”

"Whoa!"

Time is in the tormented waiting of the defenders of Yecheng, minute by minute, a large amount of timber is transported, with the continuous improvement of the opponent's fortifications, even Zhao De, as a defender, has to marvel at the perfection of its fortifications, the front and rear walls are connected in the end, and even the top is set up with a partition, which can perfectly defend against the enemy's arrow rain projectile, but the opponent hangs a bronze mirror every dozens of steps, but I don't know why.

Night finally fell, and the fire had begun to be lit in the military camp opposite, but from the city wall, except for a wisp of cooking smoke, there was no way to see the situation inside the other party.

Late at night, the gate of Yecheng quietly opened, and the elite of three thousand Yecheng quietly appeared outside the city, like a ghost towards the wall outside the land of three arrows, the opposite side was pitch black, Zhao De stood on the city wall, although it was pitch black and could not see anything, but he was still staring at it, this battle was related to the belonging of Jizhou, the future of Yecheng, and he could not be cautious.

"Bang Dang~"

In the silent night, there was a sound of something falling to the ground and colliding under the city wall, which was extremely harsh and loud, even Zhao De, who was far away, could hear it clearly.

"Hula~"

Just when Zhao De's complexion changed greatly, in the military camp opposite, more than a dozen torches suddenly lit up, and then an incredible scene appeared, someone put the torch on the bronze mirror, and then the light reflected by dozens of bronze mirrors at the same time illuminated the light within dozens of steps in front of the wall, and the three thousand soldiers and horses who were ready to attack at night were like little girls who had been stripped of their clothes, lonely under the illumination of the mirror light, and there was nothing to hide.

Zhao De's complexion changed greatly, he didn't expect that the bronze mirror would be so useful, and then the Yecheng soldiers who couldn't open their eyes who were stabbed by the sudden light reacted, and a cold shout came from behind the wall: "Release the arrow!" ”

"Woo Woo Woo ~ "

With a short buzz, Zhao De stood on the city wall, and saw a scene that made him frightened, three thousand soldiers fell down in pieces as if they were wheat harvested by an invisible sickle, outside the area where the light shone, there was no way to see how many people were dropping arrows in the dark, and the generals who took the lead were directly shot into hedgehogs, and the soldiers in the back row turned around and ran when they saw that the situation was not good, and a hole suddenly appeared in the wall, and a group of men and horses under black pressure rushed out to chase and kill for a while before turning back, The screams and wails lasted less than a quarter of an hour before vanishing completely, leaving only corpses and the ground almost covered in clusters of arrows.

On the wall of Yecheng, looking at the scene in front of him, Zhao De and even a group of Yecheng generals and colonels who watched the battle with him behind him, looked at the enemy soldiers who turned back with a pale face and began to collect corpses and arrows in an orderly manner, and finally poured the corpses on the oil and burned them directly, many people's teeth began to tremble, three thousand people, they didn't even survive a wave of attacks, they were defeated, and those who finally fled back were not even two thousand, Lu Bu's army was already strong!? A deep despair welled up in everyone's hearts. (To be continued.) )