Kunyang is the south gate of Yingchuan County, but also an important transportation hub connecting the north and south, the strategic position is very important, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu led the army to resist Wang Mang's tyranny, and once broke the main force of Wang Mang's army in this place, since then laid the foundation for the unification of the world, is the war for Kunyang.

It is precisely because of the strategic position of Kunyang that the Cao Wei regime has repeatedly strengthened the city defense of Kunyang, and the small county town of Daozhì is no less than the county seat of Yingchuan and the former royal capital of Xuchang in terms of defense.

It is precisely because of these reasons that although only Zhao Yan's 5,000 soldiers and horses were left in the city to defend the city, it was absolutely difficult to break through in a short period of time, and it was based on this consideration that Zhao Yan decided to implement the strategy of dividing the troops, and he was responsible for guarding Kunyang and dragging the enemy's main force, and then Cao Ren's army broke through the rebellious Yingyin and Changshe counties, so as to deter other rebel counties and completely consolidate Yingchuan.

In fact, Zhao Yan felt that with the solidity of Kunyang City, it was not a big problem to drag Liu Qi's army for a month each, not to mention that he was popular with the people here, and if he really couldn't mobilize the people to defend the city, he would definitely succeed in holding out until Cao Ren returned to his division.

And the facts did prove Zhao Yan's judgment, although the defenders in the city were sharply reduced to 5,000 people, but Liu Qi's army was still difficult to attack the city, because Zhao Yan was full of wisdom and was really a good defensive general, even a tough crossbow could not pose enough threat to the well-prepared enemy army.

After shooting the first round of repeaters, Zhao Yan made the curtain made of cloth hang down, and the soft cloth curtain was suspended in the air. Liu Qi's siege vehicles and repeater crossbows, although sharp, were difficult to penetrate.

Seeing this, Liu Qi ordered the soldiers to tie dry pine branches and hemp stalks to long poles, pour anointing oil and light a fire, intending to burn the tent curtain, and burn it along with the Yubi Tower. Zhao Yankuan is adaptable. The sergeant was ordered to tie the hook knife to the long pole, and when the Chu army attacked with a fire pole, he would raise the hook knife to cut it off, and cut off all the pine branches and hemp stalks that were being ignited.

Liu Qi saw that the enemy's crossbow arrows were very fierce, but his own side could not suppress the bows and arrows of the defenders, and if he wanted to attack the city, it would definitely bring Yan zhòng's losses. He ordered the troops to be collected and returned to the camp.

Zhao Yan saw that Liu Qi was defeated and returned, he couldn't help but be excited, and ordered the army to make a new curtain overnight, and at the same time strictly prevent the enemy from digging tunnels, he believed that as long as he held on step by step, Liu Qi would have no way to break through his defenses in a short period of time.

For the next two days, Liu Qi repeated his old tricks every day, trying to destroy the curtains hanging on the city walls, and even carried out several night raids. But every time, he was discovered and repelled by Zhao Yan in time. Zhao Yan saw that Liu Qi had no novel tricks, and heard that Jia Xu did not fight with the army this time, so he gradually relaxed his vigilance against Liu Qi.

And after Liu Qi was defeated back to the camp in a row, the Tiger Wing General Shamoke finally couldn't stand this style of fighting, and said loudly: "Lord, the last general has received reliable news that Cao Ren has led the main army to leave Kunyang, so there will definitely not be many soldiers in the city." We're even going to set up a ladder to attack. It is certain that Kunyang will be captured soon, but why did the lord order the withdrawal of troops instead? ”

Liu Qi smiled and said, "General Sha, don't be impatient. Don't you know, this king already has a way to deal with the curtain, yesterday deliberately used the conventional method to burn the curtain, just to ease Zhao Yan's vigilance, you and rest for a day, tomorrow we can see our army to break through Kunyang. ”

Early the next morning. Liu Qi ordered people to push hundreds of catapults, and Zhao Yan, who was standing at the head of the city, looked at it, sneered, and said lightly: "I originally thought how powerful Liu Qi was, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that." Did he think he would be able to deal with my curtain with his catapult? Ben would have made sure that his catapult would be of no use in front of my curtain like a repeater. ”

After that, he saw that the soldiers of the Chu army tied the dry pine branches and hemp stalks to the long poles, poured anointing oil to light the fire, and planned to burn the tent curtains.

But at this moment, he saw a strange pattern under the city, that is, thousands of soldiers were two hundred paces away with bows and arrows, aiming at the head of the city, as if to draw their bows and shoot arrows, and beside each archer there was a soldier, and these soldiers were holding torches, and they were lighting something.

Zhao Yan couldn't help but laugh, and said to the generals: "Liu Qi's move is really funny, didn't he think that his archers could attack my city from two hundred paces away?" Is there an archer in the world who shoots that far? What's even funnier is that they even ignite the fire on the shaft of the arrow, don't you know that the bow and arrow without the arrow feather will not be accurate at all, and the range will be greatly shortened? Isn't Liu Qi mad today, that's why he did such a ridiculous thing? If a bow and arrow like this can be shot at the top of the city, I, Zhao Yan, am willing to jump from the top of the city. ”

But the next scene made his eyes widen, because he found that what he had just said seemed to be too full, and the enemy's bows and arrows really shot at the top of the city, and the embarrassed Zhao Yan really didn't know whether he should jump off the city?

"This, how is this possible? The enemy's archers have ordinary bows and arrows in their hands, how can they shoot at a distance of 200 paces? ”

What made Zhao Yan even more shocked was that those bows and arrows flew from a distance with fire, and then fell on the cloth curtains, which were all coated with oil in order to be tough and strong and not penetrated by the feather arrows, and after encountering those with feather arrows, they ignited a raging flame.

The spread of the flames was very fast, before the soldiers reacted, the entire city had become a sea of fire, and even the Yubi City Tower was burned, Zhao Yan saw the fire, his heart suddenly sank, and he hurriedly said in panic: "Quick, go and put out the fire, and extinguish this damn flame at any cost." Damn Liu Qi, what strange things did you get? There is such a feathered arrow that can set fire, and it shoots so far, so how can we defend against him when attacking the city in the future? ”

Zhao Yan patronized and spoke, but he was unaware that a rafter fell from the nearby Yubi City Tower, and the rafter with flames burned his beard, fortunately he dodged in time, otherwise I am afraid that a face would be burned.

The soldiers at the head of the city finally extinguished the flames after a tense busyness, and at this time, they saw that the curtain that Zhao Yan had worked so hard to lay had already been burned to the ground, and even the jade city tower was burned together, and the black revealed a kind of sadness.

In addition, in the process of fighting the fire, many sergeants were burned to death, or they did not find the direction in the thick smoke, fell off the city wall and fell to their deaths. Roughly calculated, in just over half an hour, there were more than 500 casualties, more than the total number of casualties in the previous days.

But this was not the end, because Zhao Yan had already seen that the enemy troops under the city had already set up their catapults, and under the wave of the command flag, they saw the stones thrown at them in the sky.

"Hide behind the women's wall." When Zhao Yan saw the catapult starting, he immediately shouted loudly to order the sergeant to dodge.

I could only hear the stones thumping against the city wall, which made the city wall feel a slight vibration, and some stones fell on the city, smashing a hole in the ground on the city, or smashing the city bricks, or even worse, smashing some unlucky sergeants and smashing them to death, and the terrible wails of those sergeants made the hearts of all the defenders twitch fiercely.

After a burst of stone attacks like hailstones, there was a brief calm at the head of the city, Zhao Yan breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that the enemy army would definitely continue to fill the stones next, and then attack them, so they must repair some of the damaged areas before the next wave of attacks, a wall collapsed, and the enemy troops under the city took the opportunity to rush into the city.

The enemy army under the city is several times their number, and without the cover of the city wall, they may not be able to support even a stick of incense. Therefore, no matter what the cost is, the city walls must be repaired.

But the next scene shocked Zhao Yan again, because as soon as his BenQ was released, he saw the stones in the sky roaring and smashing towards the city again, and those soldiers who were ordered to repair the city wall and had no time to dodge were smashed into a pile of meat sauce in an instant.

"What's going on? Did I see a ghost or a monster today? First of all, a strange bow and arrow that can shoot 200 steps and can set fire, and then a catapult that can load stones in such a short time to continue to attack, why did such a strange thing that is rare in a thousand years happen to my Kunyang City? ”

Zhao Yan's heart was shocked and unbelieving, and he hurriedly ventured to look at the city from the battlement, and finally knew the answer, it turned out that it was not those catapults that filled the stones in such a short time, but that the strange catapults were each filled with dozens of stones at the same time, and these stones were hung on a wooden wheel, I don't know how to operate here, but I saw those sergeants pushing a winch hard, and the winch drove the wheel to rotate rapidly, projecting stones one by one to the city, It's as fast as a bow and arrow.

Seeing this kind of perverted stone car, Zhao Yan's heart instantly cooled, because he knew deeply that no matter how strong the city defense was, it would definitely not be able to withstand the impact of tens of thousands of stones in turn.

"Which craftsman is this? Such perverted siege machines were invented! Alas, I'm afraid that this time it's not just Xuchang, even Luoyang will definitely be difficult for us to preserve......"

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan couldn't help but feel heavy in his heart, and suddenly felt a sweetness in his throat in anger, and couldn't help but spurt out a mouthful of blood. And at this moment, a stone fell from the sky and smashed on the head of Zhao Yan, who forgot to dodge under the distraction, and smashed him into a ball of meat sauce...... (To be continued......)