The red-faced man didn't hold a weapon in his hand, and he spoke with a hint of a smile, but his smile was a little cold, and the words he said were even more murderous. When the soldiers of the Yuan army saw this red-faced man, their legs couldn't help but tremble, and they involuntarily threw away the weapons in their hands.

Soon, Yao Qi, Ma Liu, and his cronies who rushed into the shops and houses were escorted out, and they found out that there were thousands of people in this small town. They only wanted to come to fight the autumn wind, and they were like hitting the stones with eggs.

Guan Yu pointed at Yao Qi and said, "Bring him up!" ”

Guan Yu saw it very clearly just now, he was the one who gave orders at the entrance of the town.

Yao Qi is a person who has seen blood on the battlefield, but he is not afraid of facing Guan Yu, and he straightens his chest. It's a pity that even if he stood on tiptoe, he could only reach Guan Yu's shoulder.

Guan Yu looked at Yao Qi and said coldly, "Who are you?" What do you want to do in town? ”

Yao Qi turned his heart sideways, pursed his lips, and said: "This is a military secret, there is no comment!" ”

"If you don't say it, I think there will always be someone willing to say it." Guan Yu sneered, and suddenly raised his hand to shine on Yao Qi's neck. Just hearing the crisp sound of "click", Yao Qi's body softened. Guan Yu pointed towards Ma Liuyi, "Come on!" ”

This time, the Han army faced the four-party alliance of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Xianbei and Wuheng, and the total number of enemy troops had already exceeded one million. In the face of such a strong enemy, Liu Xin did not want to be a woman anymore, and had already issued an order that some stubborn prisoners of war could be executed on the spot if necessary. Guan Yu is now exercising this power.

Seeing that Guan Yu took Yao Qi's life with a knife, Ma Liu still had half a stubborn heart, like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, and explained everything he knew.

Yao Qi and Ma Liu were both lieutenants in the Yuan army, and they were also in charge of thousands of men and horses, although it was impossible to know the decisions of the higher levels, but they were still clear about the basic movements of the Yuan army. After listening to Ma Liu's explanation, Guan Yu immediately made a decision and ordered the whole army to gather immediately.

According to Liu Xin's original deployment, the army that was ambushed in the Yin area would launch an attack on Yecheng the day after tomorrow. Of course, the attack was a feint. The so-called attack must be saved, Yecheng is Yuan Shao's base camp, not only Yuan Shao himself and his family, but even the vast majority of Yuan Shao's civil and military personnel and their families are in Yecheng. If Yecheng was attacked, Yuan Shao would definitely notify Liyang's troops to return for reinforcements as soon as possible. Such an arrangement is a typical encirclement point reinforcement.

But through Ma Liu's explanation, Guan Yu found that Yuan Shao's army was transferred to Liyang faster than expected. If you wait until the day after tomorrow to do it, I'm afraid that Liyang's Yuan army has already begun to attack Chaoge.

In order to block the Xianbei cavalry from moving south, Liu Xin dispatched the main force of the Fourth Army to attack Jiexiu County, which had been reported among the generals above the deputy corps commander. Therefore, Guan Yu was very worried that Chao Ge would not be able to withstand Yuan's attack, and he had to make the first move to attract Yuan Shao's attention.

The 280,000 troops assembled in Dangyin have a strict division of labor among themselves. The 50,000 infantry of the First Army were in charge of the feint attack on Yecheng, and this army had already lurked fifty miles north of Dangyin, and as long as an order was given, they would appear under Yecheng within half a day. Guan Yu's task was to lead the 20,000 infantry of the Third Army to attack the rear of Yuan's army that had returned from Liyang.

After learning of Ma Liu's confession, Guan Yu made a bold decision to attack Neihuang County in Wei County. Neihuang is fifty miles east of Dangyin, which is the place where Yuan Shao stored grain, and it is also the food supply base of Yuan's army on the Liyang front. The capture of Neihuang is equivalent to cutting off the grain route of the Yuan army on the front line.

Guan Yu immediately decided to take the risk, of course, he did not forget to inform the corps commander Zhang He and the commander-in-chief of the operation, Xu Huang, of his decision.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and Liu Xin has granted generals above the deputy commander the right to arbitrarily make decisions on the spot, so Guan Yu's arrangement is not in violation. But after getting Guan Yu's report, Xu Huang was still surprised.

As long as Guan Yu's men and horses appeared outside Neihuang City, Yuan Jun would immediately be alerted, and this battle plan would be in danger of being exposed. Xu Huang didn't have time to think about it, and immediately decided to adjust the battle plan, and the entire battle started two days in advance.

Yuan Shao spent a lot of money on the base camp of Yecheng, not only the city wall was built tall and strong, and the city accumulated enough grain and grass for the needs of the soldiers and civilians of the city for two years, but also built four garrison cities around Yecheng. These four garrison cities are guarded around Yecheng, and there are no people living in the city, and all the troops are stationed. What Xu Huang wanted to feint was a garrison city in the southernmost part of Yecheng, called Wucheng.

The Han army's movements were very fast, and it only took half an hour from receiving Xu Huang's temporary order to setting off as a whole team. The original intention of the feint was to attract Yuan Shao's attention, so there was no need to hide it. And this feint attack has another role, covering Guan Yu's actions.

The 50,000 troops of the First Army set off at noon, with flags covering the sun and war drums, and slaughtering Benwu City like a torrent of black steel.

Recently, an army has passed through the area almost every few days, and the people, fearing that they will be implicated, have long since taken refuge in the mountains, and the fields are barren. However, such a blatant march of the Han army, and the target was directly aimed at Wucheng, the gateway to the south of Yecheng, quickly attracted the attention of the Yuan army's sentinels, and the alarm Pegasus was transmitted into Yecheng.

Hearing this news, Yuan Shao was taken aback, his deployment to attack Hanoi had not yet been completed, and there were still some details of the alliance with Cao Cao that needed to be agreed, but he didn't expect Liu Xin to come over first, and he was in a position to capture the thief and capture the king.

Yuan Shao hurriedly convened all the strategists to discuss, discussed for an afternoon, and finally came to a conclusion that Liu Xin's action in Taiyuan was just a feint, the purpose was to attract the main force of Yuan's army to aid Taiyuan, but the result was unsuccessful, so he made a desperate bet and wanted to storm Yecheng. At this time, although the main force of the Yuan army was not transferred to Taiyuan, it had been transferred to Liyang, and Yecheng plus the four surrounding garrison cities had only 100,000 troops left. And the Han army was fanfare, giving people the feeling that there were hundreds of thousands. This made Yuan Shao nervous, and immediately ordered Liyang's army to come back to help, and sent someone to contact Cao Cao and ask for troops to assist.

Leading the Han army as a feint were two partial generals of the First Army, Shi Jian and Wang Wei. They arrived ten miles south of Wucheng and set up camp, and after a short rest, they drove outside Wucheng overnight. Although the Han army only had 50,000 people, and only 20,000 people drove to the city of Wucheng, they had two or three torches. Lu Kuang, the defender of Wucheng, looked down from the top of the city, and saw that the city was full of firelight, and it seemed that there were 100,000 people. Lu Kuang did not dare to fight, so he ordered people to close the city gate, and at the same time lit a beacon fire to report to Yecheng.

The Han army did not immediately attack the city, but assembled various siege equipment step by step. This time, Liu Xin made a bloody investment, although it was a feint, he still sent heavy equipment such as trebuchets and ladders.

At this time, Yuan Shao also climbed to the head of Yecheng City, looking at the beacon fire slowly rising in the direction of Wucheng, he was anxious, but he didn't dare to send reinforcements. Because according to the report of the sentinels, this Han army has 200,000 people, and sending troops out of the city is tantamount to killing yourself. But he also refused to give up Wucheng, after all, it was the gateway to Yecheng. After thinking about it again, Yuan Shao sent two messengers to Wucheng and ordered Lu Kuang to wait for help.

Probably worried about the enemy on the belly and back, the Han army only surrounded the east, south, and west sides of Wucheng, and let go of the north, and Yuan Shao's messenger entered Wucheng effortlessly. Seeing that his messenger came and went freely, Lu Kuang also greatly increased his confidence, so he asked the messenger to reply to Yuan Shao, swearing that the city was in the city, and the city was dead, and offered a plan, hoping that Yuan Shao would send troops into Wucheng the day after tomorrow, and when Liyang's reinforcements arrived, he would give the Han army a flank inside and outside. After all, there are only 10,000 troops in Wucheng City, and if you want to attack inside and outside, you really have more than enough heart and not enough strength.

Soon after the messenger left, a loud "boom" was heard outside the city, and the Han army began to attack. The Han army did not charge, but lined up eighty trebuchets and bombarded the head of Wucheng City. Trebuchets have been improved several times and are now both far and accurate, with each trebuchet being able to throw more than a dozen stone projectiles at a time. However, it was night, and the trebuchet operators were unable to assess the effectiveness of their attacks, so there was no way to correct them. Despite this, the rain of stones in the sky still caused great psychological pressure on the Yuan army defending the city.

For the weapon of trebuchet, Yuan Jun is not the first time to come into contact with it. In that fierce battle that lasted for more than a year, Cao Jun also used trebuchets many times, successfully suppressing Yuan's superiority in bows and arrows. However, the power of Cao's trebuchet was less than one-fifth of that of the Han army's trebuchet, and the range was much closer.

The Han army's trebuchets could fire thousands of stone bullets in a single salvo, and if they couldn't dodge, even if they held a shield, it was useless, and they were often knocked over with a shield. In fact, not only the shield, many stone bullets flew directly over the city wall and landed in the barracks in the city, and many soldiers hiding in tents were also killed and injured.

The stone bullets of the Han army seemed to be endless, firing round after round. The soldiers of the Yuan army were all cowering in the corners of the wall in fear and fatigue, or hiding near the farthest north gate, still being hit by stones that were smashed to the ground and then bounced up from time to time.

The defenders of Wucheng were thus in a state of anxiety until dawn, and the stone bomb attacks of the Han army finally stopped. As the defenders crawled out of the various hiding spots in a trembling state, they were completely stunned by what they saw.

After a night of attack, the walls of Wucheng also became full of holes, and the originally neat military camp in the city had also fallen to the ground, and the smashed corpses could be seen from time to time. When they climbed to the top of the city, they found that it was quiet outside the city, and the Han army did not know when they had collected their troops and returned to the camp.

In Neihuang, one hundred and fifty miles southeast of Yecheng, the fierce battle lasted all night, and there was still no sign of stopping.