"What!? The Jingzhou army has come to the city! Yuan Shao was shocked, jumped up from the seat, and the white porcelain tea bowl in his hand fell to the ground and shattered. This white porcelain tea bowl is his beloved thing, and the tea leaves brewed in it are smuggled goods bought with a lot of money, and now it has fallen to the ground, Yuan Shao can't even take a look at it, grabbed the scout, and asked loudly, "What is Lu Kuang doing to eat!" 50,000 people can't hold a small martial city, and it's lost so quickly! ”

The tanma was overwhelmed by Yuan Shaole, but he didn't dare to resist, his face was bruised, and he was persuaded by the judge, Xun Chen and others before he was put down, knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, and slowly told the news he heard.

Wucheng is the gateway to the south of Yecheng, and it is also the only way for the Han army to attack Yecheng, so Yuan Shao still attached great importance to it and sent 50,000 horses to Lü Kuang.

Wucheng originally only had 10,000 defenders, but now it has increased to 50,000 horses, which seems to have strengthened its strength, but it is not. It turned out that the 10,000 horses were all elite soldiers who had experienced the battle array, but the 40,000 horses that were later transferred were newly recruited young and strong, and the difference in combat effectiveness during this period can be imagined.

After the Han army began to attack the city, it used trebuchets as usual, and thousands of stone bullets rained down on the city of Wucheng, which was much more intense than the feint attack more than half a month ago. The veterans who had experienced the last battle were fine, how could these recruits have never seen such a battle. Seeing the stone rain mixed with a sharp whistle falling from the sky, and the companions who couldn't dodge around them instantly broke their heads and their brains splashed, the recruits were already so frightened that they couldn't even take a step, let alone fight back. Of course, even if they wanted to counterattack, they couldn't find a target, and the Han army was still 600 paces away.

The trebuchet's attack lasted for an hour, and the walls of Takeshi were torn apart. When the Han army attacked, the recruits discarded their swords and guns, turned and fled, but instead disrupted the positions of the veterans, and by the time they reacted, the Han army had climbed to the top of the city, and the battle was over in only half an hour.

Yuan Shao sat down on the seat in a dejected manner, and muttered: "Could it be that Cao Cao has been defeated, and even the thunderbolt car has fallen into Liu Xin's hands, and now Yecheng is not easy to defend." ”

But the scout horse lowered his head and said, "My lord, it is not like Cao Cao's thunderbolt at all, it is much more powerful than Cao Cao's thunderbolt." ”

Yuan Shao suddenly jumped up from the seat again, pulled out the saber on his waist, stabbed it into the heart of the detective horse, and shouted: "No one in the Jingzhou army has such a siege weapon to leak it, otherwise it will be punished for disturbing the army's heart!" ”

Seeing that the body of the tanma was carried out, all the civil and military officers in the hall were miserable in their hearts, and now Yuan Shao has long lost the vigor he had as a child of the family, and some are just suspicious and angry. Everyone lowered their heads and didn't dare to speak, only Yuan Shao was the most loyal to the judge, and hurriedly said: "Lord Qiqi, the walls of Yecheng are much higher than Wucheng, and they are unusually strong, so I don't worry about the attack of the thunderbolt car, and the top priority is to hurry up to the city to defend against the enemy!" ”

Yuan Shao came to his senses that the Han army had already arrived in the city, and hurriedly said: "Quick, follow me to the city to have a look." ”

Appearing outside Yecheng were the cavalry of the Han army, with 10,000 ironclad cavalry in the center and 40,000 light cavalry on two wings. These cavalry were only arrayed outside the city, and did not make any other moves, and they did not even surround Yecheng.

Seeing that the Han army had few soldiers, Wen Chou became excited, brandished a spear and said: "Lord, the last general is willing to lead the troops out of the city, and while their foothold is not stable, kill him without leaving a piece of armor!" ”

Xu You shook his head and said: "Although General Wen is brave, there are not many cavalry in our army, if you leave the city to fight, I am afraid that you will not have an advantage, and I hope that the lord will think twice!" ”

Yuan Shao, who originally occupied the northern states, had a large number of cavalry, but he only fought with Cao Cao for a year, losing more than half, and Yan Liang's 100,000 cavalry fell into Liu Xin's encirclement plan to help, and the whole army was wiped out. Although Yecheng claims to have 50,000 cavalry, in fact, it is only about 20,000 cavalry, and if he can't win a single blow, it will be difficult for Yuan Shao to organize a second cavalry in a short time. The 20,000 cavalry Yuan Shao still has a lot of use, and he needs to rely on them to protect himself and withdraw from Yecheng safely when he has to do so, so Yuan Shao doesn't want to let these cavalry go out of the city and take risks.

Seeing that the walls of Yecheng were tall and strong, and the Han army under the city did not put away the siege equipment, let alone the legendary super thunderbolt, Yuan Shao couldn't help but regain a little confidence, waved his hand lightly and said: "Ziyuan is reasonable, can the Jingzhou army still ride a horse and rush to the city?" And let them show off their might here, and order the soldiers to be ready, as long as they dare to come to attack the city, they will be taught that there will be no return. ”

Although Yuan Shao was full of confidence, the judge still frowned and said: "Liu Xin is not a person who knows the art of war, how can he send cavalry to attack the city?" According to the humble opinion of his subordinates, he must have ulterior motives in this move, but he must not be guarded against. ”

Feng Ji sneered: "What can it be? The art of war is cloudy, ten are encircled, five are attacked, multiple is battle, and the enemy can be divided. Liu Xin's current strength is not as good as our army, it is difficult to besiege the city, and it is even more difficult to attack the city, his move is nothing more than to lead our army out of the city and fight. If the subordinates are good, Liu Xin must still have ambushes behind these cavalry, this is just his strategy to lure the enemy, and the lord must not fall for his tricks! ”

Xu You has always sung against Feng Ji, and after listening to Feng Ji's words, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Yuan Tu's words are wrong, if it is a suspicious soldier's plan, you should use a tired soldier." The Jingzhou cavalry under Ruguan City has a neat military appearance, and it is obvious that it is an elite division, how can there be a reason to use such an army as a bait? Xu thought that they wanted to block us in the city! ”

Feng Ji retorted: "If you want to block us in the city, how can there be a reason to block only one door?" It's clearly a trick to lure the enemy! ”

The intention of the Han army was actually very simple, because after hearing Liu Xin assert that Yuan Shao was an indecisive person, Xu Huang came up with this trick of suspicious soldiers, and lined up the cavalry outside Yecheng, neither besieging nor attacking the city, so that Yuan Shao could not figure out the intention for a while, so as to achieve the purpose of dragging Yuan Shao's army in the city. At the same time, the Han infantry had already attacked the three acropolis of Yecheng, Jiuhou City, and Pingyang City.

If you add Wucheng, Yecheng has a total of four acropolis, and Yecheng is each other's horns, and if the Han army wants to attack Yecheng with peace of mind, it is natural to cut off these wings first. With the experience of attacking Wucheng, the Han army did not carry out a long stone attack when attacking the other three acropolises, but only threw a wave of stone projectiles and began to send infantry to the city. The geographical location of these three acropolis is not as important as Wucheng, and the strength of the army is naturally not as good as Wucheng. While Yuan Shao's advisors were still arguing, the three acropolis were defeated before they could withstand a single charge from the Han army.

It is undeniable that these strategists under Yuan Shao still have some ability, Xu You has vaguely guessed the intentions of the Han army, but they have used most of their wisdom in intrigue, and they are all selfish, and they don't have much energy to think about the truth behind the matter.

Yuan Shao listened a little big, frowned and thought for a long time, and suddenly said: "No matter what his intentions, I only stick to the city and see what he can do to me?" ”

As soon as his words fell, I saw that the Han cavalry under the city suddenly moved, the 10,000 ironclad cavalry slowly retreated, and the 40,000 light cavalry divided into three ways to gallop to the left and right.

Xu You pretended to be shocked, stroked his palms and said: "Lord, as Xu expected, the Jingzhou army wants to block us in the city!" ”

In fact, Xu You was the most reluctant to abandon the city, but he understood that the more he said this, the more Yuan Shao would not choose to abandon the city and leave.

Sure enough, Yuan Shao snorted coldly and said: "Liu Xin gathered 50,000 cavalry just now, and Yuan didn't pay attention to it, and now just 10,000 cavalry want to block Yuan's way, which is tantamount to a fool's dream, why is Yuan afraid?" ”

Wen Chou arched his hand and said: "Lord Qiqi, the Jingzhou army has divided its troops this time, and the troops outside the city are empty, please let the last general go out of the city to fight for a while!" ”

Guo Tu said on the side: "Liu Xin has always been treacherous, and this move may not be his plan to lure the enemy, so let's wait and see for a while, and don't move lightly." ”

Yuan Shao thought about it, all of these people were right, and he hesitated again. At this moment, there was a sudden "boom" outside the city, and countless stone bullets rushed over, and the sky seemed to be dark!

It turned out that after the Han army carried out a ** attack on the three acropolis, they transferred all the trebuchets to the surroundings of Yecheng, and those cavalry were divided into the other three gates after learning that the trebuchets and the infantry preparing to attack the city had entered the battle position.

Although the soldiers of the Yuan army who participated in the battle for Liyang were all discolored by the thunderbolt chariot, Yuan Shao never thought that the thunderbolt could attack the tall Yecheng, and it was only at this time that he realized the power of the Han army's trebuchet. Although the walls of Yecheng were very strong, and the stone bullets only broke some rubble, which was not enough to shake its foundation, the same tall and majestic city tower could not withstand such a heavy blow, and collapsed in the first round of stone rain. The bricks and rubble fell to the ground, and the dust raised made all the people standing in front of the gate building dusty.

The judge hurriedly persuaded: "Lord, this is dangerous, please go down to the city to take shelter!" ”

Yuan Shao pushed him away and said loudly: "Yuan is a greedy person who is afraid of death!" Swear to defend the city with the soldiers, and live and die with Yecheng......"

Before his impassioned speech was over, there was another loud "boom" outside the city, and countless black things flew over, and there was a chaotic sound of ping-pong around him.

Yuan Shao subconsciously shrank his neck, and a black thing flew over his head and smashed into the ruins of the city tower behind him, shattering. When he turned his head to look, he realized that this time the Han army threw not stones, but black clay pots.