Chen Zhi chose the location of Cao Ying's camp in a basin in the Luliang Mountains, which is surrounded by the Luliang Mountains, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are mountain springs passing through it, which solves the problem of water flow, and most importantly, there are many larches and spruces growing on this land, which can provide raw materials for making shared ladders. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Cao Zhang summoned Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi into the big tent of the Chinese army, and said to the two: "The siege ladder is relatively simple, so it doesn't take much time to manufacture, I think it can be completed within a few days, and we will attack the city as soon as the ladder is built, I will divide the four thousand people into eight teams, and attack at the same time from the four walls of the shop, so that each city wall will have a thousand people to attack, Shu Zhi, you are responsible for the east and north city walls, I am responsible for the south and west city walls, and then General Zhang Yan will put 2,000 Black Mountain troops under each city wall, As the backup of our army, no matter which wall we enter from, we must first open the city gate and let our army enter Puzi. ”

Chen Zhi replied: "No! ”

Cao Zhang said to Zhao Yun: "Zilong, you must be worried about me to comfort me if you ask for your life to attack the city with me, I know that Zilong is the first fierce general in my army, and with Zilong by my side, I am also more at ease, so Zilong will follow me to attack the city from the south." ”

Zhao Yun replied: "No! ”

Cao Zhang's camp was heavily guarded, so Puzi's Lin family defenders did not have the idea of robbing the camp, but strengthened their vigilance on the city wall, Cao Zhang let the tomb keepers under Wei Zhen watch the city on the high ground day and night, and found that Puzi's defenders were all armed with bows and arrows, and the bows in their hands were thinner than the Han army's, but they were longer than the Han army's bows, Wei Zhen said that this is the Xianbei people's customary longbow, the name is Donghu Flying Bow, the Xianbei people are a branch of Donghu during the Warring States Period, Donghu was defeated by Mao Dunshan Yu in the early Western Han Dynasty, and migrated all the way to the east and west. It is divided into two main branches, Xianbei and Wuhuan.

Cao Zhang doesn't know much about this history, but Mao Dunshan knows it, this person is the Xiongnu king who unified Mobei, and he is also the Xiongnu king who once defeated Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and brought endless suffering to the people on the border of the Han Dynasty!

Later, the Xiongnu were defeated by Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, fled all the way west, Xianbei took advantage of the situation, occupied the territory of the Xiongnu, and became the most powerful nation in the north.

In the big tent, after listening to Wei Zhen's narration, Cao Zhang asked, "Gong Zhen, how powerful is this Hun flying bow?" ”

Wei Zhen replied, "No less than my bow and arrow." ”

Hearing this, Cao Zhang nodded and said: "I have divided the four thousand soldiers into eight teams, and launched an attack from the four city walls at the same time, the density of their bows and arrows will be greatly reduced, and my personal guard battalion wears two armors second only to the Mingguang armor and the fish scale armor, compared to him, it is difficult to stop the offensive of our army." ”

At this time, Wei Zhen persuaded the witch in the tent again: "Third Prince, I know that you personally went into battle because you were afraid that we would each have our own belongings, and any party sent to attack the city would have the intention of preserving our strength, and attacking Puzi would inevitably cause heavy casualties, which would cause dissatisfaction among the besieging generals, so I was putting myself in danger, firstly, to let the three armies die, and secondly, to boost morale, but I Wei Zhen promised that the third prince asked me to guard the tomb to attack the city, I will never deliberately preserve my strength, and I will kill until I am strong!" ”

After all, the relationship between Wei Zhen's father and Cao Cao is different, so he doesn't want to see Cao Zhang in danger, Cao Zhang smiled when he heard this: "I know Gongzhen's kindness, but I, Cao Zhang, lead the troops to pay attention to an order to prohibit, since the military order has been issued, there is no reason to change it, and the tomb keeper is no less than the tiger and leopard cavalry, how can it be used to attack the city?" Isn't that a waste of combat power? In my heart, I have always had the intention of collecting the tomb guards for my own use, even if I can't collect them all, at least I have to collect cavalry, so how can I be willing to let them attack the city? ”

Wei Zhen was greatly moved when he heard this, and immediately said: "Once the thieves in Pingyang County are eliminated, the cavalry of the tomb keepers does not need to be guarding Xiangling, just leave the infantry and village warriors, and then Shi Zhen will definitely go to the world with the third prince!" ”

Cao Zhang smiled: "That's right! Don't worry, when I was assassinated in Linfen, the other party's four strong crossbows couldn't help me, how could they hurt me? ”

When Wei Zhen saw Cao Zhang say this, he could only retire.

Three days later, Wang Ling Xiahou Heng came to report, saying that the eight siege ladders had been completed, four feet wide and nine zhang long, just enough to cross the moat of Puzi and set up on the Puzi city wall, the steps were spaced one foot apart, and the top was inlaid with a barb, which could be hooked on the female wall, and the wood at the front end had been wrapped in raw cowhide soaked in oil, even if it was to be cut it would take a while.

The wood of the flying ladder is made of fir trees, which has a lot of water and is not easy to be burned.

The next day, Cao Ying's nest poured out, leaving only 10,000 people to garrison the army rations, even the 50,000 people who were full of new recruits also stood behind the battle and shouted cheers, Zhang Yan's 50,000 soldiers divided into 8,000 siege troops standing behind the four walls of Puzi, and the rest of the army was on standby after the cavalry, and as soon as the city gate was opened, it immediately attacked the city with the cavalry.

Xiahou Mao, Gongsun Xu, Wei Zhen stood in front of Zhang Yan's army with cavalry, only three miles away from the city gate, riding horses and galloping in a blink of an eye, and the location they chose was on the flank of the south gate of Puzi, except for the gate opposite to the south gate, which takes a little more time, the other three gates can be reached quickly, which is an excellent siege position.

Cao Zhang, who was dressed in Mingguang armor, was at this time with a thousand soldiers at five hundred paces under the south gate, this distance was absolutely impossible to shoot unless there was a strong crossbow, and now he was sending five hundred people to the left end of the south gate to attack the city, and he himself was on the south gate and the other side, as for the one thousand soldiers on the west gate city wall, two other Sima and a military marquis led the siege.

The defenders on the Puzi city wall have bent their bows and arrows and waited solemnly, seeing that they were not wearing armor, but the animal skin clothes worn by the Hu sergeants, only the chest was protected by the chest and abdomen with heart guards, in terms of equipment, their equipment was inferior to Cao Zhang's Praetorian Guard, Cao Zhang said to Zhao Yun beside him after completing the division of troops: "Zilong, order the formation!" ”

Zhao Yun agreed and shouted: "Array!" The sergeant next to him immediately shouted: "Array!" Five hundred people centered on Zhao Yun set off a wave of noise, and all the sergeants who heard the order would repeat it.

"Array!"

"Array!"

In this wave, the five hundred people led by Cao Zhang formed a dense phalanx, and the siege ladder was carried by a sergeant in the center of the square, and after forming a phalanx, the sergeants put the halberd in their hands on their chests, and the halberd of nearly three meters stood on the phalanx like a dense forest.

The five hundred sergeants on the left saw the sergeants under Cao Zhang's command lined up, and immediately formed a phalanx, erected a long halberd forest, this is the sound of the rear drums, and the 50,000 people are making a noise, this is Cao Zhang's order to Wang Ling, as long as he sees him in formation, he immediately beats the drum and shouts to inform the siege sergeants on all sides to line up together, and the city will be attacked after a drum.

At this time, the unified drum sounded, and 50,000 people shouted in unison: "Attack!" The sergeants of the four walls shouted in unison, attack! At the same time, the halberd in both hands shook, and the long halberd in front and back, left and right, forming a halberd curtain, and then methodically towards Puzi, after advancing two hundred steps, the arrows on Puzi City were sprinkled like a shower towards Cao Zhang's personal guards. (To be continued.) (To be continued.) )