In the first year of Xingping, July 20, in the morning, the east campus of Jixian County, Youzhou.

Under the bright sun, the battle flag hunting, thousands of troops and horses gathered, swords, guns and halberds were like a forest, and the atmosphere of the scene was solemn.

On the nine-foot altar in the center of the school field, cigarette smoke curled, flags were all over the place, and Gongsun Zhan and Liu Cun, who were all over the body and armor were extraordinary, surrounded by more than 100 generals, facing the altar, three bows and nine knocks, and a three-year-old majestic white horse was quickly led to the front of the altar by the priest and stopped moving.

With the chanting of more than ten priests sounded neatly, the sharp long knife waved like lightning, and the white horse in front of the altar who was curiously looking at the scene did not have time to scream and fell to the ground, and as the horse's head flew four or five meters away, blood gushed out from the horse's neck.

Splashing three-foot-tall blood flowers glowed purple-red under the scorching sun, and earth-shattering cheers suddenly sounded, soaring into the sky, and the grand ceremony of slaying horses and oaths reached a climax.

After burning the sacrificial text and drinking blood wine, Gongsun Chan and Liu Zheng bowed to each other amid the melodious prayers of the priest, Gongsun Chan took the first step to help Liu Cun, who looked solemn, and laughed loudly with excitement: "Brother Xian, from now on, we will never separate each other again!" ”

Liu Cun echoed casually: "Brothers work together, their profits are gold, as long as we sincerely unite and work hard, we will be able to achieve an earth-shattering cause." ”

"Well said, well said! Ha ha! ”

Gongsun Zhan smiled and held Liu Cun's hand tightly: "After using the wine later, how about the virtuous brother and the foolish brother rush to Fanyang City together?" Within three days, Brother Yu will definitely break through Fanyang City, ask for the head of Liu Yu's house, and then reorganize the troops and horses. Discuss it with your brother. How to smash the enemy from the south. ”

Liu Cun readily agreed without the slightest hesitation. Immediately rode a war horse with the arrogant Gongsun Zhan, returned to the city marshal's mansion in the midst of bursts of cheers, and issued the latest order to his herald in front of Gongsun Chan and more than a dozen Youzhou generals:

Immediately sent the good news of the oath of slaying horses back to Jinan, and made it public in the name of the general of the chariot cavalry, ordering the Bohai Fleet of the Navy Division to quickly transport 1 million stone of grain and 20,000 sets of ordnance to the Gukou wharf.

Seeing this, Gongsun Zhan immediately returned the favor and instructed his younger brother Gongsun Fan to get rid of the 20,000 war horses captured in the battle with Liu Yu's allied forces as soon as possible. Eight thousand horses were carefully selected and sent to the Bohai Sea to be handed over to the friendly forces in Qingzhou, who were about to fight side by side.

At noon the next day, Gongsun Zhan's 50,000 army, who had no worries, launched a full-scale siege battle, and the sound of killing up and down Fanyang City shook the sky and boiled.

Liu Cun, who was accompanying Gongsun Zhan, looked at the attacking Youzhou army from afar, and then looked at Liu Yu's banner held high on the head of the city where the tragic battle was fierce, and couldn't help but sigh repeatedly.

Liu Yu's ability and loyalty to the Han were unquestionable, but his policy of gentle compromise towards the nomads outside the Saiwai was incompatible with his own plans...... If it weren't for his own birth. Perhaps the seeds of Wuhu Chaohua will be planted at this time.

In Liu Cun's plan, the Northeast and the Far East should be included in the territory of the Han Dynasty in the future. Only Gongsun Zhan, who advocates iron-blooded methods against foreign races, is the best partner.

An hour later, Gongsun Zhan, who had suffered heavy losses after a long attack, had to withdraw his troops and regroup, tens of thousands of Youzhou troops retreated like a tide, and the city of Fanyang was full of corpses, burning siege ladders, abandoned swords, guns and shields abounded.

On the blood-mottled city, there were endless cheers.

The casualties of the siege units of the Youzhou army were reported one after another, and the Youzhou soldiers who retreated to their own camp began to eat silently, and the convoy transporting supplementary arrows and various ordnance rumbled towards the siege departments, and the whole army was preparing for the next round of fighting.

The generals silently sent Gongsun Zhan, whose face was sinking like water, back to the big tent behind the high platform, and then quietly left and rushed to their respective troops. Liu Cun thought about it for a long time, and finally couldn't help but say to Gongsun Zhan: "Why doesn't my brother change his tactics and use the hundreds of ballistas scattered in all directions in a centralized manner?" ”

"Oh? The younger brother has no good plan, although he said it bluntly. ”

Gongsun Chan cheered up, and after a long attack, he lost more than 4,000 elite soldiers, which made Gongsun Chan feel distressed, but he was at a loss.

Liu Cun expressed his views in detail: "Fanyang City has been continuously expanded and strengthened for hundreds of years, and it has become the most fortified city on the ground of the entire Youzhou......

"Although the tens of thousands of soldiers under my brother's command filled most of the moats in the siege of more than half a month, there are still not many ways to face the strong city walls as high as four zhang, and if we continue to follow the traditional siege method, even if we finally take Fanyang City, it will be a disastrous victory."

"That's true! Did the virtuous brother come up with a plan to break the city? Gongsun Zhan, who was deeply touched, was anxious.

Liu Cun nodded: "The younger brother has been secretly trying to produce powerful new gunpowder and corresponding equipment on the shore of Zhushan Mountain, and it has been a little successful recently, and I originally planned to share it with my brother after it is perfected, and it will be used on a large scale in the subsequent conquest of Wuhuan troops......

"During the battle just now, the younger brother suddenly remembered the method of attacking the city with gunpowder, but after thinking about it, he found that far water could not quench the thirst of the near, and I am afraid that the gunpowder and siege equipment could not be transported within ten days, but it was completely possible to change the method of operation according to the existing equipment of the elder brother......

"The elder brother only needs to concentrate hundreds of large and medium-sized crossbows with a range of up to 500 paces, arrange them in two opposite attack directions, and then collect all the fire oil, linen and even mutton fat and butter used by the whole army for cooking, and use them to make giant rockets for crossbows. As far as the younger brother knows, the buildings in Fanyang City are continuous, the streets and alleys are narrow, and most of the houses are made of wood......"

"What a plan, what a plan!"

Gongsun Zhan couldn't help but interrupt Liu Cun's words, stood up and said that it was wonderful, and he was excited.

Liu Cun hurriedly persuaded: "Brother, don't worry, I'm afraid it's hard to do what you want by just setting fire, you must formulate a sophisticated battle plan, and launch a feint attack all night long with the method of virtual and real warfare, tens of thousands of soldiers take turns to rest, go into battle in turn, harass the defenders in the city all night, and constantly shoot rockets at the head of the city with a longbow, so that the defenders in the city are not at peace." ”

"Wait until dawn tomorrow, and once again let the other half of the soldiers who have eaten and slept enough to put up all the banners and put on a position to launch a general attack, so that the repeated bluffs will definitely exhaust the enemy in the city who has been tossed for a day and two nights."

"In the early morning of the day after tomorrow, my brother immediately turned a feint into a full-scale attack, and the hundreds of ballistas that were prepared were all pushed to the city, and the giant rockets were continuously fired into the city and the city head from both directions, and the city head will be on fire at that time, and the 20,000 soldiers who are recuperating will carry a long ladder and put on a wet blanket to attack the city while the chaos under the cover of a round of arrows and crossbow soldiers, so that Fanyang City will be able to break through with one blow."

Gongsun Zhan sighed and lifted his spirits: "More than 40,000 people and horses of our army will return one after another before nightfall, and at that time, 80,000 soldiers will take turns to fight and attack for two consecutive nights and one day...... Haha, hahaha! Clever plan, good brother, good plan! (To be continued......)