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Ma Chao's expression was perked, "Then again, last time I besieged Jicheng, it took four months to besiege it, and then Wei Kang opened the city and surrendered, if the two of you have a good plan to break the city quickly, it would be very good." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Fang Shao said with a smile: "This is not in a hurry, first make a big noise, let the defenders in the city be scared, and then it is good to plan." ”

Fang Shao refers to the "great momentum" refers to the billowing dust and smoke in the south.

In fact, the Han army attacking Jicheng this time was only more than 20,000 people, but in order to create a strong situation of large soldiers pressing the enemy in the territory, Fang Shao decided to learn from the tricks that Zhang Fei had used in Changban Slope to scare Cao Ying.

Therefore, Fang Shao ordered hundreds of cavalrymen, with branches tied to the tails of their horses, to run back and forth in the distance, raising large clouds of dust, creating a scene where there were countless soldiers and horses, and there was a steady stream of soldiers.

At night, this kind of tossing is over, and in order to continue to maintain the illusion, Fang Shao also suggested that Ma Chao build a lot of fake villages overnight, only empty flags and no people, but it is far away from Jicheng, and the enemy in the city cannot see through the real and false.

The next day, after Fazheng besieged the city for a week, he found an Achilles heel in Jicheng.

Although the city was built on the south side of the Wei River, the main city is still some distance away from the Wei River, and is connected to the moat by a canal in the north, which serves as the main source of water in the city.

So, at Fa Zheng's suggestion, Ma Chao sent 3,000 people to start construction to block the canal and cut off the water intake road in the city.

The water source was cut off, the people in the city were suddenly panicked, Yang Fu was anxious to dig a well in the city, but in the dry place in the north, digging three zhang to see the water, tens of thousands of mouths in the city, only relying on the limited water supply of a few wells barely crossed, it can be described as miserable.

After besieging the city for seven days, it was estimated that the people in the city were already panicked and the morale of the army was shaken, and the Han army launched an offensive.

However, it was not a siege, but a psychological offensive.

Within a day, the Han army shot thousands of "Letters to the Officials and Civilians of Jicheng" into Jicheng, claiming that the purpose of Ma Chao's siege was only to punish Yang Fu and avenge his brother's wife, and it had nothing to do with others. If the officials and people in the city can arrest Yang Fu and surrender the city, the official positions of the officials will remain the same, and the people will not move. Otherwise, after the city is broken, the whole city, young and old, will be slaughtered.

After three consecutive psychological offensives, the resentment of the people in the city was gradually led to Yang Fu, who was too guarded.

People are like this, thinking that when Yang Fu was too guarded, the people under his rule can be said to be not thin, when the peace, people also thought of Yang Fu's good, but now in trouble, when life is painful, they will forget Yang Fu's good, and the desire to survive makes the resentment of the people in the city deeper and deeper.

On the fourteenth day of the siege, seeing that the time had come, Ma Chao led the whole army out of the village and began to launch a strong attack on Jicheng.

During the fourteen days of the siege, Fang Shao was not idle, he led more than 100 craftsmen brought by the army, took local materials, and reluctantly produced ten Shenwei cannons in a period of ten days.

On the day of the siege, although the number of Shenwei cannons was too small to cause substantial damage to the city, the momentum caused by its powerful power really made the defenders terrifying, and for a while, the morale of the defenders was greatly reduced.

After two consecutive attacks, the Han army chose to temporarily stop the battle when the strong attack could not be broken. But in the night of the same day, the whole army had a full meal, and in the dead of night, under the cover of darkness, quietly opened the camp.

In the night sky, the bright moon sailed in the darkness like a steamer, Ma Chao stood with a gun in the face of the night wind, a pair of starry eyes silently stared at Jicheng, and between the eyebrows, a strong murderous aura was spreading.

"Filial piety, Zhongzheng, I really don't understand, you two once said that there is a good way to break the enemy, but we have besieged the city for more than ten days but there is still no progress, should you not reply to the river." There were many complaints in Ma Chao's tone, and it was obvious that he was already a little impatient.

Fang Shao said with a smile: "General Meng Qi, I said earlier, don't be anxious, in fact, the city is broken today." ”

Ma Chao's expression moved, but he didn't have much excitement, he only snorted, "Then I want to see what kind of city-breaking method it is." ”

It was almost the middle of the night, and the early autumn night was already a little chilly, and the soldiers had been standing in the night wind for more than an hour, and they were all shivering with cold.

At this time, Fang Shao looked up at the moonlight, and said, "It's almost time, filial piety, when is the time to send a signal." ”

Fa Zheng nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Go and give the order quickly, you can light the fire." ”

A fast horse galloped over, and after a short time, on a hill in the northeast of Jicheng, a pillar of beacon fire rose to the sky, and it was clearly visible within a radius of more than ten miles.

At this moment, more than 1,000 defenders of the northern city were sleeping in their clothes, fighting hard for a day, these soldiers were exhausted, holding weapons, leaning against the female wall, leaning on each other and falling asleep. However, there were still many soldiers on duty at the head of the city, who endured their exhaustion and stuck to their posts in the middle of the night.

"Look, what's that northeast?" A sharp-eyed soldier first spotted the beacon fire that was a few miles away, and as a veteran, he immediately realized that the beacon fire was unusual.

"Well, it's probably a signal from the enemy, maybe they're going to launch a surprise attack at night, quick, go and report to Jiang Cheng."

The commander gave the order, and the soldier hurried down the city, and just as he walked down the city, he was shocked by what he saw.

On the street directly opposite the north gate, in the dim light, the people who were pressed in black were pressing towards the city gate. These ordinary people, wielding sticks and hoes, were all hideous and hostile.

The soldier realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately shouted: "Wake up, everyone, the mob is going to rebel, wake up, everyone." ”

The shouts alarmed the soldiers defending the city, and soon, the thousands of people woke up from their dreams, and Jiang Xu, who was on duty, immediately took more than 300 people down the city, set up a formation to block the people's road to the city gate, and at the same time, sent people to fly to report to the Taishou.

Jiang Xu stood behind the military formation, raised his whip and shouted: "What do you want to do with the mob, this is a military stronghold, and you should not retreat quickly." ”

The mob did not retreat, but grew more and more, blocking the entire street, and some of them shouted angrily: "We want to live, open the gates, let us out." ”

Jiang Xu responded coldly: "The thieves are besieging the city, and Mrs. Yang has ordered the four gates to be closed, and no unauthorized entry or exit is allowed. If you want to get out of the city, wait until the thieves retreat. ”

Jiang Xu's cold response immediately provoked an angry scolding.

"The thief wants to kill Taishou, what's the matter with us, let us out."

"If you don't let us out of the city, we'll die of thirst."

"Everyone rush out together, rush out to live!"

…… Amid the shouts, thousands of civilians swarmed up and rushed towards the soldiers with swords and guns in their hands.

Jiang Xu roared: "Prepare for the battle, go to the former, and kill it." ”

But soon, Jiang Xu felt that something was wrong, the group of people who rushed up at the moment did not rush in an orderly manner like ordinary civilians, but formed a neat formation, with short weapons such as sticks and long weapons such as hoes and shovels matched well, and marched up in unison. It seems that these people are not civilians at all, but soldiers who have been rigorously trained, but they are only wearing a skin.

Jiang Xu's eyes suddenly flashed with horror, "It's not good, I've calculated their plan." ”

There was a moment of distraction, and an arrow broke through the air, crossed over the heads of the black oppressive crowd, and hit Jiang Xu's door.

"Ahh

Just when the sergeants were terrified, the torrent of civilians was already unstoppable.

The Han army, which was ambushed several miles outside the city, also heard the noise in the city, Ma Chao seemed to have guessed a few points, and excitedly said to the two wise and resourceful people: "Filial piety, have you already planted it in the city in advance?" ”

Fa had a smug smile on the front, but he told Ma Chao about this plan.

It turned out that when the army arrived in Jicheng before, Fang Shao and Fa Zheng together sent more than 1,000 people to disguise themselves as fleeing civilians and blend into Jicheng. After a series of actions such as besieging the city, cutting off the water, and shooting books to persuade them to surrender, the hearts of the people in the city were boiling, and the civilians who were eager to survive were instigated by more than 1,000 people to forcibly break through the city gate and surrender. The beacon fire that was lit before was just a code to communicate with the people in the city.

At the beginning, Yang Fu was also wary of this trick, so he strictly checked the refugees who entered the city, but anyone who did not have a local accent was not allowed to enter the city. But Yang Fu didn't know that Ma Chao led the troops to invade at that time, and he didn't know that most of the old departments that followed Ma Chao to flee to Yizhou were from Longxi, and they were very familiar with the local area, so they could easily hide the investigation and successfully infiltrate the city.

At this time, these internal officials instigated a large number of civilians to participate in the riot, and in a hurry, how could a few hundred officers and soldiers resist this premeditated and sudden civil uprising.

After listening to this series of schemes, Ma Chao couldn't help but sigh with emotion, thinking that he had besieged Jicheng for several months without going down, if there was a wise and resourceful person like Fang Shaofa Zheng around him, how could he end up in the position of being subservient to others.

was sighing, but saw that the north gate suspension bridge was lowered, the city gate was also wide open, and three piles of blazing beacon fires were lit at the head of the city, which was also a pre-agreed code.

Fang Shao then said: "General Meng Qi, Nei Ying has already succeeded, if you don't attack the city at this time, when will it be." ”

Ma Chao's ambition was sudden, so he took the lead and led more than 10,000 Han troops to fight through the open city gate like a tide.

With the upper hand in numbers and morale, and the city gate was successfully captured, a few thousand county soldiers with low combat effectiveness immediately collapsed, and they fled and surrendered. In less than half an hour, the Han army easily controlled the seat of Tianshui County.

And when Ma Chao went to the Taishou Mansion with a hatred, those sergeants who heard the news and rebelled in order to protect their surnames had already tied up Yang Fu Wuhua and waited in front of the Taishou Mansion.

When the enemy met, his eyes were very red, Ma Chao stood on the horse, looked down at Yang Fu, and said coldly: "Yang Fu dog thief, when you betrayed me, did you ever think that there would be an end today!" ”

(To be continued)