"That's great!" Ma Chao nodded slightly, and said softly: "Once Gongsun Chan learns that Ben will fund Liu Yu's Xiangyang cannon, most of them will send troops to attack Gaoyang City, if he takes the initiative to attack, it will not be regarded as Ben will disregard Xinyi!" ”

"That's right, Gongsun Zhan's current strength is not enough to break through Gaoyang City. On the contrary, once Yijing City is in danger, Gongsun Chan will definitely send cavalry to rescue for a long time, so that the opportunity for the lord to break the enemy will come! ”

Ma Chao was overjoyed, and then said: "At that time, you can send a cavalry to ambush Gongsun Chan in advance on the way to save him, and he will definitely be able to hit his elite forces by surprise." And Ben only needs to bring 5,000 heavily armored cavalry and 10,000 elite soldiers to attack his camp, and then cover up and kill his infantry army, and the Gongsun Zan group can be wiped out in one battle! ”

"Exactly! The lord is really wise and magnificent! After setting a strategy, Zhao Yun and Xianbei hurriedly organized personnel to disassemble the Xiangyang cannon, and Tian Hukang also divided his 10,000 cavalry into five squads, preparing to go to the Gongsun Zhan camp after dark to disturb the enemy and make trouble. Ma Chao discussed with Zhao Gai and Guo Qian about the matter of Youzhou for a long time before they dispersed.

As soon as night fell, Tian Hukang led his 10,000 cavalry to set off to spare the enemy.

Gongsun Zan was discussing with the generals in the camp what Ma Chao had mentioned, when he suddenly heard the noise of gongs and drums outside the camp, and the horns sounded in unison, and hurriedly led the army out of the camp to meet the battle. How could Nada Hukang have no intention of fighting, and the five teams of 2,000 men retreated sharply with one blow, and they couldn't figure out the enemy's path in the night.

In less than two hours, Gongsun Zhan's camp became a pot of porridge, Gongsun Zhan couldn't figure out the reality of the Hun cavalry, so he had to prepare for war with all his might, and at the same time sent scouts to wander around the camp to guard, but they didn't know that the baggage team of the trial and Zhao Yun had already made a detour under the leadership of Zhao Gai and Guo Qian.

Outside the city of Yijing, Liu Yu personally commanded the siege of the city, but because of the division of 50,000 troops to the generals under his command Xian Yuyin and Xian Yufu led to the frontier to resist the Wuheng cavalry, therefore, at this moment, only 50,000 soldiers and horses besieged Yijing. And in Yijing City, there are Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Fan leading 20,000 elite soldiers to garrison, how easy is it to break through?

The 10,000 army led by Zhao Yun and the trial were non-stop for two nights before rushing to Liu Yu's camp outside Yijing City. Along the way, in order to cover people's eyes, the judges asked the officers and soldiers of the whole army to withdraw from the fish scale Kai and the black iron helmet, and under the banner of Don't drive Zhao Gai in Youzhou, the purpose was to confuse right and wrong, and make people mistakenly think that this was Zhao Gai's baggage team.

Liu Yu had already received the news, and ordered the sergeants to look for suitable stones everywhere in advance. After discussion, it was decided to rush to the city at the third watch that night to assemble the Xiangyang cannon, and only wait for the dawn to attack the city with all its might.

As the old nest of Gongsun Zhan, Yijing City is naturally not trivial, and the 20,000 elite soldiers in the city are not comparable to Liu Yu's old soldiers, plus the grain and grass are sufficient, and the Gongsun Yue brothers are just blindly defending the city, and they have no intention of going to war at all. Liu Yu, who came on the heel, had no idea where to start, and he tried to attack the surname twice, but he lost a lot of soldiers.

This time with the famous Xiangyang cannon, Liu Yu can be said to be full of confidence, and he was secretly happy after seeing the ordnance and equipment of the infantry army under Ma Chao. Such a well-equipped army of tigers and wolves, whoever is against it will be unlucky.

At the second watch of the night, Liu Yu ordered his generals Zou Dan, Qi Zhou, and Baoqiu to lead 10,000 troops to Yijing City to beat drums and feint. Gongsun Yue couldn't figure out the reality of the enemy's army, so he had to light torches to defend the city, and used bows and arrows to repel the "siege" of Liu Yu's soldiers many times. At the same time, torches were also lit around the moat, and under the faint light of the fire, the soldiers of the trial and distribution organization set up a hundred medium-sized Xiangyang cannons in less than an hour, and the rest of Liu Yu's soldiers were responsible for carrying stones. By dawn, a hundred and fifty paces from the city wall had already formed a hill of stones.

Finally hit the dawn, the Gongsun Yue brothers and tens of thousands of soldiers in the city finally saw the tall "monsters" and stone mountains, and then thought of the rumors of Tiger Prison Pass and Xiaopei City, Gongsun Yue knew what this thing was no matter how stupid he was, and immediately sent Meteor Horse to Gongsun Zhan for help. All the soldiers were also frightened, after all, there was a precedent for Tiger Prison Pass and Xiaopei City.

Liu Yu was proud of the spring breeze, and slapped the horse to the city and shouted: "Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Fan, listen well." Since Liu Yu took office, he has been treating the three brothers well, but Keer and others did not listen to orders, plundered the people, oppressed the civilians, annexed land, and colluded with foreign people. If you don't remember that you and others made a lot of contributions when they were crusading against Zhang Chun and Dong Thief, how can you be allowed to say it to this day? At present, the general personally sent troops to conscript, and if you know each other, you will quickly surrender the city and surrender. If you dare to say half a word, the city will be broken, and you will blame my subordinates for not showing mercy! ”

Gongsun Yue was furious, and condescendingly pointed at Liu Yu and scolded: "Liu Yu is talking nonsense, Ma Chao is a national thief who plots to usurp the throne!" You are still a clan member of the Han family, and you shamelessly cooperate with Ma Chao's thief! Have you forgotten your ancestors? You are willing to be the lackey of the super thief, but my grandson's family is a loyal minister of the Han family, and he will never compromise with you and other thieves! ”

Liu Yu's face was full of red, Ma Chao's intention to usurp the throne he didn't know, how could the situation be difficult to change, the only son Liu He was in the hands of Ma Chao, if he didn't cooperate, it would be difficult to escape the ruin. retorted at the moment: "When today's surname is Liu, Ma Chao is the general of the dynasty, and there is the edict of the first emperor as evidence, how can he say usurpation?" I am loyal to the court and obey the dispatch of the court, how can I do it? On the other hand, your grandson's family has self-respect, does not listen to orders, colludes with foreigners to invade our border, and has long had a disobedient heart. Now that he can't be good, Hugh blames me for waving my army to forcibly take Yi Jing, and arresting Er and other anti-thieves and handing them over to the court for punishment! ”

The Gongsun brothers were all angry, and Gongsun Fan shouted: "Don't talk nonsense, my brother's two heads are here, if you have something to do, just come and get it, if not, when my brother returns, it will be wiped out." ”

"I can't help myself!" Liu Yu failed to surrender, and returned to the horse to hug his fists and said: "Brother Gongsun is stubborn, it is no different from rotten wood, Mr. Shen can order the siege of the city!" ”

The judge said: "It's already ready, and I also ask the state pastor to act according to the plan, just wait for the stone bullets to be exhausted before sending troops to attack!" ”

Liu Yu nodded and said: "Sir, don't worry, as long as the Xiangyang cannon can suppress the soldiers at the head of the city, the 50,000 troops under my command are enough to break the city!" ”

"That's great!" The judge thought about it again, turned back to Zhao Yun and said: "Brother Gongsun's martial arts are mediocre, and this time he is not a general in battle, and he has a great deal to hand over to General Zilong." ”

Zhao Yun was not good at commanding siege battles, and when he heard this, he asked: "Mr. has something to say, but please say it, as long as you can complete the task of the main bus on your behalf, you will not hesitate to go to the soup!" ”

The judge smiled confidently: "General Zilong's words are serious, you just need to do this"

A trace of doubt flashed in Zhao Yun's eyes, but he still led a team of people to go.

With an order, a hundred Xiangyang cannons immediately began to wield, and hundreds of stone bullets of different sizes carried "Huhu!" The sound of the wind flew straight towards the city.

Where had the defenders of the city seen such a battle, they were so frightened that they hid under the female wall and did not dare to raise their heads. After a few rounds, there were no more soldiers rising above the city, and Liu Yu's soldiers were demoralized, beating drums and shouting desperately.

Through several debuggings, the Xiangyang cannon became more and more accurate, the large and small stones hit the city head like rain, and many virgin walls were knocked down, not only the city guards were killed and injured one after another, but the city wall was also full of holes. Liu Yu's generals Qi Zhou, Sun Jin, Zhang Yi, Zhang Zhan, Wei Dun and others took the opportunity to lead their soldiers to cross the moat with ladders and other tools, and could launch a full-scale siege at any time.

Youzhou soldier Cao engaged Guo Qian personally led a team of men and horses with firewood, grass and fire oil to the city gate and set a fire, the fire was blazing, and soon the wooden city gate was set on fire. Gongsun Yue didn't dare to show his head, so he had to command the soldiers to draw water and water the door, and he was very busy.

After more than half an hour of this, half of the rocks were thrown out of the hill, and eighty percent fell on the top of the city, only to beat the defenders in fear, and many people ran directly to the city to avoid the stone bullets.

After another half an hour, the stone bullets finally emptied, and Liu Yu's soldiers immediately set up ladders to attack the city under the cover of archers. The Gongsun Yue brothers were hit by Xiangyang and couldn't raise their heads, and at this moment they were facing the danger of breaking the city, so they immediately organized soldiers to kick up the city to resist the enemy. According to conventional siege warfare, because of the protection of the female wall, it is difficult for the archers under the city to shoot the defenders. And the defenders of the city do not need to show their heads, they only need to guard the passes. Therefore, it is easy to defend the city and difficult to attack the city, and the strong attack is even more costly.

However, the city wall that has been bombarded by Xiangyang artillery is very different, because the weak female wall has been bombarded to most of it, so it is easy for the archers under the city to see and shoot at the target, which greatly reduces the difficulty of attacking the city. Although Gongsun Yue's soldiers were elite, their number was less than half of Liu Yu's army, and in addition to the north gate, the other three gates were also guarded by troops, and it was impossible to put all the strength on the north gate.

And Liu Yu attacked the north gate of more than 30,000 soldiers, all kinds of advantages together, constantly people kicked up the city. A huge bumper wood was also erected at the city gate, and hundreds of people struck it together, and the city gate was also crumbling and could be broken at any time.

In this way, by noon, both sides had suffered heavy losses, thousands of people had already stepped on the city, and the other three gates were also attacked to varying degrees, so that Gongsun Yue could not transfer troops if he wanted to, and it was a matter of time before the city was broken.

Liu Yu was also in a good mood sitting on his horse and watching the battle, since he replaced Liu Yan as the assassin of Youzhou, all the county officials have surrendered, only Gongsun Zan ignored him. However, he also wanted to use Gongsun Chan to deal with Wuheng and quell the civil strife, so he had been taking a tolerant attitude for many years.

After several years of development, Gongsun Zhan's strength became bigger and bigger, even reaching the point of being on a par with him, coupled with the fact that the imperial court was in vain, the princes in various places were divided and the threat from Ma Chao, Liu Yu finally made up his mind to get rid of Gongsun Zhan. (To be continued.) )