After Zhuge Jin returned to the camp and told his colleagues about the reaction of the trial, he burst into laughter.

Yuan Mai was also overjoyed, and stroked his beard and said: "Very good, I finally held the nose of this old fox, and then I will prepare to attack the city!" ”

In the middle of the night, a hazy drizzle began to fall in the sky, and it fell for most of the night, only to stop at dawn.

Yecheng is surrounded by water, the Zhanghe River is moist, after the light rain, there is a hazy fog, even if there is some breeze but it can't be blown away, fluttering misty and misty over Yecheng, like a mirage, and like a fairyland on earth.

After a busy night, the craftsman battalion rushed to produce nearly 200 sky lanterns in one night, not only completing the 500 required by Yuan Mai, but also adding 60 or 70 more, which will undoubtedly strengthen the troops entering the city.

If it weren't for the Zheng family, who was kind to him, being trapped in the city, Yuan Mai could have chosen to launch a strong attack on Yecheng. But since the Zheng clan is controlled by others, they can only choose 500 warriors to parachute into Yecheng first, and then join forces with the outside; Hopefully, in the end, we can get the best of both worlds.

The dead soldiers who entered the city were carefully selected, all of them were warriors who could be ten warriors, each with a halberd in their hands, which was an advanced weapon with both slashing and stabbing with a spear, carefully forged by Han blacksmiths and apprentices, and was very suitable for hand-to-hand combat.

A full 570 warriors, led by Zhao Yun and Zhang He, are competing in the streets and alleys, and those who are not skilled in martial arts are not enough to take on the heavy responsibility. In order to maximize the strength of the warriors entering the city, Yuan Mai also sent his two personal guards, Zhu Gongdao and Zhou Cang. Let them follow the "Airborne Forces" into the city.

The first was to cut down the drawbridge at the city gate, so that the city carts could cross the moat and ram the city gate. The second mission is to ensure the safety of Zheng and Wenchou who are trapped in the dungeon.

After some weighing, Yuan Mai decided to let Zhang He and Zhou Cang lead 200 people to land on the tower of the south city, cut down the suspension bridge with lightning speed, and plan for the siege of the city by the army outside.

After all, the landing process of Kong Ming Lantern cannot be controlled, and it is impossible for everyone in this team to land on the city wall accurately, so they need to gather after landing, and then be led by people who are familiar with the streets and alleys to kill the city wall.

And Zhang He is very familiar with the streets and alleys of Yecheng. Relative to Zhao Yun. Undoubtedly, it is more suitable to lead troops to attack the city and occupy the tower. Therefore, Yuan Maicai decided that Zhang He would be responsible for capturing the city wall, and Zhou Cang would assist as a deputy. Let Zhao Yun go and grab the prison to protect the safety of Zheng and Wen Chou.

According to Cao Qian's report, the place where Zheng was imprisoned was a dungeon next to the front yard of the "Great General's Mansion"; This was the place where Yuan Shao used to hold important prisoners. I didn't expect to be used by my wife to imprison my favorite concubine at this moment. There are also the generals who are most loyal to themselves.

Zhao Yun had never been to Yecheng. I am not familiar with the roads in Yecheng. Compared with Zhang He, he has fallen behind in "geographical advantages". But it doesn't matter, there is Zhu Ling, the "Yecheng Pass", to lead the way. Zhao Yun was not afraid that he would not be able to find the location of the dungeon.

Zhu Ling is sincere for his meritorious service, and Mrs. Zheng has taken care of him very much in the past few years and is grateful, so Zhu Ling is duty-bound to save people. Without waiting for Yuan Mai to say anything, he volunteered to lead the way for Zhao Yun and capture the prison.

If the Liu family knew that after the Bingzhou army attacked the city with all its might, the first thing that came to mind would definitely be to get rid of Zheng Yu, and pull this rival who competed for favor as a backing before his death, and he would definitely send people to attack the dungeon at all costs.

At this time, that is, when Zhao Yun, the first fierce general of the Bingzhou Legion, showed his might, if you talk about the ability of "one husband is not open", who else is Zhao Zilong?

In order to ensure that he could defend the dungeon before the city was broken, Yuan Mai also sent Zhu Gongdao, a ranger with strong martial arts, to Zhao Yun's team and asked him to serve as Zhao Yun's deputy to save people together.

The wind is bleak, and the smoke and rain are hazy.

Yuan Mai waved his hand to the five hundred and seventy warriors who were ready to go, and gave the order loudly: "Mountaineering air attack!" ”

Zhao Yun and Zhang He, each wearing full armor and carrying weapons, led more than 500 warriors, each carrying a Kong Ming lantern, out of the camp from the south gate, and touched the mountain north of Yecheng.

Just when the "air force" was out of the city, all the other siege men and horses were also assembled and ready to leave the camp at any time.

The direction of the main attack is naturally the south city gate that Zhang He received from the inside, led by Wang Shuang 5,000 elite soldiers, pushing the city car to attack the city gate for the first time, Yuan Mai and Xu Shu led 20,000 main forces to cover the back, and strive for the suspension bridge to fall down, and rush into the city at the fastest speed.

If only one gate is attacked, the defenders can concentrate their forces to defend it with all their might, which will greatly increase the casualties of the besieging troops, so it is necessary to "feint" at several other gates.

Yuan Mailing waved the flag and ordered Zhang Xun to lead 5,000 men to attack the north gate, and Yuan Yao to lead 5,000 men to attack the west gate; Leave the east gate for the defenders of the city to escape. After the destruction of Yecheng, the men and horses in the city will inevitably be defeated to the east and go to the plains to join Yuan Shang.

He also ordered Guo Huai to lead 5,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry to set up an ambush on the post road leading from Yecheng to Guantao and the plain, capture the defeated soldiers who escaped from the city, and strive to wipe out the 20,000 horses and horses in Yecheng.

After the generals left the city, the task of defending the city fell on Zhuge Jin, who led the remaining 7,000 men and horses to guard the camp and take care of the grain and grass to avoid accidents.

After receiving the order, the generals performed their duties and acted separately under the cover of the fog.

However, the camp was too close to Yecheng, and Yuan Mai was afraid that the footsteps would disturb the defenders in the city, so he strictly ordered all men and horses to be ready to go, and when the horn in the city sounded, they were not allowed to make a sound, so as not to disturb the defenders.

The sky was hazy, and it was the darkest hour before dawn.

Because the weather was gloomy and foggy, it was impossible to see the characters on the opposite side ten steps apart, which was a rare opportunity to launch a surprise attack.

Xu Shu stroked his beard and smiled: "It seems that the lord deserves to get this Yecheng, otherwise the heavenly lord will not be beautiful!" ”

"Haha...... It seems that I am following the will of God! ”

Yuan Mai was fully armed, with a strong bow of "Ten Thousand Miles of Clouds and Smoke" on his back, and laughed loudly with Xu Shu.

Yuan Mai prefers to use arrows rather than swords. In archery. Yuan Mai dared to boast that he was first-class in the world, but he was not far behind compared to Lu Bu, Tai Shici, Xiahou Yuan, Huang Zhong and other first-class archers in the world.

But when it comes to swordsmanship, Yuan Mai is really not sure, and it is estimated that he may not be able to win against Zhu Ling; The last time I competed with this little guy with a wooden sword, I didn't take advantage of it in three consecutive rounds, and this was when Zhu Ling let me. If it was really a bloody fight with a bayonet, I'm afraid I would have hung up a long time ago.

"My martial arts are very ordinary, I don't know how to compare with the other lords? For example, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan and others? ”

Yuan Mai has not met with these competitors yet. Naturally, there is no way to know.

And he swore to himself in his heart. After pacifying Jizhou, he must let Zhao Yun teach himself some kung fu, not seeking to go into battle to kill the enemy, but seeking to be at a critical juncture. Able to protect themselves.

It's just that. Yuan Mai didn't expect it. In fact, he was not wronged at all when he was defeated by Zhu Ling's sword; Don't look at this guy's age, but he is talented in swordsmanship.

After studying with Zhen Yao for more than a month, he beat Zhen Yao, who has been a ranger for many years, without a temper. After two years of hard training, the fencing technique has reached a higher level, and it is far from yesterday's "Ye Xia Zhu Xiaoqi".

Zhao Yun and Zhang He led five hundred and seventy warriors, carrying Kong Ming lanterns, to climb the slope north of Yecheng at the fastest speed, and then under the cover of the dense fog, they ignited the pine resin, and with the help of the north wind, they began to fly over Yecheng.

Before arriving in Yecheng, this group of flying warriors has been selected and trained for two test flights. At this moment, it took off in the thick fog, as if it was soaring through the clouds. Because the ground is not clear and the smoke is hazy, the previous fear of the sky in my heart is gone.

Although the fog obscured the traces of their flight, it also made the team flying in the air unable to see the ground clearly, fortunately, Zhu Ling, who was born and raised in Yecheng, was the first to feel Yecheng at his feet, and shouted, "Two generals, Yecheng is already at your feet, please give the order to land!" ”

As Zhu Ling spoke, he extinguished the burning pine resin, used a dagger to cut a gap on the lamp cap, and slowly let the heat out, and the flying Kong Ming lantern suddenly slowly deflated, and slowly landed to the ground.

After being reminded by Zhu Ling, Zhang He also carefully looked at the ground, but the smoke was so thick that he couldn't see anything clearly, but he thought by feeling that the direction under his feet should have reached Yecheng, so he waved his hand to Zhao Yun: "Zilong, what Zhu Ling said should be correct, there is a chance that Yecheng is under your feet!" ”

"Land!"

Zhao Yun waved his hand, extinguished the pine resin, and with a wave of the spear in his hand, the lantern was cut a gap, and the Kong Ming lantern, which had lost its heat, quickly deflated, and fell to the ground with Zhao Yun in the bamboo basket, the speed was far better than that of Zhu Ling, who was slowly descending, but it was the last to come first, and jumped out of the bamboo basket when he landed.

Fortunately, Zhao Yun is agile and has strong limbs, if he changes to an ordinary soldier, he will fall so fast that his limbs will be broken and he will fall to the ground.

Seeing that Zhao Yun was so vigorous, Zhu Ling couldn't help but stretch out his thumb and praise: "No wonder Gongzi praised General Zilong's martial arts for being the first in Hebei, and he really saw it today!" ”

Zhao Yun smiled, "There are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people, don't talk nonsense, General Wenyuan and General Junyi's skills are extraordinary!" ”

While the two were talking, the warriors in the sky landed one after another, most of them landed within a radius of three miles from the area where Zhao Yun was standing, or landed on the house, or on the street, and in the worse case, they landed on the big tree, although it took a little effort, fortunately, it was not a big problem.

Air raid on Yecheng, after all, is not an easy task, coupled with the thick fog, although these soldiers are bold, but lack the experience and skills of flying at high altitudes, there are still five or six people who were injured to varying degrees when they landed.

Before climbing the mountain, Yuan Mai had already made arrangements for this problem, and after landing, Zhu Ling immediately took a few elite soldiers to carry the wounded soldiers and sent them to Zhen Yao's original courtyard.

The darkest hour before dawn has passed, but most residents are still asleep due to the gloomy weather, thick fog and sparse pedestrians on the streets.

In addition, all the armor and costumes worn by the Yuan army in the four states of Hebei were the same, and they were not built separately, so even if the people who got up early saw them, they did not attract attention, and thought they were patrolling the soldiers in the city.

Even a captain who came down from the city to patrol the night passed through the streets and alleys, glanced at the team, and did not arouse alarm, after all, there were more than 20,000 horses stationed in Yecheng, and it was normal for the sergeants to move and change guards between the various city gates.

For people of this age, if they did not see it with their own eyes, even if they dreamed that the enemy could fall from the sky; Therefore, the negligence of this lieutenant is also understandable.

The high walls of Ye County are thick, the moat is deep and the pond is wide, and the four city gates are tightly closed, can the enemy still fly in with wings? Although it did fly in!

Unexpectedly, the action was so smooth, Zhao Yun and Zhang He looked at each other and smiled, hugging their wrists separately.

Zhang He and Zhou Cang took 200 soldiers and rushed to the south gate; After Zhu Ling placed the wounded soldiers properly, he quickly returned to lead the way, and together with Zhao Yun and Zhu Ao, who was carrying double swords, he led more than 260 soldiers along the streets and alleys to march towards the "General's Mansion".

Obviously, Yuan Mai and the think tank's "asking for grain" strategy paralyzed the trial, coupled with the rainy day accompanied by heavy fog, there were fewer soldiers patrolling the streets than usual, which made Zhao Yun and his party easily approach the "General's Mansion".

In the hazy smoke, the General's Mansion was as quiet as ever.

After a period of killing, Yecheng's dissidents were basically eradicated, and Liu thought that she was at ease, although Yuan Mai soldiers came to the city, she didn't pay attention to it. Therefore, the garrison of the mansion was not more numerous than usual, and the surrounding area was about 300 people.

"General Zilong, follow me to the back door!"

For this mansion, Zhu Ling couldn't be more familiar, and waved to Zhao Yun at the moment, leading a team of more than 200 people towards the back door of the mansion.

"Stop, who's coming?"

There were ten soldiers in charge of guarding the back door, and the leader was a chief, who saw a team coming, and hurriedly shouted and asked.

Zhu Ling held the sword in his hand and strode forward: "It's me, Zhu Ling!" As he spoke, he had already strode close to the soldier guarding the door.

Zhu Ling has just left this mansion for only three or two months, and when he was in Yecheng, he often went in and out of the back door, and he knew this chief, and when he saw clearly who the person who came, he couldn't help laughing: "Who should I be, it turned out to be Zhu Xiaoqi, why did you put on your armor today?" Human-like dogs! ”

The sword flashed, and a human head had fallen to the ground.

The corners of Zhu Ling's mouth curled slightly, and he said with a smile: "Lao Tzu's name is Zhu Ling, if you dare to call me by my nickname, Lao Tzu will kill your dog!" (To be continued......)