At noon on the second day, with the efforts of nearly 200 soldiers of the pro-military battalion, the tunnel outside the east gate of Mianzhu City was finally dug and did not attract the attention of the Shu army defending the city.

The entire tunnel is only one person high, and the width can accommodate three people to walk together, and the tunnel leads to an empty courtyard in the city, which is about ten zhang long and wide, enough to accommodate an army of 1,000 people.

After the tunnel was dug, Wang San hurriedly sent a soldier to the camp at the north gate to report to Hua'an.

At this time, the Northern Expeditionary Army camp outside the north gate of Mianzhu City, Hua'an was urging the soldiers of the baggage battalion to start building siege equipment again, and let the soldiers under Tie Niu and the surrendered Shu soldiers be ready for battle and ready to attack Mianzhu City at any time.

"Big brother, our army has been prepared and can attack the city at any time." Tie Niu walked in front of Hua An and reported loudly.

Hua An glanced up at Tie Niu, and said softly: "Don't worry, wait a little longer, when the news comes back from the east gate, our army can immediately attack the city." ”

Tie Niu was stunned when he heard this, and asked loudly: "Big brother, is there any news coming from the direction of the East Gate, is it going to attack on both sides at the same time!" ”

Hua An nodded and said, "Yes!" It is two ways to attack at the same time, the north gate direction is the main soldier, the east gate direction is the strange soldier, the main soldier is attacking from the front, and the strange soldier is attacking from the side, and it will definitely be able to capture Mianzhu City. ”

When the thunderstorm beside him heard this, he hurriedly said: "Big brother, our cavalry has been idle for a few days, let our army be a surprise soldier and attack the east gate!" ”

Hua An looked at the thunderstorm and said, "Don't worry, you will definitely be needed in the direction of the East Gate." ”

"Report, General. The tunnel at the east gate has been dug up, and General Wang has asked me to inform the general. According to Wang San's order, a small soldier told Hua'an the news that the tunnel had been dug.

Hua An was overjoyed when he heard this, looked at Thunderstorm and Iron Bull, and said loudly: "Thunderstorm and Iron Bull, listen well, after half an hour, you will attack the East Gate and the North Gate respectively, and the eldest brother will lead the men and horses of the personal army camp to prepare in the direction of the East Gate." ”

"Yes. Eldest brother. "Thunderstorm and Iron Bull. Commanded.

After giving the order, Hua An led the remaining 800 soldiers of the pro-military battalion to ride their horses towards the east gate of Mianzhu City at the fastest speed.

Eight hundred men and horses arrived at the east gate of Mianzhu City. Immediately tether the horse to a distance. And walk to the hole that has been dug.

"Big brother. Your sword. Seeing that Hua'an led his troops to arrive, Wang San hurriedly returned Hua'an's Qingyu Sword to Hua'an.

Hua An took the Qingyu sword and pinned it to his waist and looked at Wang San. Asked: "How is the situation, is the progress of a qiē all shun lì?" ”

When Wang San heard this, he replied: "It's just that I encountered some small troubles, but generally speaking, it is all smooth, because the land in Shu is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many empty houses in the city, and there is an empty courtyard at the end of the tunnel, which is enough to accommodate the pro-military camp."

Hua An looked around Wang San and found that there were only a dozen soldiers, so he said softly: "Wang San, what about the rest of the soldiers?" Have they all entered the city? ”

Wang San nodded and replied, "Big brother, they have all entered Mianzhu City and are hidden, just wait for the big brother to give an order, and then they can attack the Shu army." ”

"Okay, great, I've already agreed with the Iron Bull and the Thunderstorm, let them attack the city in half an hour, within this half an hour, we must all enter Mianzhu City, and assemble it to cooperate with the army outside the city and capture Mianzhu City." Hua An Zhengse said.

"Well, big brother, let's go into the city quickly!" Wang San hurriedly said.

Hua An nodded and said softly, "Okay, enter the city." After speaking, he jumped down the deep pit and marched along the dim tunnel towards Mianzhu City, followed by Wang San and the soldiers of the 800 pro-military battalion.

In order to prevent the entrance of the cave from being exposed, the last two soldiers left did not enter the tunnel, but stayed outside, and found some fluffy fresh branches to cover the entrance of the cave.

Hua An led the soldiers to walk hundreds of steps along the dim tunnel, and finally arrived at a small deserted courtyard inside Mianzhu City.

After coming out of the hole, Hua An's sense of relief suddenly brightened, the abandoned small courtyard in front of him was not big or small, just suitable for the garrison, and because it was far away from the city wall, there were big trees inside and outside the courtyard, so the Shu soldiers on the city wall not far away could not see the situation here at all.

The eight hundred soldiers soon all came out of the tunnel, and nearly a thousand soldiers in the personal battalion of the Northern Expeditionary Army completed the assembly under the nose of the Shu army, but the soldiers of the Shu army not far away were unaware.

"Big brother, half an hour is coming, and our army can attack." Wang San looked at Hua An and said softly.

Hua An shook his head and replied softly: "Don't worry, it will take a moment for the five thousand cavalry of the thunderstorm to arrive outside the east gate, and after a moment, our army will immediately attack, first attack the east gate, and then join forces to attack the main force of the Shu army at the north gate." ”

"Yes, big brother." Wang San responded.

At this time, half an hour has arrived, according to the agreement, Tie Niu and Shu army generals led 5,000 men and horses respectively, launched a strong attack in the direction of the north gate of Mianzhu City, and at the same time, the 5,000 cavalry of the thunderstorm also rushed towards the east gate of Mianzhu City at the fastest speed.

In order to better deal with the Jin army besieging the city, Li Yi transferred most of the soldiers and horses in the city to the direction of the north gate, and the remaining city gates were only a few hundred soldiers, and there were almost no soldiers in charge of patrolling in the city, which allowed Hua'an and his pro-military battalion to hide in the empty courtyard calmly without being discovered.

The moment was very short, and soon the five thousand cavalry of the thunderstorm arrived in the direction of the east gate, because the cavalry was not good at attacking the city, the thunderstorm just let the soldiers under his command pass near the city gate, and bent their bows and arrows to shoot at the city wall, in order to shoot the Shu soldiers defending the city.

"Big brother, when the time is up, our army can attack immediately." A moment later, Wang San reminded again.

Hua An pulled out the Qingyu sword and ordered loudly: "Soldiers, attack in the direction of the east gate and kill ......" After speaking, he kicked open the gate of the empty courtyard and led his soldiers to kill in the direction of the east gate of Mianzhu City.

"Kill ......" nearly 1,000 soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army's pro-military battalion followed behind Hua'an, shouting and killing in the direction of the east gate of Mianzhu City.

The Shu army's defensive strength in the direction of the east gate of Mianzhu City was only a few hundred people, and all of them were attracted by the thunderstorm army outside the city, so when Hua An led the pro-army battalion to kill them, they were still unaware.

When Hua'an and his pro-soldier battalion had been killed, the soldiers of the Shu army defending the east gate found that they had been hurriedly surrounded.

"Surrender to death, surrender to death, surrender to death, surrender!" The soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army's personal battalion shouted loudly to let the Shu soldiers defending the city surrender.

Seeing that the Jin army and horses in the city were as high as 1,000, the Shu army at the east gate understood that their strength was not enough to fight against the Jin army, especially, how did so many people and horses of the Jin army enter the city, they were even more confused, therefore, under the persuasion of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the Shu army soldiers responsible for defending the east gate all surrendered, and obediently walked down the city wall and gathered together.

"Open the gates, open the gates." Hua An gave a loud order to let his soldiers open the city gate so that the cavalry of the Thunderstorm Legion could enter Mianzhu City.

"Ka ......" several soldiers opened the city gate as quickly as possible.

As soon as the thunderstorm saw the city gate open, he hurriedly led his 5,000 cavalry and rushed into the city.

As soon as he entered the city, Lei Storm saw Hua An, Wang San and others standing on the side of the road, so he hurriedly looked at several personal soldiers behind him and said loudly: "You guys get off the horse immediately." ”

When several pro-soldiers heard the order, they immediately jumped off their war horses, and Hua An and Wang San immediately stepped forward and stepped on their war horses.

Hua An looked at Thunderstorm and ordered loudly: "Thunderstorm, you immediately divide two teams of five hundred soldiers and horses to attack the west gate and south gate of Mianzhu City respectively, and the rest of the men and horses will attack the north gate with me." ”

"Yes, big brother." Thunderstorm answered loudly, looked at a battalion master and deputy battalion master behind him, and ordered: "You two will lead five hundred men and horses respectively to attack the west gate and the south gate, go quickly." ”

"Yes, General." The two of them received the order together, and then each led 500 men and horses to attack in the direction of the west gate and the south gate of Mianzhu City.

Seeing that the two teams had already set off, Hua An looked at the thunderstorm and said loudly: "Let's go, let's attack in the direction of the north gate." After saying that, he clamped the belly of the horse and rode his horse in the direction of the north gate.

"Driving the ......" Thunderstorm, Wang San, and thousands of cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army, followed behind Hua'an, and rode their horses towards the north gate of Mianzhu City.

At this time, in the direction of the north gate of Mianzhu City, the battle was in full swing, although the Northern Expeditionary Army lost a large number of siege equipment, it was difficult to pose a huge threat to the Shu army defending the city.

However, with a large number of improvised siege equipment such as ladders and rushing carts, as well as well-trained soldiers, it still caused great pressure on the Shu army defending the city, and it was impossible to break through the city with these alone.

Li Yi and Xie Siming, who were supervising the battle on the city gate tower, looked at the surging Jin army besieging the city, and couldn't help but feel a little weak in their hearts.

"Lord Xie, the main force of the Jin army is really well-trained! It is no wonder that in less than a month, the two counties of Hanzhong and Zitong can be captured one after another. Li Yi looked at Xie Siming and sighed softly.

Xie Siming smiled and said, "If the Jin army doesn't have a little strength, how dare they invade our Han Empire, haha!" He laughed.

"Hey, Lord Xie, why are the thousands of cavalry in the Jin army's formation gone?" Li Yi suddenly found that the men and horses of the Thunderstorm Legion had disappeared.

When Xie Siming heard this, he pondered for a moment, and said softly: "When the Jin army attacked the city just now, the cavalry in the rear moved to the east, and then lost their traces, could it be that they went to attack the east gate." ”

Li Yi was shocked when he heard this, and then calmed down and said confidently: "Don't worry about this, Ben General has deployed four hundred soldiers in the direction of the East Gate, and the cavalry of the Jin Army is not good at attacking the city, so it will not be able to capture the East Gate." (To be continued......)