Seeing Zhang Liao ascend the city wall of Hanzhong, Tai Shici immediately turned over and dismounted, pulled out his steel knife and ran forward, and at the same time shouted to the 10,000 Han soldiers who were kneeling on one knee behind him: "Put away the crossbow, draw the sword, and go to the city!" ”

The 10,000 Han soldiers immediately stood up neatly, and at the same time released the trigger of the crossbow, pulled out the war knife with their backhand, followed behind Tai Shici, and ran towards the cloud ladder. Now, Zhang Liao with more than 10,000 people has launched a difficult battle for the city, and it is impossible for the Shu soldiers to come to the edge of the city to release arrows before killing Zhang Liao and others, so there is no need for Tai Shici to maintain the suppression of the city head in accordance with the established action strategy, on the contrary, he now needs to take his 20,000 Han troops to the head of the city in Hanzhong as soon as possible, support Zhang Liao's department, and stabilize and expand the results won by Zhang Liao's soldiers with blood and life!

Then comes the brutal hand-to-hand combat, a test of willpower, and whoever is more resilient in this bloodshed and death contest will be able to win the battle at its best!

Ao Lie, who personally supervised the battle not far away, did not expect to attack the city of Hanzhong so easily, and it seems that the fire set by Gan Ning had an unexpected good effect. Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong didn't show any surprise at this result, because this was a situation they had long predicted, and the reason why Gan Ning would use a thunderbolt to throw spirits and oil was also because he secretly got their instructions, otherwise, Gan Ning would not have thought of a way to scatter flowers with a small amount of heavenly maidens and ignite spirits and oil.

This fire not only blocked the support of the Shu soldiers to the head of the city, disrupted the deployment of the Shu soldiers, but also ignited the necessary military resources to defend the city, so that the Shu soldiers lost the most threatening weapons, so that Zhang Liao's troops successfully climbed to the head of the city, which can be said to be burned just right! Don't forget that Zhuge Liang is a great expert in fire attack in history. Battles such as the burning of Xinye, the Battle of Chibi and other battles have his shadow and wisdom reflected in them, and now there is Pang Tong, who is also a peerless think tank, to fill in the gaps, and the two complement each other and are more powerful.

Ao Lie pulled down the dragon mask on his helmet, making the most final preparations for the battle, and at the same time shouted in a deep voice: "Order General Huang Lao, keep the vigilance of the Shu soldiers!" Summoned Wei Yan and led his troops to rush forward to support Zhang Liao and Tai Shici! Herald Ma Chao. Lead the Tiger Army to approach the city gate and slam it open! The rest of the people are ready, once they break through the city gate, they will immediately cover up and take Hanzhong in one go! ”

However, just as the soldiers of Shu did not expect the Han army to suddenly attack, Ao Lie did not expect that just when Hanzhong City seemed to be within reach, Huang Quan temporarily changed the direction of the battle.

Above the city. While waiting for the soldiers who went down to the city to dig the sand, Huang Quan instructed the Shu soldiers around him to take off their robes, then wet them and use robes made of cotton cloth to extinguish the fire. Huang Quan is well-informed. Although he couldn't tell what kind of principle this was, he knew how to extinguish the fire.

After that, the first sergeants who had dug up the sand in the lower city rushed back. They carried nearly a hundred buckets, all filled with moist soil. Huang Quan immediately commanded these Shu soldiers to raise the earth into flames, and at the same time ordered more Shu soldiers to run down the city. Scoop up the dirt with your robes and hasten to carry it to the city.

After a period of hard work, coupled with the fact that the flame resistance of spirits and oil has passed its peak, this fierce fire has finally been contained by Huang Quan, some parts have been extinguished, and the scope of the fire has been controlled, but the military resources for defending the city that have spent a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources have been reserved, but they can no longer be saved, except for some hard thunder stones, the rest have been turned into a pile of ashes.

Huang Quan didn't have the heart to feel sorry for the military resources that were burned to the ground, and immediately commanded the follow-up troops to go to the city along the passages that were no longer flameless, to support Lei Tong and assist him in resisting the Han army that had already ascended the city. Because his vision was blocked by the flames just now, Huang Quan didn't see that Lei Tong had been shot by Zhang Liao, and now that the flames were under control, Huang Quan only saw his own soldiers in close contact with Zhang Liao's troops, and in a hurry, he didn't pay attention to looking for Lei Tong's figure.

Ling Bao, who was in the middle of the city, after the fire was contained, immediately came to the battlements with his headquarters and horses, looked up and glanced around, Ling Bao didn't see Lei Tong's figure, and his heart immediately sank, he had realized that Lei Tong had been shot down by the Han army nine times out of ten, and such a high Hanzhong City, falling from the city would definitely be a broken end.

With a sigh in his heart, Ling Bud raised his knife and shouted angrily: "Hold the city!" Never let Yan Jun take a step forward! Nearly 10,000 Shu soldiers in the shouts of Lingbao, in the narrow city and Zhang Liao's Han army launched a fierce fight, more than 20,000 people on both sides filled the various positions of the city, the front section of the city head congestion water leakage, in such a dense environment to fight, every blink of an eye, there will be people who are slashed by the sword, blood burst to the ground, and then by countless people from the body trampling, until the fallen people trampled into a pile of flesh, the cruel battle, it officially entered the white heat......

At a critical moment in the battle in Hanzhong, a big war was brewing in Jiangxia, thousands of miles away. Sun Ce, who was supposed to be in Jianye, unexpectedly came to Jiangxia's military camp, and came with Sun Ce, as well as Zhou Yu, the governor of the capital who had been deposed by him on the surface.

Sun Ce asked Lu Meng, who was guarding Jiangxia, "Ziming, are you ready?" ”

Lu Meng slapped his chest and replied loudly, "Please rest assured that everything is ready." The 50,000 sailors of our army were ready to go, and the 3,000 people who disguised themselves as business brigades in the early stage all changed into white clothes and had crossed the river to Xiangyang, without attracting any attention from Guan Yu. ”

Listening to Lu Meng's answer, Zhou Yu said with a smile: "Guan Yu has always been arrogant, this is the advantage of his righteousness and rampant in the world, but it is also his fatal shortcoming, after he learned that he was deposed by the lord, he will definitely despise Ziming, and it is not surprising that the guard is not strict, not to mention that the war in Hanzhong is about to break out, and his attention is biased towards Hanzhong and ignores Jingxiang's defense, which is also human nature." ”

Lu Meng excused himself and said: "What the Metropolitan Governor said is right, since the Metropolitan Governor was ostensibly deposed from the military power, Guan Yu removed thirty percent of the guards, and only set up a beacon every ten miles to serve as a warning, and now the three thousand soldiers of our army who crossed the river in the early stage." has taken control of the beacon, Guan Yu is now almost blind and blind. ”

Listening to the conversation between Zhou Yu and Lu Meng, Sun Ce smiled and said, "Anyway, Guan Yu is a super-first-class military general in the world after all, he can despise us, but we must not despise him. In this battle, it is necessary to defeat the enemy with one blow, control Xiangyang as soon as possible, and cut off Jingzhou's communications. Take Xiangyang, and the other counties will no longer be a problem, but everyone should pay attention to one point, don't hurt Guan Yu, this is the death order of the regent, and it is also to protect my Jiangdong soldiers and avoid unnecessary casualties. ”

Zhou Yu and Lu Meng glanced at each other, and there was a smile of relief in their eyes. The current Sun Ce, after being assassinated by Xu Gong's family. has learned to hide its edge, and it is no longer the Jiangdong tiger that always shows its hideousness, but has become a tiger that is good at lurking in the shadows and patiently waiting for the opportunity to hunt its prey. Now Sun Ce has become more mature and stable, and it is also more terrifying, Ao Lie's transformation of Sun Ce. Finally got the desired effect. This is really a happy thing for Zhou Yu and other Jiangdong civil and military personnel.

At the same time, Xiangyang Fuzhong. Ma Liang said to Guan Yu with some trepidation: "Junhou, the land of Jingxiang is the foundation of the king's beginning, and it is also the bridgehead for the king to march into Jiangdong in the future, how can the prince take back Sancheng's guards so hastily?" And I didn't discuss it with a certain person in advance, once the Jiangdong Army took the opportunity to launch an offensive, our army responded in a hurry, and I am afraid that the war will be unfavorable! ”

In the face of Ma Liang's impatience, Guan Yu was calm, holding a Spring and Autumn Period in his right hand, his eyes never left the book, he stroked his long beard in his left hand, and said loudly: "The only hero in Jiangdong is Zhou Yu, except for this person, the rest are mediocre and not afraid, if they dare to invade Jingxiang, Guan will let them know that they are powerful, and they don't have to worry about joining the army." ”

Ma Liang was about to say something, a rush of footsteps suddenly came into his ears, Ma Liang from this rush of footsteps, a premonition that something bad was going to happen, Huo Ran turned around and looked at the owner of the footsteps.

The person who came was Guan Yu's eldest son Guan Ping, Guan Ping's face had an anxious look, and he didn't listen to the footsteps to stop, so he hurriedly said: "Father, join the army, the Jiangdong Army suddenly launched an attack at night, and the defense arranged by our army by the river has been lost on all fronts, and it is estimated that in less than half an hour, they will kill the city and besiege Xiangyang!" ”

Guan Yu was furious when he heard this, threw away the Spring and Autumn in his hand, and asked: "How could Mi Fang and Fu Shiren guard the beacon tower, how could they let the Jiangdong Army cross the river so easily?" ”

Guan Ping replied: "Father doesn't know, the team of white-clothed merchants who crossed the river during the day today turned out to be the Jiangdong Army in disguise, Mi Fang and Fu Shiren took heavy bribes from them, and did not carefully inspect their ships at all, and let them anchor by the river, and when night fell, they suddenly rose up and arrested Mi Fang and Fu Shiren, and the beacon tower fell into their hands. ”

Hearing Guan Ping's words, Ma Liang's heart chuckled, and he suddenly felt cold, what should have come has come after all, and the proud Guan Yu finally paid the due price for his pride. It's just that now is not the time to hold accountable, the most important thing now is to organize the army as soon as possible to resist the Jiangdong Army that is about to invade the city.

"Junhou, now that the situation is critical, we should summon reinforcements to other counties as soon as possible, and holding on to Xiangyang is the main thing!" Ma Liang sent Guan Yu his countermeasures, but unexpectedly, the arrogant Guan Yu did not take his suggestion, but narrowed his Danfeng eyes slightly, and said in a cold voice: "A certain Jiangdong Xiao is as small as rotten grass!" Why bother asking for help? Guan Ping, light up the military horses in the city, let's go and kill the arrogance of the Jiangdong rats! ”

What the? Guan Yu not only did not adopt his own opinion and asked for help from other counties, but instead gave up holding the city and wanted to go out of the city to fight with the Jiangdong Army? Ma Liang suddenly felt dizzy, and when he came to his senses, he was the only one left in the hall, and the figures of Guan Yu's father and son had disappeared on the way to the barracks.

Ma Liang let out a long sigh and muttered, "The proud soldiers will be defeated...... The proud army will be defeated, ......" (to be continued......