Wang Wu naturally knew very well what the loss of Yecheng meant to the Great Wei State, but he was very unwilling to give up the Xiangguo City that was about to be breached, after all, the Wei army had already paid thousands of casualties in order to break through the Xiangguo City, and it was a huge blow to the morale of the army under his command.

"Puhong's main army is not far from Yecheng, after they arrive in Yecheng, they will definitely immediately dismantle the pontoon bridge on Zhangshui, so that even if our army comes back to help at this moment, I am afraid that we will not be able to cross Zhangshui in a short time, in this case, our army might as well do its best to break through Xiangguo City, at least save a little face." Wang Wu said loudly.

When Jiang Gan heard this, he frowned and said: "General Wang is right, our army may not be able to return to aid at this moment, but at least there is still a glimmer of hope, if our army does not immediately return to Yecheng, the day Puhong breaks the city, the king will inevitably suffer a humiliation, and the suffering of the monarch is the humiliation of the courtiers, we can't let the king fall into danger." ”

When Wang Wu heard this, he said: "General Jiang, it's better for you to lead a team of men and horses back to aid Yecheng, and try to meet the king's breakthrough, I will lead some men and horses to continue to attack Xiangguo City, and after our troops and horses break through Xiangguo City, I will immediately return to Yecheng to aid Yecheng, which is good." ”

Jiang Gan nodded and said softly: "General Wang still can't let go of Xiangguo City, that's good, the general will lead 20,000 elite cavalry to take the first step, and after the general breaks the city, he will immediately return to Yecheng." ”

"Okay, that's a deal." Wang Wu is colorful.

After some preparations, Jiang Gan, the general of Wei, personally led 20,000 elite cavalry at the fastest speed. Rushing in the direction of Yecheng, they had to return to Yecheng in the shortest possible time to contain the main army under Pu Hong's command.

Wang Wu led the main infantry to stay at the foot of Xiangguo City, and increased the siege of the city, striving to break through Xiangguo City within one day, and then return to Yecheng.

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In the direction of Yecheng, in the face of the menacing Puhong army, the ministers of Wei were divided into two factions, one faction insisted on defending Yecheng to the death, and fought a bloody battle with Puhong's army to the end. The other faction believes that the enemy should be avoided. Escape from Yecheng for the time being, save your life first.

Wei Wang Ran Zhi is still very young, he doesn't know how to decide, but. The Queen Mother Dong was reluctant to leave Yecheng. He supported the views of the Perseverance. Let the Yecheng defenders make every effort to arrange the city defense, and actively mobilize the people of Yecheng to help defend the city wall.

Under the mobilization of the generals and officials of the Wei State. The people of Yecheng actively participated in the task of helping to defend the walls of Yecheng, and made up their minds to fight the invading Puhong army to the end.

The defenders of Yecheng were originally less than 10,000, but there were 20,000 people willing to help defend the city walls, and these people were a powerful reserve force, which strengthened the defensive strength of Yecheng at a certain time.

The main army under Pu Hong's command arrived at the foot of Yecheng in a very short time, looking at the outline of Yecheng in the distance, Pu Hong became proud on horseback, as if the city in front of him would soon be in his pocket.

"Father, there is Yecheng ahead, our army will rest for one night today, and we will be able to attack the city early tomorrow morning." Pu Jian pointed to the city in front of him and said softly.

Pu Hong smiled and said softly: "There is no need to wait until early tomorrow morning, tonight is the time for our army to break through Yecheng, let the baggage battalion immediately bury the pot for cooking, and launch an attack on Yecheng in the middle of the night." ”

Seeing that Pu Hong was confident that he would capture Yecheng on the night he arrived in Yecheng, Pu Jian and Pu Xiong were a little incredulous, they thought that Yecheng was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was impossible to be attacked so easily.

"Father, Yecheng is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it takes at least one night for our army to build siege equipment, and it will attack in the middle of the night, I am afraid that it will be difficult to break through Yecheng." Pu Jian was the first to express his skepticism.

"Yes! Father, at this moment, our army has just arrived at the foot of Yecheng, and the soldiers are very tired, but the Wei army is waiting for work, rashly attacking the city, which is not good for our army, or rest for the night, let the soldiers recover their vitality, and then attack Yecheng! Masashi said.

Pu Hong smiled, and said with a straight face: "Yecheng is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Wei army is waiting for work, how can these fathers not know, but it is precisely because of this that the Wei defenders expect that our army will not attack Yecheng tonight, and the defense will be relatively lax, which is a good opportunity for our army to raid." ”

"Father, even so, but our army's heavy siege equipment can't be built in the middle of the night, just with simple equipment such as ladders, I'm afraid it will be difficult to capture Yecheng!" Pu Jian said softly.

"Father, without heavy siege equipment, our army can't rashly attack Yecheng." Pu Xiong also said.

Pu Hong shook his head, and said: "You don't have to worry, I have prepared for my father, after the main force of our army crossed the Yellow River to the north, my father has already buried a group of people and horses in Yecheng, this team of people and horses, usually selling jujubes for a living, looks no different from the people of Yecheng in Pu Hong, therefore, it will not be discovered at all, with this force of people and horses as an internal response, it is easy to break through Yecheng tonight." After speaking, he looked at his two sons proudly.

When Pu Jian and Pu Xiong heard this, they were both taken aback, Pu Hong had made such a careful arrangement, and neither of them knew it.

"Father, it turns out that you have been prepared for a long time, so how many people are there in this team." Pu Xiong asked.

Pu Hong said: "This army has more than 100 people, although the number is a little less, but all of them are elite warriors, enough to take on heavy responsibilities, when Jiang Gan and Wang Wu led the army to leave Yecheng, my father gave them an order, let them reconnoiter the situation near the west gate of Yecheng, and after the main force of our army arrived in Yecheng, cooperate with the main force of our army, open the west gate of Yecheng, so as to receive the main force of our army into Yecheng. ”

"I see, what my father meant, is that these 100 men and horses are ready at the west gate of Yecheng, as long as our army attacks Yecheng, they will open the west gate of Yecheng and receive our army into the city." Pu Xiong said softly.

Pu Hong nodded and said: "My father just got the news, things are going very smoothly, in order to resist the attack of our army, the defenders of Wei mobilized the people of Yecheng to join the task of helping to defend the city wall, and the hundred men and horses sent by my father have all joined the ranks of helping to defend the city wall, and help guard outside the west gate of Yecheng, ready to receive our army into the city at any time." ”

"Father is thoughtful, tonight our army will definitely be able to break through Yecheng and capture the Wei King Ran Zhi and a number of Wei ministers, if you dedicate all these to Murong Jun, my father will be a great achievement!" Pu Jian said happily.

Pu Hong stroked the beard of his chin, looked at Pu Xiong, and said: "Xiong'er, for your father's order, you personally led the most elite three thousand iron cavalry of our army, after midnight, secretly went to the west gate of Yecheng to hide, and after the main army of the father launched a feint attack outside the south gate, immediately raised the fire as a signal, and our army should be inside and outside, break through the west gate of Yecheng, and immediately march south, and the main army of the father to break through the south gate, so that the main force of our army can immediately pour into Yecheng, and go all out to attack the palace of Yecheng, and capture Ran Zhi and other people. ”

"Yes, father, the child will not let you down." Pu Xiong clenched his fists in response.

Pu Jian hugged his fists and said: "Father, if our army breaks through Yecheng, Ran Zhi will definitely try to escape, and he should be stationed outside the east gate and north gate to prevent Ran Zhi from escaping." ”

Pu Hong nodded and said: "Jian'er is right, in the direction of the east gate and the north gate, our army should each arrange five thousand men and horses to prevent Ran Zhi and others from escaping, so you can arrange it!" ”

When Pu Jian and Pu Xiong heard this, they turned around and went to prepare.

After midnight, the main army under Pu Hong began to assemble on a large scale, and immediately surrounded Yecheng in all directions.

Among them, the north gate and the east gate each sent a partial general and 5,000 men and horses to garrison, the west gate is the 3,000 elites led by Pu Xiong himself, and the rest of the main force is under the personal leadership of Pu Hong, marching towards the south gate of Yecheng.

Such a large-scale mobilization of Puhong's main army was naturally seen by the Wei army scouts, who immediately returned to Yecheng and told the Wei generals who were responsible for defending the city the news that Puhong's main army was about to attack Yecheng.

The Wei generals naturally paid the most attention to the movement of the main army under Pu Hong's command, and saw that Pu Hong personally led the main force to the south gate of Yecheng, and the Wei defenders immediately mobilized the main force to defend in the direction of the south gate of Yecheng, and left only a small number of defenders near the remaining three city gates.

There are three south gates of Yecheng, namely the Guangyang Gate on the east side, the Fengyang Gate on the west side, and the Yongyang Gate in the middle.

The main army under Pu Hong's command, after arriving at Yongyang Gate, immediately put on an offensive posture, although there are no heavy siege equipment, but the giant shield and cloud ladder are still sufficient, for launching a feint, it is more than enough.

At this moment, because it was the middle of the night, therefore, most of the defenders of Yecheng were resting, after learning that Pu Hong led the army to attack Yecheng, the Yecheng defenders on the one hand ordered their soldiers and horses to reinforce in the direction of the south gate, and on the other hand, let the soldiers who had rested immediately get up and participate in the action of defending the city wall.

And those Yecheng people who were willing to help defend the city wall, after learning that Puhong's main army was coming, also left their homes one after another, took the weapons distributed to them by the Yecheng guards, and participated in the defense of Yecheng.

Outside the Yongyang Gate of Yecheng, the main army under Pu Hong's command, after making some necessary preparations, immediately launched a fierce feint, first, tens of thousands of sharp arrows flew to the city wall of Yecheng like locusts, and then, a large number of soldiers holding giant shields approached the city wall, and used simple ladders to attack the city wall.

The attack launched by Puhong's main army was fierce, but the defending Wei army also resolutely counterattacked and did its best to block the attack of Puhong's army. (To be continued......)