The construction of Fancheng is unique, there are only three gates, the southwest is built around the water, the city gate is not in the direction of due north, there is a soil wall of more than ten zhang long in the north, and the city wall is as high as the city wall, it is more than one zhang wide, it can be used for two cars to pass through, and the battlement mouth is built on it.

In this way, the earthen wall that extended out undoubtedly increased the defensive range of Fancheng, and the defenders could launch a condescending attack on the enemy troops outside the city without going out of the city, which was undoubtedly the greatest threat to the besieging soldiers.

And the only remaining outside the east gate, but built a moat, the white water flows from here, into the Han water, the moat is more than three zhang deep, just in the rainy season, the river is surging, very difficult to cross.

If the Wei army wants to attack the city, the most convenient place is the north gate, but the north gate is blocked by the earthen wall that extends to the outside of the city, and the Wei army will be divided into two halves when it reaches the city, and the enemy on both sides will not be able to attack with all its strength.

This is also Sima Yi came to the city twice, but the reason for the strong attack, if you want to break through Fancheng, it is necessary to destroy this earthen wall first, but this wall is very wide and thick, there are also rolling stone and wood on it, as well as the Shu army's sharp weapon to defend the city and crossbow, if you want to destroy it, it is several times more difficult than attacking the city gate.

From morning to night, Sima Yi personally commanded the Ping Pong Horse to attack the city, launching a total of five attacks, wounding more than 1,000 people, and posing almost no threat to the defenders of Fancheng, so he had to retreat.

Fancheng is like a rock, no matter how you attack, there is no weak point, now the only hope is that Sima Zhao can surprise attack Huyang Port, and Sima Shi will attack from the south, and the two sides will attack the city at the same time, so that the Shu army will be difficult to take care of, so that there will be a chance to break the city.

In the middle of the night, Guan Xing led 500 fine table tennis from the south gate quietly, followed the Han River to the north, bypassed Fancheng, and went straight to the four mounds under the leadership of the guide, and arrived in the city at dawn.

The four mounds and the weitou are the two urn cities around Fancheng, which are not tall, but enough to contain the Wei army that came to them, and the Wei generals who attacked the four mounds are Xu Qian, this person is brave, so that he can not resist the big axe of the mountain, and the guard general Zong can not resist, so he has to defend the city, and he has passed two times. Guan Xing came to the city, passed down the order of Zhuge Liang, Zong pre-loosened - breath, continued to defend the city according to the strategy, Xu Zhen once again waved the city to attack the city, the low city wall - a cloud ladder is enough to climb to the city wall, yesterday there were soldiers rushing to the city, so that Xu Qian's confidence was greatly increased, and today he personally selected the dead soldiers

Come to the city.

The two sides killed from morning to evening, the Wei army suffered many casualties, but more and more soldiers climbed the head of the city, seeing that the strength of the garrison was not good, Xu Zhen seized the opportunity, carried a big axe, and led the elite table tennis to the city from the south gate.

The Shu army could not defend in time, and was taken by Xu Zhen - jumped up, took off the big axe - slashed, and killed a gap, Wei Ping behind him kept climbing to the city wall to see that the city was about to be broken, and the morale was shocked.

More and more Wei troops came to the city wall, the south city wall has been lost, Xu Zhen is even more heroic, killed dozens of people, no one can stop it, the Wei army has already opened the city gate, the defenders see the general trend has gone, each of them fled.

After three strong attacks, and finally took the four mounds, Xu Zhen was happy, and did not chase and escape, and ordered people to arrange city defenses in case the Shu army came again, and immediately sent someone to report to Sima Yi, if he broke the city before Niu Jin, it would be the first achievement.

When night fell, Guan Xing and Zong Pre reorganized their Ping Pong Horses ten miles outside the city, with a total of 5,000 people, and went straight to Jiaxian all night, and after two hours, they arrived outside the city.

Jiaxian is located between Yancheng and Mopo, which is the only way for the Wei army to transport grain and grass from Wancheng.

At the time of the third watch, the detailed report came to report, Jiaxian only - a thousand defenders, are mainly the labor of transporting grain and grass, and there are not many elite soldiers, here across the Yancheng, it is already the rear of the battle line, and there is no heavy table tennis defense.

When Guan Suo heard the news, he divided the table tennis horses into four teams, each guarding the door, and asked Zong to arrange an ambush to prevent the escaped Ping Pong from escaping, so as to prevent leakage of news.

Taking advantage of the night, Guan Xing led the selected five hundred elite ping pong to secretly climb to the city wall, the defenders did not know it, and waited until the screams sounded, only to appear The sound of exclamation and shouting, at this time Guan Xing had ordered people to guard the city head and opened the city gate.

—The Qianshu army entered the city, the Wei army scattered and fled, and there were few resistors, but in half an hour, Jiaxian was taken smoothly, and at dawn, Zong Yu was also ordered to enter the city, and captured more than 500 prisoners, all of whom were imprisoned in the military camp.

Guan Suo ordered people to bring Jiaxian Taishou to interrogate, and learned that Mopo had 8,000 defenders, all of whom were elite Wei troops, and it can be seen that Sima Yi was cautious and thoughtful with table tennis.

Just five days ago, when Sima Yi decided to storm Fancheng, a large amount of grain and grass had been sent to Yancheng, and now Sima Yi's army had grain and grass for two months, and if he attacked Mopo, there would definitely be losses, and the threat to the Wei army was not too great.

Guan Xing and Zong pre-discussed, decided to press the table tennis for the time being, and the banner of Jiaxian County was not changed, and ordered someone to report to Fancheng and wait for Zhuge Liang's order.

Sima Yi even said that the siege of the city was fruitless, was depressed, suddenly Xu Zhen sent someone to send the news, first captured the four mounds, all the civil and military newspapers, all the faces were happy, although the four mounds are not important places, but take the city, it can inspire morale, inspire.

"Is there any news from the Waitou?" After Sima Yi praised Xu Zhen a few words, he groaned slightly and asked about the situation of another Lu Niu Jin Ping Pong Horse.

Li Feng replied, "Back to the generals, the head guard general Hu Ban is on par with General Niu's martial arts, and he has not won it so far!"

"Hmm!" Sima Yi nodded slightly, and ordered, "Tell Xu Zhiliu - Qianping to guard the four mounds, immediately lead the ping pong to Huyang Port, rendezvous with the ping-pong horse, and attack ...... from the south."

As he was talking, Sima Yi's raised finger suddenly stopped in mid-air, pointing in the direction of Han Shui—not moving, the cold light in his deep eyes shone, and the joy on his face disappeared.

"General, you ......" Li Feng frowned, not understanding why Sima Yi suddenly lost his temper.

"It's not good, Yancheng is in danger!" When everyone was puzzled, Sima Yi suddenly turned around and hurriedly instructed Su Yu, "You quickly return to Yancheng with 5,000 Jing Ping Pong, and send more scouts to investigate the military situation, once the Shu army is found outside Yancheng, you will attack from behind, and you can't let go of people!"

"Yes!" Su Yu hesitated a little, not knowing what Sima Yi's intentions were, but he still received the order.

Sima Yi saw that everyone had doubts on their faces, and said in a deep voice, "The head is the same as the four mounds, and now the four mounds are lost, I expect it must be Zhuge Liang's plan, deliberately give up the four mounds, but ask him to sneak attack Yancheng and disturb my rear, I have to guard against it!" Li Feng and the others suddenly realized, and their faces were surprised, and Su Yu didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly turned around and left.

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After Su Yu left, Sima Yi still felt uneasy in his heart, thinking about it, and ordered people to report to the garrisons of Jiaxian and Mopo, telling those people to guard carefully and closely monitor the main roads, and as soon as they found the traces of the Shu army, they immediately came to report it.

After everything is arranged, his expression is still solemn, he can't capture Fancheng, it will be a big disaster after all, all the problems in front of him, in fact, as long as he succeeds in taking Fancheng, he will be solved, but this hard bone is really hard to gnaw. Wang Ji said that he was responsible for the siege of the city, but also suffered a lot of setbacks, and said in the preface, "General, Fancheng can not rush down, now the four mounds have been successful, it is better to divide the table tennis to help the Niu general to take the siege, and when the table tennis comes, you can form a siege of Fancheng, Guan Yu besieged Fancheng that year,

Cut off the grain and grass in the city, and it will be destroyed in ten months."

Sima Yi couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, and said, "Alas, since Zhuge Liang stayed in Fancheng, he naturally made preparations, don't forget the mediocre table tennis horse, Xiangyang is still about the feather tiger, how can I make a desperate bet - throw?"