Cao Cao originally deployed heavy troops outside Huangxian County to intercept Jicheng's escape, in order to prevent Jicheng from escaping, almost all the officers and soldiers in Qingzhou and the private soldiers of the powerful family were dispatched. There were 500,000 men under Cao Cao's command.

Cao Cao arranged thirteen interception lines, Ji Cheng was difficult to fly, but unfortunately Ji Cheng only broke the first interception line and retreated into the city, and finally Cao Cao had to gather troops and horses to attack the city.

Cao Cao led hundreds of thousands of troops to the outside of Huangxian City to bury pots and cook directly after attacking the city, leaving more than 20,000 people in one morning who could not climb the city wall.

Cao Cao asked people to rest in batches and take turns to attack the city, although there were hundreds of thousands of people in the city, but the young and middle-aged people were at most tens of thousands, although they couldn't kill much in one morning, but it was only because they were just at the beginning, as long as they continued to attack, they could break through sooner or later.

There are no reinforcements in Jicheng, even if they don't have to attack the city, they can be trapped, but those powerful families want to solve Jicheng as soon as possible, so they let Cao Cao lead people to attack the city.

After a day and a night, the defenders began to lose, almost capturing the walls several times, and the death toll of the defenders reached 5,000.

Huang County's inner prefecture governor's mansion, Ji Cheng and Ma Shangfeng Guan Hai and other officers were discussing the matter of defending the city.

Guan Hai opened his mouth and said: "Lord, let's take you out, those officers don't care about life and death, they attack the city day and night, and Huangxian will be broken in a few days." ”

Zhang Rao also followed and said: "Lord, General Guan is right, let's kill it!" ”

Guan Cheng also stood up and said, "Lord, now we can defend the city wall because there are enough materials to defend the city, but in a day or two, these materials will be exhausted." Without the materials to defend the city, it is difficult for us to hold the four city walls, so you should take us to break through together! ”

Guan Hai didn't think that there would be reinforcements, and they would lose if they held for a long time, so they all thought that breaking through as soon as possible was the best policy.

Ji Cheng: "Don't worry, the new city defense equipment will be ready tonight, and with the new city defense equipment, you don't have to worry about the enemy attacking the city wall." I'm calling you here today to familiarize you with the new equipment for defending the city. ”

As he spoke, two men came in carrying a model with a shelf on top of the model wall, and a mace on the shelf.

Ji Cheng explained: "With these giant maces, there is no need to worry about the enemy getting the ladder, as long as the ladder loses its effect, then they will not be able to climb the city wall. The officers and men continued to attack the city, and they needed your assistance to install this new type of siege equipment, and they could not be stopped by the officers and men. ”

Guan Hai: "Don't worry, my lord, we will do our best to help." ”

Next, Ji Cheng took them to the workshop and transported the giant mace about two meters long and weighing 800 catties to the city, and Guan Hai was responsible for guarding a section of the city wall and erecting a simple load-bearing iron frame.

After a night of busyness, dozens of load-bearing racks were finally erected, and then the giant mace was hung up and pushed to the city, the mace was suspended in the middle of the city wall, and more than a dozen people on the city wall pulled back and forth, and the mace hit the wooden ladder, and the ladder was smashed in an instant.

The people defending the city immediately cheered, with these giant maces, there was no need to worry about the officers and soldiers using ladders to climb the city wall, and there was no need for so many people to defend the city.

Without the ladder, Cao Cao really couldn't attack the city, and Cao Cao didn't have the heart to make a new ladder. With these maces, it is impossible to attack Huang County.

"Mengde, what should I do now? The city gate is blocked, and all the explosives we got before can't blow it open, so how can we attack the city? ”

"Meng De, hurry up and find a way, the food in Huang County is enough for them to eat for a year, do we want to surround them for a year? The boss only gave us a month, and we couldn't capture Huang County within a month, so we can't explain it! ”

"The Liaodong side was defeated, and now it is occupied by Jicheng's supporters and alien races, we can't occupy it, and it is said that they plan to come to the rescue. At that time, it will be even more difficult to solve Ji Cheng. ”

Cao Cao also had a headache, with these large maces, they couldn't attack if they wanted to, and it was useless to fill with many lives.

Cao Cao thought for a moment and said, "Let the soldiers dig and transport stones, as long as they are piled up to the height of the city wall, their city defense equipment will be useless." ”

Although the project of excavating earth and transporting stones to pile up the city wall is large, Cao Cao has hundreds of thousands of people, and he can pile up to the height of the city wall in a few days, and it is not impossible to capture Huangxian within a month.

Next, the officers and soldiers stopped attacking the city, dug earth and transported stones to a safe area and piled them up, intending to pile them all the way, even if they used human lives, they would pile up to the height of the city wall.

Guan Hai and the others quickly guessed Cao Cao's intentions and immediately came over to report.

Ji Cheng smiled and said, "Reinforcements will arrive soon, and tomorrow night will give those officers and soldiers an unforgettable night." ”

Guan Hai: "Lord, do you mean that Liaodong will come over to support us?" But the Han army will not let them come easily, they will definitely intercept it at the seaside, and it will not be easy to land. ”

Ji Cheng: "The reinforcements from Liaodong haven't come over so quickly, and I can't tell you who the reinforcements are yet, but you'll know when the time comes." ”

Guan Hai didn't ask, and left after saying goodbye.

After Guan Hai left, Ma Shangfeng said: "Lord of the Underworld, the other side has been contacted, and they will start attacking in two days, and they will definitely be able to take Bingzhou, Youzhou, Liangzhou, and Jiaozhou within two months." ”

Ji Cheng: "After taking these states, you can just defend them strictly." Wait until it has been thoroughly digested before continuing to go deeper. ”

Ji Cheng originally wanted to wait until Liu Hong's death to divide the group before making a move, so that his reputation had already spread, and when the time came, he would stand on the moral high ground and take action to quell the chaos, and the people would recognize him.

It's a pity that those powerful families don't give themselves time, so they have to give up the original plan, first take a few states and counties to govern, and let the people slowly recognize themselves, but it takes a long time.

Fortunately, the wealthy families in Liaodong have no private soldiers, and those troops are even more loyal to themselves, plus the people recognize themselves, and after two years of education, they also understand some truths.

Therefore, Liaodong was not rebelled, and it was impossible for the officials appointed by the imperial court to control Liaodong, and now all the officials who went to Liaodong to take office were killed. They want to use their interests to buy off the officials in Liaodong, but they don't know that these officials with real power are all selected from hell by themselves, and they don't dare to betray themselves if they give them a hundred dares.

Now that Youzhou wants to send troops to attack Liaodong, the Liaodong army and people are united, and the equipment of the Liaodong Army is several times that of the Youzhou Army, so the Youzhou Army cannot move forward and is intercepted outside the territory of Liaodong.

Jicheng also made those alien races prepare to attack Bingzhou, Youzhou, Liangzhou and Jiaozhou, as long as they took these states and counties, they could use the resources of these states to grow rapidly......