May of the fourth year of Han Zhangwu, Liangzhou, Nanzheng.

As the seat of Liangzhou, Nanzhengcheng has a very advantageous geographical location.

Located at the confluence of Baoshui and Hanshui, Nanzheng is the waterway transportation hub of Hanzhong County.

In addition, the Baoshui and Han rivers converge outside the city of Nanzheng, which leads to a vast alluvial plain outside the city of Nanzheng, which provides excellent conditions for the development of production in Nanzheng.

However, the various geographical advantages in the past have brought danger to Nanzheng City at this moment.

The existence of the vast alluvial plain not only brings good conditions for the development of Nanzheng, but also makes Nanzheng face an objective dilemma.

At a glance, Nanzheng is surrounded by thousands of miles of plains, which means that there is no danger outside Nanzheng City.

In the past, this drawback would not have brought much trouble, but when Nanzheng was besieged by more than 100,000 Wei troops, this drawback would be infinitely magnified.

Cao Zhen can be praised as a famous general by the world, so he naturally has something extraordinary.

The reason why Cao Zhen dared to unscrupulously send a large army to besiege the city on three sides was not to rely on the outside of Nanzheng City, and the Han army had neither a fortress nor a mountain to hide troops?

This represents Cao Zhen, no worries.

When the soldiers besieged the city, except in very special circumstances, they generally adopted the tactic of besieging three without one, which was to leave a way for the defenders in the city to survive, so that they would not be ruined.

And Cao Zhen, after combining the special geographical factors outside the city of Nanzheng, he specially chose the gap on the side of the Wei army to open up in the south.

The reason why Cao Zhen chose to let go of the south was not because he was worried that Han reinforcements would suddenly appear in the south, leaving him vulnerable to the enemy.

He did this because the south of Nanzheng City is the confluence of Baoshui and Han Shui, and it is also the most important water source of Nanzheng City.

Cao Zhen had the intention of fighting a protracted war, he knew that the Han army's will to fight must have been very tenacious at the beginning, but as time went by, the materials of the Han army in Nanzheng City would inevitably be in short supply.

Especially the water source!

Once the water supply of the Han army in the city was scarce, Mi Yang had to send troops out of the city to fetch water no matter what.

And he specially did not send heavy troops to besiege the south of Nanzheng City, just to use the water source as a bait to lure the Han army out of the city gate and then besiege and annihilate it.

For this reason, Cao Zhen specially prepared an elite cavalry that was waiting for him.

In the vast plains, as long as the Han army in the city dares to go out to supply water, then this Cao Zhen's hidden killing move will deal a fatal blow to the Han army.

Of course, this is a later move secretly arranged by Cao Zhen, and now that the Han army in Nanzheng City has not yet reached the end of the mountain, naturally this killing move will not come in handy.

And now Cao Zhen's top priority is to exert all his strength to let the Han army reach the end of the mountain as soon as possible.

At noon, after all preparations were made, Cao Zhen decisively gave the order to attack.

When the trumpet of the Wei army sounded, Mi Yang, who had not slept for a long time, stepped onto the city wall.

Mi Yang, who was standing on the city wall, looked down condescendingly, and a joint camp of the Wei army that stretched for more than ten miles appeared in his sight.

Seeing this scene, Mi Yang's heart couldn't help but sigh, it has to be the great cause of the Great Wei family!

But before Mi Yang could sigh, the siege of the Wei army caught his attention.

In the past, the Wei army also launched an attack on the city of Southern Zhengcheng.

After all, even if the Wei army's preparations were not sufficient at that time, Cao Zhen had to prove his attitude with actions in time - General Cao was a high and powerful person, but it did not mean that he had no political enemies in the court.

It's just that because the Wei army was not well prepared, those attacks did not pose much threat to Nanzheng City.

But Mi Yang knows that today is different.

Under Mi Yang's gaze, he soon noticed that when the horn of the Wei army sounded, groups of Wei archers armed with bows and crossbows began to walk out of the Wei army's camp.

Thousands of Wei archers, the place where they went was the Wei army spent countless manpower and material resources during this period of time, piled up several dirt mountains.

The several earth mountains were arranged in an orderly manner not far from the outside of Nanzheng City.

Nanzheng City, as the seat of Hanzhong, is of course surrounded by a moat.

But the moat of Nanzheng City is incomparable with that outside the public security city back then.

The moat outside the public security city was built by Zhuge Liang when he gathered the strength of the whole Jingzhou, but Nanzheng City did not have the treatment of the public security city.

Even after taking Hanzhong, the Han army fought almost year after year, and Yizhou could not draw extra national strength to expand the moat outside Nanzheng City.

The protective effect of the moat on the city is naturally great, but this effect is directly proportional to the size of the moat.

In the case that the scale of the moat outside Nanzheng City is not large, as long as the Wei army is willing to spend manpower and material resources, then it is not difficult for the Wei army, which has an absolute numerical advantage, to fill the moat outside Nanzheng City.

In the past, Wei Jun was mainly doing this.

Now the foundations of the hills are several feet high on top of the moat that has been filled.

This was a kind of demonstration by Cao Zhen against Mi Yang.

The loss of the moat is bad news for Nanzheng City, but Mi Yang is not too worried about it.

After all, he can't ask the Han Dynasty to have a city as strong as the public security, and he can't ask every opponent he encounters to be as easy to deal with as Sun Quan.

What really worries Mi Yang is the several dirt mountains that rise from the ground.

The height of those earth mountains is higher than the city wall of Nanzheng City, and it is not difficult to guess the purpose of Cao Zhen's construction of these earth mountains.

Cao Zhen used Tushan as a springboard so that the archers of the Wei army could shoot arrows from high in the city.

Mi Yang's speculation is not wrong.

When thousands of Wei archers climbed the earth mountain under the cover of shield bearers, they raised their bows and arrows and aimed at the city.

It seemed that as long as an order was given, the thousands of bright arrows would turn into a rain of arrows and shoot towards the city.

For the besieging side, in addition to the advantage of having a strong city to rely on, the biggest advantage of the defender is condescending.

But now, under Cao Zhen's measures, it is obvious that the defenders of the city have disappeared.

Because of this, when the thousands of arrows of the Wei army were aimed at the city, the faces of the Han troops on the city wall couldn't help but change.

And when the Han army's morale was slightly turbulent, several towers slowly appeared in front of several earth mountains under the push of the Wei army.

The building is a high-rise building, but it is different from the general high-rise building.

There is usually a watchtower at the top of the tower, which allows the main commander or the soldiers to hide in it and observe the enemy situation in the city by looking out.

During the siege of the city, the tower is usually used in conjunction with the earth mountain.

The soldiers on the turret reconnoiter and report the specific movements of the enemy troops in the city, and the archers on the earth hill fire arrows according to their instructions.

Since Lou Lu can hide the figure of the main general, then of course Cao Zhen will come to Lou Lu, thinking about seeing Mi Yang's angry and corrupt look for a while, so as to relieve the evil anger in his heart a little.

Cao Zhen is very confident in his way of attacking the city, and this confidence is not groundless.

I think that during the battle of Guandu back then, Yuan Shao beat them through the same siege method.

Now that the world has changed, it is time for the Han army to taste this kind of suffering.

In a condescending situation, Cao Zhen, who was in the watchtower, soon saw the young man wearing Mingguang armor.

After seeing Mi Yang's figure, Cao Yang had endless resentment surging in his heart, and at this moment he no longer had any sympathy for Mi Yang, and only had a strong desire to kill him quickly.

Soon, under Cao Zhen's order, Cao Zhen, who was in the watchtower, ordered someone to wave the order flag after observing the enemy's situation.

The towers were higher than the earth mountains, and when the banners on the towers were dancing in unison, the thousands of Wei archers on the several earth hills did not hesitate anymore, and they shot the sharp arrows that had been stored in their hands for a long time towards the city wall below.

As thousands of sharp sounds of breaking the air sounded, thousands of sharp arrows turned into streamers shot rapidly towards the walls of Nanzheng City.

Mi Yang had already taken precautions, and when he saw the Wei army's order flag dancing, he ordered the Han troops on the city wall to raise their shields to protect their bodies.

Due to the speed of thousands of arrows, almost the moment when the Han army raised the shield in its hand, thousands of Wei arrows had already arrived on the city wall.

A moment later, the city walls resounded with dense and countless piercing iron clashes.

It was the sound of thousands of Wei arrows hitting the shields.

Mi Yang's order was not timely, but the preparation of the Wei army was too sufficient.

Not long after the first rain of arrows arrived, a second rain of arrows that covered the sky hit again.

Under the non-stop intensive arrow rain attack of the Wei army, and there is always a gap between the shields, there are still some Han soldiers who let out a cry of pain because of the arrows.

And as time goes on, these cries of pain are becoming more and more numerous.

Mi Yang, who was hiding under the shield, heard the cry of pain and looked anxious.

Those who can be sent to defend the city at this time are all his elites.

If it's a head-to-head duel, it's okay if the elite loses their lives.

But now that no one in the Wei army has been injured, but there are soldiers on their own side who are constantly falling, if they don't quickly find a way to change the situation, the loss of Nanzheng City will only enter the countdown.

But the solution is not so easy to think of.

In terms of good shooting, the Liangzhou Army, which started in Jingzhou, was not inferior to any army in the world.

But no matter how good you shoot, you have to give the Liangzhou army a chance to shoot arrows.

The large number of enemy troops, coupled with the advantage of relying on high capture, made Mi Yang how to organize the archers on the city wall to counterattack for a while.

The constant cries of pain from the Han army on the city wall were not only heard by Mi Yang, but even Cao Zhen was heard by the wind.

Compared with Mi Yang's anxiousness, Cao Zhen felt that the painful cries from the Han army made his spirit extremely excited.

It's not easy, it's been a few months since I led the troops into Hanzhong.

But in the past few months, as long as he plays against Mi Yang, he must have suffered.

Now it's finally time for him to raise his eyebrows.

Under the excitement of his mind, Cao Zhen immediately changed his tactics.

Under Cao Zhen's orders, the Wei army's arrow rain attack from Tushan suddenly stopped.

After Mi Yang noticed this, his heart had just relaxed, but before he could relax for long, the exclamation of Ding Feng beside him instantly attracted his attention.

Mi Yang followed Ding Feng's gaze and looked out towards the gap between the shields.

I saw that at this moment in the sky, thousands of rockets suddenly appeared, and the direction of those thousands of rockets was not on the city wall, but within the city wall.

When he saw this scene, Mi Yang instantly understood Cao Zhen's intentions.

Soon after, when thousands of rockets landed in the residential area behind the city walls, the rockets quickly set fire to the houses near the city walls.

Due to the hot and dry weather, the fire caused by the rocket is spreading rapidly among the houses.

Cao Zhen wanted to cause panic in the hearts of the people in the city by burning down the houses!

Cao Zhen's method was effective, and soon Mi Yang, who was on the city wall, heard the shouts and cries of the people in the city.

After the bursts of shouts and cries fell into Mi Yang's ears, Mi Yang's anger was aroused.

If you can't shoot me, shoot my people, it's shameless!

But Mi Yang was trapped under the shield array, and he couldn't get up and go to the city to stabilize the situation.

The reason why Cao Zhen let the Wei army release the fire arrows into the city was to lure Mi Yang to appear from under the shield array.

Defending the city is guarding the hearts of the people.

Mi Yang's famous sentence, Cao Zhen has heard it a long time ago.

And if Mi Yang rashly appeared from the shield array, then there would always be no shortage of sharpshooters among the more than 100,000 Wei troops.

Even Cao Zhen is one of the good shooters in the Wei army who can penetrate Yang in a hundred steps!

Cao Zhen had already set up a bow and arrows in the watchtower, waiting for Mi Yang to appear from the shield array.

But Cao Zhen waited left and right, and the Wei army's action to release fire arrows has been going on, but Mi Yang has never appeared from the shield array.

Just when Cao Zhen was gradually losing patience, he noticed that the fire in the city was gradually being extinguished, and the shouts and cries of the people in the city were gradually stopping.

At this moment, Cao Zhen knew why Mi Yang had never appeared.

After hearing that Fa Miao, the son of Fa Zheng, is now Mi Yang's farewell driver, after becoming famous, it may not be difficult for him to appease the situation in the city to a certain extent.

After realizing this, Cao Zhen knew that he might not be able to win the battle today.

In addition, unconsciously, the sky had gradually become dark, so Cao Zhen gave the order to retreat.

When he retreated, Cao Zhen had a smile on his face.

Although much has not been achieved today, judging from today's situation, Yuan Shao's siege methods back then were miraculous.

As long as he can continue to use this siege method, how long can the Han army in the city hold out?

After perceiving the gradual retreat of the Wei army, Mi Yang also walked down the city wall under the escort of Ding Feng.

After walking down the city wall, Mi Yang saw a mess under the city wall.

A large number of houses were burned down, and the roads were littered with fallen black wood, and it was the homeless people who were reluctant to leave the black wood.

Although the people had stopped crying under Fa Miao's comfort, the tears on their faces were still there, and the helplessness and sadness in their eyes were clearly captured by Mi Yang.

Putting aside the battle damage of the Han army on the city wall for the time being, just seeing this scene made Mi Yang realize what kind of damage was caused to the hearts of the people in the city by today's battle.

Today, Mi Yang can be regarded as realizing Cao Cao's helplessness back then.

Fa Miao walked to Mi Yang's side after pacifying a common man, he wanted to ask about the situation on the city wall, but seeing Mi Yang's face, he wisely chose not to speak.

Looking at the mess all over the ground, and then at the subordinates who were a little depressed around him, Mi Yang said indignantly:

"Cao Zhen loves high-rise buildings, and tomorrow the few high-rise buildings will be all powder!"

Hearing Mi Yang say this, Fa Miao, Ding Feng and the others suddenly cheered up.

Back then, Cao Jun used a thunderbolt to crack the Yuan army's offensive, could it be that Mi Yang also secretly prepared a thunderbolt?

What Fa Miao and the others didn't know was that they probably didn't have a thunderbolt, but fortunately, they had a lord who was a traverser.