Whether he can hold Xinye or not, Xi Zhong does not dare to judge, and he has no self-confidence.

Cao Jun was worried up and down, and the army's heart was unstable.

However, Yang Zhao's army was full of confidence and high fighting spirit, although it was raining and it was inconvenient to attack the city, but it couldn't stop them from bursting out of the fighting spirit, and they didn't take it to heart.

"Lord, I looked at Lu Bu just now, and I seem to be very afraid of you."

Dian Wei laughed and said: "As soon as he heard the voice of the lord, his body trembled, and he didn't dare to fight anymore, so he turned around and ran back, panicking. ”

Zhuge Liang echoed and smiled: "That's because Lu Bu was scared by our lord!" I was almost killed by the lord several times, and now when I see the lord, what else can I do besides panic and fear? ”

Hearing their words, the other soldiers all laughed.

Lu Bu, who was unruly at the beginning, has now fallen to the point where he is afraid when he sees Yang Zhao, such a gap has added a lot of jokes to them.

"The courage of Lu Bupifu."

Yang Zhao turned around and looked outside, looking at the pouring rain: "His pride has been crushed to the ground by me, and even the courage of the horseman is gone, but it is pouring rain outside, and it is not easy to attack the city next." ”

He paused for a moment and asked, "Zhao Fan was also a southerner before, according to your judgment, when will this rain fall?" ”

Zhao Fan, who followed the battle, looked at the sky outside.

Although it was not yet completely night, the sky was full of dark clouds, large clouds of rain were piling up over them, and they could see cooking smoke rising from the tents in the distance.

The smoke is affected by the rain, and the height of the rise is not very high.

"I've only lived in Koto before, and although it's all southern, there are differences."

Zhao Fan thought for a while and said: "According to the situation in Jiangdong, this rain can fall for another six or seven days, I don't know if Jingzhou is the same." ”

Xun You said: "I guess it's about the same, it can be judged according to Jiangdong's standards, but the rain is not impossible to attack the city, we may be able to wait for the good news of Gongjin and them." ”

"As long as Fancheng is lost, Xi Zhong will definitely panic and will divide his troops to go back to the rescue, then Xinye's defense will be weakened, and even if we brave the rain, it will be easy to attack it."

Jia Xu analyzed: "I think that tomorrow we can test the attack and see how Xi Zhong prepares for defense in Xinye City." ”

In today's battle, neither of them used all their strength, it was more like testing each other.

Cao Jun's side just wanted to take advantage of Yang Zhao's fatigue to attack by surprise, not the whole army.

Although Yang Zhao and the others were tired, they also got a rest when the rain stopped, and in the face of Cao Jun's surprise attack, they didn't need to use all their strength to resist and fight back.

Yang Zhao felt that Xun You and Jia Xu were right.

Before you know it, it's night.

The rain continued to rain non-stop.

The whole army also had to take measures to prevent water and moisture, as well as drainage, and set up camp in the torrential rain.

Until the next morning.

There was a brief pause in the rain.

Yang Zhao walked out of the main tent, stepped on the mud to take a look, and shouted: "Siege!" ”

Knock knock knock......

As soon as the order was laid, the sound of war drums echoed outside Shinno City.

The whole army moved quickly to assemble, artillery and other things, all of which were listed outside Xinye Castle.

The Cao army guards in Xinye heard the movement under the city and hurried back to tell Xi Zhong.

Before Xi Zhong appeared, Yang Zhao had already launched an attack.

The cannonballs slammed into the gates, shattering the outer wooden gates, revealing the stones used to block the gates inside.

"The current way to deal with artillery bombardment is basically to block the door with stones."

When Yang Zhao saw this, his gaze extended to the upper floor of Xinye City, and said, "However, the artillery arranged by Cao Cao in Xinye is not a lot!" ”

I saw those cannons, neatly arranged on the city wall.

The muzzle of the gun was outward, aimed at them.

Xi Zhong had already hurriedly ascended the city tower, and when he saw this, he ordered the cannon to be fired.

Rumble!

Shells fired.

They also did a good job of waterproofing, and the ammunition did not get wet.

A whole row of cannonballs bombarded Yang Zhao outside the city at the same time, and the momentum was huge, and it still looked quite shocking.

But the effect, that's all.

Their artillery, the range is not very far.

Although the technology brought by Sima Fu had been improved, it was like this, all of them fell in front of Yang Zhao and them, and the iron bullet rolled for a while, and then there was no more.

"It's loud, but it's not very effective."

Zhuge Liang smiled: "Cao Cao's artillery has little impact on us!" ”

Yang Zhao said: "The thunder is loud, the rain is small, that's it, our continued bombardment!" ”

Rumble!

The muzzle of the cannon, slightly adjusted upward, fell on the edge of the tower with one shot.

The cannonball exploded, instantly shattering the masonry on the wall battlement, causing the rubble to fly, and almost destroying a piece of Cao Jun's artillery.

When Xi Zhong saw this, he didn't know how anxious he was.

Let people continue to fire the cannon, and stuff more gunpowder into it, so that the cannonball can shoot out a longer range.

But it was of little use, basically in a state of being beaten, but fortunately, not long after the fight, it rained again in the sky, and Yang Zhao had to retreat, so that Cao Jun could take a breath.

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Near Fancheng.

Zhou Yu and Sun Quan, leading 10,000 troops, braved the rain to hurry.

Finally came out of the city.

They looked up and looked towards the city wall, and saw that Fancheng was defended, but there were not many of them.

In addition, it is a rainy day now, and no one in the Cao army could have imagined that Yang Zhao would brave the rain and use this way to sneak attack Fancheng, so the strength of the defense was not very good from the beginning.

"Gong Jin, what should I do?"

Sun Quan said.

Zhou Yu thought for a while, and then looked at the sky: "This rain, it should be a long time, we are outside, wait until the night to raid." ”

They were all dressed in robes and hid in the woods nearby.

Thankfully, there is no thunderstorm, and there are no mudslides or other disasters in the woods.

While they waited, they rested and ate some dry food.

Time passed quickly, and before you knew it, it was night.

On the tower of Fancheng, there are only a few lights left, providing a light source for the soldiers who are on vigil.

They approached the city gate under the lights, and the rain was howling, covering a lot of footsteps, and the sky was dark, so that the Cao soldiers on the city wall did not know that there was anyone approaching below.

"Dynamite!"

Zhou Yu said in a low voice.

The soldiers took out the explosives, which were tightly wrapped in oiled paper and made very well waterproof, and pasted them all on the city gates, or stuffed them in the cracks of the doors, and poured the oil down.

"Stand back!"

Seeing this, Sun Quan said in a low voice.

And everybody retreated to both sides of the wall.

One of the soldiers took out a fire breaker, blocked the rain with the back of his hand, blew hard, lit the oil, and then turned and retreated.

The oil is not affected by the rain and quickly ignites the explosive pack.

Rumble......

A terrifying sound appeared on the city gates.

The wooden gate was directly blown away, and the door hole was like a breath of fire, and the fire of the explosion washed away the rain, causing the entire city wall to shake with it, and immediately alarmed all the Cao soldiers guarding Fancheng.