Cheng Ji, Huang Xi, Jiang Wei and the leader of Qiang Di Yaowu went to the city and went down, and Cao General Lou Wei led his troops and horses to defend the city, with swords and guns, bows and crossbows!

Cheng Ji saw that the wall of Shanggua City was dilapidated, the wall bricks were black, and many places were new bricks, which must have been reinforced by Cao Jun!

Cheng Ji sighed: "Shanggua City is the place where our army stores grain, and the land of Guanzhong has been painstakingly managed, how did it become like this?" ”

Jiang Wei looked at Cheng Ji and said with a pun: "It's okay to burn it!" The city brought grain, grass, and equipment all burned! It's better than falling into the hands of Cao Jun! ”

Cheng Ji didn't want to continue watching the hexagram! Huang Xun pointed to the hexagram and said: "Although this city is dilapidated, I see that Cao Jun has set up a horse rejection, and the collapsed city wall has been built with new bricks, and there are fences in many places!" We will suffer in the end if we attack rashly! It's better to retreat from him! ”

Jiang Wei said for a while: "I don't have a plan!" It's better to retreat! ”

Cheng Ji said slowly: "The hexagram has been burned by fire, Boyo, how many battles has this city been occupied by the Cao army?" ”

Jiang Wei thought about it and said, "I only encountered two rains in Tianshui County!" It's still before the wheat is cooked! God helps me this year, and I am afraid of rain when the wheat is about to ripen, and it has not rained so far! Instead, I hope it will rain, and the harvest will be good but cheap, which is annoying! ”

Cheng Ji said in a deep voice: "If it doesn't rain, you can take the upper hexagram!" The hexagram is where Cao Jun hoarded the surrounding wheat, and it cannot be defeated! ”

After a pause, Cheng Ji said: "I remembered that Jiangyang was too punctual before, and the city wall collapsed!" Maybe it can be used, and the city can be broken to avenge Cao's army for burning the hexagram! ”

The corners of Jiang Wei's mouth twitched and said: "General Cheng doesn't seem to hear what I said, this fire was not set by Cao Jun!" Jiang Wei didn't say anything.

Cheng Ji instructed: "General Huang Xi, immediately set up a large camp in the south and east, remember that the wall of the camp should be high, and the camp should occupy a wide area!" I'll go with you to set up a village later! You immediately go and get ready to cut down trees! Huang Raid took the order and left.

Cheng Ji continued to instruct: "Boyo, you go to the four sides with the moth to cover and the leader to recruit the people in all directions!" Bring farm tools! Grain, gold and silver! The Cao army who had been captured in the fortress was brought together. Remember, don't let Cao Jun see it! "Jiang Wei received the order to go with the moth and cut down!

Chenggi around the city to watch! Cao Jun paid close attention to the movements. In the city, Cao General Lou Wei saw that the Han army had no intention of attacking the city, so he concentrated on arranging the city defense!

Five thousand soldiers and horses in the city are enough to defend! Besides, he has already asked for help in Ji County, and he can hold on for five days!

That night, Jiang Wei and the others returned and requisitioned nearly 3,000 people, saying that it was a requisition, but in fact, it was a moth blocking these Qiang cavalry to grab the horses and bring them back, whether they agreed or not!

Cheng Ji ordered the people and most of the Cao soldiers to dig a hole in the ground and lead to the city! Send a small part of Cao Jun to dig Weishui and threaten to flood the hexagram!

Jiang Wei was stunned when he learned that Cheng Ji was going to be flooded, and immediately asked, "General Cheng, how can this break the city?" Digging tunnels is time-consuming and laborious, and we don't know if we can dig into the city, whether it will be discovered, we can't afford to drag it out!

Not to mention Weishui, this year's rain is not big, and how deep the ditch to dig may not be able to flood Shanggua City! It's better to leave early! ”

Cheng Ji explained: "It's better if the tunnel can be dug into the city, and it doesn't matter if you can't dig it!" We just dig the tunnel under the city gate, and dig the tunnels of the south gate and the east gate to dig through each other! Weishui is just a cover to distract Cao Jun's attention, and he doesn't have to dig deeper!

There is no rain this year, the hexagram has been burned by fire, the foundation of the city is dry, digging through the ground, and it is very easy to collapse under heavy pressure! Just in time to break the city! ”

Jiang Wei hesitated: "This is not a foolproof solution!" ”

Cheng Ji said: "You can give it a try!" I will try my best to dig through it in three days, and you will continue to recruit people tomorrow to step up digging! If you can't dig it for three days, you will retreat! After digging through, see if you can make the best, not withdraw! Anyway, there is no loss! ”

Jiang Wei reluctantly thinks it's feasible! Under the supervision of the Han army, the people and Cao Jun began to dig six tunnels.

Cheng Ji carried out joint sittings on Cao Jun, and one person escaped or disappeared and the whole team was beheaded! And the crowd took turns digging. The Han army transported the excavated soil from behind, and then piled it up under the city and gathered it into a mountain of earth! Shoot arrows into the city! And the drums beat around the clock! And let the water be poured into the hexagram to make Cao Jun surrender!

Lou Wei was overjoyed and said: "When will Weishui be dug to the extent that it can submerge the upper hexagram!" What fear do I have to use such a thief army? ”

On the third day, as the tunnel approached the city wall, Cao Jun finally discovered it through the ripples of the well water. The ground is dry, and the sound is naturally loud. The Han army beat drums to cover up, but it was not covered up in the end!

Lou Wei ordered to lay out the defenses and use the water tank to determine where the Han army might appear! Pretending not to know to the outside world, just waiting for the Han army to enter the city from the tunnel and encircle and annihilate the meritorious service!

Cheng Ji actually didn't want to take the risk of digging through the city, he just wanted to dig up the city wall! Late at night on the fourth day, the report of the Han army was almost dug up! Digging further up is easy to collapse, and the people who dig and Cao Jun are easy to be buried alive!

Cheng Ji was not cruel enough to force Cao Jun to dig with his life and ordered to withdraw!

Cheng Ji gathered 10,000 war horses, and Cheng Ji ordered 10,000 horses to gallop in a circle at the southeast gate, and took turns shooting arrows at the city wall to suppress Cao's army!

Cheng Ji wants to use the power of horses to gallop to collapse the city wall! Cheng Ji ordered that all the generals didn't have to go, they only needed the soldiers to act!

Cheng Ji's move was because he was afraid that once it collapsed, it would be too dangerous for the general or leader to fall inside! After all, there is Cao Jun here!

Tens of thousands of cavalry galloped up with terrifying momentum, and the earthquake trembled! Cao Jun hurriedly went up to the city wall to check, but he didn't dare to look up because of the intensive surveillance! The cavalry galloped for an hour without success.

Cheng Ji muttered in disappointment: "It seems that I am wishful thinking!" ”

After Jiang Wei heard this, he rode into the cavalry formation, and then returned in a circle and said to Cheng Ji: "General, there are cracks in the city wall, maybe you can hold on a little longer?" ”

Cheng Ji said in a loud voice: "The soldiers are tired, is this okay?" ”

When the leader Moth heard this, he said, "Wait for me to go!" The moth blocked the horse into the array, and shouted loudly, and the Qiang Di around him followed, and for a while the shouts were like thunder, and the Qiang Di shouted in unison in their language!

Cheng Ji asked the leader behind him, "Leader of Vatong, what are you shouting?" ”

Va Tong said with a smile: "The general idea is that an invincible warrior, galloping horses, destroying the enemy, unstoppable!" It's for boosting morale! ”

As soon as the words fell, a part of the Qiang cavalry suddenly fell, and as the ground collapsed, the wall at the corner of the city collapsed, the dust flew, and the stones hit many soldiers!

Cheng Ji is overjoyed, the collapse of the city wall can be used by five horses to kill side by side! Qiang Yi and the Han cavalry were stunned, and Jiang Wei reacted quickly and shouted: "Warriors, what are you waiting to kill in the city!" It's yours to get your hands on! ”

Vatong followed with a loud shout and led the left and right to kill the city, and the moths in the array turned around and rushed towards the city!

Cao Jun was stunned and caught off guard! Cheng Ji looked at Jiang Wei, Huang Xian and the others and hurriedly said: "Don't miss the opportunity, Boyo will go to the north gate immediately, General Huang will go to the west gate, don't let go of a Cao army!" I'm going to save the soldiers who have fallen into the pit! ”

After nearly two hours of fierce fighting, the Cao army was slaughtered by the vertical and horizontal cavalry, the houses in Shanggua City had already been burned down, and the Cao army had no place to hide, and they were slaughtered one-sided!

The Qiang cavalry leaked wildness, and there is no limit to killing Cao Jun! Many Cao Jun who surrendered were killed easily! Most of the people who are alive have surrendered to the Han army!

Cao General Lou Wei was lost in the chaotic army, and he didn't know whose hand he died! The wheat in Jitun, which was too late to prepare for Cao Jun, was not burned, and it was all cheaper for the Han army!

Cheng Ji distributed it to the nearly 6,000 people who helped dig according to his promise, and distributed the collected cloth and silk to them!

The Han army filled the vehicles with the remaining wheat, and hung them on their horses if they could not fit it.

Before leaving, he looked at the hexagram Jiang Wei and sighed: "Cao Jun set fire to the whole city, and now he will dig up the remaining city walls, and the hexagram cannot be rebuilt, so he will be drowned in the flames of war!" Goodbye to the hexagram of my hometown! ”

Cheng Ji said solemnly: "Boyo, troubled times have been like this since ancient times!" It's like killing someone! A person who has grown up in 20 years has endured hunger and disease! Pay a lot of forced labor and taxes! Be careful to follow the Chinese law! Finally grown!

Conscription for military service, the moment you come to the battlefield, the sword can turn twenty years of hard work into vain! The Shang Hexagram has existed for at least hundreds of years, and the history books will record the tragic battle of the Shang Hexagram! His name will be left for posterity! You and I were born in troubled times, no way! You'll get used to it, you're a warrior! Troubled times are a battlefield for generals to show their strengths! You'll get used to it! ”

Jiang Wei looked at him in a daze and said softly: "General Cheng, you are right!" Had to get used to it! ”

Cheng Ji withdrew the soldiers and horses to Weishui to drink water and rest, and feed the horses! Cheng Yi led the whole army back, and judging by Jiang Wei's words, it took two days for the person who reported the news to deliver the news, and it took at least three days for the soldiers and horses in Jixian County to travel on foot. It's only been four days now, and it's just in time for Cao's army to rush to retreat! Attack the next place again, and make Cao Jun exhausted!

The strongest thing in cavalry is mobility, and apparently the captives have again become a burden! Moth Cover and Vatong privately looked for Cheng Ji, explaining that they could dispose of the captives for Cheng Ji! Cheng Ji naturally declined!

After amputating two fingers of his left hand and impaling the palm of his right hand and a thigh, he left them in the fortress to recuperate! Before surrendering Wang Yan and his two younger brothers went with the Han army, they could no longer stay in the Cao army, fortunately Cheng Yi fulfilled Jiang Wei's promise, Wang Yan was named a general!

Cheng Ji divided the soldiers and horses into two teams, Huang Xi and Fa Tong led the front team with 6,000 soldiers and horses, and Cheng Ji, Jiang Wei, and Moth Shasai led 5,000 soldiers and horses to charge food for the rear team!

The army went south. The successive victories made Huang Xian and Vatong a little arrogant, and they attacked when they saw a stronghold of Cao's army along the way, killing people and setting fire to them (killing Cao's army, setting fire to the stronghold) was not happy.

Cheng Ji didn't know at first, but later saw that something was wrong and hurriedly sent someone to stop it, and reprimanded: "How can you march so arrogantly, Huang Raid is a battle-hardened battle, and I don't understand this reason?" Exposing your whereabouts also delays the speed, and it is easy to suffer! Lead them on a rerouted march! ”

Huang Xian and Vatong were reprimanded before they reined in their temperament and changed their routes.

When the march reached Shen, the former army came to report that they had found Cao Jun who was harvesting wheat fields, and when they saw them, they ran away, and the rest of the people were thanking them for their rescue! Do you want to chase down Cao Jun and rescue the other people?

Cheng Ji said strangely: "Our army has been fighting in Shanggua for a few days, and we should have gotten the news here a long time ago, how could there be Cao Jun who dared to harvest grain and kill himself!" Go and give the order, let General Huang Xian and the leader of Vatong be careful! Ignore it and be on guard against fraud! "Someone is coming!

Cheng Ji looked around, the golden wheat fields swayed with the breeze, and it was a good harvest year in the eyes of the people! No, it seems that the wheat field has now become a place of hidden murder!

Cheng Ji sent an order, be on strict alert, be careful, and send someone to search the wheat field, just in case!

Cheng Ji continued to march, and suddenly several horsemen in front of him rushed in a panic, and saw Cheng Ji shouting: "The general is not good!" The people are Cao Jun pretending! The leader of the war was hit by an arrow, and General Huang was pulled off his horse and retreated into the wheat field! The soldiers rushed to the rescue, and only then did they know that there was an ambush when they entered the wheat field! What to do with the generals? ”

Cheng Ji said angrily: "It must be the Yellow Raid that attacked the Cao Army's stronghold to expose his whereabouts before it was calculated!" ”