Sima Fang was teaching his sons, and suddenly there was a commotion outside the house, and his footsteps were chaotic, and he saw someone breaking into the backyard, and it was the fifth son Sima Sui who came in a panic.

Sima Fang was furious and shouted: "How can it be reasonable for the shaft to trespass into the backyard without being cleared!" ”

Sima Sui was sweating profusely, and hurriedly replied: "Father, the big thing is not good, Xu Huang is defeated, and Ma Chao is going to Wen County to kill." ”

"What?" Sima Fang's face changed slightly, and he immediately stroked his beard and sneered: "This must be a rumor, although Xu Gongming is not as brave as Ma Chao, he is good at commanding troops, and he can be defeated easily?" ”

Sima Sui hurriedly said: "Xu Huang's son Xu Gai has led his troops into the city to defend, and the defeated army has reported that Xu Huang has been captured and is about to take revenge." ”

Sima Lang was shocked: "Father, if Ma Chao comes, I am in danger, please evacuate quickly." ”

Sima Fang couldn't let go at this time, and snorted coldly: "Hmph, Zhong Da plans for state affairs, but each is his master, and life and death are fate!" There are countless dead in the troubled times, if they are jealous and hateful because of this, wouldn't the Ma family be the enemy of Huaxia? ”

Sima Lang still needs to be persuaded again, and suddenly heard the drums outside the city, and the horn sounded, which was a signal to urgently resist the enemy, and suddenly sighed secretly, if you want to leave at this time, I am afraid it is too late.

Sima Fang instructed: "The prince has sent rescue troops, as long as the whole city is united, it will be able to defend Wen County, and Boda can help Xu Gai to appease the people's hearts and defend against the enemy." Seventy percent of the money and grain in the house were allocated to reward the three armies, and they were stuck in waiting for reinforcements. ”

"Yes!" At this point, Sima Lang knew that he had no choice but to hope that there would be a brave man under the heavy reward, and Cao Xiu's reinforcements arrived earlier.

At this time, outside Wenxian County, in fact, only 3,000 cavalry came, and it was the elite cavalry led by Ma Chao who galloped around the city, and the four gates were closed, and no one dared to go out of the city.

Ma Chao urged Ma to the city, pointed to the guard and said: "Ma is here, only to catch the Sima clan, and the rest of the people have nothing to do with it, if you know the current affairs, open the city earlier, you can avoid death!" If you dare to resist stubbornly, on the day the city is broken, there will be no armor left. ”

The defenders of Wen County were all panicked, everyone knew that Sima Yi had set up an ambush to kill Ma Teng's father and son and 100,000 Xiliang troops, this sea of blood feud was difficult to unravel.

Xu Gai came to the enemy tower and shouted: "Ma Chao, quickly return my father, otherwise I will be inseparable from you." ”

"Hahaha!" Ma Chao laughed when he heard this, and squinted at Xu Gai: "The eldest husband takes revenge, and he is the enemy of the sword, and he goes straight to the Central Plains from Xiliang to avenge his father!" If you want revenge, you should go down to the city to fight me, hide in the city and bark wildly, you are really a tiger father and a dog! ”

"I swear to kill you!" Xu Gai's face turned red, and he was about to go down to the city for a decisive battle.

The deputy general's personal soldiers hurriedly stopped, Xu Huang was not Ma Chao's opponent, Xu Gai went out to find death?

Ma Chao waited for a while, and when he saw that no one was opening the city, he said coldly: "Okay, good, if you are really willing to be Sima's lackey, you will ask you to accompany Sima's funeral." ”

Not long after, Pang De and Guo Huai led the army to arrive, and Ma Chao divided his troops to surround Wenxian on all sides, preparing siege equipment such as ladders and rushing cars, and attacked the city with all his might.

Half an hour later, the Xiliang army began to attack, in the earth-shaking drums, the men and horses were divided into eight teams to attack alternately, and the well and catapult were pushed to the front of the moat, and a row of behemoths shocked the Wei army.

After many battles and transformations, the siege equipment in the Han army's workshop was once again greatly powerful, and the catapult could send out ten boulders at a time, three of which were wrapped in fire oil, and the well was equipped with crossbows and hard crossbows to completely suppress the defenders of the city.

In addition to the equipment, the bow and crossbow of the Han army was also greatly enhanced, the Jiangdong naval army was strong, and the water war was based on the bow and arrow, their bow and crossbow were the most advanced, Liu Qi had already gathered the two armies to improve it, and the range and power were greatly enhanced.

Ma Chao, Pang De, and Guo Huai each led an army to suppress the position, and under the cover of the shield soldiers, the well and the catapult suppressed, and a round of attack was launched, and the city screamed for a while, and no one was seen coming up.

Several guards were shot down on the well, Xu Gai hid in the corner tower and did not dare to show his head, the boulders from the catapult roared down, and the rain of arrows flew up to the city like locusts, and the defenders did not even have the strength to fight back.

Many stones were wrapped in oiled linen cloth, and smashed their heads and faces with flames, as if a meteorite had fallen, and the oil ladles on the city exploded, and soon a wall of fire was formed, and the soldiers hiding in the corners of the wall were also burned and fled in all directions.

Ma Chao's expression was cold, although he knew that the enemy was right in front of him, he held back his anger and quietly waited for the morale of the defenders to be exhausted.

With such siege weapons, there is no need to let the soldiers fight to the death to enter the city, the Xiliang army has suffered heavy casualties before, and this time it is not worth dying in vain.

The siege lasted from noon to evening, and the equipment attack was very violent, and ten of the rushing vehicles had been damaged, and they were burned to charcoal ash at the foot of the city wall, and the city wall of Wenxian County was already scorched black everywhere.

When twilight came, another team of men and horses rushed to the city, it was Ma Dai who came to meet, Ma Chao ordered four people to set up a camp each, and blocked outside the city gate, so that no one could escape.

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The city of Wenxian was full of mourning, morale was low, more than half of the defenders were disabled, and Xu Gai was also injured by the arrows, and his face sank like water in the palace.

During the day, Sima's family paid food and wages, the morale of the Wei army was greatly boosted, and more than 3,000 people volunteered to join the army, received money and grain, and vowed to live and die with Wen County.

But I didn't expect the Han army's offensive to be so powerful, just a half-day blow, so that everyone lost confidence, the army had no power to fight back, and the people withdrew one after another, returned their food and and fled to their homes.

Sima Lang was full of worries, this battle was related to the survival of the family, and at this moment, he said to Xu Gai: "The Han army's equipment is very powerful, and the soldiers are afraid, and if they want to defend the city, they need to destroy it......

Halfway through the words, seeing that Xu Gai's arm was injured and the blood was still there, he sighed helplessly, hugged his fists and said, "I don't know if the little general has a strategy to defend against the enemy?" ”

Xu Gai also lost the sharpness of the day, Xu Huang was captured, he led the troops alone, he knew the difficulty of facing the enemy, he wanted to cry without tears at the moment, and laughed miserably: "I heard that my father was defeated, and I hurriedly returned to the city to support, but there are still 30,000 soldiers and horses in Mengjin, Henan, and I will take the opportunity to cross the river, and I am only afraid of ...... at that time."

Sima Lang's heart sank to the bottom, and he was in a hurry in the lobby, stopped after a while, gritted his teeth and said: "For today's plan, I have to retreat and seek the second." ”

Xu Gai hurriedly asked, "What is the wisdom of the sir?" ”

Sima Lang said: "Liu Qi has always shown leniency and benevolence, and strictly ordered all departments not to indiscriminately kill innocents and harass the people!" The general can choose the elite soldiers to rest for the night, and when the morning is bright, drive the people out of the west gate to surrender, and send troops and horses to attack it, the Xiliang army will come to besiege, but we will lead the elite soldiers to break through from the east gate. ”

Xu Gai was stunned and said: "Since we are guards, we should protect the people, and if we abandon the army and leave, it is not the general's doing, who else will serve me in the future?" ”

Sima Lang said: "In extraordinary times, use extraordinary measures!" The people of Wen County are no longer willing to contribute to us, what is the benefit of protecting them? Raising troops for a thousand days and using troops for a while, just when the three armies were loyal, they broke through for the protection of the general, and they could be said to have died well, so why give up? If we wait for Zhang Renbing to arrive, we will definitely die, Ling Zun is captured, how can the little general save his father and fulfill his filial piety? ”

"What the gentleman said is true!" Xu Gai was already in a state of confusion at this time, so he had to listen to Sima Lang's plan and select elite soldiers to prepare for a breakthrough overnight.