Chapter 87 is full of fog

"Boiling water! Boiling oil! Rolling wood! Stone! Fast! Ji Hanjun shouted. Cao Wei's march was too fast, there were no large-scale siege weapons, and it would take several days to make them ready, so they attacked completely by relying on the simplest shield, attacking the city, and then climbing up through the human ladder. Although Sima Yi's turtle formation is simple, it really makes the Han army, which has few equipment to defend the city, a little difficult. Without the sharp weapon of bows and arrows, the power of Ji Han's army is undoubtedly less than half. However, as long as we get close to the city wall, we still have countless ways to deal with him, not to mention that they can't climb the wall with this turtle shell. If you want to really attack, you still rely on the knives and guns in your hands, and in terms of hand-to-hand combat, how can my white-eared elite soldiers withstand it for a few days.

I was even more comforted that Cao Wei attacked the city with almost no damage, and not a single soldier on the city showed fear. And the white-eared elite soldiers actually showed an interesting look, while launching a counterattack in an orderly manner, while loudly laughing at the Wei army below were all turtles.

It should be said that the combat effectiveness of Sima Yi's Wei army was extremely strong, which can be seen from the swiftness of their response. Among the three kingdoms in the world, Cao Wei is famous for his iron cavalry, and my Ji Han is the best in the mountain infantry. Later, after the Yongliang region was acquired by me, Cao Wei lost an important source of cavalry, and we had Ma Chao's Liangzhou Iron Cavalry, which was basically not much different from Cao Wei in terms of cavalry. In terms of infantry, unlike my Ji Han, who emphasized fast and light action, and even promoted light and easy-to-use rattan armor on a large scale in the army, Cao Wei due to his strong national strength, all soldiers wore heavy armor, held halberds with knives, carried bows and crossbows, and crossed arrows. Everyone is like a small moving tower on the battlefield. When they charged in dense formations, even the cavalry did not dare to engage them easily.

It was too late, but it was too soon, and a large group of infantry approached the walls. At this time, the Wei army began to change formations, and the shields by the moat suddenly opened, and the Wei army covered their infantry with a dense rain of arrows, and countless arrows flew in the air, like a shining metal waterfall from below against the current. Sharp arrows are nailed to the rattan rows. The nails hit the city bricks, as fast as a shower and dense as a meteor. Under the cover of Cao Wei's archers, in the shooting corner under the city wall, the infantry set up a ladder, tied their knives behind their backs, and climbed up with a scream through the cracks in the city wall. There was also a newly made siege engine rumbling along the filled moat. Seeing the troops approaching the city. The whole Wei army burst into enthusiastic cheers: "Rush forward!" Win 100 gold first! "Bricks and cracks are flying all over the walls. At the same time, arrows erupted from the firing holes of the battlements, from every window, from every ventilation hole, from every crack in the stones, and pounced on the Wei army. When the distance was near, the sturdy wooden shield was torn apart by the rain of arrows. Flesh and blood are even more unbearable. Boiling oil and boiling water are like rain, and a fire is often added to the place where the oil is poured, and fireworks rise when it lands, blocking a large area of attack. The rolling stones slammed under the shield. The shield shattered, and the man died. Both Ji Han and Cao Wei began to suffer a large number of casualties, and the entire city was groaning. From time to time, people fell to the ground with arrows, and the defenders lay in ambush with blood, and the battlements were covered with bloody handprints. Arrows flew in the air. The heralds ran around the city, shouting one after another, and the sound of crossbows firing continuously, shaking people's eardrums with a faint pain.

Liao Li has long been dragged down by me, and he is really not suitable for this kind of occasion. He actually fainted blood. And I was still standing steadily, of course I was standing at the city tower, there was a city tower in the way, and there were guards in front of me with huge shields to protect it, not to mention, not far in front of me, there were two thousand stone crossbows, and those who dared to attack in my direction were easily torn to pieces. That's it. Yang Ren was still nervous. One after another persuaded me to leave.

Both sides were lightly armed, and the Wei army was victorious in numbers. The Han army, on the other hand, was strong in the elite soldiers, and had a city wall, which could attack condescendingly, and invisibly had an advantage. The Wei army is not afraid of death, once, I saw a Wei centurion rushed to the city, he was very brave, leaning on the battlements to consolidate the position, where did the Han army tolerate him, a hug up, in the blink of an eye he was cut into pieces, piece by piece dropped the city, as a rain of blood. Fortunately, Liao Li went down at this time, otherwise, with his symptoms, he was afraid that he would have fainted a long time ago.

The offensive and defensive battles lasted for two full hours, and although the Wei army climbed the city several times, it did not shake the Han army's stronghold. And the siege vehicle was also smashed by us with a rope tied to the millstone. When it got dark, they retreated. And I also left the city halfway through and went to play chess with Liao Li. My morale is indeed high, but when I was there, they couldn't let go, and they were all busy protecting me, and once the Wei army collectively charged me, I saw Yang Ren's frightened face turned green.

Although I was in my dwelling, I still heard shouts and shouts from all directions, like a tide. Sitting at the head of the city, I don't realize it, but here I feel like I am sitting in a stormy boat.

Liao Li's symptoms of blood sickness were much better at this time, but his chess skills were not at the usual level, so he actually let me lose eight pieces, no way, let him change to seven pieces. I put down seven chess pieces on the chessboard without changing my face, and said very generously: "Lord Liao, please." ”

Liao Li held the chess pieces absentmindedly: "Your Majesty, what do you think of Wei Jun?" ”

"Well, it appeared quite suddenly, and Sima Yi was there, which startled me at first, but for now I am not too worried. Our soldiers have not practiced in vain over the years, and the training is fast, and with tacit understanding, we can give Sima Yi a surprise. Although the Wei army is quite heroic in comparison, its average quality is not as good as that of the Han army, and it looks too stupid, like a bear, and it has to climb the city, which is ridiculous. ”

Liao Li was not amused by me, but still had a bitter face: "The news was sent out, and I don't know if Li Yan and Wei Yan can come back quickly." ”

Originally, Liao Li had always been comforting me and persuading me, but after the war started today, it actually became me to persuade him. I and him are two extremes, I am always afraid when things don't come, afraid that I can't cope with it, afraid that something will happen at that time, my heart beats and panting, and my face changes color, but once it comes, I am calmer than anyone else. Often able to play at a high level. This was the case in the quails back then, and it is still the case today. Maybe I'm one of those competitive players, what, I didn't have that word in the Three Kingdoms, so I didn't say anything.

I was also hesitating about the reinforcements that Liao Li said, and I learned from Li Yu's biography that the Xianbei people were not needed at all at the moment. Xianbei originally had a total of 150,000 people, Dai Hu A wolf mud is a Xianbei general, the people and horses led by the people and horses who belong to other places account for more than one-third of Xianbei, his rebellion is elbows and armpits, the impact on the morale of the Xianbei people is unimaginable, Ke Bi can die, Xianbei chaos, originally Ke Bineng's two sons combined can be compared with Dai Hu a wolf mud. But the two of them fought first. This group of people rushed to Danhan Mountain while fighting, where did they care about the affairs of Northern Xinjiang, so there were only three waves of people left in Northern Xinjiang, namely Ji Han, Xiongnu and Cao Wei. The military superiority of the Ji-Han alliance is no longer obvious. Ji Han had less than 60,000 men and horses, and Liu Bao's men and horses were only 70,000 or 80,000 - although the Xiongnu claimed to have 100,000 iron horsemen. However, it is divided into five parts, and most of them do not listen to Liu Bao's command and are directly controlled by Cao Wei. It wasn't until decades later that the five ministries were combined and their strength increased again. Sima Yi led an army of about 50,000. There were more than 10,000 in Yanmen, and he had 30,000. Such a group of men and horses came to attack this city, judging from the current situation, even if I surrounded it with all my troops, it would only be a war of attrition, and it would be delusional to encircle and annihilate him like Meng Jian did that time.

However, if Sima Yi can easily kill me, I think he also underestimated me. Although I was terrified by him at first. But thinking about it at this time, it's redundant, I obviously have a city to defend, but I ran out to fight a field battle with Cao Wei, broke through and escaped, isn't it a bit stupid? Thankfully, I was back in the city safely, or I would have escaped, in case I was attacked on the road. I'm still in a bit of trouble. It seems that Sima Yi is still too careful. If he was willing to let me go last night, I am afraid that I will not be able to play against Liao Li safely at this time. The city is not fortified. But the grain and grass are sufficient, and the troops are strong. Although I was ineffective in the dark of night and did not break out of the encirclement, it was not easy for him to break through my defensive circle. Of course, it is better to be able to meet with Li Yan and others at the moment, if not, it doesn't matter much, the key is that we can't make any mistakes.

I said to Liao Li: "Feige sent a message to Li Yan and Wei Yan, let them be slow and careful when they return to the army, we can still hold on here, we must keep the troops, and don't be ambushed by Cao Wei." ”

Liao Li nodded and arranged it.

It was expected that Cao Wei's fierce and swift attacks would continue, but from the next day, Cao Wei's tactics changed, and they only harassed, fortified the camp, and built siege weapons. It seems that the goal is not to kill me, but to trap me. It seems that it is not me who has reinforcements, but himself.

I don't understand, why he has at least 30,000 troops in his hands, and in the face of my lonely city with only a few thousand men, he doesn't storm it, what is the reason?

The only explanation was that he didn't want to lose too much and wanted to outwit the city.

Sure enough, the next night, the sergeant in charge of listening to the urn came to report, saying that he heard the sound of digging, and we couldn't help laughing, this city is close to the Yellow River, and he will not dig for long, and he will find that the tunnel is waterlogged. Sure enough, there was no news after a while. After that, the Wei army began to make one strategy after another, pretending that Li Yan's men came to deceive the city, using elite squads to carry out sneak attacks, accumulating soil into high slopes to attack and shoot, and lighting fireworks in the upper wind to smoke the Ji Han soldiers so that they could easily attack the city. Fortunately, Liao Li at this time is completely adapted to this kind of battle situation, not to mention, his brain is faster than mine, and in the blink of an eye, several strategies came out. In this way, we persevered for seven or eight days.

My heart suddenly hung in the air. That night, I couldn't sleep at all, and my head hurt a little because I had been thinking about the battle all day. There seems to be something vaguely, flashing by, very important, but I can't catch him, what is it?

I simply stood up and wandered around the yard. The sky is clear, and the stars of Beidou are shining. It's almost the middle of May, and Mr. should be back in Chang'an in the next few days. He was far away in Yizhou, and after the Shuofang Rebellion, I immediately sent him the news and asked him to return quickly. However, Chang'an and Chengdu are thousands of miles away, Guanshan obstructs, if he travels fast, he can reach Chang'an in mid-May, if he travels slowly, he is afraid that it will be delayed until the end of May. However, he didn't use it in northern Xinjiang, because in the past few days, Cao Pi was going to die, and as soon as Cao Pi died, Sima Yi would definitely retire. The return of my husband and the death of Cao Pidi are my greatest guarantees.

As I walked, I remembered Sima Yi's appearance in the past few days, not as if he was besieging the city, but as if he was harassing us. If I were him, if I attacked, I would attack, if I didn't attack, I would rest the army, build siege equipment, and make a short time of demonstrations every day, although there were many tricks, but where did it have any effect? Is it plain to increase our morale and discourage the Wei army?

Sima Yi is also a master, how could he do such a useless thing?

All of a sudden, I shouted, "Oh no! "I Huo Ran understands what I've been worried about, why didn't Sima Yi attack? Right now, under the canopy outside the city, in the camp tent, is it really all Sima Yi's people? Is his daily harassment just to show me how intelligent he is? Sima Yi harassed us every day with a small force and all kinds of tricks, making us anxious and thinking about how to deal with his new tricks every day, and naturally there would be no other doubts, for example, whether all the soldiers in his battalion were there - what if he led troops into ambush Li Yan?

Besiege the city for reinforcements!

These four words must have jumped into my mind, and in an instant, I broke out in a cold sweat.

What if Sima Yi besieged the city and sent reinforcements? If I let Liao Li send the carrier pigeon was shot down halfway, and Li Yan and others learned the news that I was trapped, desperately rushed to come, for a while, the Ji Han army horse morale floated, morale greatly reduced, Sima Yi ordered Cao Zhao to pursue in the rear, Li Yan was forced to divide the troops in two ways, the rear army blocked, the front army accelerated and rushed to Jiling, and Sima Yi had already set up an ambush in the dangerous place, for a time the arrows were like rain, the fire was soaring, Li Yan called the sky should not be, and the ground was not spiritual......

This imagination made me almost unsteady on my feet, and I shouted, "Hurry up and ask Lord Liao to come over and discuss the matter!" ”

After drinking two cups of strong tea in a row, my heart still couldn't calm down. If this happens, will I be able to defend Keiling? Even if Cao Pi dies, will Sima Yi fight to the death, take me and then return to the army. Mr. returned as fast as he could, and now he has only arrived in Chang'an, how can he save me? If he encounters heavy rain on the way and the road is difficult to walk, will he be on the way by mistake and have not returned to Chang'an at all?

When you think about it this way, there are problems almost everywhere, and there is no way to live.

I couldn't help but smile bitterly, I was much worse than Sima Yi, could it be that in this world, only Mr. can be compared with Sima Yi, and many of us can't even resist him?

Liao Li came and heard about this, he was also taken aback, thought about it, and said: "Your Majesty is extremely worried, but according to the minister, it will not be so terrible." "Say it, tell me something.