Chapter 10: The Siege

Sima Zhao handed the letter to Sima Yi, Sima Yi slowly opened it, glanced at it casually, and was suddenly stunned, although he had always been cold and rigorous, silent, this time his hand shook slightly, and then showed a very strange aura. He tore the letter to shreds and asked Sima Zhao sharply, "Have you read the contents of the letter?" ”

Sima Zhao shook his head: "No." ”

Sima Yi seemed to breathe, and before others noticed, he was already shouting: "Come on, push him out and kill him!" The head hangs outside the city, and the three armies are ordered! ”

Everyone was shocked, and they never imagined why Sima Yi made such a move.

Sima Shi threw himself on his knees: "Father, Brother Zhao......" Before he finished speaking, Sima Yi slapped his palm on the table: "What do you call him?!" Sima Shi hurriedly said: "Whether Sima Zhao returns to Ji Han or not, I am afraid that there is another hidden secret, and my father will allow him to defend it." "Justification? What is there to argue? Whether he descends or not, what is before the battle, how can I tolerate him? Be lenient to others and strict with yourself, this is my Sima Yi's method of leading soldiers. If I don't kill Sima Zhao, how can I face the soldiers of the three armies who are struggling to fight? He kicked Sima Shi over, waved his hand, and said, "Drag it down!" ”

The generals didn't know whether to intercede at this time, and they were in chaos, Sima Zhao suddenly struggled and said sharply: "Governor, I'm afraid that you can't kill me." If I really surrender, I will be the envoy of Ji Han, the two countries will not fight each other, and most of the governors will be the world's elites, in charge of the three armies, do you not know? If I fake my surrender, I will be a hero of the Great Wei, and there is no loss in the big festival, why did you kill me? ”

Sima Yi was furious and shouted: "I have taught you for 20 years, and I have taught you that the two countries will fight each other. Your words before the battle, there is no king and no father. I will cut you with a thousand knives, and it will be difficult to appease the hatred in my heart. ”

Sima Zhao said: "When the son was in front of the battle that day, he used the first sentence in the first sentence, that is, he risked the death penalty to tell his father the truth, how could he be? As he spoke, he repeated those words, and when he said the words "I fake surrender", he was already choked.

Sima Yi was still pretending to hesitate, and understood that all the generals who had come over had already knelt down: "The governor of the capital, the little general is in the land of tigers and wolves." The plan of deception and surrender, courage and knowledge, no fault and merit, please let the governor let go of the little general. ”

Sima Yi pretended to think about it, and said for a long time: "For the sake of the generals, let go of your life today, and you will report the military situation outside the city in detail, there must be no mistakes!" ”

Sima Zhao nodded and said, "The Han army outside the city has built forty chariots. There are 200 flying ladders, 300 artillery carts, 2,000 Shu axes, and a chain stone machine is also above 100, and the siege force is extremely strong. In addition, it is said that Xiliang Huangquan, Guan Ping, and Ma Dai reinforcements have arrived. Er once saw the two pass by, and everyone called General Huang and General Guan, but he didn't know these two people. Therefore, I dare not believe it easily. ”

Although he had reservations in his words, the generals of the Wei army were still surprised when they heard the strength of the Han army outside the city. Sima Yi said: "Don't mess with our army's heart, the ordnance may be real, but the reinforcements must be fake." It is impossible for Ji Han to continue to increase his troops, and Huang Quan and the three of them are far away in Xiliang, guarding the border passes, and their troops are moving. I'm afraid that Xiqiang and the countries of the Western Regions will rebel first. You see that he is increasing troops, that may be Zhuge Liang is using Dong Zhuo's suspicious tactics, transporting troops during the day and leaving quietly at night, although there are many camps, but they are still those people, if there are really reinforcements, it is also Zhuge Liang who transferred the nearby people and horses to attack the city. So. There must be one side of the encirclement outside us that has been opened. ”

The generals of the Wei army nodded again and again, slightly relieved. Someone heard Sima Yi say that the encirclement may have been opened. I can't help but think about it.

Sima Zhao said: "The child also thinks so. ”

"So, Zhuge Liang asked you to come and what did you say? Let you talk about his reinforcement and persuasion to surrender? ”

"No, his increase in troops and weapons was all seen by the child accidentally. He said to the child, "It's better for me to surrender and tell my father everything I see," and he said, "My father is a hero in the world, and I hope that my father will be obedient, and if my father is not obedient, it will be too late to leave as soon as possible." He asked me to give the letter to my father, and said that from tomorrow onwards the siege of the city would begin, and that he would attack with all his might, whether the boy returned or not, whether the city fell or not. ”

"That's it?"

"That's all."

"It's weird." Sima Yi frowned, "Someone is coming, take Sima Zhao up, let him communicate with Yecheng later, and listen to His Majesty Hou's fate." ”

"The Grand Governor." Sima Shi and the generals shouted.

Sima Yi didn't speak anymore and turned to leave.

Although Sima Shi didn't understand why Sima Zhao had told everything and his father had locked him up, he didn't dare to say anything more. Worried about Sima Zhao's hardships, he personally watched the soldiers put Sima Zhao in prison, and gave him another instructions, and then hurriedly came to see Sima Yi: "Father, all the generals have understood that Brother Zhao is a fraudulent surrender, and they have inquired about the news of Ji Han, why does my father still take Brother Zhao up?" ”

Sima Yi sneered: "News, are those news true or false?" What can it do? What's more, why did Zhuge Liang send your brother back, was it just to let him send me these news? ”

Sima Shi was stunned and said, "Isn't it for Brother Zhao to send that letter?" What does the letter say? ”

Sima Yi snorted coldly: "Don't mention that letter again!" I thought Zhuge Liang was a gentleman, but where was he a villain who probed into the corners of people and spread rumors! ”

"The letter?"

"Never write that letter in front of me, it has nothing to do with the two armies! Do you understand? Sima Yi had a sudden seizure. was so frightened that Sima Shi didn't dare to speak again. Sima Yi said: "What does Zhuge Liang want to do? Putting Zhao'er back will not have any effect on the affairs of the two armies, I will still abide by the rules, and retreat when I should retreat, even if he has a thousand clever plans, it will not change anything? What does he want to do? ”

Sima Shi plucked up his courage: "Father, is it that Zhuge Liang wants to release Brother Zhao back, wanting to destroy the trust between his father and His Majesty, and make Ye Cheng think that his father has some secret connection with Zhuge Liang?" ”

"Stupid, did you just think of that? I detained Zhao'er and sent it to Yecheng just to seal this rumor. There have been several ups and downs for my father, and it took a lot of effort to regain His Majesty's trust, this time. Don't make any mistakes again, otherwise, my personal affairs are small, and the rise and fall of the Sima clan are all tied to it, dare not be careful? ”

Sima Shi was speechless.

"Zhuge Liang, what are you going to do? The Guancheng to the east and north of Luoyang has been occupied for you, and my retreat has been cut off. In the south, Sun Wu's Lu Xun occupied Wancheng, and Guo Huai in the west could not go out of the city, and could not contact me. Do you want to do it secretly? No, I have scrutinized each of them, and I have never spared a single person. Even if some of them have two hearts. But it can't shake my military heart. But what exactly are you planning? However, no matter what you plan, I will do my best with you. Here you go! Sima Yi secretly made up his mind.

But, the letter. How could Zhuge Liang know those things?

Earlier, I would have been lucky if I hadn't come up with that plan.

But if you don't come up with that plan. How can you easily turn over?

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The next day, Ji Han began to attack.

Luoyang, as the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was expanded on the basis of the Zhou City of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Luoyang City of the Western Han Dynasty. It is located in the north of Luoshui, the city wall and the city gate were built in the 14th year of Emperor Guangwu's construction, although the plane shape of the city is not very regular, but it is generally rectangular, the width from east to west is about 6 li, from the south to the north there are 9 li. Therefore, it is also called "Ninety-six City". The palace in the city is divided into the south palace and the north palace. Nangong was established in the Western Han Dynasty; The North Palace was built during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty. There is also Yongle Palace in the east of the North Palace, there is the Dragon Garden (Royal Garden) in the west, and there are Taicang and Arsenal in the northeast corner. The eastern part of the city is an aristocratic residential area, with Buguang-ri and Yonghe-ri. The highest administrative body in the country, the Sangong Yamen, is located to the east of the South Palace. The industrial and commercial area is located in the north of Nangong, as well as the eastern and southern suburbs. In the south of the city, there are Taixue, Mingtang, Biyong, and Lingtai. Although there are also twelve city gates in Luoyang, they are not on average on each side, but four in the north, two in the south, and three in the east and west.

Zhuge Liang did not attack in an all-out way, and aimed the direction of the attack at the northwest corner of Luoyang. The main attack was on the north side of the summer gate, on the west side of the upper west gate, and on the northwest corner of the city. The walls of Luoyang are tall. It is about six to eight meters in the afterlife. It is one of the strongest walls of the Three Kingdoms period. But today, the strongest defense was tested by the strongest offense. The siege experts of Ji Han, represented by Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun, used siege equipment that was almost beyond this era. Organized, methodical, and began to advance in a certain sequence.

First of all, twenty nest chariots, higher than the city walls, propelled by huge wooden wheels, made a loud roar, like a hill emerging from the thin mist of dawn.

"What's that? How is it so high? ”

Cao Wei's sergeants were still wondering, far away from the shooting range, the light suddenly flashed on the nest car, and the huge arrows with flames swooped over with the momentum of thunder, "boom--" The giant arrow shot on the city wall, and then penetrated deeply, only the tail of the arrow remained, and it shot at the person, and it penetrated through the armor, with the blood light and connected several people, and one even shot on the wooden pillar of the corner tower of the city wall, and ignited the fire when it landed. Sima Yi, who was watching the enemy situation at the head of the city, was taken aback, although he knew that Ji Han's weapons were sharp, but he didn't expect that without Tushan, Ji Han actually created something similar to Tushan, and shot arrows directly into the city, and the range was so long, and the power was so great. The armies escorted Sima Yi and hurriedly went down to the city. Before going down to the city, Ji Han's second batch of arrows arrived, the first time was just a test shot and calibration, and there were not a few that really hurt people, but this time it was shot straight at the defenders on the head of the city, and in an instant, blood splattered, and the screams were endless. The giant shield stood up on the top of the city, but the giant shield could not stop such a giant crossbow, and it still passed through.

Sima Yi shouted: "Don't mess around, although such a giant crossbow is powerful, it is extremely expensive, and if it is used for a long time, it will definitely be damaged, and it will not play a real role, so don't be afraid of it." ”

And the Wei army also hid behind the city wall and no longer looked up. These giant crossbows, fired to the fifth time, are even more different from before, they actually use gunpowder and the like, shoot at the head of the city, and the sound is repeated, although it does not hurt many people, but it is scary, and it is also thick fog, which makes people cough non-stop. Ji Han even lit a pile of fires in the west of the city, and smoked deep smoke, and Sima Yi found that there was a slight west wind today, and the smoke all floated up to the city, making the soldiers unable to open their eyes.

Sima Yi knew that it was not good, and immediately shouted: "Sima Shi, Chen Tai, you two lead 10,000 troops, go out of the city from Shangyang Gate and Gumen respectively, dismantle Ji Han's vehicles for me, and the rest of the generals, the Han army is about to attack the city by smoke, prepare bows and crossbows and stone machines, and prepare to block!" ”

All the generals responded and dispersed.

Sima Yi secretly counted in his heart, and when he counted to a hundred, he shouted loudly: "The whole army is counterattacking!" The swift archers stood up, looked up in smoke, and shot outward.

However, at the same time, the sky above Luoyang City suddenly darkened, and then, countless boulders fell from the sky, and the entire western city wall "boomed" with a loud bang, as if it had been blown down. In the blink of an eye, the Wei army killed hundreds of people. Ji Han did not take advantage of the smoke to attack the city, they only aimed at the northwest corner of the city, and used the smoke to push the artillery cart and the chain of stone generators to the moat to carry out a key attack. Hundreds of artillery trucks were launched at the same time, and their power was unimaginably terrifying, and the sky seemed to be covered with dark clouds all at once, and the dark clouds fell, the houses collapsed, and the soldiers were about to die. It is a rain of death, and under its envelope, no one is immune. The massive walls creakled as if they were overwhelmed.

In the Three Kingdoms battlefield, stone machines were also used, but hundreds of them were used at the same time. In comparison, Cao Wei's counterattack on this section of the city wall is simply unbearable. In the blink of an eye, all the Wei troops were killed in this section of the wall, and the nearby Wei troops were also frightened, some of them hid everywhere, some shouted like crazy, and some turned and left, only to be beheaded by the Overseers.

Under this blow, all the defensive equipment deployed by the Wei army on this section of the city wall was destroyed and could no longer be used. However, the Wei army's stone machines and other weapons were not all equipped with wheels like Ji Han, which could be easily moved, and they were in a mess for a while.

At this moment, the carts started, and they braved the rain of arrows from Cao Wei to the moat, filling the river with earth, and in a blink of an eye the river became a road, and they continued to move forward until they reached the bottom of the city. The counterattack of the Wei army was suppressed, and the sporadic rain of arrows could not destroy it at all, and the vehicles with the functions of anti-arrows, anti-crossbows, anti-rolling wood, anti-stones, and fireproof handles did not care about the attacks of the Wei army, and the soldiers quickly dug the city wall under them. The walls of the Han Dynasty were mostly made of rammed earth, and although they were hard, they could not withstand such excavations.

Sima Yi shouted loudly: "Find a big stone mill and tie it with a rope to attack!" ”