Autumn and winter are approaching, and not only the Great War of Kansai will end, but the war in the Kanto region will also come to an end.

At the beginning of July, Huo Jun broke Cao Xiu in the south, destroyed Sun and Ren in the north, and beat Xu Huai's Wei soldiers to scatter and run, so he sent troops to Picheng.

In the city of Xiapi, Taishan general Yin Li led 3,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city. Seeing Huo Jun's soldiers, most of the soldiers in the city were panicked. Yin Li personally led the team to kill several people, so as to suspend the spread of panic.

In order to get down to Picheng as soon as possible, Huo Jun not only asked Jiang Ji to build a river weir, but also played a strategy to increase the stove, trying to make the Wei army in the city think that Huo Jun's troops were coming continuously.

Seeing that the river weir and embankment outside the city were getting higher and higher, and the Han army was getting more and more soldiers and horses, the panicked hearts of the Xiapi soldiers became more and more panicked, and many suggested that Yin Lishe City escape. Yin Li hesitated for a moment and decided to stick to it and watch the change.

After Huo Jun learned the detailed layout of Xiapi City from the city, he immediately changed the siege policy, flooded Xiapi City with Surabaya on the surface, and actually sent a large number of people to dig three tunnels overnight, hoping to break through Xiapi with holes.

There are two types of cave attacks, one is to dig tunnels into the city, and the other is to destroy the city walls.

For example, in the Battle of Yijing, Yuan Shao sent people to dig tunnels to the downstairs of Yijing City, so that the high-rise buildings could be toppled, and Gongsun Zan was defeated and died.

The strategy used by Huo Jun today is to dig tunnels to enter the city, cooperate with the army outside the city to seize the city gate, and then enter the city.

Half a month later, Jiang Ji sent people to build a river weir and confuse the Xiapi defenders with water attacks. Behind the scenes, the Han army was allowed to carry out civil engineering operations, digging three tunnels, and hiding them from the river weir mound. The amount of work of the three tunnels is far less than that of the embankment, and it only takes more than ten days to complete the tunnel.

On July 27, bewitched by the water attack strategy, the Han army was able to dig three tunnels to secretly enter the city, and it was unknown to the Wei people.

On that day, Huo Jun recruited 600 warriors in the army, and 200 walked on each road. Ordered 600 warriors to sneak into the White Gate Tower, open the South Gate, and welcome the army into the city.

It was night, the Han army camp was sparsely lit, and the soldiers patrolled the camp, which was no different from usual.

Huo Jun rewarded six hundred warriors with wine and meat, and then the six hundred warriors wore armor and crossbows, divided into three teams and entered the camp tent one after another, and then dived into the deep and narrow tunnel.

In order to quickly excavate the tunnels, the three tunnels are not spacious, and can only accommodate one person to bend over and walk hard.

Taking the tunnel into the city is very risky. In case Yin Li had set up urns in the city, it would not be easy for the six hundred warriors to return to most of them.

Fortunately, Yin Lizhen was deceived by the water decision, and the six hundred warriors entered the city without accidents. When Huo Jun received the news, he summoned the generals and waited for the signal from the Baimen Tower.

In the open space in the wall, the bonfire released a heat source, and the soldiers of the Han army sat silently.

Wearing armor, Huo Jun sat on the chair, holding the Han sword in both hands, looking straight at the White Gate Tower, his dark eyes were full of longing and expectation.

The reason why he didn't make a decision was because the city of Pi was high and strong, Cao Cao flooded the city, and Lu Bu held it for two or three months, only because of the people's distraction and was captured by Cao Cao. Now there are reinforcements from outside, and Huo Jun doesn't know how long it will take to take Picheng.

He was really worried that the siege of Picheng would be too long, attracting soldiers from all over the country to come to help, and even if he didn't want to withdraw his troops at that time, he would have to withdraw his troops and return to China under the threat of the situation.

Jia Kui, who was unrestrained, was very active, and constantly sent people to release rumors, wanting to cut off the retreat of Huo Jun's troops, even if he did not shake the morale of the army, it was inevitable that people would panic.

Compared with the water duel, the tunnel battle is fast, sneaking into the city, the warrior opens the door, and you can go down to Picheng in one night.

At present, if the tunnel war fails, and then resume the strategy of water decision, not to mention the time wasted, it will greatly increase the morale of the defenders of Picheng.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, the anxious Ding Feng was already pacing in a hurry, constantly asking for news from the White Gate Tower.

Huo Jun, Jiang Ji and other calm people can still calm down and wait for the signal to come.

Suddenly, Ding Feng saw that the five open flames on the city tower were burning, and he excitedly pointed to the south gate and said, "Dudu, the signal has come from the white gate upstairs!" ”

Huo Youzhi, Gao Xin and other generals got up and looked at it, pointing to the lights on the white gate tower, all of them were overjoyed.

"Governor, send troops!" Huo Yuzhi said eagerly.

"No hurry!"

Huo Jun held the long sword in both hands, his expression remained unchanged, and said lightly: "Let's wait for the scout news!" ”

Within a few breaths of time before the scouts arrived, the crowd was fully moving, either pacing there and watching, or asking the left and right attendants to summon their men to prepare for battle.

In the middle of the day, the scout rode straight into the clearing.

"Report!"

The scout turned over and dismounted, and arched his hand: "Governor Qiqi, the White Gate Tower has been opened, and the five lights on the city are a signal to send troops!" ”

"Good!"

The sword was drawn out of its sheath, and Huo Jun said in a deep voice: "All departments act according to military orders, and tomorrow I will drink water with all the kings in the city." ”

"No!"

"Whew!"

The signal of the general attack was sounded in the camp, the torches in the camp were lit up like stars in the night, the knights who had been prepared for a long time rode into the city on horseback, and the Han army infantry gathered when they heard the golden drum, and they all went down to Picheng to kill.

"Boom~"

The crisp sound of horses' hooves resounded in the silent night.

The horse's hooves are flying, and the ride is like a galloping wind!

In a few moments, the Han rode from the white gate downstairs and galloped into the city, which was overwhelming.

The warriors of the Han army guarding the gate shouted: "General, the avenue goes straight for the inner city where the thief general Yin Li lives." Now someone has gone to fetch it, but I am afraid that people are weak and it is difficult to get down quickly, so I ask the general to lead a cavalry to support. ”

"Good!"

Huo Youzhi quickened the speed of his horse and beckoned to ride left and right to rush down to the inner city of Pi.

The sound of trumpets, shouts of killing, and the sound of horses' hooves were everywhere in the city. The people of the city were awakened by the war and hid in their homes, helpless, for fear that some rebels would raid and plunder.

The corpses of the Wei people can be seen on the streets, or the corpses of the warriors of the Han army can be seen. Under the response of the warriors of the Han army, the Han army cavalry swarmed into the city, and the chaos and noise in the city became more and more chaotic and noisy.

At this time, Yin Li, the main general who lived in the inner city, had woken up from his dream.

Listening to the sound of golden drums and shouting in the night sky, a strong sense of crisis surged in my heart.

"Enemy attack?"

A thought flashed through Yin Li's mind, and Huo Jun took advantage of the night to attack.

Having experienced a hundred battles, he didn't have time to think about it, cheered up, quickly got up from the couch barefoot, put on his armor casually, grabbed the spear on the shelf, and was about to go out to inquire about the battle.

"General!"

Just when Yin Li went out with a spear, the attendant crawled into the house he broke into, and shouted in horror: "The Han army entered the city through a tunnel, and now the White Gate Tower is wide open, and the Han army is swarming in, and the inner city is also captured by the Han army's foot cavalry." ”

"What!"

Yin Li's face changed greatly, he fell into confusion, and said: "If the Han army doesn't attack with water, how can it enter the city with tunnels?" ”

Under Huo Jun's confusion, Yin Lizhen just thought that the Han army would drown Surabaya and was not prepared for the underground siege.

Not only Yin Li, but the soldiers of the Wei army did not have any psychological expectations at all for the sudden tunnel offensive of the Han army. The 3,000-foot cavalry was killed by the Han army and was powerless.

The attendant was full of dazedness and fear, and said: "The Han army has many soldiers and horses, the outer city has been broken, and the inner city has been lost, so the general should make plans as soon as possible." ”

Hearing this, Yin Li was immediately so angry that he asked him to make a plan early. also wants him to have a plan to do, and now in addition to fighting to the death in Picheng, he will abandon the city and flee.

Yin Li went straight out and shouted: "Picheng can't be defended today, gather all the horsemen to ride out of the city and run towards the east gate." ”

"No!"

The east gate is connected to Tancheng, and it is obvious that Yin Li wants to give up Xiapi City and abandon the city to take refuge in Zang Ba. When he was besieged by Huo Jun before, Yin Li had the idea of giving up Xiapi City, if it weren't for Zang Ba's letters, he would have abandoned the city and ran away.

After Yin Li ran away, Huo Youzhi strode into the house with a bloody lance, and saw that Yin Li was not there, so he kicked the case angrily and vented his feelings.

"Let's go, quickly flat the inner city!"

Without finding great success, Huo Yuzhi had no choice but to occupy the inner city on Huo Jun's orders to ensure that Xiapi City was completely occupied by the Han army.

Yin Li rode his horse and whipped his horse, and prepared to flee from the east gate with the left and right. Because he was not wearing shoes, his bare feet had many blood marks, and his legs were sandwiched between the horse's belly, speeding up the speed of the horse's gallop, hoping to escape from Xiapi City as soon as possible.

However, when they reached the east gate, the city tower was occupied by the Han army at some point, and dozens of Han army bows and crossbows were waiting with bows.

Seeing that Yin Li and his riding speed did not decrease, the Han soldiers were unceremoniously, and they drew their bows and shot under the city tower.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Dozens of arrows were fired, although the accuracy was not high, but the victory was in the number of them. A cold arrow pierced the armor, the arrow clustered into the chest, Yin Li screamed, fell off the horse, and did not know whether he was alive or dead.

Except for a few riders who escaped from the east gate, Yin Li and most of the riders were shot by arrows.

Immediately afterwards, the Han army infantry came down from the city tower, cleaned up the battlefield, and completely blocked the east gate in the future.

This time the city was attacked through an authentic tunnel, Huo Jun did not use the siege of three missing one, but directly sent people to enter the city from the White Gate Tower, and then captured the remaining three city gates at the same time, as well as the inner city of Xiapi, the purpose of which was to fight a war of annihilation. Yin Li's movements were still a little slower, if he was faster, it would not be a problem to run out of the east gate.

Upstairs in the White Gate, Huo Jun looked at Xiapi City under the dark night, listening to the good news coming from various departments one after another, he couldn't help but spit out turbidity, and Xiapi was finally obtained by him.

"Du Du, the enemy general Yin Li was seriously injured and captured!" The squire came to report.

Huo Jun raised his eyebrows and asked, "Can it be cured?" ”

"I was hit by an arrow in the chest, and the bleeding was difficult to stop, and I am afraid it will be difficult to treat." The squire replied.

"Then send him a good one, cut off his head, and send it to the capital to report the victory!" Huo Jun said.

"No!"

(End of chapter)