"Fellow villagers, are you okay?" Facing such a group of people who followed Liu Bei earlier than his Ma Tan, Ma Jian arched his hand and greeted.

The first emperor was very good to the people all his life, and as a Han general, he naturally couldn't do anything to rob the people.

However, Ma Jian still reminded him, hoping that these new and old people could move south. Ye County and Kunyang are about to become the main battlefield of Wei Shu, and it is too easy to be affected if they stay here.

"General Han is whatever he says, let's go south!"

"I haven't been back for many years, let's go back to Xinye."

"General Han must be careful, the Wei army is brutal and unkind, don't be hurt by them!"

These old and new people had no objection to Ma Tan's persuasion, and immediately expressed their readiness to flee south.

Previously, they were held hostage by the local Wei army's Tuntian soldiers, unable to flee south. Now that General Zuo's Han Heavenly Soldiers have returned, and the Wei people have fled, they naturally want to flee back to Xinye.

After persuading the people to flee south, Ma Tan turned his head and solemnly ordered the troops to strictly prohibit disturbing the people. These people are all former followers of the first emperor, and they are the Han Dynasty's own people, and anyone who dares to disturb the people will be dealt with by military law.

Don't look at Ma Jian is not in shape, but he is extremely strict in the implementation of military orders. In the headquarters of Shan Ma Yan, there are nearly 100 people who have been dealt with by military law.

Once the people are disturbed, Ma Jian will not tolerate it.

After Ma Jian emphatically emphasized, the Han army did not commit any crimes against the people, and no one dared to rob the people. The 20,000 Han troops quickly attacked the city of Yexian and began to encircle on three sides.

Yexian is the place where Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, started his home, and when the old Liu went north, it was in Bowangpo near here that he burned Xiahoudun's army.

Here, after hearing that the Han army was besieging Wancheng, the Wei army quickly withdrew all the soldiers and horses outside the city. By the time the Han army came, the Wei army had already held the city and had been waiting for a long time.

"General, I'm afraid this city is not easy to fight." Wang Ping, as a deputy general, reported to Ma Jian with a deep sigh.

"Yexian County is small, and the defenders in the city have been preparing for a long time. According to a certain strategy, this place should be surrounded and Kunyang should be attacked first. ”

"Otherwise, if the northern Wei army rushes to Kunyang, the future battle situation is estimated to be unfavorable."

Wang Ping's suggestion seemed to be good, but Ma Jian could only shake his head and say,

"You can't go around anymore, Ye County is just stuck on the grain road, and you must take it first to besiege Kunyang Ye County. If Ye County can't take it, even if we take Kunyang, we won't be able to defend it. ”

"But don't worry, we have already prepared for the siege."

"The new weapons in the army?" Wang Ping's eyes flashed, and then he took the order.

"Prepare for the siege!" Ma Jian nodded slightly, and then waved his hand and gave the order to siege the city.

The siege equipment of the Han army has been built in Wancheng, and it is pushed over and assembled by a small cart. At this moment, as soon as Ma Tan gave the order, the Han army quickly pushed out all the weapons such as ladders and arrow towers, and began to attack Yexian.

"The Shu army has attacked the city! The whole army goes to the head of the city! The Ye County guard was shocked and immediately ordered the defenders to go to the city to defend.

More than 10,000 soldiers of the Han army were divided into three echelons and successively pushed the arrow tower ladder forward. The ladder ahead was covered with iron sheets to protect against rockets, while soldiers carried sand on their backs, wary of the defenders' use of fire oil.

This was followed by several arrow towers, on which crossbowmen frequently fired at the city. The dense rain of arrows made the Wei army barely able to raise its head, and coordinated with the siege troops.

But even so, the Wei army is still stubbornly holding on to the city. The Han army launched many attacks on the city, but they were all pushed down because they were too narrow.

However, Ma Jian was not in a hurry about this, and laughed when he saw that the Wei army continued to invest troops to guard the city.

Finally, the Wei army, faced with the onslaught of the Han army, had to throw all its reserves into the battlefield. Seeing this, Ma Tan finally stood up violently,

"The reserves of the Wei army should all be used, right now!"

From the Han army, several new bed crossbows were quickly introduced. The reason why it is said to be new is because the bed crossbow of the Han army is a composite bed crossbow, with several strong bows stacked on top and bottom.

The Eight Bull Crossbow is the hardest black technology that Ma Jian took out, and Master Pu Yuan studied it for several days before he rubbed it out by hand. And Ma Tan took out several bed crossbows in one go, and aimed at the city gate of Ye County at the same time.

Yexian is a small city, and the city gate is not a gate, but a double door. Its solidity is completely incomparable with a fortified city like Wancheng.

Several oversized bed crossbows were pushed closer by the Han army and launched an attack on the city gate at the same time. Several crossbow arrows with terrifying penetrating power directly penetrated the gate of Ye County!

Such a terrifying bed crossbow is not something that can be blocked by the gates of a small city.

"Continue to fire arrows to destroy the city gates, and rush the car to prepare!" Seeing that the power of the bed crossbow did not disappoint, Ma Jian was overjoyed, and immediately waved his hand and ordered.

The Yexian defenders were all at the head of the city, and they didn't expect that the target of the Han army was the city gate. By the time he finally squeezed out his forces to defend the city wall, the Han army had already pushed the rushing cart up, and in one fell swoop the city gate that was full of holes that would be shot.

"The gates are broken! Soldiers, rush! ”

As soon as the city gate was broken, Ma Jian immediately rushed to the horse as if he had muscle memory, and rushed out with a gun excitedly. Only Wang Ping looked confused, and it took a long time to react and cry and laugh.

"General Ma, you are now the commander! How did you rush out again! ”

Encouraged by Ma Tan, the Han soldiers quickly launched a general attack. Thousands of elite soldiers rushed in and fought with the Wei army on the streets of Yexian.

In just one hour, the Han army, with high morale, defeated the Yexian defenders. Seeing that the general situation had gone, the guard directly took a few people from his relatives and fled to Kunyang.

Ye County, the gateway to Nanyang, was easily conquered.

"The power of this bed crossbow is terrifying!" Wang Ping, who had seen the power of the Eight Bull Crossbow, was a little surprised.

"I really didn't expect it, this range is at least five hundred steps, right? General Ma has come up with a good thing this time! ”

Generally speaking, even if you are well prepared, you need to attack the city for several days before it can be breached. As a result, General Ma took out the eight-bull crossbow and broke the city in only half a day, and the speed was amazing.

However, Wang Ping didn't have time to enter the city, so he saw Ma Jian walking out of the city with a bloody stain and laughing, and quickly ordered.

"Those cowards have already run away, and they divided their troops to control Yexian to pacify the people, and the remaining soldiers and horses continued to attack Kunyang. The Eight Bull Crossbow has appeared in Ye County, or it won't be long before Kunyang will be on guard, and it must be resolved quickly! ”

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"What? Can the bed crossbow of the Han army penetrate the city gate? ”

The guards of Kunyang felt a little unbelievable when they heard the report of the soldiers who had fled back from Ye County.

"How is this possible? How strong does a bed crossbow have to be to break through the gates? I'm afraid you didn't deliberately arrange it for fear of being held accountable, right? ”

"General Wen, what you said is true! If it weren't for the Han army's this, Ye County would not have been able to be breached! ”

(End of chapter)