Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 444
The undulating Qinling Mountains are like a giant dragon straddling the earth. After a heavy snowfall, the sky and the earth are covered with snow, and everything is dormant.

This heavy snow helped Wei Yan and the others to cover their tracks well. The most dangerous place, because of the snowy garrison retreating, Wei Yan walked out of Meridian Valley smoothly.

Looking at the open place under the mountain in front of him, a not too tall city has just been cleared of snow, and it looks very abrupt in the snow-covered land.

Although everyone was hungry and cold, they overcame various difficulties and injured more than 200 people. Finally, we saw success and hope was in front of us.

Wei Yanchang let out a breath, and said slowly: "Heaven has eyes, and finally let us come out."

Standing beside Wei Yan, Liu Feng said with great emotion: "General, the enemy doesn't know what's going on now. The soldiers have been starving and freezing for two days. Take this opportunity to take down this city as a place to stay, and then inquire about Hanzhong."

Wei Yan nodded and said: "Send an order to share and eat the last dry food. At dusk, follow me to take the city."

Liu Feng immediately went to deliver an order that everyone should try their best to save dry food for the past two days. When they were hungry, they would look for wild fruits in the mountains and even eat snow.

The scouts sent out quickly turned back and reported to Wei Yan that for some reason, a large number of soldiers were being recruited in the city, and those who were willing to join the army were given a bag of grain and half a catty of meat to each household. Come and apply.

Wei Yan was overjoyed when he heard the news, and said to Liu Feng: "It seems that the battle at Yangping Pass is tense, and Zhang Lu is recruiting again. This is a god-sent opportunity. If you can sneak into the city, it depends on the internal and external cooperation."

Liu Feng said: "At this time, Liu Zhang and Ma Chao sent troops at the same time. Zhang Lu must pay attention to the northwest direction, and we are in the east. They must not expect that there are enemy troops in the east. I will lead people into the city first. Let the fire be the trumpet, let's take the city together, what do you think the general wants?"

Wei Yan nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean. Only when you enter the city in person can I rest assured that we will be invincible if we join forces."

Liu Feng said: "I will go into the city, and I will have to trouble the general to suffer from the cold outside the city for half a day."

Wei Yan said with a smile: "You and I both serve the lord, why bother to say these things? If you hadn't supported me that day, how could I have survived the Ziwu Valley and accomplished such an extraordinary feat through the ages? This errand was completed by the two of you and me. Do as you say."

Liu Feng nodded, selected three hundred strong and stable men from the army, and ordered them to mix into the city in batches, and gather at the north gate after night to wait for orders.

After arranging the instructions, Liu Feng led the people down the mountain first, scattered them in batches, mixed with the common people, and entered the city through the four gates.

Wei Yan watched Liu Feng go away, his eyes full of expectation. He didn't know how the war was going on Liu Bei's side. As long as he successfully broke into Hanzhong, he was confident that with his ability, even if he built a small city, he could turn Hanzhong upside down.

This time he crossed the mountains and ridges, he was not afraid of hardships and hardships, but he had no complaints. Firstly, he did this willingly. Secondly, it was also stated in the previous edict that if Hanzhong was taken, he would be the prefect of Hanzhong.

This future is his own territory, can Wei Yan not care about it?

At this time Liu Feng had already arrived outside Chenggu City, the defenders only cared about recruiting troops, they didn't bother to ask about their origins, they just wanted as many people as possible.

After Liu Feng entered the city, he found that there were rice warehouses at every corner of the street, and the common people could use them by themselves, and these recruits were arranged in the military barracks in the north of the city. Household registration, rewards such as meat and rice will be distributed during the Chinese New Year.

Liu Feng reported his identity casually, and those people just registered and did not check. Soon after the meal, someone came to recruit people to patrol the city. Those who are willing to go will be rewarded with a bowl of broth, and there will be a meal in the middle of the night. Respond There are many of them.

Liu Feng was also among them, taking advantage of the opportunity of patrolling, he familiarized himself with the streets of the city, and contacted the soldiers scattered everywhere, and prepared to act at the third watch.

In the middle of the night, Liu Feng took the initiative to ask for an order to patrol the city. The defenders were very happy and gave him half a catty of meat as a reward. It was freezing on this day, so sleeping under the quilt was much more comfortable than eating meat.

Liu Feng patrolled all the streets and gathered all the people who had sneaked into the city. They all went to the east gate. After repeated replacements, those servants who were originally in the city went back to be lazy, and only Liu Feng's people remained.

At three o'clock, everyone came to the north gate. At this time, most of the defenders had already fallen asleep, and most of the patrols were sheltering from the wind in the tower, drowsy.

No one would have thought that there would be enemy troops appearing in the east of Handong, and the defenders were still doing their usual routine, just dealing with errands. It had been like this for many years, and no one came to patronize this small town.

Liu Feng observed for a moment under the city and saw that there was no one on either side of the city gate. He divided the people into two teams and went up to the city from the stairs on the left and right. More than a dozen people went to the city to prepare. When the suspension bridge was lowered, they immediately opened the city gate.

It was freezing cold, and the solid moat had already frozen, but because the river was too shallow, there was a huge ditch filled with a lot of snow swept from the city. It was inconvenient to pass through, and the suspension bridge had to be lowered.

When everyone came to the top of the city, they saw that no one was guarding here, they were all hiding inside the tower, and one of them whispered: "General, why don't we guard the gate of the tower and put down the suspension bridge directly."

Liu Feng looked around. It was not far from the wheel hanging on the suspension bridge, but that location was just opposite to the gate of the building. If you walked over, you would be spotted by the defenders immediately.

After thinking for a while, he saw a lot of firewood piled up outside the city tower, which was used by the defenders to warm up the fire. He pointed to the pile of firewood and grass to the two of them.

Liu Feng gestured to the two people on the left and right. The two people each brought three companions, quietly approached the firewood pile, and lit the dry grass piled below first.

The firewood is used to keep warm. Soldiers usually cut it from the mountains and chop it into pieces. They dry it in the sun, and it will ignite when it encounters a fire.

"Do it!" Liu Feng shouted, took the knife in his hand, and rushed to the left wheel, while another person went to the right, and at the same time released the rope to lower the suspension bridge.

Those soldiers pushed the pile of firewood towards the gate of the tower. It wasn't until then that the defenders inside were alarmed and shouted to put out the fire, but they were blocked by the fire at the gate. The night wind blew thick smoke into the room, and they couldn't open it at all. Eye.

All the dry firewood outside the city tower was ignited, and it started burning around the room. Soon the doors, windows and pillars of the city tower were all ignited, and the top of the city turned into a sea of ​​flames, roaring in the night wind.

The defenders of the West City and the East City noticed the fire here and shouted for their companions to come to put out the fire. At this time, they didn't realize the crisis, and only thought that the people warming the fire accidentally caught fire.

With a muffled bang, the suspension bridge finally lowered. At the same time, someone had already opened the city gate, and Wei Yan, who was ambushing troublesome, rushed in with his troops.

(End of this chapter)