Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Yu Jin jumped out from the grass and beat his feet and chest, not knowing what went wrong.In the distance, Liao Hua, who led the Liang army's cavalry, galloped his horse and said triumphantly: "When I was in Nanyang, the enemy generals were probably still wearing crotch pants. How can this trick be hidden from someone's eyes."

Liao Hua was a bandit in Nanyang back then, and he knew Nanyang's topography, mountains, rivers and rivers like the palm of his hand, and he knew exactly where to set up an ambush and where to hide soldiers.This time, he brought war cavalry to Wancheng to harass, and sent scouts wherever he passed to secretly inquire about the possible ambush locations of the Wei army.Ultimately, Yu Jin's ambush ended in vain.

However, when Liao Hua took these rangers around and came to the east gate of Wancheng again, he found a large number of Wei army war cavalry at the east gate, some of them were patrolling, and some of them were assembled as a cavalry team ready to attack at any time.Liao Hua, who had no choice but to give up the action, was puzzled and said to himself: "Why did the Wei army have so many extra troops? Could it be that their reinforcements are here?"

Liao Hua's guess was correct, when Yu Jin returned to Wancheng, the reinforcements from Fangcheng just arrived at Wancheng.

At dawn on the second day, on the construction site of the east wall of Wancheng, the soldiers who had been busy all night were sucking gruel and eating pancakes, waiting for their shifts to change.There was a sudden commotion among the soldiers of the Wei army patrolling on the top of the city, some of them pointed to the distance, and some shouted loudly: "Liang Jun is coming, hurry up and sound the alarm!"

Under the city, those more than a thousand cavalry who served as guards and stayed up all night suddenly became nervous, and formed a cavalry team to meet them.However, what caught their eyes was not the expected Liang Jun cavalry, but the overwhelming and boundless Liang Jun army array.This time, Liang Jun dispatched the three legions of Liao Hua, Dian Qing, and Dian Wei, totaling tens of thousands of troops.

Captain Wei Junqi, who was leading the thousands of cavalry, turned pale with shock, and shouted, "Retreat! Retreat quickly! Hurry up and inform the commander, General Yu Jin."

Yu Jin had already been notified at this time, and his only option was to go out of the city to fight against the Liang army in the field, because there are still dozens of gaps in the city wall of Wancheng that have not been repaired, and it is still a dilapidated city that cannot be relied on.Moreover, even if Wancheng is a sound city, there is no need for Li Dian to hide in the city and let Liang Jun surround it. After all, they still have fifteen or six thousand soldiers in their hands.

To the west of Wancheng, an army of nearly [-] troops once again took up positions on the wilderness of the Nanyang Plain.Both sides raised hot air balloons to observe the battlefield situation and send orders. Liang Jun's hot air balloon airship seemed to be much more advanced than the opponent's equipment that could only carry a sentinel.

Dian Qing overlooked the entire battlefield from the hanging basket of the airship. From the ground, he could see the overwhelming military formation, but he could have a panoramic view from the high altitude.The chariot phalanx on both sides is like a piece of chess pieces unfolding on the chessboard of heaven and earth.

Accompanied by the sound of drums and horns from both sides, stone bullets, crossbow guns, heavy arrows from longbows, incendiary bombs with smoke trails, and hot bombs shuttled back and forth in the air.The lines of shield soldiers on both sides began to slowly move closer.The war cavalry and chariots on the two wings had already galloped out, rushing towards the flanks of the opponent.

Then, as the arrows and javelins shot at each other like a shower, the shield walls of the Chinese troops on both sides collided and fought together.Before that, the cavalry chariots on the two wings had already clashed.

Wei Jun's new tiger and leopard cavalry encountered his deadly nemesis---Liang Jun's longbow chariot.These chariots are from the Dian Qing Legion.

They never dreamed that there are still heavy arrows in this world that can pierce the excellent armor on their bodies.The tiger and leopard riders screamed and fell from the saddle, and were trampled by the horses.Some tiger and leopard riders accelerated to meet the longbow chariot, but these flexible two-wheeled chariots turned around and ran backwards.At the same time, a heavy cavalry from the Liang army attacked from the flank, and the cavalry pierced through the heavy armor of the tiger and leopard cavalry like a mountain, and the tiger and leopard cavalry was cut into two parts amidst people shouting and neighing.The heavy arrows on the longbow chariot were still flying continuously.

In addition to the tiger and leopard cavalry, the regular cavalry of the Wei army also encountered major setbacks. Under the repeated attacks of the light cavalry flying feathers and the repeated impact of hundreds of heavy cavalry, the formation of the entire cavalry team was already on the verge of collapse.

Chapter 605

Outside the east gate of Wancheng, there is a phalanx of the Liang army.Dian Wei took the lead and was fighting in front of the battle. There were more than fifty giant ape soldiers on his left and right.Like the Longbow Chariot, due to the large number of beam regiments added, not every legion of the Great Ape Warrior has the configuration.However, the Dianwei Army was assigned a total of fifty giant apes, all because this army was the main army that was good at fighting on foot.

These fifty giant ape warriors are the elite of Dianwei's army, but last time Dianwei rushed to Wancheng in order to speed up, he didn't bring them with the army, otherwise Dianwei might have defeated it with his own army last time In the imperial army.

Now, Dian Wei was standing in a gap intentionally opened in the shield wall, holding a big halberd in his left hand and slashing towards the back of the gap.Those giant ape warriors stood behind the shield wall, the upper edge of the shield wall only reached the lower part of their chests, their long knives crossed the shield wall, and kept stabbing and hacking at the Wei army formation.Countless arrows shot at their mail armor, which was three times thicker, and only made a crisp sound, but it had no effect.

During the fierce attack of Liang Jun's central phalanx, Wei Jun's infantry kept falling, and people continued to make up for it.Although the Wei army suffered huge casualties, relying on its superiority in numbers, the Chinese army's battle situation was stalemate for a while.

Yu Jin kept looking at the hot air balloon in the sky. He needed the commander in charge of the lookout to tell him the overall situation of the battlefield in the form of semaphore, but he found that this person had not moved for a long time.At this time, there was only one cold body in the basket of Wei Jun's hot air balloon that had been pierced by a heavy arrow. He was shot by Dian Qing who was also in the air at a distance of two hundred steps.

On the ground, the shield wall where Liang and Wei squeezed together has become crooked and jagged.The depth of the two armies, especially the Wei army, became extremely shallow due to extrusion deformation and casualties, which made Liang Jun's portable crossbows unable to be used.

But the game of cavalry chariots on the two wings is almost over.The Wei army's war cavalry was obviously exhausted, and their morale was extremely low. Some Wei cavalry quietly became deserters and fled away from the battlefield on horseback.

At this moment, Yu Jin's palms and back were covered with sweat. Li Dian next to him persuaded: "General, if the fight continues, the cavalry on both wings of our army formation will be defeated. Once they are defeated, the opponent's cavalry chariots will fly from the wings." Come on, Wei Yi, the infantry of our Chinese army! This subordinate believes that it is better to withdraw the soldiers into the city first, even though the hole has not been repaired, but relying on Wancheng, it can still resist the Liang army's iron cavalry."

Yu Jin remained silent for a few breaths, and then said word by word: "Pass a certain military order, the whole army will withdraw into Wancheng!"

A moment later, with the sound of the gongs of Wei Jun's retreat, the Wei Jun cavalry fled desperately towards Wancheng as if they had been granted an amnesty.Liang Jun's chariot rode behind and chased after him, until he was not far from the city gate a hundred steps away. They didn't stop until the arrows of Wei Jun from the top of the city came down like a torrential rain.

The infantry of the Wei Army's central phalanx retreated slowly and orderly at first, but as the Liang Army's giant ape soldiers rushed to kill, and the Liang Army's heavy cavalry on both wings outflanked them, they immediately retreated like a flood that burst a bank. Flee away.Crowded crowds poured into Wancheng from the gap in the unrepaired city wall.

Liang Jun pursued from tail to tail, and then slashed and killed.There were also several portable crossbows erected by Liang Jun soldiers immediately, and fired explosive bombs at the gap.The terrified soldiers of the Wei Army pushed each other in the flames soaring into the sky. Many people were pushed to the ground, and thousands of feet trampled over them...

After Wei Jun left thousands of corpses at the east gate of Wancheng, they all retreated into the city.Liang Jun's infantry were ready to follow them in, but at this time, the arrows on both ends of the gap fell like rain, and the rolling wood and stones also fell like hailstones.The Liang Army infantry who had just stepped on Wei Jun's corpse and climbed up the ruins were caught off guard, and dozens of people were killed or injured in an instant.After the gap in the city wall, you can also vaguely see a forest of long spears. Obviously, the Wei army is also prepared, and has set up things like a dense phalanx of long spears behind the gap.

Dian Qing on the hot-air balloon airship could see clearly that the streets in the city behind the gap were full of Wei army soldiers, and there were even dozens of ballistas and crossbows placed at several street corners, ready for battle.

Dian Qing hurriedly asked the commanding soldiers beside him to send a signal to Dian Wei, and Dian Wei had no choice but to order the Liang Army infantry to withdraw from the ruins first.

Dian Wei rearranged his army and horses at the fifty battles outside the gap, arranged the offensive steps, and then went all out to enter Wancheng again.He was just about to order the soldiers to sound the attack drums, but Liao Hua rushed towards him on foot, shouting, "Please wait a moment, don't attack the city for now! Your Majesty...the Majesty has an order." Dian Wei had no choice but to send The words that came to his lips were swallowed back again.

Panting, Liao Hua ran up to Dian Wei and said, "The edict... the edict arrived in Xinye this morning. Wei Feng immediately ordered the horse to chase us with the edict... just now, it has just been delivered to someone."

Dian Wei said anxiously: "Hey, brother Liao Hua hastened to the point, so you just say what the imperial edict says?"

"The Holy Majesty wants us to besiege Wancheng, not attack it!"

Dian Wei clasped his head in bewilderment and said, "Why is this? Our army can clearly attack Wancheng in one go."

Before Liao Hua could answer, Dian Qing, who had already disembarked from the hot air balloon, said, "The Holy One must be trying to lure Wei Jun to fight me in Nanyang!"

Liao Hua's breath finally calmed down, and he continued: "That's right! The Holy Majesty said in the edict that more legions and troops of our army are coming. Because the Holy Majesty has calculated Cao Cao's plan, and knows that this is a more favorable situation. There is an opportunity for a decisive battle on our battlefield, so I told us not to rush to wipe out Cao's army in Nanyang, lest Cao Cao change his mind."

Feng Yu received Zhao Yun's letter from Feige in the city of Chang'an, discussed with Jia Xu, Xun You, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu and other staff and advisers, and concluded that Cao Cao also planned to conquer the Liang Kingdom in the west, and sent troops to Nanyang just to test Liang's army If the Liang army has no troops to deploy in this direction, it will be used as the frontier of the western expedition.Conversely, troops can also be stationed here to provide strategic depth for the Western Expedition to the rear of Luoyang.

But that's not the point. The point is that Feng Yu and these people have deduced what Cao Cao would think after knowing the situation in Nanyang.

The facts were exactly as they expected. After Cao Cao received the urgent military intelligence report from Xu Huang, he immediately judged that the Liang army would split into three groups, at least two groups might attack Wei.Because if Liang Jun didn't have this plan, there would be no need to compete with Wei Bing in Nanyang.It is precisely because Liang Jun wants to attack Wei in three ways or at least two times that Nanyang must occupy it.

After Cao Cao came to this judgment, what he could do was to increase his troops to Nanyang.His idea was to abort Feng Yu's plan, or to fight Feng Yu in Nanyang.And Feng Yu is also willing to fight Cao Cao in Nanyang!

Chapter 606 Cao Chong's Grand Tutor

In the late autumn of the sixth year of Xiuwu, Nanyang Wancheng was trapped by Liang Jun.Including the gap, Liang Jun's heavy soldiers built camps outside the gates of Wancheng, and ditches were still being dug day and night outside the camps.In addition, a large number of light and heavy rangers and longbow chariots patrol around the city day and night.

What the soldiers of the Wei army did was to pile up the ruins at the gap with sundries, broken bricks and rocks, so as to prevent the Liang army from attacking the city again from here.

However, Yu Jin in Wancheng was not worried about Liang Jun's siege.He believed that Xu Huang of Fangcheng would soon send troops to reinforce Wancheng, and attack from inside and outside the city to completely wipe out the Liang army with a scale of more than [-] people outside the city.

Yu Jin didn't know yet that Wancheng, which he was defending, had become the eye of the storm in the battle between Liang and Wei.Both Liang Jun and Wei Jun are urgently mobilizing their troops to Nanyang.

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A straight and wide avenue near Xuchang City extends infinitely in the north-south direction. This road has been running since the Qin Dynasty, and it is now a part of the official road from Yecheng to Yingchuan.In the distance, there was suddenly a faint sound of noise from the originally quiet and deserted avenue.The voice became louder and louder, and then countless banners and crowded figures appeared from the end of the official road.

The boundless Wei army surged along the road like a black turbid current.This is a huge army with a scale of nearly [-] soldiers, and Cao Cao himself is in the army, and the imperial driver personally conquers.At this time, he was sitting in a car of the Chinese Army talking to Guo Jia.

Cao Cao withdrew his eyes from the scenery on both sides, turned to the topic, and said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, do you think we can defeat the Liang army in Nanyang this time? I always feel a little uncertain, and I feel that there are still too few soldiers and horses."

Guo Jia smiled slightly, and replied: "It is up to man to plan, but it is up to God to make things happen. This praise can't be counted, please forgive me. However, Guo Jia believes that Your Majesty obeys the fate of heaven, and is the son of heaven. Heaven should not make things difficult for you." Your Majesty's. As for the troops we bring... These are the largest troops we can mobilize, because Feng Yu may go all three ways. So we have to go to Hongnong in the west of Luoyang, and at the border with Yuzhang Luling membership has been prepared. Especially for Hongnong, we must maintain enough troops to ensure that we can block the Liang army rushing out of Tongguan. Otherwise, not only Luoyang will be endangered, but Liang army may even harass our Nanyang west expedition from Luyang Behind the flanks of the army, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Guo Jia paused, seeing that Cao Cao was still worried, and continued, "As for the strength of our army, please rest assured, Your Majesty. We cannot transfer all of our troops to Nanyang, and neither can Liang Guo send all of our troops to Nanyang. .Because Feng Yu must also keep enough troops in Tongguan and Yuzhang. If Feng Yu is really desperate and foolishly bet all his treasures in Nanyang, then it doesn't matter. Our army guarding Hongnong Luoyang is along the Rushui River Valley, Lu If you march quickly on Yangshan Road, you can reach Nanyang in two days and one night."

After listening to Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao nodded in satisfaction, and suddenly he thought of something again, and asked Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, a few days before the departure of the army, you suddenly sent Xu Chu, Cao Chun, and the most elite soldiers under your command to be stationed in Youbeiping. The five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry were also transferred back to Yecheng, why? They were used to guard against Liang Guo's Lu Bu Beifu army stationed in Youbeiping. If so, the risk is too great."

Guo Jia still calmly replied with confidence: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Your Majesty, please recall that when Lu Bu's northern mansion bandit Hu Qi came to attack and harass me Youyan, they came several times in winter."

Cao Cao thought about it seriously, and suddenly realized: "Yes, I remember that they usually come in summer, and at the beginning of autumn at the latest. In the cold season, it seems that they only come to harass and attack You Yan once or twice, and they are in a hurry. Come here, didn’t go deep into my territory, and left in a hurry.”

"Your Majesty is correct. Although these bandits and Huqi have the ability to come and go like the wind in the grassland and desert, after all, they still need to eat food, and the horses still need to be fed. In the severe winter, the northern region is covered with snow and ice. Feng, the supply of food and grass is naturally insufficient. Not to mention them, how many people from the Huns and Xianbei people went south at this time of year. What's more, because of the support of my great Wei, a large area in the southeast of Xianbei Mountain and north of Liaodong There are still a few tribes of Xianbei and Wuhuan insisting on contending against the rebels from Liang Guobei Prefecture. I have sent letters to the leaders of these tribes, asking them to harass Lu Bu who is close to or passing through their territory as much as possible in the near future. Beifu thieves."

When Cao Cao heard this, he said in a relaxed tone: "After listening to Feng Xiao's words, I feel much more relaxed. Without Feng Xiao, I sometimes can't make up my mind."

When Cao Cao was speaking, out of the corner of his eye, he had glanced at a child about ten years old sitting beside him. He was the one he loved the most and the smartest among his sons—Cao Chong.Cao Chong sat in his seat, quietly listening to the conversation between Cao Cao and Guo Jia, not as active as children of his age at all.

Cao Cao changed the subject, and suddenly said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, I have a private matter to ask..."

After hearing this, Guo Jia knelt down on the floor of the carriage with a thud, and said, "Your Majesty, don't talk like that. There are sages and sages who say that the king wants his ministers to die, and his ministers have to die. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven." If you have anything to do, just order the minister to do it..."

Cao Cao smiled and pointed at Cao Chong who was beside him and said, "This son is smart, I want you to be his grand tutor. I think this son is the most suitable successor to my Great Wei Sheji in the future!"

This time Cao Cao's imperial conquest took only two princes, Cao Chong and Cao Pi.All the ministers in the court of Wei State guessed that one of the two men had been designated as the crown prince by Cao Cao, and Cao Chong was the most likely one.But at this moment, when Guo Jia heard the words from Cao Cao himself, his heart was still agitated, and he hurriedly replied: "I would like to obey your majesty's order."

Cao Cao took advantage of the opportunity to kick Cao Chong lightly and said, "Chong'er, you still don't pay homage to Guo Jijiu as a master and apprentice!" Cao Chong immediately got up and saluted Guo Jia neither humble nor overbearing.

Not far behind Cao Cao's chariot, Cao Pi also rode his horse to follow, but he couldn't hear the words on the chariot.But he could feel the anxiety coming from his own heart.Behind Cao Pi was a pale, expressionless Confucian scholar in his thirties.This person is Sima Yi, who was also appointed by Cao Cao as Cao Pi's Taifu.

After another whole day, the ten-mile-long black dragon finally swam into Yingchuan along the official road, and Fangcheng was not far ahead.

At the same time, a fleet of thousands of ships also docked at the pier of Zhuyang, and a large number of soldiers and horses were being unloaded...

Chapter 607 All Guess Wrong

In Zhuyang, Zhao Yun led the generals to stand on the pier. When a group of people got off a boat, they all kowtowed down and shouted long live.The person who came was naturally Feng Yu himself. He personally led the guards from Chang'an to Zhuyang along the Danshui waterway. Of course, the guards were not the only ones he transferred to Zhuyang.There are also Hua Xiong, Gao Shun, Huang Zhong, Zhang Ren, Ma Chao and other legions coming from different places.Including the original Liang army in Nanyang, the total number has reached nearly [-] soldiers and horses.

Feng Yu hurriedly made Zhao Yun and others calm down, and then followed them to Zhuyang City, talking with Zhao Yun about the battle in Nanyang while walking.

Feng Yu opened his mouth and asked: "When I was in Chang'an, I always paid attention to the information sent by Chen Tiao's flying pigeons. But I have been on the road for a few days. Did Chen Tiao have any military news to you? Wei Jun outside Nanyang has No movement?"

"Report to Your Majesty, Chen Tiao's spies sent pigeons to deliver a letter two days ago, saying that the Wei army had assembled a heavy army in Liyang, south of Yecheng, with nearly 6 horses. Kailai, the target should be Nanyang. I immediately sent scouts to infiltrate the Wei territory to monitor the Wei army's movements, and they turned west after entering Yingchuan, heading towards Fangcheng."

Feng Yu took a deep breath and said in surprise, "Wei Jun is so fast!? When did you receive this news?"

"My Majesty, I just received it this morning, and it was delivered in the form of a letter delivered by a flying pigeon."

Feng Yu breathed a sigh of relief: "In this way, they should not have reached Fangcheng, let alone entered Nanyang. We still have time to arrange..."

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Outside the north gate of Fangcheng, there are brand new tents stretching to the ground, but the tents are all empty.These are the new battalions that Xu Huang ordered the Fangcheng defenders to set up after receiving Cao Cao's edict.

At this time, Xu Huang and the generals of Fangcheng stood respectfully at an intersection ten miles east of Fangcheng, anxiously waiting for the arrival of Cao Cao's army.Yiqi appeared in Xu Huang's sight and galloped to his side. The knight on the horse reported loudly: "Report! The emperor's imperial chariot has arrived, and it is less than two miles away."

Xu Huang and the generals quickly adjusted their clothes and armor again, and lined up on both sides of the road.When Cao Cao's army appeared in their field of vision, they knelt down on one knee and shouted long live.

A car stopped beside Xu Huang. After Cao Cao got out of the car slowly, he said in a deep voice, "Zhu Aiqing is safe." Then he specifically said to Xu Huang: "Xu Aiqing, you have worked hard these days."

Just when Xu Huang's heart was hot, Cao Cao changed the subject: "The battle in Nanyang is very important to our Great Wei. How is the situation now?"

"My lord, now our army and the Liang army each occupy two cities, and they are facing each other. However, our defenders in Wancheng are trapped by tens of thousands of soldiers from the Liang army..." Xu Huang began to tell Cao Cao about the situation in Nanyang At that time, Guo Jia, Xu You and others also quietly came to them.

After Xu Huang finished speaking, Guo Jia twirled his beard thoughtfully and said, "Tens of thousands of soldiers from the Liang Army have surrounded the city of Wan with its damaged walls, but they haven't taken it for so many days. It can't be that they can't take it." If they come down, they must be besieged but not attacked, so why do they want to besiege but not attack?"

Xu You immediately answered, "You want to lure me to come to help, and then ambush our reinforcements to Wancheng."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "That's right, it's very possible. But Feng Yu's more important intention may be that he is afraid that our army in Wancheng will be completely wiped out in the Forbidden Department, and I will be scared that we will not come to Nanyang to fight him with the main force."

Guo Jia also said as if he was much more relaxed: "This is very good. To tell the truth, the Holy Majesty was worried that the troops he brought were not enough, and the minister also had a worry, but it was different from the Holy Majesty. The minister was worried that Feng Yu would not use troops in Nanyang and would not cooperate with me. Instead of a decisive battle, stick to the front line of Xiangyang Zhuyang Danshui. Now it seems that this worry is unnecessary."

Cao Cao asked Xu Huang again: "How many days do you think Yu Jin's food and grass are enough?"

"Reporting to the Holy Majesty, there are about [-] soldiers and horses in Wancheng, and the food and grass they brought should be used up within five days. However, after receiving the order from the Holy Majesty, I ordered the rangers to gallop to the bottom of Wancheng and head towards the city. Shooting arrows with news, they should know that a large army will come to relieve the siege in the near future, and attack the enemies of the besieged city together, so their morale should be stable."

Cao Cao immediately said: "There is no hesitation. The soldiers rested in Fangcheng for a whole hour, and then sent troops to Wancheng. Fifteen thousand soldiers and horses in Wancheng are not a small number. If there are too many soldiers and horses, there are fewer soldiers and horses. Affecting the outcome of the entire battle. And sitting back and watching them be eaten will greatly damage the morale of our army."

Cao Cao cast his eyes on Guo Jia while talking, and the latter obviously agreed, and added: "As brother Ziyuan said, it is very possible for Liang Jun to set up an ambush on the road. When you leave this square city, you will be boundless as far as the eye can see. The terrain of the plain is interspersed with mounds and forests, which can barely ambush. Your Majesty only needs to send more scouts to investigate carefully, and Liang Jun will have nowhere to hide. In addition, His Majesty can order elite tiger and leopard cavalry to line up on the flank of the main force alone. Once Liang Jun is found Ambush the soldiers, and launch an attack with lightning speed to completely annihilate them!"

Without hesitation, Cao Cao told the captain of the Ling Bing beside him: "Just go and arrange it according to what the Taifu said!" He paused thoughtfully, and said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, I think you still go with Chong. It's better for my son to stay in Fangcheng as a town."

Guo Jiagang wanted to persuade Cao Cao to stay in Fangcheng and go to the front line to command by himself.Cao Cao seemed to know what he was going to say, so he stopped him and said, "I've made up my mind, and I have my reasons for doing this, don't give me any more advice in honor of my filial piety."

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Less than two hours later, tens of thousands of Wei soldiers and horses drove out from Fangcheng again, swimming westward like an oolong.Tens of thousands of tiger and leopard cavalry were divided into two groups under the leadership of Xia Houyuan and Cao Chun, but they quietly came out from the side gate of Fangcheng, and each of them walked side by side with the main team at a distance of seven miles on both sides of the main team.

When the troops of the Wei army were marching, from time to time, scouts could be seen galloping out of the main team and running towards a certain direction in front of the army formation, and they could often be seen riding back on horseback to scout the army. After the general reported the situation, he left again.

They traveled more than half of the distance, but Cao Cao still didn't find where Liang Jun's ambush was.But a scout team accidentally bumped into Liang Jun's scouts, and there was a brief confrontation.After three or four casualties each, both sides took the initiative to leave the battle and turn around and run to their rear.

This means that Liang Jun is indeed monitoring Wei's army.This made Cao Cao more cautious and approached Wancheng at a low marching speed.

Cao Cao didn't know that, after Feng Yu learned that Cao Cao's army had marched out of Fangcheng, he immediately issued an order for a general attack on the [-] Liang soldiers and horses gathered under Wancheng.Cao Cao and others thought that Feng Yu would set up an ambush to help. In fact, Feng Yu just planned to lure Cao Cao's main force into Nanyang, and eat the [-] soldiers and horses in Wancheng.

Chapter 608 Attacking Nanyang Again

The head of Nanyang Wancheng.In the bleak autumn wind, Yu Jin couldn't help shivering as he looked at the boundless Liang Guo army below the city.

At this time yesterday, Ling Bing rushed to his government office to report that a large number of Liang Jun soldiers and horses had gathered.He didn't pay much attention to this.Because the night before yesterday, Xu Huang had just sent rangers to infiltrate near Wancheng, and sent him news with arrows, saying that the reinforcements would arrive at the city of Wancheng in a few days, and it was Cao Cao himself who led the troops.As long as he can defend Wancheng well, it will be a great achievement.

Yu Jin thought to himself, even if Liang Jun came to reinforce, how much could he reinforce?No matter what, it is impossible to capture his own Wancheng within a few days.But when he climbed to the top of the city, he was dumbfounded.Outside the city of Wan, the soldiers and horses of the Liang army stretching from sky to earth could not be seen to the end, and banners and banners stood like a forest in the wilderness.And at the other gates, Liang Jun can still be seen coming in a steady stream.Fortunately, Liang Jun did not attack immediately at that time, so Yu Jin could only pray in his heart that Liang Jun could attack the city as late as possible.

At this time, when Yu Jin was observing the enemy's situation outside the city, Liang Jun's horns suddenly became loud. Starting from Liang Jun's central army tent, all battalions and ministries successively sounded their horns and beat their war drums.A large number of soldiers and horses came out of the battalion one after another, forming an army formation.

Yu Jin was shocked and yelled, "Liang Jun is about to attack the city, hurry up! All the ministries are ready to fight! Especially the gap, we must hold it!" Immediately, the drums and trumpets sounded in Wancheng. The soldiers of the Wei army rushed to the top of the city and after the ruins of the collapsed gap.

It only took Liang Jun more than half an hour to line up the army formation, and raised more than a dozen hot air balloon airships for observing the situation in Wancheng City. Of course, longbowmen are indispensable in the hanging baskets on the airships.In fact, Feng Yu can monitor the entire territory of Wancheng with the function of the system panel.

Following Zhao Yun's order, fifty counterweight trebuchets lined up behind Liang Jun's formation focused on the city walls on both sides of the gap, apparently trying to tear the gap open again.At the same time, hundreds of ballistas also began to throw stone bombs at the rest of the city.

The ballistas and bed crossbows of the Wei army deployed at the head of the city also launched a counterattack, but the number of dozens of ballistas and bed crossbows was too small, the accuracy was not good, and the range was not enough, so the final effect was very poor.Only a few stone bullets and crossbow guns fell into the Liang army formation and hit Liang army personnel. These stone bullets were not as polished and smooth as Liang Jun's stone bullets. They rolled twice on the ground after hitting one or two people. Just stopped.It looked really tragic, but the actual killing effect was not great. Before and after, Wei Jun's bed crossbows and crossbows killed more than [-] Liang soldiers.

Suddenly, the east wall of Wancheng was filled with thunderous roars, billowing dust that covered the sky and the sun, and Liang Bing, who was eighty battles away, could only see the outline of a city in the dust.No matter how the soldiers of the Wei army at the top of the city avoided and covered themselves, some people were constantly bombarded by stone bombs to pieces.Li Dian, who was commanding at the top of the city, was also forced to order the defenders at the top of the city to withdraw to the bottom of the city. Of course, it was too late for the bed crossbows at the top of the city to be removed. In fact, most of them had been blasted into a pile of tatters.

When Li Dian just stepped down the stairway, he only felt the whole city wall shaking, which was much more obvious than the previous city wall shaking.He screamed in his heart, so he stepped up and took a few steps, and he heard a loud rumbling sound, and another part of the city wall near the gap collapsed.

The sound of drums and trumpets in Liang Jun's army resounded through the sky and earth again.Hundreds of ballistas were changed to explosive projectiles.Because of the previous test firing of stone bullets of the same weight, the impact point was corrected, and almost all of the hundreds of explosive bombs landed on the top of the east wall of Wancheng.The entire city wall ignited soaring flames, and it was already a sea of ​​flames.

At the same time, Liang Jun's army has launched an impact on the east wall of Wancheng amidst the roar of mountains and tsunami.Almost at the same time that the top of the city wall turned into a sea of ​​flames, the heavy soldiers built countless springboards on the moat to cross the moat ditches, and then erected ladders under the base of the wall.The gun and shield soldiers carried spears on their backs, held shields in their left hands, and climbed with their right hands. One after another, they quickly climbed to the top of the city.

The gap, which was widened to more than a hundred steps, was also paved with springboards by the heavy soldiers, and the spear and shield soldiers quickly climbed along the temporary road paved with wooden boards to the top of the ruins that were two battles high.There are also a large number of soldiers who set up a large number of portable crossbows in a later place.At this moment, thousands of arrows were thrown from behind the ruins, and fell towards Liang Jun soldiers as hoods like a rain of arrows.

The main attack on the gap is the elite of Gaoshun's army - trapped in the camp.Gao Shun, who was in command before the battle, saw the rain of arrows coming, and hurriedly reminded loudly: "Raise the shield!".But many people were still caught off guard, and before they could raise their shields, they were shot in the body by arrows.Fortunately, the double protection of the ring armor + soft inner lining chain armor on their bodies, although they were shot like a hedgehog, the arrows either did not penetrate the armor, or only hurt the flesh.

The general commanding the portable ballista in the rear shouted angrily, and hundreds of small fireballs soared into the air, streaked through the air like a meteor shower, and fell to the rear of the ruins.Liang Jun soldiers only heard the continuous roar of deflagration, and vaguely saw the flames rising from the ruins.Then I heard continuous howls of pain and smelled the sound of burning flesh.

Wei Jun's arrow rain suddenly weakened, and Liang Jun's portable ballista fired much faster than ordinary ballistas, and could shoot a round in five or six breaths.In just a quarter of an hour, Liang Jun fired thousands of explosive bombs into the area behind the gap.Although these explosive bombs are small in size, they are enough to burn the large area of ​​the palm into scorched earth.

At this time, Wei Jun's arrow rain was gone, and even the screams and wailing were gone.Some spear and shield soldiers trapped in the camp climbed to the top of the ruins, and what they saw was indeed a piece of scorched earth and scorched corpses lying on it.With a cry, they rushed down the ruins row by row with their shields and spears in hand, and the soldiers of the Liang army from behind continued to rush forward.