Three Kingdoms Eschatology

But someone still accidentally said: "Now the snow has melted, and the ice has melted. Your Majesty, why don't we just take this young city directly, and we can also attack Wei Guo earlier."

Everyone looked at Feng Yu, waiting for him to make up his mind.Feng Yu put down a rabbit leg in his hand, shook his head and said: "There is no rush. I have a feeling that within a few days, there will be major changes in the city. By then, we can take down Zhicheng without bloodshed and subdue tens of thousands of people. Wei Jun, and even surrendered some good Wei Jun generals."

Hua Xiong shook his head pessimistically and said, "Most of these Wei generals are loyal to Cao Cao, it's hard to take them down..."

At this time, a soldier broke into the big tent and reported: "My Majesty, a single-handed rider broke into our army's defense line, trying to rush into Zhicheng City. The general in charge of today's duty thought he was a secret agent, and tried to kill him. He was captured alive to obtain information, but unexpectedly, this man was unstoppable and rampant among thousands of troops..."

Zhao Yun shouted: "Then why don't you shoot him with random arrows! Why do you want to capture him alive!?"

"Slow! Alone?" Feng Yu questioned, and then said: "Let's go see who it is?"

Soon, Feng Yu and the generals came to the front of the battle, only to see a burly man, shirtless, wielding an ax and halberd, galloping wildly on horseback, no one dared to stop him.Dozens of heavy cavalry had already surrounded him, trying to get him off his horse with a lasso, but he chopped down two of them again.

Feng Yu said with a smile: "It turned out to be Xu Zhu. Pass on my order to let him enter the city, don't stop him!"

Chapter 636

Outside Zhicheng, Xu Zhu was still shirtless, waving the long-handled ax halberd frantically.It's just that his speed has become slower and slower.He was originally determined to report back to Zhicheng with the determination to die, so all the tricks were to kill him, which is one of the reasons why he has not been subdued by Liang Jun until now.

A dozen or so riders had circled around his horse, all of them swishing their lassoes. This time, Xu Zhu couldn't escape no matter what.But at this moment, the sound of Liang Jun's clanging gongs was suddenly heard, and those Liang Jun war cavalry immediately put away their weapons and equipment, and moved away to both sides.Even Liang Jun's infantry, who blocked the horses and crouched in the trenches, made a gap.

Xu Zhu was taken aback for a moment, but before he had time to think about it, he rode his horse over the Juma and the ditch, and rushed straight towards Zhicheng.The guards at the top of the city recognized Xu Zhu, saw him rushing shirtless, and hurriedly opened the city gate to welcome him into Zhicheng.

In Zhicheng, the hungry, sallow and emaciated Wei Bing was one in the east, and the one in the west was squatting or sitting in the sun on the street, eagerly waiting for the time for the next meal.In the government office, the generals and ministers were also summoned, but this time it was not Guo Jia who summoned them, but Cao Cao who was still on the sickbed.

Cao Cao supported the sick body, sat up halfway and said, "Why haven't the reinforcements arrived in Zhicheng yet?"

After hearing Cao Cao's words, everyone bowed their heads in silence.Only Zhang Yun comforted him and said, "Perhaps there was a mistake in the transfer of troops in Fangcheng, which delayed the schedule. Don't worry, Your Majesty, we have sent Xu Zhu to break out of the encirclement and go to Fangcheng to find out the situation."

After Cao Cao coughed violently twice, he said emotionally: "What could be wrong? Jiangdong's reinforcements should have rushed to Fangcheng, and Fangcheng is less than two hundred miles away. The siege of Zhicheng has long been over. It should be solved. This... there must be some ulterior secret in it, cough cough cough... say! What are you hiding from me? Do you know that this is a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Guo Jia knelt down on the ground with a thud, and responded in tears: "I may have made a big mistake because of my negligence for a while, and I will be punished with death!"

Cao Cao continued to say weakly: "Feng Xiao, what is the matter, you and I will tell you clearly. What is the relationship between you and my monarch and ministers? During the early years, when I raised volunteers in Yanzhou, you followed me. .Is there anything I can’t say straight now.”

Only then did Guo Jia tell Cao Cao the reason for the delay in the reinforcements he speculated and the details of the incident before and after.

The more Cao Cao listened, the more angry he became, and the coughing became more frequent and severe.Guo Jia finally comforted Cao Cao and said: "However, Your Majesty, most of these are just my conjectures, and there is no actual evidence..."

At this moment, one of Cao Cao's personal guards came in and reported, "My lord, my lords, General Xu Chu is back!"

After hearing this, everyone was surprised and delighted.They thought that since Xu Chu was able to return to the besieged Zhicheng, he must have returned with reinforcements.Guo Jia immediately asked: "How many soldiers and horses did he bring back?!"

"Reporting to the Grand Tutor, General Xu Zhu returned to the city one by one." After hearing these words, the hope that had just been ignited in everyone's hearts was instantly extinguished as if cold water had been poured on it.

Cao Cao said as loudly as possible: "Go, recruit Xu Zhu here. I'm here, and I want to ask him what's going on!"

Soon, Xu Zhu came to Cao Cao's bed. He knelt down on the ground with a thud, and roared, "My lord, the Sima family rebelled. They deliberately didn't send reinforcements to rescue Zhicheng!"

Cao Cao waved his hands and said, "Stand up and speak. I will ask you a question, and you will answer me. There must not be any deviations or omissions." Then Xu Zhu stood up and stood beside Cao Cao's bed with his hands down.

After Cao Cao asked the details of what happened to Xu Zhu clearly, he roared angrily, "Don't have illusions, this is what Sima Yi colluded with my wicked son Cao Pi. If I die, they will be able to take over the entire Wei State." In the bag. This... This is really maddening to me. If Cao Pi is just a simple fight for the throne, I can forgive him. But he has no regard for the overall situation. At this juncture, he would rather sacrifice Wei Guo, the foundation of my Cao family, for the throne How can such a foolish person be the lord of the Wei Kingdom? Isn’t that going to destroy the foundation of our Wei Kingdom’s clan?! Cough cough cough!…”

Cao Cao coughed violently again, and finally spit out a big mouthful of blood with a wow, and passed out.Everyone hurriedly shouted to call the imperial doctor.After some fiddling with the imperial doctor, Cao Cao finally woke up, but he was already very angry.Cao Cao murmured in a low voice: "My life is coming soon. If you can break through, I swear to kill this thief..." Cao Cao tilted his head and passed out again.The imperial doctor stepped forward again, fiddled with it for a long time, finally knelt down on the ground and howled, "Your Majesty's funeral!"

All the generals and ministers present knelt down in unison and began to howl.When everyone stops crying and faces the problems they must face, what is the next step?

At the moment, for them, not to mention breaking out of the heavy encirclement of Liang Jun, it is impossible, but Feng Yu asked them to keep the soldiers and horses and allow people to go out.Where can they go?

Xu Huang was the first to break the silence and said: "No matter what, I have to wait for your majesty's funeral first, and then let the crown prince ascend the throne." He reincarnated and told a soldier: "Go, pass on to the generals of all ministries. Come, let them know about this, and from today onwards, the whole army will wear sackcloth and filial piety..."

Guo Jia interrupted him and said: "You must not act like this, otherwise the morale of the army will be in turmoil, and collapse is imminent." When everyone heard this, most of them agreed with Guo Jia's opinion.Xu Huang spread his hands and said, "This...someone really didn't think carefully, so Doctor Guo thinks what should be done now."

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "The matter has come to a dead end at this point. We must either surrender to Feng Yu, or fight to the death. If we choose the latter, we will naturally keep the matter of the late emperor's death a secret. Now, do you think it is better to choose which way to go?" ?”

Suddenly, everyone became silent again.After a few breaths of time, Xu Zhu shouted angrily: "Why can't we fight with our backs and fight the general with all our strength, fight all the way to Yecheng, and regain the throne of the emperor. Support the crown prince as the throne!"

Everyone shook their heads at his emotional nonsense.Only Zhang He patiently explained: "Even if we can break out of the heavy siege of the Liang army, there must be very few soldiers left. If His Majesty is still alive at this time, there is indeed hope for a comeback. But now His Majesty has passed away, That traitor Cao Pi must have ascended the throne in Yecheng. Who of our lone army will admit that it is the Wei army? Who will admit that the little prince Cao Chong is the crown prince? We will be surrounded and suppressed as rebels when we enter Wei. Don’t talk about Yecheng, Fangcheng will be able to Stop us!"

Chapter 637

In the lobby of Zhicheng, Zhang He continued: "Why don't we let the little prince ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor first, and then let the emperor make decisions. In this way, no matter whether it is a war or a surrender, we will be worthy of loyalty to the emperor."

After hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to the crying Cao Chong.Cao Chun, who hadn't spoken for a long time, frowned and said, "Zhang Yun, thank you for thinking it out. How do you let a kid of twelve or thirteen make up his mind? In my opinion, it's better for us to feign surrender and find an opportunity to slip back to Wei. Although this Cao Pi is not in the right position, he is still His Majesty's own flesh and blood, and he is also the eldest son. Now it has become a fait accompli and ascended the throne as the emperor. Aren't we loyal ministers of the Great Wei..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xu Zhuda's loud voice: "What kind of son of heaven is Cao Pi? No one will admit that he is the emperor of Wei. Besides, Your Majesty has a last word first, saying that he will swear to kill this thief!" "

But Xu Huang retorted slowly: "But the thief who vowed to kill this thief in the last word of the Holy Majesty didn't specify who. Maybe it was Feng Yu?"

"You...Your Majesty clearly refers to Cao Pi and Sima Yi. Besides, you can't deny that Your Majesty has sealed the little prince as the crown prince in front of everyone. When the emperor dies, the crown prince will naturally succeed to the throne, and the rest will succeed no matter what their identities are. It's all treason!"

"But now the prince and you and I are trapped in this mountain city, and we are in danger. If we are dead, even if we are lucky enough to escape back to Wei, how can we challenge the second prince who is now the actual emperor of Wei? Can't we rebel?" ? A rebellion must have soldiers and generals!"

"Then how can you call it a rebellion..."

With Cao Chun and Xu Huang on one side, and Zhang He and Xu Zhu on one side, the generals in the hall were divided into two factions, arguing endlessly.Guo Jia suddenly yelled and stopped the quarrel: "It's a dog, everyone don't need to quarrel, please listen to me!"

Guo Jia continued: "Everyone, it's good to see this. Those who are willing to support the little prince stand behind someone, and those who don't want to stand opposite him. The latter naturally does not need to participate in the little prince's enthronement ceremony. After the little prince's enthronement is completed Afterwards, I will honor his will when the ministers who follow him are fighting or surrendering. As for the rest, whether they want to pretend to surrender the Liang army, or really surrender the Liang army, or bring their own troops to fight the Liang army to the death, Or after the new emperor makes a certain decision, you and the others can act together, it’s up to you.”

All the generals thought for a while, and they all agreed with Guo Jia's idea.In the lobby, a group of people immediately split into two groups.The number of people on Guo Jia's side is obviously much higher.

Guo Jia then ordered his soldiers to find a relatively luxurious wooden chair, put it upright at the head of the hall, and respectfully invited Cao Chong to sit on it.Guo Jia said to Cao Chong: "In the extraordinary period, the etiquette cannot be comprehensive, and the little prince can only be wronged." Then he brought Zhang Xi, Xu Chu and the generals began to shout long live.People from the other faction had already withdrawn from the hall, watching with cold eyes.

After the simple enthronement ceremony was finished, Zhang He kowtowed to Cao Chong and said, "Your Majesty, please tell the ministers how to deal with it? Is it surrender or a fight to the death?"

Cao Chong said: "Everything is subject to the will of the late emperor. The late emperor said that he would swear to kill the thief. I think it is to crusade against the rebel Cao Pi. But now we are trapped in the siege of the Liang army, so we can only surrender to the Liang army before making any plans. If If you die in battle here, then everything is meaningless. Of course, the late emperor also said that before I came of age, Grand Tutor Guo Jia was the assistant minister, so these opinions must be approved by the Grand Tutor."

Before Guo Jia could speak, Xu Zhu shouted, "If we surrender Feng Yu, these soldiers and horses will never come back. How can we attack Cao Pi and Sima Yi?"

Zhang He retorted indifferently: "We can use Liang soldiers to attack Cao Pi and Sima Yi."

"Isn't the Wei Kingdom all over..." As soon as Xu Zhu said the words, he felt that something was wrong. The words went around, and his point of view was diverted to the point of view of Xu Huang and Cao Chuna.

Guo Jia snorted coldly at this moment and said: "Actually, when we surrender or all die here, Wei State is over. Cao Pi's Wei State outside is not orthodox, it is a fake Wei." Xu Zhu heard this , drooping his head speechlessly.Guo Jia turned to Cao Chong again and said, "I agree with Your Majesty's decision! Now that we have made such a decision, we can publicly mourn the late emperor, and at the same time order the entire army to enthroned the new emperor and abdicate to the Liang army."

Xu Huang stepped up and said, "I am willing to surrender to the Liang army with you. It's just that we are sham surrendering, and we will eventually return to Wei. But please keep your promise and keep it secret for us." Guo Jia He said silently: "It's not a problem!"

But Cao Chong said at the head of the hall: "No! You can't and don't need to feign surrender!"

……

Liang Jun outside Zhicheng City suddenly noticed a white flag was raised on the top of the city, and the city gate was also wide open. More than a dozen riders galloped out of the city gate with the white flag, and immediately ran to report to Shangfeng.

Soon, Feng Yu, who got the news, rushed over surrounded by generals.The leader of the opponent's horse was a young boy, who had already shouted loudly: "This is Cao Chong, the emperor of Wei Dynasty, please come out and discuss matters with him."

Feng Yu rode his horse and took two steps forward, and said with a laugh: "Your Excellency, it is better to be the Lord of Wei State and the Lord of Liang State. There are no two days, and there cannot be two emperors in the world at the same time. In addition, how do I remember that the Lord of Wei State should It's Cao Cao, why is it replaced by a little doll like you?"

Cao Chong continued to reply calmly: "The first emperor did not die, and I will inherit the throne with the voice of the prince. What I discussed with Lord Liang is exactly the issue of this day."

Only then did Feng Yu realize that everyone on the opposite side was wearing sackcloth and filial piety, so he said, "Master Wei, please express our condolences, and then how does Lord Wei want to solve the problem that there will never be another day?"

Cao Chong said word by word: "I abdicate, take all the generals and these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to surrender to Liang Guo, and recognize the Lord Liang as the emperor. The only condition is that the generals above the military lord can choose to stay. "Master Liang must not force him to stay."

"Just the generals above the military marquis?"

"Exactly."

Feng Yu said seriously: "I agree with your request, and I also promise you one condition. Although you can no longer be the emperor, you are still the lord of the Wei State. Of course, your Wei State fiefdom will definitely not be the current pseudo-Wei .I will find another good place for you."

Guo Jia, Zhang Yun, Xu Chu and others were overjoyed when they heard this.Cao Chong had already opened his mouth and said: "The ministers of the state of Wei obey the decree, and I will step down from the throne immediately, and I will be the minister of the Emperor of Liang from then on." After finishing speaking, he jumped off the saddle and walked forward a dozen steps. Kneeling in front of Feng Yu's horse, he said, "Cao Chong bows down to His Majesty the Emperor Liang, long live my emperor!"

Feng Yu immediately responded: "Wei Wang is flat!" Cao Chong ended his career as emperor for several hours.

Chapter 638

In the early spring of the seventh year of Xiuwu, all the snow and ice on the Nanyang Plain had melted away, and the ground had shown dots of fresh green.But Sima Fu at the head of Fangcheng City felt cold in his heart.Liang Guo's army finally arrived, spreading out boundlessly under Fangcheng City.

His scouts had sneaked out of the city to scout.These scouts had been sneaking ten miles away, and Liang Jun's camps could be seen everywhere in the wilderness.Based on this, Sima Fu estimated that Liang Jun had 10 soldiers and horses.In fact, the size of the entire Nanyang Liang army was more than 3 soldiers from the standing army, and there were more than [-] reclamation soldiers from Zhuyang, Dankou, Shangyong, Xicheng, Fangling and other nearby counties.

In addition, more than 3 Wei soldiers who surrendered to the Liang army in Zhicheng were transferred to Hanzhong for reorganization.The remaining more than 2 auxiliary soldiers were also mixed with Liang Jun's reclamation soldiers to undertake the tasks of logistics transportation, building fortifications, and guarding non-strategic cities in the rear.Therefore, the entire Liang army seems to have more than 10 people.

At this time, Sima Fu said to the general of the Wei army beside him: "General Gongming, you have dealt with the Liang army quite a lot, do you see if our ten thousand troops can hold Fangcheng, and do you want to ask the imperial court for reinforcements?"

The general next to him is none other than Xu Huang who was released by Feng Yu.At the beginning, when Feng Yu agreed to Guo Jia's condition—to let General Wei decide on his own whether to stay or not, some Liang Jun generals objected.They believed that many of these Wei generals were rare and good generals, and even if they could not be used by Daliang, they could not let the tiger go back to the mountain.But Feng Yu thinks that agreeing to this condition is better than forcing all Wei generals to stay.The reason is simple, there are not enough cards in Feng Yu's system package to bring these generals under the system management.So if all of them are forced to stay, it will be impossible to distinguish who is sincerely willing to follow him, and who is an expedient measure.

Therefore, Xu Huang, Cao Chun and other generals were able to return to Fangcheng safely.When they arrived in Fangcheng, Sima Fu was very nervous at first, but when they explained to Sima Fu that Cao Cao was really dead, and Cao Chong, Guo Jia and others also surrendered to Liang, he opened the door to let these Wei generals enter the city.Even so, he was not completely relieved, and when these Wei generals entered the city, they were all detained.Then, while sending people to report to Yecheng Kuaima, they also sent scouts to go deep into Nanyang to confirm the news.

When these news were confirmed, and Yecheng also gave a reply.Only then did he regain his basic trust in Xu Huang, Cao Chun and others.According to the edict sent by Cao Pi, Xu Huang stayed in Fangcheng to assist him in guarding, while the rest of the Wei generals were recalled to Yecheng.

Xu Huang glanced at the city, clasped his fists at Sima Fu confidently and said, "Sima Fu is guarding, although Liang Jun has many soldiers and horses, the last general knows that Feng Yu has the biggest weakness, that is, he is afraid of casualties. He dare not die, and there are many soldiers and horses." What's the use?"

Sima Fu nodded slightly, and continued to ask: "But the soldiers and horses of the Liang army are not just as simple as having a large number. Their ballistas, lift-off lights, heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and falcons that can throw bombs, etc. Wait, it's hard to guard against these strange and obscene things!"

Xu Huang smiled slightly, clasped his fists and continued: "The general has dealt with Liang Jun for a long time. He has personally led the troops to attack and defend with them. There have been more than a dozen battles, big and small. The general has seen all the tricks they can play." However, these last generals can all have a way to deal with it. What new tricks can they play? What's more, this square city is extremely strong and tall, and various defensive facilities have been built specifically for the Liang army's siege tactics. Please rest assured As long as Liang Jun dares to attack Fangcheng by force, they will surely let their corpses pile up under the walls of Fangcheng!"

"In this way, we don't need to ask the court for reinforcements?" Just when Xu Huang hesitated a little, Sima Fu said again: "Seeing that spring is beginning, the thief Lu Bu in the north will definitely respond to Feng Yu's eastward invasion and let his horse go south. The court In the Liaodong area of ​​Beiping, we need to increase our troops for defense. Hongnong Xiahouyuan replaced Zhang Yan and is still confronting Zhang Liao's army in Liang. The troops in the Jiangdong area in the south have been reduced to the minimum, barely enough to maintain law and order and defend Liang's small army. Harassment. Now it is the spring plowing season, it is impossible to recruit and assemble auxiliary soldiers on a large scale..."

Before Sima Fu finished speaking, Xu Huang clasped his fists again and said, "Please rest assured, Commander Sima. As long as the supply of food, grass and materials can be guaranteed, this city will definitely be able to defend this city without reinforcements. The final general wishes to issue a military order and guarantee it with his head !"

Sima Fu responded immediately: "Okay, happy! General Gongming is indeed one of the best generals in Great Wei!"

There is also a reason why Xu Huang behaved like this in front of Sima Fu. He returned to Wei State, the "changing king's banner at the top of the city", and his status and status were quite different from before.He wanted to prove his loyalty and ability in Cao Pi's court as soon as possible, and get back everything he had lost.

Under Fangcheng, Feng Yu, surrounded by generals, was also looking at this huge fortress with walls as high as six or seven battles.This tall wall extends to both sides for more than [-] miles, until it connects with the mountain cliffs on both sides of the Fangcheng gap, just like a small Great Wall. In front of the "Great Wall", there are trenches as wide as two battles, and there is a distance from the city wall.That is definitely not something that Liang Jun can cross with a super long ladder.

Seeing this, Feng Yu smiled at Tai Shici: "At first you were asked to attack Fangcheng, not to mention that Sima Yi used the strategy of freezing the city wall so that you had no loopholes to take advantage of. In normal times, such a high city wall would require It is also impossible to sneak into the city in the same way as in the past. In this way, we should thank Sima Yi, otherwise we may suffer heavy losses if we really take action. Hahaha."

Tai Shici replied: "Your Majesty said that, but the moat was not so wide at that time, we could still sneak through it with the long springboard."

Zhao Yun said: "According to what the captives of the Wei Army told us, the inside of the city wall is a layer of rammed earth mixed with glutinous rice mortar, and the outside is covered with mountain rock materials, which are also glued with glutinous rice mortar. It is extremely strong. Even if we The counterweight trebuchets may also be useless against it. It is said that there are many traps and shooting holes on the city wall, which makes it hard to guard against."

Feng Yu squinted his eyes and replied: "In this way, even if we use explosive bombs to drive away the defenders at the top of the city and let the soldiers attach to the city as usual, we will still suffer heavy losses. It is impossible to catapult to such a high city..." He paused, and then said: "Come on, let's go to the airship to check."

In fact, Feng Yu can use the system panel to see clearly the situation behind the Great Wall of Fangcheng, but he also wants the generals of the Great Liang to also understand the defensive structure of Fangcheng.

Chapter 639

Zhao Yun lowered his head and looked down, only to see that the people on the ground were only the size of fists, and the houses behind the walls of Fangcheng were only the size of washbasins.At this time, he, Feng Yu, Dianqing, Tai Shici and others ascended to a height of more than [-] battles in a hot air balloon.This is the limit that Liang Jun's hot air balloon can rise to. No matter how high the weight of the rope tethering the balloon is, it will exceed the lift of the balloon.

At this time, the generals of Liang Jun discovered that there was not only one city behind the long wall of Fangcheng Fortress, but three from the left, middle and right.The middle one is the largest, and the three cities share this long wall with a height of six or seven battles as the west city wall. At the same time, the corridors on the long wall can also be used as a passage connecting the three cities.But their three walls in the southeast, north, and south are still like ordinary cities, and they don't even have a moat.

Look at the top of the long wall, which is as wide as three or four battles.The generals of Liang Jun could see clearly that behind the long wall there was a plank road lower than the top of the city.From time to time, Wei Bing could be seen appearing on the plank road out of thin air, and from time to time, Wei Bing walking on the plank road could be seen suddenly disappearing out of thin air, just like they suddenly drilled into or out of the city wall.

Zhao Yun exclaimed: "They must have dug rat holes along the inner wall of the city wall. Don't say that it is meaningless for us to drive them down with explosive bombs, even if it is a problem to drive them off the top of the city with explosive bombs from ballistas."

Feng Yu squinted his eyes and said: "Zilong is right, but they didn't dig a hole, but dug a whole corridor parallel to the plank road along the inner wall of the long wall, where countless soldiers can be hidden. We can only use the old method Losing troops and destroying generals will not have the slightest effect. And since at least half of the top of the city is hollow, I don’t know what kind of traps Wei Jun will set up on the top of the city.”

Dian Wei muttered on the sidelines: "How about we use a heavy-duty trebuchet to blast the top of the Long Wall to pieces first!"

Feng Yu laughed and said: "It's good to be able to smash it to pieces, but the problem is that it is impossible for our trebuchets to blow up the top of the city. Since their fortification was built specifically for our Liang Jun, the front wall must be able to withstand it." The largest trebuchet was bombarded head-on. As for the top that was hit by a falling boulder, the city wall is so high that there is no kinetic energy when the boulder falls, so naturally it cannot destroy the top of the city." Everyone didn't quite understand Feng Yu's words, but It seemed very reasonable, so everyone shut up and stopped talking.

When everyone returned to the ground, they still didn't think of a good way to break through.Jia Xu said, "Why don't we go to the cliffs on both sides of the city wall? Maybe we can find a path from the edge of the long wall to the back of the pass. As long as we can go around the back of the pass, the city of Fangcheng will be as close as possible." Ordinary cities are no different."

"What Jia Shilang said is very true, and I think so too." After Feng Yu finished speaking, he ran along the city wall with hundreds of generals, guarded by more than a thousand cavalry.

They ran from south to north, and then from north to south, only to find that it didn't work at all.The north end of the long wall is connected to an unattainable cliff. Although the south end is connected to a hillside, the hillside is very steep, and the Wei army used the terrain to build a camp connected to the long wall on the hillside, as well as countless watchtowers. .Taking such high ground is not much different from taking the city walls directly.

It was late at night, and Feng Yu's Chinese army tent was brightly lit, but it was silent.The generals of Liang Jun stared at the huge sand table on the table in a daze, but no one could think of a way to break through the fortress of Wei Junfang City at a relatively low cost.

Dian Qing suddenly said: "If there is really no other way, why does our army have to go to Fangcheng? Isn't it okay to attack the Central Plains from Pingshi County, or cross the mountains around Fangcheng?"

Without Feng Yu opening his mouth, Hua Xiong answered him: "Pingshi County is more difficult to pass than Fangcheng. You have never seen the terrain of Pingshi County. It is a canyon with gourd mouths at both ends. In Fangcheng, The Wei army still needs to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to build this fortress. Naping County is a natural dangerous pass. Zhou Yu's remnant army was able to stop tens of thousands of Wei troops with this terrain. What's more, Wei Guo does not know how many have been built there. Fortification camp."

Liao Hua, who is familiar with mountain warfare, also said: "It would not be difficult for a small group of troops to cross the mountain in front of us. If there were no enemies, it would be no problem for tens of thousands of us to cross this small mountain range that is only [-] to [-] miles wide. But the Wei army They must have laid down Mingka secret sentries in the mountains long ago, and made all preparations for the ambush. As soon as our army enters the mountain, they will immediately mobilize troops to ambush us. Although we have many soldiers and horses, after so many soldiers and horses enter the mountain, Walking in a file on the narrow mountain road, it is impossible to give full play to the superiority of troops. It can only be eaten by people without paying attention to the head and tail."

When everyone fell silent again, Zhao Yun said, "Why don't we give up the central route and focus on the north route or the south route instead."

Feng Yu repeatedly shook his head and said: "We deployed [-] to [-] soldiers in the middle, accounting for [-] to [-]% of our total strength in Daliang. After changing the main attack direction, it will take time and effort to redeploy. Unless we abandon Nanyang, the main force will go south or If we go north, the empty door of the middle road will be wide open. Even if we give up Nanyang, the opponent can attack the rear of our South Road from Yiyang Pass or the rear of our South Road from Wusheng Pass."

Dian Wei couldn't hold back and shouted: "Hey, this doesn't work, that doesn't work either. Your Majesty, we have an army of one hundred thousand. According to Chen Dianwei's point of view, we can crush them directly. One person and one shot can kill this so-called army." The fortress of Fangcheng is pierced! Naturally, there will be losses in the battle, as the saying goes, if you kill one thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred."

General Dian Qing glared and said: "You know what a fart, and you dare to speak so arrogantly to Your Majesty. With such a fortified city, I'm afraid that if we kill five hundred enemies, we will lose one thousand. In addition, the loss is too great. How to carry out the following battle?"

When Dian Wei saw Dian Qing open his mouth, he shrank his neck and said nothing.At this time, Feng Yu slapped his thigh and said: "Yes!" Everyone turned their eyes to him, waiting for his next words.

Wait until he tells the strategy to the generals.Zhao Yun exclaimed, "It's a good plan, but the risk is too great. Otherwise, Zhang Liao's army will be wiped out, and Tongguan may also be lost."

Feng Yu said in a deep voice: "Like this Fangcheng fortress, Tongguan has been operated by our army for more than ten years. Although there is only one legion and [-] reclamation soldiers stationed now. But I believe that even if the Wei army's [-] troops come to attack, it will not take more than a month." It is impossible to attack. As for the risk of Zhang Liao's army, there is indeed a risk. But now that we cannot advance or retreat, we can only take risks and win the victory."

Jia Xu clapped his hands aside and said, "Your Majesty, I have dealt with Xia Houyuan in the early years, and I know a thing or two about his temperament. Based on my judgment, he will not rashly pursue Zhang Liao's troops who suddenly changed direction. He will definitely He suspects that we used the strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain in order to capture Luoyang. So Your Majesty can use this strategy with confidence!"

Chapter 640 Ostrich Cavalry

In March of Yangchun in the seventh year of Xiuwu, Hongnong in the east of Tongguan was already lush.Zhang Liao's Northern Route Army had two legions plus thousands of reclamation soldiers, a total of more than 3 soldiers and horses still confronted the more than [-] Wei troops led by Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yan.The camps of the two armies were less than ten miles apart, and they were spread out side by side.

In the large tent of Liang Jun's army, Zhang Liao was playing black and white with Ma Dai on the chessboard, and a soldier came to report that the Wei Feng army they were waiting for had arrived.Zhang Liao tossed the white piece he just got into his hand and said, "Great, it's finally here."

That is, more than half a month ago, the pigeon house in Tongguan received Feng Yu's letter from Feige, and this letter was forwarded by Kuaima to Hongnong Zhang Liao.Zhang Liao read the first few lines and was shocked.Feng Yu asked him to send out surprise troops to bypass Xiahouyuan's camp, pretending to raid Luoyang, and then suddenly turned around, turned southeast from the Rushui River Valley, and made a long-distance attack on Yingchuan Fangcheng.