Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 384 Huaiyin City is destroyed

Following the troops to Huaiyin, the three armies camped ten miles away.

Huo Jun held a white whip and rode horses around Huaiyin City with the generals on his left and right to point out the terrain of Huaiyin City.

Huo Jun raised his whip and pointed at the city and asked, "Do you have any strategies to destroy the city?"

"Commander, although Huaiyin is a small city with few soldiers, both sides of the city are close to water. Only the south and west cities can deploy troops to advance. Moreover, Zhu Guang has a good military strategy and has been guarding the border for many years. He is not a general without a plan. Stealing cannot be carried out by force. , but the troops will besiege the city, and the plan of slowing down is the best."

Quan Cong pointed to the city of Huaiyin and said, "The city of Huaiyin is short. As Cong sees it, the governor might be able to build a mountain of earth to approach the city, and then send elite troops to the mountains to climb the city. If the army attacks, the city of Huaiyin can be destroyed!"

In ancient times, in addition to attacking the city with ants, if you want to break the city, you should build siege equipment and then use the siege equipment to break the city.

If the siege equipment cannot capture the city wall, only the Tushan siege method is more reliable.

A mountain of earth was piled outside the city so that it was higher than the city, and then crossbowmen were placed on the mountain to shoot down the enemy troops on the tower. After taking the initiative, let the sergeants build the earth mountain to the edge of the city wall. Then it will be much easier to attack the city.

Of course, the earth-mountain siege method is not invincible. Zhuge Liang besieged Chencang, and after repeated defeats, he devised the earth-mountain siege method, using the well lantern to shoot down Chencang City from a hundred feet, and then asked the sergeants to fill the trench with earth pellets.

However, Hao Zhao knew how to break the siege. Faced with Zhuge Liang's siege method, he chose to build a high city wall to gain commanding power and finally cracked Zhuge Liang's earth mountain siege method.

"Captain!"

Jiang Ji held up the reins and said: "The art of war says: 'It takes three months to repair the oars, culls, and equipment, and it takes three months to finish it. It is another three months to get away from the earth mountain. Build a mountain with soil, add equipment, and then break the city. It will take a long time to disappear. At that time, Zang Ba will rush to rescue him, but Huaiyin will be in trouble!"

"Huaiyin City has been abandoned for many years. Although Zhu Guang rebuilt the city wall, it is difficult to say that it is strong. Today, Jiguan Huaiyin City is short and our army's momentum is high. Why not attack it with elite troops and attack the city in one fell swoop."

Jiang Ji had served as the governor of Jianghuai for many years. Since he had been in charge of military affairs and political affairs all year round, he was no longer just a counselor, but a general who also led troops and horses.

"Commander, Huaiyin City is close to water on both sides. Now that the ants are attacking the city, there may be many losses. If it is difficult to get down to Huaiyin City, the soldiers will be tired and must be determined to defend the city." Quan Cong said.

Huo Jun stationed his horse on the hill, looked at Huaiyin City, and said: "The king has already arrived at Shaopi. The army led by Cao Cao can be as short as half a month or as long as a month. It is also approaching Shouchun. When Cao Cao's army arrives, how can we defeat the city and win? ?”

With that said, Huo Jun pointed to the Huai River and said: "Huaiyin City is close to the Huai River in the north and Huai River in the east. Therefore, the west and south cities are strong and the east and north cities are short. Now I ordered the boat to enter the water and shoot with the eight-oxen crossbow. The enemy is surrounded by sharp soldiers on all sides. If they climb up the wall, they can quickly break through Huaiyin City."

"May I ask the governor, when will we attack?" Gao Xiang asked.

Huo Jun raised his head and glanced at the sun and said, "It's noon now, so we can take the city during feeding time."

"Take the city while feeding?"

The generals had many doubts. The feeding time was already around three to five o'clock in the afternoon in later generations. They were afraid that they would not have enough time to attack the city at this time.

"Why don't the governor attack the city the next day?" Ding Feng suggested.

Seemingly sensing everyone's doubts, Huo Jun explained with a smile: "When our army first arrived at Huaiyin City, the enemy was well prepared. To attack the city at this time is really to neglect the enemy!"

After hearing this, many generals were relieved. Now that the army has arrived in Huaiyin for the first time, logically speaking, it should set down camp to rest and recuperate. If you want to attack a city, you will most likely choose the next morning, not today. Attacking the city during feeding time does have a sense of surprise.

At the same time, the sergeants on the Huaiyin City Tower were standing with spears or carrying bows and arrows to the tower. There are dozens of large pots on the tower where golden juice is boiled. The stench is so offensive that you can smell it from far and near.

Guard Zhu Guang was patrolling in armor, looking at the 'Huo' flag outside the city, his face solemn and very fearful.

Walking with his sword, Zhu Guang said: "Huo Jun is famous all over the world, and even the king is afraid of it. Now that the troops are coming to attack, our army must defend the city wall and not go out to fight easily. When Zang Xuzhou and the king's troops arrive, the enemy invaders will retreat. also!"

"promise!"

Wei He, who joined the army, nodded and said: "There are three thousand soldiers in the city, and there are more than ten thousand men and women, and the food and grass are enough for three months. Now we are holding on to the city, even if Huo Jun has tens of thousands of troops, it will not be difficult to hold on for a month!"

"Report!"

The attendant trotted up the city ladder, walked to Zhu Guang, raised his hands and said, "To inform the general, Huo Jun sent someone to deliver a letter to the general."

With that said, the attendant presented the letter with both hands.

"Deliver a message?"

Zhu Guang felt Wei He's gaze and said, "This may be a letter to persuade you to surrender. Please join the army and read it with Guang."

Zhu Guang is in charge of the army outside, so he naturally has a supervisory army. Wei He was appointed by Cao Cao to join the army, but he also served as a supervisor.

"good!"

Zhu Guang opened the letter and saw that Huo Jun promoted his martial arts in the letter, and then boasted that he had an army of 50,000. If Zhu Guang surrenders now, the King of Han will reward him heavily. Otherwise, the army will attack the city and burn everything.

Wei He remained calm and asked, "What do you think, General?"

Zhu Guang slightly straightened his expression and said: "How can I surrender to the enemy despite being so favored by your Majesty? Now I have to live and die with Huaiyin City, and the power is blocking Huo Jun outside the city."

"good!"

Wei He smiled and said, "He also means this!"

As he said this, Zhu Guang complained secretly. It is not easy to resist Huo Jun. If his wife, children and children were not detained in Yecheng, and Cao Cao valued him so much, he might really have the idea of ​​​​surrender. I hope the reinforcements can arrive soon, otherwise Huaiyin City will not be in good condition.

"General Zhu!"

While thinking about it, I saw a large group of Han troops marching towards the city. There were movements in the west and south cities, with flags flying and drums ringing.

"Is this going to attack the city?" Wei He asked slightly nervously.

Zhu Guang threw the letter into the firewood and burned it, and said: "Let the sergeants go to the city and everyone be on alert!"

"promise!"

Under Zhu Guang's military order, three thousand sergeants were distributed on the four walls of the city. Five hundred men were placed on each of the two walls near the water and the lake. Zhu Guang took 300 soldiers for personal support, and the remaining two walls each had eight or nine hundred men. Defense.

While the sergeants on the city tower were nervously preparing for battle, the Han soldiers who came with great momentum stopped outside the city and kept shouting and cursing in the wilderness, insulting Cao Cao as a Han traitor. Everyone killed him and advised Zhu Guang to surrender as soon as possible.

After scolding for a long time, the Han soldiers seemed to be tired. Gao Xiang took the lead and got off his horse and sat on a high chair to rest. With Gao Xiang taking the lead, the sergeants outside the city also slacked off. They took off their armor and saddles and rested on the ground. They seemed not to worry about the sergeants inside the city going into battle.

Looking at the movements of the Han army outside the city, Wei He looked worried and said: "General Zhu, Huo Jun is strict in running the army. How dare the sergeants under his command do this? This is Huo Jun's strategy to lure the enemy. I hope General will be more careful. Don't leave lightly, as you may fall into the enemy's trap."

"Haha~"

Zhu Guang sneered a few times and said: "Huo Jun deceived me into not knowing military strategy. This must be his strategy to lure the enemy. According to my expectation, there must be an ambush of Huo Jun in the woods outside the city. If our army goes out of the city to attack them, they will be attacked by Huo Jun. defeat."

"When someone comes, order the sergeants to stand in line and lock the city gates. No one is allowed to enter or exit without our military orders. Anyone who violates the rules will be killed."

"promise!"

Throughout the afternoon, the Wei soldiers in Huaiyin City just watched the sergeants outside the city shouting and cursing quietly. No matter how relaxed the Han soldiers were, there was no movement.

"General, when it's feeding time, the bandits keep insulting me. Can the soldiers take a break?" Wei He asked.

Zhu Guang pondered for a while and said: "The south gate will be guarded, and the other three gates will let the sergeants rest in batches."

"promise!"

After receiving Zhu Guang's military order, most of the sergeants on the Huaiyin City Tower were reduced. The remaining sergeants became slack when they saw no one outside the city.

When it was time to feed, the Han soldiers outside the city were tired of shouting or scolding, and at the same time, smoke was rising from the camp. The Han soldiers began to form a team, put on armor, and prepared to return to the camp.

Zhu Guangchang exhaled and said, "This is Huo Jun's plan to lure the enemy!"

As he spoke, Zhu Guang saw the sound of gold ringing outside the city and said: "The enemy invaders withdraw their troops and let the sergeants eat in batches."

"No!" With Zhu Guang's orders, the heavily guarded Nanmen sergeants were reduced by half, with only a few hundred people guarding them. A large number of soldiers went down to the tower to eat and rest, rejoicing that they had survived the day.

The soldiers ate under the tower, while Zhu Guang could eat in the room above the tower.

After taking off his armor, Zhu Guang sat on the table, and the attendants brought hot food to him. Smelling the aroma of rice, Zhu Guang suddenly felt hungry.

As soon as he picked up the chopsticks, Zhu Guang seemed to hear something and asked, "Is there anyone playing drums?"

"I haven't heard the sergeant playing the drum!" the attendant replied.

As soon as he finished speaking, the armored soldiers hurriedly ran into the house and shouted: "The general is in trouble. The enemy invaders have left and come back again. They are beating drums and trumpets and holding up wooden ladders. They seem to want to attack the city by force."

"what?"

Zhu Guang looked surprised and said in disbelief: "The bandits haven't left yet, but are they attacking the city now?"

"Exactly!"

Zhu Guang understood something, threw his chopsticks on the table with a snap, and said through gritted teeth: "Huo Jun is really cunning. He knew that I did not dare to go out of the city to attack, so he used this strategy to slack off our army. He went back again, hoping to break the city in one fell swoop."

Wei He trotted into the house and said breathlessly: "General Zhu, there are big boats of southern thieves outside the north and east cities."

Zhu Guang put on his armor and wore a sword, and ordered: "Order the sergeants to go to the city to be on guard, and the farmers to carry the equipment. We must guard the city."

"promise!"

Outside the city, according to the previous arrangement, Ding Feng took a boat to attack the North City, Gao Xiang led his soldiers to besiege the South City, Quan Cong led his troops to attack the West City, and Jiang Ji led his soldiers to attack the East City.

On the Huai River, the boat was driven by wheels. As the waves rolled, the boat approached Beicheng.

Huo Jun, wearing Zhong armor, stood on the bow of the boat and said: "The boat is approaching the city, and the eight-oxen crossbow has its arrows loaded."

Then, Huo Jun grabbed the drummer's drum hammer and said, "Tell Ding Feng that the governor will play the drum for him personally. It's up to him whether he can enter Huaiyin to eat."

"promise!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Huo Jun held two hammers and struck the drum head, and the inspiring drum sound resounded throughout the countryside.

Ding Feng saw Huo Jun beating the drum himself, holding a sword and shield, and shouted loudly: "The governor is beating the drum, do you dare to fight?"

"Dare to fight!"

Amidst the sound of drums, the soldiers on board dozens of boats were inspired and shouted loudly with their weapons in hand.

"kill!"

"Den!"

When the boat docked, Ding Feng stepped forward bravely and led two thousand soldiers to land and rush to the north city of Huaiyin.

"Public courtesy cover!"

Ding Feng took out the flying hook from his waist and shouted to Yu Shao.

"it is good!"

Ding and Yu were both generals of the Zhihui Army, and they had collaborated for many years. Today, Ding Feng led the soldiers who dared to die and climbed to the city first, while Yu Shao led the soldiers who were good at shooting and approached the city to cover the soldiers who climbed the city.

When the soldiers of the Wei Dynasty in the North City saw the enemy troops landing and raiding the city gate, they shouted: "The enemy is attacking!"

"Enemies attacking at the north gate!"

"Where are the crossbowmen?"

Seeing the Han soldiers making a surprise attack, the Wei troops gathered in a hurry on the city tower. Amid the shouts and curses from the corps commander and the chief, the sergeants who were dining downstairs reluctantly put down their food, picked up their weapons, bows and crossbows and ran upstairs.

However, when they climbed up the city wall, they encountered something that frightened them, namely the crossbow's arrow spear.

The Han army's navy boat was moored on the water and turned its side toward the city tower. The sergeants loaded arrows and guns there and aimed at Cao's soldiers on the city tower.

"Whoosh!"

A Cao Jun crossbowman held a heavy crossbow and fired at the bottom of the city tower. A sharp sound broke through the air. Before he could raise his head, he felt severe pain in his chest. Then his whole body was carried away by the terrifying impact of the arrow gun, and he was nailed to the ground. On the rammed earth wall on the tower.

After struggling for a few times, the crossbowman's head hung down weakly, and the heavy crossbow in his hand fell to the ground. He was already dead and could no longer die.

"The enemy has a crossbow on the ship!"

"Where is the bed crossbow?"

Zhu Guang moved to Huaiyin City and brought several crossbows to the city. This was Zhu Guang's capital for defending the city.

Several crossbowmen on the battlements were operating their crossbows and were about to shoot, but they were already targeted by the Eight Ox Crossbows, and four arrows flew towards them. Three arrows failed, and the remaining arrow flew like a gourd and killed two people. Yayi seriously injured one person, and the crossbowman was so frightened that he did not dare to raise his head.

The soldiers of Zhenhui were good at shooting. Under the leadership of Yu Shao, they cooperated with the eight-niu bed crossbows and suppressed the Cao Wei crossbowmen on the tower.

Under the cover of a crossbow, Ding Feng wore light armor and held a knife in his mouth. He threw the flying hook towards the city wall with all his strength. His legs used the friction of the city wall to climb up.

In the meantime, there was an eight-oxen crossbow arrow and spear embedded in the wall, and Ding Feng stepped on it heavily to use its strength. At a height of four or five meters, under the agility of the first sergeant, he climbed to the top of the tower in a short time.

When he was about to climb up the wall, Ding Feng saw a soldier of Cao poking at him with a spear. Ding Feng, who was hanging on the city wall, seemed to have been prepared. He threw the stone with his right hand and hit the enemy in the eye.

"Ah~"

Sergeant Cao's eyes were injured and he screamed in pain, so he could stab Ding Feng.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ding Feng flew over the city wall, first kicked away Sergeant Cao's soldiers, then took out the ring-hand knife in his mouth and struck back, slashing with all his strength, and defeated the enemy on the spot.

"kill!"

With Ding Feng climbing up the wall first, the soldiers climbed up the wall along the flying hook. First there were a few people, then more than ten people, and then dozens of people. Of course, many sergeants were shot over while climbing, or stabbed to death with spears in the air.

But as time went by, more and more sergeants climbed up the wall. The defenders at the north gate of Huaiyin were defeated and fled after being killed and wounded more than 40 to 50 people. Cao's soldiers either died or surrendered.

Ding Feng looked at the boats on the Huaihe River and shouted: "Put the military flag on the city tower to welcome the governor into the city."

After a while, the two flags of "Han" and "Huo" were placed on the tower, fluttering in the wind, which was very eye-catching.

In less than a meal, the north gate of Huaiyin was captured by the scorpion army led by Ding Feng and Yu Shao.

Seeing the military flag raised on the city tower, Huo Jun stopped beating the drums, handed the drum hammer to his attendants, and laughed and said: "Huaiyin City!"

"Follow me to the city for a meal!"

"promise!"

To lure the enemy is actually to be lazy, to attack the south is actually to take the north!

(End of this chapter)