Liu Qi, the eldest son of the Three Kingdoms

() Seeing that Hu Che'er was startled, Pang Tong laughed and said: "Actually, our army has another way, which is to keep a part of the army, and the rest of the main force will detour through Anguang and Linchen to reach Jiaozhi. One month is too late now, so the only road left is to go straight to Jiaozhi through Hepu. From Hepu Road to Jiaozhi, it will take ten days for our army to march in a hurry, plus five days to set up an ambush and attack the pass. Now there are ten days left, next—let us capture Hepu County within ten days.”

Jia Xu reminded: "According to our intelligence in Jingzhou, if Hepu cannot be defeated within ten days. With the heritage of the gentry and Shi Xie's many years of management, the grain, grass and military equipment can be used by [-] troops and the people in the city for two years. According to With the method of drawing one out of three, Shi Xie can get [-] troops, plus the original [-] elite soldiers, hehe, everyone knows the result without guessing."

After listening to Liu Qi, he was very excited. This is the power of a top strategist, such a thorough analysis.I have Pang Tong and Jia Xu, and the world is settled.But this is too honest, so nervous, so scary.

Liu Qi was also a decisive person, and immediately issued an order: "Since such a matter should not be delayed, the 1 troops will set off immediately and set up camp at Wuli Hepu. The commander of the navy, Kuai Yue, will stay where he is, 1 sailors, [-] cavalry, and [-] soldiers. The army did not move; Wu Ju led [-] troops from his headquarters to attack the east gate, Li Yan led [-] troops from his headquarters to attack the west gate, Huang Zu led [-] troops to attack the south gate, and Zhang Xiu led [-] troops to attack the north gate; since Shi Yi wanted to defend to the death Hepu, I won’t encircle the three and miss one. The four gates attack together, whichever gate is broken first will be the one with the greatest merit.”

"The remaining 1 troops will be led by me and Huang Zhong as backup. But, don't count on me. If someone is not only unable to attack, but retreats after the defeat, don't blame me for the military law."

"No" all the generals are in awe.

On the second day, the army ate their fill early, set up their formations, pushed the siege equipment built last time, and approached the city wall in an orderly manner.

Hepu City is not bad under Shi Yi's governance, better than Shi Wu's brute.It is only a little stronger, the city is high and the walls are thick, and the ordnance is not too bad.However, the military strength is still concentrated, there are ten thousand elite soldiers, and five thousand elite soldiers, divided into four sects, only four thousand.

"Kill,,," under the command of the generals, their respective armies rushed up with their shields and ladders on their shoulders.Flying bridges, ladders, Linchong Lu bus and other siege equipment rushed up. Catapults and bed crossbows also fired vigorously, suppressing the archers on the city. The governor Huang Zhong also spent all his money, throwing his last The archers who valued him gathered one after another to shoot against him within the range of the bow and arrow in the city. Liu Qi's bow and arrow are good, the range is far, and the force is small, but the city has a geographical advantage, which is nothing more than Xiangping.

As soon as the battle started, it entered a fierce stage. The soldiers at the North Gate, led by Lieutenant General Hu Che'er, even attacked the city wall several times. It was about to be occupied, but Shi Yi's reinforcements arrived in time and repelled them.If it weren't for the cover of Zhang Xiu's bow and arrows, and he shot more than ten lieutenants of the enemy army, maybe Hu Che'er would have stayed.

The battle intensified, and both sides were red-eyed. For three days, teams of thousands rushed up one after another.Liu Qi's army lost almost 5000 troops, but the soldiers did not feel well. Hepu soldiers were replaced one by one by Liu Qi's Jingzhou army. The casualties were also heavy, and the recruits were less than [-].

The fierce battle at this time depends on who can persevere on both sides. Liu Qi's remaining [-] troops will have to march quickly to capture the Jiaozhi Pass. Liu Qi must not use it until the last moment of last resort.The remaining [-] siege troops were assigned to Wu Ju and Li Yan, who suffered the most losses, early on. Although Li Yan was powerful personally, the soldiers in the field were recruits who had never been to the battlefield after all, and their casualties were more than those of the Jingzhou elite. .

On the fifth day, the army was repulsed again. Looking at the exhausted and slumped enemy army on the city, Liu Qi resisted the urge to use the reserve army, which made people withdraw their troops.

The atmosphere inside the battalion was a bit dull, Liu Qi stared at the generals one by one, making them lower their heads.Liu Qi also sighed: "Could it be that a small Hepu City will block my Liu Qi's way to dominate the world?" Suddenly Liu Qi shouted: "I am not reconciled, what about you!!! Is the small city of Hepu blocking your chance to become a marquis and general, honor your ancestors, and make your name known to future generations? It will be recorded in future history books that Liu Qi, a bandit from Jingzhou, led tens of thousands of mediocre generals to attack Hepu. You don't even have a chance to mention your names! Are you willing?"

"I'm not reconciled!" All the generals roared one after another, like an enraged tiger, with murderous aura rising to the sky.

Liu Qi nodded when he saw this, and shouted: "It's fine not to be reconciled. Tomorrow, I will attack the city with all my strength. I will definitely capture the city before dark. I will personally beat the drums and march. If the gate of the person in charge has not been breached tomorrow, beheaded to show the public, the day after tomorrow." I will personally attack the city. The first person to capture the city will be promoted to a higher level, and will be a great achievement. All the soldiers under my command will be rewarded!"

"Promise," all the generals were eager to try.

"Okay, that's it for today, everyone, have a good rest, and see your performance tomorrow." Liu Qi waved everyone back.

On the second day, Maoshi cooked rice, and Chenshi began to attack the city. "Dong dong dong", Liu Qi also fulfilled his promise to beat drums and cheer in person.The sound of drums was surging, beating the hearts of the soldiers.The soldiers looked up to the sky and shouted, accompanied by the red sun, holding spears and swords, marching in formation.

The generals whose blood was aroused by Liu Qi urged the soldiers to attack the city with all their might.The war started again.This time was different from the previous few days, and the scale was much smaller. After all, after five days of fierce fighting, both sides were exhausted and were holding on to their last breath.

Just when the two armies were once again at a stalemate, suddenly a gate was attacked by the Jingzhou army, and the most important thing was to stand firm.The Jingzhou army rushed up the city wall one after another, fighting with the Hepu army, the gap was getting wider and wider, and they couldn't even hold back.

And it was General Huang Zu who broke the deadlock. Originally, Liu Qi asked Huang Zu to lead the army to attack one side because of his meritorious service in expelling Xu Jing.Liu Qi never expected that Huang Zu would be very excited because of Liu Qi's casual promise to expand the navy, and he was about to become the general of Jingzhou, but he was taken by Hepu.How could Huang Zu not be angry? In order to attack the city as soon as possible, Huang Zu secretly selected [-] of the most elite soldiers and mixed them into the siege army.

When the army was stalemate, suddenly three hundred of the most elite soldiers, holding Bai Lian in their left hand and a big knife tied in their right hand, stepped on the ladder and rushed up.The leader was none other than General Huang Zu, who cut down from left to right, and no one in the enemy army was his opponent.Being stabbed in the left arm by a back arrow, Huang Zu broke the arrow and continued to attack.After a while, there was an empty area on the city wall, and the Jingzhou army's pressure was greatly reduced, and they took the opportunity to climb the city wall.

Seeing this, Liu Qi sent the only [-] remaining soldiers around him to support Huang Zu, and the gap grew wider and wider.The Shiyi army couldn't stop it, and they retreated one after another.