Soldiers come to the world

At night, Li City was quiet, and the moonlight in the city was very dim. The mountains in the east blocked the moonlight and cast a huge shadow into the city. In the dark night, the soldiers all fell asleep, only the top of the city Hundreds of defenders on duty were pacing back and forth, watching the outside of the city vigilantly.

Cao Jun relied heavily on the three beacons in the south. Although they knew that the war was about to break out, everyone had a little luck. Maybe the enemy would go to Guanzhong from Chencang Road. After all, it was not far from Wudu County to Chencang Road.

So they have been paying attention to the beacon, and the beacon reports safety every morning and evening, and there is no abnormal fire, which makes the guards feel at ease.

Just behind a forest about three miles to the east of the city, an army of more than a thousand people is running towards the mountain quickly. This mountain army from central Sichuan, each soldier grew up in the mountains and is very good at carrying heavy loads. Climbing the mountain, each soldier carried heavy equipment, led by general Zhang Ren, and under the guidance of scout Ren Ping, rushed along the mountain road.

The original name of this mountain was Lidong Mountain because Li City was built at the foot of the mountain in the west. Li City was actually built on the mountainside of this mountain. through the road.

Zhang Ren led the soldiers to run all the way. Half an hour later, they came to a slightly gentle hillside, which was already above Licheng. This was Pang Tong's strategy. He discovered the weakness of Licheng, that is, building On the mountain, then his army can go up the mountain to commandeer and control the city instead, making Licheng's advantage suddenly become a disadvantage.

This is also the most common way to use the terrain to win in mountain warfare. However, the builders of the city also took this disadvantage into consideration, so Licheng is not close to the cliff, but slowly rises from a slope, so that there is a gap between the hillside and the city. At a distance of about 150 steps, even a bow and arrow cannot enter the city.

But if you use a throwing weapon that exceeds [-] steps, then this distance is useless. Of course, it is impossible for the general army to move heavy weapons such as large catapults up the mountain. , which becomes possible.

The trebuchet invented by Ma Jun not only hits far and is durable, but he also fully considered the convenience of transportation, making it very easy to disassemble and assemble the trebuchet. Only [-] soldiers can carry a large trebuchet on their backs. It can also be used at any time in the mountains. [

These thousand mountain soldiers carried five heavy trebuchets on their backs, which could throw tens of kilograms of heavy objects four hundred steps away, and the throwing pole alone was four feet long. This was the only part that required ten soldiers to carry and run .

Zhang Ren found an open space to attack the city, and he gave an order, and a hundred fortification soldiers began to quickly assemble a giant trebuchet.

An hour later, five trebuchets that looked like giants stood on the hillside. Zhang Ren probed into the city and could faintly see the densely packed tents in the city. He smiled coldly and ordered: "Prepare fireballs!"

This time the Han army used fireballs, which were wrapped layer by layer with linen cloth soaked in kerosene, forming a large ball with a diameter of three feet, weighing more than forty catties, and could be thrown four hundred steps away.

Five huge fireballs were put into the copper pockets, and the soldiers pulled back, and the throwing rope hooked the wooden frame.

The soldiers lit five big balls with torches, and the five big balls began to burn. The burning flames were particularly dazzling at night. Zhao Yun, who was ambushing in the woods in the distance, could see clearly, and his fists slowly clenched. .

Zhang Ren looked at both sides and saw that they were all ready. He shouted, "Fireball!"

The soldiers opened the iron hooks, the rope pulling the throwing pole lost its tension, and the throwing pole was thrown forward suddenly. Five big red and burning fireballs were seen flying into the sky. The fireballs rolled in the night sky and went straight to Licheng. drop

Licheng was still in a deep sleep, including the soldiers guarding the city wall, none of them thought that the danger had come quietly, let alone that the danger fell from the sky.

When the soldiers defending the city suddenly noticed the bright red fireball above their heads, it was too late. The fireball slammed into the city, smashing down several tents. Tent after tent.

The defenders on the city wall exclaimed loudly, and the alarm bells rang. Many soldiers ran out of the big tents barefoot, watching the big tents burning in horror. Dozens of big tents had already been set ablaze, and the fire took advantage of the wind. The fire burned more and more violently, and Yajiang came galloping alone on his horse. He shouted anxiously: "Tear down the tent quickly!"

He had already realized that it was not a fire falling from the sky, but an enemy army attacking the city on the mountain, but they had no preparations in advance, which made him very anxious, and he swung his knife and shouted: "All soldiers come out of the tent!"

At this moment, five more fireballs fell from the sky, whistling and smashed into the western tents. Dozens of large tents were quickly ignited, and more than a dozen residential shops were also ignited by the fire. The flames blazed and spread. very quickly.

The fragments of the tent that burned out of control were blown into the air by the wind. There were fires burning all over the city, thick smoke filled the air, soldiers fled in all directions, and terrified shouts and cries resounded throughout the city.

At this time, Zhao Yun's army was in a forest two miles west of the city. Although they were in a low place, they could already see the flames and smoke billowing from the top of the city. , Cao Jun was "forced" out of Licheng without a single soldier."[

Pang Tong stroked his beard proudly and smiled, "This means that the right time is not as good as the right place. Cao Jun built the city on the mountain. For the destruction of the city, Cao Jun will support it for half an hour at most, and the general is ready to attack."

Zhao Yun nodded, turned around and shouted: "Send the order, get ready to attack!"

"Prepare to strike!"

The orders were passed down one after another, and the nine thousand Han troops were on the verge of breaking out, eager to try.

At this time, what was thrown from the mountain was no longer fireballs, but barrels of kerosene, forty catties a barrel, packed in sealed wooden barrels, and barrels of kerosene fell from the sky and smashed into the city.

The barrel fell to the ground and shattered, kerosene splashed all over the place, fueling the fire even more. At this time, the entire Li City was engulfed in flames. Hundreds of houses were all set ablaze.

The soldiers were terrified. Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, some soldiers began to flee the city. Soon, the city gate opened, and several soldiers and their families poured out of the city. Many young women stumbled and cried. .

Shan Ting yelled anxiously and ordered the soldiers to take refuge in the southern city. He had already discovered a clue, that is, the fireball thrown from the mountain could not reach the southern end of the city. As long as you escape to the city wall, you can escape this catastrophe.

Although Shan Ting found a way to escape, not many soldiers listened to his command. At this time, everyone knew that only by escaping from the city would they be safe. The instinct of escape made more and more soldiers flee to the outside of the city.

"General, let's go!"

Several soldiers shouted at Shan Ting, "Brothers have escaped from the city!"

Shan Ting saw that the cries around him could no longer be heard, and there were fewer and fewer running figures. There were only a hundred or so soldiers on duty following him. At this moment, he knew that the situation was over, so he sighed and turned to face the soldiers. Shouted: "There must be an enemy army ambushing outside the city, everyone can follow me to break out of the encirclement."

Shan Ting rode his horse and ran towards the north city gate. The north city gate was wide open, and all the soldiers and people had fled. He rushed out on his horse, and more than a hundred soldiers behind him also rushed out of the city gate.

At this time, the Han army had surrounded the two city gates in the north and the south. The soldiers of the Cao army were immediately surrounded by the Han army from all sides shortly after they escaped. Barefoot, coupled with panic in their hearts, surrounded by enemy troops, they knelt down and surrendered one after another, and no one dared to resist.

Ya Jiang Shan Ting led more than a hundred soldiers to rush out from the north gate. He knew that there must be enemy troops outside. At this time, he could only rely on his horses to see if he could break out of the encirclement. It was full of surrendering soldiers, and he waved his spear and shouted, "Whoever stands in my way dies!"

As soon as the words fell, a general, eight feet tall, holding a big knife, shouted like a thunderbolt: "Wei Yan is here!"

Wei Yan galloped his horse like a thunderbolt, and rushed to Shan Ting in an instant, raised the saber in his hand and dropped it, the big saber flashed like a bolt of lightning, Shan Ting couldn't dodge, the head was chopped off several feet, and the dead body fell from the horse.

After the death of the main general, the hundreds of soldiers who escaped with Shan Ting were scared out of their wits, dropped their weapons one after another, knelt down and raised their hands to surrender

As the sky gradually dawned, the fire in Li City was also extinguished. A fire burned the military city to nothingness. Hundreds of people were engulfed by the fire. More than 2000 soldiers and people escaped from the city, but they were all captured by the Han army. Only paid the price of minor injuries to a few people, this battle was fought extremely well.

Zhao Yun immediately ordered people to send the prisoners of war and the people back to Wudu to ask for credit. At this time, Pang Tong urged him to come forward and smiled, "General Zhao, I have something to discuss with the general."

This battle made Zhao Yun admire Pang Tong very much. When he followed Liu Bei, he didn't feel that Pang Tong was superior. Uncle Liu Huang was also dissatisfied with Pang Tong and often treated him coldly.

But this battle made Zhao Yun completely change his view of Pang Tong. He finally discovered that Pang Tong was really a piece of beautiful jade. carved out.

Zhao Yun cupped his fists immediately and said, "Mr. Pang, please tell me!"

Pang Tong also liked Zhao Yun very much. Zhao Yun was humble and respected him enough to let Pang Tong find dignity. At this time, Pang Tong was not satisfied with the victory of this battle.

He smiled slightly and said: "There is a pass thirty miles ahead, called Bailong Valley, and there is a military stronghold. There are more than [-] soldiers stationed in the stronghold. Although it is not as difficult to attack as Licheng, I will make a small plan. , you can easily take this military stronghold.”

Zhao Yun was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed and said, "Please give instructions from the military advisor!"

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