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The valley is about two miles long. In the Qishan area where there are many ravines, this can only be regarded as a very short valley, with steep and tall peaks on both sides, and dense forests below the mountainside. Suddenly, earth-shattering war drums erupted from both sides of the valley.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of the drums was like thunder, echoing in the valley, the flames blazed, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and dense arrows on both sides shot towards the bottom of the valley.

The sudden ambush shocked Cao Jun, and the soldiers were thrown into chaos. Those who were hit by the arrows kept screaming and fell to the ground. If he was mentally prepared, he was afraid of being ambushed. When the drums sounded, he immediately turned around and shouted: "Follow me out of the valley!"

He lashed his horse several times, and regardless of the soldiers behind him, he galloped out of the valley. He was very experienced and knew that the first round was just shooting arrows, which caused confusion in Cao's army. The enemy army will not rush down the mountain, and this is their only chance to escape. As long as they avoid the arrow rain, they will have a chance to escape.

Yu Jin was sprinting while swiping his knife to dial the incoming arrows. At this time, an arrow shot like lightning and hit the back of his neck. At this moment, Yu Jin lowered his head and let him escape. With a fatal arrow, the arrow "shot" through his helmet and flew more than ten steps away. Yu Jin was so frightened that his heart stopped beating, and he threw away the knife. .

On the hillside, Ma Chao held a bow and arrow in his hand, and looked at Yu Jin and ran away with some regret. The arrow could have killed the enemy general, but he escaped. This is the order to attack across the board.

Ma Chao pointed his spear and shouted, "Go down the mountain, and those who resist will be beheaded on the spot!"

The [-] Han troops ambushing on both sides of the valley launched a full-scale attack. On the left hillside was the general Zhao Yun, and on the right hillside was the deputy general Ma Chao. Cao's army of [-] was wiped out, and Yu Jin gathered more than [-] remnants who escaped, and fled to Jicheng in panic.

Although the Han army captured the three passes of Licheng, Bailong Pass and Heisong Village in one go, opened the gate of Qishan Mountain, and won the first stage of victory, Liu Jing did not dare to be blindly optimistic. He knew that these victories were due to the deployment of Cao Zhang. Get it if you have a problem. [

However, Cao Cao has already changed his defensive measures, withdrawing the two defense lines of Qishan East and Qishan West, and concentrated [-] troops to station in Xicheng County in the north of Qishan, which made Jicheng and Xicheng form a corner. There are also [-] to [-] troops deployed in these two cities.

More importantly, Cao Cao also discovered his weakness, that is, if the battle line is too long, there will be problems with logistical supplies, and the transportation of grain and grass is indeed a weakness that is difficult to make up for the Han army. Liu Jing mobilized 15 civilians, 30 It took nearly two months with tens of thousands of animals to move 30 shi of grain from Nanzheng to Xiabian City, Wudu.

Now his [-] troops are nearly [-] miles away from Xiabian County on a mountain road, and food transportation is very difficult, and the supply of food has become the biggest weakness. In terms of huge consumption, it still can't solve the problem.

Liu Jing once considered building wooden oxen and horses to transport military rations, and handed over this plan to Ma Jun, but unfortunately it has not been successful so far.

Although they were very worried about the issue of food and grass, they couldn't stop moving forward. A few days later, Liu Jing led an army of [-] to Xicheng County, and set up a ten-mile joint camp in the wilderness south of Xicheng County.

As for the logistics, we can only rely on the continuous transportation of grain and grass for protection. For this reason, Liu Jing ordered Zhang Ren to lead [-] troops to escort along the way to ensure the safety of the military food transportation line.

Xicheng is the southernmost county in Tianshui County. The city is tall and wide, with a circumference of nearly [-] miles. It is located on the Luoyuepo Highland. It is called the South Gate of Longnan. Its strategic position is very important. The empty city plan in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was staged here. .

In Cao Zhang's original deployment, Xicheng was an extremely important defensive point, the shield of Jicheng, and the logistics support base for the three defensive points of Qishan. General Hao Zhao led [-] troops to guard it.

Hao Zhao is good at defense. He led the army and the people to raise the city wall of the west city, making the city of the west city three feet high. Not only that, he also built [-] platforms in the inner city of the three walls, and installed [-] trebuchets on them. .

After Cao Cao took over the battle in Longxi, he also attached great importance to the defense of the western city. He ordered the withdrawal of the troops at the three defensive points of Qishan to the western city.

Although Yujin's army failed to break through the siege, the army in Xicheng reached 3 people, defending Xicheng like an iron barrel.

In the early morning, the sky was just bright, and Xia Houyuan stared coldly at the Han army camp in the distance on the city wall. He turned his head and asked Yu Jin, "Can Wen Ze be sure that Liu Jing is in the army?"

Yu Jin sighed, "If Liu Jing wasn't in the army, why would I have suffered such a disastrous defeat? I saw him inspect Heisongling with my own eyes, so of course I know him."

There was a mocking smile on the corner of Xia Houyuan's mouth, "It seems that General Yu really has a kind of fate with Liu Jing. With General Yu around, our army will be defeated, and every time the soldiers will flee."

Yu Jin suddenly said angrily: "What does General Xiahou mean by this? I only lead an army of [-], can I defeat Liu Jing's main force of [-]? Wasn't it the same for General Xiahou in the Battle of Chibi?"

Before Yu Jin could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Chen Qun next to him, "General Yu, General Xiahou has no other intentions. He just said that Liu Jing is going to conquer personally. We need to be extremely cautious."

Xia Houyuan's face was gloomy. Although Yu Jin didn't finish his sentence, he knew what Yu Jin was going to say. He said that he was also captured by the Jingzhou Army. It can be said that this was Xia Houyuan's great shame. The prime minister didn't mention this matter, and Yu Jin actually exposed his scars in front of everyone.

Xia Houyuan said coldly: "The prime minister wants to know the details of Licheng's defeat and the annihilation of your entire army, so go back to Jicheng and report to the prime minister!"

Yu Jin also realized that he had exposed Xia Houyuan's scar in a hurry and offended this important official, but he couldn't apologize to Xia Houyuan, so he bit his lip hard, clasped his fists and said, "I obey you!"

He turned around and walked down the city quickly, gathered his own soldiers, and was about to leave Xicheng for Jicheng, but Xia Houyuan didn't stop him, and watched him go down the city coldly, then said to Chen Qun indifferently: "I am relatively Pay attention to posture, Yu Jin has been defeated repeatedly against Liu Jing, he is already an ominous person, keeping him in the west city is not good for our army, so I drove him away, sir, no wonder."

Chen Qun smiled and said: "I understand what General Xiahou meant, so I didn't stop him. In fact, Yu Jin is not a bad omen, but he is unlucky and always meets Liu Jing's strength."

"Yes! His luck is really bad, and I'm afraid that his luck will also stink to me." Speaking of this, Xia Houyuan couldn't help laughing.

After Xia Houyuan stopped laughing, he asked Chen Qun, "How do you think I should deal with Liu Jing?"

Chen Qun stared at the barracks in the distance, and said with a sneer: "Liu Jing's biggest weakness is that it is inconvenient to transport food and grass, and he cannot fight us for a long time, but this is exactly what we need to do. If there is no fight, Liu Jing will not be able to hold on for at most two months."

Xia Houyuan nodded, "That's what the prime minister meant. In fact, I think it's the best policy to send troops to "disturb" his grain road."

Chen Qun shook his head lightly, "It is necessary to harass Liang Dao, but this is the prime minister's business. We have only one task, to defend the west city and strive for the final victory."

At this time, a soldier rushed over and handed a pigeon letter to Xia Houyuan, "Urgent letter from the prime minister!"

Xia Houyuan took the letter from the pigeon, slowly unfolded it, read it carefully, turned around and smiled at Chen Qun: "The Prime Minister sent troops to the south two days ago, and it is estimated that he will arrive at the Upper Valley tomorrow, which is fifteen miles away from us. The armies echo each other."

Chen Qun's face changed, and he said anxiously: "If this is the case, the Han army will definitely attack the city today!"

As soon as the words fell, the sound of rumbling war drums came from afar.

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The sky was gradually getting brighter, the sun penetrated through the heavy clouds, and projected a golden light on the top of Xicheng City, and the warning bell sounded on the top of Xicheng City!when! The sound of the '' sounded, and fifteen thousand soldiers of the Cao army rushed to the top of the city, holding bows and arrows and hard crossbows, and waited for them.

Another 5000 people served as the second round of defenders, waiting under the city, nervously preparing to replace the casualties.

Outside the city, the overwhelming Han army had already marched forward, with a total of more than [-] people. They were divided into three large square formations and rushed towards the west city from three directions.

The horn sounded, the drums sounded like thunder, infantry, cavalry, crossbowmen, and more than [-] heavy trebuchets in the distance, followed the team like giants, and the [-] army gradually stopped like waves. The city is about one mile.

The soldiers of the Han army wear iron pockets on their heads, and wear armor with iron plates on their arms. Crossbowmen with crossbows.

Behind them is the main force of the [-] siege—the Spear Army. They hold spears and light shields.

There were two hundred siege staircases in the team, but no ladders and nest carts, but more than twenty heavy trebuchets and three battering rams.

Liu Jing stood on a wooden battle platform carried by a hundred soldiers, behind him were four flag bearers, surrounded by five hundred cavalry.

Liu Jing got the news in the middle of the night that Cao Cao led an army of tens of thousands to go south, obviously to form a corner with Xicheng. Of course Liu Jing knew that Cao's going south would be very unfavorable to the situation of the Han army.

If Cao Jun can conquer Xicheng before they arrive in Xicheng, the battle situation in Longxi will be completely reversed, and Cao Cao will have to retreat to Guanzhong.

Liu Jing could not look at the distant city coldly. The top of the city was densely covered with banners and densely packed with soldiers of Cao Jun. Behind them were dozens of huge trebuchets standing high on the city wall. Liu Jing once participated in After several siege battles, I know the power of trebuchets. In Chaisang, it was trebuchets that brought heavy losses to the Jiangdong army. Although the Jiangdong army had monster-like nest cars, Chaisang was not captured in the end. .

It's just that he didn't expect that Cao Jun would suddenly go south to help in a large scale, and he didn't expect that Cao Jun would strictly guard the city and build the west city like an iron barrel, which made his preparations for the siege a little hasty, especially since the west city is located on a slope, condescending, and occupies a large area. The great geographical advantage made Liu Jing somewhat worried.

"Report to Zhou Mu, the formation is ready!" An officer rushed to report.

Liu Jing looked back and saw nearly a hundred cows dragging three huge battering rams, which were seven feet long and six feet in diameter, with iron bumps on the front bread. It took more than a hundred people to hold such a giant battering ram .

Before the battering ram, twenty trebuchets were slowly climbing the slope with difficulty. The thirty-degree slope was a severe challenge for huge trebuchets or nest carts. It was becoming more and more obvious that the Han army The trebuchet is unlikely to play a role in this battle.

Although Liu Jing still had doubts about the effect of the trebuchet, the arrow was already on the string, and he could not let him not fire it. He finally gave the order to attack: "Launch the attack!"

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