The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 265

Zhang Nandao: "Your Majesty told me to follow the plan and catch the turtle in the urn." Cheng Yin has the vigorous and decisive style of the Northwesterners: "You are the commander, give the order quickly, or let others catch the turtle if you are late."

Zhang Nandao: "Okay, I've already made up my mind just now. Let's divide our troops into five groups. Three groups of people are outside, and one group of people is inside. I will personally go to the top of the city and lead the enemy into the Wengcheng. We have poisonous barbed wire here. There are poisonous arrows. Iron caltrops are sprinkled in the urn city, and 1 crossbowmen above shoot poisonous arrows. The soldiers outside will be in chaos when they see the trick. Unpredictable"

Cheng Yin said: "I'm afraid that the enemy will have reinforcements. It's best to ambush the soldiers along the way, and use poisonous arrows to ambush the reinforcements in the dense forest far away."

Zhang Nandao: "Okay, I'll give you five thousand crossbowmen, and go to ambush yourself." Cheng Yin smiled and said: "The last general obeys, haha, I'm going to be a Marquis again, it's really rich and powerful, and you can't hide."

Zhang Nandao: "Everyone strictly guards the secret, don't tell it even to the soldiers, beware of subtlety." The four nodded one after another, and they all felt that the plan was feasible.With a knife in hand, Zhang Nan led the crowd out, each getting ready.

It was Xue Ti and Wei Yan's two men who killed Ben Maicheng, a total of 5 to [-] people.Wei Yan already had some admiration for Zhuge Liang at this moment, the little white face had a few tricks, and without any effort, he cut off Yuan Jun's food supply and came to Maicheng.The spies came to report that Maicheng was ten miles ahead. Wei Yan remembered that he still had a kit in his arms.He took it out, opened it, and saw that it read: "Ru Ke falsely claimed that Xu Huang's department mixed Zhong Shen into the city and captured Maicheng."

Wei Yanxin said, no wonder we were asked to wear Yuan Bing's clothes, that's why.Turning around, he ordered: "If anyone asks, just say that we are Xu Huang's general Zhong Shen's team, who came to Maicheng to change defense. After entering the city, fight immediately. Do you understand?"

"Understood, understood." The soldiers agreed in unison.

Zhuge Liang asked Wei Yan to open the kit within ten miles. At first Wei Yan thought it was a bluff, and he was overwhelmed. Only then did he realize that the move was purely for keeping secrets.Ten miles away, the cavalry arrived in an instant.

Xue Ti's journey is farther than that of Wei Yan, and he is a supporting force.Also under the banner of Yuan Bing, he is also known as Xu Huang's general Zhong Shen.That is to say, if Wei Yan is found out, Xue Ti will come again.If Wei Yan succeeds, Xue Ti will only serve as reinforcements.To say that Xu Huang and Zhong Shen were unlucky, why did Zhuge Liang choose them?In fact, it is not difficult to understand, because Xu Huang has been in Huainan, and he is not familiar with the generals of the Hebei Army.Zhuge Liang's strategy looks simple, but in fact, a lot of meticulous work has been done behind the scenes.However, his ideas were too far back, and he met Fei Ge Chuanshu.

The night is like ink dyed.The cold wind is like a flying knife.Blowing on a person's face seems to cut off the flesh.

In Maicheng, there were few torches, and it was as quiet as usual. Most of the soldiers were sleeping soundly with their cold guns in their arms.A curved sickle hangs high in the night sky.The sickle was red, as if soaked in blood.The slightly miserable red light shone on the lonely and lonely city wall, immediately showing the thick and hard lines and three-dimensional outline of the city wall.From a distance, it looks like a crouching beast.He stared fiercely ahead.

Wei Yan.Wearing Yuan Jun's armor, Wei Yan is very awkward.

Wei Yan shouted loudly from the bottom of the city: "I am Zhong Shen, the deputy general of General Xu Huang. I am here to change defense by the order of the King of Jin. Open the city gate quickly."

Zhang Nan had already been waiting at the top of the city.Pretend to say: "It turns out to be General Zhong Shen, what is the intention of the King of Jin?" Wei Yan said: "The King of Jin asked you to go to the front line of Jiangling, and Maicheng will be guarded by the last general." Zhang Nan nodded repeatedly: "So that's the case. General, please enter the city."

The city gate creaked and opened inward, there was a sound of stirring the iron chain, followed by a crisp sound of 'pop' shaking the eardrums.The drawbridge across the moat was lowered.

Downstairs, in the shadows, the corners of Wei Yan's mouth turned up.Show a cruel smile.On the top of the wall, Zhang Nan was more terrifying than his smile. "Drive" Wei Yan shook the reins of the horse, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, the horse shook its long neck, and stepped onto the suspension bridge. "Follow up, follow up." Wei Yan yelled as he walked.The soldiers behind were so nervous that they forgot to breathe.Calm down the violent and grand heartbeat and follow.

Wei Yan has 500 white yak troops under his command, and it is impossible for all of them to enter the Wengcheng.Just after the [-] forwards entered the Wengcheng, Zhang Nan blew the horn on the top of the city.

The crisp and exciting sound of "creaking" sounded again.Turn the lever, pull the iron chain, and pull up the suspension bridge.A handful of arrows rained down on the suspension bridge, and the soldiers who were crossing the bridge died one after another and fell into the wide moat.Wei Yan turned pale with shock, only then did he realize that the gate leading to the city from Wengcheng was closed tightly.Pointing at the top of the city and cursing: "I am General Xu Huang, do you want to rebel? Let me enter the city quickly."

"Haha, brave bandit, you have already been seen through by the King of Jin, and you still dare to speak wild words, you should die. Beat the drum and shoot the arrow—"

The sound of war drums triggered two cannons in the east and west of the city.Two cavalry shouted and killed the white yak army who was in extreme chaos.

There are 2000 bows and arrows, four crossbow machines, eight stone launching machines, as well as boiled tung oil on the top of the city, and a huge stone mill.They smashed down at Wei Yan and the five hundred soldiers in the urn together.The Wengcheng was very narrow and could accommodate up to [-] people. Five hundred cavalrymen ran back and forth in a panic, hiding in places, and the chaos became a mess.The soldiers trampled and killed each other, but there was nothing they could do to avoid the huge stones and eagle feathers from high above the city.In less than half a stick of incense, Lan Wangwang's poisonous arrows covered the entire Wengcheng.The booming boulder made it impossible for the soldiers who flexibly dodged the arrows to hide.Some soldiers tried to escape by climbing the wall with agility, but they were slapped on the wall by a stone mill with a whistling sound, and their entire bodies were patted into pancakes, leaving only two pieces of skin stuck to the wall, with blood and intestines splattered. It's everywhere, like a thick and colorful mural.Some were paralyzed by the feathered arrow, and were crushed into a puddle of meat by four or five boulders.The screams seemed to come from the banks of the Ruoshui River in Fengdu.

Wei Yan yelled and cursed loudly, and the sword parried countless feathered arrows and boulders.Even the stone mill was knocked away by him with a big knife.He rushed left and right, trying to fight out of the city, and finally came to the edge of the suspension bridge, raised his big knife and slashed at the iron chain connecting the suspension bridge. "Dangdang" The sparks between the iron chain and the blade jumped out.Wei Yan yelled.Suddenly a feathered arrow shot into the gap between the scales of his armor, and the arrow penetrated into the flesh and hit the shoulder blade. Wei Yan was still happy and fearless, thinking, I have been fighting for many years, this little injury is nothing.At the moment when the thought was in the ascendant, a sense of numbness spread throughout the body.Wei Yan gasped, it's over, this is a poisoned arrow.Immediately afterwards, the wind rang in his ear, and more than a dozen stone mills smashed towards him at the same time.With the last bit of strength, Wei Yan threw himself off his horse, and smashed a few stone mills on the city wall, almost collapsing the wall.The sporadic flying stone chips fell into Wei Yan's eyes and immediately bleed.Wei Yan quickly rolled on the ground, trying to stand up while taking advantage of the situation, and climbed out of the city with the help of boulders piled up in the corner.Actually that is impossible.People, in their desperate struggle, often do foolish things in vain.He just jumped up, his head was dizzy, and his lower body lost strength. "Kacha" a stone mill hit his right leg, shattering the top of his foot and the bone of his leg at the same time. Wei Yan opened his mouth to the maximum and let out a scream, all the stone generators on the wall were aimed at him.In an instant burst like rain, and buried him—

Outside the city, the battle situation was also one-sided.No matter how strong the White Yak Army is, without a commander, they will be beaten just the same.Being flanked by Feng Li and Han Juzi, thousands of people were killed and injured immediately.Because there was no one to direct them, the rest scattered and fled for their lives.Feng Li and Han Juzi chased and killed them for dozens of miles, captured more than [-] people, and returned to the city.On the way back, I heard Sha Zhentian shouting in the dense forest in the northeast corner of the city.Han Juzi said: "It must be Cheng Yin and Liu Bei's reinforcements. They have taken over. Hurry up and go to the east of the city."

Looking from a distance, the moonlight shines through the dry branches, sparse and whirling.The bushes on the high place cast jagged and mottled shadows, which are as sharp as ghosts.The two men and horses strangled each other in this dense forest, none of them had torches, and they howled and fought in the moonlight.

The blood has stained the trunks and crowns of hundreds of trees red.It seems that the trees are full of red pomegranates.

"Hey, Wei Yan's soldiers and horses have been wiped out under the city, and you can capture them before you have nothing to do." Han Juzi shouted loudly.Of course it wasn't really persuading them to surrender, it was just trying to lower the morale of the enemy army.

Sure enough, when Xue Ti's men heard this, Wei Yan's entire army was wiped out, and seeing two Yuan soldiers coming to join the battle group, they collapsed immediately.They all fled.Xue Ti couldn't figure out the situation, but Yuan Bing set up an ambush, which meant that the sneak attack plan had been seen through.I am in a hurry.He ordered the soldiers to rush out desperately, "Retreat, retreat quickly."

Boiled duck also makes him fly away.Cheng Yin commanded his subordinates: "Let the arrows, release the poisonous arrows." "Swish, swish, swish" countless blue arcs cut through the void under the moon, and rushed towards the fleeing Jiangling soldiers.If you hit the arrow, you will die, and the people in front of you will be turned on their backs immediately.Yuan Jun then attacked from three directions and surrounded Xue Ti's army.Xue Ti had no reinforcements outside, and the morale of the army was scattered. The soldiers knelt down and begged to surrender.It took a lot of effort to fight a bloody road, and rushed to the official road with thousands of relatives, and galloped away.The soldiers left behind all dismounted and surrendered.The generals have all run away, who will work hard.

Xue Ti returned to Calabash Valley, counted carefully, and found that there were only [-] soldiers and horses left. He was still smart.There was no evacuation.Immediately send people to guard the entrance of the dangerous canyon, and send people back to report the funeral to Kong Ming.

Kong Ming shook his feather fan's right hand, trembling uncontrollably, and said sharply: "This is impossible. Maicheng and Jiangling are more than three hundred miles away. How could Yuan Bing know my plan in advance, and how could he have time to set up an ambush?" Liu Bei stomped his feet and said, "I didn't expect that even Wei Yan died. Maybe there are spies in the army." Kong Ming shook his head and said, "Only you and I know the detailed plan. Even Xue Ti and Wei Yan are kept in the dark. How did I know it? Could it be that the enemy army has the ability to predict the future."

Kong Ming said: "Tell Xue Ti, no matter what, guard the Calabash Valley. Although the surprise attack on Maicheng failed, you can't give up the grain road to Yuan Bing." Turning around, he asked Liu Bei, "Will Wei Yan leave troops to guard Huarong Road?"

Liu Bei said: "Deputy General Jiang Hua will defend with 2000 troops." Kong Ming said: "Our army is seriously injured. Be careful that Yuan's army will attack the city with all its strength tomorrow. I will deploy defenses in advance. In addition, let Huo Jun quickly supervise the construction of warships. Jiangling City is in danger. It’s a surprise—this time Yuan Xi and Xiangyang’s defenders may get in touch by water.”

In Yuan Jun's headquarters.I have received the battle report of the great victory in Maicheng. "Here's an order to ask Jiang Yiqu to add [-] troops to Maicheng, and let him be fully on guard against Jiangling soldiers."

Jia Xu said: "In today's battle, Jiangling lost [-] soldiers, and the city is already short of troops. Our army will attack the city tomorrow, and we have a good chance of winning."

I said: "It's just that Zhuge Liang's Liannu is very powerful." Jia Xu said: "Although the Liannu is powerful, the morale of the other army is low, so they can't resist at all. Don't hesitate, my lord, attack the city with all your strength. In a few days, Liu Bei will You must abandon the city and leave."

"Okay, tomorrow we will attack the city with all our strength."

Dark clouds cover the top, and iron cavalry crushes the city.Standing on the tower, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang looked at the hundreds of thousands of Yuan soldiers who were extraordinarily energetic. They divided their troops and sent generals, mobilized constantly, and finally divided into three groups, and went to the north gate, east gate, and west gate of Jiangling.Only the south gate near the river was left unattacked.

I personally straddle the horse to supervise the battle, and mainly attack the north gate.

Two hundred arrow-blocking carts lined up in a row, tightly fitting together, like a whole plank five miles across, slowly moving forward.Covering nearly [-] lightly armed crossbowmen.The arrow guard has two wheels, and the wooden board directly in front of it is one foot wide, three feet high, and as thick as a middle finger.Ordinary bows and arrows can only drive nails upwards, and absolutely cannot penetrate them.The wooden board is covered with three layers of iron sheets, which can prevent fire.Even the boulder attack of the catapult machine can block a stick of incense time.One stick of incense is enough time.The mission of the arrow blocking vehicle was to transport eight thousand crossbowmen to the periphery of the first trench.

Zhuge Liang predicted that Yuan Bing's offensive would be very strong in the future.Therefore, sixteen archery towers were built overnight.Dig deep triple trenches and circle the city.Each gate and the broken belt in the center of each ditch are protected by two archery towers.The archery tower is wide and accommodates 150 crossbowmen.Once a battle starts, with a condescending position and a short range, the front will become an insurmountable death zone.Between every two archery towers, five are locked with iron chains as thick as arms.Like a net for fishing in the river.Don't even think about a shrimp.

Between the triple trenches, there are two gaps in the east and west.It is convenient for soldiers and horses in and out of the city.On both sides of the gap, sand and mud bags were built. Behind the sand and mud bags, thousands of Jiangling soldiers were hidden, all armed with "gain and loss crossbows".If Yuan Bing wanted to pass through the gap, since the road was narrow, some of them would definitely be crowded into the trench and die under the sharp bamboo.Secondly, those crossbowmen hiding behind the sand and mud bag will also take the opportunity to attack and shoot the enemy.

The [-] soldiers guarded by the Arrow Cart were used to attack the two gaps.

The arrow-blocking vehicle pushed to the edge of the ditch, and immediately moved east and west, flashing the central road.There was no arrow on the tower, Zhuge Liang just watched calmly.Xue Ti wanted to give orders several times, but was stopped by him.Shooting arrows is useless, it is a waste of vitality.

(End of this chapter)