Two days later, Meng Hui's soldiers and horses entered the territory of Ling County from Guangling, and there were still about 200 miles away from Xiapi.
At this moment, the scout Pegasus reported: "General Qiqi, the Wei army in Xiapi City is still guarding behind closed doors, with flags waving on the city wall, swords and guns, and there is no intention of abandoning the city and fleeing."
"The Wei army is still holding on to the city, and there is no contingency" After listening to the scout's report, Meng Heng took the reins with a puzzled expression.
According to reason, the Wei army in the city should abandon the city and leave, either try to find a way out in the north, or attack Huainan in the west to fight for the jade to be burned, and should never be trapped in the city of Xiapi and wait for death.
Although according to the comparison of troops, there are still 70,000 or 80,000 Wei troops in Xiapi City, with the 100,000 soldiers and horses in Guan Yu's hands and Meng Hui's 50,000 people, it is not easy to break through Xiapi.
But Xiapi is already a lonely city, a lonely city that can never wait for reinforcements, as long as the Han army surrounds Xiapi, the military spirit in the city will collapse without a fight after a long time.
After all, holding on to help and waiting for death are two different concepts, the former can stimulate human potential in the hope of survival, while the latter only makes people fall into despair Qi Jiguang followed Le Ma by Meng Hui's side, frowned and muttered: "Le Yi was able to capture General Wei Wenchang, and he successfully attacked Xiapi from the Yin Valley, which shows that his use of troops is by no means mediocre, and he should not sit idly by, there must be fraud in it."
"What kind of deception can there be, maybe I'm scared stupid" Thirteen-year-old Zhao Wenzhuo went out with the army for the first time, and he was excited all the way, and when he heard the conversation between the two main generals at this moment, he couldn't help but interject and ridicule.
Twelve-year-old Yang Jizhou also chimed in: "Maybe they will surrender when the soldiers come to the city, if that's the case, it's really boring."
Fifteen-year-old Zhang Bao and Guan Xing, who is one year younger, have been in the barracks for a while, plus they are a little older, so they are relatively stable, and they know that the general's conversation cannot be casually interjected.
Guan Xing admonished: "The brothers of the Zhao family and the brothers of the Yang family should not talk nonsense, so as not to interfere with the ideas of the two generals."
Didn't I hear the scouts say that the Cao army in the city is waving their banners, swords and guns, this is not like preparing to surrender, maybe there will be a fierce battle waiting for us" Yang Jizhou high-fived and applauded: "This is very good, Brother Wenzhuo's martial arts are second only to King Lujiang among us young people."
When the time comes, the soldiers will be hand-to-hand, and Cao Bing will be picked into the sea with one shot to feed the fish, haha, it will be cool."
Qi Jiguang has been fighting horses at sea for many years, and he has been adrift on ships, so he is extremely sensitive to the sea.
After listening to the conversation of several teenagers, I couldn't help but feel nervous, and said discoloredly: "It's bad, General Meng, do you think Leyi will divide his troops into two routes, leave a team of men and horses to blare in the city, and divide a group of soldiers and horses to attack Jinling from the sea."
"Well, this may be very great," Meng Heng stroked the three locks of beard under his chin, agreeing with Qi Jiguang's words.
Qi Jiguang said with a solemn face: "Since this is the case, let's quickly turn around and go south and defend the capital."
Meng Heng laughed: "Haha, what are you afraid of, since Your Majesty has transferred us out of Jinling, we are not afraid of enemy troops attacking."
Yuan Jing, you have been fighting in the Wa Kingdom all the year round, and you have just returned to Jiangdong for only half a month, so you may not know the strength of Jinling. ” Seeing Meng Heng's indifferent appearance, Qi Jiguang's hanging heart just landed: "In addition to the 20,000 forbidden troops led by General Liao Hua, and the 8,000 imperial forest troops guarding the Qianyang Palace, are there any other soldiers and horses?"
After a pause, Qi Jiguang smiled dumbly: "It's a little bit of a tiger, the city wall of Jinling is so tall, there are 20,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city, it is enough to say that Le Yi divided his troops to the south, that is, to give him 100,000 people, and he will not be able to break through the capital in a year and a half." ” Meng Heng said with a smile: "In addition to the forbidden army and the imperial forest army, there are 15,000 monks and soldiers on Zhongshan Mountain, and 5,000 soldiers on Purple Mountain.
In addition, the doormen and servants of the civil and military officials' families dare not say anything, and they can gather tens of thousands of strong people by casually climbing the heights. ” "To be able to make monks and Taoists work hard for the imperial court, Your Majesty is really a royal man, according to General Puyu's meaning, we don't have to turn around and come back to help" Qi Jiguang looked admiring, and was convinced by Liu Wei's way of governing the country.
Meng Hui said confidently: "In addition to the sufficient troops in the city, there are also virtuous concubines who can be literate and martial, Prime Minister Wang Jingluo is well-versed in soldiers, Prime Minister Liu Bowen has no last resort, plus Jintai is very powerful, Jinling City can be said to be impregnable."
If Leyi really attacked Jiangdong, he would be caught in the net.
We went straight to the north to attack Pi Is, and after pacifying Xuzhou, we marched to the Yellow River, trying to make some merit before Cao Wei perished."
Qi Jiguang suggested: "Even so, you can't be careless, you must fly a pigeon to remind the two prime ministers Wang and Liu, and be careful to beware of the Wei army's sneak attack on the capital." ” Hearing that the main force of the Wei army in Xiapi was very likely to attack Jinling from the sea, Zhao Wenzhuo and Yang Jizhou immediately quit and shouted together: "We ran from Jinling to Xuzhou to fight the Wei army, and the Wei army went to fight Jinling from the sea instead, it is so cunning, General Meng might as well send us back to report to the imperial court."
If it weren't for Liu Wei's order, Meng Hui would be extremely reluctant to take Zhao Yi and Yang Jizhou to the battlefield, after all, they are still young, and if there is an accident, it will be difficult to explain in front of Zhao Yun and Yang Zaixing's widow.
"Since the two virtuous nephews volunteered, it couldn't be better" Since the two little guys took the initiative to ask for help, Meng Hui immediately agreed, wrote a letter to Wang Meng with his own hands, and sent a captain to lead fifty cavalry escorts, and immediately turned around and headed south to Jinling.
And Meng Hui and Qi Jiguang led their troops to continue north, approaching Xiapi.
In the evening, the scout flew again to report: "General Meng, General Guan Yunchang has led his troops to arrive outside Xiapi City, preparing to storm the city after dawn."
Meng Hui and Qi Jiguang glanced at each other and analyzed: "I don't know if our speculation is correct, if Leyi didn't go out of the city and held the city with seventy or eighty thousand people, he would really not be able to take it for a while and a half, and the strong attack would only pay huge casualties." ” Qi Jiguang agreed: "What General Meng said is that even if Leyi only leaves 20,000 horses to defend the city, it will not be easy to break through Xiapi.
It is better to repair a letter to General Guan, let him attack the city for the next attack, and wait for the Cao army in the city to collapse without a fight, and our army can take Xiapi at the smallest cost. ” Meng Hui immediately wrote a letter in his hand, and ordered the scout to rush to Xiapi with a fast horse and whip to hand it over to Guan Yu, persuading him not to storm the city for the time being, and to surround Xiapi for a while.
In the early hours of the next morning.
The Han army fence outside the city of Xiapi is connected, and the flag is displayed.
At the time of the third watch, the horns were already whimpering, the drums were roaring, and the soldiers of the Han army, who had rested for most of the night, put on their helmets and armor, ready to storm Pi after eating and drinking.
At this moment, Meng Hui's messenger galloped to Guan Yu's camp overnight with a letter and presented Meng Hui's letter.
After reading it, Guan Yu stroked his beautiful hair and laughed at the generals: "Haha, Meng Puyu persuaded me to attack the heart and attack the city below, wouldn't that be too wasteful of time, now my Han momentum is like a rainbow, and it should be as indestructible as Mount Tai's top press, how can I look forward and backward, and be timid."
The generals were high-spirited, and they hugged their fists and asked for battle: "We are willing to look forward to the head of the monarch and the marquis, although we will go to the soup and fight the fire, we will not give up."
Guan Yu said loudly: "Lao Fu Zilong led 25,000 men and horses to attack the north gate, Liulang led 25,000 men and horses to attack the west gate, Qin Yong led 25,000 men and horses to attack the south gate, and a certain self-unification army attacked the east gate.
No matter what the price is, we must break through Xiapi before it gets dark, don't let Meng Puyu despise us and others."
The generals received the order in unison: "Order" The sky was slightly dawning, the well-fed and well-fed Han army shouted, and the dust that was trampled in the earth-shaking drums flew up, covering the sky and the sun, and they slaughtered the foot of Xiapi City from all directions, and launched a fierce offensive.
"Shoot the Arrow" According to Guo Ziyi, who was defending the city, he and the Wei army did not sleep all night, waiting for the attack of the Han army on the city wall.
When the Han soldiers approached the city, they immediately bent their bows and arrows, and fired arrows at the city, rolling stones like hail, crossbow arrows like rain, and for a time the screams came and went, resounding in the sky.
The Han army refused to show weakness, and the archers under the city shot back at the city wall, covering the first dead soldiers to carry the ladder to attack the city.
There were also hundreds of thunderbolts and well railings to help, throwing boulders weighing hundreds of catties onto the city wall, and the Wei army was frightened and bloody, and their morale dropped greatly.
The city of Xiapi is wide and long, and 20,000 Cao troops are divided into four city walls, each wall is only about 5,000, and the troops are seriously insufficient.
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After being suppressed by the Han army's thunderbolts and wells, bows and arrows became more sparse, and the threat to the Han army under the city was greatly reduced.
Zhao Yun rushed into battle on foot with a gentian gun, stepped on the ladder and dialed the carving feather, and was the first to climb the city wall: "Changshan Zhao Zilong is here, and the Wei army is not ready to surrender."
There was Zhao Yun who rushed to open a bloody road, and the first dead soldiers behind him went forward one after another, and more and more people climbed the city wall, gradually developing from more than ten people to one hundred and ten, and then to several hundred, and the Wei army that was directly killed retreated.
At the same time that Zhao Yun climbed the city wall, Qin Yong also carried a pair of sledgehammers to attack the south city wall, and roared while fighting bravely: "Xiapi City was lost from our hands, and I came to retrieve it today, and those who stand in my way die."
Guan Yu has been supervising the battle outside the east city gate, and when he heard that Zhao Yun and Qin Yong had climbed the city wall, he immediately ordered Guan Ling, Guan Ping, and Zhou Cang to say: "Zilong and Qin Yong have already climbed the city wall, and you are not going forward bravely."
Under the supervision of Guan Yu, the Guan Ping brothers and Zhou Cang each held their shields, braved the rain of arrows and hailstones, and finally climbed the city wall in a bloody battle, cut the iron cable and put down the drawbridge, and Guan Ling killed the inner city wall to open the city gate from the inside, and received the army into the city.
"All-Army Charge" Guan Yu waved his big knife, flew the rouge blood under his crotch, and took the lead with the Qinglong Yanyue knife in his hand, leading more than 20,000 soldiers behind him to swarm into the city like an unstoppable tide.
At this moment, Xiapicheng finally returned to the arms of the Han Dynasty t1706231537: