In the next few days, Yuan Shao's army feinted and harassed from time to time, and even at night, he sent people to pretend to attack the city to interfere with the fourth lieutenant army defending the city in all aspects.

At the same time, three mounds were constantly piled up close to the gates.

Five days later, the drums of war were beating again.

On both sides of the mound, a group of Yuan Shao's army was pulled, and there were 10,000 people at each city gate.

And this time, the trebuchet newly made by Yuan Shaobu was also rushed out, and the sparse ones were distributed in front of the army, and they were no longer concentrated.

Of course, there are also reasons for the small number of trebuchets, but in short, they have learned a lot of experience.

"Yuan Shao is really going to attack the city? His tunnels haven't been dug yet! Zhang Fei saw that the city had increased his troops compared to a few days ago, and he was a little unsure.

Guo Jia said: "To make such a big move is to cover the troops digging tunnels, it should be completed in these two days, it seems that they are digging very fast, I thought it would take about ten days." ”

"Then what does Bonghyo think he should do?" Zhu Ling asked.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "It's simple, smash it for me, smash it hard with a trebuchet, not only smash the wings, but also smash the front of the city for me, and use large stones for the stone bullets on the front, if it can't collapse, it will cause some damage to his tunnel, so that Yuan Shao can grind for a few more days." ”

"High! Hey...... Or in the name of filial piety. ”

Zhang Fei and Zhu Ling hurriedly ordered people to smash the open space outside the three city gates.

"Retreat three hundred steps back and continue beating the drums." Yuan Shaobu immediately retreated when he saw the flying stones, dodging the attack of the stone bullets, but they didn't retreat far, after all, they were really here to provide cover.

The tunnels were about to be dug under the city, and they were going to take this opportunity to attack the city, which was used to mask the sound of the excavation and attract the attention of the fourth lieutenant.

It's just that Guo Jia saw the problem at a glance, and he didn't break Yuan Jun's plan, but just threw boulders from time to time to deter him, and he was also pretending to be stupid.

"Report! Lord, the tunnel at the south gate has collapsed, and all the people who are digging are buried inside. ”

In the camp of the Chinese army, someone suddenly came to report urgently.

Yuan Shao raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Can the gun still be repaired, where did it collapse?" ”

"Lord Yu, if there is a collapse less than fifty steps away from the entrance of the tunnel, the geology of the southern city is soft, and I am afraid it will not be able to be repaired."

Nancheng is close to the Yellow River, the geology is the most unstable, there is a lot of sand and rocks, the soil is soft, and it is impossible to reconnect in the original place after the collapse.

"Report! Lord, the tunnel of the west city gate has also collapsed. ”

Yuan Shao asked again: "Where is the landslide?" Can it still be repaired? ”

The person replied: "The main landslide is two hundred steps away from the entrance, there are not many landslides, and it is being repaired, and it should be able to be reopened." ”

"Good! If you can get through, tell the soldiers, work hard, and strive to get through as soon as possible, everyone will be rewarded. Yuan Shao's heart was a little relieved when he heard this, and his face did not darken.

Soon the people from the North City Gate also came to report that the North City did not collapse, but a lot of sediment was dropped, and it was inconvenient to move, and the passage needed to be cleared, which was afraid that it would delay the progress of the excavation.

In the following days, the speed of advancement continued to be strengthened, but Guo Jia in the city also continued to arrange people to throw stones, which was also anti-interference with Yuan Shao's underground excavation.

On the eighth day, the soldiers who listened responsibly found that there were sounds of tunnels digging at both the west and north gates.

"It seems that Yuan Shao is going to launch a new round of onslaught tomorrow, inform the soldiers to have a good rest, there is no need to arrange too many people to keep vigil tonight, just transfer more people and county soldiers and county soldiers." Guo Jia asked the soldiers to mark the location of the tunnel, and then asked people to prepare the materials for tomorrow's encirclement and suppression of the tunnel troops.

The next day, sure enough, Yuan Shao strengthened the forces of the West Gate and the North Gate.

"The strength of the two gates is as many as 20,000, or even 30,000, it seems that Yuan Shao wants to attack the two city gates, and he has confidence in the two tunnels." Guo Jia looked at the deployment of Yuan's troops outside the city, and then said to Zhang Fei and Zhu Ling:

"The two gates will be handed over to you, and I will be responsible for catching mice."

"Don't worry, if we in Yuan Shao can't go up the city wall, it's that mound, and I'll blow them up this time." Zhang Fei had already seen that the mound was not pleasing to the eye, because the highest part of the mound exceeded the city wall of Pingyuan City, and Yuan Shao's people could look down on the city and suppress the city.

If it weren't for Guo Jia deliberately paralyzing Yuan Jun, Zhang Fei would have wanted to blast it off a long time ago.

I won't let the mound come close, let alone pile it so high.

Fortunately, Yuan Shao's eight days were not very rich, and the horizontal surface of the mound was not wide, so the other party's trebuchet was not set up on it, otherwise the pressure on the city would be greater.

Of course, Yuan Shao didn't let the trebuchet put on the mound, in order to reassure the fourth lieutenant in the city, and he also didn't want to have a fierce confrontation with Guo Jia and Zhang Fei too early.

Because Xu You and Feng Ji knew very well that once they dared to move the trebuchet to the mound, Guo Jia in the city would definitely not allow it, and would destroy the mound in advance, instead of a symbolic blow like the other day.

"Siege! The time to storm a tea first, after entering the tunnel and entering the city, after the troops who entered the tunnel passed, they sent people to hit the city gate and attack, and this time they must capture the plain city. Yuan Shao's eyes stared sharply at Pingyuan City, this time he was full of ambition and secretly dug two tunnels, so far they are quite smooth, one has not been exposed in advance, and the other is not collapsing, which is a good omen.

"It's my lord, this time we will definitely capture Pingyuan City and eliminate Zhang Fei and his fourth lieutenant army." The generals received the order with a bang, and then went down to command.

"Kill ......"

Countless Yuan troops rushed towards the Plains City, and soon the trebuchets in the city began to exert their strength, first concentrating on the mounds, and at the same time there were also bed crossbows to shoot elites.

Most of the Yuan army on the mound was quickly stoned to death, and the small mound was also smashed in half, and the loose earth scattered to both sides.

The sharp bed crossbow arrows stabbed into Yuan Shao's archers with a roar, causing a cry of surprise.

"Shieldman! Shieldman! Fast...... Come to the front! ”

The hoarse general of the Yuan army retreated and adjusted his shield hand to come up.

The Yuan army still attacked on both wings, and 5,550 soldiers would charge on both wings, carry the ladder to the bottom of the city, and then set up and climb.

However, it was still fired by the intensive crossbowmen of the fourth lieutenant army in the city, and there were many casualties.

Of course, this time the Yuan army also learned from the experience, and all the bows and crossbowmen of his own side followed up, and under the cover of the shield hand, they also rushed to the city and counterattacked towards the city.

The arrows of both sides come to live with me, and fly up and down the city, taking each other's soldiers with them.

The same is true of trebuchets, the trebuchets of Yuan Jun caught in the shock team are scattered everywhere, and then they keep throwing stones, whether they are injured or friends or foes, in short, they keep projecting.

The trebuchets of the Fourth Captain's Army in the city could not catch the trebuchets of the Yuan army outside the city, so they had to disperse their attacks outside the city, unable to concentrate on destroying the trebuchets of the Yuan army.

The stone projectiles of both sides arced through the air with each other, and then smashed heavily into each other's positions.

There are more trebuchets in the city than outside the city, which naturally poses a greater threat, but the trebuchets in the city are more densely arranged, and from time to time they will be attacked by stone bullets from outside the city, and soon one or two unlucky ones will be destroyed.

Of course, this has nothing to do with the overall situation and does not affect the course of the war.

"Enter the tunnel!"

The soldiers and horses on both wings fought fiercely, and soon the time for a cup of tea came, and with an order, the elite of the Yuan army, who had been waiting for Hou for a long time, entered the tunnel one after another, and then touched towards the end.