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Liu Bei raised the tent to order troops, three cannons sounded, and the army arrived in Xingyang City.

Xingyang has always been a battleground for soldiers. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin and Chu fought for hegemony in this battle; After Qin destroyed Han, he set up Aocang Tun grain garrison in Guangwu Mountain outside Xingyang to control the Central Plains; At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang had soldiers besiege Xingyang, and Wu Guang died here; When Chu and Han fought, Han Gaozu and Xiang Bawang confronted each other for a long time here, repeatedly contending, and finally divided the world equally with the chasm as the boundary...... Later generations of Li Shimin, Li Zicheng and others all launched a major war in Xingyang.

The chasm was dug by the Wei State in the Warring States Period, which led the water of the Yellow River to communicate with the Huai, Si, Ji, Ru and other waters, and connected Henan with the Jianghuai area for water transportation and irrigation, which greatly promoted the development of agriculture and commerce at that time. Hundreds of years later, the chasm is still rippling and playing its role.

When I arrived in Xingyang and left Luoyang, there were only two obstacles, one was Xingyang City; The second is the Tiger Prison Pass (Revolving Gate Pass) behind Xingyang City.

Under the city of Xingyang, Liu Bei sighed: "It is worthy of the strong city in the world." After he set up camp, he invited Cao Cao, Bao Xin and others to come out to watch the battle. Xingyang is surrounded by water systems such as Bianshui and chasm, and the two cities of Aocang and Yuting are at the corner of each other, which is really a bit tricky. What's more, looking at the Xu character banner fluttering at the head of the city, you know that the guard is Dong Zhuo's favorite general Xu Rong.

Dong Zhuo commanded several generals, Niu Fu was brave, Hu Zhen was anxious, and Xu Rong was stable. After more than ten years of military career, Xu Rong has gained enough experience to be able to take charge of himself and become a commander in all aspects.

Dong Zhuo also thinks that if you send Niu Fu or Hu Zhen to fight Liu Bei, you will not be able to defend it, only Xu Rong, who has a stable personality, should have no problem with this old general to guard Xingyang.

The next day, Liu Bei left the camp and went to the city, saying, "Please also ask General Xu to come out and see him." ”

After a while, Xu Rong appeared at the head of the city, covered in armor, holding a saber in his hand, and his eyes were expressionless. Liu Bei arched his hand towards the city and said, "General Xu, be polite!" ”

Xu Rong also crossed his hands and saluted: "Liu Junhou, it's polite." The two armies are facing each other, each for its own master, I don't know what Liu Junhou wants to see me? ”

Liu Bei said: "General Xu, since your father-in-law Dong Zhongying entered Beijing, you know what you have done. Not to mention the common anger of people and gods, it is impossible to escape the perverse four words. It was only then that the eastern princes united to discuss Dong. Today, the three armies came out together, Bohai went out of Hanoi, General Yuan went out of Nanyang, and Meng De and I arrived in Xingyang. General Xu, a heroic man, should know what the trend of the world is. Since Dong Zhongying came to power, the world has been turbulent and the people's hearts are uneasy. The day of its defeat is not far off. The general studied poetry and books at an early age, and was both civil and military, and fought for the country for nearly 20 years. The public loyalty to the country is known to the world. Why don't you turn against each other today, help my righteous army, and fight against Dong Rebellion? At that time, the Jiade Hall will discuss the merits, and the general will have to make a stroke. If the general is stubborn and insists on helping the abuse, then our army will break through Xingyang, and it will be too late to regret it! I hope the general thinks twice! ”

Xu Rong had a dark face and said, "Liu Junhou, a certain old leather, is good at the army. A certain family is stupid, and only knows how to obey orders. Dong Xiang worked hard for the country, but the princes raised troops in vain. What is good and what is bad? The princes raise troops, but is there the will of the Son of Heaven? Is there a will of the Three Princesses? In a certain opinion, the Kwantung princes were nothing more than a group of selfish people. When the prince came here, he persuaded me to defect and fight against the right, wouldn't it make the world laugh? ”

Liu Bei said again: "General Xu knows that Dong Zhuo wants to harm the Queen Mother and King Hongnong, but I personally saved him. The Queen Mother once had a decree and ordered us to wait for Dong, how can I say that there is no purpose? ”

Xu Rong said loudly: "There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country!" A certain family only knows that it is under the order of the Son of Heaven, not the Queen Mother! Liu Junhou, if you want to fight, I will fight, don't say more! ”

Liu Bei saw that he was not speculative, so he returned the horse. Xindao, didn't this guy surrender to Wang Yun immediately after Dong Zhuo's death. Why did he put on a look of Dong Zhuo's diehard loyalist today? Say you can't get down, then let's fight.

The trees within a radius of several miles outside Xingyang City had already been cut down by Xu Rong, and if they didn't have time to cut down, they also set a fire and burned them clean. When Liu Bei returned to the camp, he heard Cao Cao scolding: "This traitor, set fire to the forest, in this way, how to make siege equipment!" ”

Liu Bei entered the account and said with a smile: "Meng De, don't panic, the equipment is our own in the army." ”

Cao Cao said suspiciously: "I know that there are in the Xuande army, but how few are they." ”

Liu Bei said, "Meng De, please come with me." ”

took Cao Cao and others to the baggage camp in his army. Lifted the felt cloth on the big car parked aside, and saw countless wooden parts neatly stacked on the car.

Cao Cao looked at it and said suspiciously: "This is?" When I looked closer, I couldn't help but be stunned, these big cars, Liu Bei was protected tightly along the way, Cao Cao only thought it was military rations, who would have thought that they were all dismantled wells, catapults......

These things are extremely inconvenient to transport together, but it is extremely simple to disassemble them and transport them in the car. Cao Cao looked up at Liu Bei and said in ecstasy: "I don't think Xuande has already prepared!" ”

Liu Bei smiled and said nothing, he had been in the Dongting Lake military camp for several years, but was he just a simple tuntian training? You know, he once recruited many craftsmen to accompany the army. The first thing he did in Jingzhou was to unify the size and accuracy of his military equipment with the Han ruler as the standard, and then implement assembly line production. Just like catapults and shafts, after the standard parts come out, there are people who specialize in manufacturing various parts and then assembling them. This saves time and effort, and is greatly praised by craftsmen. Although he didn't know how to make inventions, make steel, or make guns, he still knew a thing or two about this extremely simple management method. He had planned to do the same in the future in terms of weapons, but he did not have a stable territory, because he did not have enough financial resources to buy iron. It can only be postponed.

The camp was busy for an afternoon, countless catapults, wells, and ladders appeared in front of everyone, Cao Cao was overjoyed, looked at it, and nodded vigorously and said yes. He found that although these assembled creatures looked coarser than those carefully made by craftsmen, this kind of thing, no matter how strong and delicate it was, would inevitably be destroyed by the enemy.

The sky was as blue as a mirror. There was a gentle breeze all around. The sun is warm. On such a good day, the city of Xingyang was solemn, and the murderous aura rushed into the sky like wolf smoke. Under the city, tens of thousands of troops, each with their own blades, arrayed in front, just waiting for the order of the main general, they will rush straight to the blue-gray mottled city wall in front of them without hesitation, throwing their heads and spilling blood for their lord.

The trumpets sounded and the drums rumbled. On the stage of the Chinese army, Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Bao Xin all stood on the stage, and the generals were on the left and right. This kind of siege warfare has never been liked by Liu Bei, because there is no other way than to fill it with human lives. But Xu Rong didn't listen to his good words, and he couldn't either.

After a long time, as soon as Liu Bei's flag waved, the army stepped on the drum, and the black pressure rushed towards the city like a tide. At the head of Xingyang City, Xu Rong clenched his fists and said loudly: "Archers prepare!" Fire oil ready! Ash bottle ready! Then a voice in his heart shouted wildly, Liu Bei, come on, let me see if you are really that powerful!

The sword and shield bearers used their shields to protect their heads and faces, and the swords in their hands were full of light, knocking out the feathered arrows that whistled in the air. Behind them, the archers blushed and roared as they shot their bows and arrows at the city, trying their best to suppress the archers at the city's head so that their brothers could move forward and move forward!

Groups of fierce warriors, pushing wheelbarrows and braving the danger of rain of arrows and oil, rushed to the moat, and then threw the carts into the river with mud and stones. Then he returned to his own camp and pushed the cart out of the ......

As soon as the battle began, it became very tragic. After an afternoon of fighting, countless corpses were dropped, but it was only enough to fill in the moat.

At night, Liu Bei was not idle, and ordered the three armies to throw rockets and oil into the city as much as possible, which was a strategy for the tired army. Sure enough, Liu Bei only used a small number of people, so he let Xu Rong work all night, fighting fires everywhere, and guarding the four cities, fearing that Liu Bei would attack at night. Who would have thought that Liu Bei's three armies would sleep soundly in the camp.

Early in the morning of the second day, after burying the pot and cooking, a new round of siege warfare began. Yesterday, the catapult was ordered by Liu Bei to smash a city wall in the east, but Xingyang City was both high and thick, and it failed to break the defense. It made Liu Bei depressed. He didn't plan to do this today, anyway, smashing on the city wall would only scratch Xingyang City, so don't waste stones, it is also very laborious to carry stones. So all the catapults of today, after several rounds of calibration, began to gather fire on the defenders on the city walls. Boulders, mud balls, and rubble that is wrapped in cloth when launched, and splattered around like flowers after launching...... The catapult roared for several hours, until the nest was damaged by the heavy load, and then the well and siege vertebrae slowly came out.

The city was devastated, full of broken masonry and wailing soldiers, the blood that flowed had coagulated, seeped into the earth, and formed into dry lumps, turning into large chunks of brown, and the mosquitoes buzzed, ignoring the earth-shattering shouts of killing, lying on their delicacies, enjoying themselves.

The selected warriors, carrying ladders and under the cover of archers, quickly advanced to the city wall, and the siege vertebrae were covered with thick wet felt to prevent fire. The drums moved the sky, but Liu Bei sighed deeply that the world was difficult.

Someone keeps falling, and someone keeps making up. At last a warrior came to the head of the city. On the top of the city, the light of swords and swords, the sound of shouting and scolding, the sound of swords clashing, and the sound of blood spraying, all played the hymn of death.

The siege vertebrae finally arrived at the city gate, and in the sound of hey-hey-hey-yo, it slammed into the huge gate again and again. Behind the city gate, which was several feet thick, there were countless piles of mud and rock. The gates trembled and wailed, and countless dusts poured down, but they still stood.

Liu Bei and Cao Cao looked at the head of the city, extremely excited, under the leadership of Guan Yu, Xiahoudun and other fierce generals, countless soldiers attached themselves to the ants, and gradually occupied the advantage in the city. In the chaos of war, the role of brave generals is huge. As long as it takes a while, the Xingyang defenders can't resist it, so ......

It's a pity that Xu Rong won't give them this opportunity. When Guan Yu and Xiahoudun fought through the encirclement, they saw a row of crossbowmen in front of them, and Xu Rong had a gloomy face, standing in the middle of the crossbowmen, Guan Yu only had time to secretly say that it was not good, and saw Xu Rong spit out a word coldly in his mouth: "Shoot!" ”