A general said with a sad face: "What should I do now, now there are Shu troops outside the four gates, we only have two days of grain and grass, if the grain and grass are eaten up, it will be ......."

"Grain and grass! Grain and grass! "Qin Lang walked back and forth in the same place, now he can't get out of the city, the most important thing is the grain and grass, two days later, the grain and grass are eaten up, and the soldiers have nothing to eat, the army must be disheartened, and they will be defeated without a fight!

"Poof......" Suddenly, the war horse beside Qin Lang snorted.

Qin Lang looked at the war horse, his eyes lit up, although there is not much grain and grass, but there are still tens of thousands of war horses in the city, these war horses are enough to support the needs of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses for a month.

Thinking of this, Qin Lang said to Bu Dugen on the side: "Bu Dugen Danyu, in today's situation, you have also seen that the Shu army sent soldiers and horses outside the four gates to prevent our army from leaving the city, and wanted to kill us all."

Outside the four gates, there are Shu fierce generals guarding, it is really difficult to break through, now the grain and grass are only enough for two days, if you can't break through after two days, our army will definitely be defeated without a fight.

Now the plan, can only continue to stay in the city, soldiers and horses are waiting, such as the Shu army concentrated back artillery main attack, our army will immediately lead the troops to break through, such as the Shu army continues to disperse the four gates, blocking our army out of the city, we can only kill horses for food, and wait for the good news of Youzhou to come. ”

"Killing horses for food?" When Budugen heard this, his face suddenly became very ugly.

Because the war horses in this city are basically his humble wealth. Now that he has lost the Hetao, the vast land in the south has now been seized by the Han army, Budugen is considered to have lost the source of horses, and now Qin Lang actually wants to kill his horse, isn't this going to break his life?

Qin Lang saw that Bu Dugen was unwilling, and persuaded him: "Shan Yu, now the situation is not favorable to us, if we are reluctant to let these war horses, we will not be able to enter Yanmen Pass alive, compared to life, what is the value of a mere war horse?" ”

At this moment, Bu Dugen really regretted following Wei Guo, as early as more than 20 years ago, he followed Wei Guo, but Wei Guo was the first to look forward.

In the past, when the Han had not yet risen, he was often bullied by Kebineng with the Wei State, but now that the Han has risen, he was directly destroyed by the Han.

Bu Dugen really wanted to surrender directly to the Han now, but unfortunately his people had entered the south of Yanmen Pass, and even if he wanted to surrender, the soldiers and horses under his command would not agree.

There is no way, he can only follow the thief ship of Wei now, and a waterway goes to the dark.

Bu Dugen sighed and said: "That's it, now the plan can only be like this, those war horses, if you want to kill them, kill them!" ”

Qin Lang was overjoyed, and bowed to Budugen: "Thank you for your generosity, in the future, when you defeat the Shu Kingdom, my Great Wei will definitely pay it back tenfold." ”

Budugen waved his hand, didn't say anything, and went to gather his subordinates and tell them the situation.

Outside the North Gate.

Since Qin Lang attacked the south and the east second gate, there was no movement in Mayi City, and after waiting for most of the day, the sky was getting dark, and the generals of the Han army were a little unable to sit still.

"Hey, strange, why didn't the Wei army attack the city? Did they give up? ”

"Could it be that they want to wait until the evening when our army has slackened before attacking?"

"In addition to the four gates, we have arranged two groups of soldiers and horses, which can be rotated."

The generals discussed a lot, and Liu Chan couldn't figure out Qin Lang's true intentions for a while, so he said: "If it gets dark today, our army will come out for a day, go back and rest first, and send an order to the four gates, so that two groups of soldiers and horses from each gate will take turns to be on guard, in case the Wei army raids in the middle of the night." ”

"No!"

Then Liu Chan led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the rear to return to the camp to rest.

But the imaginary night attack did not happen, nothing happened during the night, and it passed smoothly.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Chan again led the army outside the North Gate.

It is now late autumn in October, the weather is getting colder, especially in the north, the temperature is even lower, and it is not as comfortable to stay in the camp as to bask in the sun outside.

On this day, the Wei army still did not move at all.

In the blink of an eye, it came the third day of the siege of the Han army.

Except for the first day of trying to break through, the Wei army did not move at all yesterday or today, which made the Han generals a little worried, worried that they had come up with some PUBG strategy.

Guan Yu looked at Mayi City in front of him, and muttered: "The Wei State has burned the grain and grass again, and what is left in the hands of the soldiers should only last for two or three days, but now that two days have passed, the Wei army's grain and grass must be running out, why haven't they broken through yet?" ”

Suddenly, Liu Chan's ears moved, and he heard something,

"The mournful sound of the war horse?" Liu Chan's eyes narrowed and said: "It seems that the estimate is wrong, in addition to grain and grass, the Wei army also has war horses, they can kill horses and eat." ”

"The mournful cry of the war horse!" Guan Yu listened with his ears open when he heard this, but he was nearly seventy years old, although he was not deaf and blind, but after all, he was not at his peak, and he didn't hear any sound.

At this moment, a cavalryman ran from the front and reported to Liu Chanyu: "Your Majesty, just now General Ma heard the sound of the mournful roar of war horses in the city, guessing that the Wei army was killing horses and eating, please make a decision." ”

Ma Chao led his troops under the city, and Liu Chan's army was still in the rear, so it was Ma Chao who heard it more clearly.

When Guan Yu heard this, he said: "Your Majesty, there are tens of thousands of cavalry in Mayi City, and there are tens of thousands of war horses, if they kill horses and eat them, it will be enough to support more than a month." Your Majesty, it's better to give up the strategy of blocking the door, and concentrate on the return artillery to break through one door, if you wait for more than a month, I'm afraid that the situation will change......"

A month is enough time for many changes, such as the Wei State sending reinforcements over, such as the news of the war north of Youzhou.

If the war in Youzhou was unfavorable to the Han Dynasty, but Liu Chan insisted on besieging the city and trapping the Wei army, it was very likely that he would reap the consequences in the end.

Liu Chan thought for a while and said: "If the Wei State sends reinforcements over, it will not be possible in a short time, but the worrying thing is that it is the battle situation in Youzhou, if Kebi can be defeated, the situation will be unfavorable to our army."

However, in the Xianbei Royal Court, I also arranged for Jinyiwei, if there is anything, Jinyiwei will use the flying pigeon to pass the letter over, so I am not in a hurry to change the strategy, since Qin Lang is willing to kill the horse, let him kill more. ”

"No!"

In fact, at this moment in Youzhou, the war has ended.

But Kebi Neng died, and his brother Su Lie was set up as Shan Yu, Zhuge Zhan knew that if Hou Luohou knew the news, he would definitely withdraw his troops and go back to compete with Su Lie for the position of Shan Yu, so Zhuge Zhan suggested that Su Lie not tell the news to Hou Luohou.

On the one hand, it is to avoid the civil strife in Xianbei caused by the Hou Luo Hou to go back and fight with Su Lie, and the other is to prevent the Hou Luo from suddenly retreating from the army, which will cause Liu Chan to be alone here.

After understanding Qin Lang's intentions, Liu Chan did not stay outside the city with gifts, but led his troops back to the camp, just to let the generals outside the four gates be on guard.

After returning to the camp, a brocade guard walked up to Liu Chan, handed a small scroll of note to Liu Chan, and said, "Your Majesty, I just received the flying pigeon message. ”

"Oh?" Liu Chan opened the note and saw it, and immediately closed the note and threw it into the brazier on the side.

Seeing this, Guan Yu stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, what is the news?" ”

Liu Chan looked left and right, and replied in a low voice: "Tian Yu really used a plan to defeat Kebineng, thanks to the Zhuge Zhan brothers, which made them both defeated, but Kebineng died in battle." ”

"Kebi Neng ......" Guan Yu's eyes widened when he heard this: "If Kebi Neng dies in battle, then Hou Luohou will definitely retreat, so aren't we...... However, the news of our flying pigeon came faster, and Hou Luo Hou received the news, but he was afraid that there were still a few days left, and he should immediately change his strategy and break through the city gate to fight a decisive battle with the Wei army while he didn't know this time.

If we continue to use this strategy, Hou Luohou will definitely withdraw when he gets the news, and then we will be unable to support it alone. ”

"Don't panic!" Liu Chan waved his hand and said: "Although Kebineng died, he made his brother Su Lie Shan Yu, and at Zhuge Zhan's suggestion, Su Lie did not tell the news of Kebi Neng's death in battle. ”

"That's good!" Guan Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

More than ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the city of Mayi, the mournful sound of war horses can be heard every day.

Of the more than 40,000 war horses in the city, more than 10,000 horses have been eaten.

Budugen's heart was dripping, and the mournful roar of the war horse made him annoyed.

On this day, he finally found Qin Lang.

Budugen said to Qin Lang straight to the point: "General Qin, it has been more than ten days now, but there is no news from Youzhou, and Hou Luohou has not withdrawn, I think we can't sit still and wait for death, if we wait for the war horses to be eaten up, we have two feet, even if we can break through, how can we outrun the cavalry with our two feet?" ”

Qin Lang's heart is also beating at the moment, now that so much time has passed, why hasn't Hou Luohou retreated yet? Didn't Tian Yu defeat Kebineng?

Since there were enemy troops outside the city, even if Tian Yu sent someone to inform Qin Lang, Qin Lang would not receive the news, so whether Hou Luohou withdrew or did not withdraw his troops was the ruler to determine the victory or defeat of the battle in Youzhou.

If Tian Yu defeated Kebineng, then Hou Luohou would definitely retreat in order to protect Kebineng and protect the royal court.

If Tian Yu hadn't defeated Kebineng, then Hou Luohou would not have retreated.

Now that so many days have passed, it stands to reason that Tian Yu should have launched an operation a long time ago, but Hou Luohou did not retreat, and the only explanation was that Tian Yu did not win.

Qin Lang looked at Bu Dugen and asked, "Then I don't know what you think you should do?" ”

Bu Dugen said in a deep voice: "If you can't get out of the city gate, then we will break the city wall, in short, we can't wait to die in the city." ”

"Broken walls?" When Qin Lang heard this, his eyes lit up and said: "I'm really confused, why did I forget this trick, come here, immediately gather the craftsmen in the city." Gather all the soldiers and horses to the south gate. ”

Soon, Qin Lang and the soldiers and horses all gathered at the south gate.

Qin Lang pointed to the city wall in front of him and said to the mason: "Do you have a way to break this city wall?" ”

The mason replied, "It is made of rammed earth, and although it is thick, it can be chiseled!" ”

"Good!" Qin Lang nodded, urged the horse to the side of the gun, carried the spear, drew a rectangle on the city wall with a width of two zhang and a height of five zhang, and said to the mason: "According to this, I will chisel the city wall for me." ”

"Yes!"

Qin Lang immediately said to Liang Xi: "I'm gathering people and digging more doors for me to come out of the four city walls." Later, our main force will be killed from the south gate, and the other three gates can send troops and horses to lure the enemy. ”

"No!"

The gate of Mayi City is made of rammed earth, not building materials such as stone and bricks, if it is brick and stone, it is very difficult to chisel open, and there will be a loud sound, and the Han army outside the city will definitely notice.

But rammed earth is different, although the rammed earth is dense, it is easy to chisel, and the mason is good at this, so he uses a chisel to chisel on the city wall according to the shape drawn by Qin Lang.

The city wall is very thick, five or six zhang thick, if you want to chisel through, it takes a lot of time, the mason is busy from morning to afternoon, and at noon chisel through the distance of more than five zhang.

"This city wall is six zhang thick, and now it has been chiseled through more than five zhang, and only a few feet thick is left.

Qin Lang nodded and asked Liang Xi, "Okay, what is the situation with the rest?" ”

Liang Xi replied: "The other three doors have also chiseled a lot of exits. ”

Qin Lang nodded and ordered: "Well, first open the other three gates, send a few troops and horses to pretend to escape from the other three gates, and when the Han army is attracted to the past, let's go out from the south gate." ”

"No!"

In the direction of the east gate, there were hundreds of cavalry, and two Xianbei strong men sat on war horses, holding iron hammers, entering the passage that had been dug more than five zhang, holding iron hammers, and hammering towards the rammed earth wall that was only a few feet thick.

There was only a pop, and the wall broke with the sound, and the two soldiers hammered the hammer a few more times, and the hole became much larger, and then the hundreds of horsemen rushed out of the open passage.

"What's the matter, why did the wall suddenly break?"

"Kill it!"

Seeing this, the Han troops outside the city killed them one after another.

This was also the case at the North Gate and the West Gate, but due to the untimely response, the Han army failed to intercept it in time, causing these Wei troops to rush out.

A soldier Pegasus rushed back to the camp and reported to Liu Chanyu: "Your Majesty, the Wei State has carved the city wall from the city. Now the East Gate, West Gate, and North Gate have been killed by Wei troops. ”

"This Qin Lang really has some ability!" Liu Chan was furious when he heard this, and while wearing his battle armor, he ordered: "The south gate has not been broken, and the other three gates are all suspicious soldiers, and all the soldiers and horses in my camp have gone to the south gate to stop the enemy." The other three soldiers and horses, ignoring the Wei army that rushed out, immediately entered the city from the passage, and then killed from the city to the south gate. ”

"No!"

In the city of Mayi, Qin Lang was under the south gate, and when he heard the sound of shouting and killing coming from the other three gates, Qin Lang laughed and ordered: "Hahaha, the other three gates shouted and killed, immediately hammer the city wall for me and kill it." ”

"Boom, boom!"

With the blow of the two strong men, in just a few moments, the wall of the south gate was hammered through, and Qin Lang took the lead and led a team of cavalry to rush out of the broken passage.

"There, kill me!" Due to the news of the other three gates, Zhao Yun also received Liu Chan's order, so he had already prepared, and when he saw that there was a Wei army in the corner of the south gate, Zhao Yun immediately led his troops to kill him.

However, because the Han army did not have time to line up, there were many soldiers and horses rushing out of the city this time, but there were still too many soldiers and horses in the city, and the passage was narrow, so most of the soldiers and horses were still in the city and could not come out.