Liu Chan said, waved his hand and said, "That's all, you go and prepare as soon as possible!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Fei stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, the North Gate has not sent troops yet, what if the Wei army runs away from the North Gate?" ”

Liu Chan smiled and said, "Second uncle, have you forgotten the truth that the master must be que?" If I surround the four gates of Nanyang. The Wei army will fight to the death, and even if I lead my troops into the city, they can start street battles with me, so that our army will surely suffer many casualties.

It's better to surround three and lack one, let the Wei army out, I still have 10,000 cavalry, they are not vegetarians. ”

The siege of the master must be que, from Sun Tzu's art of war.

Usually, whether in a field position or in a walled defensive operation, the enemy facing the encircled situation is likely to have three ideas, one is to surrender, the other is to fight to the death, and most of them are the third, obeying the orders of the commander, the commander will fight to the death, the soldier will fight to the death, and the commander will surrender if the commander surrenders.

In such a situation, if the enemy is surrounded on all sides, it may prompt the enemy army to make up its mind and fight to the death.

On the other hand, if a gap is deliberately left, it may cause the enemy commander to vacillate between flight and death, and at the same time make the enemy soldiers will fight.

More importantly, leaving a gap is not to leave it alone, but to set up an ambush in the place where the enemy must escape, so that the enemy will fall into an ambush circle in the process of hasty escape.

In particular, if the enemy besieges and holds the castle, once the enemy abandons the city and flees, he can avoid the pain of besieging the city and completely destroy the enemy army on the field battlefield.

In contrast, fighting a fleeing enemy is obviously much less difficult and less costly than attacking a fortified one.

Liu Chanwei was missing one of the three, not to give the Wei army a way out, but to break their will to fight, change the battle into a field battle, and reduce their own casualties.

Zhang Fei smiled: "So that's the case, I learned another trick from Lao Zhang." ”

Subsequently, all the 70,000 soldiers and horses in the camp, except for 10,000 cavalry, were dispatched.

After the generals left, a middle-aged man in a flying fish suit walked in.

The man walked into the camp and held a small note in his hand: "Your Majesty, Jingzhou Flying Pigeon Passed the Book!" ”

Liu Chan's eyes condensed slightly, and he took the note from Jin Yiwei's hand.

"Damn Lu Xun, Wen Ping!" After reading the content of the note, Liu Chan's face suddenly sank, and his tone became cold.

Jin Yiwei stood aside and couldn't help but shudder.

Jin Yiwei arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to notify the generals to come over and send troops to rescue the generals?" ”

Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "Now that you go south, even if it is a cavalry, it will take three days, is it too late?" I have been prepared for a long time, and this matter is not allowed to be leaked out. ”

"No!" Jin Yiwei arched his hand and slowly retreated.

After Jinyiwei left, Liu Chan snorted coldly and said: "Calculate the time, it should be almost there, Wenpin you have a life to come to Jingzhou, I don't know if you have the life to go back." Fortunately, I was prepared, otherwise the second uncle would be in danger. ”

Deng Ai led an army of 20,000 and led 100 return cannons, constantly advancing towards the east gate of Wancheng. There were also a large number of soldiers in the rear carrying rolling stones in wagons and baskets.

As for the sandbags, the Han army has not brought them for the time being, the east gate of Wancheng at present, the inner wall is four zhang high, and the outer wall is one zhang eight high.

But the stone was uneven, and even if the chasm were filled, it would be difficult for the soldiers to move on it.

Therefore, at this time, you can use sandbags, put a layer of sandbags on top of the stones, the sandbags should be softer, even if they are uneven, you can walk around.

After the Han army filled this gap, the east gate of Wancheng became a huge wall pier eight feet high, and it was very easy to enter Wancheng at this height.

The Han army set up the return artillery, in the direction of the east gate, there was no Wei army at all, whether it was the inner wall or the outer wall, the Wei army did not dare to wait, the power of the return cannon was not something that these mortals could bear.

However, under the inner wall, there were many soldiers standing, and a large amount of dry firewood and fire oil were piled up under the wall. But it was to prevent the Han army from crossing the chasm, so he planned to attack with fire.

"Boom!"

A loud bang suddenly sounded, and the Han soldiers had already begun to throw stones.

"Damn, this movement is like thunder...... Suddenly, a huge rolling stone fell, just on this soldier, poor soldier didn't say a word, he was hit on the head by a hundred pounds of boulder, and the red and white thing was left on the ground.

However, the Han army had just dropped the stones, and the distance was still in the debugging stage, so the stones were beaten into the city.

Boom

A few more stones fell, and with the painful lesson of the previous soldier, the Wei troops under the city retreated. However, they were not afraid that the Han army would take the opportunity to climb the outer wall, because the chasm outside had already been filled with fire oil, and if the Han army dared to enter, they would have to die in the fire.

However, the Han army quickly adjusted the distance, and stones hit the walls of Wancheng one by one without any deviation.

However, although the inner wall of Wancheng is made of rammed earth, Wancheng is the capital of Nanyang, and Nanyang is the first county in the world in the Eastern Han Dynasty, so the city wall of Wancheng is built very stone, not only high but also very wide, although the rammed earth can not resist the return cannon, but it is not easy to level the inner wall in a short time.

However, as the saying goes, only perseverance is required, and the iron pestle is sharpened into a needle. I don't know if the Han army has perseverance, but there are plenty of stones.

Over the years, the Han army used the Huihui artillery siege and attack the city, constantly hitting the wall with stones, the wall will slowly appear cracks, and then slowly destroy the cracks, with the increase of cracks, sometimes a stone can hit a large piece of the wall down.

Three days have passed in a blink of an eye, and after three days of endless bombardment by the Han army, even the wide and tall Wancheng City could not resist, and the head of Wancheng City was flattened inch by inch by the return artillery.

Today, the inner wall of Wancheng, which was originally four zhang high, is now only two zhang high, and the inside and outside of the city wall explain the piles of stones and broken rammed earth slag.

On this day, Liu Chan came to inspect, and Deng Ai said to Liu Chan: "Your Majesty, two zhang is already the limit, those stones and rammed earth slag are piled up under the city, and if you can't make it clear, you can't continue to lower the height of Wancheng." ”

The stones that have been thrown and the broken rammed earth residue have been piled up under the city, and they have been piled up two zhang high, and these things cannot be removed, so it is impossible to continue to cut the height of Wancheng. Liu Chan looked at the shattered Wancheng, nodded and said, "The two zhang are almost the same, now fill the gap between the two walls." I've already started to have people build ladders. ”