A sudden winter rainstorm has not brought some relief to this drought that has lasted for several years.

Moreover, after this heavy rain, it became even colder outside Xuanyuan Pass.

The bitter northwest wind howled, and the strong smell of blood swept across the land. Even the sky, which was not polluted in the slightest at the end of the Han Dynasty, seemed to be stained with a layer of blood.

"Attack, attack!"

Yuan Shu stood on the high ground outside Xuanyuan Pass, shouting hoarsely. When the herald next to him heard this, he immediately began to wave the small flag in his hand.

"Knock knock!"

The inspiring sound of war drums sounded, and the soldiers and soldiers of Yuan rushed forward as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!"

Xuanyuan closed, Wen Zhao roared loudly. Rounds of arrows shot down densely, nailing countless Yuan soldiers to the ground.

Jia Xu stood on top of the city wall, looking at the corpses of Yuan Jun piled up higher and higher below, his face was a little solemn.

He came to Wen Zhao and said, "Lord, every time the Yuan army failed to attack the city, it didn't take away the corpse of the robe that died in battle. After accumulating for a long time, Yuan Jun's corpses piled higher and higher. ”

"If they continue like this, they don't need any siege equipment, they can completely pile up corpses to form a slope. At that time, the advantage of the Xuanyuan Pass city wall will be completely lost. ”

Wen Zhao was stunned for a moment, and said incredulously: "Does the military advisor think that Yuan Shu deliberately sent his corporal to death, and wanted to use their corpses to pave a road leading directly to the top of the city wall?" ”

Jia Xu didn't speak, just nodded solemnly.

Wen Zhao was calm, looking at the corpse of Yuan Jun that had spread to a quarter of the height of the city wall, and suddenly felt a little chill in his heart.

Tian Feng's eyes flashed with an unbearable look, and he said, "Yuan Shu is really inferior to a beast!" ”

Wen Zhao frowned, secretly thinking about a strategy to break the enemy. Suddenly, his heart moved and he called Zhao Huang.

"What is the Lord looking for me?"

Wen Zhao said: "You let people transport dry firewood and tung oil to the city wall, the more the better." ”

Zhao Huang took the order and left, but Jia Xu had a smile in his eyes. No matter how many corpses there are, it only takes one fire to completely burn them all.

At that time, Yuan Shu's calculations were about to come to naught.

It didn't take long for the city wall to be piled up with dense dry firewood and tung oil.

Seeing this, Wen Zhao said in a deep voice: "Throw it all down!" ”

On the high ground outside Xuanyuan Pass, Yuan Shu saw Chen Jun's actions on the city wall, his face suddenly changed, and he said to Yan Xiang next to him: "Yan Aiqing, it seems that Chen Wenzhao already knows about our plan. ”

"He's trying to burn all the corpses that have accumulated under the city walls."

Yan Xiang nodded expressionlessly, and then sighed and said, "Under Chen Wenzhao, there is really no shortage of wise and resourceful people. ”

As soon as Yan Xiang's words were finished, Xuanyuan was about to ignite a raging fire. Those soldiers of the Yuan army who were still besieging the city were caught off guard, and many of them were burned alive.

"Your Majesty, give the order to withdraw the troops first."

"After the fire is extinguished, let all the soldiers wrap their clothes in the sand, and do not let them attack the city, only need to transport the sand to the city."

"They can burn corpses, but they can't burn sand."

Yuan Shu thought about it for a while, and felt that Yan Xiang's words made sense, which made Ming Jin withdraw his troops.

Then, as if he remembered something, his face immediately changed, he looked at Yan Xiang unkindly, and said, "Did you expect that Chen Wenzhao would burn the corpse with fire?" ”

"Not bad."

Yuan Shu's face became even more difficult to look at, he stepped forward, grabbed Yan Xiang's collar, and roared loudly: "Since you already knew that this would be the case, why didn't you let the soldiers transport sand and soil earlier, and instead let so many people go to die in vain?" ”

"Ahem."

Because Yuan Shu grasped it too tightly, Yan Xiang felt some difficulty breathing and coughed violently a few times.

Seeing this, Yuan Shu realized that he was a little excited, and immediately let go of Yan Xiang's collar. But his eyes still looked a little unkind.

Although Yuan Shu was a little unkind, he felt a little angry in his heart for letting his 20,000 horses die for no reason.

Yan Xiang took a few breaths violently, calmed down his mind, and then said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, don't be angry yet, as long as you wait until the fire under the city wall is extinguished, you will know why I did this." ”

Although Yuan Shu still had some doubts in his heart, by stabilizing the army's heart, he was also impressed by Yan Xiang's resourcefulness. Therefore, he did not ask too much.

The Yuan army withdrew its troops, and after eating, each soldier took a shield made of wood, held the sand and gravel in his clothes, and rushed towards Xuanyuan Pass.

They rushed under the walls, and did not take the city. He poured the sand and stones wrapped in clothes under the city walls, and retreated in a hurry.

Seeing this, Wen Zhao on the city wall said in horror: "Does Yuan Shu want to use sand and stone to build a slope leading to the gate?" ”

Although this idea seems to be a bit fantastical, it relies on the countless armies under Yuan Shu's command. Each of them brought some sand and gravel, and it would not be long before they could accumulate to the height of the city walls.

"The corpse can be burned, but the sand and gravel can't ignite, how can this be good?"

Zhao Yun stepped forward and said, "Mobilize all the archers, pour out the rain of arrows, and prevent the Yuan army from approaching the city wall." As a result, they would not be able to transport the sand and gravel. ”

Wen Zhao thought about it for a while, and felt that this was indeed the truth, so he mobilized all the archers and shot at the Yuan soldiers who rushed towards the city wall.

The arrows were overwhelming, and the road in front of Xuanyuan Pass was narrow, and the Yuan army was all huddled together. Therefore, even though they were all wearing rudimentary wooden shields, many of them still fell to the ground with arrows.

There are even fewer soldiers of Yuan who can rush to the bottom of the city wall and dump sand and stones.

Not only that, but those Yuan soldiers who fell halfway. Their corpses, piled up on the narrow road in front of Xuanyuan Pass, also seriously hindered the speed of Yuan's army's advance.

Seeing this, Yuan Shu looked at Yan Xiang with a worried look on his face, and looked at Yan Xiang in some panic.

Today, after repeated battles, the 300,000 army under his command has lost more than 50,000 people. If it continues like this, even if he has countless armies, there will be times when they will be consumed.

Yan Xiang stared at the rain of arrows tightly, comforting Yuan Shu and said, "Your Majesty, don't forget the front, why did I let so many people die." You know, they've consumed a lot of the arrows in the city. ”

"And according to this archery speed, even if there are 100,000 arrows in Xuanyuan Pass, it won't last long."

"As long as the arrows in the city are exhausted, the soldiers will transport sand and gravel without hindrance."

When Yuan Shu heard this, he turned his worries into joy, urging the soldiers to charge again.

The war continued, and groups of soldiers fell to the ground, making many Yuan soldiers show cowardice in their hearts and dare not charge forward.

However, the fierce and vicious overseers behind them were forcing them to rush forward.

A soldier of the Yuan army, originally holding the belief of death, held the rudimentary wooden shield above his head and charged with his eyes closed.

But he rushed all the way to the bottom of the walls, but not a single arrow fell on him. The soldier opened his eyes, and his face was full of incredulity.

Looking around, he realized that not only himself, but also many other Yuan troops were like him, rushing under the city wall unscathed.

"What's going on?"

All Yuan Jun was very puzzled in his heart.

Yuan Shu stood on the high ground and was overjoyed when he saw that Chen Jun really did not continue to release arrows.

He shouted: "The defenders in the city have run out of arrows, and if you soldiers don't take advantage of this opportunity to transport sand and gravel, how long will you wait?" ”

When Sergeant Yuan heard this voice, he immediately cheered. Their movements have also sped up a lot.

In Xuanyuan Pass, looking at Yuan Jun constantly rushing to the bottom of the city wall, Wen Zhao shouted loudly: "Release the arrows, why don't you release the arrows?" ”

Tian Feng was managing the logistics in the city, and when he found that the arrows in the city had been exhausted, he hurried to the city wall.

"My lord, the arrows have run out!"

Wen Zhao was stunned and asked incredulously: "How long has it been, and you have already run out of arrows?" ”

Zhao Yun came to Wen Zhao's side and said, "Lord, although the time is short, the number of arrows that have been poured down is hundreds of thousands. No matter how many arrows there are in the city, it won't be enough to consume. ”

"What's more, many archers have been shooting arrows at a high intensity in a row, and many people's thumbs have become blurred."

Wen Zhao was shocked in his heart, and then he remembered that archers were not easy to be. Drawing the bow and shooting arrows continuously is definitely not an easy task.

Just when the city wall stopped because of the lack of arrows, groups of Yuan troops poured under the city wall and poured sand and stones under the city wall.

It didn't take long for the ground under the city walls to increase a lot out of thin air.

"Stones, rolling logs, throw them all down!"

"Boom!"

The dumping of rocks and rolling logs once again cost the Yuan army huge casualties.

Seeing this, Yan Xiang hurriedly said to Yuan Shu: "Your Majesty hurry up and give an order, let the soldiers step forward in batches to dump sand and stones, and keep a distance." ”

"In this way, the lethality of the stone and the rolling wood will be much smaller."

Yuan Shu thought so, so he gave the order. Sure enough, after the Yuan army did not huddle together, the casualties were reduced a lot.

Moreover, the stones thrown down from the city wall also piled up more and more, saving a lot of sand and stones for Yuan Jun.

"Damn it!"

Wen Zhao scolded secretly and shouted: "Tung oil, firewood!" He wanted to repeat his old trick and burn Xuanyuan Pass with fire again.

However, this time, Yan Xiang disappointed him.

At this time, Yuan Shu had already handed over the command to Yan Xiang.

When Yan Xiang saw the defenders in the city dumping tung oil and dry firewood again, he asked Yuan's army to line up in a sparse formation and dump sand and stones on the dry firewood and tung oil.

Seeing this, Wen Zhao had no choice but to scold secretly and let people light the dry firewood. Otherwise, even if the tung oil is flammable, after being covered with sand and gravel, there is no way to burn without the support of oxygen.

Yan Xiang had been closely watching the movement on the city wall, and when he saw that they had started to set fires, he immediately shouted loudly: "Retreat, the whole army retreat!" ”

Yuan Jun, who was originally sparsely formed in formation, failed to burn a few people even though Wen Zhao made people start setting fires.

After Yan Xiang gave the order to retreat, even those pungent smoke could not affect the Yuan army.

Seeing this, Jia Xu and Tian Feng showed a worried look on their faces. Although tung oil and dry firewood can temporarily stop the Yuan army from attacking the city, dry firewood is easy to say, but tung oil is definitely worth a lot.

If you rely on tung oil to block Yuan Jun alone every time, it is a little unrealistic. When the fire was extinguished, Yuan's army was able to continue the attack.

Wen Zhao, as a battlefield veteran, how can he not know this?

He summoned Tian Feng and said to him: "Yuan Hao, you quickly urge the people and craftsmen in the city to make arrows." ”

"If you really let Yuan Jun use sand and soil to build a road leading to the top of the city wall. I want to hold the Xuanyuan Pass again, but it is a little difficult. ”

Tian Feng nodded solemnly and said, "I'll go and urge the craftsman to make arrows." ”

After finishing speaking, Tian Feng hurriedly went down the city wall.

Strategists can often play a very important role in the formulation of strategies. However, the real confrontation between the two armies is indeed the strength of the two sides, the combat effectiveness of the armies, and the logistics.

Therefore, in the siege of the city, the strategists not only boosted morale and penetrated the enemy's plots. Most of the time, I can only help manage the logistics.

After all, the real battlefield battle, the command of the battle, still has to rely on those battlefield veterans.

Jia Xu came to Wen Zhao and said, "Lord, it's not a way to go on like this at all. According to the strong strength of Yuan's army, after the fire was extinguished, a large amount of sand and soil could be transported sooner or later. ”

Wen Zhao also frowned, and said: "Now that the arrows in the city have been used up, and the effects of rolling wood, stone, and tung oil are not very obvious, what should I do?" ”

"Do you want to open the city gate and go out of the city to fight Yuan's army?"

When Jia Xu heard this, he didn't know how to answer. Out of the city to fight, although the Xuanyuan Pass is small, the Chen army relies on the excellent armor and brave soldiers, but also occupies a slight advantage.

As the saying goes: kill 1,000 enemies, and lose 800 yourself. If you really fight with Yuan Shujun, I'm afraid it will be a little more than worth the loss.

It was with these in mind that Jia Xu felt a little helpless. Even if he was outwitted, he was helpless in the face of Yan Xiang's conspiracy and Yuan Shu's twenty-five major army.

Wen Zhao watched the fire under the city gate slowly extinguish, and said in a deep voice: "Open the city gate and prepare to meet the enemy." ”

He set his eyes on Jia Xu and said, "I also ask the military advisor to organize the people in the city to clean up the sand and soil at the gate and recover the arrows outside the city." ”

Waiting for Yuan Jun to keep bringing sand and soil is definitely not the way.

Therefore, Chen Xu decided to take advantage of the narrow terrain outside Xuanyuan Pass to lead his troops out of the city to drag Yuan's army. Then let the people clean up the sand that had been piled up at the city gates.

In this way, even if you go out of the city to fight, you will lose a lot of soldiers and horses.

But as long as it can be delayed for a while, it can completely make the sacrifice in front of Yuan Jun worthless.