The next day, as soon as the catapult moved, all the sabbatarians at the head of the city ran down the city. The catapult threw scattered stones unhurriedly, and the soldiers of the rear brigade ran to the moat with sandbags on their backs, and it took an hour to fill a section of the moat level with the ground.

At this time, the catapult picked up speed and a large number of stones were thrown out, mainly in the vicinity of the road.

After filling the moat, the Tang soldiers appeared again, and they ran to the city in groups of ten, carrying the ladder to the bottom of the city, and carefully erected the ladder at the head of the city. In an instant, a hundred ladders were erected at the head of the city.

At this time, the catapult was faster, and the oil bombs were continuous, and then a giant rocket was fired from the bed crossbow to ignite the oil.

After a while, a raging fire broke out at the head of the city near the horse road.

The ladder was erected, and hundreds of big men came behind them, these people were full of things on their chests and backs, and each of them had more than 200 pounds. They came to the bottom of the ladder, looked at each other, and then climbed towards the city.

With heavy bodies and creaky ladders, these tall men are light on their hands and feet, for fear of making any big moves.

The noise caused by the rolling of the boulder drowned out the sound of hundreds of Tang soldiers climbing the ladder.

On the lookout in the city, the rest people saw the Tang army climbing the head of the city, and shouted a warning to the soldiers who were hiding under the city, and the rest soldiers under the city began to throw arrows at the head of the city.

Tang Jun had expected this, and the soldiers who climbed the city head were wearing heavy armor, and the arrows could not cause any harm to them at all.

Hundreds of people went up to the top of the city and watched the situation of the rest of the soldiers, only to see that the city wall was densely packed with people, and they were all overjoyed.

The next moment, the oil packet turned into a downpour and was thrown at the crowd under the city walls. There is no need to ignite the oil oil, the city is full of flames, light the torch casually, throw it down the city, the oil slammed to the ground, and turned into a sea of fire.

The rest soldiers under the city wall were more or less contaminated with some fire oil, and together with the firelight, they became fire men, howling and running around.

When the fire was ignited, the evasive soldiers did not care about what direction they wanted, and only thought about extinguishing the flames on their bodies. The rest of the archers were suddenly shocked.

The Rest Guard was furious and brought in more archers to join the arrow-throwing team.

Seeing that there was no one under the city wall, the Tang army at the head of the city drew a repeater and shot at the rest archers. The effect caused by hundreds of crossbows is much more powerful than that of thousands of archers, and the body of the rest archers throwing arrows needs to be leaned back, and the Tang army at the head of the city directly aims and fires, the arrows are like rain, and the rest archers are killed and wounded.

Seeing that the Tang army was sharply armed, the rest guard immediately brought in shield soldiers and erected a large shield in front of the archers to protect the archers from the rain of arrows.

When the Tang army at the head of the city saw it, he put down the crossbow, took out the longbow from his side, put on the arrow, hung the rocket, lit it, and shot it at the shield soldiers. The soldiers, who felt that they had superior strength, rounded their arms and threw the sheepskin bag full of fire oil at the shield soldiers.

With both oil and rockets, the shield soldiers could only retreat, and the archers also moved back. It's just that in this way, the arrows don't pose any threat to the city.

The Tang military captain signaled to the city gate, and more Tang soldiers rushed to the city.

The strength of the people was great, and hundreds of ropes were thrown down at the head of the city, and the crossbow was dragged by the whole city. At the time of a meal, more than a hundred bed crossbows were lined up at the head of the city.

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The rest guards and soldiers saw the thick bed crossbow iron arrows shining with cold light, and their hearts were cold. The weapons of the Tang army are endless, on the other hand, on their side, only throwing guns and bows and arrows are considered long-range weapons. Forget about throwing guns, the other party is condescending and will definitely not be able to play a role; Although this bow and arrow can reach far, it is also crushed to death by others.

The guard sighed and flew to the Lord General Prince Heldun.

Without waiting for Heldun's information to come back, the Tang army at the head of the city had already twisted the bed crossbow, and the thick iron arrows hung the oil bags, and at the sound of an order, the iron arrows roared out and flew towards the archers and shields of the resting people. The huge power made the color of his soldiers change suddenly, and the team arranged in formation was instantly disrupted.

Heldun received a report that the three walls of the city were occupied by the Tang army, and he was shocked, and hurriedly dispatched reserves to arrive, and spread out far away to prevent the Tang army from entering the city.

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When Sima Yi learned of the situation in the city, he summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures.

Sima Yi said: "The people of Anxi were quite helpless about our army occupying the city, so they ordered the army to be stationed under the city. When the fire on the horse road is extinguished, he will inevitably risk death to take the city. The head of the city is narrow, and our troops cannot be deployed. The city gates and holes are blocked by boulders, and it is difficult to clean up for a while, if you want to break the city quickly, what is the best way? ”

The Tang army at the head of the city, when the bows, arrows, and fire oil are always exhausted, the city is supplied, and there must be a process. If the rest of the people charged with cavalry, there would be so much place at the head of the city, and the Tang army would have to be squeezed out of the city with only one way to go.

Guan Yu said: "There are huge stones in the city, why not let the soldiers block the horse road with boulders?" Then occupy the city gate tower, cut down the drawbridge, and start a fire in the direction of the city gate cave to block the enemy army, and our army can smoothly move the stones and open the city gate hole. ”

Sima Yi smiled bitterly: "The boulders thrown by the catapult are all round, how can you block the horse road?" ”

Wen Ping smiled: "This is easy to do. Let the catapult throw hundreds of prismatic stones at the head of the city. It is based on prism and cobblestone in the back. If a man wants to go up to the city, he must first move the rock, and the round stone rolls down, how magnificent. ”

Sima Yi smiled: "This plan is wonderful. ”

Guan Yu said: "Guan Mou asks for his life, and he is willing to go to the city and command the battle." ”

Hao Zhao said on the side: "General Guan charged into battle, the enemy has more than a million soldiers, and the city is narrow, so it is better to let the last general go." ”

Sima Yi actually likes Hao Zhao, after all, Hao Zhao is well-known in the Tang Dynasty, and he is as famous as another young general, Guo Huai.

Now going to the city, the main task is not to attack, but to hold the existing position, which is what Hao Zhao is best at.

It's just that Guan Yu opened his mouth first, and he is the emperor's sworn brother, and he has a very high prestige in the Tang army. In addition, his personality is arrogant, and it is difficult to refute his face, hearing Manzhong's words, he immediately kicked the ball to Guan Yu, and said with a smile: "The city gate is open, and Yun Chang can show his strengths, I don't know what you think?" ”

How could Guan Yu not understand what Sima Yi meant, and said immediately: "Since Berning speaks, I will give up to Berning." ”

Sima Yi said with a smile: "Boning, you must be prepared to hold the head of the city, the enemy army in the city is 150,000, and it will not be broken in a day, and our army will have an extra chance of winning if you occupy the city." ”

Man Zhong replied solemnly: "Please rest assured, the military advisor is here, and the city is here." ”

When the man went up to the city, there were already a pile of prismatic stones near the road, so he ordered some of the soldiers to be on guard, and some of the soldiers to rest and wait.

Although the fire burned violently, after all, it could not bear the time, and it did not take long for it to be extinguished.

When the Sabbatarians saw that the fire was extinguished, they urged their men and horses to come and fight for the city.

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Li Yi came to the outside of Ekbatana and was greeted by Sima Yi.

Li Yi symbolically asked about the offensive and defensive situation, and then went to rest. Just before a bowl of tea was drunk, Dian Wei reported: "Your Majesty, General Guan Yu asks to see you." ”

Li Yi ordered in, Guan Yu entered the big tent, and saluted with fists.

Li Yiqian grabbed Guan Yu and said, "Between you and my brothers, why be polite? I don't know if Yun Chang is coming, but there is something important? ”

Guan Yu said: "The minister came to admonish. ”

Li Yi was stunned for a moment and said, "It's okay for Yun Chang to say it directly. ”

Guan Yu said: "Millions of foreign races are young and strong, and the chaos rests in peace, whether rich or poor, if there is a little resistance, they will kill innocents indiscriminately. As a result, our soldiers have lost all their hearts, and it is not easy to clean up. I beg the emperor to give an order to stop this. ”

Li Yi said: "Those who rest in peace and prosperity are nothing more than merchants and slave owners, and those foreign servants are plundering, how can there be people who sit and wait? And those who resisted were all merchants and slave owners who recruited people, and slaves who were young and strong. Due to the language barrier, the common people and slaves can be persuaded day and night, and there is no good way to kill them in this place, so as to rob them of their wealth and deplete the strength of the rest of the country. ”

Guan Yu pondered when he heard this, and said for a while: "It's just how to win the hearts of the people?" ”

Li Yi said: "I should write to Chen Qingzhi, Ma Chao, Qi Jiguang and others, and let them kill all the slave owners and aristocratic officials. In the land they passed, they divided all the land among the people, rescued the slaves, and gave them cattle and grain, or they could win the hearts of the people a little. ”

Guan Yu saluted Li Yi and said, "Thank you to the emperor, the emperor said a word, there are countless living people." ”

Li Yi smiled and said: "Yunchang Bodhisattva's heart, I should be widely spread." ”

Guan Yu said: "Guan was born at the bottom and knows that it is not easy for small people, so he has the courage to speak out. ”

Li Yi smiled, changed the topic and said: "A few little guys are in their early twenties in a blink of an eye, Yan'er has already been designated as the future successor of the Tang Dynasty, and when I went out to fight these years, with the assistance of Meng De, Wen He and Wen Ruo, the prison country was also quite effective. But the rest of the sons have been studying in the Jingshi University Hall and the Imperial Affairs College. Now, I want Li Mu to experience and rest in peace. Looking around, who assists? Is there a candidate for Yun Chang? ”

Guan Yu asked, "I don't know who the emperor likes?" ”

This ball is kicked, and Guan Yu is not simple.

Li Yi said with a smile: "Civil and military complement each other, and Wenchen likes Lu Xun." ”

Guan Yu said with a smile: "Did the emperor intend to let Guan be this military minister?" ”

Li Yi said: "Although Mu'er performed well in the Beijing Normal University, she had no experience in politics after all. I'm afraid he'll just talk on paper. Although Lu Boyan is talented, he is a little immature. Elder Yun was serious and happened to team up with the two of them. ”

Guan Yu is nearly fifty years old, and he has always restrained himself with the justice of the Spring and Autumn Period, tempered his virtues, based on loyalty and righteousness, and strictly disciplined himself, and won the hearts of the military.

However, fighting on the battlefield and expanding the territory is the dream of every general, and Guan Yu doesn't want to miss the opportunity to make contributions. Assisting Li Mu is just a place of appeasement, at most it is also to suppress the trouble, where is the joy of fighting.