There is a lake called Huangze in the southwest of Inner Yellow City, and Inner Yellow City is also named after it. Although the 20,000 infantry led by Guan Yu set off earlier than the army that feinted to attack Yecheng, because of the obstruction of this lake, Guan Yu had to take a detour, and by the time they arrived at Inner Yellow City, it was already dusk.

Guan Yu did not delay and immediately ordered the siege of the city. The original task of the 20,000 infantry under his command was to ambush the rear guard and baggage troops of the Liyang Yuan army, so they did not carry special siege equipment such as trebuchets, ladders, and rushing carts, and even the ordinary long ladders were made after arriving in Neihuang.

Without the help of siege equipment, this siege battle was fought very hard. From dusk to dawn, the Han army attacked the city several times, and encountered the counterattack of the Yuan army several times, with heavy casualties on both sides, and the corpses of the war dead were everywhere in the city. After a whole night of fighting, Guan Yu had already paid a huge price of 3,000 casualties, while the losses of the defenders were only a lot more.

It is said that as the besieging side, the one-to-one battle loss ratio should be proud, but Guan Yu is not satisfied with this result. Although the inner Huangcheng is close to Huangze, there is no moat excavated, and the city wall is not particularly tall. Dealing with such a city, with the training level of the Han army, should be effortless. However, after fighting for so long, he failed to capture it, which surprised Guan Yu very much.

In fact, it is not surprising that such an outcome has occurred. Since Neihuang is Yuan Shao's grain land, he will definitely send heavy troops to guard it, and the defenders in the city are as many as 50,000 people, and the person responsible for guarding Neihuang is also the famous general Jiang Qi of Hebei. If it weren't for the fact that it was dark and it was not clear how many Han troops there were outside the city, maybe Jiang Qi would have led someone to kill them.

In addition to the 50,000 defenders, there are more than 60,000 people in Neihuang City. Originally, these men were tasked with carrying grain and grass, but now that they were attacked by the enemy, they were still able to do some work such as throwing wood and smashing stones. In this way, the number of defenders could be at least doubled.

There is another important factor that should not be overlooked. The large number of archers has always been an important feature of the Yuan army, and archers will consume a large number of arrows when fighting, and in order not to affect the combat effectiveness, they need to be replenished in time. Therefore, a large number of bows and arrows were stored in the Inner Yellow City, and even a workshop specializing in the production of bows and arrows was built, and a large number of materials for making bows and arrows were prepared. And the bow and arrow are also a sharp weapon to defend the city, and the arrows in the city are shot out as if they don't need money, and it is difficult for anyone to attack the city in such a situation.

Seeing that the casualties were getting bigger and bigger, and after dawn, his own strength would be completely exposed, Guan Ping said worriedly: "Father, this battle can't be fought like this!" ”

This is Guan Ping's first time on the battlefield, and it is also the first time to face life and death. Although Guan Ping also experienced a desperate fight in last year's martial arts exam, it was nothing compared to this real war scene. However, after this night's baptism of blood, Guan Ping has grown from an ignorant teenager to a qualified warrior.

Guan Yu frowned and asked, "Then how do you say this battle should be fought?" ”

In fact, Guan Yu was not good at siege warfare, and most of his main achievements in history were concentrated in field battles or when two armies faced each other. Therefore, in the face of Aiko's questioning, Guan Yu was not angry, but humbly asked him.

During Guan Ping's time in the training base, he learned a lot from behind Wen Ping, and Wen Ping is a general who is good at attacking and defending cities.

However, in the absence of large-scale siege equipment, there is really no good way to fill it except for human lives, so Guan Ping is not thinking about the method of siege, but other aspects.

Guan Ping arched his hand and said: "Back to my father, Neihuang is Yuan Shao's grain land, the news of our attack here, presumably Yuan Shao will soon know, and he will definitely send reinforcements, and we will inevitably suffer from the enemy at that time." ”

Guan Yu waved his hand and said, "I know all of this, let's talk about it!" ”

Guan Ping hesitated: "I'm afraid this city won't be able to be defeated for a while, our purpose is just to cut off the grain and grass of the Yuan army, and the child thinks that it can be attacked with fire." ”

Guan Yu muttered: "The city can't be entered, how can you attack it with fire?" ”

Guan Ping took off the hard bow on his waist and said, "Our bow and crossbow shoot farther than Yuan Jun, as long as we get close to the city, take a rocket ......"

Guan Yu shook his head and said, "How can there be no precautions for the heavy land of grain." Do you know where their grain and grass are piled up? Even if you know, will your rocket be able to shoot exactly there? Even if you shoot, how can you be sure that there is any fireproof equipment on the grain and grass pile? ”

Guan Yu was not angry at his son's unreliable idea, as long as he was willing to use his brains, it was progress.

The method of fire attack was vetoed by Guan Yu, Guan Ping thought about it, pointed to Neihuangcheng again, and said: "Father, please see, the north of Neihuangcheng is Dangshui, the east is Qinghe, and the west is Huangze. Since fire attack is not possible, we can switch to water attack. ”

Guan Ping's idea was not bad, the purpose of their attack on Neihuang was not to seize the city, nor to rob the grain and grass in the city, but to destroy the grain and grass. In addition to burning the grain and grass cleanly, it can also make the grain and grass soak in water, mold and rot, and the effect is the same.

Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has repeatedly ordered that you must not harm the people. The two armies are facing each other, and it is a last resort to kill the people who defend the city, and if the river embankment is broken again, and the innocent people are suffering, you and my father and son will be guilty of great sin. ”

Guan Ping looked at Neihuangcheng not far away, and said hatefully: "Then let's continue to fill it with human lives?" ”

"Nope! Let's withdraw! Guan Yu, who insisted on continuing to attack just now, suddenly changed his mind, waved his hand, and said, "Ping'er, what you just said reminded me. As long as Yuan Jun's grain route is cut off, no matter how much grain and grass is piled up in the Inner Yellow City, it will be useless! ”

The Han army moved quickly, and with Guan Yu's order, it withdrew without a trace in the blink of an eye, even faster than when it came. They also took the wounded, as well as the remains of their fallen comrades. If it weren't for the scattered stones, arrows, wood, and bloodstains under the Inner Yellow City, no one would have thought that there had just been a night of fierce fighting here.

Jiang Qi stood at the head of the city, looked at the empty city, snorted disdainfully, and said, "If you want to fish in troubled waters, there is no way!" ”

In the camp of the Yuan army in Liyang City, a debate is taking place. The urgent letters from Yecheng and Neihuang asking for help had been delivered, and the opinions of the generals of the Yuan army on the front line were divided into two factions. The party headed by Gao Ran and Xu Yu advocated that the siege of Neihuang should be solved first. First, Neihuang is relatively close to Liyang, which is convenient for rescue, and second, once Neihuang's grain and grass are lost, the 500,000 Yuan troops on the front line will definitely be unstable. However, the party led by Lu Yi and Xin Ping advocated saving Yecheng first, for a very simple reason, it was the base camp, not only Yuan Shao was there, but everyone's family members were also there.

The commander of the front line is Yan Liang, he is a brave man, after listening to the arguments between the two sides, he took a few cases, and said loudly: "The general treats Yan as kind as a mountain, and now that the general is attacked by the enemy, how can Yan sit idly by?" Don't discuss it anymore, Yan personally led 100,000 iron horses to save Yecheng, and you and the rest of the foot soldiers came to help! ”

At this time, the leader of Wuheng suddenly stood up and said, "I am willing to be the front of the general!" ”

Yan Liang also knew that the Wuheng cavalry was brave, and stroked his palm and said, "Okay! Then please ask the prince to lead the army first, and Yan will come later! ”

Gao Ran frowned and said: "General Qiyu, the last general thinks that Neihuang must not be saved." ”

Yan Liang waved his hand impatiently and said, "In this case, divide your 30,000 soldiers and horses to save Neihuang, and the rest of the generals will follow me back to Yecheng!" ”

Just when Yan Liang was dispatching troops, Taiyuan's Xianbei strikers had already appeared on the outskirts of Daling City. The Xianbei people set off yesterday morning, and after arriving at the city of Jiaoyang south of Taiyuan at noon, they plundered a lot, and continued to set off until the evening.

This time, it is still Liaodong Xianbei and those small tribes who serve as the vanguard of Xianbei, but the commander has been replaced by Mijia to Murong Xiong. Murong Xiong has changed from the leader of a small tribe to a general in charge of a team of ten thousand people, and he is proud of himself. Although his tribe is a little smaller, he is also a leader of a department, and he knows that if he wants his subordinates to fight for their lives, he must give them a little sweetness. So all the way south, he was extremely indulgent to the soldiers, and everywhere he passed, it was a mess.

After entering the territory of Daling, Murong Xiong wanted to loot it even more, but to his surprise, the villages he passed along the way seemed to have encountered robbers, and even the fields were bare, even if there were a few wild grasses, they grew sparsely, and they didn't even have to eat the war horses.

The Xianbei people do not bring them to raise when they fight, and when they are hungry, they slaughter cattle and sheep and drink mare's milk, and as for the war horses, there is pasture grass on the grassland anyway. After entering the Central Plains, their horses gnawed on the crops in the fields. It was not yet harvest season, and the crops in the field should be enough for their horses to feast, but who knew that as soon as they entered the Great Tomb, the field was scorched and blackened, and it had already been burned by fire.

Murong Xiong did not believe that the Han people were willing to burn all the crops, and this field was probably accidentally caught by fire, so he ordered the soldiers to continue to advance.

Suddenly, there was a burst of people shouting and neighing, and a large cloud of smoke and dust rose from the front, and a cavalry Pegasus came to report, saying that there was a large pit in front of them, and the five or six hundred cavalry who rushed to the front fell into the pit.

Murong Xiong rode his horse to the front of the trap and couldn't help but gasp. In the pit, countless people and horses struggled for their lives, and the screams of people and the sorrow of horses came into their ears, and they shuddered.

The pit was so cleverly set up that more than a dozen horses had no effect on it, until hundreds of horsemen had passed it together. At the bottom of the pit were many sharpened bamboos, and the first people to fall into it were stabbed on the spot, and there was only half a life left if they didn't die. Not only that, but the Han people also sprinkled quicklime in the pit. The people in front fell down and stuck on the tips of the bamboo, but the lime that rose up blinded the eyes of the people and horses who fell behind, and even if they didn't die, they had no combat effectiveness.

Murong Xiong was cruel by nature, looked at his compatriots who were struggling in the pit, waved his hand coldly, and said, "Release the arrow!" ”