After Wei Yan succeeded in the harassment, he happily returned to camp to sleep. "Yesterday's effect was not bad." Sun Gan patted Wei Yan on the shoulder to show encouragement. Then he turned his head and said to Du Yi: "Du Yi will take his troops and horses to the city to challenge!"
"Good." Du Yi walked out of the camp. Under the city of Zhuti County, Yong Kai was scolded by Du Yi's troops as a dog-blood spray, and these curses were all taught by Sun Gan. Although Yong Kai was extremely angry in his heart, he still restrained himself and could not hold on. Du Yi scolded all afternoon, but Yong Kai just didn't come out. Seeing that it was almost dusk, Du Yi ordered the withdrawal of troops.
"Du Yi, you are here to harass Zhuti County tonight, and tomorrow will be replaced by General Wei Yan to provoke." Sun Gan said to Du Yi.
"No, I saw the soldiers on the towers listless today. Sun is engaged, every time you make an idea is too bad." Du Yi said with joy.
"You are looking for scolding again, next time be careful that I hurt you." Sun Gan smiled.
Du Yi stuck out his tongue, said hello to Zhang Fei, and went back to camp to sleep. The owl went there that night.
The night of the second day was the same as the first day, with continuous shouts, the southeast and northwest gates one after another, and the defenders of Zhuti County rushed across the city again. From the morning of the next day, Wei Yan's troops continued to curse endlessly under the city.
"Is this fighting or making fun of people?" Yong Kai furiously directed at Wei Yanjun under the tower. However, Yong Kai did not dare to fight after all, so as not to be caught in Zhang Fei's tricks again.
"Lord, I think Zhang Fei is just trying to tease us. Just imagine that he has no siege equipment, and he has fewer people than us. He did this just because he didn't want our army to be peaceful." Said aside.
"No, if Zhang Fei really strikes, that would be bad." Yong Kai rejected Yong Yong's idea.
"But, Lord, if this continues, these soldiers will be exhausted if they don't sleep." Yong Yong worried.
"Divide the soldiers into two groups, one group sleeps in the morning, the other sleeps at night, and patrols separately, so that you are not afraid of night attacks by the enemy." Yong Kai suddenly thought.
"A good strategy, the subordinates will do it," Yong Yong said.
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"Wei Yan, you don't have to go tonight, I think Yong Kai should take precautions." Sun Gan said.
"Then how is Sun preparing for the next step?" Wei Yan asked.
"I don't have any good plan, the only thing is to wait for the lord's army to come." Sun Gan smiled bitterly.
On the second day after Zhang Fei’s departure, Liu Xun led his army to set off from Xichang City, and then went straight to Zhuti County. On the way, Liu Xun’s army did not encounter any resistance from Zhu Tibing. Zhang Fei's performance was very satisfactory, and he always praised Zhang Fei along the way.
Two days later, Liu Xun's army arrived at Zhuti City. Although it had just arrived, Liu Xun did rush to find Zhang Fei to find out about the current military situation. Zhang Fei told Liu Xun about what happened in the past few days.
"So, Zhu Ticheng still can't avoid the storm?" Liu Xun said.
"Master, the subordinates have used various methods to force Yong Kai to fight in the past few days, but Yong Kai seems to be determined to defend himself." Zhang Feihui reported.
"Since General Zhang can't do anything, let the order go on and attack tomorrow." Liu Xun said.
The horn of dawn cut through the sky. This morning, Liu Xun's camp was extremely busy, and a group of troops were carrying all kinds of weapons or siege equipment out of the camp. Zhu Ticheng will face a major test today. Seeing the tens of thousands of Han soldiers under the black tower, there is no smile on Yong Kai's face, but there is no trace of fear, because he has already fought against the water, and if he loses, he will die without a place to bury him. .
The "Boom Thunder" catapult, rushing car, well fence, and various tools for smashing the city wall were all prepared. The soldiers held their breath and waited for Liu Xun's final order.
"Let's start!" Liu Xun waved his hand, and the siege war officially began!
The infantry Fangzheng, holding the shield and carrying the ladder, walked to the city wall of Zhuti in an orderly manner, and began to erect the ladder. Although the arrows on the tower flew randomly, these attacks were completely blocked by the shield. After the first wave of arrows on the tower were shot, the Han army did not have many casualties.
"The archers let the arrows!" Zhao Yun saw that the ladder had been erected, and the soldiers climbed up the ladder one after another and let the archers cover.
"Prevent me from coming up." Yong Kai shouted.
All kinds of messy things were thrown down from the city wall, including wood, stones, and disgusting things like dung. Many soldiers couldn't resist falling off the ladder.
"Catapult, prepare." Liu Xun ordered the siege troops to be blocked.
A huge rock hit the city wall, only a loud noise was heard, and the place where the city wall was hit was slightly recessed. At the same time, the people on the wall felt like an earthquake.
"This improved'Thunderbolt' catapult is much more powerful than the last one, but the walls of Zhuti City are really strong, and it only deforms a little bit after being hit like this. It's really too strong. "Sergeant Zhuge Liang couldn't help sighing.
"Cartoon troops, blow the city wall open for me." Seeing that the "Boom Lei" catapult didn't smash the city wall quickly, Liu Xun also ordered the cart troops to move forward at this time. After a while, the car rushed to the bottom of the city gate and began to smash the city gate.
"Go and stand against the city gate." Yong Kai shouted. Zhu Ticheng was plunged into chaos. It didn't take long for the gate of Juti City to be rushed open.
"Now is a good opportunity." Zhang Fei shouted, and the eager Zhang Fei immediately led his troops to rush up.
"General Zhang, don't worry, come back soon." Liu Xun shouted.
Zhang Fei pretended that he didn't hear Liu Xun's shout, his mind was only to kill Yong Kai and take the greatest credit.
"This idiot, does he think it's so easy to get in at the city gate?" Liu Xun cursed. As expected by Liu Xun, the gates were full of archers, and some of the soldiers who had just entered were all shot into hedgehogs. Zhang Fei saw that the form was not good, and immediately turned around and returned to his camp, but in the process of retreating, the Han army suffered a lot of casualties and suffered heavy injuries.
The gate of Juti City was soon closed again. "This city is really easy to defend and hard to attack." Liu Xun exclaimed.
"My lord, it's been a long time since the attack, let's withdraw! If you continue to attack like this, it will only increase the casualties of your subordinates." Zhao Yun said quickly. After hearing what Zhao Yun said, Liu Xun felt reasonable, so he ordered the withdrawal of the troops. Today, he stormed Zhuti City and returned without success. Liu Xun returned to the camp and convened the crowd to discuss the next countermeasures.
Seeing Zhang Fei walk in, Liu Xun was so angry that he yelled: "General Zhang, why didn't you follow the orders and charged with your own troops, and you lost hundreds of people! Someone was dragged out and chopped off!"
When everyone heard Liu Xun's words, they were immediately dumbfounded. Zhuge Liang stepped forward and said quickly: "The lord calmed down his anger. General Zhang also wanted to take Zhu Ti City earlier, so he became a little impatient."
"General Zhang was very successful in harassing the enemy some time ago, and he also made a contribution. I hope the lord can make him lose his merits." Wei Yan also stepped forward to plead for Zhang Fei.
"The subordinate is convicted, please give me a chance to take the sin and do meritorious service."
Liu Xun originally didn't want to really kill Zhang Fei, just to frighten him. Seeing that Zhang Fei's attitude of admitting his mistake was very good, everyone also pleaded for Zhang Fei, Liu Xun said along the way: "Capital crimes can be avoided, living crimes cannot escape. For the sake of strict military discipline, drag it out and hit twenty army sticks."
Zhang Fei breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Liu Xun's punishment. To Zhang Fei, these twenty army sticks were like being stung by an ant. It was nothing to worry about!
After dealing with Zhang Fei's affairs, Liu Xun recovered his calm and began to discuss the military situation.
"Kong Ming, our army also consumed a lot of attacking Zhu Ti City today. It seems that Zhu Ti City's defense is very strong. If we continue to attack, I am afraid we will suffer heavy damage." Liu Xun said.
Kong Ming pondered for a long time, and then slowly said, "Master, the subordinates have thought of something."
"Oh? What advice does Kong Ming have? You might as well talk about it." Liu Xun smiled.
"The subordinate suggests using the Escape Technique. The soil around Zhuti City is soft. We can dig a tunnel to Zhuti City and transport soldiers into the city. Then let the soldiers in the city and our siege army outside the city unite and attack in one go. Zhuti City, in this way Zhuti City will be broken."
Zhuge Liang said with a smile, appearing very confident.
"This method works?" Liu Xun asked. After all, Zhuge Liang's sneak attack by digging tunnels is still rare. During the Three Kingdoms period, it was rare to dig tunnels to attack a city, so it is normal for Liu Xun to be skeptical.
"Lord, are there soldiers born in Zhuti City in the barracks?" Zhuge Liang asked slowly, he was not eager to answer Liu Xun's questions, and he didn't care about Liu Xun's questions, and he was full of confidence.
"It should be! Our troops have 30,000 soldiers captured from the southern and central regions. I think there must be many born in Zhuti City." Liu Xun said.
"The subordinates are confident that this strategy can succeed. As long as the Lord's help subordinates find dozens of native Zhuti City locals. The subordinates guarantee that Zhuti City will be broken within ten days." Zhuge Liang said.
"Okay, Kong Ming is really a god and man." Liu Xun smiled.
Early the next morning, Liu Xun brought fifty or so native Zhuticheng soldiers to Zhuge Liang's camp. Zhuge Liang had long been waiting for Liu Xun's arrival.
"Kong Ming, I brought you people." Liu Xun let these soldiers in. The soldiers didn't understand what was going on, and they seemed a little nervous.
"I also trouble the lord to come over in person, and the subordinates are panicked." Zhuge Liang said.
"As long as you can break through Zhuti City, this is nothing!" Liu Xun is usually very bold and has no pretensions to his subordinates. Not only does Liu Xun have a strong ability to lead troops, but also when it comes to character or being a man, Liu Xun is also worthwhile. Respectful.
"What's your name? Where does your family live in Zhuti City?" Zhuge Liang asked the first soldier standing on the far left.
"The villain is called Li Er, and he lives in the south of Zhuti City." The first soldier named Li Er replied nervously.
Zhuge Liang didn't ask the soldier any more after listening. Obviously this was not the answer Zhuge Liang wanted. Because although Liu Xun’s army has surrounded Zhuti City in groups, it is not suitable for digging tunnels in every direction. The enemy army in the south of the city is very defensive, and obviously it is not suitable for digging tunnels...