Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 495 Breaking Down the West City

The night is cool.

Zhang Ning fetched a pot of hot water, opened the door curtain and walked in, facing Mu Jing, said softly: "I've been tired all day, wash your feet, go to bed early!"

"Ok!"

Mujing put down the brush in his hand, and turned his stiff neck vigorously.

Zhang Ning came up, stretched out a pair of jade hands, squeezed his shoulders, and then rubbed his neck: "Actually, they can handle many things on their own. You can stay in Shangyong and wait for the news. You don't have to stay in the cold." Walking with them, after discussing military affairs with them every day, you have to deal with government affairs, aren't you tired?"

"Tired!"

Mu Jing lived the life of a landowner, closed his eyes and enjoyed Zhang Ning's soft hands: "But I don't want to wait, waiting for news is a kind of torment, I know what my role is, and I am not as good as Zhang Liao and Chen Now, considering the situation, Xi Zhicai and the others are much stronger than me, but I have my power, and my appearance on the battlefield can raise the morale of the soldiers to a higher level!"

"West city is hard to fight?" Zhang Ning asked tentatively.

"Disaster!"

Mujing smiled wryly: "Three months of fighting may not be able to win!"

If there were no surprise soldiers like Huang Shao, what he said would be the truth. The surrounding terrain is full of mountains and mountains, the walls are high and the walls are thick, and it is a cold winter, the difficulty of attacking is too high. Can't break through the West City.

"The spies sent out by the Divine Guard to investigate the terrain saved a person. Perhaps, I can help you break through the West City!"

"Who?"

Mu Jing asked.

"The young master of the Five Dou Rice Sect, Zhang Yu!" Zhang Ningqiao's face was a little ready to move: "Xicheng is the old nest of the Five Dou Rice Sect, and Zhang Yu is quite powerful, but the Wu Dou Rice Sect is Taoism after all, and believers are very wary of outsiders. But I believe they will not be wary of the Holy Maiden of Peace!"

"There is only the Commander of the Divine Guard in the world, and there is no Holy Maiden of Peace!"

Mu Jing shook his head.

It is not a good thing for a girl to become a god. Zhang Ning finally jumped out of this pit, and he would never let her jump back.

"The Holy Maiden of Peace can also come back!"

Zhang Ning was a little twisted, and she insisted: "As long as I enter the city and persuade the disciples of the Five Dou Rice Sect in the city, I will be able to cooperate with the outside and break the key to the West City. Moreover, I believe that in the name of Taiping Dao, I will deal with Tianshi Dao and Wudou. Mijiao is the best choice!"

She spent many days with Mujing, and she learned a lot under the influence of her ears and eyes. In addition to her own background and Taiping Dao, she knows the Taoist belief very clearly, and even more knows how to use it.

"I, Mu Longtu is a man!"

Mu Jing raised his head, looked at Zhang Ning with vivid eyes, "I don't need to dispatch a woman to fight on the battlefield, breaking the West City is easy for me, and it is not difficult for us to govern Hanzhong. I don't need a woman." Holy Maiden of Peace, I only need Zhang Ning who can stand by my side, understand!"

"I see!"

Zhang Ning's eyes were moistened.

"Do not worry!"

Mu Jing smiled, let go of the seriousness on his face, and said in a deep voice: "At most five days, the west city will be destroyed!"

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For three consecutive days of strong attack, Mu Jing pushed the Yellow Turban Army and Jing Ping Army up one by one. Hundreds of ladders, dozens of wells and carts kept pressing up on the city wall, and there were some rough and simple ripraps outside. Machine response.

The offensive is in full swing. .

For the city wall, the ladder is easy to deal with after all.

But the Jinglan car puts a lot of pressure on the city wall.

One by one, the Jinglan carts pushed forward the city wall, which was equivalent to standing side by side with the city wall. The soldiers in the Jinglan carts fought on the same level as the soldiers on the top of the city.

This forced Yang Bai to pull his main force up the city wall one by one.

……

The east gate of the west city was in full swing, but the west gate of the west city was so quiet.

The county seat of Xicheng County is built between two hills. The distance between the east gate and the west gate is not far in a straight line. Turn over.

Therefore, when defending the west city, Yang Bai put his main force on the east city gate.

For the defense of the West City Gate, he left only one trilogy, less than five hundred soldiers. The military marquis of this trilogy was named Tang Wei. Come to guard the back door.

"I don't know what's going on at the East City Gate?"

Standing on the city wall, Ye Wei looked into the city from a distance, and ignored the outside of the city, he looked to the east, and there was a trace of displeasure in his eyes: "Hmph, why is it so important to guard the west gate, it's just that I don't want to go to the battlefield! "

"Marquis Jun, I heard that even the food transport soldiers at the east gate are on the battlefield!"

A young man came up, hanging a blade of grass, and said lazily.

"Why do you care so much!"

Tang Wei shrugged and said, "Xiaotu, go drink with me!"

"Junhou, alcohol is prohibited in the army!" The head of the village named Xiaotu reminded.

"What does it matter!"

Tang Wei's voice was a little bleak, and said: "Even if you and I drink, Yang Bai will punish me, he won't, even if he abandons literature and pursues martial arts, he is still the young master of the Tang family. It is too difficult to make achievements. After entering the battlefield, it is nothing but a waste protected by people!"

Tang Wei, who wants to make a difference in troubled times, has never been on the battlefield. Every time he is either a transporter or assigned to defend the rear, he yearns for the battlefield, and the more he feels that the battlefield is getting farther and farther away from him.

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On the outskirts of Xicheng, in a hidden canyon.

"General, the fighting at the east city gate is fierce. My lord has pushed all the troops up, and it seems that some soldiers in the city have also been pushed up. Can we move now?"

"Wait!"

Huang Shao sat on a big rock, closed his eyes, and heard the words of his captain, he just uttered a word coldly.

No one would have guessed that there are tens of thousands of soldiers hiding in this hidden canyon. These soldiers hide in grass leaves, let the wind and snow add to their bodies, and stand still, like a wild wolf spying on its prey in the dark, waiting for someone. The best time to strike.

These tens of thousands of soldiers are naturally the Yellow Turban Army who came out of Daba Mountain.

"General, I'm afraid that if we continue to wait like this, our Yellow Turban soldiers will suffer heavy casualties. This time, my lord, the Yellow Turban Army has been the vanguard and has been attacking for more than three days. The west city is as strong as a mountain. If this continues, how many of my Yellow Turban soldiers are left?" ah!"

Captain Fan Xiao said in a low voice.

"I can't bear the children, I can't hold on to the wolves!" Huang Shao said, "It's not the time for us to attack. The troops in the city haven't reached a limit yet. We have to let the troops in the city reach a limit. Only then can I fight in the shortest time and with the fewest casualties. If we break into the city, we will either not fight, or we will fight, and this battle must be won!"

"understand!"

Fen Xiao took a deep breath and nodded, but he was somewhat unwilling and asked, "Then when are we going to wait?"

"Wait for two days before talking!"

Huang Shao raised his head and looked at the snowflakes that fell around him: "My lord is taking every step of the way, and the city is already overwhelmed. In two days, it is enough for them to put the last of their troops on top!"

He thought for a while: "The scouts outside will take back whatever they can. Remember, you must never expose your traces!"

"Yes!"

"Also, send some people to the official road to see if there are any envoys from Nanzheng!" Huang Shao narrowed his eyes and flickered, "Maybe I can use it!"

"Official way?"

Fan Xiao suddenly remembered something, and cupped his hands and said: "Just before doing something to drive you, some scouts seemed to say that they saw a few people rushing towards the west city, and these people seemed to be carrying the command flag on their bodies. He is the one who executes the order!"

"where is it?"

"It's less than ten miles away from us, and I'm heading towards the city gate. I was worried that the scouts would be exposed, so I asked them to restrain their whereabouts, so I didn't move them!"

"God help me, go catch them back, be careful to keep them secret, and don't reveal their identities!"

"As ordered!"

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in the city.

The snow is getting bigger and bigger. From the small snowflakes at the beginning to the heavy snowflakes later, the snowflakes have begun to cover the city.

"What the hell is going on with this Dragon Herding Picture?"

Yang Bai was scratching his head, he thought it was just a small disturbance, and if he couldn't take advantage, Mujing should withdraw his troops. After all, if it goes on like this, the one who suffers is definitely not him, it must be Mujing.

But the facts told him that he guessed wrong.

Mu Jing was really crazy. For several days in a row, he was increasing his troops every day, which made him feel more and more pressured. He even put all the soldiers in the city on the city wall.

"It is rumored that Mu Longtu is a talented young man, versatile in both civil and military affairs, and knows military strategy. Now, it seems that he is eager for success and profit, and he is extremely arrogant. He knows that winter cannot be fought, but he insists on fighting. He knows that the west city cannot be broken. , but at the expense of the soldiers under his command, it seems that it is nothing more than that!"

Scribe Yang Xu said coldly.

"wrong!"

Yang Bai shook his head, his gaze was fixed on the battlefield through the wind and snow, on the battlefield, ladders were erected, wells were pushed, and the soldiers of the herdsmen rushed to attack the city wall, but the more he looked, the more something was wrong.

"Although seeing is believing and hearing is believing, we must not underestimate this young prince who can kill from Guanzhong!"

Yang Bai forced himself to calm down: "He is so aggressive, there must be a trick!"

"But the battlefield is clear to us at a glance, what tricks does he have!"

Yang Xu cupped his hands and said: "And general, as long as we don't attack, we will be as stable as Mount Tai. No matter what tricks they have, they will not be able to break through our west city. I think the general thinks too highly of this person. At this moment, we will All the main forces should be pressed up and given them a heavy blow, at least the city gate can be peaceful for a few days!"

"It's not me who thinks highly of this person!"

Yang Bo shook his head: "It's that they have taught us a lesson, how we lost Fangling, how we lost Shangyong, Shangyong's soldiers died, surrendered, Zhang Wei's [-] soldiers were all The army is annihilated, and with this lesson, if we are not vigilant against the Mu army, then we are not worthy of being respected by Master Shijun!"

"What does the general mean?"

"No matter what, it's right to be cautious!" Yang Bai thought for a while, and said: "Leave one battalion in case of accidents, and the rest of the soldiers will press up and repel them!"

"promise!"

Yang Xu immediately went to deliver the order.

……

"There are more troops in the city?" Hearing the report from the battlefield, Mu Jing raised a playful smile: "I don't know how many more soldiers and horses can be added in the city?"

"My lord, the strength of the troops in the city should not be underestimated. We could have seized the gap and attacked the city wall just now, but the thousands of enemy troops that suddenly came out killed us all at once, and even damaged a well." Lane car!"

"How many troops have been invested in the city wall now?"

"Nearly fifteen thousand or so!"

A clerk on the viewing platform immediately looked through the records, and then cupped his hands and replied: "We stepped up our offensive four times, and they increased their troops four times. According to current estimates, there are at least [-] soldiers in the Hanzhong Army on the top of the city." !"

"Fifteen thousand?"

Mu Jing raised his head, stared ahead, looked at the battlefield above and below the city wall, and said: "The preparations are sufficient. If we want to attack by force with their strength, it will be useless!"

The siege is originally at a disadvantage, and only when the troops show an advantage will they attack.

If you follow the rules of attack and defense in the city.

At least four or five times as many soldiers and horses are needed to besiege the city.

There is an old saying, ten surround it.

With the current scale of Xicheng, although there are dangerous walls, it is not a peerless and magnificent city. If you want to besiege the city, ten times the number of troops is too much, but four or five times the number of troops is still necessary.

With Mu Jing's current strength, if they were to fight head-on, it would be really impossible to break through the West City.

"But no drama is no drama, you still need an attitude!"

Mu Jing let out a low voice: "Chen Dao!"

"exist!"

"Suppress the main force of the last battalion of your Jingping First Army!" Mu Jingjian pointed at Xicheng: "From now on, pass on my military order, don't withdraw troops tonight, forcefully attack all night, and fight to the death without end!"

"Yes!"

All the generals were completely solemn, feeling the sharpness of Mu Jing's body at the moment, each of them quickly changed their colors and became serious, and bowed their hands to accept orders.

"I will beat the drums for you myself!"

Mu Jing threw the long sword in his hand to the guards, walked up to the drum, picked up the drum stick, took a deep breath, let the breath go through the whole body, and gathered strength in his hands.

Boom boom boom! ! ! ! ! ! !
The drums are beating one after another, quite rhythmically.

"Beat the drums with the lord!"

The drummers became excited, and they started to follow Mu Jing to the rhythm of beating the drums.

Boom boom boom! !Boom boom boom! ! !Boom!Boom! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

This kind of passionate drum sound overlapped one after another, and the sound waves were like thunder, rushing to the top of the sky, echoing in the entire west city within a radius of ten miles, so that everyone inside and outside the city could hear it clearly.

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"My lord, since you have done your best, leave the rest to a certain family!"

Standing at the mouth of the valley, Huang Shao could hear the sound of the drum very clearly.

This is a signal.

A signal to him to attack.

He knew that Mujing had definitely been able to lead all the soldiers and horses in the city to the east city, if he couldn't seize this opportunity, he wouldn't be Huang Shao.

"You two, borrow your command flag!"

Huang Shao looked at the two trembling messengers, took the order flags from their bodies, looked at them, and stuck them on his body. He got on his horse and said, "Boys, hide for a few days. I am already impatient, now is the time for me to go out, are you willing to take this city with me?"

"willing!"

"willing!"

The generals suppressed their voices and shouted.

"it is good!"

Huang Shao came out with the command flag in person: "It will be dark soon. After dark, I will go with the command flag and break through the city gate with the orderly soldiers. But once the city gate is opened, you must not hide. Fan Xiao, can you Come on, it's up to you!"

"As ordered!"

Fan Xiao folded his hands and stood by.

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into the night.

It snowed heavily during the day, and snowflakes were everywhere, but after nightfall, the heavy snow that had been falling stopped instead. The breath after the heavy snow was very fresh, and there was a trace of cool air between the sky and the earth.

Tatata! ! !
Under the Xicheng Gate of Xicheng County, horseshoes came galloping.

"Marquis Jun, someone is coming from the city!"

Xiaotu woke up when he heard the sound, and quickly shook Tang Wei, the military marquis who was sleeping next to him.

"someone is coming?"

Although Tang Wei was dissatisfied with Yang Bai letting him guard the west gate of the west city, he was very vigilant. He quickly stood up: "Quickly, get them all up, be careful!"

"Junhou, this is the west city gate, what are you guarding against, and there are only a few people coming down from the city!"

"makes sense!"

Tang Wei sighed, he took a step up, and asked under the city: "Who is under the city?"

"Master Shijun's secret performance, quickly open the city gate!"

People in the city looked up to the sky and shouted: "A certain family wants to see General Yang Bai!"

"It turned out to be the envoy of Master Shijun!"

The soldiers on the top of the city breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's indeed our Hanzhong accent. It's coming from the west. It must be some order from Master Shijun. Open the city gate!" Tang Wei said: "I will welcome him personally!"

"Yes!"

Several village chiefs took orders.

Under the city, five people and five horses stared at the city gate in the dark.

"Crack!"

The gates opened.

"Haha!" The man in the middle showed a smile, and said to the man beside him who shouted just now: "Old Tu, you have done a great job, and your Hanzhong accent, I didn't expect it to come in handy!"

"I left Hanzhong in my twenties and never thought of coming back to Hanzhong. I didn't expect that this Hanzhong dialect would come in handy!"

Lao Tu is a middle-aged man, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, and one of Huang Shao's personal guards.

"Who is the messenger!"

Holding a torch, Tang Wei came out of the city gate to greet them. He took a look at a few people and found that something was wrong for some reason. On the shoes of several people, the pupils suddenly changed color.

"I'm!"

Huang Shao stood up with a smile, holding the hilt of his sword in one hand.

"Close the city gate!"

Tang Wei suddenly ran back and started drinking loudly at the gate of the city.

"Have you been discovered?" Huang Shao was a little puzzled, he imitated the voice very well, so how could he be spotted.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

The city gate is open.

"You are faster, or my sword is faster!" Huang Shao's sword was as fast as the wind, his figure turned around, and the sword was clamped around Tang Wei's neck, and his eyes glanced coldly: "Whoever dares to move, I will kill this person! "

"what happened?"

"The Marquis has been held hostage!"

"Aren't they messengers?"

More than a dozen soldiers at the gate of the city were suddenly stunned.

"kill!"

In the darkness outside the city, a roar sounded: "Those who surrender will not be killed, and those who resist will be killed without mercy!"

Tatata! ! !
The heavy footsteps trampled the ground like an earthquake.

"enemy?"

"How did the enemy army appear at the west gate?"

"How to do?"

The guards of the city peeped at each other, and before they could react, the city gate had already fallen.

The night passed.

The battle at Dongchengmen lasted all night.

The situation is deadlocked.

But when the light of the morning shone on the earth, no one would have thought that the west city had already been breached, and a troop appeared behind the Hanzhong army...

(End of this chapter)