Mi Han

Chapter 304 Sudden Attack on Cao Xiu's Abandoned City
It is true that the current defeat of the Wei army is the best time for the Han army to capture Fancheng.

But Fancheng is not an ordinary city, its city defense is very complete.

Mi Yang even learned from the captives of the Wei army that the Wei general guarding Fancheng this time was Zhao Yan.

As the veteran and important minister of Cao Wei, Zhao Yan's reputation was heard even by Wei Yan who was far away in Hanzhong.

Fancheng is strong, but Zhao Yan is no ordinary Wei general.

Since most of the Han army had just experienced a fierce battle, Mi Yang could not spare too many troops to attack Fancheng.

Under such circumstances, it is not easy for Mi Yang to take down Fancheng smoothly.

In view of this situation, Mi Yang's think tank Deng Ai came up with a plan for him.

That is, when most of the defeated Wei army had not entered Fancheng, Mi Yang personally selected some elite soldiers, put on the uniforms and flags of the Wei army, and approached Fancheng pretending to be a defeated Wei army.

As long as Zhao Yanhui will open the city to accept a group of defeated Wei soldiers, then Mi Yang can surprise him and lead the elite Han soldiers to attack from behind.

The condescending Zhao Yan, when the three thousand Han troops led by Mi Yang approached tens of thousands of Wei troops in a neat formation, his own rich experience made him feel that something was wrong.

And after coming to the vicinity of Fancheng, because the Wei army outside Fancheng was defeated for a while, it was not too many.

There is an established Wei army in Fancheng, and there are more than [-] people.

Under this kind of thinking, the crowding and rioting at the city gate became more and more serious.

This made Zhao Yan in Fancheng almost jump off the city wall in a hurry.

Since the Wei army was defeated and only cared about fleeing for their lives, when Mi Yang led three thousand elite soldiers of the Han army into their fleeing formation, they would not have the heart to detect any abnormalities.

And as the numerous defeated Wei troops began to push and shoves their comrades in front of them, more and more Wei troops fell from the suspension bridge, and the dense crowd of defeated Wei troops became more disorderly.

But the more than [-] Wei troops were scattered around the gates of the city, and there are currently many Wei troops in the city caves, and there is no way to let those established Wei troops line up to meet the enemy.

And when Mi Yang saw the suspension bridge outside Fancheng slowly lowering, he knew that Deng Ai's strategy was already half successful.

And when Mi Yang ordered the three thousand Han troops behind him to line up and march towards Fancheng, many people among the tens of thousands of Wei troops who were defeated still began to notice something strange.

After Wei Yan heard Deng Ai's suggestion, he came up with a more radical strategy.

In desperation, tens of thousands of Wei army's defeated crowd exploded in an instant like a mirror being smashed by a boulder.

The appearance of those thousands of Han troops represented that they were once again facing a huge threat of death.

Tens of thousands of defeated Wei troops are now only thinking about fleeing for their lives, and most of them have no armored soldiers on their bodies, so their current combat effectiveness is similar to that of ordinary people.

Many Wei army's defeated troops were already crossing the suspension bridge, and they fell from the suspension bridge into the cold moat under the push and push of the comrades behind them, and even the push of the comrades beside them.

If you want to break through a strong city, you must first seize the city gate!

"The deer is here, but the tiger is far away?"

This led to the fact that if Zhao Yan wanted to pull up the suspension bridge successfully and quickly, he had to let the soldiers in the city cave pull the mechanism.

This is Fancheng!

As the distance continued to approach, the bloodthirsty expressions on the faces of the thousands of Han soldiers were seen more and more clearly by the defeated Wei troops.

It's just that, as the supreme commander of the Wei army currently present, he has to take on some responsibilities, and he has to issue some orders in a timely manner.

But now because of the surprise attack of the Han army, the Wei army at the city gate is in a mess. Under such circumstances, Zhao Yan can't pull up the suspension bridge in a short time.

If the defeated Wei army on the suspension bridge is compared to the rocks that refuse to give up the hope of life easily.

And once Zhao Yan did this, the Han army led by Mi Yang could pretend to be the Wei army in appearance, but the accent alone would have to be exposed in an instant.

In addition, Zhao Yan in Fancheng had no intention of opening the city gate at that time, so Mi Yang led three thousand Han troops to hide in the mountains outside Fancheng.

There is only one thought in their minds now, and that is to rush into the city to avoid the Han army that keeps killing them behind them.

But even if he guessed it, there is nothing he can do now.

What kind of situation can create a person's mood of despair?

And at that time, in such a chaotic army, wasn't there also a general like Yu Jin who restrained his subordinates and led the army to retreat slowly?
At the beginning, Yu Jin was even able to build trenches among the tens of thousands of defeated troops. Today, this "Wei general" is much worse than Yu Jin.

In an instant, thousands of mournful howls sounded from the rear of tens of thousands of Wei troops.

The most important thing is that all the defeated troops of the Wei army are squeezing forward desperately at this moment, and some of the defeated troops of the Wei army have already begun to enter the city gate at this time.

Because of the sudden defeat of the Wei army, Mi Yang's [-] Han troops were able to sneak through and come to the vicinity of Fancheng.

At this time, under the leadership of Mi Yang, the three thousand Han troops had hacked all the way to the suspension bridge.

In the battle just now, Wei Yan's whole body was already covered in blood, but on his blood-stained face, his excitement became stronger and stronger.

During the one hour just now, on the one hand, Mi Yang ordered the three thousand Han troops to step up their repairs, and on the other hand, he kept an eye on the changes in Fancheng.

After seeing this scene, the tens of thousands of Wei troops who had hoped to restore a little order because of seeing life were defeated, and fell into a great panic in an instant.

After seeing the Han army coming all the way, there were more defeated Wei troops who felt hopeless to enter the city. They took the suspension bridge in Fancheng as the center point and fled quickly in all directions.

That's what he did when the mutiny happened in Guanzhong.

Zhao Yan also tried to send part of the Wei army down the tower to drive away the defeated Wei army crowded at the city gate.

The three thousand Han army led by Mi Yang was like a fierce Han River.

Countless Wei Jun looked away in a panic, and then they desperately pushed and shoved the comrades in front of them.

This stream of Han Shui was constantly scouring the blood-stained rock until it smashed their bodies, and then continued to gallop from their stumped limbs and broken arms towards their destination.

After seeing this scene, Mi Yang led three thousand Han troops out of the forest without hesitation, and rushed towards the back of tens of thousands of Wei troops.

As soon as his achievements are complete, he will now use the bones of the Wei army to pave the way for his Wei Yan to make contributions.

He suggested that Mi Yang lead [-] Han troops disguised as Wei troops to sneak into Fancheng, so that once Fancheng defender Zhao Yan relaxes his vigilance, the Han army can take advantage of the opportunity to break through the city defenses of Fancheng from the inside.

When the defeated Wei army nearby thought that the soldiers led by this "General Wei" would compete with them for the hope of survival, Mi Yang immediately ordered three thousand Han troops to attack the Wei army ahead.

But what they never expected was that after they paid so much, thousands of enemy troops would suddenly attack them again in the place they thought was the safest place.

Waves of wailing sounded from the city cave, and then continuously reached the ears of Zhao Yan, Cao Xiu and others who had already descended from the tower.

Deng Ai's strategy was based on the example of Zhang Yi leading the Han army to enter the city while Mi Yang was attacking Shen Yi.

When Mi Yang led three thousand Han troops out of the mountains and forests, they quickly came to the back of tens of thousands of Wei troops.

Looking at the thousands of Han troops below the city, slaying his own army all the way from the rear, and approaching the city gate, it was not difficult for Zhao Yan to guess the intentions of the thousands of Han troops.

However, the suspension bridge in Fancheng is very wide. It takes a lot of manpower to pull such a huge suspension bridge up.

Hearing the howls of the army under his command, not only Zhao Yan showed unbearable expression on his face, but also Cao Xiu, who has always had a strong temperament, also showed a gray and defeated look on his face.

This method can take Fancheng when Zhao Yan is not prepared.

Among the tens of thousands of generals and schools in the Wei army, it is not surprising that one or two of them are as strict as Yu Jin in governing the army.

Because they thought that the three thousand Han troops led by Mi Yang were their own comrades, and the tens of thousands of defeated Wei troops were now thinking about how to quickly cross the suspension bridge, so they didn't pay attention to their backs at all.

It was precisely because they entered the city earlier that they escaped this catastrophe.

So Zhao Yan could only watch helplessly as the thousands of Han troops under Fancheng slashed and killed their own army with impunity.

What's more, there are many soldiers standing on the suspension bridge now.

At this time, as the three thousand Han troops advanced all the way, many Wei army corpses had fallen around their formation.

Because according to common sense, everyone is a defeated army and is in a state of panic. It should not be said whether the formation is scattered or not, it should be that there is no formation at all.

Compared with Deng Ai's strategy, Wei Yan's strategy has a higher probability of success on the surface, but this strategy is too risky, and it is completely pinning its hopes on the negligence of the enemy.

Therefore, Wei Yan's strategy is too risky, while Deng Ai's strategy is more secure.

This is tantamount to exposing the heart of Fancheng naked to the sharp blades of the Han army.

"Pass down the order, and the whole army will withdraw from Fancheng."

Yes, a Mi Yang has forced them to such an extent.

Thinking about the defeat of Wancheng by Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty, all the armies were defeated, and the situation is not much worse than today.

The most terrible thing is the two large iron chains that fix the suspension bridge, which are integrated with the gate of the city.

And even if Zhao Yan successfully issued an order to stop the entire army from entering the city, how many people would listen to his order given the strong desire to survive the collapse of tens of thousands of Wei troops?

And after leading three thousand Han troops onto the suspension bridge and seeing the city cave not far away, Mi Yang's face showed joy.

Such a Wei army could not stop the Han army charging in three thousand formations.

With the sound of wailing, the Han army, led by Wei Yan, had already reached the cave in Fancheng.

At present, the best way to prevent the Han army from entering the city is to pull up the suspension bridge in time to prevent the Han army from crossing the moat.

So after weighing the pros and cons, Mi Yang decisively adopted Deng Ai's method.

Now anyone who is a normal person can guess that the thousands of "friendly troops" who are beheading their comrades are actually Han troops in disguise.

The current situation that Zhao Yan is facing is that the defeated Wei army who are crossing the suspension bridge and the city gate have become like solid rocks, firmly blocking the suspension bridge and the city cave in Fancheng.

The current scene brought him back to the scene he experienced on the battlefield just now.

With Ding Feng injured, Wei Yan is currently the only one who can take on the tough task for Mi Yang.

It was broad daylight now, and Zhao Yan was a former guard.

Wei Yan, who is extremely brave, is like a hungry tiger that never tires. He keeps waving the big knife in his hand, harvesting the lives of the Wei army standing in front of him.

Too tragic.

These thousands of wailing sounds spread forward at an extremely fast speed, and when the defeated Wei army farther ahead heard the wailing sound and looked back, the scene in their eyes instantly scared them out of their wits.

Although the three thousand Han troops led by Mi Yang were no different from them in appearance, the way they marched quickly towards Fancheng was very different from most of the defeated Wei troops.

When Cao Xiu's order was heard by the Wei generals beside him, the faces of all the Wei generals showed shock.

What's more, even if he thinks deeply, an explanation will naturally emerge in that part of Wei Jun's mind.

Cao Xiu, who has experienced many battles, doesn't even want to recall what happened on the battlefield just now.

Cao Xiu's judgment made all Wei generals become extremely sober as if they were poured with a basin of cold water.

It's just that although some Wei Jun noticed something strange, most of their thoughts are now on running for their lives, and they don't think about this question at all.

Cao Xiu and other Wei generals were distinguished, so they were naturally the first to enter the city.

But now that the Wei army, who has been frightened by the Han army behind him, has lost all three souls and seven souls, how can he respond to his colleagues to drive them away.

With the continuous advancement of the three thousand Han troops, the vanguard of the Han army was already approaching the gate of Fancheng.

Everything happened too fast, and it was almost time for Zhao Yan to react.

It's just that before Zhao Yan gave the order, the three thousand Han troops led by Mi Yang had already launched an attack on tens of thousands of defeated Wei troops.

Originally, the tens of thousands of defeated Wei troops thought they had fled to Fancheng, and they finally got a glimmer of life for themselves.

Facing the pressing force of the Han army, without the Wei army, he would not feel hopeless.

For example:

However, although the current suspension bridges already use a part of the mechanical structure, in order to successfully pull up the suspension bridge, they must rely on human assistance.

I saw thousands of Han troops with sharp knives slashing and killing their own people like crazy, and they were coming towards themselves at an extremely fast speed.

How could this situation not make Zhao Yan feel anxious?

Even in order to fight for this ray of life, in the process just now, they abandoned the glory of the past, and they betrayed their former comrades.

That is to take away all the hope in his heart when he thought he could grasp it.

As a result, the city cave was soaked in a lot of blood in an instant.

Even if Zhao Yan did not open the gate of Fancheng to accept the defeated Wei army as Deng Ai expected, Mi Yang could lead the Han army to retreat temporarily.

Seeing that victory was just ahead, Mi Yang stepped up and led the three thousand Han troops towards the city cave of Fancheng.

It was precisely because he was worried that a similar situation would happen that Zhao Yancai had a lot of concerns about putting down the suspension bridge.

Once the Wei army's defeated army has entered the city, in order to prevent the defeated army from causing chaos in the city, he will definitely disrupt and reorganize the defeated Wei army.

Facing the shock of the generals, Cao Xiu looked at the figure who was constantly directing the Han army to kill the enemy, and said with a firm tone in his mouth:

Strategies are not afraid of old age, as long as they can be made to work according to the current situation.

When the first unsuspecting Wei army was cut down by the "friendly army" behind him, more and more defeated Wei troops were caught off guard and fell under the ring-shoulders of the Han army.

If the three tigers gather together, how can they fight against the three tigers and one deer with the thousands of demoralized soldiers in their hands now?

After realizing this, all Wei generals had no objection to Cao Xiu's decision.

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