I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 318 Sima Yi played with an eagle and was caught by an eagle!

On the fifth day of April in the second year of Yanxi, Li Heng took the lead in launching the Battle of Nanyang.

That day, he personally led an army of 30,000 people to the north and attacked Nanyang County with his sword.

On the afternoon of April 6th, Chen Taigang, who was in Wan County, received a letter from Sima Yi. In the letter, Sima Yi asked him to strengthen his defenses again and again.

Chen Tai also followed Sima Yi's instructions. He built three walls south of Wancheng and three more cities near Xinye.

In the hundred miles distance from Wancheng to Xinye, a solid defense was laid in depth.

But what shocked Chen Tai was that that afternoon, as soon as he finished reading Sima Yi's letter, he received a military report from the front: The Shu army went north!

There was no sign before Li Heng sent troops. Even the day before yesterday, Chen Tai received a letter of reprimand from Li Heng about the recent law-breaking by Wei businessmen.

In the letter, Li Heng seriously emphasized that trade between the two countries should abide by the rules.

Between the words, there is an attitude of hello, me, and everyone.

The other two fortresses were originally discussing whether to send troops to compete with Xinye, but soon the intelligence was sent back, and Wang Kan's three thousand soldiers and horses were turned into meat buns as soon as they went out.

"Quick! Enter the city quickly..." The envoy was so frightened that he ran back quickly, but when the soldiers guarding the city saw the situation, they had already begun to close the city gate.

Unexpectedly, Li Heng would send troops northward in the blink of an eye.

How can we fight here!
He quickly ordered his subordinates to seal the city more tightly, and then sent all the defenders to the top of the city. Even a fly must be caught and crushed to death.

The other three cities received the news and immediately gathered their troops in a hurry.

Some soldiers were hit by stone cannons and flew off the tower, falling to pieces.

send troops? Hahaha, you have nothing to say about this matter, we have to ask Chen Xuanbo for instructions!
Half an hour later, the Han army arrived at the gate of Xinye City. The general of Xinye had just sent an envoy out, preparing to go over and rebuke the Han army righteously.

After Chen Tai read it, he was immediately furious: "Little Li Heng is bullying others too much!"

As for the free trade city between Xinye and Xiangyang, Li Heng completely ignored it and bypassed it.

This sudden change severely impacted Chen Tai's psychological defense, and then he began to urgently mobilize his troops.

The stones left shallow pits on the wall, smashed the battlements, and scattered fragments, hitting the soldiers at the top of the city.

Xinye guard Zhang Shen sent someone to send a message, ordering them to be ready to send troops at any time.

Boom boom boom...

However, when Chen Tai turned around to mobilize his troops, Li Heng had already arrived in Xinye.

Wang Kan himself fled back to Zuoxiangcheng, covered his head with a quilt and shivered.

Not long after his army left the city, they were attacked by a Han army and were crippled within a stick of incense.

A huge sound resounded all around.

Wang Kan, the defender of Zuoxiang City, led 3,000 Wei troops out of the city, preparing to launch a surprise attack on the Han army's flank while the Han army was marching.

Dust flew everywhere, shaking everywhere.

At the end of the day, Wei Jun at the head of Xinye City saw a mighty torrent coming in the distance, and the sound of countless footsteps echoed between heaven and earth like waves.

As a result, the Han army's heavy artillery had been set up. The envoy looked up and saw dozens of huge stones cutting through the void and hitting the rammed earth wall of Xin Yecheng.

"Wait, I haven't entered the city yet, I haven't entered the city yet..."

Before the messenger could finish speaking, he suddenly felt that the sun in the sky seemed to be covered by dark clouds, and he suddenly looked up.

I saw the arrows all over the sky, like a huge black cloud, covering the sky and flying towards the city wall.

Countless dense sounds echoed around, mixed with countless screams.

Some soldiers were not hit by heavy artillery, but were turned into hedgehogs by arrows.

Some were even thrown off the city wall by the impact, transformed beyond recognition and turned into a puddle of flesh stuck to the ground, with blood spraying everywhere.

Everything happened so suddenly and fiercely that the Wei army in Nanyang never realized that such a terrible situation would occur at the beginning of the war.

The morale of the army collapsed in an instant.

The Wei army who was shot in the leg crawled on the city tower. Countless other Wei soldiers ran down the city crying and shouting. Some even jumped down and broke their legs, but they didn't care so much and crawled forward.

"In the end what happened!"

In the city not far from the city wall, some people were stunned when they saw the dense crowd of people falling down from the city wall like dumplings.

Emotions of panic and despair were everywhere. But the Han army's attack did not weaken at all, and more heavy artillery bombarded the city wall.

The city wall made a dull sound and trembled. Under the angry roar of the heavy artillery, cracks began to appear, and then trembled and collapsed.

As soon as the city wall collapsed, the Han army's formation emitted an overwhelming voice: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Zhang Shen originally wanted to organize soldiers and horses to resist, but when he arrived near Nancheng, he saw the terrible scene. Not to mention that he could organize people, he himself was dumbfounded.

run!
This was the only word in Zhang Shen's mind.

Then he turned around and ran.

The others saw the general running away and followed suit.

When the people saw the officers and soldiers running away, they also ran away.

But obviously no one can escape.

The Han army has surrounded the city. After the north gate is opened, those who escape will face the Han army who have been waiting for a long time.

So, these people could only run back.

In the evening, Zhang Shen was kidnapped by his own people and escorted to Li Heng.

In the face of absolute strength, the other three cities did not dare to move, let alone support them. In the evening, they all sent people over to ask for surrender.

Of course, Li Heng accepted their surrender, and sent people to confiscate the weapons of all prisoners, and then escorted them back to Xiangyang for custody.

Also in the evening, Chen Tai learned that Xinye had been exposed.

He immediately added another letter asking for help to Sima Yi.

Before dark, Li Heng set up a table outside the camp and had a simple dinner.

General Xinye knelt in front of Li Heng.

Li Heng asked: "How many defenders are there in Wancheng?"

"General, forgive me, I didn't know."

"You don't know, and you still have the nerve to ask me to forgive you?" Li Heng waved his hand, and two soldiers came over and dragged Zhang Shen down.

"General, I suddenly remembered that there should be 20,000 troops in Wancheng!"

"bring back!"

Zhang Shen was dragged back again.

"Where did the 20,000 troops come from?"

"It was transferred from Sizhou and Yuzhou."

"Affiliation?"

"Chinese Army!"

"All Chinese troops?"

"They're all Chinese troops!"

"Who adjusted it?"

"It was transferred last year."

Li Heng was a little surprised. It seemed that Cao Shuang didn't do anything!
"It was Taiwei Jiang Ji who insisted on sending more elite troops to Nanyang!"

I’ll just say it!

How could that guy Cao Shuang consider setting up defense in Nanyang?

"Take it down."

"General, spare my life!"

Li Heng said nothing, which meant no killing.

Lu Zhi said: "General, as long as tomorrow, Sima Yi will know that we have sent troops."

(End of this chapter)