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On the ninth day of the fourth month, more than 10,000 Longlang Army troops were divided into two groups, and they were in a mighty way. They headed north from the west and south directions, and the troops arrived at Yecheng and camped five miles southwest.

Although I have seen it many times on the drawings and even imitated a section of the city wall, when the Mahan stopped on the high slope and overlooked Yecheng, the shock brought to him by this Hebei Xiongcheng was still quite strong: Guocheng was three zhang high and four zhang thick, and there were urns at four gates; there were enemy towers every fifty steps on the city wall, and there were dozens of horses protruding from the city wall, with high corner towers in the four corners; under the tall city, the surging Zhang River flowed around the city and poured into the water surface of the moat, which was three zhang wide. There was also an inner city moat between Guocheng and Zicheng. Even if the enemy seized the outer city, it would be blocked by this moat.

There are three-fold sheep and horse walls on the east, west and south sides of Yecheng, with wooden fences planted on them, which are as vast as forests. This sheep and horse wall can not only delay the enemy's charge speed, but also arrange soldiers to hide behind the wall, blocking them layer by layer with bows and arrows, which is equivalent to adding an outer defense. One mile away from the southeast of Yecheng, a Guancheng with a circumference of half a mile from the ground. This Guancheng is equivalent to a smaller version of Yecheng. Although it is only one-tenth of the size, it is a pure military city. Any attack on the east and south directions of Yecheng will face the flank strike of this Guancheng, which is quite difficult.

Generally speaking, to capture Yecheng, several steps must be taken: 1. Clear the periphery and remove several small cities around one by one. Destroy all the three sheep and horse walls; 2. Drain the water and fill the trenches to open up the attacking channel; 3. Capture Guocheng, then drain the water and fill the trenches; 4. Destroy Zicheng.

Only by completing these four steps can Yecheng be truly defeated.

According to the deduction of the Military Observation Group, according to the conventional fighting method, at least one to twenty thousand soldiers will be paid. It took half a year to a year, and one million stones of food and grass are indispensable. All kinds of siege weapons are available, and then a strategy to attack the heart is adopted. In this way, 50% of the city may be captured.

This means that if Ma Han had not developed a killing weapon that could be destroyed, there would be no need to fight this battle.

In mid-April, the Dragon Wolf Army began to perform the first step in an orderly manner: clearing the periphery.

Within dozens of miles of Yecheng, there are several satellite cities, Pingyang City to the east, Wu City to the south, Jiuhou City, Wu City to the west, etc. These cities all have 1,000 to 2,000 troops, and can be used as surprise soldiers to launch attacks on the Dragon Wolf Military Camp at any time.

The first step of Mahan is to take down these cities first. That is, to eliminate the threat, it can also serve as a stronghold to stock up on grain and station troops to defend against enemy aid that may appear on the east, west and north sides. These cities are about the same size as a Guancheng. However, the defense is not as good as Guancheng - Guancheng is a pure military city, and the people in the city are far more than garrisons.

The generals sent by Ma Han to attack the city were Zhang He and Gao Lan. The troops led by Zhang He were the most powerful soldiers in Hebei. Zhang He was originally the commander of the great halberd soldiers, but now he is in charge of his old subordinates, which is unhindered. He quickly formed combat power. The troops led by Gao Lan were more than a thousand Hebei soldiers who surrendered in the Battle of Guandu.

It is obvious that Ma Han sent these two people to seize the city, playing with the political and military skills. At the same time, Dong Zhao was temporarily appointed as an envoy and entered Yecheng, trying to surrender to Yuan Shang.

Zhang He and Gao Lan made a smooth progress. They went to the second city in five days and were rejected by the defender Yin Kui in Pingyang City.

Yin Kui was a veteran Yuanrong general of the Yuan clan group. He was always a city run by Yuan Shangyi and could not be forced to surrender by mere pressure. So Zhang He and Gao Lan jointly attacked. The halberd soldiers had strong attack power, and the dragon wolf surrounded Yecheng, and the defenders were panicked and had no intention of resisting the battle. However, a few days later, the city gate guards opened the city gate at night to welcome Zhang. Gao's second-year general entered the city. Yin Kui heard the news and didn't even have time to wear his boots. He walked over the wall barefoot and fled back to Yecheng under the protection of several confidant entourages.

Zhang He and Gao Lan succeeded repeatedly, while Dong Zhao stayed in Yecheng for seven or eight days, and when he finally returned from the city, he was empty-handed. He only brought Yuan Shang back. To be precise, the actual commander of Yecheng, said Shen Pei, to sum up. In other words, he only had one sentence: "Try and watch."

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In late April, Zhang He and Gao Lan had seized the four surrounding strongholds as planned, cut off all escape passages in Yecheng, completed the siege, and the battle to attack Ye officially began.

The breakthrough point chosen by Ma Han is Ximen. First, it is close to the camp, which is convenient for attack; second, it is to avoid Nanguan City.

There was also a half-finished project not far from the Ximen Gate. It was the half-built Xiguan City. The wall was only five feet high, and various defense facilities were not available. As a result, the Dragon Wolf Army launched a large-scale attack, and the Xiguan City was naturally abandoned.

At the end of April, the defenders at the west gate of Yecheng discovered that the enemy sent hundreds of servants, holding pickaxes, and destroyed Xiguan City.

That night, Yuan Shang, Shen Pei, Feng Ji and others received a report that there was movement in the enemy's army. The three of them climbed to the city wall together, and only heard hundreds of steps away from the dark night, and the sound of hundreds of people running, as well as the rushing mud and stones pouring down. Judging from the distance of the sound, it should be at the location of the first sheep and horse wall.

In order to see the situation clearly and to prevent the enemy's surprise attack, Shen Pei asked three hundred archers to shoot thousands of rockets. Although most of these rockets were extinguished after landing, the only remaining sparks had illuminated hundreds of steps - it was indeed the enemy's servants dumping the soil.

The wooden fence on the sheep and horse wall has been pulled down, and countless servants dumped all the mud and stone blocks that had been demolished by the city, and filled the height of the sheep and horse wall. In this way, the first sheep and horse wall was directly useless.

Yuan Shang was anxious: "The first wall was broken, how about this? Should we send troops out of the city to attack the enemy?"

Shen Pei shook her head: "No need. The Dragon Wolf Army bows and horses are fast, and they are the best at raids. It is unwise to attack in the dark night. Moreover, no matter how many enemies they kill, they are just servants. What's the benefit?"

Feng Ji also said: "What if the Dragon Wolf Army fills the first sheep and horse wall? Tomorrow I can dig the second sheep and horse wall into a deep ditch to see how much soil they have to fill."

The next day, the defenders discovered that all the destroyed Guancheng earth was poured into the sheep and horse wall, and the first sheep and horse wall that was as high as a human chest had been filled.

So, in order to prevent the Dragon Wolf Army from filling the wall again, the defenders dug the second sheep and horse wall into a trench that is 1 zhang deep and 2 zhang wide. Half of the digging earth was piled in front and half to the back. It not only raised the front but also made the wall of the third sheep and horse wall more than 1 zhang high, increasing the difficulty of attack.

Yuan Shang was very happy to see it, and he was satisfied with strokes of his beard.

But before their joy was over, the enemy's next actions made everyone confused - the servants of the Dragon Wolf Army kept picking up a large amount of soil and gravel, which were filled higher and higher, and some people crushed and compacted them back and forth with rocks. Since the first sheep and horse wall was more than 200 steps away from Yecheng, even bows and arrows could not be shot. Only some hard bows and strong crossbows could reach this range, but who would be so stupid that they used precious strong archers to shoot these servants?

In this undisturbed situation, by the beginning of May, a huge earth platform that was five meters high, three meters wide and thirty meters long had been built. Then, the servants erected tall wooden fences, as if they were going to build a city wall. On the outside of the wooden fence, lime mud was covered with to prevent enemy rockets.

The defenders were stunned and completely confused. They didn't know what the Dragon Wolf Army was doing.

The three giants in Yecheng have been discussing for a long time and initially determined that this was Ma Han learning to walk in Handan. He also wanted to build a wooden tower and arrow tower like the lord in the Battle of Guandu to suppress Yuan Jun behind the Sheep and Horse Wall. It has to be said that this move was indeed ruthless. In the end, the three giants unanimously agreed to withdraw all the more than a thousand soldiers behind the Sheep and Horse Wall, and demolish the defense facilities such as Muzha were demolished.

The two sides did not dispatch one army and one soldier to fight. They only fought against civil engineering projects, and in the end the three-layer sheep and horse wall was destroyed and the defender was defeated.

Although Yuan Jun was defeated, the upper and lower levels were not depressed at all, but secretly happy. According to this rhythm, if the Dragon Wolf Army wants to break through Yecheng, it will probably last for a long time. As long as you survive half a year, the other party will have to retreat when winter comes.

Although seeing that the Dragon Wolf Army had not many troops, no one from the Yuan army dared to go out of the city to fight. Anyone knew that the Dragon Wolf Cavities who came out of the raging Hu cavalry in Liaodong had the strength of their field combat capabilities. No one would be so stupid that they gave up the advantage of the city barrier and fought against the enemy in the field.

On the ninth day of the fifth month, it had been five days since the Dragon Wolf Army built the wooden fence. Yuan Shang and others believed that the wooden tower arrow tower had not been seen yet, but the Dragon Wolf Army stopped working, and this stop lasted for five days. The situation was a bit abnormal. The Ximen Guard General Jianjie General Lu Weihuang was uneasy and sent a whistle cavalry and sneaked out of the city from the north and south gates several times, trying to get closer to find out. As a result, he was slashed by the Long Wolf Cavalry who came out of nowhere and was killed and fled in panic. He was still unable to find out what was going on on the earth platform.

As soon as the sky was dawn, Yuan Shang was awakened by his servant and reported an information: "The Longwolf Army camp was brightly lit and smoke was everywhere. It was very likely that he would attack if he buried the pot and made rice so early."

Yuan Shang supported the edge of the bed with both hands and was stunned for a while. The situation that was both scared and worried finally came.

As expected, at the beginning of Chen Shi, almost all the Longwolf Army was dispatched, with 5,000 infantry and cavalry arranged two miles away. On the side of the Muzha Tutai, there were at least one thousand soldiers standing by.

The defenders also began to get busy: soldiers climbed to the top of the city, and entered the enemy building, female walls, horse faces, and corner towers, waiting in full force. The servants carried rolling stones and wood to the edge of the city and piled up high; they lined up with large iron pots, and the bottom of the pot was filled with flames, and the hot oil in the pot was boiling. In the meantime, the servants picked up a bucket of manure and poured it into the boiling water, and the entire city was filled with an indescribable stench.

The east wind blew, and thousands of soldiers of the Dragon Wolf Army lined up in the West were also so stinking that they almost vomited breakfast. But this was not the most terrible thing. As long as you think about it, you would be covered with these filthy things that were enough to corrupt meat and bone erode, everyone's scalp could not help but feel numb.

The guard general of the West Gate, Lu Weihuang, was wearing armor, stood on the gate tower, and was patting his chest to the military commander Xin Pi, assuring him: "If the enemy does not come, he will stop attacking the city. He will die as much as he comes, and he will die without a complete body, and he will be made into meat sauce..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a loud bang from the opposite side. The busy servants let out a burst of exclamations, interrupting Lu Weihuang's bold words.
Chapter completed!