Chapter 10: Attack the City

Sima Zhao handed the letter to Sima Yi. Sima Yi slowly opened it, took a casual look, and suddenly became stunned. Although he had always been cold and rigorous and quiet, his hand shook slightly this time, and then he showed a very strange spirit. He tore the letter to pieces and asked Sima Zhao sternly: "Have you read the content of the letter?"

Sima Zhao shook his head: "Never."

Sima Yi seemed to breathe, and before others could notice, he shouted loudly: "Come, push him out and kill him! The heads are hanging outside the city, and order the three armies!"

Everyone was shocked when holding the tent. I never thought why Sima Yi did this.

Sima Shi knelt on the ground: "Father, Brother Zhao..." Before he finished speaking, Sima Yi slapped the table: "What are you calling him?!" Sima Shi hurriedly said: "Whether Sima Zhao surrendered to Ji Han, I am afraid there is another hidden truth. My father will let him defend himself." "Defend? What can I argue? No matter whether he surrenders, whether he surrenders or falsely, how can I tolerate him? Be lenient to others and strict with myself. This is the way for me, Sima Yi to lead troops. If Sima Zhao is not killed, how can I face the soldiers of the three armies who are fighting hard?" He kicked Sima Shi over and waved his hand and said, "Drag on!"

The generals didn't know if they should plead for mercy at this time, but Sima Zhao suddenly struggled and said sharply: "Grandmaster, I'm afraid you won't be able to kill me. If I really surrender, I will be the envoy of Ji Han. The two countries will not kill me. The envoy will be the world's talent and will be in charge of the three armies. How can you not know? If I surrender, I will be a hero of the Great Wei Dynasty. I will be without any loss of my great qualities. Why did you kill me?"

Sima Yi slapped the table and was furious and shouted, "I have taught you for twenty years and taught you that the two countries will confront you. Can you not be killed? When you speak in front of the battle, you have no king or father. If you cut you into pieces, it will be difficult to calm my hatred."

Sima Zhao said: "My son was in front of the battlefield that day, and he used a secret code to tell his father the truth at the expense of death. How could he be?" As he said that, he repeated those words once, and when he spoke the four words "I fake surrender", he was already choked.

Sima Yi was still pretending to be hesitant, and understood that all the generals who came over had kneeled down: "Grandmaster, the young general is in a place of tigers and wolves. He is a plan to surrender, and has courage and knowledge, but has no faults and merits. Please let the young general go."

Sima Yi pretended to think, and said half a day: "For the sake of the generals, let your life be spared today. You should report the military information outside the city carefully, and there must be no mistakes!"

Sima Zhao nodded and said, "The Han army outside the city built forty carriages, two hundred flying ladders, three hundred cannon cars, and two thousand Shu sharks. In addition, the serial stone generators were also above one hundred, and the siege was extremely strong. In addition, it is said that the reinforcements of Huang Quan, Guan Ping and Ma Dai had arrived in Xiliang. Er had personally seen the two passes by, and they called General Huang and General Guan, but Er did not know these two people. Therefore, he did not dare to believe them easily."

Although he was reserved, the generals of the Wei army were still surprised when they heard the strength of the Han army outside the city. Sima Yi said: "Don't disrupt our morale. The military may be true, but the reinforcements must be false. Ji Han could not continue to increase troops. Huang Quan and the other two were far away in Xiliang and guarded the border. If their troops moved, I am afraid that the Western Qiang and the Western Regions would rebel first. You see that he was increasing troops, it might be Zhuge Liang using the suspicious strategy that Dong Zhuo used to transport troops in the day and leave quietly at night. Although there are many tents, they are still those people. If there are really reinforcements, it is Zhuge Liang who will concentrate the troops and horses to attack the city. Then, one side of our encirclement outside must have been opened."

The generals of the Wei army nodded repeatedly, feeling a little relieved. Someone heard Sima Yi say that the encirclement might have opened. He couldn't help but secretly get upset.

Sima Zhao said: "The child also thought this way."

"So, Zhuge Liang asked you to come and say something? Let you talk about his increase in troops and weapons and advise us to surrender?"

"No, the child saw the matter of increasing troops and weapons by accident. He said to the child that it would be better for me to surrender and could tell my father everything I saw. He also said, "My father is a hero in the world. I hope that my father will surrender. If my father does not surrender, he will leave early, and it will be time to go. He asked me to hand over the letter to my father, and said that from tomorrow, he will start to attack the city. No matter whether the child returns or not, whether the city surrenders, he will attack with all his strength."

"that's all?"

"that's all."

"It's strange." Sima Yi frowned, "Come, take Sima Zhao up, Ronghou will interact with Yecheng, and listen to His Majesty Hou's resignation."

"Grandmaster." Sima Shi and the generals shouted.

Sima Yi stopped talking and turned around and left.

Although Sima Shi didn't understand why Sima Zhao had told everything and his father wanted to lock him up, he didn't dare to say anything. Worrying that Sima Zhao was suffering, he personally watched the soldiers arrest Sima Zhao and gave instructions. Then he hurried to see Sima Yi: "Father, all the generals understood that Zhao's brother was a fraudulent surrender, and they inquired about the news about Ji Han. Why did his father still arrest Zhao?"

Sima Yi sneered: "The news, are those news true or false? How useful can it be? What's more, why did Zhuge Liang send your brother back? Is it just to ask him to send me these messages?"

Sima Shi said in a daze: "Isn't it to let Brother Zhao send that letter? What was said in the letter?"

Sima Yi snorted coldly: "Don't mention that letter again! I thought Zhuge Liang was a gentleman, but he was not a villain who was exploring people's corners and spreading rumors!"

"That letter?"

"Never mention that letter in front of me. It has nothing to do with the affairs of the two armies! Do you understand?" Sima Yi suddenly broke out. Sima Shi was so scared that he didn't dare to speak. Sima Yi said: "What exactly did Zhuge Liang want to do? Putting Zhao'er back will not play any role in the affairs of the two armies. I will still be able to keep the rules and retreat whenever I should retreat. Even if he has a thousand tricks, he will not change anything? What does he want to do?"

Sima Shi mustered up the courage: "Father, did Zhuge Liang release his brother Zhao back to destroy the trust between his father and His Majesty, so that Yecheng would think his father had any secret connection with Zhuge Liang?"

"Silly, did you think of it now? I locked up Zhao'er and sent it to Yecheng in order to block such rumors. I have been ups and downs for my father and tried my best to gain the trust of His Majesty again. This time, you must not make any mistakes again. Otherwise, I have a small personal matter, and the rise and fall of the Sima clan is all based on it. How dare you be unwilling to be careful?"

Sima Shi was speechless.

"Zhuge Liang, what are you planning to do? The Guancheng in the east and north of Luoyang has been occupied by you, and my retreat has been cut off. Lu Xun from Sun Wu occupied Wancheng in the south, and Guo Huai in the west cannot leave the city and cannot contact me. It is fine if you don't attack the city for a while. Why did you let the residents of Luocheng go out of the city to collect firewood and water? Do you want to secretly set up a detailed plan? It shouldn't be. I have conducted a detailed investigation and never let anyone go. Even if some of them have a second heart, they cannot shake my military morale. But, what are you planning? However, no matter what you plan, I will deal with you with all your strength and have the ability. Come on!" Sima Yi made up his mind secretly.

But how could Zhuge Liang know about those things?

I would have done nothing earlier.

But, if you don’t come up with that plan, how can you easily turn over?

............

The next day, Ji Han started attacking.

Luoyang, as the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was expanded on the basis of Zhoucheng in the Western Zhou Dynasty and Luoyang in the Western Han Dynasty. It is located north of the Luoshui River. The city walls and gates were built in the 14th year of Jianwu of Emperor Guangwu. Although the plane shape of the city is not very regular, it is generally rectangular, with a width of about 6 miles from east to west and about 9 miles from south to north. Therefore, it is also called "Nine Six City". The palaces in the city are divided into Nangong and Beigong. Nangong was established during the Western Han Dynasty; Beigong was camped during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

There is also Yongle Palace on the east side of the Beigong, Zhuolong Garden (Royal Garden) on the west side, and Taicang and Argument in the northeast corner. The eastern part of the city is aristocratic residential area, including Buguangli and Yongheli. The three highest administrative agencies in the country are located on the east side of the Nangong. The industrial and commercial area is located in the north of the Nangong, as well as the eastern suburbs and southern suburbs. There are also Taixue, Mingtang, Biyong and Lingtai in the south of the city. Although there are twelve city gates in Luoyang, they are not on average, but on four north, south, two east and west.

Zhuge Liang did not attack in full, and aimed the direction of the attack site at the northwest corner of Luoyang. He mainly attacked Xiamen in the north, Shangximen in the west and the northwest corner of the city. Luoyang's city walls were tall, about six to eight meters from later lands. It was one of the most solid city walls in the Three Kingdoms era. But today, the most powerful defense was tested by the most powerful attack. Ji Han siege experts represented by Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun used siege equipment that almost surpassed this era. It was established and orderly, and began to advance in a certain sequence.

First of all, twenty nesting cars were more than meter taller than the city wall, pushed by huge wooden wheels, making loud noises, appearing like hills from the thin mist at dawn.

"What is that? Why is it so high?"

The soldiers of Cao Wei were still wondering. The light suddenly flashed on the ground-nest car far away from the range. The huge arrow rushed over with flames with a thunderous force. "Boom--" the giant arrow shot on the city wall and pierced deeply. Only the arrow tail left, shot on the human body, and penetrated the armor and penetrated several people with blood. One of them even shot on the wooden pillars of the city wall, and immediately ignited the fire. Sima Yi, who was watching the enemy situation on the top of the city wall, was shocked. Although he knew that Ji Han's weapons were sharp, he did not expect that he would not use earth.

In the mountain, Ji Han actually made something similar to Tushan and shot arrows directly into the city, with such a long range and such great power. The troops protected Sima Yi and hurried down to the city. As soon as they came down to the city, Ji Han's second batch of arrows arrived. The first time was just a test shot and calibration. There were not many people who actually injured people. This time, they shot straight towards the defenders on the city. In an instant, blood splattered and screamed endlessly. The giant shield became firm on the city, but the giant shield could not stop such a giant crossbow, and it still passed through.

Sima Yi shouted: "No need to be messed up. Although such a giant crossbow is powerful, it is extremely costly. And after being used for a long time, it will definitely be damaged and will not play a real role. Don't be afraid of it."

The Wei army was also hidden behind the city wall and no longer looked up. The fire of these giant crossbows was even more different from before. They used gunpowder and other things to shoot on the top of the city, bursting loudly. Although there were not many injuries, they were scary and were filled with thick fog, which made people cough. Ji Han even lit a pile of fires in the west of the city, raising deep smoke. Sima Yi then discovered that there was a slight west wind today, and the smoke floated up to the city, making the soldiers unable to open their eyes.

Sima Yi knew that he was not good, so he shouted: "Sima Shi, Chen Tai, you two lead 10,000 troops out of the city from Shangyangmen and Gumen respectively. He demolished Ji Han and other vehicles for me. The other generals, the Han army, will take advantage of smoke to attack the city, prepare crossbows and stone generators, and prepare to block the attack!"

All the generals responded and dispersed.

Sima Yi counted in his heart, and counted to one hundred. He shouted loudly: "The whole army counterattack!" The archers stood up and raised their heads in thick smoke, and shot out.

However, at the same time, the sky above Luoyang City suddenly became dark. Then, countless huge rocks fell from the sky, and the entire western city wall "rumbling" sounded loudly, as if it had been knocked down. In the blink of an eye, the Wei army killed hundreds of people. Ji Han did not attack the entire army with smoke. They only targeted the corner of the northwest city, and pushed the cannon trucks and serial stone generators to the moat to carry out a key attack. Hundreds of cannon trucks were launched at the same time, and their power was unimaginable. The sky seemed to be covered with dark clouds, and dark clouds fell, houses collapsed, and soldiers were about to die. This was a rain of death, and under its cover, no one could escape. The huge city wall was hit and made a heavy giggle.

On the battlefield of the Three Kingdoms, stone generators have also been used, but hundreds of them have never been used at the same time. In comparison, Cao Wei's counterattack on this section of the city wall was simply insignificant. In the blink of an eye, all the Wei troops in this section of the city wall were killed in battle, and the nearby Wei troops were also scared. Some of them hid everywhere, some shouted like crazy, and some turned around and left, but were killed by the supervisor.

Under this attack, all the defending equipment deployed by the Wei army on this section of the city wall were damaged and no longer available. However, the Wei army's stone-acting machines and other weapons were not all equipped with wheels like Ji Han's, and could be moved easily and became a mess for a while.

At this moment, the vestors started. They braved the rain of arrows from Cao Wei to come to the moat and filled the river with soil. In a blink of an eye, the river channel became a great road. They continued to move forward and headed down the city. The counterattack of the Wei army was suppressed, and the sporadic rain of arrows did not play a destructive role. The vestors with anti-arrow, anti-roll, anti-rock stone, and firecracker functions did not care about the attacks of the Wei army at all. The soldiers quickly dug the city walls under it. The Han Dynasty walls were mostly made of earth, and although they were hard, they could not withstand such excavation.
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