When Gongsun Kang heard that Changli County was defeated, not only did the 90,000 troops be wiped out, but his younger brother Gongsun Gong was also captured. He was so shocked that his legs became weak and he almost fell down.

Changli County was completely lost. After the Han army invaded Liaodong County, they drove straight into Xiangping City.

Zhang He still led 20,000 Han troops as vanguards, clearing all the passes leading to Xiangping City.

The most of a pass is two or three thousand, most of which are hundreds, and the least are even dozens. The forwards do not carry baggage and travel much faster than the main force. This is to clear such passes, allowing the main army that carry a large amount of baggage and travel relatively slowly to travel smoothly, and will not be blocked from time to time because of a small pass.

At Longxing Pass, more than 400 Liaodong Army soldiers here learned that the Han army was coming, so they abandoned the pass and fled.

Although the Liaodong Army was quite elite, it was human nature to fear death. Ninety thousand troops were wiped out in Changli County, and even Gongsun Gong was captured. How could they resist the Han army? If they didn't escape, they would definitely die.

Zhang He easily occupied Longxing Pass without spending one soldier.

After all, the Gongsun family ruled the five counties in Liaodong for decades. Among the five counties, some people were loyal, and some were loyal. Some fled without a fight, and naturally some were stubborn and loyal.

Xiaomen Pass, the guards here, were named Shi Jin, so he took more than 300 Liaodong soldiers under his command to stubbornly guard Xiaomen Pass.

Zhang He was not polite either. Seeing that the Xiaomen Pass was not willing to surrender, he immediately ordered the investigation.

Although Zhang He's army was a vanguard and only brought simple ladders, Xiaomen Pass was not a kind of majestic pass that could not be opened by a man. It was just an ordinary small pass, with only more than 300 people and Zhang He's army of 20,000. The absolute number could scare Xiaomen Pass the morale of the guards.

The guardian of Xiaomen Pass is stubborn and loyal to Gongsun, not afraid of life and death. However, not everyone in Xiaomen Pass has the mentality of Shi Jin. Shi Jin is not afraid of death, they are afraid, but they are used to obeying the orders of the top peak and not daring to escape privately, which does not mean that they still have much combat power left.

A round of arrows shot into the Liaodong army, and Shi Jin almost got shot.

Soon, the Han army climbed the pass through a cloud ladder and fought with the Liaodong army within the pass. In an incense stick, they killed Shi Jin and more than a hundred Liaodong soldiers. The rest surrendered, and Xiaomen Pass was easily captured by Zhang He.

Some people escaped with hope, some stubborn defenders, and naturally some surrendered directly.

In fact, the most direct surrenders were basically ten passes, five directly surrendered, and four fled, with only one stubborn defending.

In two days, Zhang He's army cleared more than 300 miles and was about to approach Xiangping City.

In Xiangping City, the Han army was about to come to bring great pressure and debate to the city.

Some people suggested that Gongsun Kang surrender, and some generals suggested that they never compromise and fell to the ground by relying on more than 20,000 soldiers gathered in the city, feeling that there was no hope to defend the city.

Gongsun Kang also considered surrender, but he was old and was not afraid of death. Moreover, Emperor Shenwu Liu Yu had already announced to the world that he was disrespectful to resist the order and was a rebel. Even if he was willing to surrender, he might not be able to save his life. In addition, he was not willing to give it up for decades of Gongsun's foundation. In total, Gongsun Kang decided to endure it to the end, and he would only die.

The vanguard of Zhang He and the main force of Zhao Yun and the Han army arrived at the city of Xiangping one after another.

When Zhao Yun frowned and looked not good when he learned that Gongsun Kang was not willing to surrender, he snorted coldly: "The battle of trapped beasts is stubborn, I will send orders to prepare for the siege!"

Hundreds of catapults, more than 200 crossbows, as well as collision cars, climbing the city towers, ladders and other large-scale siege equipment were pushed out and gradually approached Xiangping City. With such momentum, before the siege of the city was really started, the Liaodong soldiers on the city tower were already so scared that their faces turned pale and their faces were full of horror.

Just as Zhao Yun was about to order the attack on the city.

Xu Shu spoke out and said, "Goodbye, please wait."

"Why are you sir?" Zhao Yun asked.

Xu Shu said: "Xiangping City is the nest of Gongsun's family. Gongsun's family has been in operation for decades. The walls of this city are tall and strong. If you force the city to attack the city at this time, there may be many casualties. Gongsun Kang's entire army is only 120,000 to 100,000, and nearly 100,000 were wiped out by Gongye. The remaining soldiers who have only 20,000 out of the city are in a state where there is no other power inside and no reinforcements outside. Why not surround and attack first? Whether it is exhausting the food and grass in the city, and when the city is in chaos, it will eventually break the city without spending one soldier or another, or further attack the morale of the defenders in the city and reducing casualties in the city."

Zhao Yun pondered for a moment and nodded. Xu Shu's words really make sense. Every soldier who can stay today has experienced many battles and has certain achievements. Their lives are precious. If the food and grass are exhausted in the city, they will be in chaos. If they are encircled for a period of time, they will further attack the morale of the defenders in the city and then attack the city, they will at least suffer a few thousand casualties.

After thinking about it, Zhao Yun said again: "If the soldiers do not order the soldiers to attack the city, there is no need to siege and not attack. It can only hit the morale of the defenders in the city."

Zhao Yun ordered long-range equipment such as catapults, crossbows, etc. to attack the Liaodong army on the city tower.

"put!"

"Boom! Boom!" Stones, tinder, and huge arrows threw attacks at the Xiangping City Tower.

After half an hour of such a long-range attack, the Xiangping City Tower was already in a sea of ​​fire, screaming shrillly everywhere, as if infinity hell.

In the following period, while Zhao Yun besieged the city, he chose the opportunity to attack Xiangping City for about half an hour every day. Sometimes the attack was in the early morning, sometimes at noon, and sometimes at midnight. The attacks were made from time to time, and the Liaodong army on the Xiangping City Tower were frightened and their daily morale was declining.

The city was besieged nine days, and the Han army attacked the city towers every day, causing dozens of casualties to the Liaodong army in the city every day.

On this day, the Han army chose to start a sudden attack in Shenshi.

On the city tower, the Liaodong Army was also acting as if the Han army would not really attack the city. In order to reduce casualties, it actually ordered most of the Liaodong Army soldiers to retreat from the city tower, leaving only more than ten people to guard the city tower.

Zhao Yun looked at the city tower from afar. Seeing this scene, his eyes lit up and ordered the opportunity to attack the city without hesitation.

"Kill!" Thousands of Han soldiers rushed towards Xiangping City with siege equipment.

When the guards heard such a shocking shout of killing in the city, they were shocked. This was the movement of the Han army dispatching soldiers to attack the city.

"Hurry, hurry up, climb up the city tower and resist the Han army." The general hurriedly brought the soldiers back to the city tower, but in a hurry, the soldiers felt timid and procrastinated, and seemed extremely chaotic.

In this case, the probability of being destroyed by the Han army in one fell swoop is extremely high.

The guard general was originally from the Gongsun clan. He knew that once Chen was defeated, others said that the Gongsun clan members would never have a good end. In a hurry, they slashed a few dawd soldiers with swords. Under strict orders, the soldiers rushed to the city tower to defend before the Han soldiers. The first real siege battle since the Han army siege suddenly began.
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