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All night, the defenders on the city wall heard and saw the movement outside the city, with drums and trumpets everywhere, and torches gathered from Xuchang City in all directions. In the early morning, when the morning light quietly descended on the plain outside Xuchang City, the soldiers guarding the city were all stunned by the situation outside the city.

With the sight of his eyes, there were dark troops everywhere. Outside the four city gates, there were white tents everywhere, stretching for several miles, just like mushrooms growing overnight.

The main force of the Han army reached the entire line, including the 20,000 surrendered troops newly formed into the Han army. A total of 100,000 troops surrounded Xuchang City. The drums sounded like thunder and flags were like the sea, and the momentum was huge.

About four steps away from the four city walls, the Han army was busy building high platforms with bricks, stones and soil. These platforms were level with the head of Xuchang. Each platform covered an area of ​​five acres, and the platform at the top was about acres. The soldiers on the city wall didn't know the intention of the Han army to build these high platforms and whispered.

But there are also experienced veterans who have participated in the Hefei War and still remember the high platform outside Hefei City. Someone shouted, "This is the launching platform of the catapult!"

The Cao army soldiers were in an uproar. They occupied such a large scattering machine, and they looked at the high platforms blankly, their hearts filled with fear.

At the same time, two miles away from the northern city, thousands of Han troops were building a huge wooden platform. The prototype of the wooden platform was already inscribed with a flagpole of five feet high. A red king flag with gold edges was fluttering in the wind. The king flag was embroidered with a big "Liu", which means that the Han king Liu Jing had appeared in the army.

The emergence of this royal flag hit the defenders of Xuchang City, and people were panicked and their morale was sluggish. Although Cao Zhen captured thousands of strong men, everyone knew that these strong men had not received any training and could not go to the city. Otherwise, once the Han army attacked the city in large numbers, these strong men would inevitably collapse and escape, which seriously caused military chaos.

Cao Zhenqiang's original intention of arresting the men was to let them control the catapults and transport supplies on the city. There were 10,000 heavy catapults at the city of Xuchang, with a range of up to stairs. One catapult requires a man to pull the hair, and his defenders had only 10,000 people, so how could they be assigned to pull the hair into the hair?

Although Cao Zhen also knew that these strong men could not face the fierce war, he had no time to train and could only hurriedly put them into preparation for the war.

At this time, there were cheers like tsunamis outside the city. Cao Zhen, who was inspecting the defense at the top of the city, was shocked and turned around and looked out of the city. He saw dozens of people appearing on the platform outside the north city, as if they were high-ranking officials and strategists. There was a man surrounded in the middle, and his golden helmet shining in the sun.

Cao Zhen's heart suddenly felt as if he had sunk into the abyss. He had guessed that this person wearing a golden helmet must be King Liu Jing of Han. Cao Zhen gradually became desperate. At this moment, he was full of hatred for Cao Pi. Cao Pi asked him to defend Xuchang at all costs, but did not provide support. This was clearly Xuchang who made him die in battle. Cao Zhen's hatred in his heart and punched him hard on the wall.

Liu Jing stood on the high wooden platform and looked down at Xuchang City from a high place. Xuchang was the place where Cao Cao revived and the foundation for Cao Cao's founding. Once Xuchang was captured, the attack on Cao Wei would be far more than any place, and would basically shake Cao Wei's rule.

Liu Jing didn't understand why Cao Cao didn't pay enough attention to Xuchang, and the number of troops stationed was far lower than Xuzhou. Is it true that Xuzhou is the gate of Qingzhou. If Xuzhou is lost, Qingzhou will be difficult to protect. If Xuchang is lost, at least the Yellow River can defend it.

Liu Jing shook his head. If Cao Cao really thought about it this way, he could only say that he had made a major strategic mistake.

While thinking about it, Pin quickly stepped forward to report: "Your Highness, the pier in the North City has been built!"

Liu Jing walked forward and held the railing and looked down. He saw that about four steps away from the city wall, the Han army had built more than 40 huge piers, stretching for about ten miles. Liu Jing looked at Xuchang City in the distance. They knew Xuchang's deployment very well, and only 10,000 defenders. With the powerful siege ability of the Han army, they could take Xuchang City in one day.

Liu Jing nodded slowly, "You can start."

He was in high spirits. He had been waiting for this day for many years. When the Han army was sieging cities and villages everywhere, his army could only watch. Today, when the Xiangwan army finally came to a proud moment, he quickly walked off the platform and shouted loudly: "Design a catapult!"

The pier built outside Xuchang City was prepared for the catapult. In order to attack Xuchang, nearly two giant catapults were hired to prepare for the army. This catapult was exactly the same as the catapult used by Zhao Yun to conquer Hangu Pass. It was 5 meters high and the pole was 5 meters high, and it could throw kilograms of huge stones for more than four steps. This was specially designed by the Han ** supervisor for the catapult on the head of Cao Jun.

The Cao army's major cities, such as Xuchang, Yedu, Pengcheng, Luoyang, Qiaoxian, etc., were installed with heavy trench machines, which was the limit of how many trench machines could be installed on the city wall, and could throw 50 or 60 kilograms of stones to the outside.

The Han army's military weapon supervisor designed this giant catapult to target the range of the Cao army's catapult, which just happened to avoid the range of the Cao army's catapult. This time, the Han army attacked Cao Wei in an all-round way, and the Han army threw this catapult to the battlefield for the first time.

Driven by dozens of bulls and soldiers, the huge scattered scatter slowly climbed the platform from the slope. Dozens of soldiers were busy fixing it on the platform. Soon, more than 40 giant scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered

Cao Zhen suddenly reacted and shouted loudly: "Die them with a bed crossbow and a huge rock!"

Cao Zhen had already realized the tactics of the Han army. The Han army wanted to first eliminate the catapults on the city, and then attack the city with an absolute advantage in the number of troops, thereby capturing Xuchang City. Cao Zhen was so nervous that he was about to jump out, and waved his knife and shouted: "Start fireballs and burn them!"

The cross trenchers at the top of Xuchang City creaked and opened, and huge fireballs were fired out, carrying rolling smoke and flames, and shot towards the Han army pier. Although the range of the fireball was only steps, it was elastic. After landing, it bounced up again and roared towards the Han army.

But the Han army had already been prepared for defense and had baffles installed on each mound. No matter the powerful crossbow arrows or the whistling fireballs, they would be blocked by the baffles. Although Cao's attack was fierce, their attacks could not effectively hit the Han army's catapult.

At this time, more than forty catapults were ready. The attacking flag was waved on the podium. The Han army catapults suddenly fired, and the tiny oil pot weighing pounds rose into the air and roared towards the city. The pottery pot fell on the city and was smashed to pieces. The tiny oil splashed everywhere and flowed all over the ground.

"Use mud and sand!"

Cao Zhen yelled loudly, "Cover the tincture with mud and sand!"

The Cao army knew how to deal with tincture oil. It was useless to use water, so it could only cover it with mud and sand. Several Cao army soldiers rushed up from the city with mud and sand. But before they could cover it, the Cao army soldiers around them shouted and squatted down. The second round of projection of the Han army took place. The second round of projection was no longer tincture oil, but burning oil slurry, as if a goddess was scattering flowers. Countless fire points were scattered on the city, and instantly ignited the tincture oil flowing on the city.

The smoke suddenly rolled in the north of Xuchang city and the flames soared into the air. The soldiers panicked and covered their mouths and noses to avoid the fire. However, thousands of civilians who were caught and manipulated the catapult were afraid and shouted and ran to the city. Cao Zhen was furious and killed several people in a row, but could not stop the frightened civilians. He watched as the crowds of civilians rushed down the corridor. Many people were squeezed down the corridor, and screams came one after another.

At this time, the Han army's turbulent pots were thrown toward the city head one after another. The fire on the north city head became increasingly larger and even Cao Zhen could not stay there. He was pulled down by his personal soldiers. In the end, even the city tower was engulfed by the turbulent fire. Several buildings near the north city, including Xuchang Palace, were also affected by the fish in the pond and were all trapped in the fire.

Liu Jing looked coldly at the northern city engulfed by the fire. He was not in a hurry to launch an attack, but ordered the city walls on both sides of the east and west to be the same. From morning to afternoon, from afternoon to evening, the city walls on Xuchang were trapped in the rolling fire, and the entire city of Xuchang was filled with thick smoke. The people and soldiers were frightened and evacuated to the southern city without the fire. The morale of the army collapsed and the morale was sluggish.

Even Cao Zhen was desperate. He sighed to the sky. Cao Pi asked him to defend the city at all costs. How could he defend it?

At night, the fire gradually became smaller, and the city wall was burned to white ground, and the city was burned to a hot spot, so it was impossible to gain a foothold. Of course, the Han army could not attack the city, but at this moment, under the northern city wall, which had just been extinguished, countless Han soldiers suddenly appeared.

The Han army dug the tunnel and entered the city. They did not encounter any resistance. More and more Han army emerged from the tunnel. In less than half an hour, thousands of Han troops emerged from the six tunnels. They quickly gathered their troops and ran towards the north city gate.

Just at this moment, Cao Zhen led thousands of soldiers back to the North City. The two armies met on the streets in the North City, and then fierce battle broke out. On the streets, nearly 10,000 troops fought fiercely in the dark, and shouting and killing sounds shook the sky.

Cao Zhen was also red in his eyes and waved a big iron spear to kill the army. The Han soldiers were at a disadvantage at first, but soon, with the continuous attacks from the tunnel and the city, the number of Han soldiers gradually exceeded that of Cao's army, and the situation reversed. At this time, the gate of Beicheng was finally opened by the Han army. Countless Han soldiers rushed in outside the city, killing Cao's soldiers cried and fled in all directions.

Cao Zhen knew that the situation was hopeless, so he turned his horse to run towards Nancheng. He remembered that the Han army outside Nancheng had not many troops and might be able to break through Nancheng.

But as soon as his war horse rushed to the gate of Nancheng, he found that the gate of Nancheng had been opened by surrendered Cao's soldiers. A Han army came towards him, riding a majestic white horse for the general, wearing a silver helmet and iron armor, a bright silver spear in his hand, a black beard under his jaw, his eyes were like lightning, and he was majestic. It was Zhao Yun, the deputy commander of the Han army.

Zhao Yun also saw Cao Zhen, and without saying a word, urging the horse to thrust the gun and stab it. Cao Zhen was already panicked and fought with Zhao Yun before he could get along. He made a flaw and fled. Zhao Yun sneered, urging the horse to catch up with him in an instant. The silver spear shook and shouted: "Give your life!"

The silver spear was like lightning, and a shot stabbed Cao Zhen into the vest from behind. The tip of the spear came out from the front chest. Cao Zhen shouted and died on the spot. Zhao Yun raised Cao Zhen's body high, and thousands of Han troops immediately cheered.

In May of the 24th year of Jian'an, the Han army conquered Xuchang City overnight. Cao Zhen, the chief general of Cao army, was stabbed to death by Zhao Yun. Xuchang City was captured and Xudu's fall shocked Yuzhou. The counties in Yuzhou surrendered. Yingchuan County, Chenliu County, Runan County, Chen County, Liang County and other local officials expressed their intention to leave the State of Wei and be loyal to the Han King Liu Jing.

As the periphery was cleared, Luoyang had become an isolated city. At this time, Cao Pi successively called 15 major armies and deployed them in Xuzhou, Pei County, Qiao County and Shanyang County. Cao Ren was the main general, preparing to fight the Han army in the final decisive battle in the Central Plains.

At this time, the Han army was facing the choice of attacking Luoyang first or attacking the Central Plains first.
Chapter completed!