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The Han army occupied the front camp, and 20,000 spears lined up to the back camp, waiting for the counterattack that Cao's army might have arrived. Tens of thousands of troops began to quickly move in, and thousands of soldiers were busy building the camp to consolidate the occupation of the front camp.

For the Han army, the most urgent task now is not to continue to attack the rear battalion, but to completely occupy the front battalion as an important strategic position.

Liu Jing stood on the viewing tower at the back door of the camp, looking at the Cao army's rear camp several miles away from afar. At this time, it was already bright and you could clearly see the brigade of Cao army slowly retreating to the rear camp. You could see the dark walls of the rear camp and the dense Cao army soldiers on the walls.

"State Master, when will we attack the rear camp?" Ma Dai asked in a low voice, he was ready to beat his hands and could no longer wait.

"It may disappoint you."

Liu Jing smiled slightly, looked back at him and asked, "Why do you want to attack? Wouldn't it be more meaningful to defeat others without fighting?"

"But"

Ma Dai always felt something was wrong. The strategic position of Shangfang Valley is so important. How could Cao's army give up easily? He was puzzled. Liu Jing smiled with his hands behind his back, "In two days at the latest, Cao's army will definitely give up Shangfang Valley to withdraw."

In the Weishui River Valley, a Han army with more than 10,000 people was marching west quickly. This was the Han army that came out of Shangji County. The target was Jicheng two miles away, led by general Zhao Yun. This was also one of the important goals of the Han army occupying Shangji County.

When Shangfang Valley was blocked by Cao's army, an exit from Shangqi County was opened to the Weishui River Valley, so that the Han army could enter the Weishui River Valley and put pressure on Cao's army in Shangfang Valley.

This area is flat and densely populated, with large areas of farmland everywhere, and it can be said that the Weishui River Valley is the essence of the entire Longxi. Once the Weishui River Valley is occupied, it will control the economy and grain lifeline of Longxi.

Zhao Yun's army had been marching for a day and a night, and gradually approached Jicheng. At this time, two scout cavalry rushed from the west and rushed to Zhao Yun to report the report: "Report to the Governor, Jicheng is only twenty miles away, with a very tight defense, and the city gate is closed. It is said that there are no houses in the city, and all of them are army."

Zhao Yun nodded. As he expected, there were beacon towers from Cao's army in all the Weishui River Valley. When his army came over, the beacon towers had been lit. Jicheng must have been fully prepared. In fact, he did not do it to attack Jicheng.

The Ji city wall is high and the city is wide. They do not have any siege weapons. How could they capture Ji city? But they can cut off the grain channels between Ji city and Shangfang Valley, and attack Qibei Fort, the important place behind Shangfang Valley.

Zhao Yun immediately ordered: "The army turned around and went south to Qibei Fort."

Ten thousand troops turned south and fought in a mighty direction towards the upper valley. In the afternoon, the Han army arrived at Qibei Fort, which was the end of Qishan Road, which was located right between Shangfang Valley and Ji City. Two official roads, north and south, meet here. In order to facilitate grain transportation, the Cao army built a military city here. As a transit station for grain and military funds, a large amount of grain and military armor were stored in the city, and a thousand troops guarded it.

Although it was unrealistic for Zhao Yun's army to attack Jicheng, it was easy to attack Qibei Fortress. When Zhao Yun's army arrived at the castle, it did not immediately attack the city. Instead, it temporarily set up a military camp two miles east of the castle, waiting for the arrival of darkness.

Qibei Fort had ignited the beacon for help, and the pillars were soaring into the sky. At the same time, they asked for help from Jicheng and Shangfanggu. The always peaceful and worry-free situation suddenly became tense. The general in the fort was named Zhang Heng, who was the confidant general of Xiahou Dun and served as the deputy captain. The sudden killing of the Han army made him extremely nervous. For an entire hour, he stood on the city wall to observe the movements of the enemy.

The Han army did not attack the city immediately, but stationed two miles away, which made him feel a little relieved, but Cao's army soon discovered that the Han army had collected a large number of trees from the distant forest, which made Zhang Heng nervous again. He realized that the Han army would probably launch an attack on the military city tonight.

As night gradually fell, the sunset had already set, the last trace of sunset began to fade, the sky was covered with a light blue color, and the fog-like dark black began to cover the basin.

Zhao Yun and Liu Zheng stood on a high ground to look at the military city. Qibei Fort is located on the south side of a river. This river flows into the east into the Wei River. Shangqian County is right downstream of the river. It is just blocked by high mountain canyons. The Han army could not come directly along the river, so they could only go around Jicheng first and then go south to Qibei Fort.

Qibei Fort is about two feet high and has no moat. It is located on a gentle hill with a slightly higher terrain. Judging from the corner of the army's attack, it is not easy to capture this military city. Liu Jing also considered this when he sent them eastward and specially sent Liu Zheng's Eagle Strike Army to follow them.

For the Eagle Strike Army, climbing to this city is not a big problem, and it is just a small city with a circumference of six miles. Liu Zheng pointed to the city and said to Zhao Yun: "The terrain on the east and south is slightly flat. We can attack from both sides. I am ready to invest five people, enough to deal with the defenders on the city, but I need the general to send crossbows to cover it."

Zhao Yun nodded with a smile, "This is no problem. We will send 4,000 crossbow troops to cover you. When will General Liu attack?"

Liu Zheng looked back at his subordinates who were preparing for the city rod in the open space. He was almost ready. He smiled and said, "Start an attack in half an hour."

Zhao Yun immediately turned around and said to the commemorative army: "Transfer to General Leng Bao and ordered him to prepare four thousand crossbowmen and set off in half an hour."

The Han army's upper city rod is actually a simple tool for climbing the city, mainly used in small-scale cities without moats or trenches. Qibei City is the most suitable military city for this way of siege.

The Han army harvested several fir trees from the forest. These fir trees grew for many years and were seven or eight meter tall, but the Han army only cut four meters of them. The biggest feature of this wood is its straightness and toughness. Then countless small wooden wedges were inserted into both ends of the wooden poles, so that soldiers could climb on the fir. Then, an iron hook was installed at the front end, and the other end was sharpened, so that soil could be inserted to fix it. In fact, it was a single-wood ladder.

For ordinary soldiers, this single-wood ladder is difficult to climb, but for the Eagle Strike Army, climbing this single-wood ladder is easy to get out of hand. They trained earlier than the monkeys and prepared a total of uptown rods, with an average of five people per person. The most important thing is the first person. He is the key to whether he can successfully climb the city, so the most elite Eagle Strike Army soldiers must be selected for the attack, and the sergeant is generally the sergeant commander.

Half an hour later, Leng Bao led 4,000 crossbowmen and divided their troops to Dongcheng and Nancheng. As soon as they entered the wing, the sound of drums suddenly sounded loudly at the top of the city, and a thousand Cao troops shot arrows downwards. The arrows were fired at once, blocking the Han army from continuing to move forward.

At this time, the Han army also beat the war drums, and the four thousand crossbow troops shot arrows at the top of the city at the same time. The arrows were like locusts, and dense arrows roared towards the top of the city.

The Han army's crossbowmen were four times that of the enemy, and the powerful arrow rain formed quickly suppressed Cao's army, making them unable to look up. At this moment, the Five Eagle Strike Army rushed up with a roof rod and rushed to the city after a moment. The attacking soldiers held the shield with one hand and the front end of the roof rod with the other hand, and the other four ran with the back end. They cooperated very tacitly.

Just as the soldiers of the Five Eagle Strike Army rushed to the city, the sound of drums of the Han army stopped. This was the order to stop archery. The four thousand crossbow troops stopped shooting in an instant. Thousand pairs of eyes stared at the Eagle Strike Army siege the city. They saw an amazing scene.

The five people in each upper city rod ran forward together. The attacking soldiers in front suddenly jumped into the air. With the help of the running momentum, they ran on the city wall with their feet, and their entire bodies relied on the support of the upper city rod.

This method of siege has been trained countless times by the Eagle Strike Army and has already been able to handle it. One run can make the attacking soldiers rush to the top of the city at a height. In an instant, the attacking soldiers rushed to the top of the city.

The stop of the shooting of the Han crossbowmen made the Cao army soldiers start to look around, but most people never expected that when they stood up, an enemy soldier appeared in front of them. The famous attacking eagle attacking army soldiers appeared in an extremely agile manner. They jumped up the city, raised their shields to protect themselves, and at the same time let go of the up city rod, pulled out a short halberd from their backs, and slashed at the Cao army soldiers. The sharp halberd blade brought out a gust of prickly wind.

But while the rabbits rose and falcons fell, the soldiers of the famous eagle attacking army had rushed to the top of the city, and the killing Cao army was caught off guard. There was a sudden riot on the top of the city. The Cao army soldiers shouted, looking very panicked. The main general Zhang Heng realized that the danger was coming, and he shouted loudly, "Roar up and kill them."

The soldiers of Cao's army recovered and rushed forward to fight with the Eagle Strike soldiers. At this time, the Eagle Strike soldiers did not leave the battlement. They had to cover the rest of the soldiers to come to the city. They protected themselves with shields and swung their halberds to fight fiercely with the enemy. Although there was only one person in front of each battlement, they were very skilled in martial arts, skilled in training, and found all favorable positions to fight back. The shield blocked the halberd and stabbed the halberd, without any disadvantage.

The iron hook of the upper city rod has hooked the head of the city. The four soldiers behind them are climbing on the wooden pole like monkeys and climbing quickly towards the head of the city. All of this must be efficient and fast and must be completed in a short time. Otherwise, once the enemy forms a bow and arrow to counterattack, the soldiers of the Eagle Strike Army will inevitably suffer serious casualties.

Of course, the crossbow army under the city can also use arrows to cover them up the city, but the crossbow army must cooperate tacitly and cannot accidentally hurt themselves. However, this kind of cooperation seems to be needed tonight. The Eagle Strike Army is very fast and completed the five people's up to the city in a short time.

The battle situation at the city wall immediately reversed. The Eagle Strike Army was brave in combat and had excellent martial arts skills. They could all fight ten, not to mention that there were only one thousand Cao troops on the city wall. In less than one clink, more than half of the Cao troops on the city wall were killed and injured and were defeated. Seeing that the situation was not good, the commander Zhang Heng turned around and ran down the city. The two personal soldiers had already brought his war horses, "General, go out from the west gate," the personal soldiers shouted.

Just as Zhang Heng turned over the horse, Liu Zheng discovered his intention and sneered. Liu Zheng jumped off the top of the city. Before Zhang Heng could fight back, the short halberd in his hand flew out. The halberd was as fast as lightning. Zhang Heng could not dodge. The short halberd pierced his vest. Zhang Heng screamed and turned over and fell off the horse.

Liu Zheng also landed immediately. He rolled around and avoided the assassination of two personal soldiers, pulled out the battle knife, slashed the two personal soldiers to the ground, chopped off Zhang Heng's head with one knife, turned over the horse, urged the horse to run in the city, raised his head and shouted: "The chief general of Cao's army has been killed, and the chief general of Cao's army is dead."
Chapter completed!