Cheng Qiao not only left Da Sikong Mansion, but also took Xuan Jian away. After leaving the city, the group returned overnight to the Yangping line where Qin and Wei fought.
On the afternoon of the next day, in the main tent of the Qin Army's camp, a soldier in black armor opened the curtain and walked in. He knelt on one knee, held up a letter with both hands, and spoke in a crisp, sonorous voice. .
"Report, General, a letter has been sent from Lord Chang'an."
After hearing this, Meng Ao quickly stood up from the commander's desk and walked quickly to the soldiers. Without letting anyone else present it, he picked up the letter and quickly opened it and read it. He said in a deep voice: "Reply to the sender and say that I know it. We will fully cooperate.”
"Here!"
The soldier cupped his fists and saluted, stood up and quickly stepped out of the tent.
Then Meng Ao ordered drums to be beaten to gather the generals, and soon a group of mid-level and senior officers gathered in the Chinese army's tent. Meng Ao issued orders to the generals vigorously and resolutely. The generals who received the orders immediately went to take action.
The Qin army, which had been in a stalemate with the Wei army for several days, immediately took action, quickly broke out of camp, and the scattered troops quickly gathered together, and suddenly rushed towards Yangping, the core city of Yangping, where Wei's general Dian Jia was located.
The strange movements of the Qin army quickly attracted the attention of the Wei army. Dian Jia was suddenly confused. Is this a forcible attack on the city?
Logically speaking, Meng Ao should have known that with the troops he had, there was little hope of capturing Yangping. Why did he do this?
Dian Jia always felt that there was some conspiracy in this, but he had no clue for a while, so he simply stopped thinking about it. The soldiers came to cover up the water and the earth, and they just used it as they saw it.
It would be a good thing for him that the Qin army really wanted to attack the city. With this comparison of forces, if Yangping was captured, he would just wipe his neck and commit suicide.
It is true that Meng Ao did not have many troops, even if Cheng Qiao brought some people, they were not many. After all, after capturing so many cities, they had to divide their troops to garrison them. Otherwise, Wei State's flat terrain would easily cut off its retreat.
In fact, Meng Ao did not originally plan to attack the city, but planned to use various methods to attract the Wei army to fight in the field. However, Cheng Qiao's letter made Meng Ao feel that it was necessary to give it a try!
Two days later, the Qin army came to the city. The military camp was located five miles away from Yangping City. It was divided into five front, left, right and center divisions. The three left, right and middle divisions were responsible for attacking Yangping City, and the two front and rear divisions were responsible for intercepting the incoming Wei army.
As the saying goes, an isolated city cannot be defended. Yangping City is naturally not an isolated city and echoes with the nearby cities.
On the eve of the attack, in an ordinary house in the south of Yangping City, Cheng Qiao, Jing Salad, and Xuan Jian were sitting together in the main room of the house.
"Have everything been arranged?" Cheng Qiao took a sip of tea, looked at Xuan Jian and asked lightly.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the killers who enter the city have all contacted the secrets buried in Yangping City, and will launch an attack on time at the first moment of Yinshi!"
Xuanjian looked calm on the surface, but in fact, he was still surprised in his heart. He never expected that there would be so many traps and traps in Yangping, and he even dug a tunnel to allow them to sneak into the city silently.
A prophet?
Xuan Jian didn't believe it, but he believed it was Cheng Qiao's calculation. He was extremely shocked and admired by Cheng Qiao's strategy!
Yangping City is heavily guarded, with one sentry every three steps and one guard post every five steps. Even late at night, the city walls are brightly lit. Except for Chengqiao, Xuanjian, and Jing Salamander, it is difficult for other trap killers to sneak in, so tunnels are needed, and tunnels are also needed for transportation. something.
In fact, Chengqiao is really a prophet. In the anime, Wei won the Battle of Yangping and beheaded more than 5,000 Qin soldiers. After hearing the news of the victory, King Zeng of Wei loudly praised: "There are great generals outside and great Sikong inside. Even if Qin is strong, there are Why fear!"
Therefore, Cheng Qiao had arranged a lot of hidden traps in Yangping in advance, plus the trap killers brought in from the tunnel, and planned to cooperate with Meng Ao inside and outside to see if Yangping could be captured.
This is an attempt, and there is no guarantee of success, because there are a large number of elite Wei soldiers stationed in Yangping City, and there are reinforcements from Wei outside. If we fight to the death, who can guarantee victory?
However, even if it is not captured, it can greatly reduce the casualties of the Qin army attacking the city, increase the casualties of Wei soldiers, and take this opportunity to take Dian Jia's life.
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At the end of the ugly hour, close to three o'clock in the morning, which is the most sleepy time in life, the drums and gongs of Yangping City were beating loudly. Except for the Wei soldiers who were on duty, the rest of the Wei soldiers and officers at all levels, including General Dianjia, Everyone was awakened.
Outside the city, the Qin army in black armor formed a dense military formation and marched towards Yangping City at a leisurely pace, clearly preparing to launch an attack.
The Qin army's main offensive direction was in the south of the city. Meng Ao only deployed 6,000 soldiers in the other three directions, 2,000 on each side.
After hearing the news, Dian Jia immediately began to mobilize his troops. Although he didn't know why the Qin army went crazy and attacked the city in the middle of the night, Dian Jia did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. War is not a trivial matter. Military warfare is dangerous and the place of life and death must be inspected.
At about the same time, in the tunnel under a section of the city wall in the south of the city, the undercover men were silently and carefully carrying barrels of fire oil. When the last load of fire oil arrived, they opened the seal and poured out the dark oil. On the ground, it extends all the way to the tunnel entrance.
The same thing is happening not only in the south of the city, but also in the west, east and north of the city.
There are a lot of tunnels everywhere, but they are far from enough for transporting troops, and they are extremely easy to be discovered. The entire Yangping City was already in officer status when the army was stationed.
At the beginning of Yin hour, the Qin army's main military formation happened to advance to the south wall of the city, and the Qin army in the other three directions were hidden in the darkness, ready to attack.
At the same time, Luo Wang Anzi held a torch and ignited the black oil, and then ran away madly with all his strength.
Four palm-wide fire tunnels spread at the entrance of the tunnel, illuminating the small and dark tunnel. The hot flames followed the black oil and penetrated into the wooden tube, exploding with a bang, and terrifying loud noises were heard in three directions almost at the same time. When it rang out, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and the fire shot into the sky. The less timid residents were frightened on the spot.
The narrow tunnel could not accommodate the huge energy. Four sections of the city wall were directly blown down. Fire wrapped around tens of meters of the collapsed city wall. The Wei warriors on the four sections of the city wall fell and were swallowed up by the fire. Stern and terrifying screams rang out, but It didn't last long before it died, and the smell of burnt meat filled the air...
These Wei soldiers who were directly burned to death were not the worst. The worst ones were those who were burned at a closer distance. The degree of burns was extremely horrific. However, they could not die in a short time and could only suffer from constant and severe pain. Howled to death.
Armor is completely useless in front of the fire, but will become a burden, just like grilling meat on a sizzling iron plate, causing continuous damage.
The high temperature generated by the explosion of dozens of barrels of fierce fire oil is too terrifying. Yan Lingji's flames are completely inferior to it, and the residual heat alone can directly roast a person to death.
The blazing fire, the flames soaring into the sky, the earth-shaking loud noise, and the violent tremors underfoot all shocked the Wei army in the city.
Not to mention that the Wei army was confused, the Qin army was also confused, and Meng Ao was also confused. The letter did not go into detail, and he did not know that Cheng Qiao had such a big deal.
After waking up, Meng Ao immediately adjusted his arrangements.
He felt that it was strange for the Qin army to attack the city at night. Dian Jia, who visited the city wall in person, came to his senses and immediately made arrangements.
In the south of the city, Cheng Qiao stood on the roof of a residential house and shook his head with some regret.
Although fierce fire oil is very powerful, its power is not inferior to ordinary gunpowder. Unfortunately, it has a fatal flaw, that is, the flames around the city wall are too fierce and the temperature is too high. Neither the Wei army nor the Qin army can get close to them in a short time. rice will be burned.
He wanted to use gunpowder, but unfortunately at this time Qin's gunpowder weapons had not yet been developed, the split-type explosive crossbows were not yet available, and the gunpowder reserves were seriously insufficient.
It happened that if you wanted to blow down the city wall, you would need a huge amount of black gunpowder, and there was no higher-grade gunpowder, so you had to settle for the next best thing.
Although there is a fly in the ointment, four sections of the city wall collapsed, and the difficulty of the Qin army's attack has been greatly reduced.
"Follow the plan."
"Here!"
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