()Pang Tong was frightened by Hu Cheer, and laughed and said, "Actually, there is another way for our army, which is to leave a part of the army, and the main force will detour Anguang and go directly to Jiaozhi. However, it will take a month to do so, and it is too late, so there is only one road left, passing Hepu to Jiaozhi. From Hepu Road, Jiaozhi, our army will need ten days to march urgently, plus five days to arrange ambush and attack the pass. Now there are ten days left. Next - let us capture Hepu County within ten days."

Jia Xu reminded him: "According to our Jingzhou information, if we cannot conquer Hepu within ten days, with the background of the gentry and the years of management of Shi Xie, the food, grass and weapons can be used for 50,000 troops and the people in the city for two years. According to the method of drawing one of three Dings, Shi Xie can get 50,000 troops, plus the original jing soldiers of 20,000. Haha, you don't have to guess that everyone will know the result."

After hearing this, Liu Qi was very excited. This is the power of a top strategist and his analysis was so thorough. I have Pang Tong and Jia Xu, and the world is settled. But this is too truthful, so nervous and so scary.

Liu Qi was also a decisive person and immediately ordered: "Since this is not an end, the 50,000 troops will set out immediately and camp in five miles of Hepu. The navy commander Kuai Yue was stationed in the same place, with 10,000 navy and 10,000 cavalry and 30,000 troops not moving; Wu Ju led 10,000 troops to attack the east gate, Li Yan led 10,000 troops to attack the west gate, Huang Zu led 10,000 troops to attack the south gate, and Zhang Xiu led 10,000 troops to attack the north gate; since Shi Yi wanted to defend Hepu to the death, I would not surround the three missing ones. Attack four gates at the same time, which gate will break first, the great achievements will be."

"There are ten thousand remaining troops and I to commander Huang Zhong as the support. But don't count on me. If anyone can't conquer, he will be defeated and retreated, don't blame our military law for handling it."

"No" the generals were solemn.

The next day, the army had a full meal early, set up a formation, and pushed the siege equipment they built last time, approaching the city wall in an orderly manner.

Hepu City is quite good under the governance of Shi Yi, and is stronger than the rough man Shi Wu. It is only a little stronger. The city is high and the walls are thick, and the military is not much different. However, the military strength is still quite concentrated, with 10,000 soldiers and 5,000 strong, and it is only 4,000 divided into four gates.

"Kill,,," under the command of the generals, each of their respective armies held shields and carried cloud ladders. Flying bridges, cloud ladders, Lin Chong Lu Gongbu and other siege equipment rushed up. The catapult carts and crossbows also tried their best to suppress the archers in the city. The governor Huang Zhong also spent a lot of money and mobilized the archers he valued the most and fought against them within the archers in the city. Liu Qi's archers were good, and he had long distances and low force, but the city had geographical advantages, so he could barely be flat.

As soon as the war began, it entered a white-hot stage. The soldiers of the North Gate even attacked the city wall several times under the leadership of deputy general Hu Cheer. They were about to occupy it, but were promptly rushed by Shi Yi's reinforcements and repelled. If it weren't for Zhang Xiu's bow and arrow protection, more than ten enemy captains in the army would have stayed.

The war became more and more intense, and both sides were red. After three days, one thousand-person team after another rushed forward. Liu Qi's army lost almost five thousand men, but Shi Yi was not feeling well. Hepu soldiers were replaced by Liu Qi's Jingzhou army and suffered heavy casualties, and there were less than 10,000 new recruits.

At this time, the fierce battle was about who could persevere. Liu Qi's remaining 50,000 troops had to march quickly and capture Jiaozhi Pass. Liu Qi would never use it until the last moment. The remaining 10,000 siege troops were distributed to Wu Ju and Li Yan's troops who suffered the most. Although Li Yan was very powerful, the military farm soldiers were newly recruits after all, and the casualties were more than Jingzhou Jing.

On the fifth day, the army was repelled again. Looking at the enemy who was also exhausted and sitting in the city, Liu Qi resisted the urge to use the reserve army and made the sound of the gold to withdraw the troops.

The atmosphere inside the army was a little dull. Liu Qi stared at the generals one by one, and looked down. Liu Qi also sighed, "Can a small Hepu city block my Liu Qi's path to dominate the world?" Suddenly, Liu Qi shouted, "I am not willing to give up, what about you!!! Are you willing to be blocked by the small Hepu city you are the opportunity to be a marquis and generals, to be honored by the ancestors, and to become famous in the future! The future history books will record that the bandits of Jingzhou Liu Qi led tens of thousands of Yong generals and attacked Hepu. He was defeated and unable to recover, and was later defeated by Cao Cao. You don't even have the chance to name a name! Are you willing?"

"I'm not willing!" The generals roared one after another, as if an angry tiger was soaring into the sky.

Seeing this, Liu Qi nodded and shouted, "It's good that you are unwilling to accept it. You will attack the city with all your strength tomorrow. You will definitely capture this city before dark. I will attack the drums myself. If the gate that is responsible for tomorrow has not been broken, beheaded and displayed in the public. The day after tomorrow I will take the battle to attack the city myself. The first person to capture the city will be promoted to a higher level and will be awarded great merits. All the soldiers under my command will be rewarded!"

"No," the generals were ready to try.

"Okay, that's all today. Everyone have a good rest. It's up to you tomorrow to see how you perform." Liu Qi waved his hand and asked everyone to retreat.

The next day, when the meal was made at Mao hour, the siege began to attack the city. "Dongdongdong", Liu Qi also fulfilled his promise and personally beat the drums to cheer. The sound of the drums surging, hitting the hearts of the soldiers. The soldiers shouted to the sky, accompanied by the red sun, holding spears and big swords, forming a formation to march.

The generals who were aroused by Liu Qi urged the soldiers to attack the city with all their might. The battle began again. This time, different from the previous few days, and the intensity was much smaller. After all, the battle was full of exhaustion for five days, and both sides were exhausted and rely on their last breath to hold on.

Just when the two armies were in a deadlock again, the most important thing was to stand on the wall that was attacked by the Jingzhou army. The Jingzhou army rushed up to the wall and fought with the Hepu army. The gap became larger and larger, and it was even a little unstoppable.

The general Huang Zu was the one who broke the deadlock. Originally, Liu Qi asked him to lead his troops to attack one side because Huang Zu made contributions to expel Xu Jing. Liu Qi never expected that Huang Zu was very excited because of Liu Qi's casual agreement to expand the navy. He was about to become a general of Jingzhou, but was regarded as a hero. How could Huang Zu not be angry? In order to attack the city early, Huang Zu secretly selected 300 most powerful soldiers and sneaked into the siege army.

When the army was in a stalemate, suddenly three hundred of the most powerful soldiers, holding Bai Lian in their left hand, tied a big knife in their right hand, stepped on the ladder, and rushed up. The leader was Huang Zu, the general, who was chopped over from left and right, and no one of the enemy was his opponent. He was shot in his left arm by someone secretly. Huang Zu broke the arrow and continued to attack. After a while, a piece of empty space appeared on the city wall, and the pressure of the Jingzhou army greatly reduced, so he took the opportunity to climb the city wall.
Chapter completed!