Time passed quickly, and it was time to make an appointment.
At noon the next day, war drums were sounded among Cao Cao's army. Cao Cao ordered to attack the fortress in front of him. Due to terrain problems, only more than a thousand people could be arranged to attack. The open space in front of the fort could not accommodate too many people, otherwise Cao Cao's army would attack together. Killing him is almost like a sideways push, so there is no need to go to such trouble.
After launching the attack, the guards on the fortress were shocked. They immediately stood up to defend themselves, drew their bows and fired arrows. The arrows hit Cao's army, but were easily blocked by the shields.
There were also guards who picked up wood and stones and threw them at Cao's army, but they could not stop the offensive.
"Feint!"
"Don't attack too hard, attack slowly, let the enemy know that we are attacking and attract their attention."
Cao Cao ordered.
Since there is Zhang Yan in the rear to support him, there is no need to take the fight too seriously at this time. Slowly play with the soldiers in the fortress to prevent the troops from being consumed too much here. After this order is passed on, the officer in charge of the attack will immediately arrange .
The intensity of the attacking Cao soldiers immediately dropped.
They really didn't fight very hard.
at the same time.
Hearing the sound of war drums coming from the east side of the mountain, the agreed time for the attack had arrived. To the west side of the mountain, Zhang Yan understood that the opportunity to attack had come, and gathered the people around him to take action.
They were in Montenegro before, climbing up and down, and used many tools for climbing.
The military fortress in front of us is just a section of the city wall. The city gate is tightly closed at this time. The city wall is not very high, but this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack. This is the case for most military fortresses in the Eighth Route of Taihang. A fortress is stationed here. It can effectively block foreign enemies and prevent outsiders from coming in.
"Do it, quickly!"
Zhang Yan and others prepared the tools for climbing.
They have a hook that is easy to climb. If you throw it hard, it can be fixed by hooking it on the city wall. There is also a thick rope tied to the hook, which can be used to climb smoothly.
The wall of the fortress is not very high, and it is within the range that a hook can be thrown up.
Several Montenegrin soldiers who were experienced in climbing quickly made all preparations and fixed the rope, and the following soldiers immediately climbed up.
At this time, the guards of the fortress were still resisting the attack of Cao Jun, but they did not expect that Cao Jun would also attack from behind. Only after Zhang Yan and others climbed up did anyone discover the situation in the rear, but it was already too late.
Zhang Yan climbed up and slashed the person who found him with a knife.
Other soldiers climbed up one after another, and dozens of them climbed up in an instant.
There were only more than two hundred people in the entire fortress.
Part of them had to resist the attack of Cao's army, and part of them had to defend Zhang Yan who was coming from behind. They were in a hurry and couldn't deal with it.
"kill!"
Zhang Yan shouted loudly, raised the knife and killed him.
"No, hold on!"
"Kill the people behind first!"
The officers of the fort, eager to direct.
But in such a situation, no matter how hard they tried to command, it was useless. They were quickly killed and staggered.
Some soldiers walked down, opened the city gate, and allowed Cao Jun to enter the fortress.
The military fortress inside Jingxing was successfully captured by Cao Cao.
"Get in!"
Cao Cao shouted loudly, and the army quickly rushed in, made a final clearing of the remaining guards, passed the fortress, and reached the west.
"Greetings, my lord!"
Zhang Yan came over and bowed in front of Cao Cao.
"No need to be polite, General Zhang. How is the battle situation now?"
Cao Cao asked.
You must know that it is not very convenient for the current scouts to walk on the various mountain roads in Jingxing.
He had not received any internal news from Taiyuan for a long time.
"Back to my lord, Zhang Wenyuan has captured Yuci and set out for Jinyang. He and Ma Mengqi attacked Jinyang. As for Xia Houyuan, they also marched into Shangdang, but there is no news yet, but it is not very easy to capture Shangdang. Disaster!"
Zhang Yan immediately reported the specific situation.
Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction and said: "Very good, well done. Let's enter Taiyuan first and then Jinyang."
After receiving his order, the army began to move again.
After leaving Jingxing, many people in nearby counties received various news and knew that Cao Cao had led troops to invade. They also knew that they were no match for Cao's army, so many people were willing to surrender and offered their cities to them. come out.
Cao Cao arranged for someone to take over and continued to rush towards Jinyang. At the same time, he asked someone to contact Xia Houyuan.
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Outside Jinyang City.
Zhang Liao and Ma Chao met and looked up at the city.
"Not easy to fight!"
Ma Chao said.
Jinyang is the seat of the entire Bingzhou. It has certain defensive capabilities and the city walls are not low. Although there are not many defenders in the city, it can still be defended for a period of time.
Zhang Liao shook his head and said: "Then don't fight. Open the city gate to persuade them to surrender. Let's write more notes and have people shoot them into the city to persuade the people in the city to surrender."
Ma Chao asked: "Is this useful?"
"it works!"
Zhang Liao nodded affirmatively and said: "The Yuan family is gone, the high officials are dead, and Bingzhou has no owner, but the lord is about to become the master of Bingzhou. There are almost no warlords in Bingzhou who can defeat the lord. Apart from opening the city gates and surrendering, they are accepting Our storm. If we storm in, we will suffer a lot of losses. Even if the defenders in the city are unwilling to surrender, the aristocratic families in the city may not!"
You must know that the existence of aristocratic families is quite special.
They have no idea of coexisting with the city, they only care about their own interests.
The Yuan family is gone and Gao Gan is dead. It doesn't really matter to them, as long as their family is still there. If a boss dies, then another boss will join them. Defending the city is a loss for them, and they are definitely not willing to do so. Support the defense of the city.
"Before we came in, we sent people in advance to spread the news in Bingzhou. Now the people in Jinyang must know that the Yuan family has been defeated. If we persuade them to surrender again, they will open the city gate!"
Zhang Liao looked away from the city wall with some confidence, and said: "Since it is difficult to fight, there is no need to fight. You can defeat others without fighting."
"good!"
Ma Chao thought about it and found that there was still a certain gap between himself and Zhang Liao.
But it's normal. He is younger, still young and energetic, likes to be in the limelight, is more aggressive and fierce, and is not as calm as Zhang Liao. If he can settle down for a few more years, he can become the next Zhang Liao, but now he is still a little bit behind.
They prepared a letter to persuade them to surrender, arranged for archers to draw their bows and shoot into the city.
At the same time, people continued to spread the news that the Yuan family was gone and Gao Gan died in battle, which also disturbed the military morale of other cities in Taiyuan and made them fear Cao Jun. When facing Cao Jun, they had no morale, fighting spirit, or cohesion.
A large number of letters persuading surrender were continuously fired into the city.
The soldiers or officers who picked up the letter and read the surrender letter felt hesitant and struggled internally as to whether they should open the city gate and surrender.
Cao Cao was so strong that he even defeated Yuan Shao. Cao Cao's army was still able to survive silently. Suddenly they attacked Jinyang and Yuci fell. It seems not worth it to continue to resist!
