In May of the fourth year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty, Liangzhou, Nanzheng.
As the administrative seat of Liangzhou, Nanzheng City has a very advantageous geographical location.
Nanzheng is located at the intersection of Bao River and Han River, and is the waterway transportation hub of Hanzhong County.
In addition, the Bao River and the Han River converge outside Nanzheng City, resulting in a vast alluvial plain outside Nanzheng City, which provides excellent conditions for Nanzheng to develop production.
However, various geographical advantages in the past have brought danger to Nanzheng City at this moment.
The existence of vast alluvial plains not only brings good development conditions to Nanzheng, but also makes Nanzheng face an objective dilemma.
At a glance, Nanzheng is surrounded by thousands of miles of plains, which means that there is no danger to defend outside Nanzheng City.
In the past, this shortcoming would not cause much trouble, but when Nanzheng was besieged by more than 100,000 Wei troops, this shortcoming would be infinitely amplified invisibly.
If Cao Zhen can be hailed as a famous general by the world, he must be outstanding.
The reason why Cao Zhen dared to send a large army to besiege the city on three sides unscrupulously, wasn't it because he relied on the outside of Nanzheng City. The Han army had neither a fortress nor a mountain to hide its troops?
This means that Cao Zhen has no worries.
At that time, military strategists usually used the tactic of besieging a city, except under extremely special circumstances. This was to leave a way for the defenders in the city to survive, so that they would not be ruined.
After taking into account the special geographical factors outside Nanzheng City, Cao Zhen specifically chose the gap on the south side for the Wei army to release.
The reason why Cao Zhen chose to let go of the south was not because he was worried that Han reinforcements would suddenly appear in the south, leaving him vulnerable from both sides.
He did this because the south of Nanzheng City is the intersection of Bao River and Han River, and it is also the most important water source of Nanzheng City.
Cao Zhen had the intention of fighting a protracted war. He knew that the Han army's fighting will must be very tenacious at the beginning, but as time went by, the Han army's supplies in Nanzheng City would inevitably be short.
Especially the water source!
Once the Han army in the city ran out of water, Mi Yang would send troops out of the city to fetch water no matter what.
He deliberately did not send heavy troops to besiege the south of Nanzheng City, because he wanted to use the water source as bait to lure the Han army out of the city gate and then encircle and annihilate it.
For this reason, Cao Zhen specially prepared an elite cavalry team that was ready for action.
In the vast plains, as long as the Han army in the city dared to go out to replenish water sources, Cao Zhen's hidden killing move would give the Han army a fatal blow.
Of course, this was Cao Zhen's secretly arranged back-up move. Now that the Han army in Nanzheng City has not yet reached its end, naturally this killer move will not come in handy.
Now Cao Zhen's top priority is to use all his strength to get the Han army to reach the end of the mountain as soon as possible.
At noon, after all preparations were made, Cao Zhen decisively issued the order to attack.
When the Wei army's horn sounded, Mi Yang, who had not slept peacefully for a while, immediately stepped onto the city wall.
Mi Yang, who was standing on the city wall, looked down condescendingly, and a joint camp of Wei troops stretching for more than ten miles appeared in his sight.
Seeing this scene, Mi Yang couldn't help but sigh in her heart, the Wei family must have a great cause!
But before Mi Yang could sigh, the Wei army's siege operation caught his attention.
In the past few days, the Wei army had also launched an attack on Nanzheng City.
After all, even if the Wei army was not fully prepared at that time, Cao Zhen had to prove his attitude with actions in time - General Cao was a high-ranking official, but it did not mean that he had no political opponents in the court.
However, because the Wei army was not fully prepared, those attacks did not pose much of a threat to Nanzheng City.
But Mi Yang knew that today was different.
Under Mi Yang's gaze, he soon noticed that when the Wei army's horn sounded, groups of Wei army archers holding crossbows began to walk out of the Wei army's camp.
Thousands of Wei army archers went to the mountains where the Wei army had spent countless manpower and material resources piling up during this period.
Those several earthen mountains are arranged in an orderly manner not far outside Nanzheng City.
As the administrative seat of Hanzhong, Nanzheng City was of course surrounded by a moat for protection.
But the moat in Nanzheng City is incomparable to the one outside the Public Security City.
The moat outside the Public Security City was built by Zhuge Liang with all the strength of Jingzhou, but Nanzheng City did not have the same treatment as the Public Security City.
Even after taking Hanzhong, the Han army fought almost continuously for many years, and Yizhou could not spare any excess national power to expand the moat outside Nanzheng City.
The moat's protective effect on the city is naturally great, but this effect is directly proportional to the size of the moat.
Since the moat outside Nanzheng City is not large in scale, as long as the Wei army is willing to spend manpower and material resources, it will not be difficult for the Wei army, which has an absolute numerical advantage, to fill in the moat outside Nanzheng City.
In the past days, Wei Jun mainly did this.
Now the foundations of the several mountains of earth several feet high are built on the filled-in moat.
This was Cao Zhen's demonstration against Mi Yang.
The loss of the moat is bad news for Nanzheng City, but Mi Yang will not be too worried about it.
After all, he cannot ask that every city of the Han Dynasty be as fortified as the Public Security Bureau, nor can he ask that every opponent he encounters be as easy to deal with as Sun Quan.
What really worries Mi Yang is the several mountains rising from the ground.
The height of those earth mountains is higher than the city wall of Nanzheng City, and it is not difficult to guess Cao Zhen's purpose of building these earth mountains.
Cao Zhen wanted to use the earth mountain as a springboard so that the Wei army's archers could shoot arrows into the city from a high position.
Mi Yang's guess was correct.
When thousands of Wei army archers climbed onto the mountain under the cover of shield bearers, they all raised their bows and arrows and aimed toward the city.
It seemed that with just one command, the thousands of shining arrows would turn into a shower of arrows and shoot toward the city.
For the defenders, apart from the advantage of having a fortified city as their backing, the biggest advantage for the attackers is that they are at a commanding height.
But now under Cao Zhen's actions, it is obvious that the defenders of the city have disappeared.
Because of this, when thousands of arrows from the Wei army were aimed at the city, the expressions of the Han soldiers on the city wall couldn't help but change.
When the morale of the Han army was slightly turbulent, several towers and oars slowly appeared in front of several earth mountains under the push of the Wei army.
Lou Lu is a high-rise building, but it is different from ordinary high-rise buildings.
There is usually a watchtower on the top of the oar, which allows the general or soldiers to hide in it and observe the enemy's situation in the city through lookout.
When attacking a city, the oars are usually used in conjunction with earth mountains.
The soldiers on the oars scouted and reported the specific movements of the enemy troops in the city, and the archers on the mountains fired arrows according to their instructions.
Since the oar can hide the general's figure, then of course Cao Zhen will come to the oar, hoping to see Mi Yang's angry expression for a while, so as to relieve the evil in his heart.
Cao Zhen was very confident in his method of siege, and this confidence was not groundless.
I remember that during the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao used the same siege method to defeat them.
Now that times have changed, it is time for the Han army to experience this kind of suffering.
In a condescending situation, Cao Zhen, who was in the watchtower, quickly saw the young man wearing Mingguang armor.
After seeing Mi Yang's figure, Cao Zhen felt endless anger surging in his heart. At this moment, he no longer felt any sympathy for Mi Yang, but only had a strong desire to kill him and be quick.
Soon under Cao Zhen's order, Cao Zhen, who was in the watchtower, ordered people to wave the flag after observing the enemy's situation.
The towers were higher than the mountains. When the flags on the towers waved in unison, thousands of Wei archers on the mountains no longer hesitated. They fired their long-awaited arrows at the city wall below. Sharp arrow.
As thousands of sharp piercing sounds rang out, thousands of sharp arrows that turned into streamers of light quickly shot towards the city wall of Nanzheng City.
Mi Yang was on guard for a long time. When he saw the flags of the Wei army waving, he ordered the Han troops on the wall to raise their shields to protect their bodies.
Due to the speed of thousands of arrows, thousands of Wei army arrows had already arrived on the city wall almost as soon as the Han army raised their shields.
After a while, there were dense and countless harsh collisions of iron tools on the city wall.
That was the sound of thousands of Wei army arrows hitting the shield.
Mi Yang's order was not untimely, but Wei Jun's preparations were too complete.
Not long after the first rain of arrows arrived, a second rain of arrows that was enough to cover the sky struck again.
Under the continuous and intensive arrow rain attack of the Wei army, and there were always gaps between the shields, some Han soldiers still cried out in pain because of the arrows.
And as time goes by, these cries of pain are becoming more and more frequent.
Mi Yang, who was hiding under the shield, seemed anxious when he heard the cries of pain.
Those who can be sent to defend the city at this time are all his elite.
It would be fine if the elites lost their lives in a head-on confrontation.
But now no one in the Wei army has been injured, but soldiers on our side continue to fall. If we don't find a way to change this situation quickly, the loss of Nanzheng City will only enter the countdown.
But the solution is not that easy to think of.
In terms of good shooting, the Liangzhou Army, which broke away from the Jingzhou Army, is no worse than any army in the world.
But no matter how good at shooting, Liangzhou Army must be given a chance to shoot arrows.
The large number of enemy troops, coupled with the advantage of attacking from high altitude, left Mi Yang in a hurry to organize the archers on the city wall for a counterattack.
Not only Mi Yang heard the constant cries of pain from the Han troops on the city wall, but also Cao Zhen followed the wind.
Compared to Mi Yang who was anxious, Cao Zhen felt that the cries of pain from the Han army made him particularly excited.
It's not easy. It took several months to lead the troops into Hanzhong.
But in the past few months, whenever he faced off against Mi Yang, he would definitely suffer.
Now is finally the time for him to feel proud.
In his excitement, Cao Zhen immediately changed his tactics.
Under Cao Zhen's order, the Wei army's arrow rain attack from Tushan suddenly stopped.
After Mi Yang noticed this, he just relaxed in his heart, but before he could relax for a long time, Ding Feng's exclamation next to him instantly attracted his attention.
Mi Yang followed Ding Feng's gaze and looked out at the gap in the shield.
At this moment, thousands of rockets suddenly appeared in the sky, and the direction of those thousands of rockets was not on the city wall, but within the city wall.
When seeing this scene, Mi Yang instantly understood Cao Zhen's intentions.
Soon after thousands of rockets landed in the residential area behind the city wall, the rockets quickly ignited the residential areas near the city wall.
And due to the hot weather, the fire caused by the rocket is spreading rapidly among the houses.
Cao really wanted to cause panic in the city by burning down the houses!
Cao Zhen's method was effective. Soon Mi Yang on the city wall heard the screams and cries from the people in the city.
After the bursts of shouts and cries fell into Mi Yang's ears, Mi Yang became furious.
If you can't shoot me, shoot my people. How shameless!
But Mi Yang was trapped under the shield formation and could not get up and go to the city to stabilize the situation.
The reason why Cao Zhen asked the Wei army to release fire arrows into the city was to lure Mi Yang to emerge from under the shield formation.
To defend the city is to defend the hearts of the people.
Cao Zhen had heard Mi Yang's famous saying for a long time.
And if Mi Yang suddenly appears from the shield formation, there will always be no shortage of sharpshooters among the more than 100,000 Wei troops.
Even Cao Zhen was one of the good archers in the Wei army who could pierce the Yangtze with a hundred steps!
Cao Zhen had already set up his bow and arrows in the watchtower, waiting for Mi Yang to emerge from the shield formation.
But Cao Zhen waited and waited. The Wei army's action of releasing fire arrows was going on, but Mi Yang never appeared from the shield formation.
Just when Cao Zhen was getting impatient, he noticed that the fire in the city was gradually being extinguished, and the shouts and cries of the people in the city were gradually stopping.
At this moment, Cao Zhen knew why Mi Yang never showed up.
Hearing that Fazheng's son Fa Miao is now Mi Yang's farewell, coming from a famous family, it may not be difficult for him to calm down the situation in the city to a certain extent.
After realizing this, Cao Zhen knew that he might not be able to win the battle today.
In addition, without realizing it, the sky was gradually getting dark, so Cao Zhen issued an order to retreat.
When he retreated, Cao Zhen had a smile on his face.
Although they have not achieved much results today, judging from today's situation, Yuan Shao's siege methods back then were miraculous.
As long as he can continue to use this method of siege, how long can the Han army in the city persist?
After noticing that the Wei army was gradually retreating, Mi Yang also walked down the city wall under the protection of Ding Feng.
After walking down the city wall, Mi Yang saw a mess underneath the city wall.
A large number of residential buildings were burned down, and the roads were littered with fallen black wood. Surrounded by the black wood, homeless people were unwilling to leave.
Although the people had stopped crying under Fa Miao's comfort, the tears on their faces were still there, and the helplessness and sadness in their eyes were clearly captured by Mi Yang.
Putting aside the battle damage of the Han army on the city wall, just seeing this scene made Mi Yang realize how much damage today's battle had caused to the hearts of the people in the city.
Today, Mi Yang has realized how helpless Cao Cao was back then.
After appeasing the next commoner, Fa Miao walked to Mi Yang. He originally wanted to ask about the situation on the city wall, but seeing Mi Yang's face, he wisely chose not to speak.
Looking at the mess all over the ground, and then at the frustrated subordinates around him, Mi Yang said angrily:
"Cao Zhen loves tall buildings. Tomorrow, all those tall buildings will be reduced to rubble!"
Hearing what Mi Yang said, Fa Miao, Ding Feng and others cheered up.
Back then, Cao Jun used the Thunderbolt Chariot to defeat Yuan Jun's offensive. Could it be that Mi Yang also secretly prepared the Thunderbolt Chariot?
What Fa Miao and others don't know is that they probably don't have a Thunderbolt Chariot, but fortunately, they have a master who is a time traveler.
