Can I get to the other side?

Han army camp, commander's tent.

"...all the meals we sent were taken back by the defenders, but not long after, a general came over and reprimanded the soldiers and asked them to throw the meals off the city wall."

"The soldier who took the food back was killed."

The scout told him exactly what he had seen. Everyone in the tent had different expressions after hearing the words.

No one thought that just sending a meal would have such a big impact!

Sima Yi laughed: "My plan has been accomplished, it is destiny!"

Gao Shun thought for a while and said, "Commander, would you like me to bring someone to deliver another batch of food?"

"No need." Sima Yi shook his head, smiled calmly, and said, "The purpose of disrupting the enemy's military morale has been achieved. It would be bad to continue delivering food."

"Then we can start preparing to attack the city. The time is set on the second day of the Lunar New Year. We will send out troops at dawn to catch them by surprise!"

Lu Bu was stunned when he heard this: "Didn't you say that we would use the strategy of being surrounded on all sides and wait for them to be defeated? Why did they suddenly launch an attack?"

He couldn't understand what Sima Yi was planning.

It was said before that there was no need to send troops to attack the city, but now it was said that the army would be attacked the day after tomorrow. Why did it change so quickly?

Sima Yi patiently explained to Lu Bu: "Soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape. The art of war lies in alternating virtual reality with reality. The purpose of my strategy of attacking the enemy's heart is not to make the enemy surrender."

"War cannot escape the right time, location, and harmony."

"Winter is a favorable time for us. The enemy is defending the city and occupying a favorable location. Therefore, what I have to compete with the enemy is peace and harmony."

"These days, we have allowed the soldiers of the three armies to eat well, drink well, and celebrate the New Year happily. The morale of the army has reached its peak."

"On the other hand, the enemy has no fighting spirit because of the cold weather, and we are constantly putting pressure on them. Their morale has been weakened to the extreme, which gives us the advantage of harmony."

"Now that we have the right time, location, people and us occupying the second place, how can we be invincible?"

Sima Yi never thought that he could make the enemy soldiers surrender with just a few baskets of food, because the enemy army was far from desperate.

Jinyang City is a big city. If you want to push the enemy troops inside to a desperate situation, it will take at least several months to surround them. They don't have so much time to waste now.

After explaining, Sima Yi added: "Whether we can capture Jinyang City depends on Duke Wen."

"In the siege battle in the future, Duke Wen can use it to his fullest. I believe that with Duke Wen's bravery, Jinyang City can be conquered in just a matter of seconds."

Sima Yi did not hide the compliment in his tone. In order to quickly capture Jinyang, the compliment was also mixed with a hint of provocation.

When Lu Bu heard this, he immediately said proudly: "It's just a small Jinyang city, how can it withstand my powerful warriors?"

"The end of this group of Yuan thieves has come!"

Lu Bu didn't understand what Sima Yi was saying. He only knew that he would be able to attack Jinyang City with real swords and guns the day after tomorrow. He only knew that if he couldn't attack it in a short time, he would lose face.

Chen Gong couldn't help but smile when he saw this, and stepped forward and said, "Now that the discussion is over, let's go to a bar together."

"Today is New Year's Eve, and we should celebrate it with all the soldiers in the army."

The excitement in the Han army camp was not for the defenders of Jinyang City to see. The entire army was indeed celebrating the New Year.

Of course, after the New Year, the vigilance was not relaxed at all. People were also arranged to keep an eye on the movements of the Jinyang City defenders and beware of them taking the opportunity to launch night attacks.

So there's nothing wrong with relaxing for now.

When everyone heard the words, they all agreed happily.

While Lu Bu and others were celebrating the New Year, the senior officials were on guard against their attack on the city, so they didn't sleep all night.

At this time, the sun has risen in the east and the sky is white.

The senior cadre stood on the city gate tower and stared at the Han army camp outside the city. His face was very ugly and he couldn't help but curse: "What are they doing!"

He waited from early morning until dawn, but he didn't even wait for the Han army outside the city to launch an attack. At this time, he was already full of anger.

These guys are actually celebrating the New Year.

And right under his nose!

Guo Yuan was very sleepy at this time, so he just held on forcefully. Seeing this, he said: "General, the enemy did not even attack during the Chinese New Year. It seems that they just want to encircle them instead of attacking."

"Do we still need to send more manpower for patrol? Many sergeants in the army have already suffered from frostbite."

Since the Han army arrived outside Jinyang City, the number of soldiers on daily duty and defense on the city wall has increased a lot, which is really too much to bear in the long run.

Again, the weather is too cold.

Gao Gan stared at the Han army camp for a long time, and then sighed: "Return to normalcy. Soldiers who live in the city are allowed to go home to visit their relatives for a day. Those who live out of town will be rewarded with some drinks."

He was already a little exhausted physically and mentally. Perhaps as Guo Yuan said, the enemy only wanted to besiege the city.

If he continues to keep the whole army in a state of high tension, and the weather is so cold, they will not be able to support themselves before the enemy troops attack the city.

"promise!"

Guo Yuan cupped his fists and accepted the order.

…

Sima Yi's heart attack strategy played a great role.

Although high-ranking cadres ordered the lifting of martial law and allowed soldiers living in the city to go home to visit their relatives, this did not restore much morale.

Especially what Gao Shun did outside the city that night had already spread among the soldiers.

Originally, the soldiers in the city lost any willingness to fight after seeing the Han troops outside the city who were practicing every day, with great momentum and not afraid of the cold.

Now that they knew that surrender would be pardoned by the emperor, the soldiers' fighting spirit became even lower, and war-weariness began to pervade the entire army.

But it can only be hidden in the heart.

After all, if you dare to speak out, it will be a serious crime that disturbs the morale of the military. Once discovered, you will be dealt with directly by military law.

Night falls again.

Many of the soldiers on the Jinyang city wall had withdrawn, and the remaining soldiers were hiding under the wall stacks, chatting while warming themselves.

"Oh, I don't know when this life will end."

One of the soldiers sighed and said, "What do you think those generals in the city are trying to do? There are soldiers and horses of the imperial court outside the city. The city is surrounded and they still don't surrender."

"Obviously, if you vote, you will be pardoned by His Majesty."

The people present were all his own people, so he didn't have any scruples when speaking and just said what was in his heart.

Another soldier also said: "Yes, the imperial court kindly gave us food, but it was thrown away before we even had a few bites. It's really a waste."

"Little Mozi didn't deserve his death, alas..."

Speaking of Xiao Mozi, several other people couldn't help but cast their eyes on the old pawn squatting in the corner, holding a knife and saying nothing.

The old soldier is their corps leader, and Xiao Mozi is the soldier who was killed by the senior cadre the day before yesterday, and is also the youngest soldier in their team.

The old pawn almost regarded him as half a son.

But Xiao Mozi did not die on the battlefield, but died under the sword of his own people because of a few mouthfuls of food. Everyone knew how sad the old soldier was.

The atmosphere fell into silence for a while.

Only the fire in the brazier was still beating.

But the old soldier did not participate in their conversation. He just added another piece of firewood to the brazier and said calmly: "It's almost dawn. When the brothers who change defense arrive, we will go back to rest."

The soldiers nodded silently.

After a while, a soldier felt an urgent need to urinate, so he got up and wanted to relieve himself. However, when he accidentally glanced outside the city, he was shocked.

"Captain, look outside!"

There was a tremor in the soldier's voice.

The old soldier and all the soldiers were startled. They stood up from the wall and looked outside the city. Then their expressions changed.

Through the dawn sky, they could vaguely see countless figures flashing in the Han army camp outside the city. A large number of soldiers and horses began to gather. The black army was like a black tide, marching towards Jinyang City in the morning light!

The enemy is attacking the city!

Before he had time to think about it, a soldier took off the horn from his waist and was about to blow it - this was an early warning of the enemy's incoming attack.

But before he could reach his mouth, a hand covered with calluses and scars snatched the horn away from him.

It is the veteran who is the captain of the corps.

The horn blowing soldier looked at him in astonishment and couldn't help but said: "Commander, what are you doing? The enemy is attacking the city, you must blow the trumpet quickly!"

As soon as the horn blows, the soldiers in the military camp will begin to gather and rush to the city wall to defend against the enemy. This is also one of the duties of the soldiers on duty.

"Look over there."

The old pawn pointed to the city wall corridor not far away.

Naturally, they were not the only soldiers on duty on the city wall. There were hundreds of them, and they were all gathered together in groups of 30 to 50 percent.

But at this time, the soldiers were either squatting under the wall to sleep and warm themselves by the fire, unaware of the enemy troops outside the city; or they discovered the enemy troops and squatted down again.

No one blew the horn.

I saw the old soldier casually put the horn on his waist, glanced at the soldiers, and said with deep eyes: "No one else is blowing, so why are we blowing?"

When the soldiers heard this, they immediately understood what he meant.

They looked at each other and squatted back silently.

outside the city.

At this time, all the Han troops had been assembled. In order to minimize the noise, Lu Bu specially ordered the entire army to remain silent and follow the flag instructions.

But even so, when he saw that the army began to attack Jinyang City, but there was no response from the city wall, he couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Are these defenders so vigilant?"

Lu Bu was puzzled, but he didn't bother to think about it. After all, the later he was discovered and the closer he got to the city wall, the better.

When the army was within a stone's throw of Jinyang City, some soldiers on the city wall finally heard the movement and blew their horns.

"Woo——"

"Woo——"

"Woo——"

A series of vast horn sounds sounded on the city wall, immediately waking up countless soldiers in the military camp in the city from their sleep!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"The enemy is attacking the city!"

"Hurry up the city wall to defend yourself from the enemy!"

Regardless of whether the soldiers in the city are willing to fight or not, as soldiers, the first reaction after hearing the sound of the trumpet is to pick up weapons and rush to the city wall.

Senior officials also rushed over immediately.

But when he saw the dark enemy troops outside the city and the enemy troops pressing on the border, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "How come the enemy troops are so close!"

One of the great advantages of defending a city is that you can use arrows to cause massive casualties to the enemy before they attack the city wall.

But now the Han army is about to arrive under the city wall!

"Quick! We must not let the enemy climb the city wall!"

Although the high officials now want to kill all the soldiers responsible for guarding the city wall, guarding the city is the most important thing compared to questioning the crime!

And as soon as he finished speaking, countless arrows and stone bullets fell from the sky, and the soldiers on the city wall suffered heavy casualties in an instant!

"What kind of car dumping is that?!"

Gao Gan was stunned and shocked when he saw the huge stone bombs falling from the sky.

How could a catapult throw such heavy stone bombs and throw them so far?

"Kill!"

After a wave of stone bombs and arrow rain, the Han army had taken the opportunity to rush to the city, and a series of ladders and well-railed carts leaned against the city wall.

Countless Han soldiers began to climb the city wall!

The most eye-catching among them was a group of soldiers wearing heavy armor, each of them was big and strong, they were the reorganized Xiandeng Camp!

In this battle to attack Bingzhou, Qu Yi also brought the Xiandeng Camp to follow the army, just to show his loyalty and ability to the emperor!

His Xiandeng Camp had been completely destroyed in the previous battle. The current Xiandeng Camp was reorganized by him after receiving Liu Xie's instructions.

Although there were only 500 people, they were all elites selected from various armies, and they were also wearing excellent equipment made by Zhen's craftsmen!

"Shield guards in front! Follow up!"

"The first to climb the wall is right before our eyes!"

Qu Yi shouted loudly, and then he rushed to the wall in person, slashing and killing the defenders with a knife.

He had just surrendered, and now he urgently needed a credit to prove himself. If he could capture Jinyang City first, he could gain a foothold among many generals with this credit!

On the other side, Gao Shun was also leading the Xianzhen Camp to attack the city. Hearing this, he snorted coldly and shouted: "The first to climb the wall must belong to our Xianzhen Camp! Follow me to kill the city wall!"

"Kill——!"

The soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp rushed to the wall like wolves and tigers, fearlessly and fearlessly, and their momentum was no weaker than that of the Xiandeng Camp!

"Qu Yi! That traitor!"

When Gao Gan saw Qu Yi leading the Xiandeng Camp to kill the wall, his eyes turned red all of a sudden, and he immediately wanted to lead his troops to rush up and get rid of the culprit who led to Yuan Shao's capture.

But after seeing the bravery of the Xiandeng Camp, he still forced himself to suppress this idea and commanded the soldiers to organize defense.

Whether it is the Xiandeng Camp or the Xianzhen Camp, only one gap can be opened, but if he puts all his strength to block this gap, he will lose sight of the other and cause the city wall to be completely lost!

But at this moment, Guo Yuan, covered in blood, came to report, anxiously saying: "General! The East Gate has been lost! Some soldiers opened the city gate and let the enemy enter the city!"

"General Sui and General Zhao also died in the battle!"

"What?!" Gao Gan was immediately furious when he heard it. The city gate is the top priority. Once it is lost, he can't defend this city even if he is the military genius Han Xin!

Seeing more and more enemy troops rushing up the city wall, Gao Gan no longer hesitated, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Count the troops, we retreat!"

Jinyang City can no longer be defended. Staying here is just waiting for death. Only by escaping can there be a glimmer of hope!

Soon, Gao Gan abandoned all the infantry in the city, took the few 5,000 cavalry, escaped from the only north gate that was not attacked, and headed north.

After the scout got the news, he immediately reported it to Lu Bu who was in charge of the central army.

"General! A group of soldiers left from the north gate of Jinyang City and fled towards Wuyuan County!"

Lu Bu's face changed when he heard this.

Wuyuan County... Isn't that his hometown?