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"Is this the hanging gourd?"

Standing on a mound in the distance to the east of Xuanhu City, Gao Huan gazed at this important town in Henan surrounded by Ru River on three sides, and sighed with some emotion.

Xuan Hu is famous, but unfortunately Gao Huan has never been able to see her.Now is the first time to visit the front line to observe in person, and it is indeed quite different from what I imagined.

Well, the scale of the city is much smaller than expected, and it is completely different from the ridiculously large city of Luoyang.However, the dangerous terrain of the city was unexpected.

As a direct moat, the Ru River is an order of magnitude wider than the ditches dug out of ordinary cities!

"King Gao, the morale of the Liang army is low now, but our army has won consecutive battles, and the morale is booming.

How about our army start building pontoon bridges on the moat today, and attack from three sides tomorrow!Can fight down! "

Xue Guyan clasped his fists to salute Gao Huan, the iron armor on his body rubbed against each other and made a "cracking" sound, looking very excited.

Gao Huan nodded slightly, noncommittal.Just listen to the morale-boosting words of your subordinates. As the supreme commander, you can't be led by the nose by your subordinates.

The Qiluo city was destroyed by the flood, which can be regarded as destroying a very important strategic stronghold of the Liang army.However, no matter how you play, if you don't take Xuanhu, you can't take the whole of Henan. This has been repeatedly proved since ancient times.

This is the final battle, Gao Huan dare not be careless.

"Are you sure?"

Gao Huan asked in a deep voice.

"Going back to King Gao, the final general looked at the distribution of flags hanging on the Hu wall. It is estimated that there are not many defenders in the city. If we use the power of a lion to fight a rabbit, we should take it down, it should be no problem."

Xue Guyan said confidently.

The mere Liang Jun, he has experienced the level of defending the city before.As long as there is no cover from the navy, those people are definitely weak chickens!It's full of water, the kind that doesn't have much dry goods at all.

"Is it?"

Gao Huan responded casually, as if he was thinking about something important.

But Xue Guyan waited for a long time, and Gao Huan didn't say what he was thinking in his heart, so Xue Guyan had to retreat angrily, prepare for the siege, and personally supervise the construction of the pontoon bridge.

Afterwards, the Eastern Wei army built an earth mountain not far from the east of Xuanhu City, and Gao Huan camped on the mountain, so that he could observe the situation in Xuanhu City at any time.

This is the last battle of the Wei army's southern expedition. When they captured Xuanhu, the Liang army took the air for it. Xincai, which was trapped in an isolated city to the east of Xuanhu, was also difficult to save. The Liang army's defense line in Henan was already closed After being pierced, it is only a matter of time before the whole line withdraws from Henan.

So Gao Huan didn't mind staying here for a few more days.

The next day, Xue Guyan erected eight or nine pontoon bridges on the Ru River.Gao Huan changed into the military uniform of an ordinary soldier, and under the covert protection of his own soldiers, he crossed the pontoon bridge and came to the place where Xuanhu City was a stone's throw away to have a look.

As if to vent out the anger that was pent up in his heart, Gao Huan had a sudden whim. He raised his voice and shouted towards the tower: "Liu Yishou, you shrinking turtle! This king is here, do you dare to go out of the city to meet with me?" Let me fight! Just you and me, one on one!

Whoever loses will surrender, lest the soldiers fight to kill and hurt. "

A sly smile appeared on Gao Huan's face, and his words elicited a burst of laughter from the army.

"Liu Yishou, get out!"

"Liu Yishou, get out!"

"Liu Yishou, get out!"

All the soldiers under Gao Huan's command shouted so loudly that Liang Jun, who was hanging over the city, gritted his teeth with hatred.

Liu Yishou is good at using soldiers, which is well known.But there are rumors that he has no strength to restrain a chicken, just like Chen Qingzhi who broke through Wei Guo back then, even stronger women.

This incident seems to have spread all over the country, and it was even viciously vilified by interested people in the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

For example, there are rumors that King Wu, who is so powerful in Nanliang, is actually a sick man, the kind who can pant when he walks.

Gao Huan was sure that Liu Yishou would definitely sit in the city, and he was sure that Liu Yishou would never dare to talk to him and scold him!The morale is so strong that the confrontation between the two armies actually started from the moment the pontoon bridge was erected!

He just bullied Liu Yishou so he couldn't go out of the city to challenge him one-on-one.

At this moment, the east gate of Xuanhu City suddenly opened wide. The Eastern Wei army did not expect that the enemy would dare to open the gate, and they were stunned for a moment, forgetting to form a formation to protect themselves!

There was a mass of darkness, and more than a hundred elite cavalry rushed out from the east gate of Xuanhu, smashing Gao Huan's team into scattered and fled!Caught off guard!Gao Huan was dragged back by the rebel army, and several of the guards around him fell to the ground alone, trampled to a bloody mess!
The broken soldiers frantically rushed to the pontoon bridge on Rushui. In an instant, many soldiers fell into the water because of pushing each other, and even Gao Huan accidentally fell into Rushui.

But he was quite clever, holding on to the ropes of the pontoon, sinking for a while, floating up for a while, drank a lot of water, and looked extremely embarrassed like that!
Upon seeing this, Wang Sizheng ordered decisively.So Liang Jun on the tower took the opportunity to shout: "Gao Huan is dead! Gao Huan is dead!"

When the Wei army under the city heard this, the liver and gallbladder were broken, and the cavalry took the opportunity to sweep across the south bank of the Ru River, and then many infantrymen with big axes rushed out of the city, cutting off all the pontoon bridges around the city!

Soon, all the pontoon bridges built overnight were finished. This tossing can be described as a fuss, and I just "walked around" under the Xuanhu City, and I didn't get anything!

The Eastern Wei army lost more than a thousand elites in this wave, and even Gao Huan fell into the water in embarrassment, which was extremely unlucky.

However, Gao Huan was lucky. He was quickly rescued by Xue Guyan's soldiers after falling into the water, and he didn't have time to wait for Liang Jun to cut the ropes of the pontoon bridge.

Otherwise, Liu Yishou didn't know how to end the unexpected ending of Gao Huan falling into the water and dying.At present, the Eastern Wei army still has a lot of energy. With Gao Huan's accidental death and the collapse of the overall situation, if all the generals under Gao Huan's command abandon their distracting thoughts and lead their troops to flee back to Hebei, they are really likely to be able to do it!
In that case, instead, Liu Yishou was scrambling back and forth, feeding the dogs all kinds of preparations.

Misfortunes depend on blessings, blessings lie on misfortunes, and the wonder of fate is really "three points are destined, seven points depend on hard work".It's yours, and it's still yours after all!
Xue Guyan and others were glad that Gao Huan was not dead, and Liu Yishou was also glad that Gao Huan was not dead when he found out afterwards.

Gao Huan was probably the first to be blessed by his subordinates and the enemy leader at the same time.

……

"Ah sneeze!"

In the handsome tent, Gao Huan shivered wrapped in a blanket and drank several bowls of ginger soup before he felt his consciousness recover a little.

After a lot of tossing, he finally got his life back.

"The guard in Xuanhu City is not Liu Yishou.

Go find out who is guarding the city!If he is caught by this king in the future, he will be hacked into pieces! "

Gao Huan ordered with a gloomy expression.

Today's embarrassment can be said to be the first time since his debut!It is also the closest to death!
All the generals under his command looked at each other in blank dismay. They all felt that Xuanhu was just an ordinary city relying on Rushui. It was famous because of the important place where it was located, not because the city itself was great.

Then today, he was taught to be a man by the guard of Xuanhu City.

"King Gao, how do you know that Liu Yishou is not the one guarding Xuanhu? There are rumors that Liu Yishou personally led the battle in Henan."

Xue Guyan asked suspiciously.

Their spies in Jiankang, Liang Guo, had already sent the news by flying pigeons. Liu Yishou had indeed led the troops to the expedition and was no longer in Jiankang. There are many sources of information to confirm this.

Xuanhu is so important, why does Liu Yishou not stay here?Only Liu Yishou personally sits in charge, can he guarantee that his subordinates will protect Xuanhu with all their might!

Liu Yishou is not in Xuanhu, and someone else is the guard. What if that person is a [-]-year-old boy and voted for the Eastern Wei Dynasty?
"No, you don't understand, the guard of Xuanhu must not be Liu Yishou.

If Liu Yishou was around, he would definitely scold me with harsh words, and he would never suffer from his words.You have never seen that kind of sharp tongue, and you don't know how powerful that mouth can kill the living.

Having said that, there is a specialization in art, and Liu Yishou commanded the defense of the city. It is impossible for him to be so alert and know all kinds of details. "

Gao Huan said with a sigh.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it. Er Zhurong beheaded Hou Jing with a few words from Liu Yishou!So he was sure that it was impossible for Liu Yishou, who likes to use his brain to solve problems, to know such fine "micro-manipulation".

Defending a city in ancient times was a highly technical job, and it was definitely not possible to defend a city by brute force.

This is the intuition that Gao Huan has honed through the battlefield.

All the generals went down to prepare and continue to attack Xuanhu.Make siege equipment again, and build a pontoon bridge on the Ru River.A few days later, Gao Huan finally compared the news from various sources and confirmed that Liu Yishou was indeed not in Xuanhu.

The name of the guard guarding Xuanhu this time is a little strange, Wang Sizheng!

At the beginning, Yuan Xiu was the younger brother, but he couldn't understand Yuan Xiu's various debauchery styles, especially his deformity habit of incest with his cousin, so he was bought by Liu Yishou and guarded Qingxu Xiapi.

This time, he was specially transferred to guard Xuanhu!
Even Yuan Xiu, Gao Huan, almost forgot, how could he still remember Yuan Xiu's former younger brother?So when he learned that Wang Sizheng was embarrassing himself, he looked incredible!

But I don't know if it's his illusion, Gao Huan always feels that Liu Yishou seems to deliberately disgust himself with this Wang Sizheng.

It's just that he has no proof.

But soon, Gao Huan understood why Liu Yishou sent Wang Sizheng to Xuanhu.

This Wang Sizheng is like a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard, there is nothing he can do about it!
For the first trial, Gao Huan ordered someone to shoot a letter of persuasion into Xuanhu City. The letter said: As long as Wang Sizheng surrenders, he can be made a marquis and prime minister, and he can even be made the governor of Henan, and the whole of Henan can be handed over to the city. He manages!

All the generals under his command have a reward, and everyone has a share!

If Liu Yishou was here, he would at most taunt and tease the messenger, and reply: daydreaming.

Then the messenger was driven away.

However, Wang Sizheng's answer was extremely simple and rude. He directly ordered the messenger to be chopped up. He didn't even say a word during the whole meeting, and he didn't let the messenger say a word.

Afterwards, Wang Sizheng also ordered people to throw the messenger's body and Gao Huan's handwritten letter directly over the wall!
This kind of behavior does not hurt much, but it is extremely insulting!It seemed that he was trying to provoke Gao Huan on purpose!
It was the first time Gao Huan had seen such a rough and cold guard like Wang Sizheng when the two armies fought without killing each other.He chopped off the envoy without even asking, and dumped his body at the top of the city, disregarding even the basic etiquette.

Facing such a fool, Gao Huan had nothing to do.Although there are many old coin routines, the opposite party must be able to listen to the words!

Since the soft ones won't work, let's go straight to the hard ones!

The Eastern Wei army attacked Henan, just like the old coin Liu Yishou, they also hid their tricks and failed to use them.After the Battle of Yubi, Gao Huan learned the lesson of the unfavorable siege and developed a siege tool called "train".

The so-called train is naturally not the kind of transportation that Liu Yishou used to run on the rails in his previous life, but a wooden chariot that fires at the enemy.

Specialize in city gates!granary!camp!

"Train" is to put wood, wok (cauldron), stove, fire oil and other combustible materials on wooden carts, then ignite them and push them to the enemy's camp or city gate by manpower to set fire to the enemy's facilities fire wooden cart.

Works wonders on broken cities.

After the siege began, the Eastern Wei army used ladders to climb the city wall, not to climb the city wall, but to cover the soldiers who pushed the "train" forward and slowly approached the city gate.

The city gate of Hanging Hu is a copper-clad wooden structure, which cannot withstand the toss of burning fire.Regardless of the cover of casualties, the Eastern Wei army finally allowed one of the many "trains" to approach the gate of the east city and began to burn violently.

At the critical moment, Wang Sizheng came up with the final plan and let go of the "falling rocks" that had been prepared.

A huge boulder fell from the sky and blocked the opening inside the east gate of Xuanhu City!After the Eastern Wei army managed to burn down the city gate, they rushed into the long and narrow gate, only to find that the exit had been blocked by boulders, making it completely impassable.He had no choice but to withdraw from the doorway and fled back to the main formation in embarrassment.

After Gao Huan learned of this, he could only call Jin to withdraw his troops, secretly calling it a pity.Wang Sizheng's decisiveness was beyond his imagination. This one had no intention of surrendering at all, and even gave up the hope of survival.

Either he won the gold belt, or he died like a bird, Gao Huan had no choice but to convene the generals again to discuss the strategy of defeating the enemy.

"Let's talk about it, how did you break the city?"

Gao Huan sighed helplessly and asked, all the generals have been disgraced by Wang Sizheng these days, and even Xue Guyan, who was so proud before and said he would break the city in one day, held his breath and stopped talking.

"King Gao, the last time the city was flooded with water, now we can repeat the old trick."

Sima Ziru suggested.

At the critical moment, the hot-tempered Xue Guyan was not used to Gao Huan's "old brother", he stood up and refuted: "At this time and at that time, Qiluo City is diverted by a moat dug artificially. Attack can succeed.

The hanging gourd is surrounded by Rushui naturally, no matter how the water attacks, Rushui will flow away from north to south.If you can break Xuanhu with water, I will be your son. I will do whatever you ask me to do! "

Xue Guyan spoke vulgar words, which made Sima Zi blush.However, it is undeniable that Xue Guyan's words are indeed on point, and this is also the advantage of Xuanhu City.The trick of flooding the city with water is completely sprinkled with water for this carefully selected city, and it has no effect at all!
Ancient cities were basically built on water, because without a stable water source, there would be no stable population size.Without water, there is naturally no possibility of settlements forming.

It is conceivable that if water attack can really deal with all the cities, is there still a need for hard work to attack the city?In the future, as long as everyone is busy blocking the river and building dams, there will be no disadvantages.

"King Gao, when Chen Qingzhi attacked Kao City, he used to build a floating water fortress on the river, and directly leaned the water fortress against the city wall. Now the terrain of Xuanhu City can be used in this way."

Sima Zi made another plan if one plan failed.

Hearing this, all the generals were thoughtful, feeling that what Sima Ziru said was not unreasonable.After all, with Chen Qingzhi as a "jewel" in front of them, they wouldn't be able to make such fools.

"This plan is feasible, so let's act according to it." Gao Huan nodded slightly.

The small Hanging Hucheng has already made him feel anxious and troublesome, and it is time to solve this trouble. (end of this volume)
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