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At the same time as Zhang Liao watched the moat under the city, King Liu Jing of Han also inspected the one-month water diversion project on a hill accompanied by several guards and generals.

Fa Zheng was also proud of his water diversion project, not only because he successfully used the terrain to lure away the moat water, but also cut off the investigation of Cao's scouts, so that Cao's army in Shouchun never discovered the Han army's intention.

He pointed to the new lake that had just formed in the distance and said to Liu Jing: "Then was a lake swamp in the era of Emperor Guangwu. Later, the water source was cut off and it gradually dried up. Now I have restored it to a lake again. It is estimated that in a few months, a new lake of thousands of hectares will eventually be formed."

Liu Jing's horse whip, Xiaojin, said: "Will the new lake be connected with Xiaojin again to replenish water sources for the moat?"

"It is impossible. The terrain of Xiaojin and Hefei City is relatively high. The lake water will only flow to Chaohu, which is lower, and will not flow to Xiaojin."

Liu Jing nodded and smiled at everyone, "The city of Hefei was built on a high place in order to prevent Chaohu water from flooding the city. Now, it has formed a passive situation where the moat water is being taken away. It is estimated that Zhang Liao was unexpected when he built the canal last year."

Gan Ning also smiled and said, "Your Highness is right. This means that there will be gains and losses. In fact, I hope that Hefei City will be built in a low-lying place, so that I can take a boat to enter the city."

Everyone laughed. Liu Jing saw that everyone was so angry that they were all sharp-tongued and prepared to attack the city in large numbers. Although he knew that Cao's army also had a powerful bee crossbow, no matter what, he had to attack the city and find out the reality of Cao's army guarding the city.

Thinking of this, Liu Jing immediately ordered: "Please be prepared, the queen of heaven attacks the city."

Everyone was so angry that they agreed, and everyone was full of confidence in conquering Hefei.

The Queen, the water from the Hefei moat has flowed out, and the moat beds in the North City and the West City have gradually become dry and hard, and can run in the riverbed. At this time, the 40,000 Han army has gathered outside the West City and the North City. The armor is bright, the swords and spears are like forests, and the black army is paved into a huge square formation. In the army, you can see large siege weapons such as ladders, nest chariots and siege rams. The huge nest chariots stand like giants.

Zhang Liao rode a horse and ran on the top of the city and shouted: "Check the catapult, check the bow and crossbow, and prepare to fight the enemy."

He had already felt the murderous aura of the Han army. He knew that the first large-scale siege of the Han army was about to come. Zhang Liao rushed to the north city, and tens of thousands of defenders were busy preparing to carry a bucket of turbulent barrels onto the city wall, close to the female wall on the inside. The iron casket used for the bee crossbow was also neatly placed, and dozens of huge catapults were creaking. Wan Cao's army was already waiting for the four walls.

Liu Jing immediately watched the Han army's upcoming attack on Hefei City on a high ground several miles away from the north. At this time, a flag officer stepped forward to report: "Your Highness, the afternoon has arrived."

Noon is the time for killing people and the revelation of the siege. Liu Jing waved his sword and shouted loudly: "Strike"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong"

The huge war drum was finally ringing, and the low horn sounded across the earth. The Han general Wei Yan led 20,000 Han troops to fight from the west city. They rushed towards the dry moat like a tide, holding shields in their hands, pushing the ladders several feet high, one by one, and the shouts of killing were shocking the sky.

Tens of thousands of Han soldiers ran forward bravely amid the fierce fighting drums, and more than a thousand law enforcement soldiers were behind them. Twenty thousand troops were full of murderous aura and rushed towards the city.

Liu Xiu sent general Wang Ping to lead an army of 20,000 to attack Beicheng. Xicheng and Beicheng joined forces to form a 40,000 army to besiege Hefei City. Several siege ladders, nest cars, and stone catapults mixed in the army. The 40,000 army was dense like an ant colony, and it was vast and covered with the wilderness outside Hefei City.

The moat no longer has any defensive effect, and the riverbed is not deep, less than one meter away. Han soldiers built thousands of wooden boards, allowing soldiers and large siege weapons to go up and down the riverbed smoothly.

The front line was advancing rapidly, and the vanguard was only step away from the city. At this time, the Cao army on the top of the city began to counterattack, and several huge rocks roared from the sky, rolling among the Han army crowd, flesh and blood flying, and screams resounded through the riverbed.

A nest car was hit by a huge rock. The nest car bloomed in the air, giant trees flew around, corpses flew into the air, and the nest car scattered, and another huge siege ladder was hit, and the ladder was smashed, and the huge body fell down and he could no longer move on the ground.

One after another, huge rocks hit the crowd, and shrill screams kept coming. The huge fear made the Han army's morale decline. Some inexperienced Han soldiers turned around and wanted to run. Wei Yan was prepared. Thousands of law enforcement soldiers held swords behind the formation. Shangming's Han soldiers who escaped from the attacking formation were chopped to the ground.

Wei Yan waved his sword and shouted: "Life and death are from heaven, attack the city for me."

Countless Han soldiers were inspired by the murderous aura on the battlefield and shouted and charged forward. As the Han army in Xicheng advanced to the city, the archery battle between the two sides broke out. Five thousand Cao troops hid on both sides of the battlements of the main wall and the horse wall and shot arrows downwards. There were archery outlets on the Hefei city wall, which could be used as cover.

Under the city, the Han army shot upwards with an elevation angle, while the Han army had the advantage because of the large number of people. The arrows on both sides were like rain, woven into a black net of arrows in the sky. The Han army suffered heavy casualties, and Cao's soldiers also increased their casualties, and people kept getting caught in arrows and screaming and falling into the city.

In the dense rain of arrows, the Han army rushed to the moat bed and approached the city wall. There was a large trench two meters deep and five meters wide in front of the moat, but it was meaningless to the Han army. They put on wooden boards that were scattered, causing the moat to lose its defensive effect.

Dozens of large siege ladders were put on the top of the city wall, and the soldiers climbed up like ants, shouting and killing sounds shook the sky, and the turbulent oil poured down from the top of the city wall, and then the rockets shot down, and the flames suddenly soared into the air. Countless Han soldiers instantly became firemen, screaming and jumping down from the ladder.

Outside the west city was full of blazing flames and thick smoke, but the fire still could not defeat the Han army's will to siege the city. The soldiers still climbed towards the city regardless of life and death and fought with the Cao army.

The offensive outside the North City was also extremely fierce. More than a dozen nest cars rumbling to arrive. The Han army's nest cars were temporarily made by several craftsmen. They were slightly more sluggish than the original army's nest cars and moved slowly. Each nest car had to be dragged by dozens of cows.

The nest car is four meters high and is level with the city head. When the nest car arrives at the city wall, it will put down the city board so that the soldiers on the nest car can rush directly to the city head.

The first nest car attacked the city wall step by step, full of 100,000 Han soldiers, each holding a spear and a shield, and followed more than two people below, shooting arrows upwards.

The nest car slowly approached the city wall, less than fifty steps away from the city wall. Zhang Liao stared at the nest car and turned around and shouted: "Stone Cannon Preparation"

The three stone cannons of Cao's army began to exert their power. The stone cannon was actually a super-large bed crossbow. The stone cannon was 1 zhang long and the bow arm was 1 zhang long. It was made of beef tendon or hemp rope, and was placed on a specially built turret, controlled by ten soldiers, and was sterned with a winch.

The stone cannon fires a polished stone bullet weighing about fifty or sixty kilograms and a range of up to seventy steps. Special soldiers are responsible for range measurement and aiming, mainly for dealing with nest vehicles.

"Here's coming," the soldiers shouted at the nest carts that were slowly approaching.

Eight soldiers pushed the long winch rod, and the huge bowstring was creaking and buckled on the string hook. A soldier fed a stone bullet into the shooting trough. At this time, Zhang Liao was lying on the crossbow, staring at Wangshan, shouting: "Step east for half a moment."

There was a carving on the ground behind the stone cannon, and the soldiers lifted the stone cannon and moved east for half a moment.

"alright"

Zhang Liao shouted, jumped off the stone cannon, stared at the nest car for a moment, and shouted: "Start"

The two soldiers pulled out the string hook suddenly, and with a loud crack, a stone bullet flew out strongly from the shooting trough, roaring towards the nest car fifty steps away.

With a loud bang, the Han army's nest car was hit by a stone bullet, and a pillar and beam broke. The nest car shook violently, but it did not fall apart and continued to move forward.

"Come again"

Zhang Liao shouted loudly, and ten soldiers were lifted into the strings and fed the bullet again, but the direction did not need to be adjusted. Another stone bullet shot out strongly, hitting the nest car again, and was shot twice in a row. A belt tied to the beam of the nest car finally broke. The nest car instantly tilted and collapsed, and a soldier screamed and fell down.

The Cao army soldiers on the top of the city immediately cheered, but Zhang Liao looked solemn. The Han army's attack was much stronger than he expected. Although the Han army's nest chariots were defeated one by one by Cao army's stone cannons and did not exert their power, the Han army's siege still posed a huge threat to Hefei City.

At this time, a tooth general ran to Zhang Liao and whispered loudly: "General, use a bee crossbow to attack the enemy fiercely."

Zhang Liao bit his lips tightly and said nothing. The arrows of bee crossbows were expensive. They only equipped one thousand arrow boxes and tens of thousands of iron crossbow arrows. Once they were used up, they would not replenish them.

Although the Han army's offensive was storm, his intuition told Zhang Liao that it was not yet time to use the bee crossbow. He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Without my order, no one is allowed to use the bee crossbow."

The Cao army shot arrows on the top of the city like rain, shooting densely at the Han soldiers. Although they were covered with shields, there were still large numbers of Han soldiers being shot down. However, the Han army was densely packed. Although they did not carry stone catapults, the arrows were not powerful, and the siege ladder was very sharp.

Several siege ladders were hitting the head of the northern city, and iron hooks hung on the walls. More than 10,000 Han army vanguards began to climb up and attack. The big stones and wood were covered with hail. Sprockets of Han soldiers were hit and rolled down from the air and fell to the ground with screams, but new soldiers continued to climb to the city to attack.

The Han army had experienced more than a month of simulated siege, and the tactical cooperation was very tacit. Under the city, another ten thousand Han soldiers began to counterattack with arrows to cover the city. The arrows were densely packed like dark clouds and shot towards the defenders on the city. The defenders on the city suffered heavy casualties, and more than 2,000 people were shot by arrows. Cao's soldiers were pressed behind the city wall and could not raise their heads. They could only use shields to cover them and shoot arrows outwards from the shooting hole.

At this time, a dangerous situation occurred in the northern section of Xicheng. The first batch of Han troops rushed to the city and began to fight fiercely with Cao's soldiers. More and more Han soldiers rushed to the city. The situation in Xicheng was extremely critical.

Zhang Liao happened to lead a thousand soldiers to help. He roared and waved his iron spear to rush into the enemy group. He danced a sixty-pound iron spear and slashed left and right. The iron spear was like a storm. Zhang Liao was not only skilled in martial arts, but also extremely powerful, which made the Han soldiers fly and their brains burst. The Han soldiers were shocked by his courage and retreated one after another. The thousand Cao troops behind Zhang Liao rushed forward and fought bravely to kill the enemy, and finally killed all the Han soldiers who rushed to the top of the city.

Nearly two hours have passed, and the siege battle was extremely fierce. Arrows flew everywhere and corpses were piled up. Both sides threw heavy troops into the sky, slashed over the sky, shot up the city. Han soldiers attacked the city and were driven down. After several fierce battles, Hefei City always stood tall and was not captured by the Han army.

At this time, Liu Jing, who was watching the battle in the distance, saw that Cao's army gradually gained an advantage and the Han army was at an unfavorable disadvantage. Most of the losses were lost by the siege and the nest car. He couldn't help but sigh, "Send an order to withdraw the troops."
Chapter completed!