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"Kill!"

The harsh shouts of killing broke the peace of Wen County.

The thousands of Cao's elite cavalry sent by Zhang Liao to attack Wen County, armed with crossbows and powerful crossbows, launched a tentative attack outside the city with a volley of bows and crossbows.

And Sima Yi, who was on the top of Wen County, just smiled and gestured, and then hid in the arrow shelter built by huge stones.

The entire Wen County is located on a solid foundation, backed by the Taihang Mountains, with inexhaustible stones. How could Wen County lack huge stones as building materials?

So when Sima Yi hid in the arrow shelter, even if the Cao army outside the city had strong bows and crossbows, Sima Yi could not be hurt at all.

As for the Sima family soldiers, although they did not have a special arrow shelter, they had their own hiding caves.

The so-called soldier cave refers to a safe fortress built in a hidden place in the city wall.

It can often be used to hide soldiers and horses, give the enemy unexpected attacks and blows, and can also be used to avoid the bows and arrows and stone attacks of the enemy outside the city.

Therefore, the powerful crossbow volleys of Cao's elite cavalry, which used to be invincible, now lost their effect when facing the Sima family's defenders.

And cavalry has never been the main force used to attack the city.

After discovering that the Sima family's army was well-trained and had a lot of troops left in Wen County, this Cao's elite cavalry did not get too entangled.

Instead, they retreated to an open area thirty miles away from Wen County and sent messengers to report the news to Zhang Liao stationed in Shanyang.

However, half a day later, Zhang Liao in Shanyang had already received the news.

When he learned that the Sima family had not evacuated Wen County, but on the contrary, there was a group of elite soldiers stationed there, even Zhang Liao couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

In Zhang Liao's cognition, after doing such a big thing, the Sima family should retreat after realizing that he led the main force of the army to arrive, just like the analysis of General Cao Ang, and escape to the fortress in the Taihang Mountains.

How could they defend Wen County?

But soon, Zhang Liao realized the connection.

He couldn't help but feel a little curious about Sima Yi, the brain trust of the Sima family who had only heard of him but never seen him.

Because he knew that Sima Yi was risking his life, fearing that he would block all the mountain road intersections in the Taihang Mountains, so he nailed himself to Wen County.

Although they could both contain Zhang Liao's troops, the effect of this containment and the number of troops were completely different!

"Haha, the general is right. This Sima Yi is indeed extraordinary.

Even some veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time may not have such courage as him!"

Zhang Liao praised Sima Yi from the bottom of his heart, and then began to be curious about this opponent.

Since Sima Yi dared to stay in Wen County, it means that this person hasWith enough confidence.

So Zhang Liao wanted to meet this unusual opponent.

So Zhang Liao immediately ordered: "The whole army will set out to Wen County."

With Zhang Liao's order, a full 30,000 troops set out from the military camp outside Shanyang Town and headed towards Wen County.

As for Dong Cheng and Kong Rong, Zhang Liao did not intend to take them with him. Instead, he looked at them and said: "General Chariot and Cavalry and Lord Shaofu, I am going to fight this time.

Will you go to Wen County with me, or stay in Shanyang Town and continue to preside over the government affairs assigned by the general?"

Seeing that Zhang Liao actually took the initiative to ask them, Dong Cheng and Kong Rong were a little excited.

To be fair, as allies of the Sima family and spies lurking in the court army, they naturally did not want to follow Zhang Liao to Wen County.

It is better to stay away from the imperial army as much as possible, so that if their affairs are leaked, they can run away.

What's more, even if they stay in Shanyang, there is no danger.

At this moment, they are still important officials of the imperial court, so the imperial court's troops will naturally not do anything to them.

And secretly, they are also allies of the Sima family, and the forces of the Sima family will not do anything to them.

It can be said that at this moment in Henei County, the two of them are the most comfortable people who can attack and defend.

However, even if they hope to stay in Shanyang, Dong Cheng and Kong Rong did not agree directly.

They pretended to be loyal to the country and said to Zhang Liao: "Since we have been assigned the task by the general, we should take this opportunity to complete the general's instructions.

The mountains, rivers and minerals in Henei County cannot be measured for the time being, but we can use Shanyang as a starting point to measure all the land in Henei County.

This will alleviate the annexation of the noble families in Henei County and enable the court to collect more land taxes from now on."

Hearing Dong Cheng and Kong Rong's answer, Zhang Liao nodded with a smile. As expected, Dong Cheng and Kong Rong were guilty and did not want to go to Wen County with him.

But this was exactly what Zhang Liao wanted, because he did not want these two to go with him.

After all, he already knew in his heart that these two people were traitors, so Zhang Liao naturally didn't want to take them with him to prevent these two guys from knowing about his next military arrangements and selling them out to the Sima family.

Of course, there is another point. Zhang Liao is a military general and a famous general who makes a living by his ability. Acting is not his specialty.

After learning that Dong Cheng and Kong Rong had become the internal accomplices of the Sima family, Zhang Liao was able to pretend to be with them until now, which was already a strong effort.

If they were taken to Wen County and kept in his military camp, it would be very hard for Zhang Liao to just accompany these two guys to continue the trick.

How could Zhang Liao lead his troops to fight?

So Zhang Liao not only supported their choice, but also felt relieved.

"In that case, I will leave first.

I will leave a thousand soldiers for you two to use."

After saying that, Zhang Liao got on his horse and led the mighty 30,000 troops to the direction of Wen County.

In just one day, the 30,000 troops arrived outside Wen County and joined the thousands of elite cavalry who had arrived here earlier.

In this way, Zhang Liao had nearly 35,000 troops under his command.

Among them, there were probably less than 10,000 cavalry, and the rest were infantry.

And it was because of these infantrymen that the means of attacking the city were available.

"Where is Sima Yi? Dare you come out and see me!"

When Zhang Liao arrived outside Wen County, he did not prepare to attack the city immediately, but rode his horse to a place more than a hundred steps outside the city gate and shouted to the top of the city.

After all, the task Zhang Liao received was to make the Sima family think that the court had fallen into their plan of dividing troops, not to fight.

What's more, even if there was a war, it would not be such a siege, but to create favorable conditions for oneself first, and then consider the matter of fighting!

In Wen County, Sima Yi had long learned that Zhang Liao had led tens of thousands of troops to the outside of the city. (To read the violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Sima Yi was not surprised that Zhang Liao did not prepare to attack the city immediately, but shouted to the top of the city, wanting to see him.

Because he also knew that even if Zhang Liao came with a large army, Wen County, which had been managed by the Sima family for hundreds of years, would not be easily taken.

As the saying goes, one man guards the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it.

Relying on the solid city fortress with almost no dead ends, to resist the enemy's attack, even if Sima Yi only had 3,000 troops, it was still more than enough even if he faced ten times the troops.

Because the attacking party will always suffer!

And the wall of Wen County is not big, which is what the Sima family did deliberately.

Because most of the time, the larger a city is, the easier it is to be breached.

Because the larger the city is, the more weaknesses and flaws it has. If the enemy has enough troops, it can attack from all directions.

And if the defending party does not have enough troops, it will be restricted everywhere, and even cause the city to be lost.

The smaller the fortress, the smaller its flaws are, and it can truly achieve the goal of one man blocking the way for ten thousand men.

Coincidentally, Wen County of the Sima family is like this.

To be precise,What the Sima family guarded was not the real Wen County.

Because the real Wen County was a county town. Although it was also dominated by the Sima family, and the Sima family also had houses and industries in the city, but because there were other people in Wen County, the Sima family had already built another small city outside the original Wen County for their own safety.

This small city was a fortress exclusively for the Sima family. It was made entirely of stone, and only the core members of the Sima family lived in it.

Therefore, they naturally built this fortress as solid as a rock for their own safety. []

Strictly speaking, this city should be called Sima City.

It’s just that Wen County was the place where the Sima family started, and it was called the county seat in later generations. Therefore, the people of Henei County called it Wen County to show their respect for the Sima family.

As for the original Wen County built of adobe, it is called the outer city.

"General Zhang Liao is under the city. I, Sima Yi, am here.

I wonder if General Zhang Liao wants to see me. Is there anything he wants to teach me?"

Sima Yi appeared on the top of the city wall. He did not hide behind the city wall, but stood in front of it.

From this point alone, it can be seen that Sima Yi must have absolute confidence in his own skills or the warriors around him.

Therefore, he is not afraid that the Cao army outside the city will suddenly release hidden arrows to hurt people...