() As soon as the sun rose on the fifth day of March, Sun Jian's army, which had been entrenched outside Yangcheng for a long time, launched a strong attack on the city. First, thousands of sharp arrows were shot towards the top of the city by the archers in front of them.

Then several siege vehicles and ladders rolled toward the city wall, driven by the sergeants.

The Xiliang army guarding the city had long been prepared for the enemy to suddenly attack the city one day, so they did not panic at all when faced with the sudden attack. Immediately, someone erected a wooden shield about half a person's height at the city head and pulled her up.

Most of the arrows were blocked. At the same time, archers appeared at the entrance of the battlements, constantly using bows and arrows to greet Sun Jian's army who was charging towards them.

Immediately, there were shouts from above and below the city, and many people fell under the enemy's arrows. However, the people around them did not even look at these robes, but continued to do what they should do, either attacking or attacking.

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When Hua Xiong heard the sound of the attack coming from the top of the city, his heart that was still a little raised fell back. Before the opponent launched an attack, because he didn't know what tricks he would use to deal with him, Hua Xiong

He was still uneasy. But when he found out that they were still attacking by force after waiting for a long time, Hua Xiong had only one thought in his mind, and that was to completely defeat the enemies who had fought their way to the edge of the city.

Half an hour after the battle started, Hua Xiong and others arrived at the top of the attacked city. He personally commanded his troops to resist the advancing enemy troops, and ordered people to use rolling logs and rocks to attack the heavy siege equipment.

Let people who are good at archery continue to attack the enemy troops hiding behind the equipment.

In the two-hour offensive and defensive battle, the defending side hardly lost many men, while the attacking side suffered nearly 500 casualties. Seeing that the city was tightly guarded and the sergeants were exhausted,

Sun Jian had no choice but to withdraw his troops with gold.

Seeing Sun Jian's army retreating, Hua Xiong wanted to lead his army in pursuit and leave the city. But in the end, he resisted and did not give the order to fight, because this battle showed him the strength of Sun Jian's army, and he was afraid of leaving the city rashly.

There is a possibility of falling into an ambush by the opponent, not to mention that the Xiliang army still needs to rest for a few days before it can truly display its strong combat effectiveness.

Seeing that Hua Xiong's troops did not pursue him because of his retreat, Sun Jian, who was still looking forward to it, felt a pity. Otherwise, he might have been able to capture Yangcheng without letting his eldest son take risks. Now, they can only wait for Sun Ce and the others to successfully make a detour.

After arriving at the Yangcheng side, we then attacked from both inside and outside.

In fact, during the few days when he was entrenched outside Yangcheng without mobilizing troops, Sun Jian did not do anything. He made a detailed investigation of the geographical conditions around Yangcheng, and then formulated the current internal and external attack strategy.

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Although this Yangcheng is not a big city with high walls, nor is it stuck on the main road, it does have its unique geographical conditions, that is, the city is built against a mountain. The west side of Yangcheng is a rugged and steep cliff.

, so that the city only needs to focus on the front side to withstand the siege army. And if you want to capture the city by attacking only one side, the siege must pay several times or even ten times more casualties than attacking a normal city.

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Naturally, Sun Jian would not accept this. He currently has only more than 10,000 people. If he attacks by force, even if they are all dead, he may not be able to capture Yangcheng. He can only divide his troops into two groups and let another elite force

The team had to climb from the cliff that was difficult for ordinary people to climb to the side of the city, so that they could successfully capture the city.

However, this strategy relies on the unexpectedness of the defenders. Otherwise, as long as the Xiliang army sticks to the cliff, it will be enough to withstand the enemies coming from the other side. Therefore, even Sun Jian's close confidants can't

They were not told. Only his son Sun Ce and five hundred elite soldiers were informed of the purpose. Originally, Sun Jian wanted to go to such an important battle by himself, but as the coach, he could not leave, so in the end he had to let his son take his place. However,

He still had considerable trust in his eldest son's ability. Sun Ce's martial arts skills were only superior to his. As long as he could successfully break into the city, there would be no other problems in this battle.

The battle at the city gate started again in the afternoon. This time, Sun Jianjun's attack was more cautious. Several times, ladders were built to the top of the city, and more than a hundred people who dared to die climbed to the top of the city. If

If the Xiliang army had not reacted quickly and counterattacked quickly, they might have captured the city.

However, this situation was just a flash in the pan. After the Xiliang Army invested more troops to defend it, Sun Jian's army would no longer be able to enter the city. But when he saw the Xiliang Army hoarding a large number of troops on this wall, Sun Jian

But he showed a hint of joy. He knew that he had done everything he should do, and now it was up to his son Sun Ce.

"Bo Fu, this battle is up to you as a father!" Sun Jian said secretly in his heart as he looked at the Xiliang army that was still heavily defended at the top of the city.

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On the cliff on the west side of Yangcheng, hundreds of people were climbing forward cautiously. In front of them was a handsome boy with a tiger's back and ape's arms, who was 60% similar to Sun Jian. It was Sun Ce, the leader of this team.

As the eldest son of Sun Jian, he has known what kind of pressure he has been under since he was a child, and he has lived up to his name. His martial arts skills have now surpassed that of his father. Although his experience on the battlefield is still insufficient, he believes that one day

He can also become famous all over the world, and today's capture of Yangcheng will be his first battle to become famous.

The cliffs were steep, and every step forward they had to carefully look for a place to stay, and their hands had to grasp the protruding rocks. This made the team move very slowly. Half a day passed before they finally reached Yangyang.

On the west side of the city, close to the city wall, everyone was exhausted and weak, but they could only complete half of the task at this time. However, no one complained, because they had earned this surprise mission by themselves.

The purpose is to win the first victory in pacifying the Xiliang Army for General Sun.

"Major General, just past is the Yangcheng city wall. There must be someone guarding it. We can't risk going forward anymore. We have to wait until dark before we can go there." A sergeant who was familiar with the environment here whispered to Sun Ce.

Sun Ce nodded: "Then let's stop and take a rest. It's getting late now. As soon as it gets dark, we'll go over and catch them off guard!"

"Yes!" Everyone whispered, and immediately they leaned against the cliff and closed their eyes.

After about an hour, the sky finally darkened completely. After Sun Ce waved, everyone took action again. After an hour of rest, the sergeants' physical fitness had been greatly restored. They followed Sun Ce and crossed quickly.

On the last cliff road, ropes were tied to the trees on the cliff, and they slowly fell from the cliff, straight to the west city of Yangcheng.

At this time, Sun Jian's army's siege on the other side has not yet ended, and it seems that they are planning to fight at night. This forces the defenders in the city to continue to focus all their attention on that side, while here in Xicheng there are only less than five

People were guarding the city. Because there had never been an enemy climbing up the cliff here, the Xiliang soldiers guarding the city were naturally extremely lax about it.

Suddenly, a soldier guarding here heard a strange sound, which seemed to be the sound of heavy objects coming down from above. This made him feel strange and couldn't help but turn his head and look up. This sight made him surprised.

His expression changed drastically because he saw many black shadows sliding down from the top of the cliff above.

"No, there is..." Before he could finish his words, a person pounced on him like a vicious wolf, and then a short knife slashed the person's throat.

The other four guards finally realized that the situation was not good. Just as they raised their weapons and wanted to fight, several figures appeared behind them. With a flash of sword, these people were all killed on the spot. Except for the one at the beginning

After a shout, they didn't make any more noise.

Sun Ce raised his sword and pointed it forward, leading the five hundred elite soldiers who had landed safely to the city.

As soon as they got off the top of the city, they ran into five Xiliang troops with weapons. They happened to meet the defenders changing the guard here. This chance encounter made both sides startled, and then a shrill cry came out.

There was a cry from the west of the city: "No, there are enemies sneaking in from the west of the city..." This shout could only last so far, because Sun Ce and others who reacted quickly rushed to kill them, and in the blink of an eye, these five Xiliang men were killed.

The soldiers were also hacked to the ground.

However, this shout had alerted the garrison in the city. After hearing the sound, many Xiliang soldiers rushed towards the west of the city. The surprise attack that Sun Ce had hoped for was no longer possible from now on.

"Major General, what should we do?" someone asked hurriedly. As the leader of this team, everything will naturally be decided by Sun Ce. But he originally planned to sneak to the city gate and open the city for the army outside the city.

, now it seems that this idea is impossible. After thinking about it for a while, Sun Ce cast his eyes on the wooden warehouses less than a few hundred steps away from him. If his prediction was correct, those should be

The city is a granary for people and horses.

Sun Ce made a prompt decision and pointed at several warehouses with his knife: "Let's kill them and set fire to these warehouses. This will definitely demoralize the defenders in the city!" As he said that, he rushed there first, and others followed closely behind.

Sun Ce's guess was correct. He thought that the cliff on the west side was the safest place to block it, so Hua Xiong stored all the army's food and grass supplies here. But he didn't expect that someone would come in from the cliff this time.

The food and supplies were trapped in a desperate situation.

Soon, a ball of fire shot up into the sky, and in a blink of an eye, the fire spread in all directions, igniting the entire warehouse and even the surrounding military camps.

Sun Jian, who was outside the city, was even more excited when he saw the fire, and finally told the whole story: "My son Sun Ce has entered the city and set fire to the enemy's baggage. He ordered the three armies to attack the city with all their strength. We must take down Yangcheng tonight!"

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