"kill!"

In the quiet night, accompanied by a loud noise of the sky and the earth cracking, the wall of the North Gate of Handan almost collapsed halfway.

The entire Handan City was trembling with loud noises, and almost two-thirds of the Cao army on duty on the top of the city were submerged in the dust.

The Han army, who had been ambushing outside Handan City for a long time, also launched an attack on Handan with this loud noise.

Zhang Liao sat on a prairie fire, staring at the ancient city of Handan, with an evil smile on his lips, and pointed the gate of Handan City from a big gun from a distance, and let out a roar.

Three thousand Han army cavalry whistled towards the ancient city of Handan.

The Cao soldiers who had climbed up from the ruins and had not yet recovered from the loud noises were panicked when they heard the rumbling iron hooves.

"Hurry up the beacon!"

There was the smart Cao army soldier shouting loudly.

But when the city wall collapses, how can it set off the beacon?

Cheng Wu ran out of the government office in a panic and got on his horse with a gun.

"Where are the thiefs, where are the thiefs?"

He shouted loudly, but the answer was a burst of crying sound.

Cao's army was frightened by this sudden explosion. The Han army, led by Zhang Liao, rushed into the ancient city of Handan like the wind. The sharp steel knife flashed with a hint of force in the darkness. Wherever the iron hooves passed, the steel knife raised, bringing a splash of blood.

The two personal guards held on tightly and shouted: "Young Master, things should not be violated. You should have a useful body. Please leave."

Cheng Wu wanted to fight desperately, but he also knew it was useless.

In this case, the Cao army lost its fighting spirit. How could it resist the Han army's attack like a wolf or a tiger? Looking around, the fire was blazing and the black smoke rolled. The Cao army soldiers ran away with their heads crying and shouting for their parents. After the Han army rushed into the city, almost no one went to resist.

Cheng Wu gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind.

In this case, not to mention driving the Han army out of the city, I may not even have the ability to resist.

The sky thunder fire must be the sky thunder fire... Cheng Wu suddenly shook his spirits and made a chill. Various legends about Liu Chuang appeared in his mind. Legends, this guy can summon wind and rain, legends, this guy can attract sky thunder. But he is obviously in Liaodong, why would he appear here? If that guy really appears here, he would have to save the defeat tonight. I am afraid it will be difficult to ascend to the sky...

The defeat was decided, and Cheng Wu was not a pedantic person, so he immediately ordered a retreat.

In fact, he no longer needed to give orders at this time, and the entire ancient city of Handan was inexplicably panic. The Cao army soldiers fled around like headless flies. After the Han army entered the city, they rushed straight to the government office. Obviously, they planned to fight.

Under the protection of his personal entourage, Cheng Wu fled from another gate of Handan's ancient city in a panic and retreated to Liangqi overnight.

After Zhang Liao entered the city, he did not continue to pursue the city, but ordered the captives to be collected and the situation in the city was stabilized.

To be honest, this time, he used a lot of Tianlei Fire to attack Handan... Although Zhang Liao had heard of the name of Tianlei Fire, he had never seen the power of Tianlei Fire. This time, he really experienced it. In just one time, most of the city wall collapsed into ruins.

"If the lord hadn't ordered the swordsman camp to sneak into the city to bury the sky thunder fire, it would probably not be an easy task to seize Handan."

However, the capture of Handan turned into a abandoned city.

The collapse of the city wall certainly allowed the Han army to easily capture the city, but at the same time it also lost the barrier of defense.

Pang De was ordered to ambush Congtai and ambush Congtai reinforcements; but to the west of Handan, there is Wu'an County. Cao Cao sent Yuan Shao's surrendered general Lu Kuang to guard Wu'an County. If he discovered the situation, he would definitely send troops to rescue him, but he did not know whether Hao Zhao could defend the ferry.

This battle in Handan was followed by a very careful subordinate.

Zhuge Liang personally supervised the battle against Tantai, so he wanted to succeed in one fell swoop and never made any mistakes.

However, Cao Cao stationed nearly 20,000 troops in Handan, which was relatively advantageous in military strength.

And that Cheng Yu is not an ordinary person... The lord once said that Cheng Yu is one of the five major planners under Cao Cao and will never give up.

After occupying Handan, there will inevitably be another fierce battle!

Zhang Liao climbed to the south gate of Handan and looked into the distance... He frowned and felt even more uneasy. Zhuge Liang advanced together with three armies, while Handan had only 10,000 troops, which was indeed a little weak in comparison. Zhang Liao originally disagreed with such a plan, thinking that this would inevitably lead to dispersion of troops. But Zhuge Liang still had to take dangerous moves and occupy Handan.

I don’t know how the war between Congtai and Wu’an is progressing.

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The sky is getting brighter.

After a night of riots, Handan returned to peace in the early morning.

The air was still filled with a strong smell of gunpowder, which was extremely pungent. The collapse of the city wall was even more ruins, and the broken corpse could be vaguely seen in the ruins. The power of black gunpowder was obviously not too great compared to later generations. However, in this era, it was not too difficult to explode a gap for a city wall like Handan,...

"General, Congtai wins!"

"oh?"

"Let General Ming and Congtai ambush Cao's reinforcements and successfully seize Congtai.

Congtai garrison Cao Xiu fled south, General Pang sent someone to ask if he wanted to pursue the victory."

"The military advisor has his own destiny to defend Handan!"

Zhang Liao shook his head gently, "Tell Ling Ming, let him guard Congtai and wait for new orders."

"Here!"

"Wuan direction, is there any news coming?"

"Report to the general, the Cao army in Wu'an has withdrawn, and the Captain Hao Zhao has ordered a camp on the riverside..."

Zhang Liao was stunned when he heard this and asked curiously: "Then Lu Kuang is also a famous general under Yuan Shao's tent. Why did he retreat so easily? Will there be any fraud?"

"Reporting to the general, it's not a fraud."

The scout quickly replied, "Lu Kuang originally wanted to cross the river forcibly, but the military advisor ordered people to check the flags and light torches in the lower reaches of the river long before the general attacked. Seeing this, Lu Kuang did not dare to attack rashly, so he quickly retreated after seeing Captain Hao Zhao camping."

Zhang Liao couldn't help but nodded repeatedly, "Kong Ming has grown up, and this trick of doubting military affairs is indeed clever."

At the same time, he was even more secretly impressed that Liu Chuang's vision of Zhuge Liang was indeed not bad. You know, Zhuge Liang is only twenty-two or three years old now. However, he was full of wisdom and showed extraordinary talents, which really surprised Zhang Liao.

"Does the military advisor have other instructions?"

"The military advisor said, please ask General Zhang to prepare more sandbags to fill the gap.

After noon, he will lead his army to arrive. He will strive to build the city wall as soon as possible to resist the counterattack of Cao's army."

Build a city overnight?

Although Liu Chuang built an ice city in Liaodong back then, it was obviously not suitable for Handan.

The temperature in Handan is far inferior to that of Liaodong... Although it is already cold, it is probably not easy to build a strong city overnight. However, since Zhuge Liang gave this order, Zhang Liao could not disobey. He immediately ordered people to prepare sandbags and fill the collapsed city walls, and then wait for Zhuge Liang's arrival.

About noon, Zhuge Liang led his troops to arrive.

However, the people he brought were not soldiers, but a large number of craftsmen, as well as nearly 5,000 mule, horse and carts.

"Military advisor, what are you doing?"

Zhuge Liang smiled. "We took Handan today, how could Cheng Yu give up?

If I guess it is not bad. In the latest three days, he will definitely lead his troops to arrive. Our goal is to drag Cheng Yu to the city of Handan for ten days. As long as he can hold him for ten days, the battle in Jizhou will become clear. If the battle in Jizhou is clear, the battle in Guan will be completed."

Zhang Liao looked puzzled, "But it's not easy to resist ten days when Handan looks like this."

"General, don't be anxious, Liang has his own tricks."

As he spoke, Zhuge Liang took Zhang Liao to a carriage and lifted the curtain on it.

On the carriage, there were bags of cement... Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "This is a new type of cement developed by Shijiutuo Workshop, which can solidify faster than the cement used in the past. I brought five thousand cartons of cement and a large number of craftsmen, so I would rebuild Handan within two days."

Cement started mass production as early as six years after Jian'an.

However, the cement produced in the early stage was far from the effect that Liu Chuang expected, so in two years, Nanshan Academy was constantly improving and developing. Around the beginning of the year, Nanshan Academy successfully developed a new type of cement that can solidify quickly and has a higher hardness than the cement produced before. This time, Zhuge Liang almost emptied the inventory of the cement workshop opened in Guangchang at one time, in order to surprise Cheng Yu... He ordered people to blow up the wall of Handan, which was indeed easy to attack.

But in the same way, the defense of Handan City has become a big problem.

With Cheng Yu's wisdom, it is impossible for him to not consider this situation... Therefore, Cheng Yu will definitely launch a counterattack when the Han army has not yet established a stable foothold.

Without the protection of the city walls, Handan City is a dangerous city.

And Cheng Yu has the advantage of military strength, how could he sit idly by and watch the Han army capture Handan?

You know, if the Han army took Handan, it would be separated from Yecheng. If Liu Chuang had the sky thunder fire in his hand, Yecheng might not be able to hold on.

Zhuge Liang believed that if he were Cheng Yu, he would have launched a counterattack and suppressed the Han army to move south.

Seeing this, Zhang Liao didn't say more.

He immediately ordered the speed up the filling and restoration of the Handan city wall. At the same time, Zhuge Liang ordered that eight thousand craftsmen should start working together to stir up the cement and rebuild the Handan city wall.

These eight thousand craftsmen, including Cao soldiers and generals captured from Handan City, and the young and strong recruited, had more than 20,000 people.

Sandbags quickly filled the gaps in the collapsed city wall, while craftsmen quickly poured the mixed cement. The vigorous scene even alarmed the people of Handan. After the Han army entered the city, the military discipline was strict and did not disturb the lives of the people of Handan.

Last night's thunder and fire, today's major construction, and the unbreakable military discipline...

The people of Handan quickly recovered from fear and came to the city gate in groups of three or five. Seeing the tall city wall rising up, they couldn't help but make a series of awesome sounds.

"Is this thing okay if it's not compacted?"

"Whether it will be clear whether it will be successful tomorrow."

The Han soldiers were full of confidence, which made the people of Handan even more curious about this strange way of building a city.
Chapter completed!