Chapter 560: Empty City Scheme


    Chapter 559: The Empty City Scheme


    As the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty''s civil servants, Zhang Liang certainly would not come to Hulao Pass alone. He also brought two guards on this trip, Dian Wei and Dian Jie.


    Dian Wei is naturally very familiar with him, while Dian Jie, who is relatively unfamiliar, is Dian Wei''s elder brother.


    Dian Jie in the original history was good at using a pair of hammers, as powerful as a ox, and no one could defeat him. He once fought with Zhang Liao for hundreds of rounds without a chance to decide the outcome. Later, Lu Bu led his troops to kill him, and Dian Jie was forced to retreat.


    During the Battle of Changban in Dangyang, Zhao Yun cut down several large flags of Cao''s army and was besieged by Cao Generals. Dian Jie also led the infantry to assist in the battle.


    Later, the generals were killed by Zhao Yun, and Dian Jie was caught by Zhao Yun because he had no horse. As a result, under the sword edge of the Qingyan Sword, he was stabbed by Zhao Yun with one sword, becoming one of the more than 50 struggling generals who died in Changban.


    "Dian Wei, Dian Jie, now you are ordered to defend the Huzhu to the death. You must never let a Han army climb the city wall." Zhang Liang ordered with a cold face.


    Hearing this, the two brothers clasped their fists and said, "Oh!"


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    Han army, Li Yuan was in power.


    "Get a good rest Yuanba."


    Looking at his brother who was tired and fell asleep, a trace of warmth flashed in Li Shimin''s eyes and stepped forward to cover Li Yuanba with his bedding.


    Although Li Yuanba failed to kill Xiang Yu, he won the title of "No. 1 in the world", which was already very good in Li Shimin''s opinion.


    Xiang Yu was definitely not that easy to kill, and being able to deprive him of the title of "No. 1 in the world" first also set a good start for revenge.


    "Yuanba, you have done a good job. Now, let me give you the important task of killing Xiang Yu to my second brother. My second brother vows that he will never let him go."


    Li Shimin''s eyes flashed with murderous aura, and then most of them walked out of the camp and prepared to command the army to attack the city overnight.


    The reason why Li Shimin attacked the city overnight was that the morale of the entire army increased was only one aspect, and it was also because some of the subsequent troops had arrived, so naturally they could send infantry to attack the city.


    The siege at night is definitely not as good as during the day, but after all, the quality of the soldiers on both sides is very different, which is also Li Shimin''s confidence. He believes in the combat power of the Liangzhou Army.


    The first batch of infantry arrived had only 15,000 in total. Li Shimin personally attacked the city with 10,000 infantry and borrowed the three generals of the Wu family as the vanguard of the city.


    Under Zhang Liang''s secret command, the defensive party used Dian Wei Dianjie as the defender to defend with all his strength. With the advantage of geographical location and tenacious fighting spirit, he was as stable as Mount Tai in a short period of time.


    After four hours of fierce attacks, both sides fought back and forth overnight, and suffered huge casualties.


    The sky gradually became brighter, and the Han army reinforcements arrived again. Although the defenders used the method of taking turns to defend and rest, they still could not stop the situation from turning towards the Han army little by little.


    The Han army''s attack during the day was more violent than at night, not to mention that Li Shimin was commanding.


    If Zhang Liang hadn''t been remotely controlled in the rear, he would probably not be able to hold on to the two reckless men of Dian Wei Dianjie.


    It was another four consecutive hours of siege. By noon on the third day, more than half of the defenders in Hulao Pass have suffered casualties, and after fighting hard overnight, all the defenders have been exhausted.


    If Xiang Yu could go to war, it would also boost morale for the defenders, but Xiang Yu has not woken up yet, which shows that yesterday''s consumption has not yet recovered.


    There are still half a day before Zhang Junbao''s reinforcements can arrive, but with these tired soldiers, it is no different to dream of persisting under the fierce attack of tens of thousands of elite Han troops.


    "What should I do?" Zhang Liang has been forced into a desperate situation by Li Shimin. It is noon now. The Han army is still having lunch when they suspend the attack. After eating, they will immediately launch the next attack. How can Hulao Pass resist?


    Zhang Liang''s eyes flashed with a trace of determination, and then he smiled bitterly: "Li Shimin, I didn''t expect you to force me to this point. Now I can only take risks."


    Zhang Liang climbed the city and looked away. Seeing that the Han army camp was already preparing for the next attack, he ordered to the left and right:


    "Speed ??the order quickly and hide all the flags in the pass. All the troops guard the alleys in the city. If anyone travels without authorization or speaks loudly, he will beheaded."


    Dian Jie was immediately full of doubt when he heard this. The enemy was about to attack, but instead of defending the pass, he hid inside the pass. Wouldn''t he bow the pass and want to give in?


    "Prime Minister, why is this?" Dian Jie asked with a puzzled look on his face.


    "It''s too late to explain, just send the order."


    Dian Jie did not dare to disobey, so he went down to pass the order. Then Zhang Liang said to Dian Wei: "Send people to open the Hulao Pass gate and send more than ten veterans out to clean the city gate."


    Instead of defending the city, he took the initiative to open the city gate? This is what Zhang Liang said. If someone else was replaced, Dian Wei would probably think he would surrender, and Zhang Liang, as a general, naturally could not surrender to the Han army.


    Dian Wei scratched his scalp hard and smiled bitterly, "Prime Minister, what''s going on?"


    "You don''t need to ask too much, I have my own tricks."


    Dian Wei had no choice but to obey the order, and Zhang Liang also took off his armor and put on a Confucian robe, put on a Lun scarf and held a feather fan, and led the two guards to carry a piano, climbed to the top of Hulao Pass, and sat on the railing in front of the enemy''s tower in the city, burned incense and played the piano.


    After the Han army came to the city, they saw that the gate of Hulao Pass was wide open, and there was no one in the city, and there was a scholar playing the piano on the upper floor.


    Seeing that the situation in front of Hulao Pass was so strange, the Han army did not dare to enter the pass lightly, so they hurriedly reported to Li Shimin.


    Li Shimin naturally didn''t believe it when he learned about it, but when he left the camp, he couldn''t hold his mouth shut.


    A Confucian scholar was sitting on the city tower, smiling, burning incense and playing the piano. There was a one on the left, holding a sword in his hand, and a guard with his tail in his hand. More than ten veterans outside the city gate lowered their heads and sweeping, as if there was no one around.


    This scene is really weird.


    "Second brother, look at the person on the city tower." Li Xiuning reminded.


    After a closer look, Li Shimin was shocked and said, "Zhang Liang, it''s Zhang Liang."


    "Prime Minister Zhang Liang? Why is he in Hulao Pass?"


    Li Xiuning''s embroidered eyebrows frowned slightly, and then said to Li Shimin: "Second brother, will you continue to attack?"


    “Look first and then talk about it.”


    Li Shimin frowned and then shouted angrily to his left and right: "The enemy reinforcements have arrived in the pass, but I have not received any news. Are our spies blind? "


    The spy leader immediately knelt down in panic and shouted, "General, if the enemy reinforcements arrive, it will never be possible to hide them from our spy."


    Li Shimin was slightly angry when he heard this, but Li Xiuning said at this moment: "Second brother, is it possible that Zhang Liang is making a fool of himself to delay time?"


    After thinking a little, Li Shimin frowned and said, "The intelligence says that the enemy reinforcements have arrived in four days. I want to delay for four days with this trick alone. Isn''t it impossible for Zhang Liang to be so stupid, right?"


    "Report... Report to the general, the spy in front of him urgently reported that an enemy cavalry was coming to Hulao Pass and was expected to arrive in half a day."


    ?Can Zhang Liang’s version of the empty city plan be successful? I know what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown!


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    (This chapter ends)