After smashing these three rounds of stones, the Han army's catapult immediately stopped throwing stones, and three neat shouts rang out in the Han army's formation, "Surrender and not kill! Surrender and not kill!"

Hearing such neat shouts, he saw with his own eyes the terrifying power of the Han army's catapult. Countless soldiers of the Nanyang army who had just returned from the southern line to Wancheng to participate in the battle were of course frightened, their faces changed drastically, their morale was very dissatisfied, and their morale fell directly to the bottom. Liu Laosan, Han Xin and others had their faces gloomy one by one. Xiao He, who had previously firmly opposed the abandonment of Wancheng, even ignored the danger and ran to the crater left by the catapult to check the situation.

At the same time, Xiang Kang said to Zhang Liang, Chen Ping and others next to him: "It's almost done. If you smash it, Liu Ji and Han Xin and other traitors may see that our catapults can't actually smash their city walls. It's better to leave them a little suspense and force them to take action and try to weaken them first. When we make sufficient preparations for the siege, we will then attack the city with all our strength."

Chen Ping, Zhang Liang and others said together, and Xiang Kang ordered Ding Ji, the Han general who led his army to escort him, "Ding Ji, there are Yushui blocking roads in the south gate and the east gate of Wancheng. Our troops cannot be deployed, and it is difficult for the Nanyang bandit army to escape from these two directions. You lead these 20,000 troops and move to the west gate of Wancheng to find a suitable place to set up a camp, responsible for monitoring the west gate of Wancheng and preventing the Nanyang bandit army from abandoning the city and fleeing in the south."

Ding Ji held his fists and sang a promise, but Xiang Kang refused to rest assured and reminded him: "Remember, you are alone in the west gate of Wancheng. If the Nanyang thief army is unwilling to give up any tricks, your camp will definitely be the first to be affected. Fortunately, the terrain in Wancheng is wide and difficult to be surprising, so if the Nanyang thief army wants to play any tricks, it will definitely take action at night. As long as you remember two o'clock, you can respond to all changes in the battlefield with the unchanging moment and deal with all changes on the battlefield."

"Master, what are the two points?" Ding Ji asked hurriedly.

"First point, let your army rest during the day and be alert at night." Xiang Kang said: "Our army is more than four times that of the bandits. Not to mention that the Nanyang bandits will definitely not dare to go out of the city to fight during the day. Even if they really go out of the city during the day, we can handle it easily. So you can rest with confidence during the day and maintain your energy, but at night, you must be careful!"

Ding Ji agreed, and Xiang Kang said: "Secondly, at night, no matter what changes happen in our main camp or the battlefield outside the camp, you can only close the camp and protect yourself without caring about other situations. Unless it is confirmed that the Nanyang thief army has abandoned the city and fled south, or has received my handwritten order, you must not risk leaving the camp!"

Ding Ji agreed again, but Tang Bing, the old man from Shangshan next to him, was a little puzzled and said in confusion: "King, since you are so worried about the safety of General Ding's camp, why do you still have to be independent of General Ding? Our main camp is only ten miles away from Wancheng and has the advantage of cavalry. There is no need to let General Ding's independent of the camp?"

Xiang Kang smiled and said, "If I don't deliberately reveal any flaws, how could the gang of traitors Liu Ji and Han Xin take the risk to attack and give us the opportunity to weaken them in the field? We cannot weaken their troops in the field. Even if we are confident of taking Wancheng, the casualties we will pay will definitely be less than there."

After making this decision, Xiang Kang quickly took his personal troops and two counterweight catapults to the north to return to the camp. Ding Ji waited for Xiang Kang and others to walk away before moving west with 20,000 troops, and set up a camp alone at Bali outside the west gate of Wancheng. Liu Laosan, Han Xin and others knew that their own field battles were not opponents of the Han army, and of course they did not dare to send troops to fight. They just surrounded the craters left by the Han army's catapults to check with their own eyes the damage to the city walls.

"The ground that hit the city wall is more than seven feet long and about nine feet long, with six cracks. The longest crack is more than five feet long. If hit the arrow wall, the arrow wall and the female wall are destroyed together. The gap of the female wall is eight feet wide at the top and five and a half feet wide at the bottom. The stone bullets that hit the city tower cannot be confirmed. The stone bullets that hit the city wall are six feet long…"

Listening to the statistics of the data reported by the civil servant, Liu Laosan had no expression on his face, and he could not use this to confirm whether the Han army's catapult could directly capture Wancheng. However, Han Xin discovered something valuable. He first asked the soldiers to pry the stone bullet with tools, and then carefully looked at the huge rock smashed by the Han army with a catapult, and then suddenly said to Liu Laosan: "King, can the Han thief use the catapult to directly smash our city wall? I cannot confirm it, but what the ministers can confirm is that the Han thief must take a lot of time to prepare before launching an attack on Wancheng. It is roughly estimated that at least within ten days, we don't have to worry about the Han thief attacking the city."

"How can I see it?" Liu Laosan asked with his eyebrows raised.

"Because of the stone." Han Xin kicked the big stone and said, "Wancheng is located on the plain, and stones are rare, especially such a large stone. If the thief wants to smash Wancheng with stones, they will definitely send a large number of people to mine stones. When they go to the Zishan Sow Ridge to mine stones, they must chisel the stones to the right size before they can be used. The time will never be short. In addition, the thief needs to fill the river and prepare other siege weapons, so for at least ten days, even if the thief prepares enough trenchers, they will not be able to attack our Wancheng."

"That's the reason." Liu Laosan finally smiled a little and said with a smile: "Although ten days are not very long, it is enough for us to do a lot of things. Let's go back to the palace and discuss how to deal with the thieves outside the city."

According to Liu Laosan's order, the important civil and military officials of the Nanyang Army quickly returned to his Nanyang Palace with Liu Laosan. After sitting down, Han Xin, who was planning countermeasures all the way, was not polite and said to Liu Laosan directly: "King, we have three choices now. First, abandon the city and go south to try to bring the main force back to the Han River line to re-arrange. Second, we firmly defend the city and bet that our city walls can block the catapults of the Han thieves. Third, we should actively defend, take advantage of various favorable conditions to take the initiative to attack, first weaken the Han thieves, reduce the pressure on our city defense, and then act according to the opportunity."

"It's nonsense to abandon the city and go south." Liu Laosan smiled and said, "The Han thieves are so close to each other, and there are so many cavalrymen. At this time, the abandoning the city and going south is not the difference between letting the backs shine on the Han thieves? It's too passive to defend the city resolutely. Tell me how to actively defend."

"King, don't you find that Xiang Kang's traitors were stationed outside the Ximen City of Wancheng. Is it because of ulterior motives?"

Han Xin did not answer the question and said, "The main camp of the Han thieves is not far from Wancheng, and there are many cavalry in the army. There is no need to separate the troops to station troops in the west gate of Wancheng to prevent us from leaving the south of the city. However, Xiang Kang's traitors still did this. It was obvious that they wanted to use his West Gate garrison as bait to lure us out of the city and sneak attack his side division camp. We can use this trick to make the Han thieves unable to rest with their tired soldiers. When the thieves are completely exhausted, they will highlight the surprise troops and catch the Han thieves off guard!"

"How do you do it?" Liu Laosan asked calmly.

"Simulate the methods of Xiang Kang's traitors." Han Xin replied: "I heard that Xiang Kang's traitors use troops and like to send small groups of people to sneak outside the enemy's camp at night, beating drums and trumpets to pretend to be a robbery camp, so that the enemy can't be at peace all night. Although this move is despicable, it is also very effective. Now we have a city to defend, and the soldiers can rest with confidence. Maybe..."

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If you go up the mountain too much, you will eventually encounter ghosts. Evil will be punished. Finally, it was the turn of the Han army soldiers who were tortured by Xiang Kang's signature tactics. Not long after that night, more than a hundred soldiers of the Nanyang army quietly touched the door of the main camp of the Han army in the north of Wancheng. They beat gongs and drums, pretending to be attacking the Han army camp. As expected, they were scared that the Han army team responsible for the night quickly entered the battle post. The Han army soldiers who were already asleep quickly got up and prepared for the battle. However, after a while, the sound disappeared without a trace. It was always pitch black outside the camp, and there was no soldiers from the Nanyang army launching the attack.

After all, it was the tactics he copied from Xu Da. Seeing this, Xiang Kang was not only not afraid at all, but also smiled and said, "Sure enough, I can't hold back my anger. Okay, if you like the tactics, come on, I will accompany you to the end."

After smiling, Xiang Kang immediately called Guan Ying and asked Guan Ying to arrange a hundred cavalry marquis at each camp gate of the Han army, asking the next time he heard the sound, the Han cavalry would come out to attack the camp decisively, and chase the soldiers of the Nanyang army who dared to make ground on Tai Sui's head. He also explained: "Tell you the cavalry under your command, just say that mosquitoes are also meat. From now on, killing the enemy at night will double the rewards for beheading!"

Guan Ying immediately agreed with his fists, but Chen Ping next to him was very worried and said, "Master, are you too risky? Open the camp gate in the dark night to attack. If the enemy really set up an ambush outside the camp and take the opportunity to enter the camp, wouldn't we suffer a loss?"

"I can't find it." Xiang Kang sneered and replied: "Our total force is more than four times that of the Nanyang bandit army. We have arranged an army to watch. The Nanyang bandit army really dares to attack our camp. Even if we are two of us, we can take advantage of each of them!"

Then it was naturally the poor Nanyang soldiers who were in trouble. They just heard their gongs and drums outside the camp disturbing their rest. The Han cavalry ordered in front of the camp immediately decisively and rushed to the feinted soldiers of the Nanyang Army in accordance with the sound. The soldiers of the Nanyang Army did not expect that the Han army would really dare to attack at night. They came so quickly. They were caught off guard and suffered a great loss. They were killed and injured by the Han cavalry wielding their sabers. They threw away the gongs and drums and fled in a panic. The Han cavalry, who wanted to double the reward, chased them with all their might and beheaded nearly half of the Nanyang Army squad.

When the situation was reported to Han Xin, Han Xin was not angry but happy after hearing this, and decisively ordered: "Stop doing whatever you want! Also, people were sent to the Han thief Ximen garrison to disturb them to rest, and clearly told our soldiers that if they could lure the Han thief's partial army out of their troops, they would be rewarded!"

The first night after the Han army arrived at the Wancheng battlefield, it turned into a sleepless night for countless people. Every once in a while, the Nanyang Army team ran outside the main force of the Han army and the side division camp to disturb the noise and pretended to be a robbery camp. Among them, the Han army's partial division Ding Ji's troops kept in mind Xiang Kang's instructions that no matter how the Nanyang Army was tortured, they would not be able to defend themselves. However, the main force of the Han army resolutely fought back. As long as they heard the noise, they would immediately send cavalry to attack. Every time they brought casualties to the Nanyang Army team, the accumulated small amount of energy slowly eliminated the Nanyang Army's vitality.

It was finally time for the day of the next day, exactly the same as Han Xin guessed. In order to collect the stone bombs of the stone trencher, Xiang Kang indeed sent a large number of people to the nearest Zishan Zouling area to mine quarry. The Nanyang army did not dare to send troops to stop it. They could only seize the time to rest in the city with peace of mind. The Han army, which was affected by a lot of disturbances, was the same. They divided the army into two, took turns to rest and build solid camps, and also built flying ladders and other auxiliary siege weapons.

The next night was the same as the first day, but on the afternoon of the third day, the situation was different. In addition to letting the Nanyang Army prepare for sufficient night battle early, Han Xin also said to the generals of the Nanyang Army: "Tonight is the best opportunity for us to severely damage the Han thieves. Although the Han thieves have been building camps for two consecutive days, the time has been rushed, and the camps are definitely not strong enough. In addition, the Han thieves have not had a good rest for two nights, and the soldiers must be very tired, so we must seize this opportunity to give the Han thieves a heavy blow, setback their spirits, and encourage our morale in the army!"

"General, then how should we fight?" Zhou Bo asked curiously: "Is it the main camp of the Han thieves who have all their strength to attack the main camp, or their partial division camp?"
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