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Xiahou Lan was very anxious when she heard this: "So, the Wei army is outside the city at this moment?"

Zhao Yun nodded and said, "If I was not wrong, it should be. [Maybe, they have already started to do it."

"The general said just now that His Majesty mentioned this matter in his letter. I wonder what His Majesty has given him, but he has clearly stated how we should deal with the sudden war?" Xiahou Lan asked anxiously.

"Huh?" Zhao Yun was surprised when he heard the sound. He did not expect that Xiahou Lan's thoughts were so large. The previous sentence was discussing the whereabouts of Wei Jun, and the next sentence was actually related to His Majesty's handwritten letter. Zhao Yun was amazed by such active thinking. He felt that he could not keep up with his thinking, as if he knew him on the first day.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Yun admitted without any concealment: "Your Majesty has made it clear that if you can fight, you can fight. If you can't do anything, you can retreat to Luoyang and wait until reinforcements arrive. This is Your Majesty's original words and also a military order given to us."

Xiahou Lan nodded deeply and said, "Your Majesty has always been magnanimous and loves soldiers as his sons. He never makes things difficult for us. He would rather lose the city than order me to fight to the death. However, as generals in command, we are already responsible for defending the land. We have no choice but to abandon the city. Therefore, we should stick to the city and swear to compete with the Wei army. We must not withdraw our troops until the last moment!"

Zhao Yun smiled happily and said, "Okay, I am worthy of being my brother Zhao Zilong! This time, you and my brother will wait in the city. As long as the Wei army dares to come, my brothers will fight side by side and will definitely kill him in seven in seven out. I want to see what the Wei army has in five years and dare to provoke my unparalleled cavalry!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of "bang" footsteps came from outside the door. Then an arrow was inserted on his left arm and half of his armor stained with blood, running into the lobby quickly. As soon as he stepped into the threshold, he shouted loudly: "Report to General, the Wei army sneaked into the East Gate. The city gate is in a hurry, please send troops to reinforce!" He was not a small guard, but a small school garrison stationed at the East Gate, who was specifically responsible for guarding the city gate.

"It's true that it's coming for me Kaifeng City!" Zhao Yun was not surprised to see the Dongmen Tun Tun Chief whose armor was stained with blood, and was not surprised. Instead, he felt inexplicably excited, his blood was boiling and his fighting spirit was full of fighting.

He strode to the head of the Tun. Zhao Yun reached out to help the head of the Tun. While observing his injuries, he asked calmly: "It's already Chen Shi, have you ever opened the city gate?"

The head of the Tunchang looked up in surprise and said in surprise: "The general summoned all the generals to discuss matters last night. Yan Zhengshi was not allowed to open the city gate, so he delayed it for half an hour. The last general then received the order, so he did not dare to disobey his order. The city gate had not been opened at this moment." He mistakenly thought that the order he received was inaccurate. He was afraid that Zhao Yun would blame him for this, so he explained the process of his order and used it to excuse himself.

"Hahaha! That's great!" Zhao Yun laughed loudly and patted Tunchang's shoulder gently. He smiled and said, "It's good that you didn't open the city. The order you got was right. Delaying the opening of the city gate for half an hour was the general's military order. Otherwise, the Wei army would have been killed in at this moment." As he spoke, Zhao Yun paused. His right hand suddenly exerted force, and he pulled out the arrow on Tunchang's left arm like lightning. The pain was so painful that Tunchang's screams and tears came out.

"Okay, go back to the camp and ask the military doctor to treat the wound, and then take a rest for a day, without having to join the war. Go." Zhao Yun looked at the bloody cluster of arrows and waved his hand to signal the treasury to take a rest.

"Thank you, General." Tunchang was so painful that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, his cheeks were twisted and deformed. He responded vaguely, covered his left arm and turned to leave the lobby.

"Why is General?" As soon as the head of the Tun leader left, Xiahou Lan came up and asked in confusion. Although he did not say it clearly, Zhao Yun knew that he wanted to ask why he was trying to ask himself why he was deliberately difficult for the head of the Tun leader. The pain was definitely not something that ordinary generals could bear. Usually, pulling out the arrow shaft first, then pulling out the arrow cluster, so that the pain would be lighter and would not enlarge the wound; but pulling the arrow shaft together like Zhao Yun can easily enlarge the wound and the pain would become more severe. This is not Zhao Yun's character. He has always been polite to the soldiers. Xiahou Lan had never seen him so rudely with the soldiers in his account before, so it was quite puzzling.

Zhao Yun did not explain much, but handed the arrow in his hand to Xiahou Lan and said in a deep voice: "Just with this arrow, it is not difficult to see that Emperor Cao Cao of Wei is determined to win against Henan County this time, and his army is also prepared and has a lot of plans!"

The moment he held the sharp arrow, Xiahou Lan understood that the arrow stained with blood was actually an iron arrow. No wonder Zhao Yun pulled it out directly. After being shot, most of the iron arrows were removed directly. If they hit the vital point, they had to cut the wound along the shaft and take it out bit by bit. In this way, a large amount of bleeding will occur. The wound will be too big and it will not heal easily, and it will be easily infected. The probability of survival is very small.

Looking at the arrows in his hand, Xiahou Lan couldn't help but feel a little chill in her heart and sighed in a low voice: "The Wei army is actually equipped with this pure iron forged murder weapon. It can be seen that the Wei army has indeed invested a lot this time. What should we do? "

Zhao Yun nodded slightly with a calm expression and said, "The soldiers come to block the enemy, and the water comes to Tutun. The Wei army has already reached the doorstep. Can we still avoid fighting? Since we can't hide, there is nothing to say. If he dares to fight, we will hit him back."

Xiahou Lan nodded when she heard the sound, held an iron arrow in front of Zhao Yun, and said worriedly: "This kind of arrow is extremely lethal. If all the Wei army uses this kind of iron arrow, the casualties of our soldiers will be very serious; and, as long as they are shot by the iron arrow, most of them will be difficult to survive except for a very small number of people."

"Well, this kind of iron arrow is indeed a big killing weapon." Zhao Yunshen nodded with approval and said, "But I am sure there are not many such arrows in the Wei army. Even if there are many iron weapons in the Wei Kingdom, it is not as luxurious as to forge iron arrows. Let's do this. Since the Wei army wants to kill me, we don't need to be kind. Take out all the black bumps stored in the treasury and use them to entertain the Wei army if necessary. In any case, we must defend Kaifeng City for half a month. The enemy's situation is unknown on the first day of the battle, so we will stick to the city today, only defend but not attack!"

After saying that, Zhao Yun did not hesitate anymore, quickly walked to the upper stairs to remove the dragon gall spear, then put on his battle robe, walked out of the main hall with great strides, turned over and rushed to the east gate.

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The sky was already bright, and the fiery red sun dispelled the morning mist at a speed visible to the naked eye, covering the whole city. A trace of coolness left in the air was quickly replaced by the scorching sunlight, and followed by a suffocating smell of blood.

Outside the East City Gate of Kaifeng, arrows were thrust through the sky, rolling stones flew, fireballs as big as winter melons roared in the sky, and heavy city-torn cars were hitting the city gate with a "bang bang", and tens of thousands of Wei soldiers rushed over. A ladder was lying on the female walls on both sides of the city gate. Thousands of warriors climbed up the ladder with agility, rushing upward, trying to get the first place and climb to the top of the city.

There is an unwritten rule in the battle of siege, which is not an exaggeration to say that it is a hidden rule. Anyone who first climbs to the city will receive a heavy reward regardless of whether he can survive after the war; the survivors are promoted to the third level, and the family of the dead will be properly cared for and extremely generous pensions. This is the unwritten rule used by the three major vassal states, and this is the case in every battle, especially in siege of cities and villages, and the rewards are increasingly abundant. This is the origin of a brave man under a heavy reward.

Kaifeng City is located on the south bank of the Yellow River. It has abundant water sources. Although the city is not big, it has a complete moat, which can be called a natural barrier given to Kaifeng City by God. However, from the beginning to the present, the siege battle has been less than a quarter of an hour, but the moat outside the city has been filled, allowing the Wei army to rush across the moat and directly attack the city gate.

When Zhao Yun led his army to the East Gate Tower, the siege battle had been fully launched. He stood on the tower and looked around. But he saw flags everywhere on the not-wide field, and the darkness was covered with Cao's soldiers. It was estimated that Cao's army dispatched at least 100,000 troops this time. On the east bank of the moat, hundreds of thunderbolt cars lined up in rows, sending rolling stones and fireballs into the sky, roaring like a giant beast, smashing the city walls to pound loudly. Hundreds of soldiers guarding the city could not dodge as long as they were hit by rolling stones or fireballs. They screamed and fell to the top of the city or had their heads broken, and their brains splashed everywhere.

However, the huge lethality of the Thunderbolt Vehicle is limited to the first round of long-range strikes, because the defending soldiers did not know how powerful the Cao army's Thunderbolt Vehicle was, and whether it could hit the city tower from the east bank of the moat. It was this uncertainty and luck that made the defending soldiers pay the price of blood, and were caught off guard by the Cao army and suffered heavy casualties. After the first round of major casualties, the defending soldiers no longer made the same mistake. The shield soldiers appeared on the top of the city, raised their shields to resist the rolling stones that broke through the air, and even directly used their shields to fight the clay pot fireballs.

In this way, the threat of Cao's thunderbolt chariots to the defenders can be minimized and no longer exerted strong lethality. While actively defending, the counterattacks of the defenders are undoubtedly more efficient than Cao's army in the attack. Every stone pushed down from the city can hit at least one enemy soldier, and every rolling wood can knock down a group of siege soldiers. In addition, the defenders are condescending, and the range of arrows is much further than that of Cao's army, and the lethality is also above Cao's army. Therefore, although there are only two thousand defenders on the east gate tower at this moment, the three thousand iron cavalry brought by Zhao Yun have not yet participated in the battle, but they have resisted the fierce siege of 30,000 Cao's army.

So far, the city gate has not fallen, and with the reinforcements brought by Zhao Yun participating in the defense of the city, the Dongcheng Gate, which is as dangerous as a child, has been kept, completely resolving the crisis.

Looking down at the Wei army under the city, Zhao Yun's eyes quickly locked on the central army's general two miles away. It was the commanding flag of General Cao Ren of Wei. Suddenly, Zhao Yun's face changed and his expression became solemn.

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