Optimization System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 242 Breaking Nanyang

Three days later, Zhang Lan wrote down the roster and ordered 007 to search for the people on the roster.

The first of the three people at the beginning is Jiang Wei, named Boyue, who was born in 202 AD in the seventh year of Jian'an. He was born in Ji County, Tianshui, and his father Jiang Jiong.

The second surname was Deng and his name was changed to Ai after his name was Fan. His style name was Shizai.

The third person, Wang Ping, named Zijun, was born in Dangqu, Brazil. His date of birth is unknown, but he was adopted by a person surnamed He when he was a child.

Of course, there are not only these three names on the roster, but also Wen Qin, Zhong Hui and others.

It stands to reason that Zhang Lan should put someone like Zhong Hui at the front, but in Zhang Lan's memory, Zhong Hui should be relatively young, and he is not sure whether Zhong Hui was born at this time.

Such similar situations are not uncommon. After all, it is impossible for Zhang Lan to remember all the characters of this period so clearly.

Lamented the death of Cao Cao, but this battle still had to be fought. After arranging the roster, Zhang Lan raised his troops again and marched into Nanyang.

However, during this period of time, Lu Bu appeared to be extremely active, and did not feel sad because of Cao Cao's death, but instead attacked more vigorously.

First repelled Gao Shun, and then raised troops to attack Beidi.

Zhang Lan didn't pay too much attention to this. He believed that Gao Shun was enough to deal with Lu Bu. Even if he couldn't win, there was no problem with self-protection. The key now was Cao Cao.

Ah, no, it's Cao Ang.

Cao Ang had just succeeded to the throne, or even said that he had not yet succeeded, and the Shu army was still in a chaotic stage. At this time, it was undoubtedly the best opportunity to attack the Shu army. Naturally, Zhang Lan would not miss this opportunity because of sighs.

Because of Cao Cao's death, all the important generals in the Shu army returned to Xiangyang with Cao Ang, which made Wei Yan cheaper, so he became the defender of Nanyang, and the power in his hands was much greater.

Facing the army led by Zhang Lan, Wei Yan naturally wanted to seize this opportunity to make meritorious deeds and be valued by his new master.

So he chose to take the initiative to attack, and set up an ambush early on the way, waiting for Zhang Lan's arrival.

But who is Zhang Lan, the emperor of the republic, even if he can't see it, how can he not see it with so many talented people under his command?

Therefore, Wei Yan's ambush was meaningless, and Zhang Lan directly used his plan to ambush him, and fled back to Nanyang.

At this time, Cao Ang was still busy with Cao Cao's funeral, and he had no intention of going to war.

On Zhang Yun's side, because of Cao Cao's death, Gan Ning led the troops back, giving him another chance to lead the troops directly to Poyang.

So at the same time, Zhang Lan also ordered Xu Shu to lead troops from Xuchang to attack Runan.

Xu Shu took the order to leave, and the two armies came under pressure. The Shu army lost their morale and retreated steadily.

After Wei Yan withdrew to Nanyang, Zhang Lan had a large number of troops, several times that of Wei Yan's.

This time Zhang Lan brought a full 40 horses, while Wei Yan only had [-].

The men and horses outnumbered the enemy by four times, and the soldiers were elite and brave. Zhang Lan directly ordered people to surround Runan, and sent a team of men and horses to ambush outside, hoping to come to a siege point to fight for help.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before Wenpin led the army to come from Fancheng.

But by chance, Zhang Lan fell into Zhang Lan's trick. As soon as he arrived in Nanyang, he saw Zhang Lan's ambush all out.

Wenpin was able to get out of trouble after a deadly battle, leading the disabled soldiers back to Anzhong.

After repelling Wenpin, Zhang Lan still did not act, but ordered 007 to continue to inquire about the news, to see if Cao Ang would continue to send people to come.

After half a month of siege, 007 came to report, but Cao Ang did not take any action. Zhang Lan simply attacked the city directly, ordered the air force to come out together, and floated towards Nanyang city.

Originally, Cao Cao had already figured out a way to deal with hot air balloons, and he even specially ordered people to build an improved thunderbolt car, which was specially used to deal with the air force.

At this time, Wei Yan saw the air force dispatched, so he immediately ordered someone to push the thunderbolt car out, ready to intercept the air force.

Let the Republican Air Force, who was not prepared at all, suffer a big loss.

But the thing is, this time the air force did not drop too much, nor did it throw fuel.

Therefore, Wei Yan's plan was doomed to fail. Seeing that the air force had no intention of continuing to land, Wei Yan immediately changed his strategy and ordered people to put away the improved thunderbolt car, and ordered people to be ready to use fire extinguishers at any time.

After a while, the air force finally launched an attack, but it was completely different from the previous routine.

Square objects fell one by one, and there were burning wires on top of the objects. The soldiers who had been prepared to see the burning wires immediately used fire extinguishers to pounce on them to extinguish the burning wires.

But before they could react, the same thing exploded in the air.

The soldiers at the explosion site were blown to pieces by the way, and those who were closer were already lying on the ground and howling.

Wei Yan was shocked when he saw this, and immediately looked for a cover to avoid.

The soldiers who originally planned to put out the fire were also in a mess. They no longer put out the fire, but also wanted to hide.

But where they were, there were not so many places for them to hide, and the frequency of the explosions was too fast. In the blink of an eye, there were already hundreds of casualties, and it was about to exceed a thousand.

After a round of blasting, the soldiers were terrified and fled towards the enemy in all directions.

But before they ran far, the second round of bombing came again, and countless soldiers were killed on the spot, and countless seriously injured.

At this time, Zhang Lan outside the city gave an order, and the army began to attack the city.

After releasing the third wave of attacks, the air force finally stopped. After all, the development of gunpowder is too slow now, and this round of attacks can only come with three air-throwing blasts.

But these three waves of attack are enough.

Facing the fear of the unknown, the defenders in Nanyang City were already in chaos.

However, Zhang Lan's army had already begun to climb up the city wall, and without much hindrance, they had successfully climbed to the top of the wall.

Then the gate opened, and the army rushed forward.

Although Wei Yan reacted very quickly at this time, his right leg was still injured by the blast. He lay on the ground, watching the enemy army rush into the city, and even captured himself alive.

Desperate thoughts surged in his heart instantly, and he regarded Zhang Lan as a heavenly man and should not be offended.

The army poured into the city without too much resistance, and within two hours, everything in the city calmed down.

All the generals who survived in Nanyang City were brought to Zhang Lan.

Zhang Lan didn't know who the guard was, because he didn't ask from the beginning to the end, because it didn't make any sense.

Wherever the army passed by, not a single blade of grass could grow at all.

When Wei Yan was tied up and sent to Zhang Lan, Zhang Lan looked at Wei Yan with cold eyes and asked, "Who are you?"

Seeing this, Wei Yan's heart trembled, and he couldn't help saying, "The last general is Wei Yan, the defender of Nanyang."

(End of this chapter)