Soldiers retreat to Chang'an!

This word, like a knife, pierced Cao Cao's heart fiercely, piercing him with a burst of heartache, and he felt that his heart was dripping blood. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tongguan, the gateway of Daqin, the root of the arch to defend the country, a husband is not open, Cao Cao never thought that Tongguan would be broken one day.

In fact, Tongguan was indeed not breached, but it was abandoned by him without a fight, and was broken by the enemy without a fight.

The reason is simply that he can't compete with the pottery merchant by deceit, and he lost Pubanjin, which seems to be less important than Tongguan, but in fact it is 10,000 times more important than Tongguan.

"As soon as Tongguan is lost, the Wei thieves will be able to enter the customs from Hongnong Avenue unimpeded, and the army will approach Chang'an, how are you going to tell me to resist the enemy again?" Cao Cao's tone was heavy, and he glared at Fa Zheng, and it was difficult to hide a little resentment in his eyes.

It was Fa Zheng who offered a plan, asking him to send Pubanjin's troops to the south to aid Tongguan, although he was the one who made the final decision, but deep down in Cao Cao's heart, how could he not make a mistake in Fa Zheng's plan, and there was a little bit of complaint.

Fa Zhengxin was also being cut by the knife, but he could only pretend to be calm and arch his hand: "The Chang Emperor is where the imperial capital is located, Your Majesty has been operating for several years, the city wall is strong, far better than Tongguan several times, and the grain and grass in the city are sufficient, which can support for several years." ”

Fa Zheng's tone suddenly became heroic, and he continued: "Although our army is defeated today, in fact, the main force has not been fundamentally attacked, and it can still gather nearly 60,000 cavalry, with its back to Chang'an Jiancheng, and fight a fierce battle with the pottery thief. “

Fa Zheng didn't say it explicitly, but the implication was clear, that is, to ask Cao Cao to send someone to the Han State to ask Liu Bei for help.

In order to save face the previous time, Cao Cao refused to send a request for help to Liu Bei, but at this point, face is no longer important, and it is the most important thing to protect the society of Daqin.

In the hall, all the ministers were silent, and no one objected to this point.

Cao Cao fell silent, his fists clenched, and his sunken eyes were filled with unwilling anger, obviously experiencing a fierce ideological struggle.

After being entangled for a long time, Cao Cao sighed deeply, and said with a flick of his hand: "That's it, pass the order, the whole army will immediately abandon Tongguan and retreat to Chang'an. ”

On the same day, more than 50,000 Qin soldiers stationed in Tongguan abandoned the long-held Tongguan City and hurriedly retreated all the way to Chang'an City.

As soon as the Qin army left, the details inside and outside the city spread the news to the Wei army outside the pass.

Xiang Yubai Qi and other generals, after obtaining the authorization of the pottery merchants, immediately raised their army and launched an attack on Tongguan City, and almost bloodlessly took this important town of Guanzhong.

As soon as Tongguan was broken, the soldiers of the Great Wei Dynasty did not need to cross the Yellow River north, they could directly take the Tongguan Avenue to enter Guanzhong, and the grain and grass could also be unimpeded in the Central Plains, and transported to the front line of Guanzhong through Tongguan.

On the front line of Pubanjin, after the pottery merchant broke Ma Chao's iron cavalry army, in order to prevent the Xianbei people in the north from attacking the first line of Bingzhou, he immediately ordered Huo Qubing and Yingbu to lead a cavalry army of 10,000 steps, and rushed back to Jinyang to increase the defense in the starry night.

The pottery merchant himself, with Wei Chigong and Luo Chengcheng, led an army of 10,000 to continue southward, breaking through the eastern cities of Fengyi County such as Linjin, and then crossing Luoshui in the south, and a few days later joined the main force of the Wei army that advanced to the Huayin line.

At this point, the Wei army's 200,000 cavalry army officially crossed the Tongguan natural danger and entered the Guanzhong Plain.

After the pottery merchant army entered Tongguan, it continued to march along the road to the west and marched towards Chang'an.

Because Cao Cao was determined to concentrate the main force and stick to the capital Chang'an, most of the cities east of Chang'an were abandoned by Cao Cao.

The pottery merchants then went all the way unimpeded, breaking through Zhengxian, Xinfeng, Baling and other cities, and the 200,000 army arrived to the east of Chang'an in a few days.

After months of tug-of-war, at the end of winter, the potters finally saw the majestic Chang'an City.

The Xijing of the Han Dynasty, the ancient capital that has experienced many baptisms of war, finally stands at the crossroads of fate again.

Whether it will continue to become the capital of the Qin State or become a companion capital of the Great Wei will be decided in the following war.

After the potters arrived outside the city of Chang'an, they were not carried away by the victory and immediately launched an attack on the city, but conducted a detailed reconnaissance of the enemy forces in the area of Chang'an.

According to the intelligence, Cao Cao has ordered his eldest son Cao Ang to be the supervisor of the country, and as the commander, he led 30,000 elite Qin infantry troops to be stationed in Chang'an City, with the general Xiahou Dun, the veteran Yan Yan, and the clan general Cao Zhen as the deputy general, and firmly guarded Chang'an City.

In order to ensure that Chang'an City would not be surrounded by 200,000 Wei troops and become a lonely city, Cao Cao himself joined Ma Chao and other defeated troops, led more than 30,000 cavalry elites, and set up a large camp on the Weiqiao line in the northwest of Chang'an City, forming a horn trend with Chang'an City.

The potters knew very well that Chang'an City was strong, and it was only by concentrating all the heavy siege weapons such as the Heavenly Thunder Cannon of the Great Wei that they had any hope of breaking through.

And in the previous battle of Pubanjin, Cao Cao only lost only 10,000 iron cavalry, as for the earlier battle of Hongnong, the 50,000 iron cavalry lost were also Qiang troops, and Cao Cao himself only lost 7,000 Shu infantry troops.

Therefore, after a few battles, Cao Cao seemed to have lost one after another, but the main force was not seriously damaged, and he was still able to piece together an army of nearly 60,000 to compete with him.

The main force is still alive, coupled with the fact that it is backed by Chang'an Jiancheng and fighting at home, this Chang'an offensive and defensive battle is destined to be a protracted and fierce battle.

The potter knew that this battle could not be resolved quickly, so he immediately adjusted his mentality, took out twelve points of patience, and was ready to spend it with Cao Cao.

Therefore, the pottery merchant is convenient to the east of Chang'an City, relative to the east gate of the enemy city, as well as the enemy camp at the horn, and the camp is seven miles to set up more than ten villages, forming a confrontation trend.

After the camp was set up, the potters divided their troops and horses, while sweeping the nearby Fengyi and Jingzhao counties to isolate Chang'an, and on the other hand, they passed down the will to transport siege weapons from the Central Plains to the front line in large quantities.

What heavenly thunder cannons, what car crossbows, what heavy city breakers, and equally powerful Shenwei ballistae were all transported to the front line for me.

This time, the potters wanted to concentrate all the siege weapons that the empire could use, and use hard power to blast Chang'an City in one go.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, the deep winter was coming to an end, and the temperature rose slightly, but it was still extremely cold.

The potters spent nearly a month transporting more than 1,000 Tianlei cannons, more than 1,000 Shenwei ballistae, and nearly 500 ballistas from the rear, which can be said to be the most powerful siege weapon in the history of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Soon after, even the giant heavy city breaker was transported to the front line.

This was designed by Huang Yueying, and the giant weapon that had broken through the Jiangling city wall was rarely used by the potters to siege the city because of its inconvenient transportation, but this time, the potters mobilized nearly 3,000 people, and it took a month to transport it from Luoyang to the front line of Chang'an.

When the heavy city-breaking hammer appeared in the Wei camp, at the head of Chang'an City, which was a few miles away, the Qin army could clearly see this huge and terrifying weapon.

The soldiers of Qin were fighting in fear, and along the front line of the city, all the soldiers changed color.

"Look, is that the legendary heavy city-breaking hammer of the Wei army, this is too big."

"I heard that the Wei army used this city-breaking hammer back then, and it only bombarded it, and it broke through the gate of Jiangling City, I don't know if the gate of our Chang'an City can hold it."

"I definitely can't hold it, the Wei army not only has a city-breaking hammer, but also a Shenwei ballista, as well as a heavenly thunder cannon, so many scary things are bombarded together, it's strange that our city walls can eat it."

"Yes, that Wei Emperor potter, what a god, where did he get so many artifacts, could it be that he is really a saint who cannot be reincarnated."

Along the front line of the city, all the Qin soldiers were talking about it, and the panic spread rapidly among the soldiers, and the Wei army had not yet attacked the city, and the Qin army fell into panic.

On the upper floor of the East Gate City, Cao Ang stared at the behemoth in the Wei camp, his brows condensed into a rope, his fist hit the city wall fiercely, and he gritted his teeth and scolded: "Damn, the pottery thief actually brought a heavy city breaking hammer, this vicious traitor, does he still want to directly blast through my city gate?" ”

"The power of this heavy city-breaking hammer cannot be underestimated, but I'm afraid that we won't be able to bear it, so we still have to ask Your Majesty quickly." Xiahoudun beside him frowned and said.

Obviously, in Xiahoudun's view, the reason why Cao Ang can become the main general is only because he is the eldest son of the Son of Heaven, and if it is true strength, Cao Ang can't afford this heavy responsibility.

As for Xiahoudun, as the general of the Qin State and the patriarch of the Xiahou clan, he has an irreplaceable position and prestige in the Qin State.

Therefore, Xiahoudun made such a proposal, and Xu Huang and other generals on the left and right echoed one after another, saying that they would ask Cao Cao to show countermeasures.

"My father ordered me to lead the Chang'an garrison as a prisoner, this is my father's trust in me, it is when I behave, if I have to ask my father for advice on this little thing, wouldn't it make my father look down on me, thinking that I am incompetent and overwhelmed, no, I will never let my father look down on me......"

Thinking of this, Cao Ang's eyes rolled a few times, and he waved his hand busily, "Uncle Xiahou, don't rush to ask your father for help first, then it will be obvious that Uncle you and I are incompetent, why don't we think of a way by ourselves first, maybe we can discuss a countermeasure." ”

Xiahoudun said in a deep voice: "The pottery thief's city-breaking hammer has arrived, and the siege is imminent, so there can be no delay, anyway, I can't think of any way to crack it, if you can have any good way, I would like to hear about it." ”

"I-" Cao Ang was asked, his expression was urgent and helpless for a while, suffering from his lack of wisdom and couldn't think of any way to deal with it.

Seeing that Cao Ang had nothing to do, Xiahoudun planned to send people out of the city to ask Cao Cao for help.

Just when Cao Ang shook his head and sighed secretly, about to give up, Cao Zhen, who had been silent, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he arched his hand and said: "Great prince, there is a way here, maybe not only can the pottery thief's city-breaking hammer be useless, but even his heavenly thunder cannons, Shenwei ballistae, all call them useless." ”