Guan Ji's overly conservative arrangement made the Jingyang City guards escape back to Jingyang very smoothly.

But before he could catch his breath, a soldier soon came to report:

"General, there is Shu Lu outside the city!"

General Hu secretly complained: I know that Shu Lu will not let me go so easily!

I thought so in my heart, but I had to go up to the city to watch.

When he saw a burst of people neighing outside the city, his heart trembled: "This Shu captive, how can you chase so tightly?!" ”

However, the Wushi city guard, who fled back with him, was calmer, and he carefully looked at the people and horses under the city, as if he had found something:

"I'll wait for all the way to ride a horse and hurry, Shu Lu can catch up with such a fast one, only the cavalry, under this city, nine times out of ten is Shu Lu's cavalry."

"Cavalry?" When General Hu heard this, he hurriedly looked carefully, and saw that the Shu captives outside the city looked huge, but there were fewer horses.

Of course, he understood this situation: this cavalry was a man and two horses, so he was blindfolded for a while.

"It's really a cavalry!" General Hu was overjoyed, "How can the cavalry attack the city?" I don't have to worry about it for the time being! ”

Let's just say, how can Shu Yu be so fast?

It will take one day for Shu Lu to clean up Wushi City, and it will take at least one day to march here again, adding up to two days.

At the same time, General Hu still had a small thought in his heart:

Linjing City is taller than Wushi City, according to Shulu's previous attack on Wushi City, it doesn't take five or six days, only two or three more days, then there are four days left for yourself.

If that's the case, Taishou's reinforcements must have arrived.

When the time comes, he will not only lose no soldiers, but also have meritorious service in defending the city.

At this time, I saw someone in Shu under the city coming forward with something and shouting loudly:

"Listen to the Cao thief in the city, the city of Wushi has been broken, and the soldiers of the king are in Jingyang, why don't you descend as soon as possible and return to righteousness?"

As he spoke, someone raised a large number of banners, the most obvious of which was that there was a big Hu character, which was the banner of General Hu of Jingyang City.

It turned out that when Wushi City was retreating, the flag officer of the Wei army still desperately wanted to protect the handsome banner, so Zhang Wei and others did not find the other party's handsome flag in the city.

After the Wei army retreated from Wushi City, General Hu was escorted by his guards all the way back to Jingyang.

So it was cheaper to drive Yang Qian, who drove the routs all the way.

When General Hu saw his handsome banner, his face turned green.

The soldier who was responsible for observing the enemy's situation ran over to report:

"General, that Shu Lu took the general's banner to persuade ...... to surrender"

General Hu's green face began to turn red: I'm not blind, I see it!

"Shu Yu...... Shu Yu deceived people too much! ”

General Hu slapped his palm on Wucheng's head and said angrily, "Is it tolerable, but which is unbearable?" Someone, give me arrows! ”

Although General Hu's ability is mediocre, this does not mean that he does not understand one point:

Now Anding County is dominated by the Hu family, which is a rare opportunity for the Hu family for hundreds of years.

If Anding County falls into the hands of Shu Yu, who knows what will happen?

I heard that many of the big families over there in Shu have already broken their families, and they were forced by the Shu captives.

It can be seen from this that the cool politics of Shu are fierce!

Yang Wan led the cavalry to chase after the rout, but did not encounter decent resistance at all along the way.

Even the banner of the opposing coach was seized by himself.

He thought that Jingyang City would not have the heart to hold on at this time, but he was persuaded to surrender, but he did not expect to be persuaded to retreat by the first wave of arrows.

Although it didn't hurt anyone, Jingyang City showed its attitude very clearly, which made Yang Wanda unhappy.

It's just that as General Wei guessed, the cavalry he led didn't bring any siege equipment at all, and the number of people was only two thousand, and there was no good way to face Jingyang City for a while.

At the moment, I had to endure this breath angrily, and at the same time let people bring the news back to the rear and inform General Guan.

The guard general of Wushi City, who fled back with Hu Shoujiang, saw this person running wildly along the way, and he still despised him a little in his heart.

I thought that Hu Shoujiang was just a cowardly person who climbed to the position of Jingyang City Guard by stabilizing the Hu family, but I didn't expect that he was also a loyal person?

But he didn't know what Wei was thinking.

Because after Wei lost Xiaoguan, Jingyang became the northern gate of stability.

Therefore, it is natural to put a loyal and obedient person over, and as for ability, it is secondary.

After all, there is Wushi City in front of Jingyang City, there is Linjing in the back, and there is Yuezhi City guarded by Xiahou Ba in the north, so it is safe no matter how you look at it.

So if you really want to talk about the current situation, it is actually caused by Hu Shoujiang doing what Xiahou Ba and Hu Zun wanted.

The main responsibility is not on him at all.

At most, at most, a reverse curse was placed in Wushi City: Why is Wushi City not broken?

Then the city of Wushi was broken.

So for General Hu Shou, it's okay to lose the battle, but if you want him to surrender without a fight, it's absolutely impossible.

Seeing that the Shu captives under the city really retreated under the rain of arrows, Hu Shoujiang was in good spirits and encouraged:

"Shu is so heavy, it will take two days to say the least, if it is a siege, add two more days, and the Taishou army reinforcements will only take three days at most."

"And the auxiliary general of Chang'an is also going north along Jingshui at this time, as long as everyone can hold it for a few days, this Shu captives will only have one way to retreat, and everyone will be meritorious in defending the city at that time!"

Hearing the general's words, everyone who was originally afraid settled down a little.

"My Great Wei country has strict laws, and if you surrender without a fight, you must know the consequences. Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your parents, wife and children at home. ”

General Hu Shou saw the change in everyone's faces, his heart was overjoyed, and he hurriedly added another fire.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Seeing this situation, the Wushi city guard, in the spirit of making up for the merits, suggested that Hu Shoujiang convene the city sergeants overnight to explain the situation and encourage everyone to defend the city together.

Although General Hu Shou can't lead the army to fight, he is originally from a stable clan.

The call and commitment made in his capacity have been supported by many people.

Seeing this, the two Wei guards had more confidence in defending Jingyang.

Some people are optimistic, and naturally some people are pessimistic.

Hearing that Jingyang City mobilized the whole city to defend the city, some people sighed in private:

"Shu Yu broke Wushi City with tricks, and its intention was to Jingyang City, how could it slow down and let Jingyang have a chance to breathe?"

"Let the soldiers guard the city today, but I am afraid that not only will we not protect the city, but it will provoke the Shu captives to kill more, and let the people in the city suffer more cruelty!"

Unexpectedly, this exclamation was told to General Hu Shou.

General Hu was furious, arrested this person, and prepared to kill him for disturbing the morale of the army.

However, the Wushi city guard dissuaded:

"At this time, the hearts of the people in the city are fluctuating, and if you kill people easily, it will only confuse people's hearts, and you will be put into a death camp."

General Hu Shou felt justified, so he put him on death row, only to wait for the Shu captives to attack the city, and then let him die in front.

After Guan Ji, who was leading the army to rush over, learned that Jingyang City was unwilling to surrender the city, he immediately urged the Han army to speed up the pace, and it took less than a day to rush to Jingyang City.

forcibly comforted Hu Shoujiang, who fell asleep in the middle of the night, and I don't know how long, suddenly someone woke him up urgently:

"General, it's not good, the army of Shu is already under the city!"

Because he didn't sleep well, Hu Shoujiang, who was already a little dazed, woke up all of a sudden:

"Shu Yu...... Didn't you already go to the city yesterday? ”

Suddenly, I felt that something was wrong, "The army? The army of Shu has arrived? Are you sure? ”

At that moment, he put on his clothes and armor and came to the head of the city, and looked outside the city, and saw that the Shulu camp under the city was much larger than yesterday.

The most striking thing is that Hu Shoujiang's lost banner was once again taken out and whipped to the corpse.

“…… The Han Ping thief, the sharp edge of the soldiers, breaking the city of Wushi, the defeat of the Jingyang army, now the army is under the city, if there is an assistant to defend the city, after breaking the city, it will be counted as a thief! ”

"If you don't go out behind closed doors, the big man won't be disturbed......"

Several Han soldiers were under the city, holding a strange thing, shouting loudly, and the voice was extremely loud.

As soon as General Hu saw his handsome flag, his eyes were red: Come again? Still coming?!

"Why don't you release the arrows!"

The soldiers and soldiers who had just been encouraged yesterday looked at each other quietly this time, with different expressions.

There is merit in defending the city, and if you defend the city, then there is merit.

That was based on the fact that, as General Hu Shou said, the Han army would arrive in two days, and then attack the city for two days.

If you know that you can't keep it, and you are still put on the name of a thief, then it is called having been.

In such a big Jingyang City, there are no more than 1,000 defenders, and most of them are old and weak, and they can't stand at the four corners, how can they defend it?

No matter how hard the city sergeants worked, how could they compare with the huge Han army under the city?

Let's look at the Han army, it only broke through Wushi City yesterday, and today the army will arrive under Jingyang City.

As soon as the day dawned, some kind of large apparatus began to be assembled.

At such a time, what else can this equipment do except for siege purposes?

General Hu Shou shouted angrily a few times, and found that the arrows shot at the city were scarce, and the strength was extremely weak, and the soldiers who shot the arrows were as if they had not eaten breakfast.

Only then did he suddenly realize that the atmosphere at the head of the city was not quite right, and he looked around, or raised his head and said nothing, or looked at the side, and no one looked at him.

He seemed to understand something.

Leaving all the soldiers of Jingyang City in Wushi City, the majesty has been lost.

What I said yesterday is still in my ears, and today Shu is in the city, who will trust himself again?

It's just that the current situation doesn't allow him to think about it much.

"Jun lost Wushi City, if he can help defend Jingyang, he can still be punished, if he loses Jingyang again, what should Jun do? What about his parents, wife and children? ”

General Hu Shou looked at the defender of Wushi City and threatened.

The defender of Wushi City gritted his teeth, clenched his fists and said: "The last general understands, so I will arrange to defend the city." ”

After saying that, he turned around and strode away.

Guan Ji watched the head of Jingyang City shoot arrows, his eyes flashed coldly, looked at the closed city gate, and ordered:

"Let the sergeant who shouted come back, don't shout anymore, and let Wen Shi from the engineering battalion come and see me."

After a while, Wen Shi ran over sweating profusely: "I've seen the general." ”

"When will the battering crossbows and siege ladders be ready?"

The engineering battalion was regarded as a baggage battalion, and at the same time, it also had to assist in cleaning up Wushi City, so most of them stayed behind, a day behind.

Only a small part of them followed.

This small part is carried with siege crossbows.

This is a rehearsal of the future battle in Guanzhong, and the improved stone cannon, as well as the siege crossbow that has passed the test, will be carried out in actual combat.

Stone cannons are too heavy and difficult to assemble, requiring a long preparation time.

However, the key parts of the siege crossbow can be prepared in advance, as long as the base is built before the battle.

Of course, since the battering crossbow was being used for the first time, Guan Ji didn't expect it to play a key role.

This siege still depends on the siege ladder, and it is the kind of simple siege ladder.

If the Cao thief's determination to defend the city is very strong, the casualties of the Wudang camp may be relatively large.

But for Guan Ji, a general who is not in charge of the army and cherishes the lives of his soldiers too much has never been a good general.

"Back to the general, you can get it ready before dinner."

"It's just another night, it's too slow!"

"Yes, the last general will go and speed up immediately."

Wenshi wiped a handful of sweat, and he didn't know if it was sweating from work or what.

Feng Junhou treats people closely, and this General Guan is both majestic and imposing than Feng Junhou.

Standing in front of him, one can't help but feel the pressure.

If you are someone else who doesn't know the details, I'm afraid that you would rather believe that the person in front of you is the real prince.

"Go, I'm going to storm the city an hour before dinner."

"No."

"Send the order to go down and send sugar and grain to the Wudang camp, so that they can prepare for the siege."

"No."

Sugar is a good thing, it produces pleasure, excitement.

At the same time, it can quickly replenish energy.

In addition, in this era, the output of brown sugar was not high, and it was controlled by the Xinghan Society, and a lot of brown sugar was made into dry food, which was used as an important military material for the Qiang's Captain's Mansion.

The rest of the part that flows into the market is only available to the rich and noble.

Once a large amount of dry food mixed with brown sugar is taken out, it is much more useful than those foods that eat wine and meat.

That would be the equivalent of a fanatical stimulant.

This stimulant is not only more effective than wine and meat, but also very convenient to carry.

did not kill cattle, slaughter sheep and horses for meat, but directly gave sugar and grain, which is enough to show Guan Ji's determination to take Jingyang City immediately.

The sun is in the west, and the heat is gone.

The Han army finally opened the curtain that had been covered, and then the siege crossbows lined up finally appeared in the eyes of the Wei army.

When the people at the head of the city saw the huge ballista, many of them were bloody.

The soldiers who were urgently summoned were even weaker.

"Blocking...... Stop up...... Block the gates, quick, go and block the gates! ”

Although Hu Shoujiang had never seen such a large ballista, it didn't mean that he didn't know what it meant.

The copper-clad city gate may be able to withstand two or three or four strokes, but it certainly cannot withstand the continuous impact.

The Wushi city guard ran down the city with a rolling belt: "Quick, come with me!" ”

It's too late......

The commissioning of the siege crossbows has begun to officially aim at their respective targets.

"Bang!"

The hammer slammed down, and the huge arrow spear shot out violently, and then "pounced" and thudded deep into the loess wall.

At the same time, two or three more slammed directly into the city gate, making a loud noise.

Except for a small part of the siege crossbows aimed at the city gates, most of them seem to be just shooting aimlessly at the city walls.

In a few moments, the walls were filled with huge crossbow arrows.

Guan Ji looked at the sky, the sun was already preparing to go down.

"Siege!"

The drums sounded, and the soldiers of the Wudang battalion began to rush to the city, and the crossbowmen continued to shoot at the city, and the dense arrow feathers instantly covered the sky.

The people in the rear were rushing with their heads down and carrying the ladder.

"Crazy, crazy!"

Seeing that the Han army rushed to the wall and began to climb up with the huge arrows inserted in the wall, General Hu Shou trembled.

Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, the Han army was actually going to start attacking the city, and it seemed that he was not ready to leave any time for himself, and General Hu Shou was anxious.

"Put the stones, release the arrows!"

"Quick, quick, why don't you let it go?"

The Han army is not crazy, but General Hu is already going crazy.

The huge ballista gives the same tremendous impact to people.

Some of the untrained people of the city were already scared silly.

Before they could react, the arrows of Wudangying covered the entire city, and then the people at the head of the city fell in a large wave at once.

When the people at the head of the city began to fight back, they heard a loud cheer from somewhere:

"The gates are open!"

"General, it's not good, someone has opened the city gate, the Han army, the Han army has rushed into the city!"

The guards ran over and shouted.

Upon hearing this news, the defenders of the city, whose morale was already extremely low, were suddenly in chaos.

"Aren't the gates blocked? How can it be opened? Who drove it? ”

General Hu Shou shouted loudly, "This is impossible! ”

The Han army has begun to appear in the city below, and the impossibility has become a fact.

I don't know who shouted: "Shut the door and don't come out!" ”

So the chief priest of the city cried and shouted for his mother and dispersed.

Guan Ji, who personally supervised the battle, was watching the soldiers of the Wudang battalion try to climb halfway, and then the city gate was suddenly opened, and he was also stunned.

"Who opened the gates?"

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