The reason why Xiang Kang dared to send Long and bypassed Michi to attack Xin'an was that Xiang Kang guessed Sima Wei's thoughts, and knew that in order to prevent the Han army from advancing eastward, Sima Wei would definitely order Wei Heng's subordinate of the Henan Army that he had sent to Mianchi in advance to defend without fighting, and it was firmly stuck in the throat of the Han army's advance, so that Sima Wei could deal with the changes in the battle situation on the Western Front, so even if there were only more than 10,000 people in Long Ji's department, when he bypassed Michi and went east directly, Wei Heng would never dare to go out of the camp to intercept easily, and would only worry that Long Ji's attack would lead the snake out of the hole. Watch the dragon cross the border.

The situation was also as Xiang Kang expected, more than a day later, after the 16,000 Han army led by Long He approached the suburbs of Mianchi, Wei Heng's department of the Henan Army stationed outside Mianchi City really chose to close the camp and hold on, and did not send a soldier out of the camp to intercept Long Ji's department, even if he clearly saw that Long Ji's team strode eastward from the southern suburbs of Mianchi and killed directly in the direction of Xin'an, Wei Heng also suspected that this was the Han army's plan to lure the enemy, and wanted to deceive the self-army out of the strong fortress for a decisive battle, and categorically rejected the proposal of his subordinates to send troops to block, and has been hiding in the strong camp without making any moves.

In the end, after confirming that Long Ji's department went straight to Xin'an, and there were no tricks, Wei Heng realized that Long Ji's goal was indeed only Xin'an, not Michi. But it was too late to regret it, and Wei Heng could only send someone to tell Sima Wei about the emergency, and at the same time urgently sent someone to contact Xin'an, asking the Xin'an defenders to hold the city and wait for the main force of the Henan army to rescue.

Fortunately, the terrain west of Mianchi has gradually opened up, and even if Long He successfully takes the small city of Xin'an, there is no way to completely cut off the road for the Henan army to rescue Mianchi, so Wei Heng is not particularly anxious, just organize the Henan soldiers to continue to strengthen the camp fortifications, seize the time to dig the trench wider and deeper, and build the wall higher and thicker, so as to meet the next brutal decisive battle with the main force of the Han army.

The speed of the main force of the Han army was also fast, and in the evening of the day when Long He crossed the pond, the main force of the Han army led by Ding Ji successfully arrived at the outskirts of the city, and quickly set up a camp in the southeast of the pond, and at the same time, a Han army envoy came to contact Wei Heng with a white flag, and promised a heavy reward for Xiang Kang to persuade Wei Heng to lead the people to surrender. As a result, Wei Heng, who was very much used by Sima Wei, categorically refused the Han army's kind invitation to surrender, and the Han army's envoy didn't mind, just surrendered his hand and threw down some cruel words.

"It doesn't matter if the general doesn't want to accept the kindness of our Han King, you can surrender when you figure it out, and our Han King can guarantee the safety of your net worth, but the little envoy must kindly remind the general that you should surrender early, don't wait for the sword of our Han soldiers to stand on your neck and then regret it, surrender at that time, and our Han King will not give you any good treatment."

Listening to the Han army envoy said arrogantly, the Henan army generals next to him were a little angry, and they were about to be rude to the Han army envoy, but fortunately, Wei Heng was quite calm, and waved his hand in time to stop the impulse of the generals under his command, and first sent away the Han army envoy, and then said: "Why bother to fight between the two countries for a pedantic book, do not kill the envoy, for the sake of a sentence, it will only damage the reputation of our Henan soldiers." ”

"The main thing is that this thief messenger is too crazy." A Henan army general said hatefully: "Listening to his tone, it is as if we are fish on their anvil." ”

"It's better to be crazy, the crazier the better." Wei Heng smiled and said: "Arrogance will inevitably underestimate the enemy, and those who underestimate the enemy will be defeated, I still wish that Xiang Kang Xiao'er was so crazy that he couldn't help but attack our camp as soon as he arrived in Mianchi, so that we could rely on the strong camp and high base to meet the Han thief army." ”

Wei Heng also did not expect that he would be a prophecy, the next morning, Xiang Kang led the main force of the Han army to arrive at the outskirts of Mianchi, and then immediately set up a camp, while cutting down trees to build offensive weapons, and then after less than a day of hasty preparations, Xiang Kang couldn't wait to personally lead the main force of the Han army to kill, to the Henan army camp established outside the east gate of Mianchi, Wei Heng did not dare to slack off when he heard the report, and quickly organized the army to defend the base, and also went to the front line to boost morale, and commanded the officers and men of the Henan Army to meet the enemy bravely.

The arrogance of the Han army was still far beyond Wei Heng's imagination, and as soon as the formation outside the Henan military camp was formed, Ding Ji, Zhu Jishi, Zhong Liwu and other generals could not wait to ask Xiang Kang for an order, requesting that he lead the army to take on the main attack task, and also rushed to express his willingness to make a military order, unable to break through the Henan military camp and willing to be dealt with by military law. Xiang Kang couldn't help laughing when he saw it, and said: "You are all willing to set up a military order, generals, you are so sure that Wei Hengpifu is Sima Wei's favorite general, and the camp built is also very strong, and the generals are not afraid that the arrogant army will be defeated."

"King, it's not that the last general underestimates the enemy, it's that the last general really has this certainty." Ding Ji hurriedly said: "Although the camp built by Wei Hengpifu is strong, but no matter how strong it is, it can have strong walls, and the last general is not even afraid of attacking the city, and he is afraid that Wei Hengpifu has only built a thin camp for less than ten days, and besides, we are now more than six times the strength of Wei Hengpifu, and we have gunpowder weapons, if we are not sure to break through the thief camp, we will not have the face to go back to see the fathers of Guanzhong and Huaisi." ”

"His ambition is commendable." Xiang Kang praised it, and after a little calculation, he immediately said: "Okay, since you all want to kill the enemy so much, then we don't have to distinguish between the main attack and the feint attack this time, Ding Ji, you are responsible for attacking the south gate of the thief camp, Zhong Liwu is responsible for the east gate, and Zhu Jishi is responsible for the north gate. ”

The three generals sang happily, and Xiang Kang added: "As a reward, if any of the three of you can break through the gate of the thief camp first, I will send Zhang Zhong to lead the heavy armor soldiers to reinforce him and help him win the first credit!" ”

Ding Ji and Zhong Liwu and other generals were even more happy when they heard this, and quickly thanked Xiang Kang again, and Zhang Zhong, a brave general of the Han army wearing a protective iron helmet on his head, also opened his mouth, and said in a calm tone: "Three generals, please, whether the Han heavy armor soldiers led by the last general can make meritorious contributions in the first battle depends on whether the three of you can help the last general open the way to enter the army." ”

Ding Ji and Zhong Liwu and other generals smiled and did not speak, but immediately led the men and horses of their headquarters to the battlefield designated by Xiang Kang, quickly prepared for the attack, and sent long shields to cover the bow and crossbow to step forward, and set up temporary field fortifications outside the Henan military camp. Then, when Xiang Kang's banner was beating the marching drum, the three generals immediately sent 1,500 soldiers to carry trench and bridge vehicles, flying ladders, and striking wood and other offensive weapons, and at the same time launched an attack on the three camp gates in the southeast and north of the Henan Army camp.

The battle officially began, the Han army had just entered the enemy's range of attack, and the bows and crossbows and feather arrows of the Henan army were immediately like flying locusts, shooting at the Han soldiers with their heads and faces, and no matter how desperately the Han soldiers behind the long shield put arrows, they could not suppress the long-range firepower of the Henan army, and they only played a certain role in diverting it, and the casualties of the Han soldiers also appeared and rose rapidly.

Under the command of the veterans, the soldiers of the Han army protected the head and chest with a round shield, and tried to speed up the pace, rushing to the side of the camp of the Henan army at the fastest speed, and the trench bridge car brought by the army was put on the trench. What's even more outrageous is that the soldiers of Zhong Liwu, who was responsible for attacking the east gate, actually threw primitive grenades directly into the Henan military camp while building a bridge - the camp wall is not as high as the city wall, and the soldiers with enough arm strength can of course directly throw the original grenade to the camp wall or even directly into the camp.

"Boom! Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

The successive loud noises directly blew up the soldiers of the Wei Heng Army who had not had time to see the primitive grenades, and when they were dizzy, the crossbowmen of the Wei Heng Army were immediately in chaos, and the density of the feather arrows also dropped immediately, and the soldiers of the Han Army under the command of Zhong Liwu seized the time to quickly build the trench bridge, and rushed through the camp trench of the Henan Army one after another with the flying ladder, and just put the flying ladder on the wall, and immediately stepped on the ladder and launched an attack on the top of the camp wall. Zhong Liwu in the back waved his hand, and immediately another thousand Han soldiers strode forward, carrying a flying ladder and rushing to the range of the Henan army's feather arrows.

"With gunpowder weapons so soon, do you think saltpeter and brimstone are cheap?"

Seeing this scene, Xiang Kang, who did not ask his generals when to use gunpowder weapons, was inevitably a little dumbfounded, and suddenly began to regret forgetting to explain to the generals of the Han army to use gunpowder weapons sparingly, but the blood in the heart of the iron rooster Xiang Kang was still behind, and seeing that Zhong Liwu used gunpowder weapons so shamelessly early in order to grab merit, Zhu Jishi and Ding Ji, who attacked the north and south gates of the enemy camp respectively, were also unceremonious, and immediately ordered their troops to invest in gunpowder weapons, and use Xiang Kang's hard-earned money to fight for themselves.

At the same time, although Zhang Zhong, the brave general of the Han army, remained calm, his eyes had already turned to his army—six hundred Han hoplites like him, all dressed in black steel scale armor and wearing iron helmets!

By the way, let's introduce the general situation of Zhang Zhong, among the generals under Xiang Kang's command, this Zhang Zhong is definitely an alternative, as early as when he was in Xue County, he took the initiative to defect to the young marshal army, and he has a magical swordsmanship, and he is very brave to kill the enemy in battle, and he has been noticed by Xiang Kang early, and plans to train him as a general, but Zhang Zhong has no interest in commanding operations, he only likes to charge into battle and kill the enemy with his own hands, in order to continue to fight on the front line, he has twice taken the initiative to refuse his promotion. Xiang Kang admired his martial arts and wanted to incorporate him into his own personal army, but Zhang Zhong also politely declined and insisted on staying among the ordinary soldiers. (Historical figures)

It stands to reason that a fool like Zhang Zhong who doesn't know what to do may only be able to stay at the grassroots level for the rest of his life, and may die on the battlefield of the two armies sooner or later, but it is also his luck, after Xiang Kang settled down in Guanzhong, he organized craftsmen to start researching and building steel armor, which consumed countless manpower and material resources and spent a huge price, and finally produced more than 600 pairs of steel armor that can only appear in later generations, and decided to select 600 elite soldiers with outstanding martial arts and strong bodies to form a special force, and personally named it heavy armor. Then when considering the commander of this heavy armored army, Xiang Kang first thought of Zhang Zhong, who left a deep impression on him.

It was definitely fate, just put on the steel armor carefully built by the craftsmen of the Han army, Zhang Zhong immediately liked this kind of steel armor with protective power far exceeding leather armor, stone armor and bronze armor, and did not hesitate to accept Xiang Kang's order, became the chief general of the Han army's heavy armor soldiers, led 600 carefully selected Han army warriors to train day and night, and soon formed combat effectiveness, and was also placed high hopes on Xiang Kang, hoping that Zhang Zhong and his heavy armor soldiers could become elite troops like the back army and the camp, and become their trump card army.

With the amazing scare effect of the primitive grenade, the Han soldiers who attacked from three directions at the same time were all in one charge, and some soldiers successfully rushed to the top of the camp wall of the Henan army, and the soldiers of the Henan army guarding the camp started a fierce battle.

The fierce battle is therefore more cruel and bloody, the top of the three city walls in the north, south and east of the Henan army, all of them have soldiers of the two armies in the sacrifice of their lives, blood is constantly splashing, and it is often seen that the soldiers of the two armies scuffle together and roll down the wall, and the Henan army has also invested in reserves early, reinforcing the defenders on the base who were blown up by the original grenade.

Fortunately, after all, the wall is not as high and difficult to climb as the city wall, under the cover of the first companions, the soldiers of the Han army are also constantly rushing to the wall for reinforcements, although the three directions have not been able to defeat the defenders of the Henan army, but they have never been driven off the wall by the defenders, and successfully pulled the enemy on the base into a stalemate battle that is more favorable to the Han army - the strength of the Han army is more than six times that of the Henan army, and the stalemate consumption is of course more advantageous.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the three generals Long Ji, Zhong Liwu and Ding Ji not only did not hesitate to invest in the reinforcements of the rear army, but Zhong Liwu, who had been fed up with the sucky spirit in Nanyang, also couldn't wait to invest in the five hundred rear army, which was specifically responsible for attacking the east gate of the Henan army's camp, and was determined to break through the gate of the enemy camp first and obtain the reinforcements of the heavy armor soldiers that were coveted by all the generals of the Han army.

It is a pity that although the Han army attacked fiercely, the Henan army was not a vegetarian master, under the command of Wei Heng, the officers and soldiers of the Henan army were also one after another, constantly fighting fiercely on the base, and while rushing to the wall of the Han soldiers fierce battle, while taking the time to shoot the Han soldiers outside the camp with arrows, resulting in continuous casualties among the Han soldiers, and there was never a way to completely break the deadlock.

Zhong Liwu really wanted to wash away the shame of Nanyang's fiasco, and seeing that his soldiers could not attack for a long time, Zhong Liwu actually temporarily handed over the command to his deputy, personally led an army, and launched a charge towards the east gate of the Henan Army under his own banner. As a result, of course, the feather arrows of the Henan army were like discovering a magnet, and they were overwhelmingly shot at Zhong Liwu's banner, but the soldiers of the Han army were greatly boosted in morale, and they rushed to kill more violently, not to mention, the soldiers of the Han army who were responsible for attacking the camp gate also seemed to be crazy, carrying the bumping wood and frantically hitting the Henan army camp gate, which caused huge pressure on the Henan army.

The situation once again made Xiang Kang crooked his nose, seeing that Zhong Liwu was so shameless that he personally went into battle to boost morale, Zhu Jishi and Ding Ji did the same, and they also temporarily handed over the command and personally led the army into battle. Xiang Kang saw it, of course, he scolded, but Wei Heng and other Henan army officers and soldiers in the Henan army camp were all dumbfounded, and they all said: "The thieves are crazy, why are all the generals in command, what reward did Xiang Kang Xiaoer give them, it is worth their lives so hard?"

In the end, the first to strike is strong, an arrow in the body with a wound rushed to the front and back of the Henan camp, Zhong Liwu personally and his own soldiers lifted the crash wood, roared at full speed and crashed into the east gate of the Henan army's camp, and miraculously after a loud bang, before Ding Ji and Zhu Jishi, crashed open the east gate of the Henan army's camp, Zhong Liwu's army position, and immediately sent out a burst of earth-shattering cheers!

"Semen knife cart! Above! Fast! ”

Crashing open the camp gate did not mean that victory could be achieved, the well-prepared Henan army officers immediately pushed the Saimen knife cart full of sharp blades in front, rushed up to block the gap in the camp gate, and blocked the Han army from entering the camp with crossbow arrows, while desperately carrying earth, stone and grass bags to block the camp gate, saying that they would not give the Han army a chance to enter the camp by taking advantage of the situation.

"Zhang Zhong, it's up to you." Xiang Kang gave a faint order, and Zhang Zhong, who was pinned on by Xiang Kang and the generals of the Han army, did not speak, but just arched his hand to Xiang Kang, and then immediately rushed to the Han army heavy armor soldiers directly under him and waved his hand, leading six hundred Han army heavy armor soldiers wearing heavy armor like him.

Relying on the hard fighting of Zhong Liwu and other Han army soldiers, the Han army's heavy armor soldiers always rushed to the east gate position of the Henan army camp to participate in the battle before the Henan army completely blocked the gap, and when the 600 humanoid tanks joined the battlefield, the Henan army officers and soldiers also fell into a nightmare............

"Monster!"

It is indeed a monster, the crossbow arrows shot by the Henan soldiers in a straight line at close range are enough to easily shoot through the leather armor, at least they can cause serious injuries to the enemy, even if they encounter the most advanced bronze armor or stone armor in this era, they can also cause a lot of damage, but after the same crossbow arrows hit the steel armor of the Han soldiers, even if they hit a string of sparks, there is no way to shoot through the steel armor, and cause damage to the Han soldiers behind the steel armor, they can only land on their own after making a sound, Even the arrows embedded in the steel armor of the Han army were few.

The same is true for other weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the Henan army, whether it is a spear made of copper and iron or a war ge, there is almost no way to pierce the steel armor of the Han army's heavy armor soldiers, and even if they hit the helmets of the Han army's heavy armor soldiers, there is no way to cause fatal injuries to the Han soldiers, and the Han army heavy armor soldiers with steel swords, steel swords and steel spears in their hands can usually directly result in the lives of the Henan soldiers as long as they counterattack.

Don't exaggerate, the iron weapons of the Han Dynasty were originally directly eliminated from bronze weapons, not to mention that the heavy armor soldiers of the Han Army still directly used carbon-mixed strip steel, which far exceeded wrought iron weapons and wrought iron armor in terms of strength and hardness.

The Henan army's defense line maintained by the Semen knife car was broken through by the Han army's heavy armor soldiers in only a moment, and the Han army's heavy armor soldiers drove straight in, just like a group of monsters that could not be killed, rampaging in the Henan army camp, invincible, killing the Henan army soldiers all over the field, ghosts crying wolves, although the Henan army generals led by Wei Heng also tried to urge the army to step forward to block, but the weapons in the hands of the Henan soldiers had almost no way to damage the Han army's heavy armor soldiers, no matter how they stepped forward to block it was in vain. Several lines of defense were directly smashed by the heavy armor of the Han army, leaving dead bodies and flesh all over the ground, and the scene was unbearable. The Henan soldiers scattered and fled in despair, and the Han armored soldiers did not stop, and directly killed the Chinese camp of the Henan army.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhong Li's subordinates of course launched a comprehensive general attack, like a tide of successive influxes into the Henan army camp, Zhu Jishi and Ding Ji also seized the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, with Mount Tai pressing the top, forcibly broke through the north and south of the Henan army's two camp gates, and entered the camp separately, the Henan army was defeated like a mountain, and there were countless soldiers who fled out of the camp and surrendered on their knees.

In front of the Chinese army camp of the Henan army, the Han army heavy armor soldiers encountered some resistance, but unfortunately the Henan army had used almost all of the manpower and material resources to build the outer camp defense line, the Chinese army camp was only a very thin fence protection, not even the camp trench was dug, the Han army heavy armor was temporarily blocked by the fence, and immediately threw some primitive grenades to open the way, and soon blew up the Henan soldiers who were guarding the camp gate, forcibly smashed the door of the Chinese army camp of the Henan army, and directly killed Wei Heng's Chinese army tent.

At the same time, seeing that his Chinese army camp was also broken through, Wei Heng, the Henan army who was scattered, had no courage at all, and hurriedly escaped from the Chinese army camp with the army he could still restrain and fled to the east gate of Mianchi, in a vain attempt to escape into Mianchi to continue to defend the city. However, Xiang Kang had long expected this, and arranged the Han cavalry led by Guan Ying in advance at the junction of the Henan Army camp and Mianchi, and just saw a large number of defeated soldiers of the Henan Army coming out of the camp, the Han cavalry led by Guan Ying immediately shouted and rushed up, brandishing the saber developed by Xiang Kang after entering the main Guanzhong, and slashed the defeated soldiers of the Henan Army in a big way, and quickly harvested the corpses of the defeated soldiers of the Henan Army like chopping melons and vegetables.

The saber of the Han cavalry also brought a surprise to the Henan army again, and the cavalry had long been accustomed to the tactics of the cavalry on the horse and the tactics of killing the horse, and suddenly encountered a group of cavalry rushing directly to wave the knife and slash, the defeated soldiers of the Henan army were caught off guard again, and they were killed by the Han cavalry again in the blink of an eye, and Wei Heng, who was wearing conspicuous armor and cloak, was soon targeted by the Han cavalry, and was immediately surrounded by the Han cavalry......

At the same time, a fast horse also rushed back from the direction of Xin'an, and rushed directly to Xiang Kang's handsome banner, and after the Han soldiers defending the flag array stepped forward to stop him, he quickly came back with a happy face and reported to Xiang Kang, "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, Xin'an Jiebao, General Long and General has successfully taken Xin'an City." ”

"Well done." Xiang Kang nodded with satisfaction, glanced at the battlefield at the east gate of Mianchi, which was in full swing, and said to himself: "I didn't disappoint, just look at the baby, if Wei Hengpifu escapes into Mianchi City smoothly, I'm afraid we still have to fight this battle." ”

Guan Ying did not disappoint Xiang Kang, but in a moment, a team of Han cavalry happily escorted a Henan army general to Xiang Kang, and shouted from a distance: "King, we have captured Wei Hengpifu!" ”

Xiang Kang's smile was even worse, because after Wei Heng was escorted in front of Xiang Kang, he didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately knelt down in front of Xiang Kang and shouted, "King Han, the guilty general Wei Heng is willing to surrender!" Sin will be willing to surrender! King, your messenger said, no matter when the sin will surrender, you will forgive the sin and will not die, the king, you are a golden branch and jade leaf, you must speak the word! The Sin General has now surrendered sincerely——! ”

Xiang Kang smiled, didn't pay attention to Wei Heng, just turned his gaze to the east, and said secretly in his heart: "Mianchi must be no problem, successfully take Xin'an, Mianchi and Shaanxi County, and the next battle situation will be extremely beneficial to me." Uncle Zhou, it's time to see your performance this time, if you can lure Sima Wei's main force across the Yellow River smoothly and entangle him in Hanoi, I just don't want to quickly destroy Sima Wei. ”