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"This is God's will to let Yang Yong, Yang Su and others be trapped with this, and they will be captured by me. General Luo Cheng, when our army attacks the city tomorrow, you can take the men and horses of your headquarters to follow Zhang Zhuangshi around to Quanyangba to set up an ambush. Wei Chigong and Luo Shixin are your lieutenants, and the three of you must capture Eryang in the sheep dam and capture the jade seal. If you don't let go of the mention, come and see you. ”

"The last will obey." Luo Cheng replied. Behind him, Wei Chi Gong and Luo Shixin were also overjoyed.

That night, Zhang Orion's father and son rested in the army, and there was a special person to set up a banquet to entertain them.

It is known that the firearms of the Jin army are powerful, and there are not many defenders on the head of Nanzheng City, and they only take refuge under the city. Zhang Xun became the main general of the city defense because he was familiar with the siege routine of the Jin army, and tens of thousands of Han troops in Nanzheng City were temporarily commanded by him, and Yu Wenkai assisted from the side to ensure that nothing went wrong.

This Nanzheng City is the seat of Hanzhong governance, and it is also a big city today. Different from the general city, there is a moat about ten meters wide outside the city wall, the water depth is several meters, and there is a drawbridge that is pulled up on the moat leading to the city gate, this river is an insurmountable obstacle for the Jin army outside the city, and it is also the reason why Zhang Xun dares to put only a small number of soldiers on the head of the city.

"Lord Inspector, with this river, the Demomen in our army will not be able to blow up the city gates, but can only cast fire and thunder arrows at the city head across the river. However, the fire and thunder arrows are mainly used against the cavalry infantry, and the effect of bombardment of the fortified city is average. Hua Gongming came to Zhang Heng, who was observing Nan Zhengcheng, and said.

"Now, our army has no siege equipment, fortunately, the moat is only more than 100 steps away from the city wall, so we have to bombard the city head intensively with fire and thunder arrows, hoping to blow up a city wall, please General Tonghuan to prepare quickly."

"Yes, the last general will arrange for 5,000 crossbowmen to come forward." Tong Huan responded.

"General Hua, the moat is not very wide, but Li Ruqi and Qi Guoyuan can go to the nearby mountains to cut down some tall trees, and prepare to build a bridge to cross the river, if you can lower the suspension bridge on the opposite bank, it is the best."

"Yes, sir." Hua Gongming replied and returned to the rear army to call Li and Qi.

There were already guards in the city who saw the Jin army outside the city and reported to Zhang Xun and Yu Wenkai, who were temporarily hiding in the city. Immediately after the two men got the report, they went up to the city and looked up.

"General Zhang, sure enough, the Jin army is surrounded by fire and thunder archers with crossbows, and I am ready to dodge." Yu Wenkai said softly to Zhang Xun.

"Huh! The walls of this South Zhengcheng City are high and thick, and this fire and thunder arrow can't help it. The herald ordered all the defenders of the city to go down to the city to take refuge, and wait for the explosions to stop and defend the upper city. ”

Immediately, a relative accompanied the colonel to give orders to various places in the city. Originally, there were not many defenders in the city, but after getting the order to retreat, they quickly quietly evacuated all the soldiers in the city. At this time, Yu Wenkai and Zhang Xun looked outside the city again, and saw that the 5,000 Jin army and crossbowmen were basically lined up by the moat.

"Okay, Mr. Yuwen, I can go down later, don't worry about the cavalry crossbowmen outside the city, they won't cross the river to attack the city. It would be dangerous to go any later. ”

"Good! Just by the general, we will withdraw quickly. ”

Just as the two of them retreated to the open space under the city, the first wave of fire and thunder arrows outside the city began.

The target of the bombardment is basically a section of the city wall of more than 200 meters at the city gate. The defenders were all leaning against the dead corners of the inner side of the city wall to avoid the bombardment, the whole city wall and the earth seemed to tremble, and the violent explosion made almost all the Han soldiers defending the city abandon their swords and guns, and cover their ears with their hands. Although he was able to avoid being bombed, the broken stone and bricks that flew down from the city still injured hundreds of soldiers, and the tragic situation of all of them bleeding was really terrible.

The continuous and dense bombardment lasted for half an hour before finally stopping.

"Go up and see what's going on." Zhang Xun ordered the pro-army around him.

After a while, the shout of this pro-army junior colonel came from the city: "General, the enemy army has retreated, and there is no attack on the city." ”

"Oh? Wait for someone to see. Zhang Xun listened, hurriedly came out of the hiding place, and led Yu Wenkai and others to rush towards the city.

"Huh! Sure enough, as the last general said, his firearms could only deal with cavalry and infantry, and did little damage to the high wall made of bricks and stones. Zhang Xun said with a smile, and his heart seemed more confident.

"Yes! The general only blew up some of the battlements of the city wall, but he was able to quickly order the soldiers to carry the earthen bags up to the city to replace the destroyed battlements. Yu Wenkai's originally hanging heart also calmed down.

"Please also ask Mr. Yuwen to go back to the palace and report to His Majesty and the prince about the battle situation in my city, so that Your Majesty and the prince can rest assured that as long as his firearms do not damage the city wall, the last general will have absolute certainty to hold this Nanzheng City." Zhang Xun said proudly.

"Good! This place will be handed over to the general, and the subordinate will go to see His Majesty and the prince. ”

Looking at Yu Wenkai, who was running away in a hurry, Zhang Xun felt a sense of pride in his heart, and hurriedly ordered the deputy general of the Han army guarding the city: "Use the earth bag to repair the destroyed arrow stacks, go quickly." ”

Just when Zhang Xun and the others were hiding from the bombardment of fire, thunder and arrows under the city, a cavalry brigade had already taken the opportunity to go around the city from a distance, and the defenders on the city were unaware.

"Your Excellency, although our army's fire, thunder and arrows can deter the defenders, the bombardment effect is not good, and it cannot blow down the thick city wall." Tong Huan returned to the rear army to see Zhang Heng, with a depressed face.

"General Tong doesn't have to be discouraged, this Nanzheng City is different from the Yangxian earthen city wall, where the city wall is all made of huge bricks and stones, and it is extremely strong. In the afternoon, 5,000 crossbowmen will be changed to bomb, so that the defenders of the city will take the lead and cover Li Ruqi and Qi Guoyuan's two generals to build a bridge with a big tree. After the bridge is completed, sappers will be sent to blow open the city gate with sky-bombing grenades. Zhang Heng comforted.

In the palace of the Han King in the city, Yang Yongzheng and his younger brother Yang Liang, the king of Han, and Yang Su and other civil and military ministers listened to the continuous explosions from the direction of the city gate while drinking tea, and they were all frightened.

Suddenly, the explosions stopped. The crowd couldn't react for a while, and no one spoke.

"Eh, the sound of the emperor's explosion has stopped, I don't know what happened to the city gate defenders? Is the city broken? It was Yang Yong who was the first to sober up and asked Yang Su.

"It should be fine, right? The old man never heard the shouting of killing, thinking that the Jin army had retreated. Yang Su also said suspiciously, not sure in his heart.

"Fifth brother, hurry up and let someone check it out."

Yang Liang was about to agree, but was interrupted by the eunuch who came in from outside the door: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, Mr. Yu Wenkai has returned to the house." ”

"Your Majesty, Lord Wang, great joy!" Before Yang Yong passed on, Yu Wenkai had already rushed into the mansion in a hurry, shouting at everyone in the mansion while giving a salute.

"Your Majesty, Lord Wang, the firearms of the Jin army are ineffective against the Nanzheng city wall of our country, and only a few arrow battlements at the head of the city have been blown up, and the city wall is safe and sound. And the Jin army came in a hurry, and there were no siege equipment in the army, so they could only retreat when the food in the other army ran out, and I didn't have to worry about Zhengcheng in the south! ”

"Good! All right! Fifth brother, do you have enough grain and grass in this city? ”

"Your Majesty, the grain and grass in the little brother city are enough to sustain these tens of thousands of troops for more than half a year, but the food stored in the homes of the people in this city may not be able to sustain it." Yang Liang carefully answered Yang Yong's question, and at the same time, he was also anxious for the tens of thousands of people trapped in the city, these are the people under his Han King! How he is not anxious.

"Fifth brother, if the people in the city have no food, you can open a warehouse to give some food, and the Jin army outside the city can retreat in a few days."

Faced with the actual situation in Nanzheng City, Yang Yong had no choice, but hoped that the Jin army outside the city would return to the capital as soon as possible, so that the people in the city could go out of the city to collect grain in the fields.

After lunch, Yang Yong was about to go back to his room to rest, when he suddenly felt that the ground was shaking, the carved bed was also trembling, and there were familiar explosions in his ears.

Yang Yong panicked for a while, and hurriedly ran to the front hall again.

"Your Majesty, the Jin army outside the city has begun to attack the city again. As long as the firearms can't collapse the city wall, there will be no problem, with Zhang Xun and Yuwenkai guarding the city, Your Majesty doesn't need to worry. Yang Su saw Yang Yong coming out in a panic, so he stepped forward to comfort him.

"Uncle Huang, since the firearms are ineffective, but the old trick is repeated, I'm afraid there are other plans!"

"What Your Majesty said is reasonable, the old man will let people go and remind Zhang Xun."

At this time, the sound of explosions coming from the direction of the city gate became more intensive, like thunder rolling in the sky. Yang Yong and the others had to walk back and forth in the hall restlessly, and from time to time came to the door to look in the direction of the city gate.

Suddenly, there was a louder bang mixed with the continuous explosion, and this unusual explosion actually frightened Yang Yong, who was holding the teacup and preparing to drink tea, so frightened that his hands trembled for a while, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground.

"Uncle Huang, but there is a change at the city gate, send someone to check it out." Yang Yong exclaimed.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old man will let people check the situation." Yang Su also felt that this loud noise was different, and he couldn't help but panic in his heart, and hurriedly asked people to go to the city gate to check the situation. He and Yang Yong and others waited anxiously for news in the mansion.

A moment later, Yu Wenkai's own soldiers came on horseback to report. Yang Yong learned that the loud noise came from the fact that the Jin army wanted to blow up the city gate with firearms, but Yu Wenkai had already taken precautions, and thick bags of dirt had already been piled up in the city gate, and for a while and a half, firearms alone could not blow up the things piled up behind the city gate. The Jin army's sappers only blew up half of the gates, and they could not continue. Because it would take more grenades to blow up all the piles in the city gate, the ones brought this time had been used up, and more than 20 sappers had no choice but to withdraw and wait for the next time to blow them up.

Seeing that the sappers were unsuccessful, the crossbowmen who were used as cover had to return again in vain under the command of Tong Huan. Tong Huan once again drooped his head and went to the Chinese army's tent to see Zhang Heng and tell the reason.

Zhang Heng was not in a hurry when he heard this, but comforted Tong Huan again and said: "General Tong has done his best, even if he fails to blow up the city gate, it doesn't matter, this huge response should have made Yang Su's old thief tremble, this is enough, see if he can sleep peacefully?" ”

"Didn't the adults urge him to flee? Want to capture Yang Yong outside the city? Hua Gongming asked.

"Yes! Now the firearms can't help the city for the time being, so they can only urge it to flee to Chengdu, Yizhou. The general might as well do one thing for the old man to mess with Yang Yong's heart. ”

"Your Excellency, please speak, and the last general will do it."

"Huh! This matter is very easy, just shoot the old man's letter arrow into the city. ”

"Oh! Well, the last general will make a trip and send this letter to the city. After that, Hua Gongming took the letter in Zhang Heng's hand and got up and walked out of the account, instructing his pro-army colonel to wrap the letter around a carved arrow, and then, holding the treasure carved bow, got on the horse and ran in the direction of Nanzhengcheng.

The royal palace in the city.

Yang Yong was watching the arrow book outside the city sent by Zhang Xun himself at this time. Yang Liang, Yang Su and others are all waiting.

"Alas! How good is that? Uncle Huang, read this letter. Yang Yong sighed softly after reading the letter.

Yang Su took the letter, hurriedly checked it, looked at it and said: "This Zhang Hengxin said that as long as His Majesty presents the jade seal of the country with both hands, the besieging army can withdraw from Hanzhong and return to the capital, this ---" Yang Su hesitated.

"Your Majesty, big brother, don't hand over the jade seal! If it is handed over, the throne of you, eldest brother, will not be right, how can you mobilize people everywhere to King Qin? Han King Yang Liang exclaimed. This is also what Yang Su is worried about, handing over the jade seal can indeed temporarily avoid the immediate war disaster, but it is not a long-term plan.

Su Wei also arched his hand when he heard this: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the jade seal of the country cannot be handed over to the king of Jin, and once the king of Jin obtains the jade seal, he can be called emperor in the capital, and then the people of the world will recognize him as the son of heaven and ignore His Majesty." ”

Han Hong also hurriedly continued: "What the servant said is extremely true, and the minister does not agree to return the jade seal. With the jade seal in hand, His Majesty is this Great Sui orthodoxy wherever he goes, but it is not the case if he loses the jade seal. ”

"Zhu Qing is right, but on the first day of the attack on Nanzheng City, half of the city gate collapsed. It was obviously the Jin army that was ill-prepared and could not continue. If they have more firearms and then blow them up, how can the city gates not be lost? The defenders of our city were suppressed by their firearms, and they could not lift their heads, and they were in a very passive position, how could this battle be fought? Yang Yong asked anxiously, and everyone was more like asking themselves.

"Your Majesty, if you want to have both, the old minister has a plan that has to be used." Yang Su saw that everyone had no idea, so he had to say what he thought to Yang Yong.

"Uncle Huang, just say it."

"The only way to do this is to throw yourself into Yizhou Chengdu, there is Jianmen Xiongguan enough to easily block the pursuers, even if he has firearms in the army, he can't help Jianmen Pass. His Majesty can be called the emperor in Shu and maintain the orthodoxy of the Great Sui. People of insight in the world will also vote in Shu to serve His Majesty. ”

Yang Yong was speechless for a while, bowing his head and pondering.

"Your Majesty, you can temporarily retreat to Shuzhong, and the younger brother will block the pursuing soldiers for Your Majesty in this city. As long as the city gate is strengthened, the younger brother can defend the city, and he is not afraid that he will not retreat due to lack of food. Yang Liang stepped forward and said.

"Your Majesty, Hanzhong is close to the capital, and it has only been 5 days since the grain was transported, so maybe its supplementary grain is on the way. Although the south Zheng city is solid, but it is a lonely city, there are no rivers to block the enemy, there is no danger to the sky, it is useless to stay here for a long time, it is better to listen to the words of the Yue Gong, and the emperor moved to Shu to avoid chaos. I've rested for a day, and I'll be able to break through tomorrow. Su Xiaoci got up and said.

"Su Aiqing, this is the day of delay out of the city, the four gates of Nanzheng are surrounded by the Jin army, how can you rush out?"

"Your Majesty, the old man has already seen that the soldiers of the Four Gates have the most Jin troops in the East Gate, followed by the West Gate, with a total of 20,000 people. Although the soldiers of the north and south gates are the least, there is no way to go to Shuzhong, so they can only protrude from the west gate and go straight to the sword gate. The old man is willing to lead 30,000 horses to open the way for His Majesty in front of him, and ensure that His Majesty rushes out of the city. ”

"Your Majesty, it is enough for the junior brother to leave 50,000 horses here to guard the city, and the rest of the men and horses are more than 30,000, all of which are under the command of the emperor's uncle. After a day of rest in Haosheng, he can suddenly kill from the west gate tomorrow night, and he is expected to be unprepared. ”

"Fifth brother, it's better to abandon Nan Zheng and go to Shuzhong."