"Boom, boom, boom......, boom" accompanied by the rumbling cannon, the prelude to the Han army's attack on Xingyuan Mansion officially began.

Li Zhongyi has always been a commander who dares to delegate power, and since he has given full authority to Zhang Sanzheng to command, he will never interfere halfway.

After writing a reply to Zuo Ziguang, Li Zhongyi took the official document to be done, and accidentally found that Wang Ken was standing at the door of the big tent, probing his head from time to time.

Li Zhongyi couldn't help but smile slightly, since he led the army alone for a period of time, Wang Ken's mind has also become bigger.

People who have been vegetarians for a long time, once they eat meat, they will try their best to find meat to eat, and Wang Ken belongs to this state.

"Come and help me sharpen my ink." Li Zhongyi didn't look up, and directly ordered Wang Ken to come over to help.

Wang Ken glanced at the tent reluctantly, and moved to the bookcase slowly, grinding ink for Li Zhongyi for a while.

Li Zhongyi clearly saw that Wang Ken was absent-minded, but he pretended not to know, as if he didn't see it.

Wang Ken is a good material, loyal to Li Zhongyi, he does whatever he tells him to do, and never complains. However, his temperament is on the impatient side, and he still needs to hone it well and suppress his temperament.

"What, this can't stay?" Wang Ken frequently turned his head to look outside the tent, Li Zhongyi really couldn't look at it, so he asked him angrily.

Wang Ken touched his head and said with a smiling face: "Don't hide it from the emperor, the subordinates do have itchy hands." ”

Li Zhongyi turned his face and said coldly: "The ink has spilled out, I see, you should have itchy skin." ”

Wang Ken shrunk his neck, lowered his head, and said in a sullen voice: "The subordinates are not hearted. ”

Li Zhongyi sneered: "Hmph, if it is a heart, will your ass bloom?" ”

Wang Ken lowered his head, not daring to gnaw, it was obvious that Li Zhongyi was a little angry. It's just that Wang Ken doesn't know, why is the emperor angry?

Li Zhongyi buried his head in reviewing the official documents and ignored Wang Ken. Wang Ken was reprimanded, even if he wanted to raise troops to fight, he could only endure it.

"Boom......" Accompanied by the roar of artillery, Yang Chong's body shook violently, and there was a frightening shaking sensation under his feet.

"Yike...... What's going on? What's going on? ”

Yang Chong stared at the ground of the city wall in disbelief, accompanied by a strange huge roar, and the feeling of shaking under his feet became stronger and stronger.

The Han army didn't set up the trebuchet, huh? The more Yang Chong pondered, the more confused he felt, and the whole person was confused.

Zhang Sanzheng, who was outside the city, would not care about Yang Chong's stunning, he had now touched a whole set of tactics for attacking the city.

To put it bluntly, that is, the artillery army took the lead in attacking, and after the city gate was blasted open, the army took advantage of the situation to cover and kill.

In fact, the so-called siege warfare is much easier and easier than the field battle in which two armies face each other.

Zhang Sanzheng held up the monocular in his hand, staring with relish at the impact point that was gradually approaching the city gate, and studied it for a long time without blinking.

Uh-huh, the shells are getting more and more accurate, maybe the next shot, you can blast through the city gate, right?

Before Zhang Sanzheng could turn his mind, he suddenly heard a thunderous cheer, "It's broken, it's broken!" ”

Zhang Sanzheng exhaled a long breath, adjusted the angle of the telescope, and looked in the direction of the city gate hole again.

I saw that the city gate hole of Xingyuan Mansion was blasted open a huge gap, and in the camera, the frightened faces of the soldiers of the Shu army were unobstructed.

There is nothing to say, Zhang Sanzheng immediately issued the order for a general attack, "Didi Da ......" accompanied by a loud charge horn, and the Han soldiers outside the city were like tigers descending from the mountain, and they were unstoppable to enter the city gate.

Almost at the same time, Li Zhongyi heard the charging horn of the total attack, and he couldn't help but smile slightly, Zhang Sanzheng had succeeded!

Wang Ken scratched his ears and fidgeted, and looked directly at the outside of the tent, Li Zhongyi could see that Wang Ken's mind had flown away.

Li Zhongyi's mentality is very wonderful, the more Wang Ken can't sit still, the more he wants to sharpen Wang Ken's temperament. Originally, Li Zhongyi also planned to let Wang Ken participate in the tail sweeping battle, but now, don't mention it.

By midnight, the shouting and killing in Xingyuan Mansion City gradually subsided, and Li Zhongyi knew in his heart that the street fighting was over.

About two hours later, Zhang Sanzheng led people from Xingyuan City to invite Li Zhongyi into the city.

Li Zhongyi didn't ask anything, and directly ordered, "Pack your luggage, let's go into the city." ”

Surrounded by the guards and guards of the brigade, Li Zhongyi rode on the back of the "little blood kill" and galloped leisurely to Xingyuan City.

Xingyuan City, as the most important granary base in northern Shu, can be described as a high city with deep ditches and strict guards.

However, in the face of artillery bombardment, Xingyuan City only defended for less than two hours before the Han army broke through the city gate.

It can be seen from this that the birth of artillery was simply a nightmare for taking classical methods to defend the city.

Li Zhongyi knew very well in his heart that before the appearance of artillery, the fortresses in the west were simply a nightmare for the besieging side.

However, for Li Zhongyi, who has a large number of artillery, the so-called defense of the fortified city has become the most absurd joke.

In front of the yamen of Xingyuan Mansion, Li Zhongyi pulled the saddle and dismounted, and swaggered in, surrounded by the relatives and guards of the brigade.

Zhang Sanzheng was very familiar with Li Zhongyi's habits, so after capturing the mansion, he immediately ordered someone to sort out the inner study room located in Sanmenli.

Sure enough, after Li Zhongyi entered the door, he ordered Zhang Sanzheng to lead the way and go to the inner study.

After taking a seat in the inner study, Li Zhongyi casually picked up the tea cup on the bookcase and took a sip, well, it was still the old taste he was used to.

Obviously, Zhang Sanzheng put a lot of effort into it, and Li Zhongyi was in a good mood, so he naturally didn't mind complimenting his old subordinates a few words.

"The tea is good, and the battle is good." Li Zhongyi put down the teacup and praised Zhang Sanzheng with a smile.

Zhang Sanzheng is very aware in his heart, His Majesty the Emperor has never praised people easily, he couldn't help but squint his eyes happily, and pretended to be humble and said: "The ministers are untouchables, and the emperor will not abandon them. Subordinates dare not serve to die in order to repay the grace of God? ”

Li Zhongyi waved his hand and said, "After a beautiful victory, no one can take away your credit." ”

Zhang Sanzheng knew that the emperor was in a good mood, so he said with a smile: "Don't hide it from the emperor, the luck of this battle is not bad, and I captured the enemy generals Yang Chong and Zhang Ji alive." ”

Li Zhongyi thought for a while and asked Zhang Sanzheng: "I heard that this Yang Chong is Wang Chuhui's confidant?" ”

Zhang Sanzheng said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this Yang Chong is the wife and brother of Wang Chuhui, and he is quite used on weekdays. ”

Li Zhongyi narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "You go and tell Yang Chong that if he persuades Li Xin, the guard of Yangping Pass, I will not only not kill him, but also reward him for being an official." ”

For Li Zhongyi, Yang Chong is just a nobody, it's a pity to kill him, and it doesn't matter if he lets him go, it's better to let him exert some residual heat.

After Zhang Sanzheng got the order, he turned around and walked out of the inner study, and went to find Yang Chong excitedly.