A goshawk slowly flew through the canopy, shuttling back and forth beyond the wilderness of Chen Cang City.

It hadn't foraged for food for a long time, its majestic body had shriveled, and its sharp claws had begun to dull.

It stared at the vast earth beneath it with a pair of grey eyes, as if it was anxious to search for a few prey to fill its hungry belly.

But today, once again, it was disappointed.

The goshawk circled for a while, but still found nothing, and at this time, under it, the farm, water and grass, cattle and sheep in the original memory had all disappeared.

All that remained was patches of blackened wasteland after being scorched by the fire.

It understood that there would be nothing here except the flames that had not yet been extinguished, and the smoke that billowed up.

But it doesn't understand why human beings want to destroy everything they have created with their own hands, and turn all the good things of the past into a scorched earth.

After a few moments of flying, it passed through the ruins and came to the sky above a huge city.

It recognized this place, the place where the population was most densely populated, and its ancestors had told it that humans had a weapon that could reach the sky and cost their lives if they easily trespassed into their territory.

Therefore, if it were not really hungry, it would never dare to try its luck here.

However, it is clear that he has been very unlucky these days.

So when it mustered up its courage and flew over the walls, a crossbow bolt burst through the air, piercing its wings in an instant.

The goshawk slowly fell from the sky, and finally landed on the top of the city, and when the two Shu soldiers excitedly picked it up from the ground, its eyes were still wide, and it seemed that it didn't understand until it died, why and why the fire outside the city started......

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Chencang City, located in the west of Guanzhong, adjacent to Weishui, is the throat of Longyou and Hanzhong that leads directly to the Guanzhong Plain.

When Shu took the opportunity to take all the right side of Long, the first thing that came to mind was to send troops from Hanzhong to take this place as its own, in a vain attempt to use it as a springboard for attacking Chang'an, which shows how important its strategic position is.

It's a pity that the Liang State fell much faster than they imagined, and Chang'an City quickly changed hands, and the new emperor Liu Yu at that time was a male lord who was well versed in the art of war, and soon re-laid layers of defense in the Guanzhong area, and Shu failed to further expand the results of the war.

It can be seen from this that this Great Wei invasion of Shu, whether the ultimate strategic goal is to take all Longyou or Hanzhong, Chen Cangcheng is a battleground that can never be bypassed!

Of course, the monarchs and ministers of Shu are naturally well aware of this, so they have begun to pay attention to the construction of city defense here from a long time ago.

In the past 30 years, Chencang City has changed from a small city that could only accommodate a few thousand defenders to a huge fortress that can accommodate more than 10,000 soldiers.

Not only that, but the treasury in the city also stocked up with a large amount of grain and grass, enough for the soldiers and civilians of a city for several years to prepare for long-term warfare.

As for all kinds of ordnance and city defense equipment, they are readily available.

Sitting on such a strong city, it is no wonder that the soldiers of Shu will put down their arrogance: even if Sun Wu is reincarnated, he can only look at the city and sigh.

In the past, there was a mad life in Shu passing through here, and he once wrote a poem and praised:

"From the north to the Wuhong goose, the east wind does not pass the city."

These two short lines of poetry are the best portrayal of this fortified city.

However, at this time, Chen Cangcheng was even more insurmountable than Chen Cang in the mad poem, not only could the wild goose not pass, but even the eagle with wings spread and soared could not escape death in the end.

At this moment, while the two soldiers were discussing what to do with the poor goshawk later, a young general in silver armor with a sword hanging from his waist ascended to the top of the city, surrounded by dozens of generals, large and small.

When the two soldiers saw this man coming, they hurriedly threw away what they were holding, bowed and stood solemnly, and gave a standard military salute to the comer.

The man nodded slightly, and then walked straight to the middle of the wall, accompanied by the group behind him.

After everyone stood still, the young general at the head looked at the desolate wilderness outside the city and asked the middle-aged general beside him:

"General Song, how is the execution of the Qingye matter?"

This young general looks handsome, his face is like a crown of jade, his bearing is calm, and his tone is calm when he speaks, quite a bit of the style of a Confucian general in ancient times, especially although he is wearing a military uniform at this time, he does not have a hood, and his long hair is simply strung up with a silver hairpin, which highlights a trace of celebrity and gentleman, which makes him stand out from the group of martial artists around him in an instant.

Seeing that he had opened his mouth to inquire at this time, General Song replied respectfully:

"Governor of the city, within a radius of thirty miles outside the city, all grain fields and water sources have been destroyed, and it has been ensured that the enemy army has no way to supply on the spot."

The young Grand Governor nodded and continued to ask:

"How's the relocation of the people?"

General Song seemed to hesitate a little when he heard this question, and he hesitated for a moment and said:

"If you return to the governor, some good people have successfully entered the city, and in the future, all the food in the city will also be distributed by our army, as for some stubborn people......

The Qingnian Governor seemed to see through General Song's thoughts, and he waved his hand quite understandingly, signaling that the other party didn't need to say any more.

"Needless to say, extraordinary times, extraordinary means, the general has worked hard."

General Song originally thought that he would be reprimanded, but he didn't expect this Governor to be so considerate of his subordinates, and he couldn't help but feel grateful in his heart, he hurriedly straightened up a little, and said in a loud voice:

"Share worries for the governor, how to talk about hard work! These are all subordinate matters. ”

The Governor of the Light Year nodded with satisfaction, then accentuated his tone a little, and continued to ask:

"Very good, generals, the battle of Chencang is related to the life and death of my Shu Kingdom, and you must set an example for the defenders of Longyou Zhucheng! General Song, this time Zhou Xin led 100,000 people to attack, and there are only 20,000 defenders in your city, can you have the confidence to resist? ”

In fact, according to common sense, it is not appropriate to ask this kind of question in front of everyone at the critical juncture of preparing for war, after all, whether General Song has confidence or not, the facts are there, and everyone knows it, so there is really no need to ask more. What's more, he also deliberately emphasized in his words that the other party was too powerful, which was quite a suspicion of increasing the anger of others and destroying his prestige.

But how can a person who can become the commander of an army at a young age be mediocre? The reason why he asked this question was to give General Song a chance to show his determination in front of everyone, so as to further enhance his morale!

General Song was already experienced in a hundred battles, and he quickly understood the intention of the governor.

I saw that his expression suddenly became extremely firm at this time, and he deliberately raised his voice and said fiercely:

"Dudu, don't hide it, although I Chen Cang is solid, but after all, the enemy is outnumbered, so the last general does not dare to be ten percent sure of repelling the enemy, however, the last general has already set up a coffin in the city, if one day, the sky does not fulfill people's wishes, then the Wei thieves will attack the city. The last general can't guarantee anything else, but the day the Shu army breaks the city must also be the time for us to be loyal to Your Majesty! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone around them suddenly felt that their blood was surging, and they all echoed loudly:

"The last general is willing to die for my Shu Kingdom and for the Governor of Dadu!"

Seeing this, the Governor of the Light Year was very satisfied, and he turned to face the crowd and continued to say aloud:

"Good! Have a lot of ambition! If you have such an ambition to break the kettle, why worry about something big not happening!? But you don't have to worry too much, Ben Shuai is here to tell you a good news! His Majesty has personally issued an edict and ordered another 20,000 elite soldiers from the counties of Shuzhong to rush to the aid of Chen Cang! Now that reinforcements are on the way, as long as you can hold on to Chencang for a month, the reinforcements will arrive soon! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, and there was a little more hope in their hearts, and the worries and worries that were originally alone in the lonely city were also reduced a little at the same time.

So they shouted in unison again:

"We will definitely stick to Chen Cang! Your Majesty's mercy has been repaid! ”

"Good, good!"

The young governor smiled and nodded, and said yes in his mouth, and then he turned around again, and once again looked at the billowing smoke in the distance.

At this time, the sparkle in his eyes and the smile on his face disappeared quietly.

Staring into the distance for a moment, he whispered in an inaudible tone:

"The white bones are exposed in the wilderness, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. The people are left behind, and the thought breaks people's intestines......"

The poem slowly fell from the city walls.

Beyond the thick smoke, over the scorched earth, and over the corpses of countless civilians, it finally drifted to the Great Wei military tents scattered outside Chang'an......