"Sonorous ~" The counterweight stone fell heavily, and the cannon was raised high. A huge amount of potential energy lifted a boulder and flew through the air at a very high speed. In an instant, the stone slammed down on the city wall, making a dull and loud sound.

It was a day in late March 270, and it had been five full days since Xicheng was besieged by heavy troops.

In late January of this year, after getting the exact news that the entire division of the Jingzhou Corps of Eastern Wu was advancing westward and the Yangzhou Corps was dividing its troops to the south. Under the repeated requests of many clans, Sima Yan ignored the opposition of Pei Xiu, Jia Chong and others. The Jin army besieging Xicheng was increased again. 10,000 Jingzhou troops, 10,000 Yangzhou troops and 10,000 Chinese troops were successively transferred into the three counties of Weixing. By mid-March of that year, all reinforcements were in place. Sima Jun had an army of 60,000 in his hands, and finally had the ability to storm Xicheng.

"Kill~~"

After two rounds of attack by the trebuchet on this side, and the trebuchet on the wall was hit with increasing precision. Yang Zhao, the former enemy commander of the Jin army in charge of the siege, drew his sword and pointed forward, and tens of thousands of Jin troops shouted in unison, either pushing the siege tower, or carrying a ladder, and began to run quickly towards the four gates of the west city.

"Jin Rebellion is coming up again! Archer! ”

"Huh~~!"

The fierce siege has been going on for five days. During these five days, Luo Xian took an average of less than two hours off a day. With such a high-intensity defense of the city insisting on this, he was a little unbearable.

"Hey, this place in Xicheng is a rare flat land with a large area in the three counties of Weixing, and it is of course excellent to take this city as the center and dominate the three counties of Weixing. But if you use this city to defend, it's really a bit of a loss. ”

Since Xicheng is located in the core of the flat Ankang Basin, the surrounding terrain is flat. For the besieging side, as long as the troops are sufficient, it is completely possible to attack all four gates.

Sima Jun had about 60,000 troops on his side. After handing over 10,000 people to Hu Lie and Gou Xi to chase down Zhang Hu and others, there were still 50,000 under Xicheng City. According to Liu Hong's suggestion, the Jin army's attack was to attack at the same time. Although this greatly dispersed the troops, it also caused the 7,000 defenders in Xicheng to not get a good rest. Therefore, with the passage of time, the physical strength of the Xicheng defenders has declined rapidly, and Yang Zhao, who is responsible for leading the troops to attack the city, obviously feels that in the past day or two, the counterattack strength of the Xicheng defenders has been much weaker than the previous two days, at least in terms of momentum.

"Hey! Shuhe's method of exhausting soldiers is really effective, although the casualties of our army in the first two days were a little larger, but the last general is convinced, as long as he persists. By the tenth day, the battle losses between the two sides would gradually be equalized. ”

In the camp of the Jin army, the main generals at all levels sat under Sima Jun and summarized the siege situation in the past few days. Although the Jin army has only two records of attacking the city in the past five days, overall, everyone is still relatively optimistic.

"Good, it's just that this king wants to ask, what are the casualties of our army in the last five days of continuous siege?"

"This ......" Xun Kai hesitated slightly, but still stood up: "King Qiqi, five days of siege of the city, a total of more than 5,300 people were killed, more than 2,000 people were seriously injured and could not return to the battlefield, more than 7,000 people were slightly injured, and more than 300 people were missing. ”

"What?" Although as a son of a family, Sima Jun will not care about the lives of civilians. But these soldiers are different, when they set off from Luoyang, Du Yuankai told them everything: These veterans are the seeds of the country's armed forces, and it is a pity to have one less. These recruits have only been training for a year, and they are just getting a little bit of an elite look, and if they are gone, I will have to train the newcomers from scratch...... So your lord, watch out for casualties!

"My lord, although there have been some casualties in the past few days. But there is no doubt that the balance of victory and defeat has gradually tilted in our favor. At this time, there shall be no mercy of a woman. As long as we persist in the four-gate attack of this intensity for another five days, the decline of Wei Wei will be inevitable. At this time, it depends on who is more patient and who can hold on to the last breath! If you give up at this time, those soldiers who died a few days ago will die in vain! ”

“…… Hey, okay. It's just that the military medical officer must do his best to treat the wounded, and if he can save one, it is one. ”

"The king is sympathetic to the soldiers, and we dare to disobey my fate."

"Well, don't put a high hat on this king, the casualties here are too great. is to take down Cao Yi's head, and His Majesty and the young master will not let go of this king when they go back. That's it, let's put this matter aside for the time being, anyway, what happened to Xuanwu and Dao General? ”

"The King. In the past two months, our army's grain routes have basically remained stable. There are some cases where a number of grain ships have been damaged by enemy attacks. But overall, the expected grain will reach at least eighty and a half percent of the city of Xicheng. ”

It should be said that on the battlefield of the logistical line, Hu Lie and Gou Xi's work was still fruitful: although there have been battles between the two sides almost every day in the past two months, the scale of battles of more than 1,000 people on both sides is very rare, and the beheadings between each other are only one or two levels, and the number of tens of levels in the sky. However, Gou Xi's method of tracking the enemy's traces and taking the initiative to attack did cause great restrictions on the guerrilla attacks of Zhang Hu and others. After a few months, the grain route of the entire 60,000 Jin troops was generally safe and stable. This is Gou Xi's victory.

"Well, by the way, is there any news from Jin Cao's side? Are there any new reinforcements on the side of Shu thief Hanzhong County? ”

"The subordinate just confirmed with the people who entered Cao yesterday. The Golden City of Shu Thief Hanzhong County did have a force of several thousand people stationed there, but no anomalies were found so far. ”

"Hmph, although this king doesn't know soldiers, he also knows what the Shu thieves are thinking. Don't you just want to use Xicheng as a grinding plate to drain the vitality of my Great Jin and Wei Rebellion, and then they can come to pick peaches? Sure enough, the Shu thieves from the big-eared thief to the Zhuge villager to this Guan Zifeng are all raccoon dogs! ”

"Hahaha, king, although the Shu thief thinks he has a plan. But if we don't make a move at this time, we will take down Xicheng. The last general said a big thing, although the sons and daughters under his command worked very hard to shoot all kinds of birds from Xicheng, but it was really difficult to guarantee that the things that flew out at night were completely shot. Therefore, we do not dare to guarantee a complete lockdown of this West Side message. But that's the case, the army of the Shu thieves in Hanzhong has not moved at this time. That's either the guards in Xicheng are too confident, or the Shu thieves in Hanzhong are too timid! In short, if the army of the Shu thieves has not moved at this time, even if they leave the whole army tomorrow, it will be too late to arrive in this Xicheng. ”

"Hahahaha~~ Good, in this way, as long as the grain road remains stable, our army will definitely be able to capture Xicheng. Everyone's hard work! If you can really take the head of Cao Yi, a thief, this king will return to Luoyang and personally ask for a reward for you, which will definitely satisfy you! ”

"Dare not to dedicate yourself wholeheartedly to Dajin!"

……

At the same time, inside the city of Xicheng.

"King Qi Wei and General Wei, in today's battle, our army lost 353 people killed and 285 seriously wounded. Minor injuries 6003 people. Six people are missing. In addition, the casualties of the people who came to the city to help defend the city also exceeded 500. ”

"Hiss~ Today's casualties are almost twice as many as yesterday's!" It was not Luo Xian who said this, but Cao Yi. And Luo Xian was also frowning at this time, very distressed.

"The Jin army has sufficient troops, divided into eight teams, and the four gates are constantly attacking. As a result, our soldiers did not get enough rest. The longer it drags on, the greater the casualties of our troops. ”

"General Wei, how can Jin Rebellion have so many soldiers? Xiao Wang has walked around the four gates of the city in recent days, and a rough estimate is that it is no less than 50,000. With so many soldiers, how do they maintain their food routes? The former general is outside, did they encounter an accident? ”

"Your Majesty, please be relieved, for a few months, the Jin army has not brought General Zhang and other generals to the city to boast about themselves. This shows that several generals are still alive and well, at least for now. But it is undeniable that they must have encountered some trouble, and the attack on the Jin army's grain road was not particularly successful. ”

"That ......"

I really didn't expect the terrain in Xicheng to be so conducive to the attackers. It seems that the Haikou that he boasted in front of Da Sima before is still a bit big.

With a long sigh, Luo Xian said to Cao Yi: "The king can rest assured, in the opinion of the foreign ministers, even if the Jin army continues to maintain such a high-intensity siege, our army can still hold on to the same strength of defense for at least five days." After that, if the Jin army can still attack the city so disregarding casualties, the losses of our army will definitely increase, but at least it can hold out for more than ten days. ”

"That's fifteen days. And what about fifteen days later? ”

"Hehehe, my lord, I have a large army in the Golden City. Speaking of which, at this time, some people should have been there too. Come on, pass the loft to the loft in! ”

……

March 28th, late at night, Hanzhong, Golden City.

"Report ~~ Two generals, Xicheng Flying Pigeon Spread!"

"Huh? How did you send a letter so quickly? I thought it would be May. ”

"Hehehe, it seems that Ling Ze has also encountered a hard battle on the Xicheng side. It's okay to send troops early, and you will return to Longxi long ago. I've been thinking about Yao Ke's head for a long time. ”

According to Guan Yi's order, Wu Qiao and Laiqing, who led 10,000 Longxi legions to the Golden City at the east gate of Hanzhong to garrison for nearly three months, looked at each other and smiled, got up together and entered a secret room.

"General, General Wei sent an urgent message. We are required to launch an attack on the outskirts of the West City no later than ten days at the latest. ”

With the voices of Wu Qiao and Lai Qing, a thin and tall figure in the dark secret room slowly turned around. It was Jiang Wei who sneaked here from Chang'an.

"Oh, I'll just say it. Luo Ling was still a little too confident. A city like Xicheng that sits on the plain is not a city like Yong'an that leans on the mountain and faces the river on the other. It's hard to defend. Well, two, the things that the old man asked you to do before have all been done, right? ”

"How dare you delay the general's order. The 10,000 Longxi legions, divided into twenty batches, infiltrated into the mountains of Weixing County one by one. In the past two months, 16 batches of 8,000 people have been scattered. There were only 2,000 people left on the Golden City's side. ”

"Good, there must be a Jin Kingdom's march Cao to inquire about it from time to time on my Golden City. Only in this way can we be surprised. However, since Ling Ze has already sent a letter asking for help, then these two thousand people should not sneak out quietly at night. In this way, play the banner of Zhang Bogong, the general of the chariot and cavalry, and march east with 2,000 people! ”

"No!"