"Boom!" A stone bullet missed, flew over the city wall, and hit a house in the city.

In the city gate tower, Zhang Lu looked back at the stone bullet that hit the house, and at the same time felt helpless.

Liu Bei's army of 50,000 arrived at the city of Hanzhong for three days, and the city was not attacked in the afternoon, but Guan Yu and other fierce generals showed off their might under the city, and then set up a large camp outside the east gate of Hanzhong City. But the next day, Liu Bei's army began to attack the city.

More precisely, Liu Beijun began to attack the city with trebuchets.

Seeing the power of Liu Beijun's trebuchet, Zhang Lu finally understood why Chenggu County fell so quickly.

In particular, the enemy army has trebuchets with a range of more than 600 paces, how can Chenggu County resist it?

However, Hanzhong City is not comparable to Chenggu County.

Hanzhong City is high and deep, that's not to say play, the moat outside the city is directly used in the Han River, its widest point can reach 260 steps, and the narrowest part has more than 100 steps.

Of course, the most important thing is that the city wall of Hanzhong City is ten zhang high and five zhang thick, and the stones used in the construction of the city are all quarried from the strongest bluestone in the Qinling Mountains.

With such a strong city wall, no matter how powerful Liu Beijun's trebuchet is, if he wants to blast the wall of Hanzhong City out of the gap, without the kung fu of March and May, he will continue to bombard day and night, which is not delusional.

And three or five months later, it's winter!

At that time, did Liu Bei retreat from the army, or continued to stalemate outside Hanzhong City?

Therefore, for the trebuchet in Liu Bei's army, Zhang Lu was only apprehensive about its power, but he was not worried that the trebuchet would break through the city wall. However, in the past two days, this trebuchet has caused great casualties to the soldiers and civilians of Hanzhong City.

Liu Jun's trebuchet is not only powerful and long-range, but also has a good accuracy. In the past two days, the soldiers stationed on the eastern city wall suffered many casualties, all of which were wounded by stone bullets thrown by Liu Jun's trebuchet.

However, no matter how good the trebuchet is, there are times when it makes mistakes.

Therefore, in Hanzhong City, the dwellings in the east of the city near the city wall suffered with it.

In the past two days, Liu Beijun has been bombarding the city wall with trebuchets, but he has not reduced his soldiers to attack the city. Even, the enemy did not even make a move to fill the moat. This made Zhang Lu and Yang Song faintly uneasy.

……

Equally deeply disturbed were the merchants who were stranded in Hanzhong City.

The war came too suddenly.

In other words, no one thought that Zhang Lu would be so unhelpful, and he was beaten to Hanzhong City by Liu Bei.

Many of the caravans did not leave in time and were stranded in the city.

In Hanzhong City, the originally bustling streets are a little bleak at this time, and pedestrians can rarely be seen on the streets.

The people know that the war is already on the way, who dares to run around the streets if they have nothing to do?

Occasionally, people pass by, and most of them are patrolling Hanzhong sergeants, patrolling the streets.

Of course, there are also some business travelers who are in a hurry, but they don't know what is urgent.

The caravans were stranded in the city, and those who had shops naturally stayed in their own shops, and those who did not have shops in Hanzhong City could only stay in inns, inns, or wine stores.

Therefore, during this time, the business of inns, inns and liquor stores was the most prosperous.

In the inns, inns, and wine shops, there are many business travelers from the south to the north, and it is also very lively.

"Uncle Liu Huang personally led an army of 50,000 to besiege the city, it's been two days, just using trebuchets to bombard the city wall, but there is no siege move, when will it be a head like this?" During the business trip, someone drank a few glasses of wine, and when he was bold, he couldn't help but complain.

In fact, at this time, there were not only patrols in the city who wanted to arrest people wandering around the streets, but also among wine shops and inns, and it was also strictly forbidden for business travelers to spread unfavorable news. The patrol patrolled not only the reception, but also the liquor stores and guest houses.

However, if you have a few more drinks, you will still complain about it sometimes.

After being stranded in Hanzhong City for so many days, they have lost countless amounts of money, can't they still complain a word or two?

"You're not bad, the goods you brought to Hanzhong are basically sold out, just waiting to return to Jingxiang."

"I'm going to Shu County, but now I'm stranded in Hanzhong City, and the money consumed every day is a trivial matter, but if this batch of goods is delayed, it will be useless!" There may be acquaintances among the business travelers at the same table, and some people are connected.

It is difficult to go to Shu and it is difficult to go to the sky.

Therefore, many business travelers will take a trip to Shu County in the autumn, which is the last trip to Shu to do business in the year.

However, now these merchants stranded in Hanzhong City are unlucky, they are all stranded in the city, and those delayed goods, if there are not easy to preserve, it is really a loss.

The topic was opened, and for a while, these merchants stranded in the city were complaining.

……

In the wine shop, the voices of people are noisy, but you can still hear the movement in the east of the city.

From time to time, the stone bullets smashed on the city wall, each time it was a loud noise, and it was difficult for the merchants in the wine shop not to hear it.

Especially in the wine shops closer to the east of the city, the business travelers are also a little panicked.

But whenever there is a war, these merchants are stranded in the city, and it is nothing more than the loss of some money and goods. But after the city was broken, if the military discipline of the besieging army was slack, their caravans would not only lose some money and goods.

I think that when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou for the first time in Xuzhou, didn't the Qingzhou soldiers under his command do the business of slaughtering cities?

As a result, the business travelers who had complained began to talk to each other, asking about Uncle Liu's temperament and the military discipline of the soldiers under his command. It is a matter of life and death for everyone, and the merchants can't care about the ban in the city.

Of course, the doors of these liquor stores have long been closed by the owners of the liquor shops, and even sent men to guard behind the doors.

The ban in the city, during the war, whether it is the people in the city or the business travelers, it is strictly forbidden to spread the news.

However, if it is discovered, the more serious ones can be corrected on the spot. These people spread the news in the wine shop, and if they are caught, they naturally have no good fruit to eat, but can they get rid of it?

Therefore, the owner of the wine shop is helpless.

When the caravans complain, when they spread the news, he has to take the lead for them!

……

"Unexpectedly, before the autumn, Uncle Liu Huang was beaten by Cao Sikong in Xuzhou, and when he turned his head and entered Hanzhong, Uncle Liu Huang was able to show his might and beat Zhang Hanzhong in one fell swoop." Several businessmen sighed.

Business travelers are all from the south to the north, and some people have fixed routes, and they have not been to Qingyou and Hebei and other states and counties.

However, there are so many business travelers in the wine shop, and many of them are business travelers from Qingyou and Hebei four states.

Of course, there may be some people among them who are deliberately spreading some news.