Wuguan Guancheng is built on a relatively flat high ground between the canyons, the north depends on the high Shaoxi Mountain, the south is endangered to be a desperate stream, the river water is surrounded by east, west and south three sides, the city is out of the center of the river, it is built into a square with soil, the east and west each open a door, and the roll hole is covered with bricks and stones. The four ridges in the east of the city are high and steep, not allowed to ride together, shield the Wuguan and choke the friends of Qin and Chu, according to the danger of mountains and rivers, it is the link between Jingxiang and Wuyue in Chang'an.

The Tang army gave up the south of Chang'an, and the 10,000 troops defended Wuguan, knowing that this was the last place that could threaten Yang Chong, and once Wuguan changed hands, it would be difficult for the Tang army to recapture Wuguan through the Siling Dangerous Road. Yang Chong and Zhuge Quan ran away, not just to boost morale, but the seven disciples sent by Feng Qiquan brought five hot air balloons, which was the crystallization of Yang Chong and Zhuge Quan's wisdom, Yang Chong's tactical concepts and design ideas, Zhuge Quan used the principle of Kong Ming Lantern to improve, Feng Qiquan and Fang Chou failed more than 20 times before succeeding.

Meng Kunpeng, Shan Xiongxin, and Kou Jiuhui went through dozens of trainings before they mastered the essentials according to Yang Chong's instructions, and Feng Qi's seven disciples were the first batch of test pilots. Zhuge Quan chose the day when the wind was southeast and launched an attack, five colorful hot air balloons were raised, in addition to the Taoist priest driving the hot air balloon, each balloon also had a student of Mozhuo Academy and two officers of the Perak Battalion; The honor of being able to go to heaven is not the turn of the soldier at all, and the ten chief and deputy hundred commanders took the initiative to undertake the task.

The narrow defensive line of more than 400 meters turned out to be beneficial to the defenders, and no matter how many troops attacked, they could only put so many men and horses at a time, which became a refueling tactic; But when the five hot air balloons flew to the Wuguan City Tower and threw the thunder from above, Feng Li and Xue Wanche, who had made meritorious contributions, were dumbfounded, and the city tower continued to explode, and the corpses quickly piled up into a mountain, which could not form a limited defense at all, and in less than an hour, the Hexi Army climbed the city tower.

Five balloons began to bomb the reinforcements of the Tang Army, and the main general Wang Changxiang, who came on a war horse, had too obvious a target, was chased by two hot air balloons, and dropped six heavenly thunderbolts, and was stunned on the spot. Tang Jun's fear was infinitely grown, thinking that God was helping the other party, and they turned around and fled to the east gate for their lives; Lei Yongji, the general of the cavalry, couldn't stop shouting, and finally shouted more than 300 soldiers, ready to rush to Xichenglou for reinforcements, but saw that the banner of the Hexi Army was already fluttering on Wuguan City.

The defeated army was like a tide, Xue Wanshu was surrounded by the swarming Hexi soldiers on the city tower, Feng Li rushed down the city tower, and was about to escape, but was hacked to death by Zuo Nandang, who had just rushed into Wuguan; Lei Yongji could only rob Wang Changhuan and escaped, and the Tang army that squeezed down the mountain stream on the mountain road exceeded 1,000, and more officers and soldiers lost their weapons and knelt down to surrender. On the city tower, Xue Wanche was captured after a long battle; The surrendered Don army amounted to seven thousand people.

Yang Chong breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Zhuge Quan and smiled, and after tossing for more than half a year, it finally came to fruition; Yang Chong ordered the three armies to be commended, and after a day's rest, Xiang Shanzhi and 5,000 horse infantry troops were left to guard Wuguan, and the army withdrew to Chang'an. One day to capture Wuguan, the fast horse sent the news to Chang'an in advance, the city was shocked, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army has been weakened to this point, no wonder Guanzhong will become Yang Chong's world.

On the day Yang Chong entered Chang'an City, all of Yang Chong's commercial houses in Chang'an announced their reopening at the same time, and to the surprise of the magnates and the common people again, the discounted goods in each store were all books, and the latest edition of "One Hundred Thousand Whys" compiled by Shannan Academy, "Mozi Science" compiled by Mozhuo Academy, and "Health Preservation" compiled by Daye Medical School were placed at the forefront.

The back row is miscellaneous books, the first is Yang Chong, Jiang Fei co-wrote "Jianghu Ji", the manuscript has long been circulated among the powerful, was recommended by Yu Shinan as the first idle book of the Great Sui; Du Yan's "Notes on Observing the Sky" talks about the feeling of watching the starry sky at night in the past few years, and there are many fantasy scenery descriptions; The score "Eight Voices of Liangzhou" compiled by Yuan Xiren, Yuwen Wen, and Pei Shenfu is twenty fine songs from the Western Regions and Liangzhou, including Yang Chong's "Like You".

The books are beautifully bound and clearly printed, and all six books are beautifully illustrated, and the tone of the exposition is similar to that of spoken language, which is easy to understand and illustrated; The most important thing is the price, in addition to "100,000 Whys" with nearly 30,000 words and a price tag of 100 articles, the other five books are all 48 texts, and they are discounted by 7% today.

The books were almost sold out, Wei Yi, Yuan Hongzhao and others walked through the shops and were dumbfounded, "Liangzhou Eight Voices" was originally the least favored book, if it weren't for Yang Chong's insistence, Yu Wenkai would not want to publish it, but the sales were so good that they were terrifying, just as Yang Chong guessed in advance, the Qinglou in Lefang and Pingkang were almost snapped up, and they didn't look at the price at all, I am afraid that even if it is twice as expensive, it will be sold.

At the same time, there is also a "Chang'an Daily", which is issued by the editorial department of Chang'an Daily led by Wei Yi, with eight cents a copy, divided into four pages: news, finance, poetry and books, and entertainment, and the news introduces the war situation in various places and the actions of the government in Chang'an. Below the article is Wei Yi's comment, saying that Li Tang did not take the lives of the people to heart, and Guanzhong should focus on economic development and self-reliance in the future.

The poetry book version is the article of Liu Xuan, Yang Wang, Kong Yingda and others, representing the various remarks of the scriptures; The financial edition is a financial analysis of various places written by Fang Xuanling, Zhuge Quan, and Cui Chu; The entertainment version is Yang Chong and Jiang Fei's serialized "The Battle of Red Cliffs", Sun Simiao's health serialized "Taijiquan", Li Chunfeng's column "Arithmetic Fun Questions", and Wei Yi's "Crossword Puzzle" written by himself.

Wei Jie was setting up a banquet at home for Wei Jin to practice, and he got the "Chang'an Daily" sent by the housekeeper, and he didn't squeak for a long time; Wei Jin, Sima Caizhang, Wang Gong, Wang Kui, Yu Zhining, Pei Shouzhen, Pei Ning and others circulated it once, and Wang Gong praised it and said: "Good thoughts. Not to mention the novelty of the newspaper's approach, Yang Chong, Yang Wang, Zhuge Quan and others personally caught the knife, which gave people a sense of idleness, increased the credibility of Wei's article, and made people look forward to the next issue. ”

Yu Zhining asked in a deep voice: "Brother Wang, do you think you can publish an article in Chang'an Daily?" ”

Wang Gong smiled: "Wei Yi found you? ”

Yu Zhining nodded and said: "Wei Yi has followed Yang Chong for a few years, and now he also has the face of a profiteer, one is that there is a manuscript fee, and the other is that if the article is good, it will be written into a book separately in the future." ”

Everyone who studies scriptures hopes that their articles can be known to the world and become books and passed on, and Wei's offer obviously finds Kong Yingda's weakness.

(End of chapter)