Just as Zhao people thought, after the Liang soldiers rested in the Wei army camp for three days, the Wei army, which reached more than 200,000 after successfully joining the army, came to Handan City as scheduled. Wei Hou's purpose this time was really Handan, the capital of Zhao State, and at this time, the Wei people no longer hid anything.

In order to appear under the city of Handan this time, Wei Hou obviously did not have anything to hide, he had been preparing for a long time, from the front of him, in the past few days, Wei Hou's handsome tent came and went many generals and captains, and even lit lamps to discuss matters, these are also in the Wei camp The royal family and ministers can see with their own eyes, at the same time, the miscellaneous servants and people in the army are also busy going in and out, all kinds of carts are flowing endlessly, and the smoke of cooking in the camp is also non-stop for three days, obviously this is a big battle that Wei Hou attaches great importance to. In the long run, Zhou Bian believes that this is definitely the largest military operation since the current Wei Hou took the throne, and the first time this Wei Hou shot was a field battle with South Korea and Zhao for revenge, only one battle was divided into winners and losers, and Qin was mainly held in Hexi, and Chu only had a little contact, and last year's attack on Han Capital Xinzheng and the current comparison seems to be just a show, and then the defeat of the Qi army is only a field battle, not a pursuit, it can be seen that this time to approach Handan, it is definitely premeditated for a long time, It is even no exaggeration to say that perhaps Wei Hou has been planning major events since he took the throne.

Looking at the black pressure around him, the boundless Wei soldiers rushed north like an ant tide, Zhou Bian thought about it while casually talking to Ning Yue beside him. As expected, this time, the Marquis of Wei also invited the royal family and ministers to watch the battle together, and more than 100 guards of the royal family surrounded the Son of Heaven's car, and under the escort of the Wei Wushu, they followed the Wei army to Handan.

The fire began to be lit before dawn, and the Wei army camp was ten miles south of Handan City, and it was more than eight o'clock in the future, and a dark male city appeared in front of him, so that Zhou Bian immediately turned his eyes to the eyes. At the same time, because he got up early and didn't have time to eat breakfast, Zhou Bian also began to enjoy meatloaf and millet porridge in his luxury car.

In this way, while stuffing things into his mouth, he chatted with Ning Yue about Handan City, and the army was getting closer and closer to Handan.

This Handan city is the third capital after Zhao Guoguo, it is built by Zhao Jinghou on the basis of the original Xingcheng, it has only been more than 20 years, it is still a new city, but this city is a new capital of Zhao State, it is naturally very tall and strong, and the facts have also proved that in addition to being broken by Wei once, Handan has resisted several Qin army sieges, and protected Zhao for decades. And these two huge cities several feet high and miles wide are also the second among the cities that Zhou Bian has seen since he came to this world, and the first place is naturally the Great Liang City of Wei that is still under construction.

In the real history of later generations, the Wei army broke through Handan but besieged it for a year and a half, and built a low city outside Handan City to surround Handan, and after cutting off the contact between Handan City and the outside world, it took a huge amount of energy and cost to break through, so Zhou Bian did not think that Wei Hou could break through Handan within this year, and even thought in his heart that maybe Zhao Guo's army attacking Lingshou would be able to force back the Wei army, and even let Wei Hou suffer a small loss.

Slowly, closer to Handan City, you can see the banner on the city wall, such as Lin's spear set up on the city wall, it seems that the Zhao people have made full preparations, but the Zhao army did not go out of the city to fight a decisive battle, obviously to defend the city.

Finally, one mile away from the south gate of Handan, Wei Jun suddenly stopped, and the sound of neat footsteps turned into silence within a few breaths, and the huge contrast actually startled Zhou Bian, so that Zhou Bian and Ning Yue couldn't help but walk out of the car.

Standing in front of the carriage, I saw that the Wei troops around were forming a queue and binding themselves under the shouts of their respective generals, which was also one of the official procedures of war in this era of cold weapons.

Soon after, there were young generals of the Wei army in front of him to invite him, and the Marquis of Wei was invited, so Zhou Bian, accompanied by Ning Yue and Fan Yu, changed into a chariot and drove forward accompanied by thirty strong royal guards.

came to the forefront of the team, only to see a neat row of flags, more than a dozen chariots lined up, and the one in the middle was naturally Wei Hou's car, under the guidance of the young general, Zhou Bian's frame drove to Wei Hou's side, driving side by side.

Driving together is a matter that only exists between peers, and this detail actually caused several Wei generals to be dissatisfied, and their eyes widened, of course, Ning Yue and others were also dissatisfied, but they didn't dare to write it on their faces. However, Wei Hou had a good face, looked at Zhou Bian and smiled,

"Zhou Jun! This is Handan City in front of you, the capital of Zhao State. ”

Hearing Wei Hou say suddenly, Zhou Bian was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't figure out what Wei Hou meant, so he had to echo casually, "Yes, yes." ”

"Does the king remember the banner that the widow raised before leaving the division?"

Zhou Bian shook his head, but Ning Yue behind him said directly, "Back to Wei Hou, Ning remembered that Wei Hou swore that he would save Zhongshan Kingdom. ”

"Yes, do you know why my army doesn't go to Lingshou but comes to Handan?" Wei Hou stroked his beard and smiled deeply.

This next week, Bian Ning Yue and the others shook their heads, "I don't know." ”

"This is to save Zhongshan, he Zhao attacked Lingshou, and our army surrounded Handan, forcing him Zhao Jun to give up Lingshou, then the siege of Zhongshan was immediately resolved."

"Wei Hou makes a big move!" Ning Yue praised with his hand.

"According to the report of my spies, Zhao Guole Zuo, who attacked Lingshou, has already withdrawn five days ago." I only heard Wei Hou Yangtian laugh a few times and then said.

"Marquis Wei deserves to be the chief of the princes, he really deserves his name!" Ning Yue gave up his hand again.

"Haha! I know, in fact, you must be thinking in your hearts, since the siege of Lingshou has been lifted, why am I still attacking Handan today? Wei Hou said with a smile.

"Wei Hou must have a deep meaning, Ning doesn't dare to imagine it." Ning Yue bowed his head and replied.

"I don't dare to say the deep meaning, but the few people think, this Zhao State disobeyed the king's order and attacked Zhongshan without authorization, if it is just a retreat, then how do the princes of the world view the king, and how do they view Wei as the prince and uncle?" Wei Hou's expression became solemn, and he continued, "Therefore, the widow will fulfill the responsibility of the uncle, train the princes for the Son of Heaven, and let the Zhao State pay the price for his disrespectful royal family, and let those princes with different intentions know that with Wei Mou, those who do not respect the king will be punished!" ”

Wei Hou's voice was fierce, as if he gritted his teeth and said, which made Zhou Bian bow his hand again and again, "Wei Hou is mighty!" ”

Wei Hou smiled lightly, turned his head to look at the tall black city in front of him, stretched out his right index finger, shook his finger and pointed to the south gate of Handan, and said in a firm tone, "So, I will break Handan!" ”

Zhou Bian didn't know what to say next time, he was stunned there, Ning Yue was also stunned for a while, but then he arched his hand and said, "Then Ning is here to congratulate Hou Ye on his victory!" ”

Ning Yue turned out to be a slippery head, but the victory did not say that he broke the city, in fact, he had already expressed what the royal family thought, but Wei Hou was in high spirits, how could he notice this detail.

I saw that Wei Hou laughed a few times, "It's a lot of good luck!" ”

But he turned his head to Zhou Bian again, waved his hand and asked the soldiers around him, "How does King Zhou view my Wei soldiers?" ”

"It is said that the Wei soldiers are invincible in the field, and they are naturally the first male soldiers in the world!" This time, Zhou Bian reacted and quickly sent a compliment.

"Haha! Ha ha! Wei Hou laughed several times again, "The number one male soldier in the world!" Thank you, Your Majesty, for your name! Zhou Bian also regretted it a little when he heard it, and it was difficult to think about whether it was right or wrong for a while.

Unexpectedly, Wei Hou's face changed, "It is said that the Wei soldiers are invincible in the field, so naturally it means that my Wei soldiers can't attack the city?" ”

"Don't dare, the Wei army takes Hexi in the west and Daliang in the east, and all the responses are strong countries, and the Wei army is also the first to attack the city." Ning Yue hurriedly followed.

"Hexi and Daliang did not have a big city at the beginning, so the hundred victories won by Wu Zi were all field battles." Wei Hou said in an unquestionable tone, listening to Ning Yue's busy thinking of the words of response in his heart.

But I saw Wei Hou lower his head again and said a little mysteriously, "But this time, I want to ask the king to see if my Wei soldiers are the best in the world." ”

After saying that, without waiting for the royal family and ministers to reply, Wei Hou raised his head and laughed loudly, and Ning Yue had no choice but to laugh a few times.

After laughing, he heard Wei Hou wave his hand and order, "The young general of the former army stepped forward and shouted the city!" ”

Shouting the city is to scold, that is, to flaunt the justice of the war launched by oneself, this is the characteristic of the times, Zhou Bian has long been surprised, but Zhou Bian also knows that no matter what the result of the scolding is, the offensive and defensive battle of Handan City has officially kicked off.

I couldn't hear what was being scolded in front of me from afar, but when I saw that the last Wei army general was facing the arrows shot from the opposite city gate and had to return, I don't know if it was Wei Hou or where he had shown his intentions, hundreds of thousands of Wei soldiers actually shouted together, "Drink!" Drink! Drink! ”

After each shout, there was the sound of weapons knocking, neatly, so the momentum was huge, and even Zhou Bian could clearly feel that the morale of the Wei army rose all of a sudden.

After the young general returned to the team, Wei Hou did not immediately order an attack, but after a few orders were passed down, he turned around and approached Zhou Bian again, and Zhou Bian did not hear the previous orders clearly due to the slight distance.

I only heard Wei Hou smile and said, "Please Zhou Jun go upstairs with me to watch the battle!" ”

Upstairs? Zhou Bian couldn't react, so he didn't answer in time.

Wei Hou didn't care, but smiled and waved his hand behind him. Zhou Bian turned around at this time, but saw that ten zhang away behind him, three or four wooden high-rise buildings had been erected, these wooden buildings were actually five or six adults high, built with wooden frames, on the top was a one-zhang square platform, there were railings, there were already several Wei soldiers on the high platform raised a big flag, is fluttering in the wind. It turned out that in the process of Wei Hou speaking and scolding in front of the city gate, the craftsmen in the Wei army had already assembled several high platforms.

This made Zhou Bian have to admire, with the high platform, the entire battlefield situation is clear at a glance, it is easy to grasp the overall situation, and it is convenient to give orders, and even can be level with the opponent's tower, and the opponent's condescending advantage can be offset a lot, it is true that it is the wisdom of the ancient working people, I thought that it would appear later, such as the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, but I didn't think that it would be there at this time. It's just obvious that it can be seen that Wei Hou attacked Xinzheng in the first place for the sake of Shuwei, otherwise he would definitely erect such a high platform, and this time it was obviously serious.

"Please, King!" Wei Hou was very satisfied with Zhou Bian's surprised attitude, and after waving his hand, he took the lead in getting off the chariot and walked towards the high platform behind.

After all, it was difficult for the horse chariot in this era to turn around, and all such a short distance still had to be walked to, so Zhou Bian immediately jumped out of the carriage with the support of Fan Yu, and led Ning Yue Fan Yu and several personal guards to follow Wei Hou and a cadre of Wei generals to walk backwards.

Approaching, Zhou Bian saw clearly, the original high-rise building is a layered structure, each floor is only more than one person high, a total of five floors, each floor is connected by a card slot, Zhou Bian can understand at a glance that this is assembled on the spot, but it is exquisite and convenient, I think it is a recent period of time to Wei Hou brought by the skilled craftsmen carefully made, you can refer to it in the future.

There are a total of three high platforms, in the shape of a zigzag, Wei Hou took the lead in the first one, three Wei generals followed, and Zhou Bian also boarded the same Wei Hou under the arrangement, but only Ning Yue and Fan Yu followed, and the rest of the guards were stopped under the high platform. The rest of the Wei generals ascended to the other two high platforms.

The high platform is a circle of spiraling stairs, only one person can pass, there are guardrails outside the stairs, Ning Yue is in the lead, Zhou Bian is in the center, Fan Yu is behind, the three of them followed Wei Hou and others to climb up, Zhou Bian noticed that in addition to the pillar connection between each floor is very in place, even the guardrail and the stairs are connected in place, all the surfaces are polished very smooth, Wei people are really willing to work hard, a wartime high platform is almost painted.

Standing on the high platform, the breeze blows, look around, look around, look around, really open your mind, heroic and proud, the south gate of Handan in front of you no longer need to look up, there is a great sense of pointing out the country, so that Zhou Bian sighed.

Wei Hou is accustomed to it, immediately to the Wei general next to the command, the latter shouted down, on both sides of the high platform also Wei general waved the flag, it seems that the Wei army has begun to use the flag language to command, in the past Wei soldiers gave the impression of good training, now showing the superb command art, it seems that the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period is indeed the first peak of war art in ancient China.

Looking around, there is a huge army of black pressure, one phalanx after another, it seems that there is no edge, there are countless hundreds of black spots in the phalanx, and the Wei soldiers next to it are like ants surrounding the leaves, it is a large siege equipment, it should be indispensable to build a car, a cloud car, a car and a lemon car, etc., etc., when Zhou Bian's eyes fell on some tall equipment, he could no longer move away.

It was the largest of all the siege equipment, and although it was at the back of the line, far apart, it was still clear that dozens of people were assembling it, and what had been assembled were two tall supports, some people were driving piles into the ground, and others were carrying long giant logs, which seemed to be loading. Two brackets, a long lever, a pull rope at one end, and a pocket at the other, isn't this a catapult?

Zhou Bian stayed there all of a sudden, a large catapult that should have appeared in the Song Dynasty appeared outside Handan in the middle of the Warring States Period, originally thought that the Wei people would not pay attention and would not quickly accept new things, but I didn't think that Wei Hou would really build it, or more than a hundred. For a while, Zhou Bian's heart was like turning over the river and the sea, regret, anger and other emotions surged up, but it didn't take long for Zhou Bian to be pressed down, if he didn't get this kind of catapult, Luoyang might be broken, and he would have become a vassal completely, at least now there is a Luoyang City in his hand, at least the catapult is better than gunpowder or something, if it was gunpowder, Zhou Bian didn't dare to imagine, and the super powerful Wei Hou would not be far from unifying the world.

In an instant, Zhou Bian thought so much in his heart, and suddenly a "huh" sounded in his ears, and when he turned his head, it turned out that Fan Yu had also found a catapult, and he was stunned, and he couldn't close his mouth anymore, and when he looked at it again, Ning Yue was also a little surprised, but among the three monarchs and ministers, Ning Yue should be the most calm.

"Huh!" Poof, this is Wei Hou laughing.

"Zhou Jun only saw it now? Also, these catapults were transported from the girder, but fortunately they were wrapped in cloth all the way and were not noticed by the Zhao people, so they came out. Wei Hou said calmly.

"I saw it in Luoyang at that time, and I didn't think there was anything surprising, last year I let the girder craftsman make a frame to try, and it was really powerful, so the craftsman made one hundred and eighty frames, and sent it from the girder. Later, Zhou Jun will be able to see the majesty of my Great Wei catapult, haha! ”

In the midst of laughter, Wei Hou couldn't help but pat Zhou Bian on the shoulder, "With the help of this sharp weapon, it just inherits Zhou Jun's auspicious words, my Wei army is attacking the city, the first in the world!" ”

In the laughter, Wei Hou didn't pay any attention to the faces of Ning Yue and Fan Yu Tieqing on the side, and he didn't mention that these catapults were made with the help of the drawings of the Zhou Room, so Wei Hou's face did not have the slightest sense of guilt after stealing.

And this is the Warring States where strength is respected.