Hearing Zhang Yuan's heroic words, thinking back to how Zhang Yuan was brave and strategic, defeated the powerful Dong Zhuo, and forced himself to surrender, the newly surrendered Zhang Ji was full of emotion in his heart, and his eyes showed a stronger look of admiration. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the same day, Zhang Yuan raised an army of 30,000 and marched south to take Chang'an.

At this moment, Dong Zhuo has shrunk all the troops in the Central Plains, sticking to Chang'an, Zhang's army went all the way south, the soldiers did not know the blade, and several cities such as Keyan Ling, within three days, the soldiers entered the front line of Chang'an.

Within a few days, Zhang Yuan ordered Ran Min and Zhang Ji to lead the iron cavalry division to sweep away the outer counties and complete the siege of Chang'an City.

According to the detailed information in Chang'an, Dong Zhuo's soldiers who stayed in Chang'an still had 7,000 people.

Zhang Yuan's army of 30,000, nearly five times the strength of the army, was enough to capture Chang'an, the only thing that made Zhang Yuan jealous was that Dong Zhuo was on the front line of Wancheng in Nanyang, and there were still 6,000 troops.

Dong Zhuo was originally to guard against Han Sui, and ordered Zhang Ji to lead 6,000 elite soldiers to guard Wancheng.

According to the detailed information, Dong Zhuo has sent an envoy to Nanyang to summon Zhang Ji back to Chang'an.

Once Zhang Ji's new force arrives, he will be able to form a horn with Dong Zhuo's main force in Chang'an, and at that time, if Zhang Yuan wants to concentrate his forces to attack Chang'an, it will be difficult for Chang'an.

Once Chang'an could not be attacked for a long time and dragged to Yuan Shao's unification of Hebei, Zhang Yuan's originally smooth situation would be reversed.

Zhang Ji's troops must not be allowed to leave Nanyang.

After resting for two days, Zhang Yuan summoned his subordinates to discuss the strategy of entering Chang'an in the south.

Zhang Yuan consulted with the strategists, and then used Gao Gong's strategy to send the big fool of Touch Long to Liangzhou again, and persuaded Han Sui to send troops north to attack Nanyang, and be sure to drag Zhang Ji's troops so that they could not return to Chang'an.

After the plan was agreed, Touch Long then took a tongue and a huge amount of money, and went straight to Liangzhou by taking a small road.

Zhang Yuan temporarily stood still, besieged Chang'an but did not attack, and waited for news from Nanyang.

Ten days later, the good news finally came back from the south.

Touching the dragon really lived up to his expectations, and with a three-inch incorruptible tongue, he took advantage of Han Suixiao, and persuaded Han Sui to raise tens of thousands of troops to go north and go to fight for the land of Nanyang, which should have belonged to him.

As soon as Han Sui sent troops, it meant that Nanyang's 6,000 soldiers and horses were dragged down and could no longer rescue Chang'an.

At this moment, Zhang Yuan finally relaxed his heart, and he could rest assured and bold, concentrate all his forces, and launch a siege of Chang'an.

Chang'an City is strong and well-fed, and Dong Zhuo is a martial artist, even if he can rest assured that he can attack boldly, it will not be able to be captured in a short time.

Zhang Yuan was ready for twelve points of patience.

He started the army, and in less than four days, he built two walls around Chang'an, which is equivalent to building two new city walls outside Chang'an, in order to cut off the connection between Chang'an and the periphery.

Yingchuan, where Chang'an is located, is a rich land, and there are several tun fields, in addition to Chang'an, the grain accumulated in the counties is also extremely rich.

Zhang Yuanbing has a wide range of generals, strong morale, no worries, and a rich Yingchuan, which can fight and support the war, and has no worries about grain and grass logistics.

When the army besieged the city, hundreds of "heavenly thunder cannons" were also continuously transported to the front line of Chang'an.

This kind of heavenly thunder cannon is actually a trebuchet, and after Mo Zhai's improvement, the range and power have been greatly increased, and the power of the siege has been greatly improved.

Every time this trebuchet fires, the hesitant thunder roars, shaking the heavens and the earth, so it is named "Heavenly Thunder Cannon" by Zhang Yuan.

As early as a month ago, Zhang Yuan had ordered Mo Zhai to supervise the production of this thunder cannon on a large scale in the rear, only for today's siege.

After the siege was completed, Zhang Yuan built a platform around the city, placed hundreds of heavenly thunder cannons on the earthen platform, and then began to bombard Chang'an City.

With the advantage of going to the platform, coupled with the range bonus of the Sky Thunder Cannon itself, its attack range is doubled, and the huge stone projectile can easily hit the city, and even can cross the city and shoot into the city thirty or forty steps away.

The bombardment began, day and night.

Under the non-stop bombardment day and night, within a few days, the houses within 30 steps of the first line of the city wall were all destroyed into ruins, and the city wall of Chang'an, which was several zhang thick, was also bombed into potholes, cracks were everywhere, and several city towers were also blown down in half.

The soldiers and civilians of a city, under the bombardment of this stone bullet, did not dare to show their heads all day long, and could only huddle under the cover all day long.

After seven days of bombardment, Zhang Yuan decided to give the Chang'an army and civilians another heavy blow to the spirit.

At dusk that day, more than 10,000 soldiers rode on foot, approaching the north gate of Chang'an.

The Zhang army besieged but did not attack Zhang Jiu, and today finally put on an attitude of attacking in a big way, which immediately made Dong Zhuo alert, and immediately led more than 3,000 soldiers and horses to the north gate, preparing to meet the attack of Zhang Jun.

Zhang's army did not attack in a big way, and 10,000 troops lined up outside the range of the enemy's crossbows and crossbows, waiting solemnly.

Under the uneasy gaze of thousands of enemy troops in the city, Zhang Yuan, under the escort of Ran Min, led more than 100 cavalry and reached the moat with his head held high.

Zhang Yuan did not intend to storm Chang'an, the reason why he came today was still to fight a psychological war.

Surrendering without a fight is the best policy.

Zhang Yuanying shot at the enemy city from a distance, facing the eyes of countless Li Jun at the head of the city, took a deep breath, and said: "Listen to the defenders in the city, Liangzhou Han Sui has already sent troops to Nanyang, and your General Xiahou's 6,000 reinforcements will not come, so you will die of this heart." ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Jun at the head of the city was suddenly in an uproar.

Dong Zhuo's face also sank, and deep disgust swept through his eyebrows.

In fact, he already knew the news of Han Sui's troops, and he also knew that Nanyang's 6,000 soldiers and horses were dragged and could not come to the rescue.

But in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Dong Zhuo concealed this unfavorable news in case the morale of the army was hit.

Externally, Dong Zhuo only kept declaring that his general Xiahou had led 6,000 elite soldiers on the way to come, so that the soldiers mustered up courage and stood for help.

Thousands of defenders, most of them believed Dong Zhuo's lies, although they were surrounded, but thinking that there was still a support army outside, their morale would not be so low.

Dong Zhuo never expected that Zhang Yuan would come to such a hand, and he would appear directly in front of the city and expose his lies with his own mouth.

Zhang Yuan's words shattered the illusions of Sergeant Li, and they were shocked, and they looked at Dong Zhuo one after another with suspicious eyes.

The lie was exposed, and a trace of embarrassment instantly flashed across Dong Zhuo's face.

The embarrassment only disappeared in a flash, and Dong Zhuo immediately shouted: "You have to listen to his nonsense, he is deliberately disturbing our military morale, and I assure you that General Xiahou's reinforcements are on the way, and in a few days, they will be killed under Chang'an City." ”

Dong Zhuo was still lying, trying to continue to be deceived, but his confidence was not very strong.

When Li Jun heard his words, he didn't believe it anymore, and the doubts and worries in his eyes lingered for a long time.