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Taihang, Wangwu two mountains, seven hundred miles away, high ten thousand, in the south of Jizhou, north of Heyang.

After Qin and thousands of Xintian people bypassed the foothills of Wangwu Mountain, the mountains became more and more undulating, the roads gradually narrowed, and the mountains dominated the sky, and a sheep's intestine path full of thorns and shrubs, where jackals howled and foxes lived, winded forward.

This is the important channel of Taihang Mountain: the road. 轵者, the end of the axle, the road owner, means that this road only allows one car (car) to pass. So the team stretched out for miles in front and back, like a long snake crawling in the mountains.

In normal times, this kind of road is extremely difficult to walk, let alone the rainy season at the end of June?

Ten days ago, Qin set out from Xintian, all the way from the bottom of the Qin River valley to the top of Taihang, where it passed, the mountains and mountains, the waterfall was turbulent, it was really dangerous. Coupled with the sparse and sparse rain, the soldiers felt that they were about to grow moss, and they only wanted a dry place to rest for a few days.

However, their first destination was finally reached, and that was the stone fortress that straddled the peaks: Yiguan.

Guancheng is located on the pass ancient road of the left high mountain and the right deep ditch, the terrain is dangerous, although there are only a thousand people left, but it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is impossible to open.

This place belongs to the Han family, but in the eyes of Ji Qin, although the six Qings are like the six countries, they are all the courtiers of the Marquis of Jin, with his identity as the Sima of the army, or the subordinate of the Shangjun Zuo Han Buxin, with the tiger talisman, the scepter and the customs clearance document, it is not difficult to pass this pass.

However, what Ji Qin never expected was when he climbed to the pass with his guards. But he ate a slap in the door.

"Doctor, you should bring a letter first." They were able to drive up the mountain pass under the push of the soldiers, and the Han family's retainer Duan Gui had an ugly appearance. Lying on the stone pile, he smiled at Ji Qin and said, "In that case, we can send someone to escort us." In these years, the safety of the mountain road is not as good as before, although you have so many people with you, I don't know what you want? ”

Duan Gui looked behind Ji Qin, because the pass was narrow, his army stayed halfway up the mountain, and he saw the banner in the distance.

Ji Qin didn't have so many requirements, he just hoped that Han would open the door quickly. Let him lead his troops to "convey the meaning of the monarch" to the Zhao family.

However, Duan Gui refused with a smile.

Ji Qin was furious: "Bold Han retainers! Open your eyes wide, look at this banner, look at this scepter and axe, I came with the king's order, could it be that the Han family plans to disobey the order and plan to rebel against the Jin? ”

Duan Gui smiled: "The doctor is serious, I am just a small retainer, how dare I have such courage." Unfortunately, it has been raining heavily these days. The road behind the gate was washed away by the flood and stone flow, and the doctor was afraid that he would not be able to get through, so it was better to return the same way and borrow the road from the Zhao family. What is it like to enter from the Fukou Road outside the Mengmen Pass? ”

Qin was furious, he was originally the party of Zhongxingyin, but now he has taken refuge in the ruling Zhibo. Although it has not yet been announced, Ji Qin already knows. Zhibo secretly changed his previous attitude and prepared to contain the Zhao clan's power. How can he borrow from the firstborn? What's more, according to the latest news, Mengmen was in danger, and after the Zhao family swept through Hanoi, he actually sent someone to take Fan's captured doctor Fan Wei to defraud him, which was a dead end for Qin, who knew the party of the Bank of China......

He raised his head and yelled and threatened: "I am on the mission of the monarch and want to go to Hanoi to mediate the chaotic war between the Zhao family and the second secretary, and you actually stop me, this is the crime of destroying the family!" ”

Duan Gui was unmoved.

In fact, when the battle in the east was almost fought, the Zhi clan sent someone to intervene in the name of the Marquis of Jin to stop it, and Zhao Wuxian had already expected it. He specially negotiated with Han Hu after conquering Fan and Gong, and wanted to send a reliable retainer to guard the main road Yidao, Yangjiban and other places, and strive to prevent the passage of troops from the west before August.

Although Duan Gui acted according to orders, Zhao Wuxian's bold attitude and radical actions made him frightened, which was equivalent to standing on the top of Taihang and shouting to the west: Whether there is war or peace east of Taihang, it is up to the Zhao family to have the final say, whether it is the Marquis of Jin or the ruling power, it can't be controlled!

Looking at the 5,000 Qin men and horses stationed halfway up the mountain, Duan Gui could only pray for a few more rains, so that they could not attack brazenly. His mission was not to let these people pass through the border and attack the interior of the Zhao Han River, because the soldiers and personnel there were all drawn to attack Chaoge......

Duan Gui had never experienced the battlefields of Qinshui, Fan, and Gong, so naturally he couldn't make an intuitive judgment, but he thought that Han Hu's move was a bit risky with common sense.

He muttered: "The gentleman is still too young and too loyal, because he was broken on the battlefield, causing Zhao Qing to be injured, he has always felt guilty, and he is willing to accompany Zhao Wuxian to do this kind of thing that ignores the king's order and governs." In this way, Zhao Han has greatly offended Xintian's side, and if the ruling supports Fan and the Bank of China, and the first disaster is determined, the Han family may not be able to get rid of the relationship...... The honor and disgrace of the clan are all tied to the Zhao family, is this really good? I don't know, what's going on on the war over there? ”

With Duan Gui's clever mind, he can't think of any quick way for Zhao Wuxian, looking at the world, there has always been no quick way to attack the city, let alone breaking the city in July, even if it is delayed until winter, it is possible to delay until next year!

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As early as mid-June, half a month after breaking through the Gongcheng and Fan Ji shooting and self-immolation, the Zhao and Han coalition forces attacked under the Chaoge City after resting for a few days.

Chaoge is located in the yin of Qishui, as the former capital of Yin Shang, here was once "mostly defenseless", there is an inner city but no outer Guo, no city wall was built, because of this, King Wu of Zhou was able to take the elite of the Zhou people to defeat the Yin people in the battle of Muye, continue to advance, destroyed Dayi Shang in one day, and Chengtang 600 years of society was destroyed in one fell swoop.

When the rebellion of Wu Geng was pacified, and Wei Kangshu was sealed here, he learned a lesson and repaired the outer Guo outside the inner city, of course, at the technical level at that time, it was actually a high earth weizi of one or two or three zhang, so when the Di people went south, Chaoge was taken down without much effort.

It wasn't until a hundred years ago, after this place fell into the hands of the Fan family, that Chaoge was really managed, and it was reinforced and expanded many times, making it a fortified city east of Taihang by the Fan family, and it was also the base camp of the family.

So when Zhao Wuxian led the army to arrive, under the sunset, he saw such a scene:

This capital is large in scale, surrounded by 10,000 acres of fertile and fertile fields with green millet poles, the Qishui River in the east is a dangerous obstacle, and the remaining veins of the Taihang Mountain in the west are used as a barrier, and the ancient city wall of Chaoge is majestic and magnificent, like a jade seal covering the north of the Hanoi Plain.

Even Zhao Wuxian, who was bent on conquering here, couldn't help but praise: "Poetry and words are thousands of miles away, and the people are stopped, it is true." ”

The mobile encyclopedia Xiang Lu added as if reciting: "The pilgrim means singing the dawn, welcoming the rising sun, thriving, and prosperous." Some people also say that the king sits in the song of the deer platform, the song and the evening dance, the new sound of the music, hence the name of the song. ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "However, in the eyes of the ministers, today's Chaoge people don't have this graceful and hedonistic mind. ”

Yes, the trees that used to be a sight outside the city have been cut down, the houses have been burned down, the wells have been filled in, or dead sheep and chickens have been thrown into it to pollute. The great city is now three times a day, and it is ready to meet the enemy and hold on.

Zhao Wuxian looked behind him, after the battle of Gongcheng, the casualties were collected, and there were still more than 10,000 people in the Zhao and Han armies who could fight again, and after converging with Zhao Guangde, Yangjirong and others who went north again from Jianjin, they were close to 20,000 troops. In addition, there were also 10,000 people over the age of seventeen who were recruited from Wen County, the Han Clan's territory, and Fan, and the Gong, and these people were unable to fight without training, so they could only do some heavy work.

The mighty 30,000 people cleared several satellite towns of Chaoge, and then set up scouts dozens of miles away, and set up a defense line of thousands of people along the coast of Qishui. At the end of summer, the water was turbulent, and Fan's Xiaoyi on the other side did not dare to cross the water to rescue, but they could not help but take precautions.

Without worries, you can attack the city with all your might, but this song city is still very difficult to attack.

From afar, Chaoge leads the clear Qi water as a moat, surrounding it like a jade belt. The outer part of the city wall is about five zhang high, the top width is also five zhang, and the base thickness is seven zhang! The city wall is more than 1,000 zhang wide from east to west, and more than 2,000 zhang long from north to south! It is indeed a fortified city of "thousands of households".

Fortunately, Fan Jishu has already exhausted the soldiers of this city, and he has been lost in several major defeats. It is estimated that there are only more than 2,000 soldiers who fled into the city with Zhong Xingyin, plus more than 1,000 guards in the city, plus new recruits from the north bank of Qishui, a total of no more than 6,000.

But the trouble is that there are many Chaoge accounts, not to mention that there are many people who have fled from all directions. According to the spies, all the old and weak women and children were driven to the north bank of Qishui to avoid wasting food, and men over five feet old were intercepted. As a result, there are still 30,000 or 40,000 people in the city, but all those who can walk and carry their bags are threatened by Zhang Liushuo, the governor of the city, with Zhao's soldiers' penchant for breaking the city and killing them on a large scale, mobilizing them to help with the garrison work and pulling up the city wall to make up the number.

Counting up, the number of defenders of the city even exceeded that of the siegers, and the art of war was surrounded by ten clouds, so this battle was not very easy to fight.

30,000 people was indeed not enough to surround such a big city, and after encamping and enclosing the south wall and the southwest and southeast corners of the city, the commander Zhao Wuxian held a military meeting.

They originally planned to use tricks to lure the defenders out of the city, but Zhong Xingyin and Liu Xiang were all defeated under him, and they learned the unfavorable lesson of the field battle, so they defended the city to the death, and ignored the big gap deliberately exposed by Zhao Bing.

Zhao Wuxian said with a smile: "It seems that the enemy has made up his mind, thinking that we can't break the city quickly, and we have to defend it to the death, two or three sons, can there be a plan to break the city?" ”

Everyone in the tent fell into deep thought, the two armies are facing each other, especially when attacking the city, strategy is not omnipotent, in the final analysis, strength is the foundation that determines the victory or defeat. Just like the remnants of the Erqing in the city, like a turtle with a shrunken head, no matter how lured they are, they just refuse to go out of the city, and if they don't go out of the city, they can't defeat it, they can only attack hard. In the end, there are only a few methods commonly used in attacking cities in this era, which are nothing more than ant attachment, siege gates, building earth and mountain attacks, fire attacks, digging tunnels, or building fortifications for a long time.

But which one should you use? (To be continued.) )