"Prime Minister, I see that you have built seven or eight hundred trebuchets in the army, and you can get mountains and rocks in the area of Longxi, why don't you use trebuchets, maybe the little Shangqi City has already been breached. ”

The big tent of the Chinese army, Feng Zhou asked Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang sighed: "Guo Huai is really a masterpiece, very good at defending the city, and this moat is cleverly positioned, our army's trebuchet can not stand on the ground, and the distance is too far, the stones thrown fall to the head of the city, it becomes the end of the strong crossbow, but it has become their weapon to defend the city." If I attack the city with trebuchets, I am afraid that our army will not yet conquer Shangti, but they will be killed and injured by the stones they have thrown, so in order to prevent this, I would rather not use trebuchets. ”

"I see, that's a pity. ”

Feng Zhou said regretfully.

In fact, although Feng Zhou personally used the strategy of luring the enemy to defeat thousands of Wei soldiers, it also shocked their psychological defense. After this battle, the Wei army retreated to the city on all fronts, and no longer dared to go out of the city to meet the battle.

Guo Huai retracted his fist, which caused the siege to be unfavorable.

After all, the army around Zhuge Liang was only more than 20,000, while the Wei army led by Guo Huai was 25,000 people.

The so-called ten are encircled, five are attacked, and multiple is divided. Now that the enemy has an advantage in numbers and a geographical advantage, Zhuge Liang can contain Guo Huai's westward route with 20,000 troops, which is already very remarkable.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, now that our army has blocked the westward advance of the Wei army, with the strength of Ma Chao, Wei Yan, Gao Xiang and others, all the resistance forces of the five counties of Longxi can be completely wiped out in these days, and by that time, the five counties of Longxi will all belong to the Han Dynasty. Zhuge Liang comforted.

"The prime minister's words are reasonable, but I still want to rely on the current strength in my hands to conquer Shangqi as soon as possible, otherwise when Cao Zhen's army presses up, our army may be attacked by the enemy, and if it is 'blossomed in the middle' by this Guo Huai, it will be a bit troublesome. Feng Zhou said.

In fact, judging from Zhuge Liang's plan, it is very safe. As far as the current point of view is concerned, the five counties of Longyou, hundreds of thousands of people have belonged to the Han Dynasty, as long as Guo Huai and Cao Zhen after the blockade for a period of time, when Ma Chao, Wei Yan, Gao Xiang three armies return to the division, they can be broken in one fell swoop, then the entire Guanzhong will also be under the prying eyes of the Han army, and the Wei Emperor Cao Pi will have no power to fight, once the Han army marches eastward, and the troops out of the Kei Valley Zhao Yun Division, Cao Pi can only abandon the city and flee, return to Luoyang, and hold the Hangu Pass.

When Zhuge Liang saw Feng Zhou's expression, he asked, "I wonder if Your Majesty has any plans to break the city?"

Feng Zhou said with a smile: "I am a little anxious to break the city, so I came up with some new weapons. ”

"New weapons?"

Feng Zhou nodded and said: "Yes, when I was in the street pavilion, I looked at Zhang He's army from afar, and I thought that if there was a thing, it could catch fire after throwing it, and once it was thrown into the enemy army on a large scale, the enemy would definitely collapse, so I thought hard all the way to no avail, and then I saw the trebuchet, and I suddenly became enlightened." ”

"I want to hear about it. Zhuge Liang hurriedly asked.

"From the burning of Xinye to the burning of Chibi, how to set the enemy on fire is the most critical, fortunately, I have thought of a way, and I have pondered it for the past few days, and it has already yielded results. ”

"This is hollow pottery, which contains a fire starter, which is lighter and can be hit far. Feng Zhou took a fist-sized clay pot from the side and sent it to Zhuge Liang: "This kind of pottery is thrown by a trebuchet, and after it falls on the top of the city, it will be broken, and the enemy can no longer use it, and the ignition in it can spontaneously combust." Ma joins the army, you come and open the mouth of the can, take out the contents and take a look. ”

Zhuge Liang was very surprised, and Ma Jian hurriedly walked over, and after giving the salute, he carefully opened the seal of the hollow clay pot.

As soon as he opened the seal and took out a cloud of flocculent, a faint white smoke came out, and then it became an open flame, igniting the flocculent and illuminating Ma Tan's eyes.

A pungent smell then permeated the big tent, and Ma Tan was suddenly choked, and he couldn't help coughing.

"Your Majesty...... Cough...... Cough...... cough ......" Ma Jian coughed while desperately covering his mouth, nose and eyes, but he couldn't stop his nose and tears from flying.

"The spontaneous combustion of this hollow pottery equipment is only one percent of its own, so it just chokes Ma Youchang, if it is installed enough, the entire big tent will be filled with smoke, and everyone will be hit. ”

Zhuge Liang frowned for a while, and hurriedly arranged for someone to open the tent door, but his face showed a happy expression, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty Shengming, but at this time, after all, it is a small road, if Your Majesty indulges in this......"

Although he was admonishing, he was smiling, and he was obviously in a very happy mood.

Feng Zhou said with a smile: "What the prime minister said is right, I keep it in mind, but this matter is not created by me, but when the first emperor ordered the craftsman Pu Yuan to make the eight swords of the Han Emperor, I was young, I had secretly gone to see, and I had seen Pu Yuan's fire technique, so I thought of these by inference." Prime Minister, please rest assured, my heart is like iron and stone, I am determined to be in the world, and I will never dare to forget. ”

When Zhuge Liang saw Feng Zhou say this, he stood up, bowed and said: "Your Majesty has great ambitions, Liang occasionally offends, fortunately, Your Majesty is open-minded, and the minister is inexplicable." ”

After a period of peace between the monarch and the minister, the two sat down again, and Zhuge Liang asked: "There is something given by His Majesty, and the minister already has a wisdom pearl in Shangqi City, but I don't know what Your Majesty has to teach me?"

Feng Zhou waved his hand: "With the prime minister in command, and the princes have been on the battlefield for a long time, what else do I have to worry about? I just need to lie down now and wait for the prime minister to break through Shangqi." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled, very pleased with Feng Zhou's knowledge.

Since the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang has done everything himself, and has put the art of war into practice from his mind in actual combat, and Feng Zhou, as the emperor, rarely bothered him.

After all, he is the king of a country, if he really commands the battle, he, Zhuge Liang, as a courtier, can he contradict him in such a military matter?

But people are just so hands-free and power-free, such a deep sense of trust, of course Zhuge Liang can feel it, and he can't help but feel the death of a confidant.

Of course, Zhuge Liang is the commander-in-chief, and he also has his own arrogance, if the emperor is responsible for everything, then what's the use of him as a prime minister?

He turned his gaze to the military general Wenchen who had been making wooden statues under the tent, and said: "Your Majesty blocked the street pavilion, and used his body as a bait to find out the situation in Shangqi, and then, it is time for me to fight to the death and conquer Shangqi City!"

All the ministers of civil and military affairs agreed in unison, and everyone was excited.

Zhuge Liang quickly arranged military affairs and ordered to build a mound of earth under the city of Shangqi, which was a routine operation for the siege of the city, and there was nothing unusual. Guo Huai didn't take it too seriously, just routinely sent crossbowmen to block and harass. The Han army had huge shields and siege carts as cover, and although the shooting of the Wei army at the head of the city caused some casualties, it did not have much effect, and they could only watch the mounds of earth rise one by one.

Guo Huai of Shangtai City did not think that the Shu Han army could launch those hundreds of trebuchets at the same time, because the terrain was limited, so many trebuchets were placed on a limited position, and the trebuchets in the back were too far away from the city wall, and they might exceed the range, and the fundamental method would hit the city wall.

Otherwise, Shangtai is in the middle of Longshan, and it is easy to take stones, if you can use trebuchets to attack the city, Zhuge Liang will already use it.

But the facts are beyond his cognition, since the trebuchet was invented in the Battle of Guandu, there are countless wise men who have improved it, and Zhuge Liang is one of the best.

The trebuchet made from his drawings could be driven hundreds of paces away, and even if throwing a stone at the top of the city would be the end of a strong crossbow, with the hollow pottery, this problem was solved.

Soon hundreds of trebuchets were installed, and rows of tall trebuchets were densely arranged, and the scene was absolutely thrilling, making anyone present unforgettable.

Therefore, when Zhuge Liang gave the order to attack the city, stones and clay pots poured into the city like hail, and after those clay pots were broken, they suddenly burst into flames, which completely stunned the defenders of Shangqi City and also broke Guo Huai's confidence.

On the same day, Guo Huai killed himself with a horizontal sword, and the rest of the civil and military officials tied their hands and went out of the city to surrender.

Shangtai City was attributed to the hands of Ji Han.

When Cao Zhen, who was marching all the way, received the news, he shouted directly and almost fell off his horse.

Ji Han completely sealed the gate of Longxi, and the five counties of Longxi and Liangzhou were all owned by Ji Han.