Chang'an, now sitting in Chang'an is Luo Dingyuan, the commander of the Hanzhong reinforcements. As Lin Shucheng said, although this Luo Dingyuan is arrogant, his ability is still good.

Therefore, after Lin Shucheng handed over the power to him, Luo Dingyuan did not think that he could control the situation in Xiyongzhou alone, so that the current decadent situation has improved.

Therefore, although Luo Dingyuan took the lead in presiding over the overall situation of Chang'an, he did not despise Lin Shucheng. He knew Lin Shucheng's ability, otherwise, the king of Hanzhong would not have always had scruples about Lin Shucheng.

After Luo Dingyuan led the affairs of Chang'an, he immediately consulted with Lin Shucheng and began to appease the hearts of the soldiers in the city. However, the people's hearts were moved, and the effect of appeasement was not obvious, especially when the Zhao army was in the city, and the soldiers in the city were even more worried. You must know that the defenders of the eastern cities were forced to die by these generals in Chang'an.

Although it is said that he is defending the city to the death, he will not surrender to the death with the Zhao army. However, these soldiers knew in their hearts that the rumors that were coming out of the city should be true, and the testimony of some people confirmed the truth of the rumors at once. Although Lin Shucheng and others were wronged, half of these rumors were indeed true. Therefore, Luo Dingyuan spent several days just to rectify internal problems. When he completed the rectification of the internal defenders of Chang'an City, he found that Chang'an was now besieged by the Zhao army on all sides.

Although the Zhao army did not forcibly build camps around Chang'an, the Zhao army occupied all the prefectures and counties around Chang'an, except for the west. In the west, although Xianyang and other places are still in the hands of the Han army, it is precisely this side that the Zhao army stationed in this town completely cut off the connection between Chang'an and the west.

Luo Dingyuan also sent troops out of the south of the city. Strike westward to get to the point of staying connected to your surroundings. It's a pity that the Han army in Chang'an City didn't come out, and as soon as it came out, the surrounding Zhao cavalry began to act. The combination of the Zhao army and the Han army was difficult to match. Three battles in a row, trying to break through the interception in the west, but were defeated by the Zhao army.

It wasn't until the heavy rain in Chang'an that Luo Dingyuan's attack stopped. And the actions of the Zhao army around Chang'an also seem to have begun to slow down. Due to the heavy rain, the two sides entered a short period of lull.

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Outside Lantian County, the Zhao army was still standing in the heavy rain. The flags that were originally flying were also glued together because of the heavy rain. Zhao Kang gently pulled the horse's head, the first horse walked to the front of the army, shook the horse's head vigorously under the crotch, shook off the rain accumulated on the mane, and "snorted" and snorted dullly. The whole world seems to be squeezed by this pounding rain, which is extremely depressing.

The cold rain dripped down the front eaves of the armor, confusing the eyes of the officers and men of the three armies.

Zhao Kang glanced at the soldiers of the three armies, and suddenly slammed the reins of the mount under his crotch, and the mount suddenly raised his head and neighed in pain, and the person stood up, and jumped to the ground with the help of the war horse for an instant. Zhao Kang struggled to draw his sword and raise it high above the top. Suddenly, he slashed forward.

"Siege!"

The rapid beat of drums resounded muffled in the rain, and the three thousand hoplites of the three battalions, who had been waiting for a long time, roared wildly. Carrying a large shield and carrying a ladder to forge ahead, like a rolling iron stream that has broken through an embankment, it swept towards the enemy city in front of it. Among the forbidden army in Zhao Kang's town, the heavy infantry is only about 3,000 people in these three battalions. At this moment, they became the main force in the siege. At the same time, Zhao Kang also hoped to use this to let the Han army see how powerful Zhao Jun was.

Of course, the most important thing is that because of the heavy rain, many siege equipment, defense equipment and some combat methods cannot be used, and the damage to the heavy infantry is light. Otherwise, Zhao Kang would not have let these heavy infantry become the vanguard of the siege.

The three thousand hoplites were followed by five thousand archers. At this moment, the longbow has been removed from the shoulder, and the sharp arrow is already on the string. As long as the leading officers give the order, they can show their sharp fangs at any time and attack the enemy.

"Damn! Zhao Jun is really ready to attack in the heavy rain! As soon as Ma Qing, the Lantian guard, heard the sound of the Zhao army's war drums, he understood that the Zhao army was preparing to attack. Ma Qing's eyes suddenly showed a strong murderous intent, and the other thoughts in his heart were suddenly thrown out of the clouds. The only thing that made him feel unhappy was that because of this rainstorm, they would lose the deterrence of fire oil as soon as they defended the city, and the difficulty of defending the city would be greatly increased. Now, though, they have no choice. As a defender of a place, dying on the battlefield may be his fate.

The attack of the Zhao army also made the generals who had previously advised Ma Qing to let the soldiers defending the city return to the camp to avoid the rain. They also didn't expect that Zhao Jun would really attack in the rainstorm.

"Qiang ......"

In the harsh sound of metal grinding, under the gaze of the guards, Ma Qing, the Lantian guard, slowly pulled out the long sword at his waist. Two steps forward, he stepped out of the enemy tower, came to the city wall, and shouted: "Fight! ”

"Battle...... War...... On the wall of the battle ......", the soldiers of the Han army suddenly shouted violently, completely hiding the sound of rain in the roar of the soldiers. The siege soldiers of the Zhao army gradually approached the city wall, and the strong murderous aura was permeating and agitating up and down the city tower, in a hurry. The Zhao army that rushed to kill was already within the range of the defenders' archers!

"Shoot the arrows!"

Ma Qing shouted violently, raised his heavy sword high and slashed down, and the archers standing on the city tower pulled their bows and released their arrows. In an instant, a large area of dense rain of arrows had swept up from the top of the city, mixed in the torrential rain. The enemy troops who were rushing towards the outside of the city fell overhead......

"Boom Boom ......"

The defenders' arrows were shot at the Zhao army, and the front was the Zhao army's heavy infantry with shields to resist, and even if the rear was shot at the Zhao army's heavy infantry, it was difficult to inflict casualties on the heavy infantry of the Zhao army. It has to be said that the heavy rain also reduced the power of the arrows, and the soldiers of the Zhao army did not slow down the speed of advance because of the accumulation of arrows.

"Archers fight back!"

"Heavy infantry don't stop, continue to move at full speed!"

Officer Zhao Jun roared bitterly, giving military orders to the soldiers around him.

The 3,000 heavy infantry suddenly quickened their pace and rushed towards the enemy's city as fast as they could, while the 5,000 archers who followed behind stopped their footsteps at a distance of an arrow and formed a scattered firing formation. Start shooting at the enemy archers in the city.

"Woo Woo ......"

In the screeching sound of sharp arrows piercing the air, some soldiers continued to fall down with wails, but the soldiers on the ground did not show the slightest cowardice because of this, let alone stop shooting arrows. Whether it was the Zhao army or the Han army, at this moment, they couldn't care about the robes around them, but kept shooting the arrows in their hands as the most important.

"Bang...... Bang...... "The ladders of the ...... began to lean towards the top of the city, and the hoplites began to climb upward. Without the oil of fire, the greatest threat to these soldiers has been removed. Of course, the boulders and logs smashed down by the defenders were still lethal to the siege soldiers.

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The rain was pouring down, and Luo Dingyuan and Lin Shucheng in Chang'an City gathered together, their faces were heavy.

"Lord Lin, judging from the current situation, all the four counties in our south have been lost. In other words, the north, east and south of Chang'an are now the jurisdiction of the Zhao army. Only in the west can we stand on our feet. I don't know what Lord Lin has about the situation in front of him, but what is his opinion? Luo Dingyuan said to Lin Shucheng with a dull face.

"Insights? What insights can you have! Lin is in trouble now, and the soldiers in the city are extremely dissatisfied with me. I've tried all these things, but in the end I'm powerless to turn things around. My two disciples also died in Gaoling City and Weinan County respectively. Now, what else can Lin do? Lin Shucheng said with a bitter face. He finally got the detailed news that Qiao Xuan, the guard general of Weinan County and his little disciple, died at the hands of the rebellious army. The operation of Feng Yifu in the north also failed, and everyone involved in the operation was also killed by Zhao Jun.

Luo Dingyuan said in a deep voice: "Lord Lin's plan this time almost succeeded, even among Zhao Junzhong, why not be afraid of this afterwards." Lord Lin, it is precisely because your disciple died on the battlefield that you should take revenge for this, rather than remembering the past. Now we are trapped in the city, although there are more than 30,000 soldiers in the city, but the defense of Chang'an City alone is enough for us to deal with. ”

"General Luo, now, we can only hope that Xianyang and other western regions are still in our hands, and hope that the reinforcements from the Luo Army of Jingzhou and the Shu Army of Hanzhong will arrive as soon as possible. Otherwise, we will only be afraid of what we are capable of now...... If it weren't for the lack of troops here, I wouldn't have let the soldiers fight to the death to stall for time. ”

"At the beginning, this official persuaded the king to see that the troops of Hanzhong to defend the southern front were transferred to Yongzhou in the west to resist the Zhao army, after all, in comparison, the Zhao State is our enemy. If the King of Shu didn't want his north to face the attack of the Zhao army, he wouldn't have made a move on Hanzhong easily, but now ......" said, Lin Shucheng couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

"Lord Lin, the king has now drawn reinforcements from Hanzhong, and in addition, the reinforcements of the Shu army have also begun to march north, what we need now is to stick to the place, and not let more cities and counties fall into the hands of the Zhao army." Luo Dingyuan frowned and said.

Lin Shucheng sneered: "Now? It's late! Today's heavy rain, I don't know what the Qinling area in the northwest of Jingzhou and the first-line road in Hanzhong are, you should know very well that the roads that our reinforcements need to pass are more difficult than the Zhao army from north to south and from east to west. Such heavy rain can only delay the arrival of our reinforcements. Perhaps, before our reinforcements arrive here, this is already the border of Zhao. ”

"This ......" Luo Dingyuan couldn't help but worry, yes, the heavy rain from the sky delayed the Zhao army's siege of the city, but for his own reinforcements, the damage was greater. Whether it is the reinforcements from Hanzhong to the north or the reinforcements from Danshui in the northwest of Jingzhou, they all have to pass through the Qinling Mountains. This is even more difficult than the plains where Zhao Jun is located. The soldiers said that if the food and grass were trapped, the army would not be able to advance.

"Maybe there's no rain anywhere else?" Luo Dingyuan said in a sullen voice.

"It's best not to have nature, but there is no connection between the southeast Lantian line and the Qingni Pass. It is not known whether the Zhao army has attacked these places, if these dangerous passes are occupied by the Zhao army, Jingzhou reinforcements are afraid that they will not be able to go north. ”

Lin Shucheng said: "In addition, I am more worried about the situation in Hanzhong. If Xiyongzhou is lost, then the king of Shu will not be concerned about the existence of the king and the Zhao army, but will directly attack Hanzhong. In Hanzhong alone, the king could not resist the Zhao army. In this way, the king of Shu will definitely take it himself to fight against the Zhao state. ”

"This ...... It won't be! We have just reached an alliance with other princes in the land of Jingnan, how can this Shu army attack us? In addition, in the land of Hanzhong, we still have 20,000 defenders. Come to think of it, this King of Shu won't attack us easily. Although Luo Dingyuan said this, he himself knew that he had a sense of powerlessness when he said this.

"Perhaps!" Lin Shucheng said with a sneer. Because he was forced to surrender to the king of Hanzhong, he has always been jealous of Situ Fei in the Han army, worried about what connection he has with King Shu, the heir of King Yong. Therefore, Lin Shucheng was sometimes reused in the Han army, and sometimes he was scrupled by the above. Regarding the matter of Xiyongzhou, Lin Shucheng mentioned it to the king of Hanzhong before, asking him to increase the deployment of troops in Xiyongzhou. It's a pity that I don't know whether the king of Hanzhong didn't want the power in Lin Shucheng's hands to be too high, or he didn't care that the Zhao army would act at this time, but the king of Hanzhong did not agree to Lin Shucheng's proposal to let the garrison of Hanzhong move north to Xiyongzhou.

"The heavy rains of summer are gone in a blink of an eye. Come to think of it, it shouldn't have much impact on the two reinforcements. Luo Dingyuan looked at the droplets of water outside the house and said in a low voice.

"Maybe!" Lin Shucheng just returned to the camp like this. The two fell silent for a moment, and the topic of discussing the situation in front of them was stopped.

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"Dead ......"

Xu Lai, the sentry commander of the Zhao army, roared and threw a spear forward, and a Han army guard had just picked up a boulder, and before he could smash it, Xu Lai had already thrown a spear through his chest. The heavy spear was inexhaustible, and he retreated sharply with the corpse of the Han soldier, and instantly pierced another person.

"Ah......h

The two Han soldiers howled miserably, like grasshoppers strung on a rope, and fell in a pool of blood. Yin Hong's blood was gurgling outward, gradually merging with the rain......

"Top ...... Hard...... Push them down for me! Ma Qing brandished the long sword and roared fiercely.

"One, two, push ......" The Han army defenders used a long push rod, several people one, several to push a ladder, desperately pushing forward. Next to them, countless defenders and soldiers desperately attacked the soldiers of the Zhao army who had just waited for the head of the city.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Under the concerted efforts of the defenders, a ladder was pushed out of the city and slowly erected, and immediately, before the soldiers of the Zhao army had time to react on the ladder, the ladder fell down with a bang, and the soldiers on it all fell into the muddy water.

The war between the two sides goes back and forth, and it continues. Ma Qing, the general of Lantian, saw that the heavy infantry of the Zhao army was powerful and difficult to resist for a while, so he temporarily built a female wall composed of sandbags on the top of the city again to block the advance of the heavy infantry of the Zhao army. Although the heavy infantry is highly lethal, its weakness is also obvious, that is, the speed is not good, and it is difficult to advance, especially in this heavy rainy weather, which affects their performance even more.

Therefore, after a long period of fierce fighting, although the Zhao army occupied the head of the city, it was never allowed to advance an inch, and it was difficult to take the city wall, so that the top of the city was still firmly controlled by the defenders.

"General, withdraw the troops!" In the middle of the Zhao army, Yang Wangqing suddenly said in a deep voice.

"Withdrawal? Although the city is still in a stalemate, ......" Zhao Kang hesitated.

Yang Wangqing said with a smile: "If you continue, the heavy infantry soldiers will be unsustainable, and their armor will be heavier than that of the Han army, and it will be difficult to last." ”

Zhao Kang couldn't help but be stunned, the corners of his mouth suddenly twitched slightly, and he suddenly remembered that his own heavy infantry was indeed difficult to last, and it would be bad for him to continue.

Yang Wangqing said with a smile: "Don't worry, general, I look at the enemy's city wall, although they have temporarily increased the height and thickening to make the city wall more difficult to attack, but a heavy rain has also made them have loopholes. ”

"Oh? Strategist, please speak! Zhao Kang was immediately overjoyed.

"This Lantian County was not a big city in the first place, although it has now become the frontier that prevents us from cutting off its connection with Jingzhou, but the construction of this city is also temporary. If there is no heavy rain, it is nothing. The heavy rain also caused cracks in the city wall they had built with mud. In the southwest corner, cracks and even gaps have appeared there due to the infiltration of the current. Today's truce, tomorrow let the catapult play, a battle will definitely break the city. ”

Zhao Kang took a closer look with the clairvoyance in his hand, and immediately said happily: "Sure enough, speaking of which, this heavy rain has also helped us a lot." ”

"Someone, give the order to go down, withdraw the troops, and return to the camp with the whole army!"

The evacuation of the Zhao army also relieved the Lantian defenders. At this moment, no one in all the defenders looked down on the soldiers of the Zhao army anymore. Previously, they had only heard that Zhao Jun was powerful, but this time, they really understood Zhao Jun's strength.

However, because of the heavy rain, after this battle, both the offensive and defensive sides were exhausted, and they all returned to their camps to repair. In addition to counting the casualties, Ma Qing also began to clean up the battlefield. He also saw that there was a problem with the city wall, but he had no better way to deal with it.

The summer weather is getting fast, and the heavy rain has stopped before it lasts for a day, and in the middle of the night, after it has fallen again, the night sky is already full of stars.

The weather is clear, which is definitely not good news for Lantian defender Ma Qing. Heavy rain from the sky can also delay the siege time of the Zhao army. However, if the weather is clear, it will be greatly beneficial to Zhao Jun. What worries him is that the situation he reported to Chang'an may not be able to escape the scouts of the Zhao army. Because, he had already seen that in the Zhao army's array, there were about 5,000 cavalry.