Chencang City is a fortified city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, for this reason, the Zhao army deployed only 5,000 soldiers and horses here, after the sudden raid by the elite soldiers and horses of the Liang Kingdom, it was suddenly chaotic, and now, the city has been breached, and the soldiers of the Zhao army defending the city had to give up the defense and flee from the north gate to preserve their strength.

Xie Ai and his 3,000 men and horses quickly occupied the entire city, and went to the vicinity of the east gate to open the city gate to receive the soldiers and horses under Zhuge Xiong's command into the city.

Zhuge Xiong, who was attacking Chencang City, was completely sure that he could break through the city, but unexpectedly, before the tiger could exert his might, the city had been occupied by Xie Ai in advance, which made Zhuge Xiong and his soldiers a little surprised, they didn't understand which soldiers and horses helped them.

"What's the matter, is it the general's main force that has arrived?" Zhuge Xiong looked at the general beside him in surprise.

The general hurriedly shook his head and said: "How is this possible, the general's main force of soldiers and horses to go north on Qishan Avenue needs to bypass Longshan, the roads along the way are rugged, there are many checkpoints, even if you march at full speed, it is impossible to reach Chencang City so quickly, it must not be the general's main force of soldiers and horses." ”

"It's the army of Liangguo, look at their clothes, it must be the army of Liangguo, there is a word thank you on the big silk, it must be General Xie Ai of Liangguo, the general has sent a messenger to Liangguo to borrow troops, this time, General Xie Ai sent troops to Chencang, which is to support our army." Another general said.

When Zhuge Xiong heard this, he first nodded, then shook his head, and said softly: "Even if it is the army of the Liang Kingdom, but the Liang Kingdom is still hundreds of miles away from Guanzhong, and it is separated by Longshan, why can they reach the city of Chencang so quickly." Isn't that weird. ”

"Yes! How could the army of the Liang Kingdom reach the city of Chencang so quickly? The general was also a little puzzled.

Just when they were puzzled, Xie Ai had already galloped out of the east gate of Chencang City and rushed towards Zhuge Xiong.

When Zhuge Xiong sent troops to attack the rear of the Zhao army last time, he knew Xie Ai and many generals of the Liang army, and when he saw that it was Xie Ai himself, he finally stopped doubting it.

"General Zhuge , I didn't expect us to meet again so soon, haha!" Xie Ai's attitude is very kind, and he doesn't have the frame that a general should have.

Zhuge Xiong smiled, hugged his fists and said, "General Xie is really a good means. The soldiers under his command are like divine soldiers descending from heaven. Unconsciously occupied Chen Cangcheng, admire, admire! ”

Xie Ai waved his hand and said softly: "It's not worth mentioning, if it weren't for the black powder given by General Hua." Our army will not break through Chencang City so quickly. ”

"Oh. Put it this way. General Xie and the main force of our army have converged, where is the main force of General Nahua, and has it also arrived near Chencang? Zhuge Xiong asked excitedly.

Xie Ai shook his head. He said softly: "General Hua's main force should have arrived near Jieting, and our 3,000 troops are secretly in Weishui, just to sneak attack the back of the Zhao army, so as to receive General Hua's main force into Hanzhong." ”

"Darkness Weishui, it turns out that General Xie went east along Weishui and arrived under Chencang City, no wonder it was so fast, I really didn't expect that Weishui can also be passed." Zhuge Xiong finally understood how Xie Ai's army had arrived under Chencang City.

Xie Ai smiled and said, "Our army should not stay for a long time, we must go north immediately, where will General Zhuge attack next." ”

Zhuge Xiong hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "It is enough to have General Xie in the north, and my men and horses will attack to the east to meet the rest of the men, and then converge and launch an attack on Chang'an." ”

"Alright, then, let's leave it at that." Xie Ai clenched his fists and saluted, and then led the 3,000 men and horses under his command to run in the direction of due north to sneak attack Ma Qiu's rear.

Zhuge Xiong let his reserve men and horses and a large number of supplies enter Chencang City, and the main force of 10,000 horses was stationed outside the city, ready to rest for a day, and then lead the main force to attack to the east.

After several days of marching, Xie Ai led his 3,000 men and horses to pass through the pass, and finally arrived at a small city not far behind the Jieting, and cut off the grain route of Maqiu's army.

Ma Qiu was arranging a large army to defend in front, and suddenly heard that there were enemy troops in the rear, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and after learning that this force was the army of the Liang Kingdom led by Xie Ai, he was even more shocked into a cold sweat.

In the past few years, in several combat operations to conquer the Liang Kingdom, Ma Qiu did not suffer less from Xie Ai, in Ma Qiu's heart, he already had an inexplicable fear of Xie Ai, even if there were only 3,000 men under Xie Ai's command at this moment, he was still afraid of death.

The main force of the Jin army in front of him may attack Jieting at any time, and Xie Ai's three thousand elites ran behind him unknowingly and cut off his way back, which made Ma Qiu in a dilemma.

If a small force was sent to attack Xie Ai, it would certainly not be possible to achieve victory, but if a large number of men and horses were gathered to attack, the defense of Jieting would be greatly reduced, so that the Jin army could easily break through.

"General, the 50,000 main forces of the Jin army are killing in the direction of our army's camp." Just when Ma Qiu was panicking, the pro-soldiers reported the news that the main force of the Jin army was about to attack Jieting.

"Order all the officers and men of the army to prepare to meet the enemy." Ma Qiu gave the order to stick to it without hesitation.

"General, what should we do in the rear, in case Xie Ai's soldiers and horses come, what should our army do." The subordinate next to him hurriedly asked.

Ma Qiu pondered for a moment and said softly, "Leave five thousand men and horses as a backup to monitor Xie Ai's men and horses." ”

Subsequently, Ma Qiu personally went to the main position of Jieting, personally supervised and commanded the soldiers under his command, and resisted the attack of the Jin army.

In front of the street pavilion, Hua An led 50,000 main forces and horses to slowly march towards the fortified Zhao army's position, while 50,000 reserve soldiers and horses stayed behind to guard the camp.

Not far from the defensive position of the Zhao army, the 50,000-strong army set up an attack formation, and as long as Hua'an gave an order, it could launch an attack on the street pavilion.

Hua An looked at the Zhao Jun Arrow Tower on a hill and said softly, "Are the thunderbolts ready?" ”

"Big brother, two hundred thunderbolts have been prepared, and tens of thousands of special thunderbolts have been distributed to each thunderbolt, which will definitely make Zhao Jun suffer a fatal blow." Wang San replied softly.

The special thunderbolt in Wang San's mouth is naturally a spherical black powder, and on the outside of the special thunderbolt is a layer of woven turf, which is woven impermeable, filled with explosive black powder powder, as well as small stones with counterweights, and a lead extending from the inside to the outside to facilitate ignition.

Hua An nodded with satisfaction and ordered: "Send an order to the whole army and prepare to attack." ”

Soon, the order to attack reached the armies, and two hundred Thunderbolts were pushed to the front of the formation, ready to attack at any moment.

The scene of hundreds of thunderbolts exploding one after another, Hua An has never seen it, and the soldiers of the Jin army have also never seen it, so everyone's hearts are full of expectations.

Hua An waved his hand lightly, motioning for the Thunderbolt to attack.

Two hundred soldiers with torches set fire to the bolts to be fired, and another soldier released the ropes and fired the bolts.

Two hundred special thunderbolts landed at different positions in the Zhao army's position, emitting wisps of green smoke.

"Boom, boom, boom......" Soon, thunderbolts exploded one after another, killing and injuring nearby Zhao soldiers, and some arrow towers used for defense were also blown to pieces.

As soon as the first round of thunderbolts exploded, the second round of thunderbolts had already been launched, so a large number of special thunderbolts began to fall on the positions of the Zhao army without interruption, and exploded one after another, giving the Zhao army a great blow.

The soldiers of the Zhao army had never seen such a powerful thunderbolt, and they were all dumbfounded, and the originally well-organized team was loose, and the soldiers began to run around in order to avoid the thunderbolts.

This chaotic way of evasion further increased the casualties of the Zhao army's officers and soldiers, making the losses of the Zhao army even more severe.

Hua An, who was watching the battle from a distance, saw that this new attack mode had a very good effect, and he was very happy in his heart, looked at the generals beside him, and said softly: "Unexpectedly, this black powder can not only blow up the city gate, but also be used as a thunderbolt, and the effect is so good." ”

"Big brother, if our army has enough thunderbolts and thunderbolts, we can wipe out all the Zhao troops without using soldiers and horses." Wang San Zhengse said.

Hua An smiled and said softly, "If that's the case, how much black powder is needed!" Ha ha! ”

"Hahaha!" When the generals heard this, they all burst into laughter.

The Jin army was elated, and the direction of the Zhao army was a different scene, on the main defensive position, Ma Qiu looked at the front with a solemn face, and his heart was extremely anxious.

"General, what is the Jin army throwing at you! The power is so great, if it goes on like this, our army will definitely not be able to hold the street pavilion. A general said equally anxiously.

"Yes! General, there are still Xie Ai's soldiers and horses in the rear of our army, and our army is in a worrying situation! Another general said.

Ma Qiu sighed and said, "The Jin army has mastered such a powerful weapon, not only our army is in a worrying situation, but the national fortune of the entire Great Zhao Kingdom is worrying!" ”

"General, since you can't defend it, it's better to withdraw your troops!" A ministry will build a yì road.

"General, the street pavilion is not conducive to defense, in order to make a comeback in the future, it is better to withdraw the army immediately!" Another general persuaded.

"Withdrawal? Where are you going to retreat? Ma Qiu asked in a low voice.

The general replied in a low voice: "Tongguan, it is better for our army to withdraw directly to Tongguan, Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, maybe it can be defended for a while, even if it can't be held, our army can also abandon the east of the Guandong and enter the Central Plains, so as to preserve its strength." ”

Ma Qiu hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Ben will be ordered to stick to the street pavilion, if he retreats to Tongguan like this, how can he explain to King Leping!" If King Leping was held accountable, wouldn't it be troublesome. ”

"General, the Jin army dispatched 200,000 horses this time, and Xie Ai Pifu helped, and King Leping was also unable to protect himself, why should we consider this! It's better to retreat to Tongguan as much as possible. A confidant general said. (To be continued......)