Zhang Chao rarely does things that are difficult for a strong man, and on the battlefield, if the soldiers do not have the will to fight, then even if they are forced to start a war, the result may not be too good. As I said, there are a total of four legions, with a total of two million people, which is enough to deal with the 380,000 Xishu army.

Zhang Chao waited for reinforcements to arrive to besiege the city, and Guan Yu's department in the city was also actively preparing for war, they wanted to fight a solid defensive battle, and they wanted to gain more time for the Dongshan of Western Shu.

No matter what the reason, active or passive, Guan Yu is indeed surrounded in Xicheng now, and there are no reinforcements around him to support.

No matter how you look at Guan Yu's situation, he is extremely passive, and when he got the news, Liu Bei, the Han Yuan Emperor who was far away in Chengdu, finally couldn't sit still.

If Wei Yan's betrayal broke his heart, once something happened to Guan Yu, he would be tantamount to asking for half his life, and he would definitely not ignore it.

It's just that he was defeated by Zhuge Liang, and the general Zhang Ren in his hand was also sent to Mianzhu, and for a while, there was not a lot of power available around Liu Bei. In desperation, he had no choice but to make a holy decree and summon Hu Che'er in Jianning, and let him take with him who was originally going to guard against the Yi people in the south, but this time in order to save his second brother Guan Yu, he had to transfer this person back first.

At the same time, Liu Bei was also conscripted again nationwide, but all men between the ages of 14 and 50 were required to serve in the military regardless of what they were doing.

In this way, I am afraid that even if Xishu wins this battle, it will take at least ten to twenty years to recover his vitality, but knowing this, Liu Bei really has no choice, in short, he must not watch the second brother Guan Yu do anything.

Xishu issued a conscription order, and this matter quickly spread to Mianzhu City, after Prime Minister Zhuge Liang heard it, he couldn't help but sigh, he naturally knew what the consequences of doing this would be, but he couldn't stop it. If it weren't for the fact that he believed in the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array too much, he wouldn't be in such a situation. In addition, he knew the relationship between Liu Bei and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, if he stood up to stop it at this time, he would be a villain.

Zhuge Liang will not be stupid enough to stand up at this time, what he has to do is how to get rid of his current disadvantages, think about it, he called himself and the descendants of the Ma family who he trusted, Ma Yan, what he is going to do next may not be very beneficial to Huaxia, but it can indeed play an absolute role in solving the current predicament of Xishu, and now he has nothing to do.

With no one to stop him, Liu Bei quickly recruited 500,000 troops, plus the 300,000 troops brought by Hu Che'er, there were 800,000 soldiers, and he took these troops out of Chengdu and went straight to Jingzhou.

Liu Bei conscripted troops, the news reached Zhang Chao here, he naturally knew what to do, in history, after Guan Yu defeated Maicheng, Liu Bei had raised the whole country's troops to attack in a rage, but in the end it ended in failure, not long after, that is, sad and sick and died. Could it be that this will be the end of this life?

Zhang Chao didn't know what would happen in the future, but he knew that Liu Bei must not be allowed to join Guan Yu with his army, otherwise, the newly acquired Jingzhou Feidan may be lost again, and he doesn't know when he wants to destroy Xishu.

Fortunately, at this moment, the Vanguard Legion and the Fourth Legion also arrived at the periphery of Xicheng, so Zhang Chao, who had two million troops of the Four Legions, decided to storm Xicheng and make it a place for Guan Yu to bury him.

According to the siege plan formulated by Guo Jia, the first, fourth, and sixth plus the vanguard corps attacked the four gates of the southeast, northwest, and northwest respectively, regardless of what method each legion used, in short, with the ultimate goal of attacking Xicheng, what was required was that each legion must stay outside the city with 200,000 people, in case Guan Yu broke through and escaped. At the same time, there were 30,000 light cavalry and 20,000 heavy cavalry of the Zhang family army as a mobile force.

This siege plan was approved by Zhang Chao, and then, in 210 AD, in February of the seventh year of the Celestial Empire, when the afterglow of the New Year had not completely dissipated, the four legions of the Celestial Empire, totaling more than two million troops, began to storm the west city of Weixing County.

This year, Zhang Chao, the first emperor of the heavens, did not even return to the palace in Jinyang City for the New Year, and after returning from the Western Regions, he hurriedly came to Yizhou to participate in the war. Until now that he has surrounded Xicheng and carried out a fierce attack, he can finally take a breath for a while.

In the military tent outside the city, only half a day after the attack began, the news from the outside kept coming in, and when he heard that when the artillery showed its might, the two protective walls outside the Western Regions were blown up, and the army was going well, Zhang Chao's long-lost face with a hint of vicissitudes finally appeared with a smile.

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor. I'm afraid that when Zhuge Liang knew that the moat he had worked so hard to build was so vulnerable, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood. Guo Jia looked at Zhang Chao from the side and seemed to be in a good mood, which was the constant voice of congratulations.

"Haha, Zhuge Kongming, first injured Ziman with a large chain crossbow, and then blocked the way of my army with an eight-door golden lock array, it seems that he has the advantage everywhere, and now it should be time for him to pay the price, I just want to kill Guan Yu and make Liu Bei angry, in this way, I want to see what tricks he can play." When Zhang Chao said these words, he was still thinking about whether Liu Bei would blame Zhuge Liang for Guan Yu's death, if this is the case, the civil strife in Xishu is likely to be self-defeating.

When Zhang Chao was still doing all kinds of ideas, Guan Yu in the West City was busy deploying troops to protect the city.

Originally, I thought that with two moats, the battle to defend the city of Xicheng would be very easy. At least the terrifying explosives won't do anything.

Facts have also proved that explosives are difficult to play any role in such siege battles, but the problem is that now with artillery as a more powerful weapon, people don't have to rush to the front to ignite explosives, and they can be directly bombarded at a long distance, so that the Xishu soldiers on the moat wall have completely become live targets, and they can't see an enemy appear at all, so they are blown up to the sky and become a wisp of grievances between heaven and earth.

The strength of the weapon made the Celestial Empire army attack exceptionally smooth, and in just one day, it occupied the outermost protective wall, and began to confront the Xishu soldiers in the second protective wall, and shot at each other in the air.

But everyone knew that this was just a temporary buffer, and if it weren't for the fact that the artillery was too heavy and too cumbersome to transport, I am afraid that it would have been pushed in front of the first retaining wall and began to bombard the second one.

In just one day, the first moat was lost, and Guan Yu was so shocked that he couldn't sit still. He had long heard that the Celestial Empire had come up with a new powerful weapon, saying that it could release something as powerful as explosives from a distance of seven or eight hundred meters. At the beginning, the unbreakable Eight Gates Golden Lock Array was broken in this way.

It's just that he didn't expect that thing to break through the formation so easily, so wouldn't it mean that he thought that the impregnable Xicheng would soon be breached? If so, how long can you hold out without reinforcements?

Guan Yu thought of this, and the other generals naturally saw this result, and at that moment his son Guan Xing asked, "Father, if it goes on like this, it will be a matter of time before the second protective wall is breached tomorrow, do we have to consider breaking through." ”

Breaking through is naturally one of the means of self-preservation, if you break through now, Guan Yu has more than half of the confidence to escape, but in this way, once the Xicheng is broken, the army of the Celestial Empire will be unhindered, and you can go straight into Jingzhou with a long body, in that case, all losses will be irreparable.

was named the general of Jingzhou, Guan Yu thought that he should do his best, if it was just for his own safety, he fled like this, it was really not his character.

Guan Yu can't go, and then he can only defend the west city, in the final analysis, the siege of the city will eventually have to meet each other, artillery is just an auxiliary force, and the real occupation of the city still has to use talents. With the confidence of the 380,000 army, Guan Yu thought that there was a possibility of a war, at least he should delay for a while to create enough time for Xishu to recover Jingzhou. He had already received the news that Liu Bei had sent troops, and now he just hoped that they could solve Wei Yan faster, and after regaining possession of Jingzhou, it would not be too late for him to break through.

Guan Yu is a general with a view of the overall situation, and there is also a prestige general, he made a decision, the generals below naturally only obeyed, and the generals led by Guan Xing began to plan, how to fight the street battle in the city, no matter how powerful the opponent's artillery is, it is impossible to cover the cannon in the city.

Even if it can't be stopped, Guan Yu's method is to introduce the Celestial Empire army into the city, and then use melee to delay time, so as to cooperate with Liu Bei.

Guan Yu's idea is to support the main force of the Celestial Empire army here, and in this regard, Zhang Chao and Guo Jia outside the city can also think of it, but in the eyes of the two, this battle is to destroy Guan Yu and the main force. As for procrastination, hehe, Zhang Chao is not afraid.

Wei Yan surrendered himself immediately, then he had to behave well, and he could test his ability and loyalty in a battle with Liu Bei, and use the Western Shu Army to fight the Western Shu Army, how fast. As for the fact that once Wei Yan is defeated, Jingzhou will return to Liu Bei's hands, Zhang Chao does not have any worries, not to mention that the Fifth Army has accepted some Jingzhou territory nearby, even if Liu Bei defeats Wei Yan, there will not be many troops to fight against him, and when the time comes, he will rush in with a large army and severely damage the enemy's main force.

Zhang Chao, who is not worried about the situation in Jingzhou, is now dealing with Guan Yu in Xicheng wholeheartedly, as long as he kills this person and the army here, presumably Xishu will lose its national strength greatly, and the pattern of the world will change again.