Wei Ba was not in a hurry to ask Xiahou Hui to write a letter of persuasion, and before Xiahou Mao did not feel the pressure, it would be useless to persuade him to send a letter of surrender. He left Zhu Yi to lead the 500 Shu army, including 200 Wei soldiers, and the 500 Wei army that had just surrendered to defend Yiwu, and he and Zhao Yun rushed to the outside of Chang'an City with nearly 3,000 people, and set up a large camp next to Kunming Pond.

Kunming Pond was originally a royal pond garden, the water surface is wide, and the Weishui Zhudao is connected, there are many remnants of the Han Dynasty palace next to it, there are a large number of wild animals in the forest, and I don't know if there are rare animals in the royal forest garden before. Camping here is not only conducive to cooling off, but also convenient to get water, and more importantly, the grain ships from all over the country can be directly moored in the Kunming Pond.

At the end of the autumn harvest and before the arrival of the newly recruited soldiers, Wei Ba did not have enough troops to attack the city, so he could only maintain a deterrent to Chang'an City, so that Xiahou Mao, who was hiding in the city, did not dare to act rashly. There are only 2,000 soldiers in the city, and if you change someone else, you may dare to risk going out of the city to fight, but now Xiahou Mao is the supreme commander, and in the face of the famous Shuzhong general Zhao Yun outside the city and the rising star Wei Ba, he doesn't even have the courage to go out of the city, and he didn't surrender the city, which is already commendable.

Wei Ba was not idle, and the biggest trophy in this raid was more than five hundred war horses. Cao Wei had a stable source of war horses, so the proportion of cavalry was relatively high, and 10,000 people were usually equipped with 1,000 cavalry, which was the most coveted thing for Shu Han and Eastern Wu. At present, in addition to the more than 1,000 remnants of the Ma family, Shu Han is generally only equipped with war horses for the main generals and personal guards, and the maximum will not exceed twenty to one, usually thirty to one or even lower, and the situation in Eastern Wu is similar.

With more than 500 war horses, Zhao Yun selected some people from his subordinates who had a foundation in horsemanship, or who were more flexible, and turned into cavalry, first practicing horsemanship, and then training in cavalry. They rode war horses every day. Galloping around Chang'an City, he not only exercised his riding skills, but also doubled as a patrol. Check the movements within a radius of thirty or fifty miles in the vicinity, and at the same time increase the pressure on Xiahou Mao in the city.

In terms of the level of cavalry, the gap between Shu Han and Cao Wei is not small, and this riding skill is a big difficulty. Horses as a substitute for transportation. There is a big difference between charging and shooting arrows on a galloping horse, or even engaging the enemy in close combat. Superb riding skills are an indispensable foundation. Zhao Yun said that it takes three or five years to train a real cavalryman, and half of that time is spent on training the most basic horsemanship.

However, Wei Ba had a trick, he spent three days, gathered craftsmen, built two thousand stirrups, and dedicated this special skill to Zhao Yun. With the help of stirrups, the knights' riding skills improved significantly faster. In Zhao Yun's words, with the help of this sharp weapon, in three to five months, this cavalry practiced tactics as long as it did not engage the enemy. There is no problem with the façade.

While Zhao Yun was training cavalry, Wei Ba had more important things, he had people cut down trees and build siege equipment, the most powerful of which was the stone thrower. There was a stone thrower in the Three Kingdoms era, and Cao Cao used a stone thrower to deal with Yuan Shao during the battle of Guandu, because the stone was like thunder, also known as a thunderbolt. Wei Ba made improvements to the Thunderbolt car, the most important thing is to change the use of human traction to replace it with equipment. Manpower traction not only requires a large number of artillerymen, but also it is difficult to ensure the balance of liliang, which has a great impact on the accuracy of the catapult machine.

It took Wei Ba three days to build a stone throwing machine, and then began to test fire, the target of which was the double road between Jianzhang Palace and Weiyang Palace across the western city wall of Chang'an City. After a day of debugging, as the gunners became more and more proficient, a stone bullet finally hit the return road.

The stone bullets that roared from a hundred paces away hit the compound road, making a deafening loud noise, sawdust flew, and when the dust settled, a large black hole appeared in front of the Wei army defending the city.

Looking at the big hole and listening to the creaking moans of the Fu Dao, not only Xiahou Mao, who rushed to the scene after hearing the news, was so frightened that his face was pale, but almost all the Wei troops broke out in a cold sweat. They looked at the crumbling resumption of the road, and then looked at the busy Shu army outside the city, and looked at the stone throwing machines that were beginning to take shape, and they were silent one by one.

One thunderbolt has such power, if hundreds of thunderbolts work together, what kind of scene is it?

As if in order to further hit the morale of the Wei army, Wei Ba tried a few more shots, and several stone bullets were shot at the compound road, and the solid compound road was like a thin layer of paper in front of the heavy stone bullets, and each attack would leave a big hole, and then smashed into the moat under the compound road, causing a splash several feet high.

After more than ten blows, the fragmented compound road finally couldn't support it, and with a loud bang, it dissipated violently, fell into the moat, and stirred up a huge wave. After the waves subsided, piles of wood floated up in the east and west, silently telling the cruelty and power of the thunderbolt.

The resumption road was interrupted, and the Weiyang Palace and the Jianzhang Palace, which were originally connected, became two separate palaces, which also dealt a serious blow to the morale of the Wei army. Although Wei Jun, who was looking at each other from afar, could not see the eyes of his companions in the distance, he clearly felt the same aura of despair.

Xiahou Hui, who was still a captive, stood on top of an abandoned palace, watching from a distance as the soldiers of the Shu army cheered around the thunderbolt and were silent, but there were bursts of turbulent waves in his heart. She now knew that Wei Ba Weishenme was not in a hurry to send a letter into the city to persuade him to surrender, Wei Ba had more powerful killing moves, and he wanted to further hit Xiahou Mao's confidence.

She originally had enough confidence in the sturdiness of Chang'an City, even if the tents were increasing every day, she still didn't believe that Wei Ba could capture Chang'an City with these newly recruited strong men—even if it was just the two palaces of Jianzhang Palace and Weiyang Palace, but seeing these more powerful thunderbolts, her confidence began to waver.

The thunderbolt is a weapon for defending the city, and like the crossbow of ten stones, it has always been a restricted weapon in Cao Wei's army. Wei Ba not only transformed the thunderbolt into a siege weapon, but also greatly increased the power of the thunderbolt, allowing the heavy stone projectile to fly more than a hundred paces and hit the target with ten hits.

This made her very surprised, she had long known that Wei Ba was proficient in all kinds of equipment, but she didn't know that his ability had reached such a point, only in the past few days, she had seen stirrups, improved strong crossbows, new siege vertebrae, and now she saw thunderbolts, it seemed that no matter what weapon, it could exert more powerful power in his hands.

In front of him, can Xiahou Mao, the general of Anxi and the governor of Guanzhong, who only knows how to cultivate and maintain health, be able to hold it?

Xiahou Hui's heart was beating for a while, and he didn't know when, Wei Ba strode up with Dunwu and the others. Seeing Xiahou Hui looking at the thunderbolt in the distance, he smiled.

"Do you think I'm amazing?"

"Yes." Xiahou Hui was taken aback, hurriedly bowed down, and said indifferently: "You have opened my eyes again." ”

"Did you develop a little bit of adoration for me?"

"Worship is not, vigilance is more." After a while, Xiahou Hui said lightly: "There is still a little bit of killing intent." ”

Wei Ba turned his head in surprise: "Girl, you said this in front of me, aren't you afraid that I will kill you first?" ”

"Don't be afraid, Wei Jun is a confident person, if even I am afraid of a woman who has no power to restrain chickens, how can I compete with Zhuge Cheng for power, how can I compete with the heroes of the world?"

Wei Ba shrugged: "Don't praise me, I won't eat this set." ”

"I'm not praising you, I'm just telling the truth."

"To tell the truth, sometimes people die, it's better to tell a lie." Wei Ba smiled: "Fooling the dead is not worth your life." ”

"If you want to deceive people, you must first tell the truth." Xiahou Hui turned around, walked towards the room, took two steps, she paused, and said, "I also learned from Wei Jun." I have known Wei Ba for a few months, and I have gained a lot, and I thank Wei Jun here. ”

"If you want to thank me, it's better to promise to be my concubine, you can not only help me, but also learn a little more."

Xiahou Hui continued to move forward, and his voice came from afar: "If Wei Jun wins a hundred battles and forces me to make peace with you, not to mention Hui alone, it is not difficult to be a daughter of the clan." ”

"I've got a crush on you." Wei Ba put his hands to his mouth and shouted at Xiahou Hui's back: "I must work hard!" ”

Xiahou Hui's footsteps froze for a moment, then sped up, flashed into the forest and disappeared. Looking at Xiahou Hui's somewhat embarrassed appearance, Wei Ba urged the narrow hahadaxiao. He was now afraid that Xiahou Hui would jump off the building again, and he didn't dare to force her again, so he could only joke on his lips.

"Young master, do you really like this woman?" Dunwu asked puzzledly, "Then what are you waiting for, I will have someone send you to bed tonight." ”

"You know a piece of, rough!" Wei Ba's face sank, "Can you be a little emotional?" If people don't want to, they press it on the bed, what's the difference between it and rape? What if she resists and bites you again? ”

Dunwu scratched his head: "Then stun her first!" ”

Wei Ba was speechless, he really didn't have any common language with these martial artists. He patted the railing, looked at Chang'an City in the distance, and sighed secretly. So far, it has been twenty days since the Shu army entered Guanzhong, because it held Tongguan, controlled the information in Guanzhong to the greatest extent, and delayed the reaction speed of Cao Wei's side, but he believed that Cao Wei should have received the news by now, but their main force was still in the southeast, and they couldn't free up their hands for a while. As soon as the war in the southeast is over, they will come as fast as they can, regardless of whether they win or lose.

There is not much time left for him, if he can't take Guanzhong before Cao Wei's reinforcements arrive, he won't be able to free up his hands to support Dad, without his support, in the face of Cao Wei's all-out counterattack, Dad's losses will inevitably be heavy, if the losses are too great, he can't hold Guanzhong with his newly recruited soldiers alone.

Wei Ba thought for a while, turned around and entered the room where Xiahou Hui was under house arrest.

"Now I can ask the girl to write a letter of persuasion."

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