Zhangxi's garrison outside Tongguan took advantage of the fact that the weather was slowly warming, and began to cut down trees and build siege equipment, preparing to storm Tongguan.

The cruel words have been put down, if you don't fight, you really can't say it, and you can't pass the level in Zhang Xi's heart.

And Wang Chang, Wang Chang closed the door tightly and couldn't keep it.

In fact, in Tongguan now, Wang Chang brought 3,000 reinforcements from the forbidden army, plus the 3,000 county soldiers stationed here before, a total of 6,000 people.

And Zhang Xi's department outside the pass is only about 10,000 people, and the gap between the two sides is actually not big, and Wang Chang is not without the ability to go out of the customs to fight.

However, Wang Chang really has no face to lead troops to take the initiative now.

What Zhang Xi said was true, Wang Chang didn't doubt it at all.

One is because there is no need for a famous general like Zhang Xi to lie to him, and the other is that this kind of thing can't fool people at all, and you can know it with a little inquiry.

Therefore, Wang Chang is also ashamed now, that is, there is no war-free card in this era, and his duty does not allow him to abandon Tongguan and retreat, otherwise, Wang Chang does not want to face Zhang Xi's challenge.

Yes, theoretically, from Wang Chang's standpoint, he can argue, after all, his original intention was indeed only to "borrow" the people's rations, and not all the rations, he just "borrowed" half of the people's rations, and also made an agreement with the people, as long as he arrived in Tongguan, he would repay the rations of the people.

He can only say that he is in a hurry to obey power, and the purpose is also for national affairs, not for his own selfish interests.

But the final result is actually the same as the result of Wang Chang's plunder.

Wang Chang also understands this truth, so it is meaningless to defend or not.

The families of this era, although most of them are quite unbearable, there are basically few things to do in private, from hiding Dingkou and evading taxes, to bullying men and women, bullying and dominating the market, arson and hurting people, oppressing the people, etc., are all things that these families often do.

But the Taiyuan Wang family, especially the generations after Wang Yun, is actually quite good in character and style.

The vision of the Taiyuan Wang family is very long-term, and it has obviously been seen that the foundation for the rise of the family has been established in today's world, whether it is the Great Wei Dynasty to dominate the world, or the Han Dynasty to achieve three times in the future, the imperial power can no longer exclude the power of the family from the court.

At this time, for the sake of the interests of the family, and in order to strive for a more long-term inheritance for the Taiyuan Wang family, the Taiyuan Wang family still pays more attention to the education of the children, especially the attitude towards the people.

It's not that he really cares about the people, what the Taiyuan Wang family pursues is still only fame.

It's just that when other families are still pursuing the reputation that they have touted each other, the Taiyuan Wang family is keenly aware that only by establishing enough reputation and reputation among the people can their family be invincible for a long time.

After all, if there is not enough prestige and respect among the people, then it will be difficult for the family to reap enough benefits in the game with the imperial power.

If you just gain a foothold within the Great Wei regime, rely on the protection of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, and be like other families, it won't be a big problem, but what if it is the three Zhongxing of the Han Dynasty?!

Without this layer of protection from the people and the people, with Liu Bei's attitude towards the family, it is no wonder that they can survive.

In fact, if there was no foolishness of a certain crossing earth dog, families like the Taiyuan Wang family, the Hedong Cui family, and the Fanyang Lu family did rely on this set of means to last for nearly a thousand years, and really achieved "the emperor of flowing water, the family of a thousand years", until the end of the Tang Dynasty, the power of the family completely collapsed.

And those so-called famous families of their contemporaries, whether it is the Hongnong Yang family, or the Runan Yuan family, or the big families like the Yizhou Li family and the Yingchuan Xun family, are all drowned in the dust of history.

At this time, it was the time when the Taiyuan Wang clan rose, so Wang Chang was a person, well, the three views were still quite right.

Wang Chang is really ashamed, if according to the family's education, he should go directly to the court at this time, ask for his official position, and from then on, he will not go out of office again, as an explanation of the Taiyuan Wang family to the people of the world.

But now that Tongguan has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, Wang Chang has been unjust to the people, and he can no longer be disloyal to the emperor's edict This Tongguan, he still has to defend it, but if you want him to take the initiative to go out of the pass to attack Zhangxi, he can't do it.

Wang Chang couldn't go out of retreat, and Zhang Xi naturally didn't care, and he was seriously building siege equipment, especially with heavy catapults, Zhang Xi was in a hurry, how much he could build.

To be honest, in addition to this method, Zhang Xi didn't know if he was sure that he could storm Tongguan.

Even Zhang Xi didn't dare to trust the power of the counterweight catapult too much.

After all, this is Tongguan, and this kind of catapult made by Zhang Xi in the eternal Xiongguan can really smash down the wall? !

Zhang Xi himself has no bottom of his own psychology.

But when Wang Chang saw it, it was shocking.

In recent years, with the spread of the war in the northwest, everyone knows that in Liu Bei's army in Western Shu, there is a more sharp siege equipment with thunderbolts, which was invented by Zhang Xi and is best at smashing down city walls.

Chengdu, a famous fortified city in the world, and Fancheng, a military fortress on which Cao Cao had high hopes, were finally destroyed under the bombardment of counterweight catapults.

Wang Chang really didn't dare to think about how long he could hold Tongguan, which he was stationing.

It sounds incredible, but Wang Chang really thinks that it is really unlikely that he will defend Tongguan.

The reason is very simple, Wang Chang's cognition of Tongguan is inaccurate with Zhang Xi's cognition of Tongguan.

In Zhang Xi's eyes, Tongguan must be a Xiongguan through the ages, and later generations will have the reputation of "the first pass in the world", so it should naturally be strong and abnormal.

The source of Zhang Xi's cognition of this is the stereotype accumulated in his previous life, after all, Tongguan is a place where there have been countless battles in history, and it has also experienced continuous reinforcement and repair in all dynasties, basically speaking, as long as the main general is not forced to take the initiative to fight, Tongguan will generally not fall.

It can be said that it is the first level in the world worthy of the name.

However, in Wang Chang's cognition, although this Tongguan is indeed dangerous, it is indeed not a Xiongguan.

Tongguan is a pass newly built by Emperor Taizuwu in order to resist the Liangzhou group in Guanzhong.

If it weren't for the battle of Tongguan between Emperor Taizuwu and Ma Han of Liangzhou, I am afraid that not many people know about this Tongguan now.

Prior to this, the barrier in Guanzhong had always been Hangu Pass, which was more than 100 miles behind Tongguan, which was the real "first pass in the world" before the Han Dynasty.

In Wang Chang's eyes, this Tongguan is just a new pass that was just built more than ten years ago.

Really, Emperor Taizuwu's strategic vision is beyond doubt, the location of Tongguan is very important, completely stuck in the east portal of Guanzhong, the geographical location is very dangerous, it is indeed a strategic location.

But this Tongguan is indeed not built for a long time, so whether it is the thickness of the wall, or the number of arrow towers, or the number of hidden soldiers, it is not at the same level as the Hangu Pass that is more than 100 miles behind him.

Seeing that the counterweight catapult was constantly being built on the opposite side, Zhang Xi felt that it was not enough to build more than a dozen units, and he was still exploding equipment. Wang Chang's heart was about to be cold.

If you have the heart to take the initiative to fight, you really can't face Zhang Xi, but if you continue to defend like this, you can really withstand such a bombardment by relying on the defense of Tongguan?!

But Zhang Xi didn't think so.

He didn't know that this Tongguan was not the Tongguan in his mind after being strengthened by the past dynasties, and Zhang Xi had never been to Tongguan in his previous life, so he didn't know what the difference between the Tongguan in front of him and the Tongguan in later generations was. He only knew that Tongguan was a Xiongguan through the ages, and he was really afraid that the catapult would not be enough.

In this way, Zhang Xi was not at ease, and he had been working hard to explode equipment and build a catapult, but Wang Chang, because of shame, never dared to take the initiative to attack the Han army, so he could only guard the Tong Pass and watch it like this.

It also takes time to build a catapult, and Zhang Xi plans to refer to the example of Chengdu and build 50 catapults to test the water, which will take at least more than a month.

Therefore, the battle in Tongguan was temporarily stopped.

The fighting on Zhangxi's side was suspended, but in the right Fufeng area, the fighting broke out again.

Manchu is moving the people, moving the last 200,000 people in Chang'an into the Guannei, but it will also take time.

Although Cao Zhen only gave the full pet fifteen days, forcing the full pet to jump, Cao Zhen didn't want to keep it for a few more days to buy more time for the full pet.

It's just that time doesn't allow it.

As the weather warmed up day by day, Cao Zhen looked at the snow slowly melting day by day, and the anxiety in his heart was not to mention.

According to the development of this situation, let alone fifteen days, I am afraid that after ten days, Cao Zhen should worry at any time about when the Lingxin of Weishui will come.

If it has been such a warm day, Cao Zhen may not be able to hold on for even fifteen days.

It's not going to go on like this, you have to find a way.

And there are actually two roads in front of Cao Zhen.

One is to seize the time, take the initiative to retreat before the spring flood comes, withdraw into Wuguan Road, and then leave Guo Huai to garrison Wuguan, and lead the troops to march quickly to rescue Wancheng.

As for the migration team of the people of Manzhong and Chang'an, then they can really only ignore them and resign themselves to fate.

The other is to attack head-on, fight with the Shu thieves, find a way to disperse the Shu thieves on the embankment, temporarily control the embankment, and not give the Shu thieves a chance to irrigate the city.

But this article. It is estimated that it is to drill into the pockets set up by other Shu thieves, which is also the next policy.

Cao is really worried, and he discusses with Guo Huai every day.

And Guo Huai's suggestion is the second one.

200,000 people, but no reckless man without political acumen would think that these 200,000 people are irrelevant.

And the Shu thief on the opposite side, although the two of them were also in a dilemma with Yang Mou, but if they took the initiative to attack, on the battlefield, what they fought was the commander's command and response, and what they fought was the soldiers' lives.

Although after taking the initiative, the initiative will fall into the hands of the Shu thieves, but in the current situation, the Wei army still has a little advantage in taking the initiative.

Once the snow melts and both sides fight on the mud, the combat effectiveness of the Great Wei Forbidden Army will still be a little higher than that of the Shu thieves.

And the command ability of the coaches of both sides. Seriously, Cao Zhen and Guo Huai, I really don't think that the two of them together will be worse than the command combination of Zhang Fei and Liu Bei opposite.

The two on the opposite side, a reckless man and a often defeated general, only Hanzhong's record is worth bragging about, and I still don't think these two have any great ability to fight more and less.

(End of chapter)