"Kill!"

Under the city of Handan, the officers and soldiers with high morale are setting up ladders, fearlessly climbing to the top of the city and fighting to the death against the rebels.

Handan, this ancient city, has ushered in a cruel war again!

The name "Handan" first appeared in the ancient book "Bamboo Book Chronicle".

According to Shi Min's knowledge, the place name of Handan originates from Handan Mountain, under the east city of Handan, there is a mountain, called Handan Mountain, Shan, is the end of the mountain range, Handan Mountain ends here, so it is named Handan, because the city outline is from Yi, so it becomes Handan by adding Yi (阝) on the single side.

The word Handan as a place name, 3,000 years of continuous use has not changed, is a special case of Chinese place name culture.

Legend has it that in ancient times, Nuwa, the ancestor of human beings, was in Handan in the ancient Emperor Mountain to create people and refine stones to make up the sky. More than 8,000 years ago, the early Neolithic Cishan ancestors bred and recuperated here, opening a new era of agricultural civilization.

The city of Handan originated from Shang Yin. In the early Shang Dynasty, when the capital was built in Xing (now Xingtai), and later moved to Yin (now Anyang) for hundreds of years, Handan was the land of Jifu.

In the ancient book "Bamboo Book Chronicle", there is a record of King Yin in Handan at the end of the Shang Dynasty building a "palace annex". At the latest, the name Handan has appeared in the period of King Yin, confirming that the ancient city of Handan has a history of more than 3,100 years.

The domain of Handan belonged to the Weiguo in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it was the land of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period, when Handan was already a famous city with relatively developed agriculture, handicrafts and commerce.

In the twelfth year of the reign of Emperor Ding of Jin (500 BC), Zhao Ying (Zhao Jianzi), the head of the Jin Dynasty, had incorporated Handan into his sphere of influence, and since then, Handan has become the hereditary territory of the Zhao family. During the Warring States Period, the first year of Zhao Jinghou (386 BC) migrated the capital of Zhao from Zhongmu (now Hebixi, Henan) to Handan, which served as the capital of Zhao and lasted for 158 years after eight generations of princes.

In particular, King Wuling of Zhao, a generation of British lords, set a precedent for reform, implemented the military reform of Hufu cavalry and archery, enriched the country and strengthened the army, the country was prosperous, and it was among the seven strong countries of the Warring States, making Zhao one of the countries that could compete with the strong Qin.

In the nineteenth year of Qin Shi Huang (228 BC), the Qin army broke Handan, and the king of Zhao moved to Qin, Handan belonged to Qin, and in the twenty-sixth year (221 BC), Qin destroyed Zhao. The following year, Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms and divided the country into 36 counties, with Handan being the capital of Handan County.

In the fourth year of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (203 BC), Zhang Er was established as the king of Zhao, and the capital was still set up in Handan.

In the ninth year, Liu Bang named his beloved son Ruyi as the king of Zhao, and rebuilt the palace city of Handan, and the magnificent Wenming Hall was built at this time. Until the late Western Han Dynasty, Handan City has the title of "rich crown in the sea, the famous capital of the world", in addition to the national capital Chang'an, and Luoyang, Linzi, Chengdu, Wan (Nanyang) enjoy the reputation of the five major metropolises of the country, from the Warring States period to the Eastern Han Dynasty, Handan has prospered for 500 years.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the strong and powerful rose together, divided the territory and fought in a melee, Handan suffered from the disaster of soldiers and began to decline. In the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213 AD), Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty canonized Cao Cao as the Duke of Wei and built the capital in Yecheng. Economically, we will implement the Tuntian to reassure the people, greatly develop water conservancy, build the Wei capital, and open up roads.

The construction of the Wei capital is famous for the symmetry of the central axis, and the construction of Tongque, Jinfeng, and Bingjing three sets. The "Wei Dufu" written by Zuo Si of the Western Jin Dynasty describes the prosperous scene of Yecheng at this time.

The rise of Yecheng led to the southward shift of the political, economic, military, and cultural centers north of the Yellow River, and Handan was reduced to an ordinary county seat at this time, subordinate to Wei County.

In the second year of the early Wei and Huang dynasties of the Three Kingdoms (221 AD), Handan belonged to Guangping County, and after the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was changed to Wei County.

Yecheng, the prosperous capital of Wei, was successively the capital of Later Zhao, Ran Wei, Qianyan, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi, which lasted 364 years and had a profound impact on later generations.

"Rush!"

Under the city of Handan, the shouting of killing shook the earth and was deafening.

Shi Min personally supervised the battle and commanded the soldiers of the Zhao army to storm Handan City desperately.

"Whoosh! ......After such a scuffle, both the archers of the official army and the rebel army were shooting their own arrows and killing the enemy.

"Ahh Look at an unlucky officer and soldier who was shot blind, covered with bleeding eyes and wailing there, scurrying around like a headless fly.

There were also a few Zhao pawns who pounced, and finally were shot through the armor by a burst of random arrows, splashing out one after another bewitching blood flowers, and fell in a pool of blood, already dying.

As the party attacking the city, the official army was much more casual, and the casualties were naturally much greater than the rebels who resisted.

The rebels held the city, using extremely lethal weapons such as stones, rolling logs, oil pots and water, and arrows, and condescendingly repelled the fierce attacks of the officers and soldiers again and again.

"Whew!" The officers and soldiers who were climbing the ladder were splashed with oil pot water, and they suddenly howled miserably, and they were drenched all over their bodies, not to mention, the whole person rolled to the ground, and several comrades behind him fell down.

"Bang!"

As for the officers and soldiers who were hit by rolling logs or rocks, the fate was also miserable. was hit by a heavy object, and his head was immediately bleeding, and his body flew upside down like a kite with a broken string.

Before the officers and soldiers could climb up, some rebel soldiers stabbed them with spears and spears, killing and wounding many officers and soldiers.

finally climbed to the top of the city, and was surrounded by the rebel soldiers at the head of the city, and the officers and soldiers who were weak in force or were unlucky were stabbed through the heart, and then stabbed like hedgehogs, and the corpses were divided into pieces.

At the gate of the city, the officers and soldiers pushed the rushing cart, and violently slammed into the huge and strong city gate, the city gate was almost crumbling, but inside the city gate, there were still many rebel soldiers who blocked it with their bodies, and they resisted the impact of the rushing car.

Fighting this kind of tough battle, the consumption is too great, Shi Min doesn't want to fight a tough battle, but the rebels don't dare to go out of the city to fight.

After another day of fighting, with the withdrawal of the official army and the Ming Jin, the offensive and defensive battle of Handan came to an end.

Night falls.

Shi Min gathered several of his henchmen and generals, Wang Ping, Wentai, Li Xin, Chen Changsheng, Evil Lai, and Hua Mulan, to the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss major matters.

It is worth mentioning that Dong Kuang and Wei Zheng were left in Xiangguo to rectify the military affairs of Xiangguo. After all, Shi Hu is not very confident that Shi Min will lead hundreds of thousands of troops alone, and while leaving his wife and children in Xiangguo, some of his cronies must also be stationed in Xiangguo in case of emergency!

Wang Ping first said: "Governor, this Handan City is really strong enough!" Our army besieged the city for two days, and I couldn't shake this Handan city. ”

At that time, why didn't Shi Min want to take Handan?

But at that time, the Zhao army was still escorting, fleeing from Xiangguo, and there were chasing soldiers behind, Handan is an important military town in Hebei, living in Xiangguo and Yecheng, the geographical location is very dangerous, taking Handan, is to force Shi Xuangou to jump over the wall in a hurry, gather superior forces to attack, if it is an early decisive battle, how can Shi Min have a chance to expand the army? Is there any chance of cultivating one's own power?

Therefore, Shi Min waved his hand and said, "Handan City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, this is an obvious thing. Right now, as far as I know, the guards of Handan are Liang Qian and Ma Qiu, who are our old acquaintances. There should be about 100,000 defenders in Handan, and there is a lot of grain, maybe Shi Xuan himself is not sure to win the battle of Yanjin, so he has already consolidated the city fortifications in Handan and hoarded grain. ”

Now Shi Xuan has returned to Yecheng and continues to dispatch troops. If we can't capture Handan as soon as possible and continue to move south, I am afraid that we will not be able to put down the rebellion within three months. ”

Hearing this, all the generals were silent.

Shi Min said again: "Now that our army has a large number of generals, there is no need to fight against a Handan city." So I decided to divide my troops to the south and capture Wu'an, so as to cut off the connection between Yecheng and Handan, and at the same time use Wu'an as an outpost to attack Yecheng and quell the Shixuan Rebellion as soon as possible. ”

"The Grand Governor, the last general is willing to lead his troops to capture Wu'an!" The generals asked for their lives.

The capture of Wu'an will become a key step in this counterinsurgency battle, and Shi Min did not dare to be sloppy, so he did not hand over this arduous task to Li Su, Li Nong, Yao Yizhong and other generals who were not one-hearted.

Shi Min glanced at the six generals, and finally fixed his gaze on Li Xin's body.

"Li Xin!"

"The last general!"

"Early tomorrow morning, you will lead my Han army to ride 30,000 people and make a long-distance attack, and you must take Wu'an as soon as possible!"

"No!" Li Xin gladly accepted the order.

"Hua Rong (Mulan), Wentai!"

"The last general!"

"You two go to battle with Li Xin!"

"Yes!"

Wentai was happy to accept this difficult task, but Mulan's eyebrows frowned, obviously a little unhappy.