Chapter 52: Contempt

Wei Guo, Di Dao.

"Kill!!"

"The first to ascend!!"

The soldiers roared and launched a siege battle from three sides.

Under the cover of the great shield, the crossbowmen kept approaching the walls, using arrows to suppress the defenders on the walls.

Jiang Wei made a lot of preparations for this siege, with strong men pushing the well carts, and the crossbowmen constantly firing volleys, which actually suppressed the opponent for a while.

Because of the difficulty of the road, the crusading army usually had to craft siege equipment once they arrived at the place.

The siege equipment of Shu is very complete, Zhuge Liang and Hao Zhao performed a very wonderful offensive and defensive battle, Zhuge Liang also had the behavior of "more than a hundred feet to shoot in the city".

In many cases, Jiang Wei didn't need to tell him to do it himself, and the armorers under his command were still very familiar with them.

Di Dao set up wells on three sides, and the two sides began to shoot at each other.

Arrows flew sideways, killing and wounding on both sides.

And at this time, there were armor soldiers on three sides at the same time, carrying earth, rushing to the city wall, and they were going to fill in the outer moats.

Just as these people were approaching the city, the arrows on the city wall suddenly increased, and in an instant, many armor soldiers fell to the ground, and the arrows were impenetrable, covering the road to the city.

Jiang Wei frowned, looked at the sudden eruption on the city wall, and scolded again: "Continue to suppress!" ”

The crossbowmen worked harder.

One after another armor soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, and the soldiers on both sides had not yet met, but the casualties were already not small.

Di Dao was not a city that could be easily captured, Cao Wei attached great importance to these border fortresses, often sent people to build them, and at the same time stockpiled a large number of defensive materials.

Jiang Wei knows very well that even if he succeeds this time, he will definitely pay an extremely heavy price.

However, this time it was a rare opportunity.

Guo Huai died, Sima Shi also died, Biqiu Jian, Zhuge Dan and others were about to move, and heard that there was a rebellion in Hebei.

This is a good opportunity that will not be encountered for many years, and if he misses such a good opportunity, Jiang Wei will never forgive himself.

As the drums of war sounded, more and more armor soldiers launched a fierce attack on the city.

For a while, arrows continued to fly and fall above the city, screaming one after another, and the whole sky seemed to be covered by arrows.

Sima Wang was standing on the city wall at this moment, calmly looking into the distance.

The adjutant general on the side looked at the arrows in the sky, and his face turned pale.

"General, let's go down to the city, it's dangerous here."

Sima Wang said angrily: "The soldiers all have the belief to die for the country, don't I have it?!" ”

The adjutant general was speechless for a moment.

At this moment, in addition to the armor soldiers of the city wall, there were still many armor soldiers standing on the inside of the city wall, and they did not play.

The deputy general said worriedly: "Jiang Wei didn't try, he attacked with all his might, we shouldn't spare any more strength."

Sima Wang didn't answer, Sima Wang didn't fight back with all his might, he retained a lot of vitality, but the purpose of doing so was not to break through Jiang Wei's encirclement.

He has his own ideas.

Sima Wang's current position in the northwest is very complicated, on the one hand, he serves as the general of Anxi and commands the army, but because of the big man Chen Tai, his control over the army is not very strong.

Fortunately, the people here still don't know what happened in the temple, and his surname is still the most powerful weapon, and no one dares to disobey it.

The two sides fought like this, and the offensive of Shu became stronger and stronger.

On several occasions, they even succeeded in building the ladder, but then they encountered a strong counterattack from the Wei army.

Every time this is the case, Shu can feel the weakness of the opponent's defense several times, but every time they are about to succeed, the opponent suddenly becomes vigorous and beats them back.

Under such entanglement, Shu paid an extremely heavy price.

Finally, Zhang Yi, the general of Zhengxi, couldn't help it, and he appeared in front of Jiang Wei again.

"General! No more storming! ”

"The casualties are too great!"

"We have come from afar, the enemy is waiting for work, and besides, he has gathered the defense forces of several cities in one city!"

Zhang Yi frowned and pointed to the city in the distance, "That Sima Wang is deliberately seducing us, he didn't go all out at all, constantly attracting us to attack, and then suddenly broke out." ”

"His purpose is to consume more of our strength, delay us under the city, and let their main force come to encircle and suppress us!"

"General, change the strategy, we can divide our troops to attack and plunder other cities to make up for the loss of this expedition."

As soon as Zhang Yi's words began, Jiang Wei was extremely angry.

"Every time I go on an expedition, it's because of people like you!"

"Now that the army is attacking with all its might, how dare you come to break the heart of our army?!"

Zhang Yi looked at Jiang Wei's angry face, and he was also very angry.

"General Wei! You don't care if your soldiers live or die! Do you care if I come to disturb their morale? ”

"If we take the city, how much will it cost us?!"

"If we can't take it, then what will we do with the loss of this crusade?"

"The Northern Expedition has been failing year after year, does General Wei only care about his own merits and ignore the people of the Han Dynasty?!"

Jiang Wei said solemnly: "I am not for my own merits, this time I am following the will of the prime minister, but for the people of the Han Dynasty, and for the righteousness of the world!" ”

"This time we dispatched a large army, if we can take this city, our previous losses can be compensated, if we can't take it, it is to defeat the rest of the small counties, what is the use?"

Zhang Yi was even more angry, "General Wei has a great heart, which is not something that we villains can understand, if it fails this time, I will definitely write to Your Majesty!" ”

Jiang Wei was very calm, "Sima Wang's is just a city, Chen Tai's army is distributed all over the place, if he wants to come to relieve the siege, he must first gather the army, gather the army, and then come here, this is not something that can be done in just a few days." ”

"Chen Tai can't come to the rescue in a short period of time, besides, I have also sent people to garrison various roads, if the army comes, they will be ambushed by me first."

Jiang Wei didn't want to explain this to Zhang Yi, but he still needs Zhang Yi to help him now.

Hearing his explanation, Zhang Yi snorted coldly and turned around and left here

"General! Cannot! No! ”

At this moment, Chen Tai had already brought his horses, and many knights gathered around him, ready to set off.

There were officials who stood in front of Chen Tai, their eyes full of fear.

"General, then Jiang Wei led tens of thousands of troops here, and you only have 3,000 cavalry here, how can you go and crusade against him yourself?"

"You should wait until the army comes, and then take them to relieve the siege of the city, you go alone, if something big happens, the army is leaderless, and it will be broken by Jiang Wei!"

Chen Tai was wearing armor, and his face was very calm.

He ignored the officials on the side and turned over on his horse.

"If you have to wait until the army is gathered, then Sima Wang is afraid that it will be dangerous, and Jiang Wei will also be ready to ambush, but now, when Jiang Wei is not ready to attack the city with all his strength, there will be no danger."

"Jiang Wei won't know how many troops I have led, and when he finds out that I have gone around his side, he will be very frightened and dare not attack Di Dao again, even if he wants to attack, the generals under his command will not dare to linger any longer."

"At that time, it's time to defeat Jiang Wei."

Hearing Chen Tai's words, the official just sighed helplessly.

Chen Tai handed over all the affairs in the city to the other party, and then led the cavalry to leave here quickly.

Chen Tai didn't dare to delay for a moment, he advanced at full speed, he didn't even give his soldiers time to rest, he ran all the way down, when passing by his own city, he didn't make a sound, and he didn't know how many scouts he bypassed along the way.

He personally led the cavalry of more than 3,000 people all the way over the Gaocheng Ridge in Shouyang County, quietly and hurriedly, and finally arrived at the high mountain southeast of Didao City when it was dark the next day.

After arriving here, Chen Tai still did not rest, he ordered the soldiers to light piles of beacon fires on the mountain, the more the better, and at the same time began to beat the war drums so that the enemy and his own people in the distance could hear.

Jiang Wei had just finished a day's assault that day, and was about to let the soldiers rest, when suddenly, many bonfires and war drums were lit in the mountains to the south.

Sima Wang in the city also made people beat the drum at the same time, and the momentum was very great.

At this moment, the soldiers of Shu were extremely frightened, and there was chaos in the camp, and Jiang Wei, who had just sat down, couldn't help but jump up.

Jiang Wei stared at the scenery in the distance, and his face suddenly became ugly.

The generals rushed in.

"General! Oh no! ”

At this moment, the entire army of Shu was a little panicked.

Jiang Wei hurriedly said: "And appease the sergeant!" Let them not be afraid! It's just a small group of people, otherwise, they would have come to attack us a long time ago! ”

"Send scouts to probe the surrounding news, the enemy seems to be attacking from the south, send people to the south to probe and find a suitable place for an ambush there!"

Jiang Wei's army stopped the siege of the city.

At this moment, Chen Tai stood on the top of the mountain, looked at the Shu State camp tent in the distance, and instructed the generals around him: "Jiang Wei will definitely think that we are marching from the south road, he will set up an ambush on the way, send people to inform the battalions, let them march secretly from the north road, avoid the other party's scouts, and cut off their back road!" ”

The general immediately received the order and left in a hurry.

This famous general of Great Wei, who was despised by Jiang Wei, stood on the top of the mountain at this moment, looking at Jiang Wei's army from a distance.

Because of years of fighting, Chen Tai is extremely familiar with Jiang Wei, and he can even predict some of the other party's practices.

As for Jiang Wei, he doesn't look down on this Chen Jun very much, in his eyes, Chen Tai is just a cowardly person who assists Guo Huai.

But this time, he seemed to look away.