Chapter 63: Soldiers Approaching Chencang
"I came here for only one purpose, which is to stop those Shu dogs west of Chencang!"
Hao Zhao stood at the head of the city and said very directly to the officers below.
"In the next few months, 1,500 soldiers were stationed in one shift, and each shift had to be repaired for four hours in a row. It needs to be rotated three times a day, and the soldiers take turns repairing the city for several months! ”
"We don't have much time, and the Shu army entrenched in Longyou may be killed at any time. We are here at the forefront of the Great Wei against the Shu Kingdom, and we can't afford to be negligent! ”
Hao Zhao is a very decisive person, and he has to carry out his order immediately on the same day. Therefore, most of the officers who followed Hao Zhao secretly cursed the street in their hearts, and they had to work hard and hungry for time.
During the Three Kingdoms period, repairing the city walls was a very troublesome thing.
If you don't pay attention to the quality, the earth can build the city wall. But if you want a high-quality wall, you need a lot of preparation.
The first is to collect the stones and then transport them back to the city to be polished into stone bricks. It was impossible to have lime in this era, so it was necessary to use very primitive methods to repair the walls.
Rammer!
Use a stone rammer to tamp the stone bricks little by little, and then build them up layer by layer. These are not very efficient and require a lot of effort to do it.
There were not many people led by Hao Zhao, only 5,000 soldiers. In order to speed up efficiency, he can only use the shift system to work with maximum efficiency.
If it weren't for the fear that the soldiers would be too tired if they worked for too long, causing the Shu army to suddenly become unable to resist, Hao Zhao couldn't wait to work for six hours in one shift.
Wei Jun is engaged in real estate here, and Ma Yan's demolition team is already on the way here.
Ma Tan arrived in Lüyang and met Lüyang's guard, who was still an old acquaintance Wang Ping.
"General Ma, long time no see!" After Wang Ping saw Ma Tan, he excitedly stepped forward and saluted Ma Tan.
"It's been months, and you look like you've lost a lot of weight."
"General Wang, long time no see!" Seeing acquaintances again, Ma Jian was also very happy. Now Wang Ping is also one of the few friends in the army, since the street pavilion was impressed by Ma Yan, and his attitude towards him is very friendly.
"Zijun is guarding in Luoyang now, is there any trouble?"
"That's not true, I'm on the orders of the prime minister to stay here in Tuntian, and no one who doesn't have a long eye dares to find trouble." Wang Ping replied with a smile, pointing to the people who were farming outside the city.
"I led 7,000 troops to guard here, and worked with the local people to cultivate the fields. In addition, there are still 8,000 elite soldiers guarding the various passes of Longdao to guard against the attack of the Wei army. ”
However, the Wei army was very timid, and Tuntian had not invaded for several months. Although my side is the gateway to Longyou, I may not have seen Bing Ge for a long time. ”
"Good, it looks like the rear is solid enough." Ma Jian nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly grabbed Wang Ping and said.
"I went to Chencang to attack the Wei army on the order of the prime minister, and now I need the assistance of your troops, I wonder if you can help me with this?"
"What's that? What do you have to ask the general to say, I, Wang Ping, have nothing to say! Wang Ping said.
"Good! Help me get these things ready......"
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Ma Tan led the troops to rest in Luoyang for two days, and then led the troops to continue south. With more than 1,000 Qiang Hu tribes and more than 1,000 Wudang Fei troops out of Longdao, they officially appeared in the sight of the Wei army.
As soon as the Shu army came out of Longshan, it was immediately detected by the scouts of the Wei army, and they were hurriedly sent to Chencang City. After Hao Zhao received the news, he hurriedly ordered all Wei troops to be on guard and personally go to the city wall to check.
As soon as he went to the city, Hao Zhao saw smoke and dust rising from the west, and a large number of cavalry in Shu army uniforms came out of the mountain road. Hao Zhao looked at it from a distance, they were basically Qianghu people, not Shu sergeants.
"So soon, did the Longyou Qianghu people surrender to the Shu people?" Hao Zhao's brows furrowed suddenly, and he suddenly felt a huge pressure.
Normally, they don't need to be too nervous about the attack of the Shu army, after all, there are no horses in Shu, and the Shu army is basically full of infantry. Even if they invaded Chencang, it would be impossible for them to go too deep into the restricted grain route.
But a large number of Qianghu cavalry surrendered to the Shu army, and that was a different story. The Shu army could cross Chen Cang to harass him, and plundered the village for supplies from all sides, causing great trouble to Cao Wei.
"These Qianghu people are really bullying the weak and afraid of the hard. In the past, the Great Wei Enwei was powerful, and they fought against the Wei army everywhere, but now they surrendered very quickly when they encountered the Shu people. Hao Zhao shook his head, and he had scolded that group of Qianghu people several times in his heart.
"General, are we going out of the city to fight?" The generals below saw that the number of Shu troops was not large, so they walked up to the city and asked Hao Zhao for battle.
"The number of people in the Shu army is only thousands, basically Qianghu is the vanguard, and the barbarians are the pawns. At this level, we only need to go out of the city to fight, and we will definitely capture the flag! ”
"Pass the order, be honest with me, who dares to go out of the city easily and deal with it by military law!" Hao Zhao shook his head, turned his head sternly and ordered.
"The Shu people are cunning and good at calculating with despicable methods, we can't be fooled. Let all ministries be vigilant, beware of the sneak attack of the Shu people, and speed up the repair of the city wall! ”
"Yui!" The generals below were a little dissatisfied, but they didn't dare to disobey the military order, so they could only answer.
Chen Cang's Wei army was highly nervous, and Ma Jian swaggered to the city of Chen Cang with his troops. This time, Ma Jian saw this famous city in history, a city that could force Zhuge Liang to be helpless.
Chencang City is not big, but the location is very critical. There were high mountains and jungles in the north and south, and the roads through which the army could pass were not wide.
And Chen Cang is in the middle of this road.
Ma Jian saw that many of Cao Wei's soldiers were repairing at the head of the city and strengthening the original head of the city.
The city is already quite strong, if they are allowed to build it like this, the Shu army will really not be able to gnaw it.
"Listen to the puppet Wei soldiers in the city, you have been surrounded by our Han army." Ma Jian stopped outside the city with thousands of soldiers and horses and came to shout in person.
"I am Ma Tan, the general of the Han Dynasty, and I was ordered by His Majesty to help the Han Dynasty in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. Today's fate is in Han, the puppet Wei Emperor is just a thief who steals the country, Dong Zhuo and others, and all the people in the world don't want to eat him alive. ”
"Now it is pointless for you to resist the Great Han Heavenly Army, you will only die on the battlefield in vain. What's more, are you really willing to work for a thief like Pseudo-Wei to steal the country? ”
"Put down your arms and surrender to the Han, don't lose your etiquette and title, why not?"
After Ma Jian finished shouting, Hao Zhao also walked up to the city, looking at Ma Jian who was showing off his might under the city and shouted.
"You Shu people, don't honestly stay in Yizhou and wait for death, you still dare to invade my Great Wei territory, don't you take our Great Wei soldiers in your eyes!"
"Hurry up and go back to Shuzhong, otherwise when my Great Wei soldiers and horses arrive, they will definitely be defeated!"