Just one day and one night, a strong camp was erected.

The towering wall, two or three zhang high, the four corners of the camp and the corner tower, can overlook the enemy situation at any time.

In front of the camp gate, the rejection of horses is even more horizontal, if the Wei army dares to rush the camp, he will definitely have no return.

"What a fortified village."

It was Zhang Fei, who was also very surprised to see that a walled city was built so quickly.

"Yang Ben, it seems that those of you who are from the martial arts hall really have some skills."

Yang Ben, who is now a partial general, scratched his head and said with a smile: "Building a walled city is a good job in martial arts, if you even lose this ability, Your Highness will see it, and I am afraid that you will be punished again." ”

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "When the envoy enters the city to persuade him to surrender, if Zhang He doesn't know what to do, he will attack the city today!" ”

When the army marched towards Chang'an, a series of siege equipment had already begun to be built.

Now in the camp there are many siege equipment.

Among them, the categories are even more varied.

There is a nest car.

The so-called nest car has 8 wheels, which can be pushed, and the small wooden house can be raised and lowered, which can accommodate one or two people, and there are promising holes on all sides, and the outside is covered with raw cowhide, which can block the enemy's arrows.

Prospect Building.

The so-called watchtower is to climb up through the foot pedal of the vertical pole, the top of the pole is set up with the watchtower, and the downstairs is equipped with a rotating shaft, which can be rotated on all sides to observe.

There is a head car.

The city wall is strong and difficult to attack, so naturally you have to find another way, and if you can't do it from the front, you can come below.

A head car is a type of vehicle that is specially used to excavate tunnels.

It is divided into three parts: the screen plate at the front of the car is used to protect the front car and the shelter behind it, and when the tunnel is almost dug up, the siege troops will assemble in the car, and after the tunnel is dug through, quickly push the screen card away, and the troops can rush out and attack.

There are trains.

The train was mainly used to burn the enemy's city gates and towers. There are two wheels, and a large kettle or pot is placed in a stove to store fat and oil. When using, boil the oil in the pot, push it under the enemy's city gate, continue to burn, and add firewood and grass to burn the city gate. If the enemy fights with water, the fire will grow.

There is a Linchong chariot (Linchong Lu bus).

Linchong chariot is a kind of giant siege chariot, the car is several zhang high, dozens of zhang long, the car is divided into five layers, each layer has a ladder to go up and down, the car can carry hundreds of warriors, equipped with machine crossbows, poisonous arrows, guns, halberds, knives and spears and other weapons and equipment to destroy the city wall facilities. During the attack, the people pushed the cart to the foot of the city, the roof of the car could be level with the city wall, and the soldiers rushed to the city through the overpass to fight the enemy, and the car underneath the city wall was destroyed by hitting the wood and other tools.

There are trebuchets, ladder chariots, and crossings.

Not to mention, there are still more than two hundred catties of gunpowder, waiting for Chang'an.

With such adequate preparations, no matter how strong the giant city of Chang'an is, the Han army also has the confidence to capture it.

Now.

Inside Chang'an City.

Zhang He's mood is actually not good, and life is actually not easy.

The side effects of Chang'an's guarding Xiahou Nan's escape were far greater than Zhang He thought.

Although people with lofty ideals know that Xiahou Nan's ability is not as good as his Zhang He, Chang'an is much better to hand over Zhang He to him than to hand it over to Xiahou Nan to guard.

But

In this world, stupid people still account for the majority, and really smart people are in the minority.

After learning the news that Wei Chang'an had fled from Chang'an, the powerful families in the city, and even the ordinary people, shouted to flee Chang'an.

For these people who wanted to escape, Zhang He naturally didn't let them out.

If it is released, the people of Chang'an will have to flee, and the soldiers guarding the city will see the people fleeing, will they also become routs?

In addition, it is necessary to use people to defend the city, and these people, at a critical moment, can help make some equipment to defend the city.

Things that don't require technical skills, such as boiling gold juice, can be left to these people.

Of course

Preventing these people from leaving Chang'an will naturally turn Chang'an into a miasma and the people's hearts will be out of balance.

Therefore, yesterday, Zhang He led 5,000 troops out of the city to attack the Han army, preparing for a big victory and stabilizing the hearts of the people in Chang'an.

outcome

The attack on the Han army failed, but was beaten by the Han army and lost their armor, and the 5,000 people who went out finally only came back, less than half of them.

Originally, the effect of using a big victory to stabilize the hearts of the people in Chang'an not only did not achieve, but it achieved the opposite effect.

So much so that now in Chang'an City, there are often noisy troublemakers, which makes Zhang He very annoying.

If this continues, Chang'an will not have to defend it.

"General, please see the envoy of the Han Kingdom outside the city."

Han envoys?

Zhang He frowned and said: "The envoy of the Han State came here at this moment, he must have come to persuade him to surrender, killed him, and hung his body on the Xi'an Gate." ”

The sergeant who came to Tongyu showed hesitation, and he hurriedly said: "The envoy is Du Fang, who was born in the Jingzhao Du clan, doesn't the general see it?" ”

Jingzhao Dushi?

What a guts!

Zhang He suddenly couldn't sit still, and his face became ugly.

"Jingzhao Du clan actually dares to commit treason!"

Zhang He was extremely angry at first, but soon, this anger disappeared completely.

The scholars are the grass on the wall, and whoever forces them helps whom.

The Jingzhao Du clan was not heavily used in the Wei State, and it didn't seem to be an incomprehensible thing to change the court at this time.

"The villain heard the news, Jingzhao Du's and Jingzhaowei's have all descended to the Han Dynasty, and in Chang'an City, many generals and staff members are all from these two families, or have a relationship with these two families, if you rashly kill Du Fang, it is really inappropriate."

Since Cao Pi promulgated the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, the power of the scholars in various places has swelled rapidly.

The same is true for Jingzhao Dushi and Jingzhao Merriam-Webster.

At that time, Zhong Xuan worked part-time in Yongzhou Dazhongzheng, and many children of Du and Wei came out of this.

After all, in Guanzhong, based on the requirements of the nine-grade Zhongzheng system, measured from the family's talent and morality, those who can meet the requirements are the most people from these two families.

It is precisely because of this that the two families of Jingzhao Du and Wei took advantage of the situation, and the middle and lower-level officials were almost everywhere in Jingzhao Yin, and it was only because of time that the power did not spread to the upper class.

In a country that relies on the scholars to govern the place, but the scholars in this place surrender to the enemy first, Zhang He has a feeling of wanting to cry without tears.

Mother!

Is this Chang'an City a place guarded by people?

At this time, he found out why Xiahou Nan ran so neatly at the beginning.

Originally, I thought that he was as timid as a mouse, but now it seems that he sees much farther than him.

After hesitating for a long time, Zhang He said to the official who gave the order: "It is not impossible to summon this person to meet him." ”

As for what Zhang He thought in his heart, he didn't know it himself.

A moment later, Du Fang, who was wearing the robe of a Han envoy, slowly walked into the main hall.

"The foreign envoy meets the general."

Zhang He was wearing armor, and his frowning brows did not relax for a moment.

"What are you doing here?"

Du Fang smiled, and immediately said: "General, the mandate of heaven is in Han, the general trend is in Han, you are a Han minister, now is a good time to set things right, the general has to seize the opportunity, if the general is willing to surrender, His Majesty is willing to crown you as a hussar general, a marquis of Wannian County, and ten thousand households." Guanzhong surrendered the army and let the general take charge, what is it? ”

It has to be said that the conditions of the Han Kingdom are indeed attractive.

He is now a township, don't look at the difference between him and the county marquis, but there is still a world of difference between a township fief and a county's fief.

Not to mention the thousands of households.

Moreover, after the surrender, with the army in his hands, he will not be alone.

This condition is not bad!

Seeing that Zhang He was still silent, Du Fang continued: "Now in the Han Kingdom, no one can have 10,000 households, and the general is brave and brave, and he can still make meritorious contributions, and it is not yet known if he goes further. ”

"Hey~"

Zhang He sighed heavily and said: "Your Excellency's conditions are indeed very tempting, however, I, Zhang He, am not a person who betrays the master, and I can't do this kind of surrender!" ”

"The general was originally a general of the Yuan family, and now he is a general of the Cao family, why can't he be a general of the Han family?"

Du Fang scolded angrily.

"Enough!"

Zhang He was full of black lines and reprimanded angrily: "You think I want to surrender? You think I'm not willing to start from the beginning? At that time, Yuan Benchu was uncertain, Guo Tu's words seriously injured me, and I had no choice but to surrender. ”

During the Battle of Guandu that year, Zhang He said to Yuan Shao: "Although you have won successive victories, you do not need to fight Cao Cao, you only need to secretly send light cavalry to cut off his southern military route and omit its supplies, and the enemy army will collapse without a fight." ”

Yuan Shao did not adopt it.

Later, Yuan Shao sent Chun Yu Qiong to supervise the grain and grass in Wuchao.

Cao Cao personally led the elite to attack the black nest.

Zhang He stepped forward again to offer advice: "Cao Gong's soldiers are brave and good at fighting, they will definitely defeat Chun Yuqiong and others." Once Chun Yuqiong fails, then the general's great cause is over, and you should lead troops to rescue as soon as possible. ”

But the strategist Guo Tu said: "What Zhang He said is not a good idea, our army might as well attack Cao Cao's camp, Cao Cao is bound to come to the rescue, so Chun Yuqiong's danger will not be saved and solved." ”

As a result, Zhang He and Gao Ran led heavy troops to attack the Cao army's camp and couldn't defeat it, and Wuchao was burned down by the Cao army, Guo Tu also framed him in front of Yuan Shao and said: "Zhang He is happy about the defeat of our army, and he is disrespectful. ”

He had no choice but to surrender to Cao Cao.

However, what Zhang He thought was, after all, just his words.

Du Fang sneered and said: "If it is a loyal general, it is not against loyalty to die, my Han general Guan Yunchang, was reused by Cao Cao back then, and when he learned the news that His Majesty was alive, he still gave up his glory and wealth, passed five passes and killed six generals, not afraid of death and life, with full loyalty." The general is afraid of death, he can surrender Cao Wei, and now Chang'an is surrounded by our Han army, the people in the city are in turmoil, and the army is uncertain, is not like the battle of Guandu in the past? ”

Du Fang pressed forward step by step, his eyes sharp.

"When the general abandoned Yuan and returned to Cao, Fang has the general's today, and in the same way, the general abandons Cao and returns to Han today, and the general has the glory of tomorrow."

"Whew~"

Zhang Hechang exhaled and said, "I intend to surrender, but I also ask Emperor Han to give me five days to think about it." ”

"Could it be that at this time, the general is still thinking of a plan to delay the army?"

Zhang He snorted coldly and waved his hand heavily.

"Believe it or not, the Han Emperor will make a decision, and you will return to the court."

Zhang He didn't want to waste his tongue with Du Fang.

"Sending off!"

After saying that, he got up and left.

Du Fang was stunned for a moment, and could only leave.

The news of Du Fang's entry into the city and Zhang He's persuasion to surrender was learned by Zhang Fei and others for the first time.

"This is a delaying tactic! If five days were given to Zhang He, Chang'an would be even more difficult to attack. ”

Wei Yan, the governor of Hanzhong, was the first to express his dissatisfaction.

"Zhang Gong, don't trust Zhang He."

Zhao Yun, who was on the side, also showed a thoughtful look on his face.

"Five days is not long to say, and short is not short."

It seems that Zhang He is still very shrewd and pinching this scale.

"You go back to your majesty first, as for our side, if we don't attack Chang'an, we will first knock down Biyong, Wang Mang's Nine Temples, and Sheji Altar."

Zhang Fei grinned, looking very honest and honest.

Play this with me?

You're still a little tender.

In addition to the city, Chang'an also has many buildings outside, such as Wang Mang's Nine Temple, which is one of them.

The "Nine Temples" are composed of 12 "Hui" shaped plane buildings with the same specifications and layouts, with a total area of more than 30 acres.

Among them, 11 buildings are arranged in three rows in the order of "4, 3, 4" in a large square courtyard, with a rammed earth wall 1,400 meters on one side, a central building 55 meters on each side, and annex rooms at four corners of the courtyard.

In the southern middle of this square wall, there is another ruins of a hollow-shaped plane building with the same hollow shape as the inner courtyard, which is 100 meters long.

As for why there are twelve temples in the nine temples, the reason is very simple, in addition to the nine set by Wang Mang, it also includes three distant ancestors - Emperor Yu, Tian He, Tian Jian, because the number of temples should refer to constants, so it is called "nine temples".

It's like there are five of the Four Heavenly Kings.

However, soon after the completion of the Nine Temples, it was destroyed in the fire that was lit under the rebel army in the last years of Wang Mang, and the exquisite buildings in the Nine Temples had already been burned, but the walls were still there, and now they were garrisoned by Zhang He, and the Biyong next to them, the Shejitai, and the Zigzag fortress were used to delay the Han army.

With these few things in front of him, Mo said that he was going to fight Chang'an, and the moat couldn't be crossed.

Du Fang also felt that Zhang He was a little embarrassed, His Majesty gave the hussar general the rank of officer, and the county marquis, and even did not deprive you of your military power, but also gave you the seal of ten thousand households, what else are you not satisfied with?

I don't know what to do.

"When I entered the city, I contacted the Du family and Wei family in the city, and informed the secret agent of the military department, Zhang He's desire to surrender, I am afraid that it will soon spread in Chang'an, the general will attack the nine temples and Biyong, show Zhang He, what is the fate of stubborn resistance!"

Sun Tzu has a saying in the Art of War: Attacking the heart is the top, and attacking the city is the bottom.

"The siege is a last resort...... Whoever kills a third of the soldiers and does not pull out the city, this attack is also a disaster."

In the face of a strong fortress, it is often impossible to lose one-third of the army's soldiers, or even for a long time. It is enough to see the difficulty of siege warfare, and such losses are also a disaster on the battlefield.

If you can attack the Nine Temples and the Piyong Society Altar and make Zhang He afraid, maybe he can go to Chang'an without a fight! (End of chapter)

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