Chapter 142 Decision (Part 2)

Guo Wentong's army retreated very quickly and quickly left the Hanzhong territory.

Not to mention his retreat here, the war has also come to an end outside Hanzhong City.

The Pili car has a very powerful effect, but one of the weaknesses is that it also has a large burden on the machinery and is easy to wear and tear and fall apart. Therefore, the Pili car must be maintained for every few dozen stones thrown.

The Thunderbolt car must be changed from time to time.

At this time, Zhang Shuijing, the newly promoted team leader, was not a high position, at the age of seventeen or eighteen, and belonged to the same clan as Wang Hongyi's confidant minister Zhang Youzhi.

Wang Hongyi did not mind this behavior. In fact, in ancient times, it was very reasonable and natural.

Zhang Shuijing's facial features are actually pretty, and his eyebrows are quite heroic. When Wang Hongyi and Zhang Jing met him, he immediately decided to be the leader of the fire, and in less than a year he was the leader of the ninth-rank team.

Although Zhang Youzhi is only a sixth rank, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the future is unlimited, so some distant relatives surrender to him. Zhang Youzhi also took out his salary and rewards, bought the sacrifice field, and erected a monument. After Wang Hongyi found out, he rewarded some silver and still remembered the inscription.

"Since my Zhang family entered Sichuan, it has been four generations and has been abolished for twenty years. At this time, the revival will be reborn as a permanent sacrifice. I will pay a thousand taels of silver to add more sacrifices to the sacrificial land. In September of this year, I bought 300 mu of fertile land outside Chengdu and handed over to the Zhangjiatang book in August. This is the glory of the country's family and the honor of the clan."

After receiving this sacrifice to the fields, the family immediately gathered together. The young men in the clan began to learn to write and write. Although Zhang Shuijing was a branch, he was very powerful and brave, so he was shackled into the army.

Zhang Shuijing also knew deeply that if he was protected by his cousin and became an official in the army, if he performed poorly, he would lose his cousin's face and hinder the family's next development. Therefore, he was very active in both training and attack.

A few days ago, I had been holding my energy in my heart, trying to break through the gate of Hanzhong City in one go, and make a gap so that others can see that I still have some skills.

However, because of Wang Hongyi's previous explanation, he had to suppress the speed of siege, and was underestimated by the uninformed people in the army (most of them).

When Zhang Shuijing thought of the look of these people looking at him, he wanted to lead someone to use a thunderbolt chariot to smash the huge rocks through the city wall.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

On the walls of Hanzhong City, waves of dust rose, and the Thunderbolt cart launched another round of rocks.

"Change the stone bullet!" Zhang Shuijing shouted.

Immediately someone carried the boulder and moved it to the car, and several Thunderbolt cars were aimed at it again.

"Start!" Zhang Shuijing shouted.

"boom!"

A few more huge rocks fell over! The city wall shattered again. As the huge rocks fell on the ground, a few pieces rolled on the ground, rolling into the moat, and splashed everywhere!

The Hanzhong defenders were attacked and only listened to the orders of each general. The people had to bite the bullet and repair the city walls while the gaps were used. At the same time, some people also fired crossbows.

Because the distance is still far, ordinary bows and arrows are not at all fired at all through the moat, but Hanzhong has a batch of crossbow shooting machines, which is far away.

With a "puff" sound, a crossbow arrow flew over Zhang Shuijing's hair bun and shot someone behind him. He screamed suddenly. The soldier rushed to the ground and couldn't see that he could no longer live.

Zhang Shuijing suddenly burst into a cold sweat, causing his anger to rush up.

"Pili chariot, raise the catapult to the height of the stone, aim at the direction of the crossbow archers on the city, and bombard it!" He said coldly, although the lord has an order, he should not attack forcefully, and has a catapult to teach the other party some lessons, it is enough.

"No!" With a command, several thunderbolt cars moved a little, and the thunderbolt cars were aiming at the direction of the thunderbolt, and with a shout, several huge rocks headed towards the top of the city at the same time.

This time the huge rock bombardment target was obviously not a city wall, but a person on the city!

This move is really a bit insidious. Although it does not damage the city wall, it can kill many people with every stone falling. Compared with the threat of siege and breaking the wall, this bloody appearance brings great shock to the defending soldiers and generals!

Zhang Shuijing, who was under the city, seemed to have noticed that this move was much more shocking than the city. He immediately regretted why he didn't think of this method earlier?

So he ordered to attack the city walls during the break, and from time to time, a few stones flew out to attack the soldiers on the city.

After several times, the city wall was seriously damaged but not repaired, and the people who showed their heads on the city wall were almost gone.

It was at this moment that the army behind us suddenly heard the sound of gold.

"The so-called Hanzhong City is just like this!" If it weren't for noon, Zhang Shuijing would have continued to fight, and glanced at the city with a sneer, turned the horses and ran towards the camp without any rushing moment.

The siege team outside the city went to rest except for patrol.

"Bastard! Damn!" Looking at this scene, the guard on the city was furious and shouted loudly.

Then there was another curse, but no one around agreed with him.

When I was feeling strange, footsteps came from behind.

The guard noticed something was wrong and quickly turned around and saw that the Hanzhong prefect Zhong Wendao was wearing thin armor and protected by the servants to the city. He was standing not far behind him, looking at him.

"I have seen my lord!" He said with his legs weakened and he bowed down.

"Have the Shu army retreated?" Zhong Wendao asked lightly.

"Yes, lord." The guard said with his head down.

"Today... there are heavy casualties?" Zhong Wendao frowned. Looking at the nearby scene, it was more than just heavy casualties, it was simply a terrible sight!

"Lord, there are not many casualties in actual conditions, but these Shu troops are really hateful! When the huge rocks hit, the human body scattered and turned into mud, which has a great blow to morale!" Thinking about what happened before, the guard gritted his teeth.

If it weren't for the lord's strict order, he would have been unable to hold back and went out of the city to fight.

"A battle of will! You are easily provoked by the other party. You, the guard general, are not competent. Keep going and be careful of the enemy's tricks." Zhong Wendao thought for a while and said, "This city is temporarily left to others to guard. You have been guarding for a few days, so go down and have a rest first!"

"...Yes, lord." He was originally trying to say something, but when he looked up, he was facing Zhong Wendao's gaze. The guard general was shocked, and he bowed quickly, retreating aside with a little unwillingness.

Zhong Wendao gives people the feeling that he has always been gentle and elegant, but that's true. He will not achieve his current status.

He is also very good at ruthless methods.

The guards who have been by his side for some time know this, and they dare not disobey his orders.

Zhong Wendao appointed a person to temporarily replace the previous guard.

He looked at the bloody scene on the city tower with hatred. The guard waved his hand and took his personal soldiers to retreat with him to rest. At the same time, the personal soldiers went down and carried off many corpses that could no longer be seen.

The bloody smell in the air did not decrease at all, and the smell was still so bad. To be honest, although he was scolded, the guard was still grateful.

Finally, there is no need to face these things.

Zhong Wendao stood on the city wall, as if he was not affected by this environment, but just looked outside with deep eyes.

Looking out from the city wall several feet high, although the Shu army camp was far away, you could still see a continuous area. Because it was a little far away, it was impossible to see clearly in the specific appearance. This momentum came to him, giving him a feeling of almost suffocation.

Without such a huge catapult, Wang Hongyi's 40,000 troops surrounded the city, and it would be no easy task to attack it in a month.

It will definitely be a fierce battle and consume a lot.

Now the city walls are constantly losing, and the morale in the city is constantly declining. Even so, we should not have been so moving in the past few days.

It was because he had not received news of the Qin army coming to aid, and he noticed the signs of the Qin army coming. He stood here at this time, but found that Wang Hongyi's army besieged Hanzhong was not at all confused.

Could it be that the Qin army has not yet attacked?

Zhong Wendao was a little suspicious at this moment whether the news he received was true or false.

But after thinking about it, Hanzhong is neighboring Guanzhong, and Hanzhong is occupied by Wang Hongyi, which is equivalent to taking over Qinchuan's portal. It can attack and retreat and defend, which is very detrimental to Guo Wentong'an's internal expansion. Zhong Wendao did not believe it, and Guo Wentong would watch Wang Hongyi conquering Hanzhong with peace of mind.

Although Guo Wentong is much worse than Wang Hongyi in terms of strength, he is a general who has experienced many battles and cannot be inferior to Wang Hongyi, a young man. He also has the Guo Wentong family. He has been in charge of the four counties for many years. It is not comparable to Wang Hongyi's foundation for unifying the East and West Yizhou.

In Zhong Wendao's view, Guo Wentong has the advantage over Wang Hongyi.

Although Zhong Wendao is not good at attacking skills, he can repeatedly resist the attacks of foreign enemies, relying on the benefits of this city wall.

Originally, Zhong Wendao did not dare to say that he could fight as well as Guo Wentong. With the number of defenders in the city and the benefits of the city walls, he could still guarantee that he would have suffered heavy damage to the attacking Shu army, but at this time he lost this confidence.

"When the Qin army arrives, let the soldiers take turns to rest. If the Qin army does not come, I will drag it until the Qin army arrives!" Zhong Wendao sneered.

In the Hanzhong County city, there are many defenders and grain reserves. Whether Wang Hongyi has a catapult in his hand or it can be consumed for several months.

In the distant Shu army camp, Wang Hongyi sat in the main tent, standing in front of him with soldiers reporting military information.

"You go back." Wave him to retreat.

Wang Hongyi began to think about the information he had just heard. It turned out that Guo Wentong's army had really retreated. He had passed Liangchuan County and returned to Qinchuan.

After suffering this loss, Guo Wentong must not give up, but he can only swallow this temporarily.

The strategic idea has failed, and Wang Hongyi will not continue to waste it here. He has already made plans in his heart.

At noon, Wang Hongyi's army approached the city again.

This time, all the 40,000 troops came to the city, with flags waving and the momentum of the Shu army made the defenders on the city pale, and they immediately realized that this time might be different.

After forty thousand troops were forced to the city in order, they did not immediately attack Hanzhong County City, but sent people with loud voices to shout at the city.

Zhong Wendao stood at the top of the city and shouted: "Guo Wentong has withdrawn his troops, don't surrender yet!"

Zhong Wendao was in a state of mind and had a pale face.

In the army, people wearing thin armor protected by the crowd rode out and met his eyes on the top of the city.

"Lord, what should I do?" asked an official next to me.
Chapter completed!