Chapter 161 The Big Stone (Part 1)

In Xiangyang City, the Jiedushi Mansion.

It was the first half of the night, and the sky was dim and the lights and candles were lit in the conference hall.

Sun Chang was wearing casual clothes and sitting on the top of the conference hall, gently playing with the cup with one hand, with a smile on his face.

"There are 40,000 or 50,000 people when the Shu army comes? These soldiers want to capture my Xiangyang, but they are delusional. Humph, Xiangyang's city is solid, with a moat of 100 meters outside, 30,000 elite soldiers in the city, and 50,000 people in the Shu army. I don't believe it. Even if Wang Hongyi has great skills, can he still break through this city?"

Sun Chang's eyes narrowed slightly at this moment, and his tone was quite smiling.

Of course, he did not underestimate Wang Hongyi. The reputation of Duke Shu was already well-known, otherwise he would not have been much prepared for Wang Hongyi.

But what is more clear is that the situation at this time was not very good. Zheng Pingyuan submitted a letter to the court and handed over Jiangling to be named the Marquis of Chu. He owned four counties in Jingnan, and his power increased greatly.

The civil strife in Wu and Yue will almost be pacified in a few months. At that time, Wang Hongyi will face a huge alliance and the pressure will be great.

In this case, Wang Hongyi must take over Xiangyang as soon as possible to relieve the pressure from multiple parties.

How easy is this?

"What the lord said is that after Xiangyang is built, unless there is an internal supporter or insufficient food and grass, there is no record of conquering within three years. If the Duke of Shu wants to capture this city, 50,000 is too little, 150,000, it takes three years to capture it, and maybe it can be captured!" At this time, an official said calmly.

This person's surname is Wang, and his name is Yi.

Wang Yi pondered for a moment and said, "The Shu army only has 50,000 troops. The lord has this strong city. Just use the strategy of using a strong wall to defeat the sharp edge."

"The Shu army came from afar and to win and strengthen itself. At this time, we must close the wall and break it. We have food in our city for five years. When the energy is weak and the soldiers are exhausted, then we can fight. We can break it in one battle. This is a perfect plan."

"When you are chasing me, and you will not kill this person and never return. Even if you escape by chance, all Shu will collapse. The lord can recover Xincheng and Shangyong in one fell swoop, and you can even take Hanzhong and the troops will come to Shu."

When Sun Chang heard this, he sighed and said, "This is a clever plan!"

This tactic is naturally extremely clever, but there is a prerequisite, that is, the city walls are tall and thick and must be fully logistically supported.

However, Xiangyang is not a problem in these two aspects.

If Wang Hongyi heard this, he would be shocked. This is Li Shimin's tactic of dominating the world.

Xiangyang's moat alone is more than 100 meters, and ships can be driven inside. The city walls are high and thick, and 30,000 soldiers gathered in the city are full of morale. In this case, tens of thousands of Shu troops surrounded outside the city, which made Sun Chang feel disdainful.

If it weren't for the rumored giant stone machine, Sun Chang could even think that Wang Hongyi was dead. Even if there were rumored giant stone machine, Sun Chang believed that he could defend for several months, and Wang Hongyi had no choice but to retreat and collapse the entire army.

"But the bows and arrows in the city are speeding up?" Sun Chang said, looking at Wang Yi.

"Lord, there are plenty of bows and arrows in the city. Now we are speeding up the construction. The bows and arrows can be used for three years!" Wang Ping bowed slightly and said to Sun Chang.

"Very good. There are other cities that need to be built quickly. There must be a protracted battle." Sun Chang said, and glanced at the conference hall. The night was getting deeper.

"Just come here. You can go and rest first. If you have any questions, I will notify you. Go down and rest. Those who change their guards in the second half of the night will go there in time and cannot give the Shu army an opportunity to take advantage of."

"No." The generals bowed and replied, "No," and then prepared to retreat.

Sun Chang was about to instruct the servants to send them out when he heard a loud noise coming quickly.

"Yeah? What's going on? Why is it noisy outside?" Sun Chang, who was the top leader of the conference hall, frowned slightly, sat up straight, and asked.

"Report!" At this moment, a personal soldier rushed in from outside the meeting hall.

When he arrived at the hall, the personal soldier immediately turned over and bowed: "Master, there were some internal support in the city. Many letters of persuasion were dispersed. A lot of people fell on the streets. Some of them went to pick them up and were captured by the soldiers, and some of them were children of aristocratic families!"

"What?" After hearing the personal soldiers report, Sun Chang's face changed and stood up.

"But I catch a suspicious person?" Sun Chang thought for a while and asked.

"Master, there are hundreds of people who have been arrested. Because time is rushed, I have never been interrogated." The man quickly reported.

"Do it randomly!" Sun Chang calmed down at this time, his eyes flashed with a faint light, and he said with a laugh: "Transfer to me to let them release all the people who were arrested. As for the letter of persuasion to surrender, if you can collect it, you can collect it, and if you can't collect it, you can leave it."

"The people in this city are stable. What's the use of these messy articles? The more they mobilize the masses, the more they are likely to be confused. They also tell the aristocratic families to let them control their own people, otherwise they will not benefit them afterwards."

The personal soldiers responded quickly and ran out quickly.

After hearing this, Wang Yi applauded and smiled: "Lord said this very kindly!"

This is not a pretending to be mysterious, it is indeed full of confidence. After hearing this, all the generals praised him for goodness and stayed for a while.

After Sun Chang asked them to go back, he was very careful not to let themselves get in trouble first. He gave the Shu army outside an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity. The generals responded respectfully, and then Sun Chang let them go.

After a while, everyone outside dispersed.

The second day.

It was early in the morning, and there were already generals in Wang Hongyi's army. Under Wang Hongyi's instruction, they brought thousands of soldiers to Xiangyang to challenge the battle. All the loud soldiers in the army were sent out and took turns to mocking the generals to come to the city to fight.

However, half an hour later, Xiangyang City still had a suspension bridge hanging high and could not leave. So the Shu army's shouts and scolding became louder and louder.

The general's spitting words and the arrogant laughter of the soldiers came to the ears of the soldiers guarding the city in Xiangyang City.

After being insulted like this, most of the generals and soldiers guarding the city were full of blood and were naturally full of righteous indignation. Unfortunately, Sun Chang had already issued a death order, and no general was allowed to leave the city to fight without permission.

The generals defending the city could only endure it.

The Shu army under the city shouted that they were tired, so they replaced them with a few groups of people and took turns to scold them.

From morning to noon, it never stopped, and only cursed the morale of the soldiers on the city.

"Lord, Sun Chang can tolerate it for half a day. He can tolerate it and not send people out. This tolerance alone is extraordinary." On the high slope a distance from Xiangyang City, the two of them rode horses in front, with some servants protecting him, and were watching the farce in front of him.

"Zhang Qing, Sun Chang is indeed a general. If someone else wanted to defend the city, even if he had 30,000 elite soldiers in the city, how could he be so humiliated and unmoved? He would come out to fight a battle!" Wang Hongyi sighed at the city.

Sun Chang's move is good, reflecting his understanding and patience.

However, in fact, morale is still a bit damaged. If the Shu army can break through the city and dare not fight first, then break through the city, morale will plummet.

Morale is very important when siegeing the city, which determines the battle after breaking the city.

Sun Chang was able to make the Shu army quarrel and stayed silent because he felt that the Shu army had no strength to break through the city, and the city was not broken. Wang Hongyi's move had no effect at all.

"It seems that this person will not come out. There is no way to send an orphan order to transport the Pili Car and Tao Lei with all their strength. The faster the better!" Looking at the defense of Xiangyang City's outer city, Wang Hongyi sighed.

"Zhang Qing, you will go back to the camp now and write a formal official document from the Secret Palace to send it back, and ask them to supervise this matter. They must be sent as soon as possible!" Still a little worried, Wang Hongyi turned around and said to Zhang Youzhi beside him.

"I obey the order." Zhang Youzhi immediately responded: "I will go back to the camp first."

After saying that, he turned his horse's head and headed towards the camp.

"You guys, escort Lord Zhang back." Wang Hongyi signaled the people around him to follow him.

Although there are all Wang Hongyi's soldiers here, Wang Hongyi is still very careful about safety for civil officials like Zhang Youzhi.

In the previous life, Wang Hongyi had to guard against this move among the princes and sent people to assassinate important enemy officials.

Even if it is someone else, as long as it is a talent that Wang Hongyi values, secret guards will be sent to protect it.

At this time, above the gate of Xiangyang City.

Sun Chang had arrived here, and watched the other group of Shu troops retreating coldly, with a faint smile on his face.

"Lord, the Shu army is too hateful. Why don't you send troops and send someone to teach them a lesson?" The general couldn't help but ask.

Sun Chang didn't look at him, looked outside the city, and said lightly: "The Shu army just wants to capture Xiangyang as soon as possible. There is a hundred-meter moat outside Xiangyang. Even if they want to attack the city, they are helpless. The food in the city is enough to eat. What should they do in this case?"

"Lord, although his Shu army has 50,000, there are still 30,000 elite troops in Xiangyang City. There is no need to be afraid of them at all. Even if they have not attacked the city, with the power of the Xiangyang army soldiers, they can still repel the enemy. Why do you have to endure them in every way?"

The general who spoke was in the city for a while, and he didn't say a word about the loud curses outside in the morning, so he had long been angry and turned pale.

"General Ma, don't be angry. If you go out of the city to meet the enemy, you will be hit by the trick of the Shu army." Sun Chang still looked at the city, but said to the generals beside him.

"As long as you keep the city for a month or two, Wang Hongyi will naturally withdraw his troops. If you don't lose one soldier, you can retreat without fighting. Why bother to pay attention to them? They are willing to scold, so they can go." Sun Changzheng said, and another group of troops was replaced below and started to yell.

The shouting and scolding were clearly heard. Sun Chang stood on the city and looked out, his face was indeed as calm as usual. Seeing the coach like this, each general finally calmed down.

Sure enough, at noon, the Shu army finally stopped scolding and calmed down for a moment, but in a blink of an eye, the cavalry was protected and the ten huge cars were pushed out.

Seeing this situation, some people couldn't help but look worried.

"Lord, I heard that the Shu army had a trencher called the thunder chariot, and it could be dropped by huge rocks. I guess it's all right below. I don't know what the power is?"

"No need to say much, rumors have always been exaggerated, but the city wall is high and thick, and there is a barrier of hundreds of meters of moat. I want to see if this catapult can break through my city wall." Stop worrying, Sun Chang looked into the distance and said lightly.

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This month's update has been delayed, and it's too late. From today on, I'll speed up my efforts. Although it's generally the second update, it's still released in the morning and noon, so that everyone doesn't have to wait too late.
Chapter completed!