After Chong Heng took over the Hanzhong Army, he had carefully studied the Southwest Army, and in his opinion, the current strength of the Southwest Army, even if it was added to the heavenly thunder, was not enough to go out of Shu to the East, and at least it would have to accumulate strength for several years.

However, there are only one million households in the southwest, and even if they are reckless and forcibly conscripted, they will not be able to overthrow a great unified dynasty, so it is unrealistic to rebel in the southwest.

At that time, as long as the Southwest Army put down the figure of the Han family and joined forces with the Yuwen Ministry, it was not impossible to destroy the Great Jin Dynasty under the attack of the north and south.

It's just that the Southwest Army is not strong enough compared to the Yuwen Ministry, even if it joins forces with the Yuwen Ministry to destroy the Great Jin, I am afraid that it will not be able to get the world, and can only get half of the country like the Southern Jin Dynasty in the past, and confront Yuwen Zhou across the river.

In Chong Heng's opinion, after this Marquis of Jing'an missed this opportunity, he probably won't make any big moves, and he will shrink back to the southwest as the emperor of the soil, quietly waiting for the next opportunity.

However, Li Xin's behavior is always unexpected by the crowd.

Ankang is not very far from Xiangyang, even if the speed of the march is not fast, after more than half a month, the 100,000 southwest army has already driven to the city of Xiangyang.

Yes, the Southwest Army did not come out, only Mu Ying and Li Shuo led 50,000 people each to attack Xiangyang.

On the city wall of Xiangyang, Pei Jin, Chong Heng and Xie Jing each held a clairvoyant mirror produced by the capital general and watched the southwest army a few miles away.

Xie Jing put down the clairvoyant mirror, turned his head to look at the two generals standing beside him, and said: "Two, the scout has sent more detailed information, this time the Southwest Army did not send the whole army, only 100,000 people came, and my Xiangyang City now, there are almost 150,000 troops, in my opinion, there is no need for us to defend the city, just go out of the city to meet the enemy." ”

"They are in Shu County, we are not familiar with the terrain, and there is Jianmen Pass blocking the way, the court can't help them, but they took the initiative to walk out of Jianmen Pass and collided with the court head-on.

Xie Jing said in a deep voice: "After annihilating the 100,000 Southwest Army, the remaining Southwest Army will not be able to hold the Sword Gate Pass, we can even wipe out the Southwest in one fell swoop and return to Beijing to receive the reward!" ”

Chong Heng frowned slightly and did not speak.

Pei Jin on the side glanced at Xie Jing and said slowly: "General Xie has never fought with Li Changan, nor has he seen his strength, he is too light on the enemy." ”

"He Li Chang'an has rarely lost in large and small wars for so many years, this person is meticulous to the extreme, and will never make this kind of mistake, maybe he just wants to use relatively weak troops to lure us out of the city to fight him head-on, and when the time comes, he will bury some thunder underground, or set up ambushes, and Xiangyang City will be broken in an instant."

Pei Jin suffered Li Xin's big loss.

In the early years of Taikang, Pei Jin was the general of the forbidden army, and he led two battalions of the forbidden army, and he was also driven down from this position under the design of Li Xin and Taikang Tianzi, especially when Taikang was eight years later, Pei Jin was ordered by Taikang Tianzi to go west, wanting to completely defeat Hanzhou City, the result was the first official appearance of Tianlei, Pei Jin's hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated, and after returning to Beijing, he was directly demoted to a concubine by the angry Taikang Tianzi!

That time was also the battle of fame of "Heavenly Thunder".

Pei Jin knew very well in his heart that the big loss he suffered in the eighth year of Taikang must have been a ghost behind his back, and from that time on, he was very jealous of Li Xin.

Seeing Pei Jin speak, Chong Heng, who had a conservative attitude, also breathed a sigh of relief, and he said: "I also agree with General Pei's words, Marquis Li can't do such a stupid thing, he dares to attack Xiangyang, he must have something to rely on, we can't act rashly, let alone go out of the city to meet the enemy without knowing anything about the enemy." ”

"Xiangyang City is the male city of my Great Jin Dynasty, the ancestors of my family relied on this city here to resist the Northern Zhou Dynasty for decades, we have no reason to abandon the city, but to fight the enemy head-on."

Speaking of this, Chong Heng said in a deep voice: "It's better to defend it first, let's see what the Southwest Army has to rely on, and when we figure it out, it's not too late to make a decision." ”

"What else can the Southwest Army rely on? It's nothing more than a thunderbolt. ”

Xie Jing gritted his teeth and said: "General Pei has already made a battle formation to restrain the heavenly thunder, we don't need to be afraid of this thing anymore, the two of you are frightened by him Li Xin!" ”

Xie Jing and Chong Heng are both generals of the next generation of the Great Jin Dynasty, and Pei Jin is the predecessor of the predecessors, if it weren't for the fact that he fought such a big defeat in the eighth year of Taikang, he should be in charge of the southwest affairs of the imperial court at this time, not to negotiate with these two juniors here.

The general frowned and glanced at Xie Jing, and said lukewarmly: "If Uncle Guo wants to fight, he will take the Hanzhong Army to fight, and my Ankang Army will not leave the city alone." ”

After that, Pei Jin turned around and left, unwilling to stand with Xie Jing.

Chong Heng sighed slightly, turned his head to Xie Jing and said, "General, let's take a look first." ”

In desperation, Xie Jing could only nod and agree.

In this way, the two of them continued to watch the movements of the Southwest Army with a clairvoyant mirror, only to see that these Southwest Army were encamped about ten miles outside Xiangyang City, and then began to cut down the surrounding trees to make catapults.

Catapults are heavy objects, with the transportation capacity of this era, it is difficult to carry them remotely, and they are generally made of local materials at the siege site, which is a compulsory course for all generals in this era, and every qualified general will make a catapult for siege.

Xie Jing stood on the city wall and looked at the busy Southwest Army, and pursed his lips disdainfully.

"No matter how many catapults they make, and there are not too many stones nearby, even if there are, catapults can't threaten Xiangyang City, if they want to attack the city, they have to fill it with human lives!"

"I want to see how many lives their Southwest Army can die!"

The number of people is insufficient, is the key point of the southwest army, although the standing army of the imperial court plus the border army, although it is only five or six hundred thousand, but there is a huge number of bases, as long as the imperial court gives an order, it is not a problem to get a million male divisions, and hollowing out the entire southwest, it is impossible to get an army of 300,000.

If you get it out, the southwest can't afford it.

In this way, the Southwest Army was busy outside Xiangyang City for three days, and had been making catapults, and by the third day, twenty catapults had almost been completed, and Li Xin, who was covered with armor, rode on a horse and walked slowly towards Xiangyang City, and then he looked at the three generals on the city wall with a clairhandly mirror, only to find that all of them were old acquaintances.

He stopped a stone's throw from the city, then took a simple tin horn from his horse and shouted at the tower.

"The people on the city wall are all acquaintances, and some of them are still my old troops in the forbidden army, Li can't bear to let everyone be ruined, you open the city and surrender!"

The people on the city wall vaguely heard Li Xin's voice, and everyone's expressions were different.

Xie Jing sneered and said loudly under the city wall: "Could it be that Marquis Li is poor in donkey skills?" How to say such stupid things? Your 100,000 southwest army is dead, and you can't get up to the walls of Xiangyang City! ”

"It's better for Marquis Li to surrender on his knees now, Your Majesty will see that for the sake of the eldest princess of Qinghe, maybe he will give your family a way to live!"

Li Xin, who was sitting on the horse, shook his head helplessly, casually threw the iron horn aside, and waved his hand behind him.

Then he turned the horse's head.

Mu Ying, who was behind her, saw Li Xin's gesture, her face was full of red light, and she roared fiercely.

"Catapult, hit Lao Tzu!"

"Hit it accurately!"