Chapter 161: The Boulder (I)

In the city of Xiangyang, the Jiedu Embassy.

It was the first half of the night, the sky was dark, and the lamps and candles had been lit in the council room.

Sun Chang was dressed in civilian clothes at the moment, leaning on the top of the conference hall, gently playing with the cup with one hand, and his face seemed to be smiling.

"There are forty or fifty thousand people in the Shu army, right? These soldiers want to capture my Xiangyang, but they are delusional. Hmph, the city of Xiangyang is strong, there is a 100-meter moat outside, there are 30,000 jīng soldiers in the city, and 50,000 people in the Shu Military Region.

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

Of course he didn't see Wang Hongyi, the prestige of the Duke of Shu had long been like thunder, otherwise he wouldn't have been wary of Wang Hongyi.

But what is clearer is that Wang Hongyi's situation at this time is not good, Zheng Pingyuan went to the imperial court, Jiāo went out of Jiangling to be named the Marquis of Chu, and had four counties in Jingnan, and his power increased greatly.

Wu Yuenei Luàn will be able to calm down in a few months, and then Wang Hongyi will face a huge alliance, and the pressure can be described as quite great.

In this case, Wang Hongyi must take Xiangyang as soon as possible in order to relieve the pressure from many parties.

How easy is that?

"What the lord said is that since Xiangyang was built, unless there is an internal response, or there is not enough food and grass, there is no record of even taking it within three years, and the Duke of Shu wants to capture this city, 50,000 is too little, 150,000, it will take three years, maybe it can be defeated!" At this time, an official said calmly.

This person is also surnamed Wang, with a single name Yi.

Wang Yi sank slightly, and said: "The Shu army is available for these 50,000 troops, and the lord has this strong city, as long as he uses a strong wall to defeat the sharp strategy." ”

"The Shu army came from afar, to win and self-strengthen, at this time it will be closed to fold it, my city has food for five years, when its gas is exhausted, and then fight, can be broken in a battle, this perfect plan also. ”

"When the time comes, if you don't kill this person and don't return, even if you are lucky enough to escape, you will collapse in Shu, and the lord can recover the new city and Shangyong in one fell swoop, and even take Hanzhong, and the army will come to Shu. ”

Sun Chang listened, sighed, and said, "This is a clever plan!"

This tactic is of course extremely clever, but there is a prerequisite that the walls are high and thick, and they must be fully logistically supported.

However, Xiangyang is not a problem in either aspect.

If Wang Hongyi heard it at this time, he would also be shocked, this is Li Shimin's tactic to dominate the world.

Xiangyang has a single moat of more than 100 meters, which can be used to drive boats, the city wall is high and thick, and the morale of 30,000 soldiers in the city is at its peak.

If it weren't for the rumored boulder machine, Sun Chang could even be Wang Hongyi is dead, even if there is a rumored boulder machine, Sun Chang also believes that he can defend it for several months, and Wang Hongyi can only choose to retreat and collapse the whole army.

"Bows and arrows in the city, but they are hurrying to build?" Sun Chang said, glancing at Wang Yi.

"Lord, there are plenty of bows and arrows in the city, and now we are stepping up to make them, and the bows and arrows can be used for three years!" Wang Ping bowed slightly and said to Sun Chang.

"Very good, there are other defensive equipment in the city, which must be manufactured quickly, and there must be a protracted battle. Sun Chang said, glanced at the conference hall, and the night was already deeper.

"That's it, you go and rest first, and the commander will inform you again if there is something, go down and rest." The people who changed the guard in the second half of the night passed in time, and they could not give the Shu army a chance to take advantage of. ”

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

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

"Well, what's going on? What's going on outside?" Sun Chang, who was at the top of the council room, frowned slightly, sat up straight suddenly, and said in question.

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

When he arrived in the hall, the soldier immediately turned over and bowed down: "Commander, there are some internal responses in the city, a lot of persuasion letters have been scattered, and a lot of copies have fallen on the street, some people went to pick up and were caught by the soldiers, and some of them are children of the family!"

"What?" Hearing this pro-soldier report, Sun Chang's face changed and he stood up.

"Can you catch a suspicious person?" Sun Chang thought for a moment and asked.

"Dashuai, there are hundreds of people who have been arrested, and they have not been interrogated because of the rush of time. The man said quickly.

"Luàn come!" Sun Chang calmed down at this time, his eyes flashed with a faint light, and he said with a smile: "Chuan Benshuai ordered them to release all the people who were arrested, as for the letter of persuasion, if you can accept it, you will accept it, and if you can't collect it, let him go." ”

"The hearts of the people in this city are stable, even if there are these luàn texts, what is the use, the more they are so popular, the easier it is to make people's hearts bigger, and tell the family to let them control their own people, otherwise there will be no benefit for them afterwards. ”

The soldiers were busy and ran out quickly.

When Wang Yi heard this, he applauded and laughed: "The lord is very good!"

This is not a pretense of hypocrisy, but it is indeed full of faith, and when they heard this, all the generals praised it as good, and they stayed for a while.

After Sun Chang asked them to go back, he paid attention to it, don't let himself go first, and gave the Shu army outside an opportunity to take advantage of it, and the generals respectfully agreed, so Sun Chang let them go.

After a while, the people outside dispersed.

Day 2.

However, in the early morning, Wang Hongyi's army already had generals, and under Wang Hongyi's instructions, with thousands of soldiers, went to Xiangyang to call for battle, and the soldiers in the army with loud voices were all sent out, taking turns to taunt, and the generals who came out of the city to meet the battle.

However, half an hour later, Xiangyang City still has a suspension bridge hanging high, and it is closed. As a result, the sound of Shu Jun's scolding became louder and louder.

The spitting words of the generals and the arrogant laughter of the soldiers were extremely clear and heard in the ears of the guards of Xiangyang City.

Being so insulted, most of the generals and soldiers defending the city were bloody, and they were naturally filled with righteous indignation, but Sun Chang had already given a death order, and no general was allowed to go out of the city to meet the battle without permission.

The defending generals could only endure it.

The Shu army under the city, one group was tired of shouting, so they replaced the next group, several groups of people, and took turns scolding below.

From morning to noon, it never stopped, only scolding the morale of the soldiers in the city.

"Lord, Sun Chang can endure it, it's been a long time, he can always endure it without sending anyone out, just this forbearance is extraordinary. On the high slope some distance from Xiangyang City, the two of them rode in front, and some shì were protected behind, and they were watching the farce in front of them.

"Zhang Qing, Sun Chang is indeed a general, if he is someone else, even if he wants to defend the city, there are 30,000 jīng soldiers in the city, how can he suffer this great humiliation and not be moved, he will come out to fight!" Wang Hongyi sighed when he looked at the city.

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

However, in fact, there is still some loss of morale, if the Shu army can break through the city, first dare not fight, and then break the city, morale will plummet.

When besieging a city, morale is very important, which determines the battle after the breach.

Sun Chang can rest assured that the Shu army will call the battle and close the mén, because he feels that the Shu army does not have the strength to break through the city, and the city is not broken, Wang Hongyi's move has no effect at all.

"It seems that this person will not come out, there is no way, pass on the order of Gu, and go all out to bring in the thunderbolt and Taolei, the sooner the better!"

"Zhang Qing, you go back to the camp, write an official letter from the Secret Literature Pavilion and send it back, let them supervise this matter, it must be sent as soon as possible!" Still a little uneasy, Wang Hongyi turned around and said to Zhang Yuzhi beside him.

"The minister obeyed. Zhang Yuzhi immediately responded: "The minister will go back to the camp first." ”

With that, he turned his horse's head around and headed towards the camp.

"A few of you, escort Master Zhang back. Wang Hongyi motioned for a few people around him to follow.

Although they are all Wang Hongyi's soldiers here, Wang Hongyi still pays attention to safety for civil servants like Zhang Youzhi.

In the last life, there was a matter of sending people to assassinate the enemy's important ministers among the princes, and Wang Hongyi had to guard against this hand.

Even if it is someone else, as long as it is a talent that Wang Hongyi values, he will send a secret guard to protect it.

At this time, the city of Xiangyang City was above Mén.

Sun Chang had already come here, and he watched coldly as another group of Shu troops retreated, 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?"

Sun Chang didn't look at him, his eyes looked out of the city, and he just said lightly: "The Shu army just wants to capture Xiangyang as soon as possible, there is a 100-meter moat outside Xiangyang, even if they want to attack the city, they are helpless, the food in the city is enough to eat, in this case, what should they do?"

"Lord, although he has 50,000 Shu troops, there are still 30,000 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 Xiangyang soldiers, they can still repel the enemy army, why do you have to bear with them?"

The general who spoke, he had been in the city for a while, and he didn't say a word about the scolding outside in the morning, so his face was already angry.

"General Ma, you don't have to be angry, you will fall for the tricks of the Shu army when you go out of the city to meet the enemy. Sun Chang still looked at the city, but said to the generals beside him.

As long as he held the city for a month or two, Wang Hongyi would naturally retreat. If you can retreat without a fight without losing a single soldier, why should you pay attention to them? They are willing to scold and let them go. Sun Changzheng said, and a group of people began to call for battle.

The sound of scolding can be heard clearly, Sun Chang stood on the city, looking out, his face was indeed calm as usual, seeing the coach like this, the generals finally calmed down.

Sure enough, at noon, the Shu army finally stopped scolding and calmed down for a while, but in the blink of an eye, I saw the protection of the cavalry, and ten huge carts were pushed out.

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

"Lord, I heard that the Shu army has a famous trebuchet called a thunderbolt, which can throw boulders, and the following must be, I don't know how powerful it is?"

"Needless to say, the rumors have always been exaggerated, but the city wall is high and thick, and there is a moat of hundreds of meters to block, Ben Shuai wants to see if this trebuchet can blast through my city wall. Stopping his worries, Sun Chang looked into the distance and said lightly.

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There are many delays in this month's update, and it's too late, starting today, I'm speeding up my efforts, although it's still basically the second update, but it's kept in the morning and noon, so that everyone doesn't have to wait too late

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