Guo Wentong's army retreated very quickly and soon left the border of Hanzhong.

He retreated here and didn't mention it for the time being, outside Hanzhong City, the war also came to an end.

The Thunderbolt is very effective, but there is a weakness that it is also a large burden on the machinery, and it is easy to wear out and fall apart, so the Thunderbolt must be maintained every dozens of stones.

Thunderbolts have to change formations from time to time.

At this time, he was in charge of the siege of the city by thunderbolt, and he was a newly promoted team of Zhang Shuijing, whose official position was not high, seventeen or eighteen years old, and belonged to the same family as Zhang Youzhi, Wang Hongyi's confidant.

Wang Hongyi didn't mind this kind of behavior, in fact, in ancient times, it was very reasonable and justified.

Zhang Shuijing's facial features are actually quite delicate, and there is a bit of heroism between his eyebrows and eyes, Wang Hongyi and Zhang Jing have seen it once, and when they saw a hint of light red on their top, they immediately made a decision and served as the fire chief, and in less than a year, they were appointed as the head of the Jiupin team.

Although Zhang Youzhi is only the sixth product, people with a discerning eye know that the future is unlimited, and some distant relatives have taken refuge in it, Zhang Youzhi also took out the Yu Lu and rewards, bought the sacrificial field, and also set up a monument, Wang Hongyi knew that after he knew, he rewarded some silver, and remembered the inscription.

"Since my Zhang family entered Shu, there have been four generations, and the abolition has been for 20 years. At this time, there is a revival, when there is a sacrifice to the field to pass on the permanence, I will give a thousand taels of silver to increase the worship field. In September this year, he bought 300 acres of fertile land outside Chengdu and handed it over to Zhangjiatang in August. This is the light of the solid state, and it is also the glory of the clan. ”

After receiving this sacrifice, the family immediately united, and the young people in the clan began to learn Chinese hyphenation, although Zhang Shuijing was a branch, but he was powerful and brave, so he was sheltered into the army.

Zhang Shuijing also knew that he was protected by his cousin to join the army as an officer, and if he didn't perform well, he would lose his cousin's face and hinder the next development of the family, so he was very active in both training and attacking.

A few days ago, I had been holding back my strength, wanting to break through the gate of Hanzhong City in one go, and make a gap so that others could see that I still had some skills.

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

As soon as he thought of the way these people looked at him, Zhang Shuijing was eager to immediately lead people to smash the boulder through the city wall with a thunderbolt car.

Boom! Boom!

On the walls of Hanzhong City, bursts of dust rose from the city, thunderbolts, and another round of boulders was launched.

"Change the stone bomb!" Zhang Shuijing shouted.

Immediately someone carried the boulder, moved to the car, several thunderbolts, and aimed again.

"Launch!" Zhang shouted.

"Boom!"

A few more boulders smashed over! The walls shattered again and some powder and slag fell, and as the boulders fell to the ground, a few of them rolled on the ground, rolled down into the moat, and suddenly the water splashed!

The defenders of Hanzhong, under this attack, only listened to the orders of the generals, and the people had to bite the bullet and take advantage of the gap to repair the city wall, and at the same time, some people also specially fired crossbow arrows.

Because the distance is still far away, across the moat, ordinary bows and arrows can't shoot at all, but Hanzhong has a batch of crossbow machines, and this range is far away.

Hearing only a "poof", a crossbow arrow flew past the bun of Zhang Shuijing's hair, and shot a person behind him, and suddenly there was a miserable scream, and the soldier threw himself on the ground, seeing that he was not alive.

Zhang Shuijing suddenly let out a cold sweat, making his anger rush up all of a sudden.

"Thunderbolt, raise the height of the stone, aim in the direction of the crossbowmen in the city, bombard!" he said coldly, although the lord has an order, not to attack, there is a trebuchet, to teach the other party some lessons, but it is enough.

"No!" With an order, several thunderbolts moved a little, and the aiming direction of the thunderbolt cars was slightly raised, and under the shouting, several boulders went towards the city at the same time.

The target of this boulder bombardment is obviously not the city wall, but the people in the city!

This trick is really a bit of a bad damage, although the damage to the city wall is not big, but every stone falls, can kill a lot of people, compared to the threat of attacking the city and breaking the wall, this kind of flesh and blood blurred appearance, to the defenders of the city is a great shock!

Zhang Shuijing under the city also seemed to notice that this move was much more shocking than the bombardment of the city, and he immediately regretted it, why didn't he think of this method earlier.

So he ordered to go down and bombard the intervals of the city walls, and from time to time a few stones flew out to attack the soldiers of the city.

After several times, the city wall was seriously damaged but could not be repaired, and the people who appeared on the city wall were almost gone.

At this moment, the army behind, the sound of gold rose sharply.

"The so-called Hanzhong City is nothing more than that!" If it weren't for noon, Zhang Shuijing would continue to fight, glanced at the city with a sneer, turned his horse, and ran towards the direction of the camp without hurrying.

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

"Bastard! Damn!" Seeing this scene, the guards at the head of the city couldn't help but be angry and shouted.

Then there was a burst of cursing, but no one around him echoed him.

Just as he was feeling strange, he heard footsteps behind him.

The guard general sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly turned around, and saw Hanzhong Taishou Zhong Wendao wearing thin armor, under the protection of his attendants, and came to the city, standing not far behind him, looking at himself.

"The minister has seen the lord!" he said, bowing down with his legs limp.

"The Shu army has retreated?" Zhong Wendao asked lightly.

"Yes, my lord. The guard bowed his head and said.

"Today...... Heavy casualties?" Zhong Wendao frowned, looking at the scene nearby, this is not only a heavy casualty, it is simply miserable!

"Lord, the actual casualties are not big, but these Shu troops are really hateful! The boulder smashed up, and the people were scattered and turned into mud, which was a great blow to morale!" Thinking of the previous incident, the guard gritted his teeth.

If it weren't for the lord's strict order, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to hold it back and go out of the city to face the battle.

"Fight of wills! It's so easy to be provoked by the other party, you're not up to the task, continue and beware of the enemy's tricks. Zhong Wendao thought for a while and said: "This city is temporarily guarded by others, and you have also guarded it for a few days, so go down and rest first!"

“...... Yes, my lord. Originally, he wanted to say something, but when he raised his head, he met Zhong Wendao's gaze, and the guard was heartbroken, and he bowed down busily, and retreated to the side with a little unwillingness.

Zhong Wendao gives people the feeling that he has always been gentle and elegant, but if this is the case, he will not achieve today's status.

He is also very good at ruthless methods.

The guards who had been with him for some years knew this well, and they did not dare to disobey his orders.

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

Hatefully glanced at the bloody scene above the city tower, the original guard waved his hand, and retreated with his own soldiers to rest, and at the same time, this personal soldier went down, and by the way, he carried down a lot of corpses that could not be seen in their original appearance.

The smell of blood in the air has not diminished at all, and the smell is still so unpleasant, to be honest, although he has been reprimanded, the guard is still happy in his heart.

Finally, I don't have to face that.

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

Looking out from the city wall a few zhang high, although the Shu army camp in the distance is far away, you can still see a continuous piece, because it is a little far away, the specific appearance is not clear at all, but this momentum is rushing to his face, bringing him a feeling of almost suffocation.

Without this huge trebuchet, Wang Hongyi's 40,000-strong army surrounded the city, and it would not be easy to attack it in a month.

It's going to be a tough battle, and it's going to be very costly.

Now the city walls are constantly wearing down, and the morale of the city is constantly low, even if this is the case, it should not besiege the city for a few days, and it is still so moving.

It's not that he didn't receive the news of the Qin army's coming to help, and he noticed the signs of the Qin army's arrival, but he stood here at this time, but found that Wang Hongyi's army besieging Hanzhong was not chaotic at all.

Could it be that the Qin army hasn't attacked yet?

Zhong Wendao was a little skeptical at the moment, whether the news he received at the beginning was true or false.

But after thinking about it, Hanzhong is adjacent to Guanzhong, and Hanzhong is occupied by Wang Hongyi, which is equivalent to seizing the gateway of Qinchuan, which can be attacked and defended, which is very unfavorable to Guo Wentong's internal expansion and foreign expansion, Zhong Wendao does not believe that Guo Wentong will watch Wang Hongyi capture Hanzhong with peace of mind and be indifferent.

Although Guo Wentong is much worse than Wang Hongyi in terms of strength, in the end, he is a general who has experienced a hundred battles, and it is impossible to be inferior to Wang Hongyi, a young man, and Guo Wentong Guo's family, which has been operated for three generations, and now the four counties have also been operating for many years, and it is not comparable to the foundation of Wang Hongyi's just unification of East and West Yizhou.

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

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

Originally, Zhong Wendao didn't dare to say that he could fight as well as Guo Wentong, and with the advantage of the number of defenders in the city and the city wall, he could still guarantee it, but at this time, he didn't have this confidence.

"Wait for the arrival of the Qin army! 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 said with a sneer.

In Hanzhong County, there are many defenders, and there are a lot of food reserves, either Wang Hongyi has a trebuchet in his hand, or it is dry, and it also consumes a few months.

In the Shu army camp in the distance, Wang Hongyi sat in the main tent, and in front of him stood soldiers who returned to the military situation.

"Stand down. He waved his hand to pull back.

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

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

The strategic idea has been frustrated, and Wang Hongyi will not continue to spend it here. I already have a plan in my heart.

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

This time, all the 40,000 troops came to the city, the banners were unfurled, and the momentum of the Shu army made the defenders in the city pale one by one, and they suddenly understood that this time might be different.

After the 40,000 troops were neatly forced to the city, they did not immediately attack the county seat of Hanzhong, but sent people with loud voices to shout at the city.

Zhong Wendao stood at the head of the city, listening to the shouting below: "Guo Wentong has withdrawn his army, you still don't surrender!"

Zhong Wendao was a character in his heart, and his face was pale.

In the midst of the army, a man dressed in thin armor and protected by the crowd rode out on horseback and met his gaze at the head of the city.

"Lord, what should I do?" asked an official next to him.

Zhong Wendao's face was gloomy, and he said: "Don't pay attention to it, this is a confusing word, tell it to go on, you don't have to listen to their words!"

(To be continued)