I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 249 I don’t mind razing Jiangling City to the ground!

Not four minutes later, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, in the Public Security City.

Zhuge Rong, the governor of the Public Security Bureau, was settling accounts for himself and calculating how much refined salt he could get from Yizhou this year.

He smiled happily while calculating.

Fortunately, the court transferred Gu Mu away, otherwise he might have been eaten by the Gu family this year!

Just when he was happy, Zhou Yang, who joined the army, hurried in: "Captain, something bad is going on, something is going wrong!"

"Why are you panicking?"

"The Shu army is coming!"

"Ok?"

"The Shu army is coming! They arrived at Jiangling at noon. At this time, more than twenty warships have arrived on the Gongan River!"

Zhuge Rong obviously didn't believe it. He smiled and said: "Zichu, do you know what you are talking about? You said that the Shu army is coming, and the Shu army is coming to Jiangling?"

"Yes!"

"Can the Shu army cross Xiling and Yidao?" Zhuge Rong stroked his beard, "Even if the Shu army crossed Xiling and Yidao, aren't they looking for death when they come here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a bell ringing outside, and that sound was the sound of an enemy attack.

Zhuge Rong's face darkened, he looked at Zhou Yang again, and then stood up: "Prepare your horse!"

Zhuge Rong hurried to the city on horseback. At this time, the crowd in the streets of Gong'an City was also panicking.

When Zhuge Rong climbed to the top of the city and saw dozens of warships displayed on the shore, and the Han army that had landed without any hindrance, his face suddenly darkened.

A rage burned in his heart.

"How dare the Shu army go to Jiangling!" Zhuge Rong said angrily, "The two countries are close friends!"

No one around answered him, so Zhuge Rong walked back and forth a few times, forcing himself to calm down.

Zhuge Rong asked: "Do you know who the commander-in-chief of the Shu army is?"

Zhou Yang said: "I heard from the businessmen who came from Jiangling that he is the general of Shu. This matter has spread in Jiangling."

"General?" Zhuge Rong was shocked again, "Li Jian is here!"

Didn’t Li Jian go north to Guanzhong?

Why did he come to Jiangling?

In an instant, thousands of thoughts passed through my mind.

Zhuge Rong became angry again: "You Li Jian, you are building a plank road openly and secretly to Chencang! If you don't go to Guanzhong, you are plotting against me, Jingzhou!"

"How many troops are coming?"

"Not sure yet."

"Li Jian is in Jiangling at this time?"

"Yes."

"You go to see Li Jian on my behalf." Zhuge Rong said to Zhou Yang, "I had some friendship with him before. You go and question him! You have to tell him that his current behavior is very dangerous. The governor and general can return from Jiangxia at any time. Soldiers, he can't capture Jiangling, there is Buzi Mountain in Xiling, he still has time to withdraw his troops today!"

"Let him take care of himself!"

"Here!"

In the evening, Li Heng was inspecting the engineering camp.

This time, he brought a full 10,000 engineers and soldiers, and almost transferred most of the students from Chongqing University and Chengdu Capital University.

This is an engineering force that is ahead of its time in terms of expertise, division of labor, and execution.

Xue Liang was holding the drawings and giving instructions at the construction site.

Engineers mainly make two types of weapons:

1. Heavy trebuchet.

2. The goose chariot used to attack the city. The goose chariot was combined with a ladder.

The heavy trebuchet is actually a return gun.

How powerful is the return gun?

Historically, when the Mongols attacked Xiangyang City, they were unable to capture it for a long time until the artillery came back and directly destroyed the walls of Xiangyang City.

What is this concept?

The city walls of Xiangyang City are brick walls, which are much stronger and stronger than the rammed earth walls of this era.

Moreover, the moat of Xiangyang City had an average width of 180 meters, and the widest part was even more than meters. It was the well-deserved number one fortress in the Eastern Continent at that time.

In this case, the Mongolian army used return artillery to collapse the brick wall structure of Xiangyang City at such a distance.

This shows the power of the returning artillery.

Since the returning cannon is so terrifying, why didn't Li Heng make it in batches before?

Again, war is not just a competition of weapons. When one's own troops and resources are all at a disadvantage, it would be a disaster to build such weapons in advance and have them taken away by the enemy.

But now he has the confidence, especially if he takes Jiangling, he will open up a second battlefield here, gain a large population and fertile land, and gain a strategic advantage.

He has enough confidence to take out this weapon. Even if Wei Guo and Wu Guo learn from it, Ji Han no longer has to worry.

As for the combination of the goose cart and the ladder, it was to fill in the moat.

Siege must be a large-scale project, and tens of thousands of people must be mobilized at the same time.

While Li Heng was inspecting, Lu Zhi said: "General, an envoy has been sent out from Jiangling City. Do you want to see him?"

"Bring it up!"

Not long after, Li Zhao, the captain of Jiangdu, came over in a hurry: "Li Zhao, the captain of Jiangling, is here to see the general."

Li Zhao looked calm and looked directly at Li Heng with a smile on his face.

Li Heng asked: "Why are you laughing?"

“I’m just laughing at the general’s unwiseness!”

"How dare you!" Guan Tong said angrily, "How dare you disrespect the general!"

"Hey, let him finish what he said." Li Heng handed the drawing in his hand to Lu Zhi and said softly, "Tell me, why am I unwise?"

"Don't you know, General, that Jiangling City is impregnable?"

"Really?" Li Heng looked around and laughed.

"Yes!" Li Zhao said with all his momentum, "I'm here, but it's for the general!"

"for me?"

"Yes!"

"How can you do it for me?" "The general is here this time and has traveled a long distance. If he cannot attack Jiangling for a long time, and my imperial army returns from Jiangxia to help, the general will be surrounded from all sides. What else can he do?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Guan Tong jumped up and prepared to draw his sword.

Li Heng said: "Let him say that he represents Jiangling Guardsman. Let him finish what Jiangling Guardsman said."

"What will happen to the general if he is surrounded by our army on all sides?" Li Zhao said in a stronger tone.

From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Three Kingdoms, the standard routine of envoys is to first give out a reason why I am here: I am here to save you!

Then follow this reason.

As for the next routine, it is to throw out a hypothesis that scares the opponent.

In this process, the status of the messenger is very critical, and he must be tough. If he is a little weak, this routine will not work.

For example, Li Zhao in front of him forcefully expressed the shape of the current battle situation.

Plan to gain a psychological advantage in the conversation with Li Heng.

Li Heng asked: "I can't answer you because it didn't happen. You just happened to be here. I have a message for you to bring into the city. You tell Jiangling Guardsman that I will give him one night to think about it. We will open the city before noon tomorrow." Door, I won’t touch a single plant or tree in Jiangling, and he will be able to obtain the title of Marquis in the Han Dynasty.”

Li Zhao laughed when he heard this: "The general avoided answering my questions. Is it because he was afraid?"

"Will you do this thing I asked you to do?"

"I'm here just for the sake of the general. Why should the general bother me and talk about him?"

"Can we do it or not?"

"General, it's not too late to withdraw our troops today. Our letter for help has been sent out at noon..."

Li Heng turned around and waved his hand: "Drag him down and chop him."

Li Zhao was startled when he heard the words, thinking that he heard wrongly, and suddenly became frightened in his heart, but he forced himself to calm down: "The two armies are fighting and the envoy will not be killed! What's the use of killing me..."

While talking, several soldiers came forward and detained Li Zhao.

Lu Zhi said: "General, if you kill him, I'm afraid it will arouse resistance in the city, which will be detrimental to the battle..."

Li Heng interrupted Lu Zhi very rudely and said, "Whoever dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"

"Drag him down, chop him off, hang his head outside the city, and let Jiangling Guardsman see my attitude towards his childish rhetoric!"

At this time, Zhou Yang, sent by Zhuge Rong, arrived not far away and happened to see this scene.

Li Zhao struggled and said: "I, the whole city of Jiangling will fight to the death, and you will definitely be defeated!"

"Kill the whole city if they resist! I don't mind razing this place to the ground and building another city!"

"You cruel butcher..."

A soldier dragged Li Zhao forward and kicked him to the ground. Only then did Li Zhao realize the seriousness of the problem. He shouted loudly: "General, I am willing to serve as the general..."

With a click, Li Zhao's head fell to the ground. The headless body fell to the side weakly, with blood flowing all over the ground.

The soldier skillfully grabbed his hair and walked towards the front of the three armies.

"Zhuge Rong's envoy is here too." Lu Zhi said, pointing forward.

"Zhuge Rong? My old friend sent someone here, of course I want to see him."

Cold sweat broke out on Zhou Yang's forehead. He walked over tremblingly and said very politely: "I am a public security officer and join the army. Zhou Yang is here to see the general."

"What message does Zhuge Rong want you to convey?"

Zhou Yang was silent, and he was sweating behind his back.

"There's none?"

Zhou Yang continued to be silent.

"Are you here to surrender?"

"The governor said that the two countries are close friends. It is futile for the general to raise an unknown army now. The general can neither capture Jiangling nor occupy Gong'an. The current situation is completely different from that of the past." Zhou Yang said, " If the general withdraws his troops today, it will still be too late."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Yang immediately said: "This is what Zhuge Rong asked me to tell you, and it does not represent my views!"

"Then what do you think?"

"The king's army marches south to Jiangling. Under the wise command of the general, he will surely win!"

"Okay, that's good. You go back and tell Zhuge Rong that he will surrender to the city tomorrow, and I won't kill anyone." Li Heng finally brought a cup of tea, took a sip, and said slowly, "He and I are also friends. I will not embarrass him and leave him an official position in the General's Mansion."

"Here!" Zhou Yang said immediately, "I'll go back and tell you now."

When it got dark, Zhou Yang returned to the police station, his legs still shaking.

"Captain! Governor!"

"how?"

"Then Li Jian killed the envoy from Jiangling City!"

"You didn't convey my words to him?"

"Conveyed!"

"How dare he do this after conveying the message?"

"This Li Jian has a murderous nature, he is cruel and unkind!"

"Then let him attack. I'll see if he can capture Jiangling. I kindly advise him, but he is seeking death! If he can capture Jiangling, I will tie myself out of the city!"

On the evening of March 19th, the sunset had already dropped to the horizon. The battleships lined up on the river, the rolling military camps, and the sea-like flags looked like brightly colored oil paintings under the blue sky.

Li Heng hurriedly led the generals to the front of the three armies.

"Lang Jun, one hundred heavy trebuchets are all here!"

Looking at Xue Liang's two dark circles, he knew that Xue Liang had not slept all night, so he patted Xue Liang on the shoulder: "You are still fast enough!"

"We also collected enough stones!"

Li Heng said to Yang Zong: "Let the boys try a few shots first, and then shoot towards the wall of Jiangling City!"

(End of this chapter)