I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 332 Breaking Xuchang

A row of heads were placed outside Xuchang City for public display. They were the heads of officers from the Wei army camp.

The Han army's engineering battalion is rapidly manufacturing siege equipment.

In the Han army's formation, the sound of war drums continued like thunder, shaking the heaven and the earth.

The Wei army at the head of the city was horrified.

Liu Ziyuan went down from the tower and went to the city to review the troops.

He loudly said to everyone: "I have written a rescue letter to General Wei. As long as we can hold on for even five days, the Shu army will definitely be defeated!"

Everyone suddenly gained confidence.

At this time, someone ran up and shouted: "General, there is a letter from the Shu Army!"

After Liu Ziyuan opened the letter and read it, he immediately tore it up and laughed: "Sichuan dog asked me to surrender. What does this mean?"

"General, don't tell me, this Zhongyuan family is really rich! Richer than the ones in Yizhou!"

"The enemy is afraid of us holding on!"

In this era, there is no doubt that Jizhou, Yuzhou and other places were wealthy.

On the first day, Li Heng was not in a hurry to attack the city. He mainly used war drums as a deterrent.

In the evening of that day, the first batch of ladders had been completed, and ten heavy artillery pieces had been manufactured.

Then prepare to fire.

"The more the enemy is afraid of something! The more we have to do something!"

Get ready to fire at night!

Everyone looked at Liu Ziyuan, and Liu Ziyuan said more confidently: "This shows that Shugou also knows that they are going deep alone. If my king's division comes back to help, they will definitely lose! That's why they wrote to threaten us!"

The so-called Jiangnan had to wait until the Song Dynasty.

That's right!

Everyone immediately shouted: "Hold the city! Fight to the end with the Sichuan dogs!"

Yuzhou is not just an endless plain, but also has many rivers.

Guan Tong pointed to the barrels of oil in front of him.

"After all, Yingchuan Xuchang is one of the capitals of Cao Wei."

Compared with Yuzhou, Sun Quan's Jiangdong is like comparing a second-tier city with a first-tier city.

Both agriculture and commerce are very developed.

The Han army's formation was filled with flames, and heavy artillery was placed at the front.

By midnight, all the heavy artillery was finished.

"General, this is oil 'borrowed' from the big families in those places, please take care of it!"

While you are lying down eating a midnight snack, your opponent starts working overtime!

The same is true for Yizhou.

For example, in the 21st century, if someone travels from a provincial capital city in the Mainland to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, he can feel the difference by just one stop in the CBD of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen and seeing the crowds of people passing by.

This is an objective gap that does not change with the arrogance of some people.

Li Heng ordered people to smear all the oil on the stone cannon.

Guan Tong said with great interest: "What will happen if we take Yuzhou?"

"The war will continue to expand!"

"We have already captured Yuzhou, and the Wei army is retreating steadily. How many more troops can they bring out?"

"As long as the power structure remains, troops will continue to be mobilized. In the face of power, ordinary people are just tools."

"Won't they resist?"

"As long as there is still a mouthful of food to eat, they will not resist, and even those who mobilize them to die will paint a bright future for them. Anyone who hesitates will be labeled as a traitor. If someone reminds everyone not to If you go and die, the person who reminds you will die first and be trampled to death by countless people. Do you understand?"

Guan Tong still doesn't understand. This kind of question is too profound.

Although Guan Tong had read a lot of books since he was a child and boasted that he had a deep understanding of world affairs, since he met this general, he felt like a fool sometimes. "So even if we capture Yuzhou, it won't be the end?"

"We attack the strong side from the weak side. If half of the people in this world are not dead, it is impossible to unify without uprooting some forces."

While talking, Li Heng was already riding forward on horseback.

"why?"

"This principle is very simple. The weak party becomes strong quickly, and the strong party is quickly weakened. However, the cognition of many forces on the strong party cannot keep up with the speed of being weakened. They think that they are still very strong. In this mentality, They will not be convinced, they will only use all means to continuously recruit more troops and fight us head-on with confidence."

The stone cannons were wrapped in cloth drizzled with oil. Under the operation of the artillery battalion, stone cannons burning with flames soared into the sky, drawing arcs like meteors in the night sky.

The head of a dozing Wei soldier was touched by a cannon and exploded instantly.

The brain matter quickly turned into cinders in the burning flames and flew away.

The city immediately became panicked.

Some smashed into the city, and there were bursts of exclamations from the city.

"Report! Liu Gong! The Shu army has begun to attack the city!"

Liu Ziyuan, who was just about to go to sleep, heard the news outside. He immediately got up from the bed and went out cursing: What a stupid dog! It’s not possible to stay here late at night! The leader of Shu Dog is such a dog!

"I don't believe they can come in at night!" Liu Ziyuan rode towards the south gate.

When General Wei's reinforcements come back, I must break the legs of the leading Shu dog!

While talking, Liu Ziyuan was almost at the South City Gate.

There was already chaos ahead, and suddenly a fireball fell from the sky and hit in this direction.

It hit a place some twenty meters in front of Liu Ziyuan, causing a panic.

The fireball continued to roll this way for a while before stopping.

Liu Ziyuan's horse was also frightened.

"what happened!"

Liu Ziyuan shouted, but looked up and saw several more fireballs flying from the sky.

Suddenly, Liu Ziyuan turned around in fear: "Protect me quickly! Quickly!"

Just as he threw a stick of incense at the top of the city, Li Heng received the message: "General, the Wei army at the top of the city has been defeated."

Li Heng wrote lightly: "Well, let's attack the city and try to break through Xuchang before Sima Zhao receives the information."

The front troops of the Han army began to move forward with ladders.

The city tower in Xuchang is not high, only five or six meters.

After all, even Chang'an City during the prosperous Tang Dynasty was only six meters high.

The city wall was really high only after the Song Dynasty.

For example, the city of Tokyo in the Song Dynasty was twelve meters high, and the Jin people could only look at it from below.

Under that high level of city wall defense, if it weren't for Guo Jingtiao, Jingkangshi might not have appeared.

But at a height like Xuchang, a ladder is enough.

The defense at the top of the city had collapsed, and a large number of Han troops climbed onto the top of the city without much hindrance.

Chengtou quickly entered the melee.

"General, our army has captured the top of Nancheng!"

"Well, just gather near Nancheng. Don't rush into the city."

"Here!"

Guan Tong said: "Should we block the walls around the city and prevent people from entering or exiting?"

"No, it's best for people like Xuchang to escape from the city. The more they escape, the more chaotic Yingchuan will be. The more chaotic it is, the more it will damage the enemy's confidence, and the more beneficial it will be to us."

After Haishi, Sima Zhao, who was far away in Bowang, finally received an urgent report from Xuchang.

(End of this chapter)