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Chapter 185 Han Sui's Army Attacks Chang'an City

Han Sui never expected that in the face of 12 troops outside the city, the court's response would be so tough, which made him a little unexpected.

"Liang Xing, what should we do now? Is it possible that we really want to attack Chang'an City? Once we attack, it means that we have completely torn face with the court, and there is no room for relaxation." Han Sui said with some annoyance.

Now Han Sui is really hard to get off. From the very beginning of planning this operation, he never thought that the court would reject it so thoroughly. He had thought that if he were to be placed in a different place, he would definitely choose to borrow food, because He couldn't guarantee whether the team that came to borrow food would really dare to attack the city. Once they attacked the city, what would the court do.

However, things were far from what Han Sui expected. The court not only rejected his request to borrow food, but also rejected it very thoroughly, unless the court had already guessed that his visit was just a deterrent and did not dare to attack. Then some anger arose.

"My lord, since we have come to this point, it is absolutely impossible for our army to return empty-handed like this. Otherwise, the food situation will be even more dangerous after returning." Liang Xing said.

"My lord, why not write another letter. This time, the words should be modest and the attitude correct. Based on the 30 Liangzhou people, I beg the court to borrow 100 million shi of grain. When the disaster is over, I will definitely repay it next year." Xing said solemnly.

"Will the imperial court borrow food?" Han Sui asked suspiciously.

"I don't know, but my lord has to do this. One is to show the imperial court, and tell the imperial court that my lord led the army here just to borrow food to transport back to Liangzhou, and has no intention of invading the imperial court. If the imperial court is willing to borrow food, That's all. The second is to show the Lord's army. They are all Liangzhou natives, and most of their families have also been affected by the drought. Therefore, they will stand on the Lord's side in this matter, and thus have The courage to oppose the imperial court." Liang Xing said.

Although the imperial court was not strong during this period, the local princes always needed a reason to attack the imperial court. No matter what the reason was, as long as they could convince their soldiers, it was enough. Obviously, if they wanted to persuade Han Sui’s subordinates Soldiers, the easiest way is to use 30 disaster victims as a cover, because these 30 disaster victims are real and not fabricated by Han Sui.

"Okay, let's do this." Han Sui said with a smile.

This time, Han Sui wrote the letter very sincerely, as if his army came here entirely for the sake of the 30 disaster victims, without any selfishness. In fact, this is true, because the 30 disaster victims accounted for about the entire Liangzhou One-fifth of the population, once these 30 victims cannot get food and can't survive this year, then Han Sui's strength will inevitably drop sharply, and it will even take several years to recover.

In this severe drought, if Guanzhong did not take corresponding measures and allowed the disaster to wreak havoc, one-third of the victims would probably be lost. Fortunately, Zhang Ming knew about the disaster situation six months in advance and took corresponding measures. The measures, coupled with the innate skills of the abundant grain harvest, made Guanzhong the only beneficiary of the drought-stricken areas in the north.

"I suddenly feel so ruthless." Zhang Ming sighed while holding the letter from Han Sui.

"Your Majesty, why do you sigh?" Jia Xu asked from the side.

"There are 30 victims of the drought in Liangzhou, but there is nothing I can do about it. Why not sigh?" Zhang Ming said slowly.

"Your Majesty, go back and rest first, delay Han Sui for two or three days, and then reject him. If he chooses to go back, His Majesty can provide some food to the people of Liangzhou, which should be regarded as disaster relief. If he tries to attack Chang'an, then He is looking for his own death." Jia Xu also sighed.

Whether it is Zhang Ming or Jia Xu, they all know that what Han Sui said in his letter is true, because the drought in the north is indeed severe, but no matter how severe the drought is, it is not the reason for Han Sui to lead the army to Chang'an. Without His Majesty's edict, leading troops to the capital privately is no different from rebellion. Han Sui obviously has a better way to ask the court to rescue the people, but he still uses this method that is tantamount to rebellion. This has already violated the emperor's rebellion. scale.

"Han Sui, I am the imperial envoy. Your majesty asked me to come here to tell you that your majesty will seriously consider your request, but your army needs to retreat thirty miles." The imperial envoy said word by word.

"Okay, but I hope that His Majesty will be willing to borrow food." Han Sui said respectfully.

Time passed day by day like this, and three days passed in a blink of an eye. However, what Han Sui waited for was the news that the court refused to borrow grain. In addition to refusing to borrow grain, the court also asked Han Sui to return to Liangzhou with the army. Because of Han Sui's disaster relief mood, forgive Han Sui's disrespectful behavior.

When Han Sui received the news, he was furious and beheaded the court envoy in front of everyone.

"Wenhe, do you think Han Sui will choose to return to Liangzhou or attack Chang'an?" Zhang Ming asked with a smile?

"Your Majesty, why bother to ask, is it true that Han Sui led an army of 15 to transport grain? Han Sui came to borrow a whole 100 million shi of grain. He dared to brag about Haikou like this because he relied on his soldiers. Just put the imperial court in your eyes, if he seeks to borrow food with the courtesy of a courtier, His Majesty will probably show it even if it is only for the sake of the people, but now he, at what point does he regard himself as a courtier." Jia Xu Said seriously.

"Wen He means that Han Sui will definitely attack?" Zhang Ming asked again.

"Yes, we will definitely attack, and just now, I have received the news that the court envoy was killed. I am afraid that Han Sui's army will arrive outside the city soon." Jia Xu said holding the letter.

"Xu Huang, Yan Zhong." Zhang Ming said to the two who had already arrived in the hall and waited.

"The end is here." Both of them took a step forward and said loudly.

"The two of you are responsible for guarding Chang'an City." Zhang Ming ordered, and then handed over the Tiger Talisman and the imperial edict to Yan Zhong.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yan Zhong and Xu Huang replied at the same time.

Yan Zhong and Xu Huang immediately left Gaomen Hall and went to the city gate.

"Wenhe, what's your plan?" Zhang Ming asked with a smile.

"all the best."

"Your Majesty, Han Sui's army outside Chencang can be removed," Jia Xu said.

"Of course, I have sent someone to inform Zhang Liao just now. I didn't want to fight this battle, but Han Suife wanted to seek death, so I didn't want to either." Zhang Ming scratched his head.

Zhang Ming really didn't want to fight this battle, but since Han Sui had already bullied him, he couldn't help it.

As early as when Zhang Liao returned to the imperial court to report, Zhang Ming had already started to make preparations. The first-hand preparation was to send envoys to Hedong County so that [-] soldiers could return to Chang'an quickly. Unfortunately, when the envoys arrived in Hedong County, At that time, Zhu Jun had already received the edict and went to Yunzhong County. Otherwise, with Zhu Jun around, Zhang Ming would feel more at ease.

Although Han Sui's army advanced quickly, it was extremely troublesome to coordinate the 15 army. Therefore, when Han Sui's army arrived in Wugong County, [-] soldiers from Hedong County had already rushed to Chang'an City. In addition to the original [-] soldiers in Chang'an City, another [-] soldiers were temporarily recruited, and a total of more than [-] people were used for defense.

If there were only [-] troops, it would be impossible for Zhang Ming to be so calm. Therefore, in the layout of him and Jia Xu, there would still be an important move, but this important move requires an appropriate timing.

"Pang De, don't toast or eat fine wine. My lord is equal to your lord. Now my lord wants you to conquer Chang'an together. What right do you have to refuse?" Liang Xing pointed at Pound in Pound's military tent. Said.

"Liang Xing, you don't forget what my lord told Han Sui at the time. Although my lord asked me to lead [-] soldiers to accompany your lord, it was only to help his prestige. , when your lord attacks Chang'an, I will also follow, this is a rebellious act, a rebellious act, my lord can't do this." Pound said sternly.

"Forget it, my lord has already led his troops to attack Chang'an City. Even without your help, my lord can easily take down Chang'an City. At that time, you don't want any of the captured food." Liang Xing Said maliciously.

"Please, I won't see you off." Pang De asked Ma Dai to see off the guest after he finished speaking, he didn't want to hear this man chattering here anymore.

Han Sui's [-] troops were already heading towards Chang'an City, and it took a lot of effort to move [-] miles away.

"The whole army rests in place." Han Sui ordered that he let the army rest, on the one hand, to maintain a better state, so as to make the attack more violent, and on the other hand, he was also waiting for news from Liang Xing. I wonder if Liang Xing can persuade Pang De to let Pound attack Chang'an City with him.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, Han Sui finally waited for Liang Xing to come, but besides Liang Xing, there was indeed no one else.

"My lord, Pound doesn't want to attack Chang'an." Liang Xing said helplessly.

"Forget it, even without his army, we can still take Chang'an City." Han Sui was not too frustrated.

"The whole army obeys the order and attacks Chang'an." Han Sui ordered immediately.

No matter how big Chang'an City is, it is impossible for one city wall to accommodate an attack of 8 people. However, Han Sui only planned to attack three walls, leaving one city wall unattacked, in order to weaken the will to resist in Chang'an City.

Under the leadership of Xu Huang and Yan Zhong, the army in the city guarded the four city walls respectively, especially the most aggressive western city wall, which was guarded by Yan Zhong himself.

Yan Zhong has fought with Huangfusong for many years, and he has rich combat experience and enough resumes, so he is the general who guards Chang'an City this time. As for Xu Huang, although he has a higher will to fight, what Zhang Ming needs now is stability, so Let Xu Huang serve as Yan Zhong's deputy general, responsible for supporting the guards of the city wall.

In Han Sui's heart, even if Chang'an City is urgently recruiting soldiers, there may be about [-] to [-] soldiers, but these [-] to [-] soldiers are probably vulnerable to Han Sui's tiger and wolf division, so he said a little bit. Don't panic.

There is a moat around Chang'an City, but because it hasn't rained for a long time, the water flow in the moat has already been in a semi-dry state. Therefore, compared with the operation of building a pontoon bridge when Huangfu Song's army attacked Yunzhong City, Han Sui's army directly chose Throw sandbags in the river to create as many paths as possible for the siege equipment.

After the sandbags piled up roads, Han Sui's army set out pushing the ladder carts forward. At this time, the guards on the city wall under the command of Yan Zhong shot at the soldiers pushing the ladder carts with longbows. .

After the imperial court's longbow has been modified, it is more powerful than before, so the shield soldiers standing in front of the ladder cart can't stop the powerful bows and arrows one after another. After there is no shield soldier, the soldiers pushing the ladder cart Like live targets, they can be shot through, even if they are wearing armor.

However, after rounds of soldiers taking over, the ladder car finally arrived at the foot of Chang'an City. Although the guards hiding behind the female wall on the city wall were all recruits, these recruits had been trained by Zhu Jun for more than a month. One of the Three Heroes of the Han Dynasty, Zhu Jun's military talent is still good, because even the recruits he trained are not inferior to Han Sui's soldiers when they come to the battlefield. Holding the spear again and again, he stabbed towards the soldiers on the ladder.

Han Sui would never have imagined that the first round of attack was not as smooth as he thought. In his informant, several generals of the imperial court, Huang Fusong, Zhu Jun, Lu Bu and others were not in Chang'an, precisely because That's why he dared to come here and make such a bold act.

An hour and a half passed, and Han Sui directly asked his subordinates to sound the order to stop fighting.

"How's the situation?" Han Sui asked Liang Xing who was counting the casualties.

"Our army attacked from all three directions, and none of them attacked the city wall. Our army's three routes killed more than [-] soldiers, and the court's casualties are unknown." Liang Xing said not calmly.

"Well, let the soldiers rest for a night first, and launch an attack tomorrow morning." Han Sui nodded and said, although there was no victory in this battle, he felt that the court would not last long.

The next day, Han Sui's army launched an attack again. Like yesterday, today's attack failed to reach the city wall, which made Han Sui a little discouraged. At the same time, the morale of his subordinates was also declining.

"My lord, Pang De sent someone here." Liang Xing said happily.

"Please come in." Han Sui said, and after a while, Liang Xing took the initiative to pull Ma Dai into Han Sui's military tent.

"General Pang, what do you say?" Han Sui asked Ma Dai excitedly.

"General Pang said that he can cooperate with the general's actions, but the share will be divided afterwards, and our army will take [-]%." Ma Dai said, raising his head.

"Forty percent, isn't Pang De a little too greedy? Our army is the one who has done the most. He actually wants forty percent?" Han Sui looked at Ma Dai angrily.

"My lord, [-]% of our army is not bad, so let's agree to Pound." Liang Xing quickly pulled Han Sui who was a little angry.

"Okay, I can promise Pound. Then please Pound come with the army." Han Sui gritted his teeth and agreed.

"General Pang, there is a clever plan. As long as the general cooperates, our two armies can easily take Chang'an City." Ma Dai said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)