Zhang Zhi laughed and scolded the Han army general Zhao Quan for being too anxious. In fact, he was wrongly accusing Zhao Quan who was being trained in a key manner. The reason why Zhao Quan launched a strong attack so early was mainly because the sudden appearance of fighter jets, which Zhao Quan was keenly grasped.

Like the main battlefield, the Han army's partial division, which was responsible for the main attack, was actually reserved at the beginning, and also adopted the traditional siege tactics, using crossbows and ordinary stone bullets to cover the soldiers and use ladder trucks and rushing cars to attack the main force, and cooperated with flying ladder ants to accompany the enemy. The purpose was to exhaust the defenders of the city and lure the Jin army's rear team to the city to raise troops, and then suddenly dispatch the Han army's unique lard incendiary bombs to kill the enemy in large quantities, laying the foundation for breaking the city.

However, the plan did not change quickly. Seeing the Han army focusing on the wall between the kitchen city gate and the Luocheng Gate, and seeing the Han army coming fiercely. Liu Xiao, the prefect of Jinting Jingzhao, who also had no military experience, was anxious and ordered the concentrated force early to transfer the troops stationed in the kitchen city gate and the Luocheng Gate Tower to help. To fully respond to the Han army's full attack was actually just a tentative attack.

"Huh? Who is the chief general of the thief army? He actually used the city reserve team to do this?"

Seeing this scene far outside the city, Zhao Quan, who had commanded the battle to defend the city on the front line many times, immediately understood the opportunity. He first waited patiently for the reinforcements of the Jin army to be in place, and the troops were concentrated in large numbers, and then quickly shouted: "Ming Jin! Withdraw the siege army! Take the banner and prepare for incendiary bombs!"

The golden horn sound suddenly sounded. Hearing this sound, all the Zhao generals who were leading their troops to attack the city were stunned. They didn't understand why Zhao Quan did this and ended the first round of attack. However, the order had been issued, and Cuan Xiong did not dare to disobey. They had to lead the Han soldiers to throw down various siege weapons and quickly turn around and run towards Lai Lu, allowing the Chang'an defenders to set fire to the two rushing vehicles and two ladder vehicles that were about to be leaned against the city wall.

Unlike the confusing Han soldiers, when they saw the Han army retreating quickly, the defenders on the city not only did not notice that this was a signal of danger coming, but instead cheered loudly to celebrate the successful repelling of the Han army's first attack. Liu Xiao was so excited that he jumped and jumped. He quickly ordered the defenders to speed up the throwing of firewood and completely burn down the rushing carts and ladder trucks that pose a huge threat to the city wall as soon as possible.

At this time, the Han army was also moved by Zhenge. The flag formation only waved the flags. Fifty stone casting machines that had already been ready to be put into place immediately showed their power. They smashed a total of fifty jars of lard incendiary bombs at the head of Chang'an City, and hit the prematurely dense group of Jin army defenders.

The first round of shooting was difficult to control the distance. Can it accurately hit the city's position? The Han army's catapult fleet was not very lucky. With less than ten cans of lard incendiary bombs, the rest were either hit in front of the city or behind the city. But that was enough. A few lard incendiary bombs soared into the sky and exploded. The melted lard burned everywhere. In the meantime, dozens of Jin army guards immediately caught fire and immediately screamed like a pig killing.

"There's a fire! Save me, save me!"

Like all the enemies who had encountered lard burning bombs for the first time, all the soldiers on the Jin army who caught fire shouted, slapped, or rolled all over the ground, trying to extinguish the flames through traditional means. Many soldiers brought buckets to help their companions put out the fires. However, these soldiers of the Jin army soon discovered that no matter how they rolled and beat them and poured them with water, the flames on their bodies were never extinguished. On the contrary, they quickly melted their skin and body fat, making them scream unlike human voices.

"Demon Fire! The thief army released the demon fire and could not be extinguished with water!"

When the Jin soldiers screamed in surprise, more lard burners had fallen from the sky and smashed into more Jin soldiers, which immediately caused fire to more Jin soldiers. The Jin soldiers became more panicked. Liu Xiao yelled and shouted, and kept asking the soldiers to pay attention to dodge, but completely forgot to order the army to retreat to a distance or to temporarily avoid it.

Zhao Quan also keenly seized Liu Xiao's mistake and directed the Han army's catapult fleet to drop bombs one after another, dropping the incendiary bombs onto the city wall as much as possible to effectively kill the enemy. At the same time, he ordered Cuan Xiong to reorganize the army and prepare to charge the Ant Support again.

It was after the Han army threw more than ten rounds of lard burning bombs and turned the wall section of the key attack into a sea of ​​fire, and the soldiers of the Jin army dispersed on their own and stayed away from the wall section of the key attention of the Han army. When Zhao Quan saw that the time had come, he immediately ordered the stop of the bomb drop, and instead ordered the Cuan Xiong troops to step forward again and launch a strong attack on the north gate of Chang'an again.

Of course, the Han army's attack was no longer just a test. Amid the earth-shaking drums, three rushing cars and three ladder cars strode upwards and rushed to the Chang'an city wall as fast as possible. Then the Han army's flying echelon following behind quickly rushed to the front, rushed to the city to put the stairs on the city wall, and then stepped on the ladder, climbed desperately with its weapons, racing against time to hit the top of the city wall.

At this time, although the soldiers of the Jin army who had fled before had returned to their posts, many soldiers had been burned to death by incendiary bombs, and many of the soldiers had no special personnel to defend themselves. The soldiers of the Han army seized the opportunity to go up one after another, and quickly saw the situation of the warriors rushing to the city wall first.

The caloric supply advantages of the Han army soldiers were also revealed. First, although the Han army soldiers who rushed up the city wall were immediately besieged by the defenders, relying on the brute force raised by meat for many years, these Han army soldiers chopped and blocked most of the chopping and poking, temporarily protecting the stairs, giving subsequent companions the opportunity to quickly go to the city. When two or three Han army warriors stood at a staircase, this staircase became the key breakthrough for the Han army, allowing more Han army warriors to go to the city from this position.

Liu Xiao was not a rookie at home. Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Xiao could only order the only five hundred reserve teams in Beicheng City to go to the city to help. However, it is a pity that although the Jin army reserve team was fast, the Han army moved faster. As soon as the Jin army reserve team rushed to the city wall, three rushers and three ladder trucks had already leaned on the city wall with flames, allowing more Han soldiers to quickly climb the city on relatively spacious and flat ladder trucks.

Seeing that the progress was going smoothly, Zhao Quan, who had already fired most of the incendiary bombs, did not hesitate, and immediately ordered Meng Tong to lead three thousand rear troops forward, carry the last five ladder trucks to attack the city wall, and then ordered the drums to speed up to cheer up the soldiers on the front line. Meng Tong also kept shouting during the charge, "Brothers, kill! After entering the city, the gold, silver and treasures in the city will all belong to us!"

The long distance between the north and south cities made the pitiful Chang'an defenders suffer. After receiving the news of the North Gate's emergency, although Xi Feng gritted his teeth and drew 800 reserve teams from the South Gate battlefield, which was under great pressure, and ordered troops to be drawn from other city gates to rescue, the Jin army reserve team ran more than 10,000 meters to arrive at the North Gate battlefield, the five Han army ladder trucks that were set off not only had all reached the city wall, but also even the Han army's flags had appeared at the head of the North Gate city in Chang'an.

With more uptown roads, the Han army soldiers were even more like tigers. They cut and stabbed the city walls, killing the Chang'an defenders, who were only mere county soldiers, and screaming endlessly. They connected the positions one after another, seized more and more city positions spaces and protected more uptown roads. During this period, although the Jin army also had tenacious resistance or counterattacks, they had no choice but to fight, physical strength and experience. Not only did they see any signs of killing the Han army, but they were also killed and retreated one after another. The Han army soldiers took the opportunity to go uptown and controlled the wall space that lasted more than three miles.

Seeing this, the Jin army reserve team who rushed over was of course very panicked and could only rush up to the city wall to help with the war. However, this was useless. After missing the opportunity to block the Han army under the city wall, they rushed to the top of the city wall. How could the Jin army reserve team, composed of all the officers and militias, be the opponent of the Han army's warriors first? So after the two armies met, the Jin army reserve team was still killed and retreated repeatedly, and it was difficult to advance half a step forward, and deserters quickly began to appear - after all, they were fighting in scattered areas, and the local soldiers were of course thinking about their own wives and children first.

Here we must also praise Liu Xiao, the prefect of Jingzhao in Jin court. Even if the situation is over, Xi Feng refused to give up or escape. On the contrary, he brought his armed followers to launch a counterattack on the Han army's positions. Unfortunately, although Liu Xiao himself was brave and fearless, his followers were all greedy for life and fearlessness. Before he could rush to the Han army's soldiers, these followers had already fled one after another. In the end, only Liu Xiao rushed to the Han army with his sword and shouted: "Dog thief! Death!"

With a bang, a Han army soldier was quick-witted and knocked away the sword in Liu Xiao's hand with one spear. Then the spear rod was less horizontal, sweeping Liu Xiao, who was alone, to the ground. Then several spears pointed at Liu Xiao and shouted: "Surrender and don't kill!"

Many people have limited courage, and Liu Xiao is one of them. Seeing the bright bloody spear pointing at him, and seeing that his relatives had already fled, Liu Xiao's instinct for survival immediately gained the upper hand, and made Liu Xiao wail and scream: "Don't kill me, I surrender. I am Liu Xiao, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture of the Great Jin Dynasty, I surrender! I surrender!"

Liu Xiao's captured and surrendered, of course, quickly accelerated the collapse of the Jin army. Without the command of the main general, the Jin army defenders who fought were soon killed and destroyed by the wolf-like Han army soldiers. Countless people fled down the city. Han army soldiers rushed up the city wall continuously. First, they completely controlled the city wall between the Chucheng Gate and the Luocheng Gate, and then attacked the two-city urns. They quickly controlled the two-city urns. They opened the city gate from the inside to welcome the Han army's rear team into the city. Finally, they launched an attack into the city with great calmness, and gave priority to the Anmen to meet the main force of the Han army into the city.

When the news of the fall of the North City reached Xi Feng, Xi Feng was of course dizzy and almost fainted on the ground. His son Xi Yan shouted anxiously: "Father, you can't delay it, you have to leave quickly, otherwise, once the thief army comes from behind, we will be even more unable to resist!"

After looking at the battlefield where Han army warriors rushed to the south gate of the city wall from time to time, Xi Feng gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "Get away! Go to the granary, burn the granary first and then leave the city to evacuate. We must not leave the grain to the thief army!"

After saying that, he had no time to recall Jiang Chao and other generals who were still fighting to the death of defending the city. They just took their direct troops to the granary in the city. First, they ignited the granary with a fire, then fled from the east gate, and rolled and crawled in the direction of the darkness.

Of course, there was no suspense in the subsequent battle. After Zhao Quan converged to the Nancheng battlefield to respond, the main force of the Han army quickly climbed the city and successfully defeated the Jin army defenders. He also killed Jiang Chao, the most capable assistant in military affairs, captured a large number of Jingzhao County soldiers and civilians, and then opened the city gate to welcome the main force of the Han army led by Zhang Zhi himself into the city.

After entering the city, Zhang Zhi was of course too lazy to take care of the burning Chang'an granary. He only commanded the Han army soldiers to eliminate the remaining enemies, take over other important facilities such as the arsenal, stable and money warehouse. He soon basically controlled Chang'an City before the evening of that day. At this time, the Chang'an granary, which had stored 8 million hu of military rations, was always emitting fire and smoke, and no one went to splash water to rescue him.

The successful capture of Chang'an City, the ancient capital of the Western Han Dynasty, made a small fortune for the Han army soldiers. The reason for the wealth was that Zhang Zhi fulfilled his promise and distributed all the gold, silver, money and silk in the Chang'an City treasury to the Han army soldiers. At the same time, Zhang Zhi made a big fortune. Various Han Dynasty cultural relics were soon concentrated by the Han army soldiers and handed them to Zhang Zhi to sell them to the system girl for cash or junk food, which made the already strong military ration foundation of the Han army become stronger.

Then of course, he rewarded the three armies to celebrate the victory. Zhang Zhitie plucked his feathers. In addition to letting the Han army soldiers chew elbows and chewed the Suda Noodle Restaurant, he also took out some junk food to distribute it to the people of Chang'an who were still in shock, so that the people of Guanzhong of this era could taste the deliciousness of junk food. Then at the celebration banquet, Zhang Zhi raised his glass to the sky and said with great emotion:

"Prime Minister, General, you have never finished your journey in your life. This time, I finally finished it for you. But unfortunately, my juniors lack troops and cannot control Chang'an for a long time. If you want to truly capture Chang'an City, you can only wait for our next real Northern Expedition."

This topic was also mainly discussed at the banquet. Drinking the sweet and delicious rice wine, Yan Yu asked Zhang Zhi: "Hou General, what should we do next? Should we stop when we see it, and leave Ziwu Valley to retreat to Hanzhong as soon as possible? Or should we sweep the surrounding areas of Chang'an first, burn the autumn grains in Guanzhong as much as possible, and then find a way to retreat?"

"The General, if you want to retreat, it is best not to go to Ziwu Valley again." Yang Ji, who had suffered enough, quickly said: "It is best to retreat by walking on Tangluo Road or Baoxi Road. This way, the march can be easier and familiar with the road, so that we can make our country familiar with the road, so that we can launch a large-scale northern expedition next time."

The Han generals who had also had enough of the crime agreed, but Zhang Zhize did not rush to express his opinion on this matter, but asked Yan Yu: "General Yan, in your opinion, how much time will the Jin thieves have to arrive at the Jin gang? "

"It all has to be more than eight or nine days." Yan Yu immediately replied: "According to the explanation we had captured, we confirmed on July 29 that we went north from Ziwu Valley and sent messengers to Wei Guan and Luoyang to ask for help respectively. Calculate the time. Even if Wei Guan moves quickly, it will be at least possible to send reinforcements to Chang'an around August 25. Although the distance in Luoyang is slightly closer and the road is easier to walk, the incident suddenly happened. If Sima Yan wants to gather enough troops to advance westward to rescue, it will definitely take some time, and it is very likely that he will arrive later than Wei Guan."

"Since that's the case, is it possible for us to fight a time difference? Defeat the reinforcements of the thieves' army one by one?" Zhang Zhi asked again.

"I'm afraid it's difficult." Yan Yu shook his head and said, "The news of our successful breakthrough of Chang'an will definitely spread quickly. After receiving this news, whether it is Wei Guan or the Luoyang reinforcements of Jin thieves, they will definitely understand that it is meaningless to urgently carry out reinforcements. They will definitely slow down, first contact each other, and then join forces to attack Chang'an, and will not give us a chance to defeat them one by one."

"Then we can't wait here." Zhang Zhi made up his mind and said, "Stay for three days in Chang'an City. After three days, we abandon the city and move westward. We head straight to the entrance of Baoxie Road to intercept Wei Guan's reinforcements. Then we acted at the opportunity. If we can stop it, we would fight to the decisive battle. If we don't stop it, or if we are not sure, we will withdraw from Baoxie Road to Hanzhong and get familiar with the path."

"This is probably difficult." Yan Yu frowned and said, "With Wei Guan's old treacherous slut, after receiving the news that we had broken Chang'an, and seeing us take the initiative to go back west to seek war, he will definitely choose deep ditches and high bases, avoid fighting, and wait for the arrival of Luoyang reinforcements. It is unlikely that he will take risks in a lonely state and fight head-on with us. After all, the general died at the hands of this ordinary man."

Considering Wei Guan's treacherous and cunning, Zhang Zhi couldn't help frowning, but he didn't want to miss this rare opportunity, so he started to think hard and asked: "General Yan, then think about it, if you were Wei Guan, under what circumstances would you choose to fight us head-on?"

"I won't fight to the decisive battle anyway." Yan Yu immediately replied: "It's very simple. If we are not sure, we will definitely go to the Ziwu Valley to retreat directly. Even if the road is difficult to walk, it will be safe. However, since our Han army dares to advance westward and take the initiative to fight, it proves that we are sure to fight. So if I am Wei Guan, I will definitely not take a risk of a decisive battle."

Zhang Zhi nodded slowly and said, "So, the first problem we need to solve is why we risk going to the Baoxi Road to retreat? Only by explaining this principle will we have hope to induce Wei Guan to take the risk and fight a decisive battle with us."

"Then what should we do?" Yan Yu asked.
Chapter completed!