Since he decided to attack Shangjun to save Xianyang from the danger of Xianyang by using the plan of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, Zhang Han did not dare to delay any longer and immediately rushed from Taiyuan County to Shangjun in the north. His men originally wanted to follow Zhang Han back to Xianyang

He went to save his family, but he unexpectedly received this order. Rumors spread among the army. Some people said that Zhang Han went to Shangjun not to encircle Wei and save Zhao, but because he saw the power of Su and surrendered.

Zhang Han spent a lot of effort to quell the rumors, and he reached the foot of Shangjun City along the way.

After he stationed his troops under the city, he ordered people to send a letter of war, but Chen Ping, who was defending the city, completely ignored his challenge and just sent all the troops left by Fusu to the top of the city. Zhang Han saw this

He knew from his posture that the other side was going to fight an offensive and defensive battle with him, so on the third day, he sent tens of thousands of soldiers carrying ladders to rush up. The defenders in the city were always on guard against the Qin army's attack, and when they saw them attacking

, and immediately used crossbows to block their approach. At the same time, the thornwood installed on the top of the city had been twisted up, waiting for the Qin army to climb up and attack them head-on.

Zhang Han's Qin army lost five to six thousand people after attacking for a day, but just like Fusu's attack on Hangu Pass that day, they couldn't even reach the ladder. This made Zhang Han very angry. He didn't expect Fusu to bring him.

Most of the troops have left, but the county town is still so difficult to attack.

In fact, it is good that Fusu was well prepared and did not take everyone to Qin. Instead, he left 50,000 to 60,000 horses behind him. Although there were Shangjun, Beidijun and other northern counties,

The troops and horses were dispersed, but because this county is the foundation of Fusu's current destiny, 20,000 troops were left here for defense. In fact, Fusu's original intention was to prevent the Chu or Qi people from attacking, but unexpectedly it was now Chengdu.

In order to deal with Zhang Han's Qin army. Therefore, Zhang Han's plan to take advantage of the situation completely failed. At this time, the only way he could do was to capture Shangjun by force.

Although Chen Ping has far-reaching wisdom, he is not Zhang Han's rival in military matters. He knows this very well, so as soon as Zhang Han's army arrived, he had already ordered people to ask for help from Beidi County and several other counties. Especially

It was he who asked for help from Meng Yi, the northern guard, and Zhou Xing, who was in an unknown county in the north. Now they were the only generals in Fusu's rear who could fight against Zhang Han.

After sending people out to ask for help, Chen Ping began to write letters, and then used the method of flying pigeons to send messages about the situation here to Fusu in Xianyang, in order not to let Fusu who was fighting on the front line

He was worried about the safety here, and promised that he would send a message to Fusu if there were any changes. The next step was to prepare a large number of defense equipment and be ready to fight the Qin army to the death. Fortunately, Fusu was deeply loved by the people here.

So as soon as they saw the Qin army attacking, all the people spontaneously transported equipment and food to the defenders. In just one day, Shangjuncheng was fully prepared for war. Even Fusu had previously

There are also several large tanks of used manure juice on the wall, ready to be boiled and poured down at any time.

Zhang Han did not expect the opponent to prepare for the battle so quickly. His troops suffered heavy losses in several attacks on the city. But when he saw that the ladder was finally put up on the top of the city, Zhang Han finally breathed a sigh of relief. But what happened next?

What happened was something he didn't expect. The soldiers who were climbing on the ladder had just climbed halfway when they saw the defenders at the top of the city pouring hot yellow liquid down. The Qin soldiers fell from the ladder with screams, killing and injuring them.

Much more powerful than ordinary boiling water.

Zhang Han hurriedly ordered people to rescue the injured soldiers, and found that their bodies stank and the burnt areas had begun to rot. These soldiers had completely lost their fighting ability. This surprised Zhang Han, but thinking of Xianyang's current predicament

, he had to harden his heart and let his soldiers attack day and night, hoping to use the numerical advantage to drag the defenders across the city.

Seeing this situation, Chen Ping had guessed what he was thinking, so he made adjustments accordingly. He ordered the defenders in the city to be divided into several groups and take turns to go to the city to guard, while the others rested in the city. In this way, Zhang Han wanted to

The plan to bring down the defenders was self-defeating. Seeing the reaction of the defenders in the city, Zhang Han had already guessed that his idea had been defeated by the defenders in the city, so he sent a large army to attack the city gate again, hoping to use absolute force to defeat the city gates.

The number of people came to break down the city gate.

Seeing that Zhang Han only attacked the city gate, Chen Ping moved all the defensive equipment above the city gate and smashed it at the Qin army. The two sides remained in a stalemate for nearly ten days, attacking and defending.

It was already scarred, but the Qin soldiers were still unable to achieve substantial results, and instead dumped tens of thousands of corpses under the city.

Zhang Han watched the time go by day by day, but he had no way to control the city, and he couldn't help but feel furious. He personally commanded the army to attack the city every day, but every time he saw the soldiers going to the city, the city

There will be some defense equipment that has never been seen before to fight them back. Sometimes it is the yellow dung juice, sometimes it is an extremely thick wooden stake with copper thorns nailed on it that can go up and down.

.....Every time, the Qin army suffered heavy losses and returned without success.

The night fell, and it was time to withdraw the troops again. Zhang Han looked at the Shangjun City, which had been unable to be attacked for a long time, and let out a helpless sigh. At this time, his military advisor Lu Jie came to his side. In the past few days, he had tried every means to attack the city.

Capture Shangjun City, Lu Jie

He was also thinking too hard and hadn't slept well for several nights. His bloodshot eyes looked at the defenders at the top of the city who were carrying equipment and corpses and said: "General, I thought for a long time and finally thought of a way to solve the crisis in Xianyang.

Already."

Zhang Han was overjoyed when he heard this. He held his hand and said, "Have you thought of any way to break this city? As long as I can break this county, I will listen to you no matter what your strategy is." In the past few days, he has also been thinking about this city.

It was a headache, so I was very excited when I heard this.

Lu Jie shook his head and said: "I have no way to break this city. Seeing that the defenses of this city are many times stronger than those of Chudi, and the whole city is united as one, there is really no gap to take advantage of." His tone was full of emotion.

Helpless and admirable. Helpless because I couldn't capture the city, admiration because of the defenders in the city.

"Then you just said you could solve the crisis in Xianyang?" Zhang Han asked with some confusion.

Lu Jie said: "General, you have completely confused saving Xianyang with destroying the city. In fact, it is not necessary to destroy the city to save Xianyang. The danger of Xianyang can still be solved without destroying the city."

Zhang Han was confused by his statement, "It is not necessary to destroy this county to save Xianyang. The danger of Xianyang can still be solved without destroying this county." He asked: "What do you mean by this? Can you explain it clearly?

some."

"General, you are completely dazzled by this difficult-to-capture city. In fact, as long as Fusu knows that our army is attacking Shangjun, he will definitely worry about problems in his rear. In this way, he will definitely lead the army to come.

In this way, the crisis in Xianyang City will be relieved. As for whether our army has captured the city, Fusu will not consider it. "

These words were like a dream, and they woke up Zhang Han. He clapped his hands and said: "What Mr. Lu said is true. How could I have forgotten this? I immediately found a way to have our army conquered."

News that the attack on Shangjun was underway reached Xianyang."

Since he had made up his mind not to capture Shangjun, Zhang Han's offensive slowed down. In the next few days, the Qin army only besieged the city symbolically, but no longer attacked desperately. This also gave the Qin army a good rest.

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But at this time, Zhou Xing and Meng Yi each brought 10,000 troops and quietly came to the rear of the Qin army, preparing to find the right time to attack the Qin army. Chen Ping in the city had also received their message from the flying pigeon.

He also gathered the defenders together, preparing to attack from three sides and completely defeat Zhang Han's army once an opportunity was found.

Ziying in Xianyang City is extremely nervous now, because Fusu's army outside the city is ready to attack Xianyang City. However, there are less than 10,000 Qin soldiers in the city. Although he has forcibly captured many civilians to make up for the enemy, he still feels uncomfortable in his heart.

He knew very well that the role of these people was limited after all, and he just hoped that Zhang Han's army would arrive soon.

After Fusu rested with his army for two days, he finally decided to send troops to attack. He ordered his soldiers to first use powerful crossbows to fire arrows into Zhani Gan, so that the Qin army could not shoot arrows and throw rocks and wood under the city, and then ordered to march.

The soldiers rushed up carrying huge trees and ladders. But unexpectedly, the Qin troops guarding the city did not

Not being frightened by the crossbow arrows, they still put their heads forward and fired arrows at the Fusu army at the bottom of the city. At the same time, rolling logs and rocks rained down on the city. Fusu's infantry who had just rushed up suffered heavy losses, so Fusu had no choice but to retreat.

He called them back and ordered all the crossbowmen to shoot at the city to teach the Qin army a lesson.

Fusu didn't know that the people who risked their lives to attack him were all the people in Xianyang City. Behind them was a Qin soldier holding a sharp knife in his hand, forcing them to attack. In desperation, these people had no choice but to ignore their lives and attack.

To Fusu's army. This really forced Fusu to retreat. This made the Qin soldiers guarding the city overjoyed, and they decided to do this in the future.

In the next few days, Xianyang City was defended by these people who were forced to fight. This made Fusu very anxious. He was also on guard against Zhang Hanhui suddenly coming from behind. At this time, someone from Shangjun

The pigeon has arrived

, Fusu was both happy and worried when he saw in the letter that Zhang Han actually led troops to attack Shangjun. What he was happy about was that at least now he didn't have to worry about Zhang Han attacking him at any time, but what he was worried about was that he didn't know whether Shangjun could be defended.

Can live. But he

Seeing what Chen Ping said that a letter would be sent to him if there were any changes, he felt a little relieved. He still had a certain degree of confidence in the defense power of Shangjun City and Chen Ping's ability. In addition, there were also people from other counties.

He believed that there would be no losses in Shangjun. However, just in case, Fusu asked the army to step up the attack and strive to capture Xianyang as soon as possible. What he didn't know was that a trouble was coming at this time. (To be waited for.
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