The next morning, the Qin army did not launch an attack, but was waiting for heavy equipment to come.

Ailang was confident that he would break through the city gate with his simple equipment, but in that case, his side would pay a lot of unnecessary losses. Ailang did not want to pay a heavy price to break a mere Long Pass.

Time passed slowly while anxiously waiting. As noon approached, an officer finally reported: "Report that the lord's heavy equipment has been shipped!"

Ailang was overjoyed and immediately left the big tent.

Sure enough, hundreds of huge vehicles covered with tarpaulins slowly drove into the camp like a long dragon.

Ailang said happily: "That's great! It's a little earlier than I expected!"

At this time, the general responsible for transporting heavy equipment rushed to Ailang and said, "Report to the lord, 240 sets of packed thieves and 150 car-mounted cannons are all transported!"

Ailang walked forward, patted his shoulder, and smiled and said, "You guys came in time! Thank you for your hard work!"

When the general heard this, he felt flattered in his heart.

Ailang turned his head and shouted at Dian Wei and others: "Gather the army immediately, and today I will break through this Long Pass!"

Not long after, Ailang led tens of thousands of troops to Longguan and prepared to launch an attack.

Looking up at the city gate, I found that there was silence on the city wall. Although the flags were still flying, there was no one in sight.

Ailang felt very surprised and couldn't help but wonder.

Dian Wei next to him couldn't help but say, "Lord, there is not a single person on the city wall!"

Ailang nodded and muttered: "Did Mao Jie escape when he saw that our army's heavy equipment arrived?"

But I felt that Mao Jie would not be so useless. I just thought that this would be a trap for Mao Jie?

Then he smiled proudly and murmured to himself: "Whether it's a trap or not, am I still afraid of him?"

He shouted: "Send a battalion of officers and soldiers to raid the city wall, and at the same time, the vehicle-mounted artillery is coming out, and prepare for bombardment!"

Dian Wei Yingnuo immediately sent a battalion of officers and soldiers to rush towards the city wall. At the same time, 150 vehicle-mounted artillery rush out of the military formation and lined up in front of the military formation, preparing for bombardment.

The officers and soldiers of the battalion carried simple cloud ladders and rushed to the city walls, then set up cloud ladders to climb.

As the Qin army officers and soldiers kept approaching the city, Ai Lang couldn't help but open his eyes wide, subconsciously feeling that the enemy's ambush would appear at any time.

After a while, the attacking troops rushed to the top of the city, but until this time, there was still no sign of an enemy army on the top of the city.

Ailang couldn't help but have many thoughts in his mind, but he couldn't figure out what was going on for a moment.

After a while, the city gate opened, and an officer rushed straight to Ailang, clasped his fists and said, "Report to the lord, there are no enemy soldiers in the city, and they seem to have all withdrawn!"

Ailang sneered: "It seems that I overestimate this Mao Jie too much, and he just ran away like that. It's so fucking useless!"

Then he waved his hand and shouted: "Enter the pass!"

The army surged and poured into Chengguan from the gate of Chengguan.

Ailang went straight to the hall of the capital, which was already empty.

Ailang walked upwards and turned around, and ordered the generals under his command: "Send a scout to investigate Mao Jie's whereabouts, and the rest of the troops rest and wait for orders."

The generals and officials agreed with their fists and left the hall.

At this moment, a personal soldier officer led another officer in hurriedly, clasped his fists at Ailang and said, "Lord, General Wei Yan has sent a messenger!"

Ailang's heart moved and he looked at the officer.

The officer clasped his fists and said, "Report to the lord, the villain is ordered to report to the lord. Not long ago, the prefect of Hanyang Zhao Ge was instigated by General Wei Yan to surrender to our army. Now the troops led by General Wei Yan have passed Qinting!"

Ai Lang was stunned, then suddenly realized and smiled, "No wonder Mao Jie ran away silently. It turned out that Qin Ting had lost!"

He said to the officer: "Go back and tell Wei Yan that he did a good job, and I will give him a great contribution! He asked Wei Yan not to rush to Hanyang County, but to rush directly to Jincheng in the northwest, and be sure to occupy Jincheng for me at the fastest and least cost!"

The officer held his fists and agreed and left in a hurry.

Ai Lang had already left at this time and decided that Mao Jie was not using any conspiracy. He immediately sent an order, leaving only a thousand men to guard Longguan. The rest of the troops immediately gathered and rushed to Hanyang County City.

Hanyang County City, more than 200 miles west of Longguan, is located on the southern bank of the upper reaches of the Wei River. It is the largest city facing the Western Qiang.

The capture of Hanyang County was not only an important part of Ailang's control of Xiliang, but also an important base for controlling Xiqiang, so it is of great significance.

The 50,000 army led by Ailang advanced westward. Two days later, the army advanced to the north bank of the Wei River. Not far away, a mountain city surrounded by mountains and rivers. Although the scale is not very large, it relies on the steep mountains and rivers and the weather is majestic, making people feel a little amazing.

There were several wreckages of ropes drifting along the river bank, and several wooden boards were hung on the ropes.

It turned out that there was a floating bridge on the river here, but after Mao Jie retreated into Hanyang County, he destroyed the floating bridge.

However, his behavior was just a delay in the pace of the Qin army's advance. How could it be possible to stop the Qin army? With Ailang's order, the officers and soldiers immediately took action, cutting down trees and erecting wooden rafts.

When sunset that day, the Qin army had already built a considerable number of wooden rafts.

However, it was too late, and crossing the river at night was too risky, so Ailang planned to order the army to cross the Wei River early the next morning.

Liu Bei's officers and soldiers from Hanyang County saw the bright lights on the other side, and the momentum was like rainbows. Everyone was depressed and worried. The huge city was silent, and the dull atmosphere enveloped the entire city.

Mao Jie paced back and forth in the hall, frowning tightly.

Suddenly, a close confidant rushed in from outside.

Seeing this, Mao Jie immediately stepped forward and asked, "What's the situation?"

The confidant clasped his fists happily and said, "The Er Qiang has agreed to send troops."

Mao Jie's eyes lit up and he yelled: "That's great!"

The two Qiangs mentioned by his confidant refer to two major Qiang tribes, one is called Shenlang Qiang and the other is called Baima Qiang.

Although these two Qiang tribes are not as strong as the West Sea Qiang tribes, they are also the second among the major Qiang tribes, and their strength cannot be underestimated.

Moreover, these two Qiang tribes are not far from Hanyang County, and are located in the Minshan area above the Bailong River more than 200 miles west of Hanyang County.

Mao Jie was paced back and forth excitedly, as if he was muttering words.

Suddenly he stopped and said to his confidant: "Tell all the soldiers and civilians in the city immediately!"

The confidant agreed with his fists and walked quickly.

Early the next morning, Ailang led the Qin army to cross the Wei River.

Mao Jie had limited troops and did not lead his army out of the city to block the attack.

Not long after, the vanguard of Qin's army had already crossed the Wei River and then lined up on the shore for alert.

At the same time, the follow-up troops quickly built a floating bridge on the river surface, and then crossed the Wei River in a mighty manner.

After the army crossed the Wei River, it immediately rushed to the city to prepare for a strong attack! The sound of the Qin army's war drums roared and shook the sky and the earth! Mao Jie gathered all the officers and soldiers and the temporary militia on the city wall to prepare for the fierce attack of the Qin army.

At this moment, more than a hundred huge box trucks rushed out of the Qin army.

Mao Jie was shocked and shouted in disbelief: "How could it be?

Their heavy equipment has actually been shipped?"

Then he ordered the officers and soldiers on the city wall to retreat immediately.

The officers and soldiers under his command immediately took action, but the temporary recruitment of civilian troops were in chaos, pushing and rushing to escape from the city. In the chaos, many people were squeezed off the walls by their companions. The shrill screams made the scene even more chaotic.

When Mao Jie saw this scene, he couldn't help but frown and felt bad in his heart.

Not long after, the Qin army's artillery showed its might, and the sky and the earth seemed to be shaking in the roar of the artillery. Almost at the same time, a huge terrifying impact sounded, and the entire city wall seemed to be shaking! The scene was really trembling! The officers and soldiers of Liu Bei's army were fine, after all, they had seen it a long time ago, but those temporary recruitment of civilian troops had never seen such a terrible scene. Everyone thought that the end of the world was coming, and they were extremely frightened. Many people couldn't help but shout and ran towards the city! Seeing that their companions had fled, the other civilian troops were still willing to stay in this terrible place, and they threw away the weapons in their hands and jumped away.

When Liu Bei's officers and soldiers saw the scene of the civilian army running around in scattered manner, they couldn't help but feel panic and didn't know what to do! Mao Jie kept cheering for his subordinates, but finally did not let the thousands of officers and soldiers collapse! The Qin army's vehicle-mounted artillery bombarded the Hanyang city wall twice, and then Ailang found that there were cracks on a city wall on the left side of the city gate. He couldn't help but be happy and said with a smile: "This city wall is really a shoddy project! I don't know how many benefits the guy who built this city wall has gained from it!"

In fact, Ailang really wronged others.

The city walls of Hanyang are indeed not as good as those of the city walls of the Central Plains. However, it was not because the officials who built the city walls were careless or cut corners, but because they were only facing the Western Qiang, which had almost no means of siege. Building such a solid city wall was just a waste of money. Therefore, the officials in charge of the construction at that time adopted a relatively simple approach, which also saved a lot of manpower and material resources.

Although the city walls built in this way are far less solid than the cities in the Central Plains, they are enough to resist the Qiang people.

Of course, Ailang didn't know about these situations.

Ailang ordered all artillery to concentrate firepower on the cracked wall and bombard it.
Chapter completed!