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Chapter 216: Siege of Chen Cang

"Zhou Yafu, who quelled the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms."

When Zhang Hua learned the news from Hanzhong's detailed works, he almost forgot that Zhou Bo had a son who was better than his own, that was Zhou Yafu, who quelled the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.

In short, because Emperor Jing of Han reduced his vassals, the seven fiefdoms rebelled in the name of "clearing the king's side", which was a huge momentum, and was pacified by Zhou Yafu for three months.

The story of Zhou Yafu's Xiliuying is also very famous. Cao Cao praised Xu Huang for his style as Zhou Yafu, which shows that in the eyes of everyone in the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Yafu's evaluation is not low.

According to Zhang Hua's inference, Zhou Yafu was good at governing the army and had a strong army. Even the emperor could not easily enter his camp without tokens.

Zhou Yafu was appointed as a general of the Han army by Liu Bang. His purpose was self-evident.

"Zhou Yafu, this person easily quelled the rebellion of the seven countries and used steady troops. He did not know the limit. It seems that Liu Bang wanted to make Zhou Yafu a substitute for Han Xin."

"Zhou Yafu has a strong military ability, so he needs to be very careful when fighting this person."

Li Ji, Chen Gong and other military advisors were recruited by Zhang Hua. These people all knew that Zhou Yafu, a famous general of ancient times, had the strongest ability of Zhou Yafu to govern the army, and he didn't even give the emperor a face.

However, it was precisely because of Zhou Yafu's stubborn personality and lack of political vision that he was eventually imprisoned by Emperor Jing of Han on charges of rebellion.

Unfortunately, Zhou Bo had a close relationship with Liu Bang, otherwise he would have tried to get rid of Zhou Yafu.

"Before Zhou Yafu's Xiliu Camp was completed, two legions of Yuntai and the Sixteen Guards, with 100,000 troops, sent troops to siege Chen Cang. The candidate for the besiege was Gan Mao."

Zhang Hua assigned the military general Gan Mao, who had the talent of "siege", to siege Yuntai and the Sixteen Guards to besiege Chen Cang.

The Imperial Guard Corps is in charge of two battlefields: Chang'an, Xianyang, and Hedong and Chencang.

"I only siege Chen Cang but not attack? The last general knows."

Li Ji was the chief general of the Sixteen Guards Army. After receiving the order, Li Ji mobilized the Sixteen Guards Army to join Feng Yi's Yuntai Army, and then sent troops to siege Chen Cang, trying to remove the nails left by Cao Zhen before leaving.

"The Northern Prefecture Army is stationed in Linjin to resist the enemy in Hedong."

Zhang Hua sent another 50,000 troops from the Northern Palace Army to guard against the Great Jin Kingdom in Hedong.

After Yue Lei's injuries were completely cured, he took more than a dozen descendants of the Yue family army to report to the Beifu Army's camp.

Luozhou and Shangzhou only defend but not attack. As for the Kanto region, Nurhaci and Cao Cao fought against each other, Zhang Hua had no intention of intervening for the time being.

Chen Cangcheng and Cao was still fighting in Deng Ai. Cao Shen was forced to move 100,000 households in Chen Cang into Hanzhong because of food shortage.

With Feng Yi's Yuntai Army and Li Ji's Sixteen Guards Army moving towards Chen Cang, Cao Shen, who felt something was wrong, shrank his troops and defended Chen Cang City with Hao Zhao.

The villages and towns outside Chencang were captured by 100,000 Xia troops. Under the pressure of Yuntai and the Sixteen Guards, all over the country surrendered until the troops were at the city and besieged Chencang.

From the Battle of Weishui to the present, the troops of each battalion have been replenished. The 100,000 Xia troops were dispatched, and the Chen Cang defenders dared not fight at all.

Hao Zhao worked hard to manage Chen Cang and built Chen Cang into a wall of iron. There were 81 arrow towers alone, equipped with hundreds of powerful crossbows, and built Weng City and prepared enough equipment to guard the city. It was seamless.

"If the Xia army dares to attack Chen Cang, it will definitely make him hit his head and bloody."

Hao Zhao stood on Chen Cang's city wall. Although he was unable to repel the Xia army, Hao Zhao still had some confidence in defending the city.

Cao Shen saw that the army was fully equipped with armor under the city and the endless 100,000 Xia troops, but saw the terrible national strength behind the Yuntai Army and the Sixteen Guards Army.

If there are not enough blacksmiths to build armor, they cannot equip hundreds of thousands of armored men.

When 100,000 people besieged the city, the food and grass consumed every day is an astronomical figure, and at least 100,000 people need to transport food and grass from all over the country.

The consumption of the siege side is much greater than that of the defender side. Whether it is the strength of the troops or food, it must be greater than that of the defender side, so that it can be taken down.

In order to eliminate Chen Cang's hidden danger, Zhang Hua used up to 100,000 troops!

After the Xia army arrived, they captured some houses outside Chencang City, and then dug trenches to surround Chencang.

"Hao Zhao is the defending general and is best at defending the city. If he attacks strongly, he can defeat him, but the losses may be several times that of the defenders."

"Gan Mao, I'll leave the siege to you."

Tens of thousands of Xia troops surrounded Chen Cang, and Qin general Gan Mao was responsible for besieging the city. Gan Mao's talent "besieging the city" began to affect the morale of the defenders.

The longer the siege, the more obvious the talent effect of Gan Mao is.

Feng Yi's Yuntai Army was deployed near the Qinling Mountains to guard against the Han army coming out of Chen Cang Road.

Li Ji's Sixteen Guards were deployed near Longshan to guard against the enemies descending from Longshan.

Zhang Hua sent troops to siege Chen Cang, and the quelled war rekindled, alarming the princes around Guanzhong.

The princes from all sides are ready to move again.

In Chang'an City, the shop of the wealthy businessman Shen Wansan was about to transport a batch of cloth and ceramics to Xiliang trade. Shen Wansan heard that Chen Cang was full of smoke, so he immediately summoned the hired workers and announced that the trip would be cancelled.

"If you want to open up the Silk Road, you must have strong force as your backing. If the troops cannot reach the Western Regions, then the caravan will be unable to move forward."

Shen Wansan paced back and forth, Chen Cang beacons were everywhere, and his caravan could not even arrive in Xiliang, let alone go to the Western Regions to trade.

If you buy food at this time, you can manipulate the price of food.

Unfortunately, Zhang Hua had strict restrictions on various strategic materials. Private individuals could not buy and sell salt, iron, war horses, grain, and leather, nor could they set up money houses.

Not only Shen Wansan was affected in Chang'an City, but other caravans traveling between Guanzhong and Xiliang and Hanzhong were also affected and stayed in Chang'an City.

"I heard that the officers and soldiers were fighting with the Han army in Chencang. Guess who were the princes in Hanzhong? Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han!"

"Can the officers and soldiers beat Emperor Gaozu of Han?"

"If Emperor Gaozu of Han defeated the officers and soldiers, the story of building a plank road openly, secretly traveling to Chen Cang, and establishing the Three Qins."

"Sir, which side do you think can win?"

At Zhongtian Pavilion Academy, dozens of students talked about each other, and then looked at the teacher.

After opening subjects such as arithmetic, law, astronomy, geography, and breeding in Zhongtian Pavilion Academy, and inheriting Lu Wang's Xinxue, a group of scholars from Chang'an entered Zhongtian Pavilion Academy to study.

The imperial examinations of Zhang Hua's forces must assess current affairs, so these scholars must also pay attention to major national affairs.

The teacher said: "There are few people in Hanzhong and many people in Guanzhong. Unless the gap between the monarchs and military generals on both sides is too large, perhaps one side of Guanzhong makes a major mistake, Hanzhong will be able to win."

"It's that simple?"

"The population is related to the strength of the country, and it is not that complicated. But if the Jurchens in Hedong send troops, or more princes are involved in the melee, the result will be unpredictable."

Although this teacher did not become an official, he always cared about the world and knew the situation around Guanzhong well.

Hedong, the Great Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Zongwang used the food obtained from Qin Hui's farming to recruit soldiers and horses, and tried his best to expand his troops and burn his boats.

The Great Jin Kingdom was trapped between Taiyuan and Guanzhong. If it did not expand, it would retreat if it did not advance.

The princes who were separatist in Taiyuan were powerful, and Wanyan Zongwang really did not dare to provoke him, so he could only try to take Guanzhong.

What's more, the benefits of attacking Guanzhong are greater than those of attacking Taiyuan.

The various Jurchen generals prepared to cooperate with Liu Bang to attack Guanzhong.

The last batch of Tiefutus recruited by Jin Wushu will be completed soon.

"My emperor and I, Tiefutu, have a total of 5,000 people, which is different from the past. I, Jin Wushu, failed four times, and I will never fail again for the fifth time!"

Jin Wushu thought of being defeated by Zhang Hua in succession before, and believed that it was because his Tiefutu was not large enough.

This time, Jin Wushu made a fuss and sold all the pig iron to build the iron armor needed for the iron pagoda. He and Wanyan Zongwang gathered 5,000 iron pagodas.

When Heluo and Zhang Hua fought, Jin Wushu had only 500 Tiefutus and was eventually defeated. This time, Jin Wushu had 500 Tiefutus.

The combat power of the five thousand iron pagodas and the five hundred iron pagodas is not on the same level.

"The opponents in Guanzhong should be more interesting than those in the Northern Song Dynasty."

Wanyan Loushi ranked first among the Jin generals and was also one of the generals who used troops against Guanzhong this time in the Great Jin Dynasty.

Wanyan Loushi can't wait to send troops to Guanzhong.

But before that, the people of the Great Jin Kingdom were waiting for the Yellow River to freeze.

Once the Yellow River is frozen, the Jurchen cavalry can drive straight into Guanzhong.

Tiefutu can gallop freely on the Guanzhong Plain and be invincible.

"If Zhang Hua in Guanzhong is destroyed, then the person who tries to assassinate me will definitely be frightened, and he will not be assassinated frequently..."

Qin Hui served in the Jin army camp and was responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass.

Qin Hui was assassinated every once in a while and was more dependent on the Jurchens. Thinking that after the Jurchens occupied Guanzhong, the Great Jin Kingdom became stronger and Qin Hui's escort became more stringent.

The entire Hedong became a military camp, and the Jurchens were in power and enlisted in large numbers, like a war machine.

Wanyan Zongwang's actions made Qin Hui, who was in charge of farming, feel very uncomfortable.

Wanyan Zong hoped to be powerful and powerful. If he could not conquer Guanzhong, then the economy and food and food in Hedong would definitely explode in the next year.

Qin Hui could only hope that Wanyan Zongwang could conquer Guanzhong, otherwise he would have to use the salt from Hedong Salt Pond to exchange food from the princes in all directions next year.

Opposite the Yellow River, is the camp of 50,000 Northern Prefecture Army.

"The last general Yue Lei is ordered to come to the Northern Prefecture Army to serve!"

Yue Lei brought more than a dozen descendants of the Yue family army to the Beifu Army camp and met Xie Xuan, the commander of the Beifu Army.

Xie Xuan was considered a famous general of ancient times to Yue Fei. Yue Lei was solemn and dared not act rashly.

"You are the deputy general under Liu Laozhi."

Xie Xuan assigned Yue Lei to Liu Laozhi to strengthen the force of Liu Laozhi's army.

"Abide by the order!"

Yue Lei also knew that the famous general Liu Laozhi was willing to serve under Liu Laozhi.

"Your figure is pretty strong."

Liu Laozhi saw that Yue Lei was tall and strong, and knew that Yue Lei was also a powerful general.
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