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The Qi army did not immediately attack the camp of the Zhaowu army,

but sent people to investigate the surroundings, trying to find the tunnel exit of the Zhaowu army.

The secret agents of the Qi army in Hanzhong told Zhang Yanxia that as early as more than a month ago, the Zhaowu army had mobilized a large number of young men and strongmen, day and night, to dig deep trenches. More than a month, during which it was enough for the Zhaowu army to dig another tunnel.

If you can find the exit of the tunnel, you can use it to attack the camp of the Zhaowu army, saving a lot of time.

Unexpectedly, Qi Jun searched for a long time and found nothing.

This made Zhang Yanxia puzzled, could it be that there was no tunnel under the Zhaowu Army camp.

What he didn't know was that the Zhaowu Army had indeed dug a tunnel. It's just that it was deliberately not dug through, and a short distance was left without digging, so naturally there was no exit.

Zhang Yanxia secretly said in his heart, even if the tunnel really exists, the length is limited after all, and in more than a month, at most he will dig three or four miles.

People always have to eat, and in the past few days, the Qi army has basically determined that no food has flowed into the camp of the Zhaowu army. After a long time, there is no food, and the Zhaowu army will collapse without attacking.

In order to prevent a sneak attack by the Zhaowu army, the Qi army divided 40,000 troops to monitor the Zhaowu army in two places. And in a radius of ten miles in its camp, dozens of lookouts were built. Day and night, monitor every move around you. Zhang Yanxia particularly emphasized that especially on rainy days, it is necessary to strengthen vigilance.

More than ten days later, the scouts sent to various parts of Hanzhong returned to the camp on the bank of the Han River one after another.

Zhang Yanxia was surprised in his heart, all the cities in Hanzhong, except for Nanzheng and Liucheng, had Zhaowu troops. The other cities were almost completely empty, with no bread and grass in them, and no young men. At some critical passes, there were no garrisons.

After figuring out the situation in Hanzhong and the deployment of the Zhaowu army, the Qi army only had two choices.

Either attack Nanzheng, as the capital of Hanzhong, there are many people, money and food in it. After defeating Nanzheng, Hanzhong was basically won.

Either besiege the city of Nanzheng but not attack it, save the troops, and wait for a new way to find it, and then attack Shu in a big way.

In all fairness, Zhang Yanxia did not want to fall into a fierce battle in Hanzhong, thinking that it was of little significance; after all, Li Zhao himself was not in Hanzhong, and the main force of the Zhaowu army was also not in Hanzhong. And Li Zhao has a huge Shu land and can withstand the losses of Hanzhong.

In order to destroy Li Zhao, in addition to the hundreds of thousands of Qi troops who entered Hanzhong, there were also nearly 100,000 Qi troops in Fuling, Yiling and other places.

With so many troops, it is even more necessary to attack Shu and fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Zhaowu army.

But not everyone thinks so, Zhang Yanxia can wait, but others are not willing to wait.

It has been nearly half a month since the Qi army came to Hanzhong, and there has not been a single battle. Not only did it cause the dissatisfaction of the crown prince Jiang Wei, but even Xia Baiyang, Wang Lu and other generals of the Qi army were also dissatisfied.

They didn't understand what Zhang Yanxia was waiting for. Some people even suspected that Zhang Yanxia was afraid of fighting, so he delayed the attack.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Zhang Yanxia could only send troops.

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Three days later, 100,000 Qi soldiers came to Nanzheng.

Wang Yankai stood on the city wall, looking at the Qi army under the city, without a trace of panic.

Li Zhao once asked him how long he could hold on to Nanzheng if the Qi army stormed Nanzheng, and Wang Yankai confidently said that he could hold it for at least three months.

He dared to say this, naturally he had sufficient confidence. Nanzheng has 20,000 Zhaowu troops, and tens of thousands of young people can help defend the city. There was plenty of food in the city, and several granaries were full. In addition, the city wall itself is tall and strong, and it has been fully equipped with all kinds of ordnance. As long as you deal with it properly, you should be able to hold on for three months.

As for what would happen in three months, Wang Yankai believed that Li Zhao must have other plans, and all he had to do was to concentrate on defending the city.

The Qi army sent a letter of surrender to the city, but received no response.

Zhang Yanxia did not delay any longer and ordered an attack.

The crossbowmen of the Qi army fired thousands of arrows, covering the Nanzheng city wall in an instant.

Under the protection of the shield, the Zhaowu army did not suffer many casualties.

When its arrow array stopped, the Zhaowu army immediately launched a counterattack. A large number of bed crossbows and repeating crossbows shot countless arrows at the Qi army.

The Zhaowu army counterattacked quickly and violently, and was caught off guard, and many Qi sergeants fell to the ground with arrows.

Zhang Yanxia ordered archery again, the crossbowmen of the Qi army had a numerical advantage, and the Zhaowu army was condescending, and neither side could suppress the other for a while.

The Qi army used a large number of stone-throwing vehicles, and the Zhaowu army also got the stone-throwing vehicles on the city wall and bombarded the Qi army. Although the number of stone-throwing vehicles of the Zhaowu army was not as good as that of the Qi army, the accuracy was stronger than that of the other party.

In this way, the two sides fought for two hours in a row.

"If this continues, when will we be able to take Nan Zheng? Xia Baiyang said impatiently.

Zhang Yanxia was not in a hurry, and he didn't expect to take Nanzheng in a short time, so he said lightly: "General Ben has his own plans, so there is no need to say more."

Xia Baiyang had no choice but to retreat.

Until the evening, the Qi army never climbed the city wall. Seeing that it was already dark, he collected his troops and returned to the camp.

Late at night, Zhang Yanxia did not rest for a long time, sitting alone in the tent, staring at the map of Shu for a long time. finally made up his mind and asked people to call Xia Baiyang.

"The last general has seen General Zhang, I don't know what happened to summon the last general?" Xia Baiyang had already fallen asleep and had just been woken up by his own soldiers.

"Do you want to cut off Li Zhao's head?" Zhang Yanxia said with a smile.

Xia Baiyang's eyes were instantly filled with hatred, "The last general dreams of it."

Zhang Yanxia handed the map of Shu to Xia Baiyang, and his expression became serious: "The army must not be delayed in Hanzhong, only by entering Shu can Li Zhao be completely eliminated."

Xia Baiyang frowned slightly, "But the Sword Gate Pass is really steep and difficult to capture." "

I'll give you 20,000 Qi troops, and you will make a detour to the western plateau and open up a new road. If it goes well, I will lead the main force of the army to fight into Shu along this road.

"The road is so steep that I have never heard of anyone walking on it, and there are many soldiers on the plateau, and if they encounter it, it will be difficult to resist. Xia Baiyang's face was embarrassed.

Zhang Yanxia said unhappily: "The road that Shi Ai took before has never been walked before, not to mention, how can I be afraid of just a few soldiers."

"I hope the general will reconsider.

"I see, you go down.

After Xia Baiyang left, Zhang Yanxia was a little disappointed. In the past few days, Xia Baiyang has frequently asked for battle, and he thought that the other party was a brave man. But at the critical moment, he was afraid and unwilling to take risks.

The next day, the Qi army again arrived at the city of Nanzheng.

Unlike yesterday, Zhang Yanxia plans to attack the city with all his strength today. No matter how difficult Nan Zheng is to fight, he must always touch it.

The crown prince Jiang Wei asked to fight, but Zhang Yanxia did not agree.

Under the cover of the crossbowmen, the Qi soldiers carried the ladder and approached the city wall.

Jiang Wei ignored the military order, held a long knife, and killed him.

Zhang Yanxia was furious and sent his own soldiers to bring him back.

The soldiers had just arrived in front of Jiang Wei, and they hadn't had time to speak.

Suddenly, an arrow struck and plunged into Jiang Wei's chest.

No one could have imagined that the dignified prince of Qi would die like this.

At this scene, all the generals of the Qi army were stunned.

Zhang Yanxia's face changed drastically, and his pupils suddenly dilated, what shocked him was not only because the prince was dead, but because the Zhaowu army in the city did not shoot arrows at all.