Emperor Sun made his fortune from scratch

After a month of preparation, Yang Xin led 40,000 soldiers and horses to rush to the city of Nanzheng.

If he can capture Nanzheng, he will basically capture the entire Hanzhong. Although Lu County is still in Yang Mingsheng's hands, Yang Xin believes that according to the current style of play, Lu County will not last long.

Yang Xin, Lu Boliang and others have observed the Nanzheng City Wall on the spot many times. The Nanzheng city wall is obviously much taller than Liucheng, and the city wall is thicker. It is difficult to win without going through a bloody battle.

The Wanshan army prepared a large number of ladders, bed crossbows and other siege equipment, among which there were more than 200 stone-throwing vehicles alone. At Lu Boliang's suggestion, he prepared two months of grain and grass. Yang Xin has made a bloody investment this time, and he will never give up if he does not Ke Nan Zheng.

The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings, and there is a tense atmosphere everywhere in Nanzheng City. The shops have long been closed, and people are afraid to go out at home. There were only soldiers in a hurry on the road, and there was no one else.

Wang Jing stood at the head of the city and looked at the dense army under the city. His legs trembled, he almost couldn't stand up, and his heart was filled with endless fear. kept asking the staff: "Why haven't the reinforcements from the imperial court arrived yet, and how long will it take to arrive?" The staff

could only comfort him, the Nanzheng city wall was tall, and the thief army could not break the city in a short time.

As for the reinforcements, because of Wang Jing's hesitation, the first letter asking for help was sent ten days ago. Hanzhong is thousands of miles away from Jinling. How could the reinforcements of the imperial court arrive so quickly.

At the suggestion of his staff, Wang Jing activated the two generals who had been dismissed by him, Shi Mu and Chu Zhongyun.

Shi Mu and Chu Zhongyun are both veterans of Hanzhong and have guarded Hanzhong for many years. After Wang Jing took office as the assassin of Hanzhong, the two were dismissed by Wang Jing because they were unwilling to give gifts and repeatedly clashed with Wang Jing because of other things.

At present, Wang Jing has no choice but to resume the positions of the two. entrusted the defense of the city to the two of them.

Although the two of them hated Wang Jing, they couldn't sit idly by and watch Nan Zheng fall. Shi Mu gathered all the young people in the city for strict training.

Without Wang Jing's consent, Chu Zhongyun distributed the money and grain in the city to the soldiers defending the city, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted.

When everything was ready, Yang Xin ordered the attack to begin, and the tragic battle of Nanzheng began.

Thousands of crossbowmen shot arrows with bows, and a dense rain of arrows fell on the city walls in waves. Shi Mu had already prepared, and the defenders of the city wall immediately raised their shields. The attack of the Wanshan Army did not cause much damage to the defenders of the city wall.

Shi Mu ordered the defenders, using a large number of bed crossbows, to attack the Wanshan army under the city. The arrows used in the bed crossbow are different from ordinary bows and crossbows, the arrows are thick and long, and ordinary shields cannot block such giant arrows, and the Wanshan army is killed and wounded.

There were also a lot of bed crossbows and stone-throwing carts in the Wanshan army, and there were more of them than in the city. Immediately launch a fierce counterattack on the city walls.

The two sides used all kinds of long-range attack weapons, and Yang Xin never stopped attacking each other for two consecutive hours.

Lu Boliang observed for a long time and sighed: "The guards in the city have dealt with it properly, and there has been no large-scale panic. Although there were casualties, unfortunately the casualties were not large, only about 100 people. At present, such an attack cannot conquer Nanzheng, and it is necessary to order soldiers to attack.

Yang Xin nodded, and ordered the strong men in the army to beat the giant drum. Thousands of soldiers from Wanshan carried the ladder and rushed towards the city wall.

Seeing that the Wanshan army began to attack the city, Shi Mu hurriedly ordered the defenders to pour hot oil and throw stones under the city. A soldier climbed the ladder, and the hot oil poured down on his face, screaming in severe burning pain, and fell from the ladder. Others were hit by stones, their faces covered in blood, and they fell down the ladder. Under the city walls, wailing continued. Due to the lack of medical treatment, many people died in agony.

Yang Xin's face was expressionless, and he didn't blink his eyes. I knew in my heart that this was just the beginning. If you want to enter Nanzheng, you must pay a lot of price, no one knows how many people will die in the end, and maybe corpses will be scattered all over the field.

The soldiers of the Wanshan Army finally climbed the city wall, but were quickly pushed down by the defenders at the head of the city, and fell to death under the city, their flesh and blood blurred.

The pressure on the defenders of the city wall is also not small, and the number of defenders is less than that of the other party after all. The Wanshan Army under the city, there was a steady stream of soldiers climbing the ladder, and the movements of the defenders did not stop for a moment.

In order to motivate morale, Chu Zhongyun has been taking the lead in fighting. No matter how many of the Wanshan army climbed the city wall, they were all beheaded or fell to their deaths under the city wall.

Seeing that the offensive was not going well, Zhang Bao couldn't stand it anymore, and asked Yang Xin for his life, hoping to participate in the attack, and Yang Xin agreed. Zhang Bao immediately led thousands of soldiers to climb the ladder. After climbing the city wall, with his excellent martial arts, he personally killed several defenders. Buy more time for the soldiers behind to climb the city walls. The defenders noticed that the situation was not good, and hurriedly increased their troops here. The two sides fought fiercely, and for a while, flesh and blood flew sideways. His body was stained red with blood, and he didn't know if it was his own blood or that of his enemies.

Chu Zhongyun looked coldly at Zhang Leopard, who killed the red-eyed person, and ordered the archers to shoot him. Two sharp arrows hit Zhang Leopard's upper body, but fortunately he was wearing excellent armor. Zhang Leopard suddenly felt that the situation was not good, and took a few steps back, barely avoiding the arrow, but his cheek was scratched, and his body felt a slight pain. Chu Zhongyun personally set up a bow, and Zhang Bao hurriedly dodged and shot a Wanshan sergeant. Chu Zhongyun saw that he didn't shoot, so he took his own soldiers around him and killed Zhang Leopard.

Zhang Leopard's side was less than the defenders, and in the siege of the defenders, he was forced to retreat from the city wall, and his subordinates were also driven off the city wall.

Yang Xin, who was in the distance, couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he saw this scene.

Lu Boliang persuaded: "Nanzheng City itself is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are still more than 10,000 troops in the city. Therefore, our army will not be able to conquer it for the time being. However, the resources in the city are limited, and both the number of soldiers and food are constantly decreasing. As long as our army's offensive does not decrease, it will definitely be able to conquer Nanzheng.

Yang Xin thought about it, and it could only be like this.

Zhang Bao was unwilling to be driven off the city wall, and led his troops to rush several times. Chu Zhongyun paid special attention to Zhang Leopard, and at his siege site, he sent additional troops, but Zhang Leopard never rushed up.

Wang Jing was not on the city wall, hiding in a remote place in the city, watching the fierce battle on the city wall from afar. Seeing the fierce battle on the city wall, he couldn't help but tremble, praying that the imperial reinforcements would arrive soon.

Yang Xin planned to directly smash the city gate open, and sent several strong men in the army to desperately hit the city gate under the cover of archers.

But what he didn't expect was that in order to prevent someone in the city from surrendering, Shi Mu had already blocked the city gate with various things such as boulders. If you want to get out of the city, you can only go down through the hanging basket.

The gates could not be slammed open, and the walls were strong and could not collapse. At present, only by occupying the city wall can Nanzheng be conquered.

Yang Xin was ruthless, even if the attack was unfavorable, he still continued to send troops and horses to climb the city wall in turn.

The defenders on the city walls are under increasing pressure. Chu Zhongyun suggested that Shi Mu send all the young Zhuang to the city wall to participate in the defense of the city. was rejected by Shi Mu, and there are still more than 10,000 defenders at the moment, which is enough to hold the city wall. Qingzhuang is a reserve force, and it is not yet time to use it.

In the evening, Yang Xin saw that the soldiers were exhausted and were forced to withdraw his troops.