Two days later, the siege began.
The potters knew very well that Wu Zixu and Lu Xun were strong, their strength lay in the water, and their land combat capabilities were actually very limited.
The reason why the surprise attack of the navy, numbering only 30,000 people, was able to turn the world upside down in the hinterland of the Han Kingdom, conquer everything, and win consecutive battles, on the one hand, is that those few generals are good at using troops, and on the other hand, the enemy's rear is empty, and there is no imaginary resistance.
Now Liu Bei returned to Youzhou with nearly 80,000 iron horses, and the situation was immediately reversed.
Therefore, the order given to Wu Zixu by the pottery merchant in advance was to surround Jijing and lead Liu Bei's army back to help, but he did not confront the enemy head-on, and quickly abandoned the broken cities and retreated to the sea.
The role of that surprise army was just to win the precious time for the potters to get the main force of Liu Bei's iron cavalry.
The potters did not dare to hesitate, and the 350,000 army besieged the city of Zhending, and immediately launched a fierce attack.
It was an unprecedented battle of assault.
Nearly 1,000 Heavenly Thunder Cannons, 1,000 Shenwei Ballistas, Heavy City Breakers, and all the most advanced and powerful siege weapons of the Great Wei Dynasty were all moved out by the potters.
For three days, the Wei army fired nearly 80,000 stone bullets and 50,000 crossbow arrows at the enemy city, almost leveling the surface of the city wall of Zhending City, leaving only the lonely city walls standing there.
Even, the potter also used three heavy city-breaking hammers to shake the enemy city.
It turned out to be a little disappointing for him.
Although the city of Zhending was bombed into a miserable situation, the buildings above the city wall were all moved to the ground, and the entire city wall was bombed to the point of cracking everywhere and cracks everywhere, and even the city wall was chiseled out of one big hole after another by the city hammer.
It's really a fixed city, but it's still standing.
The potter remembered Tian Dan, who died in his duties, and had to sigh that this dead general was really an ability to defend the city, and he actually built the Zhending City to such a strong extent, far exceeding any fortified city he had attacked before.
It is really so strong, no wonder Liu Bei besieged the city for more than five months without going down, and it was only with the help of traitors like Hou Jing that he finally went down without a fight.
After Liu Bei took Zhending City, he re-strengthened it on the original basis of Tiandan, which made it the current one, and even the heavy city-breaking hammer that could not be broken was firm.
It was dusk.
The sound of a loud bang echoed in my ears, it was the loud sound of a heavy city breaker bombarding the city gates.
With a loud "click", the strong city gate finally shattered.
As soon as the potter's spirits were lifted, a flash of excitement flashed in his eagle eyes, and he was ready to order the whole army to attack, pouring in through the breached city gates.
In the next second, the potter's sword eyebrows were deeply twisted, and his excited gaze turned into disgust.
Behind the broken gates, he saw a wall "His grandmother's, what does this mean, Hou Jing's dog thief actually blocked the city gate from the inside" Yu Chigong was shocked and angry, and scolded.
Liu Ji next to him also sighed: "It seems that Hou Jing, a traitor, knows our army's siege methods well, and laid out a countermeasure in advance. ” The potter stared into the distance, and he seemed to be able to see that on the broken city tower, Hou Jing was sneering proudly.
Obviously, Hou Jing knew the power of the "dragon rage" and knew that the city gate was the biggest weakness, so in order to resist the dragon rage, he simply didn't even want the exit, and directly sealed the city gate from the inside, completely sealing himself in Zhending City.
Zhending City has enough food and grass, and there is a well water source in it, even if it is completely sealed, there is no need to worry about starving to death and thirst, on the contrary, blocking the way out, but it will cut off the idea of breaking through the siege of the city soldiers, forcing them to defend the city with the determination to die.
"Hou Jing, it seems that you really have confidence in Liu Bei, and you want to seal yourself and stay up until Liu Bei's reinforcements come back" The Tao Shang's thoughts were racing, and he had already seen through Hou Jing's thoughts.
"Your Majesty, Hou Jing's dog thief has locked himself in the city, what should we do now" Yu Chigong looked at the potter in annoyance.
After pondering for a moment, the potter flicked his hand and said coldly: "The city gate has been sealed, and there is no point in bombarding it again. ” With that, the potter turned his horse and left.
Bell, bell, bell The sound of gold sounded, echoing through the four fields of Zhending.
Xu Huang, the siege commander of the front army, heard the sound of gold, and in desperation, he had to order the whole army to retreat.
As a result, nearly 50,000 siege echelons, protecting the dragon fury city breaker and other siege weapons, slowly retreated in an orderly manner, like the sea water at low tide, and returned to the besieging camp.
At the head of the city, the guards of the Han army all breathed a sigh of relief, and began to shout excitedly outside the city, showing off their might.
Under the dilapidated city tower, looking at the Wei army in the distance, Hou Jing also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and a smug sneer could not help but appear on his hideous and cold face.
"Potter, don't you know that I, Hou Jing, was once your courtier, and I know all your siege methods well, and you are still attacking the city like this, are you blatantly underestimating me Hou Jing" Hou Jing sneered sarcastically.
After some pride, Hou Jinghuan glanced at the remnants of the city wall, but secretly sighed: "At the beginning, I was afraid of being besieged in Zhending City, so I had to surrender to the Han Kingdom, but I didn't expect to go around in a circle, I still couldn't leave this Zhending, and this time, I didn't even have a chance to surrender, I could only live and die with Zhending City, which is really ironic."
After laughing and sighing, Hou Jing's fist hit the desk again, and a cold smile burst out of the wolf's eyes, and he snorted in his mouth: "But this time, I at least replaced Tian Dan and became the master of this Zhending City, as long as I can keep Zhending, it is equivalent to making a great contribution to Liu Bei, he must give me an official and a knight, which is more beneficial than following Tian Dan to defend the city, even if I get the help of the pottery merchant at that time, it is his Tiandan who will be rewarded, and how much benefit can I get."
After his thoughts flew and he weighed the pros and cons, Hou Jing's hideous face was only resolute.
"Come on, tonight as usual, I will search every household in the city for Ben General, and pick five of the most beautiful yellow flower girls to serve Ben General" Hou Jing ordered loudly, got down the city wall, rode his horse and galloped straight back to the military mansion, and laughed wildly: "Even if you can't escape death in the end, you must have a happy pleasure before you die, hahaha" The sound of crazy and wanton laughter echoed through the streets of Zhending City, but it made the people who were hiding in the closed houses tremble when they heard it.
Three days later, Jicheng.
Liu Bei led nearly 80,000 Youyan iron horsemen, and entered the capital in a mighty way, and the people of the Han Kingdom in the city were empty, all kneeling on both sides of the royal road, and the mountains shouted long live to welcome their emperor, and their heroes returned.
In the hearts of every soldier, there was a deep gratitude to Liu Bei for saving them from the shadow of death of the Wei army.
Over the years, Liu Bei has been constantly brainwashing his people, constantly publicizing how brutal the potters are and how murderous the Wei army is.
The long-term brainwashing propaganda, coupled with the addition of the powerful people who fled from the Wei State to the Han State because they were afraid of the Shang Dynasty's changes, made the people of the Han State believe Liu Bei's propaganda even more, and regarded the pottery merchants as demon kings, and the Wei army as a man-eating beast army.
Now the Wei army is rushing from the sea and approaching the city of Jijing, which makes the Han soldiers and people in the city panic, for fear that after the city is broken, they will be eaten alive by the murderous Wei army, and everyone is living in the shadow of fear.
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They didn't expect that their emperor would come back so quickly, and in the blink of an eye, he frightened away the Wei army and rescued them from the shadow of death.
How can they not be grateful to Liu Bei, how can they not shout long live, and come to welcome their savior from the bottom of their hearts.
With a smile on his face, Liu Bei enjoyed the bowing and kneeling of his subjects, and rode his horse straight into the palace.
Outside the palace gate, Queen Ma Rong, holding the chubby Liu Chan, has been waiting for a long time, and An Lushan, who is fat, is also standing beside the queen's mother and son, waiting for his father-in-law to arrive.
Seeing Liu Bei's arrival, Ma Rong's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly stepped down the steps, Yingying was blessed, "The concubine greets Your Majesty and welcomes Your Majesty back to the palace." ” Saying that, Ma Rong hurriedly pulled the crown prince Liu Chan and motioned for him to kneel down to greet him.
"The son visits his father."
Liu Chan knelt down very obediently, but because he was a little overweight, he had some difficulty kneeling.
Liu Bei turned over, hurriedly helped Ma Rong, and smiled gently: "The queen quickly calm down." ” "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Only then did Ma Rong pull Liu Chan to stand up.
She stood up, but Liu Chan was too fat and her body writhed hard, but she still couldn't stand up.
Liu Bei laughed, then hugged Liu Chan, and suddenly felt a heavy feeling in his arms, and almost failed to hold him steady.
"Chan'er, I haven't seen my father for a few months, why have you gained so much weight, are you patronizing and eating, and you haven't practiced martial arts well."
Liu Bei pinched his fat round face and asked with a smile.
Liu Chan hurriedly said: "Erchen is practicing martial arts every day, and Brother Song Zhe comes to the palace every day to teach Erchen to practice martial arts." ” "Does Shan'er enter the palace every day" Liu Bei glanced back at An Lushan, and there was a bit of surprise in his eyes.
When An Lushan was about to answer, Ma Rong beside him suddenly coughed, and quickly took out a silk silk to cover his mouth and nose.
"Queen, what's wrong with you, coughing so badly, isn't it unwell" Liu Bei turned his gaze to Ma Rong and asked with concern.
Ma Rong coughed a few more times, and said with a faint smile: "The concubine has been feeling a little cold these days, but the imperial doctor has already given the concubine medicine, and it is almost better. ” "I see, when I'm not there, you should also pay attention to your body, don't work too hard."
Liu Bei soothed Ma Rong, and then turned his eyes back to An Lushan, a look of approval had clearly appeared on his face, and he nodded and smiled: "Song Zhe, I didn't expect you to be so filial, I haven't been in the palace these days, your mother is unwell, thanks to you taking care of me, I am really not mistaken, you are really a good and filial child." ” An Lushan hurriedly arched his hand, and said with a sincere face: "The father is as kind to his sons as a mountain, and the queen mother is also kind to his sons and ministers like a biological mother. ” An Lushan's words, Liu Bei was relieved to hear it, and nodded in approval.
At this time, Queen Ma Rong said again: "Your Majesty doesn't know, the day before yesterday, the Wei thieves suddenly came to the city, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were panicked, but fortunately, Song Zhe was there, he came out in time to help General Yun Chang calm the panicked hearts of the people in the city, and organized the soldiers to strictly guard the city, so as to support until His Majesty came back." ” "That's really the case," Liu Bei looked at An Lushan happily.
An Lushan smiled and said humbly: "The queen mother is serious, and the sons are just a little bit of a little, which is nothing." ” "Meritorious but not arrogant, yes, worthy of being my good son" The expression of approval on Liu Bei's face was even stronger, and after a little hesitation, he smiled happily: "I will order you to lead the Yulin Cavalry, be responsible for the palace garrison, and have the right to enter and leave the palace freely in the future, without summoning, when I am not in the capital, the safety of your mother and the crown prince will be handed over to you." ” The garrison of the capital of the Han Kingdom, the garrison of the outer city was led by the general Guan Yu, and the garrison of the palace was in charge of thousands of royal forest cavalry.
When he heard that he was free to enter and leave the palace, An Lushan's eyes flashed with a trace of imperceptible light.
That look flashed away, An Lushan immediately arched his hand, and said angrily: "My father trusts my son so much, and my son swears here, even if he fights for his life, he will take care of his mother and the prince for his father, please rest assured." ” "Okay, well, then I'll be relieved, I'll be relieved."
Liu Bei laughed and helped An Lushan up, with a look of relief.
An Lushan's gaze swept over Liu Bei's face, and he quietly looked at Ma Rong who was standing behind him.
Ma Rong pursed her lips and smiled slightly, a hint of meaning flashed in her eyes.
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