Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 835 tug of war

The loud shouts will once again ring out in the long silent Hanzhong Plain.

It's really called the way of heaven to reincarnate, who will the sky spare!In addition to being educated by his heavy return cannon Meteor Fire Rain, this time Wang Hou's front teeth slammed into the cement he had passed through again.

Unlike gunpowder, which is closely guarded and needs the support of a large-scale breeding industry, the cement formula was leaked out by Wang Hou very early on. The first batch was handed over to the Qingzhou family for management, and then he promoted himself as ugly in the whole Han Dynasty. The Bauhaus-style square-headed residential area, not only in the north, but also in many places in the south have Wang's cement buildings.

Although the mainstream aesthetics of the gentry still despise the design of Wang Hou, a self-proclaimed master architect, it has to be admitted that the small buildings made of cement sandwiched with wood or trimmed with steel bars are really cheaper, faster, and stronger than the solid wood buildings of the Han Dynasty. Fire hazard is lower.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang also applied cement technology to the Hanzhong Plain. A series of castles and military settlements were built in various parts of Hanzhong, built on the sides of mountains or rivers. But Shou stood in front of Wang Hou like tigers standing in the way.

This is also the reason why Liu Bei's men's and women's fortunes also want to take back Hanzhong. If Wang Hou invades Shuzhong, he must wipe out the more than [-] Shu Han troops stationed in [-] small forts in [-] military camps in Hanzhong. Like Boss Cao's previous battle in Hanzhong, the Shu Han constantly harassed the rear grain road, and the front line would never be peaceful.

However, to capture this series of fortresses, which are uglier than those built by Wang Hou, with rough cement surfaces and shoddy construction, will require extraordinarily large manpower and material resources, and a long time.

This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang must come back after the defeat in the battle of Chencang. He had plenty of time to spend on the battlefield with Wang Hou, but Wang Hou didn't have it. Now Cao Pi's 20 troops have arrived at the Huaihe River Ruxukou Hefei battlefield , After tidying up Soochow, he will never give Wang Hou and Cao Zhang another chance, both sides are fighting for time.

If this defensive battle can be won, Zhuge Liang may even have the opportunity to force Wang Hou to negotiate and join his Shu Han regime, becoming the fortress of Western Shu in Guanzhong. After all, as long as their heads are not crowded by the door, Wang Hou and Cao Zhang are two He must not be reconciled to being dealt with by Cao Pi!
However, Wang Hou didn't seem to be in a hurry at all!
"Hurry up, hurry up! A basket of earth and ten renminbi! There is no deception, if you want to work overtime to make money, it depends on now!"

His attack on the city was done step by step. Several huge mine industries in Longshang were stopped by him. More than 8 miners were transferred to the front line. Trench advancement method, to attack the fortress Zhuge Liang built along the dangerous Qinling Mountains.

It is completely different from the government’s recruitment of civilians and workers in the past. Digging ditches is like sieging a city. The workers in charge of digging dig how many meters and get paid, and the workers in charge of transporting soil move how many cubic meters and get paid. In this case , 8 people are like ants, especially motivated to work overtime and build offensives day and night.

But even so, it took twelve days to encircle Zhuge Liang's Nanling Outer Fort, which was stationed at Caichencang Crossing, with 3000 defenders.

"This is Wang Guanzhong's advantage, and it is also Wang Guanzhong's shortcoming! The elite soldier policy allows him to have troops with extremely strong combat effectiveness to quickly deal with wars everywhere. At the same time, it saves a lot of manpower for production, so no one in the world is richer than him. !"

"However, when encountering such a severe battle like a siege, Wang Guanzhong was reluctant to part with his feathers again. He didn't dare to attack quickly, and he didn't want to lose his elite troops, so he fell into the prime minister's scheme!"

"The prime minister is wise!"

No wonder Zhuge Liang likes and trusts Ma Di. A few hundred meters away from the battlefield, it is also on a high peak. Looking at the battlefield with a mirrored telescope, watching the trench offensive of the Wei army attacking the city. Wei and other Shu Han civil and military generals showed off for Zhuge Liang.

But listening to his show off, when a group of civil and military men nodded their heads, Zhuge Liang, who was sitting on a wooden BMX with a goose feather fan, couldn't help but sighed deeply.

"Although this is the overall situation, Wang Guanzhong is so seeking stability. When the encirclement is completed, the three thousand soldiers will be dead or alive!"

"You don't have to worry about the prime minister. If you die to help the great Han, even if you die, the soldiers will definitely smile!"

Good guy, it wasn't him who was trapped in the city and sacrificed. Ma Di lightly represented the three thousand Shu troops.

But Zhuge Liang didn't answer his words, but suddenly picked up the binoculars in astonishment, and asked in surprise.

"Guanzhong's artillery is extremely sharp, and it can shoot up to six miles that day. His king Guanzhong didn't use artillery to attack the city. Why did he use such backward things to attack the city? And it took a lot of time to dig such an early trench?"

Similar to Wang Hou's Chencang Fortress, Zhuge Liang's Nanling Outer City is also on the towering halfway up the mountain, but the slope is not so steep, only about [-] degrees, squarely a cement military fort, facing the foot of the mountain, on the city wall The large and small Zhuge Liannu and trebuchets are densely arranged.

Digging up the trenches with great effort, pushing them fully to 50 meters below the city wall, and attacking upwards. Under Zhuge Liang's astonished gaze, each of the Wei soldiers even worked harder to lay out the equipment platforms in the trenches, and immediately closed a gate. The small torsion trebuchet that should have been swept into the trash can of the armory was pushed up.

No matter in terms of range or power, this thing is not even as good as a return cannon. Zhuge Liang really can't figure out what Wang Hou is doing with this thing against his military fort.

Could it be that in the battle of Chen Cang, Wang Hou's head was smashed by a stone?
"Prime Minister, could it be that Wang Guanzhong has run out of gunpowder?"

Holding the binoculars, Ma Di couldn't help but bring up this exciting possibility, Zhuge Liang's heart was really throbbing when he heard it.

Although Wang Hou used firearms to attack a large number of battles, the use of firearms is actually quite limited. The more powerful the weapon, the more proportional to the production capacity and price. In the Battle of Chencang, the cannons above his head roared for a whole day, and the gunpowder was completely consumed. It's really possible.

Without the help of artillery, the major military camps in Hanzhong would undoubtedly have been able to hold on longer, bringing more variables to the war. Sitting on the wooden cart, the corners of Zhuge Prime Minister's mouth could not help but arouse a burst of joy.

However, if he had seen Wang Hou, who was in the trench and personally commanding the front line, with a lewd and wretched expression on his face, he probably wouldn't think so.

The logistics army carefully carried the sealed oak barrels forward one by one, and personally gesticulated on the side. In the excitement, Wang Hou yelled worriedly.

"Move slowly, be steady, and don't fall!"

"If it breaks a bucket, we're all screwed!"

(End of this chapter)