Hongnong is not far from Chang'an. It can be reached in three days at most with a light horse and a round trip in five or six days.
However, the barrel of the Hanwang cannon is too heavy, with one barrel weighing about seven to eight hundred kilograms. Therefore, Zhuge Liang will definitely return to Chang'an in three days, but if he wants to transport a hundred Hanwang cannon barrels, he still has enough shells.
Going to the front line is difficult to do in a short time.
In the following time, 100,000 Han troops were still stationed on the west bank of the Hongnong River, maintaining a deterrent to Hongnong City at all times, but the Han troops never planned to cross the river again.
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March 22, 253 AD.
Hongnongcheng Prefecture.
"General Zhong Gong!" Wen Qin said with some confusion: "What does Liu Adou mean? After being severely hit by my thunderbolt cannon, he stayed on the west bank of the Hongnong River, fighting and not fighting, retreating and not retreating. What is this?
What do you mean?"
After defeating the Han army with the thunderbolt cannon a few days ago, Wen Qin had been monitoring the movements of the Han army on the west bank. He originally thought that the Han army would retreat to Guanzhong after being defeated. After all, the firepower of the thunderbolt cannon covered too much.
Mighty.
But——
It has been five or six days, but the Han army is still stationed on the west bank of the Hongnong River and has no intention of retreating. And it is understood that the Eighth Route Han army that attacked Wei this time is doing the same thing, which is to stay where it was.
The ground neither advances nor retreats, as if it wants to confront the Wei army to the end.
Guanqiu Jian also shook his head and said: "This general is also a little puzzled."
"Zhong Gong!" Wen Qin asked again: "Is it possible that Zhuge Liang has some conspiracy?"
Zhuge Liang is good at planning, which is something everyone in the world knows. The Han army suddenly refused to advance or retreat, and Wen Qin was actually a little worried.
Guanqiu Jian shook his head: "I don't know about this general." He sighed, and then said with a smile: "No matter what conspiracy he has, as long as they don't take the initiative to attack, we will just hold on to the city gate."<
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"Master Wenfu can send someone to write to the court and report the situation here."
Wen Qin nodded and said: "What Zhong Gong said is reasonable. You and I were ordered to guard Hongnong. As long as Hongnong is safe, you and I have not neglected our duties." After saying that, Wen Qin also smiled: "I will repair the book later."
Seal it and have it presented to His Majesty."
Two days later, Cao Fang received a letter from Wen Qin. He had already known about the defeat of the Han army in the Battle of Hongnong. As the Han army still showed no signs of retreat, Cao Fang ordered all border towns to continue to monitor closely. As long as the Han army
If the army does not take the initiative to attack, the Wei army will stick to the city gate and cannot take the initiative to challenge the city.
After all, Wei is now weaker than Han, and Cao Fang also needs time to strengthen Wei. The Han army does not launch an attack now, which just gives Wei time to breathe.
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Outside Fanyang City.
Han army camp.
In the first battle, the Wei army's artillery fire killed and injured thousands of people. The veteran general Wei Yan was quite depressed. Although he also had some rocket launchers, they were not many, only more than two thousand in total.
But Fan Yang's Wei army is like an inexhaustible supply of rocket launchers and thunderbolt cannons.
"Father!" Wei Wu asked: "How long will we be surrounding Fan Yang like this?"
As soon as his son finished speaking, Wei Yan also shook his head and said: "This is His Majesty's will, and I don't know it even as a father. Besides, if we don't surround Fanyang City now, what can we do? Is it possible to retreat to Shanggu?" p>
Wei Wu was speechless for a moment, and naturally he was unwilling to retreat.
As a general of the Han Dynasty, of course he also hopes to unify the world and establish meritorious deeds for the Han Dynasty.
As early as a few years ago, their father and son had the idea of going south to conquer Wei. However, at that time, the emperor was conquering the Western Regions, and the prime minister chose to live in peace with Wei and Wu.
Previously, when the Emperor conquered Soochow, their father and son were far away in the north defending Cao Wei, and had no chance to go to the battlefield. This time they were finally ordered to go out, but they didn't want to suffer in Fan Yang. They were bombarded by Fan Yang's Wei army and lost a lot of money.
The lives of thousands of soldiers.
"Father!" Wei Wu suddenly smiled and said, "Could it be that the Prime Minister is busy imitating the Wei army's thunder cannons, waiting for the thunder cannons to be built, and then our army will launch a large-scale attack?"
Wei Yan rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Childish! If the Prime Minister asks us to wait for siege without attacking now, it is because he wants to imitate thunder cannons, and our army will be in danger."
"Why?" Wei Wu asked puzzledly.
"Cao Wei already has a large number of thunder cannons. If the Prime Minister can imitate them, can't Cao Wei continue to mass-produce them?" Wei Yan said speechlessly.
"Go down!"
"Pay attention to Fan Yang's movements."
After Wei Yan finished speaking, he picked up a book and flipped through it at any time. When Wei Wu exited the tent, he shook his head helplessly.
Although Wei Wu was brave, he had no strategy.
My son is not like me.
My son is not like me.
Alas——
In fact, at this time, all the Han troops who were attacking Wei were a little confused. They didn't understand what the imperial court meant.
They were all hit hard by the Wei army's thunderbolts. If they wanted to continue the attack, the Han army would definitely suffer heavy losses, but if it continued like this, it seemed that it would not be of any benefit to the Han army.
After all, the Han army only had rocket launchers, and Cao Wei now also had thunder cannons.
Suddenly, the Han army generals began to complain about the firearms that the Han army was proud of.
They are all good weapons made by His Majesty.
In the past, the Han army had firearms, which could destroy opponents arbitrarily. Unlike before the emergence of firearms, fighting was more about strategy, the bravery of generals, and command before the battle.
It’s different now.
Times have changed.
With the emergence of firearms, strategy and bravery are no longer the main factors influencing wars. Advanced weapons can completely crush opponents.
If there were no firearms, now relying on the strength of the Han army and national power, the Eighth Route Army could attack Cao Wei, but Cao Wei would not be able to find the north.
But now Cao Wei has come from behind, and their firearms are now more advanced than those of the Han Dynasty.
Cao Wei has thunder cannons, which makes it even more difficult for the Han army to attack the city, because as long as the Han army attacks the city, the Wei army will cover it with thunder cannons. How many people do we have to bombard the city?
Hongnong's Han army actually had this idea.
Because until now, they did not know that the Han Dynasty also had the more advanced Hanwang Cannon. They just thought that Emperor Liu Chan was determined to attack Cao Wei and wanted to use advanced weapons to quickly complete his long-cherished wish to unify the world and revive the Han Dynasty.<
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Now that he was caught off guard by the Wei army and suffered such a disastrous defeat, the emperor was holding on for dear life. He now needed a reason to retreat.
There is also the Prime Minister's return to Chang'an. In the eyes of many soldiers, this is actually a precursor to retreat. Perhaps after the Prime Minister stays in Chang'an for a while, the Emperor will order the withdrawal of troops back to Guanzhong.
I'm afraid this battle won't be fought.
Although the soldiers did not complain in front of Liu Chan, Liu Chan could tell from their morale that their morale was still low.
It seems that he was hit hard by the battle with Hongnong.
However, Liu Chan pretended not to see anything and stayed in the Chinese army's tent every day, eating and drinking very uncomfortably, as if the Han army had not suffered a defeat, but had just experienced a great victory.