Chapter 93 Although Chen Cang is small, he can still fight
The next morning.
Chencang——
The sudden silence of the Shu army outside the city made Hao Zhao feel uneasy. He always felt that something bad was about to happen.
It has been half a year since the Shu army entered Guanzhong.
Dozens of large and small cities in Guanzhong are all now owned by the Shu Han. Hao Zhao is the governor of Chencang in the Wei Dynasty. Even though all the cities in Guanzhong have surrendered, Chencang is actually an isolated city in Guanzhong, but to this day, he has not made any move to surrender to the Shu Han.
Thoughts.
All in all, it took almost three months for the Shu army to surround Chencang.
In the past two months, Guanzhong had not completely surrendered to the Shu Han, and Zhuge Liang's thoughts were not on Chencang. He only sent thousands of soldiers to block the exits of Chencang, while he was busy conquering or recruiting surrender.
Other counties in Guanzhong.
In the middle of last month, Zhuge Liang came.
Hao Zhao knew that things were getting serious, and Zhuge Liang led his troops to Chencang. This also meant that all the cities in Guanzhong should have surrendered to the Shu Han, and now only the city of Chencang that he was guarding was left.
It seems that in front of Hao Zhao, there are only two options left.
Either follow the crowd and surrender to Zhuge Liang in Kaicheng.
Either make a desperate move and defend the fortified city until the city is broken.
Hao Zhao chose the latter.
As the saying goes, a loyal minister has nothing to do with the two masters. As a general of the Wei Dynasty, he should swear allegiance to the Wei Dynasty.
In the next nearly a month, Zhuge Liang successively sent his fellow countryman Jin Xiang, as well as Yongzhou governor Guo Huai and others to propose surrender to him, but they were all rejected by Hao Zhaoyan.
"Although Chencang is small, it can still fight!"
"Even if all the generals in Guanzhong surrender, I, Hao Zhao, will live and die with Chen Cang."
Hao Zhao's words seemed to anger Zhuge Liang.
Starting from the beginning of the month, Zhuge Liang no longer chose to besiege the city, and the Shu army began to attack the city on a large scale. Now that he has held on to the city for nearly half a month, Hao Zhao actually seems to be somewhat unable to do what he wants.
The defenders of Chencang only numbered a thousand people.
The Shu army that attacked Chencang numbered nearly 20,000 people.
The gap is too huge.
Fortunately, the residents of Chencang were considered brave. Not long after the war started, Hao Zhao relied on his personal prestige to select nearly two thousand young men from the residents of Chencang to join in to defend the city. Otherwise, Chencang would have returned to Shu Han long ago.<
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Just——
The Shu army, which has been attacking the city for more than ten days, has become quiet again since yesterday.
What is Zhuge Liang doing?
Why didn't the Shu army attack the city?
Just when Hao Zhao was feeling uneasy, Deputy General Wang Sheng hurriedly walked in from outside. As soon as he entered the room, he said: "General!"
Hao Zhao was stunned and said anxiously: "Is the Shu army attacking the city?"
Wang Sheng shook his head: "Not yet."
"General." Wang Sheng asked again: "The Shu army has been attacking the city for more than ten days, but there has been no movement for the past two days. What should I do?"
Wang Sheng and Hao Zhao guarded Chencang together. Like Hao Zhao, he refused to surrender to Zhuge Liang even to the death. It was also because of their unity that they were able to ensure that Chencang could withstand Zhuge Liang's successive attacks.
"Fu Yan!" Hao Zhao laughed when he heard this: "The Shu army did not attack the city, which just allowed our soldiers to take a rest. Why aren't you happy?"
Yanfu is Wang Sheng's name. Seeing how anxious he was, Hao Zhao naturally couldn't get angry. After all, he is now the prefect of Chencang and the backbone of this city.
If he also becomes anxious, what should his sergeants do?
However, Hao Zhao looks calm on the surface, but in his heart, he is actually very anxious. He is not afraid of the Shu army attacking the city, and at worst, he will fight to the death with the Shu army.
Of course, sticking to Chencang is because they have a little illusion about the imperial court's repayment. After all, the strategic significance of Guanzhong to the Wei Dynasty can be imagined by even the most stupid people.
Maybe as long as they hold on to the city, it won't take long for Wei's reinforcements to break into Guanzhong.
Just——
After waiting for several months, the reinforcements are still missing.
"The general is just worried," Wang Sheng said with some worry: "After all, Zhuge Liang has many tricks. The general is worried that the Shu army suddenly stopped attacking the city. Maybe Zhuge Liang wants to play another trick."
"Hahaha~" Hao Zhao laughed loudly: "Don't worry, Mr. Yan, you and I have been trapped in Chencang for several months. Even if Zhuge has all kinds of tricks, what can he do to me with you and me holding the city?"
As soon as Hao Zhao finished speaking, Wang Sheng also started laughing.
This is indeed the case now.
Chencang is an isolated city. Since they already have the idea of people staying in the city and the city being destroyed and people dying, do they still need to worry about Zhuge Liang's tricks?
While the two were chatting and laughing, a sentry suddenly ran in in a hurry.
"Report!"
"Prefect!"
As soon as the sentry entered the house, he said in a panic: "The Shu army is coming."
"Oh?"
When Hao Zhao heard this, he was not nervous. Instead, he said calmly: "The Shu army has always been here, what's the fuss?" Then he ordered: "Send the order to the soldiers, stick to the city."
"Prefect!"
The sentry did not take the order to leave, and said with some confusion: "The Shu army does not seem to be coming to attack the city, they... they..."
This actually made Hao Zhao and Wang interested.
"Go out and have a look!"
Hao Zhao and Wang Sheng immediately ran to the city.
"What are the Shu army doing?" Wang Sheng glanced at the Shu army outside the city and looked confused: "What are they doing?"
Hao Zhao didn't understand either.
A few hundred meters outside the city, the Shu army camp was very busy. The soldiers of the Shu army were very busy. They did not dance with guns or sticks, nor were they prepared to attack the city. Instead, they kept coming here carrying burdens from the nearby mountains and forests.
"What are they doing?"
"Stone?"
Because the distance was still quite far, Hao Zhao took a closer look and realized that what the Shu soldiers had brought back were all stones.
"The Shu army can't do it!" Wang Sheng said with a smile: "It has only been more than ten days since the siege of the city, and the Shu army's stone bombs are not enough. I asked why they didn't attack the city in the past two days. It turned out that they were preparing stone bombs.
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One of the siege weapons - stone bullets.
Whenever siege a city, stone bombs are necessary. Use a trebuchet to project them into the city. They can not only injure and kill the defenders, but also bombard the city. Once the city is destroyed, the siege troops will swarm in.
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At this time, watching the Shu army carry stones from the nearby mountains and forests back to the camp, Wang Sheng's first reaction was that the Shu army had run out of stone bombs, so they did not attack the city for these two days.
Hao Zhao took a look and seemed to think that this was the case. He immediately ordered his sergeants: "Since the Shu army is preparing siege equipment, this is a rare breathing opportunity for our army. Let's prepare some rolling logs and rocks." "No!"
A group of soldiers immediately agreed and ran towards the city.
Chencang has been attacked by the Shu army for more than ten days, and the rolling logs and stones prepared have been consumed a lot. If the Shu army continues to attack, the Wei army may not be able to hold it for long.
In fact, in recent days, the Wei army has already begun to demolish houses, and all the beams, bricks and tiles that were demolished will be used to defend the city.
Now seeing the Shu army preparing siege equipment, Hao Zhao naturally would not waste such precious time.