Haha——
Guo Huai would never believe that Liu Chan could hold Tongguan for three days. He naturally knew the military strength of the Wei Dynasty very well.
What's more, those who attacked Tongguan.
It’s Zhang He.
"Okay!" Guo Huai responded loudly: "If your Majesty can defend Tongguan for three days, the foreign minister is willing to be driven by your Majesty!"
"It's a deal!" Liu Chan laughed and said, "Even if it's for the sake of the general, I will definitely keep Zhang He out of Tongguan."
"If His Majesty loses..."
As soon as Guo Huaigang opened his mouth, Liu Chan rolled his eyes and said speechlessly: "If Tongguan is broken, I will definitely become Zhang He's prisoner. What else does the general want from me?"
Khan——
Guo Huai was speechless for a moment.
Because Liu Chan’s words are rough but not rough.
Once Tongguan is breached, Liu Chan will inevitably be captured by Zhang He. What can he ask a prisoner to do?
The bet was established, and Guo Huai decided to stay in Tongguan temporarily until the bet was reached. Then Liu Chan and Wei Yan began to deploy Tongguan city defense.
However, Liu Chan did not avoid Guo Huai.
Guo Huai was involved in the whole process, and occasionally asked for Guo Huai's opinions, which made Guo Huai somewhat unclear about the Shu Han emperor in front of him.
But he could feel that Liu Chan was by no means a fatuous and incompetent king. Instead, he was a monarch who was not afraid of life and death and had great ideas.
He respects his subordinates.
At this time, in Tongguan City, Wei Yan was the only general who had experienced hundreds of battles in the Shu Han regime. Liu Chan did not point fingers or superfluous things just because he was the emperor.
Wei Yan is solely responsible for the defense of Tongguan.
Liu Chan only occasionally gave Wei Yan some advice.
The final decision rests with Wei Yan.
March 25, afternoon.
The long and narrow entrance outside Tongguan City was already filled with Wei sergeants, with Zhang He commanding the Chinese army.
Tongguan City Head.
Wei Yan became the main guard, and Liu Chan stood next to Wei Yan in bright silver armor.
The war is about to begin, and Wei Yan does not want Liu Chan to come to the battle in person. After all, swords have no eyes. If anything happens to Liu Chan, he cannot bear the responsibility.
But Liu Chan was very persistent.
I am the Emperor of the Han Dynasty.
If the emperor is greedy for life and afraid of death, how can he make thousands of soldiers fight bravely to kill the enemy?
The war is imminent, and Wei Yan seems to have no other way except to tie up Liu Chan.
But he can't do that.
If you commit the following crimes, you should be punished.
So Liu Chan came to the head of Tongguan City. When the soldiers saw the emperor in front of the battle, their morale immediately increased.
Your Majesty is not afraid of death.
Am I still afraid of death?
Of course, Zhang Hehe who was under the city didn't know that the Emperor of Shu Han, Liu Chan, was right in front of him.
The Wei army's formation is completed.
Zhang He immediately ordered an attack on the city.
"Kill!"
The front line of the Wei army immediately charged forward. The soldiers held shields and scimitars. When they approached the city gate a hundred meters away, they held their shields in front of them.
"Fire the arrow!"
Wei Yan shouted loudly, and the Han troops on the tower immediately took off their strings, and their arrows roared out.
At this time, more than ten trebuchets from the Wei army began to wreak havoc.
Huh! Huh!
Bang, bang bang bang!
Stone bullets roared one after another, hitting the city wall with a crisp sound.
"Your Majesty!"
Guo Huai suddenly said: "The foreign minister admires your Majesty for not fearing life and death, but now that the war has begun and your Majesty's goal of boosting morale has been achieved, it is better for your Majesty to return to the city."
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Liu Chan was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect that these words came from Guo Huai's mouth.
After all, Guo Huai is still the general of Cao Wei.
The two armies have begun fighting. Guo Huai should prefer Liu Chan to be killed, but he is concerned about Liu Chan.
"General Guo," Liu Chan said, "General, you can return to the city with me."
Guo Huai had no objection and immediately agreed. Then he and Liu Chan retreated to the city gate, leaving Wei Yan to take charge of all matters of defending the city.
Although Liu Chan is nervous now, he believes in Wei Yan's strength. He is the most experienced general in the Han Dynasty.
Back in the city, Liu Chan didn't go too far.
Just below the city gate, the Han army's trebuchet is here, and the soldiers are ready.
Just wait for the order from the tower.
Boom, boom!
Three drums sounded, and the sergeants immediately became busy, but Guo Huai looked confused.
"Your Majesty!"
"What is this?"
Guo Huai pointed to the cloth bag on the trebuchet and asked Liu Chan with some confusion.
"Why not use stone bullets?"
Guo Huai was really curious, the Han soldiers fired trebuchets, but they were not stone bullets.
It’s not that there are no stone bullets in Tongguan City. There are still a lot of stone bullets not far away, but they are idle by the Han army.
Isn’t this a waste?
"This is my trump card."
Liu Chan talked and laughed: "I, a big man, have this thing in my hand. Even if Cao Wei comes to attack with millions of people, I don't care whether he comes back or not."
Hiss——
This tone is too loud.
To return a million-strong army, Guo Huai thought to himself, first kill the tens of thousands of people in Zhanghe and then talk about it.
Liu Chan naturally knew that Guo Huai only thought that he was talking big words. As the saying goes, a hairless mouth means a weak work.
However, when the Han army's trebuchets whirred and fired several times, they heard the Han army on the tower making harsh roars.
What happened?
Judging from the momentum of the Han army, it must be that the Wei army is in big trouble. Even the banging banging sound that was heard very clearly before has disappeared.
"General Guo!" Liu Chan said with great joy: "Can you follow me upstairs to watch again?"
Guo Huai really wanted to know what happened outside the city and why the Wei army stopped attacking. Could it be these cloth bags?
The two quickly returned to the tower.
Looking up, Guo Huai was stunned. Has this changed?
Where is Wei Jun?
Outside the city is a dark sky and a white mist. The Wei army attacking the city can no longer be seen, but the roar, roar and screams of the Wei army can be heard.
The Han army was extremely relaxed. They shot arrows randomly outside the city. Now they can only choose to shoot indiscriminately.
Because the visibility below Tongguan City is too low now.
Liu Chan already knew this.
"Your Majesty!" Wei Yan said happily: "This lime powder is so effective, hahaha!"
"Hahaha!"
"Lime powder?" Guo Huai was stunned when he heard this, and asked inexplicably: "Your Majesty, what is lime powder?"
"This is something unique to me, a big man."
Liu Chan smiled and pointed to the trebuchet that was still firing wantonly in the inner city and said: "Those cloth bags contain lime powder."
Lime powder——
This is actually not a rare thing. This kind of technology actually existed in ancient times, but the popularity rate was not very high.
When he was in Chengdu before, Liu Chan refined a large amount of lime in order to make preserved eggs.
When he arrived at Tongguan this time, while checking the nearby terrain, Liu Chan found that there was a lot of limestone around, so he ordered people to transport the limestone back to Tongguan.
In the past few days, Liu Chan, in addition to paying attention to the developments in Luoyang and Guanzhong and strengthening the defense of Tongguan, was also producing lime in large quantities, because the lime production process is not complicated.
Limestone is calcined over high fire, and then the calcined limestone is dissolved in cold water. After a few days, a lot of lime powder has been produced in Tongguan City.
At this time, when Zhang He attacked Tongguan, lime powder came in handy. In order to prevent the lime powder from hurting the Han army in Tongguan City, Liu Chan ordered people to wrap the lime with cloth bags, but he did not wrap the cloth tightly.
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When launched with a trebuchet in this way, the cloth bags will not open because the firing speed is too fast, but when the cloth bags slow down in the air, these cloth bags will open quickly, and the lime inside will immediately fall from the sky.
When a large amount of lime fell on the charging Wei army, did they still have any ability to parry?
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This chapter has been completed!