The southeast corner of Chang'an City has become a sea of fire, and intermittent moans can be heard amidst the crackling fire.
Even if reinforcements came to put out the fire, it was of no avail. Stone bullets roared in, sending dust flying. Clay pots fell into the crowd and broke into pieces. Then smoke curled up and sparks appeared. accompanied by everywhere.
The floating green smoke and a pungent smell enveloped the Wei army officers and soldiers, making their noses runny and coughing. Their vision was blurred, and it was difficult to even see the road, let alone defend.
Taking this opportunity, the army began to move forward to build a pontoon bridge.
With the Zhuge Liannu invented by Zhuge Liang, the Han army had already established a group of crossbowmen and used them intensively. A large forest of powerful crossbows shot at the top of the city, suppressing sporadic counterattacks on the top of the city.
Even if the Wei army in other parts of the country wanted to come to the rescue, they were suppressed by the Han army's crossbowmen. They were all in a panic, looking for shelters everywhere to hide, and could not get close to the southeast corner to provide support. They could only watch helplessly as their companions were attacking.
Tossing and groaning among the ruins.
With such a fierce attack, it only took an hour for the Han army's trebuchets to destroy the defense in the southeast corner of Chang'an City. There were few Wei soldiers alive in that area. They were either dead or fled.
The defense of Chang'an City has been torn apart by the Han army. As long as one more stab is inserted, the huge Chang'an City will be at your fingertips!
Zhao Yun, Wei Yan and others were surprised and happy.
In their impression, siege is a very difficult military operation, especially when facing a fortified city like Chang'an City and the defenders are determined, it is even more difficult.
So when they heard that the emperor and the prime minister used such tactics, they could imagine that this tactic might have unexpected effects, but they did not expect that the effects would be so good.
Even with such weapons, they thought it would take ten days and a half to defeat the defenders of Chang'an City. However, they did not expect that in less than an hour, the southeast corner of Chang'an City was already in ruins.
These generals began to realize that from now on, there would be a major change in siege tactics. This violent and violent concentrated shooting would open a new chapter in the history of sieges. And they were the participants and participants in this battle.
Those who have experienced it personally will be famous throughout the ages.
At this time, Zhuge Liang's military order had been sent: "After the trebuchets and crossbowmen move forward, Zhao Yun's troops will attack immediately!"
Zhao Yun took a deep breath. He mounted his horse, held a spear, and shouted to his tens of thousands of soldiers: "Our army is ready to attack."
As the trebuchet troops moved to the moat, they began to bombard the southeast corner and both sides of Chang'an City, while the crossbowmen began to suppress the Wei army further away, while Zhao Yunbu continued to cross the moat along the pontoon bridge and began to attack
The city wall approaches.
There was deathly silence at the top of the city. Not even a single Wei army stood up to shoot an arrow. The Han army easily rushed across the moat, pushed the siege vehicles and ladders under the city wall, and climbed up Chang'an City. They encountered almost no resistance.
The only things that caused them trouble were stone bullets, pottery shards and fire everywhere.
After 20,000 Han troops occupied the city wall, it was already a matter of time before Chang'an City fell.
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All the Wei generals were completely lost.
Before the war started, they had already stocked up countless war supplies, which aroused the fighting spirit of all the soldiers. Quemi thought that the Han army actually used this method to bombard the city!
When they saw the stone bullets covering the sky and the sun in the southeast corner, saw the raging fire, and watched the Han army ascend to the top of the city and extend to both sides, they were all dumbfounded and dumbfounded, as if they were witnessing a myth.
"Chang'an City was destroyed like this?"
Cao Zhen was dumbfounded and said na na
Chang'an City!
It was a fortified city in the world with tall and towering walls. It was the former capital of the Han Dynasty. After more than ten years of repairs by Zhong Yao and Cao Zhen, and the hard work of hundreds of thousands of people and soldiers, it was finally broken by the Han army in an hour?
Not only Cao Zhen, but also many senior generals of Cao's army and senior officials stationed there were trembling all over.
Sun Li, Chen Tai and others turned into statues and said in despair: "This is impossible, this is impossible...Chang'an City will never be breached so easily..."
But this is the fact.
Chang'an City is very strong, and the Wei army's combat effectiveness is very strong. Even if you look around the world, you can't find such a powerful defense system.
But the Han army’s new weapons and siege concepts are stronger!
Thousands of trebuchets were used together on a large scale, causing unprecedented destructive power. They could not help but destroy the defense system on top of the city, and caused raging fires to burn on top. Zhao Yun's troops could only move two steps to attack the city.
side.
No matter how strong the soldiers' fighting spirit is, how can they defeat the raindrops of rocks and the raging fire?
"Boom!"
The two city gates closest to the southeast corner are Bacheng Gate and Ancheng Gate. When the two city gates were controlled by Zhao Yun's troops and slowly opened, Wei Yan's, Gao Xiang's, and Chen Shi's tribes began to follow orders.
, when he entered the city, Chang'an City was no longer under Cao Zhen's control.
The Han army invaded Chang'an City!
Countless people witnessed this scene with their own eyes!
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In an unknown courtyard,
The commoner old man sighed:
"Conquer Chang'an City in one day. Since Cao Mengde unified the north, it has been a long time since the Central Plains suffered such a disastrous defeat. It seems that destiny still belongs to the Han!"
The family members nodded again and again, thoughtfully.
As a noble family in Guanzhong, although there are many talents in the family working for Cao Wei, elixirs must diversify their investments to continue the family's glory.
So when Emperor Wei left Chang'an and fled back to Guandong, the fifty-one-year-old Jianwei general Jia Kui returned eastward with the emperor, but his father Jia Ping left the rest of his family behind, including Jia Kui's son Jia Chong.
So after learning that the Han army had entered the city, Jia Ping knew that his family was facing a major choice.
It was not just the Jia family who made this decision, but also the Su family, Zhang family, and Wei family in Guanzhong.
You must know that when the boat was sealed and the street pavilion was defeated, the only witnesses were the local soldiers and civilians. Many people did not think so deeply. However, this time they conquered Chang'an City in one day under the watchful eyes of countless Guanzhong gentry. Once the news spread,
If it comes out, it will definitely shock the entire northern family.
Liu Chan, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, would thus become the Son of Destiny and be regarded by aristocratic families as a peerless hero who could possibly unify the world.
In the eyes of the people in Guanzhong, he will also join the ranks of the founding emperors, standing shoulder to shoulder with those once all-powerful men.
In the city of Chang'an, countless aristocratic nobles for speculation began to connect with each other and look for reliable middle- and lower-level generals in the Wei army in order to get a chance to advance.
But in the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion, whether it was General Cao Zhen, Sun Li, Chen Tai and many other generals, everyone had turned into statues and remained silent.
Especially Chen Tai, the son of Chen Qun, a strong-minded and tenacious general of the family, has completely lost his fighting spirit and kept mumbling:
"How is this possible...how is this possible?"
"Hey! The sky in the Central Plains is going to change after all! You can surrender if you wish!"
Cao Zhen said with difficulty, then slowly stood up and walked to the back hall.
His spine was still straight and straight.
It's not that his general, Cao Zhen, doesn't want to fight anymore, but that he has clearly felt that his army has not only lost control, but also has no fighting spirit.
Because the enemy's majestic and powerful attack power completely shattered the soldiers' will to resist.
Cao Zhen also knew that if he continued to force street fighting, he would probably be tied up by some soldiers and surrender to the Han army.
By that time, he couldn't even want to die.
He wanted to die for the Wei Dynasty, so he had no choice but to commit suicide!
In August, the first year of Jihan's founding and the fifth year of Huangchu in the Wei Dynasty, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty sealed the boat and led an army of 100,000 to attack Chang'an and captured the city in one day. The great general of the Wei State, Cao Zhen, committed suicide and martyred his country. More than 30 generals and 3,000 soldiers died in the battle.
The rest are dropped.
The entire Guanzhong was completely under the control of the Han Dynasty.
The whole world was shocked.
And this time, not only Guanzhong, countless news spread crazily from the major noble families to Guandong, Jiangdong, and the entire world.