However, even so, if you want to use more than 7,000 troops to defend the city wall with a circumference of more than 50 miles, the Chang'an defenders are still seriously insufficient, so they have to do so. But who had never been on the battlefield before can only adopt the suggestion put forward by Yajiang Jiang Chao and let the reserve team station in the south gate of the Han army's camp, and prevent the Han army from siege at the closest distance.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Zhi suddenly divided his troops north and stationed 10,000 troops outside the North Gate of Chang'an, of course, he also posed a problem - how to adjust the reserve team? Should we continue to station at the South Gate, or should we quickly divide it into two and divide half to station at the North Gate for emergency response?

Jiang Chao and the eldest son of Queyan, who had some experience, all thought that they should not be divided. Jiang Chao also said to Queyan directly: "Mr. The main force of the bandit army is stationed outside the Nanmen City, and the main attack position must be Chang'an South Gate. The so-called partial division is just a detachment. The purpose is to lure us to divide the troops and defend. If we are deceived, half of the reserve team will be stationed at the North Gate. When the bandit army attacks, if there is any danger at the South Gate, the reserve team stationed at the North Gate will definitely be difficult for them to go south to rescue immediately."

"Father, General Jiang said very well." Que Yan also said: "The division of troops in the bandits is clearly mobilizing our troops. The purpose is to use a partial division to lure us into division and defend, and reduce their resistance to siege. When the real attack, the partial division of the bandits will definitely bluff and will not really launch a strong attack, so what we should be most careful about should be the main force of the bandits."

Unlike Queyan and Jiang Chao, Liu Xiao, the prefect of Jingzhao in Jin court, firmly advocated division of troops and said: "Mr. Zhang Zhi is good at using troops and knows the way of virtual and real. We must let him turn virtual into real, use the main force to attack and restrain our army, and use the partial army to attack the main attack to highlight the surprise troops. Therefore, our best way should be to divide the troops and deploy defenses without leaving any flaws for the thief army to drill."

He had no military experience and his subordinates' opinions were completely opposite. In a dilemma, he had to take a compromise method and transferred five hundred people from the reserve team to the kitchen gate to station in the north so that he could rescue the three gates of the North City at any time. Then, he naturally had to stamp his feet and anxiously and whine: "When will the reinforcements arrive? If the reinforcements cannot arrive in time, the millions of hu of food in Chang'an City will be completely unsafe!"

Unlike the anxious but irritating, the Han army seemed both confident and calm. On July 30th, they arrived at the city of Chang'an on the next day and completed the garrison adjustment the next day. Just on the second day of August, the Han army began to prepare for the siege. While dispatching people to cut down wood and build weapons, they arranged for the army to carry soil to fill the river. At the same time, they sent soldiers to carry trumpets to the city to shout, encouraging and persuading the soldiers in the city to surrender, and calmly put pressure on the Chang'an army.

During this period, the Chang'an defenders also tried their best to shoot arrows to block the Han army from filling the river. The Han army was wearing light and tough advanced paper armor. The arrows and crossbows were difficult to get injured. The effect of shooting arrows and blocking the river was always minimal, and it could not stop the orderly filling the Han army of the Han army. Therefore, only five or six days passed, and the Han army opened up many roads to the city in the north and south cities of Chang'an, but they were even more panicked when they saw it, but they could not do anything.

On the contrary, the timber problem caused considerable trouble for the Han army. Because the surrounding land was overdeveloped and the trees were scarce, the Han army had to distribute a large number of people to go far away to cut wood to build siege weapons. Fortunately, Zhang Zhi believed that the Jin army would never be able to arrive within 20 days, so Zhang Zhi was not in a hurry. He just continued to fill the river and waited patiently for the Han army soldiers to log the wood. At the same time, he also distributed the army to destroy the surrounding farmland water conservancy, weaken Guanzhong's grain output this year, and wait patiently for the siege to prepare for the place.

Finally, after twelve days of hard work, on the afternoon of August 14th, the Han army finally completed the pre-war preparations. Zhang Zhi also decided without hesitation to attack the city the next day, and then feasted the soldiers that night to inspire morale. He promised again that after breaking through the ancient city of Chang'an, the treasures in the city would be shared by the soldiers. Of course, the antiques of the Han Dynasty that were piled up in Chang'an City must belong to Zhang Zhi himself.

The next morning, as agreed, just halfway through Chen, Zhang Zhi and Zhao Quan led the main force of the Han army and the partial division out of the camp, carrying various military weapons to drive to the north and south cities of Chang'an. The situation was reported by the scout Fei, but the front of the Han army. He had not slept for many days but did not dare to neglect it. He quickly decided to go to the south gate of Chang'an to command and supervise the battle, personally face the main force of the Han army led by Zhang Zhi, and the task of preventing the partial division of the Han army was handed over to Liu Xiao, the prefect of Jingzhao in the Jin court.

Let’s first look at the main force of the Han army. When the time was about to pass, the main force of the Han army successfully arrived at the southeast corner of Chang'an City and lined up an offensive formation between Anmen and Fu'anmen. However, seeing that the Han army's position was far away from the city gate, I quietly breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Fortunately, the thief army did not plan to attack the city gate, so we can relax now.”

"Mr. Fu, you said you are against it. In fact, it is really easier for us to attack the city gate directly," Jiang Chao, the general next to him, smiled bitterly: "All the twelve gates in Chang'an are protected by the urn city. Even if the outer city gate is lost, there is still an inner city gate to guard. At the same time, we can also rely on the powerful terrain of the urn city to kill and destroy the thief army. However, the thief army came directly towards the city wall. Once we cannot defend the city wall, the position on the city will be dangerous."

After looking at the towering and sturdy urn city, he nodded awkwardly, and then said, "General Jiang, it will be up to you later. I am a civil servant who cannot join the formation and kill the enemy. I can only cheer for you behind my back, killing the thief and defending Chang'an. I can only ask you."

"Don't worry, please put it on Mo Zheng." Jiang Chao, who had been fortunate to have been in the battle, snorted coldly: "Mo Zheng also wants to take a look at what methods can Zhang Zhi, a traitor who is famous all over the world, attack our Chang'an Cheng."

To disappoint Jiang Chao and other veterans of the Jin army, the Han army's siege tactics were not only as traditional as traditional, but also as old-fashioned as it was. First, it just pulled the long shield hand and the crossbowman near the city, formed temporary fortifications to shoot arrows on the city to suppress the defenders; then it dragged the stone catapult forward and threw stone bombs desperately at the city, and attacked the defenders like a dead mouse. During this period, the rushing car and the ladder car slowly stepped forward and gradually approached the Chang'an city wall. There was a flying team following behind. The three sets came and went, without any novelty and novelty.

The traditional tactics cannot be more traditional, and there are naturally the traditional tactics that cannot be more traditional. They throw stones to hide, and rush to drive and ladders to deal with them with rockets and torches, and then use crossbows, gold juice and sheep-head stone to greet the flying echelons. Even though the coach was a rookie, under the command of veteran Jin army such as Jiang Chao, and with sufficient preparatory materials for defending the city, the Chang'an defenders were still fighting in an orderly manner, firmly blocking the Han army under the city, making it difficult for the Han army to advance, and it was difficult to rush up to the city wall no matter how they attacked.

Seeing this scene, he was a little worried but gradually felt relieved and said with a smile: "But that's it. I didn't expect that the name of the pseudo-Han thief army would be so unwieldy to attack. But it's good that there is great hope to defend Chang'an now."

"Father, look! The north gate is on fire!"

The son's scream suddenly came into Kuiyun's ears. When he followed his son's instructions, he was shocked to find that there was already thick smoke rising from the north city of Chang'an, more than ten miles away, and the smoke soared into the sky for dozens of feet. Even if it was clearly seen in Chang'an South Gate City, he felt it in his heart and said to himself: "What's going on? Why is there such a big fire on the north gate?"

At the same time, Zhang Zhi had already discovered this situation on the high ground far outside the city. After laughing and scolding Zhao Quan, Zhang Zhi put away his smile and ordered loudly: "Beat the drum, the back team stepped forward, step up the attack, try to share the pressure for Zhao Quan, and strive to succeed directly here!"
Chapter completed!