Outside Chang'an City.

Zhao Ang's offense finally began again.

Around the city, the civilian defending groups recruited by Cai Yan were ready. Their combat power was too weak to directly participate in the defensive war, but they could assist in transporting baggage, rolling stones, wood, and wounded, reduce the logistics of the regular army, and assist in the production of boiling city to prevent boiling water and throwing wooden guns.

Cai Yan was born in a good background and was a talented woman in the literary world in the late Han Dynasty. Most of the aristocratic families in the Cai family had a friendship. Even though his father Cai Yong was a Confucian scholar of Dong Zhuo, the reputation of the Cai family was still preserved. These aristocratic families had a deep background in the subordinates of Chang'an, and they had more or less some friendship with the Cai family. Therefore, in a hurry, many people gathered to help defend the city.

Of course, these people are not all for Cai Yan's face, nor are they selflessly assisting the garrison of Chang'an. The biggest reason is that the incident where Dong Zhuo burned the eastern capital Luoyang is still an indelible shadow in the hearts of the aristocratic families in Guanzhong. That burning incident was too serious, almost breaking the roots of many aristocratic families in Luoyang in Guanzhong!

The so-called lessons from the past, the army of the later generations, and the aristocratic family group in the eastern capital Luoyang was harmed by Dong Zhuo, and as a result, it was damaged and withered. Since then, the aristocratic family in the western capital Chang'an has developed a nonsensical resistance to the Xiliang warlord group. However, it is no wonder that Dong Zhuo was too serious and committed too much evil. This not only affected his reputation, but also made the name of the Xiliang warlord among the scholars of the two aristocratic families.

Just imagine, if you compare Yuan Shang and Yan Xing together, one is the gate of the Five Generations and Three Dukes, the leader of the world's scholars, and the other is the barbaric warlords in the border areas of Liangzhou. Perhaps they are the same as Dong Zhuo. If they enter Chang'an, they may not be able to turn Chang'an into the second Luoyang.

In contrast, any normal person knows how to choose, and it is safer to live under Yuan Shang's rule.

So, Yan Xing is very pitiful now. He did not choose the right time to rebel... More than ten years ago, he was shot while lying down because of the domineering nature of a group of Liangzhou warlords such as Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, and Guo Si. This shot directly crippled him for more than ten years, and Yan Xing was deeply harmed.

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"kill!"

With a shocking roar, the Xiliang rebels and Qiang tribes began to rush towards Chang'an City again. For a moment, the battlements on the city wall seemed to be shaken by the heavy footsteps outside the city, as if they were shaking. The catapult cart in Zhao Ang's army, which had been waiting for the battle, also set off in the back formation, preparing to start a strong attack.

"Prepare to face the enemy!"

Ma Yunlu, who had already put on armor, stood heroically at the top of the city and shouted loudly at the soldiers beside him.

"promise……"

Accompanied by Ma Yunlu's shouts, what responded to him was the Chang'an defenders' union and the helping people on the front of the city. They were just a little depressed, and the fighting spirit seemed not very strong.

"boom--!"

As he finished speaking, a sudden swaying mountain was shaken, but the catapults in Zhao Ang's army began to move. The bustling stones like rain began to bombard the city of Chang'an. The flying sand and stones were like ghost rain, dazzling and overwhelming.

In terms of height, the precision and projection strength of Zhao Ang's catapult car are far from the damage to the Chang'an city wall. Many stones fell on the edge of the city wall before they even fell on the city wall, leaving a depressing pit. Although there are still a small number of stones that will fall on the city wall, most of them are blind cats that will hit dead mice, which cannot create an excessive threat of damage, which is not a big worry.

Zhao Ang also knew this very well. In fact, his biggest purpose of using the stone casting was not to use the stone formation to defeat the Chang'an army. He knew that this was impossible, but the distance between the stone casting was long, loud, strong momentum, and strong deterrence. This was something that even a powerful crossbow could not compare to!

Although the catapult formation does not cause any damage to a tall city defense like Chang'an, it can achieve the purpose of terrifying and disintegrating the enemy's morale.

However, in terms of attacking the heart, Zhao Ang’s move is indeed useful!

The rocks in the sky bombarded the head of Chang'an City, making a huge roar, splashing eye-catching sand and dust, as if covering the sky and the sun. Both visually and auditoryly, it put great psychological pressure on the Chang'an City Defense Forces, making them frightened and unable to control themselves.

Some soldiers wished they could abandon their weapons immediately and turned around to escape from the city.

The battle of siege has not yet begun and the swords and swords have not been handed over. The morale of the Chang'an army has gradually fallen into decline under the enemy's attacking battle...

The Chang'an guard general Gao Rou had already started to fall beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead, and he thought to himself that he was terrible.

The opponent's main general has a good ability to attack the city, which is much higher than Yan Xing. Before the enemy's main force has captured the morale of his side, he has defrauded his own morale. In this way, how to fight this battle? What is the chance of winning?

However, just when the generals and soldiers were a little panicked, a crisp sound of Huba sounded at the gatehouse of the city wall, accompanied by the sound of Huba sounded again, like the sound of nature, resounded in the ears of the soldiers and generals around him.

"I was still ineffective at the beginning of my life. After my birth, the Han Dynasty declined. The heavens were not kind and the earth was not kind, so that I could meet this time. The wars were searching for the roads and the roads were dangerous, and the people were in exile and sad. The smoke and dust covered the wilderness and the barbarians were strong, and their ambitions were deviant and their integrity was inadequate. I was not suitable for different customs, but I would tell who would be humiliated. I would be punished for a while and a zither beat me, and my heart was broken and no one knew..."

Above the city, this sudden singing sound of sadness and grief, contains the artistic conception of defeat and desolation and exile of the people. It seems that the scenes of miserable scenes are reflected in front of the people who hear them, and like a movie clip, it shows them scenes of war and chaos.

The song of a person cannot spread throughout the city, but it is better than its vast sound and can cause the singing of people around it. This spread spreads to ten thousand times, and in an instant, the entire city was singing this song.

Although Yin Lai is sad, he can stabilize his mind at this moment of crisis. It shows everyone a miserable picture after the defeat, which makes people think about it without realizing it.

If Chang'an is lost, will the ending of everyone be as sad and sad as the picture in this sound?

"Boom!" With another falling rock in the air, the Qiang army and the Liangzhou rebels finally began to attack the city!

Cai Yan's Hu Zi stopped, silently closed her eyes, sat quietly on the steps behind the city wall, waiting for the next step in life.

Ma Yunlu was the first to react, but saw her suddenly pulling out her sword, strode to the battlements, and pointing to the Qiang army and the Xiliang rebels who were erecting a ladder below.

"Kill~~!"

This time, what responded to her was an unprecedented roar and sad howling above the city.

"kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill and kill!"

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Meixian, Yuan Jun camp.

"Come on, let me loosen my ties."

In the battle of Ziwu Valley, Wang Ping, a Brazilian general who was captured alive by Ma Chao, was taken into Yuan Shang's tent. As soon as he met, Yuan Shang immediately ordered people to remove all the ropes on Wang Ping without saying a word.

Seeing this, Wang Ping was stunned at first, then remained silent. However, he saw that Yuan Shang had already stood up and walked to his side with a smile.

"General Wang, Yuan doesn't want to say too much. I just want to say a few words in the main topic. General Wang is the best general in Bazhou, and what kind of people are Pu Hu, Yuan Yue, and Du Fu? He is just a tribal patriarch who hides in Bazhou. In my Han Dynasty, it is at most a township cadre level! General Wang follows them, wouldn't he betray the pearl? Yuan regards General Wang as a talent in the world, and now he is willing to be the General Yamen. The former subordinates of Bazhou who surrendered to serve the court. Yuan promises that he will never repeat! I wonder what General Wang wants?"

When Wang Ping heard this, his heart was moved.

Wang Ping is not a fool, Park Hu, and Yuan Yue, who is a little bit peaceful, is just a leader of a small clan, with a small land and a few people. He still needs to rest on Zhang Lu, how can he accomplish great things? As Yuan Shang said, they can be a mountain king like this, but if they look at the world, compared with the princes in the world, they are almost negligible and cannot be the lord who can serve for a long time.

Yuan Shang was the first prince of the world, a contestant who defeated Cao Cao, and was also the Grand Sima General, and ordered the kingly army in the world! He had lived in the barbarian land of Bazhou for a long time, and such a person might not have been seen for ten or twenty years. If he did not take advantage of this opportunity to surrender, he would never have another chance in the future?

My thoughts only changed slightly, and Wang Ping had already weighed the pros and cons clearly. Who wouldn't live for his future?

Wang Ping immediately bowed to the ground and bowed and said, "The General's words are really enlightening and thought-provoking... Wang Ping understands! If General Meng refused to abandon him, Wang Ping would like to serve the general!"

"Okay." Yuan Shang smiled and stepped forward, helped Wang Ping up, and then asked someone to see the seat, saying, "It is a great blessing for General Wang to abandon the secret and turn to the light. I will immediately transfer the order. General Zhuo will be the goalkeeper of Ya, and will re-enter the 15,000 surrendered troops in Bazhong under the general's command, and General Wang will continue to lead the command."

Wang Ping was shocked when he heard this. He thought Yuan Shang was testing his loyalty. He hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Lord, you must not do this! Wang Ping had no military achievements and was a surrendered general. How could he lead the army as soon as he returned? He also asked the lord to take back his orders."

Yuan Shang shook his head: "I don't need anyone, I don't doubt people. I believe in my own eyes and General Wang's vision. Brazilian soldiers have just surrendered, and their morale is unstable and they don't have much combat power. I urgently need this army to fight Yan Xing! Therefore, I must use a great general who has the morale of the Bayi army to join them. I cannot use Park Hu and other strange kings. Only General Wang can reassure me! General Wang, this is an important task. Yuan's move is also a risk. Of course, if the general can live up to me, I, Yuan Shang, will definitely live up to the general!"

This was very touching when Yuan Shang said this, but Wang Ping knelt on one knee again and bowed: "Lord is so kind, Wang Ping must do his best to reorganize the morale of the troops of Badi! Let them serve the lord wholeheartedly!"

Yuan Shang smiled and raised his hand, signaled Wang Ping to get up, and comforted him, "Yuan believes in your ability and determination. I will ask General Wang to lead the soldiers of Ba County to the army and return to his troops. After being comforted, I will hold a banquet for the general tonight and welcome him!"

Under Yuan Shang's comfort and kindness, Wang Ping went there gratefully. As soon as he came out of the account, he saw a figure flashing out from the barrier behind him. He looked carefully and found that it was no one else, but Zhong Yao.

Zhong Yao stroked the beard on his jaw, looked deeply in the direction of Wang Ping's disappearance, and said, "Do you reuse and activate the surrendered general Wang Ping, in the shortest time to use the Brazilian soldiers for your own use?"

Yuan Shang nodded and said, "This method is risky, but there is no way. Yan Xing is very anxious to attack Chang'an. I don't have any extra time to integrate these troops. Now I can only use this trick to relieve the disaster."

Zhong Yao pondered for a while and nodded, "Even if Wang Ping can help you integrate the military and horses of Brazilian ethnic minorities, the main force of the surrendered army is still the Hanzhong ghost soldiers under Zhang Lu's command. Wang Ping is powerful and is only a general in Bazhou. I am afraid there is no way to deal with the Hanzhong soldiers... What do you plan to do about how to properly take Hanzhong ghost soldiers for your own use? Could it be that you still want to use Zhang Lu?"

Yuan Shang shook his head and said, "The situation of Zhang Lu and Wang Ping is completely different. As the leader, he has great kindness and prestige and has some ambitions. I must not use him...... Hanzhong ghost soldiers, although I cannot conquer their morale immediately, I have a way to raise their morale to the highest level in the shortest time, and make them hate Yan Xing deeply, and fight against the Xiliang rebels. This may be useful!"

"Oh?" Zhong Yao suddenly became interested when he heard this and asked, "If we don't take the morale of Hanzhong soldiers, we can inspire their hatred for Yan Xing and work hard for you? Is there such a way in the world? I'm a little interested, tell me!"

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Yuan Shang took a deep breath, stood up, thought carefully for a while, and said, "Old tune is repeated. What is the fundamental reason why the ghost soldiers in Hanzhong can surrender to me?"

Zhong Yao thought about it after hearing this and said, "Because you showed your intention to not kill the Five Dogs of Rice Sect and respect the Taoist ancestor in front of the two armies. And what you imply is that you can expand the branches of the Five Dogs of Rice Sect and carry forward it."

Yuan Shang nodded and said, "Yes, the biggest reason why these believers surrendered to me is because I can protect their faith. Under my rule, their faith can be preserved. They can advocate their own religion and their righteousness, so that they can have a spiritual comfort and security... Don't underestimate faith, sometimes it will make people terrible and stupid."

Zhong Yao shook his head and said, "But I still don't understand what your intentions are? Do these things have anything to do with our current difficulties?"

Yuan Shang smiled faintly, smiling very evilly.

"Of course, I have respected their faith for the Hanzhong Ghost Army. They thanked me and surrendered to me... On the contrary, if Yan Xing insulted their faith, destroyed their gods, and trampled on the comfort of their hearts, what would you say they do?"

When Zhong Yao heard this, he suddenly realized: "You want Yan Xing to fight against the Five Doks of Rice Sect and arouse the desire of these eccles to break completely with them?"

Yuan Shang smiled: "That's right."
Chapter completed!