Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1245 A group of soldiers outside Pingyang City

   Tricolor flag.

   Windward exhibition.

   Fei Qian looked up, feeling a lot in his heart.

  What is a gentry?

If a tree is used as a metaphor, then the canopy exposed by the gentry is its reputation, and what is buried under the soil is the foundation. the most important thing.

  Now, under Feiqian, a big tree of Zhengxi, there are also some vines and shrubs attached to it...

   Around Feiqian, the closest ones are naturally soldiers who have followed since Bingbei. After many battles and experience, they are more or less elite tigers, blowing a whirlwind in the entire Bingbei Pass!

This whirlwind swept up the entire Bingbei, whizzed down, destroyed Baibo, defeated Xianbei, and now the entire Bingbei land is basically in his hands. Under the influence of Zheng's rebellion, in order to avoid disaster and being implicated by Chiyu, he hurriedly ran to Fei Qian to flatter him, and expressed their willingness to serve under the banner of Zhengxi Sanse.

  In the eyes of these people, at least at this stage, there is indeed no army in Guanzhong that can fight as well as General Zhengxi's, and no one can stop General Zhengxi's horseshoe. In this case, why not bet? Especially after repelling Yang Biao's soldiers and horses several times, these Kansai gentry were more or less chilled by Yang Biao. A family of the Guan family, which was almost invincible in the world, was confiscated and placed under the horseshoe. Stamped on again and again, no one can help but have some murmurs in their hearts.

In fact, after Zhengxi replaced the Zhong family and entered the Guanzhong, Fei Qian's military power had already deterred the nobles in the Guanzhong. Fei Qian begged them, and they gave in half-heartedly. After all, they were still on their own land...

  But no one thought that Feiqian, who had just settled in Guanzhong, would go straight south like lightning, and pass the sky like a flat ground. Before the gentry Haoyou in these places could react, he directly took Hanzhong!

   It really shocked people, but I didn't expect the scarier one to come...

Zheng's rebellion, although many Guanzhong gentry Haoyou did not participate, they were actually watching the show with arms folded, ready to join in at the last critical moment, but they never thought that General Zhengxi was just putting up a cover, as if From the very beginning, I prepared the net bag and looked like I was ready to catch fish!

The Zheng family, the Pang family, and several gentry Haoyou, who were deeply involved, became white land almost overnight. Act fast...

   In the past, it was only on the surface of the mouth, but now I have to get some affordable ones out. Those old grains and bad horses that were just reluctant to make up for it, this time they were silently replaced with new food and healthy horses, and only brought more and no less to the door.

   As for any dissatisfaction?

   What a joke, if they were in Zhengxi's position and encountered a rebellion under their subordinates, their hands would probably be ten times heavier than Zhengxi's!

  In fact, even if the Zheng family succeeds, it is impossible for the Zheng family to take the position directly, because the lower class has always been tolerated by the aristocratic family. That's why the Zheng family found Yang Biao. It's a pity that both the Zheng family and Yang Biao seemed to be inferior to General Fei Qian of Zhengxi, both in terms of force and means.

  He Luofei, is this generation going to raise its head after all?

Therefore, when Fei Qian led the soldiers and horses to the north, after several battles, the number of horses not only did not decrease much, but increased slightly. If the injured horses recover, the number of cavalry will definitely increase. . After all, although Guanzhong has been tossed to a bit dilapidated, it is aimed at ordinary people. No matter how stupid the nobles in Guanzhong are, under the continuous exploitation of several generations or even a dozen generations, how can they not accumulate some money? Background?

Compared with other places, the places in Guanzhong and Longyou were originally the horse breeding grounds of the big men. These places are powerful, even if they only have a Wubao, they can produce dozens of good horses, so they know that Zhengxi will fight on this day. , Warhorse lost a lot, just needed to make up for it, so you made it out of fifteen and twenty, it can be regarded as the two sides reached a settlement on the matter of the Zheng family, and expressed a little heart...

  Fei Qian actually didn’t think about exterminating this group of nobles in Guanzhong at the beginning. It’s like punishing officials, catching the big and letting go of the small.

If you want to change, you must change from the top. If the upper management is not determined to change, it will be empty talk. Need to hold the top authority.

   And above this authority, there are two hands holding it.

  One hand represents Shandong, surnamed Yuan.

  The other hand represents Shanxi, surnamed Yang.

Because the gentry in Shanxi have been severely suppressed for so many years, even the Yang family has always been inferior to the Yuan family in the Great Han Dynasty. Now, the two Yuans are fighting for the right to speak in Shandong, but the Yang family seems to be declining more and more. No one can use Biao to the point of using such a dull general as handsome.

   Surrounded Taoshan, what do you want to do?

Feiqian originally built the Shoushan Academy, first to train his own clerks and officials, second to promote the process of Sinicization of the Hu people, and third to win over the Shanxi gentry. After all, the current academic style is in Shandong, and Yang Biao Wu Qiuxing, under his command, surrounded the academy without saying a word, isn't he afraid of chilling the hearts of the Shanxi gentry?

  Of course, it may be that Yang's move is to cut off the foundation of Fei Qian's development and growth, but even so, it doesn't make sense.

Although Yang Biao has gradually become indistinguishable from the Shandong gentry now, and even in court, he seldom speaks a word or two for the Shanxi gentry. Many people seem to have forgotten that the Yang family actually represented the For the Shanxi gentry, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty promoted Yang Biao to balance the power of the Yuan family, but the effect was not good.

   Fei Qian pondered for a while on the back of his horse, but he still couldn’t quite understand why Yang Biao made such a bad move...

   But no matter what, since he Feiqian established this Shoushan Academy, it is impossible to let it be damaged and collapsed!

   What’s more, although Xun Chen’s letter didn’t say how the school is going, Fei Qian still has a bad feeling…

   "Yang family..." Fei Qian looked up at the three-color battle flag, muttered something, and immediately ordered, "Order, tell Zilong Ziyi to speed up, and make sure to arrive in Pingyang before tonight!"

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Although it is said that people have their own way of life, some people are born with a pair of green eyes, and they will beep a few times when they see everyone, but they don’t know that fools think that the world is all fools, and they can’t wait to put the water in their buckets immediately. It makes a sound, but smart people are often silent, observing the flaws, but they basically don't say anything, and only use it when needed.

Smart people have their own intelligence, but stupid people are always stupid in one place. Take Buddhist language, it is nothing more than greed, hatred and ignorance. .

   Is Guan Qiuxing a fool?

   It's not complete, at least Wu Qiuxing still has some ideas in his heart, and he hasn't lost his calculations. In fact, he may not know that his actions last night were somewhat wrong, but can he admit it, can he admit it?

  Because his surname is Wuqiu, not Yang.

   The siege plan that Wu Qiuxing had originally formulated had been reduced to ashes with the black smoke rising from the rear camp...

  The change of hot and cold weapons in human war is an earth-shaking change. It not only eliminates the thicker and thicker armor, but also allows soldiers to carry more food and grass for a longer fighting time. For the Han Dynasty, which was still in the period of cold weapons, food and grass were almost equal to the combat effectiveness of an army.

   Guan Qiuxing was unwilling to admit that he had made a mistake, so he had to find a way to break the situation before the morale of the army was slackened, so directly attacking the city became his only choice.

  Actually, at this moment, Wu Qiuxing still couldn't figure out how the thick camp wall was breached? Obviously, the troops who attacked the back camp were also cavalry, and they didn't have heavy wall-breaking equipment. How could they break through the camp and easily break into the camp?

Although after dawn, Guan Qiuxing gathered the remnants of the rear battalion to inquire, but he didn't ask why. He just said that there was a fire in the camp, and then there was chaos, and then Zhengxi cavalry rushed into the camp. What was the specific process? What happened, there is never an accurate statement...

   Could it be that these guys from the back camp opened the door by themselves?

   A thought appeared in Guan Qiuxing's mind that he thought was absurd, and he immediately denied it. Who would seek their own death in front of the enemy?

Of course, at this moment, Wu Qiuxing couldn't remember whether his previous response was messed up. Anyway, mediocrity, everyone is a fool, just like a chicken chirping forever but no one pays attention to it, or a tiger roaring With a sound, the mountains and forests were shocked.

   To deal with the city, it is natural to use ceremonial equipment, such as catapults and the like. Although it became famous because of the first battle at Guandu, it doesn't mean that it is difficult to find traces before Guandu. This time, the Yang family asked Wuqiu Xing to attack Pingyang, so he also brought some trump cards, and he used them all this time. , displayed under the city of Pingyang.

   After all, it is a big family with hundreds of years, how could there not be some bottom-of-the-box things?

It's just that these utensils are not easy to make. First, there are not many craftsmen who know how to make them. Second, these are not as good as tables, chairs and benches. They can still be used if they are less than three to five cents. I hurt myself, so the speed of the project was not fast. So far, six catapults, five cloud towers, and eight catapults have been made.

   There is another half of the number in Luoyang, which is quite precious. Yang Biao can give Wu Qiuxing these equipment, and his expectations are extremely high...

Charging carts is normal, but Yunlou and Catapults are not. Of course, this is also Wu Qiuxing's last trump card. In order to keep it secret, even the artisans accompanying the army were carried in the central army. Seeing the current situation collapsed, Therefore, there was not much to do, so he threw it on the card table in one go.

As for the reason why these siege equipment failed to shine in the Han Dynasty, it is actually very simple, because the pre-Qin was defeated too quickly, and the main enemy in the Han Dynasty was still Hu Yi. Could it be that they still carried heavy and inconvenient siege equipment? Going to fight the Huns or Xianbei, which are dominated by cavalry?

In addition, defending the city has never been a deadly defense. Such heavy attack tools are too close to the city or the camp. The opponent's counterattack soldiers and horses can easily be destroyed and burned. It takes a lot of effort to build it but it is not very useful. It feels somewhat tasteless. It wasn't until the rise of the Mongolian Western Expedition that the technology of returning artillery was introduced that these stone cannons really became a siege weapon.

But now, Wu Qiuxing has put these catapults and cloud towers into use regardless of his care. The most fundamental reason is that he hopes that these siege equipment can revive morale, and with the assistance of these siege equipment, , Conquer Pingyang City as soon as possible!

Wuqiuxing's catapults were erected not far away, about 200 steps away from the hastily dug trenches on the second ring road of Pingyang City. Beside each catapult, in addition to a hundred full-time guards, there were also guards. Nearly two hundred auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands were busy operating, working together to move the stones onto the catapult, and then pulled the rope with all their strength, and finally watched the stones of different sizes thrown high and smashed towards Pingyang. city ​​walls.

   Every time a stone is thrown, the soldiers in the Wuqiu Xingjun formation cheered for a while. After all, in this era, such equipment is already very rare and valuable. The morale of Wu Qiuxing's soldiers seemed to be gradually rising along with the throwing of stone bullets...

This time, Guan Qiuxing almost came out in full force, and all the soldiers were displayed in front, not for anything else, but to let everyone see clearly that what happened last night and this morning was just an accident, not that he was unable to fight. What's more, Xun Chen shrank back when he got the advantage, which further confirmed the conjecture in Wu Qiuxing's heart. Even though he was good at conquering the cavalry, he didn't dare to fight him head-on!

   Fighting for consumption, he Wu Qiuxing can afford it!

  Anyway, the rear battalion has been damaged, and most of the baggage has been lost, so it doesn’t make much sense to send people to guard the camp.

Of course, in Wu Qiuxing's mind, there is another consideration that cannot be announced in front of others. The food and grass are burned. Although there are some in each camp, there are not many. Some rations...

Under the urging of the soldiers, some of the labor labor collected from Hongnonghe River were lined up to transport soil and stones to the front; some filled the stones like slings amidst the sound of orders Among them, one by one was thrown at the top of the city; the other was responsible for pushing the Yunlou, pushing towards the Yangcheng Pool step by step...

On the battlefield, arrows and rocks were flying across the battlefield, shouting like thunder, and Wu Qiuxing's soldiers were sacrificing their lives to attack the head of Pingyang City. The gaps and potholes came out, and the arrows shot by the archers of both sides crossed in the sky. With the attack, the corpses were quickly piled up under the city. As if shaken by this **** battle, I wish I could get down quickly, so as to avoid the soaring murderous aura!

   "Push the stone cannon closer!"

   Guan Qiuxing frowned and ordered.

After all, the catapult was not accurate, and the throw was not high enough. Many stones did not fall on the top of the city, but hit the city wall. It is still impossible to knock down the city wall, not to mention that the boulders that hit the city wall rebounded and caused a lot of trouble for Wu Qiuxing's soldiers. Some unlucky ghosts were killed by their own stone bullets for no reason...

   "Quick! Quick! Continue to attack, and kill the coward!"

  Guan Qiuxing kept urging the soldiers forward. He was not afraid of casualties, and even had a faint hope that there would be more casualties. Anyway, he only needed to drag down the defenders of Pingyang before he collapsed...

  (end of this chapter)