Chapter 297 A few things during the siege (Merry Christmas)
When the morning fog rises, it surrounds the high mountains and low hills near Hangzhou, and the mountains and plains are filled with company camps.
The low temperature in the early morning froze the war smoke and the smell of blood that had been filled not long ago, and the war fever that had lasted for several days had subsided. From the besieged military camp to the Hangzhou city wall, countless corpses and blood were stuck on the ground or buried in corpses.
The arrows on the body and the destroyed siege equipment formed a scene of bright red and pale, warm and dead silence. Some bodies fell on the ground, soaked with red blood, and the flames ignited the nearby areas, throwing out black
Ashes. On the entire battlefield, red, white, and black intertwined and extended, extending into the drifting mist, covered under the thin layer of ice after a night.
Occasionally, war horses will leave the military camp in twos and threes, heading towards the battlefield here. Occasionally, one or two black shadows will appear in the dead scenery. These are soldiers who have certain rights to leave the camp, turning around within a safe range.
Looking for the corpse of a friend, or a small group of speculators in the army secretly rummaging through the corpse for property. Such searches are mostly in vain, but occasionally a small harvest can be exciting.
On the city wall opposite, the light spots of burning torches floated faintly, like a ghost shrouded in the sea of clouds, mountains and mist.
Around 1000 AD, the unpredictable climate of the Little Ice Age briefly prevented the battle. After five days of successive sieges, Tong Guan finally temporarily suspended his idea of taking Hangzhou in one go and allowed the besieging soldiers to take a moment.
Take a rest and plan later.
Although the besieging army was silent for the first time in five days, the defenders still could not relax. Tong Guan was not mediocre in the art of war. In five days, the army launched attacks from three directions in Hangzhou.
It is as continuous as a raging wave, but each wave of offensive is sometimes strong, sometimes weak, and sometimes real. The 150,000 forbidden troops heading south are at least the elite of the Wu Dynasty at this time, and their combat effectiveness is still far better than that of the city.
To help the revolting peasants. If Fang La's camp had not gathered together elites in Hangzhou at this time and had sufficient manpower. And the weather was getting colder. Tong Guan might have found an opportunity to tear open the city wall several times.
For this reason, even if the besieging army has stopped attacking, there is still no room for relaxation in the city's defense. No one knows whether Tong Guan will suddenly launch a new wave of attacks.
The city of Hangzhou, which had only become a little livelier due to another fierce battle, fell into a tense and pale atmosphere. However, compared to the panic in the city when Fang La's army attacked the city last time, half of the people in Hangzhou City at this time
They have become rebels, and what is presented here now is another ecological environment.
The area near Xiliu Street belongs to the outskirts of Ba Dao Camp. It has been surrounded by long fences and tall arrow towers. At this time, it is more like Ba Dao Camp hundreds of miles away, which has been surrounded by
It looks like a copycat. No one believes that such a warning is to prevent Tong Guan's army outside the city. Since the complete break with Bao Daoyi, Liu Dabiao ordered such a layer of things to be built outside. The main reason is that
Because the conflict with Bao Daoyi became increasingly intense, Fang La and others could no longer stand up. However, the real reason that not many people knew was that something was going on in Xiliu Street at this time. Liu Xigua did not want to be disturbed, so he
Taking advantage of the topic, the Ba Dao Camp was revealed like this.
After Fang Qifu, Wang Yin, Si Xingfang, Deng Yuanjue, and Shi Bao returned, Tong Guan's army had already approached Hangzhou, so they did not stop the conflict between Ba Dao Camp and Bao Dao Yi. But the siege
After that, both sides temporarily put aside their thoughts of seeking revenge on each other, and each chose a side of the city wall to help.
And because during this period of time, as Fang Qifu restrained Tong Guan's army, the elites of the Ba Dao Camp who were ordered to go out suffered heavy losses. In the past few days of city defense battles, the people belonging to the Ba Dao Camp were not assigned too many.
task, but to try to find and fill up the gaps in a safe place. On the other hand, it is also because no matter how willful Liu Xigua is, the people in Ba Dao camp are still the strongest supporters within Fang La, no matter whether the city may be destroyed or destroyed in the future.
There may be chaos. For example, a force like Ba Dao Camp is still the core force that Fang La needs to protect. As long as Ba Dao Camp is free, the chaos in the city will not be too severe. Even if someone is plotting to replace Fang La as emperor or wants to sell La La
If you have a bright future, you will be afraid of the existence of Ba Dao Camp and dare not take action.
When Fang Qifu attacked Jiaxing, the main force of the Batao Battalion that participated was more than 3,000 people. Later, Liu Dabiao turned back midway, and there were still more than 2,000 people left with Fang Qifu. In order to delay Tongguan's siege time,
In the autumn of strategic thinking, Fang Qifu led a group of soldiers to forcefully hold back Tong Guan's 150,000-strong army. In fact, the losses suffered by his men were quite heavy. The group of people from Ba Dao Camp also suffered a heavy blow along the way.
Most of them were killed or injured, and only a few hundred survived.
Such heavy casualties finally bought the city of Hangzhou a lot of time to build defenses. Liu Xigua had suppressed some of the progress of the battle against the people in Xiliu Street. After the army returned to the city this time, the atmosphere in Xiliu Street naturally could not be high.
But after several days of siege, due to Tong Guan's strike, people on the street finally had a rest in the early morning. In the not-so-dense fog, there were occasional pedestrians walking on the street, and they spoke softly.
.In the main house of Ba Dao Camp, there is a window that has been lit since early morning. At this time, the two people in the room were having a conversation about some things.
"...the people are noble, the country is second, and the king is low... When I first said it, I said that everyone is equal. It is difficult to interpret it from Confucius, and it is best to interpret it from Mencius. Liu Xiyang is the best in this aspect, and his article
Although the article is a bit casual and probably not sincere, it is easy to understand and still good. It can be used as an introductory reading in the future... I think it is worth a fight..."
"Since there is no sincerity, why give him a fight...I only allow five liters."
"It's not that there is no sincerity, but there is still some sincerity..."
"Everyone knows how to explain Qian. If you just go to the street and grab a group of people, there will be a lot of articles like this. Since he is a great scholar, of course you have to force him to write a few articles worthy of scrutiny. Moreover, he is very knowledgeable, but he writes simple articles.
I came here to fool people, and I obviously felt conflicted in my heart. I took a bucket of rice, and if I don’t finish it, I won’t be able to solve the second chapter... I only gave five liters.”
"Okay, Liu Xiyang's five liters... Guo Jiliang's article is a little deeper. Since I want to give Liu Xiyang a beating, Guo Jiliang's article will be seven liters. In addition, Han Fangjun's article is a bit weak..."
The lamp swayed slightly, and the two people talking in the room were Ning Yi and Liu Xigua, who were reading articles one after another. Although they both spoke seriously, it sounded a little bit like one liter for one bucket.
Weird. Liu Xigua has been in the city recently. He took a short rest yesterday. He got up early today and came to Ning Yi to discuss matters. He talked for a while with articles one after another, and then talked about Manichaeism.
"...Wu Yunying, that woman has no brains. Loyalty is loyalty, but she is not from Badaozhuang and is not on the same side as us. You should pay attention to her." Fang Laji's Manichaean "Eating Vegetables and Demons" started an uprising.
There are still a lot of followers in the army, but Ba Dao Camp is already strong and not lacking. This sect, which emphasizes sharing weal and woe and uniting the strength of farmers, has a somewhat low level of belief in Ba Dao Camp. Wu Yunying is the Manichaeist in Ba Dao Camp.
Liu Xigua, the sub-helm leader of the battalion, didn’t take her seriously because she was a nominal saint of Manichaeism here.
"She's okay. She's been attending classes recently. When I asked her, she said that this teaching has quite a lot in common with the teachings."
"Oh...goodness."
"But they usually preach, and the helmsman doesn't study the classics. Wu Yunying hasn't even read the "Part 1" in full, so it will be difficult for her to help change the doctrine."
"The other helmsmen still understand it very well, but Wu Yunying is a bit stupid... But you don't actually need to know too much to preach in the countryside. Uncle Fang said that it's just a matter of difficulty..."
"That's the truth... There aren't many other things, oh, the few articles I got recently..."
"If I want to change my name, what do you think would be better?"
"After showing it to those kids...what?" Ning Yi was stunned.
"Uh...name changed." A girl named Liu Xigua, who was dressed in simple clothes but with a big cloak, waved her hand lightly, "Let's talk about your business first... Well, anyway, I just asked... Of course it's not true.
I need your help to get it...you are quite knowledgeable, let's see what you think."
"...A child read it and asked some questions. He wrote two short essays, and I think he has potential...change his name, and still have the surname Liu?"
"Of course...who is that child?"
"My surname is Chang, my name is Chang Qing. I plan to reward him with something. Of course, his family is not short of rice. When the time comes, I will get a certificate of merit, and you can help write it... Well, I'd better stamp it and it can be framed.
That kind of...named Liu, how about Liu Yifei?"
"Oh, you can take the lid yourself. I'll put it on the table. I won't tell Uncle Tiannan...what did you say?"
"Liu Yifei." Ning Yi started to put away the articles on the table. He said this casually. He was thinking about other things in his mind, but he didn't take it seriously. He smiled to himself as he spoke.
"Liu Yifei... No, there are nine people on the street named Liu Yifei... Forget it, I just asked for fun. You can go back first. If you are free in the afternoon..."
"Nine out of ten, right?"
"Yes, the day before yesterday I heard that the aunt of Liu Ahua's cousin next door was also named Yifei, and there was also a cat raised by Wen Kerang's nephew's second wife, also named Yifei. Wen Kerang wanted to kill her at first
You, ask someone to stew that cat and eat it when you have time... You have business, please leave first, I just asked casually."
After Ning Yi left, Liu Xigua took out a piece of paper with names written on it from the drawer, wrote the new name on it, then put it away and continued to deal with business...
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After the formal break with Bao Daoyi, Ning Yi was no longer closely involved in this matter. Liu Xigua asked his Ba Dao camp to be responsible for some more pragmatic or pragmatic work, which was to change the entire Ba Dao camp.
The issue of the institutional foundation seemed a bit trivial at the time.
The Ba Dao Camp has already held its first so-called election. It seems not good to stop it in an anticlimactic manner. But Tong Guan’s army is moving south, and the pressure is imminent. With the future of the Ba Dao Camp uncertain, it is really necessary to use the strength of the entire Ba Dao Camp.
It is naturally a bit absurd to cooperate with some "reforms" that are nothing more than child's play. But no matter what, since we are fighting a war, we must be prepared to lose as well as to win. If Fang La can really persevere, what will happen to Liu in the future?
Xigua wants to be the leader of a county, so there is no problem in allocating a piece of land to her to mess with. What to do in the future and how to do it can start to be arranged now.
Ideas such as democracy and freedom are mostly weapons used to deceive Liu Xigua, but on a real psychological level, Ning Yi really wants to do an experiment. Of course, the fundamental issue of democracy is never a system problem, but a systemic problem.
It's a matter of people's hearts. In this era, the so-called democracy is just a rootless tree, and few people will think about it. Throw a system to the Ba Dao Camp, copy the electoral system, and imagine a world of great harmony. That is absolutely impossible.
In fact, as far as Ning Yi knows the poor history, he has also heard that there have been many experiments with Datong society in China's history. Some wealthy people or scholars donated their family property to create a similar society.
In a village like a commune, everyone eats from a big pot and the children go to school together. Everyone does things in a unified manner and the elders vote on matters, but in the end they all fail without exception. No matter whether Datong society is like this or not, just giving people a system will never work.
Use. The essence of democracy is also the dictatorship of the majority over the minority. To have democracy, you first need culture, which requires people to fight for it spontaneously and recognize the legitimacy of their fight. There must be such a theoretical basis.
After having the power to act, Ning Yi first attacked a group of literati from Wenlie Academy.
He held a short class every day and gathered many literati inside and outside the academy. He explained the relationship between production and distribution and the theory of capital every day. In this, he isolated a simple social essence, that is, the essence of the country is that everyone gathers together
Groups that work together to help each other obtain benefits. In this essence, no one is superior or inferior, and social progress is to make distribution continue to be fair. Then people can use any language that others can accept to express these basic cooperative relationships.
Come up with an explanation and write an article. Confucius's theory is fine, Mencius's is fine, Mozi's is fine, Han Fei's, Lao Tzu's are fine, it doesn't matter. You can use Sun Tzu's and write it out for me. If it has quality, that's fine too.
Receipt of goods.
By this time, Hangzhou had shifted to wartime status.
Although it was said that it was still the autumn harvest when Fang La occupied Hangzhou and he had gathered a large amount of resources to prepare for the war, the resources in Hangzhou City were still sufficient. However, it was already difficult to circulate various materials in the wartime state. It was difficult for anyone with money and food to
Take it out again. The group of Confucian scholars and scholars in Wenlie Academy have become idlers again, so Ning Yi makes a price for them. There are articles and food.
Ning Yi made various modern theories as simple as possible. In short, those who have read the book can generally understand them. Regardless of whether they agree or not, forcing them to make blind decisions and follow the way of Confucius and Mencius and the way of saints, it doesn't matter whether they are right or wrong.
Confucian scholars write too many articles, and out of a hundred pieces of rubbish there will always be one or two interesting ones. In the future, you can use these articles to educate children, turn lies told a thousand times into the truth, and then let people gradually verify them in life.
If you make improvements and show them to others, there will always be some rebellious people who can see something that seems to make sense.
But first there must be an article. He is bored anyway. What he needs to do now is to break up something like "Das Kapital" and mix it with Confucius and Mencius. As for what this bomb will become in the future, he has no idea.
never mind.
In this way, when I came out of the main house, I met Chen Fan, whom I hadn't seen for a few days. He was showing off again. He had a strong smell of medicine, but he still looked energetic. After saying hello,
He said he has been on the battlefield these days.
"In matters like war, the first thing you rely on is not your martial arts skills, but the most reliable thing is luck... Although you are a master, but you are not lucky, you might as well not go to the city. Did you just come out from there? How about that girl Xigua?
Yes, has she lost any luck?"
"It seems like she has better luck than you." Ning Yi laughed, "I heard from Manager Tiannan that you almost attacked her again a few days ago. What happened?"
"I'm just kidding. I didn't do anything. On the city wall, she suddenly said, if she changes her name, I think it would be better to change it... She keeps asking people about this recently, in a mysterious way, so I said, her father
Called Liu Dabiao, it’s not good for her to call her Liu Dabiao and Liu Xigua at the same time. It’s better to combine the two..."
At this point, Chen Fan couldn't help laughing and leaned down. The corners of Ning Yi's mouth twitched: "Uh, what's your name?"
"Haha, let's combine it, of course... haha, hoo... call me Liu... Liu Da Xigua, you can also call me Liu Da Xigua Biao, hahahaha..." Chen Fan couldn't stop laughing, very embarrassed.
, "Then, she collapsed and drew her sword to chop me. On the battlefield, she couldn't do it. I laughed to death, hahahaha..."
He couldn't stop laughing, and Ning Yi's mouth twitched for a long time, and finally patted him on the shoulder: "I think you'd better not let her see you in the recent period."
"Of course, of course, oh, wait, I have something to do with you..." When Ning Yi walked over, Chen Fan pulled him and laughed for a while, then straightened up solemnly, trying his best to keep his Chinese character face.
, "It's like this. Tong Guan has been attacking for five days. The weather is getting colder and colder. If it really snows, he won't be able to fight. The city should be able to be defended, but the master said that with Tong Guan's character and the North
The battle situation is tense, he may not give up, and he will probably attack once or twice. Anyway, he wants to see you when he has some free time. Let me tell you first, maybe recently, if Tong Guan is free
Stay, maybe this afternoon..."
Ning Yi thought about it, nodded, and the two chatted a few more words. When Chen Fan left, he stood there for a while, then breathed out and smiled.
"Fang Qifu..."
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By the way, I wish you Christmas Eve too.^_^(To be continued)
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