At the top of Fangzhou City, the two sides were fighting inextricably.
Du Que stood in the city tower and said to the generals beside him: "I heard that the Northern Xinjiang Army has trebuchets that can throw stones and can destroy all enemies. Fortunately, the road to Shu is difficult and those trebuchets have not arrived. Otherwise, I would not dare to stand today."
Here."
"careful!"
A sergeant from the front turned around and shouted.
Then, a stone passed over his head and went straight to the tower.
Boom!
The stone hit the second floor of the tower, where Du Que was.
Du Que was a military commander and he ducked out of the way in an instant, but the two civil servants were hit squarely.
When the smoke and dust dispersed, everyone looked at the place in shock... Two civil servants fell there in a pool of flesh and blood, and one of them had his head missing.
The stones killed two people, and their momentum continued, smashing a hole in the back of the tower.
"It's a trebuchet!" Only at this moment did someone shout from the top of the city.
Although the trebuchet cannot be transported, it can be built at least!
When attacking Yangling Pass, because the city was too high, the trebuchets could not reach it. If they approached, they would be suppressed by the defenders' crossbows, so the emperor did not order the construction of trebuchets.
When we arrived in Fangzhou, the trebuchet finally came into use.
Just now it was just a small test, more trebuchets were assembled and arranged neatly together.
"put!"
Dozens of rocks flew up.
The city walls are trembling!
The defenders are groaning!
"withdraw!"
Du Que came out of the tower in disgrace and immediately gave the order to evacuate.
The trebuchets were raging, and the defenders withdrew. Du Que looked at his subordinates, and they all felt a little panicked.
Morale!
Damn morale!
Du Que said: "No need to worry, Fangzhou City is strong..."
Later, the people who stayed behind at the top of the city shouted: "The enemy is attacking!"
"superior!"
The defenders swarmed forward.
The emperor came closer to observe the situation of the defenders and praised: "Sichuan people are really tough."
Several cavalrymen arrived and reported: "Your Majesty, the navy has already set off."
"good!"
The emperor said: "The false emperor thought that he could survive because of the natural dangers of Shu, but he didn't know that the country was never in danger, but that it depended on the support of the people. The people's hearts are the strongest city wall!"
Pei Jian said: "Your Majesty, I have asked the people nearby and they all said that in half a month, it will be rainy and very cold here."
What the army fears most when traveling is this kind of weather. First, it will be difficult to supply, and second, it will easily cause attrition.
"It won't take half a month. And after defeating Fangzhou, there will be a vast plain ahead." The emperor said calmly: "The great court meeting on Yuan Day next year will be the same as before!"
The imperial meeting must be presided over by the emperor, which shows the emperor's confidence in the attack on Shu.
Pei Jian's questions came from his head, and the emperor's answers also came from his head. Every question and answer between the emperor and his ministers conveyed a message.
——We must return to Chang'an before the end of the year.
The news spread to the army and morale was boosted.
Suo Yun said to Lan Jian: "This is a good opportunity for you to atone for your sins."
"Brother, don't worry!"
Lan Jian became fierce and led his men to attack the city in the following days.
The city was in danger, and the emperor felt that if things continued like this, Fangzhou would be destroyed without the need for a waterway attack.
Just when he felt very comfortable, the cunning Du Que released his reserve team.
Lan Jian looked desperately at the enemy troops appearing on the top of the city, "Brother!"
He needed credit for breaking the city, but the large number of enemy reserves shattered his illusions.
"attack!"
Suo Yun slapped him and cursed: "You have to die on the top of the city. Follow me!"
Suoyun limped forward and trotted forward, shouting as he ran: "For Your Majesty!"
"Long live!"
The death camp burst into cheers. Seeing this, Lan Jian wiped the blood from his face and rushed forward.
He crossed Suoyun and rushed to the front.
Suo Yun couldn't catch up with him, but he said happily: "That's it!"
As a reduced general, if you don't put in more effort, how can you have a foothold in the army?
Lan Jian rushed to the top of the city and led his men to rush to both sides.
"Your Majesty, Lan Jian tried his best."
Han Ji smiled.
"Yes!" The emperor nodded.
As the world gradually becomes unified, the role of the death camps is also declining. How to place them later is a question.
According to the emperor's idea, most of the death camps were scattered and settled in various places, and the leaders were placed according to merit and loyalty points.
Others were easy to talk about, but brothers Suo Yun and Lan Jian caused some difficulties for the emperor.
Suoyun was limping, so it was difficult for him to serve as an official. But the emperor prided himself on clear rewards and punishments, so he must give him a suitable position.
But Lan Jian was a bit unruly and did not like the emperor.
While talking, Suo Yun also climbed up to the top of the city.
He just limped to Lan Jian's side.
The two brothers fought side by side and rushed towards Du Que.
"How brave!" Du Que sneered.
The reserve team was on board, and Du Que, who now had enough troops at his disposal, was full of confidence.
"Kill over!" Suo Yun's hoarse voice echoed at the top of the city.
He led his men to charge forward, followed closely by Lan Jian.
"Hey!" Du Que was a little surprised to find that Suo Yun and others kept approaching him.
Just as he was about to retreat, he heard a sudden burst of shouting from behind.
"Enemy attack!"
Du Que turned around and saw the chaos in the south of the city.
The Chang'an army besieged Fangzhou City, still following the traditional method. They surrounded it on three sides and attacked, leaving one side to attack the heart. The remaining side was Nancheng.
At this moment, thousands of people are shouting below Nancheng.
"Yizhou is broken."
This group of troops came from the direction of Yizhou.
Moreover, they were actually escorting several generals... Someone with sharp eyes recognized one of them.
"He is the guard of Dongsuo..."
Dongsuo is the city behind Fangzhou. It is very close to Fangzhou City and is responsible for containing the enemy. Once Dongsuo is destroyed, it means that Fangzhou City has become an isolated city.
And the generals also shouted.
"The Chang'an army entered Yizhou by water and is now attacking Tongcheng. Brothers, while you are waiting here to fight for the puppet emperor, what will you do with your cousins at home?"
"You're going to be liquidated!"
The way back was cut off, our own people were trying to persuade them to surrender, and the Chang'an army's offensive became more and more fierce...
The morale of the defenders was declining.
Du Que shouted: "The army cannot be mobilized by water. The only way out is to defend Fangzhou and wait for His Majesty's reinforcements..."
A horizontal sword suddenly appeared, Du Que dodged, and the sergeants swarmed behind him.
Suo Yun flew forward, hugged Du Que, and shouted: "Do it! Erlang, do it!"
Suo Yun was stabbed several times immediately, and Du Que was also struggling desperately...
Lan Jian rushed forward and killed Du Que with one blow, and then the soldiers from the death camp rushed forward and defeated the enemy army.
"Behead!"
Suo Yun still hugged Du Que.
Lan Jian cut off the head and handed it to Suo Yun.
"Lift it up!" Suo Yun said.
"Brother, you are the one who hugged me!" Lan Jian felt that most of the credit went to his brother.
"Lift it up!" Suo Yun shouted.
Lan Jian subconsciously raised the head.
"Wan Sheng!"
Seeing the enemy general's head in Lan Jian's hands, the soldiers couldn't help but shout wildly.
The general was killed, and the morale of the defenders dropped rapidly. Chang'an's army continued to rush to the city.
"Failed!"
The defenders collapsed. Most of them knelt down on the spot. Some turned around and ran. Some even jumped down and broke their legs.
"Your Majesty, Lan Jian kills the enemy general Du Que!"
Someone reported.
"This person is fine!"
The emperor's thoughts changed. He was originally planning to leave Lan Jian idle, but now he felt that this person had some use.
At the top of the city, Lan Jian helped Suo Yun up, "Brother, let's go!"
He carried his brother on his back and walked down step by step.
"Get out of the way!"
Suo Yun lay on his back and murmured: "When I was little, you used to be very tormented. Every time I was beaten, you would drag me out to hold me on your back. You always said that you wouldn't panic if someone was with you when you were being beaten. You didn't panic,
I’m panicking!”
"Um!"
Lan Jian shouted towards the city gate: "Open the city gate!"
The soldiers from the death camp rushed down like a tide. Some went to chase and kill, while others came to carry away the debris blocked behind the city gate.
"My family is poor and we have many children. My father said that he could only support us until we were fifteen, and then he would stop caring about us. But when we were fourteen, he kicked you and me out, leaving us to fend for ourselves."
Suo Yun smiled and said: "At that time, you were crying and crying, as if the sky was falling. You went back several times to beg. But you didn't know that man had a hard heart. Later, I took you to kill people."
Lan Jian thought of the first time he killed someone. It was a tribal nobleman and the leader's enemy. Suo Yun took him to guard the man for two days. On the night of the third day, while the noble man came out to urinate, Suo Yun went up and stabbed him.
. Then he called Lan Jian to come up and finish the attack, saying: "Learn how to kill as soon as possible."
"But you vomited for a long time afterwards!" Lan Jian said.
"Yes! The smell of blood is so bad." Suo Yun laughed.
Later, the two brothers followed the leader and became his bodyguards. When their father saw that they were successful, he came to ask for money, and Suoyun also gave it, and gave him a lot.
Lan Jian was not angry and felt that the man was too cruel and should not give him money.
"He raised us, otherwise he could have drowned us after we were born."
When there are too many children in the family to feed, the best solution is to drown.
In some places, male infants are even deliberately drowned to avoid poll taxes.
Suoyun was grateful, so he was always very kind to his father.
"Those who are not grateful will suffer big losses sooner or later. Gods are watching over you! If you fail in your heart, the gods will remember it. If you don't repay it now, you will definitely repay it in the future. Remember Erlang and don't do it.
I'm sorry, please follow His Majesty well..."
"good!"
The city gate opened, and Lan Jian ran out with Suo Yun on his back.
"Remember, the credit is yours."
"good!"
Lan Jian carried his brother on his back and ran all the way to the place where doctors were treating the injured.
"Miracle Doctor Chen!"
He found Chen Huagu.
"Who was hurt?" Chen Huagu asked.
"My brother."
Chen Huagu put down the injured person in his hands, stood up, walked over, took a look, and stretched out his hand to wipe it.
"He's gone."
Lan Jian put his brother down.
Suo Yun still had a smile on his face, as if he was urging him to kill people, urging him to remember that the credit belongs to him...
Lan Jian knelt down and said in a trembling voice:
"Brother!"
In the first year of Yongde, Suoyun died in the battle of Fangzhou.
