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Chapter 476 Cai Mao was beaten and forced, and the fire and thunder were so powerful!

After handling Tao Qian's matter, Liu Bian put down the memorial, picked up Jia Xu's daily newspaper, and started browsing: "Oh? The price of the golden monkey has actually increased by one gold. It's really fast."

"It's expected."

The voice of the Military Advisor Alliance sounded very dull: "Mi Zhu personally led the team to Yizhou. This signal is enough to stimulate the Golden Silk Monkey to increase its price. The increase should be around two gold, which is the best."

Liu Bian frowned and asked secretly: "Teacher, do the experts have a specific price, what is the increase, and are you ready to close the network? I always feel a little panicked and have no idea."

"Don't worry."

The Military Advisor Alliance immediately reassured: "Actually, the experts have a specific set of standards, but they are not based on price calculations, but on how to collapse the economy of the Yizhou gentry."

"ah?"

Liu Bian was astonished: "But, there should be no way to approve this thing, right? Is this concept a bit general? If it cannot be calculated quantitatively, if an accident occurs, we will be screwed up."

“It can be quantified!”

The Alliance of Military Advisors is absolutely sure.

“How to quantify?”

Liu Bian frowned, admiring the expert's ability more and more.

Economics was a field that he did not understand at all, but it was a powerful tool for governing the country, and Liu Bian had to master it.

Therefore, Liu Bian can only keep asking questions, constantly learning from the Military Advisor Alliance, absorbing nutrients, and making himself stronger.

Of course, the Military Advisor Alliance hopes that Liu Bian's ability will improve so that they can command them more easily, so they will give unreserved guidance to Liu Bian's modest questions.

"It's actually very simple."

The Military Advisor Alliance paused for a moment and immediately explained: "The total amount of assets of the Yizhou nobles is certain, including farmland, shops, mines, manors, etc."

"We only need to let the price of the Golden Monkey rise so much that we can leverage the entire Yizhou assets. According to the current lending discount, a 50% discount is OK, which means that the price of the Golden Monkey will at least

It is half of Yizhou’s assets.”

"Judging from the information we have obtained so far, the price of the Golden Silk Monkey needs to rise to at least fifty gold before it is possible. It is currently less than twenty gold, and we still have a long way to go."

"Now Mi Zhu has entered Yizhou and started to stir up trouble. After a while, the imperial court officially issued the news that Luoyang City will be rebuilt, and began to arrange construction teams to collect corresponding stones and wood. The price of golden monkeys will definitely soar again.

rise."

"..."

Barabara.

The Alliance of Military Advisors did not open their mouths, but when they opened their mouths, there were a lot of plans, which finally allowed Liu Bian to have them all under control: "In short, Lord Bian, rest assured that the plan still needs to be revised. If there is a deviation, the Alliance of Military Advisors will revise it as soon as possible."

.”

Liu Bian nodded and finally knew what he was doing. As long as he could control it quantitatively, he could control it freely: "As long as the experts know what's going on, let's take our time and trick the Yizhou gentry in little by little."

"kindness."

The Military Advisor Alliance said with absolute certainty: "Don't worry, the Yizhou nobles will definitely fall into the trap. Our key now is to defeat Jingxiang, which can have a deterrent effect on Yangzhou and Yizhou."

"As long as we can capture Jingxiang, we can send Zao Zhi to lead the team in. During this time in Nanyang, we have done a lot of experiments, but we still can't find Yebai, so I guess we have to go south."

Historically, it was near the South China Sea that the wild rice was found, which opened the road to hybrid rice. Now in Nanyang for so many years, Zaozhi has been cultivating rice in various places, but has never found it. It seems that there should be no rice.

If wild failure cannot be found, two-line hybrid rice cannot be realized, let alone three-line hybrid rice. To put it bluntly, wild failure is the key to hybrid rice.

"good."

Liu Bian took a deep breath and agreed: "We have done all the basic work of agriculture, and now it is really time to focus on hybrid rice."

"After we capture Jingxiang and destroy Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others, we will send more manpower to Zaozhi and spread out across the country to try to find the wild enemies and raise the grain production to a higher level."

Although there is no shortage of food in Liu Bian now, it is only barely enough and has not reached a fiscal deficit. With the exemption of the poll tax, the population will definitely grow explosively in the future, and there will definitely not be enough food in the future.

Therefore, it is very necessary to develop hybrid rice from now on. If we cannot even feed the people of our country, then there is no point in talking about dominating the world and establishing an empire on which the sun never sets.

"Zhu Tong!" Liu Bian greeted.

"Here." Zhu Tong stepped out.

"Hurry to Shangshutai and tell Xun Yu that once Sun Jian captures Jingxiang, our people must follow him as quickly as possible, and we must not delay the spring plowing."

"Here."

"Wait a minute."

Just as Zhu Tong was about to bow and leave, Liu Bian interrupted and added: "There is also Zao Zhi. Tell him to shift his work focus to finding Ye Bai and leave the rest to Han Hao."

Zhu Tong leaned over and cupped his hands and said, "Here."

*****

Fancheng, outside the city.

The flags are flying, and the soldiers are densely armored.

There was a sea of ​​black clouds, all filled with majestic and high-spirited soldiers and horses.

Cai Mao stared at the army outside the city. The queue moved out of the way, and two strong soldiers walked out carrying a stretcher. It was covered with a white curtain. There was most likely a corpse inside.

Ding.

Cai Mao seemed to realize something. He suddenly leaned out of the city. His eyes were as wide as copper bells. He stared at the stretcher. He gritted his steel teeth tightly and made a grinding sound. He was obviously extremely angry.

"Cai Mao."

A familiar figure rode out of the formation.

It was none other than Sun Jian, the former governor of Changsha.

This man held his head high, raised his neck, looked towards the city, and said in a hoarse voice: "General, I met an old friend by chance on the road, and I specially give him back to you today."

Hooray!

The white curtain was lifted in public.

Sure enough, the body below was none other than Cai Zhong.

The anger in Cai Mao's heart was burning. He immediately raised his voice, pointed angrily at Sun Jian, opened his mouth and cursed: "You bastard, how dare you kill my third brother, I, Cai Mao, will have to tear you alive."

"Hahaha!"

Sun Jian turned his head to the sky and did not take Cai Mao seriously at all: "Okay, come out if you have the guts. I, the general, will challenge you to a duel and give you a chance to tear Sun apart alive."

"ordinary man!"

The sound is like a bell, and the sound is like thunder.

Sun Jian had a fierce look in his eyes and shouted sternly: "Do you dare to fight to the death with someone?"

Behind him, tens of thousands of troops shouted in unison: "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

Sun Jian held the sword in his hand: "I have been aggrieved for two years, and today I will take your head and sacrifice it to me! Cai Mao, as the governor of Jingxiang, let's have a good fight in front of your soldiers.

, avenge your brother!"

"Old thief! You've gone too far to bully others, I..."

The anger in Cai Mao's heart burned fiercely, and he was about to turn around and go down to the city to fight with Sun Jian, but he was stopped by Zhang Yun, the deputy next to him, who waved his hand:

"Grand Governor, don't be impulsive!"

Zhang Yun stared at Cai Mao with burning eyes: "General Cai died in battle, we are all sad, but Sun Jian's move is obviously because he is afraid that our city defense is strong, so he does not dare to attack by force. If you go to fight, you will be fooled."

Exciting general method!

Cai Mao immediately understood Sun Jian's "sinister intentions", calmed down immediately, and turned to face Sun Jian.

When Sun Jian saw that Cai Mao had no intention of coming down, he felt unhappy in his heart: "What? You're a grass chicken, you don't dare to come down? Didn't you scream fiercely just now? How can you tell me that you've become a turtle now?"

"snort!"

Cai Mao snorted angrily, pointed at Sun Jian's nose and scolded: "Sun Jian, don't think that I don't know what you want. If you have the guts, you can attack the city and challenge the generals. How can I, Cai Mao, be fooled?"

"Hahaha!"

Sun Jian looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "The method of stimulating generals? Cai Mao, you are too big for me. It's just a small Fancheng. I, Sun Jian, still need to rely on the method of stimulating generals? It's just because my hands are itchy and I want to kill you with your head."

"Cut the nonsense!"

Cai Mao shouted sternly: "Attack the city, let me see the power of Fuhuo Thunder."

Sun Jian's lips curved slightly: "Okay, since you sincerely seek death, then I will help you!"

Say it.

He reined in his horse and turned around, returning to the military formation.

Sun Jian raised his horse and made a roar, unsheathed his sword, and gave a sonorous order: "Submit the fire and thunder, attack!"

In an instant, the sword and shield soldiers in the front row slowly came out of the military formation, protecting the soldiers from the demolition team behind them, and moved forward little by little, gradually approaching the gate of Fancheng.

On the top of the city, Cai Mao just stared at the team in front. The opponent's defense was extremely tight and airtight, and there was no chance to take advantage of it.

Therefore, Cai Mao didn't bother to make a sneak attack. He just looked at the military formation and whispered: "I really wonder if our city wall can withstand this fire and thunder?"

Zhang Yun was full of confidence and said sonorously: "Don't worry, Governor. There are four embedded iron parts on the left and right sides of the city gate. They are integrally formed with the city gate and are extremely strong."

"The exterior of the city wall is entirely made of stone bricks, and even the gaps are glued with rice slurry. For such a strong city, I don't believe that some bullshit fire and thunder can explode it."

The civil servants and generals in Jingxiang had only heard of the name of the Thunderbolt, but they had never seen it. They only knew that ordinary city walls could not stop the thunderbolt.

but......

It is absolutely impossible for such a strong city wall in Fancheng to be breached by Fuhuo Thunderbolt.

Although no one has confirmed it, they firmly believe it.

Cai Mao took a deep breath, but after all he couldn't hold it back anymore. With a wave of his hand, he ordered the team to move backwards, commit themselves under the inner parapet, and wait for the next thunderous explosion.

This scene was caught by Sun Jian outside the city. He couldn't help but smile and said softly: "Everyone, have you seen it? This is the Grand Governor of Jingxiang. Our fire-subduing thunder has not been installed yet, so they retreated to the inner wall."

On the side, Huang Gai pinched a strand of beard under his chin: "Although Fancheng has been fortified, it is difficult to strengthen their panic. If they are afraid before fighting, there is no need to be afraid."

"That's right."

Another Zhu Zhi said: "Although they have strengthened the city wall, they cannot overcome the fear in their hearts. Fortunately, this is the case, otherwise they would all be buried with them."

Sun Yi, the young general, frowned: "But father, they have indeed strengthened the city wall. It can be said to be impregnable. Can our fire-subduing thunder really blow it open?"

Sun Jian shook his head and said softly: "I don't know yet, but His Majesty said that as long as the volume is increased to three times the original, it can be exploded."

"The imperial court's Taoist Institute has conducted relevant experiments based on the situation in Fancheng. I think we should believe in the imperial court's ability and the fire-laying thunder developed by the Taoist Institute."

The civil servants and generals in Jingxiang had never seen the Thunderbolt and did not know its power. Similarly, it was the first time for Sun Jian and his group to actually use it, so they had no confidence in their psychology.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the front. The soldiers who installed the Fire Thunder had slowly retreated, and a long lead stretched out from inside.

Chi!

I lit the fuse and headed quickly towards the city gate.

At this moment, all the soldiers under Sun Jian's command held their breaths and widened their eyes, anticipating whether the explosion of fire and thunder would have the effect of breaking mountains and cracking rocks as rumored.

Closer!

A little closer!

Closer!

...

There was only a loud boom, as if the earth was shaking violently, and the city wall of Fancheng was shaking violently. The wall above the city gate collapsed suddenly, rocks penetrated the air, and a mushroom cloud composed of smoke and dust rose up.

"Collapsed!"

"It actually collapsed!"

General Huang Gai stared and raised his hand to point at the gate of Fancheng, his eyes full of surprise.

This was the easiest time he had ever defeated a city since joining the army. He actually managed to open the city gate just by relying on fire and thunder. It was simply unbelievable.

You must know that in previous battle experiences, the reason why the casualties in the fortified battles were huge was precisely because the city walls were relatively strong, and the soldiers could only rely on their bodies to block them, and they had to rely entirely on their lives to find their way out.

And now...

A single thunderbolt can replace tens of thousands of soldiers.

It not only boosted the morale of one's own troops, but also dampened the morale of the enemy's troops. It was truly a magical weapon.

Sun Jian looked even more unbelievable: "Really...really captured the city? Isn't this incredible? No wonder the imperial court can sweep through Guanzhong, Bingzhou, and Qingzhou. There are volts of fire and thunder, but when

Ten Thousand Arms!"

"General, give the order."

Huang Gai on the side was already ready to charge.

"good."

Sun Jian did not dare to hesitate at all. He pointed the Zhongxing Sword at the top of the city angrily and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Brothers, rush in, kill Cai Mao, and occupy Fancheng."

The morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted, and they responded with a sonorous response: "Kill—!"

The next moment, Wuyang's troops and horses were like a tide, heading straight for the gate of Fancheng.

The general at the front was none other than Sun Jian's old subordinate Huang Gai. He was wearing a battle armor, with a string of thunder bombs tied to his waist, and holding a Huanshou sword in his hand, he rushed towards the gate of Fancheng.

Go up.

"kill-!"

The loud shouts of killing rang out.

While charging, Huang Gai drew out the fire-thunder bomb, opened the cover, pulled out the fuse, and when it started to smoke, he threw it into Fan City. There was a loud bang, and then the sound of wailing sounded.

.

"Good guy."

Huang Gai marveled at the power of the Fire-Following Thunder Bomb, and was ecstatic in his heart. He rushed forward with greater vigor. He held the Huanshou Dao in one hand and the Fire-Following Thunder Bomb in the other, charging forward like a brave and fearless warrior.

Under the leadership of Huang Gai, the soldiers under his command rushed forward with roars, as if they had been given blood. Fire, thunder and bullets were like raindrops, constantly hitting Fancheng.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

...

There were explosions one after another, one after another, never stopping.

The smoke was so thick that you couldn't even see the other side's soldiers fighting back.

In fact, the Jingxiang soldiers were stunned at this moment, and they were all stunned with fear. Let alone standing up to fight back, it was a miracle that they could stand firm on the top of the city.

Especially, when a soldier whose leg was blown off appeared next to him, his wailing force, like a domain-type shock skill, shocked the minds of the surrounding companions.

It's just a case of returning the favor, and the deterrent effect is limited.

but......

As the number of injured continued to increase, the psychological defense of Jingxiang soldiers collapsed like the roaring water of the Yellow River, completely out of control.

Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Cai Mao himself couldn't help but feel extremely shaken. He couldn't believe that the city he had just reinforced after working hard all winter was still so vulnerable to the fire and thunder.

What's even more terrible is that the opponent's fire and thunder bombs are like raindrops, and some of them fall in front of them, some of them fall around, and some of them simply fall in the city. The explosion point has already submerged them.

Can't resist!

Totally irresistible!

Cai Mao made a quick decision, and at that moment, the winner was determined.

However, if they were defeated like this, they might not be able to return to Xiangyang by boat, and someone would have to stay to stop them.

Cai Mao glanced at Zhang Yun beside him and said directly: "Zhang Yun, you stay behind and I will lead the army away. I only need to hold on for an hour and start a street fight with them. Do you understand?"

"ah?"

Zhang Yun was completely confused, and his head was buzzing.

With the current morale, let alone blocking Sun Jian, whether it can be cheered up is another matter.

"Ah what!"

Cai Mao's eyes widened and he shouted sternly: "I want you to lead the troops and start a street fight with the thieves in the city. At any cost, you must stop the thieves in the city and buy enough time for the army to retreat."

Zhang Yun's throat rolled, and his mind was shaken: "Grand Governor, I'm afraid... I'm afraid it won't work!"

Cai Mao stared: "You have to do it even if you don't, this is an order!"

At that moment, without waiting for Zhang Yun to agree, Cai Mao hurriedly stood up and shouted at the top of his voice: "Send the order, Zhang Yun will lead his troops and engage in street fighting with the enemy in the city. The rest of the people will follow me and quickly return to Xiangyang by boat."

"Quickly retreat!"

"withdraw-!"

Hula.

All the soldiers got up one after another and followed Cai Mao down to the city quickly. Zhang Yun was left alone in a daze. His mind was filled with thousands of horses galloping, and he kept calling out to Cai Mao's eighteenth generation of ancestors with ten thousand MMP sentences.

But Zhang Yun had no choice at all. His family, relatives, and friends were all in Xiangyang City. If he surrendered to Nanyang, Cai Mao would definitely kill them all based on his temper.

As a last resort.

Zhang Yun could only swallow his anger in his stomach, clenched the Huanshou Sword in his hand, and said hoarsely: "Brothers, behind us is Xiangyang City."

"You and my brothers and sisters, fellow villagers, live there. We must fight to the end, otherwise once the city is defeated, no one will be left alive. For the sake of your loved ones, follow me and stick to Fancheng."

The fighting spirit in the hearts of all the soldiers completely eliminated fear at this moment.

Their eyes regained their determination, they clenched the Huanshou swords and bows and arrows in their hands, and their appearance changed:

"Fight to the end and live or die with Fancheng!"

"Fight to the end and live or die with Fancheng!"

"..."

Zhang Yunmeng waved: "Brothers, follow me."

All the soldiers shouted in unison: "Kill—!"

Zhang Yun led his soldiers and horses into the city. As he ran wildly, he called to the soldiers: "You will form a unit and start a street fight with the thieves. They don't know the terrain of Fancheng. This is our advantage."

All the soldiers immediately responded with a sonorous voice: "Here."

They all looked for their respective corps commanders and followed them into the alleyway, preparing for a decisive battle with Sun Jian's troops and horses.

However, when Huang Gai led his troops into the city, the effectiveness of the fire and thunder bombs was reduced to the minimum, but the Jingxiang soldiers were still no match for them.

After all, Sun Jian had been training as a soldier for two years, and the soldiers under his command were all the best among the best. Moreover, they were eager to perform meritorious service and wanted to earn military merit by killing the enemy so as to be promoted to a higher position and receive better benefits.

It is precisely because of this that when ordinary soldiers encounter enemy soldiers, they rush in one by one as if they have bumped into the walking military merits, and kill them all with swords and axes.

"Haha, there is someone in this alley, come with me."

"Thieves, please leave. I'll give you a knife."

"Chase! Enter the alley."

"Be careful of ambush."

"rest assured!"

"..."

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The golden sound exploded, and the sparks burst out.

In the blink of an eye, Fancheng was filled with the sound of clashing gold and iron.

Although the imperial court already had Fuhuo Leiting, Liu Bian did not relax the training of his soldiers. After all, war is ultimately a battle between people, and the quality of the soldiers is the first priority.

"Why are there still so many offal?"

Zhang Yun personally led some soldiers and horses to ambush Sun Jian's soldiers in the alley.

After killing two or three soldiers, he originally thought he could intimidate his opponent, but he never thought that the opponent's soldiers were dressed as high-ranking officials, so he did not relax and attacked frantically.

Boom!

There was an explosion.

Zhang Yun's eyes widened with fright, and he hurriedly retreated. Then he heard someone shouting from behind: "Don't leave that high official, kill one of him, kill ten soldiers, and let me chase him."

"Fuck!"

Zhang Yun cursed secretly, and the anger in his heart completely boiled.

He was running around with his soldiers and horses, but before he could go out, someone blocked the opening again: "Quick, that high official is here. Follow me and I must kill him."

Boom!

Another explosion sounded.

The soldiers under Sun Jian's command used this to make sure there was no ambush in front, and then rushed forward. The crossbowmen behind them were always on alert, guarding against dangers on both sides.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two arrows whizzed away, and the soldier who jumped out of the window was directly shot by Sun Jian's soldiers. He died on the spot without any movement:

"Follow me, you can't leave that high official!"

"He has entered the alley, keep chasing!"

"Fire and thunder bullet."

Boom!

There was another loud noise.

The two bodies fell directly.

The soldiers behind him rushed over and continued the pursuit:

"The official is in front, let me chase you."

"kill-!"


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