Liu Qi, Chen Chun and other four guards were about to arrive at the county military training school, and they couldn't help but be surprised. At first glance, the entire school grounds was completely white, except for the falling goose feathers of snow and some neatly arranged white piers that looked like tree stumps.
What soldiers are there?
A closer look revealed that it was not the case. It turned out that every soldier was wrapped in white clothes from top to bottom. Even the dozen light bamboo ladders and three war drums used in the siege were wrapped in white cloth. These soldiers stepped on the knee-deep snow.
When I looked carefully, I couldn't find that these white tree stumps were actually armored soldiers.
The soldiers in white uniforms were completely white against the heavy snow. Liu Qi was puzzled as to how he had collected so many white uniforms for the soldiers in a short period of time. If he guessed correctly, Chen Wen must have had the foresight to prepare them in advance.
Liu Qi hurried to the school grounds. When Deng Zhi saw him, he quickly ordered the soldiers to bring over five sets of white clothes and handed them to Liu Qi and Chen Chun, the four guards, to put on respectively.
Chen Wen saw Liu Qi and the four generals running over through the snow and reported: "Sir, excluding General Dai's 30 soldiers guarding the city, 270 soldiers have been assembled. Please give me a lecture."
Liu Qi nodded with satisfaction and walked in front of the soldiers. Although time was urgent, it was necessary for the master to personally supervise the battle and speak a few words to boost morale and vent his hatred to the local tyrants and evil gentry in Echeng. It was also necessary to encourage the soldiers to kill the enemy bravely.
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Anyway, it didn’t waste much time to say a few words. Liu Qi raised his head and chest out, and said in a voice that shook the wind and snow: "Brothers, heroes, in the year of snow disaster, people freeze to death every day, and people starve to death every day. Our military rations can help the people quickly."
We have run out of food, but the local tyrants and bullies in Echeng still refuse to open warehouses to release food. This has cut off the livelihood of the people and the livelihood of our brothers."
"We big and thick men can survive for a few days, but what about the common people who are suffering from hunger and cold? The common people are our food and clothing parents. Can they survive this snowy day? Absolutely not. We brothers are eating military rations, but the local tycoons in Echeng are actually
If you are disrespectful to the government and cut off our military rations, you are pinching our necks and forcing tens of millions of people in the city to death."
"Brothers, people's hearts are made of flesh. We can't watch the wealthy people eating and drinking day and night while the common people starve and freeze. You follow me for no other reason than to make decisions for the common people and to have a leader.
Now the abominable local tyrants in Echeng have cut off the livelihood of the people and our dreams. This is a mortal enemy. There is nothing to say, go to Echeng to take revenge, punish the local tyrants, open the warehouse to release grain, and capture the Goose City.
City, you are the first-class heroes. I, Liu Qi, will never forget you, and neither will the people of Xinye. Brothers, please..."
Liu Qi's eloquence is very good, and he still has the ability to confuse people's hearts in his speeches. If it were not limited to the military emergency, I'm afraid it wouldn't be a problem to talk for an hour in the snow. In order to further exaggerate the atmosphere, Liu Qi shed tears from the corners of his eyes as he spoke.
He shed tears and bowed to the soldiers.
Liu Qi's passionate speech was indeed emotional. In addition, the young master Biejia bowed and saluted the soldiers, which was rare in ancient battlefields. The soldiers were immediately moved to tears and their blood boiled.
What does a bow mean? Liu Qi knew that death was inevitable in the battle at Echeng. There were too many variables in the battle at Echeng. Liu Qi had no idea how many people would come back alive.
Seeing Liu Qi's sincerity, Chen Wen immediately responded to the situation and took the lead in shouting: "Young Master is mighty, a strong army will win." Suddenly, the mighty and victorious shouts in the county government compound shook the whole land of Xinye.
Liu Qi looked at Chen Wen with admiration, and was very grateful to Chen Wen for responding to the situation. There is no doubt that the slogan Chen Wen changed to "A powerful son, a strong army will win" is better than the previous slogan of "A strong army, a strong army, a strong army."
The slogan "Strengthening the Nation's Army" sounds more effective, can better inspire morale, and can increase the cohesion and prestige of the young master Liu Qi.
"Let's go." Liu Qi waved his hand as the crowd was boiling, and stepped forward on the thick snow, followed by the squeaking sound of soldiers stepping on the snow behind him.
Young Master Biejia personally supervised the battle. The morale of the nearly three hundred soldiers under Liu Qi was high. Except for the soldiers carrying bamboo ladders and war drums, the other soldiers were all lightly armored and went into battle. Of course, the newly trained bandit soldiers in the city who had surrendered did not have any spare armor to wear.
, but still protected by slightly thin armor.
The soldiers wearing iron armor or armor have been trained. Although it is a little inconvenient to step on the snow, it is not much different from walking on the ground. Liu Qi led 270 white-clad soldiers on a snowy night, marching more than 20 miles in Chou Shi.
Rush to Goose City.
On a snowy night, the sky is cloudy and the night is dark. Apart from the strange sounds of the snow breaking branches and occasionally overwhelming the thatched houses, it is the whistling of the north wind carrying goose feathers and heavy snow. The sound of the siege soldiers led by Liu Qi is completely drowned out.
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As expected, when Liu Qi led nearly 300 white-clad soldiers to Echeng, there were no soldiers guarding the city gate and no soldiers standing guard at the top of the city. Chen Wen promptly analyzed to Liu Qi the reasons for two reasons. One was that the weather was too cold and the city was closed.
The servant guarding the door may have gone to rest in a place sheltered from the wind and cold. Secondly, the three big tycoons in Echeng are not on good terms with each other.
A city gate area with three things in charge and three things in mind.
Chen Wen, who had visited the site beforehand, knew that the situation at the gate of Echeng City was almost the same as in the past. This meant that the local tycoons in Echeng City were in charge of their own affairs, which in turn caused the defense of Echeng City in and out of the city to be lax and impregnable.
Although the Echeng enclosure is large, there is no moat. There is only a semicircular opening for entering and exiting the city gate. It is not as strong as Xinye City. Since the city gate is tightly closed, it is difficult to force the gate open, and it is more likely to disturb the late night guard.
Liu Qi, the servant of the city, ordered people to set up ladders to climb up the city.
In order to prevent accidents, a ladder must be erected to climb the city to find out the situation. In case a servant chops the ladder appears at the top of the city, Liu Qi ordered the archers to prepare. Chen Wu, relying on his skill and courage, was the first to step on the bamboo ladder.
Climb the city.
"General Wu, it's me." Deng Zhi also rushed to the bamboo ladder and whispered.
"I'll do it." Chen Wu suppressed his voice and didn't dare to shout loudly. He tried to push Deng Zhi away, but saw that Deng Zhi didn't move at all. The two started arguing about who should go first.
Liu Qi secretly marveled that Deng Zhi had such profound martial arts. Chen Wu could not push Deng Zhi away with a single palm. This shows that Deng Zhi is also a person with extraordinary martial arts. He wondered why Deng Zhi didn't do anything when he first met Deng Zhi supporting the old man at the foot of Phoenix Mountain.
Can you tell that Deng Zhi has martial arts skills? Deng Zhi in CCTV's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has the image of a civil servant.
"General Wu, I should go to the city first and surrender to the Young Master for the first time, before I can make any meritorious deeds." Deng Zhi almost begged.
"Don't take credit from me. I am the vanguard. I will be the first to go up in everything." Regardless of Deng Zhi's feelings, Chen Wucai and Deng Zhi grabbed a bamboo ladder each. The two of them competed so hard that the bamboo ladder erected on the tower clanged.
Sound.
"Stop arguing." When Liu Qi saw the bamboo ladder shaking and making noise, he hurried forward to stop it. If a wealthy man on the top of the city tower arranged for his servants to guard the city, wouldn't it be possible that the dispute between the two would disturb the city gate guards and cause serious trouble.
Seeing Liu Qi's displeasure, Deng Zhi generously let go of his hand and said with some regret: "General Wu, please."
Chen Wu hesitated for a moment, and suddenly an idea came to his mind. Deng Zhi was a person that Liu Qi valued, so it was understandable that he was eager to seek merit when he first joined the young master. How could he not get what he wanted? Besides, the danger of being the first to climb the city was unpredictable.
Rolling wood, thunder and stone, and thousands of arrows piercing the heart are all possible. I am afraid that Deng Zhi has the same idea as Chen Wu. Relying on his strong martial arts, he wants to leave the danger to himself.
"General Deng, you'd better ask." Chen Wu felt embarrassed, loosened his grip on the bamboo ladder, and instead started to give way to Deng Zhi.
Liu Qi almost laughed when he saw this scene. This pair of living treasures began to fight for the throne. It was Chen Wu and Deng Zhi who could do it. Who should climb the city first? Liu Qi had an idea.
Seeing that the atmosphere had relaxed, Liu Qi whispered softly: "We are fighting and giving in. Which of the two generals will go first?"
Since they pushed, they had to push to the end. Chen Wu and Deng Zhi still gave way. Seeing that they couldn't stop arguing, Liu Qi laughed and said: "Don't give in. The two generals will use rock paper scissors."
"What? Rock, paper, scissors?" Chen Wu and Deng Zhi said in unison, unable to understand what Liu Qi meant.
Liu Qi reacted when he saw the strange expressions on the two men's faces. How could the soldiers of the Eastern Han Dynasty understand this popular guessing game of later generations?
No, Gao Qiang, before his rebirth, used to use rock-paper-scissors when he was competing for tasks with his comrades in the army. Gao Qiang, a special soldier who has a lot of knowledge in gambling skills, also deliberately looked up a lot of the history of rock-paper-scissors.
According to the information, the game of "rock-paper-scissors" originated in the Han Dynasty of China. How come Chen Wu, Deng Zhi and others of the Eastern Han Dynasty couldn't understand it?
Could it be that the information I checked is wrong, or that rock-paper-scissors was not called rock-paper-scissors in the Eastern Han Dynasty? Or maybe the Han Dynasty is a very vague concept of time. The Eastern Han Dynasty was the Han Dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty was also the Han Dynasty, and the later Han Dynasty was still the Han Dynasty. Maybe rock-paper-scissors will be played a few years later
Bu's guessing method of resolving disputes will become popular, so I asked him to become popular first.
Liu Qi thought it was interesting, but he couldn't waste too much time as he was about to attack the city, so Liu Qi had to explain it briefly and to the point.
"Rock, paper, scissors, it's, it's..." Liu Qi didn't know how to explain it for a moment, and many related words suddenly popped up in his mind. With inspiration, he smiled and said: "It's just scratching. Do you understand?"
"Haha, you still have a way." Chen Wu grinned and shouted to Chen Wen: "Brother Wen, quickly write 'yes' and 'no', whoever catches 'yes' will be the first to climb the city.
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"Of course." Chen Wen felt a little uncomfortable. The battle in the city was about to begin, and the young master Liu Qi was so elegant that he could play with the eunuchs and just say a few words to anyone? Why did he write like this?
Waste of time.
"Brother Wen, there's no need to go to so much trouble. Just take a moment and don't delay things." Liu Qi stopped Chen Wen and seemed to have read Chen Wen's thoughts. He calmly faced Deng Zhi and Chen Wu and explained rock-paper-scissors while making gestures.