But the situation was critical at this time, and Yang Ren couldn't control that much. Knowing that Guan Yinping must have a way, he asked urgently: "Sanjie Guan, do you know how to break this siege tower?"
"It can't be broken, but you can use resin-coated flannel and carry it with arrows, and then attach it to the siege tower. As long as the animal skin on it is baked, the siege tower can be broken."
"Miss Guan, where do you want me to find resin-coated flannel at this time?"
"Then just use flannel."
"Can that burn the hide?"
"It's better than nothing."
Yang Ren slapped his head. He was confused. He hurriedly sent people to collect velvet. Arms and arms of velvet were carried to the tower. Sichuan soldiers put velvet on the rocket, mixed it with the rocket and ignited it. The light velvet was wrapped around the head.
The rockets hit the siege tower, and the rockets fell off, and the velvet adhered to the siege tower due to its stickiness, until it burned out and turned into ashes.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."
Under the cover of the shield soldiers, the Sichuan soldiers fired rockets into the siege tower in rows. Pieces of flannel cloth were placed on the siege tower and burned, burning the moist animal hides on the siege tower. Although it was not ignited yet, it was burning.
Dry slowly.
The biggest effect is that the velvet cloth burns, which effectively prevents the Xiliang soldiers from rushing out of the siege tower. The Xiliang soldiers often bring a ball of fire with them as soon as they come out, and the velvet cloth sticks to their bodies and burns.
Liu Zhang looked at this scene, nodded, and said to Fa Zheng next to him: "Yang Ren's mind is quite flexible."
Fazheng smiled and nodded.
At this moment, Pang De saw that the Xiliang army was blocked from attacking the city, so he climbed up from the siege tower himself. Carrying two pieces of burning flannel, he swung to the city wall and fought with the defenders of the city wall with the fire.
This fierce man in the Three Kingdoms could fight Guan Yu for dozens of rounds. He wielded a long sword like a tiger, and swept it with one blow. Three or four soldiers fell to the ground, and no soldiers around him dared to fight the enemy.
"Brothers, kill Liu Zhang, kill Liu Zhang." Pang De shouted at the Xiliang soldiers who rushed to the city.
Pang De saw that the guards had found a way to restrain the siege tower, and he knew that it would be another hard battle. At this time, there were the most Xiliang soldiers on the city, and there would be fewer as the battle continued.
Now is the best and last chance.
Pound roared loudly, rolled on the ground, extinguished the flames, and at the same time drew his bow and nocked an arrow with the string like the full moon, aiming in the direction where Liu Zhang was standing.
"Lord, be careful." He shouted loudly, jumped in front of Liu Zhang, and shot a sharp arrow. As soon as the two hammers came out, the sharp arrow hit the sledgehammer. A dozen shield soldiers immediately protected Liu Zhang, Fazheng, and others.
Among them, it fits perfectly.
"kill."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
The Xiliang soldiers who were close to Liu Zhang heard Pang De's roar and rushed towards Liu Zhang with shouts. Dozens of Dongzhou soldiers came to meet him.
"Anyone who stands in my way will die." Pound waved his sword and chopped down two Dongzhou soldiers. Suddenly, a veteran appeared in front of him, also holding a long iron sword.
"Looking for death." Huang Zhong roared and slashed at Pang De with a knife. Seeing that the other party was old, Pang De didn't take it seriously at all. He turned his body, thinking that he could avoid Huang Zhong's knife blow, and at the same time handed Huang Zhong his long sword.
Unexpectedly, Huang Zhong changed his move in mid-air and swung the knife across Pang De's neck, about to behead him.
Pang De was startled. Without extending the knife, he slashed at Huang Zhong's handle to prevent the blade from crossing. At the same time, he lowered his head. Huang Zhong slashed with the knife, grazing his scalp and cutting off a bunch of hair that floated into the air.
Huang Zhong's sword didn't stop, and struck Pound's head with one more blow. Pound raised the sword to block, and with a "clang" sound, Pound felt his hands and wrists tremble, and the tiger's mouth shook violently. He couldn't help but let go of the sword, and staggered back.
To roll down the four-foot-high city wall, Pound grabbed the top of the ladder.
"Your Excellency is Changsha Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng." Pang De shouted.
"Now that you know my name, how dare you violate the situation?" Huang Zhong kept slashing at Pound's head with his sword. Pound was horrified. If he let go of the ladder at this time, he would fall down and die or be disabled. If he didn't let go, he would definitely be killed by Huang Zhong.
Split in half.
I only regret that I was careless for a moment, otherwise I wouldn't have been defeated in two moves.
Pang De felt regretful in his heart. Seeing the big sword slashing down, the bright light of the sword flashed in his eyes. Between the lightning and flint, Pang De suddenly glared at the city wall. With a power that he could not imagine at ordinary times, he lifted up the ladder more than three feet high and blocked it.
He climbed up the ladder and rolled to the bottom of the city wall under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of troops.
While in the air, Pang De was hit by an arrow from the Xiliang army from below the city. He hit the ground on his back and the arrow broke in his flesh. Pang De spit out a mouthful of blood and was seriously injured.
"kill."
The Dongzhou soldiers shouted and attacked the besieging Xiliang soldiers. The Dongzhou soldiers were the strongest arm of the Sichuan army. Their infantry combat power was superior to that of the Xiliang soldiers. In addition, the general was seriously injured and fell into the city. The morale of the Xiliang soldiers was greatly reduced and they attacked the city.
All the Xiliang soldiers at the head were cleared.
"kill."
"kill."
"The Sichuan army is invincible, the Sichuan army is invincible."
Pound was seriously injured, and the Xiliang soldiers retreated. The Sichuan army's morale was high, and they repelled the Xiliang soldiers in front of them. They raised their spears and shouted loudly, which shocked Nagano.
"Major General, Pang De is sorry for you. I didn't expect to meet Huang Zhong and was careless..."
The Xiliang soldiers' attack was repelled again. Pound was carried down by the soldiers, passed by Ma Chao, struggled and said to Ma Chao, his tone full of guilt.
Ma Chao dismounted, took a look at Pang De's injury, and said solemnly: "I have seen it all. General Pang is very brave. Don't worry about the siege. Take good care of your injuries."
Ma Chao waved his hand, and the soldiers carried Pound, who was covered in blood, down. Ma Dai came over and said: "Brother, Liu Zhang personally supervises the city, and they also have a supervising team. Even if the Sichuan army is afraid of us, they don't dare to retreat. The defenders on the city are too
If we continue the attack like this, the casualties will be too great."
Ma Chao looked coldly at the head of Yangpingguan City. The defenders at the head of the city were rearming their defenses to welcome the next attack of the Xiliang Army.
Ma Dai was right. Attacking the city in this way would cause too many casualties to the Xiliang army. Even if the Xiliang army was elite in infantry fighting, it was still cavalry. The cavalry would be wasted on attacking the city and wasted resources.
Originally, the Xiliang Army's attack on the city was divided into three steps. The first step was a sneak attack. This was the usual method of the Xiliang Army. With the speed and power of the Xiliang Cavalry, as long as dozens of riders rushed in, they could support it until the army arrived and easily captured it.
Chengguan.
However, due to the massive defeat of the Sichuan Army on the first day, Liu Zhang locked the gate tightly and blocked the way for a sneak attack.
The second step is to intimidate and scold the Xiliang army. With the great reputation of the Xiliang army, just shouting, shouting and riding horses at the city gate can make the defenders heartbroken and almost unable to resist.
However, when it was used on the Sichuan army, it was provoked by Liu Zhang and a group of generals. In the end, they retreated in despair.
If the first two steps have not been successful, the Xiliang army will attack the city. The Xiliang army generally does not use siege equipment, but uses city climbing hooks. The city climbing hooks are quite sufficient on the low walls of Xiliang.
The city-climbing hook was thrown out under cover, and a group of soldiers entered the city and opened the city gate. The Xiliang cavalry swarmed in.
If the city is high and the pool is deep, siege equipment will be used.
But now all four steps have been used up. He paid a heavy price and still failed to capture the city. Ma Chao tightened his iron fist.
"Ma Dai, you are right. The reason why we did not capture Yangping Pass was entirely because of Liu Zhang's supervision of the battle. If Liu Zhang was not on the city wall, the Sichuan Army would have collapsed long ago out of fear of our Xiliang Army. It is really hateful
."
"But on the other hand." Ma Chao paused, glanced at the city head and said, "Liu Zhanggui is the Marquis of Shu, a general, and he is still the emperor's uncle. With such a noble status, it is commendable that he can personally risk the target and go to the city to supervise the battle.
, look at Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Yuan Shu and others. Except for the dead Sun Lang of Jiangdong, who has the courage?
It is not unfair to fight Liu Zhang until this moment, this battle is becoming more and more interesting."
Ma Chao laughed, and Ma Dai said: "Brother, do you want to continue the fight?"
"Nonsense." Ma Chao shouted: "As of today, we have been stranded at Yangping Pass for twelve days. It is not a matter of revenge for the Qiang people, but a matter of Ma Chao's reputation in Xiliang. I have said that for three days, I will not return.
I will take Yangping Pass in two days."
After a day of bloody battles, there were corpses all over Yangpingguan City, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood. The Xiliang Army sent soldiers to clean up the corpses under the city. When they encountered Sichuan Army corpses, they were handed over to the Sichuan Army's hanging baskets and hung up. The Sichuan Army cleaned them up.
The battlefield at the top of the city.
"General Yang, you did a good job." Liu Zhang patted Yang Ren's shoulder, and the fish scale armor made a trembling sound. "If you hadn't come up with the method of using rockets to bring cloth, you could have prevented the Xiliang army from attacking the city from the siege tower.
, I’m afraid the casualties will be even greater, and it seems that the siege tower will be useless soon.”
Yang Ren was very happy when he heard Liu Zhang's previous sentence. He was a demoted general in Hanzhong, and his command and military skills were not outstanding. Not to mention Zhang Ren, Wei Yan, Wu Ban, Deng Zhi, etc. were all better than him. It was not easy to be praised by Liu Zhang.
But when he heard what Liu Zhang said later, Yang Ren became more and more embarrassed. He smiled bitterly and cupped his hands and said: "My lord, that method was not thought up by the general, but by Third Sister Guan."
"Oh?" Liu Zhang was stunned and saw Guan Yinping holding a bowl of rice and leaning against the city wall. While eating, he looked at the gloomy small mountains and rivers in the distance outside the city wall.
"Lord, if you still plan to fight in half a month, the time is coming, but we haven't done many things yet." Fazheng reminded Liu Zhang.
"I understand." Liu Zhang nodded.
The soldiers were changing guard and resting, and the number of soldiers on the city became sparse. Liu Zhang walked to Guan Yinping, supported the city wall with both hands, looked into the distance and said: "This girl is really not an ordinary girl. There are blood stains everywhere, and there is not even a breath of clean air."
, I can still eat."
Guan Yinping glanced sideways at Liu Zhang, put the only piece of braised pork in the bowl into his mouth, chewed it, and smiled: "Didn't I tell you, sir? I come from a military family and I have seen a lot of blood.
"
"Well, I know. Thank you very much, girl, for coming up with a clever idea to help me defeat the enemy today."
"I am fighting for you now. I am your subordinate. This is what I should do."
Liu Zhang smiled, looked at Guan Yinping and asked, "The girl's accent sounds like she's from Hebei?"
"My ancestral home is Hebei, and I live in Guanzhong."
"It is a great misfortune in troubled times."
"Who has ever been truly lucky in these troubled times?" Guan Yinping looked into the distance, breathed out softly, and said softly with a touch of sadness: "Warlords separatist rule, princes fight in confusion, and for their own selfish interests, they often drive millions of soldiers into bloody battles.
On the battlefield, there is blood flowing, mountains of corpses are piled up, and many people have their families broken up and their families scattered."
Guan Yinping said a little sadly, placing his rice bowl on the city wall and inserting his chopsticks in it.
"The girl is really a kind person. She has compassion for the suffering people. In this troubled world where we are too busy to take care of ourselves and everyone is in danger, it is rare to see a girl with such a big heart. However, I am also a warlord. Why does the girl help me fight?"
"You are different from them, although you have killed more people than them. In other states, including Guanzhong, you have a very bad reputation. They say that you are the lord of tigers and wolves throughout the ages. You are tyrannical, cruel and bloodthirsty, have no regard for your people, and are disrespectful.
The ministers are ignorant of Confucius and Mencius, and specialize in killing people. Their cruelty has never been seen in ancient times."
"A harsh government, cruel and bloodthirsty, disrespectful to the people, disrespectful to ministers and workers, ignorant of Confucius and Mencius, specializing in killing people, hahahaha." Liu Zhang laughed.
"But I only look at the facts." Guan Yinping said calmly: "You have killed countless families and are considered a tyrant of the previous generation. However, I wandered from Hebei to Guanzhong with my father. Everywhere I saw, the families oppressed the people and passed on taxes.
, bullying men and dominating women.
The most hateful thing is that they used all means to annex land, forcing the poor to lose their families. Especially when troubled times came, the princes did not dare to offend the family, and they became even more unscrupulous.
I personally saw a rich man in Beihai place a vase at the door of a household. The head of the household came out and kicked the vase to pieces. Then he was charged a high price. The household couldn't get it back, so they were forced to use land to pay for it.
The household regarded the land as their life, and of course they would not agree to it. They said that the vase was deliberately placed at the door by the rich man and was worthless. They fought with the rich man, and as a result, their son was beaten to death. The matter became more and more serious, and it reached Beihai Mansion.
Kong Rong, Prime Minister of Beihai, was a good official and settled the case fairly, but the result was that the vase was indeed very expensive and the rich man's request was reasonable. The land of the people's families was robbed by the officers and soldiers together with the rich man, and the whole family committed suicide.
This is true even in the places governed by the contemporary sage Kong Beihai, a descendant of Confucius, let alone other states and counties.”
Guan Yinping sighed as he spoke, his face very calm, but Liu Zhang knew from Guan Yinping's eyes that she was only calm because it had been so many years, or she had become numb due to being accustomed to strange things. When she saw this scene, she must have
It's sad and angry.
The fact that Guan Yinping knew the whole story and commented on Kong Rong showed that she had close contact with Kong Rong and was involved in this case. Her identity made Liu Zhang even more confused.
Guan Yinping did not notice Liu Zhang's doubts about him and continued: "From Hebei to Qingzhou, from Qingzhou to Yongliang, even in Yanzhou where Cao Cao suppressed the clans, and in Xuzhou under Tao Qianren, the land annexed by the clans reached an astonishing level.
degree.
Countless rich peasants became poor peasants, and poor peasants became tenants and long-term laborers. These people without property also became the source of soldiers for princes and servants of noble families.
Do you know what kind of unfairness this is?" Guan Yinping looked into the distance with mist in his eyes: "Farmer tenants paid taxes for wealthy families, including the rent taxes of the family and the taxes of the princes, ten tons of rice,
Only one load can be left.
They live a rumpled life, unable to eat even one meal of food given to dogs by wealthy families in a year. They have no way to appeal for their grievances.
There are many good women who sell their children to make porridge, and many old people do not want to drag down the young people.
Those who gave birth to sons became the servants of the noble families and the soldiers of the princes. The sons of the noble families took their servants and became the generals of the princes. The princes commanded the armies composed of poor people to shed blood on the city walls and expand the territory. When the soldiers died, their bodies were confiscated and the roads were abandoned.
, all they asked for was to have enough to eat in the army and to pray on straw every night that they would be alive tomorrow.
And the aristocratic families will always continue their annexation.
The poor people gave birth to daughters, and the prettier ones became the house fillers of the wealthy families, while the less beautiful ones became property rewards from them. There were no wealthy families with three wives and four concubines. The poor people could only hope that after serving as soldiers and doing meritorious service, they could earn some money and marry a wife.
, if you are unlucky, you will die on the battlefield, leaving nothing behind.
The people are suffering, and the most frightening thing is that they have no way out. They have sacrificed everything, but the chances of getting ahead are completely unequal to those of the descendants of the family. Do you think this is fair?"
Guan Yinping looked at Liu Zhang with crystal clear eyes. It could be seen that these words had been buried in Guan Yinping's heart for a long time.
"Since ancient times, there has never been fairness." Liu Zhang said. At this time, Liu Zhang seemed to have forgotten the purpose of coming to talk to Guan Yinping.
"But it can't be so unfair, right? The entire lower class has become the slaves of the family. They have to work a hundred times harder than the children of the family and obey the rules of the family before they can achieve the status that the children of the family can easily obtain. At the same time, they
How can it be possible in this world to be laughed at?"
The autumn wind blew gently across her cheeks, blowing the beauty's hair. Guan Yinping looked sad and angry. Liu Zhang looked at Guan Yinping's face so close and could completely feel the pain and helplessness in her heart.
In fact, in this era, how many people feel the same pain and helplessness.
At this moment, Liu Zhang was completely sure that Guan Yinping was kind. Even if her identity was a mystery, she would not have any ulterior motives. If he had guessed wrong, then he would admit it.
"So, your Excellency killed those noble families and killed many people. I heard that the river was filled with blood. I did not think that Your Excellency was cruel because of this, because when I traveled from Hebei to Qingxuyang, Yanyu, and then to Yongliang in Guanzhong, countless times,
I have had these thoughts too, even if people around me think adults are cruel, I won’t."
"What I see is just what you have done. As a member of the royal family, you are the commander of the two states of Jingyi. If you want to win over the clans, it will be easy for you as the emperor's uncle. With the support of the clans, and with the financial and material resources of the two states of Jingyi, you can win over the two states."
The Sichuan army was so brave that no one in the world could rival the emperor's uncle.
But the emperor's uncle did not do this, which means that the emperor's uncle did not kill the family for himself, not for personal gain, and not for hegemony in the world. On the other hand, looking at the emperor's four civil service examinations and the land order, I already know that the emperor's uncle did it for the people and to compare the number of families.
There are far more common people at the bottom. Based on this alone, all the princes in the world should feel ashamed in front of the emperor's uncle.
I heard that the emperor's uncle is suffering from a hidden disease, and working for days will make his condition worse. But this time, in Yangping Pass, the emperor's uncle worked hard every day on government affairs with almost no rest. I saw it all in my eyes. A cruel tiger and wolf lord, is it right?
will do so.
The people know who is good to him. Even in Guanzhong, I have heard the people's voice of the emperor's uncle. In the eyes of the people, the image of the emperor's uncle is completely different from that in the eyes of the world. Now, I have confirmed what the people said, so
, I am willing to fight for my uncle."
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