ps: #tyrantliuzhang# Thanks to Lonely Moon for the reward. The fourth update, 16,000 words.
"My wife, Wang Shuang, has met the Marquis of Shu." Wang Shuang took a step forward and bowed. Liu Zhang felt a strong aura coming towards him even from a distance away.
"What a general, such a hero, a vanguard general given by God." Liu Zhang praised him and said to Wang Xu and his party: "I am allowed to surrender. You will be organized into a centurion, and Wang Shuang will be the centurion. If there are any vacancies, they will be recruited by themselves during the battle.
Wang Xu is accompanying the Chinese army."
"yes."
At this time, Wang Shuang untied the black package from the war horse. Hu Che'er looked at it and said with envy: "What a group of horses."
Wang Xu smiled and said: "This is a good horse from Dayuan in the Western Region. It can travel thousands of miles a day. My brother snatched it from a group of horse bandits who invaded the village in the past. Along with it, they also snatched a sixty-jin sword and a two-stone iron-tied bow."
, Not to mention anything else, my brother still has some courage, and he will certainly be able to contribute his small amount to the great cause of the Lord of Shu."
Lu Ma, who was riding very powerfully on the side, dismissed it. But Wang Shuang took out a big knife. The big knife was glowing with green and black light. It could kill countless people at a glance. It was very heavy, but Wang Shuang felt like holding a fan.
Wang Shuang opened the remaining packages and found a large iron-tied bow, three meteor hammers, and a sword, all hung on his body. He jumped onto the tall war horse with the sword in hand, as if he was not carrying any weight.
When the generals heard Wang Xu say that the sword weighed sixty kilograms, they were all dumbfounded. They thought it was so powerful that they could easily do it. However, with such power, Huang Zhong was the only one who could do it. They couldn't help but admire it.
Liu Zhang nodded, and Wang Shuang was indeed as recorded, wielding a sixty-pound sword, and riding a thousand-mile levy and a Wanma (the original text of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms recorded this, the traitor did not understand what Wanma meant by a thousand-mile levy, and understood it as a fine Dawanma).
), with a two-stone iron bow and three meteor hammers hidden in it, it is sure to hit the target every time, and it has the courage of thousands of men.
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Tianshui Jicheng.
The residence of County Magistrate Jiang Xu.
Jiang Ji, who was engaged in the business, came in from outside with a young man behind him.
"Brother, why are you here? Isn't your wife pregnant? She's not watching at home, either?" Jiang Xu said to Jiang Ji with a smile. Jiang's surname is a common surname in Jicheng. He has Qiang ancestry, but he has long been Chineseized. Jiang Xu and Jiang Ji have the same ancestry.
Same race.
"This Xiliang army has made Tianshui a mess. How can I be in the mood to stay at home? Besides, I am here to inform you of important military information."
Tianshui is nominally Cao Cao's territory, but Cao Cao does not have a single soldier here. The entire northwest of Yongzhou is where the Yongliang warlords gallop, and all local officials are either supported by warlords or are children of local wealthy families. Jicheng is no exception.
The Jiang family is the most common surname in Jicheng. The entire Jicheng family belongs to the Jiang family, and more than half of the officials in Jicheng are Jiang.
Jiang Xu owns the city of Hebei and belongs to a wealthy family. The children of the family guard the city and the warlords generally do not provoke them. Jiang Xu and the Xiliang warlords are in separate systems, and the Jiang family hates the Xiliang warlords deeply.
To put it bluntly, the Xiliang warlords are a group of bandits recognized by the imperial court. There are also wealthy families in Xiliang. Han Sui and Ma Teng are both from aristocratic families. Although Ma Teng's family has fallen into decline, the Ma family still has a good reputation.
But these aristocratic families are different from the Jiang family and other aristocratic families. Due to the bitter cold and hard life in Xiliang, the Ma family and other aristocratic families have all come down from the bloody storm. They don't care about land or property, only their strength. If you have strength,
Just surrender. If you don't have the strength, just rob or destroy.
As a result, the Xiliang warlords went to war, and the city of Hebei could not live in peace. In order to deal with the Xiliang army, the Jiang family had to recruit brave soldiers and spend a lot of money to build ordnance. The family could not develop for many years. In the Jiang family's heart, these horse bandits from Xiliang,
They should be exterminated to death.
This time the Xiliang army met in Tianshui, and Tianshui suffered a great disaster. The surrounding counties were plundered, and it also affected the surrounding Longxi and other counties. The cavalry of the Xiliang army could be seen passing by on the field ridges and on the village paths everywhere.
, the Jiang family’s property outside the city has been trampled on to an unknown extent.
When Jiang Xu heard Jiang Jiong complaining about the Xiliang Army, he felt extremely resentful. He twisted his expression and asked, "What important military information is there? Could it be that the Sichuan Army and the Xiliang Army are fighting for victory?"
In the Jiang family's view, the Xiliang Army and the Sichuan Army were two violent bandit armies, and the Sichuan Army was more violent than the Xiliang Army.
"How could it be so fast?" Jiang Ji winked at the young man.
The young man stepped forward and saluted Jiang Xu, "Little Liu Shan, pay your respects to the county magistrate."
"What military intelligence report do you have?"
Liu Shan said with a flattering smile: "When I was passing through Beiyuan Road, I found the cavalry of Sichuan Army General Zhang Ren and said they wanted to attack Tianshui."
"What?" Jiang Xu was shocked and asked urgently: "Is this true?"
Jiang Xu carefully confirmed with Liu Shan, and Liu Shan told him in detail what he saw and heard on Beiyuan Road. Jiang Xu clapped his hands and said in horror: "Oh my God, Tianshui is the transfer point for food and grass for Xiliang's 200,000-strong army. If it is captured by the Sichuan army,
It only takes half a month for the Xiliang army to collapse. Liu Zhang is really ruthless, are Ma Teng and Han Sui just a bunch of idiots?"
"No." Jiang Xu shook his head and said: "Although there are five thousand defenders in Tianshui, those bandits only know how to plunder, who will defend the city? Zhang Ren is the first general of the Sichuan Army, and he has commanded the troops well. When the Sichuan Army arrives, Tianshui
It will definitely fall, and we must tell the Xiliang army about this as soon as possible."
Jiang Ji was puzzled and said: "Sir, the Sichuan barbarians and the Xiliang horse bandits are fighting each other. What are we involved in? Let them bite each other."
"Oh, my brother." Jiang Xu said to Jiang Ji: "Brother, you still don't know who the Sichuan barbarians are, do you? Six or seven massacres, the Jingyi clan was almost wiped out. If we get to Tianshui, unless we
Just like those traveling merchants, they sell goods cheaply and seek immoral gains, otherwise they will be punished by their clan.
Compared with the Sichuan Army, the Xiliang Army can only grab some property, and the Xiliang Army is in chaos, so it is not a big threat to us. If the Sichuan Army, Liu Zhang sticks to his word, and his advisers and generals gather together, it is estimated that several thousand Sichuan Army can defeat Hebei.
The city was captured."
When Jiang Ji heard this, he became solemn. Jiang Ji said: "Beiyuan Road is less than a hundred miles away from Jicheng. Even if the road is dangerous, it will not take more than two days. The Sichuan army can reach Tianshui City. Will the Xiliang army come back in time?"
"Of course it's too late, but I don't believe that if we were prepared, the five thousand Xiliang army wouldn't be able to defend it for several days... But it's not certain that those horse bandits will throw thunder stones and rolling logs?" Jiang Xubixi
Liang Jun is still anxious.
Jiang Xu immediately sent someone to notify the Tianshui garrison to guard against a sneak attack by the Sichuan army two days later. However, that night, Tianshui was attacked by a large number of infantrymen. Fortunately, Tianshui was reminded by Jiang Xu and did not attack the city easily.
Jiang Xu was shocked when he heard the news, and finally understood that more than one group of Sichuan troops had sneaked in from Beiyuan Road, and perhaps a large number of Sichuan troops were coming one after another. The Jiang family was extremely anxious, and Jiang Ji said: "Sir, should we send private soldiers to assist Tianshui?"
"After assisting Tianshui, what will happen to our Hebei city? If the Sichuan barbarians break through, your parents, wives and children will all be here. Moreover, what can we do with these private soldiers in front of the Sichuan army that is not afraid of death?"
Jiang Xu nervously thought about countermeasures, and suddenly realized: "It's too late for the Xiliang army to come back for reinforcements. Aren't Ma Teng and Han Sui friendly with the Xianling Qiang? Our Jiang family also has some friendship with the Xianling Qiang leader, and now the one closest to Tianshui
It’s the Xianling Qiang cavalry that besieged the Qingyi Qiang. They will be able to rush to their aid within a day.”
Jiang Xu and Jiang Ji jointly signed the name of the general of Xiliang in Tianshui, and asked Xianling Qiang for help at starry night.
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Western Qiang Southern Vein. Xiao Furong and a group of barbarian generals are worrying about whether to go down the mountain and take another detour.
"Hey, look at that bamboo forest." Bao'er suddenly exclaimed.
Everyone looked over and saw a small piece of flat land a few feet below the top of the mountain. There was a cage of cold bamboo on the flat ground.
"What do you mean?" Xiao Furong asked. Bao'er told Xiao Furong his idea. Xiao Furong was surprised: "Is this okay?"
"Let's give it a try."
Xiao Furong hesitated, nodded, and ordered: "Gather all the strings together. Send soldiers down to cut down the bamboo."
Bao'er's plan is very simple, just use bamboo to make a bamboo bridge - fly across the cliff.
The soldiers were busy fixing the bamboo with thin ropes to make a bamboo bridge. The cliff was ten feet wide and tens of meters away. The bamboo poles that could be cut down to make the bridge were only three feet long. It was impossible to cross a bamboo bridge under any circumstances.
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We can only use a few overlapping bamboo bridges, but many bamboo bridges are connected together. Each one is three feet long, which is enough in total. We also have to consider the load-bearing capacity of the head and tail. The wind at this cliff mouth is so strong that the load-bearing capacity is not good. Two bamboo bridges are
The bridge will break immediately.
To get over, two points must be overcome. The first is to make a bamboo bridge with sufficient carrying capacity, and the second is to be able to reach the other side.
No matter what, this is a difficult task to complete. The soldiers braved the cold wind and falling snow to build a bamboo bridge, connected each other end to end, and fixed it with ropes. Finally, they made a bamboo bridge more than ten feet long.
The joints are connected with ropes and reinforced with wooden stakes.
The public part connecting the bamboo bridge is a foot long. Xiao Furong, Shamoke and others tried it. The bridge did not deform, and there was very little creaking. It showed that it was very solid, but Xiao Furong and Shamoke were still not sure.
It must be able to bear it.
A group of soldiers worked together to push out the bamboo bridge. When it was suspended twenty meters in the air, the bamboo bridge had already made a "click" and "click" sound. Xiao Furong, Bao'er, Samoko and other generals looked at the soldiers nervously
Send the bamboo bridge away.
If there was a sudden break, the Wuxi barbarian army would have no choice but to take a detour.
After carefully pushing it out for another ten meters, the front end of the bamboo bridge was about to touch the other side. At this time, the bamboo bridge had reached 30 meters in the air and was shaking in the fierce cold wind. Dozens of soldiers worked together to barely fix the bamboo bridge.
Due to the deflection, it is impossible to send the bamboo bridge across, but instead it rests four or five meters below the cliff on the opposite side.
The bamboo bridge swayed in the air, and the friction between the joints made a louder sound, which affected the hearts of the barbarian army.
Bao'er looked at Xiao Furong and said: "Sister, there are only two ways now. One is to go along the bamboo bridge alone and try to use a hook rope to get to the other side and pull the bridge up. However, this is extremely dangerous."
Shamoko said loudly: "I will go, I am strong."
"Are you going to die?" Xiao Furong glanced at Shamoko and said in a deep voice: "This is not a danger, it is simply going to die. The wind on this cliff is so strong that it can blow people away, let alone along the swaying cliff.
Go up the bamboo bridge to the other side and tell me the next solution."
"We need a fulcrum to pry up the bamboo bridge." Bao'er said.
"But there's nothing here except the frozen ground, how do you pry?" Huahai'er said.
"Employ people." Xiao Furong said in a deep voice.
A barbarian soldier got in through the gap between the bamboo bridge and the ground. The barbarian soldier immediately pushed down the bamboo bridge and propped it up a little, making the gap even wider.
The soldiers needed to use great force to fix the bamboo bridge in order to prevent it from being blown away by the strong wind. However, the barbarian soldier only felt that his back was being pressed by a huge force, and his back was burning, as if his bones had been shattered.
Another soldier got in, and the bamboo bridge was pressed down. The barbarian soldiers were supporting themselves in pain, their faces were distorted, and the bamboo bridge was tilted up a little.
The barbarian soldiers entered one after another. On the seventeenth day, the bamboo bridge was finally pried up and put on the other side. The bamboo bridge was placed on the ground. The barbarian soldiers below climbed out. They only felt that their torsos were misaligned, especially the bottom one.
Completely paralyzed.
Xiao Furong frowned.
"Now we need one person to go over and secure the opposite bridge to the shore. We also need to bring the white-barred guns in series over to make guardrails for the soldiers behind." Bao'er said.
"I'll go."
Shamoke took a step forward, Xiao Furong did not stop him, but watched nervously as Shamoke walked onto the bamboo bridge.
"Get down." Xiao Furong shouted loudly.
Samoko, who was swaying on the bamboo bridge, did not expect the strong wind to be so strong. His two hundred kilogram body was almost blown away like a leaf. He hurriedly lay down on the bamboo bridge, holding one end of the white pole gun connected in series, and moved cautiously.
Crawling forward, dozens of soldiers behind tried to hold down the bamboo bridge to prevent it from shaking.
Shamoko was lying on the bamboo bridge, as if he was in the clouds. All he could see was the bottomless cliff. He felt dizzy and the cold wind was biting. He clung to the bamboo bridge tightly, veins on the back of his hands popped out, and his eyes
Clench your teeth tightly and try to maintain your body's balance.
The bamboo bridge is made up of more than a dozen bamboos spliced side by side. It is about the same width as an ordinary country road, but being on top of a cliff is a different feeling.
Especially when Samoko walked to the center of the bamboo bridge, the cold wind of the mountain stream blew, and it became increasingly difficult for the body to maintain balance without touching the ground. It was like walking a tightrope, and it was walking a tightrope on a cliff of ten thousand feet. Samoko's nerves were tense and almost...
My legs feel sore and weak every time, as if I am losing strength.
Xiao Furong, together with all the barbarian soldiers, watched nervously as Samoko moved towards the bridge. The heartbeats of all the soldiers trembled with Samoko's movement.
I don’t know how long it took, it seemed like centuries. Samoko, who closed his eyes, finally felt that he touched the soil. When he opened his eyes, the cold wind blew into his eyes. With his eyes closed, he finally saw the solid bamboo bridge in front of him.
of land.
Shamoko moved his body and finally reached the other side. The barbarian army on the other side breathed a sigh of relief, and their tense nerves were slightly relieved.
Samoko used a rope to fix the bamboo bridge in a bush. The rope was wrapped around the roots of the bush. The soldiers on the other side let go. The bamboo bridge was not blown away by the mountain wind. The bamboo bridge was finally fixed on the cliff. The soldiers' faces
His face showed joy.
Shamoko wrapped the white spear around again, fixed it on both sides, and made a "good" gesture to the other side. Although the distance was only thirty meters, it was difficult to hear the shout from the other side.