Chapter 1246: A group of soldiers outside Pingyang City
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Windward Exhibition.
Fei Qian looked up, and felt a lot in his heart.
What are the Scholars?
If we use the tree as a metaphor, then the crown of the tree exposed by the scholars is its reputation, and what is buried under the soil is the foundation, and those intertwined branches, deep-rooted, and interconnected with each other are the most important things for a scholar to settle down.
Now, under the big tree of Feiqian, there are also some vines and shrubs attached to it......
In the vicinity of Feiqian, the closest ones are naturally the soldiers who have been following since the north, and after many battles, they are more or less the elite of the tigers, and a whirlwind has blown in the entire north pass!
This whirlwind, the entire north and the whole number of rolls up, roaring down, annihilating the white waves, defeating Xianbei, the entire north of the land is now basically in the hands, even the current Guanzhong snakes, regardless of the reputation, under the influence of this Zheng rebellion, in order to avoid the disaster of the pond fish, was implicated, but also busy running to Fei Qian in front of the flattery, have expressed their willingness to be in the west of the three colors of the flag.
In the eyes of these people, at least at this stage, there is really no army in Guanzhong that can fight as well as General Zhengxi's belonging, and no one can stop General Zhengxi's horseshoe, in this case, why not bet on it? Especially after repelling Yang Biao's soldiers and horses several times, it made these Guanxi clans more or less cold to Yang Biao, a family of crown families that was almost invincible in the world, and was trampled under the horse's hooves again and again, and no one would inevitably have some muttering in their hearts.
In fact, after Zhengxi replaced the Chong clan and entered the Guanzhong, Fei Qian's military might had already shocked the warriors in these Guanzhong, but at that time, how many of these guys still had some self-respecting identity, of course, if the general of Zhengxi Fei Qian begged for them, they would also be half pushed and half obeyed, after all, they were still on their own land......
But no one thought that Fei Qian, who had just settled in Guanzhong, went straight south like lightning, and crossed the moat like flat ground, and before the scholars in these places did not react, they directly took Hanzhong!
It's really frightening, but I didn't expect that the more terrifying thing is behind......
Zheng rebellion, although many Guan Sergeant clan Haoyou did not participate, but they were actually holding their arms to watch the play, ready to join in at the last critical moment, but they never thought that General Zhengxi would just put a pretense, as if he had prepared a net bag at the beginning, ready to catch fish!
The Zheng clan, the Pang clan, and a few more deeply involved Shi clan Haoyou, almost overnight, became a white land, no, a red land, it was indeed frightened that the guys of the Guan Sergeant Clan were stunned, and then the next thing was naturally to act quickly......
It turned out that it was only left on the verbal surface, and now I hurry up and take some affordable ones out. It turned out that it was just a reluctant Chen Gu and inferior horses, but this time they were silently replaced with new grain and healthy horses, and only brought more and not less to the door.
As for whether there is any dissatisfaction?
What are you kidding, if they themselves are in the position of conquering the west and encounter a rebellion from their subordinates, they will probably be ten times heavier than the expedition to the west!
In fact, even if the Zheng family succeeds, the Zheng family will not be able to directly ascend to the throne, because the following grams have always been tolerated by the family family. That's why Zheng looked for Yang Biao, but it's a pity that both Zheng and Yang Biao seem to be inferior to Fei Qian, the general of Zhengxi, in terms of strength and means.
This River Lofe clan, is this generation going to raise its head after all?
Therefore, when Fei Qian led the troops and horses to the north, after several battles, the number of war horses not only did not decrease much, but slightly more, if those injured horses recovered again, the number of cavalry will definitely increase a little more. After all, although Guanzhong was tossed a little broken, but that was for ordinary people, even if it was a stupid Guan Sergeant clan Haoyou, under the continuous exploitation of several generations or even more than ten generations, where would there be no accumulation of some heritage?
Compared with other places, these places in Longyou, Guanzhong, were originally the horse breeding grounds of the Han Dynasty, and these places were strong, even if they just sat on a dock fort, they could come up with dozens of good horses, so they knew that they were fighting in the west on this day, and the war horses had lost a lot, and they needed to be supplemented, so they made it up to fifteen and twenty, which can be regarded as a little bit of their intention for the two sides to reach a reconciliation on the matter of the Zheng family......
Fei Qian actually didn't think about killing all the nobles in Guanzhong at the beginning, just like punishing the officials, grasping the big and letting go of the small, and there is no fish when the water is clear.
If you want to change, you must start to change from the top, the upper level has no determination to change, no matter how much else is empty talk, the Chinese people are accustomed to the top-down management model, Feiqian wants to change the so-called conventions and rules formed in three or four hundred years, and naturally needs to grasp the authority at the top.
And above this authority, there are two hands that hold it.
One hand represents Shandong, surnamed Yuan.
The other hand represents Shanxi, surnamed Yang.
Because the Shanxi scholars have been seriously suppressed for so many years, even the Yang family has always had the same right to speak in the Han Dynasty as the Yuan family, and now, the second Yuan is competing for the right to speak in Shandong, but the Yang family is becoming more and more declining, declining to the point that Yang Biao has no one to use, and he actually uses such a dull general as the commander.
Surrounded by Momoyama, what do you want to do?
Fei Qian originally built the Shoushan School Palace, one is to train its own clerks and officials, the second is to promote the process of sinicization of the Hu people, and the third is to win over the Shanxi scholars, after all, the current style of study is at its peak in Shandong, and Yang Biao's subordinates are all in Shandong, and Yang Biao's subordinates surrounded the school palace without saying a word, so they are not afraid of chilling the hearts of the Shanxi scholars?
Of course, it may be that Yang's move is to cut off the foundation of Feiqian's development and growth, but even so, it doesn't make sense, it's like raising an axe to cut down a tree, but cutting it on his own feet......
Although Yang Biao has gradually become no different from the Shandong scholars, even in the court, he rarely says a word or two for the Shanxi scholars, many people seem to have forgotten that the Yang family actually represented the Shanxi scholars at the beginning, and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty promoted Yang Biao to balance the power of the Yuan family, but the effect was not good.
Fei Xian pondered for a while on the back of his horse, and still couldn't understand how Yang Biao could make such a decision......
But no matter what, this Shoushan Academy, since he has built it by Fei Qian, it is impossible to let it be damaged and destroyed!
What's more, although Xun Chen's report did not say what the situation of the school palace was, Fei Qian still had a bad premonition......
"Yang family, ......" Fei Qian looked up at the tricolor battle flag, muttered a sentence, and immediately ordered, "Order, let Zilong Ziyi speed up again, be sure to rush to Pingyang before tonight!" ”
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Although it is said that people have their own way of living, some people are born with a pair of green eyes, and they have to beep a few words when they see anyone, but they don't know that stupid people will think that the world is stupid, and they can't wait to shake the water in their buckets out of the sound immediately, and smart people are often silent, observing the flaws, but basically don't say it, and only take it out and use it when needed.
Smart people are smart in their own way, but stupid people are always stupid in one place, just take the Buddhist language, it is nothing more than greed and hatred, not that they don't understand, but they can't see through it, or they don't want to see through it.
Is Biqiu Xing a stupid person?
It's not complete, at least Biqiu Xing still has some ideas in his heart, and he doesn't have a short calculation. In fact, he may not know that his actions last night were somewhat wrong, but can he admit it, can he admit it?
Because his surname is Biqiu, not Yang.
Biqiuxing's original plan for besieging the city had already turned to ashes with the curling black smoke rising from the rear camp......
The change in the hot and cold weapons of human warfare is an earth-shaking change, not only eliminating the increasingly heavy iron armor, but also allowing the soldiers to carry more grain and grass and last longer for a longer combat time. For the Han Dynasty, which was still in the period of cold weapons, grain and grass were almost equal to the combat effectiveness of an army.
Biqiu Xing was unwilling to admit that he had made a mistake, so he had to find a way to break the situation before the army was demoralized, so directly attacking the city became his only choice.
In fact, at this moment, Biqiuxing still hasn't been able to figure out how such a thick camp wall was breached? Obviously, the cavalry who attacked the rear camp in the west was also cavalry, and there were no heavy wall-breaking equipment, how could they break through the camp and easily attack the camp?
Although after dawn, Biqiuxing gathered the remnants of the rear camp to ask, but did not ask a reason, just said that there was a fire in the camp, and then it was chaotic, and then the cavalry of Zhengxi rushed into the camp, and how the specific process happened, there is still no accurate statement......
Could it be that these guys in the back camp opened the door on their own?
Biqiu Xing had an idea in his heart that he felt was a little ridiculous, and immediately denied it, who would kill himself in the face of the great enemy?
Of course, at this moment, Biqiu Xing couldn't remember whether his previous response was considered a mess, anyway, mediocre people naturally look at everyone as stupid, just like a chicken chirping forever but no one pays attention to it, and the tiger roars and the mountains and forests are shocked.
To deal with the city, it is natural to have ceremonial equipment, such as catapults and the like. Although it was famous because of the battle of Guandu, it does not mean that it is difficult to find traces before Guandu, and the Yang family let Biqiuxing attack Pingyang this time, so he also brought some killer weapons, and this time he took them all out and displayed them under Pingyang City.
After all, it is a big family that has been around for hundreds of years, how can there be no things at the bottom of the box?
It's just that these utensils are not easy to make, firstly, there are not many craftsmen who know how to make, and secondly, these are not better than tables, chairs and benches, and they can still be used if they are three or five centimeters worse, if there is a slight deviation, the center of gravity is unstable, and they will hurt themselves without waiting to hurt others, so the speed of the project is not fast, and now it has made six catapults, five cloud towers, and eight rushing cars.
There is another half of the number in Luoyang, which is quite precious, and Yang Biao can give Biqiu Xing these equipment, which can be regarded as extremely high expectations......
Rushing the car is usual, but the cloud building and the catapult are not, of course, this is also the last hole card of Biqiu Xing, before in order to keep secrets, even the craftsmen who accompanied the army were carried in the Chinese army, seeing that the current situation collapsed, it was not much, so it was thrown on the table.
As for the reason why these siege equipment did not shine in the Han Dynasty, it is actually very simple, because the pre-Qin was defeated too quickly, and the main enemy of the Han Dynasty was still Hu Yi.
In addition, defending the city is never a dead defense, such a bulky attack is too close to the city or camp, and the opponent's counterattack is easy to be destroyed and burned out. It was not until the rising Mongol expedition to the west that the technology of Huihui artillery was introduced, and these stone cannons really became a siege weapon.
And now, Biqiu Xing has put these catapults and cloud towers into use regardless of it, and the most fundamental reason is that he hopes to reinvigorate the morale with these siege equipment, and with the assistance of these siege equipment, he will conquer Pingyang City as soon as possible!
Biqiu Xing's catapult is not far away, and the trench hastily dug out of the second ring road of Pingyang City is almost 200 steps, next to each catapult, in addition to the full-time guards of 100 people, there are also nearly 200 auxiliary soldiers and people, who are busy operating, working together to carry the stones onto the catapult, and then pulling the rope hard, and finally watching the stones of different sizes thrown high and smashed towards the city wall of Pingyang.
Every time a stone is thrown, it attracts a burst of cheers from the soldiers in the Biqiu Xing army array, after all, in this era, such a device is already very rare and valuable. The morale of Biqiuxing's soldiers seems to have gradually risen with the projectile of stone bullets......
Biqiu Xing almost poured out of the nest this time, and all the soldiers were displayed in front, not for anything else, just to let everyone see clearly, what happened last night and this morning was just an accident, not that he Biqiu Xing couldn't fight, not to mention that Xun Chen retracted back when he got cheap, which made Biqiu Xing confirm the conjecture in his heart, even if the Western Cavalry was successful, but after all, he didn't dare to fight him head-on!
Fight for consumption, he can afford it!
Anyway, the back camp has been damaged, and most of the baggage is also damaged, and it doesn't make much sense to send people to guard the camp, so it's better to pull it out and take the whole credit!
Of course, in Biqiu Xing's heart, there is still a little consideration that cannot be announced in front of people, the grain and grass are burned, although there is a part of the camps, but it will not be much, if the siege of the city consumes some population, it also happens to save some rations......
Under the urging of the soldiers, some of the people who were collected from the east of the Hongnong River lined up to transport soil and stones to the front; Others, in the sound of orders, filled the stones like slings, and threw them at the head of the city one by one; The other is responsible for pushing the cloud tower, approaching Pingyang City step by step......
On the battlefield, the arrows and stones are flying, shouting and killing like thunder, the soldiers of Biqiu Xing, forgetting their lives and forgetting to die, continue to pounce on the head of Pingyang City, in the area where the catapults focus on the care, the large and small on the city wall are smashed out of the gaps and pits, the feather arrows shot by the archers on both sides are staggered in the sky, with the unfolding of the attack, the corpses are quickly piled up under the city, the fierceness of the battle, the thick of the war clouds, even the sunset seems to be shaken by this bloody battle and can't wait to fall quickly, so as to avoid this murderous aura that rushes to the sky!
"Push the stone cannon closer!"
Biqiu Xing ordered with a frown.
After all, the catapult did not have the right head, and the throwing was not high enough, many stones did not fall on the city, but smashed on the city wall, although the city wall was also smashed out of a big pit, but it is impossible to knock down the city wall like this, not to mention that the stones smashed on the city wall rebounded back, and also caused a lot of trouble to the soldiers of Biqiuxing, and some unlucky ghosts were inexplicably stoned to death by their own stone bullets......
"Quick! Fast! Keep attacking, cowardly slash! ”
Biqiu Xing kept urging his soldiers forward, he was not afraid of casualties, and even vaguely hoped that there would be more casualties, anyway, as long as he dragged down the defenders of Pingyang before he collapsed......