More than 10,000 barbarian troops were killed by Lian Dan and annihilated, and the number of Lian Dan was not more than that of the barbarian army.

Terrible! Liu Xuan sighed in his heart, the army waved by Lian Dan is really terrifying!

When the cavalry led by Lian Dan came to Hanzhong City, the city gate had already been opened, and the county government officials headed by Wang Xun, including Liu Xiu, Liu Xuan, Feng Yi and others, had been waiting outside the city for a long time.

Seeing Lian Dan, who was at the front of the team, riding a tall horse, and following many generals and guards left and right, Wang Xun straightened his crown and official robes, and then trotted forward to meet him, bowed his hand, and said: "Xiaguan Wang Xun, see General Lian!" ”

Lian Dan sat on the war horse and looked condescendingly at Wang Xun, who was bowing down. Lian Dan and Wang Xun are not meeting for the first time, the two have known each other for many years. Before Lian Dan was transferred to the capital by Wang Mang, he served as the pastor of Yizhou.

The state pastor is not a petty official, Wang Mang called the emperor, changed the name of the assassin to the state pastor, the authority is much greater, not only responsible for supervising the officials of the entire state, but also in charge of the military power of the entire state, which can be called a feudal official.

At present, his position is equivalent to that of the commander of a military district, plus the first chief executive of several provinces.

Because he is Lian Dan's old subordinate, Wang Xun naturally knows his temper, and behaves respectfully in front of Lian Dan, and does not dare to slack off at all.

He bowed down, and he didn't hear Lian Dan speak for a long time, Wang Xun's cold sweat broke out, and his heart was also up and down.

It didn't take long for him to hear a hum sound above his head. He was about to straighten up when he heard Lian Dan say, "Lord Wang, I heard that the barbarians almost captured the county town of Hanzhong?" ”

Wang Xun shivered, his legs weakened, he knelt on the ground with a puff, and hurriedly kowtowed forward.

Lian Dan sneered and asked slowly, "Don't you know the importance of Hanzhong County to our army?" You almost lost the county seat of Hanzhong to me! ”

Wang Xun pouted his buttocks, put his head on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "General Lian doesn't know, the reason why the county town is trapped is because of the fault of Captain Tang Heng!" Tang Heng made a meritorious service, made the mistake of advancing rashly, and was ambushed by the barbarian army in Qianyou Mountain, resulting in the annihilation of more than 10,000 soldiers of the county army. If it weren't for Tang Heng's dereliction of duty, the county town would not have reached the point where there were no soldiers available, let alone be beaten by the barbarians several times to rescue General Lian! ”

Tang Heng, the governor of Hanzhong County, was picked up by Lian Dan back then. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Where is Tang Heng now?" ”

Wang Xun hurriedly said: "General Lian, Tang Heng...... He has died in the battle of Qianyou Mountain......"

"Ben Shuai asked where his body was!" Lian Dan had already heard the news of Tang Heng's death.

"I've been sent back to the Tang Mansion."

"Oh!" Lian Dan responded first, then sighed softly, and said quietly: "Tang Heng has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he is quite a general, but his temperament is too rigid and self-serving, if he can be assisted by virtuous people around him, there will be no today's catastrophe." ”

The implication is that Tang Heng, who he promoted, is not an incapable person, only because there is no one to assist him, he will be defeated in the hands of the barbarians. By saying this, he is taking himself out of the responsibility of knowing people.

Wang Xun is an old fritter in officialdom, and as soon as he heard Lian Dan's words, he immediately understood Lian Dan's thoughts. With a crying voice, he choked up and said: "Lord Tang made the mistake of underestimating the enemy's rash advance, and finally died tragically at the hands of the barbarians, and the lower officials are also derelict in their duties...... And that wouldn't have happened! Please also ask General Lian to punish the lower officials! As he spoke, Wang Xun kowtowed forward again.

Hehe, Wang Xun is still the same as before, quite good! Lian Dan's cold face softened a little, and he waved his hand and said, "Okay, Wang Xun, you get up and speak." ”

"General Xie Lian! Thank you General Lian for not punishing him! Wang Xun stood up from the ground tremblingly, then took two steps to the side, leaned over and said, "General Lian, the lower official has prepared a carriage, please take the general into the city." ”

Running all the way to Hanzhong, Lian Dan was indeed tired, he nodded, jumped off the war horse, and sat in the carriage arranged by Wang Xun, and then, Wang Xun also hurriedly followed and sat in.

Liu Xiu, Liu Xuan, Feng Yi and others were also in the team to greet Lian Dan, but Lian Dan didn't go to their side at all, let alone speak.

Watching Lian Dan sit in the carriage, Liu Xiu muttered secretly in his heart: It turns out that this is the famous Gengshi General, Lian Dan!

Lian Dan is not very old, in his early forties, tall and burly, and slightly blessed.

Average appearance, short eyebrows, small eyes, collapsed nose, large mouth, full beard.

Due to his relationship with Qindi, Lian Dan has a fierce spirit on his body.

Liu Xiu had heard a lot of rumors about Lian Dan before, and there were two main points to sum up, one was good fighting, and the other was brutality. Today he finally saw Lian Dan himself.

Liu Xuan was indignant at Lian Dan's arrogance.

The county town can be defended, and it has little to do with Wang Xun, it is completely because these rebels are fighting hard with the barbarians, but after Lian Dan arrived, he didn't say a word to them, and he didn't even look at them, completely treating them as if their rebels didn't exist.

Feng Yi heard Liu Xuan's low snort, and he reminded meaningfully: "Bosheng, Lian Dan's heart is even smaller than Wang Xun's!" ”

But his rights are a hundred times greater than Wang Xun, so he must not show any dissatisfaction in front of Lian Dan, once he is jealous and hated by Lian Dan, there will definitely be no good fruit to eat.

Liu Xuan could hear Feng Yi's words, he took a deep breath, and his clenched fist slowly loosened.

As the carriage entered the city, Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu and others followed behind the carriage and also walked towards the city.

In the city, the streets were full of onlookers, and when they saw the carriage in which Lian Dan and Wang Xun were riding, people exchanged their heads and whispered.

In the carriage, Lian Dan sat cross-legged. Wang Xun sat next to his subordinates, carefully poured a cup of tea, handed it to Lian Dan, and said with a flattering smile: "General, this is the best Mengshan nectar this year!" ”

Mengshan manna is produced in Yizhou, but there are not many people who live among the people, and most of them have to pay tribute to the emperor to drink.

Lian Dan took the teacup, blew the tea foam, took a sip slowly, and then sighed comfortably and said with a smile: "It's still Yizhou's tea delicious!" ”

"Yes, yes, if the general likes it, the lower official has a lot of them here!" Wang Xun said with a smile on his face.

Lian Dan put down the teacup, looked at Wang Xun, and asked slowly: "I heard that it was the barbarians who were blocked by the righteous army who guarded the county town of Hanzhong?" ”

"Uh......" Wang Xun's face was ugly, and he hesitated for a moment, but he still hung his head helplessly and said, "Yes...... That's right, General. ”

As a taishou, it was his duty to defend the city, but in fact, in the battle of defending the city in the past few days, he really did not go to the battlefield, and it was all up to the rebels and the people in the city to fight the barbarians on the city, and he just sat back and enjoyed the success.

If it was in front of others, he might be able to exaggerate his actions, but in front of Lian Dan, he didn't have the guts, so he could only tell the truth.

Lian Dan glanced at him and said, "You can't even grasp the merit of defending the city, so you actually gave it to the useless rebels." ”

Wang Xun's head hung lower, and he whispered, "I hope the general will forgive his sins." ”

"Just find an excuse to send all the rebels in the city, so that no one will earn credit with you in the report to Your Majesty." Lian Dan said slowly.

In the battle of Hanzhong County, 20,000 barbarian troops were wiped out, this credit is not small, and most of the credit is naturally on Lian Dan, after all, his timely rescue annihilated the main force of the barbarian army, and the rest of the credit, he is not willing to share with the righteous army.

Wang Xun's eyes rolled, his mind moved, and he said with a happy face: "What the general means is that the subordinate should find a suitable opportunity to ...... the rest of the rebels" As he spoke, he raised his hand and made a horizontal gesture.

Lian Dan yawned and said, "Idea, Ben Shuai is to help you think about it, as for how to do it, you can do it yourself, don't ask Ben Shuai." ”

"Yes, yes, thank you for your support! Thank you, General, for your support! As he spoke, Wang Xun kowtowed to Lian Dan again and again.

The corners of Lian Dan's mouth hooked, smiled indifferently, picked up the teacup again, and drank the tea slowly.

The carriage was moving forward, and suddenly, on the rooftops on both sides of the road stood several masked men, dressed in the clothes of ordinary people, no different from ordinary people, except that their faces were covered with gray cloth towels, and in their hands, they were carrying crossbow machines.

Several men in black shot crossbow arrows at the carriage together.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Arrows flew down from the roof and nailed to the carriage's carriage with a series of snapping sounds, which broke and the crossbow bolts shot directly into the carriage.

The technology of the Han crossbow is very mature, ranging from one stone to six stones.

One stone is one hundred and twenty pounds. The power of a stone crossbow is already very large, like a six-stone crossbow, which already belongs to the category of siege crossbows, which can penetrate arrow battlements, and cannot be pulled away by manpower alone, and requires the assistance of large special equipment.

The Han army's single rhubarb crossbow has an effective range of up to 400 meters, which is close to 300 steps when converted into steps. And the range of a bow and arrow is usually a hundred steps, and it can be said that the range of a crossbow is almost three times that of a bow.

The crossbow cannot completely replace the bow on the battlefield, the main reason is that the crossbow has a fatal weakness, that is, the tail of the crossbow arrow has no feathers or double feathers, and it will drift when flying in the air, and the farther the distance, the greater the deviation, and in terms of stability, it is far inferior to the bow and arrow.

In terms of long-range precision lethality, crossbow arrows are indeed inferior to bows and arrows, but at close range, crossbow arrows have a far greater advantage than bows and arrows, which is why the Han army was equipped with crossbow arrows on a large scale.

At this time, the crossbow arrows shot down from the roof easily pierced the wooden planks of the carriage and shot directly into the carriage.

After all, Lian Dan is a military general, and he is also a veteran of the battlefield, when he heard that the movement was wrong, he immediately lay down in the car, and by the way, pulled Wang Xun, who was also in the car, down on himself.

This sudden round of crossbow arrows stunned everyone at the scene, and then the second round of crossbow arrows flew down, still all shot into the carriage of the carriage.

At this time, the cavalry under the command of Lian Dan reacted first, and dozens of cavalry urged their horses forward, surrounded the carriage, and protected the carriage, at the same time, people shouted loudly: "There are assassins!" Capture the Assassins--"

When the masked man on the roof tried to shoot the bolts again, the cavalry in the streets had already picked up their crossbow machines and fired them bolts.

Three masked men were unable to dodge, were shot by crossbow arrows, and rolled off the roof with a scream, falling to the ground.