The two "general cannons" in the city were not fired at the same time - because the training was not enough, and the operation was quick and slow, so the cannon on the east side took the lead with a loud bang, the fire rose, and the stone projectiles flew out.

Liu Yang felt a shock under his feet, but he didn't care about it - although he watched the launch of the "General Cannon" for the first time, he had seen the "Tiger Squat Cannon" test firing after all, and its sound was like thunder, and its earthquake was like a landslide, and he had already been mentally prepared. Since the "General Cannon" is several circles larger than the "Tiger Squat Cannon", it is reasonable that its sound is louder and its shock is even greater.

Then when he saw the cannonball, he instinctively turned his head again and turned to the west. Almost at the same time, the "General Cannon" mouth on the west side also burst into flames, followed by an earth-shattering loud bang -

The noise was a little louder, and the vibration was more violent...... Just thinking like this, suddenly a huge wind pressure enveloped the hot air, Liu Yang involuntarily leaned back, and hit the city tower with a "bang", and then it was dark in front of him, and he didn't know anything......

When I opened my eyes again, I saw a flame in front of me, rising to the sky, and I felt a sharp pain in the side of my head, and I reached out and touched it—wet and sticky...... It's bloodshed!

He quickly struggled to his feet, and the screams and screams of the sergeants were endless. Liu Yang's eyes widened, and he probed around, and finally understood the taste - this, something happened? But the cannon was obviously fired outside the city, how could it hit the city?

This cannon did hit the outside of the city, just as the sentry of the army said: "Thunder fell from the sky, straight into our formation, the flesh and bones of the middle were shattered, and the corpses were everywhere......" However, perhaps because of the excessive gunpowder stuffing, resulting in too strong recoil, it collapsed the city wall on the spot, and the "general cannon" sank, and the muzzle of the cannon was crooked, and the sparks burst out, igniting the gunpowder in the nearby barrel, and the vines burned in an instant.

The soldiers near the "General Cannon", even if they did not fall and die, were inevitably covered in fire, and under the sudden rush of wolves, it even affected other people. The scope on the city wall is limited, and in order to defend the city, the Jin army gathers more densely than the army under the city, so the number of wounded people is more than that of the artillery army......

Fortunately, the soldiers were well-trained, and without waiting for the commander's order, they immediately carried water to put out the fire and rescue the dead and wounded comrades. The fire gradually subsided, Liu Yang fixed his eyes, and saw that the section of the city wall where the cannon was originally placed collapsed several feet, forming a huge gap. Just as he was feeling the horror—the power of the shock, and even that—he heard the sound of drums in the camp beneath the city......

Liu Yang pushed away the guards who wanted to help him bandage the wound on his forehead, waved his arms, and roared loudly: "Quickly put out the fire!" Order the city to bring earth and stones to repair the city walls! ”

At present, the city is in chaos, almost a third of it has collapsed or caught fire, and no one can stand, so if the army takes this opportunity to build a ladder and climb, it will not be able to prevent it at all! Liu Yang glanced at the corner of his eye, and saw that Peng Xiao had just gotten up from the ground tremblingly, his mouth and eyes were crooked, and his eyes were blurred...... Immediately ordered: "Tie me up!" ”

If I can't hold this city, I'll probably have to live and die with it, and then I'll have to slaughter you bastard before I break the city! fired artillery to attack the enemy, and as a result, he seriously injured himself, isn't this guy really a spy sent by a thief?!

Several guards immediately pounced, knocked Peng Xiao to the ground again, and tied him up. Peng Ziqin just instinctively struggled a few times, and he didn't argue or plead, he was obviously stunned and hadn't been able to wake up yet......

Liu Yang hurriedly took a few steps forward, pressed his hand on the city wall, and looked down, and sure enough, the Qian army that had begun to retreat turned back to kill again, and those ladders, rushing cars, etc., rumbled, kicked the corpse, and pounced on the city wall again. He stomped his foot fiercely, and was thinking of countermeasures, when he swept the corner of his eye, and found that he was only five or six steps away from the "general artillery" on the east side.

Hurry up, carry me the rest of the gunpowder down to the city first!"

Just this effort, Yao Yizhong, who was originally dispatching troops and supplies under the city, heard the bad news and strode up. Liu Yang grabbed his hand and asked eagerly: "The city wall is collapsing, and the thief is close to the moat, what should I do?" Yao Yizhong hurriedly patted the back of the main general, soothed him, and said in his heart What happened, you panicked like this, turned your head to look at the collapsed part of the city wall, and couldn't help but gasp.

How? If the soldiers really take advantage of the opportunity to climb up to the city, then what else can they do, fight with them hand-to-hand! Yao Yizhong said: "I will go down to the city to transfer troops, and those who can hold weapons will go to the city to defend, even if the thieves enter the city, they will not be able to cross the wall one step!" Just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly heard another thunderclap in mid-air, and then the dark clouds closed, and the rain finally fell......

The rain intensified very quickly, and when Yao Yi Zhongfu went down to the city, it was still bit by bit, but before he reached the city, the density had increased several times, and the raindrops were heavier than the beans. So as soon as he turned around, he ran back again, only to see Liu Yang raising his hands to the sky, shouting repeatedly: "God bless me Jin, God bless me Jin!" ”

The rain was so heavy that it was impossible for the soldiers to continue the siege - once the roads became muddy, those large siege equipment could not reach the city walls at all, and they might even be stuck in the mud and could not be pushed out, so they only needed to bow and arrow and throw stones on the city, and all of them had to be scrapped - they were forced to retreat twice and return to their own positions.

No matter how Shi Hu pondered, he couldn't figure out what happened just now? Did the thunder strike the city?

Could it be that this thunder first hit the city wall, and then collapsed into the formation of our army? What kind of thunder, with reflections and turns?

If you are a traverser, you may know that there is a kind of "ball lightning" in the world...... Of course, when the traverser sees this situation, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely not a thunderstorm......

As for the city, Liu Yang hurriedly ordered his soldiers to brave the rain to carry earth and stones to repair the city walls. As for the "general cannon", since the city wall collapsed, it naturally fell into ruins, and it could not be easily moved, so it had to be buried first. Immediately, all the generals gathered to discuss today's affairs, and through repeated discussions, they finally guessed the general situation.

Most of the walls in this period were earthen ramparts, and although there were already bricks, they were rarely applied to the walls because of the high cost. Originally, in history, it was not until the Song Dynasty that major cities such as Bianliang began to outsource city bricks - not yet a complete brick city - after Zhu Yuanzhang set the Dingding, most of the county towns were gradually changed to brick cities.

Therefore, although the city defense of Binh Duong is claimed to be strong, it is actually mainly rammed earth city walls, and only a small number of bricks and stones are filled in some key parts. Although there had been no fierce offensive and defensive battles around Pingyang City for more than ten years before, after all, the walls were inevitably damaged over time, and even cracks that were difficult to detect from the outside. It is estimated that such an earthen wall will not be able to withstand the power of the huge "general cannon......

Liu Yang was immersed in the scene, and he was injured by hitting the building, so he naturally hated Peng Xiao to the bone: "This thing is not enough, he is falsely passing on the order of the governor of the capital, erecting the head of the city, causing the collapse of the moat, even if it is not for the people, it should be a capital crime!" ”

Yao Yizhong persuaded him: "The governor of the capital loves this person very much, and he has the skill of making gunpowder and tiger squat cannons, and the general cannot punish him without authorization." ”

Liu Yang glared: "This person once used demonic words to bewitch the generals, and he was not careful in what he did, and he was once demoted to the city for the governor of the capital, what kind of love can he say?" If you don't kill this fang, how can you comfort the sergeant who was killed because of him?! ”

Because of the casualties after the fact, the number of dead was hundreds, and the number of negative wounds was even double...... Even if there is no "general artillery", and the thieves once attacked the city, as long as the defense is successful, there will not be such heavy casualties!

But scolding and scolding, after all, Peng Xiao is not Liu Yang's direct subordinate, although Liu Yang is annoyed in his heart, he is cautious, not the kind of reckless person Zhen Sui, in the end, he can only grit his teeth and temporarily let Peng Xiao go - but ordered him to be imprisoned for the future to be escorted back to Chang'an and handed over to the Metropolitan Governor. As for the undamaged "general cannon" in the city, we had to put it there first, but we can't use it anymore.

At this time, the sky is not dark, but the rain is gradually getting smaller, and the generals can't help but be depressed - this rain won't stop, right? God, why don't you take a moment longer? Chen An said: "In the summer, the rain does not follow, at most two days, the land dries up, and the thieves will come to attack again...... Listening to what the general said about today's attack and defense, Shi Hu's department is quite strong and has all the equipment, so how to resist it in two days must be planned first. ”

Ouyang Gen, who had been sitting next to him and didn't speak, suddenly spoke: "I have a strategy, maybe I can slightly reduce the strength of the thieves to attack the city......

He didn't speak before, because theoretically, as Sima, although he had to attend military meetings, he did not have the right to express his opinion on specific tactics - even if he did, the generals might not be willing to listen. It has always been inevitable that there will be discord between front-line commanders and political workers, at least they will not like each other, then Liu Yang and others want to come, you are a scholar, you have never even slaughtered chickens, what do you know about fighting? Take care of your own work of political propaganda and meritorious service review, and don't interfere with our command.

And Ouyang Gen is pretentious and wise, to be honest, he doesn't look down on these coarse people, and he always feels that the real commander should shake a feather fan...... No, it should be holding the tail, waving wishful, graceful, anticipating the enemy's opportunity, and breaking the thief invisible; Those like you who go into battle in person and come back covered in blood and sweat are just puppets who rule others. So once he really has a "wonderful idea", he will inevitably be eager to try and want to interject.

In the previous battle against Shi Sheng, he had offered a plan to lure the enemy, but unfortunately failed...... But then he gave Shi Sheng a woman's clothes and face, wasn't it also inspired by him, and Yao Yizhong could come up with a plan? It's a pity that Sima's advice is not counted as a war merit, and his own merits can only be shared by the whole army......

At this moment, I heard Chen An's question, and Liu Yang, Yao Yizhong and the others were dumbfounded for a while, and they didn't immediately pat their chests and say, "I have a clever plan to break the enemy." Ouyang Gen finally got the opportunity to speak, so he smiled incomprehensibly and offered a strategy.

To say that Liu Yang and others either went to the city to guard, or mobilized troops, horses, and materials under the city, Ouyang Gen, as Sima, could not intervene. But Liu Yang said don't be idle, I'll divide half of your team of auxiliaries, and you go to patrol the city and arrest suspicious people - theoretically, this is not the job of a military general, but is under the responsibility of the Taishou and the county order, but Liu Fan, the county guard of Pingyang, is very old and can't afford to accidentally get sick, and the level of the county order is limited...... As fellow scholars, Sima, you should take on this responsibility.

Pingyang City is different from other cities, as the capital of the Hu and Han Dynasty for more than ten years, the number of Jin people in the city is less than half, and there are a large number of Qiang, Zahu, and even Tuge. In fact, the foreign people may not have the heart to restore the country, so most of the Han bureaucrats hated Shi Le's claim of respect, and they were afraid that those rich families and small officials who could not succeed in high or low could not succeed would want to respond to the soldiers, so as to take advantage of the opportunity to change their families and seek the possibility of making a fortune.

According to Ouyang Gen's report, he basically ran all over the city this day, and arrested more than 200 suspicious people, of which thirty percent were killed on the spot, and the rest were temporarily detained, and then carefully interrogated - or not tried, and directly slaughtered them.

As for his strategy of defending the city with a weak enemy, it was inspired by this. Ouyang Gen said: "Not long after I recaptured Pingyang, most of the thieves still had two intentions, some tried to cross the city to join the army, and some wanted to cause chaos in the city. The meaning of the root can drive the wicked out of the city......

"Originally, I thought that Shi Hu was fond of killing, and he would not tolerate them, so if he borrowed Shi Hu's hand to kill this villain, it would be good to strengthen the heart of the people of Jinrong in the city to defend the city. Now I think that if the thieves want to understand the situation in the city, or they refuse to kill them all, or they will kill them after asking, they can take the opportunity to create rumors to shake the morale of the thieves......"

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So when it was dark and the city gate was slightly opened, nearly 1,000 Hu Rong, who were considered "not very honest", were driven out of the city.

- Ouyang Gen was in charge of this matter, and he copied a few large households, but he happened to have no property to replenish military supplies.

After these Hu Rong were blasted out of the city, they helped the old and the young to join the camp - of course, some of them were wronged, and they had no intention of throwing themselves into the camp, but they couldn't run far at all, that is, they were killed or captured by the sentry of the Qiang army. The sergeant reported to Shi Hu, Shi Hu didn't want to think about it, and waved his hand: "You can kill them all!" ”

Zhang Qun, who joined the army, persuaded and said: "Since they are from Pingyang, they may know the inside of the city, why don't the king let go and ask them?" ”

Shi Hu glared and said, "If you can know the state of the Jin people, how can the Jin people be willing to let them go out of the city?" Then those who go out of the city must be useless, and there may be spies among them, and they should be killed! ”

The king who joined the army also advised: "If you detain them, to show that the people in the city can live if they belong to me, and they will die if they are used as a car—maybe they can shake the hearts of the people in the city." However, Shi Hu didn't listen at all, just shook his head and waved his hand, saying that it was the most worry-free to kill.

Fortunately, not all of these Hu Rong were driven out of the north of the city, and many of them fell into the hands of the generals who surrounded the other three sides. Ouyang was planning to move at all, for fear that a certain general would see through his own strategy, and would kill the person who left the city without interrogation, and even block the news - of course, he didn't expect this person to be Shi Hu.

Zhang Raccoon, Zhang Xiong, Yin Nong and other generals did not have Shi Hu's shrewd instincts, coupled with the lack of restraint, so soon some strange rumors gradually spread among the army......

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