Chapter 3 Troubled Times Descend Section 38 Thunder Strikes

Early the next morning, heavy dark clouds churned in the sky, and soon the sun was swallowed up without a trace. Looking at the surging dark clouds, my mood was also gloomy.

Le'an closed the city gates, and was only allowed to enter but not to leave. The city gate guard came to report that last night, the county magistrate and a number of officials in the county went out of the city with their families, saying that they were afraid that the city would be closed for many days and their lives would be inconvenient, and they wanted to settle their families outside the city. They have not returned since they left the city.

Oh, that's good news, I'm feeling a little lighter, that's exactly what I wanted, I didn't expect it to come so quickly. Now that you're out of town, if you want to come back, you'll have to ask me if you say yes. In the next step, I must rush to Li Ming and Liu Bu first, block them, and let these officials not want to get back the evidence of the correspondence.

Thinking of this, I decisively announced: "Order, when the county guard is not there, Guozini will act as the county officer." General Zhang He handed over all the materials to Yide for care, and the ironclad division was immediately deployed. Zini, you send a few family members to lead the way for the army, and issue a proclamation announcing that the whole county has entered military control, and that no more than 100 people shall gather from the date of the proclamation, and that all the residents who dissolve their families and return to the township within three days, regardless of their origin or reason, shall be arranged by each county and township for farming. ”

"Zitai" I turned around and specially admonished: "Our army is only a short-distance attack, and there is no major event, Zi Ni is newly in charge, you are here to help him formulate policies, organize the township guards of various townships, counties, and townships, and implement military management." Yan Fang, you stay in Le'an for a while, wait for the establishment of township police and military circuit courts in Le'an counties, and then take up your post in Guanghuan City, where there is now Zizheng in charge, and there will be no major events for the time being. ”

Wang Lie, Tian Chou, and Guoyuan received the order, Zhang Feishang was eager to try, I looked at him expectantly, and said comfortingly: "Yide, after I leave, Le'an's defense will be handed over to you, brother, I want to see if you can take charge alone." Consult with your subordinates more and use less violence in everything. ”

Zhang Fei was overjoyed when he heard this, patted his chest, and shouted confidently: "Big brother, don't worry, I will definitely keep Le'an." ”

"Okay, so I'm relieved. Zitai, the soldiers and civilians of Guanghuan are still waiting for this batch of farm tools and craftsmen to arrange production, and if there are spare troops, you will send someone to escort them to Guanghuan. I finally confessed.

Tian Chou replied angrily: "Don't worry, the lord's army is outside, and no one will dare to attack Le'an." After I finished reorganizing the original soldiers of Le'an, I sent someone to escort them to Guanghuan. However, Zini is in charge here, do we also leave some craftsmen and utensils? ”

I thought about it for a moment and looked at everyone with an expression of infinite yearning.

Carefully described: "Zitai, Le'an is close to the Yellow River, the rain is abundant, and from the defensive point of view, the Yellow River is dangerous to prevent enemy harassment. On the other side of the Yellow River, there is Chen Qun's Jieshi defense circle, and it is difficult for the enemy to harass from the Yellow River. ”

Looking at everyone's expressions of approval, he then sketched a distant view: "The other side is close to the sea, but under the impact of the Yellow River's sediment, there is no deep-water port. To the southwest of it, Qi County blocked the Taishan thieves. The southeast, Beihai County blocked the foreign enemy. Such an ideal strategic rear should really grow grain. It has no big port, and it can't develop big commerce. If you plan to leave some manpower, then leave the craftsmen who build water conservancy, build a water network in Le'an, plant trees and grow grain, and make Le'an our food base. ”

Looking at the intoxicated expressions of some people and the skeptical expressions of others, I remembered another question.

Tian Chou kindly reminded me: "Are there any preferential tax treatments?" ”

I smiled and nodded.

"As for farm tools, inform the merchants that Le'an needs a large number of advanced iron farm tools, and they come here to do a 20% discount on the tax from buying and selling, and tell the villagers of Le'an that if they buy farm tools within a month, the government will compensate part of the money, and this compensation policy will be canceled after a month." I looked at the group with an inquiring gaze and said.

Seeing that there was no doubt about the meaning, I was a little embarrassed to continue: "The Le'an Mansion treasury was emptied by me, and the government can't take out much money, how much money do you need to compensate for the purchase of farm tools, Zitai, you decide according to the tax, try not to let the government pay extra money." ”

Wang Lietian Chou Guoyuan nodded happily and agreed: "Lord, do you have any other orders?" ”

"Oh, that's all for now." I shook my head, I couldn't think of anything else.

I looked at the crowd of passionate people, my heart was relieved, and my mood was also clear, in the face of the coming storm, as long as everyone is united, it will definitely be able to rain and the sky will be clear.

So he commanded Zhang He loudly in a high mood: "Junyi, when the army is assembled, we will set off." ”

With the opening of the gate of Le'an City, 3,000 ironclad soldiers and 1,000 soldiers and civilians poured out of Le'an City. Target: Liu Bu, the largest local landowner.

Attack the most powerful enemy and crush them with an iron fist, and the rest will be afraid to raise their troops to resist, which is the least killing. Le'an, I will still rely on the grain it grows to feed the army in the future, and when the people are killed, who will farm the land for me.

Along the way, we encountered our menacing team, and the travelers all avoided the roadside. In the procession that was hiding on the side of the road, I vaguely saw the chariots and horses of Taishou. Okay, I just need this effect, now he can't go forward to Liu Bu, and he can't go back to Le'an is waiting for death, colluding with bandits, the crime is not small, the sky is high, run for your life.

We went all the way unimpeded, viciously pounced on Liu Bu's earthen village. At that time, thieves arose, and the powerful people from all over the country gathered their families to protect themselves, and Liu Bu's small village was one of them.

Standing under the wall, I can't help but sigh at the power of the heroes. Where is this a small village, it is clearly a small city.

The fortified walls were made of neat stones, and the whole village was estimated to house 20,000 to 30,000 people, and there were two gates in the front and back, and the gates were nailed together with huge logs cut in half from the middle to form a thick wooden gate. Looking at the thick door shaft, I maliciously thought that this must have been made by our Izumo steel. This kind of heavy wooden door can only be supported by the steel produced in Izumo Castle, and it will not take long for other steel to deform. The export of Izumo Castle steel is being controlled, and this door shaft must have cost him a lot of money.

In my daze, Zhang He had already ordered the infantry to get off the car and line up, because it was a siege battle, 1,000 hoplites were lined up in front of the battle, and 2,000 infantry took off their heavy armor and picked up bows and arrows to prepare for battle. Carriages transporting infantry had been lined up on either side of the formation, guarding the flanks.

Just after noon, 500 heavily armored pikemen began to raise their guns. These heavily armored spearmen were all dressed in plate armor, which had never been used on a large scale in China in history.

The plate armor is a whole iron plate, which is stamped by a press according to the contour of the chest at one time, and it protects the chest and abdomen. Under the plate cuirass was a waist skirt, made of cowhide with iron sheets like fish scales. The legs and arms are also plate hard armor.

Putting down the face armor on their faces, the soldiers stood in the sun, like a moving ironclad machine, lined up, like a copper wall, inadvertently, emitting a cold light of metal, which made people shudder. On this gloomy summer day, people feel the yin wind of hell even more.

Behind the spearmen were 250 half-armored tomahawkers and 250 Pak sword soldiers. These half-armor soldiers wore roughly the same armor as spearmen, but because they needed to wield giant axes, long knives, and were protected by heavily armed spearmen, they had no waist skirts under their breastplates, and their joints were not protected by continuous armor like spearmen, and they did not have face armor, so they were called semi-armor.

The Pu knife is a weapon that appeared in the Song Dynasty, and the big knife is connected to a short handle, which is shorter than the Yanyue knife that just appeared in the Three Kingdoms, but it is longer than the hand knife and the ring knife. It works with the Tomahawk and is responsible for fighting behind the spearmen. This half-length knife makes it particularly convenient for heavily armored soldiers to swing.

When breaking the formation, the spearmen are responsible for the collision, the axe soldiers are responsible for breaking the opponent's formation, and the Pak knife soldiers are responsible for fighting.

The family members on the city wall watched us in a daze, the shining iron armor, the cold light shaking on the tip of the spear, made them lose the courage to go out of the village to fight against us. Coupled with the confidence in the city walls, they will not leave the city easily.

A trumpet sounded, and a small group of archers came out of battle with five-colored ruler arrows, and began to shoot five-colored arrows to calibrate the ruler, which clearly showed that we did not intend to negotiate with the enemy, and preparations for the attack began.

"Order, 500 archers and 500 people are strong to the back door, block the back door with a carriage, Ye Tian, you lead 100 attendants, preside over the defense at the back door, and don't let anyone go." I give the order majestically.

"The infantry stepped forward and put on a threatening posture to cover Ye Tian's movements." I resolutely give the order.

When the infantry heard the order, they let out an earth-shattering roar: "Xiong (Xiong)", the erected spears were neatly flattened, and the lieutenants ran sideways in front of the formation, checking the soldiers' standing spears one by one, and shouting as they ran: "There is no advance or retreat."

The soldiers responded with thunderous roars: "There is no advance or retreat!" ”

Behind the spearmen, the axe men and swordsmen tapped their arms and shields with their weapons, "bells, bells, bells", and they roared out in a dull voice: "Male (bear)", adding a footnote to this mighty military situation.

The drum sounded, and the car formation began to move, and the car formation on the right side moved quickly with Ye Tian, passing past the side of the enemy village. On the left side of the car formation, the finished glyph of three large carts slowly moved towards the Chinese army. The command observation car in the center slowly rose to a high platform, three observers, one division number, one waved the flag to convey the military situation to the leading generals below in the flag, and one commanded the two drum cars in the rear.

The guards on the wall were at a loss when they saw us like this. Ye Tian's 500 archers were not the main force attacking the city at first glance, but Ye Tian walked around the city, so they didn't know how to be on guard. After a period of panic, a military flag on the wall began to move with Ye Tian, it seemed that they wanted to guard against Ye Tian's sneak attack.

Under such a majestic military situation, the other party dared to divide his troops to guard against Ye Tian, it seems that the leader of the army is very courageous, and it can be seen that we do not have many siege equipment, and we cannot pose a threat to this stone city. How can such a character be used by Haoqiang, I thought angrily.

"The order was given, and the heavily armored soldiers stepped forward 20 steps and assumed an offensive stance outside the enemy's range." I raised my clairvoyance, carefully observed the movements of the enemy troops, and then gave the order cautiously.

Zhang He shouted fiercely when he heard this: "I am invincible."

The heavily armored soldier raised his spear, stepped forward on tiptoe, and responded in a terrifying voice: "I am invincible." The axe soldier Pu Daobing then struck the shield and approached the wall with great momentum.

On the wall, the foot of the flag flashed, and after a short pause, it quickly disappeared from view. Oh, and I can't fool you.

"Order, the formation cracks through it, and the crossbowmen step forward and suppress the shot." I'm quick to give loud orders.

The military horn sounded again, the ironclad formation cracked to both sides, and 1000 crossbowmen walked to the front of the formation with **** in hand, and sat neatly on the ground with an order. This kind of crossbow bow is strong, when opening such a bowstring, you have to sit on the ground, step on the bow arm with both feet, pull the bowstring with both hands, and stretch the bow with the strength of the whole body, this kind of bow and arrow can shoot to a distance of 500 steps (400 meters), the effective range is about 300 meters, and the force can pierce armor.

"Wind, ruler three", the order was passed, and a heart-rending creaking sound was heard, the bowstring was pulled apart, and the arrow was placed in the chute. This kind of portable **** can't be too big, there is only one chute, and an arrow is placed.

Zhang He and I looked at each other firmly, Zhang He slowly raised the spear, and after the arm was raised to the highest point, he waved vigorously: "Shoot." With the sound of a bowstring, a thousand feathered arrows rained down on the wall, and the battlefield was silent, and I seemed to hear the crackling sound of the arrows as they landed, the metallic sound of piercing through the armor, and the muffled sound of burrowing into the human body. With the arrows came a scream, a wail, a run for dodge.

I raised my clairvoyance to observe the scene on the wall, and an arrow shot into the stone slab of the wall pierced through the stone, and the tail of the arrow made a trembling sound. A man who was hit by an arrow appeared in the field of vision, the long arrow half pierced his chest, this man subconsciously scratched the shaft of the arrow, staggered and fell to the wall, unable to control his body, fell from the wall, and the corpse fell to the ground with a muffled sound, raising a cloud of dust.

"Command, raise the angle of fire and shoot upward, let the arrows fall only above their heads, 5 rounds of rapid fire, ready", I put down my binoculars and viciously ordered.

"Ruler seven, five rounds of rapid fire, ready, put".

"Ruler seven, four rounds of rapid fire, ready, put".

Rows of arrows were released, the ghosts and wolves on the wall of the wall howled, and when the five rounds of arrows were released, there was no movement on the wall, it seemed that they had all hidden, and the military flag that had gone was still missing, did you really want me to attack the city.

The Han Dynasty had a strict hierarchy, and only vassal states could build cities, and there were rules on how high the walls of the princes were. Although this small fortress did not exceed the rule that the marquis city should not be higher than 4 meters, and there was no moat, the 3-meter-high city wall was built entirely of stones, which even the real marquis did not have such luxury. It will take at least three years to build such a fortress, and it seems that Liu Bu has smart people under him.

"Order, the spearmen cover the axe men to advance, and if the enemy attacks, withdraw immediately. The enemy did not move and rushed straight to the gate, slashing with an axe, trying to break the door. I was furious and ordered, "Archers, suppress the shot, 5 rounds of rapid fire."

The sound of the trumpets sounded majestically, the snare drums were silent, and the ground was filled with the sound of the rustling of armor leaves as they moved, and the armor soldiers rushed to the gate to the accompaniment of the sound of the bowstrings collapsing. The sturdy axemen wheeled their battle axes and slashed at the gates frantically.

"Drum up", the deafening drum sounded, the covering axe men slashed, the military horn blew a loud impact horn, and at that time a series of trills imitating the sound of horses' hooves, 5 tones and one stanza, made people's blood boil.

The flag on the wall of the wall shook wildly, and after a period of panic, the flag stabilized, and it seemed that after the initial panic, the people on the wall had stabilized the morale of the army.

"Cover shot, ten rounds of rapid fire", I commanded loud and calmly.

With my order, a round of arrows was poured on the wall, and I raised my binoculars to observe, the axemen were not moving well, the huge half-cut log was difficult to cut down, there was no shield to cover, once the enemy poured down the rolling wood and thunder stones, my ironclad army would inevitably suffer casualties, I thought worriedly.

"Order, the ironclad army retreats." I hesitated and gave this order unwillingly.

"My lord, our army is outside, and the advantage is to win quickly. If you can't capture this city today, I'm afraid there will be changes tomorrow. The enemy is already frightened, let the axe men continue to attack. Zhang He hurriedly took my hand and anxiously dissuaded.

"Such a small village, if you exchange the lives of one of our soldiers, I don't want to. Order the ironclad army to retreat, and then we will consider the siege technique. I shook my head thoughtfully and stopped Zhang He's continued persuasion.

The trumpet sounded, and in the suppressive fire of the archers, the ironclad army withdrew neatly. A laugh rang out on the wall. Faintly, a flag foot appeared from a distance, and it seemed that although our army was "embarrassed" to withdraw, the supreme commander on the wall still recalled this army.

"The decree that, according to the military management regulations, it is forbidden for more than 100 people to gather, and the people in the village must open the gate of the village within the time of 3 incense sticks, promise to disband the village Yong, accept the management of our army, surrender to our army, and not blame the past. Otherwise, shoot and kill. "I gave an ultimatum aggressively.

Zhang He asked suspiciously: "Lord, our army does not carry many siege equipment, and there is nothing we can do about this small city, and the lord is unwilling to sacrifice his soldiers, so it is appropriate to put on a tough posture to stimulate them?" ”

I replied confidently: "It's okay, I already have a plan to break the city, in the time of these three incense plants, I will order the people to dig two bags of soil by one person, and wait for my order." ”

I raised my binoculars to observe the wall, this stone village is really a good east, here is not far from Le'an City, the cavalry galloped half a day to arrive, as the Acropolis of Le'an is quite suitable.

A well-built city, how much manpower and material resources can save me, I silently calculated the cost of this battle, more than 20 rounds of arrows, each feather arrow is worth 40 copper coins, I have shot 20,000 arrows, cost me 800,000 copper coins, or 8,000 silver coins, such a city is worth about 160,000 silver coins, the surrounding land, the captured farmers are also worth this number, it seems that ten more rounds of 20 arrows, this battle is also worth it.

Our army's arrows are only divided into three categories, the lowest cost is now shot feather arrows, the tail is made of feathers, the original feathers are carved feathers, goose feathers, the cost of this feather is more expensive, after repeated measurements, the feathers on the chicken wings were finally chosen.

Although this feather is not satisfactory, in order to ensure the balance of its tail, we designed the tail as a three-sided tail, which is more stable than the general two-sided tail, but has a disadvantage, which is more stable than the two-sided tail.

Subsequently, in order to facilitate transportation and preservation, the feather arrows were designed into a three-stage structure - a triangular streamlined arrow, a circular arrow shaft, and a triangular tail fin, which were stored and transported separately until before the war, and then assembled into a complete arrow by the army's logistics personnel. After the archers have finished shooting the arrows they carry with them, they go to the logistics department to get a replenishment.

This three-stage design also has the advantage that arrows fired on the battlefield can be recycled, sorted out by the logistics department, and the damaged parts are removed, replaced with new parts, and reassembled into intact arrows. In this way, the combat costs of our army have been greatly reduced.

As for the other two types of arrows, one is a carved arrow made of large tail feathers on the chicken's body (mainly distributed to generals and sharpshooters in the army); The last type is the long arrow with an iron tail used on the bed crossbow - the wolf's tooth arrow. The length of the wolf's tooth arrow is about 150 centimeters, and it is a sharp weapon for the defense of our army's city, but judging from the current war, it is necessary to deploy this kind of large-scale killing weapon in the mobile unit in the future.

Our troops, who had just retreated, actually issued an ultimatum before they withdrew from the formation, and when they heard the ultimatum loudly announced by our sergeants, there was a burst of sarcastic laughter on the wall.

I smiled coldly, who won and who lost was still undecided, they could still laugh under my repeated suppressive attacks, they were really naturally optimistic.

The laughter suddenly disappeared, as if someone had choked their necks. On the wall, the returning military flag has not yet left, but now it is meaningless whether he can leave or not. There was a military horn sound from the back of the fortress, and Ye Tian had already led people to successfully block the back door. Okay, I'm going to start shutting down the door and beating the dogs.

"The order, withdraw the back door 500 people, let Ye Tian step up the defense at the back door, the wall is not high, and ask him to pay attention to prevent the enemy from jumping over the wall and attacking him. In addition, the returning Minzhuang all carried two bags of soil with them. I didn't take my eyes off the binoculars, looked closely at the wall, and reminded loudly.

The wind was blowing, the wind was blowing from behind me, the flags were blowing, and the wind blew through the dry land in the spring, raising a cloud of dust. As the wind began to blow up, the dust cleared out, and our soldiers emerged from the dust, all standing straight in the smoke, their dusty nails already a little gray.

"Order, when the last time comes, send a person forward and ask the other party if he has surrendered." I commanded in no uncertain terms.

Zhang He asked suspiciously: "How can the time of the three incense plants be so fast, and what kind of incense is the lord burning?" ”

I patiently explained to Zhang He: "Now that the enemy army is besieged by us in the wall, it is up to us to attack or defend, I say that the time is up, that is, the time is up, why be so serious." ”

Behind him, the divergent Minzhuang gradually returned, this infantry division is an integrated division, more than 3,000 combatants, more than 1,000 people in charge of logistics.

But these people have military status, either quasi-soldiers who have received simple training and are waiting to enter the combat unit, or non-commissioned soldiers who have been eliminated from various trainings, although their combat effectiveness is not very good, they can shoot arrows when they pick up a bow. Bound by strict military orders, they were more disciplined and swift than the average citizen.

Several soldiers stepped forward to shout, and no laughter came from the wall this time. With the order, countless archers appeared on the side of the wall, and rows of arrows flashed with cold light, flickering by the wall. Immediately, huge shields also appeared by the wall, and the archers were covered by a forest of shields. The walls were littered with human heads running around, apparently carrying wood and stone, ready to resist to the death.

"Order, the ironclad spearmen stepped forward to feint and calculate the range of the opponent's bow and crossbow." I waved my hand and gave a categorical order.

Hearing the order, the ironclad spearmen let out a loud shout: "Male (bear)". The voice came out of the visor, and it looked like an urn and a murderous one.

"Forward", the lieutenant in charge of the command gives the order. With the command, the spearmen raised their spears and stepped forward. With every step they took, they shouted with their spears, "Male (bear)." One more step, another pause, shouting: "Male (bear)". Step by step, step by step, approaching the wall.

There was no movement on the wall, and it seemed that the temptation was not enough," ordered, and the archers stepped forward, ready to suppress the shots. ”

"Wind", the longbowmen shouted when they heard the order, and then began to stand still, of course, it cannot be said that they were completely standing still, they were also using the step, slowly moving towards the front of the formation. However, at their speed, when they move to the front of the formation, I am afraid it will not be until next month.

Not enough, "order, axemen began to step".

When the tomahawks heard the order, they roared: "Break", and following the rhythm of the spearmen, they also began to hit the ground with the handle of their axes, "Break", they shouted.

"Crossbowmen, 45-degree angle, ready for 5 rounds of suppressive firing." I put pressure on again. When the crossbowmen sat down to stretch their bows, the soldiers on the wall could no longer bear the loneliness, and the first round of arrows was hurriedly fired, and the soldiers on the side of the wall retreated in a panic, looking for an opportunity to avoid the rain of arrows.

A second round of arrows was also shot sparsely. Judging from the direction of the arrows, some archers hurriedly shot the arrows in their hands without even reaching the wall.

In the third round, this time the arrows seemed to pause, and many bows raised their horns, and I raised them with one hand, and as soon as he finished shooting this round of arrows, he immediately gave the order to retreat.

Enough, I already know the maximum range of the opponent's bow and arrow.

"Order, all the people are behind that arrow, and start piling up a mountain of earth." I pointed to one of the arrows fired at a 45-degree angle.

More than 1,000 people began to take turns to step forward, and more than 2,000 bags of soil were thrown around there, and after a while, a small mountain of dirt was piled up. The earth mountain is facing the walled gate, and the height is similar to the wall.

"Order 250 longbowmen to climb the dirt hill and aim at the head of the city to suppress the fire. He ordered Minzhuang to prepare three carts, which were piled with hay, firewood, and torches for the march. "I calmly and calmly gave the order.

Suppressive firing differs from covered firing in that it uses a three-stage firing method in which the archers who shoot are divided into three parts. Take turns shooting at enemy troops. With a fast rate of fire and a small interval between shots, it is mainly used to deal with fast-moving targets, although there are few arrows fired each time, but the continuous arrows suppress the opponent's movement.

Cover shooting requires all arrows to be fired at once, and the number of arrows fired at one time is large, but the interval between shots is long, and it is mainly used against slow-moving targets, such as infantry attacks. Now I use suppressive fire to slow down the preparation of the walled wall against the siege.

The sound of the bowstring continued one after another, the arrows fell on the city wall, and a miserable cry was also connected, from time to time three or two arrows fell from the city wall, blood splashed from the wall, and flowed down from the wall along the laws of nature.

"The firewood cart is ready." Minzhuang came to reply. "Order, pour oil on the firewood cart, carry the firewood cart to the top of the hill, light the firewood and grass, lower the firewood cart down the slope, and burn the wooden door." I'm the herald in my hand.

When Zhang He heard this, he showed a sudden expression and nodded appreciatively.

After a moment's hesitation, I immediately added maliciously: "Wait, choose the most smelly footcloth in the whole army, wait for the fire to be lit, and throw it on top of the firewood and grass." Also, choose some slightly dry horse manure and throw it on top of the firewood and grass as well."

The fire burned and smoked, and I made them unable to stand.

The firewood and grass cart was lowered down the slope, and the wind borrowed the fire, and the fire helped the wind, and the fire burned brightly.

However, in my opinion, this was not enough, and I commanded fiercely: "Order, gather wet grass around it, tie it with ropes into large round balls, pour oil, light it, and lay it down the slope." "It is said that this is how bacon is made, and if you dare to resist to the end, I will dare to turn you into bacon.

The continuous straw bales were put down, and under the smoke and fire, the temperature on the wall of the wall became higher and higher, and the gate of the wall burned. The wood and stones thrown from the city only increased the fire, and the fire grew stronger and stronger. The archers on the dirt hill began to suppress the fire again, and the howling wind, the roaring fire, the whistling arrows, the heart-rending screams, the frenzied running, and the miserable cries rang out in one piece.

Our soldiers watched the shocking scene from afar in the steaming smoke, all of them with miserable expressions on their faces, and in the wind, there was a faint stench of scorched hu, so as to speculate that the wall must be a scene of hell on earth.

The white flag fluttered on the wall, and a hoarse voice shouted: "Don't burn, we are willing to dissolve the family, please don't blame the past." ”

On the dirt hill, the archers stopped shooting. I had a cold face and didn't say a word.

Zhang He wanted to ask me, but when he saw my face, he suddenly understood everything.

"Bastard, who told you to stop shooting, the time for surrender has passed, the recalcitrant will be killed, shoot."

Countless sharp arrows pounced on the person holding the white flag by the wall, and in an instant, the person was full of arrows, let out a terrible shout, shook his body, and planted his head down the wall.

The general trend has gone, and in the flames of steaming, only after the wooden gate is burned, our army will break through the city. In front of the ironclad soldiers, all resistance was in vain, and all that remained was a one-sided slaughter. The best defense is offense, and sticking to this kind of small village also wants to resist the attack of our army, which is really mentally retarded. Coming from modern times, although the siege equipment is lacking, there are still hundreds of ways to toss this kind of small village.

The Qingzhou Rebellion has just started, see me use thunderbolts to clean up these rebels. Who wants to resist in the future, think about Liu Bu's fate.

Chaos began to rise on the wall, and panic spread like a plague. Seeing that I refused to surrender, and in the face of sudden bad luck, many people gave up their resistance and ran on the city walls in despair, desperately looking for a way out.

A little farther away, the place where the fire could not burn began to climb over the city, gradually, more and more people on the wall began to throw down their weapons, jumping from the wall, the lucky people did not have major damage, got up and quickly disappeared into the field, the unfortunate people broke their legs and feet, and lay under the wall wailing.

Almost," the order was given, Minzhuang prepared the earthen bag, stepped forward and threw the earthen bag on the firewood and grass, and after the fire was extinguished, the spearmen stepped forward to clear the passage in front of the door, and the axe soldiers were ready to break open the city gate. ”

With a barrage of orders, the ironclad men began to prepare to break down the door.

Zhang He pointed to the fleeing family and asked, "My lord, do you send out rangers to arrest these people?" ”

I watched the family members jumping off the wall, and the backs that gradually disappeared on the horizon in the distance, and my heart ached. It's all labor, I lost a lot of money when I ran one, and after running so much, the loss was big.

Now the Qingzhou Rebellion has just started, and the population loss is not large, but in the later period of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao took Jizhou from Yuan Shao's hands, and saw that Jizhou had a population of 300,000 on the household register, so excited that he couldn't sleep, and even called "Dazhou", but Jizhou had a population of 9 million before the war. The successive wars have caused the loss of the Han population to such a point, can it not make my heart ache?

Thunderbolt means, thunderbolt methods - I secretly restrained my compassion, and reminded myself one after another that I could not have the kindness of a woman. Qingzhou war just started, if you don't use an iron fist to strangle the signs of the county ****, Qingzhou is only afraid that it will be like in history, the war will continue, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Besides, if you block them and prevent them from escaping, the soldiers on the wall will fight desperately when they see that there is no way to live.

"It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, let him go." I waved my hand, and seeing that Zhang He had no objections, I understood that he did not approve of the pursuit of deserters either, but was just a kind reminder from his position.

"Prepare to break the city." My majestic herald.

When Zhang He heard this, he rushed to the front of the formation. immediately turned around and shouted excitedly: "Shanzi Array, I am invincible." ”

Following the order, the soldiers formed an attack formation in groups of ten and responded loudly: "I am invincible." ”

After the formation was completed, Zhang He brandished a spear, pointed the tip of the gun at the gate of the village, and shouted: "There is no advance or retreat." ”

Zhang He called again: "Raise the gun, walk slowly, and move forward." Immediately, a horse took the lead in the front of the formation.

When he got closer, Zhang He brandished his spear and gave an order: "Hurry up, move forward." ”

The horses began to trot, and the soldiers changed from walking to trotting. The military horn sounded, Zhang He raised his gun and shouted: "Erect a spear, raise a knife and axe, advance without retreat, soldiers, charge." ”

"Male (bear)", the soldiers roared and began to run, their heavy footsteps on the ground, the earth began to tremble slightly, and the heavens and the earth were filled with the roars of the soldiers, the roar of the iron armor, and the heavy wheezing sounds.

No, why bother, it's too exaggerated.

Dealing with a small village, Zhang He actually put on the momentum of an ironclad charge on the plain. God, have mercy on those families.