In the face of such a terrible scene, even the elite of the Red Turban Army couldn't help but be frightened, and many Red Turban sergeants in front saw this scene, and hurriedly threw away the weapons in their hands, turned around and chose to flee. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, before these people could escape, the general who supervised the battle behind him slashed and killed a soldier who had lost his weapon, and shouted: "Death to those who retreat, give it to me!" ”

Seeing this scene, the soldiers in front of him were extremely panicked, but they had to muster up the courage to re-grasp their blades and prepare to attack the city. However, with just a few siege ladders, how could it be so easy to storm the city wall.

I saw that during the period when the red turban soldiers in front were panicking, the officers and soldiers on the city wall re-drew their bowstrings and shot the arrows in their hands at the red turban army under the city.

"Ahh ~~" A scream came, and more than 100 soldiers were mercilessly shot in a pool of blood. Seeing this scene, the last morale of the Red Turban Army was also broken, and the nearly 1,000 soldiers in front had to choose to retreat under the onslaught of the enemy.

Looking at the soldiers who were about to be defeated in front of him, Luo Wensu, who was sitting behind the battle, couldn't help but sigh weakly and said, "Mingjin, withdraw the troops!" ”

In the evening, in Liu Futong's Chinese army tent, after experiencing two fiascos in a row, the generals and officers of the Red Turban Army finally realized the strength of the enemy, so in this parliament, everyone was no longer as relaxed as before, and they were silent one by one, which made the atmosphere in the tent quite depressing.

Looking at the dejected generals in the big tent, Liu Futong couldn't help sighing, and said to the many generals in the tent in a deep voice: "Hey! These two failures are because I am too underestimated by the enemy, I really shouldn't be in such a hurry, but I should take it slowly, after all, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. ”

When the generals in the tent heard Liu Futong's words, they immediately said with some self-reproach: "Marshal ......"

"You don't have to say it." Seeing that everyone wanted to speak, Liu Futong waved his hand and said to everyone: "This time, it is indeed the fault of Ben Shuai. Remember to eat or not, obviously you can wait for the craftsmen in the army to build the siege equipment in the slow picture, but you have to be so anxious, this commander is sorry for the soldiers under him. ”

"Marshal! Please don't do this, this is all due to the incompetence of the last general, as a military general, but he can't teach for me, for our army, attack the city and plunder the land, the last general is guilty! Hearing Liu Futong's words, Zhang Shihua knelt on the ground with red eyes and tears, and said to Liu Futong like this.

And the other generals in the tent, seeing Zhang Shihua and Liu Futong like this, also knelt on the ground with red eyes and bowed to Liu Futong: "The last general is incompetent, please punish the marshal!" ”

Seeing this, Liu Futong couldn't help but have tears in his eyes, shook his head and choked up and said to the generals in the tent: "Why do you need to be like this, brothers! ”

"Why should it be. If I don't, you can get off the stage. Hearing Liu Futong's words, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but think like this in his heart. However, although he thought so in his heart, on the face, Zhang Shihua still said to Liu Futong with tears and choking: "Marshal, the king of Ming was killed because of his great cause. It is you, when our religion is about to overturn, to turn the tide and support the building and the future; Next, it was you again, not afraid of danger, in the game of nine deaths, leading my sect, rebelling soldiers, and punishing injustice. ”

"It is also under your leadership that our army can defeat strong enemies one after another and create today's situation. Therefore, the last general begs you, marshal, don't say today's words again, you say this, it really makes the last general and others feel uncomfortable! ”

After saying this, Zhang Shihua fell to the ground and wailed.

And when the other generals in the tent saw this, they all fell to the ground and wailed, and everyone looked like the lord was worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the lord humiliated the ministers to death.

Nonsense, you don't cry at this time, what are you waiting for. If you don't cry, doesn't it mean that you have two hearts. Although it is said that several of these generals in the Red Turban Army are coarse people who don't know a single word, these people are not stupid, and at this time, the worse they cry, the better.

I didn't see Mr. Du and Mr. Sheng kneeling there, and their snot was about to cry, and I really thought it was crying if I didn't know.

And looking at Liu Futong at this time, he was also in tears at this time, choked and trembling and said to the generals kneeling in the tent: "Wait, it's really my brother!" After saying this, he even wailed at the desk.

However, with Liu Futong and Zhang Shihua crying, they completely blinded the guards in the tent, and saw these people standing there one by one, facing the scene in front of them, neither persuading nor persuading.

But fortunately, Liu Futong still understands things very well, and he just needs to express his intentions. After all, Liu Futong's identity is here, if he keeps crying here, the generals below won't dare to stop.

Therefore, after crying in pain for three or five minutes, I saw Liu Futong slowly straighten up from the table, looked at the generals who were still crying and crying in the tent with red eyes, and said to the generals and officials in a choked voice: "All the brothers said today, this handsome man is like an initiation, and with your brothers being so loyal, why should my Holy Sect worry about major events." ”

After saying that, Liu Futong stood up in person, stepped down from the platform, and helped up the generals in the tent one by one.

And Zhang Shihua and others, who were personally helped up by Liu Futong, also cooperated with Liu Futong to finish this drama of "Junren and Loyalty", although among so many people present, there are not many people who really regard Liu Futong as a monarch. But at this time, when Liu Futong's prestige was at its strongest, obviously no one dared to show this kind of thought.

However, judging from Liu Futong's subsequent behavior and expression, it is obvious that Liu Futong is very satisfied with Zhang Shihua's praise. After all, Liu Dashuai is not a person who does not admit his mistakes this time, on the contrary, people not only admit their mistakes, but also admit their mistakes very sincerely, if you have to attribute the mistakes to yourself, then you can no longer blame Liu Dashuai.

Although Liu Futong and Zhang Shihua's approach is a bit shameless, isn't politics like this?

Besides, "Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills" Some things, what you think in your heart is one thing, and what you say is another. Didn't Uncle Liu Huang cry and rob his nephew's territory in Sichuan.

And, is it really a shame? Liu Bei cried and robbed his nephew's territory, which was still the eternal benevolence; And Zhang Shihua cried and said such things to Liu Futong today, how could it not be a sign of loyalty.

As for whether Zhang Shihua is really loyal, does it matter? After all, no one knows what Zhang Shihua really thinks in his heart, but everyone knows Zhang Shihua's actions today, then Zhang Shihua is a loyal minister, and Liu Futong must also treat him the way he treats loyal ministers, which is enough.

Therefore, when the meeting ended at this time, Zhang Shihua once again became the focus of the generals of the Red Turban Army. However, this time, the attitude of the Red Turban Army generals towards Zhang Shihua has undergone a major reversal. In the past, these people only contained jealousy in their eyes when they looked at Zhang Shihua, but now, although these people are the same jealous in their hearts, he has to face Zhang Shihua with a smile, after all, after this incident, Zhang Shihua has become a well-known loyal minister in the Red Turban Army.

And in this way, no matter how jealous they are in their hearts, they must not show it, after all, if you can't get along with a well-known loyal minister, do you think you will be a good person?

After all, in this era, not everyone sees the world in color, and in the vast majority of people, the world has two colors, black and white. In the eyes of such people, there are only good and bad, and ministers only use loyalty and treachery.

For example, Sheng Wenyu, when he went out of Liu Futong's big tent with Du Zundao, he looked at Zhang Shihua's departing back, and couldn't help but sigh to Du Zundao beside him: "I never expected that General Zhang would be so loyal and upright, he is really a model for my generation!" ”

When Du Zundao heard Sheng Wenyu's words, he looked at Sheng Wenyu with a look of reverence, Du Zundao nodded with a smile and couldn't help but think in his heart: "Hey! It's unreasonable, people like this can be admitted to the Jinshi, so it's reasonable. ”

"As for Zhang Shihua, a loyal minister, what are you kidding. Others don't know his Zhang Shihua's nature, but he is very clear. When Zhang Shihua was an inspector in Taihe, he was considered a loyal minister of the imperial court by the people of Taihe, but as a result, he was the first to rebel in Taihe. ”

"The most important thing for a person like this is only his own interests, but then again, in addition to Luo Wensu in this Red Turban Army, there is a military general who is wholehearted and loyal."

Therefore, in the face of Sheng Wenyu's words, Du Zundao just nodded with a smile and said nothing.

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A moment later, in Zhang Shihua's big tent, Zhang Shihua was discussing the matter of building siege equipment with Yang Xitong, a master craftsman under his command.

After two fiascos, the Red Turban Army had already realized that it was no longer possible to rely on the old methods to attack the city, so at the end of the council, Liu Futong handed over the matter of building siege equipment to Zhang Shihua, the most professional in this area in the army.

And Zhang Shihua naturally would not shirk Liu Futong's order, so he nodded and responded. Therefore, after coming back, Zhang Shihua immediately called his master over to ask him about this matter.

I didn't know it, and I was startled when I asked. After asking Yang Xitong, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but feel that his understanding of siege weapons in the era of cold weapons was too shallow.

To tell the truth, although Zhang Shihua is a traverser, the only siege equipment he knew before this was the three siege equipment of ladders, trebuchets, and crashes, and even these three siege equipment were all known when he watched costume films in later generations, and he didn't know much about it.

But after some discussion with Yang Xitong, Zhang Shihua really appreciated the art of war in ancient China.

According to Yang Xitong, there are as many as eight kinds of siege equipment, which are the most common and practical from ancient times to the present, that is to say, in addition to the three types that Zhang Shihua said, there are also nest cars, wooden curtains, fenyun (fenyun) cars, Linchong Lu buses and flying bridges, which are the most common and practical siege equipment in the siege.

But the current Red Turban Army, in addition to the trebuchet, only has a half-finished ladder, which can be seen in the lack of siege means. Even after understanding the functions of these siege weapons in detail, Zhang Shihua himself couldn't help but have an inferiority complex for the Red Turban Army, and felt that his previous siege battles were like barbarians.

Therefore, in order to increase the grasp of siege and reduce the loss of siege, Zhang Shihua resolutely decided to mobilize the strength of the whole army to build these siege equipment. After all, sharpening knives is not wrong for woodcutters, with these siege equipment, Zhang Shihua has absolute certainty in his heart that the Red Turban Army can take the city.

However, although Zhang Shihua wants to build these siege equipment, Zhang Shihua will not build them indiscriminately. Because for the current battle situation of the Red Turban Army, among the eight siege equipment, there are only three that have the greatest effect on the Red Turban Army, that is, the ladder, the Linchong Lu bus and the trebuchet.

Moreover, because the current Red Turban Army has enough trebuchet relationships, Zhang Shihua decided to focus on building the ladder and the Linchong Lu bus in the next ten days.

However, speaking of which, I have to explain some of these two weapons here, starting with the ladder.

The ladder is different from the simple siege ladder used by the Red Turban Army, first of all, the ladder body (main ladder) is fixed on the chassis at a certain angle; In addition to the main staircase, there is also a movable upper staircase (secondary staircase), the top of which is equipped with a pair of rollers, which can be slid up and down along the wall of the castle when ascending the castle.

At the bottom of the ladder, "a large wooden bed with six wheels underneath". Because the main ladder adopts a fixed device, the ladder erection procedure is simplified, the ladder erection time is shortened, and the design of the movable upper city ladder greatly reduces the height of the ladder before engaging the enemy. When attacking the city, you only need to stop the main ladder under the city, and then set up the ladder on the main ladder to "sleep on the city", so as to reduce the danger and difficulty of setting up the ladder in front of the enemy, and at the same time ensure that the ladder is not too early to approach the edge of the city before ascending the city, so as to avoid being destroyed by the defenders.

Moreover, the structure of the ladder also adopts a folding structure connected by a rotating shaft in the middle, and a protective facility is added at the bottom of the ladder, which can be said to be a siege equipment rich in technology.

As for the Linchong Lu bus, it can be said to be the largest siege equipment among the ancient siege equipment.

Linchong Lu bus car is several zhang high, dozens of zhang long, the car is divided into five layers, each layer has a ladder for going up and down, the car can carry hundreds of warriors, equipped with machine crossbows, poisonous arrows, guns, halberds, knives and spears and other weapons and equipment for destroying the city wall facilities.

During the attack, the people pushed the cart to the foot of the city, the roof of the car could be level with the city wall, and the soldiers rushed to the city through the overpass to fight the enemy, and the car underneath the city wall was destroyed by hitting the wood and other tools. Of course, this kind of behemoth-like military vehicle is not as common as other siege equipment such as ladders in battle, and it is bulky and limited by the terrain, so it is difficult to exert its power, but its sudden appearance often has a huge deterrent effect on the defenders of the city, thus messing up their formation.

Of course, Zhang Shihua did not plan to make such a large Linchong chariot at this time, in Zhang Shihua's mind, this Linchong chariot can carry dozens of people at a time, and if it is too big, the Red Turban Army will not be able to make it in a short time.