"Kill! ~~" Outside Fangcheng City, the earth-shattering shouting of killing resounded in the sky. Under the attack of the Nanyang Red Turban Army www.biquge.info the defenders of Fangcheng did not even have the most basic resistance, and in just a quarter of an hour, Zhang Shihua commanded his soldiers to kill the city wall.

And after these soldiers killed the city wall, the guards of Fangcheng faced them, like pigs and dogs waiting to be slaughtered, under the internal and external attacks, these people had no power to fight back at all.

And in the city, too. Guo Yu led the three hundred cavalry under his command, and in the city, rushed left and right, just like entering a no-man's land. And after solving some troubles in the city, Guo Yu led his three hundred cavalry soldiers and went straight to the east wall of Fangcheng.

In this case, where would those soldiers in Fang Cheng have the heart to resist. Therefore, after the Red Turban Army outside the city climbed the city wall, the officers and soldiers defending the city wall collapsed like a receding tide.

Even though the guard general Chao Lu had the intention to block it, he killed several escapees in a row as if he was crazy. But at this time, there was that soldier who would still be afraid of this, and even if it weren't for the dozens of loyal guards around Chaolu who were guarding him all the time, he probably would have been killed by the fleeing rebels like the other Mongol generals.

Seeing this scene, Chaolu also knew that the general trend on his side had gone. Therefore, after resisting to no avail, Chaolu faced the north with a dejected face, and shouted in Mongolian, "The criminal minister is incompetent and cannot defend the land", and then resolutely killed himself.

And after Chaolu killed himself, the dozens of guards beside Chaolu saw this scene, and some loyal people also killed themselves with Chaolu. The rest of those who did not have the courage to kill themselves threw away their weapons with shame on their faces and turned around as a fugitive.

Since then, the last group of people in Fangcheng who are determined to fight to the death have also died, and the red turban soldiers are also under the command of Zhang Shihua, and they easily captured this city.

Take the city in one day. After being silent for a month, Zhang Shihua once again used such a powerful battle to announce to the world the strength of the Central Plains Red Turban Army.

However, when Zhang Shihua attacked the city, in the distant north, the emperors and ministers of the Great Yuan Empire also discussed the specific matters of the Red Turban Army in the court.

In the Dayuan Palace, in the Daming Palace, the Dayuan Emperor, that is, the son of the Yuan Shun Emperor who was called by our later generations. At this time, he was wearing a dragon robe, sitting on the dragon chair, holding the dragon chair with both hands, looking at the ministers under the hall, to be precise, watching the prime minister take off, and asked with some anger: "Right Prime Minister, you show me the twists and turns, look at the world, the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains left by the ancestors, what has been harmed by this group of red turban thieves." Is this the world that you are a minister of the Emperor and the Auxiliary of the Emperor, who assists me in governing the world? ”

Under the main hall, Toto, who was standing at the head of the ministers on the right side, heard the emperor's words, and couldn't help but kneel on the ground with some trepidation. I saw him bow his head and plead loudly to the emperor: "The minister is guilty, the minister doesn't know that all the officials in Jiangbei Province are such corpse vegetarians. If you don't notice, please punish your majesty. ”

However, seeing him like this, Emperor Yuan did not say anything to punish him, but raised his hand, let him stand up from the ground first, and said to him: "Your crime will be talked about later, first tell me how to suppress the thief for me." ”

When Totoh heard the emperor's words, he first respectfully kowtowed to the emperor and thanked him, and then he slowly stood up from the ground, and after standing up, he bent down and bowed his head to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, as far as the criminal minister knows, the Jiangbei Red Turban Thief, its thieves are divided into three parts. These three are the Runing Red Turban Thief, the Xuzhou Red Turban Thief and the Qizhou Red Turban Thief. ”

"Among the three thieves, the Runing Red Turban Thief has the largest number of thieves, and it is the head of the three thieves. There is an ancient saying: 'Capture the thief first captures the king'. Therefore, the criminal ministers thought that at this time, the imperial court should send a large army to kill the Runing bandits with the power of thunder, and the thieves would be eliminated, and the remaining thieves would be dispersed. ”

Hearing the methodical words of Totok, Emperor Dayuan couldn't help but nod approvingly. Then, he couldn't help but see him and asked, "In this case, the prime minister thinks that how many troops should the imperial court send south to suppress the bandits is the most appropriate?" ”

Toto: "Back to Your Majesty, there are many bandits in Runing, and the court needs 100,000 troops to suppress bandits at this time." ”

"100,000 troops, in the treasury, there is enough money and food?" Hearing Totok say about the 100,000 army, Emperor Yuan, who knew what kind of concept this was, couldn't help but ask Hubu Shangshu like this.

When Hubu Shangshu heard this, he couldn't help but stand up and bend down and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, at this time, the autumn tax has been put into the treasury, and the imperial court has a lot of money and grain, which is enough to undertake the dispatch of money and grain for the 100,000 army to the south." ”

"Well, in that case, let's send 100,000 elite soldiers from the states, prefectures, and roads of Zhongshu Province to the south." Hearing Hubu Shangshu's answer, Emperor Yuan couldn't help but say so.

When Totoh heard Emperor Yuan's words, he couldn't help but bow again: "The minister obeys the order." ”

However, when Tokhtar said the words of obedience, he couldn't help but bend down and bow his head to Emperor Yuan and ask, "Your Majesty, this time you are going south to suppress the thieves, I don't know who Your Majesty is going to send to lead the army?" ”

When Emperor Yuan heard Toto's words, he first touched the stubble on his chin with his hand, and then looked at Totoku and said: "The prime minister is familiar with military affairs, and this time, the prime minister will recommend one for me." ”

Hearing the emperor say this, Tokhtar first saluted Emperor Yuan, and then couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the minister's brother Yu Shi Dafu can also be the commander of the army before Timur. ”

"Timur first" Hearing Tokhtar say this, Emperor Yuan couldn't help but touch the stubble on his chin again, and then looked at the ministers above the hall and asked, "What do you think Aiqing thinks?" Hearing the emperor's question, most of the ministers in the main hall were afraid of the power of the two brothers, and naturally no one raised objections.

When Emperor Yuan saw this, he couldn't help but say: "In this case, this time the southern bandits will be led by the Imperial Doctor and Timur as the main commander, and the Wei Wang Kuanche brother as the deputy marshal, and lead the army south together." ”

Hearing the emperor say this, Timur's eyes couldn't help but flash with joy, but he still stood up with Brother Kuanche of King Wei at the first time, and bowed to the emperor: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Seeing this, Emperor Yuan seemed to be a little tired, and couldn't help waving his hand and said, "In this case, in three days, I will lead the army south." Okay, I'm tired too, so let's step back. After saying this, the emperor was supported by the eunuch Pu Buhua beside him, stood up from the dragon chair, and then he left the Daming Hall with a group of guards.

When the ministers in the main hall saw this, they couldn't help but bow and say: "The ministers send your majesty, long live my emperor." ”

And after Emperor Yuan left, the ministers in the hall couldn't help but leave one after another, but after the ministers withdrew from the hall, Tokhoff and his younger brother also walked in the back.

"First of all, this time to suppress the thief, the matter is very important, not only related to your brother and my prime minister, but also related to the future wealth of our Miri beggar clan, so when you go south, you must tighten the spirit of the twelve, and you will come to me to win the battle no matter what, understand?"

Hearing his brother's serious words first, he couldn't help but turn pale and restrained the smile on his face. Then, seeing that he was also serious, he said to Totoku: "Brother, don't worry, my brother will never disgrace you this time, and he will definitely win a battle." ”

When Tokhtar heard his brother's words, he couldn't help but nod, and then the two brothers left Miyagi together.

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Three days later, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, under the edict of the Yuan Emperor, the Yuan court really issued an edict to fight against thieves, and at the same time, sent the Imperial Historian to know the Privy Council and Timur as the commander-in-chief, and the Wei Wang Kuanchege as the deputy marshal, leading an army of 100,000 to kill to the south.

At the same time, in Fangcheng, Zhang Shihua finally finished dealing with Fangcheng's affairs and was ready to return with his army.

Because Zhang Shihua himself did not attach much importance to Fangcheng, this time Zhang Shihua asked Xu Ming and Zhou Tie, the deputy Qianhu, to stay in Fangcheng. Of course, although it was Xu Ming, a thousand households, who stayed in Fangcheng, it was not him who was doing Allah's business. Because before this, Zhang Shihua had already appointed his second uncle, that is, Zhang Liewen, as the governor of Yuzhou.

Therefore, whether in name or in fact, the person who is really in charge of Fangcheng is Zhang Shihua's second uncle Zhang Liewen. As for Xu Ming, it was purely because Zhang Shihua was too lazy to see him again that he ordered him to stay here.

At this time, let's not talk about this, just talk about what happened after Zhang Shihua returned to Wuyang.

The matter of going south to conquer Fangcheng went very smoothly, Zhang Shihua only took a week to return to Wuyang, and after returning to Wuyang, Zhang Shihua did not directly lead the troops back to Wuyang Xiancheng, but led his soldiers to go to the mines in the south of Wuyang.

This is not to say that Zhang Shihua couldn't hold his breath because of the plate armor, but because on the third day when Zhang Shihua led his troops to fight Xiacheng, Yang Xitong sent Zhang Shihua a piece of good news, and it was precisely because of this good news that Zhang Shihua would return from the Fangcheng area so urgently.

And the content of this good news, I don't think I need to say more, everyone can guess. Yes, after Zhang Shihua's order, Yang Xitong spent three days really building a hydraulic forging machine for Zhang Shihua.

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On the afternoon of Zhang Shihua's return from Fangcheng, in front of the gate of the Wuyang mine, Yang Xitong was leading a group of high-level officials in the mine to welcome Zhang Shihua's arrival.

Time passed slowly, and before three o'clock, Yang Xitong, who had been waiting here for three quarters of an hour, finally saw Zhang Shihua's handsome banner and Zhang Shihua, who was surrounded by his guards and came on horseback.

"Xia Guan Yang Xitong and all the officials in the mine, meet the general." Seeing Zhang Shihua riding a horse, Yang Xitong couldn't help but take a group of high-level executives from the mine to worship like this at the first time.

And Zhang Shihua saw Yang Xitong like this, but he turned over and dismounted, and under the surprised looks of everyone around, he personally helped Yang Xitong who was kneeling on the ground, and said to Yang Xitong with excitement: "Master Yang, you have really worked hard for you in the past two days, you are really a great hero." ”

And looking at Zhang Shihua, who was so excited, and the generals of the Red Turban Army who didn't know what was going on, they couldn't help but think with some doubts in their hearts at this time: "What did Yang Xitong do, it made the general excited like this." You know, when he first attacked the city, the general was not so excited. Could it be that Yang Xitong, an old craftsman, is mining here, and what earth-shattering treasures have been dug up? ”

As for the doubts in the hearts of his generals, Zhang Shihua naturally knew it, but Zhang Shihua was not in the mood to explain this to his subordinates now. Because, his mind is full of hydraulic forging machines now, where is there time to pay attention to this.

For this kind of thought in Zhang Shihua's heart, Li Xitong is naturally very clear, so after being helped up by Zhang Shihua himself, he was moved by the fact that he was not good at words, and he didn't say anything, but said straight to Zhang Shihua: "General, please come with the lower official, and the lower official will take you to the forging plant." ”

When the high-level executives of a kind of mine behind Yang Xitong heard Yang Xitong's words, they couldn't help but be stunned, and they couldn't help but think in their hearts, "Your old man is also straightforward, this general just came to you and asked the adult to go to the factory with you, and you are a subordinate here, I don't know how to sympathize with the adult." ”

But to the surprise of these people, Yang Xitong said this, but he fell into Zhang Shihua's arms. After all, Zhang Shihua came from Fangcheng in a hurry, and it wasn't to be entertained by you people in this mine to eat and drink and waste time.

So when Zhang Shihua heard Yang Xitong's words, the smile on his face naturally became stronger. After that, I saw Zhang Shihua first facing his subordinates and giving an order to camp on the spot. Then, Zhang Shihua took Guo Yu, Zhang Mingtong, Bai Xi, three thousand households, and Li Wu and other guards, and Yang Xitong rushed to the forging plant in the mine.

This forging workshop is naturally built on the side of a wide river, of course, this is not important, the important thing is that after Zhang Shihua and they came to this heavily guarded factory, Zhang Shihua noticed at first glance that outside the factory, the one on the river was like a waterwheel but not a waterwheel.

After seeing that strange thing, without Yang Xitong's explanation, Zhang Shihua naturally knew that it must be part of the hydraulic forging machine. Therefore, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but become more and more curious about the whole picture of the hydraulic forging machine in the workshop.

Under the guidance of Yang Xitong, Zhang Shihua strode into the factory. And after opening the door of this forging plant, it is natural that a heat wave will blow in front of you. After all, this workshop is a place for forging armor, and it is naturally full of fire.

However, this little fire is naturally nothing to Zhang Shihua and them who are in the war. And Zhang Shihua and the others really didn't care about the fire in the factory at all, because after everyone came to the factory here, everyone's eyes were already attracted by the huge peculiar forging hammer in the factory that was connected to the waterwheel outside the house and related to the principle of the lever.