The world says that Jiangnan is rich, but how do the rich people of Jiangnan live? Does the annexation of land to Jiangnan not exist? The answer is no, the south of the Yangtze River is rich, the land of fish and rice, but it is the land of fish and rice for the rich, and for those tenants, it is just less to eat some wild vegetables than in the north.

Just like Suzhou, which is known as a place with heaven and Suzhou and Hangzhou, gardens are all over the city and countryside, but because there are too many rich people, the land annexation is more serious, and the middle-class family in the countryside of Suzhou is only one or two acres of paddy fields, and a few acres can be mixed with more than enough food and clothing in renting a few acres.

But most of the people are renting the landlord's land, and after teaching the landlord and the national tax all year round, it will be a good year, if there is a famine or birth, old age, sickness and death, the good thing is that they are destitute in an instant, and the unlucky ones owe a lot of usury to the landlord, and finally they can't afford to sell themselves as long-term laborers.

So this is also the reason why Zhang San dared to rob people in the south of the Yangtze River and forced people to get on the boat, and he dared to expect people to settle down quickly and return to him.

In the farther places, such as Xiaoliuqiu and Zhenwei Island, it is three acres, Luzon is five acres, and Borneo is ten acres, and the title deed is issued after it is settled, and those who can afford it can also rent official land, or even buy more official land.

The immigrants of the Great Song Dynasty were few of five families, and there were seven or eight or even more than ten people, and they could get about 20 acres of land in the Ryukyus alone, and there was no land rent, only the national tax, and now the national tax is only 30% after two reductions.

Such a good thing, as long as you are not stupid, everyone can distinguish the advantages and disadvantages, which is also the reason why Ryukyu has only been developed for three years, and everyone does have such a strong cohesion, which is nothing more than Zhang San can give everyone greater benefits.

Zhang San stood at the head of Yangzhou City at this time, looking at the Song army under the city, it was really very imposing, as the saying goes, there are 10,000 people that are boundless, Zhang San feels that this is a bit exaggerated, I remember to hold a sports meeting when I went to school, or it is not too exaggerated to be able to sit in the bird's nest of 100,000 people.

But when 200,000 people line up the policy opposite you and fan into a large area, the feeling is definitely much more shocking than the National Day military parade, but no matter how many people can fly up the city wall.

The Song army had rich experience in attacking and defending cities, so in the face of a fortified city like Yangzhou, it did not blindly charge, but began to set up siege equipment such as building carts, shield carts, rushing carts, trebuchets, and ladders outside the city, and the military array also advanced with a large shield defense.

The first step of the war is to fill the moat, there is a lot of water in the south, and the moat in Yangzhou is also rich in water, the Song army must first fill in the moat if they want to come over, the moat in Yangzhou is fifty steps away from the city wall, as for why it is so far? Why not dig a trench under the city walls so that the enemy has no place to borrow?

This is also for fear that the water will collapse the foundation of the city wall, the distance of fifty steps is just right, the archers of the Great Song Dynasty, the direct range of a bow and arrow is about eighty steps, if the projectile can reach one hundred and fifty steps, but this is also to deal with the unarmored target.

The Song army is not a poor bastard who wears cloth clothes, people have iron armor, so the moat can stand on the city wall and shoot the armor of the armored infantry fifty steps away, these are just right, this is also summed up by the ancients after actual combat, whether the moat was dug by Zhang Sanxian.

So in order to cope with the condescending advantage of the city wall, the ancients invented the siege weapon of the arrow tower, and five to ten archers stood on a wooden shelf, what is the use of this? Can you suppress the archers on the walls? The walls are much larger than the arrow towers in that little place.

But this kind of thing is not for the purpose of achieving total suppression, as long as it creates a local advantage, so that your local archers can't play a role, then the soldiers below can do a lot of things.

Just like now, the Song army plans to use the arrow tower to suppress the heavy shield guards below, and then fill the moat by filling the soil by the people, which is also a more traditional tactic, the Song army chose ten points as the river filling point, and the arrow tower is also advancing towards these ten points.

Zhang San looked at the Song army slowly advancing under the city and suddenly asked Xu Guanzhong: "Don't the Song army know that we have ballistas?" ”

Xu Guanzhong said with a smile: "There is no way, this moat still needs to be filled." You see that the catapults they prepared are probably against our ballistas? ”

Zhang San smiled and asked, "Then you said that if you attacked, what would you do?" ”

Xu Guanzhong thought about it and said: "First use a catapult to throw oil bombs on the city wall, and when the city wall burns up, you can naturally fill the moat with peace of mind." ”

Zhang Sanyi was stunned with a smile on his face, and asked, "How likely do you think Song Jun is to do this?" ”

Xu Guanzhong thought about it and shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. ”

Zhang San immediately called the intelligence officer and asked, "Have you heard about the Song army's attack method, the intelligence officer looked at Zhang San and shook his head." ”

Just when Zhang San didn't know what Song Jun would do next, a subordinate of Shi Qian ran over in the distance and shouted, "Urgent report!" ”

Zhang San hurriedly took the punch card and took a look, and ordered in shock: "Order all ballistas to attack the opponent's catapults at once, and be sure to destroy them all!" The herald was about to give the order, but Xu Guanzhong immediately said: "Slow! ”

Xu Guanzhong clenched his fists and asked, "But you guessed right?" ”

Zhang San nodded and said, "The Song army is planning to attack the city wall by throwing fire bombs from catapults to help block the moat. ”

Xu Guanzhong nodded and said: "Your Majesty, catapults are different from ballistas, their attacks are all based on luck, and the preparation time is long, even after the deployment is in place, it will take a while to start attacking.

And the closer our ballista is, the higher the accuracy of the shot, rather than disturbing the enemy before he arrives, it is better to wait for him to push up, and directly deal a heavy blow with fire oil shells, so that the enemy cannot be rescued. ”

Zhang San thought about it and nodded: "You're right, I'm in a hurry, herald, modify the order, and change the ballista to be on standby at any time to attack when the enemy's catapult is deployed." Never mind! Cancel the order, Chief of Staff Xu, you will command this battle, and you will be ordered to do it. ”

Xu Guanzhong smiled and clenched his fists and bowed: "Your Majesty, Lord Ming!" ”

Zhang San smiled bitterly and shook his head, he still shouldn't command indiscriminately, professional things are still left to professional people to do, as for himself, he still has to see more and learn more, maybe he can use it in the future.

Under the attention of the Ryukyu army, first the arrow tower advanced to a hundred meters from the city wall, and then the heavy shield men lined up in front of the arrow tower and made a posture to start the siege, but the catapult behind did not stop and advanced until it was 300 meters.