Chapter 21 - Each by its own means
"No matter how clever you use your words and justifications, you can't get rid of the fact that you killed the former lord and betrayed the present lord, disrespected the court, betrayed the lord and were ungrateful, you are a disloyal and unrighteous person, how can you still have the face to live in this world? I am really ashamed of you......" Zhang Yang's words seemed tough, but he couldn't get around the bend that Lu Bu set for him, how to choose between loyalty and righteousness.
Lu Bu has now made it clear that he has left Luoyang, Dong Zhuo is abandoning the darkness and choosing to be loyal to the Han family, can Zhang Yang still say that he made such a choice?
Of course not, not only can't, but he may also have to praise him for "killing relatives with righteousness", but of course Zhang Yang wouldn't say that, so he could only hold on to a little.
Although the Han family is declining, the number of qi is not exhausted, and the people of the world may not know who the son of today is, but they know and agree that they are the people of the Han Dynasty, in this case, I am afraid that only Dong Zhuo in the world dares to call himself disloyal to the king.
Although Zhang Yang actually occupied the two counties of Shangdang and Taiyuan, and did not get any recognition from the imperial court, he could only say that the national thieves were rampant and did not work in the government decree, and he did not dare to risk the disapproval of the world to say that he was self-reliant.
It can be said that Lu Bu's self-justification, although there are still loopholes, makes sense and is morally acceptable.
Listening to Zhang Yang's words, Lu Bu said in his heart, you should be hard-mouthed, and sneered: "Uncle Zhang Ya, what you said is very good, I don't know where your loyal heart to serve the country went when the imperial decree arrived, knowing that the current imperial decree represents Dong Zhuo's mind, which is equivalent to Dong Zhuo's reward, but you don't feel guilty about it." ā
"A certain ......" Zhang Yang opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to refute it, this is the biggest difference between him and Lu Bu at the moment, and this difference highlights the difficulty of Lu Bu having the courage to admit his mistakes and promise to correct them.
As the saying goes, if you don't speculate for more than half a sentence, it is appropriate to describe the relationship between Lu Bu and Zhang Yang at this time.
The two of them had a confrontation between the two of them, each with a gun and a stick, but Lu Bu wanted to have a slight upper hand, after all, Zhang Yang said that it was only Lu Bu who killed the master and recognized the thief as his "father", but Lu Bu avoided it lightly at once. One admits the mistake of both things. The other is that at this moment, he suddenly woke up and abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and wanted to return to the arms of the Han.
And if Zhang Yang said that Lu Bu had no righteousness and now betrayed Dong Zhuo again, it would be better to refute it, Lu Bu just meant that Your Excellency felt that it was wrong to do so?
Of course, Zhang Yang didn't dare to say that it was wrong, because Dong Zhuo was a big thief of the country who everyone could get rid of, on the contrary, it was very wrong to have something to do with him, but Zhang Yang himself had also accepted the imperial court's edict to General Zhenbei before. In fact, Dong Zhuo was rewarding him, and he accepted it, if Lu Bu was a stain, he would not be clean, and he would only laugh at fifty steps and take a hundred steps.
It was at this time that all the soldiers of Zhang Yangjun heard that Lu Bu was really a "good boy" when he woke up and turned back. After all, knowing that mistakes can be corrected and good is great, but he has been chasing after him and seems to have some problems himself, which is somewhat excessive.
In the end, Lu Bu didn't bother to argue more meaninglessly, his first self-bleaching goal had been achieved, and he only needed to talk nonsense with Zhang Yang here in the future, looking at Zhang Yang, he said coldly: "I don't know Uncle Zhang Ya." You are going to storm the city today. Or not attack, if not. Then so-and-so has to go home first, and then make up for sleep. ā
"You ......" Zhang Yang still wanted to argue, but suddenly woke up and realized that the other party had stopped, and then reacted to the meaning of Lu Bu's words, he was really angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and he pointed at Lu Bu for a long time but couldn't say a word, but in the end he could only snort coldly and angrily brushed away.
As Lu Bu expected, he couldn't attack the city now, and he didn't dare to try.
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At night, when the temperature drops sharply, most people prefer to stay in the warm bedding in their rooms.
Perhaps it was a sudden relaxation after a hard day's fighting, or the confidence in the ice wall that covered the outside of the city walls, there were not many defenders here, and the light of the torches was relatively faint, and the surrounding light was not very clear.
At this moment, outside the city wall covered with a layer of ice on the side of Pingzhou City, in the darkness, there were countless black shadows around and quietly cruising under the city wall through the night, looking up at the city head and seeing that there was no movement, it seemed that they did not find this side, these people finally showed their things, but it turned out to be all kinds of blades, there were guns and knives, daggers, spears and halberds, and some people even simply took out a sharp arrow, and then all kinds of sonorous sounds of hitting the ice sounded.
In such weather, the ice wall covered outside the city wall in Pingzhou did not show signs of melting, but seemed to become more and more solid with time, especially during the day, when it snowed again, at this time it was also covered with a thin layer of snow, as soon as it touched, it made people feel cold in their hands, and they were about to freeze in an instant, but unfortunately there was a life, so they could only grit their teeth to withstand the continuous invasion of the cold air, and continue to beat.
Such a sound was undoubtedly harsh and obvious in the silence of the night, but at this moment the defenders on the tower seemed to be asleep, and not one of them poked their heads out to check, and no one paid attention.
In this case, of course, they continued to beat, and it can be said that this beating is now not only for the completion of the task, but also for warmth, and the body always has to move to heat up, and they dare not stop in the slightest.
The layer of ice formed on the outer edge of the wall was not too thick for them to easily gouge through, and then break and fall to the ground, and then fall to pieces, and the sound of beating, cracking, and their faint panting became a wonderful symphony of cold nights.
As the chiseling deepened, their mood gradually relaxed, and they felt that this task did not seem to be so difficult to complete, but at this moment, there was a sudden noise of rustling on the city wall above, and even if they could see that there were suddenly more torches on it, the people who were digging the ice below couldn't help but be startled, and they felt bad, and they heard a "bang", and countless water suddenly poured down.
In such weather, you can imagine how cold the water would be, these soldiers were instantly drenched in a cold heart, at this moment the ice water seemed to turn into a sharp knife to pierce their armor, pierce their skin and even bones, one by one couldn't help but tremble, the movement of their hands could not hold on any longer. The sound of ding-dong sounded. But all the weapons in their hands fell to the ground unsteadily, the sound was crisp and pleasant, but it was like a beautiful music, but unfortunately some people didn't want to see it, and a voice shouted in the back: "Are they all dead, as long as they don't die, continue to move for me......"
At this time, on the city wall, a tall figure turned out. His heroic face under the torch is particularly eye-catching, it is Lu Bu.
Looking at Zhang Yang, who was looking at this side like thunder in the distance, Lu Brown laughed and said: "I expected that you, Uncle Zhang Ya, would have no other means, and he would come to sneak attack at night tonight, so I waited here to see you take the bait, but I didn't expect to be guessed." I didn't expect it to be such a little trick, hahaha......"
When he saw Lu Bu coming out and Zhang Yang, he froze, and when he heard Lu Bu's words again, his face couldn't help but be red and white for a while, which was extremely exciting.
In fact, he already knew that doing this kind of thing was a pit word, which was a bit unrealistic, but if he didn't try it, he felt even more uncomfortable, and he didn't want to come over every day to look at Lu Bu's nasty and smug face.
At this point, of course, there is no reason to stay here. Only bowed his hand in the direction of Lu Bu from a distance. said coldly: "Lu Fengxian's methods, Zhang Yang has been taught. Let's go ......."
Hearing this, the soldiers of the Zhang Yang Army under the city breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly turned around and followed, and the defenders of the city didn't know whether it was because of the night light or inexplicable sympathy and mercy that they still did something to them.
"Hahahaha......" There was another burst of laughter behind him, but this time it was the soldiers of the defenders in the city who joined in, and the laughter was even louder and harrier, making Zhang Yang's group can't help but speed up a little faster.
Lu Bu's eyes were shining, he didn't leave these people behind The idea is very simple, killing these people doesn't mean much, but leaving them can pass them to all the Zhang Yang soldiers and soldiers to put a shadow on their hearts, for the shadow of Zhang Yang.
The highest state of war is a soldier who surrenders without a fight, and Lu Bu thinks that he can't do that, but this kind of strategy will not feel outdated no matter how you use it.
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"I'm mad at me!" As soon as he returned to his tent, Zhang Yang took off his helmet and threw it to the ground, and the helmet rolled several times on the ground before finally stopping when it touched the edge of the couch.
Zhang Yang stomped his feet again, and his mood was extremely depressed, and he was already on the verge of exploding.
At this time, someone ran into the tent, the treatment can be imagined, Zhang Yang heard someone's footsteps approaching, and he didn't see who turned around and covered his face, so he scolded: "It's no longer in order, don't you even know how to report it first?" ā
As soon as the pro-soldier came in, he was treated like this, if it wasn't for the psychological element, he was afraid that he would be frightened to the ground on the spot, and it was really Zhang Yang's expression at the moment was too hideous, and his voice was too harsh, which made people feel creepy.
After settling down, the soldier said, "Marshal, all the generals are waiting outside the tent." ā
Zhang Yang remembered that he had just sent someone to gather all his generals over, and he was ready to brainstorm and think of any good way to deal with Ping Zhou City.
He didn't believe it, a small city like this could stop him, if it spread like this, he would probably become the laughing stock of the whole world, and he would never be able to raise his head in front of Lu Bu, no matter who he lost to, he would not allow himself to lose to Lu Bu.
"Let them come in......" Zhang Yang adjusted his feelings, after all, he is also a prince, and he can usually be happy and angry, if he is not facing Lu Bu, he will not become like this, but from this point of view, he has actually lost to Lu Bu psychologically.
"I don't know what you think about this Pingzhou City?" When all the generals in the army sat down, Zhang Yang asked.
In fact, he knew in his heart that this ice wall was just an obstacle, but it was hard to say how much of a role it could play, but it was indeed unfavorable for him to attack the city, but if he really attacked it, it was not impossible, but it was likely to suffer heavy losses, and when the time came, don't ask Lu Bu to make any tricks, it would be worth the loss, so he hesitated now whether it was worth it.
If there is even a better way, Zhang Yang is willing to try it, of course it really can't, then tomorrow he can only attack it.
The generals looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
In fact, Zhang Yang wanted to brazenly attack Lu Bu this time, and the opposition of the generals under his command was quite strong, the reason was very simple, the time was not right, you must know that now is the coldest time of the year. Launch cross-border operations at this time. There is no advantage in the right time, place and people, if it weren't for Zhang Yang's last tough and insistent insistence, they might still be in their respective mansions in Jinyang, their wives and children are holding their heads on the hot kang, can they be guilty of living in such a cold and snowy environment?
At this time, a voice whispered: "Envoy, why don't we go up to the city tree?" Subordinates observed. The walls of the city of Pingzhou are not high and dilapidated, and now we are only afraid that the ice will adversely affect the siege, so we dare not rashly launch an attack; But the gate of Pingzhou City is actually the same old, and there is no need to worry about the impact of ice cover, as long as there is a collision city tree that wants to break it, it is easy, and then go directly into the city. Are you still worried about stopping it in the city? ā
That's right! Hearing this person's words, Zhang Yang's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he found that he seemed to be stuck in a dead end of his thinking.
Zhang Yang should have used this giant tree for a long time, but the siege equipment was generally made of local materials, and he didn't have a suitable giant tree nearby, but it could be made into a ladder.
Until now, when someone mentioned yƬ, Zhang Yang couldn't help but think that it seemed to be really feasible, and the rest of the generals also nodded in approval when they saw Zhang Yang's expression. For a while, the atmosphere in the tent was much better.
The man saw that his opinion seemed to be approved. The courage was a little pretended, and he couldn't help but continue: "Of course, it is still unknown whether this collision with the city wood is feasible. Let's attack the city tomorrow, it's still the old way, on the ladder rack, this is to see the real effect of the ice wall, and the second is to cover up. But ......" He smiled bitterly and said, "It would be nice if there were a gun carriage, but it's a pity ......"
It's a pity that he didn't say anything, but everyone knew what he meant, if there was a gun truck, just a few stones would blast it over, and it would be all over the ice wall and stone wall.
So in the end, there will be such a dilemma as now, or their siege equipment is not enough, there is no catapult, that is, the gun carriage in this person's mouth, and there is no sharp weapon like Yunlou; In the end, it is still the wrong time to start a war at this time, like some water attack, fire attack and the like, in this kind of weather, not to say that there is no effect, but the effect is greatly weakened is certain, don't hurt the other party has already died down, that is a big joke, and then digging tunnels is limited to the current ground situation, too difficult, it seems that the traditional way of siege is more realistic.
Thinking of it, he did it in a flamboyant style, and now that he had a plan, he immediately announced the dismissal of the meeting, and then went to have all the craftsmen who accompanied the army fetch, and gave them a death order, to make sure that the usable crashing wood was made before the early morning of tomorrow.
These craftsmen under the pressure of life and death, even enlightened, since there is no moment of complete old wood, then simply connect several pieces of wood together with the method of ladder connection, as long as it is as strong as possible, it must be no problem to use, anyway, this crashing wood is only a disposable item.
The next day, after the craftsmen rushed to make the wood overnight, it was finally moved to the battlefield by Zhang Yang, this crashing wood is bound together by six pieces of wood with the thickness of one person around, it looks like a behemoth, and the figure of the soldier carrying the giant wood next to it looks so small.
There were 500 soldiers of the Zhang Yang Army surrounding the crashing city wood, and of course, the only people who really carried the collision city wood were less than a hundred of them, and the man with the strongest physique and the greatest strength.
But on the surface, they are not the protagonists of this war, early in the morning Zhang Yang announced that he would start the siege again, a cloud ladder was pushed to the front of the war again, Zhang Yang's soldiers rushed up with their teeth and claws, but as if they guessed, the ice wall was too slippery, and the ladder had no focus point at all, and often soldiers climbed to the center and suddenly found that the ladder had slid to again, and then collided with another ladder, and the soldiers on the two ladders were naturally destroyed and killed.
Of course, there were also soldiers of Zhang Yangjun who finally climbed the ladder to the city tower, but they couldn't wait for him to be happy, and immediately waved a knife, with a miserable scream of "ah", this is the last mark he left in this world.
Zhang Yang under the city couldn't help but twitch when he saw this, what he was most worried about still happened, no matter what, he still acted according to the plan now, on the one hand, he ordered his soldiers to continue to charge up the city tower with a cloud ladder, and on the other hand, he let the city tree attack.
I don't know if it's to cover up the sight or to confuse people's minds, but there is a large piece of black cloth wrapped around the outside of the crashing wood at this moment, and the shape is very strange, and it is difficult to think of what it is for a while.
The overall shape of this city wood is naturally one sharp and one blunt, and the pointed end is aimed at the city gate, with such a volume and the power of nearly a hundred strong men to bombard it, the old and thin city gate of Pingzhou City can't bear it, this is predictable, Zhang Yang looked at it with a smile on his face, and seemed to be able to see the moment when he led his army to rush in after the city was broken.
And above the city tower, Lu Bu saw this scene, but he just smiled coldly, as if he had expected it, waved his big hand, and then saw that on the side directly above the city gate, countless arrows seemed to shoot down as if they would never stop, and it looked like a black waterfall spring, and below it happened to be those Zhang Yangjun soldiers who were carrying the city trees. (To be continued.) )