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“…… Shan Yu Nai was upstairs by the armor, and dozens of the ladies of the Zhu Yan clan shot outsiders with bows. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info outsiders shot in the nose, and the ladies were quite dead. Alone in the lower mount, pass the battle Ouchi. At that time, the Kangju soldiers were divided into more than ten places, surrounded by the city on all sides, and they also ...... with the corresponding peace."

The above is the record of the conquest of the Western Expeditionary Army at the end of August of the third year of Jianzhao. As an ordinary "auxiliary pawn" who is not even a pawn, Han Jun's name cannot be recorded, but it is undeniable that it was his angry arrow that cut off half of Zhizhi's nose, rewrote the course of the war, and accelerated Zhizhi's demise.

History is often changed by some anonymous little people.

When the news of Zhizhi's wounded retreat reached the base camp, the generals of the Western Expeditionary Army, who had been watching the watchtower nervously following the battle situation, were all overjoyed, so they made various suggestions to Chen Tang. One of the most dominant suggestions was to collect the many unburned timbers scattered outside the city, pile them under the earthen city, set them on fire with grass, smoke the defenders of the city, and shoot rockets into the city to burn the Zhizhi city.

This is the rhythm of tasting the sweetness of fire attack and making persistent efforts.

When Chen Tang heard these suggestions, he was also quite moved, and was about to order the implementation, when he suddenly had a feeling of sharpness on his back. subconsciously looked back, but saw Zhang Fang glaring at him.

So Chen Tang did not express his position for the time being on the grounds that it was noon and the first food was re-decided.

Back at the camp, Chen Tang simply summoned Hu Cong to bring the food and ate it with Zhang Fang. Eating and chatting is a Chinese tradition.

Zhang Fang was not in a hurry, after calmly eating for five minutes, he rinsed his mouth with water, and then wiped his mouth with a silk scarf, behaving elegantly and calmly. If it weren't for the gradual protrusion of the Adam's apple, and the sharp edges and corners, it would indeed look like a ...... Compared with Fang Cai's public urine on the watchtower, **** Shan Yu and Yan Shi are like two people, which makes Chen Tang speechless.

After letting people take down the syrup and clean up, Zhang Fang dressed up and said to Chen Tang: "For the next offensive strategy, I don't think there is any need to be so excited. Leave it to me, and I'll help you open the east gate, and clear the east gate defenders, so that the army can drive in. Well, if it goes well, an hour should be enough. ”

Chen Tang looked at Zhang Fang, and then looked at the buttermilk on the table, and was secretly glad that Zhang Fang didn't say this while eating, otherwise he would have choked. Chen Tangchang took a breath and asked, "How many people does Yicao need?" ”

Zhang Fang stretched out two fingers.

"Two hundred?"

"Two."

"Two ...... Piece? cough cough cough ......" Chen Tang finally choked, and anyone else would choke.

Zhang Fang said to himself: "One is my retinue Qu Liang, or the other is a woman...... The captain probably guessed that it was my maid Qingyan. ”

Because it was wartime and they were talking about official business, the two were commensurate with their official positions.

Chen Tang only has one feeling, it's too unreliable! It's not because of Qingyan, anyway, Zhizhi even his wife appeared and got all of them, and it's not impossible for this army to learn from it. is unreliable, what Zhang Fang said only needs two people! It only takes an hour! Storm the East Gate!

If this is all right, then the 5,000 soldiers under the East Gate City fought bloodily for a day and a night, and their corpses were pillowed and blood flowed everywhere...... What's the point of all this?

Zhang Fang seemed to hear Chen Tang's heart, and said sincerely: "The reason why I dare to say that I only rely on a few people to break through the east gate is based on the bloody battle of our army, wounding Zhizhi, and suppressing the defenders of the earthen wall. If I hadn't achieved such an advantage, even if I brought 200 people over, I would have been killed by the indiscriminate arrows and rocks at the first time, and there was nothing I could do. ”

Chen Tang was able to confirm that this Zhang Gongzi was indeed not joking this time, and he also heard a little bit of the door: "The meaning of discussing Cao, is it to use the power of the thunder cannon?" ”

Zhang Fang stretched out his thumb and gave Chen Tang a thumbs up: "That's it." Give the Zhizhi, the Huns, the Kangju, or the allies of the Western Regions, a cannon battle. Isn't it nice to be frightened, to be reminded? ”

Chen Tang smiled knowingly, but was still a little worried: "That thunder cannon, can it really blow up the city gate?" ”

"Of course one can't do it, a hundred thousand pieces can."

"Okay." Chen Tang also wanted to see what role this kind of thing could play on the battlefield, "But I can't let Yi Cao only go with two subordinates, I will transfer all the subordinates of Yi Cao back, and then let the military marquis fake Cheng Du Xun lead a tun of foot soldiers to respond." ”

After Chen Tang finished speaking, he didn't give Zhang Fang a chance to speak, and immediately called the guards to give orders.

Zhang Fang is indispensable, he also knows that Chen Tang must do this, otherwise he can't afford it once there is an accident.

Deng Zhan and Tao Sheng, who had just returned from the battlefield and were covered with blood stains and smoke on their faces, didn't care about cleaning up, and found the young master and knelt down: "The soldiers are in danger, please don't stand under the dangerous wall." ”

Zhang Fang was accustomed to the process of dissuading every time he did something, and only said lightly: "I'm going to blow up the city gate, who do you think can replace this matter?" ”

Deng and Tao Erwei looked at each other, playing with thunder cannons, they were very good at it, but they had no experience with explosives packs, and they had only seen its discoloring power. That kind of power is indeed enough to blow open the city gates.

"The use of explosives packs is not as simple as mine artillery, especially for bombing buildings, which have requirements in terms of placement location, dosage and tunneling depth. I don't know much about it, but at least I've seen a pig run, and it's better than if you don't know anything about it. Zhang Fang patted the two of them on the shoulder, "With you to take care of it, there are Du Xun and a hundred elite foot soldiers behind him." Looking at the withering morale of the Huns at the head of the city and the weak counterattack, what else do you have to worry about? ”

Deng Zhan and Tao Sheng stopped talking. Not worried? Of course it can't be, but they all know that this master is a man who does what he says. Dissuasion is useless, the best way is to help each other with all our strength and do a good job.

When he retired to prepare, Tao Sheng hesitated, but still expressed his doubts: "Isn't it good to let the soldiers attack the city, why does the young master have to take the risk of blowing up the city gate?" ”

Deng Zhan also stopped and looked back at the young master. He knew that it was not because the young master was greedy for merit, because there was no need for this.

Zhang Fang's answer made the two stunned on the spot: "Because I want to keep Zhizhi City, not let it be destroyed in the war." ”

That's right, Zhang Fang wants to keep Zhizhi City. The historical Zhizhi City was basically destroyed by this battle. Of course, Zhizhi City was built for only a few years, and it is not an ancient building at all, let alone any art.

The reason why Zhang Fang wanted to keep it was because he liked two points: first, the inner city of Zhizhi City was a stone castle, which was rare in the Western Regions and rare in the entire Central Asia. It can be expanded on this after the war to build a truly large castle. The second point involves the trade intention reached between him and Kangju Zuo Qijun Kaimu and the forces behind it, Kangju Fuguo Hou Beise.

From the geographical point of view, Zhizhicheng is located on the Silk Road, whether it is to the east or west, it is a must-pass place. If Zhizhicheng can be developed into a commodity distribution center, where goods from the East and the West can be distributed for the first time, and then diverted, it will definitely be very profitable, and the prospects are immeasurable.

When Zhang Fang first proposed this idea to Kaimu, he immediately attracted this businessman-minded general, and the more the two sides talked, the more speculative they became.

In order to realize such an idea, the following three must be satisfied: first, there must be a city that is relatively safe in the eyes of merchants; Second, there must be the support and protection of the country where the jurisdiction is located; Third, there must be a strong backstage support, which can scare the nobles of their own country and the covetousness of other countries.

Taking and protecting Zhizhi City, Zhang Fang, who represents the Han nobles, and Beise father and son, who represent the local aristocracy, can create such a unique commercial and trade center city on the Silk Road.

This is the reason why Zhang Fang did not hesitate to take risks and tried his best to keep Zhizhi City. (To be continued.) )