The ideological concept of "Huayi's distinction" has had a very extensive and far-reaching influence on Chinese history, and has been inherited in all historical stages of ancient China. During the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was under the pressure of the southern invasion of the Xiongnu, and the Han and the Huns were at war and peace.

In the early period of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Qiang people and Xianbei in the northwest region launched several large-scale anti-Jin struggles, which seriously affected the rule of the Western Jin Dynasty over the northwest region. The Yixia view of Bangu and Jiangtong represents the mainstream consciousness of Chinese society in the Han and Jin dynasties.

On the basis of the "distinction between Huayi", the orthodox view of China gradually took shape. The so-called orthodox view of China is that only Huaxia can be the king, Yidi is the minister, and Huaxia will possess the Central Plains and dominate the world, and Yidi cannot be the king.

These Hu people, all of them are not good people, how can they endure the contempt of the Central Plains countries for them, so they are also extremely hostile to the Central Plains countries, Zhang Wu thought that when he was in Cloud City, those Zhao people insulted the Hu people, and there was also a strong murderous intent in his heart.

The infantry of the Hu People's army brigade arrived at the foot of the city of Yunzhong. Looking from the head of the city, I saw the flags like clouds, swords and guns like forests, and a thick murderous aura lingered, giving people a kind of solemn and cold atmosphere.

Under the banner, there were dense Hu cavalry dressed in Hu uniforms, their shining blades shining dazzlingly in the sunlight. People say that there are more than 10,000 soldiers, and there is no boundary, not to mention that there are nearly 50,000 people, which are connected from end to end, and there is no edge in sight.

Li Feng and Zhao Fan stood on the city tower and looked at it from a distance, and saw that the black pressure under the city was full of Hu soldiers, and the siege vehicles, ladders and other siege equipment were also guarded by a team of Hu soldiers, which appeared extremely dazzling in front of everyone.

Beside Li Feng and Zhao Fan, Li Mu, Xu Jia, Xu Ying, Xu Xiong, Wang Zhi, Lin Hu and others were also standing solemnly, and they also stared at the rolling army of Hu people. When the enemy came, they calmed down, and as it was, the next thing was to defend.

Zhao Fan's eyes narrowed slightly, his handsome face was like a pool of water at the moment, without any waves, making people unable to see through his thoughts and moods at the moment, he was silent for a long time, and suddenly raised his right arm, pointed to a large car with obvious strong attack power in the distance, and asked, "This is?" ”

"Catapults. From hundreds of zhang away, huge stones can be thrown into the city and bombarded the city walls. Xu Jia frowned and said calmly.

Zhao Fan was slightly surprised, he didn't expect that in this era, a catapult had been invented, and it could attack the city hundreds of zhang away, and the power of this catapult should not be underestimated.

Although the Hu people live far away in the cold regions of the north, they are very different from the Central Plains countries, both in terms of civilization and customs, but for the Central Plains countries, this advanced siege equipment is well known and can be made by themselves.

Zhao Fan clasped his index finger tightly, watching the Hu soldiers hundreds of zhang away from the city from a distance, and he suddenly found that after the defeat of the Wuling King that year, these Hu people not only did not bow down to the Zhao State, but let them know the strengths of the Central Plains countries and make up for their own shortcomings.

From this invasion of Yunzhong City by the Hu people, it can be seen that the ambition of the Hu people, originally these Hu people were only used to fighting in the field on the grassland, but now, they actually launched a siege battle, which is simply a bit unbelievable.

"These Hu people, their ambitions are not small, and they must have a certain degree of certainty in fighting against my Da Zhao with the strength of the whole clan, so we must deal with it carefully." Zhao Fan was above the city, watching those Hu people set up camp and preparing for a long attack, and also reminded.

Hearing this, Xu Jia and the others also nodded, they had never underestimated these Hu people, after all, the number of the other party was nearly twice as large as their own.

Those Hu soldiers slowly gathered outside the south of the city. It seems that they also knew that this place was the ideal place to siege and camp. It is not far west from the south of the city. There were several streams and a tributary of the white canal, and although the Qing soldiers had nearly 50,000 troops, there was enough water for them.

After the Hu soldiers arrived, they immediately dug a trench and set up camp a few miles south of the city, and a large group of Hu soldiers went out to fetch water and make food, and there was a lot of noise. Soon. The large camp tent slowly appeared in the eyes of the soldiers of Cloud City at the head of the city.

When Hu Bing was camping, an unusually huge banner slowly came to the head of Cloud City. Then he stayed a mile south of the city, and stayed there motionless.

Under the cold wind, Zhang Wu was dressed in fine iron armor. He sat on his horse and looked carefully at the city. Beside him, Yan Zha and several Hu leaders also rode horses and looked left and right at Cloud City, and the greed and occupation in their eyes were not concealed in the slightest.

Behind these people, there were dense Hu guards, all armed with long knives, guarding behind them.

Yan Zha looked at the city for a long time, and saw that the defenders in the city were all in full position, and everyone's faces were full of determination to resist the enemy to the death, so he immediately shook his head and said: "This Yunzhong City is worthy of being the capital of Yunzhong County, and it is really not comparable to other cities, this time, it seems that there is going to be a vicious battle." ”

Although this Yan Zha is reckless and looks like a rough person, but he can become the leader of ten thousand people, how can he be an ordinary person, his courage and insight are also quite outstanding, and he does not have a hanging appearance of Lao Tzu who is the first in the world.

Zhang Wu sneered slightly: "Yes, this Cloud City is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, but King Ben Xian has stayed in Cloud City for so long, and it is not in vain, if you want to pick up this city and let Li Feng be captured, it is not impossible." ”

Zhang Wu can lead the army to attack Yunzhong County, how can he not be a little sure.

Hearing this, Yan Zha also nodded slightly, and he was also full of confidence in this siege battle.

Tens of thousands of Hu cavalry, under the orders of various small commanders, began to set up camp one mile away from Yunzhong City, and groups of Hu soldiers carried out all siege preparations in an orderly manner.

Zhao Fan said that he was a little silent, he was constantly observing the surrounding terrain at the head of each city, for him, arranging soldiers to fight and preparing for defense did not need his heart, Li Feng and others were there.

Li Feng is experienced, and it is not the first time to participate in the war, he is more familiar with these pre-war preparations than him, and Zhao Fan is reluctant to care about these things.

Today's sky and atmosphere are particularly depressing, there are tens of thousands of Hu soldiers outside the city, and the defenders of Cloud City are inevitably a little nervous, even Zhao Fan can feel the inner unpeace, but he didn't show it.

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In the early morning of the second day, the sky gradually brightened, and the Hu soldiers were ready to attack, when the sky was covered with a touch of fish belly white, and the cold winter fog gradually dispersed at the head of the cloud city, the Hu soldier camp under the city also sounded the horn of battle.

The horn of the Hu soldiers' camp under the city sounded continuously, and a group of Hu soldiers rode out of the camp and slowly converged in front of the camp.

Zhao Fan and others looked from the city, and saw that Hu Bing's two detachments, about 20,000 people had been exhausted, they were solemnly arrayed outside the city, and in the middle of the front of the Qing soldiers, it was Zhang Wu, Yan Zha and others.

Soon, Hu Bing's horn sounded again. Thousands of Hu soldiers marched in formation, slowly pressing towards the city. They were murderous and amazing. Zhao Fan could even hear the heavy panting of the generals beside him.

They stopped a mile from the south gate of Cloud City, and then saw the next movement of Hu Bing's team. A middle-aged man in a Hu suit, escorted by several Hu soldiers, rode his horse towards this side, and he ran to a distance of more than a hundred steps from the head of Cloud City, and then stopped far away.

He shouted in Chinese under the city: "Listen to the Zhao people in the city, I am instructed by the order of King Zuo Xian to tell you and others, I Lin Hu Chongxian is very capable, and I have always been stingy with the intention of rewarding those who are capable. King Zuo Xian has a heart of love for talents, you can know. If you dare to resist, our Hu warriors will attack the city. The jade is burned, and it is too late to regret it. ”

Zhao Fan looked at the person sent by Lin Hu to persuade him to surrender, and a cold smile appeared on his lips. Unexpectedly, Lin Hu even sent King Zuo Xian, he naturally knew that this King Zuo Xian was the son of King Lin Hu, and his status was noble, just like the son of the Central Plains.

As for the Datong official mentioned by the former, it should be an official position of the Linhu tribe, and Zhao Fan doesn't care about this insignificant ** at all.

Without waiting for Li Feng to speak, Zhao Fan also smiled and said: "I am a dignified Chinese nobleman, the heir of God, how can I bend down to serve the Di slave species, not to mention, I am the son of Zhao Guo, my father drove you Lin Hu to the cold land in the northwest, don't you have a good scar and forget the pain, this time I came to our Da Zhao to drive you back again?" ”

His voice spread far away, and the city and the city could be heard clearly, and when Zhao Fan's voice was heard, the courage of the soldiers in Cloud City suddenly surged. A few years ago, King Wuling of Zhao took advantage of the civil war in the Qin state at this time, crossed the Yellow River westward, and captured the Yuzhong region (the Hetao area on the border between northern Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia in present-day northern Shaanxi), which caused serious oppression to the Qin state. Lin Hu suffered heavy losses in the battle against the Zhao army, and King Lin Hu was forced to sacrifice a large number of high-quality horses to King Wuling of Zhao in order to sue for peace.

Thinking of this glorious past of Zhao State, the soldiers of Cloud City also increased their confidence.

The Hu people who came to persuade him to surrender were furious, they hated Zhao Ren the most and said that they were barbarians, and their faces immediately became extremely ugly, with a faint trace of hideousness, and after Zhang Wu and Yan Zha heard this, there was also a touch of viciousness on their faces.

"Hmph, what a little boy who can only take advantage of his tongue, after our Lin Hu occupies the Zhao State and dominates the Central Plains, we will definitely destroy all these Zhao people."

Whether it is Yan Zha or Zhang Wu, or even the entire Linhu, Donghu, Xiongnu and other ethnic minorities known as barbarians, they don't want to occupy the Central Plains one day and lose this barbarian hat.

The Central Plains, known as "China" during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, is roughly equivalent to parts of today's Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi; After the Qin and Han dynasties, the two noun concepts of "Central Plains" and "China" were used at the same time, and their geographical meanings were expanded to refer to the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and Tongguan was the boundary, which were respectively called the two major regions of Guandong and Guanzhong.

The formation of the orthodox view of the Central Plains also originated from the "Huayi Distinction" in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Due to the high overlap between the scope of activities of the Chinese nation and the Central Plains during this period, the superiority of the Chinese nation itself was the respect for the Central Plains, forming the source of the orthodoxy of the Central Plains. "Warring States Policy" volume 19 "Zhao Ce II" said: "The ministers heard it, the Chinese, the wise and wise dwell, the place where all things and wealth are gathered, the sages and sages teach, the benevolence and righteousness are given, the poems, books, rituals and pleasures are used, the skills are tested, the distant places are observed, and the barbarians are righteous." ”

In addition, the psychology of respecting the Central Plains region is also closely related to the superior geographical location of the Central Plains and the convenience of administrative management. As Guan Zi said: "The Son of Heaven is in the middle." This is said to be the solid of heaven and the benefit of returning to the earth. On this basis, the political concept of the orthodox royal power of the Central Plains was gradually deduced. Dong Zhongshu believes that the possession of the Central Plains by the Son of Heaven is a necessary condition for commanding the world. "Spring and Autumn Dew" Volume 7 "Three Generations of Reform Quality" said: "The beginning of the day is abolished, and the earth must be in the middle, so the three generations must live in China, the law and the sky are benevolent, and the ruling end must be to rule the world, and the princes of the dynasty are also." ”

By the period of the Three Kingdoms, the orthodoxy of the Central Plains has played an important role in the activities of Wei, Shu and Wu to fight for orthodoxy, and Cao Wei of the Central Plains showed obvious advantages in the battle for orthodoxy, while the Shu Han Dynasty always adhered to the "Northern Expedition" and took the "recovery of the Central Plains" as the basic strategic policy, reflecting the consciousness of the rulers of Shu Han to take the Central Plains as the orthodoxy. Although Sun Wu did not have a specific plan for the "Northern Expedition", his rulers also exuded a strong sense of orthodoxy in the Central Plains. After Sun Quan became emperor, the ministers persuaded Sun Quan to hold a suburban ritual "to inherit the will of heaven", but Sun Quan refused on the grounds that "the suburban ritual should be in Middle Earth, and now it is not his place".

"Attack, ladders, siege engines, prepare!" Zhang Wu's face was cold, and he shouted loudly.

Looking at a group of Hu soldiers, driving cloud ladders and siege vehicles, the soldiers at the head of Cloud City were also nervous, staring intently at the movements of the Hu people below, waiting for Zhao Fan and Li Feng's orders.

Zhao Fan looked coldly at the ladders coming towards Yunzhong City under the impetus of the Hu soldiers. Xu Shen said: "The cloud ladder can stand according to the clouds, so you can look at the enemy's city." Therefore, climbing high to reconnoiter the enemy's situation is another function of the ladder. It is generally believed that the inventor of the cloud ladder was a skilled craftsman of the Lu State in the Spring and Autumn Period. The ladder of the Warring States period is composed of three parts: the bottom is equipped with wheels, which can be moved; The ladder body can be lifted up and down, carried by manpower, and leaned on the city wall; The top of the ladder is equipped with a hook to hook the edge of the city and protect the head of the ladder from being pushed and destroyed by the defenders.

"Rocket ready!" Zhao Fan chopped through the arrows on the city wall, calculating that the Hu soldiers had almost reached the effective range of their own side, and he also shouted coldly.

The soldiers raised the rockets that had been prepared, and under Zhao Fan's order, they immediately flew towards the city like locusts crossing the border, and at the same time, the Hu soldiers under the city also bent their bows and arrows and shot towards the city, covering the Hu soldiers who were pushing the ladders and siege vehicles towards the city in the clouds.

At this time, the Great War broke out completely.

A wolf's tooth arrows swept rapidly inside and outside the city, every time they fly, they will bring up a flying blood, take away a life, the cruelty of war is vividly displayed at this moment, all siege equipment such as ladders, siege vehicles, catapults, building vehicles, etc., under the impetus of the Hu soldiers, slowly come towards the city in the clouds step by step.

was stimulated by the bursts of blood mist in front of him, and the most primitive battle in his heart**, at this moment, Zhao Fan also put on several wolf tooth arrows and shot them towards the Hu soldiers under the city.

In long-distance combat, the most important attack weapon is arrows, followed by large catapults, but to Zhao Fan's relief, the catapults of this era are not powerful, and the filling is slow, although the Hu people have dozens of catapults, but they did not cause much damage to the walls of Cloud City.

However, what Zhao Fan didn't know was that the purpose of the catapult in this era was to attack the enemy from a distance, not to destroy the walls of the opponent's city.

The Hu soldiers are brave and ruthless, and after many victories during this time, they have already developed an indomitable momentum, which makes the soldiers of Cloud City very stressed, at this time, although the soldiers of Cloud City burned more than a dozen ladders of the other party with rockets, but the Hu people are numerous, and there are bows and arrows and catapults to cover constantly, there are still several cloud ladders and siege vehicles, have come to the city of Cloud City.

Under the impetus of the Hu soldiers, the high ladder was suddenly erected at the head of the city in the clouds, and one by one the Hu soldiers climbed the ladder under the cover of their own side and attacked the head of the city in the clouds.

There is a sharp iron hook at the top of the ladder, and once it hits the city wall, it immediately hooks the edge of the city, and it is impossible to knock it down.

There were many ways to siege the city in ancient times, but most of them were based on the premise of quickly ascending the city, and the ladder must be bold, fast, and take advantage of the situation to enter the city. Therefore, there are all kinds of light and simple flying ladders that are commonly used.

Seeing that several ladders had already been built on the city wall, Zhao Fan also shouted: "Release the rocket, put the rocket at the Hu people's ladder." ”

"Yes!"

Hearing this, a pawn commander standing beside Zhao Fan also turned around and waved his hand, "Follow me!" ”

He led a hundred of his men to the head of the city, and in a moment, arrows rained down on the head of the city, and several cloud ladders under the rockets suddenly burst into flames, and the Hu soldiers who had climbed the cloud ladders fell down one after another in an exclamation.

Seeing this, Yan Zha in the distance was suddenly furious, and shouted: "Suppress the city head with a bow and arrow, and then go to a hundred people to set up a cloud ladder for me!" ”

Tens of thousands of Hu soldiers under the city fired arrows in unison, clanging and shooting at the head of the city, suppressing the crossbowmen at the head of the city, and unable to show their faces to shoot again. (To be continued.) )