Chapter 527: Ke Xiangyang (1)
Du Fuwei didn't know that he had walked around in front of the underworld, he slept in the big tent and was extremely comforted, and went up the river from Liyang, saying that it was impossible to worry about it, and after seeing Li Xin, the worry in his heart was much smaller, and after returning to the big tent, he fell asleep quickly due to exhaustion. He woke up to the sound of killing.
After packing up his clothes, he walked out of the big tent, Xiangyang in autumn because of his proximity to the Han River, the water mist was filled, the smoke was misty, and the green mountains in the distance were quiet, only there was a shout of killing in the camp, but he saw that a team of soldiers who were reviewing yesterday were training hard there, and even some generals were practicing martial arts together, he even saw Li Xin bare-chested and brandishing a Fang Tian painting halberd, the dark Fang Tian painting halberd showed a strong power in his hand, and Du Fuwei nodded again and again.
"Prime Minister."
Du Fuwei stepped forward and arched his hand and said: "I have heard for a long time that the prime minister is born with divine power and is the first in the world in martial arts. ”
"No. 1 in the world, that is to look up to me." Li Xin accepted Fang Tian's painting halberd, and Shen Qianqiu next to him took a towel and gave it to Li Xin, Li Xin took it, wiped the sweat beads on his body, shook his head and said: "It's not the turn of the first in the world, my brother-in-law Xuanba is the real number one in the world, a sledgehammer shocks Kyushu, I am not his opponent." The reason why I practice martial arts, on the one hand, is to strengthen my body, how can I fight the world without a good body, how can I govern the world, and secondly, if I don't know some martial arts, will those soldiers be distracted by protecting me when I go to the battlefield? At the very least, let them see a different manager! A sick coach will affect the mood of the soldiers. ”
"What the prime minister said is very true." Du Fuwei nodded, and he also slightly understood in his heart why Li Xin was undefeated in the world, not because of his martial arts, but because of his beliefs.
"Come on, eat some!" Li Xin saw Ma Zhou in the distance leading a few cooks over, and Du Fuwei saw that there were only a few scallion pancakes and steamed buns, as well as two bowls of mutton soup. There were a few pieces of lamb floating on it, and nothing else. Du Fuwei was very surprised, he didn't expect that the dignified prime minister and Tang Wang, there were only these things for breakfast, and he remembered that the dinner party last night was still very good.
"Last night because the general came, so the prime minister ordered people to add food, on weekdays, what the soldiers eat, the generals also eat. In Guanzhong, the breakfast of both generals and soldiers is the same. Scallion pancakes, steamed buns and mutton soup. Ma Zhou explained on the side.
"Come, General Du, the scallion pancakes in Guanzhong are not simple, this is wheat grown in the Western Regions, and it tastes chewy." Li Xin grabbed a scallion pancake with his big hand, wrapped a little pickle, opened his mouth to eat, and then beckoned Du Fuwei and said, "Only then can you eat like this!" ”
"The prime minister and the soldiers share weal and woe, and the minister admires them very much." Du Fuwei couldn't help but say. He's in Liyang. I ate better than Li Xin every morning. Unexpectedly, Li Xin, the actual owner of Guanzhong, eats these every day.
"Now the world is full of disputes, and the people are struggling to make a living, so they can eat some scallion pancakes and drink some mutton soup in the morning. Such days are also difficult to find in the world. Although we are in a high position, but also because like the common people, people should be content and happy! Li Xin raised the scallion pancake in his hand and said: "This thing can satisfy the stomach, and the mutton soup is also because most of the soldiers are martial arts practitioners." It is necessary to see the meat, this is the lack of people's power in Guanzhong, otherwise. It's not mutton soup. ”
Du Fuwei nodded in his heart, no wonder Li Xin's soldiers and horses are not many, they are all elite divisions, not that there are few people in Guanzhong, but Li Xin is under a lot of pressure to raise troops, look at these things, even in the Liyang Jianghuai Army, just eat some porridge in the morning, it is already a very good thing, where is there mutton soup to drink. When he met such an army, Du Fuwei felt very lucky, fortunately he surrendered to Li Xin, otherwise, the two sides would definitely not be Li Xin's opponent, and it would be a shame to surrender in defeat. He couldn't help but feel sad for Qian Zhuo in Xiangyang at this time. People who don't know the general trend are always the target of extermination.
In fact, Qian Zhuo also found out that Li Xin was difficult, he also knew about Du Fuwei's arrival, and he was even more uneasy in his heart, and there was a faint trace of regret, he knew that Li Xin was so powerful, he would also surrender very simply, where was he so worried as now.
"Father, the enemy is eating, why don't we rush forward now, maybe we can create chaos for the other party." Qian Zhuo's son Qian Feng couldn't help but suggest.
"Stupid, see what's there?" Qian Zhuo pointed to the distance, only to see a group of cavalry standing there quietly, the word "Pei" on the banner revealed his identity, this person is Pei Yuanqing, the vanguard of Li Xin's southern expedition, the 20,000 cavalry he led appeared there, who else dared to be presumptuous, who dared to sneak attack Li Xin's army.
Li Xin's army began to attack Xiangyang City until the time of Chen, Du Fuwei was very fortunate to accompany Li Xin, watching Li Xin command the army to attack Xiangyang City, yesterday's review, and this morning's soldiers' morning training, has given Du Fuwei a preliminary understanding of the Guanzhong army, but when he arrived on the battlefield, he found that what he saw yesterday was only a part.
Swords and guns are like a forest, the evil spirit is soaring, although standing next to Daxu, you can still feel the evil spirit of the army, these evil qi must be possessed by the veterans of a hundred battles, tens of thousands of troops gathered under the Daxu, on the battlefield, except for the neighing of the war horses, no other sound can be heard, which shows how strict Li Xin's army discipline is.
After half a ring, dozens of trebuchets slowly appeared in front of the big array, and Pei Yuanqing personally led 20,000 cavalry to guard both sides, and advanced until it was more than 100 steps away from the Xiangyang city wall before stopping. I also saw many people carrying stones in front of the trebuchet, the stones were not large, and they looked like they weighed only a dozen pounds.
"Prime Minister, there are so many trebuchets next to you, why don't you attack together? Isn't the trebuchet's stone too small? Du Fuwei couldn't help but ask in a low voice. The trebuchet is a relatively powerful weapon used to siege the city, most of which use a lot of stones to attack the city wall, or attack the city wall, or attack the city defenders, not only to win by quantity, but also by weight. He didn't expect Li Xin to use a trebuchet so easily, which surprised him.
"Hehe, General Du don't be impatient, wait." Li Xin said with a smile. He believed that today's war must be an epoch-making change.
"Ready, put." Cheng Yanjin, who was in front, commanded the catapult and kept throwing stones. This trebuchet is very powerful, but the accuracy is very poor, if you are lucky, you will hit the enemy, if you are unlucky, you will hit the city wall, and if you are unlucky, you will not hit anything.
Sure enough, in the first round of flying stones, most of them crossed the city wall and smashed into the houses in the city, and a very few fell on the city wall, but they killed a few people. It's not called harm at all. Bursts of laughter rang out from the city walls.
The sound was very loud, even Du Fuwei could hear it, he glanced at Li Xin, but he didn't see anything unusual about Li Xin, his face was calm, and he rode quietly on his horse, as if he had never heard it before.
"Put!" Cheng Biting Jin ordered someone to throw stones again, this time the accuracy was much better than last time, there were bursts of screams from the city, Du Fuwei also found that some stones were smashed on the city gate, and the smashed city gate roared, which surprised him, this attack on the city gate was mostly used to hit the city gate with siege vehicles, not with catapults.
"Prime Minister, I'm afraid the city gate won't work in a short time." Liang Shuo said.
"Then wait!" Li Xin nodded, looking at the results of the catapult's attack on the city wall, Du Fuwei was surprised, but he didn't have a look of contempt on his face, but stood there with a frown.
Finally, when he waited for the fifth round, he found that the catapult had finally changed something, not a stone, but a crockpot, he looked at Li Xin curiously, and saw that Li Xin had a smug smile on his face, and his heart was even more surprised.
"Prime Minister, is there wine in the earthen pot? The prime minister wants to burn Xiangyang? Du Fuwei shook his head and said, "If you order such wine, I'm afraid you can't burn it!" ”
"General, wait a moment." Li Xin said with a smile.
"Put!" Cheng Yanjin roared, and saw dozens of stone-throwing trucks flying up one by one in an instant, these clay pots fell on the city wall one after another, only a few smashed the city wall, flowing out of the black liquid, and a pungent smell suddenly exuded in the air.
On the city wall, Qian Zhuo looked at the clay pot at his feet, frowning, the clay pot had been smashed, flowing out of the black liquid, constantly stimulating Qian Zhuo, Qian Zhuo didn't know these, and he didn't know what these were, but subconsciously, he felt a little wrong.
"Father, what is this? Why haven't I seen it before? Qian Feng looked at the black water curiously, the black water flowed very slowly, but dozens of pots of black water smashed together, wrapping the entire city tower, and he didn't know what it was.
"Taishou, here you go again." At this time, the soldiers around him roared loudly again, only to see a lot of clay pots falling in the air again, the clay pots fell from the sky, fell on the city, cracked, and a strong aroma of wine came to the face, this time it was wine, and it was an extremely strong aroma of wine, many soldiers in the city took a breath, even Qian Zhuo was the same, but there was a trace of pungent temperature in the aroma of wine, which made Qian Zhuo frown, this is the breath of black oil in front.
"Quick, wash it away with water." Qian Zhuo didn't care about the aroma of wine in front of him, and hurriedly said to Qian Feng beside him: "Although this aroma of wine won't burn, it should be just in case." Tsien wasn't worried. Spirits will naturally burn if they are added with flammable items, but not in the city wall, although the castle tower is wooden, but it can still burn in this situation, it can only be said that Qian Zhuo is a useless person.
Downstairs in the city, Du Fuwei was also very curious, and was about to ask, but he saw Li Xin flying out, and the soldiers around him handed a rocket, and then saw that the 20,000 cavalry around Pei Yuanqing also drew out rockets, and a group of soldiers rushed out behind him to ignite the rocket.
"Drive!"
Li Xin roared, rushed out, flew sideways from the city wall, stretched his bow and took an arrow, an arrow flew out, the rocket soared into the air, and smashed towards the city tower, behind him, tens of thousands of rockets flew up, and fell towards the city tower together.
"Raise your shield." Qian Zhuo roared, but he was disdainful in his heart, and he wanted to burn the city tower, which was simply delusional. (To be continued......)