Liu Ziqiu pulled out the hairpin and spread his hair out.

When the thirteen small tribes merged into the Xihai tribe, Liu Ziqiu promised that everyone could retain their own customs and habits. He is a Han Chinese, so it is natural to keep the customs of the Han people. Han people pay attention to the body, and their parents do not shave their hair. Actually, Liu Ziqiu doesn't like long hair. Long hair is troublesome to groom every day, and it is not easy to treat wounds after an injury. But if you want everyone to develop the habit of keeping your hair short, it will not be able to achieve it in a while. So, Liu Ziqiu had no choice but to keep his long hair. Of course, such a troublesome thing as combing his hair is done with Lin Qiaoer's help, and he doesn't need to do it himself.

After Liu Ziqiu draped his hair down, he pulled out the saber he was carrying, and gently cut it at the back of his head, and three thousand troubles fluttered towards the city.

Just when everyone was stunned, Liu Ziqiu said loudly: "The battle of Tuosuhu is not ideal, and it also involved eighty-three brothers who sacrificed their lives heroically, as the planner of this battle, Liu is to blame, and he should give an explanation to the sacrificed brothers." But at the moment of the great enemy, Liu still has to keep a useful body to fight against Murong Fuyun, so please allow Liu to follow the story of Cao Mengde of the Three Kingdoms and cut his hair once! ”

"Hair cutting head! Hair cutting head! Of the 8,000 warriors outside the city, 6,000 were Han Chinese, and they all understood the importance of hair to the Han people, and they also shouted loudly.

Liu Ziqiu pressed the void twice after Shuanghou, quieted everyone down, and continued: "The Xianbei army will soon come to attack the city, and Liu swears to live and die with Weiding City!" ”

"Live and die with the city of Weiding! Live and die with the city of Weiding! The three armies shouted in unison, and the sound shook the sky.

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Murong Fuyun came quickly, and two days later, the Xianbei army appeared under Weiding City. Murong Fuyun knew about the fact that Lilan was ambushed and almost all the troops were wiped out and Hun Luo retreated, but he didn't have time to pay attention to them now. The nomadic season is approaching, and he must take the city of Weiding within twenty days, otherwise the livelihood of all the Xianbei tribes will be in trouble, and his prestige among the tribe will be greatly weakened.

The city in front of them was built by their own hands of the Xianbei people, and it was the most familiar to them, but now it was a little unfamiliar. The originally swarthy, potholed city walls shone with a crystal light, and became slippery.

Murong Fuyun did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the siege of the city.

Nomads were not good at attacking cities, but the Xianbei were an exception. After the construction of Weiding City, the Xianbei people firmly controlled this land, and were able to successfully establish the Tuyuhun Kingdom, because relying on this city, they were already invincible. At the same time, in order to ensure their own advantages, the Xianbei people not only learned to defend the city, but also learned to siege it. Although it has not been practiced, it is practiced once or twice a year.

The Xianbei people screamed and poured into the city wall like a tide. At the head of the city, more than a dozen huge bed crossbows were launched at the same time, and the loud sound of the bowstring was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day. The strength of the bowstring was extremely large, and the bamboo arrows were not as good as the iron arrows, and a few of them broke on the head of the city, but there were still more than a dozen bamboo crossbow arrows mixed with a sharp whistling and flew towards the Xianbei army outside the city. The power of the bed crossbow was really extraordinary, and a bamboo arrow eight feet long pierced directly through the body of a Xianbei knight, pinning him to the ground with men and horses, and still maintaining a forward posture. Another bamboo arrow knocks one knight off his horse, then plunges into the body of the second knight, stringing the two men together like a sugar gourd.

Seeing the power of the bed crossbow, Liu Ziqiu was also secretly speechless, if the bed crossbow was replaced with finely cast parts and iron arrows, even with his skills, it would be difficult to resist such a thunderous blow. However, Liu Ziqiu soon discovered the weakness of the bed crossbow. The bed crossbow is powerful, has a long range, but lacks accuracy. Of a dozen bamboo arrows, only two hit the enemy, and the others were shot in the clearing. Another point is that the operation of the bed crossbow is time-consuming and laborious, the thick bowstring requires ten people to pull, and the interval between the two rounds of firing reaches the time of one pillar of incense. Although only three people were shot in this round of bed crossbow firing, the Xianbei people were obviously suppressed, and the offensive was sluggish, and the deterrent power of the bed crossbow can be seen.

Just when Liu Ziqiu was thinking about the strengths and weaknesses of the bed crossbow, the Xianbei people also recovered from the shock and continued to rush over. There was no moat in Weiding City, and the horses could gallop under the city walls without hindrance. The Xianbei people's riding and archery skills were excellent, and a team of people galloped back and forth under the city, shooting feather arrows up to the city without going to the ground. The other group jumped off their horses and rushed to the walls with the ladders they had prepared.

The West Sea does not produce bamboo, and the ladder is made of wood, which is dragged behind the war horse with a rope. The ladder is not long, but it is quite heavy because of the wooden structure, so it is more laborious for one person to carry it, and it takes two people to carry it.

At this time, the city also began to counterattack, and the arrows rained down. The archers were mainly targeting the enemy who were shooting at each other, but the city was too small to be outmaneuvered, and they did not shoot as many arrows as they did below. However, there were good fortifications at the head of the city, and thick planks were erected on each arrow battlement, which could minimize the damage of bows and arrows under the city. The armor on the archers was the best in the entire army, wrapped from head to toe, with only two eyes exposed. Even so, from time to time, people were shot by arrows from under the city.

The wooden ladder has been set up at the head of the city. At the head of the city, the wrestlers kept throwing down large and small stones, and those who were hit immediately broke their heads and bled out. The pikemen used their lances to push the wooden ladder away from the walls. The Xianbei soldier who fell from the wooden ladder let out a scream. The city wall was not very high, and the fierce Xianbei people struggled, not caring about the pain, and bit the scimitar and climbed up the city again. However, those wooden ladders are not as good as bamboo ladders, lacking toughness and elasticity, and are easy to break, which also delays the offensive of the Xianbei people to a certain extent.

Under the cover of a dense rain of arrows outside the city, after paying a huge price in casualties, someone finally grabbed the edge of the battlements. Suddenly, with a flash of cold light, a steel knife was pulled out from under the battlements, and the hand was cut off without hesitation. After the severed hand, the Xianbei warriors screamed and planted themselves in the city, and they could no longer climb up. It turned out that there were already swordsmen in ambush under the battlements, and they didn't care about anything else, just waiting to cut off their hands.

The battle lasted from early morning to dusk, and as the sun set, a whimpering horn finally sounded among the Xianbei army, and the ranks that rushed to the city retreated like a tide.

This season is the most difficult time for the Xianbei people, similar to the lack of green and yellow of the Han people, most of the Xianbei people have varying degrees of malnutrition, and at night their eyesight will drop sharply, and they will not be able to fight at night. In order to prevent the people of the city from coming out and robbing the camp, they had to collect their troops and retreat before it got dark.

Under the city, there were corpses lying all over the place. There were some people who were seriously injured and not dead, but they were also abandoned, and there they were groaning in pain. On the first day of the siege, Murong Fuyun lost nearly 2,000 people. As the defensive side, Liu Ziqiu's losses were slightly better, but more than 300 people were killed, and the wounded were close to 1,000. Seeing the bloody battlefield, Liu Ziqiu was also helpless. War is always so cruel, and it is not as simple as a poem to achieve success.

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Just when the offensive and defensive battle of Weiding City began, Zhang San's big ship also arrived at Changshan Wharf.

As early as when Liu Ziqiu did not leave, he had the idea of building Changshan Wharf. Later, with the financial support of the Xie family, coupled with the excavation of the Jiangnan Canal, the construction of Changshan Wharf was also accelerated. After several months of continuous construction, the Truong Son Wharf has become quite large-scale. Along the line of the Qiantang River, there is a solid granite revetment. On the shore, a row of iron piles dedicated to tethering cables is buried deep underground. Behind the iron piles is a long pavilion made of bamboo, which can shelter from the wind and rain, for passengers to wait for the ship or temporarily stack goods. Ships from outside, whether passenger or cargo, must pay a fee as long as they dock at Changshan Wharf. Of course, there are also special patrols on the docks, working day and night shifts to ensure the safety of people, cargo and ships.

There is also a special wharf built in Changshan Carriage and Horse Hang, which is a huge artificial deep-water port that runs into it from a fork in the river. The port area is large enough to moor hundreds of large ships at the same time, and there is a high sheltered wall built around it, so even if the river is full of waves, the port area will be relatively calm.

Zhang San's boat sailed into the port area, and as soon as it stopped on the shore, someone came over there to help fix the cable.

Han Shige only knew that Li Jing had gone to Yanguancheng in the south of the Yangtze River, and did not know the relationship between Liu Ziqiu and Li Jing and Changshan Village and Changshan Carriage and Horse Travel, and he agreed with Zhang San that he would also go directly to Yanguancheng, and when he saw him stopping the boat here, he couldn't help but be vigilant and asked: "Boatman, it's still early, why don't you leave?" ”

Zhang San said with a smile: "Guest officer, this place is already very close to Yanguan County. However, my shopkeeper wants to meet you. I also invited the guest officer to land first, and after meeting my family's big shopkeeper, someone will naturally send you to Yanguan. ”

Han Shige hesitated for a moment and looked up at the shore. I saw people walking back and forth on the shore from time to time, all of them were strong and strong. There is a sentry tower at each corner of the port area, and the upper floors are full of men with bows and arrows. Coupled with the encounter when he was close to Jiangdu, Han Shige was even more convinced that Changshan Carriage was not simple, and now when he arrived at other people's territory, he became more and more careless, and said: "Han and your big shopkeeper have never known each other, I don't know what happened to your big shopkeeper?" ”

"The big shopkeeper ordered to come down, how dare the villain ask." Zhang San's injuries have not yet healed, and he has a faint pain from time to time, but he always maintains a smile and a humble appearance on his face, not at all like when he was at the wharf in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang, he only knew that the world was blowing nonsense.

A person's personality is difficult to change, although Zhang San is only a peripheral member who has recently joined the Changshan Carriage and Horse Company, he has also forced himself to restrain his mind when he arrives here, which shows that this big shopkeeper is a powerful person. Thinking of the thunderous methods of the Thirteenth Taibao to deal with the water thieves, Han Shige didn't dare to be very supportive, so he had to stiffen his head and say: "Okay, please lead the way in front of the boat." ”