A few months ago, in Guangling City, a warehouse was opened to release grain, and many victims were relieved, effectively curbing the migration of the population to Jiangdong.

However, this kind of behavior of violating Yuan Shujun's order and opening a position without permission caused him to be convicted, dismissed from office, and escorted back to Shouchun.

Fortunately, Shu Shao is still a bit of an eloquent, and after seeing Yuan Shu, he immediately pleaded guilty, and said clearly: "The criminal knows that His Majesty will blame me, but he just wants to use my life to save the people from misery!" ”

Fortunately, by Yuan Shu's side, there are also virtuous people like Yang Hong and Yan Xiang, although after Yuan Shu became emperor, Yan Xiang has been sick, and even Yuan Shufeng's official position is pressed on his head, but at least there is Yang Hong......

After Yang Hong continued to look at him covertly, Yuan Shu reluctantly suppressed his anger and smirked: "Zhong Ying, I naturally understand what you mean, but aren't you willing to share your reputation with me?" ”

So Shu Shao was spared death, and ...... Opening a position without authorization also became an order for disaster relief, but Shu Shao, who "made great contributions", was only an idle position in the Dazhong court after that, and Guangling Taishou was replaced by Yuan Lian.

Yuan Jian is also surnamed Yuan, but he is not from the Runan Yuan family of the "Fourth World and Three Princes", but a member of the Yuan family of Chen County.

Of course, Chenjun Yuan's family does have some kinship with Runan Yuan's family - Chenjun Yuan's is the source of Yuan's family, and it is actually a "side branch" that was separated from Chenjun Yuan's family a hundred years ago.

Don't look at Yuan Shu's frequent recognition of "Shun" as an ancestor, the ancestor of "Yuan's" is indeed Shun, but the words of "Runan Yuan's" are actually a history of more than a hundred years.

It's just that the momentum has been extremely strong in the past 100 years, and Yuan An, the "second generation" of the Yuan family in Runan a hundred years ago, did not go out because of the freezing at home on a snowy day, and did not look for anyone to help, and was exclaimed by Luoyang Ling, "Talent", and then raised filial piety, so far Yuan's career has been out of control, and there have been five three-public officials in a hundred years, and it is four consecutive generations and three publics......

Xuanhe's degree is more than the thousand-year-old Chen Jun Yuan clan, but in comparison, the Chen Jun Yuan clan is more like a "family" than the Runan Yuan clan who is now personally fighting for the world.

After all, after the defeat of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the Yuan clan of Runan disappeared, and the later generations of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties, the "Yuan clan" called by Wang, Xie and Xiao was the Yuan family of Chen County.

When Yuan Shu first defected to Yuan Shu, he also wanted to assist him wholeheartedly, and in the future, after Yuan Shu became noble, it would also be beneficial to himself and the Yuan family of Chen County.

However, within a few years, he discovered that Yuan Shu was unreliable, and now he actually became the emperor of the Zhong family in one step......

Yuan Jian was really afraid that Yuan Shu would slap his thigh and recognize the Yuan family of Chen Jun as a relative of the emperor.

Fortunately, Yuan Shu didn't take the Chen Jun Yuan family seriously from the beginning, and then ...... Yuan Lian's psychology is a little complicated.

After being appointed as the Taishou of Guangling, Yuan Jian felt that the team was not easy to lead - after all, the former Taishou risked his life to open a warehouse to save the people, and then he was taken away for questioning.

With this example in front, Yuan Jian did not open a position, appeared to be unrighteous, and opened a position...... Yuan Lian hasn't lived enough!

Knowing that his predecessor had opened a position privately before being secretly surrendered by Mingsheng, Yuan Jian deliberately opened a position again, fearing that he would be able to get double Yuan Shu's anger.

And more importantly, Shu Shao dared to open a warehouse because he thought that the grain in Guangling City was enough to relieve the victims, but he could no longer afford the military later, after all, Guangling itself was a "big granary".

However, now that it is the spring ploughing season, God is still unwilling to appreciate the rain, and Guangling is afraid that there is no surplus grain!

In this case, Yuan Lian took the lead to open a position?

The house leak coincided with the rain, and the time turned in April, more than ninety percent of the cultivated land in Guangling could be basically sure that there would be no harvest, and the rest of the land near the left side of the large water source and canal still had hope for harvest.

At this moment, Jiangdong made a move, and the garrison of Guazhou, which had been accepting the displaced people, showed its fangs and rushed straight to Guangling......

After getting the news, Yuan Jian was also stunned for a moment.

In such a good situation last spring and summer, Bai Gong did not attack Huainan, and this year ...... This can't be revealed, when it is obvious that soldiers should not be used, they actually sent troops to Guangling?

Doubts are doubts, and the city still has to be guarded.

Seeing that Chen Gong came to Guangling City with a large army a stone's throw away, Yuan Jian estimated it, and frowned - the Jiangdong Army's appearance was neat, but ...... It's about 5,000 people in front of you, what do you want to do?

Hit Guangling? What's the trouble?

There are 20,000 defenders in the city, and Chen Deng is here in later generations...... 10,000 people repelled Sun Quan's 100,000!

However, just when he was confused, he saw that in front of Chen Gong's military formation, several "big guys" were launched......

"It's ...... Catapults? "Yuan Chuan is a knowledgeable person.

Chen Jun Yuan's family, the ancestor was the secretary of Chen in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was a side branch of the monarch's lineage, with a deep family history, after the Qin Emperor burned books and pit Confucianism, many out-of-print books, the Chen family has a collection.

During the Warring States period, there were already trebuchets, or "stone throwers", but they were the most primitive "man-driven", that is, the kind where everyone shouted, slogans, and pulled ropes together to throw stones out......

Regardless of range, power, and hit rate, they are all more touching, and they are also cumbersome and difficult to walk, and they are quickly drowned in the tide of history.

However, now the trebuchet in Chen Gongjun's army is no longer driven by manpower, but a torsion trebuchet - that is, the winch is used to pull down the originally vertical catapult arm, load the projectile, and then release the rope, and use the elasticity of the catapult arm and the torque of the whole part to throw the stone projectile out of the trebuchet.

It can be regarded as a major advancement after the manpower trebuchet, and the thunderbolt that appeared in Cao Cao's camp during the Battle of Guandu should be a torsion trebuchet.

In fact, in terms of hit rate and stability, the counterweight trebuchet should be superior, that is, the use of leverage, after the counterweight at one end, is lifted with a winch, and then the other end is filled with stone bullets - similar to a seesaw way, the stone projectiles are "stilted" out.

However, it is also relatively more difficult to manufacture, Pang Tong ...... After all, there is only one, and there is no way to be distracted by such a trivial matter, Bai Tu can only come step by step, and he is not in a hurry anyway.

And although it looks bulky, it is actually loaded with the technology of the Song Dynasty whirlwind cannon - between the cannon and the base, it can be rotated, that is, it can be moved in place, and the cannon can be rotated to adjust the direction to be ejected!

Although Yuan Jian didn't think that the city wall of Guangling would lose to the stone thrower, he still shouted to Chen Gong first: "Chen Gongtai! Yuan has heard of Jiangdong Baigong for a long time, who is kind and generous, and is a true gentleman...... Last year, Bai Gong once said that the land should be conquered by virtue, and the people will naturally go out of the city to greet each other, so why do you want to start the sword soldiers lightly now? ”

After Liu Ye went back and relayed Bai Tu's high arguments to Cao Cao, Guo Jia specially suggested that Bai Tu's words be publicized......

The purpose is not to be asked, naturally it is not to promote Bai Tu, but to block him with words, and when he uses swords in the future, the world will be able to see his hypocrisy!

This kind of harmless suggestion, Cao Cao is naturally as good as a stream - if Bai Tu really doesn't have the heart to fight for hegemony, then it's best, if there is...... This matter can also slightly hit the prestige of Baitu.

"Hahaha, Yuan Taishou misunderstood! Bai Gong is a great sage in the world, how can he be as untrustworthy as some rebellious villains? Bai Gong heard that Guangling City had sheltered many homeless people, but there was a shortage of food and grass, and he couldn't bear to see the tragic situation of starvation all over the wilderness, so he asked a certain person to deliver food! Chen Gong said.

"Delivering food? If this is the case, the official should thank him first, and send the food...... It's just that Brother Chen's military appearance doesn't look like he transports grain. Yuan Jian heard Chen Gong's ridicule of Yuan Shu, and he was not moved.

"Why do Yuan Taishou people say secret words? If so-and-so directly gives you grain and grass, how will it get into the hands of the people? Even if Yuan Taishou has good intentions, he is afraid that he will not dare to disobey Yuan Thief's orders like Shu Taishou, right? Chen Gong deliberately provoked.

"Shut up! Chen Gongtai, do you want to cheat the city like this? Yuan said angrily.

...... in this regard Yuan Jian had no choice but to interrupt with "incompetent rage" - after all, what Chen Gong said was the truth.

In fact, Yuan Jian really had some expectations, and Chen Gong could come in directly.

It's just that there is no good reason, it is impossible to surrender, if he surrenders to the enemy directly, does he still want his reputation as Yuan Lian?

Yuan Lian may not be very dedicated to defending the city, but at least he will not let a few thousand people enter Guangling City.

"Yuan Taishou is willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but if he is unwilling, it is best to ...... In order to carry out the righteousness of the lord, Chen had to forcibly send food! Ready—"

I saw that after Chen Gong gave an order, the catapults began to pull down the throwing arms one by one, and at the same time began to fill them.

"Sure enough, unlike ordinary trebuchets, can you hit the city wall so far? Wait a minute...... What's stuffed with it? It doesn't seem to be a stone bullet......" Yuan Jian looked a little confused.

The trebuchet during the Warring States period, because it was a manual braking, the effect was too poor, and the time difference between the crowd made its efficiency extremely low, and when it first appeared, it was slightly farther away than the original bow and arrow, spear throwing, and axe, but ...... With the popularization of Hufu cavalry archery, the bow-making skills of the Hu people were introduced, popularized and developed, and there was no far-reaching trebuchet for bow and arrow shooting, so it could only be completely eliminated.

And now Chen Palace is a stone's throw away, and the bows and arrows of the Han Dynasty have been much farther than those of the Warring States Period, this distance ...... If the trebuchet can still hit the city wall, it proves that it still has a certain practicality!

"Put!" Chen Gong gave an order.

Then the winch was opened with a trebuchet, and the sound of the writhing of the parts, the friction of the throwing arm and the wind, only the sound of a thunderbolt was heard, and at the same time, the "rain from the sky" was sprinkled on ......the castle tower.

It's not just hit the city walls, it's already more than the height of the city walls!

"Raise your shield, raise your shield intensively!" Yuan Jian hurriedly shouted.

However, after the shield was raised, there was no sound of collision, and it seemed to ...... The target is not a castle tower? Instead, it flew farther into the city, and even flew over the narrow urn city.

It is estimated that a trebuchet can throw dozens of pieces, and one-third of these "artillery shells" fell in the urn city, two-thirds fell into the inner city, and only a few did not avoid scattering in advance.

Soon someone sent a sample of the "artillery shell" to Yuan Zhuo......

It looks like a brick, and it eats more like a brick - however, this is indeed Koto's relief food!

"Bai Gong sends grain, don't disturb the bandits! Bai Gong sends food, don't disturb the bandits! ”

The army outside the city, obviously rehearsed in unison, shouted in unison, even at the edge of the inner city, some could be heard, and ...... Even if you don't hear it, there is a note praising "white justice and high righteousness" hidden in the relief grain.

Yuan Chuan suddenly understood what the other party was going to do......