Former! ”

"Before!"

The shieldmen began to advance, covering their own crossbowmen to suppress them in the rear, while at the same time responding to the advance of the battering ram.

It is said to be a battering ram, but it is actually not accurate, because this thing is different from the film and television drama where the cost of service is short and a group of people carry a log and rush forward.

It was actually more like a tall chariot, with a battering ram on the inside, above, with an arrow tower, and below, a leather and wooden plank covered with propped surfaces, and some key points were even wrapped in iron sheets for added protection.

When attacking, it can accommodate hundreds of people, including archers, and when the people below storm the city gates, unless they are particularly lucky, they don't have to worry about the threat of arrows from the city walls.

Don't even be afraid of hot oil.

The only thing to worry about is the fire attack, but the people of Tianji Pavilion have also done some fire prevention treatments to make it as difficult as possible to ignite.

It's just a battering ram,

rear

The regular towering arrow tower stands there, can be pushed forward, the lower part is disassembled, and when it is in the right position, it can be removed directly from the bottom of a key part, and then the arrow tower will naturally fall forward, at that time, the arrow tower equipped with a grappling hook at the top will become the most durable ladder, even if the defender wants to push it down, such a large weight here, it is difficult.

Later, there was the siege crossbow, the thick and huge crossbow arrow, that is, a body of armor Fan Li was shot, and they all had to die directly.

There are countless such siege equipment, some may be useful, some may not be useful, and the specific ones must wait for actual combat before they can make a choice according to local conditions.

The most important thing is the catapult.

The catapult of the Snow Customs, San'er had already designed it, and the people of Tianji Pavilion added something similar to the formation pattern in it, so that when the catapult was launched, the range was longer and the accuracy was higher.

One inch long and one inch strong, it is the same on the catapult, because if you want to come to the Chu army in the city, there will inevitably be trebuchet arrangements.

Now, under the command of Liang Cheng, the soldiers of the Snow Customs are directly vacating the city wall on the south side of the Snow Customs to do siege and cooperate with the drill.

These soldiers are all cavalry, but you can't let them ride into the walls during the siege, right?

Fortunately, a long time ago, because of the weakness of the Yan people's siege, Xuehaiguan focused on practicing the method of step formation, so it is not completely temporary at the moment.

"Are all of these made by energy?" Zheng Fan opened his mouth and asked Zeng Shulang, the master of the Tianji Pavilion who was standing beside him.

"Back to the uncle, the key spare parts are built here in advance and carried, and when you get to the front of Zhennan Pass, you can mobilize the people to cut down the materials, as long as there are enough people, and there are enough craftsmen, it is not difficult to measure.

Before the war, we could build workshops directly in the camp. ”

This is intended to produce production equipment while fighting a war.

In fact, this is also a very common practice, siege warfare, a dozen is more than half a year or even a year is a common thing.

At the beginning, if the Chu army in Yupan City had not been short of food, how could it have surrendered, and if Qu Tiannan was determined to defend it and had enough food, it would really be a big trouble.

And Zhennanguan ......

Unless the Chu people's brains were flooded, Uncle Zheng would not be naïve enough to think that the defenders of Zhennan Pass would be short of food.

"Uncle, the villain is talkative, the uncle's subordinates are all elite soldiers, and it is too wasteful to use ants to attack the city, what a good soldier."

"You have to be prepared, when the city is really attacked, who knows when it will be our turn? Run, you can't run away, push, you can't push, when you really want to bite the bullet, we have to make our sacrifice more valuable.

Moreover, there is no way back. ”

Although Emperor Yan was determined to attack Chu, so that Uncle Zheng had something to do, there was no need to curl up in the northeast corner and draw circles like attacking Qian.

However, this is indeed Yan Guo's gamble, and it is also his Pingye uncle's gamble.

Breaking the snow customs and pushing the strategic area to the territory of Chu State, then he can snow the customs and be really safe, and he can't even hold his godson to find Tian Wujing to ask for it:

elder brother

Look at this town of Nanguan,

It looks like the twist flower that the child likes to eat.

Of course, the latter is Uncle Zheng's imagination.

But if the snow customs cannot be broken, Dayan will exhaust the national strength for this, and then it will be said that the people of Jin will not be able to rise up, and the people in Yan will not be able to make a living.

And then

He, Zheng Fan, can only go to the snow field to become the next savage king.

"You have to put more thought into these utensils."

The siege of the city, in fact, relies on these excellent and endless equipment, abundant food and stable military spirit, otherwise, it will be reduced to the same as when the savages attacked the snow customs, which seems to be in full swing, but in fact, it basically does not pose much threat, but just wastes human lives in vain.

"Yes, uncle, the villain knows, the villain will definitely not let you down, uncle. Don't hide it from you, uncle, Tianji Pavilion was originally made for Helian's family, but in fact, it didn't use much, which has always been a regret in the hearts of villains. ”

Tianji Pavilion is a sect of rivers and lakes, but there is also an official shadow on its body.

Initially, it was established by a certain generation of Jin Emperors, but slowly, with the decline of the Yu family, it was stripped out, and finally gradually became a Jianghu sect.

As for the regret that Zeng Shulang said, it is probably that Tian Wujing and Li Liangting directly collapsed the two elites when they turned to fight thousands of miles in ten days, and also broke the hearts of most of the people in the Jin land.

Therefore, the utensils that Tianji Pavilion had built for these two were actually of little use.

"Don't worry, this time, some of you will play."

"Uncle Xie."

Zheng Fan went down the city wall, and on the south side of the city, Liang Cheng was directing the soldiers and horses to practice the siege, and in the east of the city, the blind man was organizing a mobilization meeting.

Most of the people who listened to the meeting were people, and these people were not considered standard households in the snow customs, but on the battlefield, they were indispensable existences, and they could become supplementary soldiers to join the battlefield at any time.

And they are basically young and strong in the family, deaf and clear-sighted, after publicizing them, and then they go to their respective homes to convey it, and the effect can be easily out.

The opening of the conference is a social drama that the people of Xuehaiguan like to watch.

The main plot is that a group of actors wearing savage fur clothes and Chu armor rushed over first, slashed the people of Jindi, killed children, and insulted women;

During this period, the baby's voice should be poignant, and the woman's voice should be tragic;

After doing this,

The actors then walked to the edge of the stage and laughed arrogantly at the audience below.

acting

It is indeed pompous;

But even if the audience below has watched it countless times, they still hate it.

In fact, most of the Jin people here have a blood feud with the savages and the Chu people.

At the same time, some audiences were too deep into the play, which also led to several professional households playing bad guys being knocked on the street and sent to the hospital for treatment;

When the anger is raised,

"Uncle Zheng" appeared.

The actor who plays Uncle Zheng is carefully selected and very handsome.

Before fleeing to the Snow Customs, he was a famous student in the local theater troupe.

After "Uncle Zheng" appeared, he led several barbarian actors and Jin Bing actors,

Shout first:

"Where to run!"

And then

Cover up the past.

The scene of the martial arts fight is very good-looking, although it is playing with a spear, but in fact, there is some real kung fu.

After defeating the enemy,

"Uncle Zheng" walked to the center of the stage again and began to say some words loudly "love the people like a son", and then the curtain ended.

forthwith

The audience erupted in cheers.

Last year, when the social drama first began to be rehearsed, in order to better set off the atmosphere, at the end of each performance, two people would be specially selected from the savage slaves who were doing hard labor to come over with disabilities, and they would be beheaded on the stage to show the public.

clear

That scene, that atmosphere, don't mention it.

It was only at the beginning of this year that it stopped and let the stage return to the stage.

After the social drama performance,

The blind man first took everyone to recall, whose food was eaten, who made everyone full and clothed now, not frozen in winter, and had medicine to eat when sick.

Then the audience below, who have listened to it many times and know how to cooperate, will raise their hands and clench their fists together, and shout:

"Uncle Hirano!"

"Uncle Hirano!"

"Uncle Hirano!"

When he first saw this scene, Uncle Zheng, who was standing in the back watching the play, really wanted to raise his finger and shout along with the atmosphere:

"Rock 'n' roll doesn't die!"

But the eyes of the masses are actually bright, and they can clearly distinguish who is really good to them.

Next, the blind man began to explain to them the meaning of the upcoming war to the big guys, and the theme was one, only victory was allowed, not defeat, and Zhennan Pass must be taken.

Uncle Zheng didn't bother the blind man who was busy, but went to the ice cellar.

Days, in fact, it's starting to get hot, and here in the snow customs, the hot season that can make people feel hot is actually very short.

Uncle Zheng poured himself a glass of wine, personally knocked two ice cubes in the ice cellar and put them in, and walked to a coffin while drinking.

Reached

Knocked.

soon

The coffin lid is pushed open,

revealed Ah Ming lying inside.

Ah Ming's gaze fell on Uncle Zheng's wine glass,

Road:

"Lord, it's the best wine."

In other words, if you want to drink grape juice, don't spoil the good things.

"Stingy."

Uncle Zheng sat down by the coffin.

When he took the princess out of the Snow Customs before, Ah Ming lay in the ice cellar, and Liang Cheng poured blood on him every morning and evening.

By the time he came back, Ah Ming had actually recovered most of it.

"You're going to have to recover quickly." Uncle Zheng said with concern.

Faced with this concern, Ah Ming didn't feel too moved, because he knew that there was going to be a war.

"Lord, if you promise not to drink my wine again, I will probably be able to recover before the war begins."

"So realistic?"

"Because, when you are in a good mood, you may recover from your injuries faster."

"Makes sense."

"Hmm."

"And if I said that unless you fully recover tomorrow, I will distribute all your wine to the soldiers the day after tomorrow, will the effect be more obvious?"

"......" Ah Ming.

"Okay, okay, I know, next time squeeze me some orange juice or something, I'm not used to grape juice."

Helping Ah Ming cover the coffin, Uncle Zheng walked out of the ice cellar with a red wine glass.

It stands to reason that he should be busy right now, but in reality, he really has nothing to do.

The material reserves, Siniang is in charge, the morale in the city, the blind man is in charge, and the training is in charge of Ah Cheng.

What you should do, someone is already doing it, and you can only do it better than yourself;

But this pre-war leisure,

It made Uncle Zheng have a great sense of emptiness.

So

He came to the back house,

came to Liu Ruqing's house.

Because here,

No matter how big the emptiness is, it can be completely filled by that "uncle~".

It's just that Uncle Zheng was a little disappointed that Xiong Liqing was actually in Liu Ruqing's house at this time.

This made Uncle Zheng hesitate a little,

Standing at the gate of the courtyard and not entering.

Just at this time, Xiao Yibo came over:

"Lord, he said he was looking for you."

That refers to the Savage King, in this mansion, there is only the Savage King, and cannot be called directly.

Zheng Fan nodded and walked into the other side of the back house.

After returning from a trip to Yanjing City with Zheng Fan, the treatment of the Savage King has improved greatly, and he no longer lives in the underground secret room and lives in the house.

But in this room, there is still an iron cage, but the savage king has added a bed, a coffee table, and even a washstand to the cage.

When Uncle Zheng came in, the Savage King was sitting in front of the coffee table reading a book.

book, take it down.

Uncle Zheng knew that the other party deliberately wanted to laugh at himself, but he just deliberately didn't laugh.

"Have you eaten?" Uncle Zheng asked.

The savage king put down the book and said with a smile: "If you go back to your uncle, the little dog has three meals a day at a regular time, and it is very regular." ”

"What are you looking for me to do?" Zheng Fan sat down on a chair outside the cage.

"Uncle, dog, I want to discuss with you, uncle, how to command when my troops and horses arrive."

"Soldiers and horses, I haven't seen them yet."

"Letter, since it has been sent out, it is estimated that the news will be obtained, and it will only be these two days, at this point, please rest assured, uncle, if it is not an absolutely reliable thing, I don't dare to joke with your own head."

"I'm curious, the army you left behind is only eight hundred people."

A tribe of eight hundred people, in the snowfield, is nothing at all.

"Uncle didn't know that what those 800 people were guarding was a cell, a cell much larger than the place where his subordinates lived now.

When my subordinates were crowned kings in the snowy plains, they forced many tribes to send their young chiefs to me, that is, to be protons, and those people are still under the custody of my most loyal men, eight hundred. ”

"The most loyal?"

"They won't believe I'm dead."

Zheng Fan shook his head.

"At least, their loyalty can be maintained for more than ten years."

"But I don't think those protons can have any effect, the young patriarch can be born, some tribes, maybe the original patriarch has died, and the new head has already been replaced."

"What Uncle said is, so you need your cooperation, Uncle, these protons are in the hands of your subordinates, unless your subordinates are in the snow field, it is difficult to get enough chips, but now that your subordinates are handed over to Uncle, you can go and talk about it."

"Trouble."

"Uncle, if you are afraid of trouble, you can let the dog out, and I will do it by the dog, not to mention 30,000 savage soldiers and horses, even if you pull up 100,000, I am confident that I can do it, after all, I am your loyal dog, uncle."

"Okay."

"Huh?" The Savage King himself felt that he had misheard.

He just said it casually.

"Benber, I can send you on your way."

"........." is inseparable.

Uncle Zheng stood up, walked to the cage, looked at Gou Moli, and said word by word:

"I know, you still have something to hide from me, you can talk about the eight savages and a hundred warriors, and I will listen to it, but when the day comes, I don't see 30,000 savages coming, and your head, I will bring it to the army sacrifice flag that is about to be raised."

Gou Moli lowered his head and said, "Don't worry, uncle, I haven't lived enough, I can live in a sunny house now, and I want to have my own yard in the future." ”

"Huh."

Gou Moli knelt down,

shouted with a smile;

"Uncle, I want to hear about the dog, what can the lives of these 30,000 savages get for the dog?"

"Now, you want to negotiate terms with Bemble?"

"The dog doesn't dare, it's not about the conditions, the dog I've already left that shoe on the road, and the dog wants to hold a new shoe now."

"Oh? Ben Bo wants to hear, what do you want? ”

"The dog heard Mr. North say, our Snow Customs now, there are a lot of business teams, in the future, there will only be more, these teams need to be taken care of, after all, the Snow Customs will still point to them to produce goat milk in the future."

"Go on."

"The dog wants to ask for an official position."

"What's the job?"

"Snow Customs, Captain of the Merchant Guard."

…………

At this point,

More than 70 miles away from the northern city wall of Xuehaiguan, a savage tribe with a population of nearly 30,000 is migrating southward.

(End of chapter)