Chapter 5: The Battle of Xiyang
Zhang Lang almost jumped up from his chair, his eyes almost bulged out of surprise, and his mouth kept exclaiming: "Huang Yueying, Huang Yueying? ”
Pu Rou saw Zhang Lang's surprised and excited expression, but she wondered in her heart, the first two peerless weapons couldn't arouse Zhang Lang's slightest reaction, but she didn't expect that the name of her little junior sister would make him shake so much, what is the mystery in this? Although she thought so in her heart, Pu Rou still responded in her mouth: "En." ”
Zhang Lang's eyes turned straight, Huang Yueying is Zhuge Liang's wife. It is rumored in history that she has a "yellow head and black head", extremely ugly, and to the point of being miserable. So much so that later the neighbors ridiculed: "Don't learn from Kong Ming to choose a woman, and stop being an ugly girl." What's even more interesting is that the word "dinosaur" is now derived from her.
Originally, Zhuge Liang was known as Mr. Wolong, Wolong? Who is lying with Zhuge Liang? His wife, the most famous ugly girl in the whole Jingzhou. The dragon refers to Zhuge Liang's wife Huang Yueying, and because Zhuge Liang is also called Kong Ming, everyone respectfully calls Huang Yueying Kong Long. Later, it was agreed that everyone called the ugly girl Kong Long (dinosaur)?
But dinosaurs also have the benefits of dinosaurs, although Huang Yueying is ugly, but she is very smart, not only surging and quick, but also proficient in the strategy of governing the country and the country, and constantly whimsical. It is rumored that when Zhuge Liang lived in Longzhong, a large number of friends came to play, among which some liked rice and some liked to eat noodles, and there were many tricks. Zhuge Liang instructed Huang Yueying to do it according to his friend's request, it was estimated that it would take at least half an hour or more, but he didn't expect that the rice and noodles and other things would be ready soon, and the guest was surprised by the speed, so he peeped into the kitchen. I saw that there were several wooden people in it, and a wooden donkey was like flying, which was very weird. When the guests returned, they praised Kong Ming's wife, saying that she was capable. Zhuge Liang was also very surprised when he heard this, and immediately went in to ask Huang Shuo, and begged her to pass on his skills. This is the predecessor of the wooden ox flowing horse that has been passed down through the ages. It can be seen how smart Zhuge Liang's wife is.
Pu Rou saw Zhang Lang there in a daze for a long time, and cautiously asked tentatively, "Does the master know the little sister of the slave family?" ”
In one sentence, Zhang Lang woke up from his contemplation, shook his head, and said, "I don't know, but I've heard it." ”
Pu Rou secretly thought that although her little sister was the daughter of Huang Chengyan, a famous man in Jingzhou, she had followed her master since she was a child and had never gone down the mountain, how could Zhang Lang know? Although I thought so in my heart, I didn't dare to ask.
Zhang Lang suddenly raised his head and asked, "Is Huang Yueying ugly?" As soon as these words came out, Zhang Lang regretted it greatly, why did he act so much?
Pu Rou looked up at Zhang Lang in confusion, thinking to herself, what do you want to do? You don't think anything wrong, do you? But he said strangely: "No, although it's not very beautiful, it's not ugly." ”
Zhang Lang laughed dumbly in his heart, why is he so mentally retarded as to ask this question, rumors are rumors, and there will always be some differences from reality. I just don't know if she's married to Zhuge Liang now?
Pu Rou doesn't care what Zhang Lang thinks, anyway, he has a reaction, and his chances of revenge will be greatly increased. The temptation asked, "Master, what is the matter of the slave family......
Zhang Lang thought secretly, the "legendary" Zhuge Liang is like a pearl in the palm of his hand to the goose feather fan, inseparable. In doing so, he not only expressed the sincere love between husband and wife, but more importantly, he was skilled and used the strategy on the fan. So no matter spring, summer, autumn or winter, always keep your hands on the fan. As long as you get the fan in your hand and give it to Zhuge Liang, then the other party will be grateful...... Hey, hey, thinking of this, Zhang Lang's smug silver laughed.
So now there is another question in front of us, has Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying met? If you don't know each other, aren't you a bamboo basket? But it's not bad to have a fan. If you are unfortunate enough to know it, then ...... Thinking about it, Zhang Lang couldn't control his excitement after all, and shouted: "Okay, as long as you can bring the fan, I will help you avenge the murder of your father." ”
Pu Rou saw that Zhang Lang finally opened the golden mouth, and the tears of excitement on the spot couldn't be controlled, and she fell to the ground, and her voice whimpered: "My lord's grace is like rebuilding, as long as I can kill Yuan Shao, a traitor, the little woman is willing to go to the soup and fight the fire, and she will not hesitate." ”
Zhang Lang was a little moved and said, "You get up, you don't have to make a big salute." ”
Pu Rou whimpered and thanked and slowly stood up, her face was full of tears, and her eyes were red and swollen. Zhang Lang looked a little unbearable, but he still said truthfully: "I have to declare the matter to you first, I dare not give you a clear time, maybe a year, maybe ten years, maybe this life, it is impossible to complete such a task......"
Pu Rou was still wiping away her tears, and when she heard Zhang Lang's words, she was stunned for a moment, and then said with a very resolute face: "The little woman believes in the adult, and the sincerity of the adult alone is worth the little woman waiting." ”
Zhang Lang was speechless, and said after a long time: "Then you rest here tonight, and I will send someone to prepare a guest room for you." ”
Pu Rou gave a salute and said coquettishly: "Thank you, sir." ”
Zhang Lang then summoned Dian Wei behind him and said, "You take Miss Pu down and arrange a good wing room for her." ”
Dian Wei listened to what he said just now, and his attitude towards Pu Rou changed greatly, and when he heard the words, he opened his mouth and said to her with a smile: "Big sister, come with me, and I will take you to the wing." ”
Pu Rou had returned to her previous demeanor in a blink of an eye, and smiled charmingly at Dian Wei: "Thank you, big brother." ”
When the two walked to the door, Pu Rou stopped, looked back and smiled, and said with a lot of charm: "Master, don't worry, not only will the slave family give you the peerless divine weapon refined by the father of the Hui family, but also the goose feather fan will not be pulled down, even if it is the little sister of the slave family, hehe......" Pu Rou said while throwing a wink at Zhang Lang. Although she didn't say it, it was already obvious what she meant.
Zhang Lang was extremely embarrassed, but fortunately, Pu Rou didn't say anything more, and left with Dian Wei.
Looking at the disappeared figures of the two, Zhang Lang couldn't help but sigh at the tenacity of this woman's vitality. In just one time, he not only recovered his past demeanor from his grief, but also caught the fault in what he just said and counterattacked. If it weren't for the fact that she was only curious about Huang Yueying, according to the general situation, Pu Rou's plan would definitely succeed.
With such an exclamation, Zhang Lang went back to his room to prepare for sleep, but when he thought of Huang Yueying and Zhuge Liang, he couldn't help but toss and turn over and over in excitement and couldn't sleep. finally couldn't help it, holding the sleepy Yang Rong excitedly: "Rong'er, do you know what I gained at night?" ”
Yang Rong half-closed her eyes, her long eyelashes moved twice, and Qiong's nose let out a slight "um", and then fell silent again.
Zhang Langmei said there: "You don't know, I met Pu Rou's senior sister just now. You always know who Huang Yueying is, she is Zhuge Liang's wife, as long as I can see her, Zhuge Liang will not be far away from coming out of the mountain for me. If Zhuge Liang joins our side, then join forces with Guo Jia, Tian Feng and others, then the country is not in the bag. ”
The more Zhang Lang thought about it, the more proud he became, and he couldn't control his long laugh anymore.
Suddenly, Yang Rong turned over, like a frenzied tigress, and hit Zhang Lang on the chest with an elbow.
The laughter stopped abruptly, Yang Rong swept away the sleepiness just now, and said loudly: "You still don't let people sleep." ”
Zhang Lang didn't expect to be very happy and sad, with a bitter face, covering his chest, humming on the bed for a long time.
Yang Rong pulled up the quilt angrily, stepped aside, and didn't forget to say before going to bed: "Why are you so stupid, when did Zhuge Liang come out of the mountain, and people were only in their early twenties at that time." You are slowly enjoying yourself, and the big things have nothing to do with me. ”
Zhang Lang wailed and gritted his teeth with hatred, but he couldn't do anything about Yang Rong, so he could only lie on the bed depressed and think nonsense.
Early the next morning, Huang Xu led the vanguard of 3,000 cavalry troops and began to march towards Caizhen underground at the junction of Yangyu and Henan.
And soon got the news from Gao Shun's side, he had led 30,000 soldiers and began to leave Lu'anguo, preparing to pass through the important town of Yangquan and quickly approach the border of Yuzhou, and Mao Ying's Shanyue army also followed.
At the same time, Zhang Lang sent a messenger to Xuzhou, asking Zhang Liao to return to Dongjun and cooperate with his army to move west to Yuzhou.
Zhang Lang stayed in Shouchun City for a few more days, and only after all the three armies were dispatched did he lead 20,000 soldiers to follow slowly.
Xu Shu's 20,000 troops in Shouchun were still guarding the important strategic area in Huainan and were ready to support all military horses at any time.
Several military horses echoed each other from afar, like an open giant net, the momentum was very amazing, and they quickly rushed to the boundary of Yuzhou.
On the defense line of Yuzhou, the first to bear the brunt is Peijun. As for its outer defense line, Zhang Lang's army did not make much effort at all, and it was like a bamboo, driving straight ahead, and soon the army forced into the transit station of Pei County and Runan County, and the important town of Xiyang.
If Xiyang can be taken, then Peijun will be almost isolated and lose direct contact with Runan County. Hold on to Xiyang, and when Zhang Liao's troops in Xuzhou enter Yuzhou westward, they can take Peijun without blowing any effort.
In fact, Sun Ce can't be blamed for anything, it's not that he doesn't know the important surname of Xiyang County, but his military and financial resources are really limited, although Zhou Yu, Zhang Hong, and Lu Su are powerful, but they have to give them at least three or five years before it is possible to make Yuzhou look good. In just one or two years, it is almost impossible to make a qualitative leap.
Although the city of Xiyang County is small and the garrison is only about seven or eight thousand, the general who defends the city is Sun Ce's younger brother Sun Yi. It can be seen that Sun Ce still attaches great importance to the strategic location of Xiyang County.
Sun Yi, Sun Jian's third son, after Sun Ce and Sun Quan, his style was brave and decisive, very much in the style of his brother Sun Ce, and it was recorded in the history books that when Sun Ce died, Sun Yi was recommended by the minister as the successor. At this time, he led less than 8,000 soldiers, and several people with the strong generals Fu Ying and Bian Hong, and refused to go down to the city with 3,000 cavalry.
Because Huang Xu led the cavalry team, he did not rush to attack, but waited for Zhang Lang's brigade to come up and then make plans.
Three days later, Zhang Lang's main force was close to the area of Xiyang County and surrounded on all sides.
At this point, the two armies officially began to clash.
The day after the arrival of the main combat force, Zhang Lang began to send people to fight, but Sun Yi was not moved, but hung up the exemption card.
For several days, Zhang Lang continued to send people to provoke and insult, but Sun Yi has always insisted on not fighting.
In addition to calling for battle, Zhang Lang's troops were not idle, and in the past few days, siege weapons have been delivered in a steady stream, and the troops have completed the siege strategy.
On the night of the fifth day, Zhang Lang finally launched the siege order, dispatched 5,000 heavy infantry, and began to forcibly climb the siege.
In the night, three hundred heavy infantry wore armor, steel helmets on their heads, and a single knife on their backs, in groups of ten, carrying ordinary climbing ladders, and began to approach Xiyang City quickly.
Sun Yi's garrison soon noticed the abnormality, and the soldiers immediately blew the horn, which resounded throughout the city in the quiet night.
The offensive and defensive battle kicked off in the horn.
Immediately there was an uproar in the city, and then arrows flew out, and from the sparse at first, to the denser.
Xu Huang was the commander-in-chief of the siege of this battle, and when he saw that the defenders had begun to counterattack, he waved his flag on his horse and shouted: "Mingjin, the infantry team retreats, catapults, and the rocket team is on." ”
The infantry team quickly retreated.
Dozens of catapults in the back immediately went into attack. With the cooperation of several soldiers, one after another boulders roared and smashed towards Xiyang City. This catapult is different from the catapult used in the late Han Dynasty at that time, but after Zhang Lang's special treatment, using the principle of lever and centrifugal force, everyone pulled together and threw the boulder. Although it is not as good as bombs and artillery, it is also a very strong siege weapon in this society.
Sure enough, there was a sound in the city, accompanied by screams, and the arrows were much thinner.
The catapult exploded violently, and the rocket team did not stop, and the rockets flying and shining all over the sky flew towards the Xiyang city wall, trying to suppress the opponent's firepower and cover the cloud echelon.
Xu Huang had a lot fewer arrows on the other side, and in the midst of the earth-shattering shouts of the two parties, he ordered sharply: "Dispatch and crash." ”
Immediately, two particularly strange siege vehicles appeared in front of the soldiers.
In the crash, the car was equipped with four wheels and a roof-shaped wooden frame on it, covered with raw cowhide and coated with mud, to defend it against enemy arrows and fire. There is a special protruding ramming device in the front that is used to hit the door. The car can accommodate ten people, pushing the car under the city walls.
Xu Huang saw that the crash was moving forward slowly, and there were no traps on the ground. He kept roaring: "On the cloud echelon, the heavy infantry is protected, and the archery team is covered." ”
As soon as Xu Huang's words were finished, the archers immediately organized a new round of launches, and at the same time, a dozen or so chariots with quite strange shapes came out of the army.
Cloud ladder, the most common climbing tool in siege warfare in the late Han Dynasty. It is made by connecting two ladders more than two feet long with a rotating shaft and fixing them to the frame. The frame was covered with a wooden shed, reinforced with raw cowhide, in which the men pushed the cart towards the city wall to defend against enemy bows.
The ladder scattered behind the collision, and the five hundred heavy infantry at the back did not disappoint Xu Huang, taking advantage of the opponent's dodge and extinguishing the fire, he bravely moved forward and pounced on Xiyang City in a blink of an eye. At this time, the catapult and the rocket team stopped very tacitly, otherwise they would accidentally injure their own people.
Once the ladder was against the wall, the five hundred heavily helmeted soldiers began to forcibly climb the city wall in the deafening sound of killing.
Xu Huang, who was commanding in the back, gave another order. Immediately, another group of about 300 heavy infantry rushed up with ordinary ladders, ready to take the city.
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