In fact, if you change to the general of the Han army, after being attacked by the enemy, what you need to do now is to repair the camp, collect the defeated army, reformulate a new advance plan, and use the fastest time to boost morale.

But the problem is that the generals of the Yellow Turban Army are not the same as ordinary local generals, they act in a different way than ordinary people, and these people have not undergone systematic military training, and they suddenly lead the army alone.

Therefore, in the concept of Qu Shuai Fuyun and Yuancheng, what they have to do now is to rush to Licheng, break the city gate, pull Liu Jian out of the city, and press him to the ground and rub him fiercely.

Gao Shun and Zhao Yun led the trapping army and Bai Yu Shi to retreat towards Licheng as quickly as possible, and entered the city before the pursuers of Fuyun and Yuancheng arrived.

Some time ago, Liu Jian was not idle.

Gao Shun trained the trapping camp in the city, Zhao Yun trained the Bai Yu Shi in the city, and Liu Jian, together with Xu Rong, Zhang Fei and others, led the people of Licheng to repair the city walls and build various defensive equipment to resist the Yellow Turban Army that would attack at any time.

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At the beginning of the hour, Liu Jian, who was standing on the city wall, saw a dense small black dot in the distance, which was rushing towards the tide of Licheng.

A sneer rose at the corner of Liu Jian's mouth, and his expression was quite contemptuous.

Although the number of the other party is large, it is disorganized, although the enemy's ranks are still mixed with a lot of siege weapons, but in Liu Jian's opinion, these things do not pose any substantial threat to his own side at all.

The one who slaps the bed is also the bed, and the four wheels under the bed can be pushed from it to the city.

It looks a bit like a playground cart loaded with a group of people in a children's park in later generations, but it is completely propelled by humans.

The stubble had a leather canopy to protect them from the rain of arrows, and they looked extremely bulky.

Although the Yellow Turban has siege weapons, Liu Jian is not worried, because the arrangements he has made are also quite thorough.

In ancient times, not every city had a moat as a standard defense, because of productivity and manpower, unless it was close to a water source or a city with a very important strategic location, the general county did not have a moat.

To the north of Licheng is the Yellow River, which draws part of the water from the tributaries of the Yellow River as a moat.

After Liu Jian arrived in Licheng, he built many fortifications around the moat, and the strong bows and crossbows were arranged on the heads of Licheng, so although the Yellow Turban soldiers had siege equipment, they would not work.

And their armor is too rudimentary, and when they are attacking the city, they are chaotic, and a group of people who are pressed by the black will rush to the city, although the formation seems to be terrifying, but once there is chaos, the other party will be entangled with each other, forming shackles.

As Liu Jian expected, the moat was the biggest obstacle for the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, and there were many rejections by the river, whether it was the other party's swagger or the Yellow Turban soldiers carrying the ladder, they rushed to the moat, and they had to stop and use manpower to deal with those rejections.

But it was too much effort to get the horses off to the ground, especially since it was still on the battlefield, so pushing those pesky wooden instruments directly into the river was the best option for the Yellow Turbans.

But it was at this time that a trumpet suddenly sounded above the city.

Liu Jian, who had been observing the movements of the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, ordered someone to blow the horn and let the soldiers at the head of the city start to shoot the enemy with arrows.

Shooting arrows to take the enemy's life according to the outline of the city is the most basic defensive routine of the defending side, and it is also the most effective and cool routine!

There is a saying in later generations that the world's martial arts are only fast and unbreakable.

On the battlefield in ancient times, it was the world's blade, and it was difficult to break only from a distance.

Under Liu Jian's order, arrows rained down on the entire city for a while.

With one roar and scream, the Yellow Turbans fell into the water one by one.

After a few rounds of arrow rain, Liu Jian was not in a hurry to let the soldiers continue to attack with the arrow rain, because he had already seen that the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in the rear began to move towards Licheng after the defeat of the vanguard army.

But it doesn't matter, there are many ways to deal with such a large number of rabble.

During this time, he also ordered skilled craftsmen to build catapults at the head of the city.

Liu Jian is in Jizhou, he doesn't care much about people who study scriptures, he values those who have various technologies that are conducive to people's livelihood.

Although most of these technical talents are also from the scholar clan, since they chose to focus on medicine, architecture, herbal medicine, and smelting, it means that they have not put much effort into the Five Classics Doctrine.

In this way, it is destined that the career of this group of people is very limited.

Liu Jian attaches great importance to these special talents.

He deliberately set up two major institutions in Jizhou, and set up branches for two institutions in each county.

An organization, known as the "Recruitment Gym", means to recruit technical talents.

The other organization is the "Righteous House".

These two institutions, which complement each other, can recruit more technical talents for Liu Jian.

In fact, for the first institution, Liu Jian's initial goal was to call it "Zhaoxian Hall", but then he thought about it and gave up for the time being.

The situation in Luoyang has not collapsed, Dong Zhuo has not collapsed Taixue, and the overall framework of the probation system is still there, if he openly enriches the political officialdom of Jizhou in the name of "Zhaoxian Hall", it is easy to make Liu Jian the target of public criticism.

With Dong Zhuo here, there is no need for Liu Jian to be the first person to sweep mines.

Therefore, the food had to be eaten one bite at a time, and Liu Jianxian only set up a "recruitment hall" to recruit a large number of doctors, blacksmiths, bridge-builders, and other talents, and set up technical posts in various counties, counties, and townships to improve their treatment and status, but did not give them administrative power.

At the same time, Liu Jian also set up the "Jizhou Science Administration" as a public institution specializing in technology and development.

Therefore, the development of various livelihood science and technology in Jizhou is in full swing and thriving.

But in addition to people's livelihood, military technology is also among them.

It is similar to the city-head stone throwing machine that Liu Jian now uses on Licheng.

The history of the stone throwing machine in China is very long, and after the Han Dynasty, all kinds of stone throwing machines have been spread all over the battalions in the north and south.

Whether it is used as an offensive weapon or as a defensive object, the stone thrower is an indispensable heavy equipment in the armies of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, it is not the case that every city and every army has the same quality and accuracy of stone throwers.

There are good and bad kitchen knives, not to mention large instruments such as stone throwers.

The better the range control, the stronger the material, and the stronger the bearing capacity, the better the machine.

But not everywhere there are good machines.

In ancient times, unlike later generations, there was no so-called brand product, and the items produced by the same brand were all similar.

Most of the items represent the personal will of the craftsman, and there is no absolute standard.

Because of productivity and technology, the things created by the same group of people are not the same, and the grades are also uneven.

There is no so-called quality control, with good technical personnel, it is equivalent to having good products.

And this time the stone thrower built in Licheng is the same, all by the "Ji Academy of Sciences" after a period of careful design, from the production base of Qinghe, to transport ready-made parts to Licheng for installation.

These stone throwers are all tuned, and although they can't be said to be the best in the whole of Dahan, they are definitely the best batch.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

After the rain of arrows, another huge stone arced through the air and landed heavily in the camp of the Yellow Turban Army.

Soon, a frightened wail was heard from among the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army.

Those Yellow Turban Army who were marching towards Licheng, looking at the flying stones in the sky, many of them trembled with fright.

The people behind the Yellow Turban who still wanted to move forward all stopped at this moment, even though the middle level of the Yellow Turban kept urging and shouting to them, they didn't dare to continue to move forward.

It's not that they are disobedient and don't dare to move forward.

It's just that the sight in front of them is too frightening for them.

This kind of scene full of flying stones has exceeded the bottom line of their hearts.

There is no such thing as an iron man!

No one wants to risk their brains being smashed and rushing up against those solid stones.

Fuyun and Yuancheng were shouting in the rear, constantly driving the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army to the top of the city, their voices were hoarse, and their voices were painful, but the orders of the commanders seemed to have no effect at this time, and the effect was very little.

Last night's battle was a big defeat for the Yellow Turbans, and their morale is now low.

In particular, these Yellow Turban soldiers are not elite, and they really can't be held to too high standards.

What the Yellow Turbans didn't know was that in the valley not far to the east of them, Zhang He and Gao Ran led the cavalry and camped here, and they were waiting for a signal to clash with the Yellow Turban Army at the best time to kill the other party's main general.

Liu Jian had already arranged for Zhang He and Gao Ran to lead the cavalry to quietly camp here.

It is impossible for any general defending a city to put all his chips in a city.

Jizhou also has cavalry, and this cavalry team is the biggest killer for Liu Jian.

There were also riders in the Yellow Turban Army, but they were few and fragmented.

As long as the timing is accurate, the Jizhou cavalry is enough to crush the Yellow Turban Army for a while.

But as everyone knows, the people who are aiming at the middle of the Yellow Turban Army at this moment are not only Zhang He and Gao Ran.

The elite of the people, who have always been funded by Le'an Dahao, have also come to the vicinity of Licheng.

And one of the leading figures is a famous township tycoon in Le'an, the young patriarch of the Yan family.

The Yan family is a big surname in Qingzhou, with many branches, and there are many prosperous families, the largest of which is in Le'an.

And now the patriarch of this tribe is attached to the clan and rushed to Licheng, named Yan Liang, although he was born in a big clan, he has always been self-sustaining with bravery.

He has heard the name of Liu Jian for a long time, and he has been obedient for a long time, but he only hates that there is no way to go along.

This time, when he heard that Liu Jian's men and horses had come to Qingzhou, Yan Liang did not delay and immediately rushed to Licheng.

(End of chapter)