Hao Zhao, the famous general of this town;

This famous general who has guarded Hexi for more than ten years in history and coexisted with Hexi;

This famous general who led the army to the Northern Expedition and attacked Chencang City defended by him with tens of thousands of people, with dozens of times the advantage of troops, attacked day and night for more than 20 days without breaking the city, and finally forced the prime minister to retire;

In the treacherous battlefield of the late Han Dynasty, in this era of heroes, only a few strokes are mentioned in the history books, but it leaves a deep impression on people, and the word "guard" is interpreted to the extreme.

It is hard to imagine that when he was young, he was only a member of the Jiangxia army, and he was an unremarkable soldier under Jiangxia Tiebi Wenpin.

But unfortunately, this pearl in the sea was discovered by Guan Lin.

Because he is Hao Zhao...

Guan Lin withstood the huge pressure of the four major families of "Pang, Ma, Xiang, and Xi" in Jingzhou, and forced him to marry the girl he liked, the pearl of the Xi family, and the daughter of Xi Zhen.

Fulfilled this pair of Biren!

I heard that girl, now... is already pregnant, and the young Hao Zhao is about to become a father!

And since he got married, Hao Zhao's heart has completely settled.

He first assisted Mi Fang in improving and reconstructing the drawings of the new city and new walls of Jiangling City, and then was appointed by Guan Lin to rush to Changsha City as the commander in charge of the military power, leading the construction of the entire Changsha City.

Because Han Xuan, Gong Zhi and others helped in favors;

Because of the financial support of the Jiaozhou scholars, the progress of building a new city in Changsha City is very fast.

In today's Changsha City, it has been more than a month since the construction of the new city was completed.

Can... In the entire new city, except for the 1,200 soldiers under Hao Zhao, few people knew the real situation...

Don't talk about others, even if Changsha is too guarded by Liao Li here, he also knows very little.

I only know that this new city and new walls are extremely expensive!

But...

It doesn't matter.

Because Hao Zhao is here, because the new city and the new wall of Changsha were personally supervised by Hao Zhao, he has absolute confidence in the city and the wall.

…

"Bell, bell, bell—"

The bell of warning has been ringing, and all of a sudden... The entire old city of Changsha was boiling, and there was a commotion everywhere.

Restless and hasty people were stumbling around the city.

The militia that had been temporarily assembled went up to the city tower one after another.

There are towers of the old city, and there are towers of the new city...

Even if the winter has passed, without exception, these militiamen exhaled white breath from their mouths, and they were extremely nervous in the face of the surging Soochow army.

Similarly, the officials of Changsha City, big and small, also went up to the city tower, and they looked condescendingly from the city tower... At first glance, everyone's breathing seems to have stopped.

Tens...

To be precise, I am afraid that there must be tens of thousands of soldiers of Eastern Wu, who have already landed on the shore and appeared on the front line of land and water.

At the junction of the waterways, countless vague small black dots appeared, but then, the black dots became bigger and bigger...

Han Xuan and Gong Zhi also climbed the city tower for the first time.

Gong Zhi was startled, panting again and again, while Han Xuan seemed calmer, he "chirped" his mouth and groaned lightly, "Sure enough, Guan Jia Shiro is right again this time..."

Yes...

- "Count... Right?'

Consolidating the muffled sound in his heart, he was a little confused for a while, according to the inherent ideas and experience, if it is right, shouldn't it... Do you send troops to support in advance?

How is it the other way around... Let the army of Soochow raid!

Ah no, an army of this magnitude is no longer a raid, it is a righteous and bright tearing up of the covenant, a backstab without any worries-

"Han... Han Lao? According to you... Yunqi Gongzi is right, then... So what should he have left behind? ”

With the consolidation of words, Han Xuan bowed his head slightly, and his tone was meticulous.

"Indeed, Yunqi left something behind."

"What?" The consolidation was about to die, and one cheek looked a little hideous because of the nervousness.

Han Xuan unhurriedly moved his eyes to the middle of the city, looking at the young man in heavy armor, with a heavy sword on the ground, and a blazing gaze.

It's Hao Zhao——

Consolidating his stunned moment, he hurriedly asked: "What does Elder Han mean is that the trick left by the prince of Yunqi is... Is that him Hao Zhao? Can... But he only has more than 1,000 people, the soldiers and horses of Soochow... There has to be... There has to be..."

As he spoke, the consolidated afterglow glanced outside the city, which was already in array, building a ladder, and about to attack the city at any time...

He has commanded the army for many years, and with a cursory sweep, he can be sure that the soldiers and horses sent out by Dongwu to raid this time are only a lot more than the number of 50,000!

This special meow one... Fifty to fight!

Call!

When Gong Zhi said this, Han Xuan suddenly felt a little nervous, but in just a moment, this nervous emotion was quickly withdrawn...

He still said calmly, "Yunqi said that Hao Zhao alone is worthy of 100,000 defenders!" ”

This way... Han Xuan and Gong Zhi are still talking.

Over there, Changsha Taishou Liao Li faced such a situation, he had already lost his proportions, he took a thousand mixed troops composed of militia and government servants to the city tower, and then he took three steps and two steps, and quickly ran in front of Hao Zhao.

He ran like this.

Everyone looked at Hao Zhao in unison.

This young general who was valued by Guan Sigongzi, had no expression on his face, no joy, and no sorrow.

His face, when he first arrived in Changsha, what he looked like when he built a new city in Changsha, and now it is the same as always.

Serious, calm, strict, unsmiling -

These... Many officials don't like this young general, think he is not easy to get along with, and think he is pretending to be cold, but now... is still this expression, it is still the new city built under his strict requirements, at this time, it is inexplicable that people up and down must be in their hearts.

Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his face did not change.

In the face of fifty times the enemy army and not changing the color, such a courage is rare in the world, it is really very human!

Hao Zhao's indifference also made everyone's hanging hearts let go, after all... When the city was built, he asked Guan Lin, "Changsha, Jiangling?" What did Childe build this new city for? ”

At that time, Guan Lin did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "Why do you ask that?" ”

Hao Zhao's answer was: "There is a commercial construction method for business, there is a construction method to prevent water conservancy, and there is a construction method with fewer enemies and more enemies..."

Without waiting for Hao Zhao to finish speaking, Guan Lin said very directly, "With fewer enemies, guard against Eastern Wu... This is the main purpose, and for this purpose, all other purposes can be compromised! ”

Then... Hao Zhao also questioned, it is obviously the Sun-Liu Alliance, why should he guard against Soochow?

But now... When the army of Soochow approached the city, he finally realized... Or the cloud flag boy stands tall and can see far!

It is precisely because of this that from the moment Hao Zhao built the "new city", he regarded "fewer enemies and more enemies" and "prevention of Eastern Wu" as the only two purposes.

It can be said that the construction of the entire city was completed around these two purposes, and he had been preparing for this for half a year.

This is also the biggest reason why he has always been calm and calm, and his extraordinary spirit is the greatest reliance.

Sentiment... Yes, it can be infected.

Hao Zhao's indifference also made everyone's hanging hearts let go, after all... To build a new city and build a new wall, the "four-in-one" defense system is to prevent the surprise attack of Soochow.

Now, a surprise attack has struck, and it can only be said that... I expected it! And Hao Zhao is so calm, thinking about it, he is confident that he can retreat from the enemy!

- "It's... Talent!'

- "The afterlife is terrifying!"

Liao Li let out two soft groans in his heart, he glanced at Hao Zhao cautiously, and then asked the voices of the officials and soldiers in the city.

"Captain Hao, now? How should we? ”

Hao Zhao pondered for a moment and said, "Perform your duties, follow the steps, and defend the city-"

The voice was calm, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.

But all of a sudden, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Liao Li couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "The style of a general, General Hao is already quite a general!" ”

Only then did the soldiers react and shouted loudly. "Captain Hao ordered, perform their duties, follow the steps, defend the city-defend the city-"

The chaos came to an end in an instant.

All of a sudden, everyone was relieved.

To know...

If it weren't for Hao Zhao's newly built new city and new wall, then now the three Changsha cities tied together would not be the opponent of Soochow, but now, no matter what... How effective is this new city and new wall, at least... There was a little more hope in everyone's hearts.

This is the hope that supports them to persevere!

The entire Changsha City began to be in an orderly manner.

As they had practiced countless times in the past, countless "auxiliary roads" were piled with stones, and fire oil was sent to the city walls, and the archers of the outer walls of the two new cities were in place, and the officials performed their duties.

Looking at the busy appearance of the big guy, Hao Zhao nodded solemnly.

It's just that when the afterglow flickered, he noticed Liao Li... It seems that the disparity in strength still makes this Changsha Taishou look a little nervous.

As if to hide this nervousness, after he asked Hao Zhao, he didn't open his mouth again, let alone give any orders.

He leaned feebly against the wall, his eyes blank, as if he was still full of countless worries about the battle.

In the end, Mu Ne raised his eyes and looked at the dark clouds rolling in the sky, his eyes were dazed, helpless, worried, and hesitant.

Hao Zhao patted him on the shoulder as if relieved.

"If Changsha City is lost, you and I will have no bones, but Liao Taishou relaxes, I repair this city, every brick and tile is like a skeleton in my body, although the thief army is numerous, but the city is the bone, although there are tens of millions of people, I also town——"

This...

Inexplicably, because of Hao Zhao's words, Liao Li... And those panicked officials, all at once, cheered up!

Ignite too!

…

At the beginning of July of the twenty-first year of Jian'an.

Changsha City.

The blood-colored remnant sun filled the sky, staining the city by the river, and also staining the bloody territory.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The drums sounded like thunder, and countless Dongwu sailors carried the ladders and quickly rushed to the city tower.

The rows of arrows on the city tower were all down, and the denser arrows under the city tower were also constantly shooting towards the city tower, which was the first round of temptation between the two sides.

- Rain of arrows suppressed!

One side occupies the absolute terrain, and the other side has an absolute numerical advantage.

The real battle has begun!

In the Central Military Department of Eastern Wu, Lü Meng, Zhu Zhi, Jiang Qin, and Ding Feng all rode horses to supervise the battle.

First, a Jiangdong man who looked like a businessman was kneeling on the ground to report, "The little one is the captain of the Jie Fu Battalion, and I met a farmer who delivered vegetables in the Changsha army outside the city... The small ones spent a lot of money to buy the information, and according to the daily stove and daily dish consumption, the small ones were determined... The defenders of Changsha City did not have 3,000 people, this is their bluff, even if you count the militia, at most no more than 2,000! ”

With the retribution of this fine work.

Lu Meng laughed and bowed his head, "This is the land that God has given me in Jingnan, Eastern Wu!" It's God who is going to die, and the father and son of the Guan family! ”

Immediately, Zhu Zhi and Jiang Qin asked for help.

"The last general will fight."

Lu Meng waved his hand lightly, motioning for them to focus their eyes on the side of the city.

Now... The first round of offense and defense is in full swing.

This is the temptation of both the offensive and defensive sides, and it is also the main tone of this offensive and defensive battle.

It's just that...

The war situation does not seem to be optimistic.

At this moment, a soldier hurriedly reported, "Report - the city wall of Changsha City is extremely high, and the perimeter of the city wall is reinforced with baffles, leaving only a narrow window for firing arrows and throwing stones... Under the crossbow of our army, the arrows cannot be shot into the city... On the contrary, under the cover of enemy arrows, wood, and stones, our army suffered heavy losses! ”

As the soldier reported it, Lu Meng's eyes couldn't help but stare at the towering city wall, his brows furrowed slightly, and he sighed: "What a high city wall! In order to prevent the arrows from firing upward, Changsha City is even equipped with a baffle! ”

In fact, Lu Meng wants to say - this Changsha City is really fine!

Jiang Qin said: "Since the bow and arrow cannot cause fire suppression... The enemy has few soldiers, so it is better to send more ladders and press on it in a big way, the new and old cities are on the same page, and this Changsha city is only one or two thousand people, let them take care of one or the other! ”

Jiang Qin's proposal was exactly what Lu Meng urgently needed, and he immediately said: "Then General Lao Jiang Qin will lead this Cloud Ladder Army, if you go to the city tower first, then this battle... General Jiang Qin is the first merit! ”

Jiang Qin arched his hand, and then waved his hand behind him, "Prepare the ladder for each department, and attack the city with me——"

As he spoke, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses formed a cloud ladder army, and more than two hundred cloud ladders flocked to Changsha City in unison.

On the other hand, above the castle tower...

"They're going to use the ladder!" Gong Zhi exclaimed.

"Afraid of what?" Han Xuan stroked his beard and raised his eyes to stare at Hao Zhao, "Didn't you see that Captain Hao was instructing how to deal with it?" ”

As soon as Han Xuan said this, Gong Zhi hurriedly took a few steps closer to Hao Zhao.

Sure enough, Hao Zhao was deploying, and he first said, "Why are hundreds of cloud ladders worth talking about?" It's more than a thousand, more than 10,000... What can I do? Then he immediately ordered, "Order, all the soldiers should not be impatient, according to the previous practice, wait for the ladder to approach, and use fire arrows, fire dragons, and fire seas to deal with it!" ”

With Hao Zhao's orders... Immediately, some soldiers ran on the road and loudly conveyed the military order.

Soon, the old and new cities moved together, and the city first sprinkled "fish oil" to the city, which soaked countless ladders, and then... A special horn accompanied by "Woo woo woo".

"Whoosh..."On the towers of the old and new cities, the sound of breaking the sky is endless...

Under the bright sun, Wu Jun can see clearly... Shoot down a fire bolt!

It's just that... The moment you see it, it's already too late.

Instead of killing the enemy, the arrows ignited the fish oil that had been spilled.

Fish oil on the ladder... A large number of ladders caught fire in an instant.

The soldiers who were climbing the ladder... I just felt a burning sensation all over my body, and then... The scorching heat forced them to let go of the ladder and jump from a high place.

Some of the ladders fell to the side because of the fire that got out of control, and the other ladders fell down along with them, and all of them were caught in the fire.

"Ahh

"Fire—"

"Jump down, jump down-"

For a while, the wails and screams were endless...

The Wu army rushed to the city, but was surprised to find that there was no ladder... All the ladders were on fire, and the scorching temperature... They could not afford to climb it, let alone get to the city from the fire.

They can only passively be reduced to... A live target for the enemy's bow and arrow.

Jiang Qin was also shocked when he saw this scene.

He shouted, "Is this guard crazy? Isn't he afraid that the city of torches will also be burned? ”

Oh, yes...

In the past, there was no such thing as defending the city!

In the past, fire arrows would also be used to defend the city, but they would never combine fire arrows with fish oil, which was a way to hurt the enemy by injuring a thousand and losing eight hundred. It's going to burn out, too.

And the consequences of burning down the city are more serious than burning the enemy.

Same issue... Also appears above the castle tower.

Liao Li held up his hoarse voice and shouted loudly: "Captain Hao, are you doing this? The walls will burn down—"

In stark contrast to Liao Li's nervousness and worry, Hao Zhao's calmness, and even, he smiled, it was a determined smile, "The city built by my Hao Zhao is not afraid of fire!" ”

Indeed, Hao Zhaozhu's city is really not afraid of fire.

Different from the "rammed earth" used to build the city, although Hao Zhao also used "rammed earth", but under the guidance of Guan Lin, the cooked soil was mixed with sand and lime in a certain proportion to become "triple soil".

This rammed earth process was originally used in the summer capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, one of the sixteen northern countries, "Tongwancheng", and was taken by Guan Lin in advance.

It can basically reach the level of "inaccessibility".

Of course...

If this is the only way, it still can't stop the fire.

Because some buildings in later generations can isolate flames, another important reason is that admixtures, such as impermeable agents, water reducers, quick-setting agents, retarders, etc., add different admixtures according to different building requirements.

But there was no such thing in ancient times, so Guan Lin boldly used the glutinous rice juice, tung oil, and white friends recorded in the "Song Huiyao" as gelling agents... In this way, the walls are strengthened, tough, and even impermeable.

And so the second part is complete!

The most important thing is the third part, there was no steel bar that could withstand pressure and tension in ancient times, let alone steel bars, and it was difficult to make a steel in this era.

As we all know, a building without steel bars is soulless, and it is a tofu scum project.

But there is also a way, Guan Lin taught Hao Zhao to use bamboo chips and bamboo silk as tendons, forming the earliest "reinforced soil".

Of course, these are all theories of Professor Guan Lin, and it is exactly... Hao Zhao is a person who is very good at learning and researching, and he uses a lot of practice to turn Guan Lin's theory into practice.

This kind of "rammed earth" unique to Changsha has been created.

It is no exaggeration to say that because of the urgency of time, even Gangneung Castle did not use this kind of rammed earth.

But, for Changsha, such a combination of punches down... Not to mention ordinary flames, even the bombardment of the red-coated cannon can withstand it!

"Crackle—"

The sound of flames burning the ladder kept resounding...

Out of worry, Liao Li leaned on the city wall and looked down the city tower.

He was shocked to find that this fire... It does not seem to have burned through the walls, and the rammed earth bricks, except for a thin outer ring that was slightly blackened, were as strong as ever.

There is no sense of déjà vu that the fire ignites and cannot be extinguished.

It was only at this time that Hao Zhaofang opened his mouth, "Did Liao Taishou hear it?" The crackling sound of the flames seems to be tickling our Changsha City! ”

Belch... He's so arrogant! But Liao Li thinks he likes it so much!

However, Liao Li suddenly felt a little pain in his face, but... It hurts, it hurts!

Of course, this is outrageous.

It is said that water and fire are ruthless, who would have thought that there are walls that are so strong that they are not afraid of water and fire, which is really a bit incredible and somewhat unreasonable.

But... The facts are right in front of you;

Under the city tower, the Wu army with more than 10,000 big eyes and small eyes as a target was placed in front of him.

Until this time, Liao Li couldn't help but exclaim: "God, God—"

…

"Newspaper—"

"Shut up!"

This time, without waiting for the soldiers to report, Lu Meng could already see what was happening.

- "Fire... Fish oil!'

- "Do you use this combination to deal with the ladder?" What a hard city... Is this invulnerable?'

Lu Meng couldn't help but groan in his heart.

But Shen Yin is Shen Moan, next, how to attack the city?

Seeing that Jiang Qin's Cloud Ladder Legion could no longer continue to attack the city, so...

"The last general asks for orders, digging tunnels, drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, and attacking the city-"

Looking at the "scorching" battlefield, Ding Feng hurriedly dragged his jacket and armor, of course, he took off his armor not to increase attack power "naked", but to fight "tunnel warfare"-

Lu Meng stopped: "The tunnel war is good, but it can't be used on the current battlefield, we can't afford it, we must break the city today..."

Immediately, Lu Meng commanded: "Where is General Zhu Zhi?" ”

"The last general!" Zhu Zhi gave up.

Lu Meng pointed to the four city gates of the old and new cities, "Hit the city gates with a rushing car!" ”

"But... Fire? Zhu Zhi subconsciously opened his mouth.

"Don't be afraid!" Lu Meng introduced: "This time, I specially brought it, the dust truck... Under its cover, the oil stains can not be spilled on the flushing car. ”

The so-called dust truck is to prevent the defenders from splashing lime powder, so the car is specially made to force the defenders to retreat and not prevent their troops from landing the city...

Of course, the dust truck, as the name suggests, is to prevent lime powder, to prevent fish oil, although there are some effects, but... It's not critical.

But Lu Meng couldn't care so much, and if he rushed to the car and ignited a fire, then quickly extinguished it, wouldn't the enemy's city wall be able to isolate the flames?

That... As long as the chariot rushes under the city gate, which is covered by the eaves, he will no longer be afraid of this rocket.

"The last general commands..."

Immediately, Zhu Zhi led his troops to cover the attack of the rushing car-

Thanks to the fact that Changsha City's troops are too small, they should have prevented the "resurgence" of those ladders that have not been burned.

Now, we have to guard against the attack of the rushing car...

For a time, the supply of kerosene could not be replenished.

You must know that this fire dragon and sea of fire are burning ladders for Lu Meng, but for Changsha, what is burned is gold!

The son of the landlord's family can't continue to build like this!

"General... The enemy sent rushing vehicles to attack the city, and the fish oil reserves were already insufficient..."

With the trembling reports of the soldiers, Hao Zhao at the head of the city did not panic at all, and he pointed to the rushing cars that were rushing towards the gates of the two cities of Changsha.

"Isn't there a secret weapon in the city to deal with the rushing car—"

Hao Zhao, who is calm and relaxed, is in - see the move!

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