Three Kingdoms

Fangling.

The setting sun was like blood, illuminating the city above and below in red.

Following a series of clapper orders from Zhang's military formation below the city, the black rain of arrows, amidst the terrifying sound of bowstrings, swarmed towards the top of the city wall like a swarm of wasps. The rain of arrows fell, hitting the blue bricks, battlements and stone slabs of the city wall, splashing a series of sparks.

There were screams from time to time. There were always some recruits running around under such pressure, trying to take advantage of the arrows to hide in a "safer" place, but they were often killed during the transfer process. A wave of arrows hit him, and then he fell down in confusion.

On the battlefield, the more panicked you are, the faster you will die.

After overcoming this kind of helpless panic, he gradually grew up...

After more than a dozen waves of arrows, there was another shout from the city. Crowds of people surged. Yi and Zhang soldiers wearing various colorful clothes mixed together, roared and rushed towards the city wall.

On the city wall, the armor stood firm and there was no panic. The injured and the dead were lifted up and sent to the city in order. Following Huang Quan's command, the archers behind the shields immediately stepped forward and pressed against the battlements. The arrows were slanted down the city, and the archers in Zhang's army who had no time to retreat immediately screamed and fell down in rows. The screams could be heard clearly even from such a distance.

The archers of Zhang's soldiers retreated while rolling and crawling. Huang Quan gave the order again: "Lower three fingers and shoot freely!" 』

The archers lowered their shooting angles and poured arrows at the charging Yi and Zhang's infantry. The infantry charging below the city fell one by one, and blood spattered everywhere. Those who were shot were not silent. Next, he was holding the injured area and rolling around on the ground, howling. The sound was so shrill that it made people's hair stand on end.

The arrows used by Huang Quan were also the wolf-fang arrows commonly used by the hussars. The arrows had barbs. As long as they penetrated into the flesh, they were extremely difficult to remove. If they were pulled with brute force, the wound would be directly destroyed into a bloody mess! If the arrow is not removed, it is equivalent to being unable to recover, losing combat effectiveness, and bandaging has no effect.

Crowds of people came to the city. Rows of wooden ladders with green leaves were erected one after another. The crowds climbed up like ants...

"Come forward with sword, shield and spear!" 』

Huang Quan yelled.

The archer shot the last arrow in his hand, then turned sideways to make way for the battlements to make room for the swordsmen, shieldmen and spearmen. He stepped back, shaking their arms one by one, and gasping for air.

With the sound of drums among Zhang's infantry array in the distance, behemoths were pushed out one after another. They were all newly-made siege vehicles and cloud towers. They were moving slowly and were slowly pushed towards the bottom of the city.

"Crossbow driver!" Huang Quan stretched out his hand and said, "Destroy the enemy's equipment!" 』

While Huang Quan was giving the call, the archers from Zhang Shiyun Tower poured arrows towards the top of the city. Several arrows were shot at Huang Quan!

A soldier next to Huang Quan was shot by the enemy. He didn't even cry out. He just fell to the sky, and blood spurted out with a pop, staining Huang Quan's face...

"Your Majesty!" Please step back quickly! 』

Huang Quan's guards stepped forward and wanted to persuade Huang Quan to retreat, but Huang Quan refused.

After the two crossbow guns were nearly missed, the third crossbow gun from the crossbow cart arranged at the corner of the city hit the Yun Tower on the side, and wood chips suddenly flew everywhere, causing the Yun Tower, which had a high center of gravity, to shake. A few of Zhang's archers on the Yun Tower were unlucky enough to fail to stand firm. Amidst the screams, their heads and feet fell off, like a bag full of soil hitting the ground, and there was no movement after a pop. .

Another crossbow gun hit the Yun Tower, and the shaking of the Yun Tower became more and more obvious. The soldiers pushing under the Yun Tower tried to restore the center of the Yun Tower, but the Yi and ordinary soldiers without much training were unable to do so. Understand that adjusting the center of gravity is a more complicated operation than pushing and pulling the cloud tower. Not only did it fail to restore the center of gravity, but the rush caused the center of gravity to become even more unbalanced. In the end, it flipped heavily, not only throwing away the archer on the cloud tower. He was thrown out so hard that his hands and legs were broken, and he also crushed several unlucky people nearby, who screamed again and again...

Huang Quan looked at the anxious guy under General Zhang's flag far below the city and sneered.

This is already the tenth day. Zhang's soldiers have spent a lot of money, attacking wildly every day, leaving a lot of corpses every time, and the wounded should be twice as many, but they can't break the city, even Morale also gradually collapsed, and many Yi people began to work hard to cooperate.

Huang Quan looked at the slow-moving car and patted the guard beside him, "Go get the kerosene!" If you get close to the city gate, burn it! 』

At this time, the infantry under the city had begun to climb up, and the roaring sounds of killing were louder and louder. It seemed that the formation was very huge. However, as the ladder on the city wall was pushed away by the fork pole, the barbarians under the city began to climb up. He shouted, and then retreated automatically...

Zhang's soldiers then ran away with the Yi people...

The person pushing the crashed car saw that everyone else had run away. He looked around and also escaped from the crashed car...

Another anticlimactic attack ended.

The war drum that was originally roaring in Zhang's military formation seemed to be knocked weakly twice at the end, as if it missed the beat and became mute.

The battlefield suddenly calmed down, and some of the injured who were left below the city were still screaming and moaning without a sound.

Huang Quan patted the battlements and laughed. The other soldiers in Fangling City also laughed, as if they were laughing at the weakness and incompetence of Zhang's infantry.

Under the banner of General Zhang's family at the foot of the city, Zhang Ran was furious: "Kill!" Kill them all! These deserters! deserter! ! Kill them all! Kill them all! ’ Then he turned to look at Jique, the leader of the Yi people, and said, ‘It’s your people who have to retreat first! What should I say this time? ! ah? ! 』

Jique also hesitated, "Who can blame this?" The ladder has collapsed. Is it possible to ask our people to climb up on the bricks? Your own men can't even erect a ladder, so you blame my men? ! 』

The two people stared at each other, as if they were about to pull out their sabers and slash each other at the next moment. But after waiting for a while, they each turned their heads away and called their soldiers to get up...

After a while, Zhang Ran looked up at the sky and said, "That's it for today..."

Jique also added, "There are some elites in Fangling City..."

Since they are elites, no one will be ashamed if they cannot be defeated.

Just hang around, that's all.

……╮(╯▽╰)╭……

Zhangye.

Beigong surrounded Zhangye City and faced off with the defenders in Zhangye City for the third day.

In fact, some people understand in their hearts that Zhangye is not the end of this war, nor will it be the end. If this war is about resistance to the tyranny of the Han people, it is better to say that it is about the struggle for the sovereignty of Hexi. Here, the Han and Qiang people competed with each other for the right to speak, entangled throughout the Han Dynasty.

Of course, there are many other reasons for this. Competition for pasture and tribes, and the decline and replacement of generations of Qiang nobles also played a role that cannot be ignored, but the most important thing is still interests. For these people who regard politics as their life, their wives, children, and children can be abandoned, given up, or even shared, but only power cannot be surrendered, and benefits cannot be shared!

Beigong did not wait for the Han people to flee in panic, nor did they wait for the urgent reinforcements. Zhang Ye seemed to be abandoned and stayed here...

So that's it, it's going to be a fight anyway.

"My brave warriors..."

With the cold wind whistling by, Beigong raised his sword high and shouted loudly.

Although Beigong's purpose of launching the war is not so clean and pure, some are still the same, such as to boost morale and to declare his correctness. Therefore, Beigong did not order the fight from the beginning, but asked All Qiang people are instilled with reasons to fight.

"The Han people are greedy!" The Han people are cruel! The Han people want to make us lower our noble heads! The Han people want to occupy the place where we have lived for generations! The Han people want to plunder our cattle and sheep! The Han people want to defile our wives and daughters! The Han people want us to put down our swords and bows and arrows! The Han people want us to become slaves who only know how to milk cows and dig in the soil for food! 』

"By God!" Yoshiko is on top! I! Jizi's son, with Jizi's blood flowing in his body, will lead you to defeat the Han people! Cut off the heads of the Han people! Let their cities be their tombs! Let their wives and children lose their husbands and fathers! Let them disappear from this land! 』

"We are blessed by Yoshiko and protected by the gods!" 』

"Victory belongs to us!" 』

"Ji Zi", or "Qie Zi", is the Qiang people's name for the sacred sheep. The ancient Qiang people believed that the white ram had supernatural powers and extraordinary reproductive capabilities. It was the closest, closest, and most important mythical animal that protected the reproduction of the Qiang people.

Beigong raised his hands high and roared with all his strength. All the Qiang people who heard his voice became excited and shouted victory. The war horses seemed to feel the restless atmosphere around them, and they also twisted their necks and trampled on the front. hoof.

At this time, Beigong pulled out the sword from his waist, raised it high above his head, spurred the war horse on his hip, and galloped past the long military formation. Wherever he passed, all the Qiang people let out roars of mountains and tsunamis. Like cheers, countless swords and guns were dancing, pointing at the blue sky.

"Victory belongs to us!" 』

"The gods protect us! 』

"Shout!" 』

"Aha……"

The entire Qiang army formation was like boiling water, and the deafening roar resounded throughout Zhangye City.

After the whistling sound passed, Beigong returned to his original position and shouted loudly: "The fattest prey always belongs to the bravest warrior!" My warriors, use your bravery to gain your glory! Don’t worry about your wives and children, they will be taken care of by your kind-hearted son, and they will always occupy the richest pastures and live happily ever after! 』

"I, the just one, will never steal the trophies of warriors like those greedy Han people. But any prey you obtain is yours... Now, hold on to your swords and bows and arrows, and go get the prey..."

"Yahoo……"

"Oh oh oh..."

……(·_·)?……

Jiange is not just Jianmenguan.

In other words, there is no Jianmen Pass at the moment. There is a military stronghold, but there is no closed city.

Dajian Mountain and Xiaojian Mountain have thirty miles of pavilion roads in the middle. At Dajian Mountain, there is a break with a thousand-blade wall and a thin line of sky. It is extremely dangerous.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang is building a lot of construction here.

This move made many people dumbfounded.

Then there were various analyses, various discussions, and finally a relatively recognized result was reached. Zhuge was cowed.

Things like "nip trouble in the bud", "how can Jianmen Pass be left to others", "think about defeat before thinking about victory", etc. They all thought it was Zhuge Liang making excuses for himself...

For a time, there was a storm in Chengdu. Many people rushed to the Chengdu government office, jumping up and down and cursing, saying that Zhuge Liang was incompetent, delayed the military plane, and ruined the great cause of the Hussar. He should be arrested on the spot and executed on the spot!

And Xu Shu, who was originally supposed to be responsible for this matter, accidentally became "sick", which immediately aroused more discussions. Every day, a group of "righteous" people gathered in front of the gate of the government office, gesticulating. , spitting, almost rushed into the government office, arrested Xu Shu for interrogation...

Of course, these people are just doing this in their imagination. If they really attack the government office, their lives will be at risk. But many people will still gather nearby and wait to see the joke. They think that this time not only Xu Shu, but also the general Hussars will fall!

Youdao means that one general is incompetent and a thousand armies are exhausted!

No matter how you look at Zhuge Liang now, he doesn't look like a capable general. It is said that Zhuge Liang made a joke when he first led the army...

"I heard that little friend Zhuge said in the army, "Whenever the three armies are high up on the mountain, they are trapped by the enemy; "Hahaha, he is really a famous teacher and disciple, a peerless successor... Hahahaha..."

"This is the text of Liu Tao. A certain family has a fragment of it, and I know a little bit about it... Can this "Chen of Birds and Clouds" defeat the enemy in Hanzhong?" 』

"Can! ” The man from before laughed loudly and said, “I heard what little friend Zhuge said, this time we set up a city in Jiange, as the saying goes in the art of war, “either garrison its yin, or garrison its yang. Place the yang of the mountain, and prepare the yin of the mountain.” "It's in the shadow of the mountain, it's the yang of the mountain; it's on the left of the mountain, it's on the right of the mountain; it's on the right of the mountain, it's on the left of the mountain." Now in Jianshan, it's south of the mountain, and it should be north of the mountain. It is also! Ah ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha..."

"well! The beetles are harming the country! It’s as if Zhao Kuo is still alive! 』

"Zhao has horses to serve, but Qiang Qin dare not peek at the soldiers in Jingxing!" Now that there are hussars, the barbarians dare not go south to herd horses! However, Ma Fujun and his son read his father's biography and didn't know what it means to unite and change. There are also Zhuge who only know military books and don't know what to unite and fight... It's sad and lamentable! 』

"Why not..."

There are people who are sad and sad, and there are also people who gloat about the misfortune, or there are also many who gloat about the misfortune but pretend to be sad and sad...

There was endless chaos in Chengdu.

Xu Shu, on the other hand, was sitting in a high seat in the government office, holding a book and enjoying himself leisurely.

The servants came in a hurry and stood outside, saying, "I am reporting to the envoy, the General of the Conquest of Shu is asking for an audience..."

Xu Shu put down the book in his hand, thought for a moment, smiled, and then waved to his confidant. The confidant attendant came forward. Xu Shu wrote a note on the desk, then stuffed it into the attendant's hand, and whispered: "When you get to the door, first grab General Zheng Shu and give him this thing secretly...and then... It was announced that someone was sick and no outsiders were seen... Do you understand? 』

The attendant understood, nodded and left.

Xu Shu then ordered another person to wait at the side door, then shook his head slightly, "Kong Ming really got it right..."

Before Zhuge Liang set out, he had a talk with Xu Shu.

The back of Wei Yan's head turned upside down! Haha, just kidding, this statement was actually processed by Mr. Luo.

Wei Yan is not like those in many later games, either with a bald head or a barbarian face. Although he is not handsome, he is at least not ugly. It looks like there is a protruding piece on the back of the head, and the deformity of the skull is nonsense. In fact, there is a bone at the back of the head. According to some photo books, it is a square face with Chinese characters. Because of the masseter muscle or other factors, the cheeks are relatively high. When viewed from behind, the cheeks in front can be seen, which is what it is called. It's "rebellious".

If you say that a "rebellious" person has a straight temper, it's generally okay. If you say that such a "rebellious" person means that he will rebel... then you can only say haha.

Zhuge Liang just said that Wei Yan looked more unruly. Because they are unruly, they can easily become headstrong and lose their composure. So Zhuge Liang concluded that Wei Yan would come to his door within five days...

After a while, Wei Yan entered through the side door and arrived in front of the hall.

Xu Shu waved and motioned for Wei Yan to come in and take a seat. He smiled and said to Wei Yan, "The article is so long that someone lost a game!" See how you can compensate me! 』

Wei Yan couldn't help being stunned when he heard this.

After getting the note from Xu Shu's confidant, Wei Yan knew that something was fishy. When he saw Xu Shu, he seemed to have no worries at all. The first thing he said was to say that he had lost the bet and that he had no success in his heart. Jump, sat down and pondered for a while, "Your Majesty, this bet... is it based on the date when someone comes to the government office?" So... did you come early or late? 』

"What do you think, the editor-in-chief?" ” Xu Shu replied with a smile while instructing his attendants to serve tea.

Wei Yan thought about it again, sighed and said, "In this case, it must be...too early..."

The answer is simple and only this one.

Xu Shu smiled, said nothing, and signaled Wei Yan to drink tea.

Wei Yan also fell silent, holding the tea bowl and sipping hot tea. It must be Zhuge Liang who is making a bet between himself and Xu Shu. Xu Shu made a bet with Wei Yan, and Wei Yan didn't think there was any problem. After all, Xu Shu was his old boss, and in a sense, it was Xu Shu who gave Wei Yan a chance that made Wei Yan's current glory possible. This is the same as having parents again, so let alone a bet, Xu Shu can criticize Wei Yan in public, or even scold Wei Yan.

But this little Zhuge...

snort.

Wei Yan felt somewhat unhappy...