Chapter 121, Iron Casting Thorn City
After the boss's official road was divided by several His Highnesses and the provinces, he could only walk a small narrow road to Nanxing. Then he gradually relaxed less than twice as much. There were rivers dug on both sides until the front official road in Tsujiao City returned to normal, but even two thousand people could not reach it.
This may not be aimed at King Lu. When there is this path, the fierce King Lu is not in the womb, and his mother is probably not in the womb. Such a path strictly controls the feasibility of attacking the Tsujiao City in other places.
A Tsukao City is enough to protect the danger from the northwest direction. Next, Tsukao City is adjacent to the river channel extending to Zhongcheng Province, exposing the cross section of the city to Zhongcheng Province. There is always a place for rivers. Therefore, the King of Lu is so enthusiastic about the officials of Zhongcheng Province. The gifts given can make Zhao Rongze red.
In such a place where two thousand people could not line up, King Lu sent three thousand troops first. He thought very well. After breaking the city gate, it was Nanxing. Not to mention that all ten thousand people could be expanded, it would be better if there were another hundred thousand.
Whether it is the Tsujiao City or the Tsujiao City, they are all like market towns. There are less than a thousand people in the city, and it is impossible to add more troops into the city. The 10,000 troops of the King of Lu are divided into two groups, three thousand in front and seven thousand in the back, and are preparing to carry out the first attack and the second encirclement.
The weakness of Nanxing and the arrival of the governors only a few years ago. With the strong foundation and loyalty of the Lu family of Kings and the gains, Zhao Rong was so confused that Liang Ren was decisive. Liang Mou, the prince of Kings of Kings of Lu, was walking at the front of the team with great enthusiasm.
You can see the place where the Tsujiao City can accommodate a thousand people and appear. The painting slowly unfolded for Liang is not the topographic map of Tsujiao City, but the army heading north to compete for the whole country.
The battle for the Tsargas City that occurred in the era of King Hong was the first time that it became more intense. The King of Lu wanted to destroy the city and razed it into ruins. To this extent, oppressing the King of Jin was second, and testing the attitude of the person in the capital was at the forefront.
If he is tough now, King Lu will slowly rebuild the city. He will produce craftsmen and money. It is conceivable that the new city built will not speak, but it will open a door to the King of Lu. If he is still his lifelong mediocre style, Nanxing will be over. One city can be destroyed, and it will only be a matter of time before he can destroy sixteen cities.
When this place becomes a ruin, the narrowest road will go wider. Without a barrier, any narrowness will turn into a simple passage, facing the great hinterland of Nanxing.
This idea looks crazy, doesn't it?
This is no different from rebellion. It is a reasonable excuse to barely cover up the purpose of others. For example, when catching a robber here, he encountered an unknown reason for the resistance of the Shujiao City. If the robber is more serious, he would be the people in the Shujiao City, etc. The cruelty of the robber is difficult to describe in words. He can only kill first and then report, and whoever blocks and kills whoever is.
Every dynasty has such a madman, or really a special molecule who needs change. As for whether he is a hero who is looking forward to his heroic behavior or whether he really changes with the times and in the direction, it is impossible to determine whether he is in the moment.
Life is really misty in the world, but it is impossible to talk about mountains and waters. After years of wind, rain, dust and sand disappear in an instant, fly away, and fall away. Who can see the overall situation, and who really runs through the long river.
Only in front of you, His Royal Highness Lu was really crazy to destroy a small city for no reason.
When the whole picture of the Tsukao City appeared in his eyes, the prince Liang had a stronger fanatic appearance. From the perspective of family business, he would definitely not think that his father was crazy. He was a tutor in the Lu Prince's Mansion, just like the founding emperor.
Things are inevitably divided, and there are quite a lot of adhesives. The expansion ambition of the Lu Prince's Mansion is not suitable for adhesives because he cannot bond at all, or the inevitable division he premonition is in line with the plunder in the bones of the royal family.
Shi Yeyun also produced heroes. Liang Mou believed that he was the hero tonight. He drew his sword and pointed at the sky: "Planting Nanxing, start from now on!"
A thousand people rushed to the city of Sharp Gang. According to their observations in the dark, the soldiers watching the night behind the numerous flags at the head of Sharp Gang were the same as before, and the number of soldiers who had not increased or decreased. This was the conclusion they came to by the city of Sharp Gang.
Why are there so many flags that make the city head in the darkness more hazy? The city of Shijiao is the junction between Nanxing and the surrounding areas. Here, there are countless royal flags, city flags, and generals garrisons in Nanxing. The flags have a strong morale-enhancing effect. His Highness, King of Jin, likes to plant many flags and others cannot control them.
The fanatical Liang Mou was also vigilant, but he did not see the longing figure behind the flag unshakable under the rain of arrows, and the arrows fighting back were wave after wave, with a slight gap in the middle.
Like all cities, the city is made of brick and stone structure. The height of the city head can be controlled by a ladder. The thickness of the city gate is not much higher than that of other cities. In addition, there are few people in the city, so this is not a place where you can defend and attack.
But tonight is different. Liang Mou, the prince of King Lu, was destined to attack the city. Behind each flag on the top of the city was a scarecrow. At first the rain of arrows was borne by the scarecrow. The soldiers who were raising their waists pulled their arrows and rolled into the city, and first harvested all the victories.
The arrows did not roll to the ground below the city, and no one followed. The heavy muffled sound was the collision between the arrows and the iron tools. The occasional jingle was the collision between the arrows and the iron tools. The streets and soldiers were not seen within the city gate at the stinging corners. The iron passage that occupied about half a street-long blocked the city gate and extended into the city.
There is an iron gate hole here, which is about one foot thick and two feet wide, and can pass through a person normally. If Liang Mou attacks the city, he can only pass through this iron gate hole when he thinks of demolishing the city, and one soldier passes through that kind.
Xu Wenjian was guarding one of the iron gate holes. He was smiling and was waiting for the arrival of Prince Lu, if he could get up to the city or break the city wall.
Breaking the city wall is empty talk. Unless Liang Mou uses gunpowder to attack and seize it, generally speaking, how can you carry enough gunpowder to attack the city? It is reasonable to say that you can coax yourself to play with a few fireworks.
Gunpowder is a must-have thing for siege, not a convenience for catching thieves and stealing thieves. Bandits do not appear in the houses and houses, but the forests are whistling in the mountains. Prince Liang Mou, are you planning to bomb the houses or the forests?
Besides, ten thousand people use gunpowder to fight a small city. Although this is an invasion war, it is not a battle between the enemy country and our country. No matter how ambitious the King of Lu is, he is afraid that the world will be laughed at by the people of the world, and he is afraid that the capital will not be able to smooth things over. In the eyes of the powerful King of Lu, this small city is a battle for his prince to practice.
With Liang Mou's current equipment, he could only use a ladder to go up to the city wall, because there is another way, such as breaking the city gate, which is even more impossible.
The iron street was blocked at the end of the city gate, and the thickness was one foot wide. The 300,000 taels of silver from Wen Tingyu brought to Nanxing were iron. King Liang Ren of Jin protected the Tsakao City tonight well.
The only one who can go up to the city is the Iron Gate Cave, and the only one who can go down to the city is the Iron Gate Cave. The defenders of the Tsujiao City also passed one by one. Liang Ren brought about nearly 100 sharpshooters, and they shot a batch of arrows and changed their places. The hurried footsteps moved quickly and created the impression of countless defenders on the city. The arrows were shot out in one wave, stopping and changing directions to take another wave.
There is no shortage of arrows. The soldiers on the front of the city did all the tricks of pulling arrows, and the quiver was added when the sharpshooter passed by.
Liang Mou did not suffer much casualties, but his progress was blocked. The sharpshooter did not aim at hurting people or siege the city. He just slowed down their pace and made them think that Tsukao City was doing its best to fight back.
"Cloud ladder!"
Liang Mou shouted excitedly.
Siege the city.
The Lu Palace finally began to move forward. Now it is the small city in Nanxing, and from then on, it will be all the cities in the city. Liang Mou devoted himself to this small battle.
When the ladder was set up to the top of the city, some flags reached out to push them down. The soldiers who collected arrows also had such a place to use their skills. This also proved to Liang Mou that there were guards in the city of Tsujiao City, which was worthy of your prince's motivation to attack the city.
The sharpshooter maintained his original frequency and shot arrows. The arrow crossed the ladder and was still at its original range. Liang Mou immediately laughed: "Haha, the shot missed, stupid!"
Nan Xingqing's idiots, except for pushing down several ladders, no guard dared to show his head and face. These cowards who only know how to shoot arrows.
Liang Mou raised his sword again: "Run up and seize the city!"
One, two, three, four, five... The person climbed up like a candied haws on the ladder. As soon as the sixth man stood up, there was a loud bang, and the soil splashed and called for help. The entire root of the Thornjiao city collapsed, revealing a large pit about ten feet in radius.
The ten zhang of this dynasty is the three-three-three-three-thirty-three-thirty-four meters of the later generations... 10 zhang is less than 34 meters away. Liang Mou was either smashed into the pit, with a depth of about five meters. All the ladders either fell straight down five meters or fell crookedly into the pit.
There were no spikes at the bottom of the pit, but the tilt of the ladders to each other was a weight, and the soldiers fell down was a weight, and several people were seriously injured because of their blood.
The large pit about 34 meters high is about five meters high, with temporary road surfaces on it. As long as the weight reaches, it will collapse as a whole and appear. The ladder and soldiers occupy only one meter of radius below the city. However, the soldiers who were running over there were also weights, all on the road surface less than ten feet, and they fell inside.
The pit is deep and long, and it is not easy to dig, but the King of Jin doesn't care. The military expenditure of 300,000 taels is enough for him to spend money.
Five meters is not the height of everyone's casualties. In addition, the ladder may not be straight up against the ground, and it will also lower the height when it is wounded. The injured are basically people smashing people. The soldiers and horses of King Lu are not enemies. King Liang Ren of Jin is a gentleman who is kind and kind.
It is also easy to save people at a height of five meters. Unlocking the rope can allow some soldiers to climb up. If someone does not bring a rope, the reins are ropes.
Those who fell from the ladder with a total height of more than ten meters were unable to save themselves and could only be tied up on their backs.
The dust splashed everywhere in the night, and a thousand forwards were immediately covered in dust. Liang Mou's face was splashed with yellow mud, and it hurt a little bit like a hidden weapon.
The prince was so angry that he smoked his orifices. "Hahaha," a loud laughter came from the top of the city. A flag gave up this, and the man in the armor showed an unscrupulous expression: "Criminal, Xu made some tea and wine in the city. He waited for you for a long time but couldn't succeed. Why are you so weak?"
"Are you Xu Wenjian?"
“That’s right.”
Liang Mou's arrogance was wiped out. He thought that the one who came out should be King Liang Ren of Jin. The prince was the future His Highness and the prince were the ones who could talk to him. If the King of Jin was in the Shijiao City, he would not be able to show off. The King of Jin was not in the Shijiao City?
Where is he!
Liang Mou vaguely felt fooled.
No matter what he thought, Lord Xu was going to do today, and he refused to agree to the bribery of King Lu. Whether it was the sharp corners of the surrounding cities, the Wacheng and Yancheng, there were always unhappy things to Lord Xu.
Lord Xu waved with a smile: "Come on, come on, I'm waiting for you in the city." He didn't look at his armor or the official ranks on his armor. This posture was quite like the red leader of the Red Street of the Royal City.
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King Lu looked at Nanxing with his hands in the camp of 7,000 people. The strong north wind blew him not in a military uniform. The bonfire illuminated his face with ambition and sentiment. It began to mean the intervention of new things. The joy it brought diluted the vigilance of His Highness and made him not realize that everything goes well, perhaps it is a risk.
If it were the old King Hong period, King Lu would not destroy the city of Tsakao. If he really did, he would not be careless. There are many complicated areas in interpersonal relationships, and people who do things silently will never speak louder than dandy. This is a part of what is worth learning repeatedly.
Has anyone heard of this His Highness before King Liang Ren of Jin left the capital? When other concubines encouraged his prince to grow up with the reputation of "poetry, lyrics, songs, and blessings from early wisdom", this His Highness was in which corner he picked grass and played with it.
When the housekeeper of the Hong Palace came to negotiate, the King of Lu would give him some shame. If King Liang Ren of Jin could be with him, he would have participated in political affairs long ago, and it would not be the turn of King of Lu to give him face, so the King of Lu was justified and even worthy of his conscience.
I made a breakthrough tonight's success, and I crushed the boy who had no reason to grab the territory. King Lu thought of this and was trapped in his blueprint for many years and couldn't get out.
Looking at the direction of the sharp-core city, it is not that King Lu wants to enter the city. He doesn't want to provoke the King of Zhou to appear too early, it's best not to touch the road of Xichang's grass, wood, dust, soil and soil. He envies the hugeness of Xichang's fiefdom, several times that of his fiefdom, ten times that of Nanxing, and even envies Xichang for guarding the capital. If troops are sent to compete for the throne, there will be a large-scale contactable battle, rather than taking it down by one city and one river.
Tonight's Battle of Tsakao City is an obvious example. He can send 100,000 troops but only 10,000 troops. Too many people will inadvertently interfere with surrounding cities. Funan Province is the court's cannot be fought, Zhongcheng Province is the court's cannot be fought, and sharp-core cities cannot be fought. If the small land of Tsakao City is sandwiched inside, you must be careful.
Xichang is better.
King Lu was nostalgic and unwilling to take back his eyes. Although he knew that he should pay attention to the reply from the prince's martial arts, he was relieved to receive the victory at this moment, but his neck was twisted and refused to turn, and his body was also greedily and stubbornly facing Xichang and the fief of King Zhou.
Until there were shouts of killing sounds from behind, teams of different costumes, and even some of them dressed in strange shapes. They jumped out in groups, either blushing, black-faced, beautiful or bald, holding swords, swords, guns, or unknown weapons. A portion of the 300,000 taels of military expenditure was used here, and King Liang Ren of Jin invited reinforcements.
Chapter completed!