Chapter 184, the big stick in hand, convincing people with virtue
Yanmen County, Yuanping County!
Since Yanmen Pass was conquered by Xu Wei, Yuanping County became the bridgehead for the Han Dynasty to defend against Xu Wei. Lu Bu led 5,000 soldiers and was stationed here.
Ever since Dong Zhuo became the prefect of Taiyuan County, although he openly applauded Xu Wei, the two parties continued to trade. Dong Zhuo could even buy important military supplies such as swords, armor, and horse armor in Mayi.
But Dong Zhuo also took no less precautions secretly.
In order to defend Xu Wei, Lu Bu and others fortified the entire Yuanping County. Dong Zhuo was extremely supportive, asking for money, materials, and manpower. It can be said that Lu Bu was not treated as an outsider at all, which made Lu Bu extremely grateful.
, vowed to defend the entire Bingzhou for Dong Zhuo to the death!
Therefore, the current Yuanping County has completely changed. Not only has the city wall been heightened and reinforced, the moat has also been dug and widened, there are a large number of horses and trenches on the periphery, and a large number of arrow towers have been built around the city wall. It can be said that the current
Yuanping County is no longer inferior to the fortresses of the Han Dynasty.
At this time, Lu Bu was looking at the 30,000 Tengjia Army not far away. This was Thunder Lord's vanguard force. But when Lu Bu looked at this army, he began to feel cold in his heart. Everywhere he looked, there were cold sword lights.
, the huge cold armor.
"Lei Gong's strength is getting stronger and stronger. The 30,000 vanguards are all elite armored soldiers." Lu Bu couldn't believe what he saw. When did the armor of the Han Dynasty become so worthless? Lei Gong's rebellion brought down the entire Han Dynasty.
Have you got all the armor?
The most sad thing for him was that his battalion of 5,000 soldiers only had less than a few dozen pieces of armor, which were worn by him, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and other officers above the camp commander.
His immediate boss, Dong Zhuo, had more armor, but he only had an armored army of a thousand men! And he also knew that this armored army of a thousand men and even the armor in his hand were obtained from Lei Gong.
When Lu Bu saw Tiejia, he knew that he would definitely not be able to defeat Thunder Lord. He asked Zhang Liao who was standing aside: "Has the news of Thunder Lord's invasion been sent to General Dong? When will the reinforcements arrive?"
Zhang Liao smiled bitterly and said: "It's been delivered. General Dong said that he will strengthen the defense of Jinyang. There are no troops to support us. Let us find a way to defend ourselves. General Dong's only request for us is to let us defend for 10 days. As long as we defend
In 10 days, we have accomplished something great!"
"Ten days of defense is not considered a difficult time. If it were not Thunder Lord's army below, I would even dare to issue a military order, but it happens to be Thunder Lord's army below!" Gao Shun said helplessly: "Even now we still don't understand.
What is the matter with Lei Gong's thunder method? Now I have dug three trenches outside the city wall to prevent Lei Gong from getting close to the city wall and using thunder method to destroy the city wall. But this can only delay for a while. Sooner or later, all the fortifications below will be destroyed by Lei Gong's men.
If we clear it out, we will have no way to prevent Thunder Lord from approaching the city wall."
Lu Bu angrily slapped the bricks on the city wall. How could they not get close to the city wall in a siege? If they were so powerful, they wouldn't be forced back by the thunder god.
Gao Shun thought for a while and said: "I think the only way to stop Lei Gong's thunder method is to rely on the moat of Yuanping County. I carefully recalled several times the process of Lei Gong's thunder method, and found that Lei Gong's thunder method must be cast close to the city wall, and
Now I have dug the moat of Yuanping County all the way under the foundation of the city wall. Thunder God has no way to get close to the city wall, and it is also difficult to use the thunder method!"
Gao Shun's words brought a glimmer of hope to Lu Bu: "That means we can hold on for 10 days!"
Gao Shun thought for a while and said: "If Lei Gong has no other means, it will not be difficult to hold on for 10 days!"
Gao Shun also felt aggrieved as soon as he said this. He was also a general in Bingzhou, but now he was facing Lei Gong and he could only say that he could hold on for 10 days. What a big deal!
The vanguard commander of the 30,000-strong army was Wang Yong.
After he arrived in Yuanping County, he first set up camp and built a camp like a hedgehog according to Xu Wei's camp plan.
This is what Xu Wei has told the generals of the Tengjia Army over and over again. No matter what enemy they face, they must calculate defeat before calculating victory, have a camp that makes them invincible, and learn to be tough.
Fighting in the village!
Just kidding, my generals are not even third-rate, what else can I do if I don’t do this?
This was an unexpected surprise to Lu Bu and others who were guarding Yuanping County. The first three days actually passed like this!
On the fourth day, the camp was also built. Wang Yong led the army to Yuanping County. He looked at Yuanping County like a hedgehog and said with a smile: "The guards on the opposite side are still our old friends. Let's say hello to them first.
Order the crossbow battalion to shoot 100,000 arrows for me, and we say hello to our old friend Lu Bu!"
The messengers and soldiers came up and issued Wang Yong's orders.
The fourth battalion of 20,000 soldiers, according to Wang Yong's order, came a hundred steps away from Yuanping County, and then lined up in three horizontal formations. The soldiers picked up their crossbows and aimed at Yuanping County at an angle of 45 degrees!
"put!"
"Boohoo!"
20,000 crossbow arrows hit the city wall of Yuanping County like a heavy rain.
When Lu Bu and others saw this formation, they immediately shouted: "Everyone raise your shields to defend!"
Gao Shun was also prepared. He had experienced the power of Thunder God's crossbows in the last battle, and this time he prepared a large number of giant shields like wooden boards in Yuanping County.
When he saw Lei Gong's men preparing to shoot at the city wall with crossbows, he ordered the soldiers to work in groups of two and raise their shields high.
"Dong dong dong!" The crossbow arrow hit the shield with a thud.
No matter how large the defensive area of this shield was, many soldiers were still shot. The soldiers who were hit by the arrows were wailing on the city wall!
Lu Bu said angrily: "Counterattack, the army will counterattack!"
After saying that, he used his bow and arrow and shot an arrow downwards!
"Dang!" But it didn't have much effect. The soldiers were all 100 steps away. Lu Bu's bow and arrow no longer had much power. Plus the soldiers were wearing iron armor, so naturally they couldn't shoot through!
Of course, with Lu Bu's counterattack, the Han army on the city wall also began to counterattack with bows and arrows!
Thousands of long arrows were shot from the city wall at once!
Of course, most of them didn't have much power, but a few unlucky ones were still injured.
Wang Yong saw that Lu Bu dared to fight back and sneered: "The suppression effect is not good, keep shooting until Lu Bu and the others dare not fight back!"
"put!"
"Boohoo!"
Following Wang Yong's order, the bow and crossbow battalion moved into a team of 5,000 people, constantly shooting at the city wall. After one battalion finished shooting, the next battalion continued to shoot. The four battalions took turns to shoot crossbow arrows, as long as they dared to come forward to fight back.
The Han army will definitely be shot out of the hedgehog by crossbow arrows!
Gao Shun shouted loudly: "Our bows and arrows are not as powerful as Lei Gong's crossbows, our soldiers are not as many as Lei Gong's, and our arrows are not as many as Lei Gong's. Now Lei Gong's people have shot 70,000 to 80,000, and they have not seen less arrows."
We have already fired one-third of the long arrows at the frequency. If we continue to shoot like this, it will not be conducive to our defense behind us!"
Just talking!
"Boom!" Another round of crossbow arrows came over, and hundreds of unlucky soldiers were shot on the city wall. If they had defended with all their strength, they wouldn't have suffered such heavy casualties, but because they had to fight back, thousands of soldiers were killed.
He was injured by Thunder Lord's crossbow arrow.
No matter how dissatisfied Lu Bu was, he could only stop the counterattack, and then watched Wang Yue's crossbow and arrow battalion show off its power under Yuanping County!
In this way, Wang Yong fired five rounds in a row, and 100,000 long arrows were inserted all over the city wall of Yuanping County! Only then was he satisfied.
After seeing the soldiers in Yuanping County being suppressed by crossbow arrows, he continued to pass on the order: "The crossbow battalion suppresses the Han army on the city wall, and the rest clear the defenses around the Yuanping County line and fill the trench in front of Yuanping County!"
Following Wang Yue's order, the soldiers of the Crossbow Battalion continued to shoot crossbow arrows into Yuanping County, suppressing Lu Bu and others. Soon the soldiers surrounding Yuanping County were demolished and the trenches were filled in. In less than two days, the entire Yuanping County was
All that's left is a giant moat 5 feet wide!
"This Lu Bu is quite capable. He actually created such a wide moat, and there is no place to stand under the moat!" Wang Yue said a little helplessly.
Generally, a moat will leave some land. This is to prevent the moat from eroding the city wall. Of course, this also gives the attackers a foothold. As long as they build a pontoon bridge, the soldiers can then attack the city with ladders.
But now Yuanping County is building the city wall directly in the water like a wharf, just like a wharf. Now it is useless for Wang Yue to build a pontoon bridge. It is impossible to put a ladder on the pontoon bridge!
Wang Yong could only find Zhu Gui, the captain of the engineering battalion, and asked him what he could do.
After Zhu Gui looked around Yuanping County, he said: "We only need to build a canal in the upper reaches of the Hutuo River and let the Hutuo River bypass Yuanping County. In this way, no matter how wide the moat built by Lu Bu is, we can easily fill it up as long as there is no water!
And the amount of work is not large and can be completed in 3-5 days at most!”
Wang Yong said unwillingly: "It will take another 3-5 days!"
Xu Wei has led his army to Yuanping County for such a long time, but he has not yet conquered such a small county. This somewhat makes Wang Yong feel embarrassed!
Zhu Gui saw what he was thinking and said: "This is Dong Zhuo. Lu Bu and the others have worked hard to build the county town for a year. Do you still want to defeat such a defensive fortress in one battle?"
Wang Yong said: "Now that I have a strong army and strong horses, why can't I defeat unknown people like Lu Bu in one battle?"
Zhu Guidao: "What's the use of telling me? Lu Bu and the others are refusing to fight you now. You have the ability to let your soldiers fly to Yuanping County, otherwise you can only use the method of cutting off the water channel!"
Wang Yong led his men around Yuanping County and found that there was really no good way to cross the moat and attack Yuanping County! He had no choice but to agree with Zhu Gui's method. "Who built this city? After I caught him,
, I will ask him to go to Mayi to build a pier!"
Zhu Gui on the side smiled and said: "Don't mention it, the Han general who built this city is really a genius. He can actually build the city into an island in the middle of the river without affecting the defense function. This is at least a master craftsman in our Mayi city.
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Then Wang Yong left 10,000 soldiers to guard against the Han army in Yuanping County rushing out of the city. The remaining 20,000 soldiers, under the leadership of Zhu Gui, began to dig canals in the upper reaches of Yuanping County to allow the water of the Hutuo River to bypass Yuanping County!
At the same time, Xu Wei led an army of 70,000 people to slowly march towards Taiyuan County. However, his advance had just entered the scope of Yuanping County. He did not go to join Wang Yue. Instead, he asked the soldiers to move into units of one battalion.
All the powerful nobles and gentry in Yuanping County were invited to their tents!
"You are all scholars, unlike me, Mr. Thunder, who has not learned any skills. He only knows how to set off thunder and blow up city walls. This skill is useless!" Xu Wei said vulgarly.
The powerful nobles and gentry present looked embarrassed, and secretly said in their hearts: "If you hadn't had the grenade technique, we would have appeared here so easily!"
The wealthy gentry and powerful gentry who came here have already written their suicide notes. They have been neighbors with Xu Wei for two or three years. Naturally, they know that Lei Gong, the commander-in-chief of Lei Gong, is very powerful.
Sheep. Over the years, the nobles of the Huns and the leaders of the Xianbei people were killed by him. Their families were destroyed, and their wives and children were separated!
If they had any chance of winning, they would not be invited here by Thunder Lord! Instead, they would stay at their own home in Wubao and fight to the death with Thunder Lord!
"If I had followed what I, Lao Lei, did before, I would have directly attacked your fortress, hanged you, distributed your wives and concubines to the bachelors, and distributed your property and land to the landless refugees!"
Xu Wei's words scared several nobles on the spot and rolled their eyes and fainted, because they knew that Lei Gong had really done such a thing, and thought that this was their fate!
"But I, Lao Lei, have recently learned the words of the sage and have gained a bit of knowledge. The sage also said that we should convince people with virtue. I, Lao Lei, also like to convince people with virtue. Let's do this. I won't attack your farm just to save your face.
Fortress, please give me Lao Lei some face. I will leave 10 acres of land for each of you, and the remaining fields will be given to me to distribute to other refugees. I will not touch your money, but I will leave you enough food for a year.
Leave the rest to me. I, Lao Lei, are going to the Central Plains to help the victims, and I think you all know about it."
"You are all disciples of the saint. You must know that Saint Confucius said that the old should be supported and the young should be supported. Now I am helping you do good deeds and practice the words of Confucius! I think you will not give this to me, Lao Lei.
Save face!"
At this time, Shiwanlaozi asked: "Relieving the victims is not what the court should do, so why do you want our food and fields! And it shouldn't be done by Qu Shuai!"
Even if these people are afraid of Xu Wei, for the sake of their land and food, they still want to take a chance to see if this Thunder God really wants to convince people with reason as he said. If he wants to be truthful, they are professionals.
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Xu Wei said with a smile: "I'm going to show you something, and once you see it, you'll know how I can convince people with my reasoning!
Xu Wei took them to a small hill in Yuanping County! Xu Wei had already buried a ton of black powder under this hill!
Then Xu Wei waved his hand to his men!
One man immediately lit the black powder fuse!
These wealthy and powerful gentry still don’t understand what’s going on!
Suddenly there was a loud "Boom!", the ground shook, smoke filled the air, and all the powerful nobles and nobles fell to the ground.
When they reacted, they realized that the hill in front of them had disappeared.
Then Xu Wei said to them with a smile: "Who among you is dissatisfied with my virtues, Lao Lei!"
“That’s not what it means to convince people with virtue!”
But when these gentry saw the disappearing hills, they thought of their own Wubao! It was impossible for them to withstand Lei Gong's thunder. They all nodded and said: "Leigong Qu's virtue can bless the people of the world. Isn't this a way to help the victims?"
If we are spared our share, please let us follow our lead.”