60. The sky is chilling through Chang'an, and the city is full of basalt armor
"They, they will be fine, they seem to have a few people with them."
I don’t know whether the generals in other directions were in sync with each other or had known each other for a long time. The first "night attack" actually made noises at the same time. In addition to frightening the defenders in Chang'an City, it also
Ma Teng outside the west gate was frightened half to death.
His two precious sons are still at the top of the city, the most dangerous place.
"Don't worry, with Le Wenqian here, the two young masters will be safe."
Li Shushi's face looked extremely confident at this time.
Although Le Jin did not follow Li Shushi from a young age like the members of the "bad gang" back then, he was still an old man who followed Li Shushi during the Yellow Turbans. He started as a bodyguard around Li Shushi and reached the present step by step.
Simply looking at Le Jin's ability, he might not be considered very outstanding in the Bingzhou Army, but this short Central Plains man has an unforgettable temperament. He always likes to rush to the front of the team during battles, using
The energy to risk one's life makes the enemy feel the threat of death.
It was precisely because of this courage that Le Jin gradually began to stand out, and played some more important roles in this westward campaign, and today he became the leader of this team named "Xian" by Li Shushi, who was out of spite.
The commander of the boarding team.
At least when the loud noise resounded in the sky, the team just paused and continued their actions. Although they couldn't see clearly due to the distance and light, just a few shadows still gave Li Shushi a calm look.
Feel.
Even Ma Teng, who was a little excited next to him, let out a long sigh of relief after focusing on the city for a short time.
As a veteran on the battlefield, he also recognized Le Jin's commanding ability.
Even though my heart is still full of worries about the young eagle that has not yet fully fledged, I still believe that the young eagle has the ability to fight in the sky with the right guidance.
Or, the young eagle will show him that it has grown far beyond his imagination.
Although this is a bit cruel for a father who has the attribute of controlling his son, it is also a bit proud.
It makes people feel extremely contradictory.
About half an hour later, a huge cry of death rang out from the direction of the west gate. The sky near the west gate was also dyed crimson by the firelight rising from the city, giving people a chilling feeling.
"It seems like they may have set a big trap."
"But my son, Ma Shoucheng, will definitely not disappoint the lord. The lord probably thinks so too."
"Haha, good point. Let the archers support them, otherwise it will be easy to go up but difficult to come down."
The return process of the raiding team can be said to be a smooth one. Although I don’t know why the defenders near the west gate clung to the raiding team as if they had been beaten to death. However, it was obvious that they were caught off guard and faced the covering fire of the archers under the city.
lack of sufficient
Sufficient adaptability. Moreover, Ma Teng also sent two teams of elite Xiliang cavalry to climb to the top of the city to meet the raiding team. Under the protection of these soldiers and horses, the Xiliang army could only kill more than ten people.
The Xiliang cavalry at the rear vented their anger.
However, compared to the loss of the dozen or so elite members of the Ma family, it is obviously more important that the two young masters of the Ma family return safely.
"Lord, Dai Di and I killed this one together. He seems to have quite a status among the enemies. When I killed him, I broke through several layers of siege. Not long after I killed him, there was a man who looked very similar to him.
The guy rushed over. That guy was quite strong. He also brought many stronger soldiers, but overall he was still a little bit worse than me."
Completely ignoring his father's concerned gaze, Ma Chao ran up to Li Shushi and raised his head, which was covered with coagulated plasma, with a "Come and praise me" smile on his face. He even followed him.
Ma Dai, who was behind him, had the same shy smile on his face, as if he felt that his brother's words were a bit immodest, but it was difficult to criticize him.
"Fortunately, I have lived up to my mission. Although I have killed a few brothers, I'm afraid Ximen's enemies won't be able to sleep well tonight."
Compared with the two excited little guys, Le Jin, who has more experience, appears to be much more mature. Not only did he report to Li Shushi in an orderly manner, but he also made an emphatically explanation and summary of some gains and losses and some details in the battle.
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The Bingzhou Army has added another general who can take charge of his own duties.
"Shou Cheng, are you familiar with the owner of this head?"
Although some of Ma Teng's actions are indeed unacceptable, he is still a "good father" after all, so Li Shushi doesn't mind creating some opportunities for him to show his face in front of his son.
Of course, what the outcome will be like is beyond Li Shushi's consideration.
"This... Huh? Well, although I'm not completely sure yet, this should be the head of Li Zhiran's younger brother Li Ying. Tsk, tsk, tsk, this Li Ying is also Li Zhiran's right-hand man and the backbone of Li Jue's army.
Character. Now that he died in such a small raid, the blow to Li Zhiran should not be small."
Well, if Ma Teng's previous words are more than 99% true, then the following explanation is definitely compiled by Li Shushi on purpose by Ma Teng, and the purpose is obvious, to improve his son's victory tonight.
It's not easy to use the importance of the enemy to highlight the difficulty of one's own children achieving such military exploits.
To understand, to understand.
This night was undoubtedly painful for the defenders in Chang'an City, because the Bingzhou Army outside the city was obviously determined not to let them have a good rest. From sneak attacks and night battles to beating gongs and drums, and from time to time, trebuchets were used to deliver stones to the top of the city.
To give away some soil, Xiaoqiang in the east actually ordered people to set up a stage just outside the city gate and sang several "Jin operas" adapted by Li Shushi and Su Xiaoluoli.
Of course, if we were to comment on the most failed action of the entire night, it would definitely be the one on stage. There is no doubt about it.
Why?
Because the entertainment activities in this era are quite scarce, for the upper class people, they can still listen to elegant music. Look at the enchanting figures of the singers and dancers raised by the family, and look at the exaggerated performances of the comedians.
People choose one or a large group to share the mystery of the origin of life.
Or for those who have good taste, it is also a pleasure to hold on to those precious books in their own hands and keep reading Wei Bian San Jue.
Naturally, there were more acquaintances having a banquet late at night, where they tasted fine wine, played six bets, competed in pot throwing, and enjoyed the joy of victory and the excitement of the unknown desire. If that is not enough, then a plate worth
After taking Qianjin's Hanshi Powder, you can immediately gain endless wonderful sleep. Your whole person becomes cute, so you can't stop taking the medicine.
But for ordinary people, in addition to folk songs and ditties, at night, only the wife and children are left to warm up on the kang, or should it be called Farmer's Woman's Spring and a Field?
Never mind. Anyway, the spiritual life of the broad masses of the people is so lacking that they are naturally willing to pay attention to all interesting things.
This is probably where the Chinese people’s spirit of watching comes from. Alas.
Therefore, you should be able to imagine what the consequences will be when a stage is moved to the public - not to mention the people in the city who can't sleep, even the soldiers in the camp who are supposed to rest can't sleep either.
They all expressed their disapproval, so let’s go to the theater together.
It should be said that he is truly worthy of being a kid with an IQ of only 9 times. Lu Xiaoqiang has an absolute death-seeking index of five stars. Facing the excited soldiers of our side, even if his force is against the will of heaven, he will never be able to survive among the people.
In the vast ocean of war.
If he hadn't promised the soldiers that there would be a special performance in the military camp if they performed well tomorrow, Lu Xiaoqiang would have believed that he would never see the rising sun tomorrow morning - Zilongjiang, who didn't stop Xiaoqiang from committing suicide, was snickering on the sidelines for the sake of his personal image.
Just don't mention it.
All in all, regardless of the "little" mistake Xiaoqiang made, the whole day's offensive and defensive battle can be said to have achieved remarkable results. Among them, the more outstanding ones were the North Gate and the West Gate - Huang Zhong from the North Gate used his
His unparalleled archery skills pinned three captains under Guo Bin to the city gate tower, and he even killed Li Ying, the defender's chief general, at the west gate, which greatly damaged the morale of the defenders in the city.
Even if Li Jue's bodyguard and nephew Hu Feng hadn't stopped him, Li Meng, Li Ying's deputy general, would have been killed by Li Jue on the spot.
Speaking of which, Li Jue and Li Meng both have the same surname of Li, and they both served as generals under Dong Zhuo, but the relationship between these two people can only be regarded as average. Although they have the same surname of Li, they were in the same family five hundred years ago.
, but Li Jue is from Niyang in the north, while Li Meng is from Chengji, Hanyang, which means that the two
It can be said that the origins of individuals are hundreds of miles apart. Even though there are some interactions between families on weekdays, for the sake of their family's reputation and their personal future, the two people had a lot of competition in front of Dong Zhuo - but compared to
Li Jue's scenery is obviously much worse than Li Meng's situation.
It is also worth mentioning that the Li family has always been a very famous surname in Xiliang, and these clans can basically trace their origins to Laozi, the founder of Taoism. In other words, they are all descendants of the Laozi family.
Speaking of being born, it is very powerful.
Specifically, Li Jue and Li Meng's family came from the Li family in Lintao, Longxi. Even if their ancestor Lao Tzu was not considered, this family was still an extremely powerful family because they had produced the governor of Longxi and Didohou (Di Daohou) in the Qin Dynasty.
Dao, Longxi Administrative Office), produced the famous general Li Xin in the late Qin Dynasty. The most important thing is that this family produced the flying general Li Guang in the Han Dynasty!
Of course, this is nothing, because Li in Longxi will be the real power in the world in the future - Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, called Li Hao, the descendant of the Li family in Longxi, who was the leader of the Xiliang regime in the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Five Husties.
Founder.
Speaking of which, Li Shushi is also surnamed Li. His grandfather is Li Yan of the Li family of Xihe, but he has little relationship with the two descendants of Laozi, Longxi Li and Zhaojun Li. According to genealogy records, the ancestors of the Xihe Li family
He is Li Kui, also known as Li Ke, who is known as the ancestor of China's political reform. Although his achievements cannot be compared with those of the leader of the Three Qing Dynasties, he is still a great figure.
Okay, it seems a bit off topic.
It can be said that the Bingzhou Army attacking the city was using various methods to consume the energy and morale of the Xiliang Army in the city. If Chang'an City had not finally had enough food and grass, Li Shushi might have placed a row of pancake noodles and braised pork in front of the battle.
Speaking of which, the Xiliang Army has tried to counterattack, such as using trebuchets to launch stone bombs, such as launching counter-night attacks through secret doors on the city wall and dropping ropes from the wall, but the effect is...
The former does not pose a threat to the Bingzhou people who have camped in a safe area. However, when facing harassment from small unit targets, the Xiliang Army fully demonstrated the characteristics of this fighting group-the weight of the muscles in the body.
Far more than brains, not to mention the magic talents who play a key role in the accuracy of the trebuchet, so the effect can be imagined.
Even the iron trebuchets in the hands of the Xiliang Army were of very high quality.
The latter was also a tear for the defenders. The Bingzhou people took full advantage of their large numbers, allowing the soldiers to take turns to rest while ensuring that enough soldiers were on standby, even those small groups of sneak attackers.
It was an elite force but lacked the leadership of powerful generals like Gan Xingba and Zhang Wenyuan. In the end, it could only be drowned in the ocean of the Bingzhou Army, which was well prepared.
After getting up early, I took stock and found that the damage caused by the night battle was more serious for the Xiliang Army.
This made it possible for the Xiliang army in the city to defend the isolated city no matter day or night in the following days, even though their morale was obviously greatly affected.
"It seems like I went a little too far last time."
"Judging from the reports of the generals in the past few days, the enemy's resistance seems to be getting lower and lower day by day. In particular, the lord ordered the old generals of the Xiliang Army to shout outside the city, in order to disintegrate the fighting spirit of the Xiliang Army. The strategy has begun.
Effective, just yesterday at midnight,
More than ten soldiers of the Xiliang Army took advantage of the unpreparedness of the defenders at the south gate, jumped over the wall, and surrendered to General Zhang Ji. It seems that it won't be long before we break the city, even if we don't break the city, the ministers in the city will probably
He is ready to make a move. But with the methods of Li and Guo..."
"Huh huh~ Even if they want to work together in the same boat, they can never be so comfortable with Wen He by their side."
"Just to avoid long nights and dreams, we might consider the possibility of implementing the 'Final Plan'."
"Is Gongyu still soft-hearted?"
"No, I just hope that this capital city of the country will not suffer from more wars and riots. I hope that my lord can take over this city as soon as possible, become the guardian of this city, and then restore this place to its former glory."
"But without His Majesty, most of those ministers will still be a lot of trouble."
"It is impossible for the lord to never deal with these people. After all, the power they represent cannot be ignored, and the lord is not one of those treacherous people. This will only make the relatives and enemies happy."
"However, aristocratic families have powerfully occupied land, concealed their population, evaded taxes, and even established powerful private armed forces to resist local officials, or colluded with local officials to bring disaster to the countryside. If this problem cannot be solved, any empire will eventually collapse."
"Lord...these questions...hey..."
"Haha, Gong Yu doesn't have to be like this. I don't really want to destroy the family. As long as it can be within a permissible range, I don't intend to destroy the foundation of the family's existence. Besides, there are more ways than difficulties. I believe that with time and
With the help of all of you, we can always come up with a solution to the problem. What can I tell you?"
"My Lord, it is really a blessing for the nobles and common people in the world to think so."
Apart from him and Jushu, only one person knew about the conversation between Li Shushi and Jushu. As for the other guards, such as Dian Wei and Xu Chu, they all guarded the entrance of the military tent with due diligence and carried out their missions.
Jushou was basically satisfied with such a conversation.
After all, compared with the rumored Yellow Turban general who hated powerful people from aristocratic families and used all kinds of "unbelievable" means to eradicate powerful people, judging from Jushou's observations during this period, Li Shushi did indeed take actions to restrain powerful people from aristocratic families, such as establishing official schools,
For example, the nascent imperial examination system and the gradually expanding papermaking and printing industries made it easier for ideas to spread. However, such gentle breeze and drizzle were obviously far from the rumored heavy rain and thunder.
The former gives the family the opportunity to choose to integrate, while the latter pushes the two into fundamental opposition.
Jushou, who comes from a powerful family, obviously does not want to see the latter appear, which will be a huge blow to his chosen path, but he does not have much resistance to the former.
After all, even Ju Shou himself fully agreed with the issues Li Shushi said.
After all, the greed of people will not change just because of the appearance of a few wise ministers. And there are only two possibilities for the phenomenon of "opening the door at night" - either the material is extremely abundant and the people's ideological consciousness is high enough;
Or they are extremely poor in material resources, forcing the people to overcome the oppression of nature with a more united attitude.
For the sake of the country, it is absolutely necessary to cut off those greedy hands regularly.
When Jushou walked out of the military tent, his steps seemed to become much lighter.
"That man's ideas are a bit unrealistic no matter how you look at them."
But Jushou didn't notice that not long after he walked out of the military tent, a sweet and soft voice sounded in the military tent.
"But the new class has not yet been fully formed, so we can only make this choice for the time being."
"Hehe~ What are you worried about? Lu Fengxian, Zhao Zilong, Gao Zi'an, Guan Yunchang... even Taishi Ziyi, Jia Liangdao, Xu Gongming, Le Wenqian will also be your help. With these people here, those enemies can't be counted.
What is it?"
"Are you kidding me? It's obviously you who told me how terrible the enemy is before, and now you want me to spend time and energy doing those thankless things. The girl's mind is really unpredictable.
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"Ah~ It's really my fault to disappoint my husband~"
"Wow! Tamago-chan looks so scary like this!"
"Humph~ In order to make amends, I will let you, my husband, appreciate my most gorgeous and graceful dance."
This night may be destined to be unforgettable by everyone inside and outside Chang'an City.
Pan Sen: Thank you Li Xun Ning Jiang for the 1888 reward and congratulate Li Xun Ning Jiang for becoming the second helmsman of this book. I’m very grateful~
Pan Sen 2: So in addition to the main text, there will be additional updates tomorrow~ Please look forward to rewards. (To be continued...)
