Chapter 297 Three things in the siege (Merry Christmas)
When the morning fog rises, surrounding the high mountains and low hills near Hangzhou, company camps are scattered all over the mountains and plains.
The low temperature in the early morning froze the war smoke and bloody smell that was still permeating not long ago, and the war fever that lasted for several days has subsided. From the besieged military camp to the Hangzhou city wall, countless corpses and blood were stuck on the ground or on the corpses.
The arrows and destroyed siege equipment formed a landscape of bright red and pale, warm and dead silence. Some bodies fell on the ground, soaked with red blood, and the flames ignited the nearby areas, throwing out black ashes.
On the entire battlefield, red, white, and black intertwined and extended, extending into the drifting mist, covered under the thin layer of ice after a night
Occasionally, war horses will leave the military camp in twos and threes, heading towards the battlefield here. Occasionally, one or two black shadows will appear in the dead scenery. These are soldiers who have certain rights to leave the camp, turning around within a safe range.
Looking for the corpse of a friend, or a small group of speculators in the army secretly rummaging through the corpse for property. Most of this search is in vain, but occasionally a small harvest can be exciting.
On the city wall opposite, the light spots of burning torches float vaguely, like a ghost shrouded in the sea of clouds, mountains and mist.
Around 1,000 AD, the unpredictable climate of the Little Ice Age briefly prevented the battle. After five days of successive sieges, Tong Guan finally temporarily suspended his idea of taking Hangzhou in one go and allowed the besieging soldiers to take a moment.
Take a rest and plan later
Although the besieging army was silent for the first time in five days, the defenders still could not relax. Tong Guan was not mediocre in the art of war. Within five days, the army launched attacks from three directions in Hangzhou. The offensive was as follows
It is as continuous as a raging wave, but each wave of offensive is sometimes strong, sometimes weak, sometimes weak and real. The 150,000 forbidden troops going south are at least the elite of the Wu Dynasty at this time, and their combat effectiveness is still far better than the gang in the city.
If it weren't for the Fang La camp of the revolting peasants, which was considered to be an elite gathering in Hangzhou at this time, with sufficient manpower and the cold weather, Tong Guan might have found an opportunity to tear open the city wall several times.
Therefore, even if the besieging army has stopped attacking the city, there is still no room for relaxation. No one knows whether Tong Guan will suddenly launch a wave of attacks.
The city of Hangzhou, which had only become a little livelier due to another fierce battle, fell into a tense and pale atmosphere. However, compared to the panic in the city when Fang La's army attacked the city last time, half of the people in Hangzhou City at this time
They have become rebels, and now there is another ecological environment here.
The area near Xiliu Street belongs to the outskirts of Badao Camp. It has been surrounded by long fences and tall arrow towers. At this time, it looks like Badao Village hundreds of miles away, which has been surrounded into a cottage.
No one believed that such a guard was to defend against Tong Guan's army outside the city. Since his complete break with Bao Dao Yi, Liu Dabiao ordered such a layer of things to be built outside. Mainly because of his relationship with Bao Daobao.
The conflict between Dao Yi and Fang La was getting more and more intense, and Fang La and others could not stop fighting. However, the real reason that not many people knew was that Liu Xigua did not want to be disturbed by something going on in Xiliu Street at this time, so he took advantage of the situation and moved Ba Dao Camp
Such a** comes out
After Fang Qifu, Wang Yin, Si Xingfang, Deng Yuanjue, and Shi Bao returned, Tong Guan's army had already approached Hangzhou, so they did not stop the conflict between Ba Dao Camp and Bao Dao Yi, but after the siege
, both sides temporarily put aside their thoughts of seeking revenge on each other, and each chose a side of the city wall to participate in helping.
And because during this period of time, as Fang Qifu restrained Tong Guan's army, the elites of the Ba Dao Battalion who were sent out suffered heavy losses. In the past few days of city defense battles, the people belonging to the Ba Dao Battalion were not assigned too many.
On the other hand, no matter how willful Liu Xigua is, the people from Ba Dao Camp are still the strongest supporters within Fang La, no matter whether the city may be broken down or destroyed in the future.
Chaos, such as the Ba Dao Camp, is still the core force that Fang La needs to preserve. As long as the Ba Dao Camp is free, the chaos in the city will not be too severe. Even if someone is plotting to replace Fang La as the emperor or to sell Labo's future, it will not happen.
Will be afraid of the existence of Ba Dao Camp and dare not take action
When Fang Qifu attacked Jiaxing, there were more than 3,000 main soldiers of the Batao Battalion participating. Later, Liu Dabiao turned back midway, and there were still more than 2,000 people left with Fang Qifu. In order to delay the siege of Tongguan through the autumn,
With strategic thinking, Fang Qifu led a group of soldiers to hold back Tong Guan's 150,000-strong army. The losses suffered by his men were actually quite heavy. The group of people from Ba Dao Camp were also killed and wounded along the way.
Most of them, only a few hundred survived
Such heavy casualties finally bought the city of Hangzhou a lot of time to build defenses. Liu Xigua had suppressed some of the people in Xiliu Street. After the war progressed, after the army returned to the city this time, the atmosphere in Xiliu Street naturally could not be high.
But after several days of siege, due to Tong Guan's stoppage, the people on the street were finally able to rest in the early morning. In the not-so-dense fog, there were occasional pedestrians walking on the street, and they spoke softly and in a domineering tone.
In the main house of Daoying, there is a window that has been lit since early morning. At this time, the two people in the room are having a conversation about some things.
"...the people are noble, the country is second, and the king is low... When I first said it, I said that everyone is equal. It is difficult to interpret it from Confucius. It is best to interpret it from Mencius. Liu Xiyang is the best in this regard. His article
Although the explanation is a bit casual and probably not sincere, it is easy to understand and is still good. It can be used as an introductory book in the future... I think it is worth a fight..."
"Since there is no sincerity, why give him a bucket...I only allow five liters."
"It's not that there is no sincerity, but there is still some sincerity..."
"Everyone knows how to explain Qian. He just goes to the street and pulls a group of people. There are also a lot of articles like this. Since he is a great scholar, of course he has to be forced to write a few worthy of scrutiny. Moreover, he is very knowledgeable, but he writes a simple article.
You’re fooling people, and you obviously have some conflict in your heart. You took a bucket of rice, and you won’t be able to solve the second chapter until you finish it... I only gave you five liters.”
"Okay, Liu Xiyang has five liters... Guo Jiliang's article is a little deeper. Since I want to hit Liu Xiyang, Guo Jiliang's article will be seven liters. And Han Fangjun's article is a bit weak..."
The lamp swayed slightly, and the two people talking in the room were Ning Yi and Liu Xigua, who were reading articles one after another. Although they spoke seriously to each other, it sounded a bit weird to say that one liter and one bucket
Liu Xigua has been in the city recently. He took a short rest yesterday and got up early today. He came to Ning Yi to discuss matters. He talked for a while with articles one after another, and then talked about Manichaeism.
"...Wu Yunying, that woman has no brains and is loyal, but she is not from Ba Daozhuang and is not the same as us. You should pay attention to her." Fang Laji Manichaeism "Eating Vegetables and Demons" started an uprising, and the army
There are still quite a few followers, but Ba Dao Camp is already strong. The degree of belief in Ba Dao Camp, which is a sect that emphasizes sharing weal and woe and uniting the strength of farmers, is somewhat inferior. Wu Yunying is the branch of Manichaeism in Ba Dao Camp.
The leader of the helm, Liu Xigua doesn’t take her seriously because she is a saint named by Manichaeism here.
"She's okay. She's been attending classes recently. When I asked her, she said that this teaching has quite a lot in common with the teachings."
"Oh...goodness"
"However, they usually preach, and the helmsman has not studied any classics. Wu Yunying has not even read the "Xiabu Pian" in full, so it will be difficult for her to help change the doctrine."
"The other helmsmen still understand it very well, but Wu Yunying is a bit stupid... But in fact, you don't need to know too much when preaching in the countryside. Uncle Fang said, it's just a word of "difficulty" is enough..."
"That's the truth... There aren't many other things, oh, the few articles I got recently..."
"If I want to change my name, what do you think would be better?"
"After showing it to those kids...what?" Ning Yi was stunned.
"Uh...name changed." A girl named Liu Xigua, who was wearing a simple single suit but a big cloak, waved her hand lightly, "Let me talk about you first... uh, anyway, I just asked... of course I don't really want you.
Help me get it... You are quite knowledgeable, let’s see what you think.”
"...A child watched it, asked some questions and wrote two short essays. I think he has potential...change his name and still have the surname Liu?"
"Of course...who is that child?"
"The surname is Chang, and his name is Chang Qing. I plan to reward him with something. Of course, his family will not be short of rice. Then I will get a certificate. You can help write it... uh, it should be stamped and can be framed...
...The surname is Liu, how about Liu Yifei?"
"Oh, you take the cover yourself and I'll put it on the table. I won't tell Uncle Tiannan...what did you say?"
"Liu Yifei" Ning Yi started to put away the articles on the table. He said this casually. He was thinking about other things in his mind, but he didn't take it seriously. He smiled to himself as he said it.
"Liu Yifei... No, there are nine people on the street named Liu Yifei... Forget it, I just asked for fun. You go back first. If you are free in the afternoon..."
"Nine out of ten, right?"
"Yes, the day before yesterday I heard that the aunt of Liu Ahua's cousin next door was also named Yifei, and there was also a cat raised by Wen Kerang's nephew's second wife, also named Yifei. Wen Kerang wanted to kill her at first.
You, ask someone to stew that cat to eat when you have time... You have business, go first, I just asked casually."
After Ning Yi left, Liu Xigua took out a piece of paper with his name written on it from the drawer, wrote his name on it, then put it away and continued to deal with business...
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After the formal break with Bao Daoyi, Ning Yi was no longer closely involved in this matter. Liu Xigua asked him to be responsible for some more pragmatic or pragmatic work in his Ba Dao camp, which was to change the entire Ba Dao camp.
At the time, the issue of the institutional foundation seemed a bit trivial.
Ba Dao Camp has already held its first so-called election. It seems not good to stop it in an anticlimactic manner. But Tong Guan’s army is moving south, and the pressure is imminent. When the future of Ba Dao Camp is uncertain, we really have to use the strength of the entire Ba Dao Camp to go there.
It is naturally a bit ridiculous to cooperate with some "reforms" that are just child's play. But no matter what, since we are fighting a war, we must be prepared to lose as well as to win. If Fang La can really persevere, Liu Xigua will have to
As the leader of a county, there is absolutely no problem in allocating a piece of land for her to mess with. What to do in the future and how to do it can start to be arranged now.
Ideas like democracy and freedom are mostly weapons used to deceive Liu Xigua, but on a real psychological level, Ning Yi really wants to do an experiment. Of course, the fundamental issue of democracy is never a system problem, but
The problem of people's hearts in this era, the so-called democracy is just a rootless tree. Few people will think of throwing a system to the Ba Dao Camp. It is absolutely impossible to copy the electoral system and imagine a world of great harmony.
In fact, as far as Ning Yi knows the poor history, he has also heard that in Chinese history, there have been many experiments with the Datong society. Some rich people or scholars donated their property to create a commune-like society.
In an ordinary village, everyone eats from the same big pot, children go to school in the same school, everyone does things in the same direction, and all matters are voted on by the elders, but in the end everything fails without exception. Regardless of whether Datong society is like this, just giving people a system will never use the essence of democracy.
It is also the dictatorship of the majority over the minority. To be democratic, we first need culture, people must fight for it spontaneously, and they must have such a theoretical basis to recognize the legitimacy of their fight.
After having the power to act, Ning Yi first operated on a group of literati from Wenlie Academy.
He held a short class every day and gathered many literati inside and outside the academy to explain the relationship between production and distribution every day. He talked about Capital. Among them, he isolated a simple social essence, that is, the essence of the country is that everyone comes together to interact with each other.
Groups that help obtain benefits, in this essence, no one is superior or inferior, and social progress is to make distribution continue to be fair and then let people explain these basic cooperative relationships in any language acceptable to others.
I can write an article based on Confucius's theory, Mencius's, Mozi's, Han Fei's, or Lao Tzu's. It doesn't matter. You can use Sun Tzu's and write it out for me. If it's of good quality, I can accept it.
By this time, Hangzhou had already transitioned to wartime status.
Although it was said that it was still the autumn harvest when Fang La occupied Hangzhou and he had gathered a large amount of resources to prepare for the war. The resources in Hangzhou City were still sufficient, but it was already difficult to circulate various materials in the wartime state. It was difficult for anyone with money and food to transfer them.
It was taken out again and the group of Confucian scholars and literati in Wenlie Academy became idlers again. Ning Yi offered people such a price to have articles and food.
Ning Yi made various modern theories as simple as possible. In short, these people who have read the book can generally understand it. Regardless of whether they agree with it or not, he forces them to make blind decisions and follow the way of Confucius and Mencius. It does not matter whether they are right or wrong. These Confucian scholars
If you write too many articles, there will always be one or two interesting articles out of a hundred pieces of rubbish. In the future, you can use these articles for children to tell lies a thousand times and turn them into truth, and then let people gradually verify the improvements in their lives, giving them
When others look at it, there will always be some rebellious people who can see something that seems to make sense.
But first there must be an article. He is bored anyway. What he needs to do now is to break up something like "Das Kapital" and mix it with Confucius and Mencius. As for what this bomb will become in the future, he has no idea.
never mind
In this way, when I came out of the main house, I met Chen Fan, whom I hadn't seen for a few days. He was impressed again. He had a strong smell of medicine, but he still looked energetic. After saying hello, he said
I've been on the battlefield these days
"In matters like war, the first thing you rely on is not your martial arts skills, but the most reliable thing is luck... Although you are a master, you are not lucky. You just came out from there, so don't go to the city. How is that girl Xigua?
,Did she get lucky?"
"It seems that she has better luck than you." Ning Yi laughed, "I heard from Manager Tiannan that you almost attacked her again a few days ago. What happened?"
"I'm not kidding. On the city wall, she suddenly said, if she changes her name, I think it would be better to change it... She keeps asking people about this recently, and it's mysterious, so I said, her father's name is
Liu Dabiao, it’s not good for her to call her Liu Dabiao and Liu Xigua at the same time. It’s better to combine the two..."
At this point, Chen Fan couldn't help laughing and leaned down. The corners of Ning Yi's mouth twitched: "Uh, what's your name?"
"Haha, let's combine it, of course... haha, hoo... call me Liu... Liu Da Xigua, you can also call me Liu Da Xigua Biao, hahahaha..." Chen Fan couldn't stop laughing, very embarrassed.
, "Then, she collapsed and drew her sword to chop me. On the battlefield, she couldn't do it. I laughed to death, hahahaha..."
He couldn't stop laughing, and the corner of Ning Yi's mouth twitched for a long time, and finally patted him on the shoulder: "I think you'd better not let her see you in the recent period."
"Of course, of course, oh, wait, I have something to do with you..." When Ning Yi walked over, Chen Fan pulled him and laughed for a while, then straightened up solemnly, trying his best to keep his Chinese character face.
, "That's it, Tong Guan has been attacking for five days, and the weather is getting colder and colder. If it really snows, he won't be able to fight. The city should be able to defend it, but the master said that with Tong Guan's character and the war situation in the north,
Nervous, he may not give up, and he will probably attack once or twice in the future. Anyway, when he is free, he wants to see you. Let me tell you first, it may be recently. If Tong Guan can stay free,
Maybe this afternoon..."
Ning Yi thought about it, nodded, and the two chatted a few more words. When Chen Fan left, he stood there for a while, then breathed out and smiled.
"Fang Qifu..."
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By the way, I also wish you Christmas Eve^_^ To be continued)