On top of the city wall, Fang Jun was wearing armor and looking calm and relaxed.
Even under the earth-shattering power of the elephant soldiers' charge, Fang Jun remained as steady as a mountain, without even the slightest change in his face. He was as calm and calm as if he was admiring the flowers blooming and falling in the courtyard...
Fan Zhenlong could not calm down.
The Tang army was indeed brave. The waves of bows and arrows fired were like a life-threatening storm. The arrogant Zhenwa army fell down piece by piece like rice fields in a heavy rain. The screams could be heard even on the city wall.
All deafening.
The Tang army obviously didn't know the power of the real wax elephant soldiers. Once this kind of elephant, known as the "divine beast", launches a charge, with its powerful strength, huge size and good speed, it is often indestructible and simply irresistible!
There are elephant soldiers in all the southeastern countries, but only the elephant soldiers in Chenla and Siam are more outstanding. Their methods of training elephants are considered top secret, and their training and protection of mahout trainers is even stricter than that of the king!
No matter how strong the Tang army was, could they still resist the charge of the elephant soldiers with their flesh and blood?
The crossbow is obviously not fatal to the thick-skinned elephant...
When the real wax elephant troops came to the city, Fan Zhenlong was filled with disappointment.
Tang Jun is too proud and too arrogant!
If we retreat to the city at this moment and defend it, with the powerful crossbows of the Tang army, we will definitely be able to block the Zhenwa army from the city. Although we cannot retreat the enemy, we will inevitably be surrounded by groups in the end, but what if my father can borrow reinforcements from the Jiaozhou Governor's Mansion?
, can also be rescued immediately.
but now……
Fan Zhenlong couldn't help but close his eyes, feeling infinite resentment towards the Marquis who was still pretending to be cool even before his death. Should I equip you with a feather fan and let you pretend to be Zhuge Liang on the city wall?
However, just when he closed his eyes and couldn't bear to watch the Tang army trample the target soldiers into flesh, there was a sudden earth-shattering explosion in his ears. Then, the explosion sounded like a punishment from the Nine Heavens Thunder God.
It was deafening, and even the city wall under my feet was trembling, as if it would collapse in the next moment!
Fan Zhenlong opened his eyes in shock and saw countless black spherical objects being lit by Tang Jun's torches and then thrown in front of the formation. The black smoke was more beautiful than the whitest clouds, and the flashes were stronger than the brightest clouds.
The sun is even brighter!
Chenla's elephant soldiers scattered in all directions in just an instant and were completely defeated!
There is nothing more shocking than seeing hope suddenly in despair! Fan Zhenlong opened his mouth wide and looked at the collapsed Zhenla army under the city wall in disbelief! The elephant soldiers were completely defeated, and the Tang army slowly advanced in an orderly and unhurried manner, with swords
The shield soldiers were covering in front, and the crossbowmen were shooting in their hands. The white-feathered wolf fang arrows were like life-threatening spells, flying towards the Zhenla infantry who had no ability to resist!
At the moment when they were about to be massacred, they suddenly reversed course and staged a wonderful show of counter-massacre!
The Linyi national army generals and ministers on the city wall were all excited. Fan Zhenlong suppressed the ecstasy in his heart. He knew that today's city will become the burial place of Zhenla's army. None of the elephant soldiers could escape, because he saw those elephants with his own eyes.
The soldiers rushed towards the trap dug by Fang Jun...
Fan Zhenlong became energetic and waved his hand: "Follow me to kill the enemy!"
He ran down the city wall first, and countless Linyi soldiers rushed out of the city gate after him, chasing the defeated Zhenwa army one after another. For a while, the vast open space under the city wall became a hell of Shura, with blood, mutilated limbs, corpses...
…
Kill Yingye!
Liu Rengui and Xue Rengui were guarding Fang Jun on both sides. Liu Renyuan and Xi Junmai were leading the navy soldiers to kill the enemy under the city. The battle was extremely easy. Up to this moment, no Tang soldiers had been killed.
Liu Rengui was a little puzzled: "Although Linyi State has a deep relationship with the Han people, it has always had a tradition of resistance and has not submitted to the jurisdiction of the Han people. Since the founding of the country, it has fought many battles with the Han people. Whether it is Zhenla or Linyi, both It cannot become the territory of the Tang Dynasty. If the Marquis just wants to make a lot of money, why would he buy a seaport?"
His thoughts were almost the same as those of all the Han people at this time. He did not have a strong desire to annex the land of Linyi State. It was like describing tasteless food: "It is a pity to abandon it if it is tasteless"...
After all, the Tang Dynasty is too far away from here, so it is easy to conquer it, but it is too difficult to occupy it for a long time.
Fang Jun chuckled, holding on to the blue bricks on the crenellations of the city wall, looking at the chaotic battlefield of pursuit and escape below the city. He turned around and saw the officials of Lin Yiguo standing far away. Unexpectedly, he heard his words and whispered: "If the Han people can raise their heads and look at the stars and the sea instead of continuing to cling to the old ways, and if our descendants can live in freedom and prosperity for generations to come, then what I do today will have witnessed immortality."
Liu Rengui and Xue Rengui looked at each other in shock.
……immortal?!
They really couldn't understand that Fang Jun would use such a word to describe what he did today!
What is immortality?
Liu Rengui and Xue Rengui are both people who have read poetry and books, so this is the natural answer.
In the spring of the 24th year of Lu Zhaogong's reign, Shusunbao arrived in Jin. Fan Xuanzi greeted him and asked him, "The ancients had a saying, 'Death leads to immortality.' What does this mean?" Shusunbao did not answer. Fan Xuanzi said Xuanzi said: "The ancestors of Gai in the past were the Tao Tang family from Yushun and above, the Yulong family in the Xia Dynasty, the Wei family in the Shang Dynasty, and the Tang Du family in the Zhou Dynasty. When the Jin State presided over the alliance in the Central Plains, It's the Fan family. I'm afraid this is the immortality we are talking about!" Shusun Bao said: "According to what Bao heard, this is called Shilu, not immortality. Preserving the surname like this, accepting the surname, and guarding the ancestral temple with industry, from generation to generation. Sacrifice has not been discontinued from generation to generation. There is no country without this situation. This is only the largest official salary, and it cannot be said to be immortal. There was a former official in the state of Lu named Zang Wenzhong. After his death, his words will not be invalidated from generation to generation. The so-called immortality, said This is it! Leopard heard: 'The highest is to establish virtue, the second is to establish merit, and the third is to establish public opinion.' Only those who can do this and not give up for a long time even after death can be called immortal."
What is immortality?
The most important thing is to establish virtue, the second is to perform meritorious service, and the third is to establish words. Even if it lasts for a long time, this is called immortality!
What Fang Jun means is that what he is doing now, his achievements can be called endless?
Neither Liu Rengui nor Xue Rengui could understand it.
It's just a permanent territory in Linyi Kingdom. Do you dare to say that your deeds are immortal?
Territory is never so-called "permanent"!
Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, and the Linyi Kingdom has returned. Be it the Zhenla Kingdom, even the Turks from Mobei in the Western Regions have to flee to the end of the world to avoid their edge. Naturally, no one dares to plunder its edge! No matter how dissatisfied the Linyi Kingdom is in this piece of land, , and dare not take it back rashly.
But as the saying goes, when the water is full, it overflows, and when the moon waxes, it loses. It is impossible for the Tang Dynasty to continue to be so strong. When one day it weakens, won't Lin Yiguo still be able to take it back easily?
It's of no use at all...
Liu Rengui was an honest man. He never pretended to understand, let alone flattery. He handed over his hand and said calmly: "I'm sorry for my stupidity. Please clarify my doubts."
Fang Jun scratched his head...
How to explain this?
It's not that it can't be explained, but this is the greatest knowledge in the world. If not someone who has traveled from later generations, almost no one can see through the fog and see the most fundamental factors that lead to the rise and fall of dynasties in this world.
This involves the people's attitude towards the land, the customs of the entire society, the direction of national policies, and the restriction of thoughts by Confucianism...
The paper is not enough to express clearly, how can Fang Jun explain clearly?
Looking at the confused expressions of Liu Rengui and Xue Rengui, a light suddenly flashed in Fang Jun's mind!
He suddenly realized that he was going the wrong way!
How big a project is it to reverse people's obsession with land to liberate productivity, change society's contempt for business, and even improve the values in Confucianism?
Even if Fang Jun is a sage, it is absolutely impossible to achieve such a goal!
It can't be achieved in just a dozen years or decades!
This requires countless like-minded and enlightened people to contribute their intelligence and even their passionate lives, and the perseverance of generations can finally enable this nation to get rid of the shackles of the land, glow with amazing creativity, possess the spirit of forge ahead, and make things happen.