After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 61 Taking Fei Yi Lightly
Han Zhan looked at the tall city wall of Feiyi and took a deep breath. My God, it was taller than Qufu, the capital of Lu Kingdom.

"To be precise, it is three feet high. According to Zhou etiquette, the city cannot be higher than eighteen feet. If it exceeds the limit, it is overstepping." Ji Ran said from the side.

The city wall is made of bricks and stones, which are old and covered with moss, making it slippery.

According to Gongshan Buxuan's arrangement, the gate of the city was closed long ago. Seeing the Han army approaching, horns sounded from the tower, and the guards with bows and arrows rushed up to the city wall, waiting in full force.

"Mr. Ji" said Han Zhan with a bitter face: "My lord ordered me to attack the city. The wall is at least three people high, and there is nowhere to attack. How can I attack?"

"This is your business." Ji Ran stood with his hands behind his back, and said Youyou.

In fact, he also wondered in his heart that a city like Feiyi couldn't be taken by force.Back then Yang Hu pretended to come to fetch Fei Yi, but he saw it right away.

Later, Mengdi decided to attack Feiyi, which was really unexpected. He also tried to persuade him that it would be easier to attack the city with Yanghu back and forth, destroy Gongshan Buxuan and then attack the city.

Meng Di smiled and said: "Sir, don't worry, you have a good plan to attack the city."

Han Zhan had no choice but to surround Fei Yi first.

When Meng Di arrived, what he saw was a frowning face who couldn't do anything, and a man who pretended to be profound but actually had a guilty conscience.

"Two, look at what this is." The soldiers behind tore off the tightly covered veil on the chariot, revealing a few large crossbows shining with cold light.

"Crossbow arrows!" The two were taken aback.

"This is called a siege crossbow. It has just been shipped from Han, but this crossbow is not accurate, and it will be damaged after being used a few times." Meng Di said regretfully.

There is no way, with the strength and materials of Chinese craftsmen, only a few semi-finished products can be assembled day and night, so we can't demand too much.

"What's the use of that?" Han Zhan was discouraged again.

Meng Di smiled slightly, and ordered the soldiers to lower their bows and crossbows. Several people worked together to operate one. Amid the whistling sound of "woo woo", the huge arrow as thick as a child's arm flew towards the city wall.

Some flew over the city tower without knowing where they ended up, some fell directly to the ground, and most shot firmly into the thick city wall.

After all the siege crossbows were destroyed, only dozens of huge arrows were left scattered on the city wall.

"Oh, my lord." Han Zhan jumped angrily, even if the accuracy was poor, it couldn't be wasted like this.

Meng Di waved his hand to let the soldiers put away the siege crossbow, and transport it back to Han for reuse.

"Okay, you guys have one hour to take down Fei Yi." After finishing speaking, Shi Shi ran away.

Ji Ran next to him showed thoughtful eyes, and then sighed loudly: "My lord is really a genius!"

Seeing that Han Zhan was still puzzled, he couldn't help saying angrily, "The reason why Feiyi is difficult to attack is because the city wall is too high?"

"Yes."

"Then there are no ready-made steps now?"

That's right, Han Zhan's eyes brightened. Most of the Han army came from Shanyue, and they were good at climbing. With these huge arrows inserted on the city wall, not to mention walking on the ground, it is still easy to climb the wall.

"My lord only gave you an hour, why don't you hurry up?"

"No problem, one hour is too much." Han Zhan was full of joy.

The bows and arrows of the Han army were all made of iron arrowheads, which were suppressed after a few rounds so that the guards on the city wall could not lift their heads.

Han Zhan took the opportunity to command the brave men to climb the city wall.

Zilu volunteered to be the first one, and after leaping onto the wall, the guards couldn't get close to him with the brazen shovel in his hand.

The Han army kept up one after another, slowly expanding the scope of occupation, so far there is no suspense.

Han Zhan's hands were itchy looking at it from below, but Meng Di had a strict order that the general should not charge forward.

"True warrior!" Meng Di saw it from afar and nodded in praise.

In fact, Zilu's reputation in the state of Lu is hardly inferior to that of Confucius, but because he usually served in front of his master, he had no chance to show his talents. Now it seems that he is indeed both civil and military.

In less than an hour, Han Zhan controlled the entire city of Feiyi.

Standing on the tower, Ji Ran was quite moved. Fei Yi, who was besieged by the former Lu Hou Ji Chou for half a year and still had nothing to do, was simply taken down like this.

Turning around, he respectfully saluted Mengdi and said, "Congratulations, my lord, for winning the town of [-] households. So far, the status in Lu State has been stabilized."

"You don't have to be polite, sir, it's just a city, and there are still many things that you need to worry about next."

The two looked at each other and smiled without saying a word.

The scouts came to report that Gongshan Buxuan was defeated and came straight to Feiyi with the remnant soldiers.

Zilu didn't enjoy the battle just now, so he asked for orders to go to meet the enemy.

"No need, Gongshan Buxuan has already been defeated, and the state of Lu has nowhere to go, so we can just wait here."

After Gongshan Buxuan fled from the battlefield, he gathered the defeated soldiers, unexpectedly gathered more than a thousand soldiers, and regained some confidence.

This defeat was mainly due to Yang Hu's collusion with San Huan, causing him to be in chaos. Otherwise, based on the comparison of strength between the two sides, it would never have been possible to lose so badly.

In this way, it is really necessary to fight against the entire Lu country with one's own strength.While Gongshan Buxuan secretly hated Yanghu for being shameless, he was also reflecting on whether it was inappropriate for him to disapprove of all forces in the past.

In any case, go back to Feiyi first and stick to it, and then wait for the opportunity to find allies. It really won't work. Even if I return to the Ji family, it will definitely not be cheap for Yang Hu!

I thought about it all the way, until it was under the city of Feiyi, and suddenly realized something was wrong.

The huge arrows on the city wall have been cleaned up, and there is nothing abnormal on the surface, but there is silence on the city tower, and there is no half of the guards.

The subordinates were impatient, and had already shouted: "Quickly open the city gate, Master Yizai is back!"

With the sound of a gong, countless banners were erected on the city wall. Surrounded by guards, a young man walked up to the top of the wall and said with a smile, "It turns out that it is Master Zixie. I don't know why you came to Feiyi?"

When Gongshan Buxuan saw Ji Ran standing at the bottom, he didn't know that this person was Meng Di, he yelled, vomited blood, and fell off the car.

His subordinates hurried forward to help him up, and he woke up after a long time, looked at the smiling people in the city, and sighed: "I underestimated the heroes of the world!"

"My lord, since Fei Yi is lost, let's go quickly."

"Let's go? Where can I go?" Gongshan Buxuan looked at his men's disheveled armor and dejected look, and said with a wry smile, "The country of Lu is so big, where is my foothold?"

"It's better to defect to Qi State, or go to Wu State to borrow troops."

"Confused! Regardless of victory or defeat, it is an internal matter of Lu State, how can we borrow the hands of other countries?"

Out of breath, he asked his subordinates to help him up, facing the city wall and said: "Doctor Meng, I, Gongshan Buxuan, am willing to admit defeat."

"Master Gongshan's fortune is not good, leading to this defeat, Meng Di has no intention of underestimating it." Meng Di is not lying. A sharp weapon, otherwise there may not be no chance to borrow Feiyi to regroup.

"Okay, I just want to ask, is Lord Meng a party of Yanghu?"

"No." Meng Di pondered slightly, and said solemnly.

"Okay, I'm relieved now, I'm sure Master Meng won't deceive me, a dying man." Gong Shan Buxuan took a breath, and continued: "These subordinates of mine are all people who have families in Feiyi. I wonder if Master Meng can take him in?"

"What does Master Gongshan mean by this?" Meng Di frowned.

His confidantes also looked up, only to see that Gong Shan Buxuan raised his arms with all his strength, pushed away from the left and right, and shouted: "Yang Hu! Even if I'm a ghost, I can't spare you!"

Pulling out the long sword and swiping it between the neck, he fell to the ground with a splash of blood.

"My lord!" the subordinates wailed, and they all fell to their knees.

There was silence on the city wall. After a long time, Meng Di nodded and said, "You are worthy of being a hero. Bury him with honor!"

(End of this chapter)