I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 246 Le An Yan Family
In fact, if it is a general of the Han army, what needs to be done immediately after being attacked by the enemy is to repair the camp, gather the defeated army, formulate a new attack plan, and use the fastest time to boost morale.

But the problem is that the generals of the Yellow Turban Army are different from ordinary local generals. Their style of conduct is different from that of ordinary people. These people have not undergone systematic military training, and they suddenly lead the army alone.

Therefore, in the concept of Qushuai Fuyun and Yuancheng, what they have to do now is to rush to Licheng, break down the city gate, pull Liu Jian out of the city, and press him to the ground and rub him hard.

Gao Shun and Zhao Yun led the entrapment army and the Baimu soldiers to retreat towards Licheng at the fastest speed, and entered the city before Fuyun and Yuancheng's pursuers arrived.

Some time ago, Liu Jian was not idle.

Gao Shun was training the camp in the city, Zhao Yun was training the Baishi soldiers in the city, and Liu Jian, together with Xu Rong, Zhang Fei and others, led the people in Licheng to repair the city wall and build various defensive equipment to resist the unknown forces. The Yellow Turban Army will attack from time to time.

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At the first moment of the hour, Liu Jian, who was standing on the city wall, saw a dense array of small black spots appearing in the distance, rushing towards Licheng like a tide.

A sneer rose from the corner of Liu Jian's mouth, his expression quite contemptuous.

Although the opponent's number is large, they are disorganized. Although the enemy's team is still mixed with many siege weapons, in Liu Jian's view, these things do not pose any substantial threat to his own side.

Those who come down are called beds, and there are four wheels under the bed, which can be pushed to the bottom of the city.

It looks a bit like a fun tube car loaded with a group of people in a children's park in later generations, but it is completely driven by humans.

There are leather canopies on the top of those shackles to shield the rain of arrows, and they look extremely bulky.

Although the Yellow Turban has a siege weapon, Liu Jian is not worried, because the arrangements he made are quite comprehensive.

In ancient times, not every city had a moat as a standard defense. Because of productivity and manpower, unless it was near a water source or a city with a very important strategic location, ordinary county towns did not have a moat.

The north of Licheng is the Yellow River. This city draws part of the running water from the tributaries of the Yellow River to protect the city.

After Liu Jian arrived in Licheng, he built many fortifications around the moat. In addition, strong bows and crossbows were arranged on the top of Licheng, so although the Yellow Turban soldiers had siege equipment, they would not be effective.

Moreover, their armor was too simple, and they were chaotic when they attacked the city. A group of black and white people rushed to the city. Although the formation seemed terrifying, once there was chaos, the opponents would entangle each other and form shackles.

As Liu Jian expected, the moat is the biggest obstacle for the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army. There are many repelling horses by the river. Step down and use manpower to deal with those refusal horses.

But it was too much effort to move the Juma, especially on the battlefield, so pushing those annoying wooden instruments directly into the river was the best choice for the Yellow Turban Army.

But at this time, a horn sounded suddenly above the top of the city.

Liu Jian, who had been observing the movements of the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, ordered someone to blow the horn, and the soldiers on the top of the city began to shoot arrows to kill the enemy.

Shooting arrows to kill the enemy by relying on the wall of the city is the most basic defensive routine for the defenders, and it is also the most effective and coolest routine!

There is a saying in later generations that the only martial arts in the world is fast.

On the ancient battlefield, there are weapons in the world, but they are difficult to break from a long distance.

Under Liu Jian's order, arrows rained down on the entire city for a while.

With roars and screams one after another, the yellow turban soldiers fell into the water one after another.

After several rounds of arrow rain, Liu Jian was not in a hurry to let the soldiers continue to attack with arrow rain, because he had already seen that the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in the rear began to move towards Licheng after the defeat of the vanguard.

But it doesn't matter, there are many ways to deal with such a large number of mobs.

During this time, he also ordered skilled craftsmen to build catapults at the head of the city.

When Liu Jian was in Jizhou, he didn't care much about those who studied classics. What he valued were those who possessed various technologies that were beneficial to people's livelihood.

Although most of these technical talents are also from the gentry, since they choose to focus on medicine, architecture, herbal medicine, and smelting, it shows that they have not put much effort into the theory of the Five Classics.

In this way, it is doomed that the official career of this group of people is very limited.

Liu Jian attaches great importance to these special talents.

He deliberately set up two major institutions in Jizhou, and set up branches for the two institutions in various counties and counties.

An institution, known as the "recruitment hall", means to recruit technical talents.

Another institution is "Yishe".

These two organizations complement each other and can recruit more technical talents for Liu Jian.

In fact, for the first institution, Liu Jian’s goal at the beginning was to call it a “recruitment hall”, but after thinking about it, he temporarily gave up.

Luoyang’s government has not yet collapsed, Dong Zhuo has not brought down Taixue, and the overall framework of the procuratorial system is still there. If the political officialdom in Jizhou is enriched in the name of “recruiting talents”, it will easily make Liu Jian a The target of public criticism.

With Dong Zhuo around, there is no need for Liu Jian to be the first minesweeper.

Therefore, the meal needs to be eaten one bite at a time. Liu Jian only set up a "recruitment hall" to recruit a large number of talents such as doctors, iron smelters, bridge builders, etc., and set up technical posts in counties, counties, and townships to improve their treatment and benefits. status, but not administrative powers to them.

At the same time, Liu Jian also established the "Jizhou Science and Technology Administration" as a public institution dedicated to technology and development.

Therefore, the development of various people's livelihood technologies in Jizhou is in full swing and flourishing day by day.

But in addition to people's livelihood, military technology is also among them.

It is similar to the stone throwing machine Liu Jian is using on Licheng now.

Trebuchets have a very long history in China. After the Han Dynasty, all kinds of trebuchets have been distributed in all battalions in the north and south.

Whether it is used as an offensive tool or as a defensive object, the trebuchet is an indispensable piece of heavy equipment among the armies of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, not every city and every army had trebuchets of the same quality and accuracy.

There are good and bad kitchen knives, let alone a large instrument such as a trebuchet.

The better the range control, the stronger the material, and the stronger the load-bearing capacity of the trebuchet, the better the machine.

But not every place will have a good machine.

In ancient times and later generations, there were no so-called brand products, and the items produced by the same brand were similar.

Most of the items are products that represent the individual will of the craftsman, and there is no absolute standard.

Because of productivity and technology, the things made by the same group of people are not the same, and the grades are also uneven.

There is no so-called quality control, having good technical talents is equivalent to having good products.

The same is true for the trebuchets built in Licheng this time. They were all carefully designed by the skilled craftsmen of the "Ji Ke Academy" in the recent period, and the ready-made parts were transported from the production base in Qinghe to Licheng for installation.

These trebuchets have all been adjusted. Although they cannot be said to be the best in the entire Dahan, they are definitely a good batch.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

After the rain of arrows, another huge stone crossed an arc in the air and landed heavily on the camp of the Yellow Turban Army.

Soon, the terrified wailing of the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army was heard.

Those Yellow Turban soldiers who were marching towards Licheng saw the flying stones all over the sky, and many of them were so frightened that their legs trembled.

Those behind the yellow turban who wanted to move forward all stopped at this moment. Even though the yellow turban's middle-level tunqu chief kept urging and shouting at them, they didn't dare to take another step forward.

It's not that they are disobedient and dare not move forward.

It's just that the sight in front of them is too frightening for them.

This kind of scene full of flying stones has exceeded the bottom line of their mental construction.

There is no iron man in this world!

No one is willing to risk their brains being smashed, rushing up against those solid rocks.

Fuyun and Yuancheng yelled loudly in the back, and kept driving the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army to the top of the city. Their voices were hoarse, and their voices hurt from shouting, but the orders of the commanders seemed useless at this time. little.

The battle last night was a big defeat for the Yellow Turban Army, and their morale is now low.

In particular, these soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were not elites at first, so we really cannot demand them with too high a standard.

What the Yellow Turban Army didn't know was that in the valley not far to the east of them, Zhang He and Gao Lan led the cavalry and stationed here. They were waiting for the signal and preparing to clash with the Yellow Turban Army's rear formation at the best time. To behead the opponent's chief general.

Liu Jian had already arranged for Zhang He and Gao Lan to lead the cavalry to station here quietly.

It is impossible for any general defending a city to put all his chips in a city.

Jizhou also has cavalry, and this cavalry team is the biggest killer for Liu Jian.

There are also riders in the Yellow Turban Army, but the number is not large and it is not organized.

As long as the timing is accurate, the Jizhou cavalry is enough to crush the Yellow Turban Army.

But as everyone knows, Zhang He and Gao Lan are not the only ones aiming at the Yellow Turban Army's center formation at this moment.

The folk elites that have been funded by Le'an Dahao have also come to the vicinity of Licheng.

And the leading figure is a well-known township tycoon in Le'an, the young patriarch of the Yan family.

The Yan family is a common surname in Qingzhou, with many branches and prosperous families, the largest of which is in Le'an.

But now the patriarch of the leading clan who was attached to Licheng and rushed to Licheng was named Yan Liang. Although he came from a rich clan, he always held himself up with courage.

He has heard Liu Jian's name for a long time, and has long had the heart of submitting, but he only regrets that he has no connections.

This time, when he heard that Liu Jian's men had arrived in Qingzhou, Yan Liang rushed to Licheng without delay.

(End of this chapter)