The daily life of a farm girl raising a family

The reason was the result of the civil-military dispute in the court. In fact, the civil service group had been advising the emperor to abolish the Longxiang Iron Cavalry from the time it was first built.

Because the extraordinary fighting power of the Long Xiang cavalry seriously threatened the security of the civilian group, it was always felt that such a powerful army could threaten the dominant position of the civilian group in the court at any time.

And the entire Longxiang Iron Cavalry was transferred to the Western Regions because they did not want the Longxiang Iron Cavalry to stay in the country. It would be best not to come back.

Some people may wonder, don't these civil servants know that a country without a strong army will be very dangerous? Don't they know the so-called truth that if you forget to fight, you will perish?

People who think this way will know how the Ming Empire perished in Zhao Yunxi's previous life.

At that time, Emperor Chongzhen asked officials to donate money to subsidize military expenditures, but the entire Ming Dynasty officials only donated a mere two hundred thousand taels of silver.

When Li Zicheng conquered Beijing, he confiscated as much as 70 million taels of silver from the palaces of Beijing officials. Not counting the large number of other antiques, calligraphy, paintings, treasures and other luxuries.

So we really can’t think about these things in detail, that’s just the way it is.

Pingyang County

Defense preparations have been going on, and five thousand soldiers and warriors have entered their respective defense positions and quietly waited for the arrival of the Rong and Di armies.

Time passed, and an hour later, looking into the distance from the east city tower of Pingyang County, we saw the endless silhouette of the Rong and Di armies on the horizon.

As the Rong Di army got closer and closer to the county seat, Liu Wenshan's orders from the city tower were also issued one after another.

Ninety thousand people versus five thousand people, even a defensive battle would be very difficult.

After the order was issued, Liu Wenshan calmed down and looked at the Rong Di army who were debugging and installing trebuchets and engineering vehicles in the distance with a heavy expression on their faces.

There was no way, even a battlefield veteran like him had no confidence that he could defend the county for three days with only 5,000 men under the attack of 90,000 troops.

More than 20 cavalrymen came running from a distance. The leader was holding the Rong Di Wolf totem flag. The cavalry team stopped more than 100 meters away.

Sure enough, they came to persuade them to surrender again: "I am Hamutu, the vanguard officer of the leader of the Fire Department. I advise you to open the city and surrender as soon as possible and not to resist in vain. Otherwise, the chickens and dogs will not be left when the city is broken."

"Haha, surrender your grandma's legs, Rongdi barbarians, I am Liu Wenshan, the commander of the Jinxiang Army. If you want to attack the city, come and attack the city. See if my sword is rusty." Liu Wenshan was so domineering. .

"Hmph, you are Liu Wenshan, very good. I will take your head when the city is broken." After saying this, Ti Ma turned around and ran back.

"Damn, you speak Dali dialect very well." Liu Wenshan muttered.

"Everyone is ready." Liu Wenshan shouted.

The Rong and Di armies were still changing their formations, and trebuchets were also transported to the three northeast and west city walls.

Liu Wenshan curled his lips when he saw the formation: "There is no progress at all. We are still surrounded by three and one is missing. It seems that they don't want to push us too hard. Their main purpose is to plunder. If we push us too hard, they will end up with Pingyang County." We burn down Pingyang County and they won’t get a hair.”

Eunuch Song, who was imprisoned next to him, said: "General Liu, we can't leave. Although the south side of the county is an escape route deliberately left by the Rong dogs, if we escape, the military law will not be merciful."

"Song Jianzong, is this the first day you met me, Liu Wenshan? Don't you know what kind of person I am? Which battle did I not fight to the end?" Liu Wenshan asked dissatisfiedly.

"Oh, our family also follows the military law. It's not against you, General Liu, haha, let's fight, fight, fight." Prisoner Song said with a smile.

In fact, Liu Wenshan hated this damn eunuch. Although he had been imprisoned since ancient times, he was afraid that the generals would abuse their power, and to prevent them from rebelling.

Although it is true that as long as the leading generals do not violate military regulations, imprisonment will not cause any problems, but it is different now. I wonder if these dead old eunuchs have received money from the civil service group, and they only cooperate with the civilian officials to suppress the generals. It was really frustrating. Some of the slightly radical tactics could not be used. They were said to violate military regulations and were suspected of flouting military law.

It's all nothing. If you can't even use the ability to adapt to changes on the battlefield, then it's a waste. As for the enemy and us, you can cut me down with one sword and we'll be done.

After stabilizing his emotions, Liu Wenshan sent an order: "Brothers, before the soldiers and dogs are ready, give them a pot of trebuchets on the tower, aim at the opponent's trebuchets and siege engines, and knock them out. it."

Then the soldiers on the city wall got busy, loading and releasing stone bullets.

For a moment, Rong Di's troops besieging the city on three sides were overwhelmed. Perhaps it was because of the poor accuracy of the first round of projections. More than twenty trebuchets on the three walls just failed to destroy a single trebuchet on the other side.

Immediately after the second round of projection began, with the first round of projection results as a reference, three of the opponent's trebuchets were destroyed in the second round.

But it had little impact on the opponent's hundreds of trebuchets. Before the third round of attacks began, the enemy's trebuchets had been placed, and about thirty of them on each of the three city walls were aimed at the county seat.

"Grandma, you're a fool, stay hidden and watch out for stone bullets." Liu Wenshan shouted loudly.

As the roar ended, the soldiers on the city wall quickly ran towards the base of the city wall.

Liu Wenshan and the jailer also ran away. Magistrate Wang had been driven back to the county government by Liu Wenshan. He was of no use as a civil servant here and was not worth a big soldier.

"Bang bang bang" the sound of a series of stone bullets hitting the city wall continued to sound.

Each impact would bring up a large piece of masonry flying debris, and each impact on the city wall would leave a shallow crater on the city wall.

This is also due to the fact that the city walls of Dali Kingdom have always been built solidly. For example, the wall thickness of Pingyang County is as high as 20 meters, and can carry more than ten carriages in parallel.

If the trebuchet alone were to bring down the city wall, it might have to be bombarded for several days and nights. After all, the trebuchet is not a missile.

After the enemy's trebuchets fired three rounds, the lookout soldiers shouted: "The enemy is less than a hundred meters away from the city wall."

Liu Wenshan stood up and looked at the trebuchet still being loaded in the distance and shouted: "Wait, listen to my order and get up again."

Then the enemy attacked and when they were still about twenty meters away from the city wall, the trebuchet's stone bullets hit the city wall again.

The lookout soldier shouted again: "Ten meters."

Liu Wenshan looked out from the lookout port of the city wall and saw that the siege ladder truck was already leaning against the city wall. Then he shouted loudly: "My sons, get up and work."

Sha Tin Village back hill

Zhao Laoer had been out all night and it was almost afternoon and he still hadn't come back. According to the previous agreement, he would come back as soon as he found out the news.

Everyone who stayed in the cave couldn't help but worry. He even forgot about the girls' toys that Zhao Yunxi planned to give Wang Junyao and Wuyue.

In particular, Zhao Laoer's wife was restless and worried that something might happen to Zhao Laoer, and several children were also waiting anxiously.

Zhao Yunxi said: "We can't wait any longer. It would be okay if my second uncle is trapped in the county town, but it would be troublesome if he encounters homeless people. We need someone to explore further along the road."