Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 332 General, don't worry, just look at this picture! (Thanks to Da Zhang's support for the monthly ticket from Sidaokou Kuangren~)
The power of the gunpowder jar undoubtedly shocked everyone involved in the battle.

Although Zhang Liao had previously tested the power of this gunpowder jar with core members such as Gao Shun.

But at that time, the test was not conducted on real people.

And the current effect in actual combat is better than they imagined!

But no matter how good it was, Zhang Liao also felt a little fear from this terrible hot weapon!
If such technology is also mastered by the enemy, there will undoubtedly be more people dying on the battlefield in the future...

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao did not rush to throw a second round of gunpowder cans.

He came to the tower with a heavy heart and shouted loudly to the soldiers on the tower whose faces were dark and looking at him in fear:
"You should open the gate and surrender! You have seen the power of our weapons.

“To tell you the truth, our army still has thousands of such jars!
"If you don't want to be blown to pieces, surrender is your only way to survive!"

I heard Zhang Liao say that there are thousands of these horrible things.

Deng Xian on the city wall had already lost all his will to fight and looked at Fei Shi who was already frightened by the thunder not far away.

Before Deng Xian could speak, Fei Shi said in a trembling voice:

"General Deng, how about we...let's just open the gate and surrender..."

Deng Xian nodded dully:
"That's what I was thinking..."

After saying this, Deng Xianqiang perked up a bit and quickly replied to Zhang Liao under the tower:

"General Zhang... We, we are willing to surrender!"

Hearing Deng Xian's answer, Zhang Liao immediately breathed a sigh of relief and a smile finally appeared on his face.

As the city gates opened, Fei Shi and Deng Xian personally went out to welcome Zhang Liao's army into the city.

Zhang Liao only spent dozens of gunpowder cans and did not even deploy a single soldier to capture the city of Deyang.

Dozens of defenders of Deyang City were killed or injured by gunpowder cans. Compared with traditional wars, the losses were insignificant.

But there are thousands of soldiers who are traumatized...

In this way, Zhang Liao not only occupied Deyang City without any effort, but also incorporated nearly 15,000 soldiers in the city.

The number of troops directly reached 45,000!

Having seen the power of gunpowder jars, these 15,000 soldiers were particularly obedient.

Obviously, they don't want to be the one being bombarded with gunpowder jars again...

After Zhang Liao basically took over the city, he planned to continue to march towards Guanghan County with 30,000 soldiers.

But at this time, Fei Shi said to Zhang Liao:
“General, there is no need to rush forward. Before the battle, our army had already sent people to Guanghan County to seek help.

“I believe reinforcements will arrive the day after tomorrow.

“By then they won’t know we have surrendered, and we can lure the reinforcements’ generals into the city and capture them.

"The remaining troops will naturally be absorbed by the general at that time..."

After hearing Fei Shi's words, Zhang Liao immediately agreed.

While waiting for reinforcements for two days, Lu Bu in the rear had already arrived with an army of 10,000.

After learning of Fei Shi's idea, Lu Bu immediately set up camp outside the city and pretended to be the attacking party.

On the third day, a reinforcement force arrived quickly from the northwest.

Lu Bu immediately ordered his army to pretend to attack the city, with shouts of killing shaking the sky.

But the soldiers on the city wall just shouted and did not really stop them. They staged a siege and defense drama with their brothers who set up ladders to climb the city.

At this moment, Liu Gui, one of the "Four Generals of Xichuan", was leading 5,000 troops.

Seeing the enemy attacking the city from afar, Liu Gui didn't think much about it.

Just as he was about to enter the city directly from the west gate, a short, ugly civil servant in his company immediately stopped him:

"General, wait!"

Liu Qi looked at this person, with a hint of contempt in his eyes:
"What's the matter, Mr. Zhang?"

The person called "Mr. Zhang" is none other than Zhang Song, a famous scholar in history who presented the map of Xichuan to Liu Bei and possessed the ability to remember everything he saw.
Zhang Song pointed at the attacking and defending teams and said to Liu Qi:

"General, look carefully, these siege soldiers are just charging forward mindlessly.

"The soldiers guarding the city only waved their swords and knives randomly on the tower, but they didn't even fire a single bow and arrow...

"There was no substantial conflict between the two groups. Do you think this is normal?"

Liu Qi was stunned for a moment, then realized what was going on after a little thought. He said in horror, "Could it be that the enemy has already captured Deyang City? How could they be so fast?"

Zhang Song sighed and shook his head:

"Even Cao Cao, who was so powerful back then, was no match for Lu Bu's army.

"Although our master is capable now, he cannot compare with Cao Cao.

"If it weren't for the help of Sichuan and Shu, I'm afraid it would have been annexed long ago.

"Although the speed at which the enemy took over Deyang City was much faster than I expected, it is not impossible..."

After listening to Zhang Song's explanation, Liu Qi was grateful and said:
“If it weren’t for the sir’s warning, I would have almost fallen into the enemy’s trap!
"Then shall we withdraw immediately?"

What Liu Qi did not expect was that Zhang Song, after hesitating for a moment, asked:
"General Liu, do you think that Governor Liu Mao is worthy of our loyalty?"

Liu Qi was startled, then narrowed his eyes and asked Zhang Song:
"Sir, what you mean is..."

Zhang Song saw the murderous intent hidden in Liu Qi's eyes and smiled and shook his head:

"Nothing, let's retreat."

Liu Qi looked at Zhang Song deeply, and then led his army to evacuate quickly to the northwest.

Lu Bu, who was standing on the arrow tower of the camp to check the situation, was surprised when he saw the enemy army retreat directly.
"It seems that there is a master among the enemy..."

If we hadn't noticed the clues, the enemy would have entered the city by now.

"Xishu is indeed a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers are hidden."

There were many good talents in Western Shu in history. Although there were not many famous military generals, there were many famous civil officials.

Such as Fa Zheng, Zhang Song, Huang Quan, Qin Mi, Qiao Zhou and so on.

Apart from Fa Zheng who had already joined Liu Xie and Huang Quan who was killed by Zhang Liao, it is unknown which scholar saw through them this time...

Now that the enemy has retreated, there is no need to continue acting.

Lu Bu did not rashly order his men to pursue, but instead sounded the call for the troops to retreat and led the army into the city.

Liu Ye walked straight towards Lu Bu and said with a sigh:

"If we had known that the enemy could see through our intentions, we should have ambushed an army to cut off their retreat..."

Lu Bu smiled and shook his head:
"You have already seen the power of gunpowder jars, are you still worried that you can't take down a mere Guanghan County?
"Let the army rest and continue to march into Guanghan County tomorrow morning!"

After giving the order, Lu Bu went to the city to understand the people's sentiments.

At this moment, his soldiers were providing relief porridge and food to the refugees in the city.

Lu Bu looked at the poor people who were leaning against the wall drinking porridge and sighed inwardly.

In our own country, we rarely see such situations.

But under Liu Mao's rule, dragon-bone water wheels and curved plows were strictly controlled and only rented to these people.

They could only use it during the spring ploughing season, and most of the grain from the autumn harvest was used to mortgage taxes.

These lower-class people are like free labor that is constantly exploited.

Although they won't starve to death, they will never be able to eat their fill.

Maintain their most basic survival, so that we can continue to use them...

This is the consistent practice of rulers, similar to capitalists in later generations.

It is precisely because of Lu Bu's grassroots background that he can better understand and empathize with these grassroots people.

This is also a point that other princes except Liu Bei cannot compare with.

The reason why Liu Bei loved his people like his own children was because he had been at the bottom of society and knew how miserable the people at the bottom were.

As for Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Sun Quan, their ancestors all had a foundation or property, and they would never fall to the point of weaving mats and selling shoes.

This is also what makes Liu Bei different from others...

Just as Lu Bu was thinking about this, a tall homeless man suddenly snatched the bowl of porridge and steamed buns from a little girl and started eating them by himself.

The little girl looked at the ferocious tramp pitifully and didn't dare to say a word.

The other people nearby saw this, but they dared not speak out...

Just as Lu Bu frowned and was about to step forward to teach the other party a lesson.

A muscular figure suddenly appeared behind the homeless man and kicked him in the lower back!
(End of this chapter)