The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 482
Outside Chang'an City.

Zhao Ang's attack finally started again.

Up and down the city, the folk support groups recruited by Cai Yan are ready. Their combat power is too weak to directly participate in the defensive battle, but they can assist in the transportation of luggage, rolling stones, wood, and wounded, reducing the logistics of the regular army. Assist in the manufacture of boiling water and throwing wooden guns.

Cai Yan was born well, and she was a talented woman in the literary world at the end of the Han Dynasty. The Cai family had friendship with most of the aristocratic families in Chang'an City. The aristocratic family has a deep background among the subordinates in Chang'an, and they have more or less friendship with the Cai family, so in a hurry, they also gathered a lot of people to help defend the city.

Of course, these people are not all out of face for Cai Yan, nor are they selflessly assisting the garrison in Chang'an. The biggest reason is that Dong Zhuo's incident of burning Luoyang, the eastern capital, is still an indelible shadow in the hearts of the families in Guanzhong. The fire incident was so serious that it almost broke the roots of many aristocratic families in Luoyang in Guanzhong!
The so-called lesson from the past, the teacher from the past, the aristocratic family group in Luoyang, the eastern capital, was harmed by Dong Zhuo, and as a result, they were damaged and withered. Since then, the aristocratic family in the western capital Chang'an have developed a sense of nonsense towards the Xiliang warlord group It is no wonder that Dong Zhuo killed too much and committed too many crimes, which not only affected his own reputation, but also made the name of the Xiliang warlord among the aristocratic scholars in the two capitals, and also made it bad. up.

Just imagine, comparing Yuan Shang and Yan Xing together, one is the sect of the fifth generation and the third lord, the leader of the world's scholars, and the other is a barbaric warlord in the Liangzhou frontier fortress, maybe they are the same passers-by as Dong Zhuo. Chang'an became the second Luoyang.

In contrast, any normal person knows how to choose, and it is safer to live under Yuan Shang's rule.

So Yan Xing is very pitiful now, he didn't choose the right time to rebel... as early as more than ten years ago, he was shot while lying down because of the domineering of Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si and other Liangzhou warlords. This shot directly disabled him for more than ten years, and Yan Xing could be regarded as a serious victim of it.

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"kill!"

With an earth-shattering roar, the Xiliang rebels and Qiangs began to rush towards Chang'an City again. Suddenly, the battlements on the city wall seemed to be shaken by heavy footsteps outside the city, as if an earthquake had struck. And the catapults in Zhao Ang's army, which had been waiting for the attack, also set up a posture far away in the rear, ready to start a strong attack.

"Prepare to meet the enemy!"

Ma Yunlu, who had already put on armor, stood on the top of the city in a heroic manner, shouting at the soldiers around him.

"promise……"

Accompanied by Ma Yunlu's chanting, what responded to him was the top of the city, the chorus of Chang'an defenders and the chorus of the defending people, but they were a little depressed, and their fighting spirit seemed not very strong.

"boom--!"

When the words fell, the mountains shook suddenly, but it was the catapults in Zhao Ang's army that started to move, and the bustling stones like rain began to bombard the head of Chang'an City. The flying sand and stones were like ghost rain, making people dazzled and overwhelmed.

In terms of height, Zhao Ang's catapult's ingenuity and projecting power are far from the performance indicators for the damage to the city head of Chang'an. Leaving an innocuous pothole, although there will still be a small amount of stones falling on the top of the city, but most of them are blind cats hitting and killing mice, which will not pose an excessive threat of destruction at all, and is not a big worry at all.

Zhao Ang also knew this very well. In fact, his biggest purpose of using the stone sling was not to defeat the Chang'an army with the stone array. He knew that this was impossible, but the distance of the sling was long, the sound was loud, and the momentum was strong. Strong, this is incomparable even with a crossbow!
Although the catapult array can't do much damage to a tall city defense like Chang'an, it can achieve the purpose of frightening and disintegrating the morale of the enemy.

However, as far as the heart attack is concerned, Zhao Ang's move is really useful!
The stones all over the sky were bombarded heavily on the head of Chang'an city, making a huge roar, and splashing eye-catching dust, as if covering the sky and blocking out the sun, which put great psychological pressure on the Chang'an city defense army both visually and audibly. , Let them be frightened, unable to control themselves.

Some soldiers wanted to abandon their weapons immediately, turn around and flee from the top of the city for refuge.

The siege battle has not yet started, and the morale of the Chang'an army has gradually fallen into a low level under the enemy's psychological warfare...

Beads of sweat had already begun to fall on the forehead of Chang'an guard Gao Rou, thinking inwardly that something was wrong.

The opponent's general's siege skills are good, much higher than Yan Xing's. The enemy's main force has cheated their own morale before attacking the city. How can we fight this battle?What are the odds?

However, just when the generals and soldiers were a little flustered, a crisp sound of Hu Jia sounded from the gate tower of the city wall, accompanied by Hu Jia's singing, resounding like the sound of heaven, resounding in the ears of the surrounding soldiers and generals .

"At the beginning of my life, I did nothing. After I was born, Han Zuo declined. The inhumanity of the sky brought chaos and separation, and the inhumanity of the earth made me meet at this time. The roads are in danger, and the people are in exile. We mourn together. The smoke and dust cover the wild. Lu Sheng, good-willed and morally deficient. It is not suitable for me to be special, and who should I sue when I am humiliated. After a while, the piano beats, and the heart is broken and no one knows..."

On the top of the city, this song suddenly sounded sad and mournful, containing the artistic conception of defeat, desolation, and exile of the people, as if reflecting the tragic scenes in front of the eyes of the people who heard them, like movie clips. Show scenes of scenes of chaos.

It is impossible for one person's singing to spread throughout the entire city, but it is better than its melody, which can arouse the singing of the people around it. In this way, it is spread from ten to ten, and in an instant, the whole city is singing this song. sound.

Although Otonai is sad, he is able to stabilize his mind at this critical moment. It shows everyone a miserable picture after the defeat, which makes people think about it unconsciously.

If Chang'an falls, will everyone's ending be as miserable and sad as the picture scroll in this sound.

"Boom!" With another volley of falling rocks, the Qiang army and Liangzhou rebels finally began to attack the city!

Cai Yan's beard stopped, closed his eyes silently, and sat quietly on the steps behind the city wall, waiting for the next step in life.

Ma Yunlu was the first to react, but saw her pull out her sword suddenly, strode to the battlements, and pointed at the Qiang army and Xiliang rebels who erected ladders below.

"Kill~~!"

This time, what responded to her was unprecedented roars and mournful howls from the top of the city.

"kill!"

"Kill kill!"

"Kill kill kill!"

"........."

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Mei County, Yuan Jun Camp.

"Come here, untie General Wang."

In the battle of Ziwu Valley, the Brazilian general Wang Ping, who was captured alive by Ma Chao, was brought into Yuan Shang's tent. When Fang met, Yuan Shang immediately ordered people to remove the ropes from Wang Ping's body without saying a word.

Seeing this, Wang Ping was taken aback for a moment, then fell silent, but saw that Yuan Shang had stood up and walked to his side with a smile.

"General Wang, Yuan doesn't want to talk too much about the nasty words. I just want to say a few words. General Wang is the number one general in Bazhou, but who are Pu Hu, Yuan Yue, and Du Sui? The tribes that have huddled in Bazhou It’s just the patriarch, in my Dahan Neizhou, it’s at most the level of a township cadre! General Wang followed them, isn’t it a secret investment? The old prefecture's subordinates are serving the imperial court, once Yuan promises, he will never repeat it! I don't know what the general Wang wants?"

When Wang Ping heard this, his heart suddenly moved.

Wang Ping is not a fool, Pu Hu, Yuan Yue and other small people in a remote place are just the leaders of a small clan, with a small land and few people, and still need to look up to Zhang Lu, how can they achieve great things?As Yuan Shang said, it is okay for them to be kings of the mountain, but if you look at the world, compared with the princes of the world, they are almost negligible, and they cannot be the masters who can serve for a long time.

Yuan Shangnai is the number one prince in the world, the player who defeated Cao Cao, and the great general Sima, commanding the world's kings!I have lived in Yidi, Bazhou for a long time, and I may not see these people for the last time in ten or twenty years. If I don't take this opportunity to seek refuge, I will never have another chance in the future?
With just a slight turn of his mind, Wang Ping has already weighed the pros and cons clearly. Who doesn't live for their own future?

Wang Ping immediately prostrated himself on the ground, cupped his hands and said, "The words of the General are really enlightening and thought-provoking... Wang Ping understands! If the General does not give up, Wang Ping is willing to do his best for the General!"

"Okay." Yuan Shang stepped forward with a smile, helped Wang Ping up, and then asked people to sit down, saying: "It's really a great fortune for General Wang to abandon the dark and turn to the bright. The troops will be surrendered and returned to the general's command, and General Wang will continue to lead them."

Wang Ping turned pale when he heard the words, thinking that Yuan Shang was testing his loyalty, he hurriedly waved his hands and said: "My lord, don't do this! Wang Ping has just returned, and he has no military achievements, and he is a surrendered general. How can he command the army as soon as he returns? Please take back your order, my lord." .”

Yuan Shang shook his head: "It's not necessary to doubt people, and to employ people. I believe in my own vision, and I also believe in General Wang's vision. The Brazilian soldiers and horses have just returned, and their morale is uncertain. They don't have much combat power. Soldiers and horses to fight Yan Xing! Therefore, we must use a general who has the hearts of the Bayi army to gather them. I cannot use Pu Hu and other kings. Only General Wang can reassure me! General Wang, this is an important task, Yuan This move can be regarded as a risk, of course, if the general can live up to me, I, Yuan Shang, will definitely live up to the general!"

These words came out of Yuan Shang's mouth, but it was very touching, but Wang Ping knelt on one knee again, cupped his hands and said: "The lord is so loving, Wang Ping will definitely do his best to restore the morale of the Badi soldiers and horses for the lord. ! Let them serve the Lord wholeheartedly!"

Yuan Shang smiled and raised his hand, signaled Wang Ping to stand up, and comforted him: "Yuan believes in your ability and determination, so I will let someone lead General Wang to the barracks, and bring the Berkshire soldiers back to the headquarters. After being appeased, tonight I'll hold a banquet for the general, and cleanse the dust!"

Under Yuan Shang's comfort and kindness, Wang Ping went there gratefully. As soon as Fang got out of the tent, he saw a figure flashing in the barrier behind him. Looking carefully, it was not someone else but Zhong Yao.

Zhong Yao stroked the beard on his chin, took a deep look at the direction where Wang Ping disappeared, and said, "You reused Wang Ping, the subjugated general, with the intention of using the Brazilian soldiers for your own use in the shortest possible time?"

Yuan Shang nodded and said: "This method is risky, but there is no way. Yan Xing is in a hurry to attack Chang'an. I don't have extra time to integrate these troops. Now I can only use this method to solve the disaster."

Zhong Yao pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Even though Wang Ping can help you unify the army of the Brazilian minority, the main force of the surrendered army is still the ghost soldiers of Hanzhong under Zhang Lu's command. General, I'm afraid there is no way to play with the Hanzhong soldiers... As for how to properly take the Hanzhong ghost soldiers for your own use, what are you going to do? Is it possible that you still want to use Zhang Lu?"

Yuan Shang shook his head and said: "The situation of Zhang Lu and Wang Ping is completely different. As the leader of the sect, he has a lot of prestige and kindness, and he is also somewhat ambitious. I must not use him...... Hanzhong ghost soldiers, although I can't subdue him immediately Its military spirit, but I have a way to raise their morale to the highest in the shortest time, and make them hate Yan Xing deeply, and fight hard to fight the Xiliang rebels, so it may be useful!"

"Oh?" Zhong Yao suddenly became interested when he heard the words, and asked: "If you don't take over the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong immediately, can you arouse their hatred for Yan Xing and work for you? Can there be such a way in the world? The old man is a little interested, please tell me!"

"........."

Yuan Shang took a deep breath, stood up, thought carefully for a while, and said, "Repeat the same old tune, what is the fundamental reason why the ghost soldiers in Hanzhong are able to take refuge in me?"

Zhong Yao thought for a while when he heard the words, and said: "Because you showed your intention not to kill the Wu Dou Rice Sect and to respect the Taoist ancestors in front of the two armies, and what you implied was that you can expand the branch of the Wu Dou Rice Sect and bring It thrives.”

Yuan Shang nodded and said: "That's right, the biggest reason for these religious soldiers to take refuge in me is because I can protect their beliefs. Under my rule, their beliefs can be preserved, and they can respect their own religion and their own religion." righteousness, so that they have spiritual comfort and a sense of security... Don't underestimate faith, sometimes it can make people scary, and it can also make people stupid."

Zhong Yao shook his head and said, "But the old man still doesn't understand what your intentions are? Do these things have anything to do with our current difficulties?"

Yuan Shang smiled faintly, very wickedly.

"Of course, for the ghost soldiers in Hanzhong, I respected their beliefs, they thanked me, and surrendered to me... On the other hand, if Yan Xing insulted their beliefs, destroyed their gods, and trampled on their spiritual comfort, What do you think they will do?"

Zhong Yao was suddenly stunned when he heard the words: "You want Yan Xing to oppose the Five Dou Rice Sect, and arouse the hearts of these believers to break with them?"

Yuan Shang smiled: "Of course."

"........."

(End of this chapter)