Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 282

Chapter 282 Reward of [-] yuan and [-] acres of land

When Zhu Wei saw Huang Zu's handsome flag on the city wall outside the south gate of Xiling City, he knew that Huang Zu was coming.

So Zhu Wei smiled slightly, turned his head and signaled to Mu Lan, and asked Mu Lan to go out and give Huang Zu a pre-war message, which was a common practice before the war.

All of this is the same as the previous attack on Qiantang County. Speaking of Zhu Wei's side this time, the strength of the soldiers is no longer the weak soldiers of Kuaiji, but other things are like filling the moat with carts to stop the enemy. The spears, guns, tigers and chariots for the counterattack and attack are almost the same, but a lot of preparations are made.

In addition, Zhu Wei pretended to prepare some siege ladders and ten bed ballistas, which can be regarded as two-handed preparations.

As long as Pang Yan and Tai Shici attack Xiling City from Shuimen, then Zhu Wei may be able to take advantage of the chaos and take the south gate, saving the time of going to Shuimen to enter the city.

At the beginning, Qiantang County only had two gates, water and land, so Zhu Zhi was blocked on the upper gate of Lu Gate and had no way out, so he had to commit suicide and surrender. But now in Xiling City, Huang Zu can still withdraw from the west gate and north gate. After the water gate was broken, Huang Zu might not stick to the south gate.

When the south gate is in chaos, Zhu Wei can break through the south gate and rush in instead of going around the water gate, so Zhu Wei also needs to prepare some real siege equipment.

"The one above the city gate is Huang Zu, come out and speak!"

Under Zhu Wei's arrangement, Mu Lan brought a dozen soldiers with loud voices to the south gate of Xiling City, and with some reluctance, shouted to Huang Zu on the gate tower.

With the experience of Qiantang County last time, Mu Lan knew that her words would be wasted again this time, and she was actually unwilling to shout out, but now Zhu Wei's other generals have assigned tasks.

The remaining Zhang Shuo and Chen were both Huang Zu's subordinates who surrendered. If they were asked to talk to Huang Zu, they might lose their confidence before they spoke. How could they still represent Zhu Wei.

So now Mulan can only come forward, and Mulan is very helpless about this.

"Hmph, Huang Zu is here! Tell Zhu Wei to come out and speak, Zhu Wei Ruzi, why do you attack Jiang Xia for no reason? Without the imperial court order, you secretly invaded the land of another county. Are you planning to rebel?"

Although there were no such restrictions as the imperial court's military orders these days, they could still be used on the bright side. At least now that Huang Zu reprimanded Zhu Wei in this name, he could gain a firm foothold in righteousness.

Huang Zu's loud voice, coupled with the chorus of Huang Zu's soldiers, naturally spread this question to the ears of all the soldiers on Zhu Wei's side.

This kind of accountability might really have some effect in peacetime, but now the soldiers on Zhu Wei's side are naturally completely unmoved, just quietly waiting for Zhu Wei's next military order.

"Huang Zu, don't be so arrogant. My lord sent troops to Jiangxia this time to avenge the humiliation of the ancestor Zhu Gong's coffin! Earlier, my lord entrusted someone to transfer the bones of the ancestor Zhu Gong back to his hometown from Xijing. Jiang Xia was humiliated by your soldiers. If my lord does not retaliate, how can you be a son of man! Huang Zu, if you surrender in Kaicheng today and kowtow before the spirit of my lord, my lord may be forgiven. Your life, otherwise, your head will be used as a sacrifice to the ancestor Zhu Gong!"

When Mu Lan came out to speak this time, she was naturally taught by Wang Yuyan, so these words were spoken in a voice, which inevitably made Huang Zu on the gate tower hear it, and his expression changed greatly.

Huang Zu is actually only 44 years old now, in the middle of his prime, as the contemporary patriarch of the Jiangxia Huang Clan, he is usually very self-confident, and in the eyes of others he is even more irritable.

Now he couldn't help but be so angry that his beard stood on end. Of course he knew that what Zhu Wei said about Zhu Jun's coffin being humiliated was an excuse. But since Zhu Wei had this reason, Huang Zu couldn't continue to refute Zhu Wei's unreasonableness. And attack Jiangxia.

But Zhu Wei actually asked him to kowtow in front of Zhu Junling, how could this be done.

Although Zhu Jun's reputation in today's world is indeed great, but Huang Zu, as the nobleman of the Huang family's noble family, how could he worship others at will.

What's more, Mulan's words seemed as if Zhu Wei's capture of Huang Zu was an easy task, which made Huang Zu laugh angrily, "Hmph, hum, okay, okay, I really found a good reason." ! Sure enough, Zhu Gong gave birth to a good son, Zhu Wei, boy, if you come to take my head, just come and fight. When you break my Xiling City, I will give you my head and let you do whatever you want! , a certain family is afraid that you don’t have this ability!”

"Huang Zu, don't think that your Xiling City is very strong. If my lord wants to break the city, it will only be a matter of hands. My lord hopes that God will have a good life. This time to take revenge on Jiangxia, he only seeks the Huang Zu clan. As long as the others lay down their weapons, they will not be held accountable! If anyone is willing to correct the chaos and capture Huang Zu, he will be rewarded with a hundred thousand dollars and a hundred acres of land!"

Mu Lan didn't care what Huang Zu said in reply, anyway, she seemed to be reciting lines, and said all the words Wang Yuyan told her before, which could be regarded as sowing discord against the soldiers and generals under Huang Zu's tent.

Huang Zu laughed angrily when he heard the words, "Hmph, yes, I want to see, who dares! Listen to the left and right, whoever wins Zhu Wei, I will reward you with a million dollars and two hundred acres of land! Zhu Wei Ruzi, there is no family near Jiangxia, but the money and fields are enough, your reward may not be attractive enough!"

The Huang clan to which Huang Zu belonged, as the first-class gentry in Jiangxia, naturally controlled more than half of the land in Jiangxia. The family property accumulated for several generations, and the money was countless. The hemp rope that wore money was even piled up in the money bank Gotta rot.

So when Huang Zu heard that Zhu Wei bought himself at such a price, he immediately slapped a poor guy like Zhu Wei in the face.

But at this moment, Mu Lan had already turned her horse's head and went back to Zhu Wei's army. Anyway, the words she wanted to convey had already been delivered, and Zhu Wei's siege performance would be next. Mu Lan believed that Huang Zu would never send anyone to stand alone. Pick to die.

In such a siege battle, if you take the initiative to open the city gates and send people out to fight, then unless the defenders have absolute confidence in defending the city.

Seeing that Mulan came back, Zhu Wei also smiled slightly, and did not argue with Huang Zu. Anyway, the more money Huang Zu has, the more he seized, and it was all his money. .

Thinking of this, Zhu Wei directly raised his hand to signal the messenger behind him.

So on several carriages with war drums in Zhu Wei's main formation, soldiers went up and beat the war drums. Then, with the waving of flags, hundreds of auxiliary soldiers entered the seven prepared cave carriages. , then pushed the cart to the front of Xiling City.

This time, just like the previous attack on Qiantang County, these houses and carts were needed to fill the moat, and the soldiers of Huang Zu on the city wall of Xiling County could only look helpless.

To deal with such a cave car, unless you open the city gate and send troops to rush to kill and destroy it, it is possible to prevent the attacking party from filling the moat, otherwise the defending party can only watch in a daze as the attacking party builds on the moat. Create a path.

So under Zhu Wei's side beating drums and waving flags, Huang Zu on the gate tower of the south gate of Xiling City could only grit his teeth and watch the houses and carts in front of the gate go back and forth to fill the moat. This was the first time for Huang Zu See such a siege method.

Time passed slowly again, and after about half an hour, there was a sudden earth-shattering sound from the direction of the water gate of Xiling City...

(End of this chapter)