I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 141, Liu Bei's persistence
With the addition of 5 county soldiers, Liu Bei's army grew from 3 to more than 8, greatly increasing its strength.

Then in Anping County, Liu Bei defeated Zhang Yan's one hundred thousand army in the first battle, and Zhang Yan had to flee to Changshan Kingdom again, and was finally surrounded by Liu Bei in Yuanshi County.

It's just that when Liu Bei set off, the weather had turned cold, and after a month of fighting, the entire northern land began to snow. Even though Liu Bei's army prepared a lot of woolen clothes and woolen cloth, many soldiers still fell ill.

"Brother, it's snowing now, and the army is powerless to fight anymore!" Guan Yu persuaded.

In this era, there is no way to attack the city in winter. Once it freezes, the city wall is stronger than the rock!Not to mention that the ancient army did not have cold-proof materials, and the low temperature alone was enough to freeze the soldiers to death, so the ancient army basically did not fight in winter. This situation will not change until the popularization of cotton, but also avoid winter Marching to fight.So Guan Yu wants to persuade Liu Bei to fight again in the coming year!Continuing to fight will only waste the lives of soldiers in vain!

But Liu Bei said: "Although what the second brother said is reasonable, the big man is in a precarious situation at this time. If the war in Jizhou cannot be quelled in time, the people of the big man will suffer even more!"

Zhang Fei beside Liu Bei said with a helpless expression: "The weather is so cold, the walls are still as smooth as a mirror, how can we attack the city? Brother, this weather is not something that manpower can resist. Let's withdraw our troops and wait for the spring to bloom next year." Come on, let's deal with the thief Zhang Yan in World War I!"

Even Jian Yong persuaded: "Xuande, you have already made great achievements in defeating Zhang Yan. Now the right time and place are not on my side. If you continue to fight, I'm afraid it will be superfluous and waste the lives of the soldiers!"

Liu Bei said: "How can I not know that now is not the time to continue fighting. It's just that if we withdraw our troops now, we will lose the chance to completely defeat Zhang Yan. When we fight again next year, the spring plowing will be delayed. Now the price of grain in Jizhou has risen At 500 yuan a stone, many people have starved to death.

"If we fight again in the coming year, even Jizhou, which is a granary, will suffer from famine. How many people will die! The current situation of the court is impossible to help the people of Jizhou. We came to Jizhou to fight to save the people, not to starve them all to death. No matter how difficult it is to siege the city now, we must find a way to completely defeat Zhang Yan and quell the war in Jizhou!"

The handsome young man who followed Liu Bei admired: "General Liu really loves the people like a son. If the governor Wang had done the same way back then, Zhang Yan wouldn't have become what he is now!"

Liu Bei looked at the young man and said, "Why should Zilong be so polite? You can just call me Xuande, and all my friends call me that!"

Liu Bei met Zhao Yun this time many years earlier than in history. When Liu Bei attacked Zhang Yan, Zhao Yun led a rebel army to join Liu Bei.After the two got along, Zhao Yun found that Liu Bei was bold and kind to the people, and he was the ideal master in his mind. Liu Bei found that Zhao Yun was not only strong in martial arts, but also modest and cautious. He liked him very much and often took him by his side. It aroused Zhang Fei's jealousy.

My elder brother actually fell in love with a little boy, so he planned to teach Zhao Yun a lesson, but he didn't expect that he was careless for a while, and was taught a lesson by Zhao Yun instead.But because of this, the two didn't know each other, and the relationship quickly improved, and Zhao Yun quickly became one of the core members of Liu Bei's small group.

Zhao Yun thought for a while and said, "I'll call you Brother General Xuande!"

"Brother Xuande, in fact, it is not as troublesome as everyone imagines to break through Yuanshi City!"

Zhang Fei was surprised and said: "Zilong, an honest person like you is starting to talk big. Siege has always been a difficult problem, let alone siege in winter. Even if Sun Wu is resurrected, he will be helpless in the face of the current situation." !"

If you can quickly attack the city in winter, then you will not be Zhao Zilong in front of you, but Sun Wu, the soldier saint!
But Zhao Yun said with a smile: "Yide, you have not been in Jizhou these few years, and you don't know the situation in Jizhou. The yellow turban thieves have been infested so badly in Jizhou these years that neither the Wubao nor the city wall can resist the attack of the yellow turban thieves. There are siege tools like the crowbar, which can pry open any city wall.

Therefore, it is very difficult for any Wubao and city to resist the siege of the Yellow Turban thieves. The Yellow Turban Army has obtained Wubao, supplies and weapons from the county arsenal, so it has repeatedly grown to the current scale, and now we can also use this method, even if the weather is cold , but now it has just snowed, and the city wall has not been completely frozen, we still have a chance to break through Yuanshi City! "

"Crowbar!" Liu Bei hesitated. Over the years in Youzhou, he had also heard that the Yellow Turban Army used crowbars to break through a large number of fortresses, but he had never seen it before, so he was naturally a little skeptical!
Zhao Yun asked his subordinates to bring a few crowbars to show Liu Bei, and said: "The flat end is inserted into the city wall with force. If you pry it hard, the bricks on the city wall will fall off! The Yellow Turban Army has a large number of people. People, with such a sharp weapon, an ordinary Wubao can be breached in a day with a crowbar, and an ordinary county town can hardly resist it for more than three days!"

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei fumbled for a long time with the crowbar, and they had a little understanding of how to use the crowbar.

Liu Bei sighed: "It's really a fantastic idea. The city wall that has been used for thousands of years can't resist such a few iron bars!"

Zhang Fei suddenly said: "Brother, you don't remember, this crowbar seems to be made by Lei Gong too! Lei Gong is really harmful, if it weren't for him, Jizhou would not have been in chaos for so many years!"

Guan Yu was very sensitive to Xu Wei, and he stopped him quickly: "Third brother, it is the corrupt officials who caused the turmoil in Jizhou, and they forced the common people to rebel. What's the matter with Guan Leigong!"

After hearing this, Jian Yong sighed: "The crowbar was made by Lei Gong, and the waterwheel, woolen cloth, and briquettes in Mayi were also made by Lei Gong. If he is so proficient in all kinds of crafts, this Lei Gong can't be the heir of the Mohist family?"

Liu Bei stopped and said, "Now is not the time to sigh!"

Then he asked, "How many crowbars like this do Zilong have?"

Zhao Yundao: "There are probably hundreds of them! It's enough to break through the Yuanshi City!"

Liu Bei said: "Zilong, you bring your subordinates to use this crowbar to break open the city wall, Yun Chang, Yide, you two bring a large army to support Zilong, attract Zhang Yan's attention, don't let Zhang Yan and them affect Zilong and his actions, we strive to break through the city in three days, if we can't break the city in three days, we will withdraw to Anping Kingdom!"

Although Liu Bei is an idealist, but in the face of reality, he will bow his head when he should. If he can't break through Yuanshi City in three days, he won't waste the lives of soldiers in vain.

Several people saluted: "No!"

(End of this chapter)