Chapter 24, Siege Weapons

"Last year, a great virtuous and good teacher rebelled in Jizhou, and Zhang Dashuai even conquered the city and made great achievements, so he has a very high prestige in the Taiping Sect!"

But the old man Guowang said sadly: "It's a pity that the great virtuous and good teacher died of illness before his ambition was fulfilled. We were also defeated by Huangfu Song. The local general Zhang Bao and the human general Zhang Liang died in battle. More than [-] Yellow Turban soldiers were killed. More than [-] Yellow Turban Army companions did not surrender and surrendered to Qinghe and died. The great virtuous teacher was dissected and killed by Huang Fusong, and only Zhang Dashuai led a small number of Taiping disciples to break through and escape to the Taihang Mountains."

"After you killed the prefect of Weijun this year, captain, Marshal Zhang rebelled again. Once he came to attack the city, he was unstoppable. Now we have occupied less than half of Jizhou, and the officers and soldiers have been beaten back by us. It seems that you are a good teacher. Huang Tian's dream may come true in Zhang Dashuai's hands." Speaking of this, the old man Wang said a little happily, obviously very excited about the current victory of the Yellow Turban Army.

Although the strength of the Yellow Turban Army has been strengthened due to the butterfly effect, Xu Wei is still not optimistic about Zhang Niujiao and the others, because the enemy the Yellow Turban Army has faced so far is only 5 Jizhou county soldiers. This is not the main force of the Han Army. The main force of the army is dealing with the Xiliang rebels, and Jizhou is obviously much more important than Xiliang. Even if Zhang Niujiao and the others occupy Jizhou, they will soon face hundreds of thousands of elite men.

So what Xu Wei is thinking now is to find a way to help the Yellow Turban Army survive for half a year, harvest the grain planted by Wei County, and then flee to Taihang Mountain in Bingzhou with the food supplies, and then find a way to find a remote corner as a base.A large plain like Jizhou, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend, is obviously not suitable as a base.

Julu County, Yingtao City!
Zhang Niujiao led the main force of the 15 Yellow Turban Army to surround the Jizhou prefect Guo Dian and his 15 county soldiers, and Chu Feiyan led the 2 Yellow Turban Army to surround the [-] Han Army in Gaoyi. The main force of the Han army in Jizhou was wiped out.

When Xu Wei and the others came, Zhang Niujiao had just finished today's siege operation.

When his subordinates said that Lei Gong was coming with supplies, he immediately came to the gate of the camp to meet Xu Wei.

"Master Lei Gong, I have admired his name for a long time!" Zhang Niujiao laughed loudly.

He is really grateful to Xu Wei. If it weren't for the crowbar he supported, he could have broken through dozens of Wubao in Jizhou. Without the weapons, food and salaries provided by these Wubao, he knew that even if there were a large number of Yellow Turban soldiers, it would be impossible now. Later, tens of thousands of sets of rattan armor, long spears and hundreds of thousands of long arrows were provided. Without these weapons, the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army would at least be reduced by half, and it might even be defeated by the Han army.But now they not only defeated the Han army, but also had the opportunity to kill Jizhou Mu Guodian and avenge his master Zhang Jiao.

Xu Wei smiled wryly and said, "My real name is Xu Wei, but the commander-in-chief still calls me Xu Wei!"

Zhang Niujiao said with a smile: "There is no deterrent power without Lei Gong, so I'll just call you Lei Gong!"

Then Zhang Niujiao brought Xu Wei to his big tent of the Chinese army, Zhen An followed Xu Wei to the big tent of the Chinese army, and old man Wang handed over the ordnance he had transported to the logistics camp.

After arriving at the big tent, Zhang Niujiao asked, "I don't know why the commander-in-chief came to Yingtao?"

Xu Wei pointed to Zhen An behind him and said: "I have a relationship with the Zhen family. I was living in Zhongshan County at the beginning, and I was able to settle down thanks to the help of the Zhen family. So this time I want to ask the commander-in-chief for a favor. Don't make things difficult for Zhen. Family!"

Zhang Niujiao said indifferently: "This matter is simple, I will send an order to Chu Feiyan and the others not to move the Zhen family in Zhongshan!"

Hearing the news, Zhen An excitedly said: "Thank you two commanders, thank you two commanders!"

Zhang Niujiao said: "Commander Lei Gong, I heard that you have a siege weapon that can destroy a city like lightning."

Xu Wei smiled wryly and said: "This is all exaggerated by rumors, this thing is very difficult to get, and I don't have it anymore!"

Xu Wei didn't want to spread the black powder indiscriminately, even if Wang Lei hadn't touched it, it was naturally impossible for Xu Wei to just hand it over to Zhang Niujiao.

Then he asked: "The commander-in-chief has thousands of crowbars, can't he break open pottery?"

Zhang Niujiao said with a wry smile: "Guo Dian has piled debris under the city wall. Our siege vehicles can't get close to the city wall. Without the cover of the siege vehicles, the soldiers will be shot to death by the Han army. We have already [-] soldiers lying on the ground." Yingtao's city walls are under, but there is still nothing to do with Yingtao City!"

Xu Wei said: "I'll go and have a look, and then think of a way!"

So Zhang Niujiao brought Xu Wei to Yingtao City.

The city wall of Yingtao is full of potholes. These are the traces of being pried with crowbars. There are a lot of sandbags, rolling logs, stones and other sundries under Yingtao City, as well as the corpses of soldiers. They piled up 2 piles under Yingtao City. It is as high as a meter, as if adding a slope. Although this reduces the height of the city wall defense, it also effectively solves the problem of the Yellow Turban Army prying the wall bricks!
"Marshal!" Several generals came over to greet Zhang Niujiao.

Zhang Niujiao pulled Xu Wei and said to them: "This is Commander Lei Gong of Wei County!"

Then he pointed to the generals and Xu Wei who came here and explained: "This is Huang Long, Bai Bo, Zuo Xiao, Guo Daxian, Yu Digen, Qing Niujiao, and Zhang Baiqi. Junior brother!"

Xu Wei bowed his hands to them and said, "I've seen you handsome!"

Huang Long said with a smile: "Commander Lei Gong, we know you. It is said that you know how to use thunder. No city wall can resist your thunder! If you hadn't helped us destroy this city."

Xu Wei said: "These are all rumors, but I am here to help everyone!"

Zuo Xiao asked, "What can you do?"

Xu Wei said: "I will make a sharp weapon for siege, give me the craftsman camp, and I will take them to make this sharp weapon, and then use it to attack the city!"

Hearing this, Zhang Niujiao laughed loudly and said, "Then I'll wait for good news from you, Mr. Lei!"

On Yingtao City, flags with Chinese characters fluttered in the wind, and countless soldiers lay resting on the city wall, while Jizhou Mu Guodian led his men to inspect the status of the soldiers.

The judge behind him said worriedly: "I don't know when the reinforcements from the imperial court will arrive. Now we are facing more than ten times as many yellow scarf thieves. If there is no reinforcements, we won't last long!"

Guo Dian said indifferently: "Now that the main force of the imperial court is in Liangzhou, where can we find reinforcements? The only one we can rely on is ourselves. As long as we can hold on for half a year, the Yellow Turbans will surely collapse without food!"

Hearing this, the examiner said with a bitter face: "But if this comes to Jizhou, it will be over. The land in Jizhou was left uncultivated once last year. If it happens again this year, the people in Jizhou will go to the yellow scarf bandits to survive."

The audition is a local tyrant, so naturally he doesn't want his hometown to experience the same war as last year again.

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