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Chapter 573 Heroes
"General..."

Wang Yan bowed in front of Ma Long covered in blood.

The chaos in the city has stopped.

From a distance, you can see the shocking blood on the streets and alleys, like streams of blood flowing.

The peasants were carrying the corpses, cart after cart, and sent them to the city wall, where they were used as rolling stones and trees.

"There are thirteen powerful families in the city, 700 people were massacred, and more than 100 million coins and 50 stones were confiscated!" Wang Yan opened his lips.

It is impossible to calculate the actual number of slaughtered people.

Wang Yan is only based on the least estimate.

The city wall was eerily quiet.

Not because of the 700 people who died, but so much money and food.

200 million yuan, 50 stone grain, almost three times that of the Taiyuan treasury...

It is conceivable that the gentry were powerful and rich.

Malone's expression remained the same, "You did a good job."

Wang Yan's voice trembled a little, "General...this time the Wang family, Guo family, Wen family and others have been slaughtered, and the gentry all over the world want to eat our flesh!"

The gentry had too much influence in this era.

The Taiyuan Wang family and the Taiyuan Guo family are both well-known noble families.

Of course, not all the gentry remained in Jinyang City. They had already spread their branches and leaves, and they had their land from Bingzhou to Luoyang.

Wang Chang's lineage was moved to Luoyang.

Guo Huai's lineage moved to Yangqu.

"Today, I am either one or the other. Do I only allow them to kill us and not us to kill them?" Malone talked a lot.

But Wang Yan knelt down on both knees: "Don't you think about the way out, general? Slaughtering nobles has no place even in Yang Qin."

The state of Qin is not so easy to mess with. It has no military achievements, no foundation, and is neglected everywhere.

Ma Long's eyes darkened, "You are wrong, we have no place to stand! Qin Wang wants to use me, he must use my courage!"

A person's opportunity is likely to be once or twice in a lifetime.

Very few people can be caught.

Malone wasn't really disheartened, but was cornered by reality.

At a young age, he has been around the four major forces of Wei, Wu, Sima, and Qin.

In this place where fame and integrity are generally valued, following the rules and regulations, there is no day for success in the state of Qin, which is full of generals.

However, the Battle of Taiyuan made him see hope again. There were not many opportunities for a surrendered general to lead the army alone.

The massacre of the gentry was just a certificate of honor, and it was Ma Long's prediction of the King of Qin.

Whether King Qin is the hero or not will be known soon.

Naturally, Wang Yan couldn't think of such a deep layer, and looked at Ma Long blankly.

"Everyone who guards the city will receive three coins, and one who kills an enemy will receive one coin. Those who die in battle will be rewarded ten grains of grain, and after repelling the bandits, each will be rewarded three grains of grain!" Ma Long shouted.

Everyone was overjoyed. Cao Wei has always followed the five baht coin system, so the money is very valuable, and the three stones of grain mean something in this era of war and chaos.

The defenders had no worries, and their morale was boosted.

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

The news spread to the city, and the young and strong in the city also timidly came to help.

Malone handed out the money on the spot.

The entire city of Taiyuan fell into a frenzy.

Even the strong woman with a kitchen knife looked at Wei Jun who was rushing up with glowing eyes.

Wei Jun climbed up the city, and what he greeted was not swords and spears, but more than a dozen pairs of enthusiastic arms, scrambling to pull them up, and then let out a scream after the pheasant.

Wei Jun was already afraid of Qin Jun.

Seeing what happened in the city, his face immediately turned ashen.

Ma Long and his two hundred soldiers had no chance to make a move.

Bingzhou was similar to Liangzhou back then, with a mixture of Han and Yi, and the folk customs were tough, and some people were willing to sacrifice their lives.

In many cases, what people fear most is not death, but poverty and hunger.

More and more people in the city are pouring in, with enthusiasm like fire.

Even the gray-haired old man came to help out with a fork.

They stepped across the bloody creek on the street with one foot deep and one shallow foot, and they were stained with bloody footprints, but they didn't realize it.

Even if someone remembered it, they didn't take it seriously.

"Raise the command flag of XX!" Malone felt that he had never been so happy in his life.

Back then, three thousand exhausted troops in Xincheng were able to stop Zhuge Ke's 20 troops. Now that he has close to ten thousand troops, there is no reason why he cannot defend this great city.

Gradually, Wei Jun realized that something was wrong. The Qin people on the city wall looked at them as if they were looking at pieces of cooked meat.

After several days of continuous attack, the morale of Taiyuan City was still so high, which made them despair.

Tang Bin led a thousand soldiers with bloody butcher's knives, and supervised the battle by the moat. None of them dared to retreat.

Wei Jun's siege became much slower, and many of them stepped on long ladders, neither going up nor down...

Tang Bin looked from behind extremely angrily, "These cowards!"

But there is no way to get angry.

The same is true of the combat power of the state and county soldiers.

Even the Chinese army who came to Luoyang to support them flinched,

It is true that the general who defeated the Qin army had brilliant military exploits, but Du He did not retreat in a bloody battle, which cast a shadow over the hearts of every Wei army.

Food and water were exhausted, and the two thousand Qin soldiers regarded death as home.

Less than 200 people escaped, and all the others died in a bloody battle...

If all the soldiers in Qin State are like this, how can the Guandong resist?

Since Han Sui and Dong Zhuo, Xiliang iron cavalry has left a deep impression on Kanto.

"Horse?" Liu Hong looked at the big flag hanging on the top of the city, "When was there a general surnamed Ma among the bandit army?"

Tang Bin thought for a while, "There is Ma Xun, and there is another, Ma Long!"

"It should be Ma Long!" Liu Hong's eyes became complicated.

It has been seven years since the battle of Xincheng, and many people have forgotten the glory of Malone.

However, Tang Bin's memory is still fresh. Tang Bin's father, Tang Tai, used to be the prefect of Mount Tai. Tang Bin grew up in Mount Tai County. That year was when Ma Long's reputation rose to power in the southeast. "Our army has already defeated Zhou Yu. Beheading [-] armor heads and destroying [-] thieves is enough to restore people's hearts in the Central Plains. If you suffer setbacks at the foot of Taiyuan City, it will not be beautiful, it is better to retreat and guard the Yindi Pass."

Even if you want to fight now, you can't continue.

Wei Jun ate [-] soldiers from Duhe and suffered heavy casualties.

The soldiers have been attacking the city for days, and they are already exhausted.

It is impossible to break through the city with 3 or [-] troops, just as the [-] Qin army could not break through Shangdang.

The defenders have a huge advantage.

"No! Jinyang is dangerous, and it's time to take it all at once, otherwise the Qin army will stabilize its morale in the future, and Taiyuan will not belong to the Central Plains!" A young cavalry came slowly and heard the conversation between the two.

Looking back, Tang Bin saw that this man had a handsome posture, an extraordinary appearance, a long beard and a height of more than eight feet. He was Liu Yuan, the new left commander of the Xiongnu.

Although he is a Hun, he speaks and behaves like a Han.

His father Liu Bao died at the hands of Wen Yang in Linjin, so he hated the Qin army to the bone.

Liu Yuan was extremely intelligent since he was young. He learned from Cui You, a member of the Shangdang Party, and studied "Mao Poems", "Jing Shi Yi", "Ma Shi Shangshu", especially "Chunqiu Zuo Shi Zhuan" and "Sun Wu Art of War". Family, all have a comprehensive overview, great ambitions, especially admire the Han Dynasty, often think that the heroes in the early Han Dynasty had no martial arts with Lu, Guan Guan had no literature, and their literary and military strategies were not as good as him.

Tang Bin's gentle expression remained unchanged, "Oh? What Commander Liu said is true, why don't you invite the elite of the headquarters to be the forwards?"

The corners of Liu Hong's mouth also rose slightly.

Although Cao Wei used the Southern Huns, they have always been on guard.

The same is true for the Sima family's power.

As the confidantes of the Sima family, Tang and Liu naturally knew the elegant meaning by listening to the string songs.

Liu Yuan laughed dryly: "In front of the two envoys, how dare the subordinates call themselves elite? What's more, my minister is only good at charging and killing, not at attacking the city. I hope you will learn from me."

Tang Bin nodded, "In that case, let's retreat, no need to say anything."

Liu Hong leaped forward on his horse, bowed his bow and set up an arrow. He spread his wings like an eagle, and his horse leaped like a dragon. An arrow was nailed to the flagpole of the Ma Long flag.

(End of this chapter)