Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

Chapter 125 Your Majesty, Where Does the Fragrance Come From?
The King of Panyu didn't mean to blame the siege general, he flicked his horsewhip and said, "Hurry up and build a ladder for climbing the city, and then cut some coarsely woven linen strips, which can see through the light slightly, so that the soldiers can see things better when they climb the city." Use it to prevent being blinded by white ash."

Using coarse woven linen as an eye mask will definitely not be able to block the fine white ash, but it can block part of it to some extent, which is better than staring at the white ash.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not being guilty!"

The siege general was so grateful that he got up from the ground and went to work.

King Panyu watched the siege general leave, and turned to look at the low city gate stuck at the mountain pass, with deep worry in his eyes.

In the past, spies sent back news that the rebels were led by gods, but he didn't believe it!

Even a few days ago, the rebels used terrifying thunder and fire that did not resemble human methods, but he did not believe it!

After all, if the rebels really have the help of gods, if they can release thunder and fire anytime and anywhere, why bother to play so many tricks?

Spread out the formation and use a big fireball technique, and the [-] elite will be finished!
In his view, since the rebels didn't do that, they must be incompetent. The so-called thunder and fire of the gods are mostly just a magical weapon to create difficulties.

This is also one of the reasons why he is eager to capture Iron Mountain. If he can get the method of making thunder and fire, then he, the king of Panyu, will be awesome.

Not only will the country not be destroyed, but it will even achieve the achievements of the ancient Yue king Goujian!
Of course, this is just an occasional reverie during the march.

Thinking about it in another way, if he masters that sharp thunder fire by himself and someone else comes to snatch it, he will definitely flee with the method of making it before he is defeated, as far as he can, and wait for the opportunity to make a comeback!
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Closer to home, he still doesn't believe in any gods, but what is certain is that the rebels definitely have expert help.

Moreover, the masters who helped the rebels mastered war skills far surpassed those old families from the six countries who came to grab the territory.

At least, those terrifying thunder and fire weapons have already thrown the old clans of the Six Kingdoms thousands of miles away!
"Could it be that he is really from Qin?"

The King of Panyu frowned into a word of Chuan, and murmured: "But it doesn't make sense,...the rebellion first started from the Baozhu tribe along the coast..."

"Even if the people of Qin want to get their hands on my land of Baiyue, they should start from the coasts of Minyue and Fulou. Wouldn't it be better to come to the coast of Panyu?"

The southernmost coastline of Daqin is Kuaiji County.

This county covers the old land of Wu and Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period. When Lao Wang Jian and Qin Moping destroyed the Chu State, they conveniently conquered a part of the territory of the Minyue Kingdom, which was also divided into this county.

Going down the coastline of Kuaiji County, or continuing southward, is the lingering coast of Minyue Kingdom.

Continuing down to the south along the coast of Minyue State is the coastline of Fulou State, and after passing through Fulou State is the coastline of Panyu State.

That's really pretty far.

Unless the Qin people have a brain hole, they will risk being swallowed by the sea wind, travel across the ocean in a large circle, and go to the coastal areas of Panyu to cause trouble!
"If it's not from Qin... who is it... Could it be that they are people from outside the region who drifted on the sea?!"

Panyu Wang's mind was wide open, and he murmured a bold hypothesis.

Guarding the long coastline in the south, there are always some unknown guests.

He even saw a group of guys with high noses, deep eyes, brown miscellaneous hair, and covered in fishy smells, driving two large boats with pointed ends, coming from the sea.

Although those miscellaneous hairs are different in every way, they can be regarded as well-dressed and polite, and their civilization is no less than that of the Panyu gentry.

It's just that those miscellaneous hairs refused to turn in the spices and gold and silver utensils they carried, and wanted to continue sailing north to the territory of Daqin, but they were all clicked by the tyrannical and greedy him at that time.

That kind of big ship with two pointed ends was also burned to ashes by a fire in the battle!
"In this city gate, I don't know how many defense methods are hidden... If it is too late to break through, I will die in Panyu..."

After Panyu Wang Yitong thought wildly, he finally brought his thoughts back to reality, and sighed bitterly.

Then, he gritted his teeth and regained his spirit, and said to the general of the imperial guard behind him: "Send out the sentry quickly to investigate the surrounding mountains and see if there is any other way to pass."

"In addition, you should go and ask the soldiers yourself, how long can they last with the food they carry?"

"As ordered!"

The general of the imperial guard gave a salute and left quickly to handle his business.

In the afternoon, the general of the imperial guards returned and reported to the King of Panyu with an ugly face: "Your Majesty, the sentries traveled more than [-] miles to the left and right, and came back after the investigation."

King Panyu asked anxiously, "How?"

"I have found a few mountain paths that can be passed by people and animals, but the terrain of those mountain paths is several times more steep than this one, and all of them have been guarded by rebel walls, which can be said to be guarded by one man! "

The General of the Imperial Guard replied helplessly.

King Panyu fell silent, and after a while he turned to ask, "How is the food in the army?"

The complexion of the general of the imperial guards became even more ugly: "The last general has asked the soldiers carefully, and those who eat a lot can only eat for three or four days, and those who eat less can eat for a day or two."

"Indeed, many soldiers from tribes have lost their food, relying on wild animals hunted on the marching road..."

"Your Majesty needs to break through this pass early, otherwise within a day or two, the nearby wild animals will be hunted, and those soldiers who have no food at that time may go to the mountains and forests farther away to look for food!"

The so-called going to further mountains and forests to find food is just a euphemism for fleeing.

King Panyu clenched his horsewhip unconsciously, and was about to say something when he suddenly smelled a tantalizing aroma of food.

"Gululu~!"

The king of Panyu and the general of the imperial guard smelled the fragrance, and at the same time, the muffled sound of hunger rumbled in their stomachs.

People are like iron and rice is like steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry. From the morning of the siege to the present, there is nothing but water and rice.

The King of Panyu rubbed his stomach and asked urgently, "But the food is cooked properly? Serve it up quickly for the lonely king!"

The general of the Imperial Guard had a strange expression, pointed to the city gate in the distance and said, "Your Majesty, where did the fragrance come from..."

King Panyu was stunned for a moment, and followed his fingers to look intently.

The distance is relatively far, so I can't see it very clearly, but I can barely see it vaguely. On the low and simple city wall, the rebels are all eating wooden bowls and pottery bowls.

Even those Panyu elites who had their eyes burned by the ashes and were captured by the rebels also got food at this time, and they devoured them one by one, like starving ghosts reincarnated.

Well, the Panyu soldiers who can be sent to risk their lives to climb the city are definitely not good family members of the gentry, and [-]% of them are from the tribe!
They have already stopped cooking them, and now they are caught with fragrant meals, it would be a strange thing not to eat them to death!

"Tribal brothers outside the city, listen up, stop working for the Panyu Bird King."

"Nowadays, all tribes, large and small, have surrendered to the gods to fight together. Are you going to target your own tribe?"

"The Panyu Bird King oppressed us in the past, as if he had sucked out the marrow. He sent you to the battlefield to die, and confiscated all the food and prey, leaving the elderly and children of our clan to starve to death..."

"Ah yes... Now he drives you to kill your own people. If you have food, you still won't eat it. If you are sent to die to climb the city, you should take the lead..."

"Anyway, the Panyu Bird King is coming to the city, let's have a full meal first!"

Standing on the city wall, Kun held a tin horn and yelled out of the city gate. He had a clumsy mouth and no rules. He said whatever came to mind, and he needed reminders from the lieutenant next to him from time to time.

However, the effect is unquestionable. The tribal soldiers who were busy rushing to make the ladder gradually stopped their work, moved closer to the city gate consciously or unconsciously, and listened to his shout!

King Panyu's face was ashen when he heard this, and he waved his horsewhip and roared angrily: "Siege the city! Attack the city immediately! Cut these gangsters into pieces!"

"Pass down the decree of the lonely king, whoever cuts off the head of a rebel army will be given a 'scholar' background~!!!"

This time, he finally didn't just give empty promises anymore, and gave rewards for actually killing the enemy.

The ruling class of the Yue people was deeply influenced by the 800-year-old Zhou Dynasty, and their official titles were roughly the same.

Below the kings and nobles are the fifth-class nobles, princes, sons, and men, which are the so-called princes with states and fiefdoms.

Under these princes and nobles are the officials who assist the princes in governing the country.

Doctor Qing can be regarded as a relatively high-level scholar, and under Doctor Qing there are low-level scholars who are responsible for specific affairs.

These low-level scholars all have salaries, which are equivalent to county and township officials. If they do well, they will be promoted by the monarch, that is, they are high officials!

The soldiers of tribal origin finally eased their shaken mood when they heard the decree of rewarding military merits roared by King Panyu, and took up their weapons to aim at the city gate.

And those Panyu elites from good families are completely crazy. As long as they can become nobles, they will not be soft-hearted in killing the rebels: "Kill, kill, kill~!!!"

"Up the ladder..."

"Blindfolded with sackcloth..."

"Assemble the array..."

"Assembly and attack the city quickly~!"

The siege general rode his horse and roared, ordering his soldiers.

thump—

dong dong——

dong dong dong-

The shocking sound of war drums sounded, and the [-] Panyu elites were blindfolded with linen, like a large wave of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, stepping on drums and carrying ladders, approaching the low city gate again in a sparse formation under the red sunset at dusk .

The siege battle has begun again!

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On the city wall, Kun held up a binoculars, pretended to look at the imposing Panyu battle formation, and said to the lieutenant beside him: "Their formation is thinner than last time, and they are guarding against our catapults. "

"And with a ladder, blindfolded with sackcloth, I'm afraid the outer wall can't be defended!"

The lieutenant nodded: "According to Wang Laotian's instructions, if you can't hold it, hit him a wave, and then retreat to the inner wall."

Kun raised his binoculars again and looked at the slowly approaching Panyu battle formation. When the sparse Panyu battle formation entered the boundary where it was smashed last time, he immediately waved his command flag and shouted: "Catapult, launch~!"

Closed behind the wall, the Yue soldiers immediately swung their mallets and smashed them hard on the counterweight catapults that were ready to go.

The weight stone drooped rapidly, and the swing arm was raised high, throwing the rope leather bag connected below into the air.

woohoo-

Stone bullets flew out of the leather pocket, and under the action of strong inertia, they smashed into the sparse Panyu army formation.

No matter how washed the army formation is, it is impossible to completely avoid casualties under the stone bomb attack.

Just like the sackcloth blindfold, it is useful, but not completely useful!

The sound of broken bones and broken tendons, and the mournful howling resounded through the Panyu army formation again.

After the Panyu army was attacked by stone bullets, they did not need to be reminded by the siege general, and immediately accelerated their advance speed. After two waves of stone bullets, they were close to an arrow and began to shoot arrows at the top of the city.

While standing on the crenel and shooting arrows to fight back, Kun ordered: "After the lime for defending the city is exhausted, all retreat to the inner wall!"

"Here~!!!"

The Yue soldiers responded in unison.

shhhhh--

shhhhh--

A rain of arrows was launched above and below the city.

This time, the Panyu crossbowmen prepared rockets, intending to ignite the annoying wooden sheds at the top of the city that blocked the arrows.

But it's a pity that the walls of the city had already been prepared, pieces of sackcloth that was still dripping were covered on the wooden shed under Kun's order.

The flame carried by the rocket is not enough to burn through the wet linen and endanger the wood under the linen.

The Panyu crossbowmen are still at a disadvantage, and they are still being beaten down by the rebel crossbowmen in the city!
The siege general saw that the crossbowmen couldn't suppress the top of the city, but the drums behind him beat more and more urgently, so he could only order in a solemn voice: "Sword and shield hand, attack~!"

"Aww~!!!"

Thousands of Panyu elites, holding shields to block arrows in one hand and crude ladders in the other, rushed towards the low wall without regard for casualties.

This time, instead of all the people from the tribe taking the lead, the sons of good families were more active than those from the tribe!

ka ka ka-

A simple wooden ladder was erected on the wall, and flakes of white ash were scattered on the top of the city again.

The Panyu soldiers, who had been on guard for a long time, immediately lowered their heads and blindfolded their eyes with coarse weaving and numbness. Finally, they did not repeat the tragedy of the last time.

Although there were still Panyu soldiers who were uttering painful and shrill screams as the white ashes scattered around them entered their eyes, mouths and noses, more soldiers pulled out their short soldiers, held their shields, and tried to climb up the ladder.

"Mao Maozi, get out of the way, and climb the ladder honestly..."

The soldiers from Liangjiazi in Panyu pushed away the tribal soldiers standing in front one after another, and scrambled to climb the ladder.

They want to go up and chop off their heads to earn military merit!
The tribal soldiers dared not speak out, they could only honestly hold their shields and climb up the ladder in the sinking white fog, so that the soldiers could climb the ladder safely.

bang——

But at this moment, there was a sudden violent impact sound above the shield, as well as the whistling sound of the giant swinging.

Before the tribal soldiers understood what was going on, they felt the ladder they were holding on shake violently, and a huge reaction force made their arms numb, and they could no longer hold the ladder steadily.

Then, the ladder was slammed against the ground with a bang.

And those military masters who climbed the ladder were either directly smashed under the ladder and howled, or jumped to the side in a panic and screamed.

However, these soldiers who were knocked over by the wall and overturned their ladders were considered lucky, at least their lives were not in danger.

The other part of the soldiers who were not knocked over the ladder were greeted by Wolf Fang and turned into blood gourds on the spot!

The so-called wolf tooth racket, as the name suggests, is a big racket covered with iron thorns, the frame is made of heavy elm wood, and it is handled by two wrestlers.
(End of this chapter)