At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 246, The War between Yingbo and the Wilderness

Zang Tu comforted himself and said: "The walls of Ningcheng County are strong and it will not be a problem to withstand a few stone cannons, and our reinforcements will arrive soon."

Such self-comfort was of no use. They saw Han soldiers on the city wall pushing 2-3 stone bullets the size of human heads and putting them into the launch bags of stone cannons. Everyone's faces became extremely ugly.

After all preparations were in place, Zhang Wen shouted: "Launch!"

"puff!"

There seemed to be several thunderclaps in the sky.

"Escape!" Zang Tu and others hid their bodies in the corner.

"Boom boom boom!"

Ten stone cannons shot at the Ningcheng County wall in a graceful arc.

Although only three projectiles hit the Ningcheng County wall, the 300-pound projectile caused all the soldiers on the wall to feel the vibrations of the wall. Zang Tu and others who were lying down could feel the vibration of the city wall. They clearly understood that the city wall in Ningcheng County would never be able to withstand such a bombardment. A feeling of despair enveloped them,
And three of the remaining seven projectiles hit Ningcheng. Any house hit by the projectiles was destroyed. The projectiles penetrated more than three feet into the ground. The Shanggu County soldiers were extremely shocked. They all looked at the behemoth in the distance with fear. They were in these The soldier looked like a demon.

The shelling lasted less than half a day on the third day.

Desert, the royal court of the Huns.

"late!"

Mao Dun smiled and said: "I have heard the name of Emperor Han in the grasslands, but he is only the emperor of the Central Plains people and has no control over the desert grasslands. Why should I offend the Han Emperor for your affairs in Shanggu County?"

"Boom boom boom!"

When Cao Shen saw Zang Tu who was still staring at death, he snorted coldly: "You dare to claim the title of king, you are simply overestimating your capabilities."

At this moment, in the king's tent, Mao Dun, who was known as a coward, was entertaining a group of guests, and these people were Zang Tu's messengers for help, headed by Zang Tu's son Zang Yan.

Cao Shen cut off Zang Tu's head in public and handed it to Ji Xin.

"Kill!" 3 Han soldiers, led by lieutenants Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and other generals, divided their forces and rushed into Ningcheng County.

Such indiscriminate bombing had remarkable results. On the first day, several gaps appeared in the city wall of Ningcheng County. On the second day, the gaps became larger and larger, and even the army could enter through the gaps. But Ji Xin wanted to continue to weaken the enemy's morale, so the bombardment continued.

Zang Tu wanted to escape with his bodyguards, but was surrounded by soldiers led by Cao Shen.

Cao Shen waved his hand.

Ji Xin sent an envoy to deliver Zang Tu's head to Chang'an City and reported the victory to Xu Fan.

Zang Yan said to Mao Dun: "Mo Dun Chanyu, the violent Qin that drove the Huns out of their homeland has been destroyed, and it was the more powerful Han army that destroyed it. I came to the royal court this time because I want to pay homage to him. Maodun Chanyu asked for help from Shanggu, but I think Maodun Chanyu knew that if my Shanggu County was destroyed by the Han, it would not be a good thing for you Huns. "

After three days of stone cannon attacks, the morale of the soldiers in Shanggu County had already collapsed. When the Han army invaded the city, the soldiers in Shanggu County dropped their weapons and surrendered.

After the attack started, it did not stop. There were too many stones near Ningcheng County. Zhang Wen mobilized 2 civilians to carry and polish stone shells, so that the 10 stone cannons of the Han army had no shortage of shells.

Ji Xin happily pulled out her sword and pointed it at the enemy and said, "Charge the whole army."

Maodun's strategic opponents at this time were the Donghu people. However, due to the chaos in the world, a large number of Han people fled to the Huns' territory. Among them were many wise people. They brought information from the Central Plains, so Maodun was not interested in the situation in the Central Plains. Nothing.

Han soldiers used crossbow arrows to shoot Zang Tu and his bodyguards into hedgehogs.

With a loud "rumbling" sound, the southern city wall of Ningcheng County completely collapsed.

Zang Tu saw that he was surrounded and immediately shouted: "Surrender!"

But Zang Yan laughed and said: "The ambition of the Han Emperor was greater than that of the First Emperor. He wanted the entire land of the world. After the Han Emperor conquered the violent Qin, he immediately enfeoffed his four generals, but they were enfeoffed within the territory of the Han Dynasty. outside.

General Ji Bu of the Han army was entrusted to the territory of Dayuezhi people, General Lu Chen was entrusted to the territory of Donghu people, General Yingbu was entrusted to the territory of Nanyue Kingdom, and General Chen Xiao was entrusted to the territory of Yelang Kingdom. These four people They were all sharp swords for the expansion of the Han Dynasty. Maodun Shanyu thought about how hundreds of years ago, the Zhou people were just a small country in Guanzhong, but they relied on the feudal system to occupy the entire Central Plains.

Does Modun Shanyu still think that you, the Huns, are safe? If the Han emperor entrusts generals to the Hetao area, I am afraid that the Huns' grasslands will not be able to be saved. "

When Mao Dun heard this, his face turned ugly. When the Central Plains Empire became stronger, it would definitely teach these grassland tribes a lesson. No matter whether it was Da Qin, Da Zhao, or even the weakling Da Yan, the Donghu people couldn't hold their heads up. Now a powerful Han State wants to expand its territory, which is a huge threat to the tribes closest to the Han Dynasty.

Zang Yan noticed the change in Mao Dun's face and said: "Mo Dun Shanyu would rather burn the war in the Central Plains than let the Han bring the war to the grassland. As long as Shanggu County has not been captured by the Han, the Han Emperor will not have the energy to attack the grassland, and As long as Maodun Chanyu conquered one Han county, it would be enough for the Xiongnu tribe to survive the winter safely. "

Mao Dun asked: "How many troops did the Han army send?"

Zang Yan secretly said with joy: "There are 5 people, including 3 Han troops and 2 Dai troops. My father also has 2 troops. As long as my father defends Ningcheng County in Shanggu County, Maodun Shanyu only needs to bring cavalry." If we cut off the Han army's food route, the Han army will be defeated."

After listening to Zang Yan's words, Maodun Shanyu thought for a while and said: "This is the Shanyu who will help you go up to the valley. I, the Xiongnu, also want 10 shi of grain and thousands of gold as reward."

Although this number is large, for Zang Yan at this time, being able to bring back reinforcements is the greatest victory.

Zang Yan agreed on the spot.

Mao Dun began to order the tribe to assemble an army. Zang Yan said that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold. Mao Dun thought it was reasonable. Compared with being neighbors with the powerful Han State, he still wanted to be neighbors with people like Zang Tu. He could use Zang Tu to delay the move. Han's energy gave him time to annex the Donghu tribe, which was beneficial to him.

It's a pity that Maodun didn't expect Zang Tu to be so useless. Before his army could gather, news came from Shanggu County that the Han general Ji Bu destroyed the city wall of Ningcheng County with stone cannons. Zang Tu and his army were wiped out. Tu himself was beheaded by Ji Bu and taken to Chang'an.

After hearing this, Mao Dun was shocked, but he did not disband his army, but brought a large army to kill the Donghu tribe.

Because he learned from Zang Yan that they also sent envoys to Donghu, Mao Dun thought this was a good opportunity, so he changed the direction of the attack and raided the Donghu people.

The powerful Han Empire has posed a huge threat to Modu. He wants to integrate the forces on the grassland as soon as possible to deal with the powerful Han Empire.

South of Lujiang County, England.

The place where Yingbu founded the country is located in the south of Lujiang County, on the bank of the Gan River. Less than 100 miles to the south is the Wuling Mountains. It can be said that it is located on the border between Han and Nanyue. The terrain of Britain is mainly mountains and hills, and it is surrounded by three rivers.

Nanye Mountain

"Phew!" A long arrow shot towards a tiger with a sharp sound of wind.

"Ouch!" The tiger was enraged. After finding his enemy, he rushed towards him quickly.

But Yingbu didn't panic and shot three consecutive arrows. One hit the tiger's eye and two hit the neck. The tiger immediately fell to the ground dead. "Cai, the king is mighty!" All the guards around him cheered.

Yingbu laughed loudly and stepped forward to test his results.

He looked at the white-fronted tiger that was more than ten feet tall and said to his bodyguard: "Tear off the skin of this tiger, make it into a tiger skin coat and give it to Your Majesty."

"No!" Several of Yingbu's guards carried the tiger onto a carriage.

At the foot of the mountain, there was a carriage convoy of Yingbu. There were already many prey on it, such as wild boars, leopards, tigers, deer, etc. These were the results of Yingbu and others' battles.

Yingbu looked at his personal guards and said with a smile: "Everyone, continue to kill. We must completely wipe out this group of beasts that are causing harm to the people."

"No!" the guards around shouted loudly.

In the newly born Britain, there were more wild beasts than people in the land at this time. Either tigers or dragons snatched people away. Sometimes even beasts like wild wolves came to snatch away children. This was the response of wild beasts to Britain. It caused great harm to the people of Bu.

After arriving here, Yingbu's eyes were opened. There were groups of tigers on the mountain. This thing shouldn't exist alone. In the past three months, Yingbuguang has killed more than ten tigers and wiped out more than ten wolves.

The number of wild boars and wild deer is even more exaggerated. Tribes of dozens of wild boars often appear, or groups of hundreds of wild deer, or birds in the woods. They come to the land that Yingbu has just reclaimed and put it on The seeds are eaten cleanly.

There are many wild animals on the ground, and the water is not safe. Yingbu has seen many crocodile dragons in Jiujiang County, but the crocodile dragons in his hometown are generally small and difficult to hurt people, but the crocodile dragons here are different, usually one foot tall. It's so long and there are so many of them. You can often see groups of crocodile dragons lying on the shore basking in the sun. The scene is extremely scary. Ordinary people dare not go to the river to fetch water. If they are not careful, they will be dragged into the water by crocodile dragons.

Even Yingbu's soldiers would be dragged into the water and bitten to death by these crocodile dragons. In the past three months, five of Yingbu's soldiers had been bitten to death by crocodile dragons, and the people were so frightened that they did not dare to go near the river.

Therefore, in this wild land, not only carnivores and herbivores are Yingbu's enemies, but also animals in the water are Yingbu's enemies. It is even more impossible for ordinary people to cultivate land with peace of mind.

Faced with so many enemies, ordinary people lived in trepidation, and it was impossible for them to farm with peace of mind.

Yingbu decided to lead his soldiers and launch a war against the wilderness.

Yingbu divided his bodyguards into teams of a hundred people, and hunted all kinds of raptors and wild beasts every day within a radius of more than a hundred miles in his country. The meat of these wild beasts was used for eating, and the endless ones were smoked into bacon and the skins of various wild beasts. The feathers of the birds were sold to merchants, and the crocodile dragons in the water were not spared. After the crocodile dragons were captured, the meat was used to eat, and the skins of the crocodile dragons were made into leather armor.

After more than three months of fighting by Yingbu and his men, the beasts on this land finally knew who was the overlord and fled the land one after another. Ordinary people finally don't have to worry about being picked up by wild beasts when they go out.

And the tribes within a hundred miles of the British Empire also took refuge in Yingbo when he launched a war against the beasts.

Yingbu met a tribe of Baiyue people in the forest. He first invited the people of these tribes to have a meal, and then invited them to hunt. After seeing the heroic and invincible appearance of these savage tribes, they were immediately attracted by Yingbu's domineering spirit. Conquer, followed Yingbu out of the mountains and forests, and became the people under his rule.

The reason why the people of Baiyue took refuge in Yingbu was that Yingbu was brave and invincible and helped them drive away wild beasts and build safe settlements.

The second is that the relationship between Ying and Bu is great, and Baiyue is also connected with the Central Plains. They want ironware, cloth and even grain from the Central Plains, but after these goods come here, the price is extremely high, and the people of Baiyue can only get some. Furs, herbs and other goods were given to merchants, but they could not be sold for much, so they could not afford to buy many goods from the Central Plains.

But after Yingbu built the city, goods from the Central Plains could come here all the way from the Yangtze River and Ganjiang River. The price of iron in Britain dropped by more than ten times, and the price of cloth also dropped by five times. And the prices of their furs, herbs and other goods The price, because King Yingbu upheld justice, has increased more than ten times.

What these Baiyue people like to hear the most is: "You profiteers, don't think that you don't know the prices of these things."

Whenever King Yingbu gets angry, their goods can be sold at a price that is several percent higher. Therefore, many Baiyue tribes regard King Yingbu as a god, and even specially carve a statue for Yingbu to worship, but it looks too big. It was so abstract that Yingbu didn't even know about it for so long.

Under the efforts of Yingbu and others, there were almost more than 5 people in the entire UK at this time, of which more than 3 were the savage tribes that Yingbu obtained in this way. Then Yingbu settled these savage tribes near his country, established villages, and taught them to cultivate land and grow food.

In this way, Yingbu controlled more than 20 savage tribes, reclaimed 10 acres of land (slash-and-burn cultivation), and controlled a land area of ​​200 miles around the United Kingdom. A reclamation country was slowly formed.

After the carriage was loaded with prey, Yingbu led his team back home. All the soldiers were beaming.

"Your Majesty, I have killed a leopard, can you reward me with a dagger?" A Baiyue soldier pointed at a leopard on the carriage.

This Baiyue soldier was called Jianjian. He was an expert archer and could hit the eyes of his prey within 50 steps. Yingbu gave him a Han bow and he could hit the target with a hundred steps immediately. Therefore, Yingbu liked him very much and often took him with him. Only when he was around did he dare to ask Yingbu for a prize.

Yingbu looked at the simple arrow and sighed: "You are just good at hunting."

Arrow thought that Yingbu was praising him. He proudly held up the bow and arrow in his hand and said: "In our tribe, only the bravest warriors can do this. If the tiger hadn't been encountered by you first, I could have shot it." it."

Yingbu threw his dagger to the Baiyue soldier, and then sighed: "But you should learn some other abilities at least. Just being a reckless man is not enough."

Looking at the excited arrow, Yingbu finally understood how King Han felt when he saw him.

Yingbu will be happy to have one such warrior, and there are dozens of such warriors who will be excited to find enemies. But if there are tens of thousands of his subordinates who only hunt savages, Yingbu will have a headache.

These savages are warriors when they hunt, but they are very simple when doing other things. They are so simple that they have almost no skills. For farming, they only know how to slash and burn. They mark an area and set fire to the mountain. Then they poke a hole with a stick and wait for food. Harvest, regardless of whether wild animals will destroy the grain.

If you don't know how to be a carpenter, you will build houses made of straw and branches, and the main theme is to be wild. You can't make fine furniture, and even making pottery can make people feel the wildness of southern Xinjiang.

Yingbu had always wanted to build a city wall in his capital, but this was difficult to do because even under the command of the Han people, the bricks produced by these Baiyue people would have various problems. So far, his country cannot even build a blacksmith shop.

What Yingbu wants most now is the children of the Mohist family, the children of the public losers family, and the children of the medical family. If there are none, then some ordinary people from the Han Dynasty can do it. At least they can farm.

Faced with the dilemma of talents, Yingbu could only write a letter to Xu Fan, begging Xu Fan to get some Han prisoners to be sent to him. The process of opening up wasteland for Yingbu and the others was also extremely dangerous, but within three months, the place had already been destroyed due to the Thousands of Han people died due to various accidents and diseases. If the Baiyue tribe was included, the number would be even greater. Without enough Han people to replace them, Yingbu worried that his country would eventually transform into a savage country.

Yingbu led his men to his capital.

Yingbu's capital city has no city walls, only houses made of wood and straw. Fortunately, these straw straw houses are horizontal and vertical, somewhat like a city. These were built by the Han people who followed Yingbu. Such carpenters Technology was only available to the common people of the Han Dynasty. Yingbudu never thought that one day, building houses would be a technical job.

The core of these straw buildings is Yingbu's palace. The palace is not large, about the same size as a landlord's house in the Central Plains. It is raised one foot with red earth and laid with blue bricks. The main body of the palace is built of wood. With green tiles on top, this palace can be said to be the pinnacle of British civil engineering.

As soon as Yingbu entered the palace, his prime minister He Sui excitedly said: "This is a great event for your Majesty!"

"What happy event?"

"Your Majesty has sent over 5000 Han people. They are all Han people who are literate and have special skills."

Yingbu asked strangely: "Reading and literacy? Would such a person want to come to a barbaric place like ours?"

He Suidao: "They are the nobles and powerful people of the Eastern Chu Kingdom. Not long ago, His Majesty destroyed the Eastern Chu Country and cleared out all the noble and powerful people in the Eastern Chu Country and sent them to us."

After hearing this, Yingbu was overjoyed and said: "Your Majesty is right, these noble people are a scourge in the Han Dynasty, but when they come to our country, they are talents."

Yingbula held He Suidao: "Prime Minister, let's go and welcome them."

(End of this chapter)