When Shouchun was still thirty miles away, Lin Ze ordered the army to stop. There was no need to set up camp, just wait.
Now, the only person beside Lin Ze who can be considered as a counselor is Chen Gong. He was a little worried and said beside Lin Ze: "Soldiers are valuable and quick. My lord's advantage lies in surprise and penetration. We stand still and the enemy is ready. We can't It’s so easy to fight!”
Lin Ze smiled and said: "Who said that the advantages of our army only lie in surprise attacks and penetrations? As long as we are in the wild, we are born rich and can win no matter what we fight. Wait a minute, those rich and powerful families will come to us!"
Chen Gong suddenly felt powerless. He found that the lord in front of him was too strong. The lord would listen carefully to everyone's opinions and then express his own opinions. When he expressed his opinions, he would always make a splash and make everyone stunned. Everyone around him felt ashamed.
How much does this young lord have in his head?
Sure enough, as soon as Lin Ze finished speaking, there was a group of people holding white flags in the distance.
As they approached, a man in luxurious clothes rode up to Lin Ze and asked, "Are you the consort Lin Ze?"
Lin Ze snorted and said, "Are you from the Ma family?"
The man smiled and said: "I am a member of the official family of Ma Bo, the head of the family. My name is Ma Yong. Our family is a wealthy family in the past. We have more than 2,000 acres of land? Now you have allocated land to our farmers, but they don't want to cultivate it for us." It’s almost the spring plowing season, and no one has been hired. Our two thousand acres of land are lying waste, and you have to give us an explanation.”
Lin Ze glanced at him sideways and said, "You surrounded my wife in Shouchun. Is this your attitude towards negotiation?"
Ma Yong said arrogantly, "This is our bargaining chip."
Lin Zedao: "I abide by your rules. If the two countries are at war, we will not kill the envoys. You go back and tell your people to surrender now, and I will give you a chance to live."
When Ma Yong heard this, his eyes showed murderous intent and said: "Okay, then we will see who is faster with your sword or our attack on the city!"
Ma Yong turned around and was about to leave, but Lin Ze said, "Wait a minute!"
Ma Yong turned around and said, "Do you have anything else to do?"
The corners of Lin Ze's lips curled up and he said: "If the two countries are at war, I won't kill you. I won't kill you, but I didn't say that I would let your bastard go. Kill their people for me and keep them!"
Wei Yan was the closest to Lin Ze. He went out alone and waved his sword. Only Ma Yong was killed by the group. Wei Yan put the knife on Ma Yong's neck and said: "My lord, spare your life, why don't you get out now?" ?”
Poor Ma Yong, now he has to run thirty miles on foot.
Lin Ze winked at Xu Ziwu. After Xu Ziwu blew a loud whistle, he hung a leather armor on his arm. Lin Ze took out a writing brush, wrapped it in his mouth, and wrote a line of small words on the paper, When the eagle landed on Xu Ziwu's shoulder, Lin Ze had already finished writing.
After tying up the secret letter, Xu Ziwu fed the goshawk a piece of raw meat. The goshawk soared into the sky and flew straight to Shouchun City.
At this moment, Xu Mao was standing on Shouchun City with a frown on his face. Three hundred thousand troops. Not only were they all pressed under the city, but they also prepared siege vehicles. How long could he hold back these ten thousand people?
Why is there no news at all about my lord? With his sensitivity, he would have discovered such a big thing at least half a month ago. No, he would have discovered it when there was a change in the wealthy family. What plan was he planning?
At the same time, Liu Jin'er also put on a silver armor, with a long sword hanging on his waist, and walked around the entire Shouchun City. After reconstruction, half a million people lived in the city. Under Liu Jin'er's mobilization, half a million people That's half a million soldiers, and they vowed to live and die with Shouchun.
These people dare to be so brave at this moment because they have hope. They all know how powerful Lin Ze is, and they will definitely not let him go. As long as he comes back, any enemy will die.
But no one expected that Lin Ze would not only win the battle, but also win the hearts of the people.
Lin Ze didn't notice this chaos at the beginning. It was Xu Jiaojiao who made the prophecy come true. Lin Ze understood that in order to govern people's hearts, to be the leader of a party, in addition to having the aura of a king, he also had to use some means.
Liu Jin'er took off the letter from Goshawk's lap, called Xu Mao over, and showed him Lin Ze's handwritten letter. The content was very simple: "It is predicted that the rebel army will attack the city in half a month, and Xu Mao is ordered to lead the dragon regiment to stop it. In one month, the enemy army will be defeated!"
No matter what the news is now, as long as it comes from Lin Ze, it is good news. Xu Mao carried out Lin Ze's order to the letter and immediately ordered: "Jiaolong Regiment, the whole army is on the way to prepare for war! Madam, could you please mobilize the people to move the ballistae?" Move to the top of the city."
It is simply impossible for 10,000 people to defend and 300,000 people to attack the city in one month. Liu Jin'er has no idea what Lin Ze is planning to do. He should bring back all the Tiger Regiment, Snow Leopard Regiment, etc. and disperse them outside the city.
She knew that this battle would be difficult to fight, so she ordered her maid to take out the rootless hemp seeds that Lin Ze left at home and give them to Xu Mao, saying: "General Xu, I and the five hundred thousand Shouchun people are your most solid backing."
Lin Ze led 38,000 troops to camp thirty miles away and did not attack at all. However, the Yellow Turban Army did not dare to attack Lin Ze. Even if Lin Ze was alone, they did not dare. Back then, Lin Ze Eight hundred men dragged Yuan Shu's 60,000 men to death. Anyone who talks about it now breaks out in a cold sweat.
So now the Yellow Turban Army has only one option, which is to attack the city and capture Liu Jin'er. Then they will have the leverage to threaten Lin Ze.
Lin Ze has always been very calm, so calm that Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Jin Xuan and Chen Gong around him all thought that this battle was no big deal. However, when they saw the siege vehicles launching an attack on Shouchun City with their own eyes, they became alarmed. You know how terrifying this battle is.
Just two days after the huge Shouchun City, the inner city fell into darkness. The people took out all the food at home. The farmers were holding kitchen knives, sickles, hoes and other tools, all waiting for the fateful moment. A bloody battle to destroy the city, or to perish together, or to wait for the lord to arrive?
There was the terrifying sound of arrows and the sound of catapults outside the city, which was like a mountain collapsing and the ground cracking, and the windows in the city trembled.
Shouchun City is quite good after Lin Ze's renovation. All the external buildings are made of blue bricks and strips of stone. The city wall is three feet high. The inner city has a total circumference of 36 miles. There are four gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest. The city wall is extremely wide. , and even horse racing at the head of the city. He wanted to divert the Huaihe River to make a moat, but he didn't have time.
Although there were four gates, the Yellow Turban Army only attacked the south gate because the other three gates had been sealed with molten iron.
Xu Mao was now grateful that when Lin Ze rebuilt the city, he opened up at least twenty miles of open space in the south of the city, which was a quite broad defensive area.
Xu Mao ordered the crossbow to specifically shoot at the Yellow Turban Army's siege vehicles. Each arrow fired by the three-meter-long powerful crossbow could break a leg of the wooden siege vehicle, and five hemp mines exploded five of their weapons. Set up a catapult.
Now they only had two catapults left, and they could only use ladders to attack the city.
However, they were suppressed by the sniper crossbow and could not move forward at all.
After fighting for two days, Xu Mao discovered that these Yellow Turbans were really vicious. They were not afraid of death at all. Everyone was like a puppet and had no brains. If the fighting continued like this, the crossbows of the soldiers would be gone in less than half a month. It was helpless. Under this situation, he could only ask the soldiers to save their crossbows, let the enemies come over, and hit them with rolling logs and thunder stones.
Below the city, the dead have piled up like mountains, with broken limbs or charred corpses everywhere, and the smell of blood is strong. It’s a matter of life and death.
Ma Bo stared at the ferocity of the Yellow Turban Army and felt proud in his heart. Lin Ze was really interesting. He wanted to occupy a city. If he didn't take care of the rich and powerful families like himself, would he be able to secure Shouchun City?
Within ten days, I will hold Liu Jin'er and make Lin Ze kneel down and ask him if he accepts it!
On the other side, Xu Ziwu came to Lin Ze's side and said, "There is a letter from Ma Wu, asking for help in Shouchun. Master, please read it."
Lin Zedao: "Let him guard Xi County and tell him that he doesn't have to worry about the war situation here!"
After a while, Xu Ziwu ran over again and said: "The Tigers, Snow Leopards, and Thunder Gods all sent news, asking for help."
Lin Ze remained the same and said: "Let them guard their positions and tell them that Shouchun City does not need to be taken care of. If anyone dares to mobilize troops without authorization, I will kill him!"
Chen Gong finally couldn't sit still and said: "My lord, there are only 10,000 soldiers and horses in Shouchun City, and it can't be defended at all. Now you only need to order other legions to come for reinforcements. You attack behind the Yellow Turban Army. Once the reinforcements arrive, The Yellow Turban Army will be defeated!"
How could Lin Ze not know that this is the most correct way to play?
Walking back slowly along the way, Lin Ze was just pretending to be confident, but in fact he had been thinking about how to fight. A series of policies were made out of talk and laughter, but in fact they were to stabilize the morale of the military.
In fact, the sudden rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army this time was more dangerous than the sneak attack by Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao in Luoyang.
The Yellow Turban Army is actually more difficult to fight than Yuan Shu. No one except him knows how terrifying the power of religion is. Yuan Shu's soldiers will surrender, but the Yellow Turban Army will not. Three hundred thousand people fight for their lives, one in ten, and they will die together. There's really no telling who will win.
But when the goshawks were circling overhead, Lin Ze knew that Cao Cao was reorganizing his army in Xi County, and Liu Biao might have sent many spies to Jingchu. Now that Sun Ce was on the move, he was already hungry for the fat in Nanyang.
At that time, as long as he and the Yellow Turban Army are in a stalemate, they will attack in a group like a pack of wolves.
The 300,000 troops in front of him must be fought by himself and the Jiaolong Regiment. Even if the Jiaolong Regiment is defeated, the formation on his side cannot be messed up. As long as he does not mess up, Xu Mao's side can still fight.
If he wins in the end, he will make everyone in Nanyang, Ruyang and Huainan completely surrender.
Even Diao Chan came and said, "Ms. Gong, please listen to Mr. Gongtai. Sister Jin'er is still in the city."
Lin Ze stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, they all come to be my lobbyists."
Immediately afterwards, Lin Ze's eyes sharpened and he said: "You all listen to me. I can discuss other matters here with you, but in the case of war, I am the highest military commander, and everyone must listen to me. , don’t let anyone turn a deaf ear to me, once again, military law will be dealt with!”
One sentence made the hearts of Wei Yan and Chen Gong freeze. If the lord is so stubborn, this battle will be lost!
Even Diao Chan didn't believe that the Jiaolong Group could defend Shouchun City, let alone them?
