Order in Lujiang is slowly being restored.
Zang Ba took more than 10,000 bandits from Zheng Bao and Zhang Duo and followed Lu Su to repair the damaged dam. The bandits who were used to being free suddenly turned into civilians, and many people still couldn't bear the hardship and became deserters.
Zang Ba and Sun Guan chose to turn a blind eye to this. As long as you don't run away in groups, it doesn't matter.
Occasionally they would encounter dozens of people running away together, and they would not be merciful. They would catch up and kill the leader first, and then ask the rest if they wanted to die, don't stop them, and if they wanted to live, just be honest.
The two of them knew best how to manage bandits who had no military discipline at all.
Zheng Bao and Zhang Duo dare to be angry but dare not speak out. They don't have to do anything, but they must have the consciousness to surrender as a general. They should not say anything but talk too much. Zang Ba's temperament will not spoil them.
The powerful people of the aristocratic family really bought into Liu Ye's favor. As Yangzhou counselor, they didn't even need to visit each house. They could gather people together just by posting a post.
After some generous lobbying, they happily began to equally share the cost of building the dam.
What makes Lu Bu happy the most is Wei Yue.
With 3,000 men, he beat up more than 8,000 people in Chen Lanlei's book. They picked up Tianzhu Mountain in five days. They brought back 5,000 gold, more than 300 million yuan, and more than 20,000 stones of food and grass. The rare and rare treasures such as cloth, jade, etc. are not counted.
At the same time, I regretted why he was not allowed to lead troops to pick up Chaohu. Zheng Bao and Zhang Duo were much richer than Chen Lanleibu.
Liu Ye may have never had the opportunity to show off his talents before. After the several suggestions put forward by Lu Bu were adopted, he was like a tiger out of the cage. He had one idea a day and could not rest at all.
On this day, he took Lu Bu with him to go to the school grounds again.
"Marquis Wen, Ji Ling has been guarding Xuyi for half a year. Based on my understanding of his troops, it won't be a problem to store grain in the city for another year.
I have recently thought of a method that may help Marquis Wen to easily capture Xuyi. "Liu Ye's face was full of joy and he was very excited.
"oh?"
Lu Bu became interested and said, "I would like to hear the details."
"Marquis Wen will know later." Liu Ye said proudly.
When we arrived at the school grounds, there was a huge 'monster' placed on the empty martial arts field.
The base is a huge wooden board with a pivot mounted on it. One end is a larger bamboo basket, and the other end is pulled by a rope.
"What is this?" Lu Bu looked at it curiously.
"Marquis Wen will know it at a glance." Liu Ye waved his hand, and several soldiers began to take action.
They lifted a large stone weighing dozens of kilograms onto a bamboo basket, and then several people pulled the rope to push it down. Finally, they shouted neat slogans and let go at the same time.
Squeak~Boom!
The sound fired by the 'monster' was loud, like a thunderclap.
The big stone on the bamboo basket was ejected, drew an arc in the air, and flew dozens of feet away.
Lu Bu was immediately dumbfounded. The highest point where the stone was thrown was at least five or six feet. It was obvious that this thing was used to attack the city.
Just imagine, if such a big stone flies up to the city gate, whether it is hitting people, destroying the opponent's formation, or even damaging the city wall, the effect is predictable.
"What a weapon for siege!" Lu Bu stepped forward and circled around twice.
Liu Ye twisted his short beard and introduced proudly: "Marquis Wen, this thing is called the Thunderbolt Chariot. As Marquis Wen said, it is a weapon for siege. It can not only throw boulders, but also kerosene and other similar weights." utensils.
If we attack Xuyi with this, we will definitely win a complete victory! "
Lu Bu had witnessed the effect just now. Although it was not a formal siege, there should not be much difference in practice. "This thing is really ingenious. Ziyang is also proficient in ingenious techniques. In the future, he will not be afraid of those who can't attack the city." The door is open."
Lu Bu smiled from ear to ear. In his heart, this invention was as good as Lin Mo's horseshoe. Sometimes it was very troublesome to meet people like Ji Ling who would rather die than surrender.
A forceful attack was not impossible, but the casualties were too great, and Lu Bu was reluctant to do so.
In this case, the usual choice is to besiege the city and starve them to death, which often takes half a year to start and is very passive.
With this thunderbolt chariot, we will attack the city with overwhelming force!
Just imagine, getting a row of Thunderbolt Cars and bombing them one after another, they will be scared to death even if they are not smashed to death.
Liu Ye also smiled like a spring breeze. For people like him, wealth and official status are far less satisfying than the sense of accomplishment gained from completing one thing.
Especially if you accomplish something that makes others excited and forget about it, you will be greatly encouraged mentally.
Even in Lujiang, he had heard good things about Lin Mo and Lu Bu.
The desperate Jiuyuan Tiger accidentally mistakenly recognized a little-known genius. From then on, he had the strength to compete with Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, and he was able to control the two states without any disadvantage.
This kind of story has been very popular recently. In addition to the lack of spiritual culture of the people in the late Han Dynasty and the lack of talking points, this story allows people to see that people from humble backgrounds can change their lives against the odds.
Just as each of us hopes to become the protagonist in the story, even Liu Ye, a descendant of the Han Dynasty Queen, is no exception.
He did not hold the grand ideal of helping the Han Dynasty to reach its peak again like Liu Bei did. He just hoped that because of his appearance, the world would be a little different.
As the hard nut that allowed Lu Bu's army to occupy Jiujiang for so long, it was taken lightly with the advent of the Thunderbolt Chariot. I think it was enough to become a blockbuster.
Maybe, Lu Bu will have a second good story to sing.
The difference is that this time the protagonist is Liu Ye.
"Marquis Wen, good news, good news is coming!"
When one of them was thinking about the magnificent scene when the Thunderbolt Chariot attacked the city, and the other was thinking about becoming famous all over the world and becoming the protagonist in the story, Lu Su ran over excitedly holding a bundle of bamboo slips.
Good news?
The two looked at each other and thought that Wei Yue must have killed everyone and destroyed a certain cottage.
When they opened the bamboo slips and took a look, they were both dumbfounded.
Xuyi City has been destroyed!
How is this possible? Ji Ling is as stubborn as a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard. He led 10,000 people to defend Xuyi, and he couldn't break the city without 20,000 people attacking.
Looking at the content of the letter, both of their expressions changed from extremely shocked to the original expression, and then they were stunned again.
All of this is Chen Gong's plan.
Chen Gong asked Wei Xu and Hou Cheng to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to the city. They shot countless arrows with rewards tied to them at night.
It was written on how Marquis Wen took Lujiang lightly, but Yuan Shu just watched helplessly without even sending out troops in a symbolic way.
Now, Marquis Wen is leading the army to prepare to attack Xuyi. When he arrives, the city of Xuyi will be destroyed immediately. If you don't want to die, just surrender with the reward. Not only will you not have to die, but you will also get a reward.
They didn't know that Lujiang had changed hands, but they didn't doubt the authenticity of the content in the letter. There was only one reason. Yuan Shu had indeed remained silent.
Xuyi has been besieged for half a year, and the morale of the army has been in turmoil for a long time. Ji Ling has been holding on. He told the generals that His Majesty will definitely come to rescue us.
The soldiers waited and waited for half a year without any news. They didn't even know what Yuan Shu was doing now.
At this time, such content and reward were enough to completely destroy the already shaky military morale.
That night there was a mutiny and internal strife in Xuyi City, and the rebels even stormed the city gates.
After dawn, someone opened the city gate. Ji Ling and several hundred people had just run out when Wei Xu and Hou Cheng jointly captured them.
At this point, Xuyi City, which had troubled Lu Bu for half a year, was officially taken over.
"Okay! Gongtai is really smart. He captured Xuyi with only a few rewards. What a generous move!" Lu Bu's laughter echoed in the martial arts field.
This should have been a happy thing, but Liu Ye was a little disappointed.
Xuyi City is a good place that made Pili Car become famous all over the world. How come...
"Marquis Wen!"
In the distance, another voice came.
Gan Xingba entered the city, and Lin Mo led him along quickly.
Just as Gan Ning was about to give a military salute, Lu Bu directly supported him, and good things came in pairs, "Xingba, you are finally here!"
It was decided for a month, and today was already the thirty-fourth day. He even thought that he had been deceived by Gan Ning.
"Marquis Wen, forgive me. I arrived at Wankou ten days ago, but a strange thing happened along the river. I went to investigate in person in case someone was harmful to Marquis Wen, so I wasted time!"
I see...
I knew I wouldn't see the wrong person.
Looking at the dusty Gan Ning, Lu Bu knew that the other party must have been hurrying along slowly.
However, he was quite curious about what kind of strange things might pose a threat to him, so he gave up his plan to take Gan Ning to the Fengfeng Banquet immediately, and raised his eyebrows and said, "What weird things."
