From Chief to Ball

Consciously escaping Chen Jian's tricks by chance, the new leader raised his voice and said, "It's a rule not to allow people to enter the city, isn't it a rule to open the city gate and leave the city? What does Ji Xia have to say? Let's talk about it tomorrow! If we really want to meet each other , I am not afraid. If people in the city are killed or injured because of electing me as the leader, it is my fault. Tell the defenders of the city to go back, and only ask my relatives to go up the city wall. Me, let's fight on this city wall! I just ask Jixia not to hurt people who are not from my family in the city, if they are killed or injured, I will not be at ease even if I die!"

Originally, some urban Chinese supported him, but when he heard him say this, they suddenly felt the same hatred and hatred, and they all shouted: "Why is Ji Xia so unreasonable? We want you to take care of our own affairs?"

"We're standing on the city wall. If Ji Xia insists on attacking the city, then I will bear Ji Xia's anger for the choice I made when I elected the leader! I elected the leader, and I have a share in the fault!"

"That's right! What we are protecting is not the city wall, but the choice we made when we elected! Does Ji Xia think that everyone's heart is wrong, and you alone are right?"

The new leader bowed to everyone with great emotion: "Thank you all! I will never forget it. But this matter has to be settled, so why let you suffer the pain of spears and arrows? Even if there is something wrong, it is up to you." My family and I take responsibility."

"Jixia may not be the kind of person who doesn't know right from wrong. It's just that there is chaos at night. I'm afraid that Jixia's feathered arrows will shoot at you indiscriminately, causing blood feud between the two clans. This is a fault I cannot bear. Even if you have the intention , please sleep peacefully tonight, and discuss with Jixia on the city wall tomorrow morning!"

After thanking him again and again, he begged those people who were not his relatives to go back and rest first, so as not to be injured by Chen Jian in the chaos at night.

A group of people in the city left the city walls with a kind of resentment, leaving only the new leader's close people and family warriors.

After the crowd dispersed, the new leader found his younger brother and whispered in a quiet place: "I don't know how many people in Xiacheng are ambush outside the city. But he dared not attack the city at night, and no one would dare to attack the city in the chaos." I know what will happen. Since he dares to come, he must have enough soldiers and has a great advantage, let alone take the risk of attacking the city at night."

"In the middle of the night, when everyone is dozing off, take a few people from our family and set fire to the city walls and burn down a few houses. Just say that it was burnt down during the chaos of Jixia's siege, or that Jixia sent people to throw Lighted up the sky lanterns and set fire to everyone's houses, it would be best if a few could be burned to death!"

"But remember, light the fire on the west side, don't let the fire spread from east to west, and don't let the city be too chaotic. Tomorrow morning, I want everyone in the city to see the tragedy of a few burnt people, otherwise I will I have to confront Ji Xia with Kaesong, I can't argue with him."

"Tomorrow morning, spread this blood feud so that everyone in the city thinks it was done by Ji Xia's subordinates. Even if it was an accidental injury or burn, once blood is seen, this blood feud cannot be broken with a few words! "

"I will kneel again and beg everyone to forgive me, and only say that their deaths are all my fault. If I had tied myself out of the city earlier, there would not have been such a tragedy. I will tie myself up again, pretending to leave the city, only to ask Ji Xia not to Kill my clansmen in the city, you stop me, question loudly, and curse Ji Xia, everyone in the city will definitely not let me die alone when they see me like this, and they will all stand by my side."

"As long as this is done, Su Yue doesn't dare to push too hard. He is afraid that we will take our blood feud and surrender to Dongyi or withdraw from the alliance. If so, his reputation as a leader will be ruined! The old leader, that brat, doesn't need us to do anything." Su Yue will let him die in order to form a bond with us, but he only said that he was blinded by him, maybe Jixia will come to kneel down and worship these people who were burned to death!"

Chapter 61 Armed Intervention ([-])

"Brother, since Su Yue is afraid of you, why bother? Let's tell Su Yue directly that if he doesn't allow you to be the leader of this city, we will withdraw from the covenant."

The leader said angrily: "Confused! Suyue is not afraid of me? He is afraid of the city behind us! What he is afraid of is the thousands of people in the city. If everyone in the city supports the leader, then the leader is the city, Suyue Naturally they will be afraid; if the people in the city do not support the leader, the leader is not a city, but a person with more land and more slaves, so what is he afraid of?"

The clan brother still didn't understand the difference, but he didn't ask Wei Wei any more and agreed. The leader sighed and said: "Fortunately, laborers are stupid and easy to be fooled. Jixia thinks that she has reason in her mouth and has soldiers in her hand. I want to see it." See how these things face thousands of angry Chinese people!"

At night, Chen Jian did not attack at night as he expected, which convinced him that there were still a large number of soldiers ambushing nearby. Chen Jian had an absolute advantage. After more than ten days in the city, let this matter go back to Sucheng, and his position as the leader will be as safe as a mountain.

After returning, he immediately summoned his men, only saying that he would prepare a banquet for Jixia and others to enter the city tomorrow, and to appease the people in the city that this battle would not start. He would rather not be the leader than let his relatives fight and bleed.

After being appeased, meals were prepared in the city. Even though they had quarreled on the city wall before, the people in the city felt that this battle could not be fought. They made an oath last winter, so how could anyone fight after the alliance?

In a few thatched huts at the southwest corner of the city wall, a skinny old mother asked her son who had returned, "Why are we fighting again? The old leader went to the alliance last winter, why did he fight after the alliance? How long will the battle last?"

Without waiting for his son to answer, the old man pointed to a big earthen pot in the house and said: "A few days ago, the new leader gave everyone a Weng wine. You only want to eat it, but you can't bear it. You still blame me. How old are you, how do you know?" How to live? Tomorrow, I will exchange this urn of wine for some corn. If we really want to fight the corn to satisfy our hunger, this wine is not good. Hey... It would be better if we don’t fight, the leader said, when the millet is harvested in autumn, every family We can share some more, this year the river will not be flooded, and next year we will open up some more land and life will be better.”

The son knew that he couldn't explain clearly to his mother, so he simply agreed casually, and said with relief: "Mother, this battle can't be fought. I didn't really believe in our new leader, but today I realized on the city wall that no matter how bad it is, it's still up to me. Get close to the people in the city. I will sleep first to build up my strength, you give me the whetstone spear, and wake me up at dawn tomorrow."

Mother was taken aback, and asked anxiously, "Don't you say that this battle cannot be fought? Why do you need to prepare stone spears again?"

"It's impossible to fight. The city will be opened early tomorrow morning. That person named Ji Xia wants to argue with the leader. Although the leader didn't say anything, I have already made an agreement with a few people. I spontaneously stood behind the leader and only called those Xia. The people of the city know that there are still warriors in the city. We will be convinced when he is reasonable, but if he is unreasonable because of the large number of people, I will not agree. Don't forget, call me early tomorrow."

Mother let out a sigh, and nagged, "I don't know what you're going to do, but that's a matter between the leaders of the family. Even if you stand up, don't talk nonsense. One more thing, you must not have the same temper as your father, Standing in front of everything, standing behind others, you think it's shameful to be behind others, but what does a mother care about? As long as you don't lose my child..."

Amidst the nagging, the son's snoring sounded. The mother sighed, unable to bear the blame, she tremblingly climbed onto the wooden pier and got down from the beam of the house. Last year's dried meat was cut into a small piece for the son's breakfast tomorrow morning. Seeing that some were small and finally cut a little more, the housekeeper kitten came over and sniffed, and ran away before the slap fell, looking up at the rope tied to the beam of the house and dreaming infinitely.

Borrowing the moonlight, the old man took out bundles of hemp skins and peeled them bit by bit, thinking about kneading them into threads, weaving them into cloth, changing some threads, weaving cloth, and changing them. Before winter, he could always add a new piece for his son. The cloth of the clothes.

Then, in the middle of the night, both mothers died.

They were all burned to death, but the kitten survived and ran out when it caught fire.

There were a few others who were burned to death with the two women. When they were pulled out from the ruined walls, their faces were dark and their bodies were twisted and curled up into a ball.Two other guards on the city wall were not burned to death, but were thrown down the city wall after being killed.

After the fire started for a while, the drums rang loudly, and many people shouted, "Ji Xia sent people to lower the city wall with ropes!"

The city that was already in panic because of this unknown fire became even more panicked. The truth spread with the sound of drums quickly spread to the whole city. Placed in the most conspicuous place on the street, repressed and angry emotions spread in the hearts of the people of the city.

People's hearts are separated from their stomachs, so it's hard to know.But the adobe wall couldn't stop the flames and shouts. When the flames were soaring, Chen Jian was inspecting the equipment used for the siege this time. Several people pushed a few modified two-wheeled carriages from the distant river. Many young people who followed Chen Jian found it familiar, a bit like the kind of igloo they built for Yuemei in winter, but this time no ice was used, but wooden boards.

The two carriages were connected together as a base, and the top was a thick wooden plank, which was very wide and needed manpower to move forward. This was always installed on the ship, and it was also where Chen Jian's confidence in the siege lay.

Looking at this strange thing, the smart young man in Xiacheng thought of the story that happened in a distant place that Chen Jian once told, and flirted with the people in Sucheng next to him: "Do you know what this is for? Ji Xiazeng I told a story that people can be hidden here, and then we pretend that we can’t attack the city. When we return, the opposite side will definitely open the city gate and carry this thing into the city as a spoil of war. At that time, the one hidden inside..."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Jian had a brain collapse and said: "Do you think the people in the city are stupid? They will carry this thing in for no reason? Besides, even if it is carried in, you know where you are. Where? Why does it have to be placed near the gate of the city wall when you bring it in? If it’s placed in a crowded place in the city, what’s the use of hiding three or five people?”

"Then this thing..."

The soldiers scratched their heads strangely. Chen Jian lifted the layer of bark covering the outside, revealing the thick and long gunpowder rope inside. Frightened, they quickly pushed away from the campfire.

Inside is gunpowder, which is the accumulated gunpowder that Xiacheng has transported to Sucheng since spring.The frame on the wheels is made of thick wood, because black powder can only deflagrate in an unsealed space and cannot explode. The thick wood is firmly fixed with glue and mortise and tenon, just like a big coffin.

Exploding a city with gunpowder is a very unsophisticated technique, but this unsophisticated and even foolish method sometimes requires a flash of inspiration.

In the previous life, when Zheng Chenggong had the most hope of regaining the mountains and rivers, he surrounded the city of Nanjing, the city walls were strong, the bombardment was ineffective, and finally retreated in frustration. 200 years later, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom thought of the method of blowing up the city wall with gunpowder. After digging tunnels and filling them with coffins, they broke the city in one fell swoop, and it was often used in subsequent battles.

Today's city wall is neither tall nor strong, it is nothing more than a thick layer of adobe, and even the city gate is a large pile of wooden fences, which can have enough effect without digging tunnels.

Although Chen Jian felt that the Trojan horse scheme was a little stupid and impractical, he could still learn from it. He added some wood to these large coffins containing gunpowder to make a siege equipment that did not exist in this era, similar to the shield car: Soldier You can push the cart forward, and use wooden boards to resist the bow and arrow on the opposite side to get close to the city gate.

It is impossible for the people in the city to open the door and take this thing in, but if I pretend to retreat and leave the thing there, the leader of the city will definitely come to check it out and boost the morale of the city defenders. The whole city also collapsed.

After all, I am not an aggressor, but an intervening army, here to help the son of the old leader, not to capture, and it is difficult to organize an effective resistance under the huge shock.

This also made a good advertisement for Xiacheng's weapons, which is easy to promote. It turned the siege war of attrition that would have taken a year or two to end into a siege war within the entire cultural circle, allowing more clans to choose to fight in the wild. Instead of defending the city, improve the tactical level and discipline, it is easier to promote the promotion of chariots and understand the advantages of cavalry, and promote the emergence of disciplined infantry, so as to prepare in advance for the external expansion after reunification.

Since Sutang is here, the soldiers of Sucheng are also here, and there is also the city on the opposite side. Those who have witnessed this battle will definitely remember the shock of hundreds of catties of gunpowder detonating at the same time in the future.

This city is in the east, Sucheng is in the middle, and Xiacheng is in the west.In this era of slow news transmission, it is easier for more cities to know the news by spreading the news in a three-point manner.

With such a plan, Chen Jian naturally didn't dare to be careless, and told the soldiers one by one what to pay attention to, including how to pretend to retreat, etc., and asked the most courageous and calmest person in Xiacheng to be responsible for lighting the fire before retreating. A soaked match will burn for a long time, with plenty of time to fall back.

When the city was on fire, it was the time for Chen Jian to spit and explain tomorrow's tactics to everyone, including how to take advantage of the chaos caused by the explosion and rush to the streets quickly if the leader of the opponent was not killed.

The conversation was interrupted, the soldiers looked up at the fire in the city in the distance, listened to the chaotic and noisy drums, not knowing what happened, and anxiously waiting for the soldiers ambushing under the city to report what they heard.

"Could it be due to internal strife in the city, someone really opened the door for us as Ji Xia said?"

After hearing this, Chen Jian smiled and said that it would save the beating. It is best not to bleed between relatives, so there is no need for death or injury. This is the protection of the ancestors.

But I was very annoyed in my heart: don't do this, if this is the case, how can I stage this well-planned advertisement?How to make Suyue have enough confidence and courage to quickly start a war against those clans without worrying about the consumption of the siege?How can Awatake's ambition expand to the extreme?

Since the rhetoric cannot be unified, we must fight, then we must fight early, fight big, and fight large-scale battles. This is the fastest way to end the turmoil.I want to make an appearance for Su Yue!

Chapter 62 Armed Intervention ([-])

Chen Jian, who is still worrying about "what to do if he is full and overeating", does not know that what he is facing is a hunger rather than a nausea after gluttony.

After the people hiding in the city came back and told what they had heard and seen, Chen Jian stood there silently, watching the gradually extinguished fire from afar and remained silent for a long time.