The Nameless of the Common Clans

"General, the soldiers and civilians of Zhending have built a mud wall by the river and smashed the ice. There is only one bridge on the river to cross the river, but on the other side of the bridge is the enemy tower they built." The scout rushed back and brought the news from outside Zhending City to Taishi Ci.

A distance of more than ten miles is not long for the army. Before noon, less than an hour after a brief battle with Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci's army had already arrived outside Zhending, only about three miles away from the river bank, but looking at the heavily fortified mud wall in the distance, Taishi Ci stopped the army.

Even if the river is frozen, the soldiers can cross the river on ice. Fighting on the ice is definitely not a good place to fight. As for crossing the river from the bridge, his border troops are all elite and do not intend to risk their lives to add a mud wall.

"Is it possible to cross the river?" Taishi Ci asked as he rode forward.

"No, the ice on the river has been broken by the enemy." The scout shook his head. In this weather, not to mention that there are not many people in the army who can swim, even if there are many, they will not be able to return if the weather goes down.

"I don't believe they can break all the ice, Han De!" Taishi Ci nodded, looked behind him and shouted.

"I am here!" In the army, a young general rode out and saluted Taishi Ci.

This man is from Xiliang. When Chen Mo was training in Guanzhong, he joined the army. Later, he followed Taishi Ci to Yanmen. He stayed there for four years. Taishi Ci was quite optimistic about this man.

"You lead a cavalry to the east along the river to find a place to cross the river. After finding it, don't come back, cross the river directly, and lead the cavalry to attack the enemy's rear!" Taishi Ci said in a deep voice.

Taishi Ci's usual combat targets are Xianbei people, who have many cavalry under his command. If Zhao Yun had not seen the bad situation and withdrawn in time, it would not be so easy for him to come back.

"Yes!" Han De agreed and led a cavalry to the east along the river.

Taishi Ci led his troops to the river bank. The river here was quite wide. Taishi Ci estimated that it was at least 40 steps away. For an ordinary small river, it was wide enough, but this place was within the range of the arrow.

"Da~"

An arrow was shot from the other side and fell at Taishi Ci's feet.

"Protect the general!" The surrounding guards were shocked and rushed to Taishi Ci to protect him.

"Don't panic, they can't shoot!" Taishi Ci waved his hand and signaled the guards to retreat. A general of his level would be alarmed if he was in danger. He was naturally aware of the arrows shot before, but looking at the strength of the arrows, he was too lazy to dodge.

Looking at the scattered archers emerging from behind the earth wall on the opposite bank, Taishi Ci shook his head and sneered: "You are just a mob. Pass my military order. Three thousand archers come forward and show them how to shoot arrows!"

"Yes!"

The military orders were passed down one after another, and immediately three thousand archers were dispatched to the opposite bank of the river and lined up in a neat queue.

"Ready! Fire!"

Under the command of a famous general, three thousand archers quickly drew their bows and arrows, and one cold arrow after another pointed obliquely at the sky. As the word "fire" fell, the soldiers and civilians of Zhending standing behind the earth wall on the opposite bank only felt that their eyes were darkened for a moment.

"Hide quickly!" Zhao Yun had already realized that something was wrong when Taishi Ci pulled out the archers, and hurriedly took the three hundred Zhaozhuang soldiers to hide behind the earth wall, but when he looked back, he saw that many county lieutenants and private soldiers of wealthy families were still standing there stupidly, and he couldn't help but be anxious and urged them in a harsh voice.

"Cowardly fellow!" County Lieutenant Liu glanced at Zhao Yun with disdain in his heart.

"Puff puff puff~"

The next moment, three arrows fell on him one after another, one shot into his thigh, and the other two penetrated his chest and lower abdomen respectively. His disdainful expression gradually turned into astonishment, followed by fear. He didn't want to die...

Puff~

The corpse fell straight down, and with him, there were hundreds of county guards and private soldiers who did not dodge. Those who survived by chance woke up from their dreams and screamed and hid behind the parapet.

"Heh~"

Looking at the performance of the Zhending defenders on the other side, Taishi Ci felt tired even to laugh at them. It was not worth it. Seeing those people hiding behind the earth wall and not coming out, Taishi Ci said to the deputy general beside him: "Go and bring the Broken Army Crossbow."

The Broken City Crossbow was the crossbow designed by Ma Jun to break Yuan Shao's earthen platform when Chen Mo and Yuan Shao confronted each other in Muye. It was heavier than ordinary crossbows, but lighter than bed crossbows. It was extremely powerful and could penetrate plate armor 120 steps away. After that, the Broken Army Crossbow began to be promoted in the army. Taishi Ci used this crossbow to set up a crossbow formation in Yunzhong, luring 50,000 Xianbei coalition forces into the canyon. In one battle, he raped and killed nearly 30,000 Xianbei bowmen. It was also that battle that established Taishi Ci's reputation in the north.

However, it was a bit difficult to set up this crossbow, and Taishi Ci planned to find a way to attract the enemy's attention first.

At that moment, Taishi Ci rode his horse forward, came to the shore, looked at the other side and shouted: "Where is Zhao Zilong?"

The magistrate of Zhending County poked his head out from behind the enemy tower, looked at Taishi Ci and said: "I am Zhang Lin, the magistrate of Zhending County. Why did General Taishi raise such an unjust army?"

Taishi Ci glanced at him coldly and said: "I am the general of Zhenbei. Who are you? How can you talk to me? Go back and ask Zhao Zilong to talk to me!"

After saying that, without waiting for Zhang Lin to react, he suddenly picked up a bow and arrow and shot an arrow at Zhang Lin's shining head. At such a close distance, it was impossible for Taishi Ci to miss.

A hand reached out from the side and grabbed the arrow cluster that was shot at Zhang Lin. Zhao Yun sensed the danger when Zhang Lin was talking to Tai Shi Ci. He had seen Tai Shi Ci's archery skills. This distance was too dangerous. , so he was always by Zhang Lin's side, but he didn't show up. Tai Shi Ci was indeed cunning. If he shot Zhang Lin, Zhending County would be doomed.

"A general is also a famous general in the world? Does a mere county town have to use such methods?" Zhao Yun stood up and stared at Tai Shi Ci to prevent him from taking action again. Facing a sharp archer at this distance, Zhao Yun did not I can guarantee that I can protect Zhang Lin every time.

"Zhao Zilong, I think you are also a man who knows how to fight. Do you really think these people can stop my army?" Taishi Ci put away his bow and arrows and stopped shooting. He looked at Zhao Yun and said with a smile.

"We, the soldiers and the people, are of one mind, so why should we be afraid of traitors?" Zhao Yun said loudly.

"Look behind you." Taishi Ci hung the bow on his horse. Although he couldn't see behind the earthen wall, he could probably guess the shock that the wave of arrows had just caused to this ragtag group of people.

No need to look, many civilians behind were already running towards the city, including many private soldiers.

"Zilong may have some misunderstandings about the single-mindedness of the army and the people. Our officers and soldiers in Guanzhong will never kill indiscriminately wherever they go. This is the iron law of our military in Guanzhong. Our lord had already set it when he was in Hedong. No one dared to violate it. On the contrary, As far as I know, the Jizhou Army has been fighting against the Black Mountain bandits in recent years, and they have often taken the heads of ordinary people as military merit." Tai Shici looked at Zhao Yun and said, "With your talent, since you are not a minion of the Yuan family, why do you do it here? Yuan’s order?”

Taishi Ci is the commander-in-chief of the Yanmen area. In these years, in commanding troops, in addition to military skills, he also needs to understand people's hearts. At the beginning, he deliberately used his status to suppress people, which was to create a rift between Zhao Yun and Zhending Ling. Now he points out the A person like Zhao Yun has no official status at all, so why fight to the death with him?

In fact, for a county like this, if he hadn't discovered a talent like Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci would not have wanted to waste so much time trying to alienate him.

"With Zilong's talents, if he is willing to serve in our army, Ci will do his best to recommend him." Taishi Ci said with a loud smile.

"Although the Marquis of Changling is a powerful man in the world, he is not a benevolent and righteous king!" Zhao Yunsu said. Although Chen Mo is strong, he is not his favorite master. In troubled times, the king chooses his ministers, and the ministers choose their king.

"Benevolence and righteousness?" Tai Shici straightened his back and said loudly: "Since the Chuping period, my lord has set up an army to conquer Hedong, pacify and merge the prefectures, enter Guanzhong, and conquer Xiliang. He has been fighting for ten years. But I dare to say that my lord's troops Soldiers have never massacred civilians. Is this considered benevolent? During the severe drought in Guanzhong, my lord personally led people to dig canals, divert water from the Yellow River for irrigation, and open warehouses to release grain. Hundreds of thousands of people in Guanzhong survived because of my lord. , is this benevolence and righteousness? Restore Heluo and rebuild Luoyang. Now Heluo is prosperous. I dare not say how rich the people in Guanzhong are, but since my Lord came to Guanzhong, has Zilong ever heard of Guanzhong, Bingzhou, and Xiliang? There are still people dying of starvation and freezing every year? Is this considered benevolent?”

"I don't know what you mean by benevolence and righteousness? If you talk about benevolence, righteousness, morality, and helping the Han Dynasty, then it is true that I mainly make a living for the two million people in Guanzhong. I really don't have the extra energy to preach benevolence, righteousness, morality, and help the Han Dynasty. Bullshit." Taishi Ci said loudly: "If this is what Zilong said about benevolence and righteousness, then my lord really doesn't care about it! Benevolence and righteousness are not words, but actions."

Zhao Yun was speechless. The gentry in Jizhou said that Chen Mo was unkind. Most of them criticized Chen Mo for not treating the gentry well. But when it comes to treating the common people, I have never heard of Chen Mo having a bad reputation.

"Then what was the reason for the massacre in Yecheng?" Zhang Lin stuck her head out and shouted. When she saw Taishi Ci touching his bow, she quickly retracted her head.

"I did not participate in the Battle of Yecheng and cannot comment on it, but I believe that your lord will never kill in vain." Tai Shici said calmly: "Besides, casualties in war are inevitable. If we don't use weapons, what will happen to our lord?" Invading Yecheng? Are you talking about benevolence and morality?"

"It's useless to talk more. If the general wants to be really sure, he needs to fight before talking." Zhao Yun sighed. He had nothing to say, but it was impossible for him to give up his defense right now.

"Okay!" Taishi Ci looked back and saw that a broken military crossbow had been carried up. He stopped talking nonsense at the moment, turned his horse's head and retreated: "Fire the arrow!"

Seeing the broken military crossbow placed in front of the formation, Zhao Yun swallowed his saliva and was fooled. That Tai Shici was not here to persuade him to surrender, but to delay time.

"Buzz buzz~"

Amidst the violent trembling of the bowstring, huge arrows as thick as a thumb hit the earth wall with great power. The roaring soldiers hiding in the earth wall were easily killed by arrow clusters pierced from behind the earth wall. Even the earthen walls collapsed in pieces under the huge force of the giant arrow...

I was asked to go out for a drink last night when I was halfway through writing. After I came back from drinking, I fell asleep. When I woke up in the morning, I thought I had finished writing. I just saw someone asking why it was not updated yet. I was a little confused. I opened the background and saw that I had written half of the chapter. I was still lying there, my memory of yesterday came back to me, I quickly took a sick leave and came back to update, I'm sorry...