Author: Add coriander to crucian carp soup

outside the moat

Fan Chou opened the curtain and watched the soldiers, in teams of more than a dozen, transporting the felled wood to the open space in front of the camp.

Several hours have passed, but the wood in the open space has not increased much.

Fan Cong frowned.

This amount of wood can only be used to build two ladders at most, which is not enough for siege.

"Who is the person who set fire to the forest? He is really careful."

"With such a person in Chang'an City, it may not be easy to attack the city."

Fan Chou started to murmur. He summoned the army commander and asked, "Have you checked all around?"

"We have sent out scouts to investigate. Almost all the trees within a thirty-mile radius have been burned clean."

"If the general wants to find usable wood, he may have to send troops to search further afield."

The army commander bravely replied.

Fan Chou rubbed the pad of his index finger with his right thumb.

Zhong Ping was watching from the top of the city. His eyes were dry and astringent, and his pupils felt stinging pain if he kept them open for a long time.

He didn't sleep all night last night.

He knew that he was too young to convince the public.

Even with the support of Wang Yun and Liu Xie behind him, the officials and soldiers in the city were just obedient to him.

It is impossible for those people to implement his instructions.

Zhongping had to do everything himself, leaving behind for the defense arrangement in the city.

Even with the help of Xun You and some ministers who were really willing to accept his command, he still had too many things piled up on him and could not squeeze out a moment to rest.

Under the city

Fan Chou ordered his soldiers to stop cutting trees and build a mound of earth in the west of the city.

"There are too few ladders. Attacking the city directly is just a waste of troops."

"It's better to spend some time, build a mound, climb up, shoot the soldiers on the top of the city with arrows, and then break the city in one fell swoop."

After listening to Zhang Ji's words, Fan Chou felt that there was no better way at this time, so he agreed directly without hesitation.

Not long after, a mound that began to take shape stood in the southwest.

Zhong Ping breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, fortunately, the other party didn't make any showy moves, which was still within his expectations.

He ordered the guard at the top of the city to take out all the thick planks he had laid out last night, connect them together, and tie them to the top of the wall, leaving only about a finger's width in the middle for viewing the city.

When Fan Chou built the mound, he said, "Hey guys, why did the city wall suddenly become so high?!"

Zhang Ji was also dumbfounded.

We build mounds of earth, and you tie wooden boards to the walls.

I am tall and you are tall too, what a joke.

Fan Chou clasped his index finger hard and said fiercely: "No matter how many roofs there are in Chang'an City, can they be more than the land outside the city?!"

"I don't believe he can raise the city wall to the sky!"

Zhang Ji felt that if he really wanted to compare this with the people in the city, he would probably not get any results after more than ten days.

If this continues, Li Jue's side will be in danger.

But looking at Fan Chou's look, he knew that he would definitely not be able to persuade him, so he had to think of a plan to break the city again.

Zhong Ping thought that normal people would probably give up on their plan to conquer the city after seeing his response.

But it doesn't rule out that there are some people down there who have bad minds and insist on competing with him.

"Uncle Niu, how many boards are left of the boards I prepared yesterday?"

Zhongping asked just in case.

Niu Fu immediately replied: "Lang Jun will still have some leftover if he uses it for another ten days."

Zhong Ping feels much more at peace.

No matter how stupid you are, the other party can't hold on for ten days.

After all, their intention is to solve Li Jue's siege...

Speaking of which, I used to know how it was written in those novels...

If siege doesn't work, how about a night attack through tunnels?

Regardless of whether you can get it right or not, you still have to be on guard.

Zhong Ping was thinking about it when he suddenly heard a loud shout outside the city.

I saw Zhang Ji coming out of the camp with a gun and Pegasus and two thousand soldiers, shouting: "Zhang Ji is here in the north, who dares to fight with me?!"

Zhongping's ears were buzzing and his heart suddenly tightened.

He always thought that Zhang Fei's "dangyang bridgehead roared, scaring Cao Cao's general Xia Houjie to pieces of his liver and gallbladder, and he fell off his horse and died" was an artistic process in the novel.

Now it seems that being suddenly surprised like this can really kill someone.

Zhongping leaned on the city wall calmly, pretending to be relaxed and smiled at the city defender: "The enemy was too anxious, and even used the provocation method."

The city guard's name was Fang Meng. He was a local man from Chang'an. He had dark skin and looked to be in his thirties. His temples were already covered with white hair.

He had stayed in this position for so long, and this was the first time he encountered an army attacking the city, so he was already nervous.

Then he suddenly heard Zhang Ji's loud shout, and was so frightened that his face turned pale, and it took him a long time to recover.

"...Oh, yes, yes."

Fang Meng's words were incoherent, but he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when he saw that his face was calm and not panicked at all. He even found time to joke with him.

This young man is really not an ordinary person. He has such magnanimity at such a young age.

At such an old age, it feels like my life has been in vain in front of him.

Thinking like this, he slowly calmed down.

Zhongping: My legs are so soft and my wall is so hard. I want to go home.

Zhang Ji waited under the city for a while, but no one came out, so he mocked: "Chang'an Guard General doesn't even have the guts to challenge him?"

"What's the point of just hiding behind a turtle shell?!"

"If you dare, come out and fight me!"

"If we win, I will retreat immediately!"

Zhong Ping's eyelids twitched and he felt bad.

Looking back, it turned out that all the city guards were blushing, their fists were clenched, and their eyes were almost burning.

"Young Master! That thief below the city is too arrogant!"

"Please also ask the young master to order me to go out and fight!"

"If we win and the enemy troops retreat directly, we will be safe!"

Thongpei's head was pounding after hearing this.

Why on earth did I agree to defend the city out of my wits!!!

The commander-in-chief I ride on is only worth 10 points!!!

"Everyone, please listen to me."

Zhongpei raised his hand and pressed it down to signal everyone to quiet down.

Although everyone was angry, they did not completely lose their minds, and they even knew that Tanehira was their commander.

So they all suppressed their dissatisfaction and waited to hear what Zhongping had to say.

"How many of you are from Luoyang?"

The soldiers didn't know what Zhongping meant. It took a while before someone responded one after another: "My home is near Luoyang."

"My father is in Luoyang. He has been a soldier for so many years. I have never gone back to see my father."

"I heard from my family that her ancestors were from Luoyang."

…

Zhongping patiently waited for the soldiers to finish talking, and then continued to ask: "How many of you have experienced Dong Zhuo's disaster?"

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

Many of them were Luoyang soldiers. When Dong Zhuo moved the capital, they were assigned to the Xiliang army and then arrived in Chang'an.
To be continued...