Wei Yang felt that he was riding a tiger. He seemed to be majestic, but in fact he couldn't find a safe way to get it. This mysterious boy from the West slapped him in the face, not only slapped him hard, but also made a sound.

In the era of absolutely cold weapons without inventing firearms, siege battles were extremely difficult. Not to mention the backward siege equipment, the experience of defending the city was extremely rich. Just look at the six countries in Shandong. Several countries were together, and when the war broke out, they would often fall below the other country's city. Then they could not conquer them for years. There was no good way for famous generals like Pang Juan. Even the powerful Qin State in the era of the killing god Bai Qi had to face the same difficulties.

Wei Yang had nearly 40,000 troops under his command, but Xijia also claimed to have 7,000 elite soldiers. The number of people who had been damaged was 5,000. This did not include those slaves. It would be fine if there was no leader. The appearance of this mysterious young man in Xijia forced the soldiers and slaves into a rope. None of the Xijia army disobeyed the orders. It was really a one-handed one, and thousands of men followed him, just like a handful of his fingers! This battle was difficult to fight.

In fact, whether the city can be captured is second. Wei Yang couldn't understand how this West kid did this. Even if he looked loved and blossomed, his charming slaves should not be so good at using troops, right? Compared with this kid, his age was considered to be a dog...

The siege has lasted for several days. With this young man from Xijia, don’t think about any tricks. There is enough food in Xishi City, and everyone is like a trapped beast. To take this city, there is no other way except to pile up human lives. Now not only Wei Yang, but also Che Ying and Zi'an’s eyes are red. Jing Jian has not taken a bath for three consecutive days. This is simply unimaginable.

Seeing the loss of thousands of soldiers every day, anyone was in a heavy mood, only Gongshuqing was the happiest. Gongshu finally had a place to use his skills, and his ideas about new siege equipment finally had the opportunity to verify them; Bai Dong understood it clearly. This guy is very similar to the mad scientist in later generations. In his eyes, human life is nothing at all, the most important thing is the results of engineering.

If the ladder fails, then build a cowhide cart. He even made the prototype of "relying on the building" in later generations. Bai Dong also knew these things that killed people and destroyed the city, but when it comes to a careful mastery of its structure, it is really not as good as Gongshu Qing. Unexpectedly, the siege tools of this era have developed so rapidly. Although they are not as beautiful and solid as those of later generations and have a strict system, they have become somewhat similar.

After the more advanced siege equipment was "developed" by Gongshuqing, the battle between the offensive and defensive sides became more cruel and fierce. At this level, all conspiracies and conspiracies of sons and grandsons were useless. The competition was a sense of courage and blood, and the competition was about which soldiers were more elite.

At this time, we can see the superiority of the "knight" system developed by Xijia for a hundred years. With the help of slaves, they actually defeated the Qin army again and again, and the casualties in the city reached 2 to 1! The Qin army defeated one thousand Xijia people, and they would lose two thousand troops. Fortunately, Xijia's troops were limited, and the casualties in the previous few days should have been lost by more than half of the Xijia soldiers. The well-trained soldiers in the city were significantly reduced. They could only use slaves with relatively low combat power to make up for the numbers.

Gongshuqing, the crazy guy, actually made a catapult at this time. This thing is actually not rare. It appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, but it was really used on a large scale. In the battle of the Qin army to destroy Chu, Wang Jian led a large army of 600,000 and threw a hundred cars, and the cities fell everywhere he went. The thing Gongshuqing made was not as good as the "Hui Hui Cannon" in later generations, and it was the simplest principle of leverage. By pulling the pole by manpower, a catapult car alone required two hundred soldiers to serve it, and the accuracy was extremely low and there was no precision.

However, twenty throwing cars were loaded with nearly 100 kilograms of stone bullets at the same time, and it was still extremely amazing to fire them at one time. Several stone bullets fell on the top of the city, and the female wall was immediately smashed to pieces. More than a dozen nearby slaves were directly penetrated by gravel. Some of the unlucky ones were hit by the stone bullets and turned into meat paste on the spot.

Gongshu Qing was very proud and commanded the Qin soldiers to launch a few more rounds before they were willing to stop. The chaotic situation in the city was faintly revealed. Wei Yang was overjoyed and was about to order the Qin army to launch a general attack, but Bai Dong stopped him: "Slow!"

"Zuo Geng, the Xijia Army suffered heavy losses. At this moment, my courage is broken. Today I will be able to break the city!"

"Even if there is no catapult, the city will be destroyed in the next two days. But if human lives are piled up like this, countless enemies and we will be killed or injured, among which there are also slaves from the West who you always say that you want to give them freedom and fields. Is this kind of victory very interesting? If the West is willing to surrender, tens of millions of people will die less. Shouldn't we work hard for it?"

"Zuo Geng is generous and kind, but that kid is stubborn. You have sent out the arrow books many times, but when did that kid respond? Let me rush my army to break the city..."

"That was then, now is now. This boy is a smart man. The situation is determined and he will come to see me."

Bai Dong shook his head: "Stop the attack and come with a pen and ink!"

Wei Yang's mouth twitched a few times. After all, he was the main general in this battle, so it would be impossible to force the siege. However, if he did that, it would be equivalent to offending Bai Dong severely, and the consequences were that he could not bear.

***

The sun shines warmly and the spring breeze is warm.

The hills are covered with green short grass, and occasionally flowers of various colors are mixed in between. The fragrant air makes people feel calm soon and quickly escape from the battlefield where flesh and blood are flying.

Several Bai family members cleaned up a flat ground, put a small rattan table and a small rattan chair, arranged a fragrant snack and tea, and then bowed and retreated, leaving only Nie Zhu alone with Bai Dong. This is a good place for meetings and talks, not far from the Qin army camp and the Xishi family city. People on both sides can observe the talks.

A strong horse rushed from the direction of Xishijiacheng and soon arrived at the hillside. Nie Zhu looked down and his expression moved slightly: "Good boy, I finally didn't disappoint you."

Although Bai Zi's name has been spread all over the world and he will not plot against a young man in the twentieth century, this kid dares to come to the meeting alone. This courage alone is worthy of Nie Zhu's praise.

"I did not disappoint me. I didn't expect that there were such people in the Western clan..."

Bai Dong nodded and put down the paper book in his hand. The temporary binding paper book was full of information about this boy, and it was collected by Jingshu in half a day. Bai Dong was very surprised when he saw this information. He was just a concubine of Xiqimu. He unexpectedly had such a mysterious origin. Jingshu spent ten days interrogating more than a hundred direct descendants of the Xi family before he compiled this information from them. Is this the concubine of the Xi family? I am afraid that the prince of Xi family is just like this...

This is a young face. Although he didn't know his exact age, Bai Dong could see that this young man should be about the same age as Cao'er, about sixteen years old. Although he wore a wooden crown, he could still see that he had dark and slightly curled hair, especially his pair of black and translucent pupils, which were obviously different from the Chinese who were black and yellow.

"Young man, are you Silde?"

The information collected by Jingjian is actually very incomplete and cannot explain the origin of the strange name of the young man. However, based on various information, Bai Dong has vaguely guessed the origin of this young man with two thousand years of experience in this era.

Silde gave Bai Dong a generous gift, and without waiting for hello, he sat opposite him, picked up the tea and took a sip: "Baizi, I have heard your name. But you are not much older than me, and you shouldn't call me a young man..."

Nie Zhu couldn't help laughing. He had long discovered that Bai Dong's old-fashioned look was very strange. However, because "Bai Zi" had achieved too high, even contemporary scholars like Lao Yan Jian had a peer relationship with him, so no one pointed out this point. I didn't expect that this young man named Silde would protest in person... It was so interesting.

Bai Dong was slightly stunned. He remembered that he was just nineteen years old this year, and he laughed unconsciously.

"Does the paper books in Bai Zi's hand record about me? But you don't know my true ambition. If you want to persuade me to surrender, it's okay. Your military strength is too strong and the Xijia can't stand it. Xijia can surrender, but you need the pardon of the Qin monarch..."

"I don't know what kind of pardon you want, but I can tell you that Meng Shuangcheng has been executed. Except for those who have returned to the Meng family, the Meng family will kill nine clans!"

Seeing Silde's face froze, Bai Dong smiled and said, "Fortunately, the Xijia family is not a rebel leader. It is really a threat from the Meng family. Moreover, the city has not been destroyed at this moment, and it is still a bit of the capital for negotiation. If you are willing to open the city and surrender, I will plead for the Xijia family in front of you, only razing the three tribes, and trying to protect the Xijia family's concubine family's family's family's family's family's family's family?"

"Is this the brutal law of Lao Qin? No wonder the Meng Xibai family of the three rebelled. If I had a hundred thousand troops in my hands, I would have captured Liyang and changed such unreasonable law!"

"Oh? You just said the law, not the law?"

Bai Dong glanced at Silde deeply: "So what should the law you understand?"

"The law is made, no noble or lowly, treat everyone equally, and everyone has their own way! The laws of Qin are so ridiculous now. If there is a fight between ordinary nobles, they can be compensated with money and cattle and sheep. The Xijia just had a fight with the king of Qin, so why did they have to pay for their lives? Such a law is unfair and distinguishing between noble and low, which is simply too backward!"

"Is this knowledge your mother told you?"

Bai Dong narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Silde meaningfully. The passage he quoted just now was said by Solon, a jurist in ancient Greece in the sixth century BC. Not to mention it was in Lao Qin, even in the entire China, there is no such legal theory now.

As expected, I did not infer that Silde and his dead mother were from the far west...

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