On July 15th, the sky was dim.

The thick horse's hooves fell to the ground, motionless.

There was a slight dusty dust on the ground, which swept around for a while and then gradually rose.

The horse blinked, turned its head impatiently, and snorted.

On the back of the horse, a figure stood in the glow.

His face was calm and his eyes were firm.

At the age of thirty-seven, he is no longer young, and he has not been able to accomplish many things.

But these are troubled times, the broken mountains and rivers need people to clean up, and the anxiety almost consumes people's energy.

There was a scholar who was annoyed by the requisition of grain and military service, and always complained that he was fighting wars all day long, either in the middle of a war or on the way to a war. Almost all the resources in the elite land of Yuyan were devoted to the war and could not be used for other things.

But they forgot that if this man did not fight day and night, the people of Henan and Yanzhou would become two-legged sheep, and the battle line would not move all the way north beyond the Great Wall.

If he did not fight the war day and night, the north would become several countries, civilizational progress would be impossible, and significant regression would be very likely.

Each generation has its own mission.

In order to end the troubled times, to eliminate the threat, and to avoid the tragedy of cannibalism, he tried all means, made many compromises, and postponed the reshaping of society.

He now needs prestige, huge prestige to coerce the entire society, to make up for the huge flaws in his origins, and to allow the scholars who control social resources to act according to his will, regardless of whether those people respect him, love him, or despise him.

Look down on him, or hate him or curse him.

Nothing matters.

He doesn't need their love or hate, as long as they can be intimidated by his authority and obey his orders.

The golden sunshine gradually rises.

He clamped his horse's belly and strolled forward.

The soldiers of the Silver Spear Left Camp put their spears at their feet and checked various instruments quickly.

Their expressions are calm, their movements are skillful, and they are full of rhythmic beauty.

The yellow-headed sergeants marched in line to the designated place with neat steps.

After standing still, he stood silently in the wind.

The soldiers of the government had already put on their helmets and whipped their armor, and were looking at the shouting thieves at the top of Pingcheng indifferently, just like looking at animals or objects.

The servants are also in formation.

There were fifteen or six hundred people behind Zhai Shu. King Meng granted him amnesty, and they no longer had to fight in this war. They could just serve as auxiliaries and do chores.

A habitual slip-up actually resulted in such serious consequences that the survivors were all frightened. If they were to be drafted again next time, they would not dare to do this again.

On the high platform at the rear, his son, his generals, his staff, his puppets and his prey were all watching him quietly.

Shao Xun got off his horse and stood in front of Luonan Mansion's military formation.

"What's your name?" He looked at an officer wearing two crotch armor and asked.

"Feng Bachi."

"Oh? But during the attack on Ji County, did you gain a beautiful concubine from me?" Shao Xun thought about it and asked.

"Exactly." Feng Bachi said with his head held high.

"How magnificent!" Shao Xun praised, then pointed his riding whip at Pingcheng and said: "Do you dare to make more money today?"

"Why don't you dare!" Feng Bachi said loudly.

Shao Xun laughed, punched Feng Bachi on the shoulder, then pulled him out, faced everyone, and said, "Do you know this person?"

"I know!" A few people shouted sparsely at first.

Shao Xun asked again: "Do you know this person?"

"I know!" the sergeants of Longxiang Mansion in Pingqiu shouted in unison.

"General Feng got a beautiful wife in Ji County." Shao Xun said.

Everyone was stunned at first, and then burst into laughter.

Feng Bachi looked at everyone with pride. Who in Pingqiu doesn't care about - uh, envies my wife?

"What I like most is a strong man. He first ascends to the city behind me. What's the point of getting an official title and a beautiful wife?" Shao Xun said with a smile: "Pingcheng doesn't have it. There are loads of cars in Liang Palace and Ningshuo Palace. Just ask me for it."

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When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up.

Feng Bachi’s ready-made examples are there, who wouldn’t envy him?

He got a loving wife and a beautiful family, his family business was well managed, and he became visibly wealthy.

I first became a Sima of another department, and then promoted to a deputy general, which is like the foundation of a local powerful family.

Huang Zheng, the pro-military governor, gently pushed Feng Bachi.

Feng Bachi woke up and yelled: "Everyone brags about how powerful he is on weekdays, but now he is mute? If we capture this Bird City, those who have done meritorious service will have generous rewards. When has the king ever broken his promise?"

After hearing this, an officer from the army spontaneously waved his hands and said, "Destroy Pingcheng!"

"Destroy Pingcheng!" Everyone shouted in unison.

"Destroy Pingcheng!" The shouts became more and more enthusiastic, so much so that soldiers from Luonan Prefecture and Chenliu Prefecture soldiers shouted.

Shao Xun laughed, and after the noise gradually subsided, he came to the front of the Huangtou Army formation.

Everyone looked at him.

During the flood, the King of Liang personally came to Hebei and helped them survive. In the eyes of the Huangtou Army officers and soldiers, this man was a god, unmatched by anyone.

Shao Xun looked at the man who was about thirty years old and asked: "Do you have any heirs?"

"Thanks to the king's favor, I already have a wife and children."

"How were you?"

"My family has more than 30 acres of land, and I can eat enough."

"Maybe carnivorous?"

The man subconsciously licked his lips and said, "I raise sheep, but I still don't want to eat them."

"How can a strong man have no meat to eat?" Shao Xun said: "After conquering Pingcheng, I was given two sheep."

The man's face was full of surprise.

Huang Zheng summoned twenty soldiers and shouted in unison: "Destroy Pingcheng, and I will give you two sheep."

"If you break the city, I will give you two sheep." Upon hearing this, the officers of the Yellow Head Army told the soldiers around them one by one.

The atmosphere immediately became lively.

"Destroy the city!" Thousands of soldiers shouted in unison.

There is nothing more effective than financial incentives. The soldiers worked hard for this purpose. Even the soldiers and silver spear soldiers cheered after hearing this.

Shao Xun got on his horse and said loudly: "We have survived the floods and the epidemic, what difficulties in the world can stop us? Hundreds of miles of conquest, wealth and fame are right in front of us, why not take them? Now - give it to me

Take this city!"

After that, he gave the order to beat drums and march forward.

The morale had just been boosted and the enthusiasm of the yellow-headed sergeant had not yet faded. He took the lead, pushing the siege equipment and launched the first battle.

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The defenders at the top of the city kept silently watching the city.

Tens of thousands of people chanted in unison, and their morale was getting higher and higher, but their morale was decreasing little by little.

In the past two days, a large number of cattle, sheep, and livestock were captured by the Jin army. They passed outside the city and were sent to the south over the mountains and plains for everyone to see.

Later, the herdsmen from various tribes who were captured in the wild were forced to attack the city and kill their own people. How could this morale be high?

There were even many people in the city who were worried that their relatives would be kidnapped by the Jin army and disappeared, and their morale was even lowered to an extremely low level.

Don’t want to fight, many people don’t want to fight.

Defending the city is extremely wrong. They are not good at it, and they have put their loved ones in danger. I don't know who came up with this idea.

The number of earth platforms outside the city has increased to seven, and arrows are being fired all the time.

The ladder truck advanced little by little, seemingly slowly, but in fact it arrived at the bottom of the city with determination.

"Bah!" The hook in front of the flying ladder firmly hooked the top of the wall.

The defenders seemed to be waking up from a dream.

The chiefs shouted and ordered people to push the cars away.

In an instant, a denser rain of arrows fell from above their heads, causing these exposed Xianbei people to scream in agony.

The big shield was raised, making a constant clanging sound, and the person holding the shield even felt the huge pressure coming from the surface of the shield.
To be continued...