Chapter 2366 People in the City

The city gate is open!

War drums roared outside Nanzheng City.

After discovering an abnormality at the city gate, Zhang Liao wanted to wait and see because effective information communication could not be carried out inside and outside the city, while Wei Yan thought he could give it a try...

Zhu Ling?

Zhu Ling followed his duty and led the cavalry on patrol outside Nanzheng.

Wei Yan was not a man who was crazy about inserting needles whenever he saw an opportunity, and he just discovered during the Hanzhong stage that Zhang's soldiers were not actually strong in fighting and did not have tenacious fighting spirit. Even if they had It might be a trap, but it doesn't hurt to test it first.

The two people only had a slight argument, and then quickly agreed. Wei Yan led a small group of soldiers to attack the city gate, while Zhang Liao led another group of people to attack the city wall to provide cover for Wei Yan.

The first one to go out was naturally Zhang Liao, who was acting as a cover. The force was about two thousand in size, pushing dozens of Haoqiao and ladders, with a huge momentum. Wei Yan slowly set off, leading his strong foot soldiers to the city gate shrouded in smoke and dust.

Wei Yan's forward column successfully passed the broken stone bridge and ran into the dim smoke. Zhang's soldiers yelled in panic on the city wall. It seemed that a few arrows were shot down, but they had almost no effect. .

There were some corpses lying under the open city gate, while several Zhang soldiers were struggling to close the opened city gate...

Zhang Liao and Wei Yan once asked the craftsmen in the engineering camp whether they could use a catapult to directly smash through the city gate, but in fact they gave up this unrealistic idea after trying it several times.

Whether it is stone bullets or kerosene bombs thrown by catapults, they can only determine a rough range. Of course there is no problem with a target as big as a city wall, but if you want to accurately hit the city gate, there is a probability, but It is indeed too wasteful to specifically let Catapult gamble on this probability.

With this skill and so many times, the city wall has been smashed, so why bother smashing the city gate?

Therefore, the city gate of Nanzheng is generally relatively complete, but now it is suddenly opened for some reason...

Wei Yan's team was the first to rush to the city gate and hacked to death a Zhang soldier who was pushing the city gate in an attempt to close it. Then the team quickly divided into two groups, each covering it, and rushed in In the doorway.

As soon as the first few soldiers rushed out of the door, sharp weapons came towards them.

One of Wei Yan's soldiers was accidentally stabbed in the vital part and fell to the ground dead. Several other soldiers used their swords or shields to block and fight back. Immediately, several of Zhang's soldiers in the barbican fell. Some Zhang soldiers came in from the city, and the two sides fought within the small space within the urn city.

The team leader looked around, quickly judged the situation, and immediately sent more soldiers to join the battle. The subsequent hussar soldiers rushed in. Although Zhang's soldiers occupied a certain advantageous position, they could not withstand the fierce attacks of the powerful hussar soldiers. As Zhang's soldiers continued to be injured and died, those who were defending in the barbican city The system also gradually collapsed and collapsed.

Finally, the first hussar soldier broke through the second city gate. As soon as he rushed out, he faced the attack of seven or eight Zhang's soldiers in formation. After parrying for a moment, he was killed, but he His death bought time for the following hussars. When more hussars rushed out of the second city gate, Zhang's soldiers who were defending at the city gate on the street were quickly forced back.

Then more hussar soldiers rushed in, and Wei Yan followed among these soldiers and rushed out of the second gate.

Unable to resist, Zhang's soldiers turned around and ran away. The line of Zhang's soldiers on the other side also collapsed, revealing a group of people who were surrounded and killed...

Li Yuan, Li Cong and others did not have enough armor, and not all of the servants were very skilled. They got the upper hand during the surprise attack, but suffered some losses in the subsequent hand-to-hand combat and were surrounded. If Wei Yan hadn't led them When the soldiers arrive, Li Yuan and Li Cong may encounter certain dangers.

Li Yuan had also stayed in Hanzhong for a period of time before, and had a slight impression of Wei Yan. He saw Wei Yan's recognition flag, and after a little thought, he recognized it. He quickly took out his seal and stepped forward to identify himself.

The smoke and dust at this time had slowly dissipated.

Soon another group of Zhang's soldiers rushed out from the street, and there were a lot of them. Apparently, when there was chaos at the city gate, someone went to the city to summon them, but they only arrived at the scene now.

Wei Yan's men also made a formation list. Looking at the scattered Zhang soldiers, the leader at the front shouted something, and five or six crossbows protruded from the gaps in the array.

Zhang's soldiers didn't know whether they didn't notice it or couldn't hold back, so they kept running forward.

When these Zhang's soldiers were approaching a distance of thirty or forty steps, the leader of the team gave an order, the crossbows were fired, and five or six crossbow bolts roared into Zhang's soldiers. The few Zhangs in front Shi fell to the ground almost at the same time, rolling on the ground and screaming.

On the one hand, Zhang's soldiers rushing from behind had to avoid the wounded soldiers rolling on the ground. On the other hand, they seemed to realize that the people in front of them were not the previous troops of Li Yuan and Li Cong who had no equipment, but hussars and infantry. Suddenly They were so frightened that they howled and the queue was in chaos.

The soldiers who had previously fired the crossbow bowed back, and the soldiers in the back row who had already loaded the crossbows added in. Another round of lasing fired, and immediately several more Zhang's soldiers fell down, and then the rest. Zhang's soldiers just shouted and immediately broke up on the spot and fled to the alleys on both sides...

The loss of the Wengcheng caused Zhang's soldiers to lose the defensive support point of the city wall. Zhang Liao, who was outside the city, also quickly adjusted the direction of his attack. Under the attack from above and below, Zhang's soldiers became increasingly panicked.

Under the tidal attack of the hussars, Zhang's soldiers above and below the city, as well as temporarily captured civilians, fled into the streets and alleys of the city to avoid the harm of swords, guns and crossbows. The large-scale Zhang's soldiers were killed by a They were all broken up and defeated. As Wei Yan occupied a vast area at the city gate with heavy armor, more and more hussar soldiers poured into Nanzheng City, and the Zhang family's defeat became a foregone conclusion.

Wei Yan probably still had some impressions of the layout of Nanzheng City. When he arrived at the cross street, he was about to lead his people to the government office of Nanzheng, but was stopped by Li Yuan.

"General!" Conquer General Shu! Thief Zhang is not in the government office! Not over there! Li Yuan pointed in another direction, "The old thief is hiding in his house!" Not in the government office! 』

"ah? Wei Yan was stunned and almost couldn't believe it, but after thinking about it, he felt that this was normal. He immediately asked Li Yuan to lead the way and headed straight for Zhang Mansion.

At the intersection of the street, turn north and then east. On both sides of the street, there are some soldiers of the Zhang family kneeling down, as well as some strong men and civilians who were captured by the Zhang family before, crying loudly and begging for mercy.

As long as these people have no weapons in their hands and do not resist, Wei Yan and the soldiers around him will not pay attention to them. Some fools are still holding on to their weapons when begging for mercy, or they stand and look around blankly, running around. The one who hit him was killed by the soldiers, and he really became a fool.

Wei Yan originally thought that it would take some effort to attack Zhang's Mansion. On the way to Zhang's Mansion, he even asked his soldiers to search for some wooden beams or wooden ladders that could be used to break the door, but he What he didn't expect was that when he arrived near Zhang's Mansion, he found that the door of Zhang's Mansion was wide open...

Near the gate of the mansion, there were many corpses and many miscellaneous items scattered on the ground.

A few soldiers who were defeated or were refugees in the city were lying on the corpses, searching for belongings, pulling off their clothes, and when they saw Wei Yan and others coming, they ran away like wild dogs...

The flagpole in front of Zhang's mansion was broken, and Zhang's flag was in tatters and spread on the ground.

"..." Wei Yan glanced over, without saying a word, and waved for the soldiers to come in and check.

As soon as you enter the door and step into the front yard, there is a chirp.

Wei Yan lowered his head and saw that the ground was covered with semi-solidified blood.

Looking up again, there were corpses on the ground.

Judging from the clothes and clothing, most of these corpses are Zhang's servants and servants...

"Old thief... What are you doing, old thief?" Li Yuan stood on one side, holding a sword in his hand. He was also a little confused, "Is it possible to say that he escaped?" 』

Wei Yan frowned slightly and waved his hand to order the soldiers to continue inward.

Zhang's house is not small. After passing the front yard and entering the atrium, there are more corpses and blood. Even in the side rooms on both sides, there is obviously blood flowing out along the cracks in the door...

The soldier kept walking, walked through the corridor, and entered the backyard.

The sound of crying came out...

"Dad...I don't want to die, I don't want to die...Mother, help me, help me..."

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die..."

"Ooooh...Mom, save me, save me..."

Zhang Ze was sitting in the backyard hall, holding a long sword in his hand and his face was ashen. After hearing the movement, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Wei Yan who came in from the gate of the backyard.

In front of Zhang Ze, several women and some young people knelt down, and beside these women and young children, there were some guards who were almost covered in blood.

Seeing Wei Yan and others walking into the backyard, a young half-year-old child's eyes moved. He didn't know what he was thinking, but he broke away from the guard's hand and was about to run out of the hall, but was stopped by Zhang Ze. He took a step forward and stabbed his sword directly from the back to the chest!

"My child..." A woman rushed forward and was also assassinated by Zhang Ze.

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Zhang Ze was trembling, with tears streaming down his face. He put the long sword on his neck and said, "Move...do it!" Do it..."

Wei stretched his hand forward and raised it halfway, but in the end he still did not issue a stop command.

Guard Zhang Ze looked around, and finally obeyed Zhang Ze's order. He raised his blood-stained sword towards these women and children, and then dropped it...

Zhang Ze stared at Wei Yan, his beard stained with blood, tears, and snot seemed to move, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, he just gritted his teeth and squeezed hard with his hand!

"My Lord!" 』

The few remaining Zhang Ze guards cried out in sorrow, then looked at each other, and either committed suicide or hacked each other to death. In the blink of an eye, all the people in the backyard hall died!

"..." Wei Yan walked forward to Zhang Ze, lowered his head slightly and looked at Zhang Ze.

Zhang Ze cut his throat, and blood spurted out from the wound. His eyes like dead fish seemed to be looking at Wei Yan, or at the lintel of his home, or looking at the sky through the lintel. …

The chaotic and noisy sounds in the city came faintly.

There was deathly silence in Zhang Mansion.

The inside and outside of the hall are like two worlds.

Wei Yan turned around, walked out, and then stood at the entrance of the hall.

"Why bother……"

……_(:з　∠)_……

After hearing that Zhang Ze committed suicide, everyone in Nanzheng gave up resistance almost immediately.

Zhang Liao and others entered Nanzheng and took over Nanzheng's city defense.

Ordinary people were either recovering from the disaster, or were filled with grief, and were picking up the remains of their homes in the city. However, in the Nanzheng Mansion Office, the descendants of the gentry in Nanzheng had already gathered.

Although Zhang Liao and Wei Yan have not yet arrived, the voices criticizing Zhang Ze outside the hall are getting louder and louder than ever!

"Zhang Ze, the old thief, deserves to die!" 』

An old man's beard was trembling and he was leaning on his crutches. His face was full of anger, making people worry that he might faint and die due to too intense emotions at the next moment.

Behind the inner screen in the hall, Li Cong stood behind Zhang Liao and Wei Yan and whispered: "This person's surname is Jing Mingke... He is married to the Zhang family, and his granddaughter is the wife of Zhang Zecong's son..."

"The soldiers of the Hussar are majestic and thunderous. They are more than Zhang Thief can resist..." Another middle-aged man said loudly, gesticulating, "I said a few months ago that the Hussar would win!" Thief Zhang will be defeated! 』

Li Cong continued to whisper: "This person's name is Chen Bin. At the beginning of the month, he also sent thousands of stones of food and grass to Zhang Thief. Zhang Thief met the master of the main gate of the government office and entered hand in hand..."

"The thief is corrupt, intimidating the loyal and good, and poisoning the people..."

"This person is a famous minister of the Lin family. At the beginning of the Zhang thief's rebellion, he offered five hundred soldiers and fifty armor as a congratulation..."

"The kindness of the hussar is like a mountain, like a river like the sea..."

"This man, the Cheng family, is famous for his kindness. He once said that Zhang Thief was "the destiny of destiny"..."

"..."

The voices outside the hall were still getting louder, but Wei Yan was already a little impatient. He didn't even bother to cover it up a little. He just snorted coldly and held his hands in front of Zhang Liao, "Wen Yuan, it's still here." Come on...I...I'm worried that I won't be able to control myself and kill all these silverfish in one go..."

After saying that, Wei Yan turned around and walked away.

Zhang Liao was stunned for a moment, and could only shake his head and smile bitterly, then turned away from the screen and walked to the front hall.

"Ah... see General!" 』

"The general saved the people of Nanzheng from fire and water..."

"General..."

Noisy voices came from behind. Wei Yan frowned tightly, paused slightly, then continued forward, exiting the government office through the corner gate.

Order in the city has been gradually restored. On the streets, ordinary people began to get busy, just like cleaning up farmland, and began to clean up the messy, dirty, or obstructive debris in Nanzheng City.

Wei Yan slowly walked past with the guards, as if he was patrolling the city, and also seemed to be relaxing, but for some reason, the more he walked, the more blocked he felt in his heart.

Nanzheng City is the same as most cities in the Han Dynasty. There are lanes where high-ranking officials live, and there are also shacks where poor people live. There are disciples wearing brocade robes and silk scarves, and there are also poor people who don't even have pants.

Of course, those responsible for cleaning up the mess in the city and carrying away the corpses were not the disciples in brocade robes, but the poor people in ragged clothes.

The saying here that the poor have no pants is not a metaphor, but they really have no pants. On the one hand, this is because the culture of wearing trousers has not yet formed in the Han Dynasty. On the other hand, if you have the little cloth to make trousers, you might as well make a half-coat to cover the front and back crotch. After all, you may only have one outer robe at home.

If you are working in the crop fields outside the city, you are basically naked, with at most a crotch cloth. As for children, they just roll around in the mud with their bare buttocks, and the mud shell on the outside of their skin becomes their clothes. Most of them don’t get a formal piece of clothing that belongs to them until they are teenagers and on the eve of adulthood. robe...

Seeing Wei Yan and others approaching, these poor people immediately retreated to the roadside obediently, then lowered their heads and bent their waists, not daring to look directly. These poor people are very thin, yellow, black and short, as if they are supported by a few bones.

These people are the lowest class people in Nanzheng.

"Mr. Zhang..." Wei Yan grinded out a few words from between his teeth, "What have you been doing these past few years?" 』

Whether a country is strong or not, whether a nation is rich or not, does not depend on the living conditions of the top group of people, because it is very simple, as long as there is a small population base, the surplus value extracted is enough for a family or a person. The family is so rich that they are just like the tribal leaders who cheat the Di people. Their living conditions and standards are no worse than those of the ordinary Han people!

For these low-end people, ww reflects the real living standards of the people.

This is Nanzheng!

If it were replaced by Sichuan and Shu, the status of Nanzheng would be almost the same as that of Chengdu. Although it may not be as prosperous as Chengdu, it is still one of the largest cities in Hanzhong after all!

And these poor Han people in Nanzheng are actually worse than the poor people in the villages in the mountains around Chengdu! General Hussar has new agricultural technology, new farming equipment, and new varieties of crops. The naturalized people near Chengdu in Sichuan and Sichuan can all use it, which can increase their income and change their lives. , and here in Nanzheng, it seems that these poor people are still living a few years ago, or more than ten years ago!

This is the current situation in Nanzheng!

This is the virtue of Zhang family in Hanzhong!

This is the "rule by inaction" that these gentry children have been advocating and wanting all day long!

If you don’t like someone to take care of you, don’t like someone to supervise you, then just get things done!

I can't do it well, and I talk a lot...

Wei Yan looked at the city in the distance where there seemed to be some black smoke, and then looked back at the Zhang family's mansion that had been sealed off on the other side of the street. After a long time, he shook his head and sneered.

"Why bother……"

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