Fan Yang is an ancient city with a long history.
When Emperor Qin Shi Huang established the Qin Dynasty, Fan Yang was located in Youzhou.
The ancient city is ancient and heavy. From a distance, it looks like an ancient giant beast, entrenched on the north bank of Fan River.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Fan Yang was under the jurisdiction of Zhuo County and was one of the few fortified cities in Youzhou.
Xi commander Xia La Ge got the opportunity to enter the pass on the condition that he agreed to help Li Kuangwei capture Fan Yang.
In recent times, the Xi people have committed heinous crimes after entering the Pass. Almost all the way to Fan Yang, the Xi cavalry has never stopped looting.
The people of You, Ji, Ping and Tan states were repeatedly murdered by the Xi people.
These Xi people were like hyenas on the grassland, wreaking havoc on the local area, burning, killing and looting. At least tens of thousands of people along the way died tragically at the hands of the Xi butchers, with blood flowing like rivers and corpses piling up like mountains.
From Pingzhou to Youzhou, from east to west, all the people who survived by chance, and all the people who knew how the Xi people entered the pass, hated Li Kuangwei to the core and cursed him.
If the dead could jump, I believe that Li Kuangwei's ancestor from the 960th century would have jumped out of the coffin long ago and stuffed the bastard Li Kuangwei back into his mother's stomach.
Being unscrupulous, shameless, and bringing misfortune to the family, several generations of ancestors will suffer misfortune.
Li Kuangwei deeply regretted what the Xi people had done in the Lulong area, but the matter was done and he was still counting on Xia La Ge to help them capture Fan Yang. How could he jump out to stop the other side's looting
Unfortunately, he didn't know what Xia Lago was planning. As long as he could plunder wealth, beautiful Han women, and strong male slaves, who the hell was Li Kuangwei? Damn it, he was nothing.
But even though he thought so, when the army arrived in Fan Yang, he would still pretend to contribute. As for whether he really contributed, only he himself knew.
On the city wall of Fanyang, Li Keju looked at the endless rebels with a gloomy face.
Yuchi Xin, who was beside him, also had an ugly expression on his face, and he hated Li Quanzhong and his son who were standing in front of the rebels.
No one could have imagined that when the Di people invaded and all the troops in Fan Yang were resisting the Di people in the north, Li Quanzhong suddenly turned against them and attacked Fan Yang.
That would be fine, but the other party actually colluded with the Xi people for this, which is disgusting and makes people so angry that they want to strangle this traitor to death.
"Li Quanzhong, you are such an ungrateful person. You were born and raised in the Tang Dynasty, but you colluded with the Di people to harm the Tang people. My father was very kind to you when he was alive, but you did not think of repaying him. Instead, you plotted to take over Lulong. You are blinded by power and deserve death." Li Keju stood on the top of the city wall, pointing at Li Quanzhong in front of the rebels. He was so excited that his chest heaved and he cursed loudly.
Hearing this, Li Quanzhong's face was solemn, without any sign of shame, and he said in a deep voice: "Li Keju, the land of Lulong Jiuzhou was originally guarded by nine armies, but you, Li Keju, chose to establish a Zhenyuan Army, and have been ordering the Zhenyuan Army to suppress my Weiwu Army. Why do you want to bully me like this?"
"Why was the Zhenyuan Army established? Li Quanzhong, you should know it very well. If you had no rebellious intention, why would I, Li, maintain another army?" When the other party mentioned the Zhenyuan Army, Li Keju became even angrier and questioned back.
"Li Keju, as the saying goes, trust people when you employ them, and don't employ people if you don't trust them. Since you asked me to lead the Zhenweiwu Army, you should have trusted me completely. But you ordered me to lead the Zhenyuan Army and then set up the Zhenyuan Army to suppress me. How can I not be cautious?" Li Quanzhong was aggressive and looked righteous.
Li Keju and Li Quanzhong fight
After so long, it is no longer clear who is right and who is wrong. The husband says he is right and the wife says she is right.
"Stop talking nonsense. If you want to attack the city, come on." Li Keju looked at Li Quanzhong under the city with a cold face, his eyes full of murderous intent.
Li Quanzhong also looked at Li Keju viciously, with murderous intent all over his body. He waved his hand and shouted, "Li Keju is unjust and disregards the people's hearts. Today, I, Li Quanzhong, am willing to defeat this beast for the people of Lulong. I hope you will work together to help me."
"Attack and kill Li Keju."
"Attack and kill Li Keju."
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The three armies responded, and the four fields were in an uproar. The shouts that shook the sky almost pierced through the sky.
Li Keju, who was standing on the city wall, had an ugly expression on his face. He turned his head with a complicated look and looked at Yuchi Xin, saying bitterly: "Young man, do your best. If things cannot be done, I will never blame you."
Upon hearing this, Yuchi Xin's face was solemn, and he said in a sonorous voice: "Don't worry, Lord Li, as long as I am here, Fanyang will be safe."
Li Keju looked at him with a complicated expression and patted his shoulder silently. An invisible feeling lingered between the uncle and nephew.
He had no doubts about Yuchi Xin. Since Yuchi Xin said so, he absolutely believed that the other party would do so.
The attack and defense of Fan Yang broke out in an instant.
Li Quanzhong's troops of 50,000 men attacked the south; the brothers Li Kuangwei and Li Kuangchou, with their troops of more than 40,000 men, attacked the east; Xi Shuai Xia La Ge's troops of 30,000 men were responsible for attacking the west.
As for Xiala Ge, he would not really help Li Quanzhong and his son to capture Fan Yang, but it would not be a big deal to pretend to do so.
The attack and defense of Fan Yang was extremely fierce. While Zhu Li was collecting oxen, he sent people to secretly monitor the battle situation here.
Three days, just three days.
The number of guards killed in the battle on both sides reached 30,000 to 40,000. Even if they were dozens of miles away from Fan Yang, they could hear the shouting and smell the faint smell of blood coming from the direction of Fan Yang.
Zhu Li, who was far away in Liangxiang, collected nearly 3,500 oxen in three days with the help of brothers Yan Yun and Yan Xiao. Zhu Li immediately wrote them IOUs.
In ancient times, especially in the Central Plains, it was forbidden to slaughter oxen for work, and the price of beef was very cheap because it was black goods.
But if it is to buy oxen, that is another matter. The price of a ox is at least dozens of taels of silver. Zhu Li collected 3,500 oxen at once. Each ox costs 20 taels, which costs 70,000 taels of silver.
When writing the IOU, Zhu Li secretly clicked his tongue. War is not only a scam, but also a scam of money.
It took Zhu Li one or two days to release 1,500 oxen to the west of Fan Yang. As for the east and south, he arranged for people to release 1,000 oxen each.
After each ox had eaten and drunk its fill, its mouth was covered with a bit and its eyes were covered with a black cloth.
The tail of each working ox was tied with oilcloth soaked in tung oil; and sharp knives were tied to their horns, tightly tied with hemp ropes, making them very strong.
Every two cows carried a raft on their backs. The front end of the raft was sharpened and the two sides were fixed firmly to the cows on both sides.
On the night of preparation for action, Zhu Li first secretly ordered the ghost warriors accompanying the army to take action and eliminate the scattered scouts. Then he led his troops to the west of Fanyang City and gathered two or three miles away from the Xi camp.
Li Quanzhong and Li Kuangwei are the traitorous father and son. Although Zhu Li
He hated them so much that his teeth were itching, but he could forgive them for the time being. However, he must kill the Xi people who entered the pass and caused countless murders.
Look at what Xiala Ge did when he arrived in the interior of the country. He plundered and plundered again, causing great suffering to the people in You, Tan, Ji and Ping states. He did not regard the Han people as human beings at all, and slaughtered them wantonly and with cold blood. How could he let these beasts go
Night seemed to cast a mysterious protective hue over the raid.
On the west, south and east sides of Fan Yang, two or three miles away from the three camps of Li Quanzhong, Li Kuangwei and Xia La Ge, three waves of troops gathered quietly.
In front of these people, there was a group of oxen standing side by side. In front of each ox, there was a guard standing on one side. At the tail of the ox, there was also a guard holding a fire starter in his hand.
It was a dark and windy murderous night. As a rocket that tore through the pitch-black sky suddenly shot into the air, all the guards immediately set fire to the oilcloth on the ox's tail. At the same time, the guards standing in front of the ox deftly removed the black cloth from the ox's eyes.
There was a sudden huge pain in the tail, and there seemed to be a flash of red fire behind it, which made the oxen go crazy in an instant. They rushed forward desperately, as if they wanted to shake off the red fire behind them and get their tails out of the flames.
"Boom, boom, boom,..."
The earth trembled, the fields shook, and thousands of frenzied oxen charged forward, causing a noise even louder and more violent than that of thousands of horses galloping.
Fleeing for their lives and galloping madly, these oxen trying to escape from the scorching fire rushed swiftly and violently towards the garrison camp in a straight line. There were more than 1,500 oxen, lined up in two rows. The fence behind the military camp was immediately broken down. There was almost no delay. The herd of oxen rushed into the Xi camp like wild beasts rushing out of the darkness.
In their eyes, they have only one thought for any obstacle that hinders their escape, which is to trample it, destroy everything, and break through everything.
"Ah, what is that?" A Xi patrolman exclaimed in horror when he saw the fire bull rushing into the camp.
"Cows, they're cows, fire cows. Why are there so many of them? They're all crazy. Run." The smart and experienced old soldier immediately realized the danger and shouted.
... ...
The fire bull charged into the camp, causing panic. The awake Xi warriors ran away crying for their parents. As for the Xi people who were still sleeping soundly, they could only hope for the best.
After all, two legs cannot outrun four legs. A Xi warrior ran head-on into a mad ox, knocking the ox flying into the air.
Some clever Xi warriors wanted to pass through the gaps between the cows, but they were surprised to find that there were sharp rafts waiting between almost every two cows. As soon as they showed their heads, they were pierced through the bodies by the spikes on the rafts, bleeding all over the ground and wailing.
The Di warriors all wore leather armor, and very few wore iron armor. Once they were hit by the spikes of the raft, they would definitely be pierced through, with few exceptions.
The Xi warrior who was impaled on the raft was dragged for a long distance and wailed for a long time under the vigorous running of the two oxen before his head tilted and he died.
The fire bull galloped past, leaving chaos all around.
Behind the bull, Zhu Li, wielding a double-edged spear, led eight hundred soldiers and more than three thousand brave Yue cavalry, following closely behind. They did not need to charge, but only needed to take advantage of any gaps.
Behind these cavalrymen, there were thousands of palace guards. They were also distributed and specifically targeted and killed those Xi warriors who survived the charge of the fire bulls.