Chapter 271 It Works
Xu Hunhe didn't know that this guy's life experience was so tortuous and bizarre, and he didn't know that the person standing in front of him had actually changed his soul. After hearing that this Li Quhou was actually a descendant of Li Guang, they couldn't help but feel respect: "It turns out that Quhou is the descendant of the flying general, no wonder the archery technique is so accurate!"
Li Rui waved his hand and said, "That's all old calendars! Now even our family has become a poor family, let alone the branches in my side branches. For me, the family is useless!"
Lao Zheng said: "Quhou is joking. Even if your family has become a poor family, even if you are just a branch among the side branches, your background is still nobler than most people!"
————Many people think that poor families are poor families. When they hear that a great man comes from a poor family, they will be respectful: Awesome, it is really amazing to have such achievements in such a poor family! Little do they know that the so-called poor families in history books are just families that have declined and no longer meet the standards of aristocratic families. They are said to be poor families, but in fact they have nothing to do with the poor at all, and there are still large films.
There are a large number of servants serving him, and he can still afford to pay to hire famous teachers to teach him to study, practice martial arts, and accumulate strength for his future rise. Those who are poor are called poor families? Stop funny, are you worthy? From Cao Wei to the Western Jin Dynasty, they were truly poor families. They rely on their own efforts to climb up step by step. In the end, there are only two people who are famous all over the world, Deng Ai, who made great contributions in the destruction of Shu, and Wang Jun, who destroyed the Eastern Wu.
Both of these encounters were not very good.
The aristocratic families of this era are extremely powerful, and basically monopolized the vast majority of the rise channels in the military and political circles, and even the imperial power cannot suppress them. History books say that Sima Yan is tolerant and kind, but who knows how many of the tolerant and kindness are forced by the aristocratic families to be tolerant and unkind? Sitting on the dragon throne and looking down, all those standing under the Danibun are from the aristocratic families, who dares to kill?
For poor families, this is the worst era; for noble families, this is the best era.
At this time, two aliens who came from a weak family but had a lot of abilities appeared. Naturally, those colleagues from high-ranking families would not give them a good face. After Deng Ai destroyed Shu, he was falsely accused of rebellion by Zhong Hui, and was arrested and sent to the prison car to take him back to Luoyang. Later, Zhong Hui rebelled, and Wei Guan led his troops in time to kill him and quell the rebellion. However, Wei Guan did not send anyone to release Deng Ai, but sent someone to catch up with the prison car and kill all his father and son. Sima Zhao followed the boat and killed Deng Ai's whole family. All men were killed and women were exiled. A generation of famous generals ended up ruining his family. Everyone knew that Deng Ai was wronged, and everyone insisted that Deng Ai rebelled and did not let go of his words. I wonder if Deng Ai knew about it in the spring, and did he regret that he had to follow Sima Zhao, such a tragic thing?
In contrast, Wang Jun's experience was a little better. After destroying Wu, Wang Hun, the general who was determined to steal this title, was extremely resentful. After the war, he mobilized his accomplices to fabricate rumors, falsely accusing Wang Jun of not obeying military orders, and being disrespectful to his superiors. He won the treasures of Eastern Wu and refused to hand over them. Bola Bala has a lot of crimes. You can choose which one you like, anyway, they are just randomly compiled. Wang Jun, who made great contributions to destroying the country, was excluded and suppressed by his colleagues everywhere. As a general of the auxiliary country, he could not even match the staff and horses. The anger in his heart can be imagined. How frustrated was this general of the destruction country? He heard that Wang Hun came to visit, so he had to order his servants to put on armor and weapons before he could open the door to greet him, for fear that Wang Hun would move his own physical head!
It is rare for a generation of famous generals to be so frustrated. However, he is lucky than Deng Ai. After all, he has a good end and his title is inherited by his descendants. By the way, his grandson Wang Cui also married Princess Yingchuan and became a madam.
Deng Ai and Wang Jun are both from poor families, and it is so difficult to make a breakthrough. Those at the bottom want to make a breakthrough? Basically, they don’t even think about it. At least the poor families still have the chance to make a name for themselves. Although it is very slim, there are no civilians at all. From this point of view, poor families are indeed much better than civilians.
Li Rui stretched and said, "The times have changed! Luoyang has been chaotic. Who will tell you what origin and bloodline? So what about a noble family? So what about a lowly serf? You have to rely on your own abilities to struggle to survive in this troubled world... If you are not careful, you will become a dry bone in the wilderness!"
Old Zheng was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak when suddenly a scream of horror came from a distance: "The city is broken! The city is broken!"
As soon as the words were finished, thousands of Hu people cheered loudly, and those who knew Luoyu shouted wildly in Luoyu: "The city is broken! The city is broken!" Those who didn't know Luoyu howled at the top of their throats, like wild beasts in love. Under the stimulation of this great good news, they all went crazy, no longer caring about the powerful arches and crossbows of the Jin army, howling like a swarm of locusts, rushing towards the city walls, and they couldn't even kill them!
Li Rui was in no mood to rest now. He endured the soreness of his shoulder blades and jumped up to pick up the yellow crossbow and shot at the Hu people who rushed up, trembling as he shot: "Damn it, didn't you guard it well just now? Why did the city suddenly break down!"
Lao Zheng said with red eyes: "It must be those barbarians who are deliberately yelling, trying to disrupt our morale! Don't worry about them, shoot me hard!"
Two Wanjun divine crossbows were fired at the same time, causing a bloody storm among the surging Hu army.
However, compared with the horrific sound of thousands of troops rushing, this was just a small wave, which disappeared in a blink of an eye. The Hu people rushed forward with the rain of arrows, javelins, stone bullets, and even put the long ladder on the arrow tower, climbing up the long ladder, preparing to drill in from the shot hole to attack the people in the arrow tower. Some crossbowmen had to put down their crossbows and pick up their spears to stab these desperate guys. The direct consequence of this was that the firepower of the arrow tower was weakened, and more and more Hu people rushed up...
Li Rui couldn't help but sweat in his forehead, and the urge to run away was coming again. The worst thing was that he couldn't run away this time, because the door of the Arrow Tower was locked, so he had to let Lao Zheng open the lock if he wanted to run. With Lao Zheng's temper, he dared to make such a request. It was estimated that the other party would tie him to the giant arrow and shoot him into the sky!
What should I do?
At this moment, the door of the Arrow Tower was suddenly knocked, and Zhang Xiong's voice came from outside: "Open the door!"
Lao Zheng hurried over and opened the door and saluted Zhang Xiong: "Mr. Zhang Qu, you..."
Zhang Xiong pushed him away and walked into the arrow tower with a heavy sword covered in blood. Seeing that Li Rui was still shooting arrows at the Hu people in a lively manner, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said to him directly: "Mr. Li Qu, bring your pile of black powder and follow me!"
Li Rui was stunned and asked, "What's wrong? Zhang Quhou, is the city really broken?"
Zhang Xiong gasped slightly and said, "Not yet."
Li Rui asked: "Then why..."
Zhang Xiong knew what he wanted to say, and told him: "The prisoners of war in the city took advantage of our army to fight to the death with the Hulu army. No one was guarding him. They secretly broke the ropes that bound them. They got a large number of weapons from somewhere, attacked our army from behind, cut off the southern gatekeeper Hulu army and let them in!"
Lao Zheng was stunned for a moment and gritted his teeth: "Damn Zahu! We spared their lives, but they actually attacked us behind the scenes? We shouldn't give them a chance to survive!"
Zhang Xiong said calmly: "At present, the Major General is commanding the army to fight the Hulu at the South Gate. He ordered the entire army to retreat to the inner city and prepare for street fighting... Li Quhou, it was the Major General who sent me to protect you, bring your pile of black powder and follow me!"
Hearing that Beigong Jing sent him to protect him, a warm current appeared in Li Rui's heart. It seemed that since the first encounter, Beigong Jing was very kind to him, which was beyond the kind of goodness of his superiors to his subordinates. He had just come to this world and knew nothing about those cumbersome etiquettes and was rude to others. If he changed his boss, he was afraid that he would have finished his ten lives, but Beigong Jing never quarreled with him. After discovering that he did not have the courage to fight with the barbarians tonight, he did not blame him, but directly stuffed him into a relatively safe arrow tower... Now that the south gate has been broken, he immediately sent his most trusted general Zhang Xiong to protect him! This major general really has nothing to say to him!
He didn't move, but just asked in a slightly trembling voice: "Can't you keep the South Gate?"
Zhang Xiong said: "The situation is chaotic and cannot be defended."
Li Rui asked again: "If the Hulu attacked the city, we would all die, right?"
Zhang Xiong didn't say anything, but that dark look told everything.
In ancient city offensive and defensive battles, many times, once the city gate is broken, there is basically no suspense in the battle. Those with weak fighting will choose to put down their weapons and surrender as soon as the city gate is broken, while those with more tenacious will retreat into the inner city to fight street battles and continue to resist. Street fighting can be said to be the last struggle of the defense. When the city gate is lost and the enemy is constantly pouring in, no matter how tenacious you are, you can't hold on for long, and once you drag the battle into street battles, there is basically no chance of breaking through. Either persist for a long enough time in the cruel street battles to allow the enemy to retreat, or they all die in battle, and there is no third way to choose.
Choosing to retreat into the inner city to fight street battles only means that the Liangzhou army has reached the most dangerous moment. They are strong enough and tough enough to guard a broken city like a wall and not give the Hu people any chance. But they still lost, losing to the Qiang Hu and Di Hu who they originally planned to incorporate. Because they put all their useful hands into the battle, no one guarded the prisoners, and the captives took the opportunity to make trouble, stabbed them from behind, and the south city gate opened! As time goes by, the east gate and the north gate will probably be cut open...
The fate of the Liangzhou army is already doomed.
Chapter completed!