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Chapter 306 32 things in the siege (Merry Christmas)

Chapter 306 Anecdotes During the Siege (Merry Christmas)

When the morning fog rises, there are company camps all over the mountains and plains surrounding the high mountains and low hills near Hangzhou.

The low temperature in the early morning froze the war smoke and bloody smell that was still pervading not long ago, and the war frenzy that lasted for several days has quieted down.From the besieged barracks to the city wall of Hangzhou, countless corpses, blood, arrows stuck on the ground or on corpses, and destroyed siege equipment formed a bright red and pale, warm and dead landscape. A corpse fell on the ground, soaked in red blood, and the flame ignited the surrounding area again, throwing out black ashes.On the entire battlefield, red, white, and black intertwined and stretched, extending into the drifting mist, covered under the thin layer of ice after a night.

Occasionally, war horses in twos and threes would go out from the barracks, toward the direction of the battlefield, and occasionally one or two black shadows would appear in the dead scenery. These were soldiers who had a certain right to go out of the camp. Looking for the dead body of a friend, or a small number of speculators in the army secretly came out to rummage through the property on the dead body. Most of these searches are futile, but the occasional small harvest can also be tempting.

On the opposite city wall, the light spots of burning torches floated faintly, like ghosts shrouded in clouds, mountains and seas of mist.

Around 1000 AD, the erratic climate of the Little Ice Age temporarily stopped the battle. After five days of successive sieges, Tong Guan finally temporarily stopped his idea of ​​taking Hangzhou in one go and let the besieging soldiers rest for a while. , and then figure out.

Although the besieging army was silent for the first time in five days, the defenders still couldn't relax.Tong Guan is not mediocre in the art of war. In five days, the army launched attacks from three directions in Hangzhou. The offensives continued like raging waves, but each wave of offensives was sometimes strong, sometimes weak, and sometimes false. The 15 imperial troops who went south were considered the elite of the world at least in the Wu Dynasty at this time, and their combat effectiveness was still far superior to that of a group of rebel peasants in the city.If it weren't for the fact that Fangla's camp was gathering elites in Hangzhou at this time, with sufficient manpower and the increasingly cold weather, Tong Guan would have had to find opportunities to tear open the gap on the city wall several times.

Because of this, even if the besieging army has stopped attacking, there is still no room for slack in the defense of the city. No one knows whether Tong Guan will suddenly launch a new wave of attacks.

The soldiers were fighting fiercely again, and Hangzhou City, which was only a little bustling, fell into a tense and pale atmosphere at this time. However, compared to the panic in the city when Fangla's army attacked the city last time, half of the Hangzhou city at this time He has become a rebel, and what is presented here now is another ecological environment.

The vicinity of Xiliu Street belongs to the outskirts of the Badao Camp, which has been surrounded by long fences and high arrow towers.At this time, it was more like Badaozhuang hundreds of miles away, which had been surrounded into a cottage.It is unbelievable to say that this kind of security is to guard against the Tongguan army outside the city. Since the complete break with Baodaoyi, Liu Dabiao ordered such a layer of things outside, mainly because of his relationship with Baodaoyi. The conflict between the two is becoming increasingly fierce, and Fang La and others are unable to fight anymore.However, the real reason that not many people know is that Liu Xigua doesn't want to be disturbed by some things that are going on in Xiliu Street at this time, so he makes use of the topic to make Badaoying so independent.

After Fang Qifo, Wang Yin, Si Xingfang, Deng Yuanjue, and Shi Bao returned, Tong Guan's army had already approached Hangzhou, so they could not stop the conflict between Badaoying and Bao Daoyi.However, after the siege, the two sides temporarily let go of seeking revenge on each other, and each chose a side of the city wall to help.

And because during this period of time, Fang Qifo restrained Tong Guan's army and caused heavy losses to the elites of the Badao Battalion who accompanied them. In the defense of the city in the past few days, the people belonging to the Badao Battalion have not been assigned too many people. Tasks, but try to check for leaks and fill vacancies in safer places.On the other hand, it is also because no matter how capricious Liu Xigua is, the people in Badaoying are still Fang La's most staunch supporters after all. Fang La needs to preserve the core force.As long as Badaoying is free, the city will not be too chaotic. Even if someone wants to replace Fang La as emperor or sell Fang Labo's future, they will be afraid of the existence of Badaoying and dare not make a move.

When Fang Qifo attacked Jiaxing at the beginning, there were more than 2000 main forces of the Badao Battalion participating. Later, Liu Dabiao turned back halfway, and there were still more than 15 people staying with Fang Qifo.In order to realize the strategic idea of ​​delaying Tongguan's siege time past the autumn, Fang Qifo led a group of soldiers to drag the pace of Tongguan's [-] troops abruptly. The losses under his men were actually quite heavy. Most of the people in the group were killed and injured along the way, and only a few hundred survived.

Such heavy casualties finally gave Hangzhou City a lot of time to build defenses. At the beginning, Liu Xigua made some progress against the people in Xiliu Street.After the army returned to the city this time, the atmosphere in Xiliu Street naturally couldn't get any better.But after several days of siege, thanks to Tong Guan's resignation, the people on the street were finally able to rest this morning.In the not-so-dense fog, there were occasional passers-by on the street who spoke softly.And in the main house of Badao Camp, there was a window that had been lit since the early morning, and the two people in the room were having a conversation about some things.

"...The people are precious, the society is second, and the king is light... When I first said it, I said that everyone is equal. It is difficult to explain it from Confucius. It is best to explain it from Mencius. Liu Xiyang is everyone in this regard. His article Although the explanation of the article is a bit casual, I am afraid there is no sincerity, but it is easy to understand, and it is still good. It can be used as an introductory reading in the future... I think it is worth a fight..."

"Since there is no sincerity, why give him a bucket...I only allow five liters."

"It's not like nothing, sincerity is still there..."

"Anyone knows how to explain shallowly. If you just go to the street and invite a group of people, there will be a lot of this kind of articles. Since he is a great Confucianist, of course he must be forced to write a few articles that are worthy of scrutiny. And he is very knowledgeable, but he writes a simple article. I’m here to fool people, obviously I have a conflict in my heart, I took a bucket of rice, and I won’t be able to solve the second chapter until I finish eating it... only five liters.”

"Okay, Liu Xiyang's five liters... Guo Jiliang's article is a little deeper. Since Liu Xiyang is going to be beaten, Guo Jiliang's article will be given seven liters. Besides, Han Fangjun's article is a bit weak..."

The light flickered slightly, and the two people talking in the room were Ning Yi and Liu Xigua who were reading articles one after another.Although they both spoke earnestly, it sounded a bit weird to have one liter and one bucket.Liu Xigua was also in the city during this period of time recently. He took a short rest yesterday and got up early today, so he asked Ning Yi to discuss the matter. He chatted with each article for a while, and then talked about Manichaeism.

"...Wu Yunying, that woman has no brains. Loyalty is loyalty, but she is not from Badaozhuang, and she is not with us. You have to pay attention to her." There are quite a lot of church members in the army, but the Badao camp is strong and not lacking. The sect that emphasizes sharing weal and woe and uniting the strength of farmers has a little less faith in the Badao camp. Liu Xigua, the sub-ruler of the battalion, didn't take her seriously, because she was a saint named by the Manicheism here.

"She's okay. She's been attending classes recently. When I asked her, she said that this statement has something in common with the teaching."

"Oh...good."

"However, they usually teach, and the rudder master doesn't do much research on classics. Wu Yunying didn't even read the "Xia Bu Zan" thoroughly. In this way, it is difficult to be reasonable if she is asked to help reform the teachings."

"The other rudder masters still understand it very well, but Wu Yunying is a bit stupid... But you don't need to know too much to preach in the countryside. Uncle Fang said that it is enough to be the same as the four words..."

"That's the truth... There's not much else to do, oh, the few articles I got recently..."

"If I want to change my name, what do you think is better?"

"After showing those children... what?" Ning Yi was stunned.

"Uh... change your name." The girl named Liu Xigua, who was dressed in a simple unlined garment but wore a big cloak, waved her hand lightly, "Let's talk about you first... Uh, anyway, I'm just asking... of course it's not true. I want you to help me get it... You are quite knowledgeable, let's see what you think."

"...A child read it, asked some questions, and wrote two short essays. I think he has potential...Change his name and return to Liu?"

"Of course... who is that child?"

"The surname is Chang, and the name is Chang Qing. I plan to reward him with something. Of course, he has no shortage of rice. At that time, I will get a certificate, and you can write it for me... Uh, let's stamp it, and it can be framed." That kind... surnamed Liu, how about Liu Yifei?"

"Oh, take the lid yourself, I'll put it on the table, I won't tell Uncle Tiannan...what did you say?"

"Liu Yifei." Ning Yi began to put away the articles on the table. He said this casually. He was thinking about other things in his heart, but he didn't take it seriously. He smiled while talking.

"Liu Yifei...not good, there are nine named Liu Yifei named Liu on the street...Forget it, I'm just asking for fun. You go back first, if you have time in the afternoon..."

"Nine out of ten, is that so?"

"Yeah, the day before yesterday I heard that the uncle and grandma of Liu Ahua's cousin next door was also named Yifei, and there was a cat raised by Wen Kerang's nephew's second wife, also named Yifei Yifei. Wen Kerang wanted to kill him at the beginning. You, have someone to stew that cat to eat when you have time... You have business to do, go first, I'm just asking casually."

After Ning Yi left, Liu Xigua took out a piece of paper full of names from the drawer, wrote the new name on it, then put it away and continued to deal with business...

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After the official break with Bao Daoyi, Ning Yi no longer closely participated in this matter. Liu Xigua asked him to take charge of some more pragmatic or pragmatic work in his Ba Dao camp, which was to change the entire Ba Dao camp. institutional foundations.At the time, it seemed like a joke.

Badaoying has already held its first so-called election, and it seems bad to stop it in an anticlimactic manner.However, Tong Guan's army is going south, and the pressure is imminent. When the future of Badaoying is uncertain, it is naturally a bit absurd to really use the strength of the entire Badaoying to cooperate with some "reforms" that are like a child's play.But no matter what, since there is a war, you must be prepared to lose, and you must also be prepared to win. If Fang La can really persevere, Liu Xigua will be the lord of a county in the future, and she will be given a piece of land. There is absolutely no problem in tossing about, what to do in the future, how to do it, you can start to arrange it now.

Ideas like democracy and freedom are mostly weapons used to fool Liu Xigua, but at the real psychological level, Ning Yi really wants to do an experiment.Of course, the root of democracy has never been a problem of the system, but a problem of people's hearts. In this era, the so-called democracy is just a rootless tree, and few people think about it.It is absolutely impossible to throw a system to Badaoying, copy the electoral system and imagine the establishment of a Datong world.

In fact, in the poor history that Ning Yi knows, he has also heard that in the history of China, there have been many experiments in Datong society.Some wealthy people or scholars donated their property to create a village like a commune. Everyone eats big pots of rice, their children go to school together, and everyone works together. Some things are voted on by the elders, but in the end they all fail without exception. up.Regardless of whether Datong society is like this or not, it will never be useful to give people a system.The essence of democracy is the dictatorship of the majority over the minority.Democracy first requires culture, and requires people to strive for it spontaneously and recognize the legitimacy of what they strive for. There must be such a theoretical basis.

After having the power to act, Ning Yi first took a group of literati from Wenlie Academy.

He held a short class every day, gathered many literati inside and outside the academy, and explained the relationship between production and distribution and the theory of capital every day.Among them, a simple social essence is separated, that is, the essence of a country is a group where everyone gathers together to help each other to obtain benefits. In this essence, no one is superior or inferior, and social progress is to make the distribution Constantly achieve fairness.Then ask someone to explain these basic cooperative relationships in any language that others can accept, and write an article.Confucius' theory is fine, Mencius's is fine, Mozi's is fine, Han Fei's, Lao Tzu's is fine too, you can use Sun Tzu's to write an article for me, and if it has quality, you can also accept the goods.

At this time, Hangzhou has turned into a wartime state.

Although it was said that it was autumn harvest when Fang La occupied Hangzhou, and he had amassed a large amount of resources to prepare for the war, the resources in Hangzhou City were still sufficient.However, in wartime, various materials have been difficult to circulate, and it is difficult for anyone with money and food to take them out again.The Confucian scholars and literati of Wenlie Academy became idlers again, so Ning Yi made a price for them, with articles and food.

Ning Yi explained various modern theories as simple as possible. In short, those who have read books can generally understand them.No matter whether they agree or not, they are forced to talk nonsense, far-fetched to the way of Confucius and Mencius, and the way of sages. It doesn't matter whether they are right or wrong. These Confucian scholars have written too many articles, and one or two interesting articles can always come out of a hundred rubbish.In the future, you can use these articles to enlighten children, turn a lie a thousand times into the truth, and let people gradually verify and improve it in their lives, and show it to others. There will always be some rebellious people who will see that some seem to make sense s things.

But first of all, there must be articles. He is boring anyway. What he needs to do now is to dismantle things like "Das Kapital" and mix them with Confucius and Mencius. never mind.

In this way, when he came out of the main house, he ran into Chen Fan whom he hadn't seen for a few days.He died again, with a strong smell of medicine on his body, but he still looked like a dragon and a tiger. After saying hello, he said that he had gone to the battlefield in the past few days.

"For things like war, the first thing to rely on is not martial arts skills, but luck...Although you are a master, but your luck is not good, it's better not to go to the city. You just came out of there? How about that chick Watermelon Yes, has she died yet?"

"It seems that her luck is better than yours." Ning Yi laughed, "I heard from Director Tiannan that you almost fought her again a few days ago, what's wrong?"

"Just kidding. I didn't do anything. At that time on the city wall, she suddenly said, if she changed her name, I think it would be better to change it... Recently she keeps asking people this, it's mysterious, and I said, her father Called Liu Dabiao, it's not good for her to call Liu Dabiao and Liu Xigua at the same time, it's better to combine the two..."

Speaking of this, Chen Fan couldn't help laughing, leaned down, and the corner of Ning Yi's mouth twitched: "Uh, what's your name?"

"Hehe, let's combine it, of course it's...haha, huhu...it's called Liu...Liu Daximelon, or Liu Daxiguabiao, hahahaha..." Chen Fan couldn't stop laughing, very embarrassed , "Then, then she broke down and drew her knife to cut me. On the battlefield, I couldn't do it. I laughed to death, hahahaha..."

He couldn't stop laughing, Ning Yi's mouth twitched for a long time, and finally patted his shoulder: "I think you'd better not let her see you for a while."

"Of course, of course, oh, wait, I have something to ask you for something..." When Ning Yi walked over, Chen Fan held him back and laughed for a while before he straightened up solemnly, trying to keep his face in Chinese characters "It's like this. Tong Guan has been attacking for five days, and the weather is getting colder and colder. When it snows, he can't fight anymore. The city should be able to defend, but the master said that with Tong Guan's character, plus the north The battle situation is tense, he may not give up, and he will attack one or two times in the future. Anyway, he wants to see you when he is free. Let me tell you first, it may be recently. If Tong Guan is free Stay, maybe this afternoon..."

Ning Yi thought about it, nodded, and the two chatted a few more words, and when Chen Fan left, he stood there for a while before letting out a breath and smiling.

"Fang Qifo..."

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By the way, wish Christmas Eve too. ^_^

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