Chapter 166: The Backward Stick
I thought about the desolation of the Korean Peninsula, but the reality of the situation still caught Yun Xiao off guard. After walking north for two days, I saw only two burned villages. Seeing the grief on the faces of those Goryeo captives, Yun Xiao thought that tidying up should be their home.
The ears of rice in the field have begun to turn yellow, and it will not be long before the harvest season begins. It seems that there are dozens of acres of rice fields here, and Yun Xiao is a little unbearable.
"Leave some men to do the labor, and let the rest go." It's a pity that the rice is ruined in the ground. ”
After a year of busy work, I saw the harvest season but encountered this group of killers. It can only be said that these villagers are unlucky, but fortunately, their houses are all thatched huts. It doesn't seem to be difficult to rebuild one, as long as the rice is harvested. Straw is what this thing should have.
There is always a need for some servants in the army, and the Yun family has a tradition of using captives as servants. Nor can we rely on our own brothers to do all the heavy work, and it is not worth it to spend the body on workmanship.
The goshawk picked and chosen, leaving fifty sturdy fellows as servants. The rest were sent home to harvest rice, and they went wherever they liked anyway.
On the third day, I finally found a big river in front of me. The wide river in the sun is like a ribbon, and it must be the Han River. I finally found the mouth of the Han River, and if you go up the Han River, you should soon find Seoul. Yun Xiao wanted to know what Seoul was like at this time.
Geng Feng took six ships with him, and needed a lot of supplies before winter came. Don't dare to let them delay, since they have found the Han River. Then let them go back to Jimo to deliver supplies.
Finally found Seoul. However, Yun Xiao was very disappointed. At this time, Seoul did not even have a decent city wall. The adobe walls look like a soft egg skin, and it is estimated that a large hole will leak if you poke it.
The men on the walls carried large sticks, and the two gates were tightly shut. But the big slit in the middle is enough to squeeze one person in.
Looking at the city wall, which is three or four miles long, Yun Xiao wanted to cry without tears. When I brought the group here in my last life, I really purchased a handful here. I didn't expect Chang'an to be so prosperous and wealthy. And Seoul is actually like this bird, which is like the European Middle Ages in the movie.
"Dai Yu, send someone to understand what you mean. Go in and make them surrender. In the face of such a city, Yun Xiao really has no interest in attacking the city. Those two gates, which could barely be called city gates, could be blown to pieces with just one gunpowder crossbow.
"No" Dai Yu found a clever one. He talked to him for a long time. That guy was kind of ignorant, and he understood a rough idea. Some hesitantly approached the city gates. I squeezed in through the crack in the door.
But soon he came out, being thrown from the wall. His head was smashed to pieces with a big stick, and he could barely see what he looked like. Yun Xiao raised his eyes and looked at the guys carrying sticks on the city wall, and said to Dai Yu helplessly: "Siege!" ”
The three black-armored guards struggled to push a three-bow bed crossbow at the city gate. The guys at the head of the city just stared dumbly. These guys are not as good as the Qiang. The Qiang people are still Wuduo. But these poor fellows seem to have only big sticks. Even bows and arrows are wooden, so it's no wonder that the Han people of later generations always called them Goryeo sticks.
The squeaky crossbow string hung on the string, and the match lit the medicine twist behind the crossbow string. "Woo" hammer strike. The gunpowder crossbow shot at the city gate with a wisp of green smoke.
There was a loud "boom", and a black smoke rose into the air. The smoke cleared, and the gates were uncovered.
Yun Xiao's eyes widened, it turned out that the large crack in the city gate also had this benefit. The gunpowder crossbow actually got through the crack in the door and exploded in the city.
Dai Yu was also stunned, he didn't expect such a coincidental thing. "Shoot again!" Dai Yu yelled. The first time I led an army to attack the city, I actually encountered such a laughable start, which was really helpless.
The guards struggled to shake their arms, and the crossbow strings creaked again. The match ignited the powder twist again, and the hammer struck down hard. The gunpowder crossbow flew out again, and a wisp of green smoke drifted from the trajectory of the flight.
There was a loud "boom", and a black smoke rose into the air. The smoke cleared, and the gates were uncovered.
Yun Xiao's jaw is about to fall, and the damn there is such a thin city gate. The gunpowder crossbow actually passed through the city gate, leaving a hole in the city gate and exploding in the city.
Dai Yu almost fainted out of breath, he really thought about everything. I just didn't take into account that this city gate is like a piece of tofu dregs.
"Dai Yu, shoot at the city wall. Anyway, this wall will have to be torn down in the future. ”
Such a city wall can only defend against wild beasts, let alone the guards of the Yun family. Even the forbidden army that has become scum in combat can't prevent it.
A third powder crossbow was fired, this time not as unexpected as Yun Xiao expected. The thin-skinned city wall was immediately blown into a big hole, and the cautious Dai Yu did not order his subordinates to kill it. Instead, he made a few more openings in the city wall, and then ordered his killers to go in.
The guards of the Yun family lined up in a neat line, holding snowy sabers and walking step by step towards the gap in the city wall. At the opening, you can clearly see those sticks carrying large sticks running in all directions.
Soon the Yun family's guards disappeared from the gap, and then the screams of the sky rang out in the city.
Even if a sheep has hard horns, it is no match for a jackal. The sharp saber split the rods in half with a single slash. Those sticks barely matched under the hands of the Yun family's guards.
The wings of the bull's nose were breathing rapidly, and this guy was excited every time he smelled blood. As he grew older, Yun Xiao found that the cold heart under his huge body became more and more cruel. Now he even likes to eat half-baked food, and even the lamb roasted by Kunlun Nu is a little disdainful.
With the clatter of the whole body plate armor, the brute bull brandished the Viking battle axe and rushed towards Seoul.
"Back to ......" Yun Xiao only said one word, and swallowed it raw. The guy had smashed open the thinly thin gate, and the splinters of wood were scattered everywhere. I really don't know what this peerless demon will do when he rushes into the city. It seems that his plan to get some people in the soup is going to be ruined.
The killing lasted a whole day, and in fact the organized resistance lasted less than an hour. Listen to Dai Yu, when the wild bull appeared in front of those sticks. The sticks that were still resisting immediately collapsed.
There were broken sticks everywhere, and the population of the city was not large. Being killed like this is almost extinct, Yun Xiao raised his eyes and looked around. After searching for a long time, I didn't see a living stick.
Manniu sat in front of a brick house, and Yun Xiao estimated that this might be the administrative center of Seoul. The courtyard was full of corpses, all piece by piece. You don't have to think about it to know that this is the masterpiece of the brute, this guy has never considered the feelings of the corpse collector.
Blood sticks to the boots, and every step makes a "hiss" and "hiss" sound. The bloody atmosphere in the courtyard was very thick, and Yun Xiao suddenly lost the idea of staying here. A place where blood can be covered with blood is really unsuitable for human habitation.
This Seoul is terrible, and there are corpses here except corpses. Moreover, most of the houses on the stick are straw huts, and it is not as comfortable to live here as living in a tent.
"Master Hou, this is the prosperous place you are talking about. I see that there are about 10,000 people in the whole city. Don't talk about Chang'an, even Lintong can't compare! Dai Yu asked with some curiosity.
Yun Xiao is very helpless, Lao Tzu can sue you. Thousands of years later, this place was called Seoul, and the land here was a fucking thief.
"It's not good if it's not prosperous, recruit more people. This is our world, and from now on this will be our kingdom. Each of you will have your own fiefdom. ”
Yun Xiao's words did not resonate in the hearts of the generals, for a simple reason. This place does belong to the bird does not, and there is a place for eggs. There is not even a person, and it takes a hundred and ten miles to see the two villages. If you want to build your own house, you have to open up your own land. The whole original ecology, where have the people who came from Yunjia Zhuangzi have suffered like this.
"Don't be discouraged, you see this desolate place. But as long as there are people, it will become prosperous within three years. Yun Xiao saw that his subordinates did not look happy in the slightest, and continued to flicker.
"Do you know why I'm recruiting in Shandong? Canghu said well, many people on the ground in Shandong can't even eat enough. If we allow them to come here, they will be exempt from paying taxes for three years. The water and grass here are abundant, the land is fertile, do you think those hardships are willing to come? Rest assured, within three years, Benhou is confident that the population here will be expanded to 100,000. ”
Yun Xiao is right, many places in Shandong are located in mountainous areas. The people had to pay taxes, plus conscription. After a year, it is good to barely be able to cope with food and clothing. I don't have any spare money left, if there is a place where I can be exempt from paying taxes. That is even a paradise for them, and most of the Chinese in the country of sticks in later generations are from Shandong.
South Korea, which is a large Han country, has a population that is not ordinarily small. The famous Seoul has a population of only 10,000 or 20,000, and I'm afraid that the other cities are not much better. Yun Xiao estimated that the population of the entire South Korea at this time may only be about 100,000.
And these sticks are still in a very primitive stage, as can be seen from these guys who defend the city. Iron tools were also scarce here, and the vast majority of the defenders used wooden sticks. There are very few who use bronze.
At first, Yun Xiao was worried that he would meet some brave Koreans like the great Li Erma. Now I'm not afraid, the Koreans of these years have nothing to do with Xiaoyong. Even if they are brave, backward technology can make them defenseless. (To be continued......)