Originally, in the border area of Daijun, it was often harassed by the Xiongnu in the past, so most of the villages were surrounded by walls to defend against the attacks of the Xiongnu.

Linhe Village is a big village in the area of Daijun, and the Zhao family is in charge of the overall situation here, so the wall is more than two zhang high, but all are built with rammed earth, the main structure is a trapezoid, the slope of the village is gentle, you can walk up, and the external slope is relatively steep, the top of the wall is about one zhang wide, and there is a more than five feet high daughter wall as a bunker, but there is no wall-like battlement, so such a wall looks more like a.

Zhao Gancheng led a group of clan disciples, village soldiers and others to climb the wall, and couldn't help but be surprised, only to see that about two hundred steps away outside the wall, an army was waiting. The one-color red battle robes, the team is neat, the guns are lined up, the flags are flying, and the military appearance is solemn, bringing out a solemn atmosphere.

Although the village soldiers of Linhe Village are not ordinary farmers, the vast majority of them have experienced many times of armed battles with other villages, and there is no lack of experience in group fighting, but fighting in groups and fighting are completely different things. I just can't shout it.

And Zhao Gancheng also felt that his scalp was numb, and at the same time, he vaguely felt a sense of foreboding in his heart.

At this moment, I saw a person from the opponent's army formation leaping out of the crowd and running towards the village. While running, he shouted: "Master, second young master, don't let go of the arrows, it's me, it's me." ”

At this time, Zhao Xin recognized it and said, "Dad, it's Li Si." ”

Li Si is a small supervisor of the Zhao family's shop in Daijun City, and since the other party let him go, he must have asked him to pass the word. Therefore, Zhao Gancheng also had a glimmer of hope in his heart, if the conditions proposed by Gao Yuan were not too harsh, then he might as well agree, after all, judging from the current situation, he had almost no chance of winning against the officers and soldiers, so he immediately ordered to open the village gate and put Li Si into the city.

After going up the wall, Li Si came to Zhao Gancheng and was about to give a salute, Zhao Gancheng waved his hand helplessly, and said: "This set is exempt, the plateau sent you back, is there anything wrong?" ”

Li Sidao: "Master, our shops in the city have been sealed by the government. ”

Zhao Gancheng said: "It's sealed, let's say quickly, the plateau sent you to see me, what is the matter, is there any condition for the plateau?" ”

Li Sidao: "Gao Yuan asked me to bring a message to the master, so that you can open the door and surrender immediately within an hour, otherwise, he will be killed in the village, and the master's family will be punished with a felony." ”

Zhao Gancheng was stunned for a moment and said, "Is that all?" ”

Li Si nodded and said, "That's all." ”

Zhao Xindao: "No other conditions were proposed, such as making us obey his rule and allowing the land to be cleared or something?" ”

Li Si shook his head and said, "No, Gao Yuan only told me these words." ”

Zhao Xin was stunned for a while before he said to Zhao Gancheng: "Dad, why don't I go out of the village with Li Si and discuss with Gao Yuan in person, and after we meet, we can also talk about the conditions in person." ”

Zhao Gancheng waved his hand, smiled bitterly, and said: "No need, the purpose of the plateau is very clear, that is, to wipe out our Zhao family and kill them all, so he will not negotiate any conditions with us at all." ”

Zhao Xin hadn't reacted at this time, and said: "The plateau won't be so ruthless, no matter what our Zhao family says, it is also a powerful force in this area, if our Zhao family is killed, will other places obey the plateau in the future?" ”

Zhao Gancheng shook his head and said: "Although Dad's book is not as much as yours, he has eaten more than 20 years of food than you, so this truth is more thorough than yours. What did he do in Dai County to check the land and divide the household registration, these things are all offended by the local Haoqiang, but it is useless to say that it is useless, only by taking one of the Haoqiang to open the knife, in order to completely subdue the other Haoqiang, this is to kill the chicken to the monkey, and our Zhao family, just hit the tip of the gun in Muyuan, think about it, if our Zhao family is destroyed by the plateau, what will the other Haoqiang do, will they unite and confront the plateau, or will they honestly obey the plateau in the future. Not to mention whether other powerful forces unite and have the strength to confront the plateau, but can other powerful forces unite? ”

Zhao Xin was stunned for a while, and finally understood his father's words, once the Zhao family perished, the Haoqiang of Daijun would definitely split into two groups, and some of them might want to confront the plateau; And there must be some other people who will give up a considerable part of their interests and completely fall to the plateau, after all, the Zhao family's example is in front of them, and if they give in to the plateau, they can at least keep some of their interests, and confront the plateau, either they can win and drive the plateau away from Dai County, or they will be completely wiped out like the Zhao family. And as long as someone submits to the plateau, then even if they want to confront the plateau, I am afraid that they will not have the confidence to really confront the plateau, after all, no one is absolutely sure that they can defeat the plateau, so they will eventually give in to the plateau. But no matter what, the Zhao family will definitely not be able to keep it.

Therefore, thinking of this, Zhao Xin couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, the plateau is too ruthless, is it really going to destroy the Zhao family. Then he said to Zhao Gancheng: "Dad, then what should we do now?" Is this the end of our Zhao family? ”

Zhao Gancheng smiled bitterly, and couldn't help but secretly regret in his heart, if he knew that this would be the result, then he would not have clashed with the officials who came to check the land, but honestly accepted the decree of the plateau, although it would also lose considerable benefits, but at least it would be able to save the lives of the whole family. And now it's too late to say anything, because after killing a few officials under the plateau in the conflict, ordinary villagers may still have a glimmer of life, and the Zhao family will definitely not be able to save it. Therefore, even if you surrender, it is a dead end.

After thinking about it, Zhao Gancheng said: "This time our Zhao family is in a catastrophe, it must not be able to be saved, you hurry up and notify the other uncles and brothers, let them immediately pack up the soft things, bring more gold, jade, and a few reliable henchmen, and prepare the horses, find a way to break through, if you can escape a few, just escape a few, and after escaping, you want to avenge the Zhao family." ”

Zhao Xin was stunned for a moment, finally nodded, and said, "Dad, don't worry, as long as we can escape this time, we will definitely try our best to avenge the Zhao family in the future." ”

Zhao Gancheng shook his head and said, "No, you go and call Zhao Ping, I still have something to tell the two of you." ”

―――――――― the dividing line ――――――――― dividing line―――――――― at this time, although the Wu'an army did not surround Linshui Village, but also divided its troops into four routes, and surrounded Linshui Village from all sides, sending 1,000 infantry and 300 cavalry troops on each side, in addition to ten bed crossbows and five stone throwers, and two ramming vehicles.

In fact, it is indeed a bit of a fuss to deal with a local force like Linshui Village and dispatch troops of this scale, but Gao Yuan has already made a decision to use Linhe Village to establish his authority and shock the local powerful forces in Daijun, so even if he kills chickens, he must use a knife.

Gao Yuan straddled the tall red dragon, standing under the banner of his own body, looking at the wall about 200 meters away. At this time, a soldier came to report to the plateau, and the time left for the Zhao family to consider had arrived. So Gao Yuan did not wait any longer, and immediately gave the order, and the Quartet army simultaneously discovered and attacked the wall.

Ten bed crossbows and four stone throwers were the first to be fired, divided into two groups, to take turns firing at the wall. The arm-thick crossbow guns brought out a terrible sharp roar, shooting towards the wall of Linshui Village, most of the crossbow guns were deeply inserted into the wall, and a few village soldiers who shot at the head of the wall were able to penetrate the body of the village soldiers. And the huge stones thrown by the stone thrower, falling from the air, no matter what it hit, will be smashed to pieces.

Although there were not many village soldiers who were shot and hit, no more than ten people, these village soldiers had indeed never seen such a powerful weapon, so they were also frightened to the point that their faces turned pale, and many of them hid under the wall.

More than 20 rounds of crossbows and stone throwers were fired in succession, hundreds of crossbow guns were inserted in the wall, and six or seven other parapets were smashed out of the gaps, and the village soldiers on the wall had been reduced by more than half.

Gao Yuan then ordered to send out a crash car to hit the gate of Linhe Village, and ordered the soldiers to attack the wall.

Although the outer side of the wall is very steep, it is still generally an inclined structure, and the surface is uneven, an ordinary soldier can climb up with only his bare hands, and now the wall is full of crossbow guns, which has increased a lot of foothold for the soldiers, so the soldiers do not need to use the ladder at all, they can climb the wall directly. At the same time, the plateau also sent a hundred archers to shoot bows and arrows at the wall to cover the besieging soldiers.

Although the Wu'an army only dispatched a hundred archers, there were less than fifty archers defending the wall, so the Wu'an army was far stronger than the village soldiers in terms of number, range and frequency of archery, and as a result, the village soldiers were suppressed at once. By this time, the attacking soldiers had already rushed under the wall and began to climb towards the wall.