Ma Shun's clothes were already drenched and clung tightly to his body. His rough and calloused palm wiped the sweat off his face. Ma Shun looked at the pigeon that was flying over and stretched out his arm, and the pigeon landed on Ma Shun's arm.
The pigeon leg was wrapped in a layer of silk. Ma Shun spread out the silk that was only the width of a pinky. On it were four crooked words: Xiang Yu besieged Xiangyang.
Ma Shun's pupils constricted. This word 'Yu' instantly reminded him of the majestic figure who often stood on the city wall of Xinye, holding the Green Dragon Crescent Blade and looking into the distance.
"Guan Yu surrounded Xiangyang." Ma Shun turned his head to look at the vaguely visible outside of the city. These two days, the Left General was attacking Jiangling.
As a child who had studied and grew up in a cool place, Ma Shun more or less knew about military affairs.
"Is the Left General already so strong?”Ma Shun's heart suddenly became restless.
Ma Shun suppressed his excitement and stuck his head out of the window to shout,""There's news from Xiangyang."
At midnight, the heat from the scorching sun gradually dissipated. Ma Shun did not drag his body back to his residence like usual, but walked towards his residence with vigorous steps.
Twenty laborers lived in a large room. There were people patrolling every night. After these laborers entered the room, the door and the courtyard door would be locked to prevent the laborers from escaping.
Ma Shun had already established his position as the leader in the room of twenty people after getting along with them for nearly a year.
Liangzhou people who could read and write and were good at martial arts were like fish in water anywhere except in the imperial court.
The Eastern Han court had always discriminated against the people of Liangzhou, thinking that they were border barbarians. Of course, the court also discriminated against people from other border areas, but it discriminated against the people of Liangzhou the most.
In the dead of the night, snoring could be heard everywhere. Ma Shun suddenly opened his eyes and jumped out of bed to wake up a few trusted people.
The few of them moved to a corner of the room in the dark. Ma Shun whispered,"Second and Third, I want to start a rebellion."
There were a total of four people surrounding Ma Shun, and all four of them were horrified when they heard this.
"What's wrong? Did you find Sister-in-law?" One of them asked in a low voice.
Ma Shun shook his head." The camp over there is one street away, so they won't let us go. Although we know that your sister-in-law is there, we can't go and look for her."”
"Why did you suddenly make a move?" someone asked.
"The Left General is attacking Jiangling and Xiangyang.”Ma Shun said.
"Isn't the Jiangdong people attacking Jiangling?”
Ma Shun explained," Zhou Yu of River East died in battle and River East retreated. Now, it's the Left General who is leading the army to attack River East. We are all Xinye citizens and have received the Left General's kindness. It's time to repay him.”
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The catapults had already been built. Liu Chan looked at the heavy wooden mechanical structure. This was a machine that was powered by a twisted rope. It was very easy to fly away. The distance of the catapult was about 500 steps, which was enough. The bow and arrow were thrown from a high place to a low place. The furthest they could go was 200 steps.
"What if the cavalrymen in the city come out and destroy it?”Guan Ping asked with his upper body bare.
Liu Chan said," I've made 70 in three days. I can't wait for the Cao Cavalry to come out and destroy them every day. Let's see how many of their cavalry can be used up."”
The mountains around Jiangling were filled with towering trees, and it could be said that they were inexhaustible.
Only then did Liu Chan realize that it was Guan Ping. He couldn't help but ask,"How's the digging going?"
Chen Dao's skill in throwing water was outrageous. In front of the soldiers, he seemed to be ruthless. Guan Ping also cooperated and shouted. Ten military sticks only made Guan Ping last for a day, and then he was ordered by Liu Bei to dig a ditch. This was also his punishment.
At first, some soldiers were not convinced that the Ten Military Cudgels were so light. However, when they saw Guan Ping, a proud son of the heavens, leading a group of people to dig the ditches with a hoe, they were relieved. Many busybodies went over to watch and laughed at them, but they were all beaten away by Guan Ping.
"The stream next to the military camp has been dammed. As long as we dig a channel, it will flow into the military camp. It will be done tomorrow.”Guan Ping said.
"Is this the thing that Cao Cao used against Yuan Shao?”
"This is called a catapult, Cao Cao's is called a thunderbolt chariot.”Liu Chan said.
Guan Ping rubbed his chin. He didn't have a beard on his chin. He had the habit of rubbing his chin whenever he was deep in thought.
"We can use stones to break the city wall, but where do we get so many stones?”Guan Ping asked.
Liu Chan shook his head." No, we're just throwing something dirty into the city."”
"Then why did you spend so much effort to build these things?" Guan Ping couldn't help but be surprised. It's better to free up these people to dig ditches with me!”
Under Liu Bei's orders, Guan Ping would definitely take digging ditches seriously as a career.
If it was someone else who asked him to dig a ditch, Guan Ping would definitely use a hoe to open a hole in that person's head.
"It's more lethal than throwing stones into the city.”Liu Chan said mysteriously.
Guan Ping still wanted to ask, but the General-Gathering Drum had already sounded. Guan Ping ran away when he heard the drum. Liu Chan shouted,"Brother Ping, there's no battle today."
Guan Ping stopped in his tracks.”
"Try these catapults.
Let's go take a look together?" Liu Chan said with a smile.
Liu Chan and Guan Ping were together, followed by Chen Dao and the rest. The group headed towards the main gate of the camp. Probably because of the ringing of the General-Gathering Drum, most of the camp was in a mess. Some soldiers hurriedly put on their armors, some soldiers searched for their weapons, some shouted 'Who wore my boots?' and some were confused and couldn't find their own team.
"Here." Passing by a tent, a soldier was peeing on the empty ground with his pants up.
One of Liu Chan's personal subordinates walked out and kicked the soldier's butt. The soldier cried out miserably and fell to the ground. He got up and wiped the urine stains on his face. Just as he was about to break open and curse, he turned around and saw Liu Chan's group. He immediately cowered into a ball.
"Send them to the law enforcement team." Liu Chan said.
Ever since the implementation of the hygiene regulations two days ago, the entire army had been wailing. However, in the face of the strict regulations and the unprecedented seriousness of the law enforcement team, most of the soldiers obediently entered the newly built toilets to relieve themselves. However, there were still many who were unwilling to abide by them. These people became the targets of the law enforcement team.
It would take some time to completely eliminate the phenomenon of urinating and defecating everywhere. However, he did a good job of not drinking raw water.
The water in the army had already been distributed. Whoever wanted to drink water had to go to hundreds of water points in the camp to drink water. The water was cool and boiled.
Today, the army was in the process of eliminating and isolating soldiers with illnesses, so Zhang Yan was the busiest today.
The drumbeats also caught Cao Ren's attention. He immediately climbed up the city wall and frowned when he saw the slowly advancing army and the clumsy catapults behind them. Cao Ren was no stranger to these machines. He had seen them during the Battle of Guandu.
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