Chapter 125 Give it a try and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle

Chapter 125 Give it a try and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle

Chapter 125 Give it a try and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle

The dense sound of horse hooves alarmed the guards on the city wall.

They exclaimed at first, and then some people began to look around.

"Open the door quickly!"

"Open the door! Open the door!"

General Tu's soldiers began to make a commotion.

"Who is under the city?" After a moment, someone on the top of the city asked timidly.

"Those coming from Luoyang are not Liu Qiao's soldiers. Open the door quickly, or I'll chop off your heads." Someone shouted.

As soon as these words were spoken, there was no movement on the city wall.

General Tu's soldiers gradually became impatient and started cursing.

"If you don't open the door, I'll beat you up along with Liu Qiao."

"You came all the way here to serve the King of Fanyang, and you don't even have a hot meal?"

"Brothers, we are exhausted, hungry, and tired. We have to endure his humiliation. This is intolerable. Climb up and chop them all off."

"Yes! Kill them and replace them with someone reasonable."

Gradually, some people started to make a commotion.

Shao Xun signaled with his eyes, and soon someone rushed into the houses outside the city and searched door to door. After a while, they came over carrying two ladders.

"Click." The wooden ladder quickly leaned against the city wall, and someone holding a short weapon quickly climbed up.

When he reached the top of the ladder, he took out the iron chī (chī) and hung it on the top of the city wall, then climbed up quickly - the iron chī, also called "flying hook", is a common climbing tool in the military.

No one tried to stop it, as if the city was deserted, leaving the soldiers outside the city who were looking for ladders dumbfounded.

"Creaky." The city gate was quickly opened.

Shao Xun was overjoyed when he saw this and immediately ordered his troops to enter the city.

Originally, we thought we had to wait until daybreak for the baggage train to arrive before we could start attacking the city, but we didn't expect the defenders to be so cowardly that they simply abandoned the city, which saved us a lot of trouble.

He believed that if Liu Qiao led his troops to attack at this time, they would surely be defeated in one fell swoop without any suspense.

The rumbling sound of horse hooves echoed throughout Xuchang.

The guards panicked and fled in all directions.

Some people even stripped off their clothes and hid in the dark streets and alleys.

Some people opened other city gates and fled outside.

Some people went to Tian Hui's mansion and shouted loudly.

The Tu general who entered the city did not engage in a fight with them and immediately split into several groups.

A gate that controls entry into the city.

One group went straight to the Prince of Fanyang's palace to "protect" the Prince of Fanyang's family.

One part rushed to the treasury and controlled it in time to prevent it from being destroyed.

Xuchang has basically been declared to have changed hands.

When Tian Hui got the news, he was climbing on his concubine and was so frightened that he just put on a single piece of clothing, ran out barefoot and tumbling.

Just as he was about to go out, he saw knights all over the street and got scared and locked himself up again.

While cursing Liu Qiao in his heart, he rushed to the backyard.

When he reached the wall of the courtyard, he jumped and climbed over the wall and landed on the dark street.

Fortunately, there were not many people here. He hid all the way and, led by several defeated soldiers, ran out from an open gate in the north of the city.

After leaving the city, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Inspector, I'm afraid Liu Qiao will not show mercy to us, so let's go quickly." A knight came over and was about to ask Tian Hui to mount their horses and escape together, but he was dragged to the ground.

Tian Hui didn't say much. He climbed onto the horse and squeezed the horse's belly with his bloody legs. The horse neighed and galloped off into the night.

He had to hurry to Hebei to warn King Fan Yang.

Xuchang has been lost. If any reinforcements accidentally come in, wouldn't they suffer a great loss? Reporting this matter in time should also be considered a credit, right?

As soon as Tian Hui left, the other defenders looked at each other, then dispersed and went their separate ways.

In Xuchang City, Shao Xun went straight to the armory.

When the heavy door was opened and the soldiers entered with torches in hand, they were all stunned.

There are spears, ring-handled swords, iron armor, leather armor, axes, halberds, etc. At a glance, there are probably more than 100,000 items.

Shao Xun's expression suddenly became very interesting.

He walked to where the iron armor was placed, looked at it with a torch, and then touched it with his hand.

Wow, these are all genuine high-quality iron armor.

The most numerous ones are naturally the tube-sleeved armors.

In addition, there are more than a thousand pieces of double-crotch armor. This type of armor appeared in the late Han Dynasty. At that time, it was not as popular as the sleeve armor, but it was also not uncommon. Historically, it was not really popular until the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Shao Xun even saw more than 500 pieces of Mingguang armor.

This armor also appeared in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and a small amount of it was equipped during the Three Kingdoms period.

For example, Cao Zhi once wrote in "The Late Emperor Bestowed Armor on Me": "The Late Emperor bestowed upon me armor, one piece each of black light and bright light, one piece of Liangdang armor, one piece of Chilian armor, and one piece of horse armor."

Due to its strong protection and handsome appearance, Ming Guang armor was mainly worn by middle and senior officers during this period. When superiors rewarded meritorious service, they often issued Ming Guang armor, which was mainly used as a reward item, not as standard equipment in the army. The reason for this was probably that it was a bit expensive.

Historically, it was not until the late Northern and Southern Dynasties that it was widely equipped in the military, and the Northern Dynasties had more equipment.

The Book of Zhou, Biography of Cai You, states: "At that time, You wore a bright iron armor and was unstoppable. The enemies all said, 'This is a fierce iron beast,' and they all fled from him."

Tube-sleeve armor, double-crotch armor, and bright light armor, haha!
Shao Xun suppressed the urge to laugh out loud.

He took a quick look and found that there were probably seven or eight thousand pieces of iron armor in the armory. This was the stock left after Sima Hu went to war, so one could imagine how many there were before the war.

No wonder they all want to be the governor, the resources they control are indeed huge.

As an important town since the Cao Wei Dynasty, Xuchang may be more important than Chang'an in terms of status. It was a well-deserved core place in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The Luoyang Armory after the fire was not necessarily much stronger than the Xuchang Armory. In October of the winter of the fifth year of Yuankang (295), a fire broke out in the Luoyang Armory, " weapons were destroyed at once", "so the treasures of successive generations, including the sword of Emperor Gaozu of Han who killed the snake, the head of Wang Mang, and Confucius' clogs, were all burned."

Shao Xun's thoughts suddenly wandered and he thought of a question.

Did Liu Qiao capture Xuchang in history? Did he take these equipments?

Apart from Liu Qiao, were there any peasant uprisings that occupied Xuchang and, relying on the equipment in the arsenal, upgraded their muskets to cannons and suddenly became powerful?

It wasn't that he looked down on the refugee army, it was just that their weapons and equipment were not very good. A 10,000-man army might have hundreds of sets of armor, and if they could capture a weapons depot intact, it would definitely be a qualitative change for them.

He thought of Zhang Chang who was captured and killed at the end of last year.

This person had been active in Xiangyang and Wancheng. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the hereditary soldiers of Jingzhou were transferred to Shuzhong to quell the rebellion, he tried to capture Xiangyang, the seat of the Jingzhou governor, and Wancheng, the seat of the Mianyangbei governor. However, he failed and had to turn to attack some counties.

But the gains from attacking counties and prefectures were not enough to quench their thirst. Only by capturing Xiangyang and Wancheng could they obtain the vast inventory of war supplies from the two major governorships and complete the qualitative upgrade of the troops.

Well, at that time Liu Qiao also led his army south to Jingxiang to quell the rebellion, what a coincidence.

From now on, these things are mine.

Shao Xun smiled so much that he couldn't stop. He immediately called Tang Jian and whispered, "Send someone to Yushanwu immediately to pass on the message and ask them to send someone to come and get the equipment. No, you should go one more trip to Yunzhongwu and ask someone to organize a carriage to come. I'm still not very confident about the people in Yushanwu."

"Yes." Tang Jian agreed immediately without any hesitation.

In terms of identity, he was Shao Xun's servant, and the fifty men under him were also guests of the Shao Mansion, and they were completely private. In this era, the characteristics of personal dependence were very obvious, and there was really nothing to hesitate about. Because even if Shao Xun fell, the court would not let him go, and his end was miserable.

Shao Xun quickly left the armory and deployed almost half of his troops there. He then went to the next door and smashed the door lock with an axe.

The soldiers pushed the door open with all their might and then entered with torches.

Wow! Next door is the armory, and here is where money is stored.

Some rotten wooden frames cannot conceal the "fragrance" of money.

Yes, in Shao Xun’s eyes, money is “fragrant” because it can communicate with ghosts and gods, and it is so useful.

I don't know how many brave and sturdy warriors, driven by money, fought bravely and achieved great success.

Wonderful!

"Gao Yi." Shao Xun shouted.

"exist."

"First, distribute the rewards I promised to my men. Five pieces of silk for each man. I will never break my promise." Shao Xun said, "Officers above the rank of corporal will receive special rewards. Calculate how much you need in total, and then send someone to get it."

"Yes." Gao Yi left excitedly.

Can the things in the Xuchang warehouse be taken? Logically speaking, it is not possible. How can the belongings of Sima Hu, the King of Fanyang, be taken casually?
But then again, aren't there many armies that plunder the entire city these days? Zhang Fang was the most extreme one, but that doesn't mean others don't do it.

Besides, the general had said so, what else did they have to fear? Even if the sky fell, they had General Shao to support them, so the crime of "allowing the troops to plunder" could not be pinned on them.

You can take this money with confidence.

Shao Xun quietly looked at the warehouse full of goods.

It would be a lie to say that I am not worried, but the decision has been made and the thing has been done, so what else can I do?

When he was in Jinyong City, he weighed the pros and cons for a long time.

With a profit of 300%, capitalists dare to sell the rope to hang themselves.

Now the profit here is more than three times. It can be said that it is the biggest windfall he has been able to get in more than three years. It is completely worth the risk.

If I give up this opportunity, I don't know how long it will take to accumulate so many things. Five years? Not likely. Ten years? Hard to say.

Let’s make a bet. Does Sima Yue really dare to punish me?
If that were the case, I would directly execute Plan B, return to Luoyang, and make a big fuss.

If troops from any direction come to attack, I will just seize all the wealth in Luoyang, take the token Liu Yuan gave me, bring my private troops, and take Concubine Pei and Queen Yang to Liu Yuanhai.

Of course, this is only the last choice when life and death are at stake. Before that, there seems to be other ways.

Shao Xun thought about it, called two personal soldiers, and ordered them to pass on the order to Huang Biao and Li Chong to speed up, advance lightly and quickly, and come to Xuchang as soon as possible.

Anyone who saw Xuchang's wealth had a share. Even He Lun's troops could have a taste of the meat and fish, and everyone shared a share.

I never eat alone!
What I value most are those several thousand sets of armor; the rest can be divided.

Thinking of this, Shao Xun was in good mood. He left the warehouse and began to distribute silk to the soldiers.

(End of this chapter)