The rebels only stayed in Nanluan City for one day, and they only had one day to train their troops and make wooden guns and armor.

After Li Mengxi finished all the military matters, he told Liu Bei that he was going to talk to Zhang Jiao.

Liu Bei paused and looked at Li Mengxi, "Bring guards?"

"No need." Li Mengxi shook his head, then turned around and left alone, heading towards the Yellow Turban camp.

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When Li Mengxi arrived at the Yellow Turban Camp, Zhang Jiao's personal followers immediately reported to Zhang Jiao. Zhang Jiao, who was patrolling the wounded barracks, heard that Li Mengxi had arrived, put down what he was doing, and hurried to greet him.

Seeing Zhang Jiao, Li Mengxi said directly, "Is there a secluded place? We have important matters to discuss."

Li Mengxi said solemnly, Zhang Jiao was slightly stunned, and then led Li Mengxi to the Yellow Turban tent.

Arriving at the tent, Zhang Jiaoping retreated the crowd and asked people to hold the curtain door. There were only two people in the tent, Li Mengxi and Zhang Jiaoping.

Separated by a short table, Li Mengxi and Zhang Jiao were kneeling on the straw mat, facing each other.

Li Mengxi raised his head and looked at Zhang Jiao for a long time. He saw that today, Zhang Jiao no longer had the yellow scarf wrapped around his head, nor the apricot-yellow Taoist robe on his body. Instead, he was dressed in coarse linen and linen clothes. He no longer had the celestial spirit of a great virtuous teacher.

Zhang Jiao is a man in his mid-to-late years, with gray hair, thin cheeks, a concave face, protruding cheekbones, and a skinny figure that is almost detached.

Seeing that Zhang Jiao's face was pale, his eyes were black and blue, and he coughed from time to time, Li Mengxi, even though he had no medical skills, could tell that Zhang Jiao was seriously ill and in extremely poor condition.

After a while, Li Mengxi thought about how to say it, and said, "The Yellow Turban swept across the nine states, and the world was shaken.

You should know that everyone in the world wants to eat your flesh and sleep on your skin.

Although I, the Zhuozhou Army, and I, Mr. Li, are not afraid of the accusations of thousands of people, if you stay here, you will bear grudges for the imperial court and for the whole world."

"So," Li Mengxi stared at Zhang Jiao, his eyes condensed and his voice slightly cold, "Can I borrow the head on your neck for use?"

Zhang Jiao looked at Li Mengxi silently for a few seconds, then suddenly raised his head and smiled, "Haha! If it can save the lives of the Yellow Turbans, what's the use of just their heads?"

After saying that, Zhang Jiao held down the scabbard on his waist, pulled out the sword with a loud noise, swung the sword and put it on his neck.

Li Mengxi's eyes flashed, "Wait a minute!" He called to Zhang Jiao.

Facing Zhang Jue's determined and doubtful gaze, Li Mengxi smiled slightly, raised his hand, gently grasped the sword in Zhang Jue's hand, pulled it back, and said meaningfully, "A living Zhang Jue is more useful than a dead Zhang Jue."

He took the sword from Zhang Jiao's hands and threw it on the low table with a clang.

"Let me make it clear to you. You are the Yellow Turban Tiangong General, the leader of the Yellow Turbans. To capture you, and to be the first to defeat the Yellow Turbans, our army will escort you to Luoyang, and exchange your head for a chance to enter."

At this point, seeing Zhang Jue's calm expression, Li Mengxi said again, "Our army, Liu Xuande, has only been white for one term. Although he is willing to protect the Yellow Turbans, he cannot be stable without an official body, and there will be many twists and turns.

If you can get an official position by taking the first step in defeating the Yellow Turbans this time, your position will be too high, your authority will be too heavy, and the Yellow Turbans will have fewer troubles."

After saying that, Li Mengxi looked at Zhang Jiao and asked in a deep voice, "Would you like to trade your head for 150,000 yellow turbans?"

Zhang Jiao looked indifferent, nodded, looked at Li Mengxi, and asked, "If I die, can you keep the Yellow Turban alive?"

At this critical point, Li Mengxi smiled and shook his head.

Zhang Jiao's eyes narrowed slightly.

Without waiting for Zhang Jiao to ask, Li Mengxi said, "Not all the people in the Yellow Turbans are good people, there are also some who commit heinous crimes.

If every one of the Yellow Turbans rapes, kills, plunders, and commits heinous crimes, then not a single one of the 150,000 Yellow Turbans will be spared." There was a murderous intention in his words.

Then, with a slightly slower tone, he said, "If there is not one evil person in the Yellow Turbans, then one hundred and fifty thousand Yellow Turbans will definitely not cause any harm to anyone."

Li Mengxi spoke sincerely, while Zhang Jue's expression softened slightly.

Suddenly, Li Mengxi smiled brightly, and he stretched out his palm, "Then it's decided that only you Zhangjiao will die in the Yellow Turban, and everyone else will be safe. You and I will high-five each other as an oath."

Looking at the immature face of the young man in front of me, I also remembered that when Nanluan City was in ruins and this boy entered the city alone, he was very elegant. Zhang Jiao smiled, stretched out his hand, bang! Bang! Bang! Shoot three times in a row and high-five.

To swear.

In this moment of conversation, a person's life and death were decided, as well as the lives of 150,000 people in the Yellow Turban. Zhang Jiao's mood was still ups and downs. Li Mengxi immediately put aside the seriousness of the conversation just now. He suddenly became very casual and stood up.

"Come on, let's go for a walk outside." Li Mengxi invited.

Zhang Jue was slightly startled, then he felt his body and mind lighten up, smiled, and said, "Let's go."

Li Mengxi took Zhang Jiao out of the tent, then out of the Yellow Turban Camp, heading straight to Nanluan City.

Li Mengxi's purpose was clear, and he went directly to the head of Nanluan City.

When we got to the east city wall, the corpses on the wall had been cleaned up, but the blood stains were still there.

Li Mengxi climbed onto the battlements and pointed to a pile of burned wood at the bottom of the city, only about ten steps away from the wall.

"Yesterday I counted a total of thirty-seven siege towers surrounding the city. How did your troops burn all thirty-seven towers?"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Jue was surprised because of this incident. He glanced at the burned towers under the city and said, "Use fire ears."

Zhang Jiao didn't say anything, but Li Mengxi also knew that fire must have been used. Without the siege towers under the city, it was reduced to a pile of charcoal.

Li Mengxi was confused and looked at Zhang Jiao, "I know how to use fire. However, when the siege tower was built, the officers and soldiers must have cut down new wood to build it. At that time, the top and bottom of the tower were all made of wet wood. It is impossible to say that water was poured on it and wet mud was added.

How did your army burn all thirty-seven wet wooden towers, leaving not a single one left?

Is it rocket? Tung oil?"

Zhang Jiao shook his head, "It's just firewood."

Firewood... Li Mengxi frowned. Not long ago, Li Mengxi just understood the law of fire protection when defending the city.

Fire abides by the law. When defending a city, light bundles of firewood and throw them from the top of the city. If the fire breaks out, the city will be a sea of ​​fire.

It can be seen that under the city wall, the tower is more than ten steps away from the city wall. How much firewood must the Yellow Turbans have to cause a fire that spreads more than ten steps wide under the city wall and burns the tower.

Is there a lot of firewood stored in Nanluan City, or is it because the Yellow Turbans have solid logistics and sufficient supplies to defend the city.

However, no matter how abundant the resources were for defending the city, why was the Yellow Turban's fire attack so sharp that Dong Zhuo had no more than thirty siege towers left?

Puzzled for a moment, Li Mengxi looked at Zhang Jiao and wanted to ask again.

Zhang Jiao pointed to the bottom of the wall, "Use long rafters and big bamboos, pick up firewood and bundle it, grow it out of the battlements for ten steps, reach the tower, and burn it."

Li Mengxi's eyes lit up.

After recalling Zhang Jiao's method of picking firewood to burn the tower in his mind, Li Mengxi's vision suddenly opened.

(Damn it, defending the city, can you still do this...)

The only way Li Mengxi understood the law of guarding fire in the city was to light firewood and push it down from the city wall. At this time, bundles of firewood and falling rocks were roughly the same type, and they were throwing weapons.

However, there is still another way to use the torch of long bamboo, which is bundled with fire.

The long rafter bamboos are more than ten steps long, and can be stretched out more than ten steps like a torch, with an attack range of more than ten steps. Not only can they burn such a huge thing as a tower, Li Mengxi also thought that he could make some iron chains or iron chains that are resistant to burning.

The iron fork can be used to lift the bundle of fire and hang it down against the city wall, which can continuously burn the enemy's siege ladder near the city.

At this time, the fire can burn close to the siege ladder, burning the siege ladder so efficiently that the enemy cannot even move the fire away.

And Li Mengxi realized that this was a way to use fire to stop the enemy's siege. He used iron chains to hang the bundle of fire and slid it down the enemy's siege ladder. When the enemy climbed halfway, flames were raging above their heads.

, even if the enemy troops are heavily armored, they are helpless when faced with the fierce fire above their heads.

Li Mengxi discovered the most powerful way to counteract the siege ladder so far. No matter arrows, falling rocks, or gold juice, they could only slightly slow down the enemy siege soldiers' climbing speed. Only the fire bundle hung down the ladder could

Delay the enemy's siege momentum for a long time.

All that is needed are some iron chains and iron forks.

Not long ago, Li Mengxi thought that in order to counter the fire attack by the defenders, the attackers could equip some short guns to sometimes snatch away the bundles of firewood dropped from the city wall.

This is a method of dual-use weapons and tools.

From this, knowing that Zhang Jiao used firewood tied to large rafters to burn the siege tower, Li Mengxi wondered if he could equip the army with some weapons with extremely long iron blades. During daily battles and when defending the city, the long iron blades could be used to insert weapons into the siege towers.

Bundles of firewood are used to burn enemy siege equipment. Because the iron blade is long and will not be burned by fire, it can be used to defend the city.

After thinking for a moment, Li Mengxi thought of this kind of long weapon that can be used for fire attacks. It has a long sheath and a long blade like a long sword, which is long enough. It is known that the long weapon is the longest among the long weapons.

A long type.

If the short Ge is equipped with swords and shields like the short Ge, it can not only fight on the city wall, but also function as a tool to carry away fire bundles. When the long spear is used to defend the city, it should also be able to fight and carry firewood.

attack.

In order to make the long stick hook the firewood stably, a special hook can be made, and the hook can be used as a hook and sickle. The hook and sickle are used to hook the bundle of firewood and prevent it from falling.

This can be called hook.

There was definitely no such thing as the hook in the late Han Dynasty. Li Mengxi invented another weapon.

Li Mengxi originally thought that the space on the city was small and too long weapons would be difficult to use on the city. However, the reality was exactly the opposite. The extremely long iron was slightly longer and could be used for fire attacks.

From this, we also know the method of defending the city. It is known that if the iron is slightly longer, the fire attack will be sharp. Therefore, in order to avoid the enemy's fire attack as much as possible, we should choose a place where the long iron is not suitable for use. This is a place where the long iron is not suitable for use.

, it should be under the city tower.

The tower is as low as a house, and its long branches cannot be straight. Although it can be placed at an angle, it will disturb others.

Therefore, it is not suitable to use long-armed soldiers under the city tower.
Chapter completed!