Pig Killer

Chapter 248

"Then the family will stand up at this time. I am gone, and the honors and policies given by the court will fall on the family. Then your wife and daughter will be raised by the family." Shen Hui'e looked at him with clear eyes and said, "When it comes to the interests of your wife and daughter, the family will protect you."

"But I heard that the family also bullies the weak and eats people without leaving any bones." Huang Zhongchang looked at them with dark eyes and said, "They bully orphans and widows."

"There are all kinds of birds in this forest, and there are always some with bad consciences." Shen Hui'e said with cold eyes, "But most families are not so short-sighted. This is easy to give people a chance to criticize you. Once you do this, your backbone will be pierced. This family will inevitably decline and split." She looked at them with clear eyes and said, "If you are gone, the family will seriously fight for the benefits you deserve and raise your children. Because when the children grow up and have children, they will also be the strength of the family. This is a very benign mutual assistance model."

"The idea is good, but not everyone can do it," Zhang Jixian said with emotion.

"There are always short-sighted people. This is impossible to avoid." Shen Hui'e said, stroking her brow with her index finger, "Unless the court supervises or helps take care of it." She raised her eyebrows and said, "Teach the children to read, learn a skill, and have the ability to make a living."

"This can be considered." Zhang Jixian's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Let our comrades have no worries." Huang Zhongchang said as he looked at them with his bright black eyes.

"Yeah!" Shen Hui'e nodded with a smile.

"There are married people on our registration list." Huang Zhongchang said as he looked at them with his bright eyes.

"Aren't they going home?" Shen Hui'e asked him with raised eyebrows.

"What's the point of going home? We escaped and are wanted. Going back will only bring trouble to our families." Huang Zhongchang said without thinking.

"If he doesn't go home, the court will also arrest his family." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her ink-black eyes and said, I am that person!

"I'll release him if I can't wait for him." Huang Zhongchang looked at her gently and said.

"Then why did you come back?" Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and looked at him curiously.

"Because there are mountains here, it's the best hiding place." Huang Zhongchang said as he stroked the rolling hills with his fingers, "It's good for everyone to be together and take care of each other." He let out a long sigh and said, "I didn't expect..." He said with a look of relief, "Luckily I'm back, otherwise this winter would be hard to endure."

"Oh!" Shen Hui'e listened to the rustling sound beside her ears, looked up at the gloomy sky and said, "Snow particles."

"It's snowing. Should we still train?" Zhang Jixian looked at her with his dark eyes and said.

"It depends on how heavy the snow is!" Shen Hui'e's eyes, like black jade, flashed with fireflies as she looked at them and said, "If it snows heavily, we can learn to read in the barracks. If it snows lightly, it won't affect us."

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As a result, heavy snow fell for three days, and the sky and the earth were covered with white.

Fortunately, there was plenty of firewood, and it was not cold at all in the warm barracks.

"Today we are talking about siege warfare..." Shen Hui'e said as she stood in the middle of the barracks and glanced at them.

Shen Hui'e looked at them with her bright eyes and asked, "You have all seen the tall city walls, right?"

"I have, I have. It's so high!"

"About ten feet!"

"There's no way to break through this! It's too high."

"These walls are high and wide only in the capital. I think you can climb over the earthen wall of our county with your bare hands now." Shen Hui'e said to them with her jade-like eyes.

"can!"

"How do we fight a siege?" Shen Hui'e looked at them encouragingly and said, "Tell me about it."

"Use a ladder and climb the wall!"

“Is the question a ladder that long?”

"Then build a ladder that long."

"Only the walls of the capital are that high. There are no other places like that!"

"If we want to defend the city, we must have enough food. Otherwise, if they besiege it for several months, they will starve to death even if we don't attack them."

"Yeah!"

"We can also cooperate with both inside and outside forces!"

Shen Hui'e's eyes fell on Huang Zhongchang and Zhang Jixian who were standing next to the door, and she could hear their lively discussion.

"Manpower alone is definitely not enough," Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with bright eyes.

"If human power is not enough, what can we rely on?"

"The defenders have prepared rolling logs and stones and are standing on the city walls. They can shoot arrows, throw stones, and pour kerosene when they have nothing to do, and they will be able to repel the attackers." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her ink-black eyes.

"What should we do?"

"Can I just stare?"

"Pig-killing lady, there must be a way."

After watching her slaughter pigs, the young men finally understood why she was called the Pig-Slaughtering Lady and started calling her that.

"There are siege weapons." Shen Hui'e took a large brush and drew many siege weapons on the wooden board.

"So many!" they said in surprise.

“How much does this take?”

"It's not easy to carry! We have to cross mountains and rivers."

"We can rebuild them under the city! We can build the city wall first, so we don't have to carry them around."

"We all know a little carpentry, and we'll have it done in no time."

Shen Hui'e smiled when she heard this, "The Art of War says: 'It will take three months to repair oars, carts, and other equipment, and then you can block the city walls. Another three months will do. If the general cannot control his anger and they follow him like ants, and one third of his soldiers are killed but the city walls are not taken, this is a disaster for the attack." She smiled and said, "Mozi: Preparing for the City Gates" talks about some commonly used methods of attacking cities. Nowadays, the common methods of attack are: facing, hooks, rushing, ladders, siltation, water, holes, thrusts, hollows, ant guards, carts, and carriages. May I ask how to defend against these twelve methods?"

"Can't we go around it? Can't we go around this square city?"

"Yes! Yes!"

Shen Hui'e looked at them with her inky black eyes and said, "Siege battles are usually the most devastating battles, and they take a long time. Some cities can take as little as a year, or even several years to capture. It is a cruel war that both the attackers and the defenders are unwilling to face. After conquering the enemy city, many generals suffered heavy losses. In order to vent their hatred, most generals simply ordered their troops to massacre the city and vent their anger."

"What I want to say now is, don't massacre the city, don't kill innocent people, it's against the harmony of nature!" Shen Hui'e pointed to her head and said, "Attack the city with wisdom, don't use force. You can lure the enemy out of its hole, surround the enemy and attack the reinforcements... There are many ways."

"Know!"

"As for the detour you mentioned," Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her dark eyes, "We think that the people defending the city rely on solid city walls and forts, as well as moats and other superior geographical conditions."

"Yes! We are the ones who have the upper hand."

"Then we can only attack the city by force, which will not only cause heavy casualties, but also undermine morale."

"Yeah! Over a long period of time, our own food and grass will also be a problem, and it is easy for the army to lose morale." Shen Hui'e nodded hurriedly, "It's not impossible, but there are conditions. A raid war is a tactic that emphasizes quick attacks and fighting fast. The battle must be ended in a very short time to achieve the goal of capturing the city." She raised her index finger and said, "Some military fortresses cannot be bypassed no matter what, such as Hangu Pass! This must be taken down. You can only enter the Guanzhong Plain from here, and Hangu Pass is the only checkpoint to enter the hinterland. If you don't go here and take a detour, you can only cross the 800-li Qinchuan. Even if you can really cross it, you will be exhausted and the enemy will be waiting for you. Failure is obvious."

"We are the ones who crossed Qinchuan." Huang Zhongchang raised his voice.

Shen Hui'e was so frightened that she could only cough, "Cough cough..."

"Why are you so surprised?" Huang Zhongchang said with a proud smile, finally surprising her.

"I'm very surprised." Shen Hui'e said honestly.

"If we don't go around, we won't be able to escape." Huang Zhongchang looked at her with his dark eyes and said, "You also said that we can't break through Hangu Pass."

"Some strategic locations must be captured. There is no way to bypass them." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her bright dark eyes.

“This is a battleground.”

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e nodded slightly after hearing this and said, "The reason why we can't take a detour is that we have to ensure the safety of our own food and grass transportation, so we must attack all the way into the enemy's territory, otherwise the food and grass will be cut off, and we will be alone and deep in the enemy's territory, and it will be over!" Looking at them with deep and penetrating eyes, she continued, "If you don't take down some cities and the enemy's manpower is not eliminated, then the enemy will continue to sneak attack your team from behind. Cut off your food and grass, and then your food and grass will not be able to be transported, and you will be caught in a situation where you are attacked from both sides. It will be even more difficult to win at this time when you are attacked by the armies of the two cities in front and behind. For the safety of their own food and grass transportation and the marching team, the generals leading the army generally will not rashly bypass the city in front of them. Many cities must be taken down no matter how difficult it is."

"I understand. Then let's find a way to fight!"

"As the butcher lady always says: There are always more solutions than problems."

Shen Hui'e smiled and said, "War! To put it bluntly, it's about seizing land."

It should be said that it is resources, but for now it is land.

“Because the land can grow food.”

"That's right, a thousand bushels of millet can be grown in the soil." Shen Hui'e looked at them with curved eyebrows and said, "Only by attacking the city can the task of seizing the land be completed." She looked at them with deep and bottomless eyes and said, "To destroy a country is to capture their capital." Then she said, "The city is the governor of a region. Conquering the city can not only strike the opponent's military power, cut off the enemy's supply lines and military defenses, but also replenish our food and grass, and occupy further development." She said slowly, "So the first step to conquer the city is to obtain the basic information such as the granary, terrain, population, and grain production in the city. Only by mastering these can we further standardize the next goal." She smiled and said, "In other words, the bandits also know how to find a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and give themselves a bandit nest."