Chapter 427: Conquer Blackwater City
The horn of the military camp sounded, the war horses neighed, the soldiers were assembled, and the famous general was the commander, carrying the generals, leading more than 100,000 troops, and set out to conquer Blackwater City.
Heishui City is an important frontier fortress of the Western Xia Kingdom in the western region, which is the only way to Mobei, extending in all directions, with convenient transportation and extremely important strategic position. In order to defend Heishui City, the successive Western Xia kings set up the Yan Military Division of Heishui Town here, transferred heavy troops to guard it, and moved a large number of people from the interior to settle here several times, strengthen the city wall, and reclaim the land. The Heishui River, surrounded by Juyanhai City, watered and moistened the vast farmland here, making Heishui City a beautiful and rich city.
Hari was the general who guarded the area, and as his power grew, his ambitions swelled rapidly. In order to entrap him, Xianzong married his daughter Princess Mulun to him and gave birth to a son, but he didn't think it was the emperor's reward, he felt that he was sent to monitor him, and it was a sign of distrust of him, so he prepared for the incident even more intensively. Who knew that before the action was taken, the soldiers defending the city came to report that the Western Xia army was about to descend from the city.
Hari hurriedly climbed the tower of the city tower to look, and sure enough, the smoke and dust were billowing out, and the army under the banner of the Western Xia country came in the dust. The team saw the beginning but not the end, I don't know how many soldiers and horses, the mighty and mighty, the sound of killing shook the sky. Hari hurriedly issued an order to close the city gates, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
Soon, Li Qian and General Wei Ming led the army to the city, and Hari recognized it as General Wei Ming, and shouted loudly: "Old general, what is your purpose?"
The famous general shouted: "The king is here, why are you closing the city gate?"
Hari said: "The old general must have come badly. ”
"General I am loyal, don't make a mistake. Open the gates quickly, lest you be killed, and it will be too late to regret it. ”
Hari sneered: "I want to see, how do you kill me?"
The walls of Blackwater City are strong, twenty meters high, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is difficult for anyone who wants to attack the city to reach the sky. The Western Xia soldiers came from afar, and the food and grass were not enough, as long as they held for a few months, they retreated without a fight. Hari made up his mind and ordered the soldiers to guard the city and ignore the Xia soldiers, and Hari wondered in his heart, how did the king of Western Xia know the news? Who leaked the news? He thought it must be that slut.
Hari was furious, came to Princess Mulun's bedroom, and slapped his hand: "You, a slut, must be your tip, I can't vent the hatred in my heart if I don't kill you." ”
Hari drew his sword and stabbed at the princess, and the son on the side cried, "Don't kill my mother." ”
Harri's heart softened, put down his sword, and scolded: "Let you live a few more days." "Turn and leave.
General Wei Ming ordered to camp outside the city, cloud ladder rockets, and storm Blackwater City. However, Heishui City, the city wall is tall and strong, and before the soldiers climb the ladder, the city head is already a rain of rolling wooden boulders and rockets, and there are many casualties among the Western Xia soldiers.
Wei Ming had no choice but to send an order to withdraw his troops, and Li Qian said: "It seems that he intends to defend this city to the death." ”
Wei Ming said: "We can't afford to drag it, hundreds of thousands of troops, can't get food and grass, how can we fight?"
Li Li: "It's okay, there are crops outside the city that are about to ripen, are you still afraid of starvation?"
Wei Ming suddenly realized: "Yes, there is food and water here, we can afford to accompany us, see who can consume whom?"
Li Li: "There is no good plan at the moment, so I have to wait for the opportunity. ”
Li Li instructed the wheat feet around him: "Defend the east and west city gates and besiege Heishui City." "The war is deadlocked.
Feng Wu was entrusted by the prince, and he didn't think so, Hatun lived well in the palace, what danger could there be, and it was worth sending someone to protect it, the prince was too concerned, even Feng Wu felt this. Despite this, Feng Wu still kept an eye on the movements of Ziwei Hall, Ziwei Hall was no different, and Feng Wu did not have anything specific to do.
When they besieged Blackwater City for a month, they didn't see any unusual movement in the city, and the soldiers dangled triumphantly from the city tower every day, looking contemptuously at the Western Xia soldiers who were weakened by the scorching sun under their feet.
Li Li saw it in his eyes, was anxious in his heart, and thought in his heart that there must be enough food and grass in the city, so he was not in a hurry. One day, Li Wei and Maizu were inspecting the barracks outside the tent and saw soldiers coming from a distance to fetch water one after another.
Li asked, "Where did they get their water from?"
Maizu pointed to the distance and said, "That's the Heishui River over there, and it's all the water there." ”
"The Heishui River is more than ten miles away from here, and the road is far away, why don't you dig a well? Isn't it much more convenient?"
"I have drilled a well, the terrain is high, and there are many holes, but no water comes out, so I have no choice but to fetch water from a distance. ”
Li Li's heart moved, and he said: "There is no water outside the city, and there must be no water inside the city, so where does the water in the city come from?"
Mai Zuxi said: "There must be a dark river leading to the city." ”
Li Li said: "Immediately order the soldiers to intercept the upper reaches of the Heishui River and divert it so that not a drop of water will flow into the city, and you will do it yourself." ”
Maizu took the order, immediately gathered soldiers, loaded sandbags, dredged tributaries, and intercepted the Heishui River. Under the scorching sun, the river of Blackwater City soon dried up, and a month later, the city was hard to find, and a large number of dead people began to appear in the city, and the people's hearts were unstable for a while, and riots broke out.
Hari was so anxious that he personally led the soldiers to dig wells everywhere to find water, but no matter how deep they dug, every well was dry. Seeing that the city was full of mourning, Hari felt that if he waited any longer, he would sit still and wait for death, and it was time to fight to the death.
However, how could the more than 100,000 troops outside the city break through the siege? Hari instructed his cronies and soldiers to take advantage of the night to load more than a dozen carts full of gold, silver, jewelry, and precious documents in the treasury and bury them in several dry wells. We will break through today, if we succeed and save our lives, we will take it out again in the next day, share the wealth with everyone, and rebuild Blackwater City. ”
Heishui City, as an important town with developed transportation and rich transportation, has accumulated a large number of historical treasures after precipitation, and in addition to a large number of golden Buddhas and treasures, there are also a number of Tangut books, as well as precious materials including Uighur, Chinese, Tibetan, Jurchen, Mongolian, and Syriac.
Hari may have thought that the treasures he buried with his own hands might never have the opportunity to have them again in this life, but he could never have imagined that these treasures would not be until 700 years later, but they were dug up by a Russian named Kozlov and placed in the Russian Museum. Therefore, there is a saying in later generations: if you want to study the Western Xia culture, you must go to Russia.
Everything was ready, Hari was holding an extremely sharp Xixia sword, looking at his subordinates who were about to break out of the encirclement with him, and suddenly remembered something. Hari hurried into the house and saw his wife, Princess Mullen, sleeping peacefully on the bed, next to their young son. Harri's heart was like a knife, and in order not to worry about himself, he swung his sword and stabbed at the hated and loving princess Mulen.
The poor princess died under her husband's sword before she could scream in pain. Hari didn't do anything, his eyes were closed, and he killed his son with his own hands, leaving it to the enemy, so it was better to solve it himself. Hari wiped the blood of his wife and children from his body, and left the house without looking back.
That night, Hari led dozens of his cronies and guards to the city wall. He knew that the east and west gates would be heavily guarded, and as soon as the door was opened, the enemy soldiers would swarm up. You can only secretly find an unexpected place and dig a hole in the wall far from the city gate, so that it is possible not to be discovered. Finally, a small hole was dug out of the city wall, and everyone quietly escaped out of Blackwater City, towards a dark jungle opposite.
As long as you escape into the jungle, it is easier to hide, but you didn't go far before you were discovered by the besieging Western Xia soldiers. It turned out that Li Li found that since the water was cut off, the defenders of Blackwater City had gradually decreased, and they were weak, and they no longer had the majesty of the past, so they knew that it had an effect. The general was overjoyed and ordered to strengthen the vigilance to prevent the enemy from breaking through.
Sure enough, on a dark night, he met Hari who broke through, and Hari immediately fought with the Western Xia soldiers who rushed up, and dozens of people were quickly wiped out. Seeing that he was left alone, Hari had no intention of fighting, sighed, raised the unparalleled Xixia sword, and died by the neck. The next day, the general ordered the battlefield to be cleared, the city was pacified, and a new governor was appointed to temporarily take charge of the city.
Li Li ordered Maizu to remove the sandbags that intercepted the Heishui River, so that the Heishui River could restore its course. Li Li thought happily that the class teacher had returned to the court, and by the time he got home, Hatun's child should have already been born, right?
Before it was dark, Feng Wu quietly hid in the bushes, and the two martial artists escorted Hatun and walked in the direction of the secret, Feng Wu quietly followed behind, and took a look, fortunately, it was already dark, and he was easy to hide. Seeing them enter a room, Feng Wu neatly climbed a tree in front of the window, and through the window, he could just see the scene in the house. As soon as Hartun entered the room, she felt as if she had been dazzled, and when she looked closely, it turned out that it was not dazzled, and there were two people sitting in it who made her extremely disgusting.
One is the stepmother Ye Yu, and the other is the top brand ** Puzhu of the Yunlou. When Ye Yu saw Hatun, she felt panicked, although she hadn't seen her for a few years, she still recognized it at a glance, and the woman in front of her was Hatun that she sold with her own hands. It's just that a few years ago, she was a yellow-haired girl, but now she is a pregnant woman with a big belly.
I don't know how much she has suffered in the past few years, remembering that she has been her mother for a few years, and she has also been coquettish in her arms, Ye Yu suddenly felt sad.
Hatun looked left and right suspiciously, and guessed in his heart, what did the two of them come for?
"Why don't you say hello when your mother is here?" said Puzhu.
Hartun said coldly: "She is not my mother, my mother has died a long time ago." Ye Yu's face showed a look of unbearability.
"Oh, she's not your mother, your mother should be a Mongolian, right?"
Hatun said loudly: "Yes, my mother is a Mongolian." ”
"You are not just a chicken, you also have the blood of the Mongols in your body, you are not worthy of being pregnant with the prince's child at all. ”
A contemptuous smile appeared on Hatun's face: "You think it's a woman who is pregnant, and it's the prince's child? ”