Chapter Eighty-Three: The Slaughter of the City
Zhang Weiwen used to like to watch those war documentaries, because those images always gave him a feeling of blood boiling or a cold sweat, in short, after watching it, he put it down with emotion and devoted himself to his mediocre and boring life.
But the tragic and tragic war was unfolding before his eyes.
Zhang Weiwen was escorted to safety by a group of personal soldiers, during which the little soldiers who had been following him to take care of him had also died, Zhang Weiwen sat on the mound and gasped, the defenders of Rongcheng could not withstand the increasingly fierce attack situation, and a small group of defenders went out of the city to sneak attack. happened to meet Zhang Weiwen who was running away, and the little soldier sacrificed himself in order to protect him.
The word sacrifice is easy to say, and it seems easy to do, the arrow that could have directly killed Zhang Weiwen was intercepted by the little soldier with his chest.
At that time, Zhang Weiwen felt that his eyes were moist and it was difficult to breathe, and he was dragged to the horse by a group of tall soldiers and left the little soldier, but now that he thinks about it, he can't do anything even if he stays there, the enemy's horse hooves trampled on the soldier's corpse, and then more people died, and the hot blood stained Zhang Weiwen's delicate armor, Zhang Weiwen looked at the armor on his body, smiled for some reason, and said, "What's the use of me wearing this?" ”
"My lord, let's go!" There were a few Rongcheng soldiers who came out of nowhere, they were wearing clothes of the same color as the wasteland, holding scimitars in their hands, they were extremely sharp in the bright sunlight, and they were close to each other, and a few more pro-soldiers fell, and there were fewer and fewer people around Zhang Weiwen, seeing that the scimitar was about to cut at Zhang Weiwen.
"The city is broken!" A hurried and loud voice came, and the Rongcheng soldier was stunned, and the personal soldiers on the side slashed with their knives, spraying hot blood.
Zhang Weiwen looked at the tall city wall with some discouragement, the huge gate was knocked open, the cloud ladders were scattered outside the city, and the soldiers flocked to the city gate like a tide.
The next thing is extremely logical, but Zhang Weiwen really doesn't want to see this scene, men can be soldiers among the martial people of Liao, so a few people in the city resist angrily.
The inside of the city is worse than the outside of the city.
On the second day, Zhang Weiwen saw Huang Shao'an, who was injured in many places, saw the blue and black under his eyes, sighed and said, "Are you okay?" ”
Huang Shaoan said, "I have never killed innocent people, do you see those children when they see me, that kind of hateful eyes." Huang Shaoan covered his head and didn't cry, but looked at Zhang Weiwen with an expressionless face and extremely sad, Zhang Weiwen only remembered at this time that this person was only twenty years old, he sighed and said, "I heard before that when the Liao army invaded, it was also burning, killing and looting, and you had no choice but to do this." Zhang Weiwen put his hand on Huang Shaoan's shoulder.
"I used to feel that many things in this world can be both, but later I found out that there are often many things that cannot be both, people always have the courage to choose, since they have chosen, then don't regret it."
Zhang Weiwen sighed, Huang Shaoan raised his head, suddenly smiled and said, "Sure enough, I still read a lot of books, I know a lot, thank you." ”
Zhang Weiwen smiled and quipped, "I know that I read a lot of books, but it's not good to call me big brother, I always call me by name every day, how rude." ”
After a while of talking and laughing, Huang Shaoan left, it should be busy with official business, according to the spies, the main force of the Liao army is about to arrive in Rongcheng, now Huang Shaoan is stepping up the repair of the city wall, the siege of the city a few days ago is very cool, but now it is necessary to rush to work overnight, it is really depressing.
Zhang Weiwen stood on the city wall and looked at the endless wasteland in front of him, and a sense of ominousness inexplicably rose in his heart.
What kind of person is Jinyu who is overly worried, since she received her father's letter, she has been panicking all day long, and she has seen too much of the bleak scenery outside the window, and there are always some pessimistic thoughts in her heart, so no one has slept well or eaten well in the past few days, so the whole person has lost weight.
Cheng looked very distressed, so he went to find a post about visiting the garden, saying that he wanted Jinyu to go to relax. Jin Yuyang looked at the post, and didn't have the heart to think about these things, but seeing Cheng's hard work, it was not good to refuse, so she let Qingque follow, wearing a half-old green jacket, a moon-white tassel skirt on the lower body, a simple comb of the temples, and handed over the jasper sent by her mother and left.
Before leaving, her mother said that she wanted Jinyu to have fun and not worry about Zhang Weiwen anymore, but Jinyu was still worried in her heart.
Today's weather is not bad, the sun is shining, the snow has long melted before, Jinyu pulled the curtain and looked at the clean ground, sighed for some reason, and the green finch on the side said, "Why is Miss sighing?" Jinyu changed her posture and said with some embarrassment, "It's nothing." Qingque noticed that her young lady was really in a bad mood, so she stopped talking.
Although Jinling is cold now, it must not be as cold and difficult as the bitter cold places in the northwest, and I don't know what happened to my father at this time.
The carriage traveled to the banquet venue, Jinyu got down from the carriage, and happened to meet Zhang Jinsu who came here together, Jinyu didn't have the heart to greet her, so she didn't see her in the bento and walked straight forward.
Jinyu walked in this huge courtyard, but did not have the heart to go to that group of young ladies, just want to be quiet in this courtyard, this courtyard turned out to be the favorite courtyard of a noble concubine in the previous dynasty, and now it is the private property of the Wang family, although the war has destroyed a lot, but the Wang family is rich, now not only repaired, but also expanded, although it is winter at this time, but it is still beautiful, Jinyu is in it, looking at the distant mountains and autumn waters, but the mood is a lot better.
At this time, there were footsteps behind him, Qingque was busy protecting Jinyu, Jinyu turned around and looked, it turned out to be He Su, I saw that this He Su was wearing a riding costume, although he was still young, but it could be seen that he would be handsome in the future, and he didn't know how many girls in the boudoir would be harmed in the future. ”
He Su nodded, still didn't say anything, but the expression on his face was still very strange, Jinyu couldn't help but be curious, the last time He Su saw him, he also had this expression, I don't know why Jinyu always felt very weird.
"Why is my cousin here?" Jinyu opened his mouth to ask, He Su frowned, and suddenly a girl in pink appeared in the rockery behind her.
It was Zhang Jinsu.
"I begged Brother Su to come, what a coincidence the fourth sister has." Zhang Jinsu smiled very brightly, and naturally hugged He Su's arm.
He Su's brows furrowed, and he pulled out without a trace.
"I'll go first." He Su strode away, leaving the embarrassed Zhang Jinsu, and Jinyu didn't have the heart to laugh at her at this time, so she left without saying a word, leaving Zhang Jinsu alone and gritting her teeth in place.