Tide four

On a June night, there was not a single cloud in the sky and there was no wind. The smell of blood and the heat of the night are mixed together, and the steamer wraps around Chaozhou City, which is breathless.

Zhizhou Ma Fa stood at the edge of the battlement, looking at the continuous distant mountains in the distance, silent. Behind him, hundreds of soldiers lay on the ground, each covered in blood. Some are from enemies outside the city, some are their own.

"Mother!" A sleeping soldier let out a low cry, a few tears falling from the corners of his eyes. Probably dreaming of his family who died under the butcher's knife of the Mongols, his tired face was full of anger and despair.

Ma Fa turned around, unbuttoned the dirty cloak behind him, and gently placed it on the soldier's shoulder, hoping that he would sleep soundly. It has been guarding Chaozhou for more than 20 days, and no one knows if they will be fated to see the sun tomorrow, so the level between each other has long been erased, and what remains is only the battle friendship formed in blood and fire.

The city no longer has the strength to hold out until sunset tomorrow, which is the outcome that everyone has long predicted. In fact, from the last time Suodu attacked Chaozhou was defeated and left in a hurry. The defenders of Chaozhou knew that the next wave of attacks would be even more ferocious.

No one would be lucky enough to hope that reinforcements would appear in the next moment, and no one imagined that the Killer Demon King Suo Du would withdraw his troops in a hurry this time like last time, and no one even thought about whether he would survive. They are a group of desperate people who hold on to their reasons just for the dignity of men.

It is better to die in battle than to be the dignity of a dog.

"My lord, drink saliva!" The old Ru Ma Wenli trembled and climbed up to the city, and handed a copper kettle with body temperature to the side of Ma Fa's mouth.

"Thank you, Master, what about the children, are they all on the boat?" Ma Fa took the copper kettle, but did not drink it, and asked in a low voice.

"The last few Mengtongs had already boarded the boat, and this evening General Fang led them out and went down the Han River, first to Nam Peng (the Nam Peng Islands, a small group of islands in the sea near Chaozhou) to take refuge. When the wind is small, I will send them to Fuzhou and hand them over to Lord Wen to take care of! Ma Wenli introduced in a low voice.

"Well, take out all the surplus food, bring enough for the children, and let the accompanying soldiers be fed. My Chinese heritage continues to this day because of these seeds of reading. The future of the Great Song Dynasty still depends on them! A smile bloomed on the bloodstained face of the horse, and in an instant, the demeanor of the scribe who pointed out the country returned to his body, as if the tens of thousands of troops outside the city no longer existed.

"Don't worry, Lord Zhizhou, General Fang is a person who knows the severity!" Ma Wenli nodded, indicating that he had arranged everything, "My lord, drink some water." There's a fierce battle tomorrow!"

"Hmm!" Ma Fa agreed, raised the copper kettle to his mouth, and was about to drink, but in the corner of his eye, he saw a trace of relief flashing in the eyes of the old man.

"Master, you drink first, and then I'll go to the edge of the battlements and have a look!" Ma Fa gently handed the copper kettle back into Ma Wenli's hand, turned around, and slowly walked towards the next stack.

The old Confucian Ma Wenli was stunned, and chased after him again with a copper kettle, "My lord, my lord, drink some while it's hot, you haven't eaten for a day!" ”

Ma Fa turned around, took the kettle from his master's hand, and gently passed it to the mouth of a young soldier. The soldier's bloodshot eyes revealed a hint of emotion. took the water, sipped the corner of his lips that were burned by the blood, and handed it back to Ma Fa's hand.

"My lord, my lord", Ma Wenli wanted to stop it, but it was too late, Zhizhou Ma Fa took a few steps forward and handed the kettle to the next brother.

Another young man took the kettle and looked at Ma Fa and the anxious Ma Wenli inexplicably, wondering what was strange in the kettle. At this moment, the first young man to drink water tilted his head and fell limply to the ground.

"You black-hearted old thief!" The soldier who was about to drink the water threw the kettle far away, jumped up, and put the knife on Ma Wenli's neck. Several soldiers nearby also jumped up, surrounded the old Ru Ma Wenli in the middle, and waited for Ma to give an order, and immediately chopped the old Ru who had colluded with foreign enemies and tried to poison him.

"Let go of the Master, he has no malice!" Ma Fa shook his head and ordered in a tone that he couldn't refuse.

The angry soldiers took a few steps back, still surrounding Ma Wenli in the middle, they didn't understand why Lord Zhizhou was so polite to this old shameless man who ate inside and out.

"Xiao Wu didn't die, he just fell asleep, and the pot was sweat medicine!" Ma Fa bent down, picked up the young soldier who had just drunk water, and put him in a sheltered corner, "You see, Xiao Wu sleeps so soundly. The old master just wanted me to fall asleep and smuggle me out of the city. Master, you can't lie, your hands have been shaking since you went to the city! ”

"Your Excellency!" The old master Ma Wenli didn't know what to say, trembling, and his gray beard was full of tears.

"Master, General Fang is waiting under the city, call him up, and say goodbye to the brothers. Go out and let the whole world know about our Chaozhou boys staying in the lonely city. Let them know that our Da Song men are not all wretched people who stretch their necks and wait for death! Zhizhou Ma Fa walked over with a smile and took the old man's dry hand, "Master, you can go too." When the country is in danger, someone needs to die for him, but more people should survive and preserve the country's bloodline! ”

"My lord, the last general!" At the foot of the city, Fang Sheng, a native of Jieyang, was already crying. He discussed it with the old Confucian Ma Wenli, boiled a pot of tea with sweat medicine for Ma Fa, and planned to steal Ma Fa out of the boat that transported the children, and he himself defended the city instead of Ma Fa, but he didn't expect that Ma Fa was recognized at the critical moment, and all the plans fell short.

"Jiefu, after so many years of friendship, don't you know me", Ma Fa walked down the city with a smile, patted Fang Sheng's shoulder and said, "I am the Zhizhou of the Great Song Dynasty, Chaozhou is here, and my duty is here." You transported me out, the Mongols didn't kill me, and my conscience couldn't let me go. Go away, take the Master, and the children. Rush out at night, and the people in the city who are willing to go will also rush tonight, as much as they can. My soldiers and I will see you off with the blood of Tartars! ”

"Your Excellency!" After hearing the news, several generals gathered over and wanted to persuade Ma Fa to leave, but they were all choked by Ma Fa's words, and they could no longer say anything about persuasion. Everyone turned around, quietly sorted out their armor and weapons, and waited in the dark, waiting for the decisive moment to come.

A few small boats rowed along the water pass, looked at the land, and rowed into the Han River, and slowly rowed towards the water village of the Yuan army.

Near, near, and suddenly, the defenders noticed an anomaly on the surface of the water and shouted loudly. The sound of war drums and alarm horns rang out.

The Song general, who led the team, gave a soft shout, and the boat suddenly accelerated, rushing forward in the face of the rain of arrows in the dark night. Several of the oarsmen were shot by stray arrows, swayed, and plunged into the river. Someone immediately pounced and took his place. In the sound of drums and horns, the boat pierced the Yuan army water village like a moth fighting a fire.

"Raise the fire!" Song covered all the drum horns with a deep voice.

The flames suddenly soared into the air on the oiled bow of the ship, and in the thick smoke, the oarsmen rowed hard, rowing, rowing towards the approaching Yuan army.

"Abandon ship and attack". Song Jiang, the leader of the team, bit the steel knife and took the lead in jumping into the river. The brothers in the boat jumped after him. The fireboat that lost control broke into the Yuan army's water village, wrapped in more and more smoke. The Yuan army, awakened in their sleep, was in a mess, crowded on the deck, dodging, and watched the bull-headed horses smiling in the flames.

A centurion of the Han army, who was rough in water warfare, lifted the bucket and just inserted the end of the water absorption into the river, before he could pull the piston of the organizer. Underwater, a black wave suddenly set off.

The wave ran down the barrel over the side of the ship and hit the centurion in the face. Before he could open his mouth to curse, a sharp blade was plunged into his chest. The shirtless Great Song soldier took a knife and pounced on the chaotic army.

The shouts of killing sounded from the water village, and no one expected that after enduring more than 20 days of siege, the defenders still came out to attack at night. The unprepared Northern Yuan soldiers resisted in a panic, not knowing how many enemies came, and they didn't know what the most effective resistance was. The flames everywhere and the sound of fighting everywhere completely disrupted their positions.

Blaze, illuminating the water.

Several large boats and dozens of rafts, carrying children in the city and a large number of people, rushed in front of the Yuan army's water village. The ship was silent, thousands of people, and no one spoke. Everyone stared at the red river and the figures fighting in the sea of fire.

Those figures, like the phoenix in Nirvana, danced the most beautiful dance in their lives with their lives. Following the rhythm of this dance, countless Dayuan soldiers fell into the water and into the fire, losing their souls.

The sea of fire was slowly left behind, and gradually disappeared into the darkness. The water in front of me is getting wider and wider, and the wind blowing from the side is also a little cooler.

The rafts that followed the fleet gradually dispersed, and the people abandoned the rafts and began to drift away again. Directly east, the sun slowly peeked through behind the clouds, burning the sky like last night's fire.

It is almost at the mouth of the sea, as long as you rush in front of the defenders of Chenghai Village, several boats of schoolchildren can leave safely. Dutong Fang Sheng looked back at the river to the west with blood-red eyes, and in that direction, there was no shadow of Chaozhou.

At dawn, it was time for Sodu to attack the city again. General Ma, the brothers of Chaozhou, is about to go to the last journey of his life.

Blood flowed down from the corner of Fang Sheng's mouth. He hated, hated the cruelty of the Tartars, and hated the Great Song Dynasty even more, he had been supported by Chaozhou for so long, and at the critical moment, not a single soldier came to the rescue.

On the sea, there are at least 150,000 troops, and Suodu outside the city is only 50,000 soldiers and horses.

"General, there are warships ahead"! A soldier rushed to Fang Sheng's side and reported loudly.

"What!" Fang Sheng was taken aback, and ran from the stern to the bow of the boat in three steps and two steps. Looking into the distance with all his might, against the current, he saw ten large ships sailing towards him quickly with their sails high.

"All the soldiers of the flagship went to the deck and prepared for hand-to-hand combat. The second and third ships are ready to break through and not to entangle with the incoming enemy! Fang Shengli landed and gave the order to prepare to meet the enemy. A little sadness welled up in my heart.

On his side, there are only three medium-sized river boats. On the other hand, there are three strange-looking lucky ships and ten warships made of Quang Nam iron chestnut wood with pointed heads and sloping bottoms. There is no need to get close, the ship alone has already divided the winner and loser.

"Dutong, the brethren are ready to enter the water at any time!" A man stepped forward to report, and following the direction of his finger, he could see a dozen shirtless men, with short knives in their hands, holding hammers and chisels, standing by the strings of the boat.

"Tell the brethren not to fight with others. A battle will start, try to pick up the children who have fallen into the water to the shore", Fang Sheng shook his head and commanded in a low voice. Iron chestnut wood is a specialty of Quang Nam, after encountering water, it is as hard as an iron lump, and there are only a dozen people, and there is no chance to chisel the bottom of the other party's boat.

"For a while, you can save as many children as you can. Then take them away and let them not forget that they are Song! Fang Sheng shouted loudly, lowering his head and grabbing the big bow beside him. Even if fate wants to perish their group, at the moment of accepting fate, he will also make the Yuan army pay the price of blood.

The boat on the opposite side is getting closer and closer. Suddenly, Fang Sheng lowered his bow, and the entire passenger boat was filled with cheers. Everyone saw clearly, on the sail on the opposite side, there was a "Song" character painted in thick ink and color.

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