Two days later, the tune of "Song of the Vanguard" began to be sung throughout the city.

The whole army knew that there would be a volley in a few days, but everyone was in a good mood.

There were no casualties even in the capture of the fortress, and there was only one ambush battle left with mental calculations and unintentional intentions, so what was there to fear?

Each of them divided a dozen taels of silver, as well as some leather goods. Although the military order does not allow women to be touched, it is a fly in the ointment, but when you get the silver in vain, you can always endure it for a few more days.

Thinking that these rewards would be divided into three parts, and that they would receive another share after a few days of the ambush battle, they all geared up.

In the song, everyone is called a hero comparable to Yue Wumu and Huo Champion, and everyone thinks that this makes sense. As soon as the musket comes out, there is no more general Zhang in the world, how can we not be heroes if we can brave the lead bullet to meet the enemy? Zhao Zilong is seven in and seven out, or is he not allowed to release cold arrows......

Although he didn't dare to compare with Grandpa Yue and Zhao Zilong in his heart. can listen to this lyrics, but it is the first time I have heard the singing soldiers, and even compared to Zhao Guanzhang, I am also happy in my heart.

The already celebratory rhythm became even more cheerful when the people of Tsegon came together, and the whole castle was filled with a relaxed atmosphere, not at all like a battle was about to be fought.

The officers were as relaxed as the soldiers, the recruits were afraid of the field, and the veterans were afraid of the siege. This fortress was so easily taken that the officers' admiration and trust in Liu Yu was overwhelming.

The only thing is that the officers feel that Lord Liu's aesthetics are a bit Tang Dynasty flavor, as if Lord Liu has just crawled out of the loess of Shaanxi.

In the past few days, Liu Yu has taken the officers to enjoy the gorgeous dances of those Cigang women. The twisting waist like a water snake really hooks the soul, but the smell of Hu Wu in the Tang Dynasty is too strong.

Nowadays, scholars and doctors like women with bound feet, and the taste of the cultural world drives the customs, and the officers are called old rough hills, and they are not qualified to define beauty.

The coarser it is, the more I want to get closer to the aesthetics of those scholars.

This kind of dance that seems to be Tang Feng is quite in line with the taste of these "big and coarse".

While the officers watched it with relish, they couldn't help but wonder. The heart said that Lord Liu's aesthetics are just like that, Zhong Mingding's family is no different from us. The turtle is very.

After a dance, a few dollars were rewarded, and several officers stabbed Du Feng, and Du Feng asked: "My lord, during the Wanli period of the previous dynasty, someone went to the imperial captivity. It is said that it is an attempt to induce the woman to learn Chinese law, and to bind her feet into a bow-like shape, so that the man will be confused, reduce his energy, and be lazy with stabbing, thinking that this is a clever way to weaken the captivity. Then, according to the eyes of the adults, do the Rakshasas like women with bound feet? ”

Liu Yu didn't answer, looked at Du Feng with a smile, and asked, "Why did you suddenly ask this?" ”

Du Feng smiled shyly, glanced at the arrogant Lao Butu on the side and said: "I heard Master Shu say that when he ambushed the Rakshasa Cossack before, he met a good hand, and if it wasn't for the armor, he would have died. These people are indeed brave and not weak. The lord also said that the Rakshasa camp was far superior to the Cossacks...... Now that the war has begun, I just thought that if there is another way to resist the enemy, I can also go to a little bit of the bravery of the Rakshasas. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, all the officers looked at Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was stunned and said, "Gan Niang, aren't you afraid?" Relying on women's foot binding to protect the family and defend the country? So what are we doing alive with handles? Just cut that thing. ”

These words pierced everyone's hearts, and Du Feng hurriedly said: "The grandson is afraid." My lord, we are not afraid of the bravery of the Rakshasas, but ...... It's ......"

"And what?"

"But I heard from the adults that the Rakshasa land is thousands of miles wide. Adults should know that recruits are afraid of war, and veterans are afraid of walking. If you really fight with the Rakshasa and travel thousands of miles to Petersburg, it will be a drudgery. If there is a weak enemy's strategy, it is natural to hope that the imperial court can use it, and it is necessary to take this 10,000-mile road. ”

The rest of the officers also nodded their heads and responded, "Don't insult us, my lordship." We are really not afraid of war, and there is merit in fighting. But I'm really afraid of walking thousands of miles, especially to the north, it's really too hard. ”

"The Rakshasa is brave, and it is next to me. The DPRK and China must be worried. To deal with the brave enemy, the court has its own story to follow. ”

"I'm afraid that as soon as the war starts, Your Majesty will inherit the story of Sejong in the past, plough the court in Liaodong, sweep the cave in the south...... When the time comes, we will go on an expedition of thousands of miles to weaken the Rakshasa and we have been on the banks of the Songhua River for a long time, where do we not know the suffering of this kind of place? ”

"We are not afraid of death, but we are afraid of suffering. The Han and Tang dynasties wept not because they were cruel on the battlefield, but because they were crying about the suffering of the border expedition. ”

"If there is another way, cut its bravery, maybe there is no need to sweep the cave and plough the court for thousands of miles of expedition?"

In the end, it was Du Feng who told the real truth.

"That...... My lord, if we continue to expand the territory, we will be the ones who will fight the border in the future. We...... I really don't want to go further north. Adults don't know, it's really too bitter. It's okay here, but it's thousands of miles north, what does that have to look like? ”

"My lord has also been to Yongning Temple myself. It's okay this way, but what about further north? If it is to the east or west, even if it is the capital of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty, we are not afraid. You can ...... to the north It's not a place to farm. Adults have been to Yongning Temple once, but those of us may have to fight on the border for generations. ”

"The Rakshasas can defend the border in the north because there is no one to control and the village community is autonomous. Collect tooth saks, rob tribes, and take money. Can the court allow us to do the same? ”

Liu Yu suddenly realized that this is what this group of border soldiers is really afraid of.

Afraid that the imperial court would open its borders to the north, they would go to more bitter and cold places to defend the borders......

I went around in a big circle, not because I was afraid that the emperor would learn from the Han Dynasty and go on an expedition, but because I was afraid that I would become a pawn of the Tang Dynasty Anxi Protectorate.

They don't care about the conquest, but what about after the conquest?

There must always be someone to guard the border gates, but I am afraid that the hard days will begin at that time.

Everyone knows that Liu Yu is a duke and a guard, and they all want to get a little inside information from Liu Yu.

The imperial court, to what extent is it going to fight?

Where is the side where they want to fight?

Thinking that the war had already started, Liu Yu also heard what everyone really wanted to ask, and said with a smile: "Okay, you haven't become an official yet, so you have to learn to go around in circles first?" ”

Du Feng bowed his head, and Liu Yu said, "Don't worry." Hit to Petersburg? How dare you think about it? Do you know where Petersburg is? Now learn and sell, listen to me and use a word? ”

"What the hell is going to happen to the imperial court, I don't know. However, I can give you a thorough explanation. Before I came, His Majesty had already sent the Duke of Qi to contact the Rakshasa envoys. ”

"If the Korean State pays tribute, does it need the Duke of Qi to go? The Ryukyus tribute is just a matter of sending a five-grade thing. Even if Wanli resisted the Japanese and aided the dynasty and canonized the king of Japan, he sent only the governors of the guards and the three products. ”

"Have you ever heard that when you had dealings with other countries before, you just contacted the mission and sent the hereditary prince of the dynasty and the Zongren Mansion Zuo Zongzheng to go?"

As soon as the words were clear, these officers suddenly understood, and their faces were happy.

"What do you mean, my lord, this battle will not be fought soon? Will it definitely be discussed? ”

"Nonsense, if you don't talk about it, send the prince of the country?" Liu Yu thought to himself, if he came up and sent such a high-level official, it was obvious that the bottom line of the court was actually to recognize the Russian throne. Russia understands the implicit oriental characteristics of a hammer?

Qi Guogong said a good thing that day, saying that "there is also an earl on the other side, and it stands to reason that he should go".

Now that I think about it, this is not right, Joseon is a prince, not more than an earl? When canonized, it is to get a waiter from the Ministry of Rites to go through the motions.

If it weren't for the fact that he was not ready to recognize the other party's imperial title and recognize that it was an equal power and did not engage in a tributary system, let alone send a hereditary prince, it is estimated that sending a squire would be considered a big face.

Many things, from some details, you can guess the attitude of the imperial court.

Liu Yu guessed some and knew some, but he couldn't say it explicitly, so he could only point at everyone from the side.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Sun Tzu was afraid of war, as long as he didn't continue to go north to the border, Lao Tzu would like to fight a big battle, and he would have a lot of credit.

After relaxing one by one, the hanging heart was completely let go, and he wholeheartedly prepared for the follow-up battle.

Soon after, the upstream scouts reported that reinforcements from the upstream Rakshasa had arrived.

Everyone was overjoyed, knowing that there were people who could exchange money again, and they could also share the thirty percent of the goods promised before.

Chaos was imminent, and the crowd did not know who took the lead in shouting a slogan.

"Follow Lord Liu and win battles every day!"

"May my lordship be forever healthy forever!"

Liu Yu smiled on his face, and his mother sold criticism in his heart, and said in his heart, you should curse me.

…………

It is different from those stories on the banks of the Heilongjiang River that fought fairy battles and did not shed much blood.

In the upper reaches of the Nenjiang River, hundreds of miles away, a bloody battle has been going on for nine days.

It used to be the Muli Jiwei of the former Nuer Gandusi, and now it is a Rakshasa castle.

The ambition of the Rakshasa explorers back then had actually been realized - three castles in Heilongjiang and one castle in Nenjiang could control the entire Heilongjiang River basin.

This castle is located in a key position.

To the east, but a hundred miles is the Heilongjiang River, there are mountains to block, but there is a valley road, out of the valley is the riverside plain of Heilongjiang.

To the west, it is the broken ridge of the Great Khing'an Mountains, which goes up along the tributaries, and at the end of the tributaries, you only need to walk a few dozen miles of mountain roads to reach the Hailar River. Going down the Hailar River is the end point of the Blue Jade Expedition: Bear Lake, the Fishing Sea, the Hulunbuir of later generations, and the broader grassland of the Troubled River.

To the south, you can go straight into the Songhua River, go upstream, and capture the Jilin Shipyard, you can use the Songliao watershed as a cut to divide the entire northeast into two.

Since the bottom line of the imperial court's negotiations was to control the Heilongjiang River basin and expand westward to the Nan River, this castle, which was located at the key point and connected to the east and west, was the first thing to be captured.

Thirty heavy artillery, 1,500 elite soldiers of the old fifth battalion, 300 elite swords and shields of the Fujian Navy Division, 600 light cavalry of the Songhuajiang Prefecture soldiers, and 400 heavy turtledove gunners of the border army of the Northwest Hetao, totaling more than 4,000 elite soldiers, have been attacking for a full nine days.

Four thousand soldiers and thirty heavy artillery, in this place far from the capital, farther than from the capital to Taiwan, is already the limit of the imperial court's soldiers.

On the protective slope in front of the fortress, thick corpses were piled up, and in some places the corpses had already filled the first moat.

The water in the trenches was dark red, and piles of flies were not afraid of the sound of gunfire, hovering over the corpses, and the buzzing sound could even drown out the sound of gunfire.

There was a constant sound of corpses swelling and bursting, like a cannon that exploded countless maggots and flies.

The emperor has orders, and military orders are like mountains.

It is not possible to besiege the city, but it must be broken within fifteen days...... Because in twenty days, the heads of the Khalkha Mongol tribes will come here.

And this will be the place where the emperor received their pilgrimage, the place where the Khalkha Mongols declared force and suzerainty, and the gathering point of troops to seize the castle area of the upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River and the castle area of the Shilka River in the autumn.

Tactically, the city should be besieged.

Strategically, however, it must be stormed.

In the siege tent outside the city, a group of veterans and officers drank their last bowl of wine.

Captain Wu Cavalry, Captain Cloud Cavalry, Flying Cavalry Captain, Xiao Cavalry Captain, Cavalry Captain...... There is not a single soldier with a white body, and the largest one has already relied on cutting people to cut down the captain of the upper light car, which is regarded as the fourth grade.

All of them took off their armor and put on light uniforms.

"Emperor Taizong once said that he only solved the battlefield and died for the country, so why should the horse leather shroud be returned?!"

"Today's hard battle is the time for me to wait for the death of the country."

With that, the lieutenant drank all the liquor in the bowl and slammed the bowl to the ground. took off his helmet, silently picked up the samurai's red scarf on the table, and tied it to his forehead.

The rest of the people also understood that it was time to fight hard, and the last section of the slope had to be broken away by their well-appointed veterans and officers.

It's the last stand. Everyone knows that if they can't break through, the morale of the army will collapse.

"Only solve the battlefield and die for the country, why do you need to return the horse leather shroud?!"

Dozens of people shouted in unison, drank the wine in the bowl, smashed the severed wine bowl together, threw the helmet, removed the armor that could not block the buckshot, and tied only the samurai red silk to the forehead.

The sound broke and they came out of the tent, and someone took out all the money on their bodies and threw it at the soldiers who were standing silently to see them off for the last ride.

The money rained down, but no one picked it up.

"Brothers, buy a bowl of wine to drink after the war, when I invite you!"

"I don't need this thing anymore!"

After that, these dozens of the most elite veterans and officers walked to the battlefield to break through the slope where more than 600 corpses had been laid.

If you can't break through, the morale of the army will really collapse.