XLVIII

"And the state is in danger, the lord will return quickly."

"Meng Yuan Cheng Cheng took off and wrote Zuo Cheng Jialu, 150,000 troops broke through Xuzhou and slaughtered the city for three days.

Then the army went down the river, and the forward had arrived under the city of Hezhou, and Hezhou was in danger! ”

Signed, Hu Weiyong.

There are only a few words, but the danger is chilling. Totokh, Jia Lu, a Meng and a Han, are all famous ministers in the world.

The army of 150,000 must be the elite of Mengyuan, but it is not the full number of Goryeo soldiers who did not spend money last time.

The slaughter of the city for three days means that the important town of Xuzhou has become a white land.

The soldiers came to the city of Hezhou, calculated the time, and at this time they couldn't bear the back, and they were already preparing to attack the city.

In order to take revenge this time, Zhu Wuqi exhausted all the soldiers and horses of Hezhou, leaving only Zheng Yuchun, and Zhu 13 led 5,000 troops to defend the city.

5,000 against 150,000, Hezhou is not only in danger, but at the critical point of life and death. It's useless to go and fight Haozhou, Haozhou is ruined, and the people's financial resources are not as good as Hezhou.

The craftsman workshop in Hezhou City, the grain and grass warehouse, all Zhu Wu's belongings are there, if they are lost, it means that all the efforts are wasted.

"Lord, what's the matter?" Li Shanchang saw that Zhu Wu's face was wrong, and asked in a low voice.

Zhu Wu didn't speak, and directly handed him the Hezhou emergency report.

"Shhh Li Shan took a breath of cold air, "This ...... After Tokhtar captured Xuzhou, there were Sizhou and other places along the way. ”

As he spoke, he said hurriedly, "Lord, go back to the division to save Hezhou." This Haozhou is a dead place, a corner of the trap. Guo Zixing is left with an empty shell, ready to be taken at any time.

But Hezhou is our foundation, and if we lose Hezhou, the Yuanyuan Army is like a rootless duckweed, the world is big, but there is no place for me to go! ”

Zhu Wu looked at the city of Haozhou, his eyes were bloodshot, and he said hatefully, "I think so too, if you lose your hometown, you will lose your hometown, so let the Guo family live for a few more days." ”

As he spoke, he said to Lan Yu, "Order, the rear formation will become the front army, and return to Hezhou." All the cavalry sentinels were scattered, running as far as they could. Let Liao Yongan's water army respond on the river! ”

Lan Yu saw Zhu Wu's solemn face and hurriedly went down to give the order. And Haozhou is at his fingertips, but the other generals are unwilling.

Erhu said, "Fifth brother, let me lead someone to rush once, and I will knock Haozhou down first!" ”

Chang Yuchun also said, "Lord, how can you not eat the fat meat in your mouth?" ”

Zhu Wu looked around and said angrily, "The imperial army has arrived at Hezhou City, how can there be any effort to spend here?" Guo Lao Thief died one day earlier and one day later, all of them were a death. If we lose the nest and lose the family business, we will lay down such a Haozhou, where there are few birds, and use the eggs! ”

Seeing that Zhu Wu was angry, everyone didn't dare to say more, so they went to rectify the soldiers and horses and restrain the soldiers.

"Eh, Xiao Wu wants to retreat?"

At the head of the city, Zhu Chongba suddenly found that the banner in the Dingyuan army had changed, and the rear of the Dingyuan army had slowly turned around.

"He's leaving?"

Guo Tianxu's screams and howls made Guo Zixing's heart cut like a knife, and at this moment, there was no owner of the six gods. Hearing this, he grabbed a life-saving straw, "Did he really withdraw?" ”

Withdrawn!

The smoke and dust were billowing out, and the Dingyuan army didn't even seem to look back, and returned to the army.

"Could it be that something happened in the backyard of Xiao Wu?"

Zhu Chongba thought about it a little and found the key to the matter.

"Fifth brother, let's just leave?"

Under the city, Guo Xing is still unwilling.

"Let them live a few more days!" Zhu Wu sneered, "However, we have to leave some thoughts for them!" ”

After speaking, with a wave of the horsewhip, the soldiers pressed dozens of Haozhou officers to the city, all of whom were Guo Zixing's die-hard loyalists.

"Cut it, build it!"

Zhu Wu gave an order, a cold light flashed, and in silence, dozens of bloody human heads fell to the ground.

At the head of the city, Guo Zixing, who had just had some hope, was suddenly cold again.

Zhu Wu's personal soldiers turned their heads towards the head of Haozhou City and built a restricted head of Beijing officials.

"The third child, there is still one missing above!"

Guo Xing grinned silently, limping towards Guo Tianxu, who was like mud.

"Pull your head up!"

Lan Yu, who came back from the herald, pulled Guo Tianxu's hair and straightened it like a dead dog.

"You're cheap!"

Burst!

Separation of body and head.

Lan Yu held the head of the person who had not yet looked at it, and shouted under the city, "Sister Lian'er, the brothers of the guards are on the road with peace of mind........."

After shouting, in the frightened eyes of the city, Guo Tianxu's head was placed on the top of the Beijing official.

"Erlang!"

Guo Zixing let out a low breath and suddenly remembered the dream of that night.

"Two ......"

Before he could say again, his eyes were dark, and his body fell hard.

"Dashuai!"

Zhu Chongba was on Guo Zixing's side, and he quickly held on to it, and saw that half of Guo Zixing's body was soft.

"Will you be paralyzed in a hurry?"

………

Under the city of Hezhou, the officers and soldiers who could not see the edge were encamped, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled around.

Hu Weiyong, Zheng Yuchun, and Zhu Shisan were side by side at the head of the city, with a melancholy face.

There are too many officers and troops under the city, and the dense crowd makes people's scalps tingle. Moreover, these officers and soldiers are the elite of Dayuan, and they have just slaughtered the tiger and wolf soldiers in Xuzhou.

"Holy shit!" Hu Weiyong took off the dress of a Confucian scholar and wore iron armor, "Let Liu Futong go, Xu Shouhui won't fight, more than 100,000 people will fight us and the state, this bird can really afford us!" ”

Zhu Wu's old brothers Zheng Yuchun and Zhu Shisan had solemn faces, they had followed Zhu Wu since Haozhou, and they had fought a lot of big and small battles, but this was the first time they had seen such a scene.

"No matter what, hold on! Wait for the fifth brother! Zhu Shisan said, "We have few people, there are still people in the city, let's talk to the officials and dogs, one life for another!" ”

At this moment, there was a burst of cheers under the city, and the two Lu buses that had boarded the city had been prepared, and the siege towers like mountains were slowly advancing in the sound of the trumpets of the officials and soldiers.

"It's a good thing that there are a few guns left, otherwise this thing would be really troublesome!"

"Stop!"

The trumpets of the officers and soldiers under the city stopped, and the foot soldiers of the brigade were ready to go under the urging of the officers.

"The Prime Minister has an order, those who go to the city first will be rewarded with ten gold, and after the city is broken, follow the brothers to be happy and go to the city!"

Inspire the beast with the beast nature and turn the soldier into the devil. Dayuan, who swept the world, has been doing this since the day it was established.

The officers and soldiers howled like beasts, and the bees climbed the ladders of the siege towers.

This siege tower is so huge, compared to the state city wall, it is so short, and the shadow of the siege tower is like a mountain pressing on the hearts of every Dingyuan army brother, and it is so heavy that it makes people breathless.

"Brethren!" Zhu Shisan and Zheng Yuchun drew their waist knives and ran around the city wall shouting.

"The official dog has just slaughtered Xuzhou, and all the people in the city who are taller than the wheels have been killed, and the rivers are dyed red, and they are all full of blood!"

"The official dog doesn't want us to live, and he doesn't allow us to live, Hezhou is the next Xuzhou, after the city is broken, none of the people in the city want to live!"

"Brothers, killing one is enough to kill two and earn one. If you don't want to be slaughtered, kill the official dog! ”

"Brothers, stick to Hezhou, wait for the fifth brother to bring the brothers back! Hold on! Hold on. ”

The shouts of the Dingyuan army at the head of the city resounded in the sky, and everyone knew that they had no way to retreat, and there was no way to live.

The Great Yuan Dynasty has only one word for the poor men who rebelled, kill! There is only one word for the city occupied by the rebels, slaughter!

"Mantis arm block the car!"

Under the city, the prime minister of Dayuan, who was watching the battle, smiled disdainfully at the left and right, "This is the attempt to attack the city, and the southern barbarians at the head of the city are like monkeys." ”

Everyone laughed, only the deputy of the detachment, Zhongqiu Zuocheng, did not laugh, but said, "Why don't you persuade the prime minister to surrender?" Wouldn't it be good if you could surrender the army without a fight? Besides, the people of Hezhou are also the people of Dayuan, what does the Red Turban Rebellion have to do with them, why do they want to slaughter the city? With such a killing, the prime minister is not afraid of leaving an infamy? How can this world be pacified by murder? The people are not afraid of death! ”

These words are secretly sharp, and anyone with a discerning eye can hear it, which is an accusation of cruelty to the prime minister.

But Tokh was not annoyed, he was a rare Mongolian nobleman in the Great Yuan court, who was familiar with Han Confucianism.

He has made great achievements in governing the world for several years, controlling the floods of the Yellow River, reforming finances, and opening imperial examinations.

However, like the nobles of the Great Yuan in the past dynasties, he was very wary of the Han people and the southerners, and the methods of suppressing the popular rebellion were cruel, slaughtering cities at every turn, and superstitious about force.

"Youheng (Jialu character) is kind-hearted and compassionate!" Totoku smiled, "But these rebellious thieves are treacherous, and they will rebel today and tomorrow, and they will be at both ends." Sooner or later, it will be a scourge to keep it, so it is better to kill it cleanly.

Besides, the sons and daughters followed our labor expedition to prevent them from being happy and happy, and the morale of the army was sluggish! ”

Jia Lu was about to say more, but Totoku continued to laugh and said, "Youheng, the prime minister knows what you want to say!" Huaixi Fengyan is everywhere, there are many thieves, if you don't kill a few, how can others be afraid of surrender! The order of the true phase has been issued, and it is difficult to take it back! Just this once, next time you can do it your way! ”

Jia Lu sighed, and could only nod helplessly.

Speaking here, the siege tower is already close to the city wall.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The officers and sergeants in the building car struck their shields with their weapons, making a deafening sound of shock.

"Aim!"

At the head of the city, a few artillerymen behind the horse-faced wall controlled the artillery, these bronze cannons were too bulky to be suitable for mobile marching in the craftsman's workshop, each caliber was as big as a million.

The march was too cumbersome, so I left it to defend the city, but I didn't expect it to come in handy today.

Chirping!

There was a sound of grinding teeth, and the ladder of the siege tower was slowly lowered, and it was about to be set up on the city wall.

"Put!"

Bang! Rumble......

Six guns opened fire in unison, and the walls trembled with the sound of a loud explosion.

Before the officers and soldiers who were about to kick the city had time to show their fearful looks, the huge siege tower burst in an instant under the blow of the projectile.

"Ahh

Where the projectile passed, the officers and soldiers in heavy armor in the building car flew sideways, and as the projectile hit the building car, countless officers and soldiers screamed and fell.

"Come again!"

The artillery of the Dingyuan army in the city was reloaded again.

Bang!

Bang!

The huge siege engine was interrupted by the barricade, slowly tilted, and eventually collapsed into a pile of rags. The officers and soldiers under the city fled in horror, and they didn't know why.

"What's that?"

Totoku was dumbfounded, "Koukou? Cannons? ”