Chapter 115: Border City
Passing over the walls of the city with a wounded body in various postures, the shoes were covered with slimy blood and unknown human organs, and flies "buzzed" at the head of the city, and the stench was everywhere.
Chen Yu's eyes swept over the stalls leaning on the city wall, horizontal and vertical, and weak soldiers and villagers, and couldn't help but sigh deeply.
The corpses outside the city were layered and densely packed. Stumps are rife with them, and human organs can be found everywhere. Swords, guns, shields, broken ladders and broken flags, it is disgusting and creepy to look at up close; From a distance, it looks like a human area.
There was a bloody and disgusting stench everywhere, and the occasional moaning of the dying and seriously wounded men was heard trying to arouse the minds of their companions. It's just that the heat is extremely hot during the day, and the Jin people only come to attack the city at night, and no one pays attention to their pain.
Since they followed the Jin people to conquer the city and conquer the Song Dynasty, their ending has been decided. Facing arrows, being cannon fodder, and charging into battle have always been the business of these men.
The Jurchens themselves drank wine and ate meat in the woods, enjoying the cool and resting, but forced the Han children to brave the scorching sun to attack the city and die for life.
"For the sake of the tiger, poor worm without father and mother, why do you suffer?"
Chen Yu looked at these poor insects outside the city and shook his head slightly. He silently looked out of the city, his eyes swept over the mountains and rivers on the land, and secretly sighed that he was about to sacrifice his life for the country.
In the second year of Jingkang, Zhan Du, the former prefect of Zhongshan Prefecture, was transferred by the imperial court to the envoy of Jinghu South Road because of his meritorious service in defending the city, and the post of Zhongshan prefect was taken over by himself. In that year, Song Qinzong appointed King Kang Zhao Gou as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and himself as the marshal of the soldiers and horses.
Zhongshan Mansion is one of the three towns in the north of the Great Song Dynasty, the geographical location is so important, it is an important military town and storage base of the two rivers, the city is tall and strong, only the urn city has three city gates, and the moat is wide and deep, coupled with the use of bows and arrows, artillery and rolling wood and thunder stones, it can be said that it is as solid as a rock.
The imperial court actually ceded the barrier of the country of the three towns to the Jin people, and the people of the "three towns" naturally resisted in groups, cherished the soil, and held on to death.
Chen Yu naturally held on to the city and did not surrender, and frequently went out of the city to attack the Jin soldiers. The Zhongshan soldiers were mighty and unyielding, and the emperor Zhao Huan was ashamed and embarrassed, so he took advantage of the edict to stick to it, and promoted Chen Yu, the prefect of Zhongshan, to be the marshal of soldiers and horses, and raised the troops of Hebei to fight against the Jin soldiers.
But although he was the marshal of the soldiers and horses, there were not many soldiers and horses in Hebei for his disposal, and the state capital was also defending itself and struggling to survive, and he only had more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city of Zhongshan Mansion in his hands.
The Jin people went south for the second time and besieged Bianliang again, but after receiving the order, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, King Kang, Zhao Gou, did not go to the rescue of the Jingshi, but moved to the Daimyo's mansion, and then went east to Dongping Mansion to avoid the Jurchen soldiers and preserve their strength.
Fortunately, Wang Song was born out of thin air and killed the golden people outside the Xuanhua Gate of Bianliang City, turning the tide of the tide. The Jin besieged for several months, but suffered heavy casualties, and finally withdrew in anger.
Who knew that Wang Song died in the battle in Fuzhou, the Great Song Dynasty court ceded Hedong and Hebei, and the Song family moved south and settled in the south of the Yangtze River.
I was looking forward to Zhongshan Mansion, hoping that the imperial court could send troops to reinforce to relieve the siege of Zhongshan and Hejian, but who knew that it was the restoration of the Emperor Taishang, and the imperial court ceded the land of the two rivers and moved all the way south.
The king protects the land and the people, such a monarch abandons the land and abandons the people, and such a court makes people feel so cold!
His younger brother Guangluqing Chen Shi came to announce that he wanted to give up Zhongshan Mansion and go south with the imperial court. But he was determined to live and die with the Zhongshan Mansion. Now, he is holding on to the wilderness, trapped and waiting for help, and has persevered for another three months.
Now, more than four full years have passed since the siege of the city by the Jin soldiers, thanks to the soldiers and grain and grass supplied by Wang Song when he was the minister of the Privy Council, otherwise, Zhongshan Mansion would have already fallen.
However, since Zhao Ji re-ascended the throne and the Song family moved south, the imperial court never sent a single reinforcement or supported a grain of grain.
The food in the city of Zhongshan Mansion was exhausted, the military horses were killed, and the Song soldiers were all sleepy, their legs were weak and they could not walk, and their hands were weak and they could not hold weapons. Now that the hearts of the people in the city are fluctuating, and the sergeants have complained a lot, I am afraid that if this continues, I am afraid that it will not be long before people will eat people.
Zhongshan Mansion is isolated from the outside world, and he knows nothing about the outside world. Wang Song's comeback and attack on the two rivers, he also didn't know what was going on.
Faint kings and mediocre ministers, 140,000 people unloaded their armor, and none of them were men. With a hundred years of slackness, how can the enemy be a new army of tigers and wolves. He was also a civil and military official of the Manchu Dynasty, Wen Tian was martial and playful, selfish and public, and the party was constantly fighting, and it was difficult to do state affairs.
The weather was very hot, and on a hot day, Chen Yu was dizzy for a while and almost fell to the ground. He couldn't help but lament in his heart, he was still old.
Shrinking from reflexivity, although tens of millions of people, I will go!
The homeland of the Han family, how can it be all fishy, even if the body dies and the name is destroyed, it is also where the righteousness lies. This, perhaps, is his last stubbornness!
When night fell, the Jin people did not come to attack the city immediately, probably because of the hot weather.
Chen Yu pondered in his heart, if he sent troops out of the city to attack the Jin people when it was hot during the day, he might be able to take it by surprise and get some food to solve the urgent needs in the city at the moment.
"Go and call Manager He and General Shabu, this official has something to say to him."
Chen Yu finally made a decision.
A civil official in his 30s with a thin face, followed by a military general with a tall and strong complexion, a dark complexion, and a majestic appearance, all walked over weakly and stood in front of Chen Yu.
The civil official in front of him arched his hand casually: "Governor Chen, you are looking for a lower official, do you have anything important?"
Chen Yu pointed to the military camp outside the city, and said in a deep voice: "Manager He, the Jin people are besieging the city for a long time, and the food in the city has been exhausted, this official ordered you to lead the military horses in the city tomorrow and go out of the city to attack the Jin people, so there may be a glimmer of life."
Manager He's eyes widened, and he said loudly: "Chen Xianggong, you are going to lead the soldiers out of the city to attack Fanzi's camp."
Manager He shook his head slightly, smiled lightly, and there was a little more sarcasm in his eyes.
"Chen Xianggong, do you think this official has this ability?"
Chen Yu's face was calm, and he nodded and said, "Manager He, this is exactly what this official meant. Now that the Jurchens have been besieging the city for several months, it is completely unexpectedly that our army will go out of the city and take the initiative to attack. In the scorching heat, kill the Jin people and find some food and grass, so that our army may still have a way to live. ”
"Chen Xianggong, this official will forgive his fate!"
Manager He arched his hand and said categorically: "The Jurchen soldiers are strong and strong, and our army has no morale.
"So, Chief He is unwilling to lead troops out of the city?"
Chen Yu's face immediately sank.
"I repeat it again, I forgive my order. This official is not Wang Song and Wang Xianggong, and he does not have the ability to show off his might among thousands of troops. Governor Chen can find someone else, but he can't help him. ”
In a desperate situation, lacking food and clothing, he can hold out for several years without surrendering to the enemy, he has a clear conscience. Originally, life and death were a matter of a few days, but Chen Yu oppressed people with power, making him inexplicably uncomfortable, and a trace of arrogance and stubbornness of the scholar in his heart made him flatly reject the other party.
Manager He's face was pale,-for-tat, and he was ruthless.
Seeing the two chief officers arguing in front of them, the soldiers on the city wall all stood up, and even the fierce general Sha Zhen widened his eyes and looked at the two in front of him.
"Someone, take down this thief and cut off his head! Hang the head on the wall, and let the brethren see who dares to disobey the orders of the army and march backwards!"
Several soldiers behind Chen Yu stepped forward and firmly controlled Chief He, but no one carried out the military order, and it seemed that they were all hesitating and waiting for the official's order.
"Chen Yu, you are using it for personal purposes, taking revenge for personal gain. Go outside the city to fight Fanzi, why don't you go yourself? You're just asking me to be a substitute for the dead!"
Mr. Ho is still stubborn. I didn't realize at all that my superiors had already moved to kill.
"Chen Xianggong, Manager He is just confused for a while, and he also asks Governor Chen's subordinates to show mercy and spare his life."
Sha Zhen was shocked, and stepped forward with the soldiers next to him to beg.
"Chen Xianggong, Chief Manager He is also an official of the imperial court, if you kill him, it is incompatible with the law, so you should think twice."
As soon as Sha Zhen's words were finished, Mr. He, a nerd who was born as a scholar, twisted his neck and shouted again.
"Chen Yu, hurry up and release the official, otherwise the official and you are not finished, and they will definitely go to Shangguan to sue you!"
Chen Yu's face became cold, and he said in a cold voice: "This official is entrusted by the imperial court to lead all the important military and political affairs of Zhongshan Mansion, can't he kill your little manager." Sergeant, immediately come forward and execute, otherwise military law will be engaged!"
Manager He's face was pale, and before he could speak, the sergeant next to him had already picked up the steel knife in his hand and slashed it viciously.
Blood splattered, and Mr. He's big head fell to the ground, his eyes were wide open, and his eyes were full of disbelief and disbelief.
"Hang the thief's head on the city wall, and let the soldiers all see it, this is the consequence of disobeying military orders and disobeying military orders!"
The soldiers looked at each other and hurriedly agreed.
"Chen Xianggong, why are you doing this?"
Sha Zhen looked at the skull on the ground and the blood all over the ground, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
Seeing that the soldiers were all respectful, Chen Yu's face softened. He shouted loudly: "Sha Zhen, you are known for your bravery, and you have been appointed as the head of Zhongshan Mansion, and you will lead your troops out of the city tomorrow night to hunt down and kill the Jin people."
Sha Zhen wanted to refuse immediately, but seeing Chen Yu's unkind face, he hurriedly clenched his fists and said in a trembling voice: "The villain obeys the order."
Sha Zhen returned to the room and walked around the room anxiously, still panicking in his heart. Today, he witnessed Chen Yu kill Chief He on the city wall, and the fear in his heart could not be calmed down now.
Going out of the city to attack the Jin people and dealing with the cavalry with foot soldiers, is there any chance that he will come back alive?
The door creaked, and Sha Liu and several other young and strong men walked in and closed the door tightly.
"Big official, Chen Yu is so ruthless, if he stays any longer, he will die sooner or later. The imperial court has cut the two rivers, we have been guarding it for so long, we are already benevolent and righteous, there is no need to accompany Chen Yu to die!"
Sha Liu's words made Sha Zhen shake his head: "Fanzi is tyrannical, and everyone doesn't like it in their hearts." Chen Xianggong issued a military order, and he had to send it. Going out of the city and confronting the Jin people in the wild, this is a damn moth throwing fire, and it is for nothing! ”
Sha Liu said fiercely: "Big officials, sooner or later they will have to die, it is better to kill Chen Yu and let Fanzi enter the city, the people in the city still have a way to live."
The words are high-sounding, but everyone knows that this is just for self-preservation.
Sha Zhen was shocked, remembering the scene of Chen Yu killing Manager He at the head of the city during the day, his eyes rolled, and he was ruthless.
"Chen Yu's subordinates, but there are many people who are loyal. Tomorrow, I will persuade Chen Yu again, if he refuses to turn back, he can only ......"
He raised his head, clenched his fists, and said in a deep voice, "Also"
Seeing the hideousness in Sha Zhen's eyes, Sha Liu shuddered in his heart.
"The big official, he can only kill the killer, lest the brothers give him a funeral! If you follow Fanzi, you can at least save your life, and if you follow Chen Yu, it will be a dead end! What do you say, the brethren listen to you! ”
A man hesitated and said: "Chief, Chen Yu is generous, with clean sleeves, and he is very loved by the soldiers in the city. If you miss a blow, I'm afraid it will lead to a catastrophe. ”
Sha Zhen nodded, pondered for a moment, and then raised his head.
"Tomorrow at noon, while the weather is hot and the army is resting, I will go to the government office to kill Chen Yu first, and then you will follow, and when the matter is over, we will burn the government office, and the brothers will open the city gate again to welcome Fanzi into the city......"
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