Regarding night battles, what is said that the ancient soldiers were night blind is purely water in their heads, casually flipping through the history books, all kinds of night battles recorded by dynasties and dynasties, whether they are sieges or field encounters, abound. The main reason why night battles occur so rarely is that command is inconvenient and they rely too much on the personal qualities and discipline of the soldiers; in particular, when they run long distances and steal camps, it is very easy to steal chickens and rice, kill 800 enemies, and lose 1,000 themselves.

However, in a siege like Qiantang, the imperial army had an absolute advantage, and 200 meters outside the city was a safe range of activities, and the troops could be arranged calmly, so the danger of night battles was almost negligible compared to the possible gains.

After nightfall, the lights in the handsome tent were bright, Xiao Yushu was dressed in well-made Mingguang armor, standing tall, looking magnificent, heroic and compelling, dozens of generals stood densely on the left and right, everyone wore armor, and did not make a sound. But after the rest of the battle, the murderous aura emanating from his body was enough to make the birds dare not fly and the frogs dare not sing.

Wang Chun sat next to him as a prisoner, intimidated by the atmosphere in the tent, his mouth squirmed a few times, he was silent, and wisely chose to watch from the wall.

"The left army is responsible for attacking Xicheng, and the whole army is pressing on Yu Zishi, regardless of casualties or costs, whoever takes a step back will be killed!"

The commander of the left army immediately stepped out, his armor made a rattling sound, his hands clenched into fists, and he replied loudly: "No! Obey the general's orders! ”

"The former army attacked Nancheng at the moment of the child's time, erected more torches, beat drums non-stop, and created the momentum of the main attack, but in fact feinted to lure the enemy. When you hear the thunder in the north city, you can change the feint attack into a general attack, and also regardless of casualties and costs, anyone who takes a step back will be killed! ”

The former army lord took a step along, tied with the left army master, and said, "No! Obey the general's orders! ”

"The rear army is ambushed in the southwest corner, and when the city is broken, chase and kill the white thieves who escape from the west and south, and no one can slip through the net!"

"No! Obey the general's orders! ”

Xiao Yushu paused, and looked at Zhu Zhi, who was in the first place in the lower left. Zhu Zhi was originally a general in Zhendong, responsible for commanding 100,000 Fuzhou soldiers, attacking the white thieves in the south of Yangzhou, and then joining forces with Xiao Yushu. His general is under Xiao Yushu, after the two joined forces, because Zhu Zhi recovered several counties, his prestige was too high, resulting in many orders, ineffective control, and his arrogant generals, and many ridicules of the Chinese army, Xiao Yushu took advantage of the situation to seize his military power, and after reorganization, let Zhu Zhi serve as the commander of the right army as the general of Zhendong.

Although the imperial court had a clear order before, after the two armies met, they would work together, and if there was a disagreement, Xiao Yushu would be the main one, but he did not let him annex the 100,000 Fuzhou soldiers. The strange thing is that in the face of Xiao Yushu's aggressiveness, Zhu Zhi did not resist, took the initiative to hand over the military power, and condescended to the head of the army in the name of General Zhendong, and the obedient were more sheep than sheep, where is the demeanor of Jiangdong people slaughtering?

Since Zhu Zhi did not object, the imperial court was also happy to see it, and acquiesced in Xiao Yushu's ultra vires behavior, and later issued an official document to clearly hand over the military power to Xiao Yushu, the purpose of which was also to form a joint force between the two armies and exterminate the white thieves as soon as possible.

How smart Zhu Zhi was, from the moment he decided to delegate power, he was destined not to have any confrontation with Xiao Yushu, took the initiative to come out, and said respectfully: "Beicheng is the main direction of attack tonight, please give this glory to the right army, if you can't break the city on time, your subordinates will come and see you!" ”

"General Zhu is serious!"

General Zhendong is not one of those miscellaneous generals who can't be put on the table, Xiao Yushu at least has to maintain the respect and politeness for Zhu Zhi on the surface, and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then bother the general to work hard." Tonight, Beicheng was handed over to the right army to be responsible, and after hearing the thunder in the sky, after delaying a stick of incense, I immediately launched an attack with my handsome banner! ”

"No!"

Xiao Yushu issued seventeen orders one after another, a total of thirty-seven beheadings, the dense killing intent that penetrated the bones will turn the sweltering summer into cold as winter snow, it can be said that this siege, from top to bottom, are all broken, and if it is not successful, it will become a benevolent!

"Tonight's battle is related to the battle situation in Yangzhou, if you win, I will ensure that you will be prosperous and rich in this life; Lose......" Xiao Yushu slowly stood up, his divine light was restrained, and he couldn't see any mood fluctuations, pulled out a long sword from his waist, placed it horizontally on the desk, and said: "I will behead your heads first, and then I will go to the Lord to ask for guilt!" ”

The generals' hearts sank, and they clasped their fists in unison and shouted, "Dare not die!" ”

When approaching, the sky was moonless, the stars were dense, Xiao Yushu's Chinese army moved forward for several miles, only eight hundred meters away from the city wall, if the front was defeated, that is, a charge, the white thief would be able to carry his handsome flag.

However, if it really comes to that point, Xiao Yushu will die if he escapes back, it is better to die in the hands of the white thief, and he can still get the glory after death.

Xu You and Zu Yu were invited by Xiao Yushu to watch the battle on the soil mountain that was temporarily pushed, Zu Yu was unwilling to waste time, but considering the effect of checking the Thunder Cannon on the spot, he still reluctantly came to the front of the battle.

"Weizhi, what do you think the odds are tonight?"

Hearing Xiao Yushu's question, Wang Chun was very dissatisfied, feeling that as Xu You and Zu Qi, he was not qualified to be in front of him, let alone participate in the military aircraft, and said very politely, "General Xiao, I still think that your military law is strict in the tent, why is it that at this time, you are discussing military affairs with these lowly people?" Isn't this how you led the three armies to fight? No wonder you can't even beat a Qiantang City! ”

Xiao Yushu frowned and said: "This is Xu You of the Xu clan in Yixing, when it comes to family background, I am afraid that he is far beyond the prison army." This is the lieutenant colonel's decree Zu Hu, whose ancestor was a master craftsman and a scholar for generations. What is a lowly person? ”

"You!"

Wang Chun was born in the branch of the Langya Wang clan, when the Wang clan was wiped out, although it relied on more than a hundred years of shade and gained a foothold in Jiangdong, it was no longer a first-class scholar, if you really want to talk about the noble and low, it is naturally not as good as the Yixing Xu family. However, such words to expose people's scars, saying it in person is too hurtful to his self-esteem, he blushed and said angrily: "The general's words are very wrong, and the Yixing Xu family has committed rebellion and has been removed from the scholar's list." As for what lieutenant colonel signed the order, it was only from the ninth grade, it was a small official who did not enter the stream, and even the master craftsman was only a carpenter who charmed the master with his strange skills, and he was accompanied by prison labor all day long. ”

Under his anger, he didn't choose his words, Zu Hao has never quarreled with others, but he was almost burst by the chest of a few words, but he was clumsy in his words, and he was afraid of committing the following crimes and bringing disaster to his family, so he couldn't refute it for a while.

"Oh, the general of the imperial court with a rank of two thousand stones will be a master craftsman, but in the eyes of the prison army, he is just a lowly person. Those people under the rank of 2,000 stones may be inferior to pigs and dogs in the eyes of the prison army? Xu You smiled and said: "Mr. Zu, remember this sentence, when you return to Jinling in the future, you can find someone to comment on it, if everyone agrees with the prison army, we have nothing to say, but if everyone disagrees, then we will work with everyone to find the prison army for justice!" ”

Xiao Yushu said with a smile: "Yes, I can testify for you!" ”

Wang Chun was choked half to death by Xu You, and his eyes began to become unkind when he looked at him, and said, "Xu You, you are guilty of sin, why are you so actively involved in the affairs of the army?" But he was very resentful about Xu's ambush and deliberately befriended General Xiao? ”

The literati opened their mouths, worthy of being the most proficient at mouthing and buttoning hats, Xu You's expression remained unchanged, and said: "The lord is eloquent and strategic, the holy candle shines, who is loyal to whom, knows it in his heart, how can he listen to the words of some people?" ”

Wang Chun snorted coldly a few times, and said in his heart This kid doesn't know the height of the sky, and when he returns to Jinling, he can kill you with a single chapter. He already had killing intent in his heart, and he thought that it was easier to pinch Xu You to death than to pinch him to death all the time, and by the way, he could also climb down Xiao Yushu and create some trouble for him.

Kill two birds with one stone, why not?

Xiao Yushu's face was slightly gloomy, and he said, "Enough, what kind of place is this, let you talk so fast?" ”

At this moment, a herald came to report that it was time for the army, and the armies arrived at the designated position in accordance with the military order, Xiao Yushu gently stroked the sword box and said, "Then let's start!" ”

With the high watchtower lit the torch wrapped in kraft sesame oil, the left army launched an attack from the west city first, the sound of fighting instantly filled the sky, thousands of soldiers like the most despicable ants, crazy servants rushed over one after another, no one cared about the victory or defeat, no one cared about life and death, listening to the drums of war, following his teammates, the knife in his hand forward, the road under his feet forward, not looking back, regardless of hope, either climb to the top of the city, fight for wealth, or die under this devilish city wall that seems to devour people!

This is war!

A quarter of an hour later, Nancheng also began to attack, and the momentum was even greater than that of Xicheng, and the white thieves were unmoved at first, relying only on their inherent deployment to put up an orderly resistance. Siege battles like this, in the past few months, they have experienced not hundreds of times, but dozens of times, and they are very familiar with each other's routines, so they are not flustered. But tonight seems to be a little unusual, in just two quarters of an hour, bows and arrows, rockets and stones are overwhelmingly smashed over as if they don't need money, rushing cars, nest cars, chariots, ladders, moats, flying hooks and other siege equipment take turns to fight, destroy one place, immediately make up for one, as if there is no end, the casualties have exceeded the sum of the past several major battles, and gradually some can not support, the figure of the herald is rushing back and forth in the city, and then there is a large-scale troop mobilization, and countless new forces have been sent to various strongholds to strengthen the garrison.

Obviously, the white thief has finally figured out that tonight is the moment of decisive battle!

After another quarter of an hour, Wang Chun was worried about the battle situation, fidgeting, got up and walked outside the tent, stood on the top of the earth hill and looked into the distance, but it was black, his eyes were less than a hundred meters, he couldn't see anything at all, and he had no choice but to turn back and sit down. After repeating this three or five times, I couldn't help but ask: "General Xiao, what is the thunder you are talking about?" Could it be that there are people in the army who are good at observing the heavens, and they know that there is a thunderstorm tonight? But if a thunderstorm comes, it will be even more harmful to our army than the white thief, so what good will it be? ”

Xiao Yushu said lightly: "Please calm down and wait for the prison to change!" ”

Wang Chun was bored, sat aside with a calm face, and looked at his demeanor, probably thinking about how to sue Xiao Yushu for a black state after returning to Beijing.

Xu You suddenly felt strange that Xiao Yushu's attitude towards Wang Chun was not quite right. Like this, the imperial history supervisor army with great power can either try his best to meet him, or keep the peace and quiet on the surface. During the previous time, Xiao Yushu did exactly that, not patting the horse, and not offending, but tonight there was a little more-for-tat, and it seemed that he was no longer worried that Wang Chun's existence would bring many unfavorable factors.

Why?

Xu You's eyes suddenly became interesting.

The battle continued, and from time to time, heralds came in and out to inform Xiao Yushu of the latest battle situation. Wang Chun doesn't understand military affairs and can't hear the clues, but Xu You is like a mirror in his heart, the two armies are still fighting, the imperial army does not have an advantage, and the casualties are very large.

Xiao Yushu was waiting, waiting for the left army and the front army to consume the living force of the white thief, and then decline and exhaustion, when both sides were exhausted, it was the moment when the victory or defeat came.

There was a strange scene on the battlefield, the south city and the west city fought to the death, but the north city was quiet and there was no movement. Du Mingyu was afraid that this was Xiao Yushu's suspicious plan, so he placed heavy troops in the north city, and did not dare to be negligent, but the pressure on the west and south sides was too great, and after an hour of war, Qi Qi was in a hurry. Du Mingyu coldly judged the situation, and ordered the city to continue to hold on, who dares to take a step back, military law will be engaged!

Under the strict order, the west and south cities actually kept watch for another hour. According to the usual experience, at this time, the imperial army with greater casualties should not be able to withstand the pressure, and Mingjin should withdraw his troops, but tonight he was like a hungry wild dog, with scarlet eyes open, salivating at the prey, and there was no sign of retreating.

Finally, the urgent request shook Du Mingyu's mind, and also made him misestimate the battle situation, thinking that Xicheng was the master, Nancheng was the auxiliary, and Beicheng was fraud, so he decisively sent out a total of 10,000 reserves in his hand. The effect was immediate, and the offensive of the imperial army was frustrated, revealing the essence of the end of the strong crossbow, and seeing that it was absolutely impossible to break the city tonight.

Just as the white thief was breathing a sigh of relief up and down, ready to celebrate the victory, Xiao Yushu finally issued an order, and the thunder cannon that had been placed in the designated position under the cover of the night had faded away the camouflage cowhide layer wrapped outside, and then hundreds of cannons were fired in unison, arrows and stones were like rain, and the sound shook the heavens and the earth, and all the blows were destroyed, and they could reach a depth of seven feet into the ground.

Almost instantly, the impregnable Qiantang North City collapsed!

Wang Chun was caught off guard, there seemed to be a thunderous explosion in his ears, his body shook suddenly, he fell to the ground from the bed of Hu, covered his ears with his hands, and screamed in a hurry, which can be described as ugly.

"Go and help the prison army get up!"

The two trilogues immediately supported Wang Chun, he woke up from the panic, and his face instantly turned red, because from the eyes of these tribals, all he saw was contempt and disdain.

What's even more hateful, Xiao Yushu, Xu You and Zu Hu didn't move at all, although there was no surprise on their faces, they didn't know how to mock him in their hearts.

It turns out that this is the thunder they keep saying!

deliberately hid it from me, asking me to sweep the floor,

Isn't it?

As a Zhongcheng in the imperial history, the assassin of the foreign governor's department, the internal leader of the imperial history, the secretary of the minister, the picket of hundreds of bureaucrats, and the high authority, how could he have suffered such humiliation, Wang Chun broke away, stepped forward angrily, pointed at Xiao Yushu's nose, and said angrily: "Xiao Yushu, you tease this prison army, which is equivalent to contempt for the Lord, watch me return to Jinling...... Yes? ”

Wang Chun's eyes widened suddenly, all in disbelief, and he slowly looked down at his chest and abdomen, the long sword with cold light shining through the handle, and the flowing blood dripped from the blade, snapped, and fell into the dust and disappeared.

"You...... You...... Dare...... Kill...... Kill ......"

Xiao Yushu slowly pulled out his long sword, took a cloth to wipe the bloodstains, and said with a slight smile: "You offended Captain Sili, do you still want to live to old age in peace?" Extremely naïve! ”

Wang Chun couldn't say anything more, his eyes were dark, and he fell to the ground and died!

"Someone, my handsome tent was infiltrated by the white thief assassin, and the imperial history supervisor was unfortunately killed, and his body was preserved, and when the Qiantang is over, it will be transported back to Jinling for burial!"

"No!"

Several subordinates quickly carried Wang Chun's body away, and Xiao Yushu said to Xu You with a smile: "Weizhi, the assassin's martial arts are excellent, if it weren't for the lord Shanghongde, I'm afraid we would also be murdered, aren't we?" ”

Zu Xiao's face was already pale with fright, his brain was blank, his hands and feet were trembling, his eyes were scattered, and he wished he would faint now.

Xu You's city is very incomparable, and countless thoughts turned in his mind, at this moment, he must not offend Xiao Yushu, so he smiled and said: "Yes, I am grateful for the protection of the general!" ”

Xiao Yushu laughed and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" Then he went out of the tent with Xu You and the others, looking at the pieces of city walls that were still collapsing row by row, he suddenly asked: "Weizhi, do you say that it is better for a person to die on land or at sea?" ”

"Forgive me for being stupid and not understanding what the general meant!"

"It's very simple, during the time when you and Xingzhi made the Thunder Cannon, the sailors transferred from Xuzhou and Qingzhou have quietly entered Shanghai, if Du Mingyu is smart, don't run away from the sea. I think it's better to die at sea than on land! ”