Chapter Eighty-Four: Scapegoating and Quelling Civil Strife

Under the impact of Niu Gao, the originally neat and orderly siege formation was directly rebelled, and the advance of the soldiers slowed down a lot. And in order to protect himself, Jing Yan shot indiscriminately at the death row prisoners below, which also affected many innocent county guards.

Because the well has reached the position in the center of the battlefield and is far away from the battle team, this leads to the fact that many soldiers do not dare to continue charging for a while with the psychology of luck.

The thick black smoke of the water tank came out of the well and rose to the south with the wind, and the originally dark sky became even darker.

The "whirring" fire and the wood touched, and the "thunderbolt" explosion was endless.

The black smoke spread, and the flying ash drifted everywhere, which irritated the eyes of many soldiers, and it was difficult to continue charging for a while.

Ma Ning and Guangfang looked at the large "bonfires" in the distance, because this place was far away from the Huai River and the Jiao River, and the army could not use normal drinking water, so they could not give an order to extinguish the fire.

The smug look on their faces just now was gone, replaced by a hideous expression as if they had eaten a fly.

Guangfang waved his hand to the side and ordered: "Immediately, let people continue to make Jingqi!" Find a few more people who are quick to move, and go back to Jimo City to transport two battering rams and thousands of crossbow arrows. ”

The well was burned, and the crossbow arrows on it were definitely useless, so they had to send people back to the city to get them.

"Captain, do you want to escort a few hundred people? In case someone stops you halfway......"

This soldier is also talkative, and the anger that has accumulated in Guang's head has nowhere to be released, but now it is questioned again, and he is suddenly furious.

He hammered his fist into the soldier's stomach and scolded angrily: "Truncate the way of a fart! In the whole Jiaodong, which bastard ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and intercepted my wide way? Hurry up and get on the transport! ”

The soldier clutched his stomach aggrievedly and ran down.

Under the black night, Guangfang, who was unwilling, clenched his fists and hammered the air a few times, "The county guard, the well has been destroyed, and for today's plan, we can only use the tactics of crowds to pile it up." ”

The long siege battle caused Ma Ning to be impatient and shouted: "Then use human lives!" Guangfang, you have to understand one thing, if his reinforcements, or His Majesty's edict arrives, the entire officialdom in Jiaodong will be completely cleansed! If you don't want to die, you have to fight in Gaomi! ”

He put his hands behind his back, his eyes were split, and he looked at Gaomi County, which was bright in the distance, and his voice was low and hoarse, which made Guangfang shudder, "More than 8,000 people, it took more than 20 hours, and they couldn't attack a small Gaomi County!" Is it because the bravery of the Jiaodong soldiers is not enough, or is the strength of the Liang Guo soldiers at the level of a lieutenant sergeant? ”

"The county guard, after all, they are fighting from the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms......"

"I don't want to hear this!" Ma Ning turned around, his face was hideous, and his pupils were bloodshot, like a monster, "Guangfang, I'll give you another day!" Tomorrow evening, I will sit in Gaomi City and see the scene of the separation of Taiyuan Jun's body! If you can't do it, then you will carry the actions of the entire Jiaodong officialdom alone! ”

Guangfang's face changed greatly, "County guard ......"

Ma Ning sighed, closed his eyes, and his tone gradually flattened, "This is not just what I meant, this is the news sent from Jimo City an hour ago!" If it really comes to that point out of control! Your wife and children, I will raise them myself! ”

"News from Jimo City......" Guangfang's eyes were glazed, he suddenly lost his strength, and sat down on the ground all of a sudden.

That's what he meant.

It seems that the one is ready to retreat, and if something happens, let someone with a high enough position go out and top the bag.

The position of the person who is at the top of the bag cannot be too high, nor too low, and there is no more suitable person than the first person who guards the county.

Ma Ning opened his eyes, walked over to him, and patted his shoulder gently, "Don't let me down, and don't let your wife and children down!" ”

With that, he walked away, leaving Guangfang sitting there alone.

Guangfang sat on the ground weakly, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, glaring at Gaomi County fiercely, attributing the source of all this to Bai Mingzhe's arrival, and roared:

"No! I can't die! Can't die! ”

"So far, I can only fight with you!"

He drew his saber, "Hum! ”

Pressed the tip of his sword against the ground, he struggled to his feet.

He stretched out his neck with bulging veins, his face was red, like an angry monkey, and shouted at the heralds on the side: "The three armies have stepped up the siege of the city, let the Overseer advance two hundred steps!" Retreat, kill !! Captain Bendu will personally monitor the battlefield! ”

"No!"

After the herald went down, Guangfang looked up to the sky and howled in front of his guards, "Taiyuanjun, I will kill you!! ”

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At the head of Gaomi County, Bai Mingzhe sat on the ground, leaning against the wall, looking at the sky with blank eyes.

He tilted his head sideways, glanced at Uncle Zhang, whose eyes were red, and sighed: "Gong Zhang, how many of them are there...... Breakthrough successful? ”

However, Uncle Zhang did not answer, but simply shook his head.

Ye Chuping, who was on the side, tilted his head, hoping to let the tears flow back, and said softly: "After successfully destroying the well, they used torches to ignite the horse's tail, forcing the horse to sprint in fright and pain. After that, he went all the way to the east and fought a bloody road. However, before they could completely escape the battlefield, the revenge of the soldiers on the set fire to the well came. ”

"If I am not mistaken, there are at least three rounds of arrow rain covering the ...... Not long ago, the last of the light was extinguished. ”

Generally speaking, when the fire on the horse's tail is extinguished, it should be the horse that has fallen to the ground, rolled and then extinguished by dust.

The ending of Niu Gao and several people is self-evident.

Bai Mingzhe felt a little confused, "Is it right or wrong to let them out of the city?" If you stay in prison honestly, you might be able to survive. ”

At this time, Jiang Mancheng's voice came from the stone staircase, "Bai Gong doesn't have to be sad! Compared with staying in prison and continuing to live the days when life is worse than death, I would rather fight for my life and see the sky again! Take a fresh breath of fresh air. ”

"The prince will release us, and give us meat, weapons, and cloth armor, which is the grace of recreation! Brother Niu's decision is exactly the same decision we made when we got out of Gaomi Prison! ”

Bai Mingzhe followed the sound and found that Jiang Mancheng was covered in blood, and a new scar was added to his originally resolute face.

The scar ran through his right eye, causing him to walk with one eye open and one eye closed.

Sima Hu followed Jiang Mancheng closely, and in his hand, he was dragging a man in black who was tied up with five flowers and panting.

Worried about an accident, Ye Chuping took a step forward and automatically protected Bai Mingzhe.

However, these two people didn't have a chance for Ye Chuping's movements, and continued to walk forward, walking to a position five steps away from Bai Mingzhe, "Plop!" With a bang, he knelt down.

Jiang Mancheng said loudly: "Bai Gong, fortunately, I am not dishonored!" After capturing Song Xiang, all the rebels in the city surrendered! At present, the soldiers of the trapped camp are resting. ”

After finishing speaking, he grinned and glanced at Ye Chuping with a provocative gaze.

Although he didn't say anything, the expression was clearly saying that the death row prisoners were desperate below, but you were enjoying it here...... Scum! Litter!

Ye Chuping knew that he was at a loss, his expression was uncertain, his fists were clenched, and he didn't know what to say.

I only heard Jiang Mancheng shout again: "Bai Gong, there are forty-four prisoners on death row, twelve of whom were killed in battle, and thirteen of whom were seriously injured!" Kill ......"

He deliberately dragged a long tone, "At least five hundred and twelve!" ”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Ye Chuping, who was speechless, raised his eyebrows, and grinned, "This record is based on the number of surviving rebels in the city and the location where the corpse fell to the ground. The people of the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty are all defending the city here, the soldiers of the Liang State are on the edge of the battlefield, and only the army of our death row prisoners has launched one charge after another! ”

When he spoke, he deliberately accentuated the words "Great Han Northern Army".

Bai Mingzhe hurriedly stepped forward and helped Jiang Mancheng and Sima Hu up respectively, "Okay! The princes are tired. ”

When he saw the man in black lying on the ground like a dead fish, he let out a long groan, "This is ......"

"Bai Gong doesn't remember? He is Song Xiang. Sima Hu laughed, violently turned the man in black over, and brushed his hair away.

Suddenly, a face with a blue nose and swollen face appeared in front of everyone.

Song Xiang's mouth had been beaten to pieces, the position of his lips was blurred, and blood was still bubbling out.

The pain was so painful that he couldn't speak, he could only gasp and stare at Bai Mingzhe with begging eyes, as if to say: Let me go, spare my life.

Bai Mingzhe squinted, kicked Song Xiang, and asked, "Did you ever think that you would have today?"

Knowing that this guy couldn't speak, he looked at Jiang Mancheng again, smiled slightly, and said, "Mancheng, death row prisoner...... Oh no, where are the Trapped Warriors? When the war is over, I will personally write to your majesty to give you a knight! ”

Sima Hu and Jiang Mancheng were overjoyed, "Xie Baigong! ”

Jiang Mancheng pointed to the city with his finger and said loudly: "The remaining thirty-two people are all waiting under the city!" I hope that Bai Gong will be fulfilled! ”

Although Song Xiang didn't know what the promise was, human instinct told him that it must not be a good thing, so he screamed mournfully, "Ahhh Well!! Uh-huh! ”

"Benjun does what he says! Naturally, there will be no reversal of the promises made to the princes! Bai Mingzhe turned around, "Remember, it will be carried out in a dark place, and keep its head, the war is over, I will hang it at the head of the city to show the public!" ”

Jiang Mancheng and Sima Hu glanced at each other and said happily: "No!"

Immediately, they dragged Song Xiang through the stone stairs and walked down the city.

This time, Song Xiang vaguely understood!

Keep your head open!

This is the intention to take his own life!

His eyes widened, he kept kicking his legs, and he struggled in resistance, "Ahhh Ahhh Uh-huh! Well!! ”

However, even so, he still couldn't escape the fate of being dragged away.

After a stick of incense, a familiar scream sounded from a corner of the city, "Ahh ”