Chapter 226: It's hard to give up brotherly righteousness, but only heroes are short

The sound of war drums sounded, the powerful rhythm, and the sound seemed to be hammered into the heart, stirring the blood of the big gourd, and a long-lost feeling arose spontaneously from the heart.

It's been a long time since I've experienced such a battle, since the last time he was wounded in the attack on Yuan Shao, the big gourd has already retired from the front line for many years, and since then, he is basically only responsible for the defense of the rear city, because his leg has been injured, and he still remembers how deep the arrow was, and he injured his muscles and bones thoroughly, and until now he walks up, he is still limping.

None of the soldiers in the vanguard battalion will be a cripple, and I really miss the glory of that time. It's just that today's life is not bad, there is almost no war in the rear garrison, every day is just daily training, Da Hulu as a small general, although it is not as majestic as the general, but it can already be exempted from irritable training, as long as the physical fitness is maintained every day.

I heard that the target of this attack was Ding Xu, the childish-looking slug.

Da Hulu actually didn't want to fight this battle in his heart, you must know that everyone is a state army, and if you have something to say, why bother to use knives and guns.

Just before leaving, there were more than 100 people who mutinied, not wanting to follow Hou Cheng to come, the consequences can be imagined, what kind of character Hou Cheng is, the big gourd knows clearly, hundreds of people were beheaded, hanging in the barracks to declare the three armies, in order to show the consequences of disobeying the military order.

In the end, the big gourd can only complain that the prince has no eyes, so that a good person like the prime minister can't live long, but it's a pity that the prime minister's wife and his children, such a big family business, how can it not make people blush.

The crescent moon like a silver hook could not open up the endless darkness at all, and the garrison launched a fierce attack on the low town on the narrow slope.

Torches flickered everywhere, and inside and outside the city, a moving wall of fire was formed above and below the city, illuminating the walls of the city all around.

The attack was very hard, and the soldiers defending the city were separated from the Anyi city defense army, only more than 5,000 people, and like the garrison, they had not fought for many years. The city defense army was all veterans who had been on the battlefield for a long time, and many of them were like themselves, and they had retreated to the second line because of some minor injuries.

Therefore, the offensive of the army seemed to be fierce and mighty, but it was all anticlimactic, and the war did not make the slightest progress for a long time, but on the contrary, thousands of lives were taken through it.

"Death to those who retreat!"

Behind him came the hysterical roar of General Hou Cheng.

Yes, besieging a low city with an army of 20,000 can't be taken for a long time, and the state army has never had such a shameful record, if it was back then, the big gourd himself led a team of men and horses, he could calmly break through into it, like this low town, in the eyes of the big gourd, the defense is all loopholes, as long as he is given a thousand, no, as long as five hundred people, he can climb into the city from the gap and cut off the head of the defender.

"Big gourd, you go!"

Hearing that General Hou Cheng finally remembered himself, the big gourd was somewhat happy, it turned out that he was still a useful person. Although he didn't want to be an enemy with his colleagues in the Bingzhou army who defended the city, and the leader was still the slug Ding Xu, who was the same brother as him at the beginning, but the order was on top, and he couldn't allow the big gourd to think too much, and hundreds of hesitants who were killed by Hou Cheng's overseer were lying not far away, the lesson was profound and worrying, and the big gourd naturally did not dare to repeat the mistakes of the past.

As early as the beginning, the big gourd has seen a weak defensive place, where it seems to be densely crowded, but at the corner of the two city walls, there is a small defensive dead end, every time the soldiers who attack from there account for the majority, but unfortunately, the space at the corner is limited, and the people who attack it are almost equivalent to sending them to death, and they will face the siege of the defenders on both sides as soon as they go up.

Facing difficulties is not the style of the big gourd, but although it is dangerous here, it is already better than in other places, at least there is no terrible arrow net composed of strong crossbows in the state.

The low walls don't even need to be equipped with ladders, as long as there is no one to hang a rope and hook it in the adobe of the wall, you can climb up calmly.

The big gourd took the lead in climbing the city wall, but the situation in front of him couldn't help but make him stunned.

Small eyes, big noses, wild dogs, and crabs are all brothers who once fought side by side, and they knew that they served in the city defense army, but they didn't expect to meet here, on this battlefield.

A corner of the city wall fell into an eerie silence, in stark contrast to the sound of shouting and fighting elsewhere, a group of people stared blankly at the big gourd at a loss, and the big gourd didn't know whether to advance or retreat for a while.

If you enter, you will have to fight with your former colleagues and partners in life and death, and if you retreat, you will face the punishment of military law, and you may be beheaded by Hou Cheng, the big gourd is like a stupid goose, standing in the cold wind at the head of the city, enjoying the sound of fighting around you.

"What are you doing?"

A voice came, familiar and unfamiliar, and with it appeared a face that was once familiar. This face has faded away from the youthfulness and childishness of the past, and his face is full of resoluteness, and his thick black and dense short beard adds a bit of maturity to him.

The slugs are not what they used to be, and the big gourd couldn't help but sigh secretly.

"General, it's Brother Hulu."

The crab spoke a little trembling, they had fought side by side for many years, and they had saved each other's lives countless times, and it was difficult to say who was the savior of whom, because it had to be counted one by one, and I didn't know when it would be counted.

Ding Xu looked at the big gourd, and couldn't help but think of himself back then, when he was young, thanks to the help of this veteran, he had brushed shoulders with death countless times, but now is not a nostalgic moment, the army is-for-tat, how can he take care of the old feelings here!

"Take your people down, I just don't see you today, and I will no longer show mercy when I meet again."

There was no trace of heat in Ding Xu's voice, but the big gourd seemed to see a hot beating heart.

The big gourd wanted to say something, but he just opened his mouth several times, and it turned into a sigh.

"Well, let's go."

The big gourd waved his hand and said to the half-baked recruits.

"But what if the general is held accountable?" A soldier asked in a low voice.

"If there is something I can do, I will not implicate you."

Da Hulu knew what it meant to go back like this, and what was waiting for him would be Hou Cheng's strict military law.

Maybe it's more comforting to die under military law than to die at the hands of a brother, right? Big Gourd thought self-deprecatingly.

Hou Cheng looked at the big gourd and others who were sliding down from the city tower unharmed from a distance, and there were sparks flashing in his eyes, in his own army, how could there have been such a shameful deserter, and he retreated in a formation This is definitely a great demoralization behavior when the two armies are fighting, and it is absolutely unforgivable.

"Beat the drums and cheer, and the retreat shoots!" Hou Cheng's expression was cold, and his words were as cold as frost, as if he was just talking about homely chores like watching vegetables and carrying water.

The drums sounded suddenly, mixed with the horns of the charge, and countless bows and arrows struck, shooting countless recruits around the big gourd.

The big gourd hung in mid-air, clutching the rope and watching as a recruit next to him was hit by an arrow and fell.

Fresh life, he is only a sixteen-year-old child, he has not even a daughter-in-law, he did not die in the hands of the enemy, but he was shot by his own people, how dare they!

Is it because the recruits are not brave enough? No, the last thing young people lack is blood, every time he rushes to kill, he charges forward, his biggest dream is to be transferred to the front-line troops and fight with Cao Jun.

Because he said that the front-line troops would be able to share more and better land, and his younger siblings would not suffer any more because of it.

But now it's all over.

Because of the big gourd's own fetters, it was he who killed this child. The big gourd's eyes were filled with blood, and he thought motionless in the air.

But he didn't think that even if they didn't retreat, it would just be a fight to the death, and they, the recruits, would have the slightest chance of winning in front of the veterans of the city defense army.

A long arrow struck, and the big gourd that turned around and checked the situation in all directions hit the shoulder blade, pierced through the chest, and nailed to the adobe of the city wall behind him, and from a distance it looked like a banner of humanity, drifting with the wind.

The big gourd coughed up a mouthful of blood, looking at the companions who were shot one by one, and the compassion in his heart was endless.

One breath was stuck between his chest and lungs, his face was red, and he shouted in a hoarse voice that was left in his body: "The people of Bingzhou don't fight the people of Bingzhou, they are all their own brothers, how can you do it." ”

The sound was carried by the wind, as if there was a strange magic power, which made the soldiers on both sides of the battle take on their own shape.

Ding Xu was already furious when he saw the situation in the city, and when he heard the words of the big gourd at this time, there was a dense emotion in his heart, and there were hundreds of bones all over his body and limbs, as if there were thousands of thorns, desperately piercing in.

I don't know when everyone is proud of being a Bingzhou person, because as long as you go anywhere in China, as long as you say that you are a Bingzhou person, someone will give a thumbs up and say a good place.

You must know that ten years ago, it was a deserted, barren and barren border, and the sparse population was not even as good as a city in other states.

The prosperity of the state is not only due to the prime minister's policy, but also the soldiers in front of them who have guarded it with their lives and blood.

Now they are going to kill each other here, do they want to tear apart the peace that so many people have exchanged their lives for?

Ding Xu stood on the city wall and shouted to the tens of thousands of garrisons under the city: "Hou Cheng harbored evil intentions, betrayed the oath he had made, and intended to harm the prime minister's family. ”

The sound came from afar, like a morning bell and a dusk drum, which was deafening, and countless garrisons put down their weapons, faintly showing signs of retreat.

Hou Cheng was so anxious that he personally took down his bow and arrow, and faced the big gourd that was still hanging on the city wall and was still out of breath.

"Those who bewitch the people will be killed, and I will give the order that after the city is broken, all the soldiers will each divide ten acres of land, and their families will always be in the army."

The big gourd was nailed to the city wall, and he could only watch the bow and arrow come from far and near, under the reflection of the fire in the dark night, like a flying fire meteor, enlarged little by little, accompanied by a cold coolness, straight into the chest and lungs, so that the big gourd couldn't help but shudder.

The general's arrows are accurate! At this time, the last clear idea of the big gourd.

As he lay dying, the battlefield seemed to fall into an eerie silence, as if he saw the rising sun in the distance, as bright as the smiling face of his lovely grandson.

General Hou Cheng's orders were reported one by one, so that everyone in the army knew about it, and his eyes flashed with incredible joy.

It doesn't matter if the fields are down, it doesn't matter if there are more than a few acres or a few acres, the important thing is to always be in the military, so long, now the military status can only be enjoyed by the families of the soldiers who are in service, and the richness of the policies is enough to make many people willing to throw their heads and spill their blood.

Once it becomes a permanent military status, it means that family members can enjoy the benefits of military status for generations, and the family will never end to the generations.

Man dies for money, and birds die for food. What if Hou Chengcheng can really fulfill his promise and abandon this head?

The soldiers of the garrison looked at each other with fiery eyes, as if the small city before them was not made of adobe, but of gold.

"Intensify the siege of the city, capture the people of the Prime Minister's Mansion and dedicate it to Your Majesty, and you will enjoy this honor forever!"

Hou Cheng saw that the people's morale was high, and poured oil on the fire again.

"Hooray! Banzai! ”

Tens of thousands of soldiers will cheer in unison, for the coming wealth, but also for the dying themselves.

At this moment, a discordant voice interrupted everyone's reverie.

"Look, the gates seem to be open!"

The generals were all amazed and whispered that it was rare for a siege like this to be done on the battlefield when the gates of the city were opened by themselves, and they had hardly ever heard of it before. This situation feels strange no matter how you look at it.

The lights on the city wall are like daylight, the city gate is particularly bright, in the eyes of everyone, a group of several horsemen come out, the first person is dressed in purple robes and cloth, his hands are empty, and he has not even brought a self-defense weapon.

Although it was just a man and a horse standing there, it was like an eagle soaring in the nine heavens, looking down on all living beings, and people couldn't help but have something called awe.

The people in the city and under the city all changed color, some liked and shouted, some were shocked, some were incredulous, and some were hesitant.

But among the countless sounds, the loudest was the cheers of the city.

"Look, it's the prime minister!"

"Great, the prime minister is back!"

I don't know who shouted: "Long live the prime minister!" ”

For a while, the heroic cheers converged into one sentence, almost shaking the earth.

"Long live the Prime Minister! Long live the Prime Minister! ”

The horror in Hou Cheng's eyes was extremely intense, since the moment Lu Bu appeared, he knew that the general trend had gone, and Lu Bu's influence in the army was like a god-like existence, and it was not possible to rebuild morale by killing a few small soldiers.

Listening to the earth-shattering cheers at this moment, Hou Cheng fell into a trance for a while, as if he had returned to the passionate years when he followed Lu Bu and fought against the heroes of the Quartet.

Lu Bu did not stop before approaching Hou Cheng's army, and the army formation avoided one after another, making way for a passage, and everywhere Lu Bu went, it was like this.

Lu Bu walked in front of Hou Cheng and was in the midst of the Ten Thousand Horse Army, as if he didn't care about his own safety, he just looked at Hou Cheng and said coldly: "Why did you betray me?" ”

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