Inside the big tent, the boots of Guo Shao and the civil officials and military generals were all covered with yellow mud, gray faces, and traces left by gunsmoke and dust. The guard served the vegetable soup in the iron cup used by Guo Shao, and brought two wheat cakes up. He looked back left and right, and everyone looked at him, silently waiting for Guo Shao to move his chopsticks first.

The people's interest was not high, and the generals were accustomed to eating and sleeping in the open, coarse clothes and light meals, because the Great Zhou Wars were frequent, and there were many days to go on expeditions; But to say that it is very comfortable to eat this kind of thing, it is impossible to talk about it, the people who can sit next to the emperor are the most powerful people in the Great Zhou, and there is no shortage of glory, wealth, brocade and jade food when they are in Tokyo, obviously not eating this kind of thing.

But the emperor had the same meal as the soldiers, and the ministers did not dare to mess around with such trivial matters. Take Guo Shao's words: The soldiers who are fighting for their lives in front can eat, and those of us who are driving the soldiers behind can't eat?

Guo Shao looked back left and right, and said with a smile: "When Jinyang is taken, I will set up a banquet in Jinxiang Hall to celebrate your achievements, let's eat and drink, what do you all want to eat?" ”

A group of people were still more cautious and cautious, and they were just thankful. Gao Yanyan said at this time: "It's good to have wine and meat!" ”

"Yes, yes......" Wang Zhang, the general of the Tiger Ben Army, muttered, "as long as you don't eat vegetarian, your beak will fade out of the bird!" ”

"Haha......" everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Guo Shao didn't blame Wang Zhang for complaining in his words, and said with a smile, "How about roast mutton?" Ask the imperial chef to roast it carefully, sprinkle sesame oil and seasonings first, and then roast it layer by layer over low heat, the color of golden gold is ......" He looked at the rough iron cup in front of him, which was bumpy and uneven, "cut it and put it on a jade plate, the meat is fragrant, and when you bite it, your mouth is full of oil." ”

At this time, someone had already swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Guo Shao said, "Delicacies also need to be accompanied by good wine, how about glutinous rice wine that is more than 18 years old?" Take a big sip, the wine is mellow, warm along the throat to the heart, and the drink makes people warm and fluttering. ”

Lin Renzhao smashed his mouth, he didn't say anything before, and when he talked about wine, he immediately said seriously: "The last general loves to drink his daughter's red, and the wine tastes good......"

Guo Shao picked up the vegetable soup and drank it violently, and sighed "ha".

When they saw this, they began to eat and drink. Guo Shao tore another piece of wheat cake, put it in his mouth and chewed it with relish, but somehow he suddenly remembered Fu Jinzhan ...... That time she was taken out of the city to run horses, and she also tasted this kind of military food.

In the blackened old tent, in the barracks covered with yellow mud, surrounded by a group of rough and dirty strong men, Guo Shao was intoxicated. He seemed to see the beautiful woman with bright eyes and bright teeth, like a jade-like soft barley picked up a piece of wheat cake, his lips opened lightly, and his teeth took a bite. Chew slowly, you can taste the fragrance of wheat, as well as the sweetness of the silk, although it is light but not greasy.

Guo Shao was full of relish, and ate the coarse wheat dried cakes as delicious as the delicacies of the mountains and the sea.

Everyone looked at the emperor in amazement, and seemed to think that the food was delicious, so everyone ate and drank and enjoyed dinner.

Wang Pu said with a smile: "The old man remembered Cao Mengde's 'Wangmei quenching thirst' back then, and today Your Majesty is looking for wine and meat to satisfy your hunger!" ”

"Haha, that's true." Several generals laughed along.

At night, the bonfires outside Jinyang City are like stars everywhere in the dark night. The fighting on the battlefield has also temporarily returned to tranquility.

…… But this relaxation lasted only until the next morning. As soon as it was dawn, the sound of drums and trumpets and the noise of the battle formations were again noisy, and before long the sound of artillery also roared, and the smoke of fire and gunpowder was everywhere.

"Boom! Boom ......" In the area where the Jiannan Army is stationed, Gao Yanyan's tent is shaking.

Gao Yanyu picked up the helmet next to him and put it on his head, hung the sword on his waist, and strode out of the tent, his expression was solemn, and he was no longer as relaxed as he was in the Chinese army last night. A group of strong and persistent martial artists gathered around, and they all held their fists in one hand and held the military salute in the palm of the other: "Lord, meet the lord......"

Gao Yanyu looked at the large number of soldiers and various siege equipment prepared in the distance without anger, and looked back left and right, and everyone looked at him.

"Today, we are already soldiers of the Great Zhou, and only if we do a good job in martial arts, we are worthy of eating this meal!" Gao Yan said. He said something from his heart, in his cognition, he had to do everything well in order to maintain his existing status.

The generals' faces were solemn, and they all said: "The last generals and others have followed the lord from Shudi, and they have made up their minds to live and die together and serve the lord!" ”

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "The emperor is here!" ”

Gao Yanyu and the others turned their heads to watch, and sure enough, they saw Guo Shao riding a tall black horse, leading a group of civil officials and military generals to ride their horses here. As he approached, Gao Yanyu took the lead in kneeling down on one knee and saluted: "Greetings to Your Majesty!" ”

Guo Shao turned over and dismounted vigorously, stepped forward to help Gao Yanyu with his own hands, and said to the generals: "Strong men, please get up." ”

Guo Shao glanced up at the square flag with the word "Great Zhou" written on it, and said with a straight color: "Shu is the country of abundance and the rear of China." However, for thousands of years, whenever my Han family fought for the world and resisted foreign humiliation, the Shu people have always tried their best to provide people and food and shed blood and sacrifice! Spare no effort for the great cause of the world! The man is determined to be in all directions, and the people who go out of Shu to fight for the great cause have earned face for the fathers and villagers in Shu! ”

He raised his sword scabbard and shouted loudly in the dialect of the soldiers of the Shu army: "Rise up! ”

The mood of the army was immediately invigorated, and they shouted one after another: "Rise up! Rise ......"

There is a military general in the crowd who excitedly shouted: "It's the turtle son who retreats!" Gao Yanyu also encouraged: "The Son of Heaven is behind him, and His Majesty sees the courage of the soldiers!" ”

After a burst of shouts, Gao Yanyu gave the military order to beat the drums. For a while, the flag shook, and the drums thundered like thunder amid the roar of artillery.

In the first line of defense, tall ladders were pushed out in the crowds, and the armored soldiers in all directions spread like a tide towards the city walls. After a while, the roar of the surrounding artillery also stopped, in order to prevent accidental injury to his own people.

A young general of the Shu army at the front of the walk carried a sword, stared at the city with round eyes, and followed the team to keep walking. His hand was tightly gripping the hilt of the sword, and he was actually very afraid in his heart, and I am afraid that no one was not afraid...... It is not so easy for flesh and blood to attack under the arrows and rolling stones, face to face under the noses of enemy soldiers, and die for life.

Nearly a hundred paces, the ballista catapults on the city walls began to fire, and stones and crossbows whirred from the air. The continuous artillery damaged many of the Northern Han army's defenses, but at this time they seemed to have temporarily reinforced.

"Ahh With a scream, the general looked back and saw a soldier hit by a crossbow bolt as thick as an arm and fell to the ground. The people around were holding weapons and staring at each other, and at this time, people's eyes were particularly bright, and the strings in their hearts were tense.

After a while, there was a sudden "bang ......" string sound, and the air was full of fire, and the rocket salvo roared in mid-air like a meteor shower, and the fire rain fell like a rain of fire. There was a metallic sound in the crowd, and from time to time there were screams.

The closer the armies were, the more wounded they were. However, the soldiers of the Shu army are still equipped with plate armor, and they hold swords and shields in close combat, and the defense of bows and arrows is relatively good. The bowmen and crossbowmen of the Jiannan Army also entered the firing range, and they returned fire with bursts of projectiles from dozens of paces away, and for a while, arrows flew in the air, like locusts.

The crowd inexorably poured close to the city walls. The first tall ladder had passed through the filled moat and rested on the wall, and the bows and crossbows below were hurled at one place; The first wave of sword shields in the back is ready.

The commander of the battle shouted: "Kill! ”

Then I heard the sound of the gong "clang", and the square flag with the number written on it was immediately tilted and flattened. The high head of the city seems to be another world, the gate of life and death! The military general at the front raised his sword and shouted in a trembling voice: "Long live my emperor!" So he led a group of soldiers to climb up the ladder. The crowd shouted and shouted, and only in this way could the torment of fear be offset a little.

A group of people shouted with their mouths wide open like crazy, and the noise suddenly became louder, and the soldiers desperately climbed up. The arrows in the four directions kept flying upwards.

The official of the Privy Council below was also wearing armor and was reading aloud with a trembling voice: "The third commander of the Fifth Army of the Jiannan Army, the letter of the family of Li Damao...... Wu'er, because you fought for the country under the command of the Son of Heaven, the emperor's grace is great, and the family has been exempted from forced labor......"

"Kill!" The young ten in front of him will use both hands and feet. The high city was getting closer and closer, and he didn't dare to look down.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, suddenly a large vat was hung by an iron chain and leaned out of the women's wall, and there was white smoke on it, and a foul smell was immediately smelled. The Ten Generals immediately guessed what it was...... Golden Juice! Boiling manure water! This thing is burned, the wound will fester, and there is basically no medicine for the doctor to die.

At this moment, the ten generals' minds were blank, and their faces were like ashes.

The foul-smelling boiling water was immediately poured down, and the ten generals at the front of the "Ah...... were drenched in boiling water, screaming and falling from the cloud ladder to the bottom of the city nearly three feet high.

Some of the soldiers who were not seriously injured in the back screamed and continued to climb up, and some of their weapons were lost, but they were just trying to climb. Immediately another vat was thrown out, and the slimy fire oil in it was poured on the ladder and on the soldiers...... This fierce fire oil still came from the Southern Tang Kingdom, and was transported to the north by ship and sent to the Northern Han Kingdom.

The foul-smelling soldier who was burned by the "golden juice" and did not die was doused with black oil again, and at this time he understood his fate, tears came out, and he looked at the city in despair. As expected, a torch was thrown out a moment later, and the black oil caught fire, and it ignited with a "boom", and the soldier only felt that his eyes lit up, as if he was in a sea of fire, and the extreme fear and pain hit his head and face, and his body was already uncontrollable, and his hands and feet were weak, and he fell straight down the ladder.

A fire burned at the top of the ladder, black smoke filled the air, and the people on fire screamed and fell from the heights. Up and down the city walls, like purgatory.