Outside the city of Guizhou in the early morning, the mountains and forests are shrouded in fog. As soon as the sky was dark, the flashes of artillery shone everywhere, like thunder in the clouds.

The sky was a little brighter, and countless ladders were pushed out from the mountains and forests, behind the fortifications. The Han army besieged the city for a month, only shelling and shooting arrows outside the city, but did not climb and attack the city, and at this time the craftsmen and soldiers had already built countless ladders.

Bands of infantry followed the ladder and spread to the other side of the wall. From a distance, the scene looks like a fleet of ships floating in a sea of people.

The right post of the Han king's army was deployed in the west of the city, and Yin Desheng of Baihu belonged to the right post, and he was marching east in a formation with his men and horses. But they were not the first men to attack the city with ladders, and the order they received was to continue to squat in the ditch before and shoot arrows.

Yin Desheng looked at the tall ladder, and when he withdrew his gaze, he saw that the smoke from the burning grass and trees in front of him was still very thick. Behind the smoke, a row of long rods of return guns was rocking up and down, firing stone projectiles.

At that moment, there was a commotion nearby. Yin Desheng turned his head to look and saw the king of Han riding a horse and a team of cavalry riding over, and countless brothers looked sideways.

"We can't let the heroic brothers who died in battle be called traitors by traitors who are full of lies!" King Han's voice shouted.

The surrounding soldiers shouted angrily in response. Yin Desheng thought of the dead Liu Laohan and the others, and felt that they were indeed very sad to die as traitors, and immediately shouted along.

King Han's voice said loudly again: "Fight against sin!" Brothers of the Han Wangjun, when it comes to meritorious rewards, this king will never hesitate, and will enjoy wealth and honor together! ”

Everyone shouted after the loudest crowd: "Fight against crime and rebellion!" Fight against crime and rebellion ......"

Soon the king of Han rode away on horseback, and the shouts in the distance came and went. The noise of the returning artillery, the sound of the cannons and the voices of the people were mixed together, and the heavens and the earth were like a boiling sea.

Yin Desheng and the others skillfully came to their ditch, and everyone squatted here for more than half a month, and the road of these hundreds of steps was already familiar.

What they do today is different. When he left the camp, General Qian ordered that he no longer wait for the enemy soldiers to come up, but listened to the sound of gongs, and fired a salvo with a bow and crossbow at the head of the city.

A gong sounded, and Yin Desheng immediately shouted: "Release the arrow!" "The trench was full of strings, and arrows flew out of the air like locusts. Artillery and return cannons were also fired, and dust and smoke billowed from the city walls.

I don't know when, the ladder in front has been erected on the city wall, and the shouts and killings dozens of steps away shook the sky. Yin Desheng hid in the ditch, and he felt frightened when he heard the voice.

At this time, Liu Dagen jumped down from the trench again and came to Yin Desheng's side, he didn't know how to shoot arrows, so he went outside to pick up some arrow feathers and came down.

Yin Desheng also saw Liu Dagen's changes, the first time he went to the battlefield in the Taiping Field, when he didn't see the enemy clearly and only the cannon sounded, Liu Dagen trembled with fear. Now Liu Dagen seems to be accustomed to the sound of cannons and arrows flying all over the sky, and he dares to run outside the ditch to pick up arrows. The soldiers who go into battle really have to have some experience, otherwise they will be scared at every turn!

Liu Dagen's voice said: "Last night, I said that the person who climbed the wall first would be a hundred households, and what did you say about sealing the marquis, is it true?" Not picky? ”

Yin Desheng turned his head and said, "Of course it's true." If it were just talking, the summit would not be so detailed when it said that those who landed first in the city would be rewarded. ”

"Yin Baihu is right!" Liu Dagen gave a thumbs up, revealing a look of sincerity and convincing.

Yin Desheng said again: "But you have to live." ”

The sound of killing on the city wall in front of the trench shook the sky, and Yin Desheng pricked up his ears to pay attention to the sound of the gong, and released arrows according to the military order step by step. The whole morning had been fighting, and the fire and black smoke were billowing from the corner of the wall not far away, and two ladders had already been burned down. But soon a new ladder was brought in, and countless queues of soldiers pressed it one after another.

In the afternoon, a military general on horseback came from behind the trench and shouted: "There is no one left in the enemy, and they can't hold on!" Climb on, storm the walls ahead before reinforcements come in! ”

Yin Desheng hugged his fists and said: "The last general will be ordered!" ”

He put away his bow and arrows, pulled out his Yanling knife and said, "Brothers, kill!" ”

"Kill!" The soldiers shouted along, climbed out of the trench, and rushed to a ladder fifty paces away. The soldiers at the bottom of the ladder were in disarray, some running behind, others supporting their wounded brothers and retreating. Yin Desheng asked loudly, "Where are your hundred households?" ”

Someone responded: "It's dead, the deputy hundred households and the general banner are dead!" ”

Yin Desheng said: "You are under my command." ”

He looked up, and before he could give the order, Liu Dagen and the others had already climbed to the ladder! After a while, suddenly Yin Desheng heard a "bang" and smelled a foul smell, he looked up again, and white steam rose on it. A moment later, Liu Dagen and the others let out a miserable scream.

Boiling gold juice!

Yin Desheng turned over Liu Dagen, who fell to the ground, and saw that he was not dead, but the skin on his face and neck was already burned, and his face was hideous and screaming in pain. Yin Desheng grabbed Liu Dagen's rough hand, gritted his teeth, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest.

At this moment, a group of horseback riders rushed over and shouted, "Why can't you get on yet?" ”

Yin Desheng picked up the knife on the ground, turned around and said, "I'm dead, try to lead the brothers in turn." Kill! ”

He said that he would take the lead and climb the ladder first, and the soldiers behind him shouted and followed. Yin Desheng raised his head and climbed up, only to see an enemy soldier holding a stone standing on the wall facing him. With a "whoosh", the enemy soldier screamed and disappeared from sight. Then a smoking barrel of gold juice reappeared beside the ruined battlements; Seeing this, Yin Desheng's face immediately turned pale.

Familiar brothers died one by one on various battlefields, and Yin Desheng watched and felt that there was nothing wrong with him dying. But being scalded by gold juice is really too miserable, that thing is dung, and it will fester, and there is no cure for it, so life is better than death......

Moments later, suddenly dust splattered on the wall battlements, and several shells hit it. Then came the sound of a barrel crashing to the ground, and a lung-splitting scream on the rampart.

Yin Desheng's mind was blank, and his hands and feet kept climbing up, and soon he took the opportunity to climb into the wall. He was amazed by the sight of the city walls, which were full of corpses! There were also people who had just been burned and rolled on the ground screaming and rolling. The other enemy soldiers were in disarray, and one of the generals with his left arm hanging was rushing towards him with a sword!

"Bell!" Yin Desheng blocked, hacked the wounded enemy general to death with a backhand, and rushed towards the enemy crowd with a loud roar. After a while, more brothers climbed the battlements and engaged in a scuffle with the remnants of the enemy.

"Reinforcements! Reinforcements! "Enemy shouts could be heard in the distance. But everyone fought hard for a while, but they still didn't see the enemy reinforcements coming up.

There were more and more brothers in Shangcheng, and Yin Desheng ordered the left and right general flags to line up to resist the enemy, so that more soldiers of the Han Dynasty army could climb up to the city from here!

After a while, the horses' hooves roared outside the city, and a cavalry rushed towards it. Yin Desheng found out that the West City Gate had been opened! The soldiers of the Han army attacked the city from more than one place. The cavalry outside the city was the first to rush into the city gates, and more infantry troops ran in columns.

"Hooray! Hooray......" There were shouts from the city walls. Many of the enemy soldiers in the city were retreating.

Some of the brothers stormed the Xicheng Tower, pulled out the banners on it, threw it away, and planted a large white cloth banner with the words "Han" and "Crime and Rebellion" on the tower......

The various units of the Han army rushed into the city, but Yin Desheng climbed down the ladder again. He searched the ruined city, which was littered with broken wood, charcoal, stones, scattered arrows and weapons, corpses and groaning wounded soldiers.

Yin Desheng finally found Liu Dagen and knelt down in front of him. Liu Dagen groaned twice, opened his eyes and said, "Yin Baihu, my ribs are broken." ”

"Don't worry, old blacksmith, go back to the camp in a while, and ask Lang Zhong to treat you, so that you can grow well." Yin Desheng looked at Liu Dagen's face and neck with a heavy heart, and the large piece of skin became like cowhide, and the color also changed.

Yin Desheng rummaged through the messy ground for a while, found an unbroken water bag, and poured it on Liu Dagen's face and neck. Liu Dagen screamed loudly "ah".

…… The sun was in the west, and it had reached the sky above the castle tower in the west. Zhu Gaoxu rode a horse and walked along the avenue in the city to the Yamen of Guizhou.

The commander of the enemy army, who had been tied up with a lot of flowers, was escorted over. The sergeant behind angrily kicked him in the leg, and the enemy general was forced to kneel in front of Zhu Gaoxu; Another sergeant brought in a seal with one.

"Are you Gu Yong?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

The gray-haired enemy general nodded, raised his head and said: "Everything is the fault of the last general, please kill me alone and don't hurt the brothers of the Guizhou army!" ”

"Yes." Zhu Gaoxu said coldly.

Gu Yong was stunned for a moment.

After a while, Hou Hai rode over, turned over and dismounted, and walked quickly to Zhu Gaoxu's side. The surrounding generals and soldiers all knew Hou Hai and did not stop him.

Hou Hai bowed his head to Zhu Gaoxu's ear and whispered quietly.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded lightly as he listened, and a sneer gradually appeared in his eyes as he looked at Gu Yong. He turned his gaze back to Gu Yong, looked carefully from head to toe, and walked behind Gu Yong again.

Gu Yong's face was very ugly, with a frightened and cold look, and his body seemed to be trembling faintly. He seemed to be very uncomfortable with Zhu Gaoxu's gaze, and his throat couldn't help but squirm.

Zhu Gaoxu's slow pacing suddenly stopped, bent down to look at Gu Yong's left hand, and asked, "I'm afraid you've been injured for some years." ”

Gu Yong replied with a look of fear: "I was injured when I was a child." ”

Zhu Gaoxu stood up straight, showing his habitual thoughtful expression, and did not speak again for a while.