In the evening, inside the camp of the Ming army.

After a day of fierce fighting, the exhausted soldiers had already eaten dinner and rested in their tents. The wounded have been treated and are now recuperating in the relief tent.

Outside the camp, the patrolling sentinels did not dare to slack off, and lined up in a neat formation to patrol and guard.

In the tent of the Chinese army, Li Rusong was convening the generals to discuss the siege of the city.

Judging from the situation reflected in the daytime battle, this Japanese army in Pyongyang has a relatively strong fighting capacity. Although the Ming army had the advantage in numbers, it was difficult to take Pyongyang City in a short period of time in the face of this stubborn style of work and the stubborn enemy on which the tall city walls were relied on.

Once the war drags on for a long time, it is very likely that the enemy's reinforcements will come to reinforce it, and at that time, it is difficult to say how the war will develop. Therefore, the immediate priority is how to quickly break through the city and annihilate the Japanese army of Konishi Yukinaga. Only in this way can we effectively avoid the dilemma of our army being attacked from inside and outside after the arrival of enemy reinforcements.

Besides, as the first battle since entering the DPRK, victory boosted morale and laid a good foundation for follow-up operations; The defeat would affect the morale of the Ming army and the Korean government and the opposition against the Japanese.

Luo Shiyin was invited by Li Rusong as a special guest to participate in this war discussion meeting attended only by senior generals in the army, because Li Rusong already knew that Luo Shiyin had led a small team to reconnoiter Pyongyang City, and he judged that Luo Shiyin was familiar with Pyongyang City.

"General Li, can we choose the weakest link of the enemy's garrison to break through first. If there is a crack in the city of Pyongyang, I think that the defenders everywhere in the city will be in turmoil, and the city of Pyongyang will not be broken. After the generals finished expressing their respective operational proposals, Luo Shiyin was the last to put forward his own proposals.

"Oh, Lord Luo, please tell me more!" Seeing that Luo Shiyin finally spoke, Li Rusong said a little impatiently.

"According to the information we obtained from our reconnaissance in the city in the early stage, the combat strength of the defending troops in the direction of Qixingmun Gate, the southwest gate of Pyongyang, is the weakest. We might as well choose this as a breakthrough in the siege of the city, send the elite soldiers of our army, and take the Seven Star Gate in one fell swoop, so that the city of Pyongyang will not be broken. Luo Shiyin said calmly.

"Great idea! General, let me lead a team of men and horses to attack the Seven Star Gate! I promise to take it for you in an hour! As soon as Luo Shiyin finished speaking, Yang Yuan, the deputy chief soldier of the Ming Army, couldn't help but applaud and took the initiative to ask for help.

"Okay, then let's follow Lord Luo's suggestion and take the Seven Star Gate to open the knife. The order went down, and 3,000 daredevils were recruited in the army overnight and voluntarily signed up. Tomorrow, if you can successfully win the Seven Star Gate, the daredevils who take the lead in climbing the city wall will be rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver! Let's go! Li Rusong's eyes were like torches, and he ordered his opponent.

There will be brave men under the great reward. In less than half an hour, the 3,000 daredevils were selected from among the soldiers who enthusiastically signed up.

Shi Lang, Shi Tianji, Li Ruzhu, and Ye Ruliu all signed up, hoping to join the ranks of the death squad. The final approval result of the four people was: except for Ye Ruliu, who was unsuccessful, the other three were honorably selected.

After knowing that she was defeated, Ye Ruliu was a little angry. The reason why she signed up for the election with Shi Lang was originally to be able to fight side by side with her Brother Shi Lang and protect Brother Shi Lang's safety. She knew that this kind of urban siege had always been cruel and ruthless, and she didn't want anything wrong with her Shi Langge. But now, she was not chosen, and it was difficult for her to accept this unexpected result for a while.

Inside the tent. Ye Ruliu was extremely angry, raised her hand and threw the water cup in her hand on the ground: "Which point am I worse than those soldiers?" ”

"Sister, don't be really angry, it's best to let those men who are five big and three rough do the dangerous work of attacking the city and plundering the village." Xie Yuan, who was sitting on a small stool in the camp tent, quickly stood up and persuaded Ye Ruliu.

"That's it, big girl. This rain of bullets, let's rest assured that you will take this risk! Shi Tianji held an iron shovel in his hand and sat on the marching bed to persuade Ye Ruliu.

"What's wrong with the woman, I'm not convinced, I'll try it on the spot!" Ye Ruliu was still angry.

"Ru Liu, if you don't go, don't go. You can rest assured. I, and the brothers here, will come back safely. Shi Lang understood that Ye Ruliu was so anxious because he was worried about his safety, so he walked over and gently patted Ye Ruliu's shoulder and said with relief.

"Yes, Miss Ye. Whether it's Brother Shi Lang, the brothers here, or Lord Luo, they don't want you to take risks. Li Ruzhu also followed Shi Lang's words to comfort Ye Ruliu.

"Yes, I'll go to the commander and see if he can help me join the death squad." Unexpectedly, Li Ruzhu's words reminded Ye Ruliu, and she ignored everyone's kind words and persuasions, strode out of the camp tent, and walked towards Luo Shiyin's residence.

At this time, in Ye Ruliu's heart, there is nothing more important than Shi Lang's safety, she is determined to join the death squad, because in her opinion, only in this way can she protect her brother Shi Lang to the greatest extent.

In order to obtain relevant information from Luo Shiyin in a timely manner, Li Rusong placed Luo Shiyin in a camp not far from his Chinese army's tent.

Ye Ruliu's arrival seemed to have been expected by Luo Shiyin, and after being notified by the guards, Ye Ruliu was allowed to enter Luo Shiyin's camp.

"My lord, I'm ......" Ye Ruliu walked into the camp tent in a hurry, and when she saw Luo Shiyin put down the book in her hand, she spoke. But Na Cheng thought that her words were only partially spoken, and she was stopped by Luo Shiyin, who stood up, with a wave of his hand.

Luo Shiyin walked out from behind the case, raised his hand and motioned for Ye Ruliu to go out with him.

Ye Ruliu endured her temperament and walked out of the camp with Luo Shiyin.

Luo Shiyin and Ye Ruliu strolled along the only avenue in the camp.

"Miss Ye, I know why you came to me." Luo Shiyin said in a calm tone. globe

"My lord, I just don't understand, what is wrong with them? Why don't you let me join the death squads? Ye Ruliu saw that the commander took the initiative to talk about the topic he wanted to talk about, so he asked eagerly.

"Miss Ye, I won't answer your question yet. Please be patient as I tell you a story. ”

“……？”

"On a winter evening about 30 years ago, on the streets of a small mountain village in the Central Plains, two scoundrels were flirting with a girl. At this time, a young man with strong blood happened to pass by, and when he saw that the road was uneven, he taught the two pranksters a hard lesson, and the girl was saved and left.

The young man was about to leave, but he was surrounded by a dozen or so accomplices who had rushed to hear the noise. In the end, the young man was beaten up violently, and he was humiliated by the leader of the other party.

The young man lying on the ground gathered his last strength at this time, flipped the leader of the other party riding on him to the ground, and strangled the opponent's neck with both hands. All the members of the opposing team gathered around and punched and kicked the young man. The young man endured the pain, allowing his fists and kicks to rain down on all parts of his body, and never let go until the person under him was killed.

The young man stood up and roared in his head, soothing the stuffiness in his chest. The crowd of people present were shocked by the murderous aura in the young man's eyes, and they picked up their leader and fled in panic.

"It's hard for young people to stay in their hometowns. Before the government arrested him, he tearfully bid farewell to his old mother and embarked on the road of escape.

The young man traveled westward, hoping to escape into the barren mountains of the northwest. Along the way, the coils he had brought with him when he fled had been spent, and he had to beg along the way.

So he begged and hurried on his way, and finally fled into a barren mountain that he thought was safe. But in the barren mountains, there are few people, and finding a place to settle has become a problem for him.

"The young man walked and walked in the wild mountains, and there was no one for several days in a row. At this time, he had not eaten for three days, he was hungry, and his feet were as heavy as lead. At this time, Tiangong seemed to be deliberately torturing this young man, and it was snowing heavily.

"Young people are hungry and cold, and they wander helplessly on the snow. Due to hunger, he fell on the snow several times, then got up and continued on his way. And so he climbed and crawled, and the young man came to a valley.

Through the dense snowflakes, the young man vaguely saw a snow wolf lying on the ground and biting its prey in the snow not far in front of him. He crept closer, and finally saw that the snow wolf was biting at a dead horned deer.

Extremely hungry, he had completely forgotten the existence of the snow wolf, and he pounced on the horned deer under the snow wolf like a hungry wolf, tore a piece of bloody flesh from it and stuffed it into his mouth. He had just bitten down on a piece of meat, and before he could chew it, he saw a white shadow flash in front of him, and the snow wolf had already knocked him to the ground, and two rows of Lili's teeth were biting down on his throat. He struggled to turn his head to dodge the snow wolf's fatal blow, and his free hands grabbed the snow wolf's neck.

In order to break free from the young man, the snow wolf kept scratching at the young man's chest with two sharp front grabs. The young man's clothes were scratched, and immediately after, his chest was also scratched by the snow wolf, and it was bloody.

The young man endured the pain in his heart, and choked the snow wolf's neck and refused to let go. In the end, the snow wolf finally stopped struggling, and his body collapsed on the young man. The young man had exhausted the last of his strength and passed out. ”

"And then?" Ye Ruliu couldn't understand why the commander told her such a story for a while, but out of politeness, she still had to calm down and listen patiently.

When the young man woke up, he was already lying on a single bed that was soft and warm. In front of the bed, a Tibetan girl in a tunic skirt was lying in front of him, wiping the blood from his face.

When she saw him awake, the girl hurriedly called for Abba in the other room to come over. Following the girl's shout, the young man lying on the bed saw a dark-skinned old man walking from another room with vigorous steps.

The young man now understood that it was the family who had saved him, and he tried to sit up, but he was too weak to sit up.

The elder approached him, motioned for him to lie down and put his hand on his forehead to check his temperature. Taking this opportunity, the young man thanked his life-saver in a weak voice.

While bandaging his wounds, the elder told him that his daughter had found him and rescued him when she went to the valley to look for a missing goat in captivity. The young man turned his gaze to the girl and thanked her. The girl ran into the house shyly.

"After a period of recuperation, the young man's body gradually recovered. He also learned that the owner of the house was a tribal chieftain, and that the people of the tribe respected him as the chief of Mackie, and that his daughter's name was Kelsang Ram.

"There are only a dozen or so families in the entire tribe, all of them Tibetans. The young man did not hide the truth about his murder and escape from his life-saving benefactor. After hearing about the young man's life, the leader of McGee took a liking to the young man in front of him who dared to act bravely and could kill the snow wolf with his bare hands, so he decided to take him in. Young people are grateful.

In this way, after his body recovered, the young man followed Kelsang Lhamo to the mountains every day to graze cattle and sheep, and lived a peaceful and comfortable life. In the long-term relationship, the young man and Kelsang Ram gradually developed affection.

"Naturally, none of this escaped the eyes of the McGee leader. One day, while Kelsang Lam was away, the leader of McGee called the young man to his side and solemnly told him that although he liked the young man very much, his daughter Kelsang Lham, since she was a child, had promised the son of the leader of a neighboring tribe that the young man would behave for himself.

Upon hearing this, the young man was depressed for several days. But he knows the proportions of this matter, no matter what, the McGee leader has a life-saving grace for himself, and he can't snatch his love with a knife and let the McGee leader fall into a situation of not keeping his promise.

With this in mind, the young man deliberately kept a certain distance from Kelsang Ram in words and deeds. Seeing that he had been frowning for several days, Kelsang Ram felt a little strange, so he asked him the reason for his displeasure during a grazing. The young man didn't want to tell Kelsang Ram the reason, but he couldn't stand the other party's repeated questioning, so he had to tell the truth.

Gasang Ram giggled disapprovingly when he heard the young man explain what had happened, and then, with his face in front of the young man, asked him mysteriously if he would be in pain if she had been taken by someone else. The young man did not hide his inner feelings, telling Kelsang Ram that he would be in pain.

Hearing the young man's words, Kelsang Ram smiled at the young man with satisfaction, and then, unexpectedly, he whipped the buttocks of the horse on which the young man was riding. The horse neighed, and the young man rushed forward at a rapid pace. Kelsang Ram waved his whip again and rode his horse after the young man in front of him. The two are neck and neck. The vast grassland reverberated for a long time with the hearty laughter of Kelsang Ram. ”