Chapter Forty-Six: Born Like a Summer Flower
After Qin Liangyu carefully inquired with the Jinyi guard standing guard at the gate of the city, he learned that Xiao Nizi was captured and plundered by Wu Sangui, the nephew of Jinzhou General Soldier Zu Dashou, after fainting. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info listened to the words of Jinyi Weiyan's conversation, Wu Sangui was clearly motivated to see the color, and took advantage of Xiao Nizi's lack of physical strength to succeed in the conspiracy. If it weren't for the fear of his uncle Zu Dashou and his godfather eunuch Gao Qiqian and doing this reckless thing at the feet of the Son of Heaven, this group of brocade guards would have chopped him up and fed him to the dogs.
Qin Liangyu knew that Jin Yiwei could not be blamed for being cowardly and afraid of things, because Gao Qiqian and Cao Huachun, Wang Dehua was deeply respected, and the year before Zu Dashou, Ning Yuan's victory was in the limelight, with these relationships, Wu Sangui could not be provoked by these little-known little shrimps.
Now that she knows where Xiao Nizi is, Qin Liangyu is no longer embarrassed by this group of brocade guards, she scolded secretly in her heart: "Isn't it just a horse dealer who is good at managing a network, this Wu Sangui saved his father before the battle, and I still think he is a hero, and it seems that he is just a prodigal son who has a false reputation." I'm going to ask for someone, but I can't afford to call this plate to Zu Dashou, I'll go to his superior, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao. With a plan in his heart, Qin Liangyu hurriedly walked towards the residence of Yuan Chonghuan, who also went to Beijing to report on work.
The snow covered the entire land in silver as if it were endless, and the howling northwest wind blew the unyielding battle flag at the head of the city of Kulen, and there was a sense of slaughter between heaven and earth.
The quantitative change finally caused a qualitative change, and the once strong walls of Cullen City had gradually begun to collapse under the repeated bombardment of the Houjin artillery.
And Huang Taiji, who was eager to take Kulen City as soon as possible, played a game of cat and mouse, of course, he didn't just want to trap the defenders in the city. In his eyes, the defenders of the city have long been fish and meat to be slaughtered on the chopping board, and he is shrewd and pulls Houjin's troops up in turn, and uses the crumbling city of Kulun, which will collapse at any time, as a free training ground to practice siege warfare. Through the brainstorming of the front-line generals, he searched for the weaknesses of this Han city and registered them one by one.
Even a fool can see it now, Huang Taiji is obviously preparing for the attack on the city's strong Daming City.
It stands to reason that after people have experienced despair, they will be open-minded in the face of life and death. After experiencing so many blows, Guan Shanyue had already taken his life and death lightly, but watching the brothers around him fall one by one, he couldn't let go of his feelings. The hatred of Houjin in his heart is like an unquenchable flame from hell, burning more and more in his heart.
In the rumbling cannon of Houjin, next to the fire at the head of the city. Guan Shanyue stayed awake all night, drank a sip of sweet liquor with scarlet eyes, took out the cold and compelling long sword that had been sharpened all morning, took a sip of hot air, stared intently at the reflection of the scruffy beard in the sword body, and wiped it with the broken sleeves stained with blood.
The situation does not allow him to choose and resist, and the blood of the enemy has already cast the former weak Xiucai into an iron-blooded warrior. By the fire, he involuntarily exuded a majestic momentum, like a messenger from hell.
The soldiers of Kulun City had long regarded Brother Guan Shanyue as a spiritual pillar in the struggle against Houjin, and he sat by the fire to build a city. I saw him break the door frame under his feet and throw it into the fire with a flick of his wrist, and exclaimed: "Good sword!" What does the severed head mean today? Starting a business is difficult and there are many battles. This went to Quantai to recruit the old department, and the banner of 100,000 beheaded Yama. ”
Facing the large snowflakes flying in the sky, Guan Shanyue recited Marshal Chen Yi's poems fiercely and fiercely in his mouth, and at the same time danced the sword in his hand at the head of the city, and the high-pitched voice actually overshadowed the rumbling cannon sound of Houjin. Some of his sword moves were learned from Wei Zhongxian's many dead soldiers, and some of them were practiced on the battlefield, but all of them were killing moves that regarded death as if they were burning jade, and it is estimated that these sword moves also had a lot to do with his current state of mind.
The soldiers gathered around Guan Shanyue and applauded, some for his swordsmanship, and some for his poetry. The soldiers now don't care if he is called Lord Guan, they all affectionately call him General Weiguan.
However, Guan Shanyue's personal soldiers felt that their former smiling and approachable General Guan was becoming more and more eccentric, and they often recited some strange poems from time to time, and they could all recite them under the influence of their ears and eyes, like "Drunk to pick up the lamp and look at the sword, dream back to blow the horn and the battalion ......" "I don't notice the cold star, I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood." "Since ancient times, no one has died, leaving Dan to take care of his sweat." …… However, they thought that these poems were strange and good, so whenever General Guan sang and danced with swords, they would accompany each other.
The heavy snow, which had been falling for several days in the afternoon, finally stopped, and the bright sun hung in the sky, but the cold sunlight shone on the earth, just like Guan Shanyue's mood.
The lean Guan Shanyue gathered Wei Zhongxian, Setel, Neiqi, Zai Sai and others together, and he decided to take advantage of the strength of the soldiers in the city to fight with Huang Taiji.
He looked in the direction of Da Ming for a while, and he was not afraid that the soldiers around him would hear it, and said loudly: "You are all my brothers in distress who share life and death, and Guan can't bear to be deceived with lies." To tell the truth, this Kulun City can't be defended, and it will be a matter of time before the Golden City is broken. Yesterday, Zhang Debiao counted that there are still 1,500 brothers who can fight now, and I'm afraid that the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty will not be able to wait in this life, so what do you think of our big vote? After speaking, he didn't look back at everyone, and looked in the direction of Saibei with his own thoughts, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Setel also grinned excitedly when he heard this, pulled out the bright Mongolian scimitar with a "Rang" sound, waved it in the air with his red and swollen hands, stepped forward and patted Guan Shanyue's shoulder, and said with a big grin: "Oh, Brother Guan, I've been waiting for your words for months, I've long been fed up with this bird anger that can't fight back after being beaten, why do you say it?" On behalf of the Ministry of Bahrain, I raise a hundred hands in favor of this, I have done enough to shrink the head of the turtle, or go out and fight with the wild boar skins of Houjin, if I can kill seven or eight wild boar skins, I will be satisfied with death. ”
Zai Sai stroked his beard, pointed his finger at Setel and laughed loudly, "You old boy, I think Brother Guan is too accurate to say that you are a warmonger." 1,050 against 30,000, well, it's just that this little madman Guan came out to say it, I thought that you, a warmonger, would definitely be the first to rush out and raise your hand in favor. ”
Setel also turned around, turned his face sideways, and pointed the scimitar in his hand at Zai Sai, "Why, Brother Zai Sai, your life is all given by Brother Guan, and Houjin is your mortal enemy, seeing that you are also a master who does not want to die when you fight, and you have not killed wild boar skins for so long in defending the city, do you want to survive secretly?" ”
Zaisai was not angry when he saw that Setel had also misunderstood himself, stretched out his index finger and middle finger and gently pushed away the tip of his knife, and scolded angrily: "Setel, your old boy's temper is getting hotter and hotter, can't you let me finish my words?" Our Mongolian men don't have people who are afraid of death, how can this war between the past and the present be less than my slaughter, even if you drive me away, I will insist on participating. ”
Setel also put away his scimitar and laughed loudly: "This is like words! After saying that, he gave Zai Sai a standard Cao's bear hug.
Seeing this, Neqi shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't you want to leave me, count me in!" ”
Wei Zhongxian curled up under the battlements of the city wall in a blood-stained torn cotton robe, which was still the majestic nine thousand years old in the past, and he was clearly an old man named Huazi. He raised his head and glanced at the blue sky with cloudy eyes, took a breath of cold air, and said lightly: "Hey, you stupid hats, what Brother Guan said is that in our Chinese language, "It is better to be broken than to be broken!" "I'm afraid that the entire Ming Dynasty will no longer be able to find fools like you who are fighting to the death. But, that's it, that's it. To be able to know your group of iron-clad men is also my Wei Zhongxian's three lives, and it is really worthwhile to be able to die on the battlefield on the same day today, and it is worth walking in the world in this life, and I am also nine thousand years old. ”
Zhang Debiao's hand that pressed the Yanling knife on his waist was already soaked with sweat, remembering that everything he got along with Guan Shanyue was vivid, he stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, and said excitedly: "If it weren't for General Guan to take me out of Yulin Fort, I'm afraid that I, Zhang Debiao, would not be able to get out of that small city in my life, let alone see this vast world." Since the day I met General Guan, he has treated our brothers at the post station like brothers and sisters, and he has treated me even more. There is no way to repay it, in this life, let me open a way for General Guan to go to the underworld, and in the next life, we will continue to follow General Guan to defend my Ming land and kill all the wild boar skins in the world! ”
Hearing this, the soldiers who regarded death as if they were at home knelt on one knee one after another, holding their weapons in the snow, piercing the sky, and the cold glow on the sword was a hundred times colder than the cold winter that froze through the bone marrow.
"There is nothing to repay, in this life, let me open a way for General Guan to go to the underworld, and in the next life, we will continue to follow General Guan to defend my Ming land and kill all the wild boar skins in the world!"
"There is nothing to repay, in this life, let me open a way for General Guan to go to the underworld, and in the next life, we will continue to follow General Guan to defend my Ming land and kill all the wild boar skins in the world!"
"There is nothing to repay, in this life, let me open a way for General Guan to go to the underworld, and in the next life, we will continue to follow General Guan to defend my Ming land and kill all the wild boar skins in the world!"
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The deafening shouts of killing resounded through the sky, startling a burst of jackdaws flying in the city.
Guan Shan's tears gushed out unstoppably like a flood that opened the floodgates, and he turned around and led the generals at the head of the city to bow down to the soldiers all over the city, and they couldn't kneel for a long time.
He blamed himself in his heart, blaming himself for not being able to bring this group of lovely soldiers out of the encirclement of Houjin alive, he stood at the head of the city again and again and proposed to exchange his head for the safety of the soldiers in the city, but Emperor Taiji refused with a mocking face, and he was really powerless to return to the sky at this time.
The long wind hunting, the cold is like snow, the tearful hundred households took the roster in their hands and called the names for the last time, whenever the comrades who died in the battle were called, the living soldiers would spontaneously shout in unison, as if they were around, in this heaven and earth.
The soldiers who had long forgotten what it was like to have a full meal due to lack of food and clothing had already forgotten what it was like to have a full meal, endured heartache and killed the last thirty-one thin war horses, and after a silent full meal, they buried their comrades who died in battle, looked back at the ruined Kulen City reluctantly, and picked up the weapons in their hands without hesitation, opened the city gate and rushed out.
There was no earth-shattering shouting and killing, and there was no shouting and scolding of the past, and the 1,500 silent lone soldiers of Cullen City launched a tragic counter-charge against the more than 30,000 strong Jin soldiers in front of them.