Chapter 135: Jizhong
On the night of Zhang Chun's arrival, Wang San ordered someone to forcibly escort Cheng Yu out of the city. At this time, except for his wife, all important people in the city were sent out by Wang San.
After another day, there was still no movement on Zhang Chun's side outside the city, Wang San knew that Zhang Chun must be sending people to build siege equipment, presumably in a few days, Zhang Chun would definitely attack, so Wang San ordered his soldiers to be vigilant against the enemy's movements at all times.
Compared with Wang San's side, Liu Yi outside the city of Endless City, the situation is not much better. After so many days of no capture, Liu Yi couldn't help but be anxious, and the morale of the soldiers was much lower than before.
"Lord, General Yao asks to see you!" A soldier outside the tent reported.
"Please!"
As soon as Liu Yi's words fell, the curtain of the big tent was lifted, and Yao Lie walked in with a sad face.
"Come and sit down!" Liu Yi pointed to the chair next to him and smiled.
Yao Lie didn't sit down, but walked to Liu Yi's side in silence, and then knelt down in front of Liu Yi.
"Huh? Lao Yao, what are you doing? Seeing this, Liu Yi hurriedly got up and helped him up.
"What's wrong?" Liu Yi asked with concern after helping Yao Lie up.
Looking at Liu Yi's concerned look, Yao Lie struggled for a long time before he spoke.
"Lord, Yao Lie has something to ask for!"
Looking at Yao Lie's embarrassed look, Liu Yi guessed Yao Lie's thoughts.
"Brother, I can only promise you not to kill him in front of you! There's only so much I can do! Liu Yi patted Yao Lie's shoulder and said helplessly.
When Yao Lie heard this, he bowed to Liu Yi gratefully and said, "Thank you, lord!" Then he turned and left the tent.
Looking at Yao Lie's figure, Liu Yi couldn't help but sigh.
Liu Yi knew what Yao Lie meant, Yao Lie was benevolent and righteous, because he had received the life-saving grace of Gongsun Zhan, and he couldn't bear to kill Gongsun Zhan, but Gongsun Chan killed Lu Duyou, if Liu Yi didn't kill him, I was afraid that it would be difficult to convince the public, so he could only promise not to kill Gongsun Chan in front of Yao Lie.
At this time, outside the camp, there was the sound of soldiers digging and chiseling, and Liu Yi straightened his clothes and prepared to go out to have a look.
Just when Liu Yi just lifted the curtain of the big tent, a figure collided with him, just bumping into Liu Yi, Liu Yi was hit by the conditions radially backwards, stumbling a few steps and almost falling to the ground.
The person who came was knocked by Liu Yi, and dragged the curtain to stabilize it a few times before it did not fall.
At this time, Liu Yi had already seen the appearance of the person who came, and couldn't help but be surprised: "What happened to Zhicai, making you so flustered?" ”
It turned out that the person was none other than Xi Zhicai, and when Xi Zhicai heard this, he hurriedly ran up and apologized to Liu Yi for his actions just now, and then handed over the letter in his hand to Liu Yi.
"Lord, something happened! Zhang Chun has attacked Zhuoxian! ”
Liu Yi was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly looked at the letter in his hand.
The letter in Liu Yi's hand was the letter that Cheng Yu asked for help from everyone that day.
After reading the letter, Liu Yi hurriedly shouted to the soldiers outside the big tent: "Go and call General Zhang and them!" ”
After a while, Zhang Fei, Cui Si, Guan Yu, and Yao Lie hurriedly ran into Liu Yi's big tent.
"Lord, what's wrong? Are you in such a hurry to call us over? As soon as he entered the tent, Zhang Fei asked loudly.
Liu Yi was already a little out of proportion at this time, and he didn't explain to the three of them at all.
"Yun Chang, you immediately bring 15,000 soldiers back to Zhuo County, immediately!" Liu Yi shouted at Guan Yu with red eyes.
As soon as they heard Liu Yi say "return to help" Zhuoxian, the three of them immediately knew that something had happened in Zhuoxian, and they were also shocked.
"Yes!" Guan Yu answered and prepared to leave the account.
"General Guan, slow down!" Before Guan Yu came out of the account, he was stopped by the drama on the side.
After stopping Guan Yu, Xi Zhicai looked at Liu Yijin and admonished, "Lord, if you talk about the ability to run long-distance, General Yao is the best at it, so leave this matter to General Yao!" ”
As soon as these words came out, Yao Lie glanced at Xi Zhicai gratefully. Because he knew that the reason why Xi Zhicai recommended him to return to Zhuoxian was not only because he was good at marching for a long time, but also because he would not be embarrassed by Gongsun Zhan in the future.
When Liu Yi heard this, he looked at Xi Zhicai and then at Yao Lie.
"Good!" Liu Yi nodded and agreed to Xi Zhicai's suggestion, and then instructed Yao Lie, "Old Yao, you immediately bring the poisonous scorpion and 10,000 soldiers back to support Mr. and San'er!" ”
"Order!"
"Brother Yao, my horse is fast, ride my horse!" Guan Yu turned to Yao Lie and said.
Yao Lie hugged Guan Yu to show his gratitude when he heard this, and then turned around and went out to prepare, and Xi Zhicai also went out to tell him about the situation in Zhuo County.
Seeing that Yao Lie and Xi Zhicai went out of the tent to prepare, Cui Si on the side couldn't help but ask, "Lord, what happened to Zhuoxian County to make the lord so nervous?" ”
When Liu Yi heard this, he informed the three of them of the matter in Cheng Yu's letter, and the three of them were all shocked when they heard it.
"Lord, it seems that Gongsun Chan has already colluded with Zhang Chun, one is dragging the lord here, and the other is taking the opportunity to attack Zhuoxian!" Guan Yu said with an angry face.
After hearing Guan Yu's words, Liu Yi reacted. Thinking about Gongsun Zhan's performance during this time, Liu Yi couldn't help but say angrily: "Lao Tzu has to pick his skin!" ”
"Cui Si, what Lao Tzu asked you and Yide to prepare, how are the preparations?"
Seeing Liu Yi's cannibalistic expression, Cui Si hurriedly replied, "Lord, you will be ready in three days!" ”
"No! You tell the soldiers, I'm going to use it the day after tomorrow!" It's been an all-nighter for the past two days, and you two have to get it out for me! ”
Cui Si and Zhang Fei hurriedly responded when they heard this, and then ran out of the big tent.
"Yun Chang, Yao Lie is gone, you have to replace Yao Lie as the first marcher, you immediately go back and pick dozens of dead soldiers to come out!" Liu Yi turned his head and said to Guan Yu with a fierce face.
"Yes!"
After Guan Yu came out of the account, Liu Yi was alone in the account, thinking about what Zhang Chun had attacked in Cheng Yu's letter, and slapped himself fiercely.
"Liu Yi, you're a stupid x"
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On the third day when Zhang Chun came to Zhuo County, Wang San stayed awake all night in the tent because of the matter of guarding the city, and only lay on the table and slept for a while when it was dawn. Before Wang San could sleep sincerely, Wang San's subordinate general hurriedly ran in.
Wang San was awakened by the sound of the deputy general's entry, and seeing that the deputy general was so flustered, he hurriedly asked, "The enemy is coming?" ”
The deputy general nodded yes when he heard this, and when Wang San saw this, he didn't have time to think about it, so he turned around and picked up two halberd axes and rushed out.
At this time, the alarm bell outside was ringing rapidly, and when Wang San rushed to the city tower, he saw that two miles outside the city, a black army was rushing towards this side, and the horses' hooves trampled on the loose land, and suddenly raised a cloud of dust.
"Prepare to meet the enemy!" Wang San shouted as he ran above the city tower.
Hearing this, the soldiers around them picked up their weapons and prepared for the next battle, and the ten crossbows also aimed their muzzles at the enemy, and many recruits were panting with flushed faces at this time because of fear and excitement.
Looking at the appearance of the soldiers around him, Wang San opened his mouth and said loudly, "I am a rough man, I don't know what to say, I only know that I have today, it is all given by the lord"
After speaking, Wang San looked around at everyone and said, "I was born poor, no one looked down on me before, only the lord regarded me as a brother and made me a general, and now the enemy wants to capture Zhuo County while the lord is not there, I don't agree!" I swear to die to protect Zhuo County for the Lord! ”
Seeing that Wang San's eyes were already a little red at this time, the more he talked, the more excited he became, and many soldiers around him were infected by him.
"You are all originally the people of this county, think about the kindness of the lord to you during this time, if you are a man, you will defend this city with me!"
After listening to Wang San's words, everyone's blood was suddenly ignited.
"Fight to the death! Fight to the death! Everyone raised their weapons and shouted, and the fear they had just felt swept away.
Wang San's side had just finished the pre-battle mobilization, and the enemy under the city arrived.
I saw Zhang Chun's tens of thousands of troops standing in front of the city in an orderly manner, and then a soldier with the appearance of a tooth general straddled his horse and walked to the city gate.
"Listen to the people in the city, my general said, as long as you obediently open the door and surrender, my general will..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw an arrow shoot it off his horse with a "whoosh".
Wang San in the city shook the strong bow in his hand, pointed at Zhang Chun, the main general in the army under the city, and scolded loudly, "Damn, if you want to fight, you will fight, don't ink like a girl!" ”
The soldiers in the city had long lost their fear in their hearts at this time, and after hearing Wang San's loud scolding, everyone raised their heads and laughed heroically.
At this time, Zhang Chun was in front of the army, and after hearing Wang San's scolding, he was furious.
"Shaft! I'll see how long you can laugh! ”
After speaking, Zhang Chun waved his hand and gave the order to attack the city.
As soon as the order was given, the soldiers behind him frantically rushed towards the city, and more than a dozen ladders were quickly pushed over.
"Shoot the arrows!"
As soon as Wang San gave the order, the archers took their bows and shot at the city, and the ten crossbow machines also shot wildly at the enemy, and the enemy soldiers who rushed to the front were immediately shot and killed.
The enemy under the city had never seen such a powerful repeating crossbow, and after two rounds of strafing, he saw that nearly 100 people had fallen around him, and the enemy's offensive couldn't help but stagnate.
Zhang Chun, who was standing on the chariot, looked at the crossbow on the city tower, couldn't help but be frightened, pointed to the crossbow and asked a soldier beside him, "What is that?" ”
Hearing this, the soldiers around Zhang Chun took a closer look at the crossbows on the city tower, and saw that ten crossbows were shooting arrows out without interruption, and they shook their heads and said, "General, I haven't seen this villain before!" ”
"Tell the soldiers not to destroy those weapons when you get to the city!"
"Yes!" After hearing Zhang Chun's order, the soldier hurriedly rushed forward to convey Zhang Chun's order.
Although the repeater was easy to use, it couldn't hold up too many enemies, and after half an hour, the two repeaters finally couldn't hold up under the intense work. Looking at the repeater that was no longer usable, Wang San raised the halberd axe in his hand and went up to an axe, and the wooden repeater was suddenly split into several pieces.
If this was in normal times, Wang San's move would definitely have to be scolded to death by Liu Yi and Blacksmith Li, but at this time, Wang San would have to smash those broken repeaters, which can be said to be a very wise choice.
After another half an hour, several crossbows were smashed by the strike, and at this time the enemy also stepped on the ladder to attack the tower.
Wang San refused the persuasion of several lieutenant generals around him to retreat to the city, and personally went into battle with the enemy with a halberd axe, and the soldiers in the city saw that Wang San was the main general but took the lead, and the morale was mobilized at once, and the soldiers raised their spears one after another, and they were not afraid of death and fought with the enemy.
The battle lasted for a morning, and under the insistence of Wang San and others, Zhang Chun finally gave the order to withdraw the army.
Seeing that the enemy army, which was only two miles away from the city, was making a fire to make food, Wang San also hurriedly asked the men to make rice.
"You're going to see how many brothers you've lost right now?" Wang San instructed one of the lieutenants beside him.
It is said that Wang San originally had a total of five lieutenant generals around him, one of whom had led the army to support Liu Yi before, and the remaining four stayed by his side, and unfortunately one was sacrificed in the morning battle, and now there are only three lieutenant generals left by Wang San's side.
"Order!" The first general answered and ran down.
After everyone finished lunch, the lieutenant general who had gone to count the number of people also rushed back.
"General, after the first battle in the morning, we have killed more than 3,000 brothers, and now there are less than 10,000 people in the city who still have the strength to fight!" The deputy general reported to Wang San with a worried look.
Wang San sighed when he heard this, and said, "Tell the brothers, hurry up and rest, maybe the enemy will attack in the afternoon!" ”
As Wang San expected, as soon as noon passed, he saw Zhang Chun's army attacking again, and the offensive was even more fierce than the wave in the morning.
In the evening, after paying nearly half of the lives of Wang San and others, they finally withstood the second wave of the enemy's attack, and when they saw the enemy retreating, the soldiers defending the city collapsed on the ground and rested, even Wang San, who was as strong as an ox, was a little unable to hold the weapon in his hand at this time.
I saw that at this time, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old young man beside Wang San was lying next to Wang San, and a deep wound on the young man's chest was shocking.
"General, general, army!" The young man spat out blood and weakly greeted Wang San beside him.
Hearing the call, Wang San hurriedly put down the weapon in his hand and held the young man in his arms.
"I'm here!" Wang San said with red eyes.
"General, in the future, if you, if you see the lord, you must, you must tell the lord, I have not embarrassed him, and I will be a soldier under him in the next life!" With that, the young man tilted his head and died.
Seeing this, Wang San wiped the blood from the young man's mouth and muttered, "Don't worry, I will definitely tell the lord!" As he spoke, two lines of turbid tears slipped from Wang San's eyes.
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Yao Lie and others marched for two days and one night in a row, and finally came to the territory of Zhuo County.
"General, take a rest, the soldiers can stand it, but this war horse can't stand it!" Seeing that it was getting late, a lieutenant general beside Yao Lie stepped forward and suggested.
In order to be able to return to Zhuoxian as soon as possible, Liu Yi gave all the war horses under his command to Yao Lie, and seeing that there were already war horses in the army that had died of their strength, Yao Lie could only order the soldiers to stop and rest.
"San'er, hold on, I will definitely go to save you before tomorrow evening!" Yao Lie sat on a big stone and muttered to himself as he gnawed on the cold dry food.
Early the next morning, Zhang Chun launched an offensive again, after yesterday's battle, although Zhang Chun's side lost more than 20,000 people, but compared with Wang San and others who had less than 5,000 soldiers at this time, Zhang Chun still occupied an absolute advantage.
It is said that Wang was frightened by the sound of yesterday's battle, and when he woke up this morning, he felt unbearable pain in his abdomen.
Seeing Wang's abdominal pain, the midwives and doctors knew that Wang was going to give birth ahead of schedule, so they asked the people in the house to start preparing hot water and cotton cloth.
I don't know if it was because of the sound of fighting outside or because of the Wang family's production, at this time, the people in the house were already busy in a panic.
Compared with the panic in the house, the battle on the castle tower was even more chaotic.
Because of the lack of soldiers defending the city, Zhang Chun's attack this time did not have much hindrance and attacked the city tower.
Near noon, the people of the palace ran to the top of the castle tower at the risk of being killed.
"General, general! Madame is born! The man shouted as he ran in the direction of Wang San.
At this time, Wang San was desperately slashing and killing the enemies around him, hearing someone behind him calling himself, he hurriedly turned around, and when he heard what the person was shouting, his heart was very excited, and he rushed to the person after a long roar.
"Is it a boy or a girl?" As soon as he rushed to the man's side, Wang San couldn't help but ask loudly.
The subordinate who was hiding behind a pillar hurriedly replied, "Boy, boy! ”
"Hahaha~ Okay! I have a queen! After a long laugh, Wang San rushed towards the enemy as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and the two halberd axes were running like flying, almost an enemy with an axe.
Just when Wang San was very excited because he had a child, he saw that dozens of meters behind him, an enemy who looked like a general was drawing a bow to Wang San's heart.
"General be careful!" At this time, the deputy general who was more than 30 meters away from Wang happened to see the man, and saw that the man's arrow had been shot, and the deputy general shouted and rushed in the direction of Wang San.
But when the lieutenant pounced on Wang San's side, it was too late, and the thumb-thick arrow had already sunk into Wang San's right back about three inches deep.
Wang San was shot by the arrow and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, the deputy general rushed to help Wang San.
"Come on, help the general to go down and heal!" The lieutenant shouted with red eyes to the soldiers beside him.
"No, I can still hold it!" Wang San stopped in a loud voice.
As soon as the words fell, I saw Wang San grab the arrow on his back with his left hand, and then fold it hard, and the arrow broke in response.
The lieutenant general insisted that Wang San go down for treatment, and Wang Sanyi grabbed the only remaining lieutenant general beside him and shouted, "If I die, you are the general, and you must defend the city for me!" ”
After speaking, Wang San pushed away his lieutenant, picked up his halberd axe and rushed forward again, as if he was a nobody.
Seeing this, the deputy general also killed him with red eyes.
The two sides had been fighting for almost a whole day at this time, starting in the morning and continuing until Shen.
"General, the enemy defending the city is too fierce! The soldiers are tired after a day of fighting, so I think we should collect the troops first and let the soldiers rest and rest! A general beside Zhang Chun looked at the city tower that had not been attacked for a long time, and couldn't help but suggest to Zhang Chun.
Hearing this, Zhang Chun saw that Wang San and the others on the city tower were becoming more and more courageous, but the morale on his side was very low, and the offensive was not as good as a while, so he could only grit his teeth and be unwilling, "Mingjin withdraws the troops!" ”
Seeing that the enemy had finally retreated, Wang San and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief after slaughtering the only remaining enemy troops in the city.
At this time, Wang San's body had been hit by several arrows, and one of them happened to pierce the armor on his chest, and it was deeply pierced into Wang San's chest at this time.
I didn't feel anything about it during the previous battle, but as soon as the enemy army withdrew, Wang San only felt a sweet throat, and a large mouthful of blood gushed out, which frightened everyone around him and hurriedly stepped forward to support Wang San.
"General! Checkmate! The soldiers shouted anxiously.
"Quick! Help me get home! Wang San said weakly.
Hearing this, Wang San's lieutenant hurriedly picked up Wang San and ran to the city.
On the left side of Wang's head, a baby wrapped in soft cotton cloth was holding a pair of delicate little hands and looking at Wang with a pair of big watery eyes, and his mouth still made a "huh" cry from time to time.
Looking at his son, Wang showed a loving smile, and when Wang gently stroked his infant son with his hand, he suddenly had a sharp pain in his chest, and spit out a mouthful of blood.
Seeing this, the maids and doctors behind them were so frightened that they hurriedly ran up.
"Madame, ma'am, are you alright?" The maids asked eagerly while wiping the blood from the corners of Wang's mouth.
"What about the general? I want to see the general! "Under the care of everyone, the Wang family just recovered a little, and they were anxious to see Wang San.
Just as the maids were about to go out to find Wang San, Wang San happened to be carried into the house by the soldiers.
Looking at Wang San on the soldier's back, Wang's tears welled up in his eyes.
"General!" Wang cried out loudly.
Hearing Wang's cry, Wang San raised his head.
I saw that Wang San's eyes were already a little sloppy at this time, but he still squeezed out a smile that could only be found in front of Wang.
"Hey, ma'am, I'm fine!" Wang San grinned with blood.
Under Wang San's instructions, everyone put Wang San on Wang's bed, and at this time, on the bed, the children of the two were lying between Wang San and his wife, and their two little hands were scratching in the air, as if they wanted to grab Wang San and the two people around him.
"All of you go down!" Wang calmly instructed everyone.
Hearing this, everyone held back the tears in their eyes and silently withdrew.
Everyone retreated, and only Wang San's family of three was left in the house.
Wang San took his wife and still in his arms, and then said softly to Wang, "In the next life, I will marry you!" ”
Hearing this, Wang laughed and said, "Stupid, then you have to recognize it, don't look at the wrong person!" ”
"Hehe, don't worry, I won't be mistaken!"
Hearing this, Wang smiled happily and touched his child's little face.
"Husband, give the child a name!"
Hearing this, Wang San wrote two words on the cotton cloth crookedly with his blood-stained fingers.
"Jizhong"