Chapter 848: Burning Ningling
In Ningling City, Uncle Zhang was covered in blood at night, his gray beard was covered with blood, and his old face was tired, and his two sons were sitting there around him, gently stroking the long knife in their hands, and some of the pro-soldiers and guards were also silently gnawing on dry food.
"Have all the people of the city withdrawn?" Uncle Zhang's voice is bitter, the army is fighting, the most unlucky is the surrounding people, in today's battle, the people have suffered heavy casualties, whether it is Li Jing or Zhang Shuye are avoiding the casualties of the people, but where there are dead enemies in the war, casualties can be produced if they can't stop.
"Most of them have been withdrawn, and there are still a few more in the east and west." Zhang Zhongxiong said in a low voice. He was tall and muscular, as if his name were unforgettable, and he gently wiped the large knife in his hand, and his whole body was full of evil energy.
"The main fights are gathered at the north gate, and they have little impact on the east and west sides." Zhang Bofen said with some worry: "What the child is worried about is that those ordinary people go south, which will delay the actions of Yue Fei and others, Yue Fei and others are loyal and patriotic, and take care of the people very much, these people go south, if Yue Fei and others take them in, it will delay the action of the army." ”
"These people are dissatisfied with following Li Jing, unwilling to be loyal to Li Jing, willing to assist Your Majesty, this is why they went south, if you ignore these people, how can Your Majesty get the hearts of the people in the world?" Uncle Zhang shook his head bitterly, if he encountered this kind of thing, I am afraid there would be no way, let alone Yue Fei and the others.
"Today has been resisted for one day, as long as we resist tomorrow for another day, our task will be accomplished." Zhang Bofen saw that his father was not in a good mood, and immediately smiled: "I heard that since Li Jing set out on the expedition, he has been invincible and invincible, but I didn't expect that there was a problem in this small Ningling City, we are only 15,000 soldiers and horses, and we actually resisted Li Jing's army of more than 100,000 troops. ”
"What about being famous all over the world? The Great Song Dynasty has lost half of the country, and it will be difficult to return to the Central Plains in the future. Zhang Shuye shook his head and said: "Be careful, Li Jing is not a person who easily admits defeat, this time he went south to attack, in order to get rid of His Majesty as soon as possible, and then wave his army south to seize the land south of the Yangtze River." At this time, I'm afraid that everything will be done. ”
"Father means that Li Jing is going to burn Ningling? That's a big deal! Li Jing won't be so bold! Zhang Bofen couldn't help but exclaimed: "Although many people in Ningling City have fled, there are still many people in the city, and they burned Ningling, what a sin!" ”
"Li Jing, a chaotic minister and thief, what can't be done." Uncle Zhang's face was gloomy, and a strange light flashed in his eyes, but his two sons didn't notice it.
"This is true, Li Jing is a wolf with ambitions, in order to seize the world, he can do anything." Zhang Zhongxiong also nodded and said.
"Bang!" There was a loud roar in the distance, and I saw a light flickering in the sky, and then the sky was a fiery red, illuminating the entire night sky, and countless people and horses roared.
"Li Jing is preparing for a night fight?" Uncle Zhang stood up on the ruins with a spear in his hand in his hand, his face was solemn, he didn't expect Li Jing's obsession to be so heavy, after a day of fighting, he actually fought all night, so that Uncle Zhang didn't have time to prepare at all, his whole heart was raised. There were only 15,000 people under his command, and he lost 8,000 people during the day, and there were only 7,000 people left.
"Tonight's decisive battle, brothers, maybe we will die here tonight, but we are dying for the country, and the glory of our death will be remembered by everyone in the world after a thousand years. For the sake of the Great Song, everyone, fight! Zhang Shuye took out his sword and said loudly: "Today, I, Zhang Shuye, can fight and die with all my brothers, it will be my honor Zhang Shuye." ”
"Ten thousand wins, ten thousand wins." These soldiers all followed Zhang Shuye from Dengzhou to Bianjing, and they were loyal, and even if they were killed in battle in Ningling, they did not have any complaints, and now they are facing Li Jing's army, even more so.
"Archers prepare." Uncle Zhang saw that the military heart was available, and his heart suddenly burst with joy, looking at the slowly approaching Li Jing's army, his face was solemn, even if the military heart was available, but in the face of an army of 100,000, if he didn't worry about it, it was possible.
"Bang!" With a loud bang, countless bows and arrows shot towards the flickering firelight, but unfortunately, only some torches were shot down, but no screams came, and even the sound of gold and iron clashing.
Uncle Zhang's face changed, this is obviously not a normal thing, is the enemy wearing armor? That's horrible, too. Soon, a group of people and horses came slowly from a distance, but it was a steel forest, countless soldiers, a black pressure slowly approaching, these soldiers were wearing heavy armor, holding spears, every time they moved, the earth was trembling, and any objects on both sides of the street were blocked. Destroyed by these heavily armored soldiers, spears like a forest, slowly approaching, making people tremble.
"Li Jing." Uncle Zhang saw a person in the distance holding a Fang Tian painting halberd, wearing heavy armor, although he couldn't see the appearance clearly, but he also knew that it was Li Jing, and his face suddenly changed greatly.
"The car formation." Uncle Zhang's mouth was open, and he looked coldly at the slowly approaching army in the distance, and greeted Zhang Bofen and said.
Zhang Bofen's mouth opened, and finally he ordered someone to push the carts out, only to see that the carts were made of wood, with countless firewood and grass piled on them, and the cars were one after another, blocking between Zhang Shuye and Li Jing.
Li Jing in the distance saw that he was clearly about to move forward, and suddenly smelled a meaning, stopped suddenly, looked quietly into the distance, and finally waved his hand and took a torch from the side.
"Uncle Zhang, I already knew your trick, what kind of consequences you said would be if you threw this torch over the king, and it was you or the king who would be scolded by the world at that time. Just the oil also wants to burn the king? Li Jing raised the torch in his hand and said coldly.
Uncle Zhang's face was gloomy as water, burning Ningling City was his established plan, and it was originally planned to be implemented tomorrow night, after the fire was burned, at least it could delay Li Jing's pursuit for a day, at that time, not only Zhao Gou had already gone south, even if he could escape, he didn't expect that Li Jing attacked overnight, so he had to use it now.
"Li Jing, you traitor, if you have the ability, you can light the fire now and see what the world thinks of you." Zhang Bofen couldn't help but shout loudly: "It's a big deal." ”
After Li Jing listened, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he turned around and left, Uncle Zhang saw it clearly at night, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Li Jing still had a trace of scruples in the end, at least tens of thousands of people in the city did not leave, among them there were many ordinary people, although the north gate was still a lot of distance from the east gate and the west gate, but once there was a fire, the entire Ningling City would be wiped out, who let himself have long been determined to die, and most places in the city were sprinkled with spirits and fire oil.
"Shoot the arrows!" A cold snort came, and Uncle Zhang's face changed greatly, and what caught his eyes was actually a fiery red.
"Li Jing, you are so ruthless!" Uncle Zhang couldn't help but roar loudly. 10