Chapter 301: There is only one way to live
Xu Erdan, who woke up, saw that his colleague was full of joy, and his whole body was already soaked with cold sweat, panting and not reacting for a while.
"It's okay, the Tartar is going home, what city are you still guarding, that kid pretended to be a few days old, and he couldn't hold it back, and he probably wanted to go back and sleep with that little widow and big girl at night....."
Xu Erdan rubbed his eyes, stood up and looked out at the battlement, the sun was setting, and it was already dark, but Xu Erdan could feel that the Mongolian camp in the distance was a lot more restless than he had been in the day, and it seemed that the fierce beast that had been dormant for a long time was about to wake up and move, but this was also the feeling.
“...... That kid still wants to make a face, let the guards of the city walls everywhere and those stunned young people gather under the city, he has something to say to everyone, what else can he say, nothing more than to say a few beautiful words, this is the master is comfortable, you can toss as much as you want......"
And that's the end of it? Although Xu Erdan was blown a lot sober by the cold wind, he was still a little drowsy, and he couldn't relax when he heard the words of his colleagues, but he still walked towards the city with a simple knife, there are still some luggage and items at the head of the city, and it will be too late to clean up tomorrow, who in this city would dare to steal the things of the officials.
Just pull out of the siege? When he walked down the steps, Xu Erdan couldn't believe it, and looked back as he walked, until his vision was blocked by the city wall.
"Lao Xu, tonight Liu Tou is setting up a drink, calling the brothers to get together, and I have called you, arrange for someone to go home to report safety, let's go over directly......"
"Good...... I'll go over and hear ...... first."
"Then I'll go first, don't be too late."
Since Zhu Da entered the city, after destroying the official Fang Jingcheng and Yang Deputy Team Head, the original pattern in the county could not be maintained, and when Qin Chuanzhong returned, Zhu Da trained a group of family members, everyone knew that the county was going to change the sky, how to let their own family not be damaged by the impact of this change, many people are thinking about this.
The level of Jingcheng, Guan Nian and the head of the squad and the deputy head of the squad is to join the vertical and horizontal, pull together the group, and maintain it in the future, but this process was interrupted by the transit of the Mongolian army, and now everyone feels that it is time to recover, and it is necessary to speed up as soon as possible, and people with a discerning eye can see that this ten days of defending the city, Qin Chuan and Zhu Da's control over Huairen County has been greatly strengthened, and if they don't do something for themselves, they are afraid that they will not be able to do anything.
The middle-aged officials guarding the city went to their own dinners after going down the city, and they had to gamble and listen to music, and in the empty field under the city, nearly 300 people had gathered, and Zhu Da could be seen standing on a temporary platform, surrounded by torches, and a few people wearing long robes could be seen faintly.
"Look at this, are you going to sing a big show for everyone and then disband?"
Xu Erdan felt listless, and ignored his companion's habitual cold words, yawned, and walked over there with a Pu knife.
When he got close to the crowd, he saw that the young man on the periphery looked back at him, and then turned his head again, and he didn't care much, with the light of the torches that had been lit, Xu Erdan also saw those people wearing long robes, it was actually Qin Juren Qin and Zhou Guizhou, this is the top master in the county.
It is said that the siege has been withdrawn, and even the people guarding the city have been withdrawn, but the two big men under the light of the fire have no smile on their faces, not only is there a trace of joy and relaxation, but solemn, the face can be said to be iron-blue, and then look at Zhu Da standing in the middle of the height, there is no smugness, but it is serious and abnormal, which is completely different from what his companion said, although he doesn't know why, Xu Erdan's heart still jumped a few times.
"Master, everyone is here!"
"I have something to say to you!"
As soon as Zhu Da raised his hand, hundreds of people immediately fell silent, only hearing the crackling and popping sound of burning torches and the laughter and laughter coming from the city......
......
"Brothers, do you believe me?" Zhu Da raised his voice and said, no one thought that it would be such a sentence.
The people in the audience were all solemn, this question was obvious, everyone didn't know how to answer for a while, for the time being, everyone tried their best to express themselves with expressions and eyes.
Without waiting for everyone to respond in unison, Zhu Da glanced at everyone, raised his voice and said, "Tomorrow the Tartars will attack the city!" ”
The hundreds of people surrounding the wooden platform first made a commotion, then a dead silence, and then there was a commotion, most of the people had an unbelievable look on their faces, even those who were close to Zhu Da thought that they had heard it wrong, and the people in the back row couldn't help but ask in a low voice, and some of them cleverly peeked at Qin Ju and Zhou Gui who were standing on the periphery, and after seeing their expressions, they could guess the difference, and their faces turned blue.
"You heard it right, tomorrow the Tartars will attack the city!" Zhu Da emphasized again.
Fortunately, Zhu Da cleared the surrounding area in advance, otherwise the shouting of "Tartar siege" would make the whole city collapse, but after this second sentence was shouted, there was no commotion, and there was silence.
Zhu Da looked around the audience again, he wanted to see everyone clearly, the old family Ding was indifferent and surprised and angry, the new family Ding was shocked and angry and panicked, and the young poor people were afraid and dazed and panicked.
"The Tartars will come to attack the city with all their might, we can't defend this Huairen City, they will attack the city, and they will be able to enter the city in two or three hours!"
Before the family and the messengers could react from the previous sentence, Zhu Da said a heavier blow, condescendingly looking at the past by the firelight, some people had already shown despair, and Chang Kai, who was nearby, had a look of disgrace on his face at the moment, and his eyes were already sloppy.
"When the Tartars enter this city, they will not simply plunder, they will be completely burned, so that there are not many living people left in the city, and there will be no grain of grain left!"
“...... For..... Why, is our small city worth the effort? ”
"Because the Tartars want to withdraw their troops, to prevent the chasing soldiers behind them, they can't let people set up a grain barracks, our Huairen is the most suitable camp for the official army to pursue the enemy army in the east and west, can levy manpower, can store grain and grass, Huairen City is here, the Tartar army has worries......"
Zhu Da said all his derivation and analysis, there was no commotion, and he continued to be silent, even if people were confused, they could be persuaded by Zhu Da's logic, not to mention that these days everyone thinks that "peace and quiet" is self-anesthesia, and it makes sense, after all, there is a real army of tigers and wolves outside the city, there are all kinds of signs, when wishful thinking that the other party ignores Huairencheng, he will self-anesthetize, but once this layer of window paper is broken, that kind of signs are the evidence of Zhu Da's statement logic.
Nine times out of ten, people who are accustomed to suffering are sometimes immersed in fantasies, but they know that there is not so much luck and wishful thinking......
The new old family and the young poor people are silent, no one questions it, starting from the closed city gate, the fantasy of lifting the siege is rising day by day, and today it has reached the highest point, and then it has fallen to the bottom at this moment, everyone is shocked by this huge gap and speechless, can only look at Zhu Da in the center in a daze, I don't know what to say, and I can't even think of speaking out at all.
Xu Erdan, who was on the outside, heard every word Zhu Da said clearly, he was stunned at first, but he reacted faster than others, he was grabbed by great fear, don't ask out loud, even breathing became difficult, and even his eyes became blurred, Xu Erdan felt that he had returned to his childhood, hiding in the chicken coop in fear and despair.
“...... We have nowhere to hide, and even if we hide in the cellars, we will be found and killed, and how many cellars in this city can hide people......"
“...... I finally escaped the Tartars with my family, and finally had a peaceful life where I could be fed and clothed, but now I will be ruined by the Tartars, the men will be slaughtered, the women and children will be ruined, and the whole family will be destroyed by the Tartars if the family is in the city......"
There are a few young poor people who can't control themselves, clenched their fists but don't know what to do, their faces are distorted, tears are flowing, everyone knows that what Zhu Da said is true, there will be lucky people who can escape the slaughter, but most of them can't escape, everyone is young, they all feel that they have a great future, and then think about their families, the family members think that their families have finally escaped the Tartar looting, and the young people think about their relatives, they all feel that the knife is cutting the heart, the pain is incomparable, but there is no way.
"It is not the worst to be killed immediately, to be killed after being ruined, if it is taken captive to the north, it is better to live than to die, it will be driven as an animal, it will become disabled in a few years, and before death, it will be fed to wolves, and even to feed the dogs and leopards raised by the Tartar head, that is really miserable." There was an indifferent voice in the periphery, and no exaggeration could be heard, but no one doubted the truth or falsehood, because the elders had more or less told the rumors.
Zhu Da glanced at Qin Chuan's side, what he said just now was said by Wang Xiong, this Wang Xiong is a smart person, he should have guessed his intentions.
Every face under the firelight has no vitality, you can only see the despair and dazedness, all the hope of life, all the expectations for the future, are completely shattered, tomorrow will die, the family will also die, at most to live until tomorrow, and even the joy of death has become a good choice.
"Do you want to die like this?" Zhu Da spoke up again, and his questioning made the family members and servants below subconsciously look at him.
"Do you want to die like this? Do you want your family to be ruined like this? ”
No one wants to die, let alone die so badly, let alone let their family die so cruelly, there are still so many good days that have not passed, and they have just lived such a good life, but what can they do if they don't want to, and what can they do to survive?
"I don't want to die in vain, I don't want to die like this, even if I die, I have to drag the Tartar on my back, killing one is enough for me, killing two I earned, how many one, I will avenge the dead villagers and family, I want to fight with the Tartar!" Zhu Da said coldly on stage.
When he said this, Zhu Da was not very excited, but just made a cold statement, and everyone in the audience finally recovered a lot from the shock and began to respond to what Zhu Da said, but it was also sparse, "Fight!" "Fight!" At this time, the most courageous will make such a response if there is no concern.
"Brothers, if the city is breached by the Tartars, of course we must pick up swords and guns and fight him to the end, and we must stand and die to die! But what I'm talking to you about is going out and fighting! ”
The crowd that had just recovered some vitality was dead and silent again, and the eyes that looked at Zhu Da became suspicious and stunned, is his master crazy, although the Mongolian camp outside the city is just a grain platform, but the soldiers guarding it have to ride hundreds of horses, that is hundreds of bows, hundreds of knives, today a small group of cavalry returned, there are at least more than 1,000 cavalry in the grain platform, and at most more than 300 foot soldiers go to fight with others in the field, or impact other people's heavily guarded camps, that is not a battle, that is pure death!
In this way, it is better to stick to the city, wait for the Tartars to attack the city, and fight them to the end in this city where the cavalry activities are not easy, and how many can be exchanged for a few back.
"The Tartars have already seen us as meat on the side of their mouths, and feel that we dare not resist, and also feel that we don't know that they are going to attack the city, only that they are stupid and waiting for death in the city, they may be on guard against the officers and soldiers who have not seen us until now, but they will not guard against us, the Tartars have been in Daming for so many days, they must be busy every day, they must be worried, they must be very tired, now they are going back to the northern grassland, and Huairen County next to them is a pretending to be dead, they must sleep soundly tonight, they must be defenseless against us, We're going to be able to catch them off guard! ”
Below is quiet again, Zhu Da's statement is very reasonable, logical and clear, once you relax after a long time, you must be tired and thirsty.
"A few hundred of us are a fist, they are a thousand people caught off guard is a plate of loose sand, how many people can be on us in a hurry, a few people, a dozen people, pants may not be able to wear, let alone horseback riding, by that time, we are strong, they are weak!"
As Zhu Da narrated, the expressions of the people below gradually recovered and became much more vivid, it turned out that there was still hope, and there was still this way out.
"As long as the grain camp outside the city is destroyed, then the retreating Tartar army will not dare to stay on our side, because there is no supply of grain and grass, and it will still be blocked by the officials and troops of Datong and the West Road, and they will not dare to take this risk."
"What risk?"
"Confess all the soldiers and horses to the risk of being under the city of Huairen, there is no supply of food and grass, and the morale of the army is unstable, when the time comes, don't fight them, just surround them and wait for them to starve to death."
"Will the officers and soldiers come? I'm afraid I can't beat it even if I come! ”
"Maybe it won't come, it may not be able to fight when it comes, but as long as the Tartar master is not a madman and a fool, he won't take this risk, tens of thousands of people march to fight, there can't be a case!"
Everyone understood these words, and the mood that had already fallen to the bottom improved again, and everyone was very "resurgent".
Around Zhu Da, these hundreds of young people are strong and young people, this period of time is either strict training or under discipline to defend the city, they have a little confidence in their own strength, naturally unwilling to be killed like this, just thinking about fighting for their lives, who would have thought that there was a chance to win, they were all excited.
Zhou Gui, who was standing on the periphery, had a bad face, even if Zhu Da said this, he didn't see this old man Zhou with a soothing expression, hearing this, Zhou Gui sighed with regret, turned his head to Qin Chuan and said: "Master Qin, Zhu Gongzi is really a genius, he can have such insight at this age, it's a pity, it's a pity that luck can't help it!" ”
For a top figure in the county like Zhou Gui, he knows Qin Chuan and Zhu Da more deeply than others, he doesn't think that what Zhu Da says and does is Qin Chuan's instructions like others, and he knows a lot of Zhu Da's own judgment and will.
It's just that for people like Zhou Gui who are used to seeing the ups and downs of the world, Zhu Da's words didn't make him too optimistic, Zhou Gui and Zhou Jingcheng thought of the worst situation, and also knew that what Zhu Da said was a possibility, changing the impossible into a possibility, it was all one in a million, young people may still believe in miracles, but Zhou Gui's age is just used to seeing the world as usual......
Qin Juren sighed, and said helplessly: "Knowing that he is going to die, who is willing to go." ”
This is also the normal state of people's hearts, if there is a win or loss, you can still fight, if you must lose, who is willing to spend that effort.
In the eyes of Qin Juren and Zhou Jingcheng and even Wang Hu and Wang Xiong, Zhu Da's words can bluff people but not for long, the young and vigorous may listen to it, but after a while, they can think clearly, what is the use, such a disparity to fight for the possibility of one in ten thousand, who will have such a heart?
In the end, is it a void after all?
Looking at Zhu Da, who was impassioned on the wooden platform, these "old" generations all had sorrow in their hearts, will such a young hero be like a flash in the pan in these two days?
Xu Erdan, who was on the periphery, figured out earlier than those young people in the inner circle, the blood he had just been stirred up quickly became cold again, go and kill a few Tartars, and then die outside, what's the point, it's better to hide in the cellar with his family.
Going out of the city to steal the camp, surprise, and then you can solve the danger in the city, so that the Mongolian army can't take care of Huairen County, this may be too small.
The speed of everyone's reaction was different, but it didn't take much time, and the crowd that had just become agitated was a lot colder.
Jingcheng Zhou Gui sighed, shook his head and turned around, this is the case, still think about how to hide, even how to surrender, how to protect yourself.
"What I just said is just the best result, it is more likely that after leaving the city, the Tartars were besieged and killed, and it is also possible that after we steal the camp, the Tartars will still besiege Huairen, and in the end they will still be breached by the city, and everyone will still die at that time!"
Originally, a few thirty or forty-year-old old people were reluctant to listen to it anymore, but Zhu Da's words made them stunned, although everyone would think of it, but they couldn't tell the truth so much, so what's the point of you calling everyone to go to the city, isn't it that the people's hearts are going to collapse now, and the whole city is in chaos, do you want to break the jar?
The scene was quiet and dead again, all hopes were dashed, in fact, the brain was awake and had already figured it out, even if he did what Zhu Da said, nine times out of ten it would be a dead end.
But no one expected that Zhu Da would tell the truth, and after depicting the prospect and luck, he would simply smash it all up, so what was he going to do?
"How did you get alive? Have you ever stood up straight in front of outsiders? Zhu Da raised his voice to ask two questions, and the young poor people said that most of the family members were speechless, and they were the most humble peasants and military households.
"Big families and officials treat you like pigs and dogs, you work hard to farm but you can't eat, but the Tartars don't even let you live such a day, you can only leave your hometown, you can only endure cold and starvation, and in the end, you can only let your mother-in-law sell, you can only sell your son and daughter, and you can only let your father and mother freeze to death!" Speaking of this, the inexplicable and stiff family members began to react, they had all experienced these desperate moments, and when they recalled that time, many of them had red eyes and heavy breathing.
"I finally came to me, I was finally fed and clothed, I was finally able to straighten my waist, and my family was finally able to laugh, but there was such a catastrophe, either the whole family died, or the whole family went to be pigs and dogs, life is better than death!" Zhu Da's voice was loud, and some people in the new old family below cried in a low voice, some people gritted their teeth, their faces were hideous and distorted, but they didn't know what to do, they only knew that every word of Zhu Da was true.
"You are living a decent life in the city, but this day is coming to an end, your family will be killed, the women will be ruined, you can't do anything, either you will be caught on the grassland to feed the dogs, or you will go to ask for food and wander, it is better to die neatly!" Zhu Da pointed to the young poor people and said.
"Do you still think that if you can hide and survive, you can continue to be a master? The people in the city who should be killed have been killed, even if you live, what can the new ones leave for you later, can there be Huairen at that time, you have never been hungry and frozen, once you live a bad life as pigs and dogs, you have to die early! These words spoke to the hearts of the young poor people, every sentence was true, there was no exaggeration, and their reactions began to be the same as those of the family members.
The crowd was in turmoil, some people were crying, and many more were desperate, just now giving hope and illusions, and now they are completely smashed, which will make people even more desperate and discouraged.
Zhu Da's expression made Qin Chuan and Zhou Gui unable to figure it out, and after being stunned for a while, Zhou Jingcheng's face suddenly became ugly, and he said to Qin Chuan in a rough voice: "Could it be that Zhu Gongzi wants to plunder the city, is this to enjoy himself before he dies?" ”
No matter how you look at it, it means to make people completely desperate and collapse, Zhou Gui only thinks about deception and calculation in his mind, thinking that people always have a purpose in doing things, Zhu Da does such an extreme thing, he can only think of this for the first time.
"Ridiculous, how could Zhu Da ......" Qin Chuan frowned.
Before he finished speaking, he heard someone in the family shouting: "Master Zhu, since there is a dead end on the left and right, what else do you say, are you waiting for death?" ”
Since it's all a dead end, there aren't many people who talk about the rules of reverence, some people directly questioned below, and others also followed suit, the situation was out of control, Zhou Qingyun and several captains were anxious, and Wang Xiong and Wang Hu outside were also shaking their heads and sighing, but there was no agreement and arrangement in advance, everyone didn't know how to do it, and what Zhu Da said was all things, and everyone felt that it was useless to do anything now,
Zhu Da still stood there very calmly, calmly scanning everyone, seeing that the noise was getting louder and louder, Zhou Qingyun and his relatives were getting more and more anxious, and even Qin Chuan and Qin Juren on the periphery were waving.
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