(a)

The blink of an eye for the collapse of Lei Shicheng's troops and the loss of Heba City formed a huge deterrent to the remaining defenders in Jingshui Pass.

Everyone smelled something unusual in the air. It was the smell of death.

The guards in the pass instinctively sensed that the other party had changed commanders.

In the case of the loss of their main general, they decided to close their doors and defend the city to the death.

But for several days after that, the Northern Han army showed no signs of attacking the city.

The tired defenders then slackened a little.

With the soldiers tired and nervous for days, the city defense force reduced the city defense force at night in order to allow more soldiers to rest.

(b)

In the middle of the night, a strong wind suddenly blew.

The wind swept the dust and crossed the walls of Jingshui Pass one after another.

The wind howled above the city, and the torches could not be lit.

Under the cover of the strong winds, the Northern Han army suddenly began to move out with all its troops and attack the city on a large scale.

When the Northern Han army approached the city, they were discovered by the sentinels in the wind and sand.

No one thought that the Northern Han army would choose this time of weather to attack the city.

The sentry braved the wind and rushed into the guard's residence to report the situation.

The Southern Han army woke up from its sleep and began to hurriedly enter the battle position of the city wall and start defense.

At this time, they were once again surprised: because a huge three-story siege tower appeared under the city!

It turned out that the Northern Han army had not moved for the past few days, waiting for the arrival of this behemoth.

The upper two floors of this thing, the height exceeds the city wall, the four sides are densely covered with bow and arrow firing positions, after stopping obliquely under the tower, the two sides can fire ten thousand arrows at the city wall, after one round of firing, you can turn the direction, change the other two sides for the next round of firing.

It has wheels under it that can be pushed, covered by armor on the outside, many infantry inside, and mechanical rollers on top of the tower, which can rise more than a dozen iron ladders, set up the city walls, and hook the battlements.

Panicked, the defenders braved the condescending rain of arrows from the siege towers to throw stones at the behemoth.

The siege tower took some damage, but did not lose its effectiveness. It continued to advance towards the city walls.

The stones stored at the head of the city ran out, and the defenders began to use rockets, trying to burn it.

But under strong winds, it was difficult for the rocket to ignite.

With great effort, they finally ignited the first batch of rockets, but time had been delayed, and the flying ladder stretched out from the tower had already reached the wall of Jingshui Pass.

The infantry of the Northern Han army continued to climb the walls of Jingshui Pass through flying ladders.

The two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat at the head of the city, where the sand and rocks were flying, and fierce hand-to-hand combat began.

(c)

The first batch of rockets fired by the defenders of Jingshui Pass at the siege tower were blown off the course by the strong wind, and none of them were able to successfully land on the siege tower, which was in the upper wind.

Even more unexpectedly, two rockets were blown back by the wind and landed on one of the defenders who was fighting fiercely.

The soldier was immediately on fire, and with a wild scream, he fell forward, slamming into the oil pan in front of him.

These oil pots were equipped by Lei Shicheng on the city wall, ready to pour boiling oil on the enemy troops under the city.

The huge pan lost its balance and fell to the ground with a loud thud. In a matter of moments, the oil was flowing everywhere.

Another rocket was blown back by the strong wind and fell into the oil, and the walls immediately burst into flames.

Some soldiers on both sides caught fire and began to roll around screaming and fleeing, and the situation was very chaotic.

With the help of the strong winds, the fire spread very quickly, and more oil pans caught fire.

Soon, the head of Jingshui Pass fell into a sea of fire, and thick smoke filled the city.

The flames and smoke were rising higher and higher, reflecting half of the sky red, and could be seen dozens of miles away.

When the fire began to spread from the city walls into the city, more Northern Han troops climbed the fiery city walls strewn with charred corpses from the siege tower ladder, they routed the defenders, rushed behind the city walls, and opened the city gates.

The Northern Han army outside the city swarmed in.

The city of Jingshui was broken, and the Southern Han army in the pass was defeated like a mountain, scattered and fled to hide.

At dawn, Jingshui Pass was occupied by the Northern Han army.

By the time the Northern Han army cleared out the remnants of the enemy and began to extinguish the fire, a quarter of the entire fortress had already been burned.

The siege of Jingshui Pass, in later legends about you, was interpreted as the "Heavenly Fire Siege".

(iv)

The battle report of Jingshuiguan's victory Pegasus was delivered to Yunzhou, and it was already late at night.

Liu Shen is sleeping in my dormitory.

Hearing the good news, he was so excited that he didn't wear any clothes, **** put on his upper body, jumped under the bed barefoot, and hurriedly summoned the messengers from the front line.

After reading the battle report and listening to the envoy's detailed description of the battle situation on the front line, his face flushed with excitement and his eyes lit up.

He immediately put pen to paper, issued an order to reward the front-line troops, and told the Manchu Dynasty to be civil and military.

After the messenger at the front left, he returned to me, but he was so excited that he could not sleep again.

He rolled over from the pillow and looked at me with sparkling eyes.

I was overwhelmed by what he saw.

Suddenly, with very intense movements, he dragged me into his arms.

He said, "Qin'er, we will make it!" We will unify the world, we will end all wars! I, Liu Shen, with the invincible support of the general, will soon become the common king of the world! I finally have the opportunity to bring a prosperous Taiping Dynasty to the people of the world! ”

I still vividly remember that night, the Emperor looked me in the eye from a very close distance.

He said to me, "So, Qin'er, please love me, give me strength, and be a great king in a peaceful and prosperous world." ”

When he had finished speaking, he pushed me down under him, and made me live a frenzied night that I will not forget for a long time.

He said, "Bear me a son." Qin'er, give me a son! Give birth to a greater king for the world! ”

(5)

Just after that night, I got sick.

In fact, after the news of Lei Shicheng's death came to Yunzhou and I summoned Fu Tianliang, I was already sick.

Liu Shen's night was just the last straw added to the crumbling ruins of my life.

I will always be a tool, I will always be a container, I will always be a step.

What men desire is always the realization of these functions. No one ever asks me, would you like to?

And I, because I want to help you, help Liu Shen, and help my fathers realize their ideals, so I can never refuse, never say: "I don't want to!" I don't want to! ”

So, I'm willing. But even if I wanted to, it wouldn't be of much use. Even if I were willing to do anything, you would decide not to see me again in this life, and you would not write me a single line.

I'll never see you again. You've been a war report and a rumor ever since.

Why are you doing this to me? Even if you could die at any time, you don't have to completely isolate me like this!

I obeyed all your arrangements and did everything I coordinated, but in the end, this is the result.

My heart is cold.

In this world, is there any oath or true love that can be trusted?

Anything else?

I'm disgusted with women.

I hated myself and was born a woman.