Liu Yun peeked at the guards who were getting farther and farther away from the two, and looked around, confirming that no one in the camp could hear the conversation between the two except him and Li Dingguo, so he put his mind at ease and persuaded him: "Since the emperor has a plan, as a courtier, as long as he is responsible for admonishing him, how to go in the future of the Great Western Kingdom, it is not the emperor who has the final say, and it is useless for the prince to think too much, maybe it will fall into the eyes of those who have a heart, and it may not be necessary to increase suspicion." 【Latest chapter reading. 】”

Li Dingguo's steps became heavier and heavier, as if he was going to step into the dirt one by one foot in his heart, but he smiled sadly on his face: "You are right, the future of the Great Western Kingdom is decided by my father, what do I do?" As a martial artist, just do your part to fight. ”

Liu Yun has been with him for a long time, knowing that Li Dingguo was born poor, and experienced all the hardships in the world when he was a child, but he knew the righteousness, knew right and wrong, hated the maladministration of the Ming Dynasty to exploit the people, and couldn't stand the tragedy of Zhumen wine R smell and frozen bones on the road, since the peasant army, he has always hoped to have a day when the world is stable and the people live in peace, for this wish, he recognized Zhang Xianzhong as his father-in-law, and fought with all his might for the establishment of the Great Western Kingdom, and was injured countless times, and almost died several times, just to realize the long-cherished wish in his heart, but in the end, the full hope was shattered, Zhang Xianzhong, who was full of ambition for the common people, turned out to be a red LL warlord, only for his own selfish interests, and he did not have the appearance of the leader of the righteous army who took the peace of the world as his own responsibility, so Li Dingguo was a little disheartened.

He thought about it for a while, and said cautiously: "The prince can't be like this, the national situation has its own fixed number, there are ups and downs, and it is common for soldiers to win or lose, not to mention the national fortune?" Soon after the founding of the Great West, the Ming Dynasty was not finished, and the Qing Dynasty of the Tatars was newly established, and there must be a fight. As long as he helps the emperor win the world, isn't it the prince's idea to govern the country? ”

Li Dingguo stopped, looked up at the night sky, there was not a single star in the dark sky, the moon was also blocked by thick clouds, and he couldn't see a trace of light, his face was cold, his eyes were full of confusion, and he muttered: "Win the world?" Can we really get the world? ”

He stood in place, paused, Liu Yun stood a step behind him, quietly accompanying him, the night wind blew, lifting the clothes on the two of them, and there was a sound of hunting in the wind.

"The general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in ten years." Li Dingguo read softly: "Ten years, how many decades do people have?" ”

Liu Yun's heart was heavy, and he suddenly remembered that he had followed Li Dingguo for almost seven or eight years, and Li Dingguo had followed Zhang Xianzhong for a longer time, definitely more than ten years.

Ten years of displacement, ten years of bloody battles, in the life of blood and fire, Li Dingguo has passed ten years.

At that time, the thin little beggar in Luoyang City has grown into a general in the palm of ten thousand armies, and what he hopes for in his heart has also been sublimated from a steamed bun that can satisfy hunger to a wish that all the homeless people can eat steamed buns and the world is peaceful.

Liu Yun didn't know how to talk, Li Dingguo's sigh also hit the wound in his heart, who doesn't want to live a peaceful life, who wants to do the dangerous work of rebellion, Runuo is not a last resort, no one wants to live a life like this without knowing whether there is a life to eat the last meal and not know if there is no life to eat.

Thinking about it carefully, what Li Dingguo said is not unreasonable,

After standing for a while, Li Dingguo turned around, his lonely face had returned to his usual calm and calm appearance, he smiled, patted Liu Yun on the shoulder, and said: "Life should be a hero, and death is also a ghost." Thinking so much useless, we are military generals, when killing the enemy is the first priority, governing the country, the capable people live in it, whether they can get the world or not, it has nothing to do with the two of us, go back to sleep, attack the mountain tomorrow, and be busy. ”

Liu Yun hurriedly responded, followed behind Li Dingguo, and returned to the big tent.

Liu Yun didn't sleep well that night, tossing and turning on the bunk, Li Dingguo's words always echoed in his ears, triggering his thoughts: "Can Daxi Kingdom really get the world?" If we can't get it, how can we deal with ourselves?

"How do you deal with yourself?"

"How do you deal with yourself?"

Question marks echoed in Liu Yun's mind, to be honest, Liu Yun had never thought about this problem before, when he was a soldier and fighting, he was doing business with his head pinned to his belt, there was no tomorrow today, maybe he would die on the battlefield when he would, the future was illusory, and he couldn't think about it so far, there was wine today and he was drunk today, and he was sad tomorrow.

But Li Dingguo's words deeply touched him, yes, how many decades are there in life, the eldest husband has walked in this world, when he is famous in history, no matter how bad he is, he should make a career, and live a life in a daze, what is the difference between him and the old farmer in the field?

Liu Yun stared at the low tent top, no sleep, thinking a lot, but the more he thought about it, the more chaotic he became, is Daxi really like Li Dingguo said, step by step to become a thief again? Isn't it a pity that the situation that has been built up with great difficulty is so messed up? Listen to the meaning of King Anxi, follow the emperor, and go back to the old road of running around, robbing and plundering, isn't that the same as bandits?

Thinking about it, Liu Yun suddenly felt extremely sad, how could he live and be so disturbed?

In Liu Yun's troubles, the night gradually faded, and a new day came.

The sun rises, shining on the earth, the officers and men of the Great Western Army face the rising sun, carrying the ladders, shield carts and other equipment that they have built in the past few days, and march out of the camp in the sound of the horn, and approach the Longquan Mountain City in good spirits.

Li Dingguo placed six battalions of soldiers one mile away from the foot of the mountain, and drove ten battalions of miscellaneous soldiers in front as the main force for the siege.

The ten battalion heads of the black pressure were neatly lined up under the city, the cloud ladder was towering, the shield cart was heavy, and there were countless anti-sunlight weapon blades, and the screaming soldiers, a kind of Taishan pressure like the momentum erupted.

"The thieves are very arrogant." Zu Bian leaned out from the battlements and smacked his tongue: "So many people, do you want to finish the battle?" ”

Li Tingyu looked at the city solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "Li Dingguo seems to be in a hurry, is it that Zhang Xianzhong has already set off?" ”

Wang Huan nodded: "It should be about the same, it is now in the middle of January, it has been nearly twenty days since He Zhen surrendered, He Luohui's army has probably been stationed in Hanzhong, his men and horses are not many, only 8,000 people, plus He Zhen's soldiers are less than 30,000, Zhang Xianzhong can still have an advantage, but if it drags on any longer, when Haoge's army comes from Beijing, it will be too late, Haoge is bringing the main force of the Eight Banners of Tartars, even if the number of people on both sides is equal Zhang Xianzhong can't withstand it." ”

Li Tingyu looked at Wang Huan and asked, "Then when do we have to leave from here?" There are only 3,000 people in Ma Xintian, can they guard the Sword Pavilion? ”

He was not at all worried about whether Ma Xintian could occupy the Sword Pavilion, but just asked if Ma Xintian could hold it under the attack of more than 100,000 Tartar Manchu and Han troops, which showed the strength of his confidence.

After fighting with Liu Jinzhong and personally seeing the vigor of the Kuizhou Army and the power of the exterminating bombs, Li Tingyu was already full of confidence, and with this kind of big killing weapon, he felt that he could fight all the way to Beijing.

Not enough for 3,000 against 100,000, Li Tingyu still felt a little enough, so he asked.

"The terrain of the Sword Pavilion is clear." Wang Huan replied: "That kind of pass on one road, as many people as you come, you can only line up one after another to rush up, three thousand people are enough, as long as Ma Xintian is prepared to break through the Tartar road, he will definitely be able to hold on until we pass." ”

He said lightly: "As for when we leave, it depends on how much patience Li Dingguo has." If my guess is correct, he is even more anxious than us at the moment, and he will leave here and go north after waiting for ten days and half a month at most. ”

"Oh? How so? Li Tingyu asked, facing Wang Huan, he had a habit of breaking the casserole and asking to the end.

"Because he is Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son, Li Dingguo is the most loyal and righteous, and he brings the strongest soldiers and horses in the Great Western Kingdom, with him or not, the combat power of the thief army is not to mention the two judgments, at least it is very different, so Li Dingguo has the north in his heart, as long as we make him feel that there is no hope of breaking through, he will soon give up, don't go to Baoning Mansion, and go back to the north from Chengdu." Wang Huan patiently explained.

Li Tingyu and the generals standing around him sounded loudly, looking clear, they were also thinking in their hearts, in this way, Li Dingguo is still not as important as Wang Huan to the Kuizhou army, if the Kuizhou army does not have Wang Huan, it is equivalent to returning to the past, it is impossible to get to this point today, only to guard the stone pillar.

Li Dingguo gave an order, ten battalions and 10,000 soldiers and horses stepped forward together, and went out to a place five hundred steps away from the front of Longquan Mountain City, and then divided into two battalions, carrying ladders and pushing rushing carts, shouting and rushing to the front of the mountain city.

The soil slope is not long, but it is not short, the slope is about 20 degrees, there are several stone walls built on it, the front one, it is more than ten zhang away from the bottom of the slope, the trees and gravels on the soil slope have been cleaned up, the bare soil slope is very tidy, this is probably done by the Kuizhou soldiers.

Although Li Dingguo didn't quite understand why the Kuizhou army did this, he didn't think much about it, and with a wave of his hand, the war drums behind him sounded, and more than a dozen cowhide drums were beaten by the drummers, inspiring the two battalion leaders who charged to move forward quickly.

The remaining eight battalion leaders who remained in the formation sent all their archers, lined up on the slope, drew their bows and raised their bows, and sent a ** arrow S up the stone wall to cover the charging soldiers.

The rain of arrows fell, and a round shield was immediately raised on the stone wall to protect the Kuizhou army behind the wall.

Seeing that the Kuizhou army was so pressed that they didn't dare to show their heads, the officers and men of the charging Daxi Army were even more courageous, they shouted and tried to run upward, like swarms of ants, all over the slope.

The Great Western Army, which rushed to the front, had reached the halfway point of the hill, but behind the stone wall was still silent and unresponsive, and those Kuizhou soldiers in white robes shrank under their shields as if they were dead, neither arrows nor stones, just waiting.

Seeing that the stone wall was in front of him, the Kuizhou army hiding behind the stone wall was probing his brain, and it seemed that he would turn around and run away at any time, and the officers and men of the Great Western Army were even happier, these Ming troops looked the same as the Ming army they had encountered before, pretending to be okay, and they were really fighting, they were a group of cowards.

"Kill the officers and soldiers!" The Great Western Army habitually roared, unaware that there was a problem with this slogan, Onishi had already established the country, and he was also an official army, who was he going to kill when he shouted to kill the official army?

Just when the first-ranked soldiers of the Great Western Army had rushed to less than two feet away from the stone wall, the originally stable stone wall suddenly moved.

No, it didn't move, it suddenly collapsed!

The thick stone wall, like a huge stone mill, rolled down the soil slope quickly, rolling faster and faster, all the way rolling and hitting the Daxi sergeants, those stone grinders are magnified stone grinders, and the grinders on the grinding disc in the township are several times larger, each of them weighs four or five hundred pounds, as big as a wheel, and is hit by such a behemoth, the bones are broken and the tendons are cracked, and the pressure becomes R mud.

The stretching stone wall occupies the entire front of the soil slope, there are hundreds of stone grinders rolling down, there is no gap to dodge, the soldiers of the Great Western Army who rushed up the soil slope were stunned to see these cylindrical big stones rushing forward, some of the shock forgot to dodge, and was directly pressed into R cake, the people behind reacted, wanted to hide, but only then did they realize that the Kuizhou soldiers had made the hillside so clean, that is, they had no place to hide, and the smooth hillside could also make the stone rollers roll faster and faster, and the more fierce they were.

The screams rang out, and countless people cried in horror and turned around and ran, how could a person's leg pass over the stones rolling down the slope as fast as possible, and the blood R extended under the tumbling stones, and there were almost no wounded soldiers, only dead people.

The archers who were standing at the bottom of the hill didn't have the heart to shoot S arrows, and looking at the posture of the stone rollers, they were likely to fall down the slope and smash here, they let out a shout, and turned their heads back in a swarm.

The rest of the battalions of the Great Western Army behind the formation were stunned, it turned out that those that looked like stone walls were actually round boulder rollers, and the Kuizhou soldiers fixed them on the slope of the hill with wooden wedges, and when they were used, they only needed to hit the wooden wedges with an iron hammer, and the stones would automatically roll down, not to mention that some of the Kuizhou soldiers also kicked them.

There was a dead silence in the array, staring blankly at the terrible scene on the hillside, and even the drummers were stunned and forgot to beat the drums.

Li Dingguo immediately stepped forward, and the place where he stood was far away from the dirt slope, and it was impossible for those huge stone rollers to touch him, so he was very safe.

He was also stunned, and the two battalions headed two thousand people were gone in an instant.

There were less than 500 people who retreated, and more than 1,000 soldiers were stoned to death on the hillside in just a few breaths, and they hadn't touched the wall skin of Longquan Mountain City yet.

Li Dingguo's teeth were about to be crushed, and he opened his eyes to see those Kuizhou soldiers on the hillside taking advantage of the escape of the Daxi archers, and flexibly jumped behind the second stone wall, their movements as light as a group of monkeys.

Needless to say, the second stone wall must have been made of stone mills.

Li Dingguo forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, counted the number of stone walls, and there were still four, where did the Kuizhou soldiers who killed these days get so many stone grinders?

He didn't know that in the past few days, the Great Western Army has been busy building siege equipment, and the Kuizhou Army has not been idle, and the 6,000 people of the whole army have turned into stonemasons, quarrying stones on the spot on Longquan Mountain according to local conditions, and simply polishing them into a cylindrical shape with rough tools, standing on the soil slope, because the stones are heavy, from the bottom of the slope, it looks like a stone wall, and no one knows that these stone walls are actually composed of stone mills.

"Order, retire!" Li Dingguo said with an expressionless face, he knew that using human lives to consume those stones would outweigh the losses, and although the miscellaneous soldiers were cannon fodder, Li Dingguo also cherished them.

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