Chapter 165: The Rival Comes East
After the second day, Zhao Ran did not persuade him to surrender, but blindly attacked the city. The city always returned to the army to block the water to cover the earth, the two sides attacked each other, fierce battles were fought again and again, there were several times the city almost changed hands, and the army and the people were one, desperately counterattacking. After a few days, how many lives were used as a base cushion to keep Chang'an City from being lost. But Chang'an is also like a sick person, being invaded by cold and hot miasma alternately, and he is suffering from it, and he is afraid that it will be difficult to support it for a long time.
On this day, the Hun army launched a wave of strong attack, which was stubbornly repelled by the defenders, and the battle was temporarily stopped, and both sides urgently needed to rest and breathe a sigh of relief. On the city wall, soldiers and civilians rushed back and forth in the lingering smoke of gunpowder, skillfully and mechanically using sand bags to block the broken battlements. Koo Yun and Suo Ji both had their hair in a messy bun, their faces were gray and black, and they were going back and forth in real time. In the battle, the two also stepped forward in person and slashed more than a dozen enemy soldiers, but under the protection of their own soldiers, they were not injured.
Lu Yun stretched out his hand and touched the burnt black and hot city bricks, sighed, and said to Suo Qi with a worried face: "Brother Juxiu, the battle situation is getting worse and worse. His Majesty asked me how I was doing, and in order to reassure him, I said that our army still had strength left and that there would be no problem. But now let me tell you, the army and civilians have suffered heavy casualties, but the number of soldiers has been sharply reduced from 20,000 to less than 13,000, and there are still reserves of grain and grass that can only last for five or six days at most, and the enemy has no intention of retreating. ”
Suo Qi's face was grazed open by a stray arrow, and the blood had just coagulated, and the paste there looked shocking. When he was about to speak, he touched the wound, and his eyebrows jumped in pain, and he gritted his teeth and held back: "I know." Now many people are in fear, and the morale of the city is getting lower and lower...... We're going to have to figure out a way out. ”
Lu Yun wiped the black soot from his face, and replied in a deep voice: "You mean, abandon the city and break through?" ”
"We can't sit back here! Now the north is in turmoil, or, rush to take advantage of the public opinion, break through to the south to Jingzhou, and then make plans, Jingzhou has the Yangtze River moat, which can lock Bashu on the top, and remote control Huaiyang on the bottom, which is also a stable place. ”
Lu Yun shook his head: "Brother Juxiu, don't you know that Jingzhou is also in chaos right now?" It is said that the homeless people Du Tao rioted, most of the areas of Jing and Hunan were occupied, Jingzhou Thorn Shi Zhou Yi was once besieged, and the king of Langya sent Tao Kan to quell the rebellion. ”
"I know, but no matter what, it should be better than the current situation in the Northwest, right? No matter how fierce the outcasts are, they are better than the Huns, right? In short, it's better to plan ahead. ”
"Don't say anything, I'm not going anywhere!"
Lu Suo hurriedly looked back, and sure enough, he saw that it was the emperor Sima Ye, and he didn't know when he stood behind the two of them, and he listened to the conversation word for word. Koji Suo was at a loss and panicked, so he had to bow down and kowtow to ask for sin.
Sima Ye sighed, helped the koji rope up, and said in a low voice: "I also know that Erqing is also planning for me. But Chang'an is so majestic and sturdy that it can't resist Hu Lu's footsteps, can we escape south to Jingzhou, and we can rest easy? Sima Ye said, raised his voice and said, "Also, if you don't say some things, it doesn't mean that I don't know in my heart. King Langya has repeatedly failed to serve the king, but only focused on vigorously expanding his power in the south, and I went to the south, do you sit back and wait for him to do what Yiho did? ”
Yi Yin, prime minister in the early years of the Shang Dynasty. Huo Guang, a powerful minister of the Western Han Dynasty, and a general of the Great Sima. The two are always compared to the matter of Iho, which refers to the regent of the powerful ministers and the abolition of the emperor. Sima Ye's words were already very serious, and the two of them were so panicked that they immediately sweated and bowed down, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is cautious, Your Majesty is cautious!" ”
Sima Ye's face was gloomy, and he said disheartenedly: "Although the world is my world, I have nowhere to go. That's it. Chang'an is very good, I don't go anywhere, just guard the ancestral temple here, and I will also be ordered at other times, so let him go. ”
After that, he said no more, but moved to the side of the city wall and looked down from afar. The two of them were helpless, so they put aside their complicated feelings for the time being, stood up and came to Sima Ye's side left and right.
While watching and discussing, he saw that the enemy army was about to put on an offensive posture, and suddenly there was a commotion, and they retreated from the front of the formation. Even Zhao Ran seemed to be a little unusual, as if he had become nervous, stood up on the horse, frequently looked behind, and from time to time he eagerly said something to the soldiers around him. But behind him, apart from the ant colony-like soldiers, there were no unusual changes.
In the eyes of everyone in the city, there were some monks who were confused, and they really couldn't understand why these beast-like enemy soldiers suddenly ignored Chang'an, and they all seemed to be dying, and they all looked at the rear. But some of the more astute people in the city were already faintly uneasy, and their intuition told them that something unusual must be about to happen.
Suddenly, there was a significant vibration on the ground from far and near, and in the distant vision, a huge black curtain that moved rapidly appeared, giving people an unprecedented sense of oppression. After a while, everyone in the city understood that it was a dense crowd of men and horses, covering the sky and the sun all over the mountains, and the cavalry that was constantly whistling and galloping was full of wild power, and the infantry roaring forward in an array were like pieces of steel, which could smash all the people and things that dared to stand in the way. They were like a swarm of locusts, the turf tore through the horseshoe boots and shivered, the sand and mist that rose up blocked the sunlight and turned everything a dull gray-yellow.
The thick horn sounded, and the heaven and earth were all the single and majestic sound of "Buwu" for a while. In the great army that came quickly, countless banners were erected, and a horse galloped at the forefront, holding a huge pole as the lead of the whole army. As Da Xuan appeared in the field of vision, all the soldiers of Zhao Ran's department under the city cheered and boiled, and then prostrate on the ground, and even Zhao Ran had already dismounted, respectfully greeting.
Da Xuan is a kind of military flag made of feather ornaments, with the evolution of the times, originally only feathers, animal tails, ornaments of Da Xuan was added brocade cloth, red tassels or gold thread, Hu people according to the Central Plains civilization to add their surname or official title, it is generally used as a symbol of the supreme commander of the army.
Ko Yun's heart sank suddenly. This embroidered with the huge word "Zhongshan", no matter whether others recognize it or not, anyway, he clearly knows who the owner is. He understood that the fiercest and strongest opponent in Hu Lu had finally come in person.
"Greetings to the King! ……”
"Greetings to the King! ……”
"Greetings to the King! ……”
Zhao Ran's soldiers, issued a neat shout that shook the sky, Russia, one after the other, the two Hun armies, finally converged in one place, at this moment, as far as people's eyes can see, there is no other thing, the world has become a sea of Huns gathered.
Zhao Ran's department was still lying on the ground, and he didn't move. The new Hun army seemed to be splitting into waves, and it was instantly divided into two groups, left and right, and forcibly vacated a middle avenue. Then two teams of brightly armored knights galloped in to clear the way, shouting loudly from time to time. Then, all the Hun soldiers were quiet, the air was extremely solemn, these Hun soldiers who were as fierce as beasts before, and did not know what to fear, at this moment kneeling did not dare to raise their heads, standing without moving, everyone became very nervous and solemn.
Not long after, there was a person riding a high war horse, galloping from a distance, the horse's hooves were full of smoke and speed, at the end of the road, Zhao Ran was kneeling on the ground, bearing the brunt. The war horse looked like it was about to rush in front of Zhao Ran, but it was still running unabated, and it was about to knock Zhao Ran head-on and trample it again.
Many Hun soldiers were worried, and they didn't know why Zhao Ran, a general, would be so inexplicably executed. The sound of huge horses' hooves rushing and thundering was getting closer and closer to explode in his ears, and Zhao Ran's heart was like a heavy drum beating, and he gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.
There was a neighing of the horse, the rider tightened the reins, and the black horse jumped up, and the huge hooves of the bowl were like rubbing the tip of Zhao Ran's nose and kicking in the air, vibrating his mane for a long time before falling to the ground. Such excellent riding skills made the Hun army can't help but burst into a huge cheer, Zhao Ran fixed his mind, Fang Jue sweated like pulp, and his heart shook.
"Zhao Ran, this king is here!"
Immediately sat a tall person, with a golden helmet and golden armor, a five-foot long beard without wind, and under the two white eyebrows, there was a red light in his eyes, sharp as a cone. He was condescending, his voice was strong and powerful, full of the awe-inspiring spirit of a desert man.
"The last general, Zhao Ran, welcome the King of Zhongshan!"