Chapter 17: The Bloody Battlefield

Two hours passed, and Murong Ke's face became more and more heavy.

The battle was much more intense than he had imagined, and the not-so-grand city in front of him now seemed as impassable as a moat.

The Patriotic recruits were not as easily defeated as expected, and despite the high ground and strong defenses of Pingyan City, they did not show any signs of fatigue in their current state.

The morale is high and the fighting spirit is monstrous.

What gave them these courages, and gave them the fighting spirit that they have been desperately supporting.

In the first wave of attack battles, the powerful Yan army, which almost thought it could be crushed, did not take advantage of it.

Emperor Murong Ke's face was gloomy and cold, and he ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

The Yan army withdrew in an orderly and slow manner.

Did the enemy retreat?

Behind the city gate, Sun Zhiju collapsed and fell to the ground, the blood flowing from under the door had already dried up, he took a look, subconsciously moved back, and hid in the distance.

The veteran soldier next to him, the old yellow head of the team, walked over with a mocking smile, reached out and patted him on the shoulder:

"Hahaha, stinky boy, I smell your stink here from afar, is it in the crotch of your diaper?"

Temporarily away from the oppression and tension on the battlefield, the soldiers around him also breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Lao Huangtou and Sun Zhiju with interest, and hearing him say this, the crowd laughed.

Sun Zhiju's face was red, and he didn't make a sound, the old yellow head lowered his head and sniffed it, then raised his head and smiled:

"This little guy really pees, haha, this pee. The taste is still fresh! ”

The crowd erupted in laughter again, Sun Zhiju's face turned red, and he scratched his head with some embarrassment.

The tension just now disappeared without a trace.

He raised his head to meet the gaze of the old yellow head, who was looking at him with a narrow smile.

It's exactly the same as when he was a child, when his father teased him with a sugar gourd.

He was inexplicably moved in his heart, on this battlefield, in this "laughter", he raised his head slightly, and smiled at the old yellow head:

"Huang Ye, wasn't you the one who secretly changed my pants with me just now?"

Laughter rang out all around again, and in the place where the battle had just ended, laughter slowly spread out.

However, on the battlefield, where the wind blows, it smells of blood.

The marks of the sword slashing on the city gates are shocking, and the mottled walls on the city walls, which have been blackened by blood and hot oil, are even more terrifying.

All around, there was the groan of pain from the wounded and sick.

When will this bloody war stop?

Liu Xiu stood on the city wall and looked at the military village of Yan State below-

Yan army camp.

Emperor Murong Ke sat in his seat, looking at the route map of the march and deducing the battle situation.

It was a map south of Pingyan to Dongping, the capital of Wei.

At this moment, footsteps sounded at the gate of the camp, and immediately afterwards, the guard outside the gate came in and said:

"Your Majesty, General Mo Rongtui asks to see you."

Murong Ke put away the map, stood up, and said:

"Let him in."

The soldier was ordered to retreat, and after a short time, Murong Trai walked quickly.

Seeing Murong Chui, the emperor immediately asked:

"How?"

The former bowed his head and replied:

"It has been found out clearly, this time the defense of the country by the third prince of the Han State Liu Xiu led the army to defend the city, the king of the Wei Liu Hongwen left Pingyan before the war, I don't know where to go, most of the defenders in the city are new soldiers, but"

He stopped, hesitated, and looked up at Murong Ke, the emperor frowned when he saw this, and shouted:

"Don't talk in a hurry, speak directly!"

Murong nodded and said:

"Although Wei Guo is a new soldier, his momentum is extremely strong, and our army fought hard and did not take advantage of the slightest."

After saying that, he hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke:

"It seems that Liu Xiu is very good at demagoguery, and it is not simple."

Murong Ke couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, and said lightly:

"Liu Xiu is just a child, but he has the status of a prince, what's the use? I had never heard of his name before, this battle was just my carelessness, tonight, let them see the true power of my Yan army! ”

Murong sighed and said no more.

The camp was instantly quiet, the two looked at each other for a long time, there was nothing to say, Murong Chui stood for a while, said goodbye and left.

Stubborn as a mule.

Murong thought silently in his heart.

On the opposite side of the city wall, Liu Xiu, who had been calmly directing the battle, walked out of the darkness.

He held on to the solid stone of the city wall and looked out at the horizon ahead.

Not far to the north, where the torches are lit, is the camp of the patriotic enemy.

Where will you stand at this time in a few days?

I don't know where a gust of wind blew from nowhere, blowing the pungent smell of blood, Liu Xiu opened her arms, smelled the exciting breath, and looked up to the sky and roared!

Subsequently, it was the echo of the patriotic soldiers!

The land trembled violently.

Night.

Under Liu Xiu's order, the patriotic soldiers began to arrange the city defense in an orderly manner.

Sun Zhengwu walked quickly to Liu Xiu's side from a distance, groaned slightly, and asked:

"Your Highness, the soldiers defending the city are all new troops, and they have been fighting hard for a day, it is better to let them rest for one night in shifts, wait for their spirits to be recuperated, and fight again tomorrow, and continue to move, my subordinates are afraid that their bodies will not be able to bear it."

Liu Xiu glanced at him, did not reply to him, but smiled:

"You are brave in battle, you are ruthless, you can't tell that you are a new recruit on the battlefield, why, you are still injured?"

Liu Xiu pointed to a blood stain on Sun Zhengwu's chest, who nodded with a wry smile and ripped off the clothes on his chest.

A hideous wound, from the neck to the lower ribs, is shocking.

Seeing that Liu Xiu's face was gloomy, Sun Zhengwu covered his clothes and said with a smile:

"The wound looks bluffing, in fact, it is not deep, and it does not hurt, it was cut by a Yan Tartar who ascended the city, fortunately, the brother next to me blocked it with a knife, otherwise I would not have seen His Highness."

Liu Xiu smiled, obviously in a good mood when he heard him say this, and said:

"It's okay."

Sun Zhengwu also followed him and smiled slightly, he pondered for a moment, looked up and asked:

"Your Highness, why are you transferring troops to defend the city now, why don't you let the brothers rest for one night?"

The corners of Liu Xiu's mouth twitched, shook his head, and replied:

"Murong Ke has been like a bamboo, full of ambition, and now he has been attacking Pingyan for a day without success, he must have resentment in his heart, and he is even annoyed and angry, I am afraid that we will send troops to attack at night tonight, if we don't prepare, in a hurry, the city will be breached."

Sun Zhengwu nodded yes.

Liu Xiu looked up at the army of Yan Guo, and suddenly said:

"The enemy army is very strong!"

Sun Zhengwu was stunned for a moment, looked up at Liu Xiu, and replied:

"Why did Your Highness say this?"

Liu Xiu smiled bitterly and said:

"In today's battle, our army took advantage of the danger of the city heights, and reluctantly repelled the Yan army, but the losses were quite heavy, just now I heard the spies say that the enemy's losses were only more than 3,000 people, and the casualties of our army have been more than 1,500 people, according to this trend, how long can it be held, it is still unknown, but,"

Liu Xiu turned around, pointed to the busy soldiers defending the city, showed a look of relief, and said in a deep voice:

"Fortunately, our morale is high, most of the recruits are not frightened, and they have been organizing counterattacks in an orderly manner, without a little panic, just in the first battle, I am already very satisfied. In fact, the difference between veterans of the new army lies in whether they are afraid at that moment when they are fighting on the battlefield, who shows cowardice first, and who loses the battle first. ”

Sun Zhengwu nodded, he stretched out his head, looked at the Yan State military camp in the night outside the city, and said:

"Your Highness, the enemy has a huge advantage in numbers, if they don't besiege Pingyan City in a hurry, what should we do?"

Liu Xiu said lightly:

"Yes, the enemy is strong and numerous, it is the right way to surround me with superior forces, Murong Ke can be said to have not made the slightest mistake, as long as he can calm down and have enough patience to surround Pingyan for a period of time, the morale of our army will naturally be low, even if it will not collapse without a fight, the combat effectiveness will be reduced a lot, but he can't wait that long, I have already sent someone to spread the news in the Yan army, saying that we have a shadow army, which is galloping, he can only fight quickly and avoid the edge of the shadow army."

Sun Zhengwu's heart moved, and he didn't know what Liu Xiu meant by this.

He arched his hand, and was about to ask him, but saw Liu Xiu suddenly point to the outside of the northern city, the vast land, boundless in the dark, and there was no edge in sight.

He said:

"When the time comes, our reinforcements will appear there."

Sun Zhengwu followed his finger and was silent.

He only saw that the barracks outside the city were brightly lit.

What is the enemy doing at this time? ――

The main camp of the Yan army, Murong Ke's military tent.

"陛xià! This matter is not trivial, you must be cautious! ”

Murong knelt there, staring at the emperor tightly, with an anxious expression, his brows furrowed, and he exhorted loudly.

Murong Ke looked down at him and replied impatiently:

"Am I not as good as you Murong Chui? What do I want to ask you about everything? ”

Murong looked at him in a daze, his fists clenched, his green tendons bulged, he fell to the ground for a while, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and persuaded in a loud voice:

"陛xià! Our army has traveled all the way, come from afar, have never rested, and today they have been fighting for a whole day, and the soldiers are only relying on one breath to hold on, if they launch a night attack again, I am afraid that they will not be able to bear it! Your Majesty, please think twice! ”

When Murong Ke heard this, his face immediately changed, and he said angrily:

"Mo Rongtrai, you mean that I have always been wrong from the moment of the siege!"

Murong lowered his body and said urgently:

"Naturally not, Your Majesty means,"

Zhang Ziang on the side listened to the two of them, and he couldn't interject all the time, he was already impatient, since the last time he patted the emperor in front of the sand table, the emperor often let him discuss matters in the army, and now seeing that Murong Ke's face was already angry, he knew that he had a good opportunity to pat himself again, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said:

"Your Majesty's royal drive is in person, Chrysostom Yuyan, how can there be a mistake, as long as the general is ordered to do things, arrange a night attack, why bother to ask more questions and make His Majesty angry?"

When Murong Chui heard this, he laughed angrily:

"Oh? General Zhang is worthy of being a celebrity in front of His Majesty, and sure enough, every word is beautiful, and his words are reasonable! I want to listen to General Zhang's insightful opinions, forgive me for being stupid, I don't understand His Majesty's marching arrangements, and I hope General Zhang will make it clear. ”

Zhang Ziang only thought about it, where was there any "insight", and listened to Murong Chui's sarcastic words, he was speechless for a while, and stood there with a red face, not knowing what to do.

Murong Ke, who was originally looking at Pingyan City and calming down, suddenly turned around after hearing this, stared at Murong Ke with a blue face, and said in a deep voice:

"Listen, Murong Chui, I tell you why you did this, my Yan country's army is like a bamboo, the morale is high, and the shape is very good, take the opportunity to take Pingyan in one go, what's wrong! Now the defending army is recruited, if even these soldiers can't win, and the regular army of the Han State will be reinforced one after another, what will we fight?

As much as possible to attack Pingyan, rest in the city for a few days, only to be fully prepared to face the Han reinforcements, we only have a quick battle, take Pingyan, in order to avoid the enemy's edge, now the commander of the city is full of new troops, no combat experience, how can we expect that we will attack the city at night? ”

Zhang Ziang said in a loud voice next to him, calling His Majesty's profound strategy, how can I understand it thoroughly for ignorant people.

In a few words, Murong Ke was photographed with a happy face, and he was in a good mood.

The restless mood calmed down a lot.

He saw that Murong Trai was still hesitant, waved his hand, and said with a smile:

"Although our soldiers are hard, why are the enemy not tired? How can you not win against a mediocre new army with an elite division? ”

Although Murong Chui had consideration in his heart, he still nodded heavily and responded:

"Yes."

Only then did Murong Ke smile and say, "Then you should go quickly." ”

Murong Chui clenched his fists, saluted, turned around and walked out of the tent.

Behind him, Zhang Ziang's voice came out again.