Chapter 4: Defend the Lonely City
The shouting and killing in the sky has alarmed the guards here, and this guard is the general Chen Jin, who was ordered to be stationed here to guard the grain, grass and passages. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Because Hucheng is located between the two mountains, it is the only place for Qinzhou to enter Fengzhou, there is not only grain and grass here, but also related to the retreat of the Zhou army, because this is the rear, the commander of the Zhou army did not send extra soldiers and horses, in his opinion, Qinzhou and Fengzhou have long been cleared, only scattered routs, and a thousand troops are enough to guard here.
Chen Jin put on his armor, drew his long knife, raised his knife and roared, "Where are the guards?" ”
At this moment, there were already shouts of killing outside.
"The subordinates are here." The guards were already near the main general's tent, and dozens of guards gathered here at this time.
"Kill." Chen Jin roared angrily and rushed forward.
I saw Chen Jin's long knife in front, personally guarding the disaster, and everywhere he went, he killed several people in a row, forcibly separating Meng Yu's soldiers and horses.
"General, it's a general." The enemy army shouted, morale was greatly boosted, Meng Yu's soldiers and horses were already small, and they were routed, but now they encountered obstacles, and they began to panic.
Meng Yu also saw that the enemy army began to organize a counteroffensive under the leadership of a general, "Cao, this person must be eliminated, otherwise he will be here today." ”
There was no way, in order to boost the morale of the army, Meng Yu had to go on the field in person and confront the enemy general. The long knife was opposite, and he felt a tingling in his arm, if it wasn't for his quick reaction, the knife would have been shaken out by now.
At this time, Meng Yu's heart palpitated, although there were only a few more than ten people on the other side, but they rushed to kill in unison, and no one could stop them. And the other party seems to know that he is the leader, and they all kill him.
"Damn, people are dead and birds are facing the sky, fight." Meng Yu picked up the long knife again and fought with the enemy's main general, but he was not his opponent after all, when his long knife swung towards him, Meng Yu instinctively closed his eyes, maybe it was the favor of God, Meng Yu did not feel the long knife cut his neck, and when he opened his eyes, the enemy general had fallen, and Li Sheng was also seriously injured, the tip of the knife was on the ground, and he was on a crutch.
The enemy general was dead, and after a while, the enemy here was cleared, and Meng Yu's side also lost more than two hundred people.
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In the early morning of the next day, Meng Yu, who had rested all night, came to the open space in the city, Meng Yu gathered all the people here, ascended and said, "I am Meng Xuanjue, the second prince of Shu. ”
Before Meng Yu could finish speaking, there were whispers in the crowd, and the people looked at him from time to time.
"I am the king of Shu, it is our fault that we did not protect you, but now that the enemy has occupied our land and killed our people, are you just silently watching your own people being enslaved? This is the place where the Zhou army is stored, and it is also the place where the retreat of the Zhou army must pass, His Majesty has personally led the Royal Forest Army to come, the time of the defeat of the Zhou army is not far away, and we will guard here, swear to hold here, so that tens of thousands of Zhou troops have no way to retreat. Meng Yu said excitedly, this is his plan, to annihilate the Zhou army here, but the premise is to hold here.
"As the people of Shu, you should be loyal to Shu, I, the second prince of Shu, Meng Xuanjue, swear here, swear to defend this city and never retreat" Meng Yu said, pointing to the low city wall in front of me: "You all look at me, I will stand at the head of the city, if I want to die in battle, I will be the first to die." ”
"Swear to follow Your Highness to the death."
"Swear to follow Your Highness to the death."
The remaining 200 or so soldiers shouted in unison, perhaps because the people were infected, and they also chanted.
"Order, eat whatever the grain here, don't run it thin, eat it all dry, demolish the houses around the city walls, repair the city, don't worry, if we can survive, we will build you new houses in the future." Meng Yu finally ordered.
"Oh, oh, oh," shouted the people of the city, as if they had forgotten about life and death.
The 500 households in the city, a total of more than 2,000 people, excluding the old and weak, women and children, about 700 people who can fight, Meng Yu issued them equipment, that is, captured weapons. Then they were given basic drills and fortifications of the city, and the old and weak women and children were responsible for cooking. On the other hand, Meng Yu sent some soldiers to gather the rout soldiers who were wandering outside.
Within three days, Meng Yu's soldiers could fight more than 2,000 people. But the city is too dilapidated and can only be simply repaired.
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At this moment, in the city of green mud, rows of heavily armed soldiers stood solemnly in the autumn wind, and the sharp arrows of the archers poked their heads out of the battlements with a cold light, stacks of log barricades and city walls. If there is a war, those thunder stones and arrows will surely harvest fresh lives.
Outside the city, 40,000 Zhou troops lined up in front, and the commander of the Zhou army, Hu Li, stood on his horse, looking at the soldiers on the city wall, silent. Neither retreating nor marching, Hu Li originally wanted to fight a quick battle and capture Qingni, but he didn't expect Meng Chang to come with the Royal Forest Army, which made Hu Li dare not attack rashly, sighed and said: "Set up camp." ”
In Qingni City, Meng Chang has come to the place where the government is located, and at this moment Meng Chang is sitting in the first place, and he is silent, and there are Gao Yanshou, Li Tingqi, He Jian and others standing below.
The 30,000 army was defeated, and only half of the men and horses reached Qingni, which greatly weakened the military strength of Shu, and more importantly, when retreating, the second prince was lost. More than ten days have passed, and there is still no news, which makes Meng Chang dizzy.
"Your Majesty." Seeing that Meng Chang was a little distracted, the attendant eunuch Lu Gonggong reminded in a low voice, which made Meng Chang come out of his sadness.
"The defeat in this battle is the fault of the last general, and the disappearance of the second prince is also the fault of the last general, and I ask Your Majesty to punish the crime." Gao Yanshou took a step forward and said loudly.
As soon as Meng Chang heard this, his chest hurt, and he began to cough again, pointing at Gao Yanshou, "You... You... ”
At this moment, suddenly a message from the Imperial Forest Army came from outside the hall, "Your Majesty, there is news of His Royal Highness King Bao." ”
"What?" Meng Chang couldn't believe his ears, and the generals under the hall also showed hopeful eyes when they listened. "Say it quickly."
"Your Majesty, this person claims to be His Royal Highness King Bao's personal guard, and he said that he would only say it when he saw His Majesty." The Imperial Forest Army pointed to a person kneeling outside the door, who was none other than Li Sheng's men, one of Meng Yu's personal guards, who had passed through the blockade to get here.
"Quick."
The person who came to Meng Chang took out the identity card given by Meng Yu when he left, which was the jade cake, and handed it to Meng Chang.
"That's right, it's Jue'er's, tell me quickly, how is Jue'er." Meng Chang said excitedly.
The people who came explained what Meng Yu did one by one.
"What do you mean is that His Royal Highness occupied Huxian, and the Zhou army ran out of food and grass, and was cut off from returning." Gao Yanshou said in surprise.
"Exactly, His Highness told His Majesty not to fight with it, just wait for the Zhou army to run out of food and grass, and will retreat, and then follow closely, remember not to fight with it."
"Your Majesty, in this battle, our army will win a complete victory, His Royal Highness King Bao is really wise and powerful, rare in the world." He Jian stepped forward and said flatteringly.
At this moment, Meng Chang is not concerned about whether he can win this time, "If the Zhou army knows that the grain and grass are exhausted and retreats quickly, how can Jue'er's two thousand troops resist tens of thousands of Zhou troops." ”
"His Royal Highness said that he swore to resist the Zhou army for two days, for the sake of the Shu country, His Royal Highness is willing to live and die with Hu County."
"Okay, you go down and rest first." Meng Chang waved his hand.
But this person did not get up, but kowtowed: "My subordinates hope that Your Majesty will allow me to return to Hu County, and my subordinates and others have sworn to follow Your Highness to the death, how can you be here alone, please ask Your Majesty for permission." ”
When Meng Chang heard this, he was shocked, when did Jue'er have such charm? But now is the time to establish his prestige, so he said: "I am sure, if you live, you are all heroes, I will not hesitate to reward, if you die in battle, your family will be taken care of by the court." ”
"Swear allegiance to the Shu Kingdom, your Majesty, and His Royal Highness King Bao."