Chapter Ninety-Six: Ambition and Ambition to Defend the Lonely City
Feng Sanniang's face was full of disdain, she felt that the bone demon Bai Fu thought it was so beautiful, and was about to sneer a few more words, when Li Mo on the side suddenly opened her mouth, "You are talking about Zhang Xun, but Zhang Xun who was guarding Suiyang in October during the Anshi Rebellion?" ”
Bai Fu didn't expect Li Mo to know Zhang Xun, and his expression suddenly became excited, "You, you actually know Zhang Zhongcheng?" ”
Li nodded silently, he was bored to watch old movies, and accidentally saw a film of "Blood Battle Suiyang". Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
That film is not very well-made, but the pictures inside are really heavy and unforgettable.
Although Li Mo has almost forgotten the plot in it, there is a scene that still lingers in his mind.
On TV, the sunset was like blood, a pot of boiling hot water was on the fiery red stove, and the old veteran was weakly carrying a knife, trembling and slicing the flesh on his thighs.
Because, the lonely city was besieged and cut off from food, and as a cooking soldier, he could no longer cook anything for the soldiers to eat.
"The eldest husband was born in heaven and earth, and he should fight vigorously. Both shoulders have the courage to take on all dangers, and they have a clear conscience for their ancestors. Li Mo muttered the theme melody of the film, and his heart was heavy.
"What?" Feng Sanniang didn't hear what Li Mo muttered, and frowned and asked.
"It's nothing," Li Mo shook his head at Feng Sanniang, looked at Bai Fu opposite, and said seriously, "Can you tell us the story of Zhang Zhongcheng?" ”
"If you don't rush the road, what kind of story are you listening?" Feng Sanniang said disgustedly, she didn't understand why Li Mo suddenly had the heart to listen to the story.
Bai Guo felt that it didn't matter, so he picked up a broken stone tablet and squatted on it, "The Xu family sisters and brothers on the left and right haven't woken up yet, so it's okay to listen to the story." ”
"Whatever you want, I'll go and see them in the carriage, don't wait to be devoured by these skeletons, we don't know." After Feng Sanniang finished speaking, she walked towards the carriage parked not far from the tomb.
Bai Fu was worried about the half-skeleton that was trampled under Li Mo's feet, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, they didn't go to besiege the carriage. There were only me, my two adopted sons and an adopted daughter, and no one else buried in this tomb. ”
"Are they the two men and one woman who appeared when we walked into the Baijiazhuang you conjured?" Li Mo asked casually.
Bai Fu nodded, "Yes, this place used to be no different from Baijiazhuang. It's just that there was a fire and nothing left. Alas, the past is unbearable, so I won't mention it for now. Let me tell you the story of Zhang Zhongcheng. ”
For Zhang Xun, who is said to rely on eating human flesh to defend the city, Li Mo is really curious.
If he guessed correctly, one of Bai Fu's so-called two adopted sons was Zhang Xun's son.
Moreover, it was the half skeleton that he trampled underfoot.
Therefore, he used a little more strength under his feet, for fear that the half skeleton would escape.
"Let's talk about it."
"Okay."
Bai Fu glanced at the half-skeleton that was trampled under Li Mo's feet, his eyes wandered, as if he was seeing the bloody and cruel scenes of the past through him.
"In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan supported his troops and launched a mutiny to attack Chang'an and claim the emperor.
Since then, the chaos has continued, the military revolution has not stopped, the lives have been devastated, and the ten rooms are empty.
Under the plundering of Daoge, I was the only one living alone in my family of dozens of people.
The shadow was only single, and the pain in my heart was unsettled, so I simply joined the army in anger.
The march was arduous, and only when I stabbed the enemy army could I relieve my hatred of being destroyed by the Yi people.
Because of the courage to kill the enemy, I gradually got to know a lot of heroes, the most interesting of which is the superb martial arts Nan Jiyun.
In the second year of Zhengde, Suiyang guarded Xu Yuanyang and Zhang Xun to guard Suiyang, and I joined Zhang Xun's subordinates with Nan Jiyun and moved to Suiyang.
Suiyang is connected to the Jiangnan Plain in the south, and is the last line of defense of the rich Jiangnan half, and has always been a battleground for soldiers.
Zhang Xun was originally the commander of Zhenyuan County, and the civil officials were from Rong, just to protect the people of the ten directions who were displaced in the war, and to repeat the prosperity of the peace.
This city is guarded by Zhang Xun as impregnable, and Nan Jiyun and I will sincerely sigh whenever we chat, and the seven-foot man will be worthy of heaven and earth when he spills his blood. Even if you are crushed, you have to follow the iron-clad Zhang Tai to defend the city and retreat from the enemy!
However, the affairs of the world are never compromised by anyone's determination. Don't talk to it about feelings, it doesn't understand.
At the beginning of the first month, the tragic siege battle began, and the barbarian mercenaries rushed towards the city with red eyes like locusts, either being beaten back by the dense rain of arrows, or being captured and killed by the heroic us.
Day and night, the hundreds of thousands of troops led by the Yin thief took turns to fight a wheel war, vowing to drag us down and take Suiyang.
Nan Jiyun and I are both soldiers defending the city, and we are holding swords and guarding the city with everyone.
But whoever rises to attack the city, they will cut off their heads with all their might.
When he was really tired, he cut off his arm and stayed awake.
The walls were stained with blood and a scarlet curtain, and the old blood had not dried up, but the new blood had arrived.
It is impossible to distinguish between the enemy's and the own.
Everyone knows that this is a battle for the life of either you die or I die.
Everything is just to survive, to protect his wife and children from humiliation.
When there is no chance and there is no way to retreat, there is only a desperate fight.
In March, Zhang Zhongcheng personally led the death squad to attack the city twice, both of which won a complete victory, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted.
At this time, Nan Jiyun had been promoted to a general because of his courage to kill the enemy.
In the event of a surprise attack, he took the lead, followed by me, leading the defenders to storm the rebel camp.
At this time, we were in rags, but our fighting spirit was high, the sound of killing in our mouths shook the sky, and we fought bravely to take one as ten.
Frightened, the Yin thief rebels collapsed on all fronts, abandoned their troops and armor, and fled in a hurry.
Nan Jiyun bent his bow and shot an arrow, blinded one of the Yin thieves' eyes, and returned with a load of booty.
However, after all, the seized booty was scarce, barely a drop in the bucket.
The food in the city is already running out.
Although Zhang Zhongcheng led his soldiers and generals to retreat from the enemy several times, it was difficult to solve the crisis of running out of food in the city after all.
Suiyang has become a lonely city without foreign aid, crumbling in the flames of war, still stubbornly holding on to surrender.
No amount of reserves will eventually be depleted over time.
In the seventh month, there was no living creature in the city except man.
Sparrows, rats, cockroaches, even tree bark and paper, were all eaten.
The city was full of yellow-faced and thin-skinned people, and their weak voices cried out for hunger.
Zhang Zhongcheng, who had a calm mind and had no way to deal with hunger, finally found Nan Jiyun helplessly, hoping that he could fight his way out of the siege and go to find the nearest Helan Jinming Department to ask for help to relieve the siege.
Before leaving, Zhang Zhongcheng's concubine found me, personally handed me a five-month-old baby boy, and knelt down to beg me to find a stable place to leave some blood for the Zhang family.
It is better to be a peaceful dog than a troubled world.
Under the chaos of war, where is there any stability?