Chapter Seventy-Eight: Into the City
"Quick! Fast! Put these grains away. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Han Shizhong shouted at a dozen Yongding soldiers. I saw more than a dozen Yongding soldiers each carrying a grain bag and a shield, and the bag was raw corn, all of which were placed at the entrance of the city. And they all went back. The defenders and people on the city who saw it had straight eyes, and they saw dozens of Yongding soldiers coming towards the city wall, thinking that they were going to attack the city, and hurriedly prepared for battle, but they found that these dozens of people threw the grain bags in their hands near the city wall and piled them up into a small hill, so they all evacuated. But why? What is the Yongding army under this city going to do, and why is it giving us food?
Zhen Wuchen's health was much better at this time. Wrapped in a broken arm, still patrolling the city defense in armor, all the victorious troops did not despise Zhen Wuchen because of his broken arm, on the contrary, they were even more afraid, as long as the reason was also because after Zhen Wuchen's broken arm, his heart changed greatly, and he heard a few soldiers talking about his broken arm in private, and in a fit of anger, he hacked those soldiers to death, and no one dared to talk about Zhen Wuchen's broken arm again. Several of Zhen Wuchen's personal guards who saw the Yongding army under the city sending food hurriedly reported the matter to Zhen Wuchen. Zhen Wuchen hurriedly looked outside the city, only to see more than a dozen bags of grain piled up under the city, and he was also very puzzled in his heart, not understanding the reason for doing this. He told Pharmacist Guo about it. Pharmacist Guo didn't understand after thinking for a long time, and said strangely: "What does Liu Ping want to do?" ”
Under the city of Zhuozhou, Han Shizhong turned his horse's head and came to the city with dozens of soldiers, but he stopped outside the range of arrows in the city.
"Gao Lao Liu, bring dozens of brothers to shout to me according to the words I just taught you, don't shout wrong. Didn't you say you had a loud voice? I have summoned all the loud-voiced soldiers of our Yongding Army, all under your command, don't shout wrong, shout for two hours, and add an extra bowl of meat to each person at night! Han Shizhong said to a stout Song military captain on his horse.
"General Han rest assured, my boss Gao will definitely handle this matter properly for you!!" The stout man said in a loud voice. The sound was so loud that Han Shizhong's ears were numb.
"Straight sissy thief, what a big voice!" Han Shizhong scolded with a smile.
"Shout it!!"
"Yes!" Gao Lao Liu arched his hand. Turning around, he shouted at the dozens of men behind him, "Brothers! Shout after me, get ready! ”
"Listen to the people in the city, we are the Yongding Army of the Great Song Dynasty, we are the king's division, and my general can't bear the suffering and starvation of the people in the city, so he specially sent food. The troubled times are difficult, return to the king early, and enjoy peace!! ”
This group of loud-voiced Yongding soldiers yelled loudly at the city every day, repeating the above passage, and the voice was so high-pitched that the people of a city could hear it. Dozens of bags of corn grain were placed near the entrance of the city, and the people in the city who assisted in the defense listened to the advice of the Yongding Army under the city, and looked at the food placed under the city, and their eyes were glowing with blue light. I was really hungry.
It's just that it was not only the people who were extremely hungry, but also the more than 3,000 victorious troops who had been defeated and retreated into the city. For several days, hundreds of Chang Sheng's troops tried to break out of the encirclement of the Yongding army. It's just that all of them failed. made the soul of the sword of the Yongding Army.
At this moment, Zhuozhou City opened, and a group of women all ran out to share the food, and the women were so hungry that they tore open the bag and grabbed the raw corn and stuffed it into their mouths. After a few mouthfuls, he picked up the bag and went back to the city. It's not that you don't want to go out of the city, it's not that you don't want to be fed, it's that your own children are in the hands of the defenders in the city, if you dare to escape. His own child was killed by the defenders. Mother and son are connected, this is exactly the idea that Guo Yaoshi came up with, the food outside the city is too tempting. The soldiers who were sent out or pretended to be the people were all recognized, and they were shot back by a burst of arrows, and there was no way, Guo Yaoshi arrested all the mothers and children in the city, tied the children in his hands, and asked the women to go out to carry the food.
However, on the ninth day, the people in the city had an incident*, because all the grain sent in from outside the city was eaten by the Chang Shengjun, and the people did not catch anything, and the hungry people were angry. Thousands of people frantically grabbed the already scarce amount of food. Pharmacist Guo was ruthless and gave a loud order: shoot all the people who dared to rob.
* It lasted for half a day, and the slaughter also lasted for half a day, and more than 6,000 people fell under the sword of the victorious army, and the blood turned this lonely city into a city of hell.
The siege continues.
In the middle of the night, the whole of Zhuozhou seemed to have become a dead city, and only a few sad cries occasionally came to suggest that there were still people in the city.
Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13.
It's been another four days, and there is already a deep layer of death in Zhuozhou City at this moment. The guards of the Changsheng army guarding the city wall are all yellow-skinned, of course, none of these Changsheng soldiers dare to surrender in the city, because there are dozens of corpses under the city, all of them are the corpses of the Changsheng army, to be exact, the last group of defenders on the city gate; Three days ago, in the middle of the night, dozens of defenders of the Changsheng Army, who could not hold on, could not bear the erosion of hunger, and in the second half of the night, they privately discussed wanting to surrender in the city. I didn't want to be discovered by Zhen Wuchen, who happened to be patrolling, and shouted urgently to the archers, shining with Songming torches, and shot most of the fleeing defenders, no matter how familiar these victorious troops were on weekdays, under the scolding of Zhen Wuchen, they all took bows and arrows and shot down, and after a burst of random arrows, dozens of corpses fell to the ground under the city wall. Since then, Zhen Wuchen has been patrolling the city every time in the middle of the night, and all the defenders no longer dare to escape.
After the inspection, Zhen Wuchen returned to the festival hall of Zhuozhou Mansion and saw Guo Yaoshi sitting on a chair with an old face. It's like a statue, not moving.
After a long time, Pharmacist Guo said hoarsely to Zhen Wuchen: "Wuchen, how many people are left?" ”
"Tell you all, there are less than 2,000 brothers who can fight, and dozens of brothers starved to death yesterday." Zhen Wuchen responded.
Guo Yaoshi stood up with difficulty and said to Zhen Wuchen: "Wuchen, we can't hold on. ”
"Anyway, don't say discouraged words, we can do it! We still have more than 2,000 brothers, and as long as we hold on, we can hold on! Zhen Wuchen knelt on the ground and said loudly.
"Hey, the brothers of the Chang Shengjun have been fighting with me for half their lives, and many old brothers have fallen into the ground, such as Wu Laoba, Kuaidao Li, Song Cripple, Zhao Hetang and Liuchen....... Hey, the other day, I dreamed about them every night. I saw the six ministers looking at me covered in blood and said, "Don't worry, everyone is waiting for you to drink, it's up to you, why don't you come yet!" I said soon, soon, I'll go to you ...... soon. Pharmacist Guo muttered to himself.
Turned his face to Zhen Wuchen and said: "Wuchen, you say, is it that group of old brothers miss me, well, they must miss me, I miss them too, back then, I Guo Yaoshi weakly raised troops, started from scratch to fight a piece of the sky, and fought with the Liao people, the Song people, and the Jin people." Now, I'm tired, really tired. ”
"It's all !!!" Zhen Wuchen raised his head, and big tears flowed out.
Guo Yaoshi raised his head, looked at the deep night, closed his eyes and said word by word: "Tomorrow, open the city gate and surrender!" ”
"Everything! Let me rush again, I will take the brothers of the old camp to escort you out, and we can make a comeback!! Zhen Wuchen shouted excitedly.
Pharmacist Guo waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "I, Pharmacist Guo, have been playing with my life all my life. When you are old, you can't take all your brothers to death. That's it, surrender tomorrow, I, Pharmacist Guo, exchange the lives of the remaining brothers. ”
"No!!" Zhen Wuchen knocked his head down, banged, kowtowed heavily, as if saying goodbye, got up and walked out of the festival hall.
The next day, a white flag was hung over the city gates, and a group of victorious soldiers opened the city gates. shouted weakly at the Yongding army: "Surrendered, we surrendered!! ”
Liu Ping got the news and said with a smile: "Pharmacist Guo can't hold it anymore." Town! ”
"General, beware of deception!" Yue Fei said lightly.
"Don't worry, just with the group of starving ghosts in the city, I can't help it!" Liu Ping said loudly.
Thousands of Yongding troops entered the city smoothly. A group of yellow-skinned and thin-skinned Changsheng soldiers put down their weapons and knelt on the ground obediently.
"Where's Pharmacist Guo!" Liu Ping rode on his horse and shouted at a victorious military captain.
"Guo Duguan is waiting in the festival hall!" The lieutenant whispered.
"Let's go! Go see Pharmacist Guo! Liu Ping said loudly. Behind him, a group of tigers and wolves escorted Liu Ping towards the city. Suddenly, in the middle of the street, a general with a broken arm, holding a long knife, was lying in the middle of the road.
"Zhen Wuchen!" Liu Ping frowned, he recognized this person, he was a very brave and fierce guy, and he was also very stubborn.
"Lay down your arms! Otherwise, you won't be killed! Liu Ping said lightly.
"I'm going to compete with him!" Zhen Wuchen pointed a knife at Lin Chongdao on Liu Ping's side.
"I repeat, lay down your arms or you'll be killed!" Liu Ping frowned.
A group of Yongding troops showed up*, and just waited for Liu Ping to give an order, and shot Zhen Wuchen into a hornet's nest.
"General, allow me to fight!" Lin Chong looked at Zhen Wuchen on the horse, turned to Liu Ping and said.
"Well, it's a quick fix!" Liu Ping agreed.
"Zhen Wuchen, I respect you as a man, don't bully you, I also use one hand, your brother was killed by me, you want to avenge your brother, come on!!" As he spoke, Lin Chong put his left hand behind his back, and just drove forward with a gun in one hand.
"Ah~~~ Death!!" Zhen Wuchen grabbed the horse's belly and rushed towards Lin. Lin Chong also drove forward, the two horses staggered, choking, the weapon in Zhen Wuchen's hand was knocked off by Lin Chong, and the whole person was also knocked to the ground by Lin Chong and fell from the horse.
Zhen Wuchen gritted his teeth, grabbed the long knife on the ground, rode on the horse with difficulty, and rushed towards Lin Chong again, Zhen Wuchen, who had been hungry for several days, was now full of Venus and the enemy who killed his brother. There was no blocking, no protection, just waving a knife and slashing at Lin Chong.
"Poof!" The spear passed through Zhen Wuchen's body. The whistling stopped abruptly. Lin Chong pulled out the spear with one hand, and black blood flowed from Zhen Wuchen's nostrils. Fallen under the horse. Zhen Wuchen whispered: "Sixth minister, my brother is looking for you!" "After that, he died of exhaustion.
"It's also a man, collect his body, and bury it." Liu Ping said, turned the horse's head and went straight to the festival hall.