Chapter 8: Black clouds crush the city
"Okay, you and I cooperate, kill a few more dogs, even if it is death, we are worth it!" Mr. Zhang laughed and ran towards the other wolf.
On the battlefield, every second counts, because when the Japanese were approaching, the county commander and the county chief bookkeeper hesitated, so that they lost the opportunity to hit the Japanese invaders, and now some of the Japanese have climbed the city, only a few hundred people have not been fighting for a long time The garrison and the people who have no tactics of war, this wall looks precarious, and it looks like it will soon fall into the hands of the enemy.
Because Yu Xianling was not a military attaché, he could only watch the battle from the West City Gate, and when he saw the battle situation taking a sharp turn, he was anxious to keep pacing.
"Report to the county lord that the city wall is about to fall, and please make a decision as soon as possible." Ye Guan ran to the West City Gate to report the battle.
Ye Guan was originally fighting with Mr. Zhang, but later the battle was fierce, and the Japanese were indeed much stronger than these people and garrisons, and more and more Japanese soldiers climbed up the ladder. There were more and more Japanese soldiers on the city wall, but there were fewer and fewer fighters on their side, Ye saw that the war was irreparable, and the reinforcements were delayed, so he found an opportunity to discuss with General Zhang Jiang, and asked the county commander to abandon the city with the people in the city, leaving a useful body, in order to report later.
"Lost!! Why hasn't Jin Shanwei sent someone yet! Could it be that the messenger sent by this official did not deliver the military information? Yu Xianling finally heard what he was most afraid of hearing.
"Lord County, there is an ancient saying: if people lose land, people and land will survive. If the land is lost, the people and the land are lost. Please also ask the county lord to retreat from the south gate with the people in the city, the Japanese are mainly coming for money, and when they invade the city, they will inevitably search for money, coupled with the delay of my Ming garrison still defending against the enemy in the city, it will inevitably make some or even most of the people safe. Ye Guan said.
"Wait? Why is your old language different from what it was just now? Didn't you say just now that you wanted to save the land and lose people, and now why has it become a loss of land again? Where did you learn your old language, and why haven't I heard it? Although Yu Xian Ling was in a hurry, his ears and memory were very good, and he found that what Ye Guan said now was different from what he said when he started the war just now.
"Lord County, the art of war is cloudy: soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent. Just now, it was to sacrifice those hostages to protect the people in the city, and now it is also to give up the city in order to protect the people in the city. The Japanese did not conquer the city, but only for gold and silver. Then as long as there are people, then everything can start all over again! ”
"Yes, yes, Li Xiancheng, Master Sun, you will lead people to inform the lieutenant and the first chief of each district from house to house, and ask them to quickly organize people to evacuate the county and go to the south gate, the south gate is close to other county seats, run separately, or save the people in my city." Yu County Commander hurriedly ordered.
"Lord Xianzun, what about you?" Li Xiancheng asked.
"I delayed the warplane, so that the county town fell, what face do I have to face the people in my city. I am the supreme commander here, and I have the responsibility to protect one side. Although the old man is a scholar, he is also willing to live and die with my Ming soldiers and the county seat. Kong said Chengren, Meng said to take righteousness, I want to let those who sell themselves for glory, the ferocious and extremely rebellious people, look at my Ming Dynasty's bones, I have military generals who fight to the death and do not retreat, and there are also civil officials who live and die with the county! "Yu County Commander already had a will to die at this time, so he decided that once the city was broken, it would be the burning of jade.
Ye Guan and an official listened to the enthusiasm, and said in unison: "I am willing to live and die with the county lord and the county seat!" ”
"No, you still have to be responsible for the retreat, and in the future, the Japanese will retreat, but you will still rely on you to maintain order in the city, let's go, evacuate with the people, don't take it as a joke!"
At this time, Yu Xianling said to Ye Guan on the side: "Virtuous nephew, what is your surname, looking at your outfit, you are a scholar?" ”
"If you go back to the county, Xiaosheng's name is Ye Guan, and he is a talent in this county." Ye Guan replied.
"The future is terrifying, smart and witty, and decisive. Ye Xian's nephew, if this official does not die in a catastrophe and stays in this Huating County, are you willing to come to my side to be a copywriter in the future? "Yu saw the county order and started to love talent.
"Thanks to the love of the county lord, I will repay you and dare not bow down."
"Okay, okay, then you are now the copywriter master of Huating County, Master Ye, hurry up and evacuate with everyone and the people!" Yu County promoted Ye Guan in the line of fire and made him a copywriter. This is appointed in front of everyone, although the master is not officially established, but Ye Guan has the grace of protecting the city today, as long as he escapes his life and returns to the city in the future, those county masters must be grateful for Ye Guan's kindness, that is also the gratitude to Ye Guan before the county order died, if it were not for Ye Guan, the city wall would not be able to withstand it for so long, maybe now the Japanese would have invaded the city, wantonly rape and plunder, murder and arson. Then none of the officials in this city can escape, even if they can escape under the slaughter of the Japanese invaders, the court will blame them in the future, and all of them will inevitably be sent to exile.
"The city is broken!" After the county order hired Ye Guan as the master of Huating County, there were sergeants on the city wall who shouted that the city wall was lost.
"Thank you for your kindness, the top priority now is to delay the footsteps of the widows, if I can return alive, I will definitely go to the county government to report, in order to repay the kindness of the county lord." After Ye Guan finished speaking, it was not the same as answering in the article, so he hurriedly ran back to the East City Gate, cooperated with Mr. Zhang, and stopped one more widow, so long to live a few lives.
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Ye Guan, who was covered in blood, watched the soldiers of Chenglou Mountain be killed and wounded, and Zhang Jiangzong was also wounded in many places, Ye Guan himself was shrewd, and only found the best opportunity to shoot and stab, or when he saw that the Japanese were about to cut him, he would come to Japanese to delay time, maybe he would have died a long time ago and could not die again.
"Brother Ye, so courageous. I'm afraid I can't resist it today, I can stay in the underworld, a certain family is willing to marry you as a brother of the opposite sex, I don't know if Brother Ye is willing? Zhang Jiang always saw that the general trend was gone, and was ready to make a friend worth making before he died.
"I don't dare to ask for it." Ye Guan took the time to catch his breath and answered loudly in a place where others couldn't see him.
"Okay, there is a brother like this, it is not in vain in my life, it is not in vain for me to fight! Happy, happy! Mr. Zhang laughed loudly, his beard was stained with blood, and the bright red blood kept flowing down his beard, both his own and the Japanese robes.
"I'm going to die like this? What kind of crossing is this? Wearing it back in less than a month? Or are you ready to wear to another world or another era again? Ye Guan's left arm was slashed, so he couldn't hold the spear with both hands, so he could only pick up a Ming army waist knife scattered on the ground, hide in no one's place, and cut a cold knife when he had time, but the manpower was sometimes exhausted, although more than half of the Japanese on the city wall were killed and wounded, but the Ming army was almost dead, and it was only a matter of time before the city was broken. Yu County Ling had already sent away his inner room. I changed into my official clothes and sat in the hall of the Huating County Ya, waiting for the Japanese and those traitors to come.
Just when Ye Guan was thinking nonsense, the wolf himself suddenly became confused, and he didn't know what he was talking about. Most of these Japanese were wandering samurai from the Hizen Satsuma clan in Kyushu, but Hakan learned Edo Japanese and didn't learn it well, so Hakan didn't understand their dialect-style Japanese. I could only roughly hear what they were saying.
"Jin Shanwei is here! Our reinforcements are coming! Huating County is saved! ”
Immediately afterwards, I heard the sound of horses' hooves and the sound of crackling fried beans in the distance, which was the sound of the Ming army's standard musket-light handcuffs.
Jin Shanwei is finally here!