Chapter 358: Carrying the Jade Dragon to Die for the King (Part II)
"Please line up the villagers, the porridge every day is enough, as long as everyone doesn't come forward to snatch it, it will definitely be able to be shared, and please rest assured!" The young man standing on the high platform shouted loudly, if it weren't for the fact that his dusty and muddy clothes and armor could still show a bright color, I am afraid that no one would recognize that this young man with a tired look would be a soldier of the Tianwu Army, or even a person with a high official rank among these soldiers. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
The people standing in the audience slowly stepped forward, everyone was holding a bowl in their hands, looking at the porridge buckets lined up on the high platform, full of expectation, obviously many of them didn't know how long they had been hungry, and there were even children crying in the crowd, but the mother holding the child was carefully following the people in front of her, without a trace of extra strength to consuade.
"Eldest sister, let me hold it for you first." A female general with a full body draped strode over and said solemnly, the child's mother glanced at the female general who was a little abrupt in the crowd with some confusion and caution, and hesitated for a while.
A man next to him said impatiently: "What is there to hesitate, do you know who this is, it is the wife of His Royal Highness King Ming, this is the ・・・・・・?"
"That's it!" Yang Xu frowned slightly, snorted coldly, and immediately changed to a soft smile, "Eldest sister, don't worry, I will stand in this place, so that you can hold the porridge with your hands more steadily." ”
The child's mother's hand trembled slightly, and handed the child to Yang Xu, looking her up and down: "You・・・・・・ you are really His Royal Highness King Ming'・・・・・・"
"My husband is the king of Ming." Yang Xu carefully took the child and coaxed it gently.
In an instant, the whole team fell silent, and the child's mother slowly knelt on the muddy ground after the rain, and was about to kowtow to Yang Xu. And the people around him, whether they were skinny or hungry, were facing Yang Su at this time, kneeling on the ground, and the black pressing figure made Yang Su stunned.
"King Ming's kindness, live my people, Mrs. is merciful, do not abandon the poor and lowly, and deserve to be worshiped by me!" I don't know who shouted first, all the people's originally straight backs bent down like a tide at this moment, and even some people's voices were already crying, "King Ming's kindness, live my people, Mrs. is merciful, and does not abandon the poor!" ”
"Everybody, get up, hurry up!" Holding the child in one hand, Yang Xu was a little anxious, and the soldiers of the hundred battles behind him hurriedly stepped forward to help support, but one person, one by one, knelt in the mud like this, kowtowing heavily, as if only the shouts fluttering with the wind and the more or less sound of knocking on the ground could express their endless thoughts.
Standing on the corner of the street not far away, Ye Yingwu sighed softly and leaned against the wall.
"Your Highness, why don't we go over now?" Xiao Yoko whispered to the side.
Ye Yingwu waved his hand: "It's over, this situation in Caizhou, a certain has already seen it, and now that Su Niang has come forward, it has already become like this, not to mention so-and-so, it's better to keep a low profile, let's go to the street for a walk." ”
Jiang Tie and Wu Chucai, the two killers beside Ye Yingwu, revealed their bodies from the darkness, nodded solemnly, Ye Yingwu took the three of them when he went out, obviously he didn't plan to make a noise. However, Jiang Tie still hesitated for a moment, and asked in a deep voice: "Your Highness came this time and did not inform the commander of Jiang Du, is this a bit ・・・・・・?"
"It's enough for the pickaxe to be burned out outside, and if so-and-so comes again, I'm afraid his little brain won't be able to turn around." Ye Yingwu couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "What's more, a certain Shence Army was transferred back to Xiangyang, Song Rui was in Yingchang Mansion, and his brother-in-law was in Tangzhou, at this time, the pickaxe could only rely on himself, which was enough for him to drink a pot." ”
Jiang Hao, like the two of them, is an out-and-out embryo-killing person, and embryo-killing has always had a headache for such matters, so without Ye Yingwu explaining too much, Jiang Tie and Wu Chucai already showed a look of deep sympathy.
Ye Yingwu looked at the ordinary coarse cloth clothes on his body, smiled a little helplessly, and just wanted to walk out, a figure had already rushed out: "Yuanlie, you kid is finally here, you almost want to die!" ”
His eyes widened, and Ye Yingwu looked at Jiang Hao, who almost bumped into him, in surprise: "Pickaxe, where did you ・・・・・・ you come from?" ”
Jiang Hao punched Ye Yingwu fiercely: "Okay, you Ye Yuanlie, don't think that you won't dare to beat you if you become a Ming king, you said something bad just now, you can hear it clearly, don't let a certain catch it next time, otherwise even if you are His Royal Highness King Ming, you will have to beat you hard." ”
"There are so many big and no small people in the whole world, I'm afraid it's only you." Ye Yingwu kicked over, but was flexibly dodged by Jiang Hao, too lazy to have a tendon in his head, knowing that the guy who copied the guy stepped forward to kill him, Ye Yingwu waved his sleeves, "How do you know that so-and-so is here?" ”
Jiang Hao rolled his eyes, stretched out his hand and pointed outside: "Your family is here, if your kid is not around, who can invite her old man to drive, so I thought that you, His Royal Highness King Ming, came to Caizhou in a white fish dragon suit, and it is estimated that it is not far from this soup kitchen, so I walked around casually, and sure enough, I let someone catch a square." ”
Ye Yingwu patted Jiang Hao's shoulder with a smile, he forgot about Su Niang. People who are closer to Ye Yingwu know that as long as they see Yang Xu's figure, then His Royal Highness King Ming must be not far away, not to mention Jiang Hao, a sworn friend who Ye Yingwu grew up with.
is the so-called four irons of life, the same window, carried a gun, a ticket, and shared the spoils, and the two of them have made it together a long time ago.
"The wound on the back is better, look at you alive." Ye Yingwu said with a smile.
Jiang Hao said helplessly: "It's good, it's good, but there is no way to drink in the past few years, it really makes people want to scold their mother, and more importantly, they can only watch from behind when they go into battle to kill the enemy in the future. ”
Ye Yingwu suddenly laughed heartlessly.
"Okay, let's stop talking." Jiang Hao waved his hand, "You Ye Yuanlie have always been on the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, let's talk about it, this time I came to Caizhou for one acre and three points of land, what are you doing?" ”
After being silent for a moment, Ye Yingwu said lightly: "The Mongolian Tatars want to negotiate peace with us. ”
"What?!" Jiang Ho stomped his foot, "let go ・・・・・・"
Seeing that Ye Yingwu's face showed a trace of bitterness, Jiang Hao's scolding stopped abruptly and smiled.
"I expected this to be your boy's reaction." Ye Yingwu walked forward and glanced at Jiang Hao with a sarcastic expression, "I know that you definitely don't want to, and I naturally don't want to talk to the Mongolian Tatars, but since the Mongolian Tatars have come to the door, then we naturally can't close the door and refuse guests, but Jiangnan is the heart of the heart, and I still don't feel at ease, so I just talk to him directly here." Rather than driving the Mongol Tatars away and getting a cowardly name, it is better to hear what their conditions are, and more importantly, ・・・・・・"
Jiang Ho was stunned: "What's more important?" ”
With a mysterious smile on the corner of his mouth, Ye Yingwu leaned over and whispered in his ear: "More importantly, since ancient times, you yourself know what the peace talks are doing. ”
Since ancient times, which peace talks have not stalled for time, so as to be able to prepare for the next war.
Although he has always liked to rush and kill on the battlefield, Jiang Hao is not a fool, and he suddenly understood, and smiled: "Yuan Lie, when will you run out of bad water in your stomach." ”
Ye Yingwu couldn't deny it, just smiled slightly, and looked at the sky: "There is no other choice now, we must leave enough time for Sichuan Shu and Dali, in case there is an accident over there, this peace negotiation is the best way to delay." ”
"After Dali is pacified, the next step is the Northern Expedition." Jiang Ho asked with some eagerness.
Stretching out his hand and knocking Jiang Hao's head hard, Ye Yingwu pointed to the dilapidated houses around him and the hungry people coming and going in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Northern Expedition, Northern Expedition, look around here, what do you let someone take to the Northern Expedition, with the last bit of blood and sweat of these people, not to mention their current appearance, where is there still a little blood and sweat that can be squeezed?" ”
Jiang Hao was silent for a moment, and Ye Yingwu turned around slowly and looked at him solemnly: "Pickaxe, the Northern Expedition and the recovery of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains lost in a hundred years, this is for sure, but the premise of all this is not to let the people pay blood and tears for this, and not to make them resentful because of this, otherwise what is the use of you and me in the Northern Expedition, what is the difference between this and the embarrassment of the former Song Duanping when he entered Luo?" ”
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"Among the four gates, the West Gate is the weakest defense, and there are only two or three hundred soldiers in total." Standing in a remote alleyway, Lou Yong lowered his voice and said, "Moreover, the Mongol Tatars have been transferring troops to the north for the past few days, so the number of defenders is much smaller than when we came. ”
Yang Ting, who was standing not far away, nodded: "But we still can't take it lightly, after all, there are only five or six of us, and it is not enough for people to stuff their teeth if they are really discovered by the Mongolian Tartars." ”
"This is natural." Lou Yong slowly clenched the blade in his sleeve and replied in a deep voice.
"But since Simon's defenses are the weakest, let's start with Simon." Yang Ting subconsciously turned his head to look out of the alleyway, because the frequent military transfers in Shanyan Mansion in the past few days have made the people of Dali feel uneasy, so there are fewer and fewer people on the street, if it weren't for Lou Yong and Yang Ting, they are all dressed as beggars on the street, I'm afraid some people would have been suspicious.
After all, these beggars with tattered bodies, muddy faces, and no idea how many days they have not bathed, people will subconsciously avoid them wherever they go, not to mention the Mongolian Dali defenders who originally regarded the people of Dali as inferior.
"Can the news get out now?" Yang Ting asked softly.
Lou Yong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Since this morning, the city gates have been closed everywhere, and the Mongolian Tartars have already sniffed something. And on weekdays, there will be more or less thousands of soldiers going north, and today there is no movement at all. ”
"It's not that the Mongol Tatars have noticed something, it's that our people are already close at hand." Yang Ting took out the fire fold from his tattered sleeve and looked at Lou Yong, "It is estimated that it will not be long before we can hear the sound of flying thunder cannons, if we want to guide the direction of the army attacking the city, then we can only ・・・・・・"
"Boom!" A loud bang interrupted Yang Ting's words, and Lou Yong and Yang Ting subconsciously glanced at each other, but the doubts in their hearts were quickly broken by the continuous roar.
Flying Thunder Cannon, is the sound of Flying Thunder Cannon!
"The two in charge, the city, the city is so bright!" A soldier who had been letting off the wind outside the alleyway ran over quickly, shouting in panic.
"Quick, set fire in the city, set fire in the west of the city!" Yang Ting let out a low roar, and a few fire folds slipped out of his sleeves, all of which were held in his hands, "Lou is in charge, you take a few people to the north street, and a certain person to take the south street, and you have to let the outside of the city see the location of the fire!" ”
Lou Yong nodded, and rushed out without saying a word.
"You, who are you?" A group of Dali soldiers who were running briskly in the street towards the roar of cannons found these sturdy beggars rushing out of the alleys.
"Do it, don't leave one!" Lou Yong roared, a short knife had fallen from his sleeve into his palm, and the whole person hit a Dali soldier fiercely, and then inserted it into the middle of the other two helpless Dali soldiers.
Lou Yong's actions were smooth, but no one had time to cheer for him, Yang Ting led people to run towards the west quickly, and the soldiers who followed Lou Yong waved the knives between their sleeves at the same time, if they were replaced by those Mongolian defenders who had followed Kublai Khan's expedition to Dali, it would be better, but this was originally just a ten-person Dali soldier patrol, and it was chaotic, and in the face of these battle-hardened embryos, there was not much resistance at all.
Standing outside the south gate of Shanyan Mansion, Li Fu shouted: "Flying thunder cannon, bombardment to the city gate, the first team, give a certain one!" ”
The city gate in front has been shrouded in smoke and dust, and I don't know how many people are still in the city, but for Li Fu, this is no longer important, after all, this long journey, in addition to the flying thunder cannon did not carry any large siege equipment, not to mention, many soldiers have been exhausted, so whether the Mongolian Tartars in the city have been prepared or were caught off guard, Li Fu must command the soldiers to rush up.
One after another vigorous figures came out of the crowd, running towards the city gate quickly, all of them were dazzling zigzags, only at this time, most people who had experienced the devil training of the Tianwu Army set by Ye Yingwu would understand what those prostrate forwards and sprints that didn't seem to have much effect were for.
A platoon of crossbowmen also gritted their teeth and followed closely, and the Mongol Tartar trebuchets had come to their senses and began to throw stone projectiles, and the advancing soldiers were constantly being hit, but more and more were getting closer and closer to the city gates. The shieldmen who followed the crossbowmen shouted in unison and stopped, while the crossbowmen quickly raised their crossbows and pulled the trigger at the gates, and the dense arrows whistled away.
Once again, the shield-bearer skillfully stepped forward at the same time, guarding the winding crossbowman behind him. It's just that there is not much reaction on the city gate except for the screams, which makes it look like a drill of the Xuanwu army, rather than a real attack.
The soldier with the explosives bag in his arms quickly crossed the two rows of companions and continued on, but the city finally reacted, and a Mongolian crossbowman gradually revealed himself in the billowing smoke and dust, and released the bowstring without the slightest hesitation.
A sharp arrow pierced the chest of the soldier at the front, but the man behind immediately threw away the blade and snatched the explosive bag and continued to charge forward.
The Xuanwu army is the rearrangement of the town navy, they are the elite of the battle-hardened formation, but these Mongolian defenders on the city are not simple goods, when Kublai Khan went on an expedition to Dali, 100,000 troops went through hardships, and finally only 20,000 remained, all of which were tempered by blood and fire, and were stationed in Dali for many years, which can be regarded as the most difficult enemy to deal with.
These defenders did not let Li Fu "disappointed", although the arrows shot down from the city were sparse, but they were enough to stop the pace of the soldiers who stormed the city gate.
Taking a breath of cool air, Li Fu said in a deep voice: "Tell the front compartment that even if the whole army presses it, it is necessary to ・・・・・・ this city gate within half an hour."
"Commander, commander makes you see, the city is on fire!" One of the heads suddenly shouted in surprise.
Li Fu was stunned, black smoke billowed up in the city, and the distance was not close, obviously not caused by the flying thunder cannon, at the moment to understand, Li Fu said loudly: "Left Chamber, Right Chamber, immediately attack the West Gate, in addition to the flying thunder cannon also take away, within half an hour, conquer the West Gate!" (To be continued.) )