Under the pitch-black sky, on the turbulent sea, the light of the thunder cannon on the side of the warship flickered continuously, and the cities and docks in the distance trembled violently in the sound of explosions one after another. In the interval of the explosion www.biquge.info even the roars and fighting could be heard, the hooves of horses trampled the ground, and countless Praetorian Cavalry and Divine Guard foot soldiers rushed forward like a tide.

There was a different roar outside, and after a while, Sun Huchen quickly lifted the curtain and walked in: "Your Highness, the gate of Dengzhou City has been blown open, and the Mongolian Tartars have abandoned the city and fled. ”

Ye Yingwu nodded, the last time the people in Dengzhou City rose up, so that the Mongols recaptured Dengzhou, not to mention the broken city wall, there were not even strong men in the city, so it was not so easy to hold this city, in fact, when the Ming army rushed to the beachhead, the victory was decided. What I have to care about now is what to do next.

"Get on the dock, let's go ashore." Ye Yingwu said softly, and after Sun Huchen left, Ye Yingwu turned his head to look at Yang Xu again: "Su Niang, do you guess that there is a fire in the backyard of the Mongolian Tartars, is Kublai Khan busy dealing with us first, or is he busy fighting the fire?" ”

Yang Xu was silent, and Ye Yingwu exhaled, picked up the helmet strap, stretched out his hand to lift the curtain and walked out. Standing in the house, Yang Su subconsciously glanced at the map next to her, and she faintly felt that at the moment when Ye Yingwu walked out of the cabin, the wind was surging, and the whole era would change.

There is more and more wind on the sea, and the sky is like ink.

Ye Yingwu pressed his sword and walked to the front of the courtyard that had been ploughed back and forth by the flying thunder cannon, if it weren't for the Dengzhou map carefully drawn by the six doors, I'm afraid no one would have thought that the place in front of him that only left the ruins would be the Dengzhou City Bosi of the Ming Dynasty, and before and after the Bosi in this city, countless houses were also wiped out, and it was hard to imagine that half a month or more than ten days ago there was still a prosperous scene here.

Now, even if you use depression, there is no way to describe it.

In front of this remaining section of the wall, Cai Qing has straightened his waist, he is the leader of the team that rushed into the dock when the sailors shelled Dengzhou last time, if it wasn't for him leading the way in front, and finally confirmed, even if they gave the Ming army soldiers a hundred determinations, they didn't believe that this place full of burnt wood in front of them was the city they were looking for.

"The head of the Jiaozhou Water Division?" Ye Yingwu walked up to Cai Qing and saw the logo of his head on his armor.

I didn't expect that I would see His Royal Highness King Ming with my own eyes, at this moment, Cai Qing's treachery as a veteran oil has disappeared, and only the excitement of the recruits next to him is the same, his hands trembled slightly, and Cai Qing solemnly arched his hand: "Cai Qing, the second capital of the Jiaozhou Navy Division, see Your Highness." ”

Ye Yingwu nodded, looking at the steps covered with black ashes under his feet: "I heard you General Sun say that the last time you rushed into Dengzhou City, the Bosi rescued the orphans of Xie Tingqing's family and the files of the Shibosi?" ”

Cai Qing's face darkened: "The last general is incompetent, he failed to protect Xie Xianggong's thoughtfulness, and even the officials and soldiers in the city department will be one step later in the future, and they can only watch them die for the country." The last general is incompetent, the last general deserves to die, and please punish His Highness. ”

patted Cai Qing on the shoulder, Ye Yingwu looked at the scar on his face, Sun Huchen had told him before, when Cai Qing led people to rush out of the city, he fought with two Mongolian cavalry one after another, and it took several bloody battles to find a road, if it wasn't for the effective shelling of the sailors, I'm afraid he would really not be able to come back, and the scars on his face were also left at that time:

"It's a man."

These are four words, which made Cai Qing's heart warm, and he sniffed lightly, and there were already tears rolling in his eyes. And Sun Huchen, who was standing beside Ye Yingwu, saw it, and hurriedly scolded: "Cai Qing, you are also a veteran of our Jiaozhou Water Division, what kind of ability is it to shed horse urine in front of His Royal Highness!" ”

"It's okay, it's okay!" Ye Yingwu smiled and waved his hand, and then said, "Cai Dutou, you answer me truthfully now, here, is Dengzhou City?" ”

Cai Qing hurriedly wiped away her tears and nodded.

Ye Yingwu didn't say anything more, just walked slowly down the steps into the courtyard. This Dengzhou has just been conquered, and no one knows what dangers are in the brick and tile courtyards that can be used for Tibetans, so frightened that Xiao Yangzi hurriedly led people to follow, but Ye Yingwu stretched out his hand, so that they could only follow behind, but his eyes kept sweeping around.

Walking in front of a piece of black charcoal that could no longer distinguish what it was, Ye Yingwu glanced at the guards behind him, and immediately two people walked up with a bag, Ye Yingwu stretched out his hand and held a handful of burnt black charcoal and soil, and then carefully put it into the bag.

Dark clouds are overhead, the sea breeze is howling, and the sound of waves crashing on the embankment in the distance can be heard clearly. But the people around him were silent, quietly watching Ye Yingwu just fill the bag with black and blood-colored dirt one by one.

After a long time, Ye Yingwu stood up, clapped his hands, turned to look at the soldiers with different expressions on their faces, and ordered in a deep voice: "Let the sailor be transported back by flying scissors and buried in the Zhongshan Martyrs' Mausoleum, and the names of all officials, relatives, and soldiers in the city are engraved on the stone tablet." ”

Sun Huchen solemnly took the bag in Ye Yingwu's hand, and Huo Ran knelt on one knee: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Ye Yingwu turned around, drew his sword, and pointed straight to the sky: "The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has such heroic martyrs, why worry that the Mongolian Tartars will not be destroyed, the Ming Dynasty has such a man, and the people who come after me will not forget, I brought you here today to comfort these soldiers, officials, and people who shed blood for the Ming Dynasty, so that their blood cannot be shed in vain!" Blood debt and blood repayment, long live the Ming Dynasty! ”

"Blood debt and blood payment, long live Daming!" Countless soldiers raised their swords at the same time and shouted loudly.

Ye Yingwu strode out of the courtyard, Sun Huchen and Jiang Tie had already followed, Jiang Tie said softly: "Your Highness, the Mongolian Tartars in Dengzhou City have almost been cleared, how should we move forward next?" ”

"The Praetorian Guard quickly advanced to the east, occupied Laizhou, Weizhou, and Mizhou, and quickly consolidated the defensive line in the short term. At the same time, send the sentry cavalry to the south to try to get in touch with the town navy as soon as possible," Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice, "In addition, the Jiaozhou Navy Division will transfer the grain and grass materials in Huainan as soon as possible. ”

"Your Highness, are we not going to increase our troops anymore?" Jiang Tie was suddenly a little surprised, the Divine Guard Army was forgotten, the main duty of the Praetorian Guard was to protect Ye Yingwu's safety, and now he was directly pulled to the battlefield as the main force to fight, even if Jiang Tie was very eager for such a life, he had to consider his own responsibilities.

Ye Yingwu stretched out his finger and pointed to the sky: "A certain has already ordered the rest of the Divine Guard Army to be transferred to Huainan, and Su Xianggong will command the north, so in other words, from now on, our reinforcements will only be from heaven." ”

Jiang Tie suddenly took a light breath: "But Your Highness, the Praetorian Guard is here to ・・・・・・"

Glancing at him obliquely, Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice: "Who said that a certain person would not go out with the Praetorian Guards?" ”

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"The Mongol Tartars have rushed in through the north gate!" A man with blood on his face, his hands and feet climbed up the city wall that had become a pile of ruins, and found Shi Xunzhong, who was squatting there and constantly pulling the trigger, "General, if we don't retreat, we will be made dumplings, and it will be too late to run by then!" ”

Shi Xunzhong slowly put down the divine arm crossbow, and even several city walls of the east gate have been smashed, and the north gate, which is the most important part of the Mongol Tatar attack, can be imagined. The crossbowmen who were constantly shooting at the Mongolian Tatars who rushed up from the ruins around him slowed down at this moment.

From the city wall, the once clear moat outside has been stained red with blood, turning into a muddy ditch, countless corpses overlapped, even without the need for a bridge car Mongolian Tartar to cross the ditch, and on the left and right of the moat to the foot of the city wall, countless burned ladders, scattered and even incomplete corpses, all invisibly tell the tragedy of this bloody battle that lasted until the ninth day.

Although it was thankful that the Sichuan and Shu army could support the city gate for eight days according to Zhang Jue's conjecture, the tenacious Sichuan and Shu army soldiers still used the undulating terrain of the city wall and advanced firearms to delay the time when the city was breached until the ninth day.

"Tell the brethren to prepare to retreat." Shi Xunzhong looked at the Mongolian Tartars who pounced on the black pressure, and the few days of fighting did not wear out the sharpness of the Mongolian Tartars, but made them more and more crazy, and now they are like bloodthirsty steppe wolves, no matter what kind of opponent they do not hesitate to pounce on and bite indiscriminately, making the white-knuckle battle at the gap in the city wall more and more tragic.

Black smoke billowed from the remaining walls, and the only two bed crossbows were burned, and even the hot oil that had been prepared was ignited or poured directly from the city, saying that nothing could be left for the Mongol Tartars.

"The flying thunder cannon and the bed crossbow in the city have all been transferred?" Shi Xunzhong grabbed the placket of the capital's head, "And what about the fire team?" The firecrackers have all withdrawn? ”

Du Tou snorted, and there was already an urgent cry in his voice: "General, they have all retreated, they are all orders from you, and now we are left on the entire city wall." ”

In the distance, the north gate of Chengdu Mansion kept echoing the sound of explosions, and Shi Xunzhong knew that it was a pre-planted earth-shattering thunder that had been triggered, indicating that the first team of Mongolian Tatars had rushed into the city. Slowly letting go of his hand and letting the head of the capital retreat with the people, Shi Xunzhong lifted his broadsword that had been curled, and took one last look at the city wall, and also at the Mongolian Tartars that were surging up like a wave.

"The Sichuan Shu Army, this time I want to do my last bit of hard work in Chengdu City." Shi Xunzhong muttered, "I hope our sacrifice will not be in vain." ”

"Boom!" An explosion accompanied by a strong wind blew in the face, and the flying thunder cannons in the city began to bombard the Mongolian soldiers close to the city wall one after another, so as to achieve a short fire isolation as much as possible, so that the soldiers guarding the ruins of the city wall could retreat safely.

The red dragon flag flying in the wind at the head of the city has also been taken down, and a tenth general personally sent the flag to Shi Xunzhong.

The Ming military training, when retreating, try to ensure that the flag will not be insulted by the enemy.

"Withdraw!" Shi Xunzhong shouted in a deep voice, but the guards behind him quickly knocked him down.

A huge stone projectile whizzed over his head and smashed into a house in the city, scattering debris all over his body, and the house was reduced to dust in an instant. The guards hurriedly supported Shi Xunzhong, and a soldier shouted: "The Mongolian Tartars are coming." ”

"Let's go, we can't be blown up by our own flying thunder cannons, dead nests!" Shi Xunzhong came back to his senses, didn't care about being dizzy and dizzy, and commanded the soldiers to retreat.

"After the north gate is broken, the east gate and the west gate have been lost one after another, and now we are bombarding the city wall with flying thunder cannons, but it is estimated that it is delaying a stick of incense, and the next thing is street fighting." His face was covered with dust and blood, and before Zan Wanshou had stopped, his words had already been finished.

A lot of dust fell from the roof, and it was clear that a stone bullet had just hit a short distance away, and there was a lot of debris splashed. It's just that Zhang Jue, who was standing in front of the map, had a sinking face and nodded: "The south gate is still in the hands of our own people?" ”

"Now the Mongolian Tartars haven't taken care of the South Gate, and because they lost a lot of money outside the South Gate the day before yesterday, the Mongolian Tartars didn't step up their attack on the South Gate, but just sent thousands of cavalry to keep an eye on them, and obviously they didn't plan to let us go." Lou Yong on the other side hurriedly said. As reinforcements, they came like charcoal in the snow, and Zhang Jue and Gao Da and others naturally would not let Lou Yong hurriedly lead people to the front line, so these days Lou Yong's soldiers guarding the south gate are actually no different from usual, and the Mongolian cavalry outside the city has not yet had the ability to attack the city on war horses.

"The Mongol Tartars will not attack the south gate from outside the city, but that does not mean that they will not attack from the inside." Zhang Jue said softly, "General Lou, be sure to guard the south gate, this is the last direction where reinforcements can come, once the south gate is lost, the people in our city can only wait to be collected." ”

Lou Yong was suddenly a little anxious: "General Zhang, the last general doesn't want to disobey the military order, but our army has been guarding the south gate since it came, and there is not much damage, and the soldiers are waiting for the battle, if this continues, the last general has no way to explain to the brothers, so General Zhang still sent us up!" ”

Zhang Jue was stunned for a moment, and then said helplessly: "General Lou, I also know that you fought bravely, but I, the son of the Sichuan and Shu Army, how can I watch others shed blood and sacrifice for our homeland, while I have nothing to do on the side!" ”

The saber in his hand slammed on the table, Lou Yong met the eyes of Zhang Jue and Zan Wanshou, and said loudly: "The two generals, although there are many armies in Yongzhou and Dali under a certain subordinate, they have all experienced the fire of the Nanyang War, and they are not inferior to the Mongolian Tartars before. More importantly, this matter is related to the Ming Dynasty's policy towards Nanyang, and I hope that the two generals will not forget, His Royal Highness the King of Ming means that these Nanyang people will fight desperately for the Ming Dynasty, and take it as an example, and now the two generals will not even give me the opportunity to kill the enemy, so how can we talk about a bloody war? ”

Seeing that Zhang Jue was silent, Lou Yong continued: "What's more, they are all Daming children, and it is the duty of my Ming soldiers to shed blood and sacrifice in order to keep the land of Daming!" It is really incumbent on you to go into battle to kill the enemy and go to the soup and fire! ”

"Good!" Zhang Jue slapped the table suddenly, "Since General Lou has already said it, then you are welcome!" ”

After finishing the order with Lou Yong and watching Lou Yong leave quickly, Zan Wanshou raised his eyebrows, smiled and said: "Junyu, your agitation method doesn't seem to work very well, people already have a will to die when they come, you are so agitated, if it backfires, it will be a joke." ”

A smile also appeared on the corner of Zhang Jue's mouth: "This is not to provoke the generals, if you pull them up directly, even if these barbarians are begging for war in their hearts, they will feel that they have become our cannon fodder, and now the radical generals are coming down, just to let them know that this time the battle is the opportunity they are asking for!" ”

Zan Wanshou suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhang Jue, and shook his head with a smile: "Zhang Junyu, you really have a lot of ideas!" But I have to say that you, you can't be called a 'barbarian', His Royal Highness the King of Ming has issued an order, as long as these people can kill five Mongolian Tatars, they are real Ming people, and even the people who have already earned enough in the last time! It is a great disrespect for you to call our future Brother Pao Ze like that! ”

"His Royal Highness King Ming has a heart for the whole world, this may be just a start, maybe he will fight side by side with Kunlun Nu (author's note: referring to blacks) in the future." Zhang Jue glanced at Zan Wanshou and walked out, "As for being disrespectful or something, I don't know if I can get out of this city alive, so what's disrespectful?" ”

"It's just going up the knife mountain and going down to the sea of fire, I'm afraid it will do something!" Zan Wanshou also quickly followed Zhang Jue, "Now that it's getting dark, the Mongolian Tartars are finally going to stop, and this group of melon babies who are blind in the black light don't have the ability to attack the city." ”

Zhang Jue paused, and then chuckled: "Next, it's time for us." (To be continued.) )