On the evening of July 3, Lushun ......

Huang Long, the commander of the Dongjiang River who had been fighting for a day, sat under a city wall that could cover his body, panting, and several henchmen were sitting on the side with black smoke on their faces.

These people were fairly disciplined, and on the battlements of the city wall, the other soldiers collapsed to the ground when they saw the Jin army retreating after the siege.

For two days, Huang Long looked at the ruined city wall, and a ball of fire rose from time to time on the Golden Mountain in the distance, and then iron weighing six or seven catties fell from the sky, roaring all the way and rushing over.

Yesterday, his subordinates Xiao Xiang Zuolin led a team of soldiers to guard the south battlements, and unexpectedly a cannon hit, Xiang Zuolin and a few soldiers did not have time to dodge, and were twisted into flesh and blood by the iron, and several people died in a pile with broken hands and feet, and finally only pulled out half of Xiang Zuolin's body.

Thinking of this, Huang Long sighed slightly.

Xiang Zuo was dying, Fan Hua was hit by four arrows on the door of the dragon face, and now he only has his last breath left, and he can't be saved, but what about himself? I don't know how many more days I can survive.

What about reinforcements?

Where are the imperial reinforcements?

Huang Long stood up, raised his hand to signal his henchmen to do nothing, bowed slightly and leaned under the city wall, in the distance, a group of Tartar sentry horses were whistling and circling, a mile away from the city wall, countless banners with various flags hunting sound, Kong Youde was encamped on the left side, leading to the direction of Jinzhou, and there was an endless stream of carriages and ox carts rolling in, and the camp on the right was blazing, and it was too far away to see it real, but Huang Long knew that they were rushing to make siege equipment overnight.

"My lord, the Tartars won't attack the city tonight, will they?" Adjutant General Shang Keyi hurried over with a few soldiers, and asked before he had time to greet Huang Long.

Huang Long shook his head slightly, he was sick, he was silent, and his subordinates were afraid of him.

"Alas"

Shang Keyi sighed and sat down beside Huang Long, Huang Long frowned slightly, but turned sideways and let Shang Keyi sit down.

Soon after the Phi Dao mutiny subsided, Geng Zhongyu took the lead in raising troops to make trouble, he was insisted on by Geng Zhongyu's rebels to oppose the imperial court, Huanglong did not obey, and was cut off by the rebels.

"My lord, the gunpowder arrows and stones are almost running out, the situation is extremely critical, if there are no reinforcements......" Shang Keyi was a little anxious.

"Yuanxiang, we're only afraid of killing a lot of Tartars today, right?" Huang Long asked vaguely.

"That's"

Shang Keyi became a little excited: "My lord, look behind their camp, what are those people busy with?" They're all busy burying the dead......"

"Yuanxiang, as long as we stick to it, someone will come to save us" Huang Long actually has no confidence in Yang Bo's swear to rescue the Jimo Battalion, even if he comes, what will more than 1,000 people do?

"What about the soldiers? Is it Yuanji's kid, can he catch up? Shang Keyi was overjoyed, the deputy general Shang Kexi was his cousin, stationed in Guangludao and Lushun as each other's horns.

Shang Keyi thought about it and shouted: "My lord, I remembered, you sent Tan Yinghua across the sea yesterday, could it be that you were looking for Yuanji?" ”

"It's not"

Huang Long shook his head slowly: "Yuan Ji has just returned to Guanglu, even if he sends someone for help, it will be too late."

Shang Keyi's face suddenly sank: "My lord, my Shang family is full of loyalty, how does the imperial court treat my Shang family?" When my uncle Shang Xueli and Shang died in the battle outside the pass, Yuan Ji wanted to find his father's body, but was slandered by the defending sergeant as a Tong Tartar, Yuan Ji cried outside the pass and said that he sacrificed his dead father, and then joined the army in the Dongjiang River, followed Mao Dashuai before and after the saddle, how much credit has he made? I didn't expect to encounter a hurricane in Dengzhou a few days ago, but I was almost killed by Zu Dabi, and there are dozens of people in my Shang family who don't know whether to live or die outside the gate, sometimes I think about it......"

Speaking of this, Shang Keyi choked up.

Huang Long sighed, stretched out his hand and patted Shang Keyi's iron helmet full of smoke and dust, why wouldn't he do the same? When Dengzhou besieged the city, Geng Zhongming killed more than a dozen of his relatives in Dengzhou in order to surrender him, and killed them one by one in front of him, his youngest son was only seven years old, and he could only watch his son's head fall to the ground, his brother's head fell to the ground, his wife's head fell to the ground, and the old mother's head fell to the ground......

"My Huang family, isn't it full of loyalty?" Huang Long sighed slightly, after learning what happened to Shang Kexi, he was furious and went to the imperial court, impeached Guan Ningjun for arrogance and lawlessness, and impeached Zu Dabi for arsonism and killing, to seek justice for Shang Kexi, but what was the result? Shangshu is like a stone sinking into the sea, and the attitude of the imperial court is chilling.

Huanglong didn't understand what the imperial court thought, although the dog thief was cut by a thousand knives, but the Dongjiang River was already falling apart, North Korea resented the Ming Dynasty for refusing to rescue, and the funding for the Dongjiang River became less and less. Originally, he was not a descendant of Dongjiang, and his prestige was not enough, so he couldn't suppress these arrogant soldiers, but he was transferred by the court bosses to clamp down on the Dongjiang tribes.

The imperial court abandoned the Dongjiang River like a shoe, and saw the Dongjiang River decaying, but he was helpless.

"Yuan Xiang, we will be soldiers to eat food, be loyal to the country, and it is okay to suffer some grievances" Huang Long knew that his subordinates were wronged, and it was rare to comfort him with a few words.

"My lord, how much rice grain did we eat in Dongjiang from the imperial court? How many Tartars were killed? "It's okay not to say it, but it's even more angry when I say it.

"That Lord Yang of the Jimo camp said that he would go to Lushun within two days" Huang Long saw that other subordinates such as Zhang Dalu and Li Weiluan were surrounded by him, so he changed the topic.

"Jimo Camp?" Everyone was stunned

"Lao Li, what is Jimo Camp?" Shang Keyi said to Li Weiluan with a big grin

"Jimo Camp? It seems to be from the three major battalions of coastal defense, right? "Zhu Jimo" is different from Shang Keyi's roughness, Li Weiluan is not like a martial artist, but like a showman, and even speaks like a humble gentleman, which makes Shang Keyi very dissatisfied, although he knows that Li Weiluan is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and he is much more fierce than him.

"How many soldiers and horses are there? Jimo is not far from us? Zhang Dalu threw the iron helmet on his head to the ground casually, squeezed Shang Keyi, and sat down next to Huang Long, these people are Huang Long's henchmen, and they are very casual when they are not on formal occasions.

All three of them looked at Huang Long, waiting for him to answer.

"Fifteen hundred," Huang Long replied slowly

"Such a little person, there is a fart" Shang Keyi was immediately deflated after hearing this.

"This Lord Yang is okay to fight, all of his subordinates are elite generals, and when he took 800 people, he broke the smell of incense and taught 10,000 people, and only General Cao can compare with the Ming Dynasty who has made such military exploits," Huang Long didn't know how to comfort these subordinates, so he could only blow for Yang Bo.

"Tartar is not a bandit, Lao Fan just poked his head out of the city wall, and was shot with four arrows" Zhang Dalu was also very frustrated.

Everyone was silent, watching the people of the city busily transporting stones, mending holes, and carrying corpses.

"Not necessarily, if that, that Jimo camp has arrived, we can hold on for a few days, maybe by then, Yuanji and they are almost there"

While Li Weiluan explained everyone, he turned his head and asked Huang Longdao, "My lord, do you know that Lord Yang?" Why haven't we heard of this person? How did the adults think of asking him for help if they didn't go to Dengzhou? ”

Huang Long shook his head: "I don't know"

"This person can be regarded as loyal and courageous, and such a person dares to come to help us guard Lushun" Although Shang Keyi was full of praise, he was dissatisfied with the adult's decision in his heart.

"This man has written me two letters before......"

Huang Long looked up at the smoke of gunpowder on the Golden Mountain, and recalled: "It was still when Dengzhou was besieged, he wrote to me, saying that Gong Zhengxiang had few people and couldn't defend Temple Island, so I asked me to go to the Jimo Camp to guard it, Gong Zhengxiang specialized in watering the road, and it was too late when the letter came to me, and Temple Island had been lost." ”

"Oh?" The crowd was amazed

"My lord, let's talk about it, our Dongjiang is not regarded as a person by the imperial court, Gong Zhengxiang's four thousand sailors have been transferred around, and they are guarding Temple Island, guarding Huangdao, and guarding the sea route, the grass is fucking, Zhou Wenyu, the deputy general of his Jinmen, walked for four months and didn't go to Temple Island, what happened in the end? It's not, no! ”

Shang Keyi talked about the past, and his stomach was on fire.

"Then he wrote me another letter......"

Huang Long ignored Shang Keyi's scratching and continued: "He said that Lushun was empty, and he was afraid that the Tartars would take the opportunity to attack, so he asked me to be careful, and said that if there was something discordant, he would arrive within two days of the Mo camp, and only hoped that I could hold on and wait for help, I ignored it at the time, and now I think about it, alas, ......"

Li Weiluan said strangely: "If it is not his turn to come to the rescue of Lushun according to common sense, can he anticipate the enemy first?" How did he know that something would happen to Yuanji? ”

Huang Long shook his head and said nothing.

At this moment, a fierce drum beat suddenly sounded, and everyone was shocked, and quickly leaned out to see that the city wall was densely packed with torches, moving slowly towards the city wall of Lushun.

"The Tartars are going to attack the city overnight!"

Zhang Dalu picked up the iron helmet and buckled it on his head, "My lord, I'm going to patrol the city."

Looking at Zhang Dalu's figure in a hurry, Shang Keyi glanced at Huang Long, wanted to say something, sighed and didn't say anything after all, just bowed cautiously to Huang Long and turned away.

"My lord, Shang Keyi has two hearts, do you want to go smaller?" Li Weiluan glanced at Huang Long deeply and made a slashing motion.

"Is Yuan Xiang a person who defects to the enemy? It's just that he and Yuanji's family are all in Lushun, and there are worries in their hearts, the court owes them too much to the Shang family, we can't do such a thing anymore......" Huang Long shook his head, his face full of embarrassment

Li Weiluan said unconvinced: "The little family is also in the city, so what? The city is broken, only death! ”

Huang Long picked up a sharp knife and said, "Yes, the city is broken, only death!" ”

Everyone did not expect that this small gathering under the city wall in the evening would be the last time they would meet......

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Geng Zhongming looked at the sky, and said to Kong Youde with a smile: "It's almost dark, our department is going to attack the city first, and many horses have been broken, how can you fight the black light?" Or discuss it with them, and let's continue to fight the vanguard tomorrow morning, how about it? ”

Kong Youde was furious when he heard this, and suddenly slammed the table, pointed at Geng Zhongming's nose and scolded: "How many of us did that old thief kill?" forced you to almost commit suicide by throwing yourself into the sea on Yellow Bone Island, did you forget? The old thief killed your brother, did you forget? The old thief is at odds with our hatred! At this time, I want to kill Lushun to the point that I don't want to leave any chickens and dogs, otherwise it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart! ”

Geng Zhongming's face turned pale with fright, and he nodded yes busily.

Kong Youde said again: "Yuntai, you pat your chest and ask yourself, Da Ming treats me like a pig and a dog, what about Da Khan?" The Great Khan's kindness is like a mountain, treat me like a brother, brocade clothes and jade food, shh ”

Geng Zhongming's face was full of shame, he lowered his head and walked out of the tent, and shouted at his subordinates: "Desperate to attack the city!" Lao Tzu who dared to take a step back slaughtered him first! ”

"Capture the Yellow Dragon alive, crush the bones and scatter ashes!"

Geng Zhongming held torches, carried ladders, shouted slogans, and threw himself towards the city wall of Lushun without forgetting his life......