Unlike his own brother, Kong Zhongyi was originally a soldier, and his status in the army today was made by himself since he was a child, and he was by no means like other children of the family who relied on the grace of the family to be powerful and blessed in the army.

At this time, he was sitting in a temporary camp tent, with the second son flute of Guanzhou Dixun on his left hand and Kong Xiang, the youngest son of his eldest brother's family on his right hand.

Kong Zhongyi originally didn't want to take these two stinky little hairy children with him - he is in his fifties this year, and in his opinion, young men in their twenties are all hairy children. But he couldn't bear the begging of Dixon and his eldest brother, and finally forced the eldest brother to issue a military order, "Just take it, life and death are up to heaven!" "As a last resort, he should go.

However, although it is said that "life and death are up to heaven", he will never let these two people mess around, so he left these two people by his side along the way, nominally to observe and learn, but in fact, he wants to protect the two of them by himself, and there will be absolutely no problems.

At this time, there were other generals present, all staring at a map in front of them.

"Come on, tell me about the situation." Kong Zhongyi rubbed his slightly sour eyes and said to the generals.

"I got information this morning, and all the outer cities of Dingdu City have been opened, and all the combatable forces in the city have retreated back to the inner city to treat our army strictly." Directly across from him was a general.

"Oh? Retracted? Hearing this, Kong Zhongyi smiled and asked, "Who are the generals in the city who defend the city?" ”

"Except for the eighth captain, it is Liu Ke, who is as famous as Tian Gong." The man would continue to answer.

"Liu Ke ......" He had heard of Liu Ke. Speaking of Liu Ke's teacher, Xiao Wang, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, and Kong Zhongyi are not an exaggeration to say that they have a deep feud in the sea of blood, ten years ago, Kong Zhongyi's only son was killed by Xiao Wang's own hands in a battle, and Kong Zhongyi has always regarded this incident as a humiliation in his life. This time against Shu, according to the original plan, he did not go out in person, but as soon as he heard that Xiao Wang was still in Dingdu City, Kong Zhongyi didn't even go to Zuo Wangting to meet the prince of Baiyun, so he had to take this matter down, trying to kill Xiao Wang with his own hands, one revenge for killing his son, and the shame of his life.

However, Xiao Wang did not give him a chance, and soon after he set off from Guanzhou, there was news that Xiao Wang had died suddenly in the middle of the court, which made him feel sorry for a while. Now that he heard that the person guarding the city was Liu Ke, he raised some interest: You kill my only son, and it's not bad for me to kill your beloved apprentice!

"Second uncle, we've been outside the city for so long, why don't you just order the army to rush into the city and kill him on his back, bleeding like a river?" It was Kong Xiang who said this, because he was the youngest son of his eldest brother Kong Zhongman, and he was spoiled at home, so he often spoke openly.

"Xiang'er, marching and fighting does not necessarily have to kill people to see blood, sometimes it is very beneficial to wear down the morale of the enemy and put more pressure on them before using the sword to see blood, so that when we fight again, we can lose fewer people."

"Do you still need to worry about this? Anyway, the capital will be broken, and when the time comes, how many people we lose will let the people in the city lose as many lives as they want! "Although Kong Xiang is dissatisfied with his second uncle's cautious attitude, he also knows that it is impossible to really let himself fight, so he can only find a way to pry it." Could it be that the second uncle is afraid that the people in the city are not enough to kill? Seeing that Kong Zhongyi didn't speak, he guessed: "If the people in the city are not enough to kill, then we will kill the people outside the city again, as long as we kill enough people, then we are not angry?" ”

Listening to his nephew's words, Kong Zhongyi lamented: Why did he send the youngest out? Which of the other nephews is not more brainy than this one!

He smiled bitterly in his heart, but when it was time to do his duty of enlightenment, he still had to do his best: "Marching and fighting is not like two people fighting, two people fighting, they have no strength to fight, and after a while, the strength will come again; In a war, one casualty will lose one person's combat power, and if there are 1,000 casualties, there will be a thousand fewer combat power, and this cannot be made up, you need to share the weal and woe with your own soldiers, treat them as your own brothers and sisters, and love them......"

"I've given them money!" Without listening to Kong Zhongyi's words, Kong Xiang was puzzled: "Isn't it natural that I gave them more silver than ordinary people, allowed them to find the most beautiful girls, provided them with meat to eat, provided them with clothes to wear, and let them work for me?" ”

"Shut up!" Hearing Kong Xiang's words, Kong Zhongyi shouted angrily, and turned to the surrounding generals and said: "The child is unreasonable and open-mouthed, don't be surprised, we will hear this at this time, don't say it outside!" After speaking, he reprimanded like a dissatisfied and angry Kong Xiang: "If you say more, get out of my big tent immediately!" ”

Although Kong Xiang was not convinced, he still remembered his father's advice before he set off: Your second uncle is not the same as what he says, you must not bump into him in anger! When even no more squeaks.

"What is the distribution of forces in the city?" The anger subsided, and Kong Zhongyi asked coldly.

"Yu Shibo, there are a total of seven gates in the inner city of Dingdu City, and my nephew has already gone to see them separately, and there are about 3,000 people in the Tianmen with a large number of people, and about 2,000 people in the rest of the Earth Gate, Xuanmen, Huangmen, Hongdaomen, Tai*, and Sun Gate." It was the flute that said this, he was two years younger than Kong Xiang, but he was known for his maturity and steadiness in doing things.

Look at the people! Kong Zhongyi sighed secretly in his heart, he is also a child of a family, even if he is the eldest son of the eldest brother Kong Zhongman, Kong Ang, in his own family, it is nothing more than that! Sooner or later, the dominance of this right royal court will fall into the Di clan!

Although he thought so in his heart, Kong Zhongyi nodded with satisfaction and praised: "Di'er is worthy of being the pillar of my right royal court, and he knows it at a young age, which is very good!" ”

After speaking, he beckoned to the generals: "He opens seven doors at this time, and we will open seven doors." After speaking, he swept the excitement on everyone's faces, and said in a deep voice: "Those who know my Kong Zhongyi's temper know that I will not hurt those who follow me, and I will not leave any chickens and dogs behind those who oppose me!" The generals will attack with confidence, whether it is blocked at the gate of the city or hiding in the palace, whether it is the prince's minister's house, or the deep garden of the palace, whoever can get it can just take it, I will not interfere in the slightest! ”

This statement is tantamount to giving an order to wash the city, and everyone is thanking: "Marshal Xie!" ”

"Second uncle, I ......" Kong Xiang was greedy from the side, and he also wanted to get a piece of the pie. Everyone knows that Dingdu City is the capital of Dashu for hundreds of years, the rich and wealthy of the world are gathered here, and the powerful people in the world are proud to live in the city, how much oil and water can be scraped here? If he said that he was not moved, Kong Zhongyi would have to scold him for being a bad seed!

But then again, with Kong Xiang's own ability, I'm afraid it won't do any good......

He thought about it, glanced at the few people in the tent, and said in his heart: That's it, I'll personally go out to protect you!

"The five of you, each go to attack the Xuanmen, the Yellow Gate, the Hongdao Gate, the Tai*, and the Sun Gate, the little nephew of the Di family, you will lead your 30,000 sons to lay down the gate of the earth, and Kong Xiang will go to the gate of heaven with me!" Although he knew that the gate of heaven and the gate of earth were the closest places to the palace, and whoever fought first would be able to take the first step to go to the palace to burn and loot, but the commander had already given the order, and everyone did not dare to object, so they received orders to prepare for the siege.

"Second uncle, why don't you let me go and ...... by myself" Kong Zhongyi's protection, in Kong Xiang's opinion, it was redundant! Just give him 50,000 soldiers and horses—no, 30,000 or 20,000, and he can't knock down this gate of heaven with a tea clock? The second uncle's name is to protect me, but in fact, he doesn't covet the flowers, gold, silver and jewelry in the palace!

"Be careful!" Kong Zhongyi knew that the other party would definitely not be able to listen to what he said, so he stopped talking.

After a meal, the trombone in the army sounded in unison, and then the war drums thundered, and the 200,000 troops besieged the inner city from the outer city in seven directions.

As Kong Zhongyi expected, at this time, there was not a single soldier in the outer city who was armed, although he saw that his own soldiers were angry in his eyes, but he just hid in his house and closed his door, and he did not encounter any resistance along the way.

In an instant, the Seven Route Army successively arrived at the inner city.

Kong Zhongyi was sitting in a tea shed on the side of the street at this time, and there was Kong Xiang with an excited face sitting next to him, the two of them were still nearly a hundred zhang away from the army-this distance, neither too far in front nor too far back, the reason why it was arranged here was because fighting the inner city was not like attacking the outer city, and it was impossible to accommodate too many people to rush up, so it could only take wheel warfare, consuming the enemy's effective combat power wave by wave, and when the opponent's forces were exhausted, it was also the time when the city broke in.

"You don't have to be anxious, the other doors are also in this situation, and you won't be able to enter for a while." Kong Zhongyi comforted the little nephew next to him who was happy for a while and anxious for a while, poured a cup of tea and served it to him, and said: "Liu Ke and Tian Gong are called the twin stars among the new generals of Dashu, and that is not called in vain. I had a deal with Tamiya once, and although he was defeated by me at the time, he also caused me a lot of losses, and he is indeed a resourceful and courageous talent! ”

As he spoke, he put down the tea in his hand, looked at the direction of the inner city where he was fighting and shouting in the distance, and said, "Liu Ke is good at defending the city...... Hehe, it's a coincidence, the one named 'Ke' can't defeat the enemy's array, and the one named 'Gong' is good at attacking head-on, these two people are really interesting...... He chose to defend the inner city, and it was one thing that he couldn't defend the fourteen gates with few troops, and it was also one thing to use the dense streets and alleys and houses outside the inner city - my hundreds of thousands of troops were divided into dozens of small forces by these streets and alleys, which was really a good calculation! ”

"Then what are we waiting for, don't ...... yet" As soon as Kong Xiang heard this, the buttocks that had just sat down immediately rose up, and he began to rush out in a hurry.

"You're back!" Kong Zhongyi was in a good mood, but when he saw that Kong Xiang was going out again regardless of his orders, he shouted loudly, squinted his eyes and said coldly: "Your performance today, I will tell your father truthfully when I go back, if you want to live a peaceful life only with the favor of your family in the future, go ahead; But if you want to be taken seriously and not be ridiculed by your brothers and say that they eat soft rice and gnaw on their old books, then be obedient! ”

As soon as these words came out, Kong Xiang's figure stagnated, and he no longer took half a step forward.

"That's good," Kong Zhongyi smiled with satisfaction, then picked up the teapot again, poured a new cup ......of tea for him, and said, "Come on, let's continue talking!" ”

However, the hole elephant stopped, but as if it had not heard a shout, it did not move.

"Don't be angry, I'm just scaring you, you sit back, I'll still praise you when the time comes." Kong Zhongyi thought to himself, is the current child really unable to withstand the blow? You must know that he himself was expelled from the house back then, isn't it okay now?

"Elephant! Elephant ......"

He also knows Kong Xiang's temper, as his eldest brother's youngest son who is nearly seventy years old, everyone at home spoils him and lets him, and he is also used to his empty-eyed and willful temper, where can he dissipate his anger by saying two words?

Thinking like this, he got up with tea, walked behind Kong Xiang, and shouted while patting his shoulder: "Xiang'er, Xiang'er......"

Before he finished shouting, Kong Xiang's standing body fell forward after he slapped it like this!

"Ahh Kong Zhongyi screamed, and the teacup had fallen to the ground and shattered into pieces. He stepped forward and turned over the body of the Kong Xiang, but saw that there was still a short arrow with a half-foot long short tail feather inserted in the center of his eyebrows, and he suddenly felt a ringing in his ears and dizzy - just now, the Kong Xiang was killed by such a short arrow with one blow!

"Who is it? Who is it!! Kong Zhongyi came back to his senses after a while, and then looked at the murderous arrow, coming from the front door, it must be in front of you!

Ahead of that is where the Gate of Heaven is!

"Siege, siege! Conquer them all! Kong Zhongyi shouted angrily and ordered the Seventh Route Army to attack the city with all its might, "Don't leave a single one, kill me!" ”