Chapter 216: Only Persistence
"You guys, give it to me!"
With loud shouts, from the deepest part of the cell, several ragged prisoners slowly walked out with handcuffs. Their steps were very slow, not yet used to the sunlight outside, and they held up their swarthy hands, covering their eyes.
After a while, a big black man said self-deprecatingly: "Master Jun, are you going to send us away, why don't you even have the last severed head meal, is the court too picky!" ”
The soldier who was guarding them smiled slightly: "There is no decapitation meal, but Zhuangxing wine is indispensable, follow me!" ”
Zhuangxing wine!
The criminals looked at each other, all dazed. He walked out of the cell and into a clearing outside the prison. When I looked up, one or two hundred people had gathered here, and there was a young military general standing on the high platform opposite, staring at the big guy.
"Listen, the Tartars outside the city are attacking fiercely, and the court needs a group of dead soldiers to fight to the death with the Tartars. You are all death row inmates who have committed serious crimes, and it is better to fight to the death than to die in prison or have your head cut off! The official promised you that as long as you participate in the death squad, you will not be guilty of the past, and your family can still receive fifty taels of compensation, and when the official goes to the court, he can also list you in the ranks of the righteous people. ”
After Zhang Ke finished speaking, he looked at everyone present, his eyes swept over everyone, and these death row prisoners couldn't help but lower their heads and didn't respond at all.
Zhang Ke gritted his teeth and sneered: "The Tartars have been attacking the city for more than half a month, and the food must be given to useful people!" Starting tomorrow, your nests are gone, and you will die in a dark cell! ”
There's nothing to eat!
The numb death row inmates were suddenly awakened, and everyone exchanged heads and ears.
Suddenly, the big black man standing at the end shouted at the top of his voice: "Master Guan, my father and mother are dead, and my daughter-in-law has already run away." It's useless to ask for money, if you can give me a drink, I'll die!" ”
"Good!" Zhang Ke waved his hand, and a soldier brought over a ten-pound jar of wine. Zhang Ke took it in his hand, tore open the seal, and an intoxicating fragrance wafted out.
"This is the eighteen-year-old daughter Hong, this official is enough!"
The big black man strode out of the meteor, and when he arrived in front of Zhang Ke, he took the wine jar, and poured it into his stomach with his neck up.
The mellow and fiery wine rolled down his throat and surged from the bottom of his stomach, and the black man was shocked.
"Good, good wine! It's worth it to die! ”
Zhang Ke beckoned again. A woman came with a table of roast chicken, roast duck, a large bucket of rice, and a fist-sized steamed bun.
The big black man sat cross-legged on the ground, gulping down and drinking with a mouth full of oil. Those death row inmates couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
"Damn, Lao Tzu is not alive anymore!"
A middle-aged man pounced, reached out and grabbed the steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth!
"Brother, stupid. Eat more meat, and with strength, you can kill the tartars. The big black man handed over a chicken leg, and the middle-aged man didn't speak. Take it and eat it.
With two people taking the lead, soon more and more prisoners rushed over.
Otherwise, you will starve to death in the prison, so you might as well be a full ghost!
Looking at the prisoner who was eating Haisai, Zhang Ke silently raised the wine bowl. Drink it all.
"Report to my lord, Sun Degong's subordinates are two thousand generals, Sun Rulong and Cao Shigui died in battle!"
"Lord Qiyu. Beiyu Li Qian, Lord Li is seriously injured! ”
"Report ......"
There is more and more bad news, all the four cities have soldiers killed in battle, and what is even worse is that Zhang Ke has no additional troops in his hands.
"Go, transfer another two thousand strong men to the city, tell everyone, be sure to hold on, as long as you hold on for another day, the turnaround will come!"
Zhang Ke can only comfort everyone in this way, the blockade of the Tartars is getting stricter and stricter, and he has not received a letter from the flying pigeon for three days, and there is no letter from Jinyiwei.
It's like you're in a cage, and it's a terrible feeling!
"Tartar, even if there are no reinforcements, Lao Tzu will bite off a few pieces of meat from you!" Zhang Ke secretly clenched his fists.
The sky was darkening again, and the Tartars were attacking more and more fiercely, and it was clear that they did not want to delay it until tomorrow. The soldiers at the head of the city also fought hard, beating with firearms, poking with spears, and even punching and kicking, and some of the wounded fell down the city with their tartars in their arms.
Every minute and every second, someone dies. The most ferocious attack was the blue banner of Mang Gurtai, and the bravery of Jiannu was indeed above the Mongol Tartars, and they put on heavy armor and quickly climbed to the top of the city.
As if they were heavy tanks, ordinary soldiers were no match at all.
"Kill Zhang Ke, kill Zhang Ke!" Tartar shouted fiercely in stiff Chinese. They were so jealous of that man that they broke the myth of invincibility at Fengji Fort, captured their Baylor alive, and captured their five ministers......
Just ask, is there a more hateful Han than him!
"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
The Tartars surged up, seized the city wall more than 20 meters wide, and expanded to both sides with a shout, seeing that the city head was in danger.
Sun Degong's eyes were already red, but his family members had all used them, and there was no trace of excess strength at all.
"Die!"
Suddenly, a javelin was thrown, and the tartar that had rushed to the front was nailed to the ground.
Then another burst of javelins struck the Tartars to the ground. Zhang Feng rushed up with a knife, he gritted his teeth, and wanted to kill Zhang Ke, he had to pass his eldest brother first!
"Kill!"
The soldiers, like tigers, pounced. The soldiers Zhang Feng brought were carefully selected by him, all of them were innocent children with a clean family background, and they had a blood feud with the Tartars.
They were completely desperate to fight, and Sun Degong saw with his own eyes a soldier's stomach burst open and his intestines flowed out. Grabbing his shield in both hands, he lunged forward, knocking the two tartars and himself off the wall......
Bloody fighting, both sides at the cost of their lives, desperately trying to kill each other. As long as you don't die, as long as you still have a little strength, you will grit your teeth and hold on...... Finally, the Tartar position was withdrawn, and the battle was finally over......
Sun Degong and Zhang Feng were only ten steps apart, slumped on the ground, panting for breath.
"Brother Zhang, you tell the truth, can we still be saved?"
"Of course!" Zhang Feng replied while wiping the blood on his face.
Sun Degong smiled bitterly: "Brother, you are so sure, I think the imperial court is afraid that it will forget us!" ”
"Imperial court, I don't expect it for a long time!" Zhang Feng smiled contemptuously: "I believe in my brother, the second brother can pull me back from the ghost gate, this time he must have a way!" ”
At dusk, the gate of the East City quietly opened. More than a hundred bad horses came out of the city. Death row prisoners were carried on horseback, and they were draped in thick, wet quilts to guard against bows and arrows. On the horse's buttocks, two barrels were tethered, one for gunpowder and one for grease.
Soldiers lit long ropes, and the death row inmates gritted their teeth and rushed forward.
"Brothers, whatever you have done, from now on. You are all men who stand up to the sky! Zhang Ke muttered to himself at the head of the city.
At a distance of more than three hundred paces, the horses came in an instant, and the Tartar sentinels were shocked to find that they were desperately shooting arrows, but they could not penetrate the heavy quilt, and they could not cut through them with knives.
In the midst of their horrified gaze, the horses rushed into the camp of Mang Gurtai.
Rumble!
The first explosion sounded, followed by fireworks like a festival. Brilliant firelight adorns the sky. Every time there was an explosion, several, or even a dozen Jiannu were killed.
After the explosion, grease was splattered everywhere. The fiery snake jumped up, and the cowhide tent was set on point, and many Jiannu were still asleep, and they were burned to black coal.
"Good. That's great! ”
Sun Degong lay on the top of the battlement, slapped desperately, crying and laughing.
"Lord Zhang. You really have a way, the Tartars have a hard time to eat! ”
Zhang Ke shook his head slightly and sighed: "It's just a small way, it's not enough to kill the Tartars!" ”
"Seeing them unlucky, I feel happy!" Sun Degong smiled boldly.
It is impossible to pretend to be happy from the heart, and Zhang Ke can't help but sigh, at least from the current point of view, Sun Degong is not a traitor.
"General Sun, please remember one sentence, whether it is a Tartar or a Jiannu, they will not last long!"
Zhang Ke's words without a beginning or end made Sun Degong a little dazed, but he still nodded solemnly.
"Lord Zhang, please rest assured, I have remembered all my humble duties!"
……
The fire in the camp did not burn until dawn, killing more than 380 Tartars and wounding more than 200 others.
Mang Gurtai is simply going crazy, and there are more dead people than besieged cities. He hated Zhang Ke so much, if he didn't kill this kid, they wouldn't want to sleep peacefully.
Before dawn, Jiannu and Tartar all assembled. The battle has been going on for half a month, and they are all exhausted. Win or lose!
All the Taiji personally supervised the battle, each in charge of a city gate, and with the desolate horn, the Tartars began the siege battle.
The battle was bloody from the start, with both sides fighting with all their might.
Wang Huazhen went to the city with all the officials, the scholars of the guard went to the city with swords, and the men in the city went up to the city with hoes and shovels......
The shouts of killing were earth-shattering, overpowering the roaring artillery fire.
Blood flowed out of the river and soaked the walls.
It was judged that Xu Zhen was shot by the loss and became the first civilian official to die in battle. The commander of the Quang Ninh Zhongwei made Han Shu die in battle, and the Zhenning Fort, which was incorporated into the city, was martyred for the government......
One officer after another was killed in battle, and even Zhang Ke was wounded.
"My lord, don't fight, break through!" Wu Boyan said in a low voice: "We still have a partial box car, the brothers who drive the car are all veterans, and they can ensure that they can safely take adults out of the city, can you have three long and two short!" ”
"There are still people!" Zhang Ke was taken aback, and said categorically: "Go, call all the coachmen to the city, and follow me to kill the enemy!" ”
Shaking off Wu Boyan, Zhang Ke swung his knife and rushed towards the tartar.
"Hurry up and protect your lordship!" Ma Biao and they all rushed up, anyone can have something, but adults can't have mistakes!
Wu Boyan also gritted his teeth, many firecrackers have been scrapped these days. The soldier who lost his firearm took the short knife that did not fit his hand, and followed Wu Boyan and joined the battle group.
The battle entered the afternoon, the walls of Quang Ninh were broken through in many places, the soldiers were killed and wounded, and the Tartars were getting closer and closer to victory......
Oba Daiqing stood in front of his golden banner and laughed proudly: "Hahaha, father Khan, it's still a son!" Quang Ninh is about to fall into my hands! Boys, follow me, rush! ”
Obadeiqing waved his sword and pointed at the head of the city, when suddenly there was the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and a tartar ran over in a panic.
"Qi Huang Taiji, something is wrong, there is a bright dog to kill it!"
Obadeichen looked up sharply, and saw a dusty cloud in the northwest, and in an instant his horsewhip fell to the ground...... (To be continued!)
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