"It's not going to work." Zheng Yunming said: "I expect that the Mongols will not hesitate to spend their money and move most of the artillery vehicles to a position closer to Xiangyang City tomorrow, even if they brave the artillery fire of General Tong, they will let most of the artillery vehicles play a role." In fact, they don't know that our copper general has a short range, low power, and a few pieces of equipment, just a paper tiger, just putting up a shelf to scare people. It's a pity that this lie will be exposed tomorrow. ”

Bai Yijie looked out from the gap in the string of buildings and said, "I'm afraid that tomorrow, our paper tiger will be pierced!" He pointed to the Mongol army in the distance.

Zheng Yunming looked at it, and the black beetle held high in the Mongolian array in the distance seemed to be moving forward, and the long sound of the beard sound sounded in the formation, while the artillery battle was being carried out, and thousands of soldiers in the rear dismounted and came out together, arranging the formation in front of the army.

"They're getting ready to do it!" Zheng Yunming shouted, "We have to prepare too!" ”

He and Bai Yijie hurried down the city, and the city had already lined up a group of soldiers who were ready to fight, because of the success of last night's night attack, the morale of the soldiers was lifted from the defeat during the day, and they were all ready to climb the city at any time to compete with the attacking enemy. The soldiers' high mood also affected Zheng Yunming, and he said to Bai Yijie: "Na Tasi fought with us last year and didn't get any bargains, this time let's see how much he has grown." ”

As he was talking, he suddenly saw Hu Yanyu striding over, but what he was holding in his hand was not a blade, but a three-stringed instrument. Zheng Yunming asked, "The big war is coming, why did you come with a musical instrument?" ”

Hu Yanyu bowed and saluted, and said to Zheng Yunming: "The more before the big war, the more you have to relieve your tension. Otherwise, the hand holding the hilt of the knife is trembling, how can you fight with the Hu people? This shamisen is the best way to relieve your emotions."

Bai Yijie said in surprise: "Never thought that the general would also be able to understand the law? ”

Hu Yanyu smiled: "Since I was a child, my family wanted me to learn rhyme and cultivate sentiment, but I was stubborn by nature, and I didn't learn the piano, but I learned a three-stringed pipa from the old gentleman who told stories at the mouth of the alley." ”

Bai Yijie also smiled and said: "That gentleman must have been exiled here from the north, this thing is not owned by the Central Plains, but is a favorite musical instrument of the Saibei Hu people." It is widely used in the north, while there is no trace in the south. ”

Hu Yanyu was also surprised: "Does the military advisor also know the rhythm of music?" ”

"I just know a little bit about it." Bai Yijie said: "Since I learned it from the gentleman who commented on it, how about I talk about it here?" ”

"I'm afraid that the singing will not be good, and the general will laugh at it." The meaning of Hu Yanyu's words was clearly to ask Zheng Yunming to express his position, Zheng Yunming smiled at the troops standing under the city and said, "How about it, would you like to listen to General Hu Yan?" ”

The army shouted: "General Huyan, just say a paragraph and listen to it!" "But what should I say?"

Hu Yanyu said: "Don't stare at me slipperyly, I'll only be like this." As he spoke, Zheng Yunming had already instructed Han Feng to bring a few round stools, and everyone sat down around Hu Yanyu, just waiting for him to pluck the three strings to speak.

Hu Yanyu sat down, pulled a momentum, and said loudly: "In this case, I will say a book about Li Hedong's defense of Taiyuan to invite you Yazheng." ”

He held the three-stringed string in his hand, and his fingers played it briskly and smartly, the sound of the three-stringed piano was not as clear as the pipa, but there was a long and rich feeling in it, as long as the slightly heavy sound sounded, it seemed to advance the time and space where Zheng Yunming was located for another four hundred years.

Hu Yanyu played a prelude and read aloud: "During the Tang Tianbao period, Fan Yang Jiedu made An Lushan covet the Tang Emperor and raise troops to make rebellion. That An Lushan has 150,000 elite soldiers, and is assisted by Shi Siming, Cai Xide, and Yin Ziqi, and a group of fierce generals, and no one in the Tang Dynasty is his opponent.

The world is impermanent, Zheng Yunming thought, what a glorious time in the prosperous era of Kaiyuan, if today's prosperity is behind the Yidi invasion year after year, the border land has become ruins, and the burden of the peasants is becoming heavier and heavier, it is like a fine Jingdezhen porcelain, behind the exquisite luxury, hiding many cracks that can already be recognized by the naked eye. And the prosperous era of Kaiyuan is like a coral treasure tree in the Tang Dynasty, which is colorful and exudes graceful and luxurious brilliance. The grand scene of "rice flowing fat and corn white, and public and private warehouses are abundant" in the legend of the people is unimaginable in today's embarrassing Song Dynasty.

No, perhaps at the moment when this coral treasure tree exudes dazzling brilliance, the cracks that are imperceptible to the human eye have been quietly embedded inside. That super-empire, which was strong and prosperous for a while, has already laid the foundation for failure at the peak of its glory.

The expansion of the Tibetan War and the excessive investment of manpower and materials, the pursuit of expansion in the Western Regions exceeded the maximum of national strength, the monopoly and centralization of the prime minister in politics, and the unbridled indulgence of An Lushan caused by indulging in border work, were the reasons for the collapse of the empire, and the root cause of the bane had been quietly buried when people were immersed in the dream-like prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty.

Hu Yanyu said: "Then Li Guangbi received the decree of the Tang Emperor and led 5,000 people from the Northwest Jian Army to cross the Yellow River and go straight to the east of the river, in order to protect Taiyuan City. In order to become the emperor, An Lushan was anxious to capture various prefectures and counties in Hedong, Hebei Province, and clear the way for him to march into Luoyang, Chang'an. This time, he actually sent the first general under the account, Shi Siming, the king side by side, to lead 100,000 elite soldiers, and went straight to Taiyuan, and with the fierce pioneer Cai Xide as the deputy commander, the army came to the city of Taiyuan. I only heard a gong on the head of the city, the city gate was wide open, and the five thousand sons were full of spirits, the banners were clear, and they went out of the city to show their formation. The first general carried a treasure knife, wore a silver helmet, and shouted: 'I am Li Guangbi, the envoy of the Hedong Festival, and Shi Siming, the thief general, come and die quickly!' ”

Shi Siming was not in a hurry to fight, and said to Li Guangbi: "General Li is polite, I know the origin of your Li family, you are not a Han from Middle Earth, Yanhuang and Miao, your Li family background is no different from ours, they are all Hu people from outside the Saiwai, your father Li Kailuo, was originally a Khitan patriarch, and he was attached to the Tang Dynasty during the Wu Dynasty, and he made many meritorious contributions, but the Tang people took Marshal Li as the Hu person, and finally did not trust him, but they just used him to fight in the east and west, and did not give him the position of prime minister. Now that I sent you to guard Taiyuan, how can I be sincere to you, only with 5,000 soldiers with you, I will come to guard the important town of Taiyuan, which is really child's play. The general was originally a Hu person, and he was not of the same species as the people of the Central Plains, so why should he suffer this suspicion and go to serve the Tang Emperor! Now that Emperor Dayan is all over the world, there are millions of elite soldiers, and the world is in the heart, when did I have such a scenery in Saiwaihu? Your Excellency is a rare good general among my Hu people, why don't you give up the darkness and turn to the light, and work with me to serve the Great Yan Emperor, just let you be glorious and rich, enjoy inexhaustible, and you don't have to suffer from the old man of the Li family. ’

Li Guangbi looked up to the sky and smiled, and shouted to Shi Siming: 'You are the nature of dogs, sheep, birds and beasts, and you don't know etiquette and education, so you make this wild statement, I have a word, and the armies listen carefully:

I Bensaiwai Khitan Hu people, because of the opportunity, returned to the Tang Dynasty, since then I know the weight of faith, the teachings of the sage, since then the three military generals, all excited, all the athletes, all happy. My father returned to the Tang Emperor, was named the Duke of the Kingdom, loyally supported the Tang Dynasty, served the official family, and really deserved to be a loyal minister in front of the official family! As a descendant of the Li family, I should take loyalty and righteousness as my family motto, and I will not share the sky with the rebel thief! I know that you and An Lushan thieves are fine, you and others are originally Saibei Hu people, since childhood scoundrels, relying on a sharp mouth, for the Sogdians to do translation to make a living, and then mixed into the Lu Long army to serve in the army, is the favor of the first emperor, you and others step by step from the pawn to the aspect of the degree, the first emperor in the grace of you and so on, can only be described as a rebirth of parents, the second grandmother! How dare the wolf be ambitious, and do the thing of usurpation! After you and others raise troops, you will kill people when you see them, and seize them when you see them, and the treasure women will sweep away, and the villages and cities will be burned! Since ancient times, the nature of beasts, but that's it! Today, the loyal and righteous people can't eat the flesh of the two of you, and you are trembling together, waiting for the arrival of the heavenly soldiers! How dare the rats gather, and call it right here! Now that the new emperor ascended the throne, he sent me to guard Taiyuan, and he was in harmony with the capture of you, and offered it to his subordinates. Today, you wait for the group of thieves to come to die, which is in line with the meaning of the general, shameless rebels, come and fight with the general! ’

Shi Siming was furious when he heard this, and immediately waved an eighty-two pound stainless steel mace, urging the horse to go straight to General Li. Li Guangbi did not panic, raised the treasure knife in his hand, and held the mace in the air"

As he was talking, a rapid gong suddenly sounded from the city, which was a call to all the troops to go up to the city for defense.

Zheng Yunming interrupted Hu Yanyu's wonderful commentary, and said loudly: "Li Hedong fulfilled his promise under Taiyuan City, and finally the title of the book is history, and it will be famous for centuries, and today it is our turn to go into battle!" Tell me, do you want to preach for thousands of years and become heroes in the hearts of thousands of generations! ”

"May I serve the dead!" He was greeted by earth-shattering cheers.

Zheng Yunming held the sword in his hand, and was about to issue the order to leave the division, when he suddenly saw a large group of people walking in the distance on the West Street in the distance. At this time, the civilians were hiding, and the army was preparing to meet the enemy, but who ventured out into the streets against the enemy's flying artillery? Zheng Yunming glanced at it and immediately felt troublesome.

A large group of people who came were all women, all of them were military wives from the top and bottom of the Jing'e Capital, and the leader was none other than his baby Ru Madame Lai Ruyue. Ruyue was still wearing her beautiful set of bright silver armor, but it was a pity that the powerful and light silver lacquer treasure carving bow in her hand had been taken back by Shi Wenhu since she became married, and she was not allowed to use it at will. But she is the deputy commander of the family, who in the army dares to deal with it disrespectfully? Someone immediately picked out a horned bow captured on the battlefield that was suitable for her use, wrapped it in copper skin, and painted it silver, as her matching bow. In addition to her, the family members of this large group of Jing Chu Army, all with swords and bows, cleaned up neatly, as if they were ready to go into battle at any time.