"Since I've said so much, please stop by and help me give me a message to the Jurchens!"

To everyone's surprise, Cheng Ju, who took the initiative to order the release of people, not only did not put on a posture of city favor, but there was a sincerity in his tone.

And this is just one of the oddities. Another strange thing is that the captive leader didn't show the joy he should have after escaping death at this moment, he just looked at Cheng Ju quietly, and only spit out a sentence after a while: "Don't you want to exchange the lives of my brothers for your lives?" ”

Cheng Ju smiled when he heard this, and he smiled so calmly and heartily. In the laughter, the captive just waited quietly, without a trace of superfluous actions, he guessed that he might have underestimated people just now, and when he saw Cheng Ju laughing, he made a condition: "You are half right, I really want to make a deal with the Jurchens with your life!" But not for my life, but for the lives of the people of this city! ”

This time, it was the captive who laughed, and the smile was so sarcastic. Cheng Ju didn't speak, just looked at the other party patiently, and finally waited for the captive leader to explain the reason for his laughter: "The total number of brothers we were captured is only a few hundred. There are thousands of people in this city, don't you think that the Jurchens are all drilled out of caves, and there is no one in them who knows how to count? ”

"They'll say yes!" Cheng Ju said in a deep voice, "If he lets go of one more person, he will have one less enemy." If he insists on refusing to change, then there will only be two results, one is that everyone here will be dead! Second, the Han army under his command was separated from Germany! If they are really uncivilized and don't understand anything, wake them up! ”

The captive leader's eyes lit up suddenly, this person doesn't look like a scholar, but he is completely a master of scheming! It's just that he didn't want to agree so easily, but asked, "Why should I help you?" ”

He's not talking big. The Jurchen people are about to break the city, even if Cheng Ju does not let people go, he can also carry the arrival of his own people.

"You're wrong, I'm helping you!" It was only then that Cheng Ju looked directly at the other party's "provocation", "The two armies fought to the death for seven days. How many casualties have you suffered and how many have we suffered? Look at the Goryeo people standing in the upper and lower parts of the city, and how many of them have never lost their relatives and comrades? If you can't prove your worth, you'll die before the city breaks. Don't leave anything to chance, it has nothing to do with me not giving orders! ”

Cheng Ju's tough attitude once made the captive feel as if he had changed in front of him, but Cheng Ju's next words directly poked him in the heart: "This deal may be the last explanation that I, the county commander who was ordered in the line of fire, can do to the country and the nation." For you, for the nation. No matter how long you are gone, you are still compatriots. For them, that is, for the country, even if they were born in Goryeo, they are now the people of the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, if the transaction is successful, it is a win-win situation! I only hope that after you have survived this great tribulation, you will not practice yourselves again. Die for Hulu! ”

The captive leader heard Cheng Ju's heartfelt words, and he couldn't speak for a long time. Unconsciously in a daze in the direction of Yanjing in the west, he said after a while: "Which one is willing to die for Hu Lu!" ”

Hearing this, Cheng Ju sighed secretly, he understood that from the perspective of the Great Song Dynasty, it was impossible to spend a lot of effort to rescue the Han people in the north who had a national disaster like the opposite. Cheng Ju once again felt his insignificance and powerlessness, and at this time he had to suppress the regret in his heart and hugged his fists, "There will be a period later!" ”

The captive leader was a man of understanding, and he did not say anything at this time. just bowed to Cheng Ju and left. Just as the two were rubbing shoulders, they suddenly saw Cheng Ju turn around and ask, "I haven't heard of Your Excellency's name yet!" ”

"Wait until you will be like a person in the future, and then tell the minister!" The captive paused for a moment, but did not look back, and then strode away again. It's just that when Cheng Ju looks at his staggering back again, he always feels an indescribable desolation and loneliness.

There is no way in the state, and the people are like grass!

The scene in front of him aroused Cheng Juxin's infinite emotion, but he immediately tried to convince himself: Today's Great Song Dynasty is no longer the weak and bullying country it used to be, otherwise, how could he be here?

Just when Cheng Ju was fighting, there was a sudden noise all around. I don't know who took the lead, and the people in the city who assisted in the defense of the city all knelt down and said: "Thank you for your life!" ”

Anyway, if the war is fought to this extent, if you don't have a little ruthlessness in your heart, you will definitely not survive the current situation. But to say that because of this ruthlessness that was forced out of necessity, the people in the city regarded death as home, and were willing to live and die with the Song State in front of them, then they were too optimistic. After all, this land is not the hinterland of China, nor has it been deeply cultivated by the orthodox culture of China.

"The state raises soldiers to protect the people. Now this official has to make peace with the enemy chieftain and exchange the prisoners for the people's livelihood, which is not only a shame for the official, but also a shame for the soldiers! Wait until you fight to the death with me to wash away the shame on your body! Cheng Ju shouted loudly. Because he found that the Goryeo army on the edge of the city was not as happy as the people, but everyone had a certain loss on their faces to varying degrees.

Originally, they were in the same boat, but now that the people have a way to live, they still have to stay on the broken boat, who is not lost? It's a pity that according to military law, the Lord will die in battle, and escape with others, and the crime is unforgivable. There is no explanation for the mistake of missing the Wu County order when the army was withdrawn last time, and now if Cheng Xianggong is buried again, let alone the Jurchens under the city, their own people in the rear will not let them go.

At that time, the people shouted Long live the Great Song Dynasty and the border army, and all the people in armor present were red-faced, and for a time they were in awe of Cheng Ju, the instinct to escape, the severity of military law, the brutality of the enemy, and the worship of the people all turned into positive and negative forces, fighting and fighting in everyone's hearts, and suddenly turned their little hearts into the alchemy furnace of Taishang Laojun.

"I wish to fight to the death with the prime minister!"

Cheng Ju's personal entourage was the first to come back to his senses, and immediately shouted with his arms. Desperate people have a kind of blind obedience, when a two, three, echoing voice gradually appears, Cheng Ju's strong needle worked. But he really didn't know if this repeated stimulation method would be effective in the end, but unfortunately he could only take one step at a time.

"Let's get out of the way! You come with me, let's go to the city tower and wait for news! Cheng Ju turned around and commanded the card army.

After passing the military order, he escorted Cheng Ju back to the city tower in the earth-shattering cheers, he hesitated all the way, not knowing whether to say what he wanted to say, when he saw Cheng Ju looking at the Han captives who hung down from the city, he was very distracted, and finally stepped forward and said: "The captives have always been unreliable, and the prince should be more prepared!" ”

Cheng Ju came back to his senses, subconsciously looked at the gold and drums used to give orders on the city tower, and then patted the shoulder of the papai army for encouragement.

He was not afraid of the captive backwater, but for the Hulu Jurchen, because he had never dealt with it, and he didn't know what kind of tiger and wolf habits it was, he just didn't know the bottom of his heart. At that moment he did not go anywhere else, but leaned on the tower and closed his eyes to recuperate, waiting for a reply.

I don't know how long I squinted, Cheng Ju was woken up by his relatives, it turned out that there was a horse approaching under the city, Cheng Ju looked at it, it was actually a heavy armored cavalry. For the soldiers and civilians defending the city, such cavalry is really rare. Because the soldiers on the opposite side were all dirty and tattered, and there were really few people wearing full armor, so he was unintentionally shown at this time.

It's just that after seeing the situation clearly, Cheng Ju had a trace of worry on his face, judging from the fact that the Jurchens only sent such a person, it was nothing more than two possibilities. Either this person's identity is high enough and heavy, and in one word, he can represent the three armies. Either Hu Lu was ignorant and rejected this agreement that was beneficial to both parties, and only sent a pawn to refuse.

When the knight had reached a certain distance, he stopped, and began to scream. Cheng Ju listened for a long time, only to find that the knight under the city was actually speaking Goryeo, just when he was about to ask, suddenly saw the knight suddenly laughed wildly, and threw down something from the horse, which immediately caused a burst of exclamations on the city, and without waiting for Cheng Ju to ask, the card army gritted his teeth and said: "Xianggong put back the Han prisoner, and they beheaded him!" The human head below is his! ”

It was the head of the captive!

There was a surge of blood in Cheng Ju's chest, and the two countries were at war, and they didn't cut it! Don't these savages understand!? It was so indiscriminate! Don't even let go of your own people!

Cheng Ju just had a little pity with the captive, who knew that this man who was unwilling to reveal his name was already on the ground at this time, Cheng Juqiang held back the irrepressible anger in his heart and roared: "What is he still talking about?" ”

"He said that they Jurchens could have pretended to respond and then cover up and kill us, but their Jurchen tough guys didn't bother to cheat. They will take down the city with their own hands and kill us all! An example to all the cities that try to resist in the future! ”

In the end, the card army came out of the army, and it can still hold back in the face of such a threat of death. But the people in the city who originally thought they had gained life couldn't bear it, and in the face of the Jurchens' merciless death sentence, countless people were screaming heartbreakingly.

The Jurchen knights who had finished delivering the message under the city, instead of leaving, laughed unabashedly, stimulating the already fragile nerves of the soldiers and civilians in the city in disguise. Cheng Ju's fists were almost shattered, and he said in a deep voice: "Tempt him to take ten steps forward!" ”

The card army suddenly realized, even if he shouted at the city, there was no need to brew words, he must have been holding back for too long. The Jurchen people under the city really came to show off their might, although they deliberately beware of the cold arrows in the city, they actually took a few steps forward with an arrogant face, and their mouths were still full of words. Cheng Ju didn't need to find someone to translate, he could guess this guy's face, and he was probably saying, "Lao Tzu is here, what are you going to do?" Words like that.

"I'll show you what's going on!"

Cheng Ju waved his hand fiercely, and the drums on the city tower were loud in an instant. Cheng Ju spent countless manpower, and he was reluctant to expose the killer feature, but finally revealed his true identity at this moment. (To be continued.) )