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What Lu Qianshi rushed into was not the real city gate, but the urn city.

When you get into it, you can raise your eyes to three big words: 10,000 enemies. These three words are hung high on a door wall, the wall is several zhang high, dozens of steps long, standing in front of everyone and horses, blocking the line of sight, and not seeing through the virtual reality behind the wall. The gate of the urn city, according to the convention, opens in a different direction from the main gate. That is to say, Lu Qianxi rushed into the urn city from a westerly place, but the real city gate may be in the east, or it may be in the south or north.

This is difficult for Lu Qianxi, there is Hong Jixun's city defense map, and he knows the specific location of the city gate. If you want to go around the wall, the ground is full of horses, deer's feet, and thistles, and you can't move. A team of 100 people jumped off their horses to move the horses, but they didn't move two, and they heard a shout.

Everyone looked around, and the walls on both sides of the urn city were shaking, and the enemy pushed the cannons up. Goryeo archers are dense, and arrows and stones are fired. There is a hidden soldier hole under the wall, and the stone slabs are opened, and hundreds of swords and axes are drilled out, and they rush up, cutting people's chests and horses' legs.

Lu Qianxi was attacked on both sides and could not hide it.

Fortunately, there were only two or three hundred cavalry who broke into the urn city, and they were quite flexible in the tossing and turning, leaving behind more than a dozen corpses and withdrawing in embarrassment. Deng She watched from the drum tower, and his heart sank. After a day and a night of fierce fighting, seven or eight hundred people were killed and wounded, and it was easy to break into the city, and if it could not be attacked again, it would be a great blow to morale. If you can't rush in this time, if you organize an attack again, it will inevitably be affected.

If you really want to go to the next step of the besieged military city, when the surrounding states and counties of the twin cities come to their senses, they will be in a critical situation.

Through his observations, he judged that the enemy did not have many soldiers and horses stationed in various states and counties. Liaison, assembly, and unified scheduling will take about ten days. And if the army is transferred from Wang Jing, it will take a little longer. That is, he has ten days. As far as grain and grass are concerned, at most half a month, the twin cities must be captured.

Hong Jixun said that it would only take three days to attack the city, and he set it for six days. camped for a day, and besieged the city for a day and a night; As soon as it dawned, it was the third day.

He threw down the drumsticks and looked at Zhang Xiao'er intently. Excited by the breaking of the city gates, the number of red scarves climbing the city walls steadily increased. That's forty or fifty people. But the battle was very hard, and the ground was full of corpses. If he couldn't go further at the city gates, he was worried that the soldiers who fought the walls would lose their morale.

The anger can be puffed up, but it cannot be vented. He decided to personally lead the army and re-enter the urn city.

"The responsibility of the chief general is to guard the center of the town and command the armies. How can you take the risk lightly? If there is an accident, the whole army will not be protected. Hong Jixun dissuaded again and again.

"If the city gate is lost, the city wall will definitely not be kept. The good situation was ruined. If we fight again, we will lose our morale and make the enemy proud. Deng She pointed to the thousands of military horses besieging the city and said, "Sir, you can tell me." What's the best way to boost morale? ”

Hong Jixun was silent.

When Chen Hu heard the news, he galloped back, and he couldn't stop it. Zhao Guoben was resting in the back camp, and after hearing about it, he hurried up and must accompany him into the city. A whole bunch of armor, with dozens of personal soldiers. Dun She galloped out of the camp. The army knew that the main general would go into battle in person, and Hong Jixun took the lead in cheering for Deng She, shouting in unison: "Broken bamboo, continue bamboo; Fly the earth and chase the enemy! ”

On the city wall, Zhang Yu'er saw Deng She rushing in person, and out of nowhere, a burst of strength appeared. He avoided Li Chenggui's spear, crashed into the pile of Goryeo soldiers, exchanged his broadsword for a spear, and even stabbed and picked, provoked two or three soldiers, and threw them down the city wall.

Thinking of Deng She's promotion and the love of giving guns, he was ashamed and annoyed, and his eyes were split: "The enemy is not broken, causing the master to go into battle, and the humiliation of my generation!" All the soldiers dare not to promise each other with death. ”

They had been fighting on the walls for a quarter of an hour, and they had lost their usual pawns. First, Zhang Xiao'er was brave, and secondly, these soldiers were well-trained, and they were restrained by heavy rewards, drums, the best efforts of the commanders, and Deng She's encouragement in every possible way, so they defended a corner of the city wall.

Sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. Since they held it, the enemy naturally began to be unable to hold it.

By the time Dunshe rushed to the city gates, the number of soldiers on the city walls had increased to about 100. Forming a dozen circles, advancing step by step, the area occupied expanded in front of the only remaining cloud ladder. Pick up the soldiers on this ladder and go up to the city.

Li Chenggui no longer went to Zhang Yi'er to invite him to fight. He originally had the idea of capturing the thief and capturing the king first, and since he found that the enemy had a bigger official coming to the city, of course he would not give up this opportunity.

Although there are many red scarves on the city wall, there are more Goryeo soldiers. Jiang Zhongxiang mobilized four or five reserve troops, gathered seven or eight hundred people, and formed dozens of sharp-angled formations, with spears in front and knives and axes behind, attacking the red scarf formation in waves. The swords and axes of the generals on both sides saw the swords and axes, and the guns touched the guns. The casualties were heavy.

When Deng She passed in front of Yang Wanhu, he shouted: "Aconite, can you fight again?" "Aconitum is Yang Wanhu's nickname, I heard Chen Paizi say it.

Yang Wanhu didn't say a word, kicked away the soldier who was wounded by him, picked up the big axe, and chased after the horse. Chen Paizi hurriedly summoned the wanderers scattered in front of the city tower holding shields to protect the city gate, and followed closely. Lu Qianshi was ashamed and took the lead. Disperse the Goryeo soldiers who came to seize the city gate, and attack the urn city for the second time.

Deng She commanded the cavalry to line up at the entrance, stretched out his bow and arrows, and aimed up and down. Yang Wanhu and others propped up their shields, rolled into the city, and used knives and axes to destroy the feet of deer on the ground and reject horses. The Goryeo soldiers appeared on the wall again, and as soon as they appeared, Deng She ordered the arrows to be fired. Immediately shot a large area of the enemy. They shot enemy archers, and Chen Hu calmly shot only gunners.

He was good at archery, and he was so close that although he had a shield to cover the gunner, he only needed to show a little gap, and the arrow he shot could penetrate and hit the shield-bearer. As soon as the shield fell, the enemy gunners were exposed. In this way, two gunners were killed in succession.

Goryeo soldiers came out of the cave of the Tibetan soldiers, and Yang Wanhu led a group of men and horses, forcing them to not be able to take a step. Chen Pai continued to destroy the deer's feet. The two teams carried the soldiers who crashed the car and carried firewood and grass, and carried the half-cut boat, under the protection of Lu Qianshi and others who got off the war horse, bypassed the gate wall and found the enemy's city gate. Reenact the scene when the gates of the urn city were broken.

The gates of the city were not broken, and the feet of the deer on the ground were cleaned.

Zhao Guo rushed out of the horse and galloped into the urn city. Wherever they passed, none of the enemy's soldiers matched their opponents. Yang Wanhu was extremely unconvinced, the two of them competed in general, one on a horse, one step down, the enemy who drove the killing shouted father and mother, and killed a falling flower.

Deng She was in high spirits, with a spear on his horse, and laughed loudly.

Since taking the helm, his heart has become harder and harder, and he has laughed more and more. He found that this was a good weapon to disguise his inner activities. At the same time, it can also make his subordinates unable to understand his reality and maintain confidence in him. Hong Jixun said that the chief general of the First Army is responsible for sitting and commanding, and he is only half right. Deng She summed up his personal experience and believed that the most important role of the chief general is to stabilize the morale of the army. As long as you can still gain the trust of the soldiers, then even the greatest difficulties can be overcome.

Laughing, he caught a glimpse of a figure flashing across the walls of the Urn City. Young and heroic, with bright armor, he remembered this person, introduced by Hong Jixun, called Li Chenggui. The name was really familiar, and he subconsciously walked around. Suddenly, he heard the sound of breaking through the sky, and an arrow suddenly shot in front of him.

He dodged, and a second arrow followed. This time, it was the war horse, which hit the left eye of the mount. The war horse was in pain, neighing and jumping with its hooves, and Deng She was caught off guard and fell off the horse. The soldiers hurriedly jumped off their horses to rescue, and in a mess, Chen Hu sat firmly on his horse and did not move, taking arrows to find the person who released the dark arrows.

The third arrow, which came without stopping. Deng She rolled on the ground, but he couldn't hide after all. Arrows slipped through the gaps in his helmet and armor and into his neck.

Blood splattered out. Dunshe screamed and reached out to pull it out. One of his soldiers knelt on the ground and grabbed his hand. Once pulled out, there is no military doctor at this time, and if you lose too much blood, you will definitely die.

Deng She didn't close his eyes for two days and two nights, and he was hit hard by this, and he couldn't support it, and his eyes were dark. I vaguely saw Zhao Guo rushing back anxiously; Hearing Chen Hu's angry roar, he seemed to be saying that after the city was broken, the city would be slaughtered for three days.

He raised his hand, trying to stop Chen Hu's impulsiveness. Lack of strength, arms fell down.

Deng San, countless horse thieves, and the dead old brothers in the Red Turban Army, their lifelike faces appeared in the void from far or near, and their voices and smiles were as if they were in front of them. Burning villages, running and weeping civilians, countless soldiers of the enemy fought on the plains and high cities, and he condescended to watch the Mongol besieging army. Ten years of struggling to survive are so clear at this moment.

Am I going to die? He asked himself. I can't die! There's a lot more I haven't done. The desire to survive was incomparably strong, but he was too tired. He seemed to hear Deng San whispering softly in his ear: Brother She, take this opportunity to take a good rest. The last thought is not to slaughter the city.

The city was slaughtered.

When Deng She woke up, he found himself lying on a splendid bed, covered with silk strips, and a sable tent hanging outside the bed. The tent is warm as spring, and there is a fine sweet fragrance, if there is nothing. He was limp, touched the wound with his hand, and bandaged it properly.

With difficulty, he raised his hand and lifted the tent.

Into the eye to draw beams and carved buildings. Mirror frames, basin frames, porcelain vases, animal tripods, all kinds of furnishings, magnificent. The red candles on the table were feverish, and a thick layer of candle tears had accumulated on the candlesticks. An incense burner was burning with cyan smoke, and two fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls in black dresses stood beside them. Seeing that he had woken up, one turned and ran out, and the other stood helplessly for a moment before he remembered and fell to his knees, not daring to raise his head.

Soon, the curtain was lifted, and Mrs. Wang walked in. She was dressed in Korean women's clothing. The short jacket is tight and small, and it clings tightly to the upper body; The white Luo skirt is painted with gold flower threads, fat and long, tied under the armpits, and the skirt is dragged to the ground to cover the shoes and socks.

Her face was haggard, as if she hadn't slept for a few days, and when she saw Deng She looking at her, she showed heartfelt joy. She walked briskly to the bed, quickly tied the warm tent, squatted beside the bed, and touched Dunshe's forehead with her hand.

Deng She wanted to hide, but he couldn't use his strength. I felt her hand touch coldly, and heard her say, "Thank you, Guanyin Bodhisattva, it's finally not burning." Then he asked earnestly, "The general must be hungry and want to eat something?" Soup or soup? The general's body is too weak, so let's have a bowl of ginseng soup? Without waiting for Dunshe to speak, he stood up and instructed a young girl to go out and inform the kitchen, pick up a towel from the basin rack, test the temperature of the water, and wipe Dunshe's face.

Dunshe was very uncomfortable with her care. Pushing away the towel, he asked, "How many days has the city been broken?" Looking at his surroundings, he guessed he was in the middle of the city.

"Three days." Madame Wang obediently took back the towel and answered his question.

"What about General Wen and Chen?"

"For the past few days, they have been staying by the general's side. Now it's the third watch, and I just went back to rest. Because he didn't have the body to serve him, the slave volunteered. She pressed her chest and exhaled with relief, "Fortunately, the general is in good health, and he woke up in three days from such a serious injury." His eyes flowed, and he sincerely showed admiration and joy.

The room was quiet, and the incense in the incense burner was burning. Deng She listened intently, and the sound of crying, shouting, running, and chasing could be heard outside the window. He sat up at once, regained his strength, and before he had time to put on his shoes, he ran to the window in a few steps. Open the window.

The cool breeze swept in, and the nose was full of smoke and fire.

He was in an attic. Under the dark sky, on the cobweb-like streets and alleys, brick houses, mud houses, and thatched huts are divided into patches. At this time, no matter how rich and varied, there were flickering torches, groups of soldiers, and occasionally groups of cavalry whizzing by, and black clouds of smoke rose from several places, hovering and enveloping the sky.

In particular, the brick housing area has been burned to the ground in many places. Faintly, the corpses were lying on the white ground after the fire.

In the distance, a few soldiers with guns on their shoulders kicked open an earthen house, dragged out a Goryeo woman from inside, laughed and grabbed her hands and feet, and raised it high. The women twisted their bodies, struggled and cried, and their figures turned around and disappeared behind the house. A group of horsemen, laughing and cursing at each other, galloped past the attic martial law area, each with a sack in front of their mount. I don't know what to pack.

Deng Sheru fell into a snow cave. His hands and feet were cold, and he clung to the window lattice. There is only one thought in my heart: bad for me, bad for me.

"How many days have you been slaughtering the city?"

"By dawn, it's three days." Mrs. Wang thoughtfully took a mink coat and put it on for Deng She, and out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at the tragic situation in the city outside the window, and did not care. This kind of thing, Wang Shicheng and Xu Jizu have done it since they broke the city. Isn't that the way the world is? The strong are kings, and the weak are sheep.

Deng She clenched his fists, and slowly released them, repeating them over and over again. His neck was so painful that he couldn't speak loudly, and motioned for the guards outside the door to come in: "Please Wen, Chen, and Zhao San will come." ”

The soldiers bowed: "I saw the general wake up, and I have gone to inform the generals." The villain went to urge again. ”

Dunshe stopped him: "Take these two women away." ”

The soldiers hesitated, and Mrs. Wang explained: "The general can rest assured, they are not Goryeo, but the daughters of the Han people who surrendered in the city. This massacre of the city, the Han people spared it all. In gratitude for the general's great kindness, they specially sent more than a dozen beautiful women. General Chen arranged to serve in shifts. The general was seriously injured, and no one could do it without someone to serve him. ”

She glanced at the two frightened girls, and continued, "I heard that the women sent here are all daughters of white families. The general enjoyed it with relief, and it was all very clean. He pursed his lips and smiled, "There are slaves to train them, and they are guaranteed to serve the general to their satisfaction." ”

Deng She didn't bother to speak, and waved his hand again and again. He was not in the mood to enjoy the gentleness of the fat powder, and he was focused on how to clean up the mess at hand. The soldiers took the two girls down.

"Please go back and rest for yourself. The hour is not early, and his subordinates are lowly and dare not take care of their mothers. With the support of Mrs. Wang, Deng She lay back on the bed.

Mrs. Wang waited for her face and guessed that Deng She had something in her heart. She is smart and clever, she will not be bored with herself, and she does not want to annoy Deng She. Therefore, although he was reluctant, he was still blessed, and said, "The slave went to the kitchen to see if the soup was ready." If it's all right, bring it to the general. ”

After finishing speaking, he pulled the mattress up for Deng She. retreated straight to the door, then turned around and walked out gracefully.

She was preoccupied, and since before the siege, Dunshe had not treated her as well as before. Always lukewarm. Deng She sent spies to investigate Wang Shicheng's whereabouts, and he mentioned it to her. She couldn't help but worry, could it be that Wang Shicheng and his step-ancestor had suffered an accident?

The attitude of the generals towards her these days is mostly cold and unreasonable. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was possible. I tripped over my skirt and almost fell. She hurriedly held on to the wall and looked back at the door, uneasy.

The heavy footsteps of military boots rang out. It was the generals who went up the stairs. Not wanting to see them, she spun around, quickened her pace, and went downstairs from the other side.

During this time, Deng Sheli sorted out his thoughts. If it weren't for the fact that they cared about him and were angry because of his injuries, how could Chen Hu and the others order the slaughter of the city? They are avenging him, although he does not approve of the method, but, in the face of Yin Yin's loyalty, and Wen and Chen are both his uncles, he can be ten thousand households, thanks to the support of the two of them. Reprimanding is not the best solution.

The thought of killing the pawns in the village resurfaced. Since the formation of the army, military discipline has never been rectified. Now is the time.

When the generals entered the house, they saw Deng She wake up, Wen Huaguo laughed, touched Deng She's head again, checked whether the wound had collapsed, and boasted: "Did you see it?" I told you earlier, three days at most, and the young master will definitely wake up. Playing small is to fight a man, this little injury, bullshit is not! He sent Deng She's own soldiers, "Pick a piece of silver and send it to the doctor of the dog day." Tell him to come over and check on the young master. ”

Chen Hu and others were overjoyed. Zhang Xiao'er and Lu Qianshi were overjoyed, and bowed down to plead guilty.

He Guangxiu fell to his knees, howled and cried with a sharp voice, and said with a handful of snot and tears: "Master General! Worry the villain to death. can be regarded as waking up, and the villain will go to the monk's temple to make a wish early in the morning. Pointing to his head, "In order to pray for his grandfather, the villain knocked his head swollen." ”

Deng She looked at it, and his forehead was not swollen, black and shiny. couldn't help but smile and said, "Get up." "Encourage Zhang Xiao'er and Lu Qianxi, "You are the first to take the lead, do not avoid arrows and stones, and risk death to rush into battle, what is the crime?" Not only is he not guilty, but he also has a great merit in breaking the city, and he will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds later. Asked Chen Hu, "When did the city break?" ”

"Not long after the general was hit by an arrow, the city was broken." Chen Hu called the soldiers outside the door, "Bring up the head and shock the general." ”

Two pro-soldiers came in, carrying a large wooden plate, and three rows of heads were neatly arranged on it. A little counting, no less than twenty. In the first place, it is Li Chenggui, Jiang Zhongxiang, Zhao Duchi, etc. are listed behind. Sprinkled with lime, his eyelids turned up, his hair was messy, and he was stained with blood. The expressions are angry, or calm, or pleading, or frightened, some staring, some opening their mouths, all kinds of differences, put together, extremely terrifying.

Chen Hu said: "In the Korean army, more than 100 households with official positions are here. ”

Deng She's gaze lingered on the man's head for a moment, and he asked, "What about the soldiers?" ”

"Fourteen hundred men fell, and on the night of the destruction of the city, they were all cut off, and their heads were placed at the gates. If the general is interested, when the injury is healed, the villain will accompany the general to watch. Chen Hu said lightly, it is natural to avenge the main general, "The seventy-three personal soldiers who entered the urn city with the general, General Zhao tied them to the execution ground. Just wait for the general to wake up and be beheaded together. ”

Military discipline: If the battle formation loses the main general, the pro-soldier will be beheaded. Although Deng She was not captured by the enemy, he was seriously wounded, and his personal guards were not good, so he should be beheaded according to the law.

Deng She was silent for a while, and said, "The enemy's hidden arrows are not the fault of his own soldiers. When employing people, let it go. He asked, "What about the casualties of our army?" ”

"Five hundred were killed in the city, three hundred were killed in street fighting, a total of eight hundred. 300 were seriously injured and more than 2,000 were lightly injured. ”

"Is there enough medicine for sores?"

"What you bring and what you have captured in the city is more than enough." During the three days that Deng She was in a coma, the military was in charge of Wen Huaguo and Chen Hu. Wen Huaguo is rough and not as fine as Chen Hu, so Chen Hu has always been answering Deng She's question.

Deng She nodded: "The military funeral of the dead, and the injured and meritorious will be treated generously." Because of Mr. Hong's book, the Goryeo people were beheaded all over the house, and those who were buried thickly, and those whose relatives and descendants were lucky enough to survive were rewarded heavily. Then he asked, "Is there any movement in the surrounding states and counties?" ”

The rangers sent by Chen Hu patrolled a radius of 100 miles day and night, and he said, "There is no movement. We broke the city too quickly, they should have had no time to react, and maybe they were greatly shocked. ”

The major events in the army are nothing more than these few things, Chen Hu arranged them properly, and Deng She was relieved. No longer asking, he pointed out the window: "How many days will you wash the city?" ”

"Three days."

Deng She sighed: "Seal the knife, seal it now." ”

"It is agreed to slaughter the city for three days, and it is not good to break the sergeant. General, stay until dawn. Chen Hu looked at the night outside the window and said.

Deng She didn't speak, and only nodded after a while, and said in an accentuated tone: "After sealing the knife, if there is a violator of the order, kill." ”

Washing the city is slaughtering the city, and sealing the knife represents the end of the slaughter.

Since he didn't intend to blame Chen Hu and the others at the moment, he could only actively try to find a way to redeem the bad influence of the massacre. As for how to recover, Deng She also thought of a way: to deal with the routine of Yongping Liu. Slaughtering a city is like hanging a corpse, and a thick burial is a reward. He planned to reward the Goryeo people who had been working as coolies during the siege. In this way, he showed the Koreans that those who are obedient will not be rewarded; Those who resist will be killed.

He didn't find Hong Jixun and Wu Henian from the crowd, presumably General Chen Hu still regarded them as outsiders, so he didn't make an appointment to come together. He said, "Early tomorrow morning, please invite Mr. Hong and Mr. Wu to come." "Killing the enemy on the battlefield, Chen Hu and everyone are good hands; When it comes to governing the city and managing the people to collect grain, Hong Jixun and Wu Henian have to do it. Since this place is to be used as a foundation for development, of course, it needs to be well planned.

Chen Hu and the others stayed for a while and talked to Deng She.

Waiting for Mrs. Wang to bring the ginseng soup, she watched Deng She drink it. I waited for the doctor to come over, and I checked and recovered well. After retiring one after another, Deng She woke up from a serious injury, and he had to let him rest. When they retreated, Dunsha told them to remove the heads. This pile of heads can scare Mrs. Wang and the doctor a lot.

Mrs. Wang didn't want to leave at first, saying that Deng She drove the two girls away, and no one was around. Deng She had no choice but to ask his soldiers to bring the two girls back. She reluctantly left. Deng She remembered to choose another mansion for her, and she said that she was afraid of being alone, so she had no choice but to live with her.

The windows were not closed, and Deng She was used to staying in the barracks, and was not used to the comfortable and warm interior. The cool breeze stirred the tabernacle and rose and fell like waves. He stared at the firelight and black smoke outside the window, and he didn't feel sleepy at all. The night disappeared quietly and silently, the sky was bright, and the voice of the herald was heard everywhere: "The general has an order, three days have arrived, and the whole army has sealed the sword." Those who violate the order will be beheaded. ”

The city gradually fell silent. He closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, and his thoughts were surging.

How should the Twin Cities be controlled, and how should they develop in the future. Thousands of complexes, complicated minds. He touched the wound on his neck again, and the pain was unbearable, wishing it would heal immediately. There was another sound of footsteps outside the house, very soft, and when I arrived at the door, I heard someone whispering to the soldiers: "Is the general awake?" ”

He opened his eyes, although he had not slept all night, he was full of energy, and he was full of fresh and strong strength. The morning breeze was like water, he raised his voice and said, "Is it Mr. Hong?" Please come in. ”