Qing Qianxing and Jin Depei have been in northern Xinjiang for a long time. I don't know how many times I have traveled to and from the twin cities, and I am familiar with the road. Kim even participated in the siege three years ago. Familiar with the Twin Cities. The terrain is also the help of the soldiers. With this advantage, their attacks tend to hit the weak points of the twin cities. Qing Qianxing personally supervised the battle, and all the soldiers were brave. The city walls were suddenly struggling.

Stone bullets whistled on his head, and crossbow arrows and arrows flew sideways under his feet. Li Jun Bei stood behind the formation with his sword and urged his soldiers to rush into the city. Several teams of warriors lifted the crash car and other objects, covered by trebuchets, to hit the city gate.

Deng She was on the castle tower and glanced down slightly. An order was handed down, and the footmen in the city were to fill the bowls, urns, jars, and other utensils with boiling oil, and send them at a flowing price. mixed with human feces, split his head and covered his face, and poured it on the pawn under the city gate.

For a time, the city was in chaos. The boiling oil penetrated through the cracks in the armor, and the flesh of the pawn was opened by the scalded skin, and the human feces were poisonous, stained on the flesh, and the pain was unbearable. Weak willpower rolls on the ground.

There wasn't much oil collected, so there was no way to distribute it to the individual docks, so it could only be gathered and used where it was needed most.

The ladders of the Li army were pushed from the trench filling carts one by one, densely packed, plus five or six flying bridges to the building, and almost every battlement of the southern city wall was caught in a tug-of-war.

Arrows and stone projectiles could not stop the enemy's attack, and tiles and bricks and stones were thrown down by the guards. Those who are hit will not die, but those who are unlucky will also have their heads broken and bleeding, and their eyes and teeth will fall out. The big-rooted sasser is pushed down the ladder, controlled by a mechanism, rolled down a certain distance, and then pulled up and thrown down again.

can't stop the many people who are beautiful, and Qing Qianxing is determined to conquer the city. 5,000 men were left to guard the southern camp; The 2,000 men sent to the mountain pass, half of them were left, and they gathered hundreds of fleeing prefecture and county troops, brought them all back, and attacked the city together. A total of more than 4,000 siegers were divided into three teams, one team of 2,000 people were in reserve, and the other city gates were guarded by the void; More than 1,000 people from each of the two teams took turns to fight.

Deng She has one or two thousand guards in his hands, and the southern city wall is important, and there are more people, only eight hundred. The Lijun trebuchets and crossbow arrows are powerful, and they have fought hard so far, working hard in the middle of the night, with 200 casualties. If it weren't for Deng Sheshuai's flag not moving, the left car would have rushed to the rescue, and it would have been out of support a long time ago.

Around this, the soldiers were weak, and the Li army gradually gained the upper hand.

Deng She's face sank, restrained and remained silent. It's time to surprise the soldiers. Said slowly: "Lijun is arrogant, he wants to break the city with one blow, and he is delusional!" Don't hit him hard, he doesn't know who the hero is. If you need a warrior to come out of the cave and storm for a while, who can my brother do? ”

His personal soldiers and retinue were sent out one after another, and there were less than fifty people at this time. The slut who was covered by his cloak didn't know Chinese, and he was robbed of tasks every time. This time, seeing Deng She's mouth move, he guessed that there was another task, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, he jumped out at once. He fell to his knees and screamed.

Someone translated: "He said, the general is gracious, and he is willing to die for the general." ”

"Ben will be here, watch you break the thief, watch you return!" Deng She helped him up, selected ten people from among the volunteers, put on heavy armor and wielded sharp blades, ran down the city wall, opened the cave of the hidden soldiers, and killed them violently.

Everyone knows that as soon as they leave the city and fall into the enemy's ranks, they will surely die. Watching intently, Na Lizu has not learned the skills of the army, and it is not an order to shoot and drop the knife, but he is desperate and fearless. One person surrenders his life, and he is a thousand. The enemy under the city could not intercept it, and he rushed to a cloud ladder in a hurry, and the enemy under the cloud ladder was in a hurry and made a mess.

The pawn screamed as he rushed to kill. The city didn't hear it really, and Dunsha asked, "What is he talking about?" ”

The pro-soldier who knew Goryeo listened for a while and replied: "He is saying, he has been a cheap dog all his life, and today, he wants to be a person." Deng She felt sorry in his heart. Many of the enemies under the city were untouchables, and they were injured and retreated slightly.

Two or three overseers, hearing the news, came and killed two retreating soldiers in a row. And they persecuted the people forward, and surrounded the eleven dead men who had gone out of the city, and fired arrows and spears at the same time. Dead people alone can't parry, however, for every one who dies, one or two, or even three or four enemies will be pulled back.

Nari was wounded by four or five arrows, her arm was broken and her leg was broken, and she refused to throw away her sword, and she was covered in blood, and rolled on the ground, cutting the legs and feet of her enemies. The Goryeo officers supervised the soldiers and rushed up and dismembered him with knives. Before he died, he looked at the city tower and shouted endlessly.

"He is saying: Don't dare to call the general brothers. Please just ask the general not to forget the promise of the beauties and untouchables in the army to get rid of their nationality and become people. ”

The grace of the end is repaid by a light death; When he dies, he does not forget his kind, this person has the style of an ancient righteous man. Deng She couldn't help but admire, and regretted slightly, he shouldn't have sent him down to the city, and it might be more useful to stay by his side in the future. After staring at his corpse for a long time, I saw that the officers of the Li Army slaughtered and whipped the corpse in order to vent their anger. Herald: "Tell the city that the warriors are not to be dishonored." The general was willing to exchange the head of the enemy general killed by Zuo Che'er for the corpse of my eleven righteous soldiers. ”

There is no disapproval in the city.

The sky will be bright. The Koreans attacked all night, and the army was a little tired, so they retreated to rest. After changing the corpse, Deng She sincerely wept and worshipped, and swore to the sky: "I will come to pay tribute to my warrior soul with ten times the head of the enemy!" ”

He drew his saber, slit his arm, and bled a bowl of blood, and climbed to the highest tower and smeared it on the drums of war. Take off your armor, take the drumsticks, and beat them shirtless. The drizzle is colorful, and the sky is cloudy and windy. The soldiers of the city looked up and watched. The Lijun outside the city was also attracted, and thousands of soldiers were silent, only listening to the sound of the drums. Deng She sang loudly and paid tribute to the soul of the hero: "At the beginning of your life, there was no creation. After Jun Sheng, he was full of worries. Oh, Jun is dead, and his soul is back to his homeland. You don't know! ”

This song, every time a fallen soldier is buried, he will sing it, and the soldiers know the meaning. I feel something. The untouchables of Nali know that they do not forget their own kind when they die, and in troubled times, they see and hear that all people of the same kind slaughter each other. It's hard to get a life. Jackals are everywhere, and it is difficult to survive, what should I do? The drums gradually became excited, rushing to curb the clouds, and the murderous aura was revealed.

"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!"

The small drums on the four walls of the city beat with a strong rhythm and a shocking sound. The rain is a hindrance. The death of Deng San, the death of many old brothers, the tragic death of starvation and death seen along the way, all kinds of injustices and tragic situations came to Deng She's mind one by one. The heavenly demon army is not peaceful, and the uneven people kill the uneven. The unjust kill the unequal, and kill the unequal. He shouted, "Kill! ”

Thousands of people responded: "Kill!" ”

Murderous. Lijun was terrified.

"Where's the left car?" Dunshe threw down his drumstick and asked proudly.

"The last general!"

"Take two hundred cavalry and go out of the city at once. Expel the Li army that stayed in front of the trench and destroy its attacking tools! ”

The gates opened, and 200 men rushed out. The three or four Belle troops who stayed in the trench to guard the attack equipment did not expect the red turban to dare to go out of the city, and it was not a murderous red turban opponent at all. The left chariot crisscrossed the trench, shooting arrows from a distance, and rushed to meet the enemy's cavalry.

Dozens of men were separated, and the chains of the trench trucks were cut off, and they were overturned into the ditch. The catapults and ballistas of the Li army reacted and fired one after another. The task was completed, and the left car did not fall in love with the war, and turned back to the city.

This brief confrontation actually didn't hurt much. The Koreans prepared a lot of trench trucks, which damaged a few and did not matter the overall situation, but in terms of morale, it was another blow.

During the day, the Koreans attacked the city twice and launched an offensive against the eastern wall. Deng She was afraid that He Guangxiu would be inexperienced, so he transferred the left car to command. The southern city wall continued to suffer casualties, and Deng She ignored the injuries and went into battle. Barely resisting.

The second offensive of the Koreans did not stop until midnight. The eastern city wall is not the main direction of attack, and the damage is not great. The urn gate of the south city wall has been broken, and the rockeries and boulders prepared are blocked behind the city gate, which is safe for the time being.

Deng Shei ordered Wu Henian to mobilize the old and weak of Goryeo, and divided 100 soldiers to guard and dig a trench ten meters behind the city, tear down the houses, and build a high wall on one side. In the event of a breach, use this as the last line of defense.

The southern city wall collapsed in two places, but fortunately it was not long. The guards filled it with a patchwork of rowgirl walls, stones, giant trees, etc.

In a fierce battle for a day and a night, more than half of the guards suffered casualties. Deng She demolished the east wall to make up the west wall, and mobilized 200 soldiers from the north and west walls to come and replenish it. The Twin Cities are like a tattered urn, leaking everywhere and in danger of falling at any moment.

Perhaps, it's time to send a signal and recall the Ministry of State? Deng She was exhausted, and sat casually on a pile of rubble, letting his soldiers clamp and bandage the wounds on his neck and arms. The drizzle fell on his body, mixed with sweat, and his body was steaming, and the rain was cold and comfortable; He thought to himself: However, Lijun is not tired enough.

He estimated his morale and the solidity of the city walls, and believed that he could repel at least one more offensive of the Li army. At that time, I will call back to Wenhua Kingdom.

His estimate was too optimistic. The Koreans rested for two hours, and in the early hours of the morning, launched a third offensive.

The trebuchets swung out, covered with ballista fire. The two sections of the city wall and the city gate that collapsed during the night were attacked in three places. Especially in the section of the city wall, a Goryeo general, with thick armor and a lance, was at the forefront of the assault. In less than two quarters of an hour, the rowing walls, masonry, and large trees that filled the city wall were cleared by the Lijun army.

A dozen fierce soldiers, screaming, followed the general into the city. A group of guards moved the cross-forked logs to block the gaps, the archers cast arrows, and the trebuchets moved and threw stones in a continuous manner.

There were a few screams, and two pawns fell from the break in the wall. Deng She had just gotten off the city wall and hurriedly looked up, but a section near the collapsed city wall was suddenly rushed up by the Li pawn. The defenders were weak and retreated, and soon the soldiers gained a firm foothold on the city walls, and their numbers slowly increased.

Deng She knew that it was not good, and his judgment was wrong. Immediately decided: "Order, raise fire and smoke in the city." "A lot of hay, firewood, dried manure, etc., were collected in advance, which could be lit on fire and smoked. Own pro-soldier Mercedes to do it.

In any case, it has to be rushed to the Ministry of Wenhua. Counting the mountain pass, the distance and the distance, it takes two hours for Wenhua Guo to come back. Persevered for two hours, and won; I couldn't hold out for two hours, and I was defeated.

An urgent report came from the north city wall: "Enemy traces were found outside the north gate, and thousands of people went up and down, watching outside the city." Deng She's heart jumped, the main force of the Nanying Li Army was in front of him, the north city gate? Could it be that the Ministry of Wenhua came early, the number of people is wrong, and they come and don't save it, it is not the Ministry of Wenhua; Or maybe their own information is wrong, and the Koreans are hiding an ambush army? There is no time to analyze, the southern city wall is about to be broken, and it is important to stabilize the current morale of the army.

Then he looked up to the sky and laughed, and he said, "The destruction of the Li army is just around the corner. Soldiers, outside the North City Gate, reinforcements have arrived! Lower your voice and instruct your cronies, "Go and find out the details quickly, and keep the gates at bay." Remember, no matter what, hold out for two hours! ”

Disgusted, he looked back and asked, "Reinforcements have arrived." Who is my brother who will follow me in the front of the conflict and destroy the army? ”

Of the hundred followers, only thirty remained, and the rest were either fighting on the walls or had already died. In unison, they promised: "I am willing to kill the enemy with the general!" ”

The night faded and the sky was slightly brighter. It rained for several days in a row, and it was slightly shaky. The ground was muddy, and the blood of the dead and wounded soldiers on both sides of the city flowed down, staining the walls red and seeping into the mud. Two hundred cavalry lined up inside the south gate, their hooves trampling restlessly, and their task was to guard the gate. If the gates of the city are broken, they must resist them, and do not let the enemy into the city.

Dunshe rushed in front of them, and the knights could not dismount from their horses, raising their swords and shouting: "Fly the earth, chase the enemy!" "The officers among them are all brothers of 800 veterans, and they have the highest morale in the whole army, and they swear to die.

Outside the city gates, the sound of crashing cars.

Dunshe didn't look at it. At the collapse of the city wall, the general of the Li army rushed with a long lance, picking up a row of forked wood. He is not tall, he fights on the battlefield, and his actions are compelling and arrogant. There is no one in the red scarf. Seeing that victory was in sight, the Koreans went crazy and went one after another.

Dunshe arrived just in time.

The spears exchanged hands and stabbed the beauty admiral. He fought hard all night, and his strength was insufficient, and the beautiful admiral raised his head and opened his mouth, gnawed the head of the gun with his teeth, and swept back with a long lance. Deng She couldn't dodge, and a personal soldier desperately blocked in front, and the beaten iron armor was dented, and blood was spitting from his mouth.

Dunshe avoided two steps and turned his head to look into the city, where the fire in the center of the city was blazing, reflecting the sky and the earth, and the dawn was as red as blood. Black smoke billowed up, spreading throughout the city.

He laughed and said, "My reinforcements are coming, why don't you hurry down?" ”

Admiral Na Liren, who knew Chinese, looked up and saw the firelight, and was stunned for a moment. igniting a fire for no reason is either deception or true love. If there are reinforcements in the twin cities, they can only come from the mountain passes. But at the mountain pass, after he occupied it, he sent people to search for twenty miles, but he did not see the enemy, judged the traces, and indeed went to Dingzhou; Even if the red scarf is hidden in the forest, he has a thousand people stationed in it, and the mountain pass must not be lost. Where else can the Red Turban reinforcements come from? Could it be that the defeated centaur on the shore did not return to the city? Three or five hundred people will not work.

Deng She stole the air and saw a group of Goryeo soldiers outside the city wall being mobilized. The fish are lined up, and the knives and guns are bright. As long as the Goryeo admiral advanced ten more paces and opened up a passage for these soldiers, the city would not be secured.

A thousand lines.

The city gate was so loud that you didn't need to look at it to know it was broken. The general of the Nali army only paused for a moment, and when he heard the sound, he was overjoyed, and he cheered hard, and was about to make another stab.

A loud and noisy sound came from outside the city. The faint sound of horses' hooves was mixed with Chinese and an unintelligible language. General Lijun's face changed greatly, his joy diminished, and he turned into surprise.

Deng She saw that it was cheap, dropped the spear, and rubbed himself and pounced. Rei will be caught off guard and fall to the ground. He shouted angrily and threw away his sword. Sergeant Li desperately came to the rescue, but was blocked by Deng She's personal soldiers and entourage. There was a scuffle.

Deng She held down General Li's hand and prevented him from pulling out the knife, and his free hand wanted to pull out his own knife, but he pulled it twice, but he couldn't stretch it out or pull it out. Rei will be so strong that she struggles to get up. The two of them rolled into a ball. Rei grabbed the wound in his neck and thrust his fingers in, the pain unbearable. At the moment of life and death, a surge of strength poured out of nowhere, and Deng She struggled to turn on it, ripped off his pocket, and smashed it on his head.

Blood flowed everywhere, and Li Jiang screamed in pain. Deng She smashed it three or four times in a row, and his voice gradually lowered, and he was silent.

Deng She grew up in the den of bandits, and he has been killing people since he was a child, but he has never killed so embarrassed. He sat on the body of the general covered in blood and mud, his strength was overused, his heart was pounding, and his hands and feet were weak. Gasping for breath and resting for a while, he hastily wrapped the wound on his neck, touched the spear, and stood up with the pillar supported on the ground.

Suddenly I heard a cheer. "Reinforcements!" "Reinforcements! General, reinforcements have arrived! ”

The Korean lord will fall, and the Red Turban reinforcements will arrive. The Li army had no intention of fighting again, scrambling and fleeing. A personal soldier rushed to the front and said happily: "It's Mr. Hong outside the north city wall!" General, the Lijun is defeated! ”

Deng She breathed a sigh of relief, and the Twin Cities were saved. What about Dingzhou? He turned to the west, waiting anxiously for a second until an earth-shattering bang erupted at the mountain pass. It is known that Wenhua Guo successfully ignited the gunpowder that was spread under the mountain pass. Only then did he look up to the sky and laugh, and the game ended here, and he had the upper hand. The weight of the past few days has been swept away.

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1. At the beginning of your life, there was no creation. After Jun Sheng, he was full of worries. Oh, Jun is dead, and his soul is back to his homeland. You don't know!

At the beginning of life, there was no war; After birth, a hundred kinds of disasters struck. Unaware: It means not seeing. Sleeplessness: Sleep for a long time. The original text reads, "In the beginning of my life, there was nothing to create. After I was born, I had a lot of worries. I don't know what to do." Still sleepless: I hope to sleep for a long time.