On the third day of the siege, early in the morning, Yamaguchi Ke.

When the good news came, Deng She was overjoyed.

"Everything is arranged according to the general's orders. General Wen has a secret report. The messenger handed over the secret report, and Dunsher unfolded it. Wen Huaguo was illiterate, and he dictated and Luo Guoqi polished and wrote: "I would like to present to the general: Yamaguchi has more than 400 casualties. Most of the Li army broke and fled, and the battlefield found 334 dead and more than 300 wounded, all of whom were executed on the spot and hung on their heads on the trees. According to the general's order, the arrangements have been made, and our department is scheduled to enter the mountain in an hour. At the mountain pass, 200 men were left to guard it. The general is in danger, and the villain is in the mountains and forests in the distance, and he is very uneasy. Sooner or later, the signal arrived, and he swore to die to the general's major event. ”

Dunshe closed the secret report and rewarded the messenger. As soon as the mountain pass was obtained, the army went out of the mountain, and his strategy was divided into six. Next, it's up to Li Jun's actions. It is best for him to attack the city, and he can attack in the mountains and in the city, six thousand against five thousand, and the odds of victory are very great. When he didn't come, the strong man broke his wrist, abandoned the twin cities, and the whole army crossed the mountains and fought a bloody battle in Dingzhou.

In contrast, the latter is the next step. I am not sure if I can rescue Chen Hu, but if I rescue him, Shuangcheng is lost, Dingzhou is difficult to protect, and all the painstaking attainments since crossing Yalu have been in vain, and the morale of the army has been greatly hit, and it is difficult to turn over again.

Will the Lijun come to attack? The answer was revealed in the afternoon.

Successive military reports, from the west, from the mountain passes. First, the cavalry guarding the north-south passage was attacked by the elite of the 300-lik army, and was ordered to resist slightly and withdraw to the city. Immediately afterwards, Nanying Lijun pulled out the camp and came into Deng She's sight.

Stopped five or six miles away in front of the city, lined up in a camp, and placed outside; Cavalrymen, archers, axemen, and shield-bearers lined up one by one, guarding behind the carts and making defensive postures. Trebuchets and ballistae, placed behind the archers, tried a few shots, calculated the range, and the point of focus.

Protected by them, the brigade began to build a new camp. The watchtower and so on were quickly erected, and four or five generals of the Lijun army climbed high and looked into the distance. The handsome flag waved, and a group of men and horses, two thousand people went up and down, and went around the twin cities and headed for the mountain pass.

"Order, the enemy is coming. The three armed forces are on alert. The guards on the city and the reserves under the city, each in their own position. Without an order, no one who is in the city shall go down to the city, and no one who is under the city shall go up to the city. Those who move, speak, scream, and deceive, behead! ”

He Guangxiu and Zuo Che'er went as ordered.

Han pawn and Li pawn are scattered apart, and Han pawn looks at Li pawn; The sticks, untouchables, and good people of Li's stroke are also scattered and scattered, according to the ten-person team, one person is guilty, the whole team is punished, and the first to report is exempted and rewarded; Li is in the same township and county, and it is forbidden to guard one place.

Other treatments, such as food, paving, and punishment, are exactly the same for Han and Li.

The old and weak of Goryeo, who waved their flags and shouted, rushed back to the city. Wu Henian was strictly ordered to patrol the city day and night, and the people were forbidden to leave their homes. Five households were organized into one army, one household violated the order, and five households were beheaded. Those who have the first to repay will be forgiven and rewarded.

Two hundred cavalrymen withdrew to the city, and the centurion asked for his order to go out of the city and attack for a while. Deng She emboldened himself, but did not agree. There are few soldiers and horses in the city, and defending the city is the first goal. Try to use the fortified city to exhaust the Li army.

The equipment for the defense of the city has long been prepared. Deng She took his own soldiers and personally braved the rain to patrol around the city wall. When I walked to the north wall, I heard the drumming on the wall, which meant that the enemy was coming. Looking up, it was the Lijun military horse who went to the mountain pass first and turned back, and there were many people when they didn't go. It is estimated that the mountain pass was captured, leaving some garrisons, and there was no need to come back to aid the siege.

One or two hundred of them rode to the city, shouting something. Deng She didn't understand Goryeo, and he didn't need to guess to know that it was nothing more than bragging, blowing, insulting, insulting, persuading to surrender, and so on.

Reaching out to ask for the strong bow carried by his own soldiers, Deng Shehe pulled it out and shot an arrow. The arrow was like a meteor, grazing a man's neck and plunging into the ground. The man was startled and struck his horse back, and Dunsher took another arrow and struck the horse's buttocks. The horse neighed in pain, flicked its hind legs, and knocked him upside down, and he was covered in mud. I can't get up, I use my hands and feet at the same time, and I am rolling and scurrying.

Deng She deliberately did this, killing one person and losing another person, and the effect was completely different. Sure enough, the soldiers of the city, regardless of Han or Li, looked interesting and laughed together.

Deng She also laughed non-stop. returned the bow and arrow, and Gu Pan said: "Dare to come and fight with me?" burst into a foul language, "Lao Tzu's 800 people took Yongping, 5,000 people broke the famous generals of western Liaoning, 10,000 people entered Goryeo, less than half a month, and Lianke two important towns." Pointing to the fleeing cavalry outside the city, "What are they?" The Dingzhou military report has arrived, and hundreds of people were beheaded yesterday. The Lijun retreated three miles for the second time. The generals watched, Ben will win a big victory in a few days! ”

A soldier, plucking up his courage, said: "General, that bear said that the mountain pass was lost, what can our army do?" "He was thirty or forty years old, and he spoke with a Liaodong accent. There are many Goryeo people in Liaodong, and many Han people can also understand a little Goryeo dialect.

can't tell him the truth, the mountain pass was deliberately lost,—— if the mountain pass is not lost, the Lijun will not come; You can't deceive him with lies. Deng She didn't answer first, and asked, "Brother, is Yongping joining the army?" ”

The word brother flattered this man; However, Dunshe has always been approachable, and does not give people the impression of fraud. At the moment, he hurriedly said: "Not really." If the general hadn't taken him in, the villain, a dog, would have starved to death. ”

Deng She sighed, looking at the soldiers on the city wall, the hardships of the years, witnessing the wrinkles on their faces and the calluses on their hands one by one, each of them has a story that can make people cry when they tell it.

Not only the Han soldiers, but also the Li pawns, too. Even, most of the Li strokes, before joining the army, were not as good as the Han soldiers.

And now, mixed together, they all looked at Dunshe, listening to him intently. What do they want to hear from him? After countless wind, frost, hunger and devastation, their eyes were cloudy, but Deng She could clearly see that there was a little light flickering in it.

He remembered the dream he had had the other night. The light, the countless dots of light, were all uttering a silent cry: "Survive! ”

What should I say? Deng She saw a beautiful pawn, and after cowering, he was not wearing a robe, his body was soaked, and he was shaking, and from time to time he reached out to wipe the raindrops from his hair. Dunsha took off his cloak and, without saying a word, passed through the soldiers to him and put them on for him. There is a shortage of rain gear in the city, and the craftsmen are rushing to make equipment, and they can't take care of the clothes. There are still many guards like him who don't have rain gear.

Lizu was sincerely frightened and grateful, and spoke. The person next to him translated: "He is a pariah and does not dare to ask for the general's things." ”

Deng She helped him up and said gently: "In my army, there are only warriors, no untouchables. "Na Li is a pariah, and he was destined to be a slave by birth. was comforted by Deng She's kindness, and couldn't help but feel surging and tears welling up in his eyes.

Deng She ordered: "Collect the clothes of the people in the city, and if the clothes of the guards are wet, each person will give two replacements." Tell Wu Henian that no matter what way you think, give the rain gear to Ben General! Looking back at the city, Lijun went away. There were four city gates, and only the north gate was left unguarded.

He raised his voice: "In troubled times, life is cheap. Ben will know that my brothers follow me to survive. Shuangseong was not originally the land of Goryeo. Ben will lead you here to find you a foothold. The Koreans are brutal,......" he pointed to the untouchables, "I usually oppress you and others, and I have been a slave for generations, and now I don't give you and me a way to live." Is it tolerable or unbearable, this battle, the battle of survival!

"The enemy left the north gate empty. It seems that there are three rounds and one of them, leaving a way back for you and me. But, brethren, what will be the skin without hair? As soon as the twin cities are lost, our army has no barrier, and the Li army catches up and kills it, where can you and I flee to?

"There is no other way but to fight to the death! And the soldiers need not worry. Ben will have his own clever plan, and within ten days, there will be a big victory! ”

Turning to the left and right: "At most, at night, the siege of the Li army will begin." I will need 100 warriors to fight with me, who can my brother do? ”

The two Han pawns and Li pawns were the first to step out. All the soldiers rushed forward enthusiastically, lest they fall behind. Deng She's words in front of him downplayed the nation and deepened their survival, which deeply resonated with them; As soon as the topic changed, the words "warrior", "retinue", and "brother" inspired them to tremble with excitement one by one. In an instant, hundreds of people stood up.

"Put my handsome flag and plant it in the South Gate Tower." Deng She laughed, and spit neon arrogance as he spoke, "I have you and other warriors, Li Jun, in the eyes of the general, a group of clowns jumping off the beam!" In this war, Ben will assert that he has won without a fight. ”

He struggled to level from the downside, and now has a slight upper hand in the situation. Seeing Li Jun fall into the trap step by step, the taste in his heart is difficult to describe in words. It's like crossing a single-plank bridge, descending into an abyss, and the opposite shore is in front of you.

Li Jun's speed was faster than Deng She's guess. Before it got dark, the first wave of the offensive began.

Trebuchets and ballistas are fired sequentially before the trenches are toppled. The largest trebuchet requires 100 people to operate, and the stones thrown out weigh almost 100 catties. smashed into the city wall, and the muffled sound was shocking. Some flew over the city and crashed down the aisles.

The guards shrank back and ducked behind the wall. The walls of the twin cities were very strong, and Dunshe fired them with artillery and guns for half a day that day, but they were not damaged much. For the sake of safety, Deng She ordered a row of forked timbers to be erected at the battlement, braided together with thick ropes, like a fence, and inwardly placed on the ground with oblique wooden posts as supports.

In this way, the threat of stone bullets can be reduced a little.

Deng She's soldiers dragged the improvised stone cannons to the battlements, and distributed the stones with colors. Compared with Lijun stone bullets, the red scarf is small and light, and it is better than nothing.

Zuo Che'er bent on his waist and came over and said, "General, it's not a way to go on like this." The artillery of the Li army was fierce, and it was impossible to attack it with fire in the rain, and there were few archers, so there was no way to stop him from crossing the trench. The villain led the troops out of the cave and shot him at the foot of the outer city, right? ”

"There is no cover at the foot of the outer city, so it can't stop the stone cannons of the Li army. We have few soldiers and cannot be sacrificed easily. Just started the war, and it is safe to go up. Just stick to this section of the wall. ”

Before the words fell, Li Jun pushed out more than a dozen trench-filling trucks and put them on the trench, three or four of them together, as wide as one or two zhang. A large number of soldiers swarmed through the trenches and slaughtered the city.

The deer's feet in front of the walls caused them problems. The shield bearer desperately resisted the flying rocks and arrows, and the axe hand slashed and dug to clear several passages. The ladders and enemy towers slowly advance along the passage.

The enemy towers of the Lijun army are custom-made, and the height is similar to the height of the walls of the twin cities. The high platform above was very wide, and there were forty or fifty soldiers standing on each of the high platforms of the enemy tower. The crossbowmen are in the front, with arrows like locusts, and the red-turbaned archers on their horses shoot at each other.

Deng Sheling narrowed the range of the catapults, focusing on attacking the Lipu and the ladder under the city, leaving a few to hit their trench trucks.

It rained for several days, and there was water in the trenches, and the ground was covered with mud. When the stone bullet landed, it often splashed the muddy water all over the body, and he accidentally lost his eyes, and after a little distraction, he was immediately shot down by the red-turban archers who saw the hole.

The mace and other things in the city are ready, just wait for the ladder to come and cast it immediately. Deng She stood firmly on the city tower, letting the arrows rain and stones, not moving at all. Dozens of soldiers and a hundred retinue soldiers stood behind him, guarding the banner, waiting for his order.

Lijun's ladder was pushed to the bottom of the city, and he refused to take it for a long time, as if he was waiting for something. Deng She saw that the long and thick planks were hoisted up the enemy tower by the pawn with ropes. Suddenly realized, looked at the location of the enemy building, and slowly asked the people around him, "Lijun plans to use the overpass to enter the city, and needs to cut it off, who can my brother do?" ”

The Liaodong Han pawn from before rushed out, blushing and rushing to receive the order. Dunshe gave him twenty men and went straight to the section of the city wall opposite the enemy tower of the Li army. On the enemy tower, the pawn hung the plank, lifted it with a rope, and put it on the city wall little by little. The Red Turban Guard tried to overturn it, but the head of the wooden board was wrapped in iron, and the iron thorns were riddled with thorns, and there was no place for it, and it was heavy. There was a burst of sharp shots from the opposite side, and three or four arrows were fired in a row. A dozen or so pawns got on the plank.

The man roared, ignoring the rain of arrows and the iron thorns on the board, and crouched down, his shoulders propping up one end of the plank. On the other end, the soldiers who had already arrived with him fought to resist. As soon as the plank moved, the pawns on the enemy tower were busy desperately stabilizing on the other end, increasing the bow and arrows.

In the middle, there is a single crossbow, fast and ruthless, with a red scarf in the forehead. After piercing the skull, blood splattered and the brain burst open. Without saying a word, he fell on his back. Immediately a red scarf was substituted.

The red-turban archers on the horse's face noticed the situation here, supported the fire, and suppressed the enemy Lou Li's pawn. The planks were finally removed. The pawn above screamed and fell.

There was more than one plank on the enemy's tower, and one more was hoisted up with a machine rope and rebuilt to the battlement. The soldier's shoulder was pierced by iron thorns and his flesh was blurred, as if he didn't feel pain, stared at the enemy tower, spit on his hand, and wiped it: "Your grandmother's bear gas,...... Come on, come on, come on, see how many boards you have, or grandpa has a lot of strength! ”

But you can't fall into the name of the general! He was his brother.

As soon as the flybridge was built, the ladder began to stretch out. Fierce battles were fought everywhere on the southern city wall. Deng She looked at the six roads, observed the enemy's situation, and paid attention to his own defense. The left car took the lead and took more than a dozen people to gallop back and forth, commanding and supporting. After repelling a group of enemies, immediately rush to the next area where the enemy will focus on attacking.

Ha Guangxiu was not here, he was in charge of defending the east and north city walls.

A team of Li troops, with the cooperation of overpasses, ballistas, and trebuchets, climbed the ladder, and a large-scale siege began. Up and down the city, the sound of killing was deafening, and the flames soared into the sky. It's already dark.

A Goryeo general, with a scarf, face protection, wrapped in two or three layers of iron armor, two knives in his back, one knife in his hand, and climbed to the top. The red turban shoots arrows, but is blocked by his iron armor, unable to penetrate. Be brave and approach the battlement step by step.

The mace was raised high and smashed down. The general deftly dodged, and the mace landed on the ladder. The ladder is sturdy, and it keeps hitting and shaking a few times. Nari will stabilize herself and continue to climb. The Red Turban soldier looked at each other in horror, and hung his mace in succession, but the blow missed, and by the fourth time he had climbed to the top. The mace fell again, and with a click, the ladder finally broke. The pawn screamed and fell.

Nali was like an ape, her eyes were quick, her knife was inserted into the gap in the city wall, she bracked it hard, gave up her knife, hooked her hand on the battlement, and turned over into the city. The fierce general will go to the city, and the danger is extremely great. In the middle of the three, four guards were cut in a row, and more than a dozen people couldn't get close to him.

Deng She paid attention to him for a long time, and saw that it was not a problem, so he took a gun and went to battle in person. Zuo Che'er arrived early, did not join the battle first, took a look, quietly turned behind General Li, took out the spear, gently put it on his shoulder, and suddenly shouted.

Nari weighed her helmet so hard that she couldn't feel the tip of the gun on her shoulder, and turned her head to look. The spear of the left cart stabbed out, slid downward, and struck him in the throat. His upper and lower armor was tightly wrapped and flawed, and there was only such a place.

The spear returned to the hand, and the blood flower was brought out. Rei will follow. The surrounding soldiers swarmed up, cut off his head, put on his spear, and raised his left cart high.

Looking upstairs, Qing Qianxing saw it from afar. The offensive has only begun, and the plan must not be abandoned halfway. He is known for his bravery, and the stronger the enemy, the higher his fighting spirit. Trim the armor, take the long lance, call for the personal soldiers, and personally supervise the battle and charge the battle.