Volume VIII Fighting the Axe and Shining the Sky 49 Died together
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Before dawn, it is the time when the human spirit is most tired. The Yuan army chose to launch a surprise attack on Yidu reinforcements at this time, which can be described as painstaking. Unexpectedly, he was discovered by Ji Chong, which can be regarded as a mistake.
Ji Chong led fifty people to rampage and wander outside the formation, although he also lit a few fires, but after all, the fire was too small, and it was quickly extinguished by the soldiers of the Yuan army, and did not play a role in warning the reinforcements. Therefore, he changed his plan and instead led the people to rush towards the second stronghold of the Yuan army again.
Fifty horsemen, at this time there were less than forty people left.
Ren Liang guessed his plan and shouted, "Stop him!" There are too many tents and firewood in the camp, and if the water runs away, it will be difficult to extinguish! When the black smoke rises, it will definitely arouse the vigilance of the Yidu thief army. "It doesn't matter if it's just the fire, because it's normal to have a bonfire in the barracks; But when you add smoke, it's a different story. How can there be billowing black smoke in a good camp? It could only be a misfire.
Here, Ren Liang organized people to intercept Ji Chong, and the main force of the Yuan army over there was afraid of leaking the news and accelerated their actions. What a fight! In the crowd and the horse pile, Ji Chong and others struggled hard. The night slowly faded, and a red sun leaped out of the ground in the far east. When the first rays of sunlight came to the earth, in the midst of the sonata of steel knives and blood, they heard a sudden burst of shouts from more than a dozen miles away!
Ji Chong's efforts were still useless after all, and the Yuan army launched a surprise attack on Yidu reinforcements as planned.
Received by Ren Liang's heavy blow, so that Ji Chong has not recovered until now; Not only did he not recover, but his injuries were getting worse and worse. Someone in the retinue shouted: "General! The Tartars have attacked the reinforcements, and we have no power to return to the sky. Only life and death are determined by heaven, and go back to the city! Report this matter to Lord Luo first. ”
Ji Chong turned around, and by this time, there were less than twenty servants.
Counting the hours, they had been in the chaos for more than two quarters of an hour.
This is still in the case that the Yuan army transferred all the main forces away, leaving only hundreds of cavalry to kill, otherwise, I am afraid that it will not be able to hold out for even half an hour. Ji Chong was helpless, sighed, dodged to avoid an arrow, and listened carefully, and the shouts of killing were heard in the camp of the Yidu reinforcements in the west.
He turned his face and looked at his followers to the left and right, almost everyone was panting, and the mounts under his crotch were sweating. No matter how human or horse, not to mention injuries, physical strength alone can no longer hold on.
"That's it! As you say. ”
It's easy to come and hard to go. When he came, because he was unprepared by the enemy, the first two camps were better; But at this moment, the Yuan army has already taken precautions, and if it wants to pass quickly and unscathed, it is tantamount to climbing to the sky.
Ren Liang was carrying the horse, still hurrying behind, shouting while chasing: "That thief! Come when you want, go when you want. When this is the place! Is there a latrine in the countryside? Hugh go, eat me again. "He is wearing heavy armor, and the horsepower is sufficient in the first half, and he is now killed, if you talk about the stamina, I am afraid that it is not as good as Ji Chong.
Ji Chong and the others were all light cavalry, mobile and flexible, sometimes speeding in the open field, sometimes turning to the outside of the camp and turning a turn, with the help of the terrain and the cover of the camp, to throw Ren Liang off again. Ji Chong turned a deaf ear to Ren Liang's shouting, and said with a smile: "Brothers, are you tired? ”
"How can a thief be tired! Not tired, not tired! ”
"After going out of the city for half an hour, in the formation of thousands of troops and horses, we stepped on the camp of the two Tartars in a row, and fought with the so-called fierce general 'silver medal' Ren Liang in the Tartar army for many moments, steadily gaining the upper hand, killing no less than 100 enemies. Brethren! That's how it was with the Tartar elite. He glared at Ren Liang and said mockingly, "This is the 'elite'?" 'Titans' too! Haha smiled, and said to everyone, "You can't read without wine, and you can't kill thieves without songs." Go forward, and I'll sing you a tune to cheer you up. ”
In the Haidong Army, if you want to talk about elegance, the first is Liu Saburo. A horizontal flute blew up, and the three armies wept. Even Deng She was shocked and praised after hearing this. After Liu Saburo, I have to say Ji Dalang. Although he has been in the army for a short time, after all, he has many years of swingers, sleeping flowers and willows, and he is bold and sociable, so the lyrics of a small song have long been famous in Dizhou.
If it takes time, it will definitely be the same as Liu San, and the whole army will know about it.
The dozen or so horsemen who survived, when they heard the order, first divided into two teams, one left and one right, and protected Ji Chong in between; Then the two teams became one, looking at each other, Ji Chong was in the middle, putting on a serpentine formation. This kind of formation is more flexible, can be soft and hard, if you encounter the enemy's weak point, you can be like an awl, fiercely penetrating; And if you encounter the enemy's strong point, you can also change like a walking snake and deftly bypass it.
Facing the rising sun, Ji Chong raised his head and squinted, using the broken spear as a drumstick and the shield as a drum surface, and struck out a sound with the rhythm of the horse's hooves. The sound was not very loud at first, as if searching for a feeling; Slowly, louder and louder. In the end, generosity is powerful. Mixed with the sound of horses' hooves, it's hard to tell which one is the drum or which is the horse's hooves.
The horse's hoof, not to man.
A clear, clear voice soared into the sky on the cruel battlefield: "Climb out of the wall and flowers, and fold the branches and willows on the road." The flowers climb the red stamens and are tender, the willows are folded and the green strips are soft, and the prodigal son is romantic. With my hands of folding willows and climbing flowers, I was so bad that the flowers and willows were defeated. Half a life to fold willows and climb flowers, a lifetime of sleeping flowers and lying willows. ”
What Ji Chong sings is still Guan Hanqing's famous song "A Branch of Flowers, Not Old Age". This song was sung at the dawn of his departure to the capital, after bidding farewell to his brothers. He really likes this piece very much. It is both uninhibited and rugged and powerful; It is clear that it is written about fireworks and green buildings, but in fact, it represents unruliness.
Sometimes, in a trance, in the middle of the night, he will even feel that this song is simply tailor-made for him. He deeply understands Guan Hanqing, but who will understand him?
What others see is that he has "big roots".
What others see is that he is dressed and fed, but he is not working hard. What others saw was just that he was looking for joy day and night. What others see is that he is willing to be in the company of the market, playing and gambling. What others see is just a bold ranger Ji Dalang, and what others see is just the famous "Ji Yanei" in Yidu.
But who will understand him?
When it comes to wine, life is short.
Arrows rained down, knives and guns collided. Someone is screaming, someone is bleeding. Ji Chong's eyes were half open and half closed, he seemed to see it, and he didn't seem to see it, and the low tone gradually became high, and he continued to sing:
"I am the leader of the whole world, the leader of the world's prodigal sons. May Zhu Yan not change the usual, pastime in flowers, and forget worries in wine. Divide tea and bamboo, play horses and hide lots, pass five tones and six rhythms and are smooth, and I am very sad to my heart. Accompanied by the silver zither woman in front of the silver stage, the silver zither smiled and leaned on the silver screen, accompanied by the jade fairy with the jade hand and the jade shoulder to climb the jade building, accompanied by the golden hairpin guest song and the golden wisp holding the gold bottle full of panou. You say that I am old and take a break for a while, accounting for the first place in the pomp and circumstance, which is more exquisite and clear. I am a handsome head of the Jinjin Flower Camp, and I once played in the state. ”
After a pause in singing, someone from the servant shouted: "General! Look at the west of the city! ”
A fire broke out in the west of the city.
Someone else shouted, "Ouch! It must be that the Tartar soldiers divided into two routes, all the way to block the Yidu reinforcements camped in the west of the city; Along the way, take the opportunity to storm the western city wall. ”
"Most of the garrisons in the west of the city have been transferred to the north of the city by Lord Luo. ......, General, the west of the city is in danger. ”
Ji Chong's heart jumped, he was not only thinking about the danger in the west of the city, but also about his father Ji Zongzhou. To the west of the city of Dizhou, Ji Zongzhou was responsible for the position of defense. I really didn't expect that once I went out of the city, I actually saw the implementation of the whole process of the Yuan army's "besieging the city and blocking aids" and "diverting the tiger from the mountain".
He remembered the bag that the old family had handed him the previous night.
Because he had been at war since he left the city, he didn't have the time to see it at all, and he almost forgot about it. At this time, I remembered it, took it out of my arms, and opened it to watch. There was only a note in the bag, which read: "If you are filial, after you go out of the city to see Wang Guoyi, don't come back." ”
Although Ji Zongzhou has never given Ji Chong a good look; Although Ji Chong rarely does not contradict Ji Zongzhou, in the end, the relationship between father and son is deep. The two have had many disputes over whether Ji Chong should go out of the city, and each time the dispute revolves around "loyalty" and "filial piety". The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and they both want the other party to listen to themselves, and they all think that the other party is wrong. Why? Actually, they were all right.
It's just that because of the difference in the identity of father and son, the starting point is different. Now, at such a moment when reinforcements from outside the city were attacked and the west of the city was also attacked, Ji Chong looked at the note in his hand and lost his mind.
If he obeyed Ji Zongzhou's order now and turned around and fled, he might still have a chance to live. But is the "filial piety" that Ji Zongzhou asked for the same thing as the "filial piety" he should do? Should he follow Ji Zongzhou's requirements to "fulfill his filial piety"? Or should he be driven by his heart to "fulfill filial piety"?
From leaving the city to now, in just half an hour, Ji Chong has faced a dilemma for the second time.
If his first dilemma was because he should "be faithful to his duty", then this dilemma is because of how to "do his filial piety for his father".
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West of Dizhou City.
This dawn attack of the Yuan army was silent, and by the time it was discovered by the guards, it was too late. The first wave of Yuan troops had almost lifted the ladder across the moat. Ji Zongzhou was busy with the defense in the middle of the night, and when it was almost dawn, he had just squinted his eyes for a while, and he was woken up by the general before he fell asleep.
"My lord! Here comes the Tartars. ”
"Guarding is that."
"Look at its movements, this time, I'm afraid the Tartars are really attacking!"
"Ahh
Ji Zongzhou hurried to the head of the city, and looked at it, under the early morning sun, the Tartar siege troops could not see the edge at a glance, at least 10,000 people. He immediately understood: "Fallen for the Tartars' plan." Quickly send someone to the north of the city, and ask Lord Luo to quickly send military horses to support. "There are less than 500 guards in the west of the city, and there are only a little more than 1,000 people who help in the war. In any case, it will not be able to stop the attack of 10,000 people.
"Wang Guoyi's department is stationed outside the west of the city, how did he do it? So he let the Tartars gather a crowd of 10,000 people, but they didn't find it? ......, ah, Wang Guoyi mistook me. ”
"The second and third reinforcements from Yidu will arrive in two days at most. Even if the Tartars take our city with all their might, and the city is ruined, it is estimated that they will definitely be difficult to defend. But it's strange, why are they so desperate and desperate? Could it be that what has happened in the direction of Juye? ”
"At this time, what are you talking about about the general trend of the war? You take your officer's personal guard, go to the battlement, and assist in the defense. No matter what, you have to hold on until Wang Guoyi reacts, or Lord Luo sends a reserve team over. ”
"My lord, please see, in the direction of the Yi military camp of the Kingdom in the west of the city, there seems to be a fire. I can't say, maybe the Yuan army has already launched an offensive against him first. ”
"My lord! The northern part of the city was also fiercely attacked by the Tartars. Lord Luo couldn't spare his hands to rescue the west of the city. ”
Ji Zong's surroundings were hit hard, his face turned pale, he took a few steps back, and he was shaking. The entourage hurriedly stepped forward to support him, he struggled to stand firm, and then looked at the city, where the vanguard of the Yuan army was close at hand.
"I thought that the Tartars' offensive in the past two days was fierce enough, but I never expected that they still retained their strength. While intercepting the kingdom's Yi Division, he was able to launch a fierce attack on my two city walls! Hey, hey, hey. ”
"Your Excellency?"
said that he would not let others discuss the general trend of the battle at this time, but Ji Zongzhou couldn't help but fall into deep thought, since the Yuan army had this spare strength, why did it suddenly launch a general attack until now? Is it really because the Juye Battlefield has changed?
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The spear stabbed right in the neck of the galloping horse.
Blood gushed out like a fountain, the horse screamed, ran a few steps forward, and fell to the ground with a bang. The knights on their horses also fell, and before they could get up, seven or eight enemies surrounded them, and their spears were pierced in all directions. There was not even a scream, and the knight was dead. There was one less warrior who followed Ji Chong.
"General, reinforcements from outside the city are under attack; The west and north of the city were also attacked by the enemy. Where do we go from here? ”
In the second heavy camp of the Yuan army, Ji Chong and others found a fairly strong barrier, rushed into it, and rested temporarily. Looking around, there were only eight or nine people left, and two of them had lost their horses.
"Where do we go from here? What do you say? What do you think we should do? Where to? ”
"It's definitely not okay to go to the Kingdom Yi Camp in the west of the city. When we go back to the city, we have to have a lot of Tartar strongholds, and now the north and west of the city are also attacked by the enemy, and the city will definitely not be able to help us. There are only a few of us left, and it will not be easy to kill them with their own strength. ”
Outside the barrier, there were a burst of footsteps, and it was the Yuan Pawn who surrounded him.
"Time is short, we must make a decision quickly!" Ji Chong unfastened his armor and pressed the wound on his arm. This is an old injury, or left from the last time I returned to Dizhou, and now I opened my mouth again, and the blood did not stop. A servant tore off his cloak and helped him retie it up. After moving for a while, I felt a little better. Putting on his armor again, he dropped his broken spear, drew his saber, made a decision, and said, "Let's not go back to the city directly to the east." The second battalion of this Tartar is very empty, so let's take him by surprise, go north, wait for the battalion to cross, bypass the first heavy camp in front, and then turn east and go back to the city! ”
"The eldest husband is shrouded in horse leather and dies on the battlefield, and he deserves his place!"
"How can you see your comrades in blood, and the warriors turn around and flee?"
"If you want to go back to the city with me, it's fine. After waiting for this camp of the Tartars, if you want to go, just go. ”
"Either way, we have to rush out of this camp first. Otherwise, there is only a dead end. ”
Everyone thought so, and when the short discussion of the battlefield was over, everyone mustered up their courage, mounted their mounts again, urged their horses to gallop out, and went eastward, but when they could not go far, they turned sharply and ran northward with a puff of smoke.
The pawn was really caught off guard, and the position that had just been set up collapsed again. Angry, Ren Liang yelled. There were only forty or fifty of the enemy, and now there were less than ten of them, and it was a great shame that a few remnants of the army were defeated, and they were still fighting away from home, but they came and went freely.
Galloping in the camp, the morning air is crisp and clean, and it is refreshing to hit the face. Skirting the barracks, avoiding the pillars, jumping over the trenches, and speeding through the gaps in the rejection of horses. There were scattered pawns in front of them hurriedly surrounded, and behind them were Ren Liang leading hundreds of people to chase after him shouting.
Through the heavy barracks, at the moment of jumping high, a servant turned his head to look at the head of Dizhou City, and immediately shouted loudly with surprise: "Look! ”
Luo Guoqi's banner was erected in the west of the city at some point, standing side by side with Ji Zongzhou's banner.
Next to these two banners, facing the sun, there was a person sitting cross-legged on the watchtower, as if he was playing the harp; There was also a person on the side, who was holding a small flag in his hand, and was directing his soldiers to kill the enemy.
The servant couldn't recognize it, but Ji Chong recognized it. The person who played the piano was Ji Zongzhou; And the person who commanded the soldiers needless to say, it must be Luo Guoqi.
Luo Guoqi is the main general, not in the north of the city to defend the enemy, what did he do in the west of the city? There is only one problem: the west of the city has been attacked beyond imagination, and there are no reinforcements to send in the north of the city. Four words appeared in Ji Chong's heart: "The city will be broken." ”
"Father!"
He shouted inwardly, tears streaming down his cheeks. The saber struck the shield, and he continued to sing, "For every rabbit lamb that is thatched and sand walks up to the paddock, I am a familiar horse with a shrouded net and a feathered old pheasant. After some bows and cold arrows, he never fell behind. Just don't say, 'When people reach middle age, everything is off', how can I waste the spring and autumn. ”
The shield is raised to ward off the spears of the enemy; The saber struck back, cutting it off.
More than ten miles to the west, Wang Guoyi tried his best to break through; A few miles to the east, tens of thousands of military ants attached to the city. War drums and trumpets rang in unison, and the sounds of killing and cries reverberated the ground. The flag represents glory, and the city is a fortress for attack and defense.
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"I'm a copper pea that can't be steamed, can't be cooked, can't be hammered, can't be fried, and a copper pea rings.
White smoke rose from the firebolts, and arrows shot at the watchtower. Ji Zongzhou's hands were trembling, but he still insisted on playing the piano. Although the sound of the piano has gone out of tune, Ji Chong's generous and powerful words seem to still echo in his ears: "Everyone calls my father 'Feng Dao today'." Don't fathers know that when they meet the Lord, they should die for him? ”
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The wound on the arm, blood flowed down the armor, stained Ji Chong's hand, and then dripped down the hilt, mixing with the blood on the blade. Which one is the blood of the enemy, and which one is the blood of oneself? It's no longer clear. Raised high and slashed down. A trail of blood in the sun.
Ji Chong's heart was agitated and shouted, "I hate! ”
"What does the general hate?"
"I played Liang Yuanyue and drank Tokyo sake; It is the Luoyang flower that is appreciated, and the Zhangtai willow is climbed. ”
Eight or nine servants, two of them are one man and two horses, the speed is slightly slower, and they fall behind. was caught up by Ren Liang one after another, and he raised his knife and cut it down. The remaining four people followed Ji Chong and asked in a loud voice, "What does the general hate?" ”
"I can also play Go, Keju, Wai, Gag, Sing and Dance, Blowing, Swallowing, Poetry, and Shuanglu."
At this point, Ji Chong was no longer singing, he was shouting, he was screaming. He killed the enemy, he rushed forward, he looked at the head of the city, and the first flag of the Yuan army had been planted in the west of the city.
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The strings snapped and the arrow hit the chest.
Ji Zongzhou lowered his head, as if strange, and as if rare, he raised his right hand tremblingly, perhaps trying to pull it out, but before he could hold it, his figure fell forward. Crashed into the piano case. The guqin fell from the watchtower. Ji Chong knelt down in the hall, the candle shadow shook red, and he said: "The father is loyal, and the child is filial." ”
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"If you are really filial, when you go out of the city and see Wang Guoyi, don't come back."
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Ji Chong's singing is coming to an end.
"You have lost my teeth, crooked my mouth, lame my legs, broken my hands, and God has given me all these bad symptoms. Shang Wu refuses to stop! In addition to being called by the king of Hades himself, the gods and ghosts came to hook themselves. The three souls returned to the underworld, and the seven spirits lost their lives. Oh my God, I didn't go up the fireworks road in the meantime! ”
"General, what do you hate?"
"I hate not being in the city."
The horse's hoof, it's a beautiful mistake, I'm not a returnee.
Watch as the piano falls off the watchtower and glides in the morning sun. Ji Chong's eyes were about to crack. He looked up to the sky and shouted, "Father! Please forgive the child for being unfilial. "No more northward marching, but rushing eastward toward the city.