Chapter 373: Life and Death
The scorching sun was in the sky, and countless pitch-black crows were hovering in the sky, like a thick dark cloud, and the cry of "quack" was like the death knell of death, which made people's hearts panic.
King Su pushed away the corpse of an enemy, climbed up from the top of the wall with difficulty, and looked around, the corpses on the wall were already piled up, and there was no place to stay.
In the beginning, as soon as the battle was over, the soldiers would immediately collect the remains of their comrades, and then push the corpses of the enemy off the walls to make room for the next battle.
Later, as the fighting became more and more intense, the soldiers became more and more tired, and the speed and efficiency of cleaning up the corpses were greatly reduced, and more and more uncleaned corpses began to appear on the city walls.
By now, it has become a huge "burial ground", and the number of corpses is far more than the living.
"Is anyone alive?"
King Su trembled and stepped forward on the corpse, opened his chapped lips and asked, but there was still a dead silence all around, and no one answered at all.
"Is anyone still alive?"
King Su raised his voice and shouted, but no one answered.
His eyes suddenly fell on a corpse on the ground, it was a familiar soldier, the old mother was seriously ill but had no money for treatment, King Su knew about it and gave him the jade pendant he had brought with him.
When the soldier knew that this jade pendant could buy a good courtyard in the capital, the rough man in his thirties was so excited that he burst into tears, knelt in front of King Su and repeatedly promised that as long as the old lady's illness was cured, not only would the remaining money be returned in full, but also he would be a cow and a horse for King Su in this life, in order to repay King Su for saving his life.
However, now he has turned into a cold corpse, the jade pendant was not sent home, it was wrapped in red cloth, and put it in his arms, when he was dying, he did not cover the wound on his stomach, but tightly covered the position of the jade pendant on his chest.
Seeing his appearance, King Su couldn't help but feel sad and wailed: "Pass my general order, all the generals will follow me, stick to the city, if I die, the general will take his place, the general will die, the general flag will die, the general flag will die, the general flag will die, and the small flag will replace him, but I am not dead, why are you all dead?" ”
As he spoke, King Su raised his head and shouted hoarsely, "Are there any living people?" Is anyone still alive?! ”
"Little general, it's a little general!"
Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded under the city wall, and King Su suddenly turned around, only to see more than a dozen wounded soldiers supporting each other and walking towards him, led by Xie Laoer.
"You ......"
King Su was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly wiped the tears on his face and greeted him.
"Little General, you are really alive, Little General is still alive!"
Xie Lao Er was supported by the bean sprouts, crying with joy, and more than a dozen wounded soldiers also showed excited smiles, and the bean sprouts looked at King Su, and the expression on his face was as bright as the sun in the sky.
"Are you okay, we've been looking for you for a long time, and we thought you were ......"
Xie Lao Er limped on one leg and ran to King Su's side, and the others also surrounded him.
King Su shook his head and said in a deep voice: "I was knocked on the back of the head by an axe from the enemy, and then I didn't know anything. ”
As soon as these words came out, the joyful expressions on everyone's faces suddenly froze.
"What's the matter, are they already ......"
King Su's heart suddenly burst into mind, and he immediately thought of the worst possibility.
Xie Lao Er sighed and said: "The brothers of the Liu family have all sacrificed, and the corpses have fallen under the city wall, and the brothers have no strength to clean up again, so they can only keep them like that for the time being, and now the entire Donglan Fort can still move only us......"
"What?!"
King Su was stunned for a moment, his eyes flashed over the faces of the dozen or so injured soldiers, and his heart suddenly became desperate and angry.
When I was in front of people, I said how good, what is from below me, stick to the city, if I die, the general will take his place, the general will die, the general flag will die, the general flag will die, and the small flag will take his place.
But as soon as they entered the battlefield, the soldiers spontaneously protected themselves in it, just like Liu Jia's brothers, who would rather die than save their lives.
After a few days of fierce fighting, even the luckiest soldiers were covered in wounds, but he was the only one standing here well!
Seeing that King Su's face was blue and white, everyone seemed to have guessed his thoughts.
Xie Lao Er said with a smile: "The little general doesn't have to blame himself so much, you are the commander, and the duty is to lead us to defend the city, and we are the big soldiers, the duty is to protect you, now you are alive, the city is not lost, whether it is you or the brothers, they have completed their mission." ”
Hearing Xie Lao Er say this, King Su felt even more uncomfortable, shook his head and said: "I have become a burden to my brothers, if it weren't for me, I am afraid they would not have to die......
Xie Lao Er shook his head, pointed at the wounded soldiers and said: "Little general, you are wrong, although the brothers are cheap, but not everyone can let us throw away our lives, look at them, even if it is in the current field, do any of them retreat?" ”
King Su was stunned for a moment, and looked at everyone in amazement, although everyone was tired, they all nodded at him firmly.
Xie Lao Er laughed and said heroically: "Fight to the last soldier, I don't know how many generals on the battlefield have given this kind of order, but few have really done it, our brothers in Donglan Fort have done it!"
Do you know why?
It's because you're here, you're a prince, but you're on the front line, what reason do brothers have to run for their lives?
Which one here has not been favored by you?
It's not just about collecting money and getting benefits, but I'm grateful that you really treat us as human beings, anxious about our bitter and things, and willing to run around for us big soldiers.
Although the brothers have not read, they are not stupid, you are different from those high-ranking nobles, you are not here to earn military merits, but really for everyone, for the sake of Dawei!
So the brothers are willing to work hard for you, as long as you are alive, our soul is still there, we will continue to fight, Winter Fence Castle can hold on to the present, not because of the brothers, but because of you.
To tell you the truth, if you weren't still there, I'm afraid that the moment the Southern Dynasty army hit here, everyone would have dispersed a long time ago! ”
After Xie Lao Er finished speaking, the soldiers nodded one after another, as if those words were also what they wanted to say, but they were just said through Xie Lao Er's mouth.
"You...... You ......"
The corners of King Su's lips trembled uncontrollably, his vision suddenly blurred, and a layer of moisture was like a cloud condensing, about to turn into tears and roll down.
When the soldiers saw his expression, they all laughed heartily.
They read it right, King Su is indeed different from those nobles, and it is everyone's honor to fight side by side with such a person, even if it is worth it to give his life here.
"Little general, according to the time, the enemy is afraid that it will be fought soon, this time may be our last battle, as our general, you say, how are we going to fight this battle?"
Xie Lao Er said heroically, the battle has reached this situation, life and death have long been put aside, and he just wants to finish the last battle happily.
This sentence dragged King Su back from his emotion.
Yes, there are still more than a dozen lives here, and there is an impregnable Donglan Fort, as long as you are alive, for them, for the sake of Great Wei, the enemy will never be allowed to take a step from here!
As if he suddenly thought of something, he exclaimed, "By the way, I still have treasures, what about my treasures, where are they?" ”
Everyone looked at each other, wondering why King Su suddenly mentioned the baby, at this time, his life was going to be gone, could it be that the wealth was still heavy?
Seeing that they didn't understand, King Su suddenly became anxious: "It's the treasure I asked you to take care of, the box that no one is allowed to touch!" ”
Xie Lao Er was stunned: "It's the box that is placed in the warehouse and is not allowed to be lit?" ”
King Su nodded in surprise and said: "Yes, that's it, that's Xu Rui's secret weapon, the fourth brother asked me to bring it out when I left, with it, even if we can't survive this battle, we can pull a few more pads!" ”
When everyone heard that it was Xu Rui's baby, they suddenly came to their senses, and the bean sprouts put down Xie Laoer's arm and shouted, "I know where it is, I'll go get it!" ”
At this moment, there was a sudden "rumbling" war drum sound in the distance, everyone was shocked, this sound is already very familiar to him, that is the march drum of the Southern Dynasty, as long as the drum stops, the terrible army of the Southern Dynasty will come again.
King Su frowned, looked at the place where the voice came from with everyone, and said solemnly: "Bean sprouts, go quickly, the last battle is coming!" ”