Chapter 241: The Siege
On the street, the sound of horses' hooves was bursting, Lu Wuchen came with Shang Xiuxun riding a horse, in front of them was an old man of fifty or sixty years old, with gray temples and frosty eyes, Lu Wuchen and others learned that this person's name was Feng Ge, and he had worked in Duba Villa for many years, and he was also a veteran.
There are many shops on both sides of the street, but there are no pedestrians and merchants anymore, and the appearance is deserted and depressed, which makes everyone sad.
Feng Ge said: "This place is full of people, although it is not said to be the capital of Tongyi, but it is also extremely prosperous, I don't want to be so deserted now, it is really hateful!" He didn't know if he felt hateful to Jiang Huaijun or something else, everyone just listened silently, and they all sighed.
Luo Fang sighed and said, "Elder Feng doesn't need to sigh, as long as the Jianghuai army is repelled this time, won't this place restore its original prosperity?" ”
Feng Ge said in a gloomy tone: "It's easy to say, but in fact, it is a thousand difficulties, now that the Jianghuai army is under siege, and the destruction of the city is imminent, even if this town is restored to prosperity, it will not belong to us!" ”
"Speaking of which, whoever has the big fist in this world will make sense!" Lu Wuchen said, his faint tone hit everyone's hearts, making everyone's hearts feel cold.
Shang Xiuxun said angrily: "You are really talking nonsense, saying some crooked reasoning!" ”
Lu Wuchen smiled: "How does Xiuxun know that what I said is crooked? If according to the way of the sage, there is a way to fight without a way in the world, isn't this Jianghuai army just a way to cut down with no way, not a lot of help from the way, and little help from the unjust, why is there no one in the world to help us? He sneered and said, "This game of hegemony in the world." Isn't it just whoever has the big fist who is justified? Not to mention how Yang Guang's father and son got the throne in the previous dynasty, if they compete for power today, in the martial arts, there is no exception! ”
Everyone heard Lu Wuchen's words, and their hearts were silent, knowing that what he said was true, this world is the law of the jungle.
Feng Ge sighed and said, "Brother Lu is really a good word, just imagine that we dominate the mountain villa and have no quarrel with the world. The mall owner's Pegasus Ranch is also ignoring the world. But it is still coveted by others, and it is because people are good at being ridden and bullied, and horses are good at being ridden! ”
Shang Xiuxun sighed and didn't speak.
"How can Qian Lao say that these are long and ambitious. If you destroy your own prestige? Wu Yan said at this time. The other party came and killed one person. Let's kill a pair, thousands of troops, don't we also have soldiers and horses? ”
The crowd rolled their eyes. He said it lightly, as if he had a vendetta.
Feng Ge sighed and said, "It's not that the old man is ambitious, it's really the situation that can't be done!" ”
Everyone listened to his tone quite depressed, and couldn't help but ask curiously, Feng Ge smiled bitterly: "Since the siege of the Jianghuai army, the owner of the village has been sick, and now he is lying on the bed, increasingly emaciated, I don't know when he will be able to recover!" ”
Shang Xiuxun was surprised: "Could it be that the doctors are helpless? ”
Feng Ge nodded, his expression gloomy, and said, "We have invited all the doctors in the entire Jingling City, but they are still helpless, and now we can only look at the destiny of heaven!" ”
After hearing this, everyone felt that something was wrong, how could there be such a coincidence, as soon as the enemy army approached the city, the city lord fell ill, and if it was not a conspiracy, they would not believe it.
Shang Xiuxun asked, "Is the enemy poisoned?" ”
Feng Ge shook his head and said: "We also thought that the enemy was poisoned, but although the doctor couldn't diagnose it, it was the possibility of poisoning, if it was a doctor, we still thought it was the other party's people, but all doctors are like this, it can only be God's arrangement!" ”
Everyone was silent, when the enemy soldiers approached the city, their own city guards were seriously ill, which had to be said to be a major blow, and it was no wonder that he was so depressed.
Wu Yan laughed and said, "Elder Feng doesn't need to worry, your owner's illness is on us!" ”
Feng Ge said: "Could it be that Brother Wu has a way to heal our owner?" Wu Yan said with a smile: "I don't know medical skills at all, but our Lu Wuchen brother is a master of Xinglin!" ”
At this time, everyone knew that Lu Wuchen had medical skills, and Wu Yan also learned when he was gossiping with Lu Wuchen, Shang Xiuxun remembered that Lu Miaozi's old illness was cured by Lu Wuchen, she glared at Lu Wuchen beautifully, and said, "Then Master Fang's illness is on you!" ”
Lu Wuchen smiled bitterly: "Xiuxun said so, I naturally have to do my best!" ”
The problem is solved, everyone gallops towards the Duba Villa in the center of the city, the streets are cold, and occasionally there are pedestrians who are also hurrying by, this city is about to be broken, and I don't know if the other party's soldiers and horses will make a big killing, and the people are panicked.
After a short time, everyone arrived at the Duba Villa, and when the guards in front of the village saw Feng Ge, they let everyone in.
Duba Villa is quite magnificent, although it is not as good as the Takeoff Horse Ranch, but it has a unique momentum, just dismounted, Lu Wuchen has been pulled by Feng Ge, and ran towards the owner's house, Shang Xiuxun smiled bitterly, and also followed. When they arrived at the front of the house, a young general stopped everyone and shouted, "Old Feng, you broke into the owner's house without permission, what happened?" ”
Feng Ge shouted: "I found someone who can heal the owner, and you won't let go?" ”
The young general hurriedly got out of the way and let Lu Wuchen and the others in.
The room was gorgeous, but there was not much furniture, only a snow-white bed, the snow-white curtain hung down, and Lu Wuchen faintly saw a man lying on the bed.
Walking forward, Lu Wuchen found that the man's face was pale, like white paper, and on top of his thin face, a pair of eyes were deeply sunken, and his breath was very weak, looking like he was not going to die soon.
This person is the owner of the monopolistic villa, Fang Zetao.
"Has Master Fang always been like this?" Lu Wuchen frowned and asked, a maid on the side was obviously Fang Zetao's personal maid, the maid was quite pretty, but Lu Wuchen looked at her eyebrows There seemed to be some shadows between her eyebrows, and her eyes were full of agility, and she couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
"Childe, my son-in-law is haggard day by day, at first he was only infected with a little cold, and then it became more and more serious, and now he is sick in bed, and he can't take care of his life!" The maid said, a pair of smart eyes quite anxious. She reached out and grabbed Lu Wuchen's sleeve and said, "Childe, you are a doctor, can you cure my son's illness?" ”
"Slave, don't be rude? Lu Gongzi will definitely cure the owner! Feng Ge said.
Lu Wuchen smiled slightly, gently withdrew his hand, and said, "Miss Nu'er, don't worry, you will do your best!" Fu said: "But please also ask the slave girl to answer the next question carefully!" ”
"The slave must know everything!" Nu'er said hurriedly.
Lu Wuchen frowned and said, "He contracted the wind cold and slowly became like this?" ”
The slave nodded and said, "That's what the doctor said!" ”
Lu Wuchen thought for a moment. Reached out and grabbed Fang Zetao's wrist. As cold as ice, it was as if he didn't have the slightest anger, and he lost a piece of true qi into his meridians, and that true qi only felt that it was difficult to move an inch in his meridians. The veins turned out to be clogged.
A cup of tea time. Lu Wuchen had just opened up his meridians. And Fang Zetao's appearance also looks a lot ruddy, and in the eyes of others, it is naturally Lu Wuchen's medical skills, like Hua Tuo's reincarnation. After he finished his work, there was already a slight sweat on his forehead.
"How's it going, is it hard?" Shang Xiuxun looked at Lu Wuchen's somewhat tired appearance, and couldn't help but care, a trace of distress unexpectedly appeared in her heart, if there was nothing, it just affected her girl's mind.
Lu Wuchen smiled slightly and said, "It's nothing, but Master Fang Zhuang is a little bad!" ”
When the slave heard this, she couldn't help but be anxious, and said, "Childe, what's wrong with my son-in-law?" Everyone saw that her face was anxious, and her eyes were already flashing with tears, knowing that this woman was already deeply rooted, they all sighed in their hearts.
Lu Wuchen said: "The owner of Fang Zhuang is not sick, but someone has been poisoned!" ”
When Feng Ge heard this, he said, "Is Lu Gongzi sure?" ”
Lu Wuchen nodded and said: "This poison is quite weird, it is difficult to find out that it is poisoned by ordinary methods, but I thought it was infected with wind and cold, but the patient will overdraft his life day by day, and finally pretend to be a dead body, and turn into a ball of white bones seven days after death!" ”
When everyone heard him say something terrible, they were all shocked in their hearts, but the slave hurriedly pulled Lu Wuchen's sleeve and said, "Childe, do you have a way to cure my son-in-law?" She looked anxious, and knelt down towards Lu Wuchen, her eyes already full of tears.
Shang Xiuxun couldn't bear it, and said, "Little thief, do you have a way?" ”
Lu Wuchen nodded and said, "Although this poison is weird, it is not incurable!" ”
Feng Ge sighed, Nu'er's face was pale, but there was a trace of blood, and she said, "Please also ask Gongzi to save my son-in-law!" ”
Lu Wuchen nodded and said, "For Xiuxun's sake, I will also save him!" ”
Shang Xiuxun glanced at him, but a sweetness floated in his heart.
Reaching out and digging it out, a pill overflowing with danxiang appeared in his hand, Lu Wuchen handed it to the slave, and said, "Take it to your owner!" ”
"Thank you, Childe!"
After thanking Lu Wuchen, Nu'er hurriedly gave the pill to Fang Zetao to take.
Feng Ge saw that not long after Fang Zetao took the pill, his face was flushed, his breathing was very even, and he immediately bowed solemnly to Lu Wuchen.
Lu Wuchen was not humble, accepted his salute, and said with a smile: "Master Fang Zhuang still needs to rest more, let's go out!" ”
Hearing this, Feng Ge instructed the slave to take good care of the owner, and then left with Lu Wuchen and the others.
Not long after everyone left Fang Zetao's room, they heard a drum beating, and everyone's faces changed, the Jianghuai army was attacking the city!
The drums of war were pounding, each drum stirring the strings of the crowd.
After everyone hurriedly rushed to the city, they saw that the Jianghuai army had launched wave after wave of attacks from all directions like a tide, shouting to kill the heavens, and the tragic momentum permeated everyone's hearts.
In the face of the enemy army swept like locusts, Qian Yun kept shouting and commanding the garrison, but the Jianghuai army not only cut off the source of the moat, but also filled a large section of the moat outside the main city gate with sand and stones.
The soldiers in armor charged fearlessly to death, and the bursts of murderous aura were amazing, and everything in front of them at this moment left a deep impression on Lu Wuchen's heart.
"This is the real soldier, compared to the four big cowards, they are shit at all!" Lu Wuchen can't be allowed to think otherwise, these soldiers are wearing uniform clothes, and the city is dazzling, and the most touching thing is all the tragic murderous aura on their bodies, these are all soldiers who have been on the battlefield.
Ladders and siege trees all appeared. The earth seemed to crack here, the sky seemed to be broken, and on the city wall, arrows from the sky rained down, and wood, stone, and boiling oil fell as if they didn't want money, killing the Jianghuai army who tried to attack the city wall in vain.
"The enemy is back!"
I don't know who shouted, everyone looked at it, the Jianghuai army really retreated, but it was only slightly adjusted, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses outside the city surrounded it into three policies. I saw the flag hunting. The sword soldiers were bright, and an awe-inspiring murderous aura came from the formation, above the Chinese army, and there was a banner above. Straight book with a big "Du" character. Apparently Duvowe's handsome banner.
"I didn't expect the fierce battle on the battlefield to be so magnificent!" Shang Xiuxun said. Although he has faced the siege of the four major Kou, it is not worth mentioning compared with the Jianghuai army.
Feng Ge on the side couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Although the other party only has 30,000 people. But there is another army, and if it comes, there will be 70,000 or 80,000 people besieging the gates! ”
Feng Ge was originally a general of the Sui Dynasty in Jingling City, highly respected and popular, this time he commanded it, and Fang Zetao's recovery from illness was tantamount to a shot in the arm for Jingling, which made the morale rise sharply, but in the face of the disparity in strength, it was also in vain.
Shang Xiuxun asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there in Jingling?" ”
Feng Ge replied: "The mountain villa itself has a strength of 30,000 people, and if you add the strong men who have been temporarily organized and enlisted in the army, there are 50,000 people. And their men are superior to us in terms of training, weapons, and experience. ”
When everyone heard this, they looked at each other, but Lu Wuchen smiled and said: "The soldiers are coming, now that we have arrived in such a field, we can only fight, not to mention, we may not just lose!" ”
Everyone listened to him confidently, and their hearts were steady, and the people of Pegasus Ranch knew that this person was extraordinary, and they thought that he must have a way, but they just waited to ask carefully, but they just smiled and did not answer.
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The drums beat again, and the sound broke the sky.
More than 70 iron vertical cars dedicated to blocking arrows began to move in the direction of Jingling, and there were more than 10 archers hidden behind each vehicle, as long as they reached an appropriate distance, they could shoot arrows from behind the large iron plate that was two feet high to cover the attack of others.
Everyone watched the building car start to advance, moving towards them like a tower, and their hearts were numb, this monster-like building car really made people's hearts chill. The warriors on the stairs can not only cover the entire city within the range of arrows because the height is similar to the wall, but also step directly on the wall and attack the city once they are close to the wall.
A loud trumpet sounded.
Hundreds of catapults, driven by hundreds of fortifiers, came first, overtook the building trucks, and chased after the arrow-blocking trucks.
Tens of thousands of Jianghuai troops shouted in unison, and the war horses neighed wildly, changing the color of the situation outside the city.
At the same time, a thin middle-aged man rode out, and everyone looked at this man, but saw that he was calm and calm, and his body was full of the feeling of an iron-blooded commander.
Feng Ge pointed at the man and said, "This person is Du Fuwei, the leader of the Jianghuai Army!" ”
Du Fuwei sneered and said in a long voice: "My Jianghuai army is overpowering, you don't surrender at this time, when will you stay?" The voice came out from afar, and there was an extraordinary momentum coming in.
Shang Xiuxun sneered: "Old thief Du, sure enough, he is joking, the two armies are fighting, and I have never heard of surrendering without a fight!" ”
Du Fuwei laughed, the sound shook in the sky, he looked at Shang Xiuxun, his eyes were blazing and bright, he was worthy of being a master who had been famous for a long time in the rivers and lakes, and said proudly: "It turned out that the owner of Pegasus Ranch came, and it was really a gathering of heroes in this small land!" ”
His face turned cold and said, "If you don't surrender again, don't blame the old man for being ruthless!" ”
Shout!
A sound of breaking the sky came, and a strong arrow broke through the air from the city wall, directly taking Du Fuwei's face, Du Fuwei was surprised, with his cultivation, he didn't find out who shot this arrow, he shouted angrily, "Rats, you dare!" ”
A pair of weapons in his hand were waved, but he heard "Dang! At this time, another arrow came, and the rapid strength pierced, making people's faces hurt, Du Fuwei turned over, dodged the arrow, and shouted angrily: "Siege!" ”
Fortifiers and shieldmen pushing ladders began to move, followed by wooden chariots that stormed the gates of the walls.
On the city wall, catapults began to throw stones, which fell from the sky like meteorites from the sky, and fell with a thud, and a heavy rain of arrows was shot from the arrow tower, and the people at the head of the city took refuge behind the fortifications.
The arrow tower came, suddenly a boulder fell from the sky, smashed on the arrow tower, the arrow tower was smashed to pieces, the head of the mausoleum city burst of cheers, but heard "Qiang!" Jin Mingyu shook, and his voice was as crisp as Mingyu.
Du Fuwei looked in surprise, only to see that above the city, a man was looking at him with a golden sword, and his face was full of sneers.
Lu Wuchen stepped on the city wall, looked down at the soldiers under him, pointed at the long sword in his hand, and the awe-inspiring sword qi wrapped around him, as if it was a strong wind, and shouted angrily: "Du Fuwei, dare to fight alone with me!" ”
The momentum on his body was awe-inspiring, although the killing sound was shocking at this moment, he could still hear his every word, and the long sword flashed with a strange edge, making people dare not look directly.
Du Fuwei shouted: "Did the old man win, and Fang Zetao would give up Jingling City?" ”
"Of course!" Lu Wuchen laughed and said, "But if you lose, you have to postpone the siege!" How is it? ”
Feng Ge and the others listened to Lu Wuchen's answer, and their faces changed, but Shang Xiuxun said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, it's okay!" ”
Everyone listened to his arrogant tone, but he had a compelling momentum, Du Fuwei thought in his heart: "Could it be that this person is confident? Or do you lie to me? ”
Lu Wuchen looked at Du Fuwei and groaned, and said, "Could it be that you Du Fuwei is afraid?" ”
Inviting a battle before the battle, cowardice before the battle, the impact on the morale of the army can be described as a profound one, Du Fuwei sneered and said: "The old man will be a backward boy for a while!" ”
He has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for decades and has seen countless storms, how can he be afraid of this kid?
Lu Wuchen laughed and said, "In this way, we will fight in Jingling City, how about it?" ”
After that, Lu Wuchen jumped down from Jingling City, this city wall is 100 meters high, everyone saw him jump down, they were all shocked, and said secretly: "Doesn't this person want his life?" But when he saw that Lu Wuchen's fall was gradually speeding up, he tapped on the city wall several times one after another, slowing down the downward trend each time, and finally his body fell in front of the city gate like a flutter.
When the head of the city was landed, a shocking cheer erupted.
Lu Wuchen's long sword pointed at Du Fuwei and said, "Your Excellency has been waiting for a long time!" ”
Du Fuwei frowned, looked at Lu Wuchen, and took out a pair of iron shovels, both of them were awe-inspiring, and it was just when they were about to break out, and a cold drink came.
"Wait!" A horse rode out and crossed in front of the two of them. (To be continued......)