Chapter 167: Su Guang
Su Guang leaned on the city wall tiredly, gasping for breath.
The wound on his left palm was boneless, but he didn't have the strength to bandage it.
I have forgotten that this is the first time that I have repelled the enemy's attacks today, and in the past few months, he and his soldiers can be said to be "wrapped in sores and still out of battle, drinking blood and climbing the line", and at first they may have expected reinforcements, but now what they are waiting for is only a relief.
Hundred-foot building cars, well railings, rushing cars, earth and mountain attacks, tunnels, the enemy can be said to do everything in order to break through the city.
The supplies in the city were quite abundant, and Su Guang led the soldiers to burn the enemy's buildings and cars with rockets, smash the arrow towers on the earth mountain with trebuchets, and rely on ballistas to suppress the enemy's dense charge.
The enemy army even used the means of double tunnels, one layer to attract the attention of the city soldiers, and the deep layer was used to really break in, but Su Guang also saw through it, urging the people to dig deep trenches in the city, blocking the enemies who came from the tunnels in the ditch, throwing stones at them, and pouring boiling oil, igniting fires, killing and injuring hundreds, so that they had to retreat.
But Su Guang clearly felt that the enemy's attack was quite wonderful, but he always felt that there was a lack of interlocking flavor, which gave him a certain amount of respite.
The enemy's commander-in-chief is undoubtedly a famous general, but he always feels a little lacking in sophistication, which makes Su Guang feel very different from Burning Beanzaka's brilliant command.
Maybe the genius military advisor who has the wisdom bead in his hand and is almost a last resort is really no longer alive.
But it didn't make any sense, he had been waiting for months without a single reinforcement.
It was by no means impossible to fight in western Henan, otherwise Su Guang would not have been able to hold out for more than three months with the mobilization of tens of thousands of the enemy with hundreds of soldiers and thousands of militiamen in the city.
The so-called "weak soldiers in the world" lies in that group of superiors.
The land of Heluo, thousands of years of glitz. Even though the once prominent Heluo aristocratic group has been destroyed by the war, the wealthy families here still continue to have a similar temperament.
They love to enjoy, are full of fanaticism for interests, are unstoppable in the face of interests, but lack a sense of collective honor, can share happiness, but cannot share sorrows, and do not see long-term dangers.
In comparison, the rich landlords of Jingzhou with small bellies and chicken intestines seem to be too loyal and brave in the face of the crisis of their family and country.
Su Guang smiled bitterly, and remembered the fierce battle on the city wall a month ago.
He almost felt that the city would be breached by then. The first general of Sanhe, named Zhao Zhonggao, was unstoppable in his decision, and he was killed on the city wall to the point of blood.
But at the last moment, the attack of the Sanhe people made a fatal mistake, causing more than a dozen Sanhe celebrities, including Zhao Zhonggao, to be killed by random arrows and fall from the high city wall.
That victory made the morale of the city high, and Su Guangcai held out for another month.
But Su Guang couldn't forget the relieved smile and indifferent eyes of the middle-aged man who looked mighty when he fell off the city wall, as if he had seen through everything.
It always feels like the winner dies and the loser lives.
When you die in battle, can you have such open-mindedness?
Su Guang shook his head, walked down the city wall, and crossed the devastated trench, the charred corpses of the enemy inside had begun to decompose, but Su **** did not smell.
For a long time, you will be in the abalone, and you will not smell its smell. He used to love cleanliness, and he hasn't taken a shower for at least a month.
You have to arrange for someone to sprinkle some lime into it, otherwise the epidemic will break out, and it will be over.
Although Su Guang knew that the city was breached, that is, within half a month.
The enemy had successfully cut off the underground river that had been secretly opened by the Shentang Army before, and Su Guang now had to control the rationing of drinking water.
But as a general, I always hope that my last battle will be better.
So we still have to do our best.
At this time, Su Guang felt a corpse in the trench move.
He hurriedly opened his eyes wide.
The corpse lay there well.
But he seemed to see a white shadow flickering by.
Su Guang shook his head helplessly.
It's not that there are no ghosts in this world, but the battlefield of thousands of troops and horses is enough to deter the yin spirits, and it will never be easily haunted.
He's so nervous these days, probably blind.
He crossed the single-plank bridge over the trench and ascended to the towering castle lord's pavilion, gazing out the window at the shadow of the moon.
At that moment, a figure floated in from the window.
Su Guang was startled and was about to call the guards in a loud voice, but he heard a transmission.
"Big brother, don't shout, I'm Wu Feng. ”
Su Guang is Su Mengzhen's adopted son, and it is natural for Wu Feng to call him the eldest brother.
Hearing this, Su Guang was stunned, but when he saw someone wiping his face, his sword eyebrows and starry eyes, handsome and beautiful, it was indeed Wu Feng.
It's just that now Anxiang City is besieged by coalition forces, how did Wu Feng get in?
Wu Feng tore off the black cloak on his body, revealing a three-river military uniform, and took out the seal of the heir of the Divine Hall given by Su Mengzhen.
This seal is made of tourmaline from the Western Regions, which is brilliant and magnificent.
When Su Guang saw this seal, he was convinced that it was Wu Feng, sighed, and asked, "You have been mixed into the Three Rivers Army during this time?"
Wu Feng nodded.
But that still doesn't explain how Wu Feng got into the city.
Su Guang said gloomily: "The city can't be defended. What's the use of you coming in?"
Wu Feng said calmly: "I knew a few months ago that there would be no reinforcements coming. My team is limited, and if I come alone to help, I will only be in the mouth of a tiger. ”
Long Aotian took advantage of the power of the great victory, regardless of the material price, to order the army to stay in Xiangyang County and storm Anxiang City, which seemed unwise, but in fact it was an extremely wise approach.
If he can recapture Anxiang City, the birthplace of the Three Rivers Li Family, Shen Xiao Dao can truly control the Three Rivers Sword Sect in his hands.
Su Guang sighed: "Yes, to relieve the siege of Anxiang City, at least more than 3,000 soldiers are needed, as well as several times the number of auxiliaries." But after the defeat, the people's hearts were scattered, and the troops could not make up this point. ”
He bit his lip: "It's okay, if you can come in, you will definitely be able to get out." Take my suicide note back to your father, for after the city is breached, the enemy may not be willing to hand it over. ”
As he spoke, he shuddered and took out a dirty white cloth from his bosom.
A book was written in blood on the cloth.
Wu Feng waved his hand: "It doesn't make any sense." ”
Su Guang was annoyed.
With sincerity, he wrote this blood letter, but it was so denied by Wu Feng!
Wu Feng's eyes suddenly became scorching: "Big brother, let's go." ”
Su Guang's heart chuckled.
In fact, he can't see death as if he were like Zhao Zhonggao.
But since he was ordered to guard the city of Anxiang, the responsibility was on his shoulders, so he could only live and die with the city.
If he surrenders, life is worse than death for him.
"You...... What are you talking about?" Su Guang's facial expression was a little stiff.
Wu Feng smiled slightly: "I think, at the beginning, the eldest brother still hoped that the reinforcements could arrive, so that you can not only live, but also use this battle to wash away the shame of being defeated first in the battle of Xue Burning Douban, right?"
Su Guang's heart trembled.
Wu Feng scored his psychological analysis without fail.
Wu Feng's eyes suddenly brightened, and he looked at Su Guang's.
It's like being able to see through his soul!
"So, big brother, tell me. Are you willing to die like this?"
Su Guang suddenly felt that his soul was like being struck by thunder.
These words kept echoing in my head.
Are you willing......
Are you willing......
Are you willing......
"Think about it with your heart, and then answer me when you're ready. Wu Feng said calmly, but there was the momentum of a hegemon in the calm.
Su Guang gritted his teeth.
yes, I'm not reconciled.
This battle was never supposed to be the end of my life.
But he shook his head: "I left with you, what about these soldiers?"
Wu Feng nodded: "The important reason why the eldest brother insisted on it was that it was too late to evacuate with them. ”
"The soldiers guarding Anxiang City are all the elite of our shrine, and if they surrender to the enemy, they will increase the enemy's combat power a lot. ”
"That's why you decided to take them to hell with you. ”
Su Guang bit his lip tightly.
That was indeed what he was thinking.
He used generous words every day to boost morale, share the weal and woe with the soldiers, and bandage the wounded.
But his purpose is only to let them consume the enemy's living combat power to the greatest extent, and then everyone will step on the road to the Yellow Springs together.
"I know it's not fair to the soldiers. ”
Su Guang said with a gloomy expression: "But in this troubled world, what real fairness is there?"
Wu Feng clasped his hands: "Big brother, you think too much." ”
"If it is really the winner who decides the victory, not to mention the thousands of people in the city, even if it is 100,000 thousand, it is worth it - if the peace obtained in exchange for this can allow millions of people to enjoy peace and well-being. ”
"But, I'm going to say - it doesn't make any sense!"
Su Guang was shocked.
From Wu Feng's blazing gaze, he seemed to feel Wu Feng's true thoughts.
"So...... What makes sense, you say?"
Wu Feng did not answer directly, but said word by word: "Jiangdong Tiger Ma Qiancheng said that people are cities, people are walls, and people are walls. ”
What he said includes not only people but also more importantly, people. ”
"Brother's talent shouldn't be consumed here. Even if nearly 10,000 people, including hundreds of soldiers in the city, surrender, as long as we rescue you, big brother, we will win this battle. ”
Wu Feng resolutely beckoned: "Let's go, brother." When you intend to live and die with the city, you have already overcome your fears and proved that you are a brave man in heaven and earth. ”
"And killing the famous general Zhao Zhonggao of the Three Rivers is enough to serve as your medal of honor, and no one will laugh at you for abandoning the army and leaving. ”
His voice suddenly rose several degrees.
"Sometimes it takes more courage to live than to die - because it is often the most ambitious people who fear death the most. ”
"A true brave man knows that he can do more to be alive. ”
"And today, I, Wu Feng, begged my brother to give me his life, and we went together to pacify this vast world!"
The eyes are facing each other.
Wu Feng stretched out his hand.
Shake hands together.
One hand is slender and plump, and the other is thin and withered.
But it all contains courage and determination.
That night, after Su Guang left a letter, together with Wu Feng, with the power of the Demon Spirit Ring to travel through the soil, he escaped along the abandoned tunnel dug by the coalition army.
The next day, the remnants of the city's defenders surrendered to the coalition forces, and Anxiang City fell.
Later, under Wu Feng's command, Su Guang's extremely good ability to defend the city actually did not have many opportunities to play.
Because for Wu Feng, offense is the best defense.
But at least many years later, when Su Guang died on the battlefield for Wu Feng and changed the overall situation of a battle that determined the general trend of the world, he remembered this conversation at the beginning.
Su Guang felt that this was the right place to die.