Chapter 691: Visiting Luoyang Late at Night to Dominate
The rebels carried out a frantic attack on Luoyang City for several days in a row, just like a pack of thin wolves that had lost their hair, desperately biting a rhinoceros!
Night fell, the righteous army retreated like a tide, the Han army commander Guo Dongjia only then walked to the city, at this time the city wall has been scarred, the Fran machine cannon is short and concise, but the mobility is good, the gun carriage will collapse the city wall in several places, but also kill and injure countless defenders!
The defenders at the head of the city were broken and wailing, the auxiliaries and men were cleaning up the corpses and carrying the equipment to the city, the craftsmen were repairing the walls, the surviving defenders had retreated from the front, and the healers of the army were running around, so busy that their aprons were full of blood, no different from the butchers in the market.
Guo Dongjia was also worried, but he was helpless.
He is a Han general, and it is not easy to be able to achieve the position of commander, and the Mongols not only let him manage the new annexed army, but even the Han army has been handed over to him, which is also rare.
It's a pity that he can't control the city defense, because there is a Mongol defender above him.
He also participated in the Western Expedition, and made a lot of military achievements, he was an extremely brave general among the young Mongolian generals, extremely conceited, and brutal, these days he executed a lot of Han troops who defended the city unfavorably, and the heads hanging in the city were more deterrent than any governor army.
Guo Dongjia was originally a military household in Liaodong, as early as the time of the Jin Kingdom, he helped the Jurchens to guard the country, and after surrendering to Mongolia, he was reused, because of his excellent management ability, he first guarded Fengshengzhou, and then transferred to Luoyang.
He was a person who cherished the army and the people, and when he surrendered to Mongolia, he was also worried that the Mongols would slaughter the city after breaking the city, so he went out of the city and surrendered, saving the lives of the people.
Now the rebel army is strong, launching three or four fierce attacks a day, and it is just enough to drive the Han army and the new annexed army to the head of the city to die, and let the Mongolian Red Army serve as the overseer, but those who escape from the battle will be killed on the spot.
Under such a high-pressure deterrence, compared with the rebel army outside the city, the defenders were more afraid of these Mongol overseers, and the morale of the army fell to the bottom, and the people were panicked.
Guo Dongjia admonished him several times, but he was also brutally pressed down, and even humiliated Guo Dongjia in front of the officers and soldiers.
Guo Dongjia, like other Liaodong military households, does not have too much loyalty in his heart, whoever gives food will give his life, but he really can't tolerate the brutality and inhumanity of Ye Kugai, this is not a war, but a massacre!
The actions of the Overseers were no different from slaughter, and they did not care about the life or death of the defenders, only about victory or defeat.
Guo Dongjia is a Han man, and he knows that the gentleman knows the righteousness, and the villain knows the profit, and stimulates the morale of the army, which is by no means something that can be done by brutal killing.
The Mongol Overseer, whose magic weapon of victory, may have been able to drive these defenders away from countless enemies in the face of fear, but the sergeants faced double fear, and many of them could not hold out to the end, were not defeated by the enemy, and were eventually killed by the Overseer.
Guo Dongjia was speechless for a while in the face of the devastation at the head of the city, and he was constantly guarding against him, not letting him touch the core city defense, which was also a common problem of the Mongols.
When attacking the city and plundering the land, they want you to surrender, but when you surrender, they will not really trust and reuse you, or rather, this is a problem that all surrenderers must face.
Perhaps as early as when he surrendered to the Mongols, Guo Dongjia had realized this and thought that he could accept it calmly, but in fact, he couldn't watch the soldiers and civilians of Luoyang die in the hands of the overseer army like this!
But what can you do?
Will the gates of the city be opened, as before, to welcome the enemy into the city?
He is a Han Chinese, and he is also the commander of Luoyang, and he is also familiar with Zongyun's righteous army, which swept through Huaibei as if it were born out of thin air, and almost completed the Hongye that the Song Dynasty could not complete for decades.
But this rebel army has a very high reputation among the people, not to mention the reputation, even the Han people in Luoyang City are singing the deeds and stories of this rebel army.
If Guo Dongjia doesn't have the idea of surrendering in his heart, he is sitting on the grave and talking cross talk, deceiving ghosts.
But Kugai is not an ignorant and dumb martial artist, he is as cruel as a wolf, cunning as a fox, cautious as a mouse, but vicious as a snake, he is a typical Mongolian butcher!
Guo Dongjia surrendered earlier, with the intention of killing less and protecting the local people, but now he wants to repeat the old tricks, but he is powerless.
If Hugai can let him climb to the top of the city, it is already loose.
At this time, the militia of the rebel army was collecting the corpses under the city, and they placed the corpses of the defenders neatly under the city, and even covered the corpses with arrowroot, giving these defenders the last dignity.
But what about the defenders at the head of Luoyang City?
At the behest of Yehugai, they threw the corpses of the rebels at the head of the city as if they were filthy garbage.
Guo Dongjia was very disdainful in his heart, but at this time, a majestic and arrogant voice came from behind him!
"Shoot me the corpses with arrows!"
He also wore lantern pants on his lower body, with a wide belt around his waist, and a double knife hanging on the belt.
The Mongolian archers and crossbowmen climbed to the top of the city one after another, and poured a rain of arrows on the rebel militia who collected the corpses under the city!
These men were the overseers, who hid behind during the day and slashed the soldiers who defended the city, but at night they came to shoot the corpse collectors, and took pride in this and took advantage of it, as if the more people they killed on the battlefield, the more brave they became.
But in Guo Dongjia's heart, this is the most cowardly performance!
"Wanhu, these people are just unarmed corpse collectors, they sent back the corpses of our sergeants, and gave the deceased the last dignity, Wanhu should let them go. ”
Guo Dongjia was comforted, but he also hummed and smiled, and said to Guo Dongjia: "If Guo Tongzhi sympathizes with them, just open the city gate and let these rebels enter the city, who doesn't know that Guo Tongzhi has always been benevolent, and I am afraid that we Mongolians who kill people without blinking an eye will not be used to it, right?"
Guo Dongjia's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly bowed his head and saluted, not daring to say anything.
Ye Kugai just snorted coldly and said: "Since Guo Tongzhi doesn't have the courage, don't hang around the city, this city is prepared for warriors to kill the enemy desperately, and it's better for the commander to go back to the mansion to drink tea." ”
Guo Dongjia's heart was stagnant, his face was pale, how uncomfortable Manti was, but he couldn't show it on his face, so he could only go down to the city sullenly.
As soon as he walked down, he heard the order: "Pour oil on it, burn all the corpses, and save some strength to kill the enemy tomorrow." ”
Guo Dongjia's footsteps were sluggish, he clenched his teeth, and as for what he was thinking in his heart, he didn't know.
After returning to the mansion, Guo Dongjia retreated left and right, and walked to the study alone, and on the way, his mother came over and asked him which aunt's room he wanted to go to rest, so Guo Dongjia scolded him back.
When has this been, and who still has the heart to think about this?
In view of the siege of the rebels, the garrison in the palace was very tight, but Guo Dongjia was disheartened, so he drove the guards back to sleep.
When he was in Liaodong, he was also a general, and now the city is waterproof and can't be entered, who will make trouble in the city?
Even if there are many good players in the rebel army, if they want to assassinate, they will be assassinated, not him, who is insignificant and nominally Guo Tong.
When he was young, he was also a good drinker, but after surrendering, he lived a cautious life and began to drink without a drip.
Tonight, his mood fluctuated, so he was alone and took the cellar of Liaodong spirits, but as soon as he returned to the study, his body was a little cold!
The servants still had lamps and candles, so when he opened the door, he saw the young man sitting alone in the study.
This person is handsome, wearing a dark robe, the contours of his face are very distinct, his eyes are as deep as the sea, and his bearing is as calm as Yue, and at first glance he is definitely not a thing in the pool.
Guo Dongjia didn't shout, nor did he panic, he just quietly glanced around, he didn't have a sword on him, but there was a captured sword on the knife rack in the study, but unfortunately he couldn't get close to that side.
This person was able to enter his study unnoticed, and gave himself such a strong sense of threat, Guo Dongjia naturally knew that his background was extraordinary.
"Have a drink?"
Guo Dongjia raised the liquor in his hand and asked the man, but the man just smiled lightly and said to Guo Dongjia.
"Guo's control is really good, but it is disrespectful. ”
Guo Dongjia carried the wine jar, took two more sea bowls, and gently put them on the table, the young man patted it lightly on the table, and the sealing mud on the wine jar flew up with a pop!
"What a strong internal force!"
Guo Dongjia was shocked, and then looked at the young man, who had already lifted the wine jar, poured a bowl, and gently placed it in front of Guo Dongjia, and then poured a bowl for himself.
Guo Dongjia picked up the wine bowl, looked at the pale yellow and transparent spirits, and couldn't help but sigh lightly.
"No wonder the rebels were able to fight in Luoyang, Sect Master Zhang is a dragon and a phoenix among people..."
He is not an eyeless person, he has experienced so many things, his eyesight is naturally more vicious than others, combined with the rumored Yijun Sect's advocacy of the original spirit, coupled with his own speculation, he also sighed tentatively.
Seeing that the young man opposite was calm and light-hearted, he immediately confirmed that his inference was not wrong, this person was Zhang Benling, the leader of the rebel army!
At this time, he was able to enter the city safely, and there were few people in the world who had such ability, and the rebel army was able to achieve such brilliant results in one or two years, how could the leader be mediocre.
Others may not be able to see the value of his Guo Dongjia, but they can also see it, so they embankment him and prevent him from touching the city defense.
As the leader of the Righteous Army, if Zong Yun couldn't see the value of his Guo Dongjia, the Righteous Army would not have come to this point, so it is not surprising that Guo Dongjia could guess Zong Yun's identity.
Although Luoyang City was guarded like an iron bucket early, as if flies and mosquitoes couldn't fit one and a half, in fact, many masters of the Shenxing Flying Talisman Camp were lurking in the city.
Zong Yun is a martial arts wizard, and he is a noble son of a Taoist family, he has been practicing internal skills since he was a child, and there is no need to mention light skills, Luoyang is a big city, and it is impossible to be fully guarded, and if he wants to sneak into the city, it is just a piece of cake.
Zong Yun heard Guo Dongjia's praise, and he was not modest, but said: "Since Guo Tongzhi also knows that Xiaodao is the dragon and phoenix among people, why not start from the dragon, but suffer the humiliation of these barbarians and be the traitor who has been stinking for thousands of years?"
Zong Yun went straight to the point, and there was no mercy between the words, Guo Dongjia's face was ugly, especially when he heard the word traitor, which made him angry.
It's just that Zong Yun can sit in front of him, pinching him to death is like pinching an ant to death, for Guo Dongjia, this is the biggest problem.
Maybe Guo Dongjia has no right to speak on other things, but he has something to say about the word traitor.
"I, Guo Dongjia, am a Han Chinese, in order to protect the Han people in the north, I would rather surrender to the enemy chieftain, and I am willing to be insulted, and I have never harmed a Han person, I don't recognize the word traitor!"
When Zong Yun heard this, he just sneered.