The Wind Rises and Rises (7) Fengzhou Shocking Changes (3)
"The situation is far more dangerous than you think."
"Where to start?" Xiao Erlang stood up again, and the scenes of discord in the past few days appeared in front of him one after another, and he couldn't help but shudder.
"Second brother, Brother Bingshu doesn't understand, but he just knows about the defense and Cai Jing's conspiracy, these two situations are very different......"
Xiao Erlang was covered in white sweat, and he only felt cold hands and feet.
If the military salary is delayed for too long, it will inevitably be discovered by the imperial court, if the thieves know that the shortage of food and clothing is only temporary, then ...... The purpose of the thieves from the beginning is to solve the problem quickly!
No wonder the granaries are piled up for no reason! The thieves were good at cavalry, and the cavalry's food was usually carried with them to facilitate their attacks. There is no need for a granary at all! The siege of Fengzhou is fake, and it is true to lead us out of the city. From the very beginning, the purpose of the thieves was not to trap the infantry at all!
The thieves are clearly making a show for us! Let's mistakenly think that we want the army to besiege the city, lead us out of the city and attack the granary at night, and then charge and kill with cavalry! Weaken the defenders and take Fengzhou in one fell swoop!
"Ahh Erlang didn't care about anything else, and took three steps and two steps to rush out of the door! Along the way, I only felt a buzzing in my ears, trembling all over, and I don't know how many times I fell along the way.
By the time Erlang climbed to the city wall with his hands and feet, the sky was already dark. The brocade clothes had been scraped into strips of cloth, and there was blood stains all over his body. When I stood on the city wall and saw the north, I could no longer see my father's expedition, only the black enemy army on the horizon and the blue sky.
I wanted to cry, tears hung on my face and I opened my mouth, but the words were choked in my throat, and all I came out of my mouth were whimpering. The whole body collapsed, and the blood crawled all over the eyes.
After a while, a shout of "ah" finally came out of his mouth, only to feel that his throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood spit out on the placket of his clothes, his eyes were black, and he was unconscious.
That feeling, like sinking into the deep sea, dissolves into a part of the boundless darkness.
Hu Wei Fangxu chased after him, only to see Xiao Erlang dressed in rags and covered in injuries. He vomited blood from his mouth and fainted to the ground. Fang Xu's white face turned even whiter in shock, and he was busy looking for a military doctor, Hu Wei gritted his teeth, and squeezed out a few words between his teeth: "When we are cured, we will die early." Turning around, Hu Wei brought a basin of cold water from the military tent and splashed it on Xiao Erlang's head, "brushing" Erlang instantly turned into a soup chicken. Erlang only felt that the darkness around him receded, and he woke up slowly.
Hu Wei grabbed Xiao Erlang's collar and glared at him and gritted his teeth and said: "It is impossible for the battlefield not to be dead, it's not just your father who died, and when the city is broken, everyone's heads will be gone." General Xiao is dead, everyone is very uncomfortable, and no one can dispatch it except you. ”
Xiao Erlang clenched his teeth, took a few deep breaths, forced his heart, turned his head to look at the Chengtou sergeant and Hu Wei Fangxu, and held back his crying. "Where is Liu Xin?"
Liu Xin hurriedly ran to Xiao Erlang's side: "Young marshal, the last general." ”
"You. Go organize the archers and block me at any cost! ”
"Yes!"
When Erlang looked at it, the enemy army was like a black cloud, pressing from the distant horizon. A pang in my heart.
Suddenly, under the city wall, a slow voice floated up. "Amitabha, Lord Xiao. The Si people have gone and cannot be resurrected, and the merits of this life will be repaid in the next life. If you don't tell you to go to it, you can chase it. Please cheer up, donor. ”
"Mother, just annoy the bald donkey to chew his tongue, it's okay, let's screw off the head of the barbarian and hang it on the city gate with intestines, which can be regarded as an explanation for your father."
"Life and death are just the rotation of yin and yang, the two instruments depend on each other, and the rotation is endless, please mourn Major General Xiao."
"Yes, yes, this mother Taoist priest also said, mourning, let's do it, the brothers in the village are coming!"
Xiao Erlang looked at the city and saw Li Ying standing under the city wall with the heads of various sects, smiling bitterly. How can the pain of killing one's father be easily calmed. These words are just pouring a bowl of hot soup on a glacier.
Xiao Erlang closed his eyes and frowned. When I opened my eyes again, I was already bright.
Li Ying finally spoke at this time: "There are more than 3,000 people from all factions, and there are those who can help, even if they open their mouths." ”
Xiao Erlang was speechless, and when he looked at the northern frontier, he saw a few watchtower vehicles scattered among the ten thousand troops, and there were no heavy siege weapons such as catapults. Fang knew that it would take some time for the enemy to prepare.
Erlang quickly left the city wall, hung his armor and carried a spear to the school field. Looking at the phalanx of soldiers below, Erlang did not order the troops, but asked the soldiers to carry out all the grain and grass in the wine jar, and started the pot in the school field. The people of Fengzhou gathered around the school military field, some discussed, some cried quietly, and the crowd mourned. The soldiers in the military field of this school also bowed their heads, as if they had predicted their fate.
Erlang got up and left the tiger skin chair, jumped under the general's stage, and walked in the military formation. The sergeant hurriedly straightened up, flattered. How noble the identity of that general is, since ancient times, the marshal of the army has been on the stage, and now he is in person under the stage, which is really a strange news.
"Soldiers, today's heavy troops are pressing, and the city is in danger. The Western Xia repeatedly invaded, and capturing the city was to loot the grain and slaughter the city. Today's Fengzhou must be inevitable. ”
As soon as the words came out, the audience whimpered a few times.
"Today! Descend is death, and if you don't descend, you will die! Now that the gate of Lanzhou is closed, the old thief wants me to bleed the whole city of Fengzhou! Ladies and gentlemen, we have no way out. ”
"Ladies and gentlemen, there are wives and children in the family, it doesn't matter how we die, but children and old mothers, do we also ignore them!?"
The crowd whimpered.
"You can escape, you can surrender, but think clearly, where else can we escape!? We're at our point! When we die, our eyes are closed, but it is light. The wife was snatched away, let the barbarian spoil it, the child was used as an animal, and the parents let the barbarian behead, then you will be able to rest in peace?! ”
The more Xiao Yuanshan spoke, the more excited he became, he pulled out his sword and waved it: "When the time comes, our children will be used as animals for barbarians, and when the children come to our graves, they will question us and ask us what they are doing!" Ask why we surrendered without a fight, ask why we died, and what should we do with this group of bastards!! ”
"My father, Marshal Xiao has died in battle, just last night. Today, I can't guarantee that I will live with everyone, but if Fengzhou is gone, our family will be gone!! I'll die with you! I snatched my life by myself!! The anger is fought for by yourself!! You can't let people kill our family with their heads down, not to mention that it's still a group of northern barbarians!! ”
"How can a bloody man sit still and wait to die, and how can the people of the Heavenly Empire bow their heads? This battle, if nothing else, is for our children! For our wives and dependents! For your own home! ”
In the crowd, the soldiers clenched their teeth with tears in their eyes. Xiao Erlang slowly walked to the wine jar, cut his palms in front of him, and sprinkled his own blood in each wine jar. Then he scooped up a bowl of wine and raised it to his eyebrows.
Erlang was imposing and said: "At this moment, there are no generals here, you can afford me, please drink a bowl of wine, I, Xiao Yuanshan, want to be brothers with different surnames with you!" Today, we are born together, and if we die together, it will be fine! If we are defeated and our relatives are wiped out, we can also proudly inform us that we will die in a bloody battle, and we are not cowards!! On our Huangquan Road, let's go and talk about wine again! I, Xiao Yuanshan, have the honor to meet you today, and this life is worth it!! ”
After that, Xiao Erlang raised his head, drank a bowl of wine and "snapped", shook his hand and smashed the bowl. The soldiers stepped forward one after another, one person with a bowl of wine, and smashed the bowl one after another.
The outside of the school military field has long been boiling, "Fight!" "it!" "I don't want to live!" "The days are over!" "yes, I won't survive anyway!"
This time, there was no restriction on military rations, and more than half of the month's rations were eaten at one meal, Xiao Yuanshan and the soldiers sat on the ground to eat together, and they were also distributed to the people outside the school and military field to eat.
After eating, Xiao Erlang sat on the ground and thought about it.