Chapter 70: Teasing the Princes and Hindering Goyi (II)
The sky is scattered with melancholy clouds, and on the endless field, there are scattered large and small villages, and on one side of the village, a walled city-state with a radius of dozens of zhang stands there.
In the evening, the last rays of red glow on the horizon engulfed the whole tired world, the cold west wind blew shivering, the golden branches and jade leaves on the trees trembled and made a trembling sound, and from a distance, the city-state stood alone in the whole of nature, and as far as the eye could see, the dilapidated scene seemed incompatible with the harmony of nature.
Nameless strolled to the city gate, only to see the bow on the city wall focused on Nameless, as if as long as Nameless took a step forward, what awaited him would be a hedgehog-like result.
"Stop, take another step forward, and shoot immediately." The leader of the guards on the rampart shouted at Nameless.
"I will enter the city to communicate with your marshal, and if you dare to delay, you will be guilty of a felony."
I saw the guards on the city wall explain a few words to their companions around them, and continued to shout: "Okay, you wait here, and I will return to you." ”
With that, the leader of the guards turned and left.
After about half an hour's work, I saw the cardinal walking towards the city wall, dressed in military uniform, looking at the nameless city below.
"Who are you, what are you doing when you come to me to cross the city, the war is tight, you should leave quickly to avoid accidental injury."
"I'm Xiangguo nameless, I have something important to discuss, please let me go."
I saw the cardinal hurriedly walking down the city wall, walking out of the city gate with a few guards, and walking towards Nameless.
As soon as they met, Shuzi greeted and said: "Why did Xiangguo come here, the war has been tight recently, during the day, the three clans of the Barbarian Yue Clan, Sanmiao, and Youmeng Clan have been attacking for half a day, and there have been countless casualties on both sides. ”
"I'm here for this, and I'm more or less aware of the situation."
Along the way, the wounded soldiers were lying on the streets, with countless arrows and arrows on the ground, and the smell of mutilated corpses was everywhere, and the sound of children crying everywhere resounded throughout the city.
Above the hall of the city, a few simple chairs were arranged in a mess, as if no one had used them for a long time, and the cardinal walked to the main seat, brushed away the dust, and motioned for Nameless to sit down.
"Okay, marshal, don't be so polite, what's the current state of the war? Tell me about it briefly. ”
"The incompetence of his subordinates has worried the king, but after half a day of fighting, the casualties of our army are still under control, and the casualties of the enemy are even worse. I'm ready to live and die with the city. ”
"There is no need to show determination, simply communicate with you about the plan for the next stage, first, whether the city can be defended, it is not yet known, our army has fought repeatedly, and the soldiers are tired and tired, which is not conducive to the follow-up battle. Second, we must love our subjects and help them to tide over the difficulties, and in the event of war, it is not the soldiers who will be hurt first, but the people. Third, the army is pressing, the city can not be defended, our first task is to withdraw, safe withdrawal from the city, this is the king's greatest expectation for the city. ”
"Xiangguo, aren't we going to revive the Xia Kingdom? Why retreat! We can't chill the hearts of the cities that the soldiers have fought with their blood. ”
"Which is more important, preserving strength or destroying the city, have you considered it?"
"Okay, I'm not here to discuss with you, I'm here to give you an order, I originally planned to send someone to convey it, the king and I are not at ease, we both hope to mobilize as soon as possible and withdraw to Lunyi."
After the nameless finished speaking, he handed the king's secret order to the cardinal at the same time, and the cardinal was full of tears, secretly touched a handful of tears, turned around and walked out of the hall, and immediately convened all the generals in the city to mobilize and transfer the action.
The whole transfer was carried out in three steps, the first step: the grain and grass officer was secretly ordered to transfer the grain out and set off along the official road to Lunyi; The second step was to evacuate the subjects and the sick and wounded in the city, and to set out on the second watch, prohibiting the carrying of torches, paying special attention to walking along the tree-lined paths, and appointing 10,000 infantry to protect the safety. In the third step, the soldiers in the city retreated to Lunyi along the tree-lined path in three groups, and Shuzi and Xiangguo walked the last group of cushions without a name.
Everything was arranged, and everyone waited quietly for the time to come.
When Shuzi and Nameless were about to leave the city with nearly 10,000 soldiers, the enemy army sneaked up, first sporadically fighting, and then, the sound of killing shook the sky, and tens of thousands of troops rushed into the city to start a bloody battle with the city.
The three Miao tribes in the west of the city rushed to the head of the city desperately, planted the plain flag of the three seedlings, the patriarch of the three Miao tribes, killed the red eyes, saw that people did not care about three seven twenty-one, and killed the people in the past, everywhere they went, the blood flowed like a river, and one by one the fresh lives came to an end.
In the east of the city, there were dense arrows of the Meng clan falling into the city one after another, and the sound of fighting and wailing resounded throughout the city.
In the south direction of the city, the barbarian Yue patriarch had a broken arm and bled continuously, angrily leading the clansmen to advance with a crushing momentum, Nameless and Shuzi faced three-way pressure, fighting and retreating, and gradually the side could not distinguish between the enemy and me, killing each other, the lonely city boiled instantly, in the city, some of the houses were lit by torches, and the crackling fire reflected on the hideous faces of the soldiers, and from time to time there were soldiers who were burned by the fire, wailing and rushing to the crowd.
At this time, I saw that the cardinal frowned slightly, and said to a few guards around him: "You don't care about me, send Xiangguo out of the city for me, there must be no mistake." ”
"No, Marshal, we're going to go together." Nameless looked at the cardinal with a bloody face and said,
"You are the Xiangguo of the Xia Kingdom, you should go to Lunyi alive to help avenge our dead soldiers."
"No, no, no, if you don't go, I won't go."
"I want to be with my soldiers, I can't leave, why are you still stunned? tied up Xiangguo to me and sent him back to Lunyi. ”
After the cardinal finished speaking, the guards did not dare to disobey, and quickly dragged Nameless and walked towards the north gate.
"Shuzi, don't, Xia Guo needs you, you can't be like this, you can't be like this."
The cardinal ignored it and walked towards the battlefield with his knife in his hand.
Not long after the battle, several soldiers pierced the body of the pivot with forks, and a generation of heroes died on the road to the revival of the Xia Kingdom.
The war lasted until dawn, and the sun of the rising sun shone on the ruined city, shining brightly, and the bright red blood had stained the whole city red, and the smell of blood was everywhere, and the soldiers were panting for breath from exhaustion.
After bandaging his left arm, the Manyue patriarch sat with Sanmiao and Youmeng.
"Damn, a broken city is really fucking hard to fight." The patriarch of the three Miao said indignantly.
"We have the Meng clan to come in first, and the city should be under the control of our Meng clan." The Arimeng clan patriarch wiped the blood from his face and put his sword into its sheath.
"You think too much, my Barbarian Yue clan is the main attack, you dare to make fun of our Barbarian Yue, you Central Plains people are too ruthless, I am not finished with you." After that, he picked up his sword and was about to have a duel.
King Sanmiao was afraid that there would be another trouble, and the three clans would not be able to gain any benefits, so he said: "Isn't it in our covenant, and there is still Geyi in the city to be handed over to us?" We were all fooled, the cold drama dared to tease us, and now our three clans have suffered heavy losses, I'm afraid that Geyi is just a rhetoric for the cold drama, so let's take the troops to Geyi to take over, and see what will happen to his cold drama? ”
"Okay, I have the support of the Meng clan to take over Goyi first, and then make plans."
"Since this is the case, I will believe it again, and I have no opinion on taking over Geyi, otherwise, I will go back and lead the troops to pacify his cold country." The more brute he spoke, he was always so domineering.
The three clans rested for a day in the city, and headed for Goyi with their tired army.