Chapter 102: Right and Wrong
Lan Yu walked quickly to the side of the ramp, glanced at the ramp crowded with Yuan army soldiers below, turned his head to look at the tired and sitting or lying soldiers on the city wall, and said: Although these guys have surrendered, as long as the city gate is broken, they will inevitably pick up weapons and fight to the death with our army. Now that the brothers have suffered many casualties and are exhausted, but there are not so many men to take care of them, it is better to solve them first, and then go down and block the city gates. Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and gave a deep order to a thousand households beside him: "Go and gather five hundred brothers with bows and arrows." ”
Hearing this, the Qianhu's face changed slightly, and he trotted all the way to pass the order, so that the soldiers with bows and arrows on the city wall approached the ramp of the north city gatehouse.
Zhu Quan sat on the ground, turned his head and looked around, only to see that the Ming soldiers on the tower of the city gate were covered in blood like himself, tired and staggered on the ground, surrounded by corpses, but there was an unspeakable smell of scorching and bloody mixture, and he couldn't help but say in his heart: It seems that the real war is very different from the movie, and there is no trace of artistry at all, it is a cruel killing.
Xu Ying leaned on Zhu Quan, drowsy, and vaguely heard Lan Yu talking not far away, and secretly said in her heart: Our army has occupied the whole city of Gyeongju, and the Yuan army under the city has retreated, Brother Lan is looking for two hundred archers, but who are they dealing with? There was a sudden sound of footsteps in his ears, and he couldn't help but open his eyes to look, only to see thirty or forty Ming soldiers with bows and arrows in front of him, full of murderous faces, and hundreds of Ming soldiers with bows and arrows standing on the surrounding city walls, like the people in front of the city gate tower, all glaring viciously at the group of soldiers on the ramp.
Seeing this, Xu Ying suddenly recalled some of the words that her father Xu Da had said to her, her heart trembled, she tried to stand up, and asked Lan Yu, "Brother Lan, what are you going to do here?" At this time, she had already vaguely guessed what Lan Yu was going to do, but she couldn't help but ask, and her voice trembled slightly.
The ramp was crowded with six or seven hundred Yuan soldiers who could not advance or retreat, and there were six or seven hundred soldiers with their bare hands. They had done this more than once in the past, and at this time, seeing a group of Ming soldiers armed with bows and arrows on the surrounding city walls, staring at them with fierce eyes, how could they not understand their situation? Suddenly there was a wail, full of despair.
Lan Yu heard Xu Ying's words, but she didn't hear it, pulled out the long sword at her waist, walked to the edge of the city gate tower, and looked down.
How did Zhu Quan not know that Lan Yu wanted to kill prisoners of war? Standing up and walking to Lan Yu's side, he turned his head to look around, only to see that on the surrounding city wall, except for the Ming soldiers with bows and arrows, the rest of the people were lying on the ground, looking extremely tired. Although the fire in the city is not as big as before, it is still blocked around the north gate, and the sound and roar of the Yuan army in the city gate cave are still constantly heard, and the sound and roar of the Yuan army in the city gate are constantly being heard, and the Yuan army soldiers who are crowded on the ramp that can be close to the north gate are also trembling in their hearts, and they say: Although these guys have put down their weapons and surrendered, as long as the city gate is opened, they will definitely attack our army. The top priority is to immediately bring people down and find a way to block the city gates. The 10,000 horses and horses of Lanyu in the city, after a bloody battle in the middle of the night, not only suffered many casualties, but also fatigued, if the Yuan army outside the city rushed in, there would be no way to live. Thinking about this, although he vaguely felt that Lan Yu's approach was wrong, he still sighed and remained silent.
Seeing that Zhu Quan didn't speak, Xu Ying seemed to acquiesce in Lan Yu's actions, she was anxious and angry, stretched out her hand and twisted him behind his back, and said angrily: "The two armies are fighting, and it is natural and irreproachable for us to kill them. But now that these people have surrendered, they should not be killed for no reason. Although she is a free martial artist and has a strong personality, after all, as a woman, she can't help but feel compassion when she sees Lan Yu wanting to kill her pawn at this time.
At this moment, a figure in front of him shook. It was a bloodstained and bruised subordinate of Lan Yu, who walked over quickly, grabbed the longbow of an archer without saying anything, his eyes shot with razor-like hatred, and stared at the figure on the ramp viciously, just waiting for Lan Yu to give the order to open the bow and release the arrows.
Zhu Quan and Xu Ying saw that this person was a soldier who couldn't wait and wanted to kill, their faces were vaguely recognizable, and they couldn't help but be stunned, Zhu Quan came back to his senses and said with a happy face: "Erhu, you are still alive." .com"It turned out that this person was Zhu Quan, who came to the Lanyu army, and was ordered by Lanyu to follow one of his two brothers, the Ming sergeant Wang Erhu.
Xu Ying frowned, stretched out her hand, and wanted to pull Wang Erhu away, but he backhanded him away, and couldn't help but be stunned.
Zhu Quan, Xu Ying saw Wang Erhu in front of him holding a bow and arrow, and he looked murderous, all of them were stunned. Thinking back to the time when I first met the two brothers, the honest and honest demeanor, it is hard to think that this is Wang Erhu who met again after a few days of separation.
After Wang Erhu stretched out his hand to remove Xu Ying, he roared in a dumb voice: "If you watch your own eldest brother hack others to death, can you still say it so lightly?" As he spoke, he drew an arrow.
It turned out that he had been dependent on his eldest brother Wang Dahu since he was a child, and since he saw his eldest brother die tragically in the hands of the centurion, the man's hideous and smug smile has been deeply imprinted in his mind, and his heart has long been full of bitter hatred for all the Yuan army, and he can't wait for Lan Yu to give a military order as soon as possible and kill all the enemies in front of him.
Xu Ying and Zhu Quan heard him say this, their hearts were shocked, and their minds flashed when the blue jade army was attacked by the Yuan army of Highlander at night, Wang Dahu was not far in front of him, and slashed the centurion of the Yuan army in a different place. Today, I'm afraid that it will be the same as Wang Erhu.
Lan Yu raised the long sword in his hand with a frosty cheek, and the Ming army on the surrounding city wall saw the main general giving the order, raised the longbow with a brush, stretched out the bow and set up the arrow, and aimed at the soldiers on the ramp, just waiting for the blue jade long sword to fall, they were going to shoot the defenseless captives. Under the tension, the bowstring rattled and the arrow shook slightly.
Lan Yu glanced at Xu Ying and Zhu Quan, and said in a cold voice like a blade: "Lan Mou once heard that Gyeongju is the northernmost town in Liaodong, and there are tens of thousands of Han people, but where have they all gone now?" ”
This question was like a hammer hitting Zhu Quan and Xu Ying's hearts, Xu Ying's body was weak, as if she had lost all her strength, leaning on Zhu Quan weakly, speechless.
Zhu Quan's heart shook violently, and he thought: It must be wrong to kill prisoners, but these enemies are cruel and unkind, even women and children have never been spared, and they are merciful, let them live to kill the people and soldiers of my Ming Dynasty, is it right? Thinking of this, I couldn't help biting my lip, looking at the unarmed soldier with a look of despair and wailing, and there was no pity anymore.
At this moment, a scout of the Ming army looked anxious, ran over, knelt down on one knee and said: "General Qiyu Lan, my army of 20,000 foot soldiers rushed to the south gate outside the Xu place, please the general try to open the door and let the army enter the city." "It turned out that after the south gate was sealed by Qin Zhuofeng, the Ming army in charge of the south city wall saw the arrival of reinforcements and wanted to open the door to greet them.
Qin Zhuofeng heard that Wang Bi's 20,000 troops had arrived, and he didn't wait for Lan Yu's orders, he got up and rushed towards the south gate.
When Lan Yu heard such information, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, slowly lowered the long sword in his hand, and said: Since Wang Bi has arrived, I will wait for the army to defend the city, and there are enough manpower, as long as the north gate is sealed immediately, the crisis can be temporarily resolved. Thinking of this, he turned his head to the peace beside him and said in a deep voice: "Escort all these guys to General Nanmen Wang for care, and if there is any abnormality, all of them will be killed." After a short pause, he continued: "After General Wang enters the city, let him transfer all his bows and crossbows to the north gate." Speaking of this, he walked to Wang Erhu's side and reached out to press down his still tight longbow.
It turned out that Lan Yu wanted to kill these soldiers, not only because they blocked the road down to the north gate, but also because he brought 10,000 knights to raid Gyeongju, and after a bloody battle in the middle of the night, the casualties were close to 30%, and he was really unwilling to send more people to take care of the prisoners of war. At this time, since the reinforcements arrived, there was no need to kill more.
After receiving the order peacefully, under the scolding, let all the soldiers on the city wall pick up their war swords, and after moving away from the "human wall", they escorted a group of soldiers and walked along the city wall. The Ming army who escorted the captives punched and kicked all the way, scolded with foul language, and there were several short-tempered soldiers, after glaring at the soldiers, they slashed with a knife, or they simply did two or three together, lifted them up and threw them directly outside the city, and fell to death.
Lan Yu also turned a blind eye to this, turned around and followed the ramp, heading down to the north city gate.
Zhu Quan and Xu Ying saw that Wang Bi's army had arrived, and Lan Yu no longer insisted on killing and surrendering his pawns, so they were also greatly relieved and followed Lan Yu down.
At this time, the fire in the city burned for half the night, and it had already subsided, and Lan Yu and the other three walked along the city wall to the north gate. I saw that the huge city gate was shaking, and it was obvious that the Yuan army in the door hole was still slashing and slashing, wanting to rush into the city.
Lan Yu turned his head to look at the ruins of the embers around him, touched the still hot city wall on his side, and couldn't help frowning. It turned out that the raging fire in the city burned for half the night, like an oven, baking the city walls hot, and the bricks and stones between the broken walls can be imagined, but what should be used to block the city gates? Stop the more than 20,000 troops outside the city from rushing in?
At the south gate of Gyeongju, Qin Zhuofeng exerted his internal strength, twisted the thick chains, took off the thick latch, and let a group of Ming soldiers outside the city pour into the city.
Wang Bi, who had been driving all night in the wind and snow, led the army into the city with a tired face, and was about to speak to Qin Zhuofeng, when he heard the sergeant who came to give the order at a gallop, waved his big hand, and gave an order in a fierce manner, leading all the soldiers with bows and crossbows, and did not care about the embers on the avenue in the city, so he ran quickly to the north gate.
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