Chapter 8: The Battle of Xunyang City
Xunyang City is flooded, the city is besieged, the people need relief, and there are countless thieves in the city.
Some women watched cruelly as their children starved to death, but there was nothing they could do.
Food was in short supply in the city, merchants hoarded large quantities of goods for profit, flying stones fell from the sky outside the city, and houses were destroyed like pieces of paper.
A few children stood on the door panel floating in the water and cried!
Seeing this scene, several soldiers defending the city could only take off their armor and prepare to pick up the child and move it to a safe place.
Suddenly, a powerful crossbow sped through the outside of the city, piercing the bodies of the soldiers guarding the city next to it, leaving blood stains everywhere........
"The county order, the imperial court is violent, coupled with the heavy water in the city, the heavy rain is pouring down, and the grain and grass are only enough to support 5 days!"
A master ran over with a stacked ledger and reported.
"I know that the black-armored soldier is indeed evil, and it will encounter this kind of weather as soon as the city is attacked, which is not conducive to defending the city."
The county order hates that iron does not become steel, after all, he received a few boxes of the rebel king Han Xiu's big ingots, and fooled him into saying that the general trend of Daxu has gone, and the one who knows the times is Junjie.
The county magistrate was very disappointed with the current Daxu court, so he agreed to rebel with Han Xiu!
"Damn! Come on! The county magistrate anxiously paced back and forth, pondering what to do to relieve the siege.
Several cronies and dead soldiers raised in the county government rushed out together. "The subordinates are here! The subordinates are here! ”
"Hurry up and send a message to King Han to help me, you will go soon!"
The dead man also knew that this matter was very important and urgent, and hurriedly responded: "Yui! ”
"Report! Black armor soldiers found in the city! The soldier who reported was so frightened that he broke his foot when he ran to the gate of the county office.
After hearing the county order, he almost didn't scare out the seven souls and six spirits?
"Nonsense! I've just come from the city gates! A general pointed his sword at the soldier.
"Really, sir! The Black Armor has infiltrated the city. "The soldier had to tell the truth!
"The county order, the county government is afraid that it is no longer safe, so I will immediately mobilize people to guard outside!"
The general is full of iron armor, tall and spirited!
"County order, put the tiger talisman with you!"
The general was a little anxious. After thinking about it for a short time, the prefectural order felt that things were not so simple!
"What are you anxious about? I'm afraid it's a conspiracy. ”
The county order did not take out the tiger talisman, to be honest, most of the generals in the city were not familiar with him, and he was not at ease with who the tiger talisman was given!
In addition, the black-armored soldiers have infiltrated the city, and capturing the traitor is the right way.
The general slowly pulled out his sword from his waist and was about to slash the county commander to death with one sword.
The county order was unusual, shouting loudly.
"Come on, take down this black-armored soldier!" Some soldiers and officials next to him hadn't sorted out the situation yet, and there was a burst of swords and swords.
"Yes." After a while, the general was caught, and the plan to kill the prefectural commander fell through.
"Say, how many people have you infiltrated, and where are they?"
Seeing that the general had been controlled by a group of soldiers, the county commander picked up his sword unhurriedly and stabbed the general directly with one sword.
"You are so bold, you dare to plot to assassinate your own official, and you should be punished by the nine clans!"
The county commander looked angry, and pointed the spear in his hand at the general, but the general did not have the slightest fear, but laughed.
"Haha~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Ahh I am a dead soldier, and I should be loyal to my country, and I will not succumb to the hands of traitors! Kill me! Yes! ”
"If you bring him to life, the whole city will be immediately put under martial law, and everyone who does not know the origin will be arrested and executed."
"Yes!" Dozens of catchers said in unison.
The chickens and dogs in the city are restless for a while!
The soldiers guarded the city and fought a bloody battle with the black-armored soldiers for 5 days, but the reinforcements were nowhere to be seen, and the black-armored soldiers broke through Xunyang City.
In Xunyang City, a large number of displaced people poured into it, and the city gate was wide open.
The city has become a purgatory-like existence on earth.
In the streets and alleys, there are sounds of fighting and crying everywhere.
All shops in the city are closed.
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"General, the chaos has been quelled!" A soldier bowed.
Wu Jinfan nodded, and then replied.
"A hundred black-armored soldiers fought for our army to the end, and finally killed this rebellious county commander. He is the first hero of this battle, and I will ask for credit for you. ”
"Yes!"
"Only the general's order."
The Black Armor Commander spoke.
"Order, tear down the walls of the northern city, enlarge the water out of the city, build the houses of the people in the city, and pacify the people."
Wu Jinfan gave an order, and all the people in the city were excited, shouting "Long live the court, long live the king!" ”
Wu Jinfan looked at the enthusiastic people in front of him, he felt a little unbearable, this time the imperial court set out to march against 100,000 troops, how many obstacles did it encounter along the way, and how many dangers did it encounter?
But Wu Jinfan can't help it, he is the general of Daxu, and he is the general of Zhenguo appointed by the emperor!
He wants to keep Daxu and keep his country.
He also wants to do his filial piety for his parents, but he must be a qualified general and fight for a better life for them.
"I know your feelings, you won't be worried anymore, so-and-so is here."
"I won't hide it from you, I also have a family in Daxu, but I'm here, I can't help but fight to the end and eliminate the thieves."
"I will do my best to let the people of Daxu tide over the difficulties safely."
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After Wu Jinfan said these words, he left.
Years of war have made him highly concentrated, and it has also made him a little withdrawn and tired.
At the age of 25, he has not married a wife, and his mother is alone at home with no one to take care of him.
"Alas......" Wu Jinfan sighed, he turned his head to look at the people under the city wall, and secretly swore in his heart that if this battle with Jiangnan ended, he would resign from the military and go home to marry a wife and have children.
Thinking of this, Wu Jinfan's gaze became resolute.
He is the general of Daxu, he is the general of Zhenguo, he can't easily give up the responsibility and mission on his shoulders because he is tired!
For the first time, he was confused.
At the entrance of the county office.
"The general spared his life, but the subordinates were threatened by that thief, forcing the family to die in Huangquan."
Some of the officials in charge of the county government, seeing that the city was broken and the county order was killed, were all shrewd and capable, and put all the charges on the county order.
"General, we have been fighting hard for a few days, and some of their merits are indispensable?" Wu Jinfan's confidant Wu Zhong said.
"Credit, ahem?" The officials all looked gloomy, as if their faces were paralyzed.
The soldiers behind Wu Zhong were eager to try, as if they wanted to add swords and axes to these traitors, there were many ways, or the car was split, or the waist was cut, or Ling Chi!
"That's it, Daxu also needs these officials of civil and martial arts." Wu Jinfan shook his hand, and it took a long time before he spoke.
"No!" The officials finally breathed a sigh of relief, and asked the "God of Killing" to put down the butcher's knife and not kill, which was not the style of the rumored Black Armor Army.
"Thank you General Zhenguo for not killing, the criminal will definitely make meritorious contributions."
"Yes, yes, the subordinates must be guilty of meritorious service!"
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Wu Jinfan waved his hand, led several troops and horses, and left this bloody county office.
Wu Zhong looked at the back of the general's departure, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, he has followed Wu Jinfan for many years, from childhood to adulthood, it has always been Wu Jinfan who shelters everyone from the wind and rain and protects everyone.
"He's really a good general....... You have a big heart, and the nature of these officials is really too grassy to let them do things with all their hearts? No way. ”
Wu Zhong ordered his subordinate soldiers to withdraw from the county office, and said a vicious word as he left.
"The general will let you go, I won't be sure! Shape up or ship out. ”
"In the storage of Xunyang City's treasury, there is no grain of rice for a long time, if you can't raise grain and grass within half a month, you will be decided."
Wu Zhong's cruel words made the rebels angry, because of the obscenity, otherwise they would have been furious at this moment.
Gangnam...
Hongdu...
"King, Xunyang City is besieged, and Xunyang County has sent a secret message asking for help." Wang Changyuan, the self-proclaimed deputy envoy of Jiangnan Jiedu, reported to Han Xiuyu.
This is still the old boss who used to directly govern Han Xiu, and after Wang Changyuan heard that Hong Du was reversed, he didn't eat the imperial grain anymore.
The old subordinates have rebelled, and the court has to punish him for dereliction of duty.
So he also reversed, gathered a thousand men and horses and defected to Han Xiu, and appointed himself the deputy envoy of Jiangnan Jiedu, as for why he was not the envoy of Jiangnan Jiedu, it was because he was ready to leave Han Xiu's name!
It's just that the news is not well-informed, and when I arrived in Hongdu, I learned that someone else had proclaimed himself king. King Name: King Hongdu.
"Uncle, nephew feels that he can't support Xunyang City, and he can't do it with a single soldier!" Han Yun said slowly, and also analyzed the current situation, geographical advantages, people, and conspiracies.
"Oh? Why don't you send reinforcements to save Xunyang City? Not only was Han Xiu a little surprised, but some of the patriarchs of the wealthy clan were also panicked.
After all, there are more than 7,000 elite people in Xunyang City, if all of them are lost, wouldn't it be a self-cutting arm? It also damaged the grain and grass of the wealthy people.
"Xunyang city construction does not pay attention to water conservancy, a few days ago heavy rain, will definitely flood Xunyang's city, plus the black armor soldiers are the world's famous army, within five days Xunyang will be conquered, uncle at this moment to send reinforcements, if you are lured into the city, defeat is undoubted!"
Han Yun talked eloquently, and he was the first to say.
His remarks made all the patriarchs speechless, and they all agreed: "What the little prince said is extremely true, this battle cannot be fought." “