Chapter 15 Rise and fall, the people are suffering
Eastern Regions, Canggu Prefecture adjacent to Daoxuan Prefecture.
In an inconspicuous corner of Canggu Prefecture, there is a small country called Broken Pond Country.
After the Eastern Pole Empire unified the Eastern Regions, the thousands of countries in the Eastern Regions were divided into three levels: the Upper Kingdom, the Chinese Empire, and the Lower Kingdom. And the country of Broken Pond belongs to the lower country.
It has been a hundred years since the founding of the country, but today, it has ushered in a catastrophe.
For some reason, the Broken Pond State provoked the neighboring Lanshan Country! And the Lanshan Country belongs to China! In terms of national strength and heritage, it is much stronger than the Broken Pond Country. It's just that the country of Broken Pond is also hard, and it did not surrender, but fought to the end.
As long as it is not a battle between the upper countries, then the Eastern Pole Empire will often turn a blind eye and let those small countries fool around.
The day before yesterday, the 200,000 main forces of the Lanshan Kingdom had already surrounded the capital of the Broken Chi Kingdom. And today, the general of the Lanshan Kingdom on this expedition threatened to ride his horse and whip in the palace in the capital of the Broken Pond Kingdom!
Two days ago, the scholars in the capital of the Broken Pond Kingdom already knew that their country would be defeated, so they began to drink and sing, and ascended to the heights to express the despair, grief, and unwillingness in their hearts. And those ordinary people, some of the wealthy families, have long fled with their families. Those who can run but don't want to run account for the majority!
In these two days, thousands of scholars, regardless of whether you are the heir of the six Shangshu or a famous Confucian or a poor scholar, have been on the avenue in the capital, drinking and composing poems together, reciting some poems in unison, and then drinking wine.
Even the garrison of Lanshan State outside the city could smell the strong smell of wine.
"Hmph! The destruction of the Broken Pond Kingdom will be destroyed by these scholars, and the scholars will mislead the country! If that mediocre emperor who loves chess, calligraphy and painting values martial arts and light literature, it will not be like this!" Wu Xiaohu, the general of Lanshan State, stood on the outer bank of the moat in the capital of Broken Chi Kingdom, listening to bursts of singing in the capital, with a look of disdain.
"How's the preparation?" Wu Xiaohu asked a young lieutenant general beside him who was from a wealthy background and who came out this time just to mix up military merits.
"General, the vanguard army is all full!" the young lieutenant general clenched his fists and reported.
"Start the siege!" Wu Xiaohu asked the lieutenant general to pass down the order, then glanced at the city wall on the other side of the moat, crooked his mouth, and spit, "What the hell! This city wall looks soft!"
Broken Pond Country in the capital.
A man in a dragon robe led a hundred civil and military officials, appeared on the dragon platform next to the royal road, and watched many scholars who sang non-stop.
When many scholars saw the young emperor appear, they closed their mouths and stood silent.
The emperor stared around, as if he wanted to see all the rivers and mountains. Then he took off his yellow robe! Then he put on a cold iron armor!
"Do you say that you have no clothes? Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear. Enmity with the Son!" The young emperor, who had already put on his iron armor, began to sing loudly.
"How can you say that you have no clothes? Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd. Work with the son!" Thousands of scholars said in unison.
"Do you say that you have no clothes, and you are clothed with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my armor soldiers. Let's go with my son!"
Lang Lang Qiankun, Hao Ran Righteousness!
"If the country lives and dies, how can I avoid it because of misfortune and fortune?! Today, I would like to be the first scholar to die in battle!" "The son of the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who is drunk every day and sings every night, and is extremely gentle, actually pulled out the precious sword at his waist at this time, and pointed at the sky!
"Fight to the death!" Thousands of soldiers drew their swords, the tip of the sword facing the sky, showing a chic and graceful manner.
On the dragon platform, among the civil and military officials behind the emperor, an old man wearing a sixtieth armor from the three-grade peacock supplement covered his face and cried. On the side, he had been fighting with him for the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites for half his life, and the same year's fellow townsman of the Ministry of Rites Zuo Lang patted him on the shoulder.
Many onlookers in the distance, who are not afraid of death by nature, are infected by this at this time, and they all go home to get swords or take out sharp weapons, and say "fight to the death".
The sound of horses' hooves in Lanshan Country was approaching, and the black clouds were overwhelming the city and wanted to destroy it. The entire capital was completely boiling.
On the side of the chaotic street, two people, one big and one small, were on the roof of a restaurant, looking at the characters running back and forth below, like an outsider. These two are Chu Chou and Zhao Zhishui.
"Master, aren't you going to make a move?" Zhao Zhishui looked at the desperate, numb, death-seeing, determined, and crazy expressions on the street below, and her heart was panicked.
"It is the law to change the dynasty, there is no immortal dynasty, even if it is the Eastern Pole Empire, it may still be the first power in the Eastern Regions one moment, and the next moment it will be the scene of the country breaking the mountains and rivers. So the rise and fall of dynasties is a normal natural law. ”
"What about these ordinary people, Master?" Zhao Zhishui couldn't help but burst into tears when he looked at the women with young children in her arms, at a little girl who had been separated from her family, and at an elderly man who had been knocked to the ground and couldn't get up.
"Xing, the people are suffering, dying, the people are suffering!" Chu Chou sighed, "You can help as much as you can, but only help the helpless and needy people." When the two countries go to war, it cannot be said who is right and who is wrong, and neither side should fight, but since it has been fought, it proves that both countries are ready to bear certain consequences. Even if I help, I will help for a while, but I can't help for a lifetime. Unless I kill all the soldiers of a certain country. Therefore, it is better to help the country than to help others. ”
At the gate of the city, Wu Xiaohu was just a little surprised at first, then a little annoyed, and finally his eyes were splitting and he gritted his teeth.
I thought that it would be as easy as breaking through so many cities before, but who would have thought that the two sides had been deadlocked for two hours, with thousands of dead and wounded, and the south gate had not yet been broken!
The south gate, the city gate has been broken open, but the siege soldiers of Lanshan Country can't enter the capital of Broken Pond Country even half a step. The bodies of both sides were stacked here in a small hill. Rivers of blood flowed, rivers of blood flowed into the moat, and the whole moat was dyed red. It's frighteningly red.
"Press me! Press me again! The East Gate, the West Gate, the South Gate, and the North Gate, all four gates will attack together!" Wu Xiaohu roared at the lieutenant general.
"General, if you press the troops again, the casualties will exceed the budget......" The young lieutenant general cried with a sad face, originally wanted to come to make military merits, who knew that the casualties were heavy, and I don't know if the emperor will be rewarded or punished when he goes back this time.
"I can't do it so much! If it drags on any longer, the casualties will only be even worse!" Wu Xiaohu looked at the Confucian scholars at the city gate and the city wall with a gloomy face, clenched his fists, and was angry in his heart.
The gentleman guards the country, and the king dies at the head of the city!
Even if you die, you must die on the tower, not inside the city!
In the capital of the Broken Pond Country, those who could participate in the war and dared to participate in the war all flocked to the four gates of the east, west, north and south. At this time, in the city, it was really 'ten thousand empty alleys'.
Whether it rises or falls, the people are suffering.
The big and the small are doing their best to help some of the weak in this war, and they are never tired of it.