Chapter 38 (Mixed Feelings)
Time is the most inscrutable, the more you wait for him, the slower it is, if you inadvertently he passes by, left and right and so on are easy to get the third watch, at this time, as long as people who know Ling Xiao inside and outside the city have raised their hearts to their throats.
Suddenly, I heard the three cannon sounds of "knock, knock, knock", which resounded in the silent night sky, and a burst of sparks also scattered in the air.
Not a lot of effort, the north gate of Dongchang City was wide open, rushing out of a group of people, led by Qiu Fu and a few deputy generals, the southern army found that the Yan army suddenly broke into the camp and raised guns to block, for a time the north gate was in chaos, shouting to kill the sky.
A soldier reported to Sheng Yong: "The marshal is not good, the north gate of the city is open to the enemy soldiers to break into the camp" Sheng Yong was slightly stunned, and shouted: "Come on, give me the whole army to intercept their way, and attack the city"
Sheng Yong shouted and picked up his gun and got on the horse, and his subordinate generals came to the north gate, most of the Yan soldiers and horses at the north gate were arranged here, Sheng Yong came to the north gate to see that there were really a lot of Yan soldiers and horses, and they seemed to be pouring out.
Seeing Qiu Fu killing left and right, he shouted: "The traitor is rampant" and stepped forward to fight Qiu Fu with a gun, and when the two were fighting inseparably, there was a pawn report saying: "The marshal is not good to open the gate of the city in the east, and some people break into the camp"
Sheng Yong realized that he seemed to have fallen into the enemy's plan of "secretly Chen Cang", the delay in the city to break into the camp tonight is fake, and the delivery of grain and grass is real, thinking of this, his heart is anxious, and his marksmanship suddenly seems a little powerless, he shakes a shot, turns around and turns the horse away.
Qiu Fu saw that the opponent's marksmanship seemed to be disordered, so he knew that Sheng Yong had already known the plan, and when he saw that Sheng Yong was going to go, he blocked Sheng Yong's way with a big knife.
Sheng Yong was anxious and had no intention of fighting, and shouted at Qiu Fu: "Okay, you Qiu Fu, you have made a plan to fight east and west, and you have the ability to fight again in the future" Qiu Fu "haha" laughed where he was allowed to leave, as long as there was news in the city, he would retreat, and he would delay until the news was not in time.
After all, Sheng Yong has been dominating the territory for many years, how can he not know Qiu Fu's meaning, and it is very difficult to intersect with several tricks. Putting his heart sideways, stabilizing his heart and his marksmanship, he made a few quick moves, which made Qiu Fu suddenly get up in a hurry, Qiu Fu saw this and thought secretly: "He is worthy of being an old general, but he has some skills" He didn't dare to underestimate the enemy at all, and the two of them were so deadlocked and fought for more than thirty times.
At first, Qiu Fu was still evenly matched, but the more he fought, the more he felt powerless, and when he saw that he couldn't resist it, he heard the sound of "bell bell" behind him, Qiu Fu heard the sound of gold, shook a shot, and immediately shouted: "Withdraw" Sheng Yong saw Qiu Fu defeated and retreated to the city, knowing that this place was not the main battlefield, and immediately gave an order to the deputy general: "You wait to take advantage of the situation to pursue, if you can attack Dongchang City, reward 10,000 taels of gold, and seal 10,000 households"
This military order was injected into the hearts of the soldiers like a stimulant, and their morale suddenly soared and they rushed to the city. Qiu Fu was also shocked when he saw this, and he fought while retreating. After a bloody battle, Qiu Fu had more than 20 wounds on his body when he retreated to the city, and the soldiers on both sides suffered countless casualties, until he withdrew to the city, and the city tower shot arrows and rolled wooden thunder stones, which repelled the southern army.
Sheng Yong came to the east gate, and sure enough, he saw a bunch of grain and grass carts, and he was about to enter Dongchang City, and two of them were very powerful, as long as they touched them, they would either die or be injured to death.
Sheng Yong led the people, urging the horse to come forward to help, seeing that he was about to catch up, a person suddenly blocked his way, this person was very fierce, as if he had entered a no-man's land, and the generals couldn't help but be frightened. He rushed and killed for a while and then turned around and ran, Sheng Yong looked at the officers and soldiers who pressed the grain with solemn eyes, pushed the grain and grass into the city, and provoked the high bridge again.
Sheng Yong was furious, a mouthful of blood gushed out from his blood, and secretly scolded himself for being "careless and falling for the enemy's tricks", and immediately arranged for people to count the casualties. Ling Xiao and others escorted the grain and grass into the city, Zhu Di and others answered in the city, and saw that the grain and grass were really brought into the city, which was enough to relieve the needs of the soldiers and people in the city, and they were very happy.
happily greeted Ling Xiao and the others to the mansion, as for someone impeaching Ling Xiao is meticulous and so on, he had long been left behind.
When Zhu Di introduced the Cheng brothers to Zhang Yu, although Ling Xiao had told him in advance, he was still angry.
In fact, as soon as he entered the city, Zhang Yu saw Cheng Shu, and he didn't have a seizure for a while, and he recognized the wrong person in the dark, how can the two of them be wrong now, that is, they have been looking for a long time, the owner of the Cheng family.
Of course, Cheng Shu also saw Zhang Yu, although Zhang Yu faded, and his youthful face at the beginning looked mature and resolute at this time, but when he had been with Cheng Shu for a long time, he could see it at a glance.
And the shock in his heart was not much weaker than Zhang Yu, how could the Cheng brothers never imagine that Zhang Yu was not only not dead but also with Ling Xiao, which made them unbelievable.
Zhang Yu wanted to have a seizure, but after all, he knew that he was hurtful in front of Zhu Di at this time, and he was secretly pulled by Ling Xiao, so he turned his head and hugged their fists.
Cheng Shu had no choice but to bite the bullet when he saw Zhang Yu like this, and coped with a few words without smiling. After Zhu Di finished the introduction, seeing that Qiu Fu was the most seriously injured, he asked him to rest first, Qiu Fu thanked Zhu Di and walked out with the support of the young general.
Then he smiled at the two Ling Xiao brothers: "Now that the grain and grass have been solved, thanks to Ling Shaoxia's strategy, and thanks to the help of this young man," he said and bowed down.
Ling Xiao hurriedly hugged each other and said: "The prince can't help it, this time it's all the work of the generals, my brothers and I just help from the side, the prince makes this big gift, how can my brothers be restrained."
The Cheng brothers were unhappy when they saw that the two of them had occupied the scenery. Zhu Di faced everyone: "The merits of the generals are not small, they are all recorded in the merit book and returned to Beiping to reward them one by one" The generals said: "Thank you, Lord Wang"
Zhu Di said again: "I don't know how the casualties of our army are in this fake breakthrough" A partial general came out next to him and hugged his fists and said: "Lord Qiqi, this time there are more than 10,000 people killed in the southern army, and our army also has about 8,000 casualties."
Since ancient times, there has been a principle of killing 1,000 enemies and injuring 800 themselves, and if it were not for the desperate efforts of the generals and soldiers this time, I am afraid that there would have been more casualties, and the southern army saw such an enemy who was not afraid of death, and the cowardice in their hearts caused their casualties to increase.
Zhu Di said in a deep voice with a sad look on his face: "Order, check the casualties, and register the sacrificed soldiers with five taels of settlement expenses." After tossing for a night, everyone felt tired, and on a bright night in winter, Zhu Di dismissed everyone and ordered them to rest, and arranged a room for Zhang Yu next door to Ling Xiao.
Zhang Yu was very upset since he saw the Cheng brothers, and he just wanted to ask Cheng Shu to understand how his sister was being treated by them. After thinking about it and tossing and turning, he couldn't sleep, and finally decided to ask the Cheng brothers to understand clearly.
He rolled over, got dressed, and went out the door, and just after taking two steps, he suddenly remembered that he didn't know where they lived. I wanted to find Ling Xiao to tell him about his mood at this time, but I was afraid of disturbing his rest, so I was really entangled in my heart, and after thinking about it, I had to lie on the bed again, and only gradually fell asleep when Dongfang turned white.
The early morning of Ludong in winter is particularly cold, when the people heard the officers and soldiers open the warehouse to release grain, all the cold was swept away, and at this time there was no more "open warehouse and release grain" These words are more exciting, like a flame burning in the hearts of everyone.
The noise was suppressed under the strong official authority of many officers and soldiers, and the people received the food in an orderly manner, and a feeling of reverence suddenly rose in the hearts of the people, and they only felt that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was their god, their heaven and earth, and the people who received the food shouted "Long live the prince, long live the prince..."
At this time, Zhu Di was monitoring the situation of the grain distribution, and after hearing these words, he was very excited and happy, and he actually thought that he would be the emperor in the future, and the people would cheer excitedly.