Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 73 Elegance
  Liu Ling had previously taken away most of the troops in Zhuozhou City, but now the soldiers who were left to guard the home were many of the common people in the city, and there were even women among them.

Although they have not received much training, most of these people have experienced the pain of losing their country and family, and being displaced, so they particularly cherish their time in Zhuozhou.

With at least one full meal every day, most people will not freeze to death and starve to death. As long as they can survive, they are willing to do anything.

Because he is dirt to the bone, he was born to be stepped on by others, so when he is lifted up, no one will want to fall down again.

Arrows rained down on the city, but most of them were shot from outside the city. Every time there was a rain of arrows, a group of people would fall on the city. The only good thing was that the victorious army outside the city didn't seem to have prepared many siege equipment. , coupled with the terrible determination of those at the top of Zhuozhou City to defend the city, they were unable to capture it for a whole day.

Many soldiers and civilians shouted to avenge the general before they died.

Most people have long since lost their families, and at a critical moment of life and death, calling out their names can be regarded as an explanation for themselves.

The sound of killing inside and outside the city was loud. Cai Songnian tried his best to muster up the courage to stand firm, but seeing his father with a completely different face, he couldn't help but feel a sense of shame in his heart.

Cai Jing stood at the top of the city wearing armor and holding his sword. Because his bones were too weak to support dozens of kilograms of armor, apart from the crimson official robe he wore underneath, he simply wore a layer of armor outside. The city wall where he stood was not affected. He attacked fiercely, but he couldn't help but frown when he heard the news from the soldiers.

"Bring up all the kerosene from the top of the city. There's no need to save the gold juice. Just pour it all out."

When Cai Jing learned about Liu Ling's death, he was filled with courage and fury at first, but as time passed, he slowly calmed down and knew that only if he was alive now could he better defend Zhuozhou.

Well, I’m really not afraid anymore.

He raised his gaze and looked not far away. There were several women desperately hugging a soldier who had climbed to the top of the city. Because she was so thin, one woman shouted hoarsely to avenge General Liu. Several family members and children were The woman who had died in the wild and was the only one who came to Zhuozhou alive dragged the victorious soldier and jumped off the city wall together.

The ever-victorious army has been attacking the southern city wall. Even though there are not many siege equipment, the archers in their army are powerful. They keep firing arrows to kill the defenders at the top of the city. The infantry pushes the simple wooden ladder tower forward. When they reach the city wall, In front of them, a large number of infantry from the Ever Victorious Army began to ascend the city, and Zhuozhou City instantly reached its most dangerous moment.

In a head-on fight, how could those skinny people be the opponents of the Qiu Ba people? In this environment, the latter could really kill ten of them if they were wearing armor and fighting without armor.

After climbing the city wall, this local absolute advantage will quickly have the effect of breaking the surface. As long as the defenders at the top of the city cannot resist retreating, the battle will be completely stable.

Cai Jing hesitated for a while, but just ordered to continue to divide the troops to reinforce the southern city wall. He did not go to sit in person. He glanced at his son and whispered: "Go and prepare the horses. If something goes wrong, go first. Don't wait."

Cai Songnian was shocked and couldn't help but grab his father's sleeve like he did when he was a child, "What about you?"

He saw a complicated smile on his father's face and shook his head slightly.

"That's all, I'll go to Nan personally."

"Boom!"

The sudden sound of drums interrupted their conversation.

Under Cai Jing's order, a small group of soldiers and a large number of people rushed to the city. Cai Jing's official position was qualified to mobilize everyone, but the only person who could really mobilize the city was Liu Ling.

Cai Jing does not know the details of Liu Ling's death, but that does not prevent him from using Liu Ling's death to write an article now.

Liu Ling is dead, but Zhuozhou still belongs to the Song Dynasty as a matter of course, not to the victorious army or Pharmacist Guo!
  Therefore, he began to call on everyone in the city to tell everyone: Liu Ling died due to the despicable means of Yaoshi Guo and the Jin people. People in the city don't need to help Liu Ling avenge him, but if the city is captured by the victorious army, Everything Liu Ling had given them previously would be in vain!
  Those who were previously slaves would still be sold as slaves.

Their current peaceful and stable life will be completely burned by the flames of war again.

If they defend, the Song Dynasty will not treat their people badly. If they die, they will regard themselves as having avenged General Liu!
  But among the countless figures swarming up to the city, a gap suddenly appeared in the crowd. Cai Jing looked over, suddenly froze, and growled: "Nonsense!"

After knowing that Liu Ling died, he always felt an indescribable guilt towards Liu Ling. The people of the Song Dynasty may have shortcomings of one kind or another, but if all of them were useless, they would not be able to maintain their country for two hundred years.

Liu Ling is dead, and Cai Jing can squeeze out his remaining value as much as possible, but Liu Ling's posthumous son, Cai Jing, swears that he will treat the child as his own and raise him to adulthood.

The wind gradually picked up, blowing the white clothes on Wan Niang's body.

The husband died in battle, and the woman was left alone.

She was safe hiding in the general's mansion. Even if the city was destroyed, Cai Jing's heart aroused that Xueyong was unwilling to escape, but he would definitely arrange for his son, Wan Niang and others to leave Zhuozhou City.

So her move to the city was actually stupid.

Back in Yanjing City, Liu Ling foolishly insisted on risking his life to save an unrelated woman next door. As his wife, she foolishly followed him with a knife and was ready to help. She didn't care that the red-eyed Song Bing was downstairs. .

Ordinary couples need little calculations from both parties to adjust their lives.

Couples in need are even simpler.

If you die, I will follow.

The late mother also felt that she should give birth to the child and then make a decision, but countless people in the city shouted General Liu's name to sacrifice their lives to defend the city. She was the general's wife, how could she just pull back her sleeves and continue to live? ?

It's better to risk your life and add another good story to your dead husband that will be passed down to future generations.

More than a dozen soldiers held shields to protect her, and the arrows immediately adjusted their targets and shot at them. After boarding the city in white clothes, it was extremely clear on the city top covered with countless blood and dust and smoke. The queen gently touched the scabbard on her waist. It was as if I saw my husband standing beside me again, as heroic as before.

Raising her hands, beating the drum, beside her, several servants of the General's Mansion were also beating the drum desperately. The drum sound was not loud, but standing in white clothes on the top of the city was quite conspicuous. As long as she saw her movements, it seemed that The sound of the drum beat heavily in everyone's heart, like thunder.

A soldier holding a shield was hit by a stray arrow and fell to his knees. After a moment, he struggled to stand up again. On the top of the city, more people began to rush towards the victorious soldiers like crazy, leaving white marks on the surface of the armor with their teeth. Their bodies were kicked away and rolled to the ground without any movement. In a moment, more people will rush towards you.

There are tens of thousands of people in the city, and now there are tens of thousands of defenders.

Living people kept screaming and falling off the city wall. It was impossible to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, and they kept building mountains of corpses under the city wall.

Gao Feng looked at the increasingly fierce fighting at the top of the city with a look of astonishment in his eyes. Just when he was about to lead his army to attack the city in person, several sentries arrived one after another.

"Zhuozhou Soldiers"

Gao Feng narrowed his eyes and said, "Speak clearly."

"Fifteen miles away, there is a large army under the banner of Liu Zi."

"There is also General Gao from the south, at least more than ten thousand soldiers. General, the Song army is coming!"

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