Chasing King

When the East is going to be white, Guangning city is shrouded by the dark sky, which makes it hard to breathe.

The city was brightly lit and sleepless. There were soldiers and civilians shuttling back and forth, repairing the city walls, taking care of the wounded, checking the war damage, adding gunpowder, and even cooking. All of them looked solemn and in a hurry. They could not find any joy in pushing back the enemy.

Everyone knows that this is just the beginning.

In the first confrontation, they learned the strength and bravery of the Jin army, and the great prince zhuoletaina's rock heart for Guangning.

Can we withstand the first time, the second and the third? The hatred between the Chinese atomic people and the nomadic people can be traced back to thousands of years. Even if not far away, the two uncles and a younger brother of zhuoletai all died in the hands of Sheng Jun. the accumulated resentment is so deep that the day of the city's destruction is the time of its destruction. No one dares to imagine what kind of hell they and their relatives will face.

Yuan Sikong helps to arrange the wounded. It's nearly noon. He hasn't been in since the beginning of the war. At this time, he is dizzy with hunger. He goes to ask for a bowl of porridge and dry food in a hurry. He goes home first to comfort his family, and then goes to find yuan Mao. He wants to know what happened last night.

So far, Yuan Sikong can only imagine from the dictation of officers and soldiers and the damage of the city wall that people told him how to arrange his troops, how to mobilize his command, and what firearms and tools he brought. Yuan Mao would never let him appear on the city wall at the time of war.

Yuanmao's Yamen had become a command post. As soon as he entered the gate, he heard the noise inside. Several mouths were talking at the same time. It was very chaotic.

Suddenly, the sound of shooting the case rang out, and Han Zhaoxing cheered: "be quiet!"

The house calmed down.

Yuan Sikong is hiding outside the door. He doesn't dare to go in, and he doesn't dare to probe. He can only listen to the wall.

Han Zhaoxing said in a deep voice, "one by one."

After a hesitation, Chen Yulong's voice first sounded: "the end will think that this letter written by zhuoletai promised to the people of Guangning without any harm. It really means peace, and our side should also focus on peace talks."

"No offense? Do you believe he'll be safe? " Hu Baicheng said angrily, "how fierce and cruel are the golden thieves? Don't you know?"

"How long can we wait for the negative resistance? The military strength of drollette is 20 times that of me

"Mr. Chen, are you ready to fight?"

Chen Yulong raised his eyebrows: "I'm looking at the overall situation. How can a general be brave?"

"Don't make any noise." Han Zhaoxing's face is extremely ugly, "what's the use of carrying the top."

Liang Huiyong, a young general of Guangning, said: "the last general thinks that although Guangning is small, there are enough food, grass and clothing to survive the winter. Although the Jin people wear 70000 armor, they consume a lot every day. In addition, the weather is cold and the ground is cold, so they can't fight for a long time. I can defend and retreat."

"That's right. We have cities and food. Where can the golden thieves consume us?"

Another 100 households in Guangning worried: "the thunderbolt gun is powerful, and there are many golden thieves. I have tried my best in today's war, but the golden thieves have not damaged the foundation. The war in the future is bound to go from bad to worse. If the Lord makes peace, he can protect people's lives. If the city is broken after a bloody battle, then... "

"That's what I mean." Chen Yulong said, "if Guangning city is not strong, it will be unfavorable. Based on this weak advantage, how long can it hold on?"

Han Zhaoxing looked at Yuan Mao, who had been silent all the time: "Mr. Yuan, why do you think so?"

Yuan Mao clasped his fists: "the last general thought that whether the city is strong or not is not in the city wall, but in the heart of the people." The sound volume is not big, but it is loud.

All the people in the room looked at Yuanmao.

After a pause, Yuan Mao said, "Nuzhen is a barbarian family. It's not uncommon for her to kill and surrender because of her wild nature. As Lord Hu said, if I make peace, if zhuoletai attacks me, I will not be prepared What's more, even if zhuoletai kept his promise and didn't hurt the people of Guangning, Guangning is the gateway of Liaodong. All the people in the gateway are the people of Dasheng. How can I be alone? "

Han Zhaoxing twisted his eyebrows and turned to Qian Anrong: "Mr. Qian, you are the governor of Guangning. What's your opinion?"

Qian anjong arched his hand and said, "Qian thinks that when he plans to write a letter, he will quickly submit it to the imperial court. Even if he wants to make peace, his majesty will decide how to make peace."

"It makes sense. The governor himself went to the capital yesterday to ask for help. I'll order someone to catch up with him again. "

Yuan Mao said, "I think that what Lord Qian said is very true. I should try my best to delay. One is to recuperate, and the other is to look forward to the holy will."

"Well, Yuanmao, if you want to write a letter to someone, hold on to zhuoletai first."

"Yes."

After the crowd dispersed, Yuan Sikong went in to find yuan Mao. As soon as he saw Yuanmao, he was shocked. Yuanmao was covered with blood, his armor was ragged, his face was dirty, his eyes were red, and he seemed to have been dug out of the dead.

"Daddy "What's wrong with your voice? Where did you get hurt? "

Yuan Mao pressed his shoulder: "my father is not hurt, his body is full of soldiers' blood." At the end of his speech, he looked gloomy.

Yuan Sikong felt that the hand on his shoulder was heavy, as if he had pressed the weight of his whole body. For a moment, he was relieved: "where's big brother? Is elder brother OK? ""He's OK. I'll let him supervise the repair of the wall." Yuan Mao's figure suddenly shook.

Yuansikong hugs Yuanmao. His feeling is right. Yuanmao relies on him to stand firm: "Dad, I'll help you sit there."

Yuan Sikong helped yuan Mao to a chair and sat down. He lifted the corner of his clothes and wiped yuan Mao's face painfully: "Dad, are you tired out, haven't you eaten any rice?"

Yuan Mao took a deep breath, as if he had no strength to speak: "if the city is held, why don't you be tired?"

"I'll get you something to eat." Yuan Sikong said that he was about to leave.

Yuan Mao grabbed him: "Lao Hu will prepare. Don't be busy." He looked at Yuan Sikong, "did you just hear that?"

Yuan Sikong frowned lightly: "zhuoletai must be deceitful. If he wants to make peace, he will not break his promise and cross the water."

Yuanmao sighed: "yes, but you see, many people were scared after the first World War, including Han Zhaoxing. He didn't dare to say what he wanted to say, but he let Chen Yulong do it for him. Compared with zhuoletai, I was more worried that the morale of the army would be shaken."

"We can't help but guard against different intentions." Yuan Si Kong Ning said, "kong'er thinks that zhuoletai does not want to make peace, and we can never make peace. If we want to save Guangning people and Liaodong people, we have to stick to it and let zhuoletai retreat."

Yuan Mao said in a deep voice, "I think so too, but I'm afraid I can't keep it, and I'm afraid they have no heart to fight."

Yuan Sikong said: "if we can hold on, we will do our best and listen to the destiny, but we will never waver." He looked at no one on the left and right and said to Yuanmao, "Dad, the talisman is in your hands. It's not good. I'll take Han Zhaoxing for a crime." It is because of Han Zhaoxing that the Guangning garrison can not be fully under the command of Yuanmao.

Yuan Mao covered his mouth and whispered, "you haven't said that to anyone else."

Yuan Sikong stares his big eyes and shakes his head.

"Never again." Yuan Mao let him go, "go home and have a rest."

"Dad, you should go home. Look at your clothes."

"When I go home like this, your mother is not more worried. Let me clean it up."

Yuan Sikong had no choice but to nod.

-

Han Zhaoxing, on the ground of peace negotiation, temporarily held off zhuoletai. While waiting anxiously for Li Boyun's news, they also stepped up their preparations for the next war.

A few days later, Li Boyun returned to Guangning with mixed news. He was glad that the general sent troops to reinforce Guangning guards, but worried that the reinforcements would have to wait at least 20 days.

Twenty days is enough time for drollette to attack several times. If they can carry on for twenty days under the fierce attack like yesterday, maybe before the reinforcements arrive, drollette will go back home.

But since your Majesty's holy will has been decided, there is no other way but to stick to it.

A few days later, zhuoletai found that the Guangning city wall had been repaired to 7788. He knew that he had been fooled, and the body of Jin Bing was still covered in snow. There was no one buried under the city. He had once again marched into Guangning.

Zhuoletai had lost nearly ten thousand soldiers in the previous war, but now he looks no different from that day. He is still strong and powerful.

There are more detailed records about the guard battle of Guangning in historical books, but the emphasis is on the last battle. There are only a few records about the second siege of zhuoletai. It describes that the north wind was blowing wildly that day, and the chill was deep into the bones. It describes that the soldiers of Guangning fought in the face of zhuoletai, and they killed eight thousand enemies. They lost five hundred of themselves. They were hanging on the wall above the wall, and under the wall, the corpses were building ladders The land of Eastern Liaoning is red with blood.

In the face of war and death, the amount of writing is meaningless. Only those who really participate in it can describe what kind of human purgatory it is with their eyes that can see all the scenes, their noses full of blood, and their ears that can listen to the howling and howling.

In the morning light, zhuoletai retreated for the second time, and Guangning city was held for the second time. That night was long, only the city wall with corpses everywhere was silent.

Yuan Mao took an arrow in the shoulder, but forced himself to command on the wall. At the last moment, Han Zhaoxing claimed to lead the soldiers to prepare for the street battle, and hid at the most dangerous time.

After the two battles, the Sheng army was nearly 2000 dead and wounded, the city wall was seriously damaged, and materials were consumed by seven or eight people. It was only with that breath that they were able to support the withdrawal of zhuoletai.

Because most of the garrison in Guangning came from Liaodong or even Guangning, sadness and fear attacked the whole city overnight, and the soldiers were tired physically and mentally. The city was gloomy and their fighting spirit was dispersing.

-

in the daytime, Li Boyun called all the officials and generals to discuss the matter.

"There are no more than a thousand people who can fight, and only two thousand strong men have been recruited temporarily. There are not many shells left in Fengshen cannons, but the fireguns are not used yet, but the soldiers are not trained, so it is difficult to use them in a big way." Han Zhaoxing finished the military situation, sighed heavily, "Mr. Li, this step is a cliff."

Li Boyun stroked his gray beard. Although his eyes were turbid, his wisdom did not diminish. He was silent for a moment and said, "enlist all the men over 13 years old and strong women in the city."

"This How can this woman and her child resist the enemy? ""Only when we unite as one can we resist the enemy." Li Boyun said in a deep voice, "in any case, we will hold on until the arrival of reinforcements."

Chen Yulong said: "even if the reinforcements arrive on time, we still have to wait 18 days and nights. I'm afraid Guangning will not be able to resist the next attack."

"If you can't stop it, you have to stop it. Can't you feed Guangning people to tigers and wolves?"

Hu Baicheng held his forehead and said, "Mr. Li, you are civil servants. We are military generals. We are guarding the city He didn't mean to keep the city well. "

Li Boyun said: "as the governor of Liaodong, I, Li Boyun, have lost seven prefectures in northern Liaoning. I have no face to face the people of Liaodong. If Guangning is allowed to open its doors and poison the Central Plains, I will not be able to blame for my death, and Guangning city will never be broken."

Han Zhaoxing turned away, looking very ugly.

Li Boyun looked around: "have you all lost your fighting spirit?"

Chen Yulong bowed to himself and said, "Mr. Li has never participated in this war. We don't know the danger of the gold thieves. We are not losing our fighting spirit. We just weigh the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and ourselves, the number of people, and the strength. We can't fight."

Yuan Mao, who had been silent for a long time, said, "according to your will, what should you do?"

Chen Yulong looks embarrassed and looks at Han Zhaoxing: "this..."

Yuan Mao's eagle's eyes glared, and suddenly he said, "you said I can't fight, don't you want to surrender gold?"

Chen Yulong was flustered. He knelt down on the ground with a puff: "the last general has no such intention. Please tell me clearly. The last general is just..."

Li Boyun waved to stop: "I want to hear useful opinions."

Han Zhaoxing said: "Mr. Li, persuading peace is not the same as persuading surrender. If Guangning really sticks to it, how can we be willing to compromise? What I'm afraid of is that the city will be destroyed in the future, and the whole city will be destroyed by drollette. "

Yuan Mao said: "zhuoletai once killed and captured 60000 prisoners. How do you know Guangning will not follow suit? What's more, how does general Han want to communicate with him? Do you trade? Is it a mutual market? Compensation? Or do you want to cut the land? "

Han Zhaoxing stares straight eyes and shouts: "Yuanmao, don't talk nonsense!"

Who dares to bear such a reputation.

"What do you want to do with me? Is it true that drollette, with 70000 soldiers and city mallet cannons, is here to talk to you? He wants to be with you. He has been with you since he was at the edge of the water. "

Han Zhaoxing's face turned blue with anger: "you You You don't want to talk to me, you tell me, how to defend Guangning? One thousand weak soldiers, two thousand civilians, plus a city wall full of holes, how to defend it? "

"How can we not keep it!"

In the assembly hall, a clear voice of youth suddenly came, which was out of place with the dullness of the room.

They went along with the fame, but saw a handsome young man standing in front of the crowd with his chest straight, with no fear on his face.

It was too late for Yuanmao to stop him. Yuansikong said forcefully: "seven thousand soldiers of Zhang Wenyuan retreated from Sun Wu, one hundred thousand soldiers. Zhang Xun had no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside. He defended Suiyang for three years and killed tens of thousands of Anshi rebels. Wang Jian defended the fishing town in May and defeated mengge Khan! Guangning is a small and strong city with plenty of food and grass. The whole city is united. How can we not defend it? "