The eldest son of the red mansion

Gao Hong couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard Fan Kang's words, and he begged him with joy on his face, "Jiedu envoy Mr. Wang is just old and fatuous, greedy for life and afraid of death. Brother Fan, please be merciful and spare his life when the time comes."

Fan Kang looked at him and said: "If it's something else, I promise you. I can't decide this matter. In the end, it depends on the person. I can only say, try to help you. But the best As a result, Wang Tao just dismissed from office and returned to his hometown."

When Gao Hong heard Fan Kang's words, he knelt on the ground happily, bowed his hands to him again and again, and said: "Since I can save his family and life, I am relieved."

At this time, Fan Kang wanted to persuade him again, so he said to him: "It is true that Wang Tao is stupid, but he is not old. It is just that he is afraid of death after too many peaceful days. If you are in front of him, I am afraid that you will die in the future." There will be no future. Why do we have to burn jade and stone together."

Gao Hong knelt on the ground and looked at Fan Kang and said to him, "You didn't want to repent, so you said that?"

Seeing his appearance, Fan Kang knew that he had made up his mind, so he stopped persuading him.Qianqian supported him again, and Gao Hong took advantage of the trend this time.

The two looked at each other, and they both burst out laughing. Gao Hong pulled Fan Kang and said, "Today is a favor I owe you. Go to Zuixianglou and I will treat you today."

Fan Kang looked at him disdainfully and said, "You are Jiedushi's confidant, and you earn a lot of money, unlike me, who is just a bookmaker who reads books. Naturally, I want you to treat me."

The two walked side by side to the restaurant in the city.

Besides, Liu Yu is in Jiedushi's mansion, waiting for news of the dispatch of troops.But in the middle of the night, all the officials in Jiedushi's mansion dispersed, and no one came to inform him.He walked up and down the house anxiously, and couldn't wait any longer, so he went out of the room.When I came to the Jiedushi hall, I said to the sergeant guarding the hall: "Brother, I am the person from Kaipingwei who came to report the military situation. Did the Jiedushi convene a military meeting just now and finally got any results?"

The sergeant gave him a sympathetic look, and then said: "I know you are from Kaipingwei, so don't think about going back to Kaidingwei, find a place and live a good life."

As soon as Liu Yu heard this, he knew it was not good, and hurriedly said to the sergeant: "Brother, please tell me if you have any news. In fact, he is just an ordinary soldier, but he also knows kindness. My uncle is in Kaidingwei. Fighting to the death for the country, how can I run away? Whether it is good news or bad news, I will bring the news and return to Kaipingwei to live and die with our uncle."

The sergeant admired Liu Yu's loyalty and told him, "Master Jiedushi has decided to shrink his troops and defend Xuanfu Town with all his strength, and abandon Kaipingwei."

When Liu Yu heard the news, it was like five thunderbolts.Grabbing the sergeant in front of him suddenly, he asked incredulously, "Could it be that the Jiedu envoy really abandoned the opening up to thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of people?"

Seeing that it was him, the sergeant also felt sad for the death of a rabbit.He was afraid that he would be abandoned by the Jiedu envoy one day, so he didn't accuse him of being unreasonable, but said to him: "It's not just Kaipingwei, he also abandoned the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people outside Xuanfu Town. "Speaking of this, thinking of my relatives and friends outside Xuanfu Town, I couldn't help but feel hatred towards Wang Tao.

Hearing the sergeant's answer, Liu Yu couldn't help standing there blankly. After a long time, he suddenly gritted his teeth.He turned around and went straight to the stable, where he chose a good horse.Regardless of the groom's obstruction, he prepared the saddle and stirrups and rode out of Jiedushi's Mansion, then out of Xuanfu Town, and headed for Kaipingwei.

The Jiedu envoy Wang Tao heard the servant's report and remained silent for a long time before the servant said, "Let him go."

Liu Yu left Xuanfu Town and rode fast all the way.Without eating or drinking, Pegasus hurried on the road.At ten minutes in the middle of the second day, I rushed back to Kaipingwei, and just entered the vicinity of Kaipingwei.There are countless Tatar soldiers patrolling around, blocking all traffic arteries.Liu Yu had no choice but to abandon the horse and walk into the mountains to find a way.I hope I can bypass the Tatar soldiers, return to Kaikaipingwei, and report to Jia Ke.

Chapter 102 Offense and Defense

Besides, Jia Ke is recharging his energy in the city and preparing for the decisive battle in the future.Early the next morning, as soon as he finished washing, he heard the sound of horns and horns in the Tatar military camp outside the city.

Jia Ke went up to the Kaiping Acropolis and watched the Tatar camp.I saw that today is different from the past, the Tatars almost came out in full force, and set up a battle under the Acropolis of Kaiping.The ladders for the siege have been prepared, just waiting for an order to start the siege.

Jia Ke knew that the critical moment was coming, and immediately ordered to prepare to defend the city.All the soldiers of Kaipingwei went to the top of the city, and all the young and strong in Kaipingwei.They are all replenished under the city wall, ready to go to the battlefield at any time.

Arslen Khan brought all the tribal leaders to the front of the battle in person, controlled the Kaiping Guard in front of him, and smiled confidently. With 6 horses, could he not attack the Kaiping Guard with only a few thousand soldiers?

Arslen Khan saw that it was getting late, so he sent an order: "All the ministries attack the city one by one, don't leave the city leader with time to breathe."

So the Tatar tribes took turns attacking the city.Due to the limited time, the Tatars did not make too complicated siege equipment, but only made a large number of ladders.

Two rows of soldiers carried a straight bamboo-wood ladder to form a phalanx, and countless such phalanxes charged against the city wall.They rushed to the bottom of the city, got on the ladder and began to climb. Jia Ke ordered people to immediately use the rolling wood thunderstone and throw them downward, killing and injuring the enemies in large numbers.At the same time, people poured the prepared golden juice like a Tatar climbing a ladder.

Maybe everyone knows what Rolling Wood Thunder Stone is. To put it bluntly, these things are stones and wooden stakes.Throw it down from the top of the city to injure the enemy.

As for such things as golden juice, people may seldom hear of it.In layman's terms, golden juice is human feces, boiled after adding water, and may also add some other poisonous substances.Once this thing is poured on a person, it will immediately tear the skin to pieces.And once injured by this kind of thing, it was almost dead in ancient times.Therefore, golden juice is the most lethal weapon of the city defenders, and it is also hated by the siege side.

Jia Ke had ordered a large amount of feces to be prepared several months ago.The pile was almost as high as the mountain. At that time, we didn't know what it was for?As tall as this mountain, the fetid dung mountain is almost unbearable.Jia Ke was asked to clear him out of Kaipingwei, but Jia Ke resisted everyone's wishes and kept it, and now everyone knows its usefulness.

As the golden juice kept pouring down, the Tatars were scalded countless times.Many people were crying and wailing under the city. Although the Tatars kept coming to the rescue, their injuries became more and more serious.

An hour later, this group of Tatars withdrew, and the Kaiping Guard soldiers on the city had not had time to be happy.Then another group of Tatars came up.

Seeing this situation, Jia Ke couldn't help feeling a shadow in his heart.

In a siege battle, even though the defending side occupies a favorable location, the attacking side has to pay several times or even ten times the price for each attack.

But once the city is surrounded by the siege party, it means that the Gongcheng party has taken the absolute initiative.

As long as the food and grass of the attacking side can be guaranteed.As time goes by, the advantage of the siege party will gradually expand, and the disadvantage will gradually shrink.When this transformation reaches a certain level, it will not be far from breaking the city.

Jia Ke's only ability now is to slow down this transformation as much as possible, hoping that this transformation will become longer and longer.At that time, as long as Xuanfu Town comes to help, and the Tatars are exhausted because of the besiegers, as long as they cooperate outside, they will be defeated in one fell swoop.

What really worries Jia Ke is not the Tatars outside the city. Jia Ke is not a self-sacrificing hero. When necessary, he can abandon everything.Including everyone in Kaipingwei.At that time, he stepped off the fire dragon horse, holding Fang Tian's painted halberd in his palm.It is still possible to fight a bloody path.

What he is worried about now is Wang Tao, the Jiedu Envoy of Xuanfu Town. When he first met, he thought Wang Tao was quite powerful, but later this Wang Tao continued to accept his bribes and became his umbrella.This shows that Wang Tao's mind is no longer on fighting, and he puts everything on fighting for power and profit.

In case this Wang Tao is greedy for life and afraid of death, and refuses to come to help, then when Kaipingwei's mountains and rivers are exhausted, he can only go out alone. As for the people in the city, they can only give up. It could be to destroy the Tatars by himself in the future and avenge them, but what is the use of this?

Jia Ke thought about it, but she could only delay as much as she could. The time for the city to be breached was left to be changed, as long as she persisted long enough.There will be more and more variables.Even if it can be delayed until winter, the Tatars will inevitably retreat.

Fortunately, there is enough food and water in Kaipingwei.Defensive measures, all kinds of arrows, rolling wood and lightning stones are stored in great quantities.As long as the manpower is sufficient, it shouldn't be a problem to wait for a few months.

The Tatars retreated in a wave, and came up again.A wave came up, and another wave was repelled.Such a day finally passed.

The Tatars were exhausted and unable to fight any more. Although they were not reconciled, they had no choice but to withdraw their troops.

When the Tatars really retreated, all the soldiers on the wall collapsed on the ground, and the Tatars below the city could take turns to attack the city, and the others could rest.As for the Kaiping guard soldiers in the city, due to the small number of them, they could only insist on it all the time, and they didn't even have time to eat lunch.

And Jia Ke is also exhausted, he is the most tired in the city, whenever there is a danger, he will support him there, running non-stop on the four sides of the city.If it weren't for the small rejuvenation technique, it would be able to restore physical strength.He had already fallen down.

Jia Ke didn't go back to the Qianhu Mansion, and held a meeting with the military officers at the foot of the city.At the same time, Wu Li was entrusted to count the number of casualties today.

Jia Ke didn't ask anyone's opinion at the meeting, but directly issued an order. First, he ordered Feng Mo to recruit all males in the city who were over 14 and under 50 years old to help defend the city.Huang Baifeng is in charge of training the manpower that can't be dispatched temporarily, after all, there is a lot of light in the battle.A little training is better than no training at all.

The second order was to order Chen Xi to collect all the food in the whole city, no matter rich or poor, high or low, including all the food in his Thousand Household Mansion for centralized management.Then configure it uniformly.In this way, the food can last for a longer period of time.

The third order was for Zheng Kai. Jia Ke ordered Zheng Kai to take hundreds of local households and patrol the streets day and night in two groups.Guard against spies of the Tartars.

As soon as Jia Ke gave the order, Wu Li came back. Jia Ke and Wu Li glanced at him and said, "How are the casualties today? Are there more than 200 people?"

Wu Li successfully said: "Your guess is still accurate. Today there are 190 five casualties. Among them, 52 were killed in battle, and 41 were seriously injured. They will not be able to recover in a short period of time. The rest, as long as it takes a few days cultivation. I can barely fight again."

Jia Ke nodded expressionlessly, and then said to him: "I have already gathered the whole team of strong men, and everyone must participate in the defense of the city. I think it is better to let one soldier lead an ordinary young man. This will make the rest Soldiers can rest in batches. They will not be dragged down by the Tatars."

Wu Li said: "This method is not bad. In defending the city, you don't need so many elites. As long as they can throw things and kill people, that's fine."

"Then I will arrange this matter. Although it will increase the casualties to a certain extent, but at this time, I can't take care of it." Jia Ke said helplessly.

After listening to what he said, Wu Li nodded and said: "We discussed and decided on this matter together. We will take care of it together in the future. The biggest task now is to defend the city. As long as the city is still there, all of these will be solved." Nothing."

After arranging everything, Jia Ke slept on the city wall. He had already decided that as long as the Tatars were still attacking the city, he would not leave the city wall for a day.He will not leave alone unless absolutely necessary.

Chapter 103 Bonfire

Besides, Arslen Khan returned to the big tent to discuss tomorrow's siege with the tribal leader after a day's siege.

When asked who will lead the battle tomorrow, all the tribal leaders bowed their heads in silence.

Arslen Khan had no choice but to deal with these old foxes.But he couldn't give a strong order, because today the main attacking soldiers of various ministries suffered heavy casualties.In one day, the tribes had a total of more than [-] casualties, which was completely beyond their acceptable range.If adding that Jia Ke stole the camp last night, they suffered more than six thousand casualties, which was one-tenth of their army.