Linzhi

Before attacking the city, Le Bi never thought that it would be so difficult to win a small bamboo mountain.

Last night, he first sent a team of more than 100 people to attack the city tentatively to lower the opponent's vigilance. He waited until dawn when the opponent's defense was weakest before launching a formal attack. He caught the opponent by surprise. He thought he would be able to break into the city soon. Unexpectedly, from dawn to dusk, the whole day, it still failed.

This county is even slightly smaller than Shangyong County, and its military force is full, but only more than 1000 people. Why did it suddenly become so powerful?

Outside Zhushan City, Le Bi was sitting in his camp tent, listening to his subordinates report on the battle situation.

The general said: "Currently the army of the imperial court is restrained by Xiao Yu. Sima Yun at Fangling is afraid of death, so he probably won't send troops to reinforce him."

In other words, Zhushan supported himself for a day entirely on his own strength.

Le Bi was elated and furious: "Didn't you say it would take half a day?"

The general was ashamed and said: "This subordinate has ordered people to step up the attack on the city, and it must be taken before dawn tomorrow!"

Le Bi was over half a hundred years old, and he also participated in the battle of Emperor Gaozu's founding of the country, so he was not a person who did not know military affairs.Seeing that his subordinates were a little impatient, he lowered his tone instead: "It doesn't have to be like this, just try our best, but now the longer we spend here in Zhushan, the more breathing room will be left for Fangling. After all, I will come to help, after all, He Tai's family is also in the city."

The general handed over his hands, but Le Bi waved his hand to let him back down.

The staff at the side asked suspiciously: "Excuse me, why does my lord value He Tai so much? Although he is the emperor's eldest son, he has now been deposed as a commoner. Even if he is caught, it is worthless. It may be very difficult for him to exchange conditions with the imperial court."

Le Bi snorted coldly: "Of course, with He Yu's cold temper, how could he care about a son who was exiled? But everyone in the world knows that the eldest son of the emperor, He Tai, was deposed as a commoner and lived long. Zhushan, Fangzhou, if we can catch him, it will be a great boost to the morale of the people, and the court's spirit will also be frustrated, let's see how He Yu can hold that face!"

Staff: "He Tai is certainly useful, but to the lord, the most important thing is Fangling. As long as Fangling is taken down, it is equivalent to taking Fangzhou into his pocket."

Le Bi Nianxu nodded: "With the two states of Jin and Fang, we can truly stand on our feet."

The staff laughed and said: "Although the defense of Zhushan City is somewhat unexpected, the enemy is weak and we are strong, so we will be able to take it down sooner or later. Sima Yun of Fangling is cowardly and afraid of death. If you don’t have a name, you will lose your fighting spirit. This subordinate is here to congratulate the lord on receiving Fangzhou’s blessing!”

Le Bi: "Even Sima Yun and other waste dim sum can be the governor of Fangzhou, but for a person like me who has made great achievements in the dragon, he is only rewarded with a title, and let me guard the rugged and miasmatic land of Jinzhou. Father and son He Zun and He Yu are mean and ungrateful, so how can I be rebellious? I am not the only one who is rebellious?"

The staff then sighed: "Emperor Wende treats his parents like this, let alone a hero?"

Le Bi smirked, with a sense of gloating: "Just wait and see, if Xiao Yu and I start, there will be troubles. I'd like to see if the country He Zun brought down is worth two perish in the next generation, and be destroyed in He Yu's hands!"

……

He Zhan didn't know how many people he had killed.

At first, he would count silently in his head, but then he gave up entirely.

The dark rebels below the city surged up one after another, as if they would never be able to kill them all.

He Zhan used bows and arrows at first, but later, as the rebels climbed up the city with wooden stakes, and their numbers increased, archery became too slow. The rebels who climbed the tower fought fiercely close to each other.

At first he was a little soft-handed, but gradually, that shred of timidity disappeared without a trace, and his courage was slowly exhausted, leaving nothing but numbness.

The enemy's blood splattered on his cheek, and it was still warm. He didn't bother to wipe it off, and swung his knife to kill the new enemy.

The wailing sounded one after another, and it was unclear whether it was the soldiers defending the city or the rebels.

Pain came from his shoulder, and He Zhan didn't bother to look back, let alone hesitate, and directly slashed with his backhand. The opponent screamed and fell down, and the long knife in his hand fell to the ground.

He Zhan took a heavy breath, took a few steps back, leaned his back against the wall, and quickly looked back to inspect the injury.

The cut was a bit long, but it didn't hurt the bone.

He quickly took out a roll of cloth strips from his arms, bit one end with his mouth, wrapped it around the wound layer by layer and tied it tightly with a knot.

He Rong asked He Jia to prepare the cloth in advance. It was boiled in boiling water just in case, so that He Zhan could bandage himself in time to stop the bleeding. Otherwise, the battlefield would change rapidly. All may bleed to death.At that time, he didn't take it seriously, thinking that his third brother was too mother-in-law, but at this moment, he could only be grateful.

There are not many rebels who can climb the tower. He Zhan and the others are sticking to the last line of defense. The situation is not too fast, but if this continues...

Seeing that several rebels were about to climb the tower again, surrounded by fighting soldiers, and no one could raise their hands to fight, He Zhan gritted his teeth and rushed up again.

……

"The rebel army is definitely more than [-]!"

Rao Zhou Yi, who was always calm, was a little anxious at the moment. After pacing back and forth, he couldn't help asking He Rong for the third time: "Have the eldest and second sons come back yet?"

He Rong shook his head.

Zhou Yi: "It's been a whole day and night, and the siege has never stopped. All the government soldiers have been recruited, and the men with a little knowledge of martial arts have also filled in. It is still not enough. To put it discouraged, I am afraid that Zhushan will not be able to hold it. Sunset."

"I'm afraid that after the rebels captured Shangyong, they recruited a lot of people!"

Yang Jun sitting next to him was even more worried, he looked at He Rong from time to time.

The latter lowered his head in thought, but did not receive his gaze.

Because of Yang Jun's donation of food and Tan Jin's ransacking of the house, Zhushan's current food reserves are not lacking, but what is more urgent than the food reserves is that the situation is in dire straits. Tan Jin can't hold back, and has already gone to the front to boost morale, and the rest of them can't kill the enemy Those who are afraid of adding to the chaos can only wait here anxiously for news.

All three of them stayed up all night.

Compared with Yang Jun and Zhou Yi, He Rong seemed more sleepy, and his bad foot was so cold that he almost lost consciousness, but he didn't say anything.

He Xi ran in from the outside: "Third brother, I have already found the person you want!"

who?Yang Jun and Zhou Yi looked at each other, not knowing why.

But He Rong got up and went over and whispered something to him.

He Xi hesitated: "Is this useful?"

He Rong: "It's better than doing nothing, just do as I said."

He Xi agreed, turned around and ran out again, in such a hurry that he didn't even say hello to Yang Jun and Zhou Yi.

……

On the other side of the city tower, gunpowder smoke still filled the air, and the sound of shouting and killing was loud.

Tan Jin was guarded by the soldiers. Looking at the scene of the two sides fighting to the death not far away, he was anxious and worried, and pessimistic and self-pitying on the other. I won't give myself a posthumous title. After all, I am just a small county magistrate, not a high-ranking official, and thinking of Sima Yun, who refused to send even a little reinforcements, I can't help thinking about the eighteenth generation of the other party's ancestors. Greeted from top to bottom.

He Xi hurried up the tower, out of breath: "Xian, Xian Zun!"

War can bring friendship closer to each other. We are all on the same boat. Tan Jin is now familiar with the He family. Seeing this, he frowned: "You don't help out in the city, what are you doing up here!"

He Xi let out the middle-aged man behind him: "This is the famous Huang Banxian in this city, with a straight mouth!"

Tan Jin's face immediately turned black: "What time is it, and you are still messing around!"

He Xi hurriedly said: "The name of Huang Banxian has been heard by everyone in the city. He is very accurate in fortune-telling and never fails. I asked him to do a fortune-telling for us in Zhushan, good luck!"

That yellow half-immortal has a fluttering long beard, and he is not timid in the battlefield, but he really has the demeanor of a half-immortal. Hearing the words, he continued: "No pretense, good luck. As long as you go forward bravely, there will be noble people to help you, and turn danger into good fortune."

Tan Jin also knows that Huang Banxian is very famous in Zhushan, because there are too many people who want to ask him for divination, and the other party has limited the number of times. It's all scheduled to go to next year, but Tan Jin didn't expect that Huang Banxian didn't run away this time, and was found by He Xi.

What was even more unexpected was that Huang Banxian's words were more effective than standing here for a long time. As soon as these words came out, the people around them immediately cheered up and showed joy.

He Xisheng was afraid that the effect would not be enough, so he asked a few soldiers to shout around the fighting area on the tower: "Huang Banxian has made a fortune teller for us in Zhushan, good luck! Good luck! His old man said that Zhushan will definitely turn the bad luck into good fortune, brothers hold on!" ah!"

It is impossible to turn defeat into victory with a mere hexagram, but at least it can boost morale and give hope of persevering.

Not to mention the people around Tan Jin, even He Tai, who was helping out in the city, also showed joy when he heard Huang Banxian's words, and asked Huang Banxian repeatedly: "Can the imperial court's army come to rescue us?"

Huang Banxian just smiled without saying a word, with an expression of a master who cannot reveal his secrets.

Tan Jin pulled He Xi aside: "Be honest, is this He Rong's idea?"

He Xi said honestly: "The third brother said that all methods that can boost morale must be used right now, and we can persist as long as we can."

Tan Jin smiled wryly: "He still has a lot of ideas, I hope there will be reinforcements..."

Huang Banxian's words are worth a thousand gold, not to mention a thousand gold, he is also willing to ask Tan Jin to reward Huang Banxian with ten thousand gold, because this hexagram made everyone persist for another night.

When the enemy below the city rested for a while, the people on the tower took this opportunity to squint their eyes for a while, and when the attack began, they all mobilized and prepared to meet the enemy.

The wounded soldiers were carried down to heal their wounds. Temporary shelters had already been set up in the city to house the wounded soldiers. Women and children also came out of the house to help. He Tai was clumsy from the beginning, but later he was able to bandage the wounds of the wounded in a decent manner.

However, as the battle became more and more intense and the number of enemies increased, many people had no time to go down to treat their injuries, so they had to rise up to meet the enemy.

In order to disintegrate their fighting spirit, Le Bi ordered people to shout "Disarm, don't kill, surrender, don't kill", but Tan was prepared this morning. Wherever he went, not a single blade of grass grew. After entering the city, men were killed and women were left behind. Whether it was true or not, such rumors were indeed frightening. They also mobilized almost all the people in the city. If they didn't want to be massacred, they had to defend the city desperately.

At this time, it is only 28 years since the establishment of the dynasty. Many people of a certain age still remember the chaotic times that lasted for a hundred years before the establishment of the dynasty. There were many warlords and the people were in dire straits. Only then did they live a good life, but now there is another rebel army. The common people don't want to fight at all, but they have to rise up and resist.

Behind them is their own homeland, with their own parents, wives and children, and they have no other way to go.

The smell of blood permeated everywhere, but after smelling it for a long time, I got used to it.

He Zhan could no longer feel the existence of his entire right arm, because he cut down countless enemies with his sword every time.

All the clothes were covered with blood stains, and the original color could not be distinguished.

He leaned against the city wall, his chest rising and falling, his eyes looking at the night sky in the distance.

In the heavy gloom, a trace of orange seemed to be broken.

I don't know if I can see the next sunrise.He Zhan thought so.

At that moment, many personal events flashed through my mind like a fleeting image.

The family was exiled. On the way from Beijing to Fangzhou, in the dilapidated carriage, the biological mother was seriously ill, and her life was hopeless. The four-year-old himself would just kneel beside him and cry silently, unable to do anything. The third brother took him into his arms In the middle, one hand covered his eyes and said "sleep".

He Zhan sighed softly and closed his eyes.

Then he heard the burst of cheers, like thunder on the ground, piercing the long silent night.

"Reinforcements are coming! The imperial court is here to save us!!!"

The author has something to say:

A small theater that has nothing to do with the text

He Zhan: I'm cold.

He Rong handed him a box of matches: click it, you can see what you want, there are roast goose, apples, and Christmas trees.

He Zhan: ...

He Rong: Well, just kidding, even if the city is destroyed, the whole family will die together.

He Zhan: Yes.

Routine kiss~