Don't run away to touch porcelain

The autumn wind is rustling, the flags are fierce, and in the Zhenwei army that is waiting in full force, everyone has a white cloth belt wrapped around their left arm. Tie a white cloth belt to express mourning. Ye Zongshi is the god of war in the hearts of the people of Nanming. When the news of his death spread, everyone in the entire Nanming army spontaneously tied a white cloth belt.In front of the orderly and solemn Zhenwei Army is the so-called unbreakable Fengzhou City. The siege has been planned for a long time. Liu Banjun is in charge of the overall situation, Lin Lang is the vanguard, Ye Huizhi leads the Shenyu Battalion to support, and Ji Canghai leads [-] soldiers Ma set up an ambush along the way to guard against the Nanpi army in Yongzhou City taking the opportunity to attack.

More than a dozen siege towers have been built, and the towers are two stories high. The sharpshooters of the Shenyu Battalion stand on the towers, and can bring the enemy troops on the city wall into the effective range. At this time, the soldiers won The order is assembling shields. Zhangwu's army has had enough of being attacked by the enemy's downward attack on the city wall. Now the new shields equipped by Zhenwei Army are all specially made by the Ministry of War. They are invulnerable to water and fire. The most important shield has grooves And convex/protruding, shields and shields can be spliced ​​together through slides. Dozens or hundreds of shields can be combined into a huge iron barrier. Siege vehicles and soldiers are hiding under the barrier. Whether the enemy on the wall is Throwing stones, archery, or throwing torches and pouring boiling water can't do anything to the siege army under the city.

The soldiers were busy making the final preparations for the siege. Liu Banjun took Ye Huizhi aside, knelt down and kowtowed three times in the direction of the imperial city. Ye Zongshi passed away. Going back to the funeral, the battle is imminent, and the two worship Ye Zongshi here, and also hope that his spirit in the sky can protect the Nanming Kingdom and the Zhenwei Army.The messenger soldiers rushed to find Liu Banjun and Ye Huizhi, and handed over the emergency report to Liu Banjun who is the commander in chief. Liu Banjun read the content of the emergency report, and the messenger soldier also repeated the matter, "I report to the two generals, Piguo learned that our army was attacking Fengzhou City, and mobilized a large army from the territory of Nanpi to enter. After integrating Yongzhou City, it has already attacked us. It is estimated that it will arrive at the Shuangfeng Mountain Col guarded by General Ji in two hours. I pass by Ji The general has sent the battle report, and General Ji asked me to convey that his [-] soldiers can set up an ambush for an hour and a half. If you don't have time to capture Fengzhou City, please give up the attack and retreat immediately, so as not to suffer heavy losses from the enemy. They will try their best to delay time for you to make a final interception."

With Zhenwei Army's careful layout and excellent equipment, Fengzhou City will definitely be captured in three and a half hours, but Ye Huizhi still feels worried. In case Nanpo's army travels faster than expected, Ji Canghai only has 5000 troops in his hands No matter how to fight against the mighty Nanpi army, Liu Banjun obviously didn't want to waste any more time, so he took the lead on the siege tower and gave the order to attack.

The siege horns sounded in unison, the horns were high-pitched and exciting, and the banners on the command tower were waved left and right. Under the protection of the shield barrier, the infantry led by Lin Lang rushed to the gate of Fengzhou city with the siege vehicles .Fengzhou City has only one main entrance left after the restoration of the abandoned king, and there are no entrances and exits on the other sides. The main entrance is said to be cast of fine iron, and there are a total of twenty large locks to seal the door. It must be difficult for ordinary siege vehicles to break through it , in order to deal with Fengzhou City Gate, the Zhenwei Army's siege vehicles were also made of stone and iron. A team of 15 people with extraordinary force was selected, and a group of two vehicles hit the gate together, even if the gate of Fengzhou City No matter how strong the whole body is, the door bolt cannot bear the constant impact. It is only a matter of time before the city breaks down, and this time has already been tested and judged by skilled craftsmen under the Ministry of Industry, so it will definitely not exceed an hour.

The rebels on the city wall tried their best, but the huge barrier under the city was like a copper wall and iron wall. They could not use effective means against the siege army who slammed into the city gate. Continuously shooting at the city wall, there were constant casualties of rebel soldiers. The commander-in-chief of the rebel army stood on the city wall, looking at everything below the city, and suddenly felt a kind of powerlessness and despair that he had never had before. The beast struggled hard but had no choice but to watch failure and death approaching him bit by bit.The lieutenant stood eagerly in front of the commander, looking at the soldiers who were constantly being wounded by the arrows, his tone became more and more anxious, "My lord, this is not the way, it really can't, let's just open the city gate and kill him like last time, it's better than just sit and wait for death strong."

The commander shook his head, "Looking into the distance, what do you think the unmoved cavalry are for? As soon as the city gate is opened, the siege infantry will quickly retreat and dismantle their shields. At this time, the cavalry has already attacked to block the infantry. They are waiting for you to open the gate of the city. At that time, it will be just a knife and a fish for me. The soldiers we fight Zhangwu still need to rely on surprise attacks to win. What is in front of you is the Zhenwei army, Ye Jinglan The direct descendants brought out by Ye Jinglan are in our hands. Which one of them is eager to eat our flesh and drink our blood, and bring our soldiers who only want to survive to fight hand-to-hand with their blood feuds? Do you think this is better than sitting still and waiting to die powerful?"

The lieutenant stomped his feet fiercely to vent his anger. The commander closed his eyes and said calmly, "Street fighting can still be fought if the city is broken. If it can be delayed for a while, it is only for a while. I have tried my best, but it is a pity that I have failed the trust of the prince in the end."

Facing a battle that was sure to lose, the lieutenant general couldn't say anything more. They fought against the imperial court with a pebble against a stone. It is good fortune to be able to procrastinate for a long time today. The knocking sound of the door suddenly felt that everything was unreal. He regarded himself as a once-in-a-lifetime general, but unfortunately, he was suppressed and persecuted by his boss in every possible way. Fortunately, the prince saved his life and treated him with trust. He thought that he would finally have a chance to show his ambitions. However, in the end, he still lost because of the disparity in military strength and was inferior to others. It is a pity that his ability to plan strategies has also failed the trust entrusted to him by the prince.

"Look, general!" The lieutenant suddenly interrupted the commander's thoughts. The commander looked in the direction the lieutenant pointed, and saw that the women and children in the city were all tied up with ropes and pushed onto the city wall. The arrows on the ground stopped, and then even the sound of the siege vehicles crashing into the door gradually subsided. The Zhenwei army stopped all offensives and quietly looked at the people on the city wall. to calm them down.The valet beside the prince rushed to the commander and saluted perfunctorily, "Master Lan, the prince knows that Fengzhou City is difficult to defend, so he ordered me to arrest all the people in the city. If we coerce each other, we will definitely let the court If the army stops, the enemy's general is a woman, and if she pushes dozens of civilians off the city wall, she will be soft-hearted."

Lan Tian felt that Qiuhuo's sky was splashed head-on by a bucket of ice water, and he looked at his servant in disbelief, "What do you think the prince ordered?"

The servant replied dissatisfied, "You are not capable of defending the city, and you will be disadvantaged in the end. In the end, you have to rely on the prince to find a way for you. Now that you have a good plan, why are you still asking me repeatedly!"

The servant didn't look down on the commander and the others at first, so he flung his sleeves and snorted and went up to the edge of the city wall himself. He was an eunuch with a sharp and unpleasant voice, but he still shouted at the top of his voice, "Zhenwei army, listen carefully, if you If we dare to attack the city again, we will push all these people down, these are all your people from Nanming, you can’t afford this crime even if you go to the emperor, retreat quickly, and I will spare their lives!"

A sonorous female voice came from the Zhenwei army, and even the faint disdain was clearly revealed in the eerie silence of the battlefield, "Lan Tian, ​​you are nothing more than that, and you have the face to call yourself a good general!"

The commander's face was pale, and he leaned back against the city wall to stabilize his body. The lieutenant asked hesitantly, "General, if they don't care about the lives of the people, can we really push those old people and children down?"

The commander gritted his teeth and drooped his eyes in silence. The lieutenant looked and looked between the civilians and the commander, and finally sighed and said nothing more. Now that the situation is in danger, how can he care so much? .

The scene fell into a brief stalemate, everyone was waiting for the command from the tower of the Zhenwei army commander, Ye Huizhi nervously clenched the moon-watching bow in his hand, and looked at Liu Banjun like many people, Liu Banjun's expression was as usual, and he told the people around him Signalman, "Flag, continue to attack the city."

Ye Hui was terrified, grabbed the signal soldier who wanted to send the message, and asked Liu Banjun, "Continue to attack the city, what will the people do?"

Liu Banjun looked at Ye Huizhi coolly, "If you attack quickly, you may still be alive. If you attack slowly, those people in Fengzhou City will die sooner or later. Not only will they die, Ji Canghai and the five thousand people behind you Soldiers will also die, and when the Nanbei army arrives, the people in front of you will also die. In the future, the abolition of the king will cause chaos in the court, and countless people in Nanming will die. Ye Huizhi, how many lives do you want? Your wife's benevolence will be buried with you?"

Liu Banjun did not wait for Ye Huizhi to answer her questions, she had already drawn her bow and arrow, the bow string was drawn into a full moon, and with a buzzing sound, the feathered arrow shot towards the city wall, directly hitting the forehead of the eunuch who called out, I saw his body falling straight from the city wall, like a puddle of mud and a layer of dust. The people on the city wall screamed and rioted in fright. One after another, followed by the shouts of killing and the sound of siege vehicles hitting the city gate, as well as the miserable cries of the people who were pushed down.

Ye Huizhi couldn't bear to look at it and turned around to leave, but was stopped by Liu Banjun, "How many arrows can you catch when you go to the city, and how many arrows can you avoid, do what you should do."

Liu Banjun was not unreasonable, but Ye Huizhi couldn't accept it for a while. He also knew that Liu Banjun's decision was not wrong. The city can save those people for a while, but it can't save them for a lifetime. Understanding and accepting are two different things. Ye Huizhi's inner resentment urgently needs to be vented. Liu Banjun saw his entanglement, and sighed helplessly, "Then you go and go with Lin Lang." Hit the city gate."

The commander looked at the city wall that was in a mess of crying and shouting, and the voice from afar echoed in his ears, full of disdain and sarcasm, Lan Tian, ​​you are nothing more than that.He had also admired Liu Banjun, the heroic and courageous beauty who was the dream of many lieutenants in Nanming. He always thought that he lost to Ye Jinglan only because of his background, but if it was Ye Jinglan who faced the current situation... In this situation, that person will definitely not be able to do such a thing as taking the people as hostages, and that person has integrity in his bones. Lan Tian finally realized that even if he and Ye Jinglan's backgrounds were swapped, he would not be able to compare with him. The moment he pushed the people down the city wall, Lan Tian knew that he had lost completely.

A messenger came rushing to report, "My lord, the people have rebelled, and the city is in chaos." The deputy general looked at the commander and waited for him to speak. Lan Tian ordered disheartenedly, "Go and arrest the people on the city wall. Let it all go, when we joined the army, didn't we do it to eliminate the strong, support the weak, protect our home and the country, what are you and I doing now?"

The lieutenant general looked at the commander's gray face with worry, the commander closed his eyes and said, "You go and take the soldiers with you, it's against you, which one of them is willing to fight."

"My lord, you..."

"I can't live up to the trust of the lord, I can only repay it with my life." Lan Tian didn't wait for the lieutenant to react, and he drew his sword across his neck. The sword in his hand was given by the lord. The hot blood stained the ancient city wall, and the shirt he was proud of was red. When Lan Tian fell straight back, he found that the sky in the southern border was so transparent blue, and Ye Jinglan died like this On an autumn day with high sky and clear clouds, life and death will go down in history, what about me?

The gate of Fengzhou City finally opened by itself. The urn city was full of rebels who abandoned their weapons and surrendered. The people hid again without the threat of death. The anti-rebellion army, who was desperate for life and death, couldn't let it go. There were a lot of blood and corpses on the streets, which belonged to the rebel army and the people. The Zhenwei army quickly and orderly controlled Fengzhou City, and the army took over the largest building complex in the city. Surrounded, within a short while, the body of the deposed king Wen Bohong was carried out with a temporarily removed door panel. This prince who had been famous for most of his life finally hanged himself under a tangled old tree. The culprit who died so easily and calmly in the end.

At that moment Ye Huizhi suddenly felt a little hesitant, everything suddenly seemed unreal like a dream.