Through the years of Liang Zhu

Looking at Xue Ping who came out of the big tent in a hurry, the washbasin in his hand was full of blinking blood red, I couldn't help but my feet went limp, I almost fell to my knees, Xue Ping saw that I had There was a burst of panic, although he tried his best to pretend to be calm, but I could still see the expression of forbearance on his face.

Qiangzi suppressed his panic, and turned into the big tent, just saw the military doctor administering medicine to Wang Xuan, the silver-white armor had just been taken off, and most of the plain white underwear inside had been stained red by the blood, the shocking red made me dizzy.

"Brother!" I walked over gently, not daring to shout loudly, as if I was afraid of shocking him.I could clearly see the bloody hole in his waist that was stabbed severely by a sharp weapon. Even though the military doctor had prescribed the medicine, blood was still oozing out.

"Ah Yun, don't cry, big brother...it's okay." When he was helped to sit on the bed, tears fell down in disappointment, Wang Xuanzhi smiled weakly, and reluctantly raised his hand to touch my head to comfort me.

"I know, big brother, just listen to me this time, and have a good night's rest, okay?" I suppressed the dull pain in my heart, tried my best to smile to reassure him, helped him to bed, and helped him replace the bruise with trembling hands The gauze, the voice is a little hoarse.

"Okay." Wang Xuanzhi endured the pain, smiled at me, maybe he was really too tired, and fell asleep after a while, or... fainted.I know that if it weren't for his temper, he would not be able to hold on, and he would never take a rest easily when Luoyang's crisis is still unresolved.

I inadvertently looked up and saw the mournful expression on the military doctor's face. Xue Ping's eye circles were red. Voice: "I beg you, no matter what, I must, must save my eldest brother!"

The military doctor was shocked, helped me up and said that it was absolutely impossible, but the grief on his face was even stronger, and he couldn't bear to explain to me: "The general was injured when he was defending the city yesterday. It's not a big problem to recuperate for a few months, but, but today, tens of thousands of Yan troops came to attack the city again..." Before he could finish the sentence, his voice was choked and he couldn't speak anymore.

Xue Ping, who was at the side, clenched his fists tightly and said in a low voice with red eyes: "The original defenders of Luoyang are only 2000 people in total. How can they defend the four city gates, the east, west, north, south, yesterday the general led the reinforcements to come here?" At times, fighting to the death outside the city was considered to temporarily push back the Yan army. At that time, the general was already injured. But the general was worried about affecting the mood of the soldiers, so he didn't let everyone know. He personally took the wounded and patrolled the four city gates at night. Running around, unexpectedly at noon today, a large wave of enemy troops attacked..."

"The general saw that the main force of the Yan army was concentrated at the south gate, so he ordered Shen Jin to guard the other three gates, but he led more than a thousand troops out of the city with injuries to attract the main force of the enemy army... I will try my best to persuade you, but, can the general He just won’t listen, and won’t let us talk about it..." Xue Ping choked up in his throat, his voice hoarse, "He also said, you can trust Miss, you can trust Qingqiying..."

Believe me... Xue Ping's words were like a blunt sharp knife slowly advancing from his heart. The pain was unbearable for a while, and tears fell all over his shirt unstoppable.All the strength in my body seems to have been pulled away. Where does the eldest brother have the confidence to trust me so much? If I can come back one day sooner, if I don’t take the Qingqi battalion away, if I don’t run away from home...

Wang Xuanzhi, you idiot, why are you so serious, why are you working so hard, Luoyang City is doomed to be captured.

I stayed in front of the bed all night, and refused to stay away from him. I have never been so scared like now. Why did I forget that my eldest brother is also an ordinary person with flesh and blood. Last year, he was alone against Zhang Zhang. Hundreds of thousands of horses and horses have not been injured at all!Now how, how could it be like this!Mingming, Mingming, he still smiled and told me that day, when the crisis in Luoyang was resolved, he would gradually familiarize me with military affairs, and he also said that I would not be in a hurry...

Suddenly, there were several drumbeats, and a lieutenant rushed into the big tent, but Xue Ping blocked him from the tent. Even if he was on the verge of life and death, the elder brother didn't want the soldiers to see him like this. In fact, I don't need Xue Ping to tell me that the Yan army has begun to attack the city again.

"Brother!" The person on the bed moved slightly, and there was a bit of worry in the opened eyes, did he not fall asleep? "Brother, don't worry, I'll go! If you trust me, I'll help you defend the city!"

Without waiting for the elder brother to nod, I took the spear first, took the seal of the third-rank general who conquered captivity, followed the deputy general out of the big tent, and went up to the tower.Above the city tower, the soldiers guarding the city took turns to stand guard. Before dawn, the soldiers who had been resting against the city wall heard the sound of the drums and had already lost their sleepiness. Chang Shi was guarding the north gate vigorously, and elder brother Wang Gui was guarding the east gate. There was no movement, and the strength of the Yan army was still concentrated at the south gate.The moonlight was cool and beautiful, and it clearly showed the situation of the enemy army below the city. Looking around, among the dense Yan army below the city, professional siege equipment such as rams, catapults, and ladders were fully equipped. It seems that Yan Jun really spent all his money this time.

You want to defend the city, okay, then defend it!The suspension bridge outside Luoyang City has been put away, and although the moat is nearly filled, it will take a lot of effort for the Yan army to break through the city gate!

The soldiers of the Qingqi Battalion are as heroic as they are on the ground. They are not only good at spears, but also excellent at archery. They collect the bows and arrows in Luoyang City and accumulate them on the top of the city. Coarse cloth was put on the tip, stained with tung oil, and rockets shot down at the Yan army outside the city one after another. In a short time, a sea of ​​flames spread among the unsuspecting Yan army below the city. There were screams, and the soldiers and horses were startled. Stampede, the situation was chaotic for a while, and I had to withdraw temporarily.Of course, I know that this method cannot be used for a long time, and I will be prepared for the next attack on the enemy.

The Yan army temporarily retreated in the sea of ​​fire, and before it was dawn, I followed Xue Ping, imitating my elder brother's order, withdrawing troops and changing guards, and patrolling the city. half free.

When the Yan army attacked the city again, the sharp arrows shot up from the city were flying all over the sky. Under the cover of the Yan army's bow slaves, more and more ladders were built on the city wall of Luoyang. The method of weary soldiers, using the rocks, rolling logs and flying hooks prepared on the city wall, to suppress desperately... While repelling the enemy, the Jin army on the top of the city fell down one round after another. Round, the number of people lost was heavy, and the bloody corpses on the top of the city were horrible, people couldn't bear to look directly at them.

Instruct the lieutenant general to take the time to clean up the battlefield, count the number of people, recruit young volunteers in Luoyang City, run back and forth between the towers, and at the same time prevent the enemy from attacking at night, so be vigilant every day.

Time passed quietly in round after round of Luoyang offensive and defensive battles between the Yan army and the Jin army. Luoyang city was besieged, the army rations were scarce, and the city walls were not broken, but food became a problem. There were rebels who couldn't hold on, so they shouted that they would simply sacrifice the city to save their lives!Although I have a general's seal, but the prestige in the army is too small, so no matter how I suppress and persuade, the commotion in the army will still increase.

"What's going on here!" Wang Xuanzhi's face was so pale that there was hardly any trace of blood. His voice was not loud, and he just stood quietly towards the army at the head of the city. The commotion was suppressed.

I didn't expect that my elder brother would suddenly appear at the top of the city. Standing in front of me was a deputy general officer who looked to be in his 30s. When he saw Wang Xuanzhi in armor, his expression suddenly became ugly: "Qi General, the former defenders of Luoyang City, the champion generals, have already seen that Luoyang City is now an isolated city, so they must not just defend it, and lead the army to leave wisely. Even if General Wang personally leads the army to defend Luoyang, there are only a few thousand soldiers in the city now What's more, the morale of the army is unstable, coupled with the scarcity of rations in the city, the Yan army is attacking fiercely, and the reinforcements don't know when they will arrive, and your health, general... is at the end of the day, why not..."

"How about it!" The eldest brother sneered, suddenly pulled out the long sword from his waist, and placed it on the neck of the deputy general and asked in a cold voice.

"The last general, the last general means that if you don't sacrifice the city first, save the people and thousands of soldiers in the city, and then make another plan after the reinforcements arrive." The man trembled all over.

"It's nonsense! I don't want you to worry about my general's health! As a lieutenant general, he incites soldiers to threaten to sacrifice the city. How can the army's morale be stable! General Huan has ordered the Northern Expedition, and our Jin Dynasty army will arrive in Luoyang City in a few days! Save the people! Can you guarantee that the Yan army will not massacre the city after throwing it into the city? This general is strict and will never abandon the city. I am in the city, and I will die if the city dies! If you dare to speak nonsense again, you will incite the army! This general It will definitely be dealt with by military law, and will never be soft!" Wang Xuanzhi said in a cold voice, with murderous aura radiating from his body.

"But what if the general can't sustain the army to help! Wouldn't it mean that we will go forward and die in vain!" The man not only refused to listen, but gritted his teeth and made an inch of it. The lieutenant looked at the person in front of him in disbelief, and his body had already collapsed.

"This general has already been strict, and anyone who incites the morale of the army will be killed! As the son of the Jin Dynasty, he has received the emperor's favor and defended the city for the country. It is only natural. If there is another word to surrender, there is such a thief!" The elder brother's body is already crumbling. Xue Ping helped him behind him carelessly, fearing that he could no longer support him, but the determination on his face remained undiminished, and his voice was hoarse but resounding!

"I swear to live and die with Luoyang!" I watched the situation and suddenly fell to one knee on the ground, raising the spear in my hand and shouting loudly.

"I swear to live and die with Luoyang!" Led by the soldiers of the Qingqi Battalion, the guards at the top of the city knelt down on the ground!Clanking the oath, the firm and rough voice spread throughout Luoyang City!

The mutiny in the army was easily settled by the eldest brother, but his health was getting worse and worse.In the past few days, the Yan army has rarely calmed down, but he will still forcefully put on a suit of armor and occasionally go up to the tower to appease the soldiers, and stand on the top of the city to look into the distance.Sometimes he will carefully teach me the art of war and how to deal with the enemy, and I will listen to his teachings with a smile just like when I was in the academy.Because I can't persuade him, he said that he has been fighting for more than ten years, even if he dies, he will die on his own battlefield. I know that he must want to be with the soldiers in the last few days.

In the past few days, I tried my best to lie to myself that Luoyang City could be kept, and my elder brother would get better. Unfortunately, the sky didn’t go his way, and my elder brother still fell on the top of the city that day. When Wang Gui and Xue Pinghong called me with eyes, I was just Visited the North Gate.

I almost forgot how I got to the former army tent, I just remember that when I walked to my eldest brother's bed, he was too weak to speak.Soldiers from the Qingqi Battalion surrounded the tents, and on the table in front of the couch were written two lines of large characters on rice paper: Loyal bones are buried everywhere in the green hills, so why bother returning corpses shrouded in horse leather.

Outside Luoyang City, there seemed to be the sound of horseshoes coming again. Looking at the people on the couch, I automatically ignored the idea that it was the enemy attacking the city again. I can bear the pain in my heart and smile to reassure him, but I really can't do it.I knelt in front of the couch and held his hand tightly, crying and calling him, but he still smiled at me.

With a childlike smile, he stretched out his hand tremblingly to me. I gently put his hand on my face, but I heard him murmur in a low voice, listening carefully, what he said was: Ah Yun...don't I'm afraid, it must be... General Huan... Don't be afraid...

I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid of whoever comes, as long as my eldest brother is here, I'm not afraid of anything.As long as big brother is...

Unfortunately, he is still gone...