Minister

73【Six Years of Jiankang】

"My lord!" Chen Hu came in to report, "There is a young man from a caravan who wants to send food!"

Seeing Chen Hu's happy face, Wei Chi couldn't believe it: "Tell that person to come in."

The visitor kowtowed: "My lord, I have food to offer!"

Wei Chi got up from his chair: "Feng Yi's people are indeed righteous, this gentleman invites you to sit down!"

It turned out to be a familiar one!The young caravan man smiled slyly: "Your Excellency still recognizes Xiaomin? Xiaomin is Tu Huzi."

Wei Chi narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Is your guy okay? But watch carefully, don't let me take your head."

Tu Huzi looked fearless: "Adults don't want Xiaomin's head, and they can't eat it? Right?"

Wei Chi saw that he came with intentions, so he let him mess around: "Mr. Tu said he was going to deliver food? Did I hear you right just now?"

"How dare adults call Xiaomin Mr.?" Tu Huzi chuckled: "There is plenty of food, but I don't know if adults dare to take it or eat it."

After speaking halfway, Tu Huzi turned his head to look at Chen Hu.Wei Chi waved his hand: "There are no outsiders, just tell me."

Tu Hu flicked his eyebrows, as if he didn't care, he said it lightly, and added a sentence at the end: "...there are many famines every year! I don't know if you dare to do it."

Chen Hu's face was pale when he was listening, and he turned to look at Wei Chi, who also seemed a little surprised.

Don't!Don't!Chen Hu thought to himself.

Wei Chi thought for a moment: "Okay! What should we bring? How many people?"

Tu Huzi didn't expect this well-mannered young man to agree, so he looked at him with admiration: "My lord, the little people are not for Daqi. You know, if we really want to break the city, we people will have to flee for our lives." It’s not difficult, at most it’s just abandoning your property and family business! Xiaomin’s willingness to come up with this idea is because he admires the courage and courage of adults! People? I have already greeted dozens of strong men, and adults just prepare baskets and iron ropes. !"

"Okay! When will we meet?"

"Weishi, see you at the east wall!"

Chen Hu waited for that Tu Huzi to leave, and came over worriedly: "...My lord."

"Don't you dare?"

Chen Hu was silent: "...a little afraid."

Wei Chi sat back on the chair: "Then you should stay in the yamen. If you can't find me for anything, you can rest assured if you keep me."

Wei Chi hurriedly packed up the things in hand and went to discuss with Xue Zhu. The two discussed for a while, and Wei Chi left the city wall and went to the camp in the city.The gang leaders were summoned by Wei Chi, and after hearing Master Wei's words, the gang leaders looked at each other in dismay: "...Your Excellency's words are true?"

Wei Chi nodded: "...Of course it is serious, there must be no mistake."

At night, this Tu Huzi guessed it right, and it was a night with a moon. Weishi is not the time that Wo Tuolei likes, as long as it is done quickly, it is really not difficult.Wei Chi checked the baskets and iron ropes while waiting for Tu Huzi and his party.Chen Hu still came after all: "My lord... you wait a while, don't look... I'm coming, I'm coming..."

Wei Chi was trembling when he saw Chen Hu speak, so he just smiled.

According to Tu Huzi's intention, he made a special trip to extinguish some of the lit torches.At the end of the day, Xu Longshan came, as well as that volunteer Tu Huzi.

Watching Tu Huzi and his gang busy with work, Xu Longshan secretly made a face to Wei Chi: "...I don't want to eat."

Wei Chi shrugged his shoulders, he didn't mean to be joking, but just expressed his sincere understanding of Lao Xu's idea.

It is absolutely embarrassing for Wei Chi to come back to guard the city wall tonight.Xu Longshan warned Master Wei that if he dared to come, he would dare to drag him back to the Yamen.Wei Chi nodded: "Don't worry, General, I might not be in the mood to come tonight."

In the second half of the night, the knives were being sharpened and water was being boiled in the guy's room.The cooks were extremely busy, but no one dared to do anything serious, not even the dozen or so strong men were willing to come to help.

Wei Chi waited by the side for a while, and finally said, "Tu Huzi, help me."

After all, he took a boning knife from the case and held it in his hand.

Without fear, Tu Huzi grabbed one of them and straightened it out. Then he began to pull the clothes, and scooped up hot water for a while.

Wei Chi rolled up his sleeves and twirled the knife in his hand: "It's amazing, I found such a complete knife in the middle of the night."

Those strong men all looked at this scholar-like little adult curiously, trying to find a trace of fear from his face.

Tu Huzi smiled and said, "That's right, they were all selected."

The cooks watched in horror as Mr. Wei, who was born in Tanhua, swung his knife expressionlessly.

"What are you looking at?" Wei Chi looked up at the cooks: "Boil the water and prepare to make meaty soup."

At dawn, Wei Chi came out. Chen Hu wanted to go forward, but he didn't dare to go forward, so he just rubbed his hands aside.Tu Huzi followed: "My lord!"

Wei Chi turned his head and patted him on the shoulder sincerely: "...Thank you so much."

Tu Huzi suddenly felt a little ashamed: "...this...actually...well, I shouldn't embarrass my lord, I just thought you...oh, my lord dare not."

Why didn't Wei Chi know that this man had a hint of provocation in him?Seeing him feel ashamed now, there is no relief but a sour feeling in his heart: "...we people are incompetent, in the days like a few years ago, we forced the people to live a life of cannibalism...I..."

"My lord!" Tu Huzi was really ashamed: "...From now on, this matter will be under the control of the little people, whether it is food or this, I am very determined to pay more than nine points!"

In the morning, they usually get their own breakfast, squat in a circle, and eat.It's a little strange today, I brought soup and rice over, no matter what, just let people around to watch.The soldiers are all impatient people. If they hadn't seen Wei Canling and Xue Zhubo standing in front of the pot, they would have lost their temper.

Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Wei Chi waved his hand to calm everyone down.Everyone looked at these two people curiously, secretly guessing what they were going to say.Wei Chi didn't speak, but asked the cook to open the lid of the pot, and a burst of meaty smell came out.The sound of swallowing saliva suddenly sounded from the crowd under the stage.

Seeing Wei Shenling turned around and said something, several men dressed as ordinary people brought out a large basket.Wei Chi stepped forward, lifted the black cloth covering the big basket, and picked up a bunch of black heads with his hands.

The soldiers in the audience suddenly felt that the meat was not fragrant!The people standing in the front row took a few steps back.

Wei Chi still didn't speak, threw the bunch of heads back, clapped his hands, picked up a bowl, filled a bowl full of meat paste soup, and ate it in front of everyone.

Xue Zhu took the bowl and chopsticks from Wei Chi's hand, filled a full bowl, and ate it in front of everyone.

Finally, Wei Chi said, "Dinner is ready!"

The gathered crowd hesitated for a moment, and finally slowly squirmed over.Wei Canling and Xue Zhubo did not leave, they stood aside and watched their soldiers silently.Now, whether it's Geng's family or Xu's family, everyone swallowed the things in their hands in horror, trying to persuade themselves not to think too much.

Xu Longshan came down to eat after handing over his post, took a few mouthfuls, and suddenly asked, "Where is Mr. Wei? Why didn't he come to eat today?"

The school official said in disbelief: "Master Shen Ling and Master Xue are both in the venue... they are eating that."

Xu Longshan smashed the steamed bun in his hand with a bang, fell silent for a moment, and cursed: "...Fuck! You're so kind!"

In the evening, the setting sun suddenly poked its head out, a ray of yellow light poured down through the thick clouds, and the flying snowflakes set off this ray of light strangely.Xu Longshan looked at the position in the distance, and had a feeling of 'shrouded by divine light'.It is said that Monan's "Sacred Religion" is effective, don't be anything...

cough!Xu Longshan suddenly laughed at himself for being suspicious.Bi Jiangquan came down from the turret to pick up Xu Longshan: "General Xu...the weather is quite strange today...ha."

Xu Longshan pouted.

The mood seemed to be disturbed by the light.While watching, Wei Chi also went up to the turret: "...the weather is quite special today."

To be honest, the enemy camp looks good, but in fact, this light may delay their night attack.

Votorley is calling the forwards to give a lecture. After so many people died for so long, the battle has made no progress, and many people have retreated.

After the military officer finished his lecture, Wo Tuolei stood up from the small stretched chair, and smiled mysteriously: "Soldiers! The light of the gods descends tonight! Our army will surely win! Everyone, this is the time to come to the fairy throne!"

Pointing at the sun and wishing for the glory of the afterlife... If this matter was put on the side of Qi, no one would pay attention to it, but this is Monan.

The sun seemed to come out and look at the earth, hastily concealing his pale face, and darkness quickly enveloped the earth.The wind was particularly strong that night, and black soil swirled around the open space.Even such a high city wall could not escape the dust!Wei Chi secretly rejoiced—this kind of weather is not suitable for playing.

But Xu Longshan expressed his uneasiness, soldiers never tire of deceit, and one victory and one loss came from deceit.Abnormally, all the soldiers only took two shifts that night, and all the artillery that could be deployed was thrown into the war.

Wei Chi believed him a little under his doubts. After all, he was a person who had fought for so long, so his intuition should be good.

Ready, Xu Longshan discussed with Wei Chi, as long as the signal is signaled on the tower, Wei Chi will order all the cannons on the tower to attack together!Wei Chi hurriedly took his men and horses to prepare ammunition, Xu Longshan secretly grabbed Hu Yanglin: "His adjutant can't persuade him! You have to pay attention today! Don't let Mr. Wei slip down again! If he dies, the morale of the army will be unstable. !" After finishing speaking, he complained in a low voice: "This lunatic!!"

Xu Longshan's adjutant chuckled at the side - you are not crazy yet.

This battle really came earlier and more violently than Wei Chi expected!There is no new way of fighting, but I feel that today's enemy troops are very excited, and they charge forward desperately.really!The artillery on the city wall seemed a bit strenuous!Wei Chi began to prepare the eight cannons on the turret.Before it was quite ready, the signal from the city wall rose into the night sky.

"Fire the cannon!" Wei Chi ordered quickly.

These eight cannons eased the anxiety of the battle.But those rushing waves of people didn't seem to care about casualties, and they didn't intend to retreat at all.General Xu is so accurate!Wei Chi wiped the sweat from his forehead.Looking at the city wall, the place where Xu Longshan is located is very brightly illuminated today because of the cooperation of the generals on both sides.The person who was arguing with me a few days ago to retreat was very irritable at the moment, and he could feel him yelling from afar.

"General Xu, are you usually kind?" Wei Chi asked the little artillery soldier beside him.

The little artilleryman said secretly: "...No...just being polite to the adults."

It turns out that civil servants overwhelm military officials.

"... To be honest, General Xu is much more terrifying than the Monan Army at the head of the city!" It seems that the little artilleryman is quite joking.

Wei Chi didn't dare to run around all night, he was already very busy with the affairs of the turret.The enemy had climbed the walls several times, and on two occasions they had blocked the artillery operations on the walls.At this time, it all depends on the cannon on the turret.There are only eight guns on the turret, so the firepower is too dense to count on, and the angle is off. The improvement depends entirely on the height of the turret.Wei Chi had no choice but to keep turning the barrel. On the one hand, turning the barrel would cool it down faster;However, the turrets were far away from each other. Wei Chi arranged artillery and messengers to adjust the beacon fire, and his left foot almost stepped on his right foot.

Xu Longshan deployed several small cannons to go up the turret, almost fully fired, and bombarded the position in front of the city frantically.

This, however, did not stop the advance of the enemy, who advanced with inexplicable heroism.

Wei Chi focused his eyes on Xu Longshan on the tower.Suddenly, Xu Longshan quickly ran towards the city wall, grabbed a soldier who was about to flee by the collar and flipped the soldier to the ground.

It is inevitable to be beaten, Wei Chi thought so.

Xu Longshan raised his saber and ended the soldier's life in one fell swoop.Wei Chi was taken aback, and looked carefully, it was indeed his soldier's attire... This?Xu Longshan held a big knife and a human head and seemed to be yelling loudly.The loose soldiers had to move forward again.

There are wolves in front and tigers in back.Wei Chi thought of this sentence.

This is the longest night battle ever!It was not until dawn that the enemy had to retreat.A large number of corpses were left on the city wall, revealing a black smoke.Feng Yi's side also suffered heavy casualties. After six or seven hand-to-hand battles, some artillerymen were beheaded by the enemy almost before they retreated from the fort.Xu Longshan didn't send reinforcements, but only brought a small group of troops to fight wherever there was danger, and took care of two fleeing soldiers by the way.

"They withdrew their troops... because they were hungry!" Xu Longshan told Bi Jiangquan: "They may come again in half an hour! You must not relax!"

Wei Chi came down from the turret, Xu Longshan went up to say hello with a smile, but saw Wei Chi staring at the two heads on his waist.Xu Longshan's outstretched hand stiffened unnaturally.This kind of thing is actually not uncommon, but it is not good after all. Wei Chi is a civil servant no matter what, so it is strange that he is used to this kind of behavior...

How did Wei Chi know that General Xu pinned his head on his waist in order to intimidate everyone?I was frightened and froze.I saw that the two bloody faces looked very young. There are not a few people of my own age in this army. It is a pity that some people feel sorry for their youth, but no one sympathizes with their timidity...

Wei Chi coughed lightly, and held Xu Longshan's stiff hand: "The general worked hard last night, even though they are only retreating temporarily, we still need to be prepared."

Xu Longshan swallowed his saliva with some fear, and echoed with a hey smile.After watching Wei Chi go down the city, Bi Jiangquan secretly said: "General, don't worry too much. This young man doesn't look like a rotten person. Isn't he quite ruthless? And we are also considered life-and-death friends, so we won't join us casually. "

Xu Longshan thought to himself, it doesn't matter whether civil servants and ginseng are related to life or death...

As a result, Bi Jiangquan and Xue Zhu's heartstrings were tense all day long, but the enemy camp was quiet all day long, and no one came out to pretend.

I don't know which shell it was, but it fell into the rear army, seriously injuring a general.This person is Wo Tuolei's adopted brother. As the leader of this attack, he didn't report his injury immediately, but stayed in the field until morning, and finally died of bleeding.The team whose leader died had to temporarily stop attacking, but it was obvious that the deputy was not very good at withdrawing troops, so he left, leaving behind a pile of siege equipment.In vain, let Bi Jiangquan burn a few fires here.

Wo Tuo Lei was shocked when he heard the news!Almost screamed on the spot!

The next day, even more terrifying rumors spread in the barracks—everyone found that the Qi army was collecting the corpses on the city wall, what to do with them?You can know this without guessing.

The soldiers of Wotulei were terrified. In Monan, the handling of corpses is extremely cautious. If the corpses are not treated well, the souls can only wander and cannot ascend to heaven.This incident touched the bottom line of the soldiers, and an atmosphere of uneasiness began to spread.

Wo Tuolei had to order to send special soldiers to the city wall to carry the corpse, and bring it back to practice.The mood of the soldiers stabilized a little.

After experiencing a catastrophe, Fengyi City took a short breath.Wei Chi and Xue Zhu had to climb to the west city gate every day, counting with their fingers when the food would arrive.Counting and worrying about whether the document has been found to be flawed... I really can't eat well and can't sleep.

Seeing that Wei Chi was in a hurry, Xue Zhu gave a relieved smile: "There's no need to hurry. I think your lord is a very good carver, so you can pass!"

Xue Zhu added another sentence: "That word is also written like that, hehe, those rough people will definitely not see the flaw!"

Seeing Xue Zhu's haggard face, Wei Chi forced a smile: "Master Xue's drafting of the document is also good... Hehe, in the future, if we two brothers are convicted, we will go to a ghostwriting booth, and we will definitely make money."

The two laughed for a while, sighed again, and stood for a long time before coming down from the city.It was only after returning to the Yamen that General Geng had been looking for the two of them for a long time.

As soon as he entered the room, Wei Chi smelled an unpleasant smell of medicine, and Geng Zhuqiu lay on the ground, his face flushed.Wei Chi and Xue Zhu looked at each other and ran over quickly.Seeing the two coming, Geng Zhuqiu waved Xiaoxiao out.The small school closed the door, and the room went dark again.

Geng Zhuqiu put down the documents in his hands, and sighed: "...Busy recently?"

Xue Zhu nodded.

Geng Zhuqiu leaned his body up, and Wei Chi quickly reached out to support him, only to feel that Geng Zhuqiu's hand was very hot.

"General!" Xue Zhu choked up.

"I heard about what happened that day," Geng Zhuqiu said, "Since Xu Longshan promised you, he will naturally stick to it to the end. The two of you should not have a quarrel with him. I have also looked for him before, and he has already Promise me, swear to defend Fengyi to the death and never say anything about retreating. This man is a reliable person, and he never promises lightly. Now that he is asked to speak up today, he will not shirk it! ... Also," Geng Zhuqiu pityed Glancing at Wei Chi: "...Do you know that Feng Yi can't be defended?"

Wei Chi nodded: "I know."

"Okay! Since you didn't go to seek refuge with the King of Qin that day, you have already lost your way of life, and you can only fight to the death with this Feng Yi."

"In the past few days, two hundred people in the city have joined the militia. I thought that the people might flee because of the tense battle, but I didn't expect that all the old and young women and children would come out to support our army. General, don't worry, just take good care of yourself."

"This is their homeland. How can they not cherish it? I heard about a Tu Huzi a few days ago? This man is a courageous person. If he wants to follow in the future, let him follow. The hero does not ask about his background. "

Wei Chi nodded.

"After I die..." Geng Zhuqiu suddenly said: "After I die, you must remember! We must not let our army send troops! With Fengyi City, we can still struggle for a few days. Once we leave the city, no matter what form we have There is only one way to lose!"

Wei Chi and Xue Zhu couldn't help panting when they heard the word dead.

Geng Zhuqiu hammered the bedpost: "Remember! What's the point of a man crying and crying? The overall situation is the most important thing at this moment, what do children do?"

"...don't send troops..." Geng Zhuqiu coughed violently a few times, took a breath, and let out a long sigh: "don't send troops, Xu Longshan, that's what worries me the most...he won't listen to me In other words, you must hold him back when the time comes..."

"Others... I don't worry..." Geng Zhuqiu breathed a sigh of relief, and the flush on his face began to fade.

Xue Zhu held Geng Zhuqiu's hand tightly, sobbing so hard that he couldn't make a sound.

"My business...don't tell anyone, not even Xu Longshan, my small school will make arrangements, and you two still come to check on the military every day as a routine." Geng Zhuqiu's hands are no longer strong , the tension of the war, the ravages of injuries, and the indifference of the court have exhausted his energy.

"...Qiu Shi..." Geng Zhuqiu looked at Xue Zhu: "...I know you are passionate and wise... It's just bad luck, and you can only be a boss. Regardless of the officialdom, it's just a floating cloud Duo, now that he has gone through a life-and-death battle, he will surely be able to take on great responsibilities in his life! Don't belittle yourself!"

Turning to look at Wei Chi again: "...you...hehe, Bingran has always boasted about his ability to know people since he was a child! Looking at it today, it's this kid who is capable! I'm so envious! He can get to know you...it's his lifelong gift Blessing!"

"...You must support each other...Persist to the end...Me!" Geng Zhuqiu's eyes suddenly burst into light.

Wei Chi knew that this was a flashback, so he just nodded desperately, swallowing the sourness.

Outside Geng Zhuqiu's room, the school official stood in the snow with hands clasped and looked at Xue Zhu and Wei Chi who came out. He didn't look sad, but nodded calmly at the two.Wei Chi and Xue Zhu also nodded at him, opened the courtyard door and left.The school officer is also about 50 years old. His beard is disheveled by the cold wind, and his hair is full of snowflakes. He saw Geng Zhuqiu's room was gloomy embedded in the heavy snow, and the light shining through the broken window paper became more and more intense. Dim... Finally, it was silent in the night, and even the window lattice could not be recognized...