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Marshal Zhongli led his troops to break through from the western front, and they were almost reaching the city of the western capital. The news of success came frequently. When he heard the roaring artillery fire for the first time, Pei Sheng also thought that Cangzhou had a rare earthquake, so he hurriedly ordered the army to evacuate the people. , but after hearing a few sounds, something was wrong, and when he climbed up the tower and looked far away, he realized that it was Marshal Zhongli who was attacking the city.

Zhong Liyue was already good at fighting, and with the addition of Western cannons, it was even more powerful. Basically, the speed of capturing a city in three days was so fast that it was jaw-dropping.

The Beihu army was forced to drag into the western front, and Cangzhou was relieved.

This day Pei Ming came to the camp with a cold face, and sure enough, he saw Pei Shengyi and two subordinates playing horseshoes, their luck was still very bad, and the bank notes in front of his subordinates could not be put down.

"Father!" Pei Ming rubbed his eyebrows, feeling very helpless at his own father's unconsciousness.

Pei Shengyi lit another cannon, and when he touched his pocket, it was cleaner than his face. He turned his head and greeted Pei Ming, "Son, do you have any money? I've lost all of it again, and I'm still short of two dongs."

Pei Ming's forehead was bulging, and he was about to say something, when there was a sudden bang outside, and the ground shook so that it was untenable, he suddenly frowned and looked out, Pei Shengyi's face also changed, "What's going on? "

The lieutenant cheerfully didn't take it seriously, "It should be Marshal Zhongli who is attacking the city again."

"No, Marshal Zhongli is on the western front, at least two to three hundred miles away from here. The voice doesn't sound that far away," Pei Ming said.

The scout came in and reported, "General, there is a change in the North Hu army!"

"What?" Pei Shengyi immediately boarded the watchtower, and saw the smoke billowing in. The artillery fire was bombing the garrison camp ten miles away. There were [-] patrolling soldiers from Ruchuan and Yanyun, and thousands more. The people who have just recovered and are about to be transferred to Yanyun.

I saw them off at the gate of the city yesterday morning, and those simple people kowtowed to thank them, took chickens, ducks and fish, drove away pigs and sheep, and wanted to give them to the soldiers in the camp.

However, in the blink of an eye, there was a catastrophe from the sky. Although they could not see the flesh and blood flying from a distance, they already knew the tragedy.

Pei Shengyi almost gritted his teeth, and the saliva spit out from the side of his head was bloodshot, "Order soldiers! Pei Ming defends the city and transfers the people."

The horn wailed, and Pei Ming said anxiously, "Father! I don't know the details of Beihu now. There are more than ten guns at least. If they send troops rashly, they may suffer even more losses! And their cannons only come from two sources, or the western front. Defeated, or Sand Man—”

"May I not know?"

Pei Sheng also turned around abruptly, "After the group of bastards blasted the camp, they turned their heads to attack either Ruchuan or Yanyun! These two border cities only have ten cannons, and there are still [-] people in Ruchuan city. , There will only be more clouds of smoke, can we just watch them fight over like this?!"

"Stop them outside the city!" Pei Shengyi took two deep breaths, as if convincing himself, "We must stop them."

Pei Sheng didn't say how to stop it, but everyone already understood.

"Don't waste time." Pei Sheng also patted the eldest son's shoulder, met his sad gaze, and smiled, "I have been alive for 19 years, and today I returned the horse leather shroud in Ruchuan. At the beginning of the cause and effect, I only regretted not being able to watch the Beihu subjugate the country and exterminate the species, and pay homage to the dead soldiers and common people."

The soldiers in the city had already assembled, the iron chains were shaking, and the city gate was slowly falling down. Pei Sheng also looked around and saw these young faces who were only in their thirties or forties at most, and most of them were only in their teens or twenties. Said, "We are about to go to the battlefield, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid!" The voice of the response was loud.

Pei Sheng also saw that some people's faces were obviously scared, so he didn't say anything, just said, "Leave all your nameplates here."

Every soldier has a nameplate with his or her name and place of origin written on it, and they usually carry it with them, so that they can be counted when they die and their bodies are touched. There is only one case where they will leave a nameplate before departure, and that is the chief general. Judging a situation where there is no doubt that death is inevitable, there are often ten deaths and no life.

The atmosphere was tense, and the soldiers carrying the trays stepped forward one by one. Some took them out and put them down without hesitation, some put them down with a glance, some turned their heads and didn't look... Some tremblingly stretched out their hands and uttered a whimper.

"I'm afraid..." There was a sudden burst of crying from the crowd, which directly broke the defense, not only the soldiers who were about to go out, but also the eyes of those who stayed in the city to evacuate the crowd instantly turned red.

Pei Sheng also walked up to the crying young man whose shoulders kept shaking and told him to look up, but the young man refused to look at him in shame.

"It's not shameful to be afraid, I'm afraid too."

Pei Shengyi's voice was deep and low, all the soldiers looked at him, he also looked over one by one, and said slowly, "Nineteen years ago, Ruchuan was defeated, 19 soldiers were buried here, and my wife will always be there." stayed here."

"We are human beings, and it is human instinct to be afraid of death, but we cannot shrink back, because behind us are the people of our country, our parents, and the beautiful and beautiful rivers and mountains of our hometown! Nearly a million people are buried in this place. Flesh and blood, they are heroes and warriors, our ancestors."

"You, me, him—we are able to stand here because our ancestors fought and died heroically here, and today, it's our turn."

The artillery fire roared, the ground shook, the rubble rolled from the city walls, and the houses trembled.

Pei Sheng also pointed to the sky, "Listen, that's the sound of Beihu cannons. They are bombing the garrison camp ten miles away, and they will come to Ruchuan City in a short time, and we only have five cannons. I want That’s where I’m going to take you, and what we have to do is to delay their pace as much as possible, and give the people in the city time to transfer.”

"That is to say, I will take you to die."

Pei Sheng also paused, and said, "From the moment we took off the nameplate, we are registered as dead people. For dead people, their souls remain in the world for a while, and every breath we take is stolen back. "

"Are you still afraid?" He lowered his head and asked the boy.

The young man wiped away his tears, put the nameplate into the tray, raised his head and puffed his chest, and said in a choked voice, "I'm already dead, I'm not afraid anymore."

"Are you afraid?" Pei Shengyi looked around at all the soldiers.

"Dead people, don't be afraid!" They answered so neatly.

"Okay!" Pei Shengyi stepped forward and got on his horse, raised his whip and raised his arms and shouted, "The souls of the dead should return to their hometowns, let's go!"

"Send off the general." Pei Ming knelt down to send Pei Shengyi off, and he didn't raise his head until the sound of horseshoes disappeared.

The whole city of Ruchuan moved.

Today was the happiest day for Buzhigude in the past few months. There was heavy artillery fire outside and screams, but he hosted a banquet in the general's tent to entertain the soldiers and allies.

General Beihu, who wore prairie-style clothes and a scimitar, and the Knights of the Shaman Palace Army in thorn armor were almost divided into half. Aurora was sitting in the first position at the bottom, stroking a delicate weapon.

No one in Beihu has ever seen this weapon before. It looks like a miniature model of a blunderbuss, but with a shorter beak. I heard that it is called a flintlock gun. It was invented not long ago, and it is only used in the West, and it has not been passed on yet.

Although it is said that it can be fired, most people in Beihu saw this small and compact appearance, and they didn't pay attention to the power of the bird's gun. Even Buzhigude once praised it in secret. It is a gun suitable for women. .

He personally poured wine to toast the princess, but was rejected by the cold-faced beauty.

Brigude was not very happy, narrowing his slender eyes, but with a smile on his face, he calmed down the disgruntled soldiers, and when he mentioned the marriage mentioned earlier, he smiled and said in Shaman language, "His Royal Highness If you marry me and become the mistress of the grassland, I will naturally have everything I want in Beihu."

"No." Aurora refused again without hesitation, speaking in Central Plains dialect, very bluntly, "You are too ugly, I don't like it."

Brigude has very high cheekbones and these slender eyes, which are not really ugly, but look very sinister and full of calculations.

But he is indeed this kind of person, otherwise he would not have been unknown for many years, but killed all his brothers, became Beihu's new Khan, and even managed to poison thousands of miles.

It was only recently that Aurora learned of the word "Born from the Heart" from the envoy of the Xiao Kingdom. When she didn't know it before, it was because she instinctively hated Burigude. Naturally, it is impossible to be willing at the beginning.

It is also now that her wings are growing, and the other two younger sisters are disobedient, and neither of them is a child of her father, Emperor Vasily. The queen has no choice, so she is made the crown prince.

Aurora made no secret of her dislike for Brigud.

"You!" The Beihu soldiers in the tent couldn't sit still after all, and stood up angrily.

Naturally, the knights were not to be outdone. For a while, two groups of people confronted each other, and the atmosphere was tense, until a sudden roar interrupted the confrontation.

"Khan, someone beat us!" Someone came to report.

"What?!" Brigude's good mood of the day suddenly disappeared.

Pei Sheng also did not lead troops to support the garrison camp, but found the rear of Beihu army, found a position that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and asked someone to set up artillery and bombard Beihu's camp. Because ammunition was limited, they We can't try a full-scale bombing and crushing like Beihu, so we try to hit places with as many people as possible.

Hearing the chaotic voices below, he patted his thigh and praised, "It's accurate, let's do it again!"

However, the battle with disparity in strength could not last for a long time after all.

After all, the Beihu army was still approaching the city. Pei Ming had been waiting for this day. He looked at the approaching army and the artillery fire that was being pushed, and stood coldly on the city wall.

I didn't know how much time could be delayed before. Pei Ming's transfer of people is given priority to women and children, so most of the people who are still stranded in the city are the elderly and young adults, no matter whether they are forced or voluntarily. Now that the enemy army has arrived, They can only be prepared to die.

The strange thing is that the Beihu army started fighting without meeting each other. Some generals shouted under the city wall, "Is Mr. Pei Chang upstairs?"

Pei Ming's expression was cold, but he said, "Why does the barbarian kid call you grandpa?"

The general widened his eyes angrily, but gritted his teeth and retreated because of Burigude's order. Burigude drove forward and laughed loudly in the Central Plains dialect, "Why should the eldest son be so ruthless? It’s an old friend, 19 years ago the Eldest Princess defended the city in Ruchuan beautifully, when my father Khan was around, he often praised the Eldest Young Master.”

He wanted to get close, but Pei Ming didn't want to be polite to him, and said directly, "Compared to you barbarians and thieves, even bandits who kill and rob have their merits."

There were ridicules on the city wall one after another.

"Hahahaha, you said it so well and happily! You are indeed the son of this general!" There was also laughter from below.

Pei Ming's complexion changed, and sure enough, he saw that Brigude ordered someone to push out a chariot, and the disgraced blood man tied to the chariot was obviously Pei Shengyi.

"My eldest son, General Pei was rescued by someone, and Ben Khan is still your father's benefactor."

Bu Rigude persuaded with a smile, "I have twenty cannons here, it's so easy to capture your city of Ruchuan, but this Khan doesn't want to commit crimes, the eldest son doesn't think about himself, and he doesn't think about it for himself. The people in the city think about it, they are losing anyway, why not just open the city gates and welcome us in, why do you have to make the city full of blood and complain?"

"As long as the eldest son raises his noble hand to open this city gate, Ben Khan will definitely treat you with a high official's salary, so that you and your father will have no worries about food and clothing."

As soon as he finished speaking, before Pei Ming could speak, General Pei spit directly on his face, "Bah! Why do you like to fart when you open your mouth, a barbarian little thief? Could it be eating shit?"

Brigude stopped his subordinates with a gloomy face, wiped the spittle off his face with a handkerchief, turned his head to look at Pei Ming on the tower, and asked with a half-smile, "The eldest son thinks so too?"

"The blood feud of millions of border soldiers will never end." Pei Ming replied.

"I will never die! I will never die!" The soldiers and the common people raised their arms and shouted in unison. What happened 19 years ago is still vivid in my mind. How can such blood feud and humiliation be forgotten.

Those who were humiliated and died included their relatives, neighbors and even children.

Just like this, Ruchuan is a city that is easy to conquer but also difficult to conquer.

Naturally, Bu Rigude could open the city gate directly with artillery fire, but he wasted too much ammunition on Pei Shengyi. His target was not only the entire Xiao Kingdom, but at least the entire Cangzhou. A Beihu, of course, must be repaid with the same amount.

Ruchuan is one of the most important checkpoints in Cangzhou. With the acquisition of Ruchuan, half of Cangzhou is basically in the bag.

It is best to be able to do so without spending a single soldier.

"It's a pity." Buzhigude said so, but he still didn't bombard the city. Instead, he asked people to push all the surviving captives to the front, and said with a low laugh, "My eldest son still remembers the 19 years ago thing?"

With a wave of his hand, the lieutenant drew out his knife and headed towards Pei Shengyi first.

Beihu, repeating the old tricks, what happened 19 years ago is happening again today, and no matter how much he tortured, General Pei gritted his teeth and remained silent.

Pei Ming's hands propped on the city wall turned white with force, his eyes seemed to be soaked in a pool of blood, and everything he looked was red.

After a round of torture, Bu Rigude saw that Pei Shengyi's expression seemed to be unconscious, and leaned over to bewitch him, "General Pei, it's just a matter of nodding, why do you have to suffer like this?"

"..." Pei Shengyi nodded suddenly, and opened his mouth with difficulty, "Let me, say a few words to him."

"Okay!" Brigud asked someone to put him down and push him to the front, and specially set up something that could amplify the sound.

When Pei Shengyi came down, he almost fell to the ground. He pushed the person who was supporting him away with his bloody hands, took two steps forward slowly, and looked up at Pei Ming with a gratified smile, "Minger, there is This sentence has been hidden in my father's heart for 19 years, I never thought I would tell you at this time."

"I am proud of you as a father." He gave a thumbs up with his crippled hand.

The tears that Pei Ming had been holding back fell instantly.

Brigude laughed angrily, "Is this what you want to say?"

"Yes." Pei Shengyi couldn't stand still, he struggled to support the loudspeaker, and let out a wheezing laugh, "Otherwise what do you think it is?"

"Barbarian boy, Pei Shengyi will never betray his country in this life!"

Those were the last words General Pei said, and then Aurora, who had been on the sidelines, raised the flintlock in Brigud's angry expression and gave him a happy one.

"What are you doing?" Brigude's face was distorted.

Aurora only said, "He is a hero."

"The Western Regions rebelled against the water, the Sha Man helped Hu, and Ruchuan was in danger!"

"Western Regions! Shaman!" The emperor's throat surged with blood, and he had just ordered to dispatch the Yulin Army and the Tianqi Army, and the battle reports came to Beijing one after another. In just one hour, there were more than [-] casualties in Cangzhou.

The last soldier who came only cried, "Your Majesty! General Pei would rather die than surrender, and fight to the death of Ru Chuan!"

"puff--"

"Your Majesty/Father!" Zhou Chengyu rushed over helplessly, reaching out to support the emperor almost at the same time as Wang He.

"Call the imperial physician!" Zhou Chengyi ordered as he stepped forward.

The emperor didn't faint, blood kept overflowing from his mouth, his chest and the ground were all red, he grabbed Zhou Chengyi's clothes, and said with difficulty, "Go, bring everyone back, go!"

Zhou Chengyi hesitated for a moment, the emperor pushed him away suddenly, and roared angrily, "Go!"

"Your servant obeys the order." Zhou Chengyi glanced at Zhou Chengyu, whose eyes were also red, before turning around to leave, and told him in an unclear manner, "Father... take good care of him."

Zhou Chengyu was silent, she understood that if the emperor was not well and Zhou Chengyi was not in the capital, things might not be as simple as trouble.

The 20 army was quickly assembled, and all the remaining ten cannons in Beijing were brought. Zhou Chengyi came in a hurry, and at a glance saw the two brothers Pei Yi and Pei Ye with white cloths tied to their arms.

"Go back." Pei Ju scolded Pei Ye with a cold face, but Pei Ye stubbornly refused, "I don't want to! I'm going to the battlefield too, and I'm going to welcome dad back home!"

Pei Ju's eyes turned red instantly.

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In the next chapter, Marshal Zhongli will appear and counterattack.

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