Luoshui Dongliu

From this day on, the Xiyan army stepped up to dig trenches, and at the same time, they were under the city day and night, throwing stones at the city during the day to harass, and at night they repeatedly attacked.The city sent people out of the city at night, and set up wooden barricades half a mile away from the city, with hemp ropes wrapped around them, and spikes and copper bells tied to the ropes.Xiyan soldiers went down the city at night, and when they encountered roadblocks and needed to move, they would touch the copper bell, and the city would hear the sound and believe it.The Xiyan army had seen the darkness of the city before, thinking that no one was on guard, but when the copper bell rang, torches were lit in the crenel.The soldiers defending the city followed the sound and fired arrows, and the troops under the city had to retreat.

The Xiyan army was heavily stationed in the west of the city, so the city also dispatched one of the soldiers guarding the other three gates to the west gate, especially the soldiers facing the north were the least.The Xiyan army also dispatched a group of troops to attack the North Gate at night, but there was no big movement in the city at that time.The soldiers at the front saw that they were not far from the city gate.Seeing the vanguard going smoothly, the following brigade was secretly delighted, and was about to launch an attack, but suddenly saw the people in front of them yelling and yelling, and then fell down one after another.The rear team rushed to the front, but before they had time to see clearly, they all felt a tingling pain under their feet, it turned out that they had stepped on a barbed wire.The barbed caltrop was half buried in the ground, with the iron thorn pointing upwards, when one foot stepped on it and retracted its legs to avoid it, it accidentally stepped on another place.Some people stepped on the iron clips used by hunters to catch wild animals, and even their calves were broken.

During two or three days, during the day, the archers on the city stood ready, the Xiyan army did not dare to get too close when they attacked the city, and at night they always encountered such strange moves, although no one could be killed, many soldiers were injured.The number was reported in front of Yu Chiyuan, and Yu Chiyuan couldn't help frowning, and said bitterly: "Damn it."

These organs to resist the enemy are only deployed on the fly, and the power to kill people's lives is limited, but the evil is that they all hurt people's legs and feet.Speaking of marching and fighting, the most serious injuries to soldiers are their legs and feet.If the arm is disabled, at most it will be unable to attack. If the leg is injured, it will not even be able to escape for life, let alone a forceful march that requires soldiers to quickly seize the opportunity.Therefore, generals in the army would rather have no clothes to keep out the cold than lack military shoes.Now many people's legs and feet have been injured, and it is hopeless to march into battle. These people have nothing to do, and they have to eat and consume food like good people.How could Yu Chiyuan not be annoyed at how many idlers the army had raised for nothing before the war.

Yu Chizhong also scolded at the side: "Zhao Shen is a serious general after all. He has been studying the Six Secrets and Three Strategies since he was a child. If he wants to fight, he will fight in a serious way. I don't know where he learned these dirty tricks from heresy?"

Yu Chiyuan stopped his complaints and said: "What's the use of that? Song Xianggong is benevolent, but you are not lucky to meet such an idiot."

He also ordered: "When the siege ministries know these methods, they should be extra careful. First, they should use long weapons to explore the truth and open the way. All soldiers should find tough things to protect their legs and feet. Which one of them has been injured by soldiers?" [-]% of the time, I asked the leader to chop off his own legs and come to see me!"

The guards were ordered to go, and everyone in the camp responded without mentioning it.Seeing that there was no one else in front of him except his brother, Yu Chiyuan secretly sighed.

Seeing his displeasure, Yu Chizhong persuaded: "Brother, don't be too anxious. You have been surrounded and fought for a few days now? Besides, you are still waiting for the trench to be dug."

Yu Chiyuan glanced slightly to both sides, and said in a low voice: "In front of you, I will say what I have: I always feel bad this time."

Yuchi said in the middle: "Brother, why is he so self-defeating?"

Yu Chiyuan said: "You told you earlier that Zhao Shen is a bit ruthless, I never thought he would return to the city. This battle is for us to win or lose, but for him it is a matter of life and death. He finally Don't risk your life, are you going to die here with him?"

Yu Chizhong stared and thought for a moment: "Brother, this is unlucky! We just want to destroy him here, why should I pay for my life?"

Yu Chiyuan was silent for a moment, "Hi" and said: "I'm just talking about these self-defeating words at this moment, come on, come on, it's useless to think too much, after all, it's just a fierce battle!"

Brother Yuchi was entangled in self-care here, and another change had already occurred before the battle.A few days ago, the Xiyan army was blocked by roadblocks, and the battalions were trying to countermeasures.The soldiers used long sticks to pick up pine oil and set fire to the wooden frame, and then used long wooden planks to suppress the thorns buried in the ground.But at this time, there are several more bunkers under the city.The bunker was obviously dug hastily, a low fortification built hastily with bricks and stones, with a thatched roof on it, and there is one every tens of feet.

A soldier in the Xiyan army said: "When did this dig? It really looks like a ghost."

He didn't mean to "live to hell" at all, but when he mentioned it this way, everyone looked at the bunker from a distance, and felt that the bunker was like a series of grave mounds, adding to the gloomy atmosphere, and they didn't know what was going on underneath.

The leader reprimanded: "What nonsense?" He added, "This fortification is so crudely built, it deserves your attention. Now General Yuchi has issued a military order not to act rashly before leaving the battle, and severely punish those who are timid and hesitant. Does any of you want to try it?" He said again, "You are so courageous, why do you scare everyone in the city?"

In the last sentence, there was a hint of aggression in his mouth. After hearing this, everyone was really unconvinced.One said: "They all hang their heads on their trouser belts, so who is afraid of whom?"

Another person said: "It's enough to make them go back to chaos these days, and it's not enough to relieve their anger if we don't clean them up."

These words speak to the hearts of the people.The Xiyan army left home in early spring, and half of the summer has passed by this time.The people of Guanlong moved back in peace, and left home for such a long time, just for this lonely city.After tossing around for a whole spring and summer, I thought the hope was finally over, but the people in this city are doing all kinds of tricks, so it makes people feel hateful, and they are all suffocated. Hearing this now, everyone boosts their morale.

On the top of the city, Gu Yanbin, Zhao Shen and Cheng Chude, saw that the Xiyan army had cleared the barricades, and couldn't help worrying: "This bunker has not been completely built yet, and the Xiyan army is coming again menacingly, should the city still not move?"

Zhao Shen raised his hand to stop him and said, "No rush."

Cheng Chude smiled at Gu Yanbin and said, "Don't panic, just watch."

Gu Yanbin said: "The old general has seen a lot, but I'm still worried."

The two talked like this, and the tense atmosphere just now was relieved a little bit, but Zhao Shen didn't have the mood to talk to them, but just stared at the city with good eyes.

The day before yesterday, Xiyan army almost smashed through the city gate, even though the danger was saved, Zhao Shen was still shocked.Although Luocheng was originally a fortress on the east-west road, after Emperor Wen moved the capital here, the peacetime has passed for a long time, and taking into account the sight of the capital, the defensive buildings around the city were gradually demolished; later, Zhao Yan operated here, and one side was the city wall that was rebuilt on his own. It is sturdy, on the one hand, it is also for the convenience of business exchanges, and there is no repair of fortifications along the city.

However, at this time when soldiers were approaching the city, the situation of defense in depth had to be done.Cheng Chude spent the longest time in Los Angeles, and he helped Zhao Shen define the location of the bunkers outside the city according to the regulations of ancient Los Angeles.Although in a hurry, let's talk about it as a barrier first, and then reinforce it from time to time. In time, the outer defenses can be rebuilt.

But having said that, Zhao Shen didn't know whether the bunker was really effective in defending against the enemy.He saw that Cheng Chude was confident, but he was not sure.At this time, I saw the Xiyan army approaching like a fan, with long halberds in their hands all moving forward.

Suddenly, arrows from three crossbows were shot out from three sides in the bunker, and the soldiers of the Xiyan Army in the front were not on guard, and they all fell to the ground with the arrows.Before the others could respond, they heard the leader shout loudly: "Don't forget the general's military orders!"

Everyone was a little flustered, but when they heard this, they suddenly woke up.One side looked for a place to hide, and the other side took off the shield it was carrying. The leader said: "They are hiding in that urn, they are just turtles with shrunken heads. We are connected together with shields, so we are not afraid of him."

Everyone in the city saw that the enemy army had regrouped and moved forward again.Facing the opposite bunker, he fired arrows at the shield again. Seeing that they were approaching step by step, Zhao Shen couldn't help but blurted out: "Get ready on the city."

The voice fell, and suddenly arrows shot out of the bunkers echoing on both sides like locusts, and several people fell to the ground on the flanks of the enemy formation.There were also a few people who managed to get close to the bunker, but just turned their shields but had no time to draw their weapons. Several long spears had been stretched out from the bunker, and a blood mist was sprayed in front of the bunker in an instant.In this way, if the more than [-] Western Yan troops gather in one place, they will be a living target for bows and arrows, but if they disperse, it will be difficult to use their intention to attack the city. At present, they are in a dilemma. After hesitating for a long time, they finally retreated in embarrassment.

With this sudden turn of events, Gu Yanbin cried out for a while: "It's dangerous!"

Cheng Chude stroked his beard by the side and smiled, "There's no danger, it's just good." Turning his head to Zhao Shen, he said, "Today, the city has not moved a single thing, so this group of people can't move forward, and wait until the bunker is completely repaired. Now, it will be more useful. Can the general be relieved this time?"

Zhao Shen also felt refreshed in his heart, he couldn't help but stepped forward and grabbed Cheng Chude's arm and said, "Thank you, old general, for helping me!"

Cheng Chude said: "I have ordered that when the enemy invades in the past few days, we should respond to the enemy. When there is nothing to do, we will strengthen the masonry and dig more space underground. These bunkers are connected to the underground tunnels, so it is easy for soldiers to change defenses. "

Zhao Shen listened and nodded: "Okay. It's just that if the bunker is connected to the city..." After thinking about it, he said, "The entrances of these tunnels in the city must be strictly guarded."

Gu Yanbin said: "It's natural, idlers can't approach these places." Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, and said, "General, the Xiyan army seems to be digging a ditch."

Zhao Shendao: "Someone reported this to me, but I don't know what they are going to do. If it is to repair the fortifications, it seems that the battle will be bigger."

Gu Yanbin stretched out his hand and pointed from a distance: "I didn't pay attention to it at first, but when I woke up this morning, I felt that the ditch seemed to be heading towards the city."

A few people looked in the direction of his finger, and saw a few miles away from the Xiyan military camp, more than ten ditches had begun to take shape, but they all came towards the direction of the city.It was too far away to see clearly, but there were crowds of people moving up and down on the ground, working in full swing.Seeing this, Zhao Shen frowned slightly, feeling that this matter was strange.Turning his head to look at Cheng Chude, the old general also shook his head and remained silent.

Zhao Shen murmured: "This matter will be discussed when the account is raised, maybe we will have a clue."

Several people were talking, but they saw a guard coming up from the city, met Zhao Shen and said: "General, it seems that General Du Rong's place is not good."

Zhao Shen heard that it was Du Rong, and heard the word "not good", his face changed suddenly.Cheng and Gu also knew that Du Rong was kind to Zhao Shen with his life, so they both said: "There is nothing wrong here, General, go quickly."

Zhao Shen hurried down to the city and followed the guard until Du Rong's tent.When he entered the door, he saw a military medical officer who was adding medicine powder to the case, and then he walked in and saw Du Rong's upper body almost hanging on the arm of a military medical officer on the couch, his face was ashen, the military medical officer reached out his hand for something in his mouth, behind him The little doctor rapped on Du Rong's back with bowl-shaped hands.Hearing the military medical officer anxiously said repeatedly: "The general coughs hard!"

Zhao Shen saw that the ground beside him was full of blood, and his heart was startled. Du Rong coughed and saw a blood clot spewing out of his mouth. After a while, the medical officer who dispensed the medicine had already brought the medicine and gave it to Du Rong to drink it all.The little medical officer took the pillow and helped him to sit and lean to rest.

The medical officer who fed the medicine said: "Wipe off the blood on the ground quickly, and change the clothes and quilts for General Du."

Unexpectedly, someone from the side stepped forward and said, "What's going on?"

Seeing that it was Zhao Shen who was speaking, the medical officer hurriedly raised his hand to stop him: "This is full of blood, general, don't come forward."

Zhao Shen was agitated, raised his hand and pushed the medical officer aside, and when he got close to Du Rong, he saw that he was only panting, and his brown skirt was soaked with blood, almost black, so he couldn't help but became more anxious, turned his head and shouted to the medical officer: "You did."

The doctor's first aid was already thrilling, and now he was scolded by the general again, his heart was pounding and chaotic, he hurriedly pressed his Neiguan acupoint hard, finally stopped the palpitations, and gasped : "General Du suddenly vomited a lot of blood today, a blood clot choked into his throat, closed his airway, and just coughed out, now his life is no longer hindered."

Zhao Shen saw that the medical officer's face was pale, his lips trembled slightly, and he knew that he shouldn't have yelled at him.Sighing, he turned his head to see Du Rong again, feeling sad again.After holding Du Rong's palm, it was cold and clammy.After a while, he called softly, "General Du."

Du Rong already knew that it was Zhao Shen who came, so he opened his eyes and forced a smile, "General, don't be impatient, it's nothing serious."

Zhao Shen saw that the pupils in his eyes seemed to be dilated, and turned to look at the military medical officer, but he didn't dare to ask in front of Du Rong.Seeing his wink, the military medical officer took a look at him and said, "It's not a problem. I just gave General Du anisopolamine to stop the bleeding in the spleen and stomach. After taking the medicine, the pupils will be like this." He said to Du Rong, "If the general sees things If you don’t know, don’t worry, it will be fine when the medicine wears off.”

Du Rong replied with a smile: "Okay" and said, "Change the bloody clothes before I do, sticky da is really uncomfortable."

A guard came in to help, changed Du Rong's clothes in an instant, and removed the blood-stained bedding.Taking advantage of this moment, Zhao Shen secretly called the medical officer to the side, and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"

The medical officer saw that his expression was still solemn, so he didn't dare to raise his head, and said softly: "General Du lost a lot of blood when he was injured that day, and he also injured the intestines in his abdomen, so he can't eat or drink. The heat injures the stomach and collaterals and causes blood fever to run wild. Although it is temporarily stopped, it is only for a while. With all due respect, General Du...it will be around the end of this month."

Zhao Shen heard the last sentence, his eyes jumped suddenly, the muscles on his cheeks moved a few times, but finally he bit his lip and didn't say a word.The medical officer saw that he only stared at him for a long time but turned his head to enter the account, he couldn't help but sighed for a long time.For medical workers, the top is the scorpion and the bottom is the unitary. They first see the evil posture and sickness, and then reconcile and dredge it.I am used to the pain of abscesses in the world every day, and the sadness of the parting of those close to me. It seems that I should have cultivated a heart of stone long ago, but every time there is a cycle of life and death that cannot be stopped by my hands, I am still full of emotion.

Zhao Shen stepped into the tent, what the medical officer said was still ringing in his ears like a huge bell, humming unceasingly.Everyone had already helped Du Rong pack up, and when they saw him coming in, they all retreated silently.

Du Rong didn't wait for Zhao Shen to speak, he leaned slightly and asked, "How is the city defense?"

Zhao Shen felt a throbbing pain in his heart, forced a smile and said, "No problem, general, don't worry about this."

Du Rong shook his head and said with a smile: "I can't fight the enemy anymore, so I just listen to this to relieve my boredom."

Zhao Shen said with a smile: "The time for the general to ride horses on the battlefield is still long, and he can rest assured to heal his wounds at this moment, why bother to be anxious at this moment." Hua Tou said: "The general is inconvenient to move recently, but what can I do?"

Du Rong closed his eyes and rested for a moment, his chest heaved a few times, and when he opened his eyes again, he said: "Since the general said so, I will not be polite. Ask the general to send a letter to my home as soon as possible."

Zhao Shendao: "What is written in the letter?"

Du Rong said lightly: "The family is full of girls, so it's useless to talk too much. The general will take care of it for me if the family is safe."

The tent was quiet for a while, and Zhao Shen asked again after a long time, "Where is the general's hometown?"

Du Rong just said: "Jiexiu Mianshan." Seeing Zhao Shen's slight hesitation, he smiled and said: "The letter was sent to Mianshan, and it was only said that it was for Du Rong's family, so everyone knew."

With Du Rong's capable experience, how could he not know that his time is running out.Zhao Shen originally thought that Du Rong was going to entrust his family, but he didn't want to just say a few calm words.When facing each other in the army, they often only remember that the soldiers and generals in front of them suddenly realize that they are also sons, fathers and brothers.Reluctantly answered "Okay" in the mouth, the heart and spleen seemed to have been rubbed and broken.Just seeing Du Rong's sudden expression, knowing that he didn't want to show his sorrow in vain, he paused for a while, and then said: "It turns out that General Du is from Mianshan, and he is full of righteousness."

According to legend, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Jie Zitui returned to Mianshan with his mother on his back, and refused to give in to the king's salary and was buried in a sea of ​​fire after Jin Wengong ascended the throne.Hearing Zhao Shen's words, Du Rong couldn't help laughing and said, "General, don't you think Jie Zitui is pedantic?"

Zhao Shendao: "Jie Zitui didn't say anything to show his aspirations, but Jin Wengong pressed every step of the way to protect his reputation. I don't know if he set fire to Mianshan and ordered people to drink the official position promised to Jie Zitui. Did he ever think about it?" However, if Jie Zitui comes forward at this time, no matter how involuntary he is, he will be regarded as a speculator who threatens the king. At this stage, he has no choice but to protect his life and death. There are so many last resorts, they are all excuses.”

Du Rong secretly said in his heart: "If he can have such a thought, he will never fail his ancestors. It's just that in today's world, it is too difficult to really keep this ambition." He thought for a moment, "No matter how difficult it is , I also hope in my heart that he can stick to this way. I am afraid that I will not see the destination of this city in the future, and I will tell him all the emotional visions in my heart in this world."

So he smiled slightly and said, "That's right. Thinking back on my half life, I complained about my failure to understand the Lord, but the years of wasting were not due to my own depression."

Zhao Shen hurriedly said: "General, why did I ever waste any time, I just talked nonsense."

Du Rong stopped him and said, "What I said today is not because of what you just said. The words from the bottom of my heart can't be brought into the coffin if I don't spit them out quickly." I know slightly. Now you have seen some villainous faces, but I used to see the filthy faces, hundreds of times and thousands of times more than you. I was disheartened at that time, passing by, and what I did was not glorious. I don’t want to compare People are good, just feel that they are not worse than others. In fact, what is right and what is wrong, I understand in my heart, everyone understands, but when I am on the road, I often make mistakes. Have you ever thought about it? , why is this?"

Zhao Shen shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Du Rong said: "The righteous way in the world is hidden in the wild grass. It is really difficult to distinguish and practice it."

He saw Zhao Shen frowned slightly when he heard the words, but the heroic spirit in his brows never faded away.Looking back on my own life, my youthful ambitions were finally bound by the shackles of the world, and I drifted along with the tide for several years. Is it not because I made a mistake; even though I heard the sound of war drums in my chest and my own screams to kill, Also only make illusions but not smell.It was too hard to walk the righteous way, and he felt that he had no such strength; but he just never imagined that the deep feelings in his chest would resurface in Luo City, and it was not because someone allowed him to be a high-ranking official, but because the young general said that day, "It's so terrible!" I was willing."When Gao Yuan'an asked him to go to Yecheng together, he willingly chose the risky road back to the city with Zhao Shen, just to break the depression in his heart for several years, even though he was seriously injured, he didn't regret it at all.Now, he just wanted to make up for all the regrets of his life on this young man in front of him, so he couldn't help but propped up his upper body and said, "From now on, when there is a road to a fork, do you know how to stop?"

Zhao Shen saw Du Rong's look of infinite anticipation and eagerness, and the frail eyes flashed across the dull summer night sky, and immediately illuminated his heart.

When I took that step, I felt a lot of entanglement and anxiety on the spot, and a lot of assumptions and guesses by others afterwards, but in fact, the ending was already determined.This decree has nothing to do with the destiny, but it comes from the heart of man.What is what each person cares about, what he holds on, and what he is reluctant to give up, in the end, only each person understands.People in this world choose their own way.Drawing a knife to cut the blood line of doing and not doing in the heart is the bottom line of each.Du Rong said that the righteous way in the world is difficult and difficult to identify, but he doesn't know that the way is already under the feet of his heart.

Du Rong saw that Zhao Shen was speechless for a long while, but a ray of brilliance slowly spread out from the dark pupils, as if seeing the bent pine and cypress branches under the heavy snow, facing the strong wind and sunlight, they stood upright in amazement.After a while, I heard Zhao Shen say: "I dare not do anything else, only this section, the general can rest assured."

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Can it be considered that Durong is a stress ulcer?Well, that's not the point either...