Luoshui Dongliu

When the sound of fighting from the direction of Tushan was heard in the city, the night was already deep.After the city wall collapsed, Zhao Shen had to redo the deployment, and transferred part of the soldiers from the north and east to supply the defense of the west city.The foundation of the city wall was unstable because of the collapse of the tunnels. The collapse of the city wall occurred at intervals. Compared with the damage on the front line, there is still room for remediation.The soldiers stepped up to build fortifications where the masonry was seriously damaged, and picked up the pieces of wood scattered in the water, and patted the mud picked up from the soles of their feet on the edge of the ruins for reinforcement.The wooden fence was buried under the outward water, even if the enemy army attacked in front of them, it would not be so cheap to enter the city.

All the people had hardly any time to close their eyes these days, some soldiers fell asleep while supporting the long lance, and fell to the bottom of the water without realizing it; when they were discovered, they had already drowned.Until this day, the fortifications for emergency repairs were finally almost complete, Zhao Shen also ordered the soldiers to be divided into two halves, and they would all have to rest in the middle of the night.It was only when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Tushan was suddenly besieged.

In the past few days, the Tushan garrison only watched the Xiyan army build the pontoon bridge day by day, and the arrows and feathers in the hatches flew back and forth, and their energy was taken away by this, and they never expected that they would come by swimming.On this day, it was late at night and at the end of the month, the crescent moon was like a hook, which was not very bright at all, and was covered by thin clouds; when the night was deep and quiet, a westerly wind blew, making the shadows of the trees rustle, and the waves rippling and making sounds, making the sneak attack The sound of the soldiers swimming was also covered up.

Those hundreds of Xiyan soldiers touched the earth hill and got up from the water without being noticed.When the leader led the team to go up again, a soldier stumbled on the rope, and heard a loud sound of metal clashing, which turned out to be the security mechanism.

Not too far away, the patrolling soldiers on the dirt hill had heard it, they ran over and shouted, "Who is it?"

Everyone on the earth mountain was also alert, and for a while, the torches were lit up one after another, and the soldiers who had just been on patrol had approached, and they saw these people wearing dark military uniforms, soaked to the skin, holding knives in their hands, and they couldn't help shouting: "The enemy army Sneak attack!"

The leader of the Xiyan Army was a Du Bo, seeing that his whereabouts had been revealed, he couldn't hide any longer, so he simply shouted: "Kill Shangtu Mountain, and take back our original boundary!" Go up to the soldiers of the Dongyan Army who shouted the news, raised their swords and looked behind him.The knife went down from the shoulder to the ribs, I don't know how much strength was used, half of the soldier's body was almost split open.

The people behind were stunned when they saw their leaders were sprayed with blood all over their faces, like ghosts crawling out of hell; but they heard Nadu pointing at the dead body on the ground with the knife point and shouting: "Look at you!" , if there is any fear and hesitation, we will be the ones lying here next time!" Then everyone seemed to wake up, and someone shouted: "Yes! Now we have no way out, if we don't grab this mountain, we will have to There is a dead end!"

At that time, the defenders on the mountain had already lined up, facing each other up and down the mountain, their eyes were red.I only heard everyone shouting, and the sound of killing was everywhere, and there was a scuffle in an instant.

With the battle going on ahead, the defenders on the dirt hill had no time to look after them, and the Xiyan army was busy building the pontoon bridge again.I just heard the general who was waiting at the end of the army shouting and encouraging: "If you are faster, we will reinforce the earth mountain earlier; the earth mountain is already in chaos. If we can transport enough people, the earth mountain will be destroyed." It will definitely be mine, and when it comes to meritorious deeds and rewards, you will all be the first-class creditors!"

The soldiers who built the bridge were approaching the mound, and when they turned around, they saw groups of soldiers waiting at the head of the bridge. They seemed to be looking this way eagerly, eager to squeeze the people standing in the front row into the water.At this moment, the number of rafts used as bridge piers was not enough for this section.The leader standing in the water gritted his teeth and shouted to the dozen or so people: "This is an emergency, and I can't wait to find materials. I'll just wait in the water and make the bridge piers for this section!"

At that time, the soldiers of the Xiyan Army at the bridge head saw a dozen or so people standing in the water from a distance, and they lifted the bridge deck on their shoulders.Only a dozen people from the other side shouted together: "The bridge is built, hurry up!"

The soldier beside the leading general said in shock: "I used to walk across a wooden bridge and a stone bridge, but now I see a human bridge, how can I walk?"

The general took a breath and said: "There are people who dare to build this for you, but you dare not leave?" Then he shouted, "The pontoon bridge has been erected, so it's time for me to do my best! Everyone put in some effort, If you can stay on the earth mountain, you can report back to the general to join the army!"

Seeing his soldiers running straight along the pontoon bridge, he couldn't help thinking: "To this day, I can only see the morale of fighting to the death; this earth mountain must be conquerable!"

The reinforcements climbed up the earth hill continuously along the pontoon bridge, and in a short time, the defenders were surrounded by three layers of siege.A soldier was shocked and said: "Where are there so many people, General Yu, what should we do?"

Yu Wenlue shouted at the side: "What should I do? Kill! Die!"

A general shouted: "Don't panic, just occupy the high place; behind the enemy is the flood, just drive them into the water!"

I saw the Xiyan army falling like a flood, rushing up for a while, retreating after being hit head-on, and coming up again after a short rest.Moreover, the attacks in those surroundings were like waves one after another, and danger appeared everywhere for a while.

The two sides were sawing, and suddenly there was a gust of wind above their heads; when the person who heard the sound looked up, they saw a thrown stone being thrown into the crowd of Xiyan soldiers, and immediately people on both sides were splashed in the face, they felt warm and sticky, and dared not Think about what it is.

Yu Wenlue looked around and knew that the high platform built in the city was now in use again.He hurriedly turned towards the city, and shouted loudly: "Break that pontoon bridge! Break the pontoon bridge!"

Everyone on the earth mountain reacted and shouted together, only to hear the unanimous response from the city: "Design!"

Zhao Shen was on the west wall, beside the guards who sent orders to the high platform.Hearing him say: "Just do what you want on the earth mountain. It is not easy to accumulate these large stones, so the stone throwers need to aim more accurately."

The fierce battle on the earth mountain is still raging, and there is no strength in the city, only the throwing stone can help.Zhao Shen thought that Yu Wenlue was leading the Gao clan's generals on the earth mountain, and he also knew that with few enemies and many enemies, the prospect would be dangerous, so he could only silently say in his heart: "I hope there will be no danger."

The darkness of the night is as thick as ink, and the light of the fire is even brighter.During this night, only a small hill in front of the slope on the earth mountain changed hands several times.The offensive and defensive armies are fighting for an inch of land, the blade is rolled, and the blood is soaked in the slope.Until the hand-to-hand combat, you can see the soldiers on both sides dragging their stumps and still not giving in. Only then can we know that the spirit of a strong man fighting with his intestines is not empty words.

The pontoon bridge was no longer usable after being damaged by the stone throwing, and the follow-up reinforcements of the Xiyan Army could not continue for a while.But at this time, the defenders on the mountain were able to fight against several people with one, and they were gradually exhausted.

At that time, the sky gradually brightened, and a smear of morning glow appeared on the horizon, as if the floating clouds were colored by the bloody night.Pei Yu had already boarded the tower to watch the battle, and the general beside him said: "Don't worry, the supervisor, although the pontoon bridge is damaged, but I have sent an order to prepare the boat; even if the soldiers on the boat are not sent up again, the general situation has been settled, and the enemy The army is just resisting in the corner."

Pei Yu squinted at the pontoon in the water, and said, "Where are the ten or so soldiers carrying the bridge?"

The general sighed slightly and said: "The stones thrown in the city are hitting that section, although we haven't seen a definite report yet, I'm afraid most of them are casualties."

Pei Yu said: "If you find out all the names of these people, I will reward you greatly, no matter whether you live or die. Tonight, I am more pleased to see such soldiers in the army than to see them go down the mountain." After a moment of silence, He replied, "very good."

The general nodded in agreement, and heard Pei Yu say: "If you send people up the mountain again, the remaining enemy troops on the mountain, no matter whether they are generals or soldiers, I will die."

The general was slightly surprised when he heard the words, but he didn't ask the question after all, only said: "Yes."

When the sun was bright, Pei Yu climbed up the earth mountain.I saw a shocking blood red on the water surface near the earth mountain; from near to far, it gradually faded along the water surface, until one mile away, the blood color in the water was especially clearly visible.Ye Lai's body that fell into the water from the earth mountain was pushed to one side by the current, but eventually blocked the river, and another small hill seemed to form in the direction of the earth mountain.Only when I looked closely, I saw that the black and chapped people were all dead people; the head, face and hands were soaked in the water, and the dried and blackened blood was washed away, revealing the yellow and white true color.

Seeing this scene, a guard beside Pei Yu almost felt sick.Hearing the sound, Pei Yu turned his head and looked at him. He tried his best not to make a sound, his face turned blue, and he said calmly: "It is indeed tragic." Then he asked beside him: "Among these corpses, do you know whose family accounted for most of them? "

The general who followed said: "I'm afraid it is impossible to count. Even if the clothes are different, but now they are like this, they can no longer be distinguished."

Pei Yu didn't ask any more questions, and just walked up the battlefield at night.Everyone followed behind him, seeing him stepping all the way, they didn't know if it was an illusion or real, as if the hem of his robe swept the ground, it was dyed black and red.

When they reached the middle of the mountain, a pair of soldiers escorted the prisoners down from the top of the mountain.Pei Yu stopped and looked sideways, and the leader on the opposite side also saw him, and hurried over to report: "Follow the order of the supervising army, this is the captured enemy general."

Pei Yu glanced over and saw that there were only about twenty people in the group, so he couldn't help asking, "Are these the only ones left?"

The general at the side said in a low voice: "Don't talk about them, we have sent 800 people up one after another, and [-]% of them were damaged in battle."

At this time, one person from the queue came over and reported to Pei Yu: "This is the general who leads the army on the mountain."

Pei Yu saw that although he was still wearing the armor, he could still see blood gushing from the wounds all over his body, and his face could not be seen clearly, only his eyes were white.

This is Yu Wenlue.When he saw the middle-aged scribe in front of him, he stood here without speaking, but his expression was arrogant and indifferent, he felt more and more resentful in his heart, and spat at him with a "duh".

Pei Yu, however, seemed to have been on guard for a long time, but turned to avoid it; the guards on both sides became frightened, and the escort over there pressed down on Wen Lue's shoulders, and shouted: "How dare you do that."

Yu Wenlue struggled and shouted: "Bah!"

The guard was about to hit him with his fist, but Pei Yu said calmly, "You stay here." Then he said, "Put them on this hill." After finishing speaking, he passed by.

After climbing to the top of the mountain, the battlefield has been cleared, and soldiers have already erected the flag of the Xiyan Army on it.Pei Yu raised his eyes, and he could see the scene of the city to the west quite clearly.

He saw that although the city wall had collapsed section by section, the damaged parts had been repaired within a few days; half admiring and half mocking, he couldn't help sneering.He knew that Zhao Shen must be in the city, he said to the guards beside him, "Speak up, ask their general to come out and speak."

The guard said in a low voice: "It's not too far from the city, the supervisor should not stand so conspicuously, I'm afraid there will be cold arrows on the city."

Pei Yu said: "You just shout."

He was standing on a dirt hill, and this was the last season of crisp autumn before winter.The blue sky is blue and far-reaching. If you don't look at the tragic battlefield under your feet, you will be intoxicated.This is precisely the reason why although the country is good, the path to conquering the world is unavoidably cruel and dirty.He is using all kinds of means here, Zhao Shen insists on it, he will be obliterated sooner or later in the torrent of time, and the only thing left is the outcome of winner and loser.As for the encounters in this life, Qianqiu Shibi, whether or not anyone will remember the people and things here at this time after a hundred years is beyond their control.

Seeing Zhao Shen on the top of the wall, he suddenly raised his voice, "General Zhao, are you all right?"

Hearing the sound, Zhao Shen only said: "What do you want to say?"

Pei Yu said: "General, you should know that you can't defend Luocheng at this point. I don't want to talk too much. I just ask the general. I will die with other Japanese cities. May I return to the city at this time and treat it as a national soldier. .”

Zhao Shen's face was carved in stone, and the voice came from across the air, but there was no trace of erratic: "I am the son of the Zhao family, so there is no reason to abandon the city for self-protection. Please don't bother me when this is the case. .”

Pei Yu smiled slightly, and said: "Your family has been favored by Yecheng for generations and is willing to run for them, but why do your soldiers sacrifice their lives together?"

He was saying the opposite, as if he was trying to drive a wedge between the generals in their city, but in fact he meant to point out that it was useless for him to stick to himself.Zhao Shen only said coldly: "You are here because of the favor of your grand master, but don't you feel pity for the hard work of your soldiers who left their homes and fought here for several months?"

Pei Yu was not annoyed when he saw that he evaded the seriousness and refuted it lightly, but said again: "I know that a general is a military general, and I don't want to be criticized by the world with courage and integrity; but you put your subordinates' life and death just because of this vain reputation. For disregard? To put it another way, is it also because of being a military general that the general is willing to be trapped in an isolated city and has no desire to leap to the battlefield?"

Zhao Shen narrowed his eyes and said: "My lord said so much, but I only know that nothing in this world can be perfect; seeing the trend is going to be profitable and repeating it, are all the people you recruit under your command like this?"

Pei Yu said with a smile: "General, you don't have to rush to tell the truth, you can think about it carefully, just don't wait until there is no way out, and you will regret it." After speaking, he said to the general: "Just follow my previous order and arrange it. Attack and defend on the dirt hill, prepare for the pre-siege." Looking back at the city, there are already archers lined up, and Pei Yu strokes the knuckles of his index fingers with his thumbs behind his back, looks at the city for a while, and said calmly: "Let's go. "

The fierce battle on the earth mountain stirred up the hearts and minds of everyone inside and outside the city, but Min Yu didn't know the situation outside at all.After he was captured, he was held in a prison cell, and all his weapons, blades and armor were taken away, leaving only his middle clothes and military uniform; an iron chain from the Eastern Yan army was handcuffed to his feet, which made it difficult for him to move. .The river is overflowing in the city, and the cell is damp and cold, and even less popular; not to mention that there are no prisoners at this time, even the previous guards have been incorporated into the city defense team; probably because he can't escape, and there is no one to guard him all the time .Luckily Zhao Shen had explained on the day when he was captured that there would always be someone to deliver the food and drink. He was worried that when there were puddles everywhere and there was nowhere to live, a soldier would throw a handful of straw to him.

For a day or two, no one paid attention to him.This kind of suffering, if others can bear it, but Min Yu has been used to it since he was a child, and everything is always solvable even if it is embarrassing to the end, as if he never knows any worries; at this moment, he has suffered such a big change, and he does not know it is because of ignorance Still by the side, but not very anxious or flustered.

Until the evening of the day, suddenly there was a creaking sound, the gate opened, and someone stepped in.When Min Yu looked again, it turned out to be Zhao Shen.