General Song Bing Zhou Ji, his grade in the army is actually not high, but when it comes to his contribution and humility, everyone praises him.
As a Han Chinese and a rare Han general in the Xianbei Army, he not only commanded infantry and cavalry, but also did a good job in logistics. If it weren't for him being a Han Chinese, I'm afraid he would have gone a step further and would not be just a general.
Such a seasoned and capable general did not die on the battlefield, but died in the camp, and he really had to make everyone feel embarrassed.
Only He Mulan thought this was normal.
In ancient times, the hardships of fighting in the army cannot be described in words. She once went out to fight in the morning, and she could not eat water or rice in the evening. When the battle was fierce, just after eating dry food, she would fight immediately. Movement disorders can lead to any disease.
When He Mulan helped the deceased in the army to sew up the bodies, he found that many people had gallstones, and some people had more terrifying diseases. In the army, except for boils, there are hardly any medicine stones and brilliant doctors to come to the doctor.
Appendicitis has a great relationship with the rapid running after eating and bacterial infection. In addition, if you do not drink water for a long time, it is easy to induce various diseases.
When He Mulan arrived here, unless there was really nothing to do, she must drink a large glass of water in the morning, because no one knew whether they would be ordered to fight immediately. Whether it is gallstones or various diseases, it will only happen sooner or later.
In modern times, it's just a minor operation of incision and drainage of appendix abscess, but here, there is basically no cure. Here, there are people who suffer from gallstones, stomach ulcers and later hematemesis. He Mulan can roughly see what kind of disease they have, but she can only help her to cure her. tormented.
Fortunately, she was not born with an ancient and enthusiastic heart, so she was not caught as a monster. This has to be replaced by her friend Gu Qing. I am afraid that no matter what, she will always think of something to do.
Weeks died, leaving a mess. The 10,000 infantry and cavalry he left behind became the sweet pastry that everyone wanted.
For Zhang Sun Han, he hoped that the troops on the weekends would continue to guard the supply route and cut off the enemy's escape route by the way, but there is no army without a leader.
Zhou Ji has been a general in this infantry unit for 20 years. He single-handedly cultivated this unit that can siege the city, have variable logistics, and can defend the city. It was he who gave the infantry a place in the Wei army, where the cavalry was absolutely the main force. At this time, who sent to take over Zhou Ji, not to mention whether they would command or not, whether they could convince the public was also a question.
So whether Xi Jin wanted it, Nanyang King Tuoba Fuzhen wanted it, or whoever wanted it, Situ Zhang Sun Han was under enormous pressure not to give it, and insisted that they continue to guard their original positions and were not allowed to act rashly.
Tuoba Tao naturally knew what the old Situ was thinking, and also understood that the expedition to the west had come to an end. Whoever took the lead in taking Tongwancheng and capturing Helianchang would be the greatest hero. Therefore, everyone worked hard and hoped to have more chips, so that they could invade Tongwan City as soon as possible.
In the days that followed, Tuoba Tao personally went to the place where Zhou Ji's army was stationed, showed the guard of honor, took over Zhou Ji's troops directly, and handed it over to General Longxiang Budui.
General Longxiang once attacked Liu Song together with Zhou Ji. The two had a good personal relationship and even had in-laws. Zhou Ji's lieutenant and confidant believed in Bu Dui. After being taken over, there was no change.
Bu Dui was originally in charge of the Yulin Army. Tuoba Tao handed over Zhou Ji's people to him, which meant that he had already been promoted. Because the Yulin Army could not easily leave Pingcheng, it was not a general who wanted to fight on the battlefield. required office.
Tuoba Ren had already left under the banner of Tuoba Tao. The Yulin army had 20,000 casualties and more than 3,000 casualties. Tuoba Ren took away more than 5,000 people, leaving more than 10,000 Yulin army and Kumoti's eight. The Qianying Yang army was put together and temporarily under the command of Tuoba Tao, and Kumoti became the deputy general.
He Mulan didn't know how Tuoba Tao wanted to attack Tongwan City, because she followed Kumoti and Tuoba Tao and other generals to see the Tongwan City from a distance. It was really a city with high walls and deep walls. What ten thousand people can beat down is a siege. For such a big city, if you are trapped for a few years, you may not be able to starve to death.
Tuoba Tao ordered Xi Jin to stay behind the troops defending Chang'an, and then quickly came to Tongwan for support. Together with the troops who were originally planning to attack the city, there were a total of 120,000 troops, which was three times that of Tongwan City.
And the captives of the Xia Kingdom left behind by Budui were not useless, but for this very moment.
Tuoba Tao obeyed the advice of the generals such as Bu Dui and Gu Bi, and sent people to escort the prisoners of Xia State, went to Tongwan City to yell at them, and shot arrows into the city.
Tuoba Tao let people publicize that the monarch of Xia, Helianchang, sent Helianding to attack Wei. As a result, Helianding's troops were almost destroyed in Wei. Helianding surrendered to Wei, and now he has been pardoned and became a The Great Wei's chariot general, when Helianchang was down, could still be his Duke Pingyuan.
As soon as this matter was publicized, the top of Tongwan City was almost full of people looking out. The prisoners of Xia Kingdom under the city were still wearing Xia Kingdom clothes, and they were calling out the dialects of Xia Kingdom. It was impossible for Wei people to disguise.
This blow made the general guarding the north gate of Tongwancheng panic, and immediately rushed into the Great Summer Palace to report the news to Helianchang.
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He Lianchang's last hope was to capture Tuoba Tao alive, so he even joined Liu Song to set up this "kidnapping Tuoba Tao" plan, and even persuaded Crawly to go south to take this risk together.
Now that Helianding has failed, the last 20,000 elite soldiers have lost everything, and the brother who is known as the "pillar stone of the country" has even fallen. Helianchang's nerves on the edge of madness have been completely broken, and he made a Not a wolf thing.
Grand Summer Palace.
If you say who is the most beautiful woman in Xia, everyone will say that it is Helian Pearl, the fourth princess of Xia.
Helian Mingzhu is Helianding's younger sister. Helianding's mother's status is not high, but because of her beauty, she was favored by Helian Bobo and was called "Li Ji". Helian Mingzhu completely inherited it. She has the beauty of her mother, and is as intelligent as her brother. Although she is not He Lianchang's sister, she is quite fond of her. When she was still a minor, she was already begged by many princes and nobles of Xia to marry her.
But now, this princess, known as the "Pearl of the Xia Kingdom", is crying bitterly and kneeling on the main hall of the Grand Summer Palace without image, begging Helianchang for her brother's family.
"Brother Wang, Duke Pingyuan hasn't shown his face, so because of the enemy's side words, can you really believe that Duke Pingyuan will definitely surrender? If this is the enemy's plan to divide, wouldn't Tuoba Wei succeed?"
When Helian Mingzhu saw that Helianchang had imprisoned hundreds of her sister-in-law, nephew and sister-in-law's family in the palace, and even the family of Helian's commander, she knew that her brother must have been sent to do something. An important task, this task even made He Lianchang unable to believe that her brother, the "pillar of the country", used such a chilling method.
Helian Mingzhu didn't know where Helianding went, but she vaguely noticed that since more than half a year ago, there have been Han people in the palace, acting as special envoys, and donating a lot of things. what relationship.
In addition, He Lianchang once asked her, seemingly unintentionally, if she would marry Liu Song to be Liu Yilong's concubine, and she knew that Liu Song must not want to see Wei Guo sit up and has already shot. .
At that time, her elder brother's relatives were all under guard. In order to protect her elder brother's wife and children, she could only act as if she was willing to serve Xia Guo's heart and obey the dispatch, so she was not imprisoned with her sister-in-law.
When Chang'an was lost, the elder brother who was sent to recover Chang'an disappeared, and Helianchang began to enter a state of restlessness. The sisters-in-law who were under house arrest in the palace were exhausted both physically and mentally.
She was born beautiful and has many followers in the palace. In order to get news, she had to deal with the guards and important officials around Helianchang. Only then did she find out some news. She knew that her brother was fine, but the future was dangerous, and she might not be able to live peacefully. Gotta go back.
Just this news is enough for her to make bad reverie.
Just today, when she came to the front hall to present Helianchang's new work of spring clothes, she received news from several admirers, saying that Tuoba Tao had led an army to the south, surrounded Tongwan City, and Helian. Ding's subordinates came out to persuade him to surrender, saying that her brother had already surrendered to Wei because he failed to attack Wei.
Helian Mingzhu knew Helianding's character. He knew that his wife, children, and confidants were all in the palace. Even if he committed suicide, he would not fall into Tuoba Tao's hands. Lianchang seemed to believe what the Wei people said, or he had preconceived that Helianding would not be such a loyal minister, and he actually wanted to kill all the hundreds of people imprisoned in the harem, as an example to prevent others from coming. surrender.
When Tongwancheng was attacked for the first time, Helianchang had already taken the families of many ministers into the palace as hostages, which made many defenders of the city willing to die for the country rather than surrender. Now that this killing ring is opened, I still don't know what kind of bad harem it will cause.
As long as Helian Mingzhu thought of Tuoba Tao's "diversion scheme", she hated her to the point of wanting to eat her flesh. The eunuchs who arrived at the hall were showing signs of indifference. He still had a blank face, sitting on the throne and refusing to move.
"Even if it's a plan of alienation, I can't just sit back and ignore it now." He Lianchang closed his eyes. "Xia Guo was destroyed, I can't be the emperor, but the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty can still be their ministers of civil and military affairs. If I don't kill a hundred people, believe it or not, someone will soon lead people to force the palace and take my head to the promotion. The road to heaven?"
"Brother Wang, the city of Tongwan is sturdy and not easy to break through. As long as Duke Pingyuan is not dead, he will definitely gather the remaining soldiers. The idea has already solved the predicament of Tongwan. If you kill Duke Pingyuan's family at this time, if Duke Pingyuan leads a large army Returning, seeing this result, wouldn't it be chilling?"
Helian Mingzhu could not afford to kowtow, "Brother Wang should send his scolding hands to the city wall to scold him at this time. To denounce that raccoon is a lie, and nonsense is the best policy!"
"You don't understand, if Tuoba Tao arrives here, then Duke Pingyuan is either dead or already down." He Lianchang looked at his delicate younger sister with unbearable eyes.
"I know you can't bear to see your relatives die. Duke Pingyuan is my younger brother, and his family is my family. I don't have the heart to do this. There are cunning Wei people who shake the military heart from time to time, even if it is useful to kill my own son and concubine, I will not hesitate..."
Helian Mingzhu shook her body and looked at Helian Chang on the throne in disbelief, as if she was looking at some kind of monster.
"Fourth younger sister, don't be afraid, although you are the younger sister of Pingyuan's father and mother, but I will not do anything to you, if you are dedicated to Daxia, I will marry you to Liu Song, you are so beautiful, you will definitely be able to Enjoy the glory and wealth of a lifetime. So, don't persuade you..."
He Lianchang looked at the crying pear blossom with rain and still couldn't hide his beautiful sister, afraid that she would do something bad if she continued to cry, so he gritted his teeth and told the truth.
"Just when you entered the temple, I sent a military guard to the place where Duke Pingyuan and his subordinates lived, and ordered their heads to be thrown into the city and given to Duke Pingyuan and Foli to cut..."
Helian Mingzhu's heart was broken. She saw the shocking sights she feared the most appeared in front of her eyes. With only a few words from Helianchang's description, the horror caused by those imagined pictures completely shocked her soul. Horrible, unable to breathe.
"Do not!"
She cried out from the deepest part of her heart.
"Brother Wang, you have made a big mistake!"