Following Di Ziyu's submission, the next night, two more generals of the Xia Kingdom surrendered. One was the city gate officer guarding the South Gate. Di Ziyu and others secretly escaped Tong Wan from the South Gate.
If each gate was not guarded by more than four generals, Di Ziyu and others originally wanted the city gate official to cooperate with the inside and the outside to open the gate to Wei Jun. Although this person is also a city gate official, his status is not high. If he really wants to fight, he is afraid that he will be beheaded by his own people before he can rush to the door.
Tongwan four gates, the south gate is in the direction of Chang'an, and the north is the location of the Wei State camp. Starting from Di Ziyu, these people circled a large circle from the south gate to the north where the Wei army was stationed. Naturally, things were disturbed. The two soldiers of the Xia Kingdom suddenly seemed to have fried pots in the entire city of Wanwan. The direction of the palace was brightly lit all night, and everyone in the Wei army watched with joy. The morale was so high that everyone almost wanted to fight all night.
The city gate officer rebelled, and He Lianchang had begun to trust no one. He replaced the guards of the four gates and let his henchmen supervise the army. If it wasn't for Di Ziyu and the others' family members who were not in Tongwan City, they would have been ruined by their family members now.
On the morning of the third day, Wei Guosikong and General Xi Jin led an army of 50,000 originally guarding Chang'an to the outside of Tongwan City. Nearly 200,000 troops besieged the city. Wancheng has come to the brink of precariousness.
Grand Summer Palace.
"Princess, hurry up and hide, no one cares about your disappearance now."
Helian Pearl's maid, Yu Cui, wrapped the food, filled a special small leather bag with water, and put it into the bag.
Another maid, Yu Ye, stuffed the soft stuff into the hidden pocket of Helian Mingzhu's clothes. After the two finished, they bowed to her Yingying.
"General Di sent a letter before he left. There are more than 100,000 troops outside, and Tongwancheng should not be able to defend it soon. He told you to hide carefully, and he will definitely come to the palace to pick you up. I can trust him for once!"
Helian Mingzhu knew that many men in the court who had seen her had feelings of admiration for her, or lust/lust. She has lived in the palace since she was a child, and knows how to use her face to achieve her goals, so many men think that they fall in love with him and take care of her a lot.
Although Di Ziyu's status is not high, he is the son of the leader of the Qiang tribe. He is highly skilled in martial arts. There are tens of thousands of Qiang tribe sons who can follow him to fight at any time because of his order. Gift.
But if she told her to elope with a sinner who rebelled out of Xia, even if she was shameless and arrogant, she would not agree.
"If I really do this, my ancestors will not feel at ease in the spirit of heaven."
Helian Pearl shook her head.
"If Tongwancheng is really captured, no matter where I hide in the Great Summer Palace, I will be found. The Xianbei people are fierce, in order to search for treasures, even the secret room will be found, not to mention the Han people's history books. It is written that many emperors will burn down the palaces of other countries. If they are burned alive, I might as well stay in the harem. Anyway, I am a princess and will not be treated like a pig or dog."
The worst, but the servants of Israel.
Although she does not have an Israeli waiter now, she is almost the same as an Israeli waiter.
"You always have to think about Lord Pingyuan! It is said outside that Lord Pingyuan did not surrender, and he didn't even come out when his family's head was thrown into the city. His family is all dead, and you are a prisoner again, how sad should he be?"
Yu Cui began to persuade her with the things that the Fourth Princess cared about the most.
Helian Mingzhu couldn't help crying when she heard her brother's name.
"I'm so incompetent that I didn't keep my brother's wife and children, and I'm still thinking about how to survive..."
"Your Majesty has gone mad, and the people from the country of Song in the palace are gone. Obviously, they don't want to care anymore. Originally, His Majesty treated you more politely, but it was because the Song Dynasty hoped to have a good relationship with His Majesty Qin and Jin, and counted on you and relatives. Now Song When the people of the country are gone, His Majesty may go crazy one day and do something to you."
What Yu Ye prepares are all things that are hungry. Although they are not delicious, they can save lives. Now that the palace is in a panic, everyone is thinking about ways to save their lives, and naturally no one will notice that there is a missing maid in the Hanzhu Palace.
"Princess, think about Duke Pingyuan! General Di is unreliable, and Duke Pingyuan is always reliable!"
Helian Mingzhu wiped the tears from her eyes and took over the eunuch's costume given by Yu Cui to put on. She was quickly getting dressed, and Yu Cui, who was beside her, smeared her with thick yellow ginger powder, and drew her eyebrows thicker, making her face dull and dull.
Helian Mingzhu was originally a rare beauty in the world. Her eyes were dark, her skin was like sebum, her feet were delicate and upturned, her wrists and ankles were moderately fat and thin, and she was beautiful and natural. Her cheeks were as fresh as a virgin, not to mention her heavy weight. The enchanting body wrapped under the fancy clothes.
If Helian Mingzhu hadn't had an elder brother like Helianding, and was quite favored by Helianchang, she would have been chosen as a good candidate for marriage long ago.
Now, even if Helian Mingzhu's two confidants try to make her ugly, she can still see her beautiful appearance from the ugly clothes of the handyman eunuch. Fortunately, most eunuchs are rootless people, and they Feminine, it doesn't look conspicuous.
"Where am I going now? What will you do?"
As the maid of the palace in the Hall of Pearls, if Yu Cui and Yu Ye also disappeared, there would be chaos soon. Helian Mingzhu already vaguely knew that the two female officials were definitely going to stay. They had been masters and servants for more than ten years. With such a premonition, she felt uneasy and guilty, and she brought it all out on her face.
"Gong Pingyuan's family died tragically. Everyone in the palace knows that you cry day and night and grieve too much. Now everyone is afraid that comforting you will offend His Majesty. It is safest for you to go out at this time. Yu Ye and I are in the palace to block you. If the system is broken, I will put on the princess' costume for you, and hide your eyes and ears..."
The Xiongnu noblewomen's costumes and crowns cover their faces, and Yucui and Helian Mingzhu have similar heights and voices, so this is the reason.
"It's not safe everywhere now, princess, if you're not afraid, go to Wuying Palace."
Yu Ye sighed.
Wuying Hall was the palace where Helian Ding lived when he was still a prince. When his family was imprisoned in the palace, they were all under house arrest in Wuying Hall.
Helianchang sent people to wash the Wuying Hall with blood, and the bones in the Wuying Hall were abandoned there. Almost no one dared to go there. There were even rumors in the palace that there would be women and children in the Wuying Hall at midnight. The sound of crying made everyone feel dizzy, and they even walked around when they passed by.
"Go to Wuying Hall?"
As long as Helian Mingzhu remembered the scene he saw when he rushed to Wuying Hall, he would have the idea of smashing Helianchang's body into ten thousand pieces. If she hadn't been knocked out and brought back to the Hanzhu Hall, she would have already collected the corpses of her brother's family, why did they spread the notoriety of turning into ghosts!
It is a pity that the countless palace servants in the palace have received the favor of her brother, and now there is no one who dares to collect the corpse and offer them a stick of incense!
Helian Mingzhu remembered the tragic state of Wuyingdian, and slowly straightened her back.
"Okay, take me there."
She also bowed to Yu Cui Yu Ye.
"Two great favors, Mingzhu will keep it in mind for the rest of her life."
"What did the princess say? We were greatly favored by Duke Pingyuan and were sent to you, originally to protect you for him. Now, if Duke Pingyuan really surrenders to the Wei people, you will be safe, and I will also be disguised as you. Nothing will happen. If Duke Pingyuan hadn't surrendered to the Wei people..."
Yucui stiffened.
"If my brother hadn't surrendered to the Wei people, I'd be dead, and I'd be able to straighten my spine." Helian Mingzhu sneered, "I'm waiting to see how stupid Helian Chang will be when he hears that he killed my sister-in-law and nephew by mistake! "
Helian Mingzhu dressed as a little eunuch who was going to Wuying Hall to secretly burn incense and kowtow for the princess, holding a package showing a small incense candle, and followed a palace servant to Wuying Hall.
This palace man was not from the Hall of Pearls, but he was Helianding's confidant when he was still the prince, and he had long been determined to die.
Everyone in the palace knew that Helianding's family had been wronged, even if they saw this little eunuch with his head bowed, he didn't see it. It was cold in winter, Helian Mingzhu was wearing thick clothes, and she was not a petite type. She pretended to be an eunuch and followed behind the people in the palace, all the way to Wuying Hall, and even those who saw them on the road avoided them. Not wanting to cause trouble, Helian Mingzhu was relieved and angry.
The palace servant sent her to the entrance of the main hall of Wuying Hall, and told him that as long as he was in the palace, he would come to deliver food and water from time to time, so that she should not rush to use the emergency items in the package, and then left in a hurry.
Helian Mingzhu embraced the package, then touched the dagger hidden on his waist, gently pushed open the hall door, ducked in, and closed the door tightly.
When Helian Mingzhu turned around and saw the scene in the hall, he suddenly fell and sat in the hall, instantly losing consciousness.
***
After discussing with many ministers, Tuoba Tao decided to take a gamble, believing that the Grand History of the Xia State ordered Zhang Yuan to surrender.
Both Xi Jin and Gu Bi tried their best to get Tuoba Tao to use this tactic, because even if this tactic was fake, it would have no loss for Wei.
If he was afraid that Tuoba Tao would be in danger at the North Gate, it would be a big deal that day at the North Gate, he would be replaced by a Su Wei with a similar stature to pretend to be the emperor, and Tuoba Tao would pretend to be a general general and lead the elite to attack the East Gate, so that as long as Helian Chang escaped from the North Gate , the east and west armies encircled, Tuoba Tao can not only catch up to kill the enemy, but also minimize the danger.
After hearing this arrangement, Kumoti also agreed to the trick to lure the enemy outside the North Gate. All that's left is to arrange all the details and wait for the day of the war.
On the day of the siege, the general Xi Jin led 20,000 cavalry and was arranged beside the disguised "Tuoba Tao" to attack the north gate. Because Xi Jin was the main force in the attack on Xia, only when he followed Tuoba Tao's side was he particularly convincing.
And not far from the north gate is the big camp of Wei State, Xi Jin has the most people and horses, and it is normal to guard the big camp.
Outside the east gate is the team of Nanyang King Tuoba Fuzhen. He has been in charge of protecting the siege equipment. The terrain in the east is flat, which is most suitable for cavalry to guard the equipment.
The South Gate has always been the main gate of the Wei army, and now it is no exception. At the South Gate, there is a 50,000-strong army led by Chief Situ Sun Han.
The West Gate has the fewest defenders, because the west of Tongwan City is a land of quicksand, so no one will flee in that direction. Mo Zhen) two brothers with 30,000 elite soldiers to guard.
General Longchung took over the tens of thousands of people in Zhouji, and most of Zhouji's subordinates were infantry.
Budui is also an interesting person. He actually pulled out a team of cavalrymen and played the banner of "Helianding", and asked his subordinates to wear clothes that were taken from the generals who were killed and wounded in Helianding. The soldiers were mixed in, ready to wave Helianding's flag to persuade the Xia people to surrender once they arrived on the battlefield.
Because Tuoba Tao was going to disguise himself as an ordinary general, this time, Cuomo really dressed more than Tuoba Tao. Tuoba Tao had no choice but to ride Yueying this time, because everyone in Xia knew that Tuoba Tao's mounts were the "Sweaty Horses" of Dawan's steed. ) is completely different, slender and tall, much taller than the average horse, and its body and appearance are also of the highest order.
The red horse He Mulan rode had a big face and a thick neck. Tuoba Tao, an ordinary general, had to ride a better horse than the main general. As long as a more careful enemy general could detect something was wrong, Tuoba Tao had to let him go. The shortest of several horses, Yueying, became the main horse, and two other horses with Rome were the substitute horses.
For the first time, Yueying was brought to the battlefield to fight, but he did not show any signs of instability. He was well served these days, he ate black beans and fed fine grains, and was brushed on his back every day and taken out for galloping. surprise.
"Your subordinate Hua Mulan really understands the people of Lu! Although Yueying is still thin and small, in terms of speed and composure, it is no longer under the super light!"
After hearing Tuoba Tao's words, He Mulan grinned and looked at the shadows.
You kid, you must be obedient today! If you don't perform well, you might die!
Yue Ying didn't feel He Mulan's unease. He always wanted to kick the poor bastard's leg beside him. Tuoba Tao was afraid that it would cause trouble, so he took it slightly forward, just behind Kumoti.
Behind Kumoti was He Mulan, who was riding a red horse. Yueying had a good impression of He Mulan and was happy to sell her mount to save face, so there was no more trouble, and everyone was relieved.
In a battle, you have to worry about your own life, the life of your generals, and the life of the emperor. Now you even have to worry about the life of the emperor's mount. How will you live!
He Mulan burst into tears.
After the sound of the horn, the momentum of the siege of more than one hundred thousand people was really enough to make one's heart daunted.
The Xianbei army actually has something like "military music". After the battle song is played, the sound of the song and the neighing of the horses, the clanging of steel, and the hinge sound of the siege equipment are mixed together, and a strange and terrifying song is played. music.
In Mulan's memory, she seemed to dislike siege battles very much. She prefers to stay outside the wind and frost like a knife, resisting the crawling attack year after year, and she is not willing to accompany the emperor to attack the city in person.
The expedition to Beiliang was an accident, because Tuoba Tao needed the Montenegro camp to make a surprise attack to the north, so Hua Mulan followed the coaches of the Montenegro camp to the south, but other than that, He Mulan could hardly find it in Hua Mulan's memory. What about the great achievements of "siege the city".
If it wasn't that Hua Mulan hadn't really attacked any city, then these memories were not good for her at all.
He Mulan thought it was the former, but after a while, he thought it should be the latter.
In the era of cold weapons, the degree of cruelty on the battlefield is almost beyond people's imagination. It is a combination of all bloody violence, but in the era of cold weapons, there is a scene more cruel than the addition of swords, that is, the battle between siege equipment and city walls. .
The crackling sound that was so huge that the eardrums could be stirred kept coming, and the trebuchet smashed the city wall with huge stones, and then shattered into countless pieces.
Fragments can't smash the city wall, but rubble can smash the heads of those on the city wall. This was a more terrifying scene than the harvesting with guns. He Mulan couldn't even imagine that if there was an era of gunpowder, the siege would be more bloody and disgusting.
In front of the infantrymen are "elephant soldiers" holding heavy shields. They say "elephant soldiers", but they are actually thick bunkers like elephants. Inside are hidden cavalry soldiers on horses. These horses are good at The ponies running in the dark and small places, they bear this somewhat ridiculous thing, clear the way for the infantry, dash away arrows and rolling stones, etc., so that the infantry can rush under the door with the sapwood.
He Mulan followed Kumoti. They were all cavalry, defenders who prevented the enemy from fleeing and chasing after them. For this siege battle, apart from watching Tuoba Tao keep giving orders and sending them out Besides, there is almost nothing to do.
She couldn't fly to the city walls, and she couldn't help her comrades who were burnt to death by the rolling stone hot oil. She couldn't ride a horse onto the wall-climbing ladder, and she couldn't push the overturned ladder back by herself.
She didn't know what Mulan didn't like about the siege battle, but this kind of help couldn't help, and the powerlessness of having to stare behind the main general made her unable to help but show a somewhat anxious expression.
"It's the same for the first siege, just get used to it."
Tuoba Tao saw her expression and said so.
"When Helianchang comes out, we will catch him, and then take the opportunity to attack the wide-open city gate. At that time, the entire Tongwan City will be open to us. Gold, silver, jewelry, cattle, sheep, horses, and women will all be ours... "
He seemed to be very addicted to such a victory, showing a bloodthirsty smile, the whole smile completely made He Mulan understand that this is a real emperor, a blood of Xianbei people, screaming from hair to toes " battle" and "victory", and then take the spoils of the emperor.
The state of Wei had no military pay.
The officials of Wei State had no salary.
Then, it is self-evident what they will face after Tongwancheng is captured.
Wriggling invaded Yunzhong City in Wei State, what did Yunzhong look like in the end
"Go to the earth, you can't find a chaste woman, and you can't find a living warrior." He Mulan muttered to herself. These were not He Mulan's words, but came from Hua Mulan's memory.
Tuoba Tao heard something, and after being stunned for a while, his bloodthirsty smile turned into smugness.
"Yes, you are right. After Tongwancheng is captured, it will be like this."
What does a looted city look like? He Mulan had no concept at all. All her knowledge of post-siege comes from books and movies, and nothing can fully express the pain and cruelty.
He Mulan suddenly didn't look forward to the moment when he invaded the city.
She blinked and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, as soon as Tongwan City is destroyed, the Xia Kingdom will all belong to my Wei. In this way, the people of the Xia Kingdom will also be the children of our Wei Kingdom, and the Xia Kingdom's people will be the people of the Wei Kingdom. The women and children are also the women and children of our country of Wei, and when that time comes, those who slaughter and rape are not the people of my great Wei?”
While He Mulan said this, she felt that these words were very empty.
Really, Mary Sue herself was blushing.
"The commoners of the Great Wei?" Tuoba Tao seemed to be quite amused. "Of course, you're right..."
With an expression of disbelief, He Mulan looked at Tuoba Tao, who had easily admitted it.
This young emperor in his early twenties and a strong figure had never been so tall in He Mulan's mind. His inconspicuous armor and thinness made He Mulan snicker in his heart, and they were all set off by her imagination like a merciful emperor who had descended into the mortal world.
"Your persuasion is very interesting. But before Xia Guo completely surrenders..." Tuoba Tao glanced at He Mulan, whose face suddenly turned pale.
"I want to feed the wolf cubs under my hands first."
The tall image in front of He Mulan's eyes, the merciful emperor, suddenly dimmed.
Only the burning heat on her face made her understand what she had just said.
Tuoba Tao's Xianbei name is "Buddha", and the people of Wei seldom call him by his first name.
Foli means the giant wolf.
Therefore, his wolf cubs are the soldiers of Wei who are trying to attack Tongwan.
Clearly hearing He Mulan's advice, Kumoti silently looked back at her from the front, and couldn't help sighing in his heart.
Judging from the fact that Hua Mulan was willing to take the risk to collect the body of her comrade, it was obvious that this young man had not yet become a fighter as hard-hearted and rock-solid.
When he has experienced more and seen more killings, he will not be confused by such things.
In this troubled world, either you kill me, or I kill you. Today, they don't raze the coveted country around them. In the future, the Wei Dynasty will be weak and will be razed by them.
Instead of waiting to be reduced to pigs and dogs at that time, it is better to take advantage of the most powerful time to earn a future that does not need to struggle for your descendants.
Mulan is a good fighter, but her vision is too small and her heart is too soft. Why did His Majesty send such a person to the Montenegro camp
It's really a mystery.
Kumoti looked to the north, and when the battle reached the most critical moment, Helianchang would come out from there.
That was the weakest North Gate. Whether it was fighting or fleeing, he could only choose there. Although there is a large camp outside the north gate, but now that the three armies are out, there are not many people in the camp, but it has become the safest way to retreat.
But the retreat can sometimes become a dead end.
Kumoti looked at Tuoba Tao and Hua Mulan behind him, and straightened his body so that the enemy would see himself first, and then Tuoba Tao and the others behind him.
Hua Mulan seemed to be ashamed of her reckless words just now, so she kept pursing her lips tightly, not giving her a glance, not knowing what she was thinking.
"He Lianchang is so cruel, if I am like him, and let these Xia Chen's wives and children die, maybe those Xia Chen who have surrendered will be discouraged and rebel again..."
When Kumoti heard Tuoba Tao suddenly say such a sentence, he turned his head abruptly.
Behind him, Tuoba Tao, who had a thoughtful expression on his face, rubbed his chin and said to himself, "Well, Cui Taichang is not here. If Cui Taichang is here, what would he say? Hey, why did I let Cui Hao go? He should be allowed to join the army in Montenegro. It's really troublesome, the siege battle is so tense and the casualties are heavy, if there is no woman to relax, it will be a mutiny right away..."
In Kumoti's eyes, Mulan showed an expression as if she saw an immortal dancing in front of her.
The expression was too weird, and Kumoti twitched the corners of his mouth and coughed.
"Ahem, Your Majesty, this is not the time to discuss this..."
He swears, he sees Hua Mulan glaring at him!
"If you are really worried that the soldiers are killing too much and you can't control the situation, you might as well wait until Helianchang is captured, and let the civil and military officials of Xia leave the city to surrender."
Kumoti mentioned it casually.
"When the civil and military officials return, and Helianchang is taken down, then the Xia Kingdom is in the possession of my Great Wei, and there is nothing to force the siege of the city."
As soon as he finished speaking, He Mulan and Tuoba Tao both gave a high five.
"Yes! Just catch Helianchang!"
"Yes! Be sure to catch Helianchang!"
The two almost spoke in unison. After looking at each other, He Mulan lowered her head with a frightened expression.
Tuoba Tao squinted in the direction of the North Gate.
Helian Chang.
Whether your people will die innocently, or whether the women and children of Xia will be torn to pieces, depends on whether you dare to go out.
'It's absurd that I, the king of an empire, should worry about whether the people of the enemy country will be slaughtered by my own subordinates. '
This is the first country I'm going to wipe out...
Later, there will be a second, third, fourth...
Until then, they can't let them live and die together with the city.