The bridgehead was breached, and the leader of the Zhengbei Army, who was the vanguard, drove straight to the foot of Zhongling City. Helian was so red-eyed, with a string of heads tied on both sides of the tall horse, that he galloped away, leaving only stumps and broken arms along the way. This group of rebels is much easier to fight than the Beidiyizi outside the pass. Beidiyizi even knows that the hero is dead, and these people in the bridgehead, once they lose their generals, they are just a group of headless flies.
After crossing the bridgehead, there was no obstacle, and thousands of troops rushed all the way until they reached the gate of Chongtian. He Lianzhi picked out a rebel general with a single shot, then drew the scimitar captured in the First Battle of Beidi from his waist, cut off the enemy general's head, and tied it behind the horse with his hair.
Ji Hong drove his horse, and the deputy general Wei He followed him. The wound on his arm burst open again. He thought in his heart that he would be scolded by Dr. Yu again when he went back, so he tore off a piece of cloth and tied it up Untied, when he looked up, he saw that the horse under Helianzhi's crotch had been dyed scarlet, dripping blood, and he couldn't help saying: "General Helian, we don't like beheading for meritorious service here."
He Lianzhi was happily looking at the string of "military exploits" on his horseback, and when he counted to four, five, six or seven, he was taken aback when he heard this: "Then what?"
Wei He: "...don't cut anything."
Helian looked directly at their horses, and it was indeed empty without a single head.
Ji Hong added: "General Helian's military achievements are obvious to all, and we will not lie."
Min Xuefei came over to take a look, and seeing that Helian felt a little disappointed, she quickly praised: "The Northern Army is really heroic, General Helian is really heroic! These generals' heads are not in vain, and they will be hung on the city gate to show the world."
Helian looked at the heads he had collected with regret.
The large troops in front had already reached the Chongtian Gate, and dozens of strong soldiers passed by them with huge battering rams, and the vanguard had already set up a ladder. Boiling water poured down to entertain them, which showed that they were also short of bullets and arrows. The outer city wall of Chongtianmen was already stained with blood, and it had turned black after a long time, so it was hard to know which brick Song Cheng died on.
Min Xuefei wondered if he could still find the body of the official Song. He heard that all the old and young members of the Song family were slaughtered. He should at least collect Song Cheng's body for his family and report it to the imperial court for a generous burial. It would not be in vain. For the heart of the country.
Several people looked up at the Chongtian Gate, thinking about each other. Only Ji Hong turned his head and looked at the back. The supply troops and the militiamen who dealt with the aftermath were all behind, and behind them were the temporary medical camps that did not need to go to the battlefield. In the army, minor injuries have always been the line of fire. Sometimes the two sides will come and go to attack and defend for several days. As long as they can move and can hold a knife and gun, they will be simply bandaged by the medical battalion and continue to fight.
Seeing him looking back frequently, Min Xuefei reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't look, it's good!"
Ji Hong gave him a hard look, and drove away.
"..." Min Xuefei touched his nose guilty, and hurriedly chased after him, but Ji Hong pulled the rein and dodged. He didn't want to be bored anymore, so he rode up to General Helian, who had nowhere to use his strength, and said with a smile: "General Helian, you have enough strength to conquer the Northern Army, please call some heroes and shout to the city wall .”
Although it may not be answered by anyone who shouts, but the cutscenes that should be there must be complete. Their anti-rebel army is a righteous army, and they can't kill anyone they meet like the Vietnamese army who conspired against the rebellion. If they can win without fighting, it will be good, and many deaths and injuries will be avoided. Helian slapped his chest and wrapped it around himself, and immediately the most vigorous adjutants in his battalion shouted at the city gate in turn.
"—Listen, those above!"
"Is it the land of the king in the whole world, and the land of the king is the subject of the king. The rebellion was only done by the king of Yue. All the kings are the people of the son of Da Xia. We are the same as you, born and raised by our parents. The emperor Nian Er and others are all You were bullied by others and forced by the rebellious king, so as long as you hand in your guns and surrender, then the Son of Heaven will not blame you for your mistakes!"
The soldiers raised their guns and shouted: "Open the city gate! Disarm and surrender!"
…
"Open the city gate! Disarm and surrender!"
In the distance, there were loud shouts from outside the city, and the battering ram was pounding on the gate of Chongtianmen, every sound was like the Yin soldiers of the underworld trying to break through the Yang Pass. Yu Xu was holding a palm-sized box, and was running through the streets and alleys of the inner city of Zhongling. Blood flowed out from the wooden gaps in the box, and it stained his gold-embroidered brocade, and the fur collar around his neck was spat out. The hot air made him limp.
The city was going to be broken, he was excited, inexplicably excited.
Whether or not Zhongling City is broken is none of his business, and he still hopes that Yan Chang will die quickly. And his cousin Yu Jinnian, doesn't he like to treat patients, doesn't he claim to be a genius doctor who descends to the world and rejuvenates with a wonderful hand? Alright, then cut off his pulse-taking fingers, tongue for inquiring, ears for listening, and eyeballs for seeing a doctor! Let's see if he can "rejuvenate"!
His cousin is the most hypocritical, and the son of Li Guogong, who is full of morality, is also a hypocrite! Aren’t they all meddling in their own business? There are many lackeys of the imperial court in this Zhongling prison. Pull them to the city wall for a walk, show them, if they don’t obey, just push them down! See if they are true morality or false kindness.
Those sour, literary and stinky Confucians are full of words "It's better to be broken than to be whole", but they don't see everyone committing suicide in the prison. It can be seen that loyalty to the king is something to talk about, isn't it? They all hoped that an unknown young doctor would die for the country and save them from the fire
The eyes, ears, fingers, and tongue of his kind-hearted cousin, who is a doctor, are a perfect match for these sour scholars.
Yu Xu laughed while running, "Go to hell, go to hell!"
Turning out of the alley, a group of soldiers hurried past, Yu Xu dodged subconsciously, and suddenly stopped alone, surprised: "Is it you? Are you injured?" He slowed down a few steps and fell behind, dragging Yu Xu past Looking around with his hand, he pulled him into the depths of the alley, and whispered, "Why are you here? Go away, there is going to be a war!"
Yu Xu looked up, feeling that he looked familiar, and then looked down at the big rough hand on his wrist.
The man bent down and pulled out a dagger from his boot, and stuffed it into his hand together with the nameplate on his waist, and said hastily: "Take this self-defense, let's go, go to the south gate. There is a turmoil among the refugees, you might be able to squeeze out of the city if you mess around. Remember to run south and don’t look back. If you have nowhere to go, go to Zounan County and find a family under the banyan tree, and they will take you in for a few days.”
Yu Xu suddenly remembered that it was the idiot soldier who peeled pears for him that day, and his name seemed to be Yuan Gui. He froze for a moment, then asked in a daze while holding the dagger: "You... isn't this what you use to marry your wife? Give me this, what do you do?"
Yuangui waved his hand, jokingly: "Hey! Why marry me? I'm so poor and white, I guess no one would want to marry into my family." He smiled again as he spoke, and the corner of his mouth twitched stiffly, "Forget it , I didn’t have any achievements, so I won’t go back.”
It's not that I won't go back, this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back.
There were crows in the tent that night, Yu Xu didn't really see what Yuangui looked like, but now that he looked carefully, he turned out to be such a tall and tough man, with the same scar on his face, probably from a war time fell. He was very simple, he didn't even have a piece of thick armor on his body, he just put on a hard outer cover of hemp or something over the ordinary military uniform.
Yu Xu raised his head and looked at him slightly: "Where are you going? What are you going to do?"
Yuan Gui said, "Go to war and guard the city gates! I'm also considered a vanguard now!"
Yu Xu looked back, and there were rumbling sounds continuously, screams and gunfire one after another, as if they were very close and yet far away. There was sand, dust and gunpowder smoke floating in the sky above Zhongling City, which aggravated the already gloomy sky. The wind was unreasonably cold, and the blood sticking to his body was sifted cold and stiff.
pioneer? You're nothing but a dead idiot!
Yu Xu suddenly jumped up and grabbed Yuan Gui with his backhand: "Come here, I have something to tell you!"
"What are you talking about? Tell me." Yuan Gui, who was so tall, was also staggered by him. He didn't know why he was in a hurry, so he dragged himself to a remote place. Chongtianmen was getting further and further away, but the shouts seemed to be lingering in his ears, and he was also a little lost in thought, thinking of his elderly parents in Zounan County, and thinking of the younger sister who was about to marry. He had a younger brother before, but unfortunately he died of illness not long after he joined the army, and he couldn't even go home to see him for the last time.
After that, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to go home and take a look. If I die this time, I wonder if I can get some pension to add some dowry to my sister
When I came back to my senses, I was actually in a dilapidated courtyard.
Yu Xu dragged him into the half-missed room, and suddenly ripped off his clothes. Yuan Gui was startled, and stepped back several steps to ask him what he was doing. Yu Xu was definitely no match for Yuangui in terms of strength, he was so anxious that he blurted out: "Don't go to Chongtianmen!!"
Yuan Gui was stunned for a moment.
"Don't go." Yu Xu didn't know why he was in a hurry, whether Yuan Gui went or not was none of his business, and whether he died or not was none of his business. The generals of the two armies were all played around by him, Yan Chang was made into a bad shape, Yu Jinnian didn't know if he died tragically, and Ji Hong was so angry that his hair flew to the sky, but he cared about whether an unknown soldier died or not.
Maybe it was because of the pear.
"Are you stupid, you can't come back after you go!"
Yuan Gui straightened out the messy clothes, and raised his hand to randomly grab Yu Xu's head, who was a head shorter than him, as if he was rubbing the hair of his siblings at home when he was not in the army. He heaved a sigh of relief and said, "There is no soldier who doesn't want to fight."
Yu Xu: "This world is so chaotic, who would know without you?"
Yuan Gui shook his head: "I know it in my heart."
Yu Xu was stunned, he really didn't understand what Yuan Gui was obsessed with, working for Yan Chang? Does Yan Chang have any kindness towards him? Let him know that he is going to die, but also go happily. He hates Yan Chang, and also hates Ji Hong, he will not sacrifice his life for anyone. Your life is your own, why give it to others for nothing? Why is it clear that he can live, but he has to be chased to be a big-headed ghost who died unjustly.
He watched Yuan Gui walking out in a dignified manner, as if he was really not afraid of death. As soon as he stepped out of the threshold, Yu Xu's expression changed, he picked up the old chair that was about to fall apart, raised it, and threw a stick at the back of his neck. go down!
Crash!
The chair was shattered to pieces, and the back of Yuan Gui's head was bleeding instantly. He turned his head in disbelief, and watched Yu Xu's figure blankly change from one to a pair, then to three, to four, then gradually blurred, and finally fell into the darkness.
Yu Xu bent over and dragged him into the room like a sack, tore off his military uniform representing the Viet Nam Army, and managed to dig out a dusty hemp rope from under the tattered bed to tie him firmly. In fact, it is tied to the table leg. Yuan Gui is heavy and strong, and Yu Jinnian gritted his teeth to drag him. He murmured while tying him, "I know what they say about me, a wolf-hearted dog, a shameless slut... I have revenge, I have resentment Complaints, but those hypocrites accuse me!"
Yuan Gui snorted a few times due to the pain in his sleep, Yu Xu looked at him carefully, pulled up his sleeve and wiped the blood on his head casually: "You are a good person, I know."
He didn't know what else to say, and after thinking for a long time, he just muttered "I don't only know how to hurt people"... Forget it, anyway, Yuangui couldn't hear anything. Yu Xu got up to leave, then turned around, took off his thick blouse and put it on him.
"Just sleep here for a while. When you wake up, they will finish the fight. If you shout loudly, someone will hear you. You risk your life, you can't just give it away. Yu Xu stuffed the dagger back into his boot, and only took away his life token, "Fool! When you wake up, don't be stupid again, calling yourself a Vietnamese soldier!"
Yuan Gui lowered his head and did not respond.
Yu Xu took a look, closed the two crumbling doors, and left.
The sky is cloudy and snowy, and the wind is dark.
Holding his wooden box with a bunch of tattered eyes and ears in his arms, Yu Xu walked slowly through the streets towards the south gate. A few refugees ran away from him with worn-out bundles on their backs. When they turned around, they saw that he was holding an exquisite wooden box and was dressed in soft silk brocade. Stop, grab that box and run!
After running two streets away, they dared to stop. They found a corner, and hurriedly opened the box to have a look - only to hear a scream of "ah", the person carrying the box threw something in a panic, and took a big step. A few pieces of blood and flesh rolled around their feet, and a very hungry wild dog jumped out of nowhere, took a few pieces in its mouth, and ran away.
Only then did everyone see clearly that this is no gold and silver treasure, but a bunch of fingers! Human fingers!
When Yu Xu was robbed, he giggled twice, laughing that they were all a bunch of idiots who took all the disgusting things as treasures. He followed the flow of people to Zhongling South City, where ragged beggars and refugees were walking towards the south gate in groups of three or four, and he was about to follow them out when suddenly there was a sound of iron hooves behind him, and hooting Drive out the shouts of the people!
Not one or two horses, nor one team or two teams, but thousands of soldiers and horses rushing towards the south gate! In the lead were two cavalrymen, wielding unusually long horsewhips. Whenever they encountered anyone who refused to give way, they would slap half of their lives with the horsewhip, and those who had no time to dodge would trample on them! The horseshoe kicked the person, and the ribs were broken, killing him on the spot.
People scattered in a panic, and a passage opened up in an instant from the crowded south city gate.
The gate of the city was opened, and a large army rushed away. Among the soldiers and generals, there was an unremarkable carriage. A mighty young general was always hovering around the carriage. Perhaps there was something sitting in that carriage. important person.
Everyone invariably thought of the Twelve Kings who had only entered the Zhongling Tomb two months ago. Naturally, the common people couldn't comprehend that the majestic fief king already enjoyed endless glory and wealth, so why would he seek his own death and seek rebellion and commit crimes.
Why do you want to rebel? Of course it is greed! Yu Xu hid behind layers of crowds, smeared his face with dust, and watched Yan Chang's carriage escape from Zhongling from a distance. The one riding beside him was naturally his loyal bodyguard who never left. General Manager Zhou". This mighty "Nanxia" only lived for a few months, which is really funny.
Yu Xu was pleased: Old bastard Yan, your luck has finally come to an end! Look, those medical books you forced me to read are not in vain!
The mighty army passed by, and the refugees were about to follow them out of the city, but unexpectedly they squeezed under the city gate, and a hundred or so soldiers fell from the army, and they lined up outside the city gate, brandishing machetes, forcing them back. Whoever dares not to retreat, immediately splits his head and neck, falls to the ground and rolls several times. Shrieks erupted in the crowd. The old woman covered the eyes of the child in her arms, trembling and crying.
The refugee took a step back, and the city gate was closed... With a bang, the heavy city gate was gambled to death from the outside.
Only then did Yu Xu come to his senses, his eyes widened and he rushed to the front, knocked hard a few times, and couldn't help yelling: "Bastard, cowardly, dead Yan bastard! How the hell are you so despicable! Open the door for me!"
Boom!
From the direction of Chongtianmen, there were several loud noises that seemed to destroy the sky and destroy the earth.
Yu Xu suddenly looked back in panic.
A group of soldiers ran towards them without armor and armor, and his eyes went dark.
In a vague way, he seemed to hear someone shouting happily: "Hey, look! Is that the Ni Wang's servant who was domineering on the bridgehead before? Standing there like a fool, the Ni Wang ran away and didn't Take him? Look at me, I shot him with an arrow, cut off his head and went back to Mr. Ji to receive the reward!"
One person interrupted him and said, "How can you receive the reward alone? Mr. Ji can say that this little thief's body can be taken to receive the reward no matter where it is! Hahahaha, don't worry! Let me share an arm and a leg with me! But I still have to save my wife's money!"
"With you two, it's hard to say who will win the battle!" An archer immediately set up his arrow and aimed at Yu Xu who was in the distance. With a bang, the arrow flew out and hit Yu Xu's ear.
Everyone laughed at him and said: "Look at your bad arrow skills. I'm afraid you won't get the reward this time!"
Yu Xu came back to his senses in a jerk, covered the blood on his cheeks, and ran as fast as he could, running for his life!
…
Twelfth lunar month twenty.
It is appropriate to sacrifice, not to take other things, and everything is inappropriate.
A long arrow "whoosh" shot from behind, Yu Xu dragged his scarred body, staggering in the narrow and cramped alleyway. He thought of the mountain forest behind Sifang Village, where there were hares in autumn and winter. When Dad was alive, he often took him up the mountain to hunt rabbits. But the rabbit runs so fast that he can't catch up, Dad will deliberately shoot the rabbit so that he can catch it.
When he was a child, he never thought about whether the rabbit that was shot would be so painful that he couldn't breathe
Today he is that rabbit. The blood on his chest and back poured heavily into his trouser legs, and he was so cold that he stopped breathing. He felt himself trembling, as if his consciousness was gradually fading away with the sound of the wind.
A group of soldiers followed him slowly, laughing and imitating his walking posture, one said it looked like a toad, the other said it looked like a duck. I followed to the end of the alley, and saw that he really couldn't run anymore, but he still refused to accept his fate. He tripped over the bluestone under his feet and fell to the ground with his head on his head.
The few people still chatted one after another: "It's boring, wasn't it very arrogant before? After running for a few steps, you can't run anymore?"
"What's the use of arrogance, it's just an idiot. I'm afraid the rebel is not very smart to accept such a favor. Isn't he also beaten by our General Min and fled in a panic?" Another person folded his arms and smiled. , "Hey, tell me, does he still think that the fingers he took away belong to our Doctor Xiao Yu?"
Yu Xu froze suddenly—what, what do you mean? !
"It's just a dying corpse! You really think of yourself as a nobleman, and you are worthy of wanting our Doctor Xiaoyu's fingers? When our Doctor Xiaoyu saved people, you don't know where The wild man is acting like a baby on the bed!"
Someone came over with a smile and kicked him. He didn't move after several kicks. He bent down to test his breathing. Pulling out the knife from his waist, he said sternly, "Don't you like cutting people's fingers? I'll show you what your own fingers look like today. Look—"
The soldier raised the knife and dropped it, and Yu Xu let out a scream almost at the same time. Four fingers were cut off at the same time, and they rolled like chess pieces in front of his eyes—ten fingers connected to heart, ten fingers connected to heart! For a moment, he didn't know what the pain was. Is there anything more painful than this
A flock of crows soared into the sky from the sky above Zhongling, melting into the clouds like dots of ink.
The soldiers came in clusters, each drawing out the shoulder knives from their waists.
Yu Xu struggled to raise his head, the dark clouds accumulated for two days finally sucked up the blood energy in the world, and they were so heavy that they couldn't bear it any longer, petals were torn apart by the crows, and they floated down and turned into rain and ice. Congealed into snow, pure white without the slightest impurity. Thick snow is not common in Sifang Village. Even if there is falling snow, it is only a thin layer, which melts into rainwater after a short time and spends a wet winter.
I heard that the snow in the capital is as thick as a quilt, which can be rolled up by hand, like spring pancakes at the beginning of the new year. He also wanted to see what the quilt-like snow looked like, he could have seen it, originally...
It was rustling, like the sound of falling snow.
It's a pity that he can't wait until Zhongling is covered with snow.
A wooden sign fell out of the sleeve and rolled, revealing the engraved side. Yu Xu wanted to stretch out his hand to hold it, but his fingers were gone, they were bare like a overwintered wooden branch, he could only lift half of his palm and cover it on the wooden sign.
He opened his mouth, and blood came out from the gap between his teeth without his tongue. He lay on the ground and thought in a daze: Yuangui, I can't go to Zounan anymore...
The winter in Zhongling is really cold.