"You are traitors and rebels!!"
On top of the city wall, flags with the word "Sui" fluttered.
Under the drizzle, there was silence on the city wall. Many soldiers heard the old and hoarse roar, and even the generals were stunned for a moment.
"This is...Mr. Zhou..."
Back then, the Grand Secretary of the Chen Dynasty, Denglong Pavilion, stood under the banner of the Sui Dynasty and called the Chen Dynasty army that had risen again outside the city traitors, which made people feel indescribably complicated.
Following the slowly advancing army outside the city, Cao Shouren gripped the hilt of his sword and heard the hoarse sound echoing back into the sky. His eyelids twitched, and he seemed to see the old man standing on the top of the city wall.
"This old man... is he the Grand Secretary?"
After hesitating for a while, he looked back at the emperor and Chen Fu behind him. The latter had no expression on his face and didn't say anything. Cao Shouren had to turn back. He had heard of the old man before. He was also the academic mentor of his benefactor Lu Liangsheng. But the other party finally stood on the opposite side...
He continued to urge the front team to advance towards the city wall, and while giving orders, he conveyed the warning to the soldiers in the front not to harm the elderly during the siege.
Boom boom boom… Boom boom!
The four phalanxes pushed towards the city wall, and the soldiers' footsteps became more and more frequent to the beat of the drums. On the city wall, the generals defending the city and the county magistrate who rushed up went over to persuade the old man to go down.
"Please get out of the way. I am not here for the Sui Dynasty, but for the people of Chen! The people in the city behind me!!"
Zhou Zhen used his crutches to struggle free from the county magistrate's arm, walked past a parapet, threw away the pear wood stick in his hand, and climbed up the parapet.
It's like one person looking at an army.
The wind blew, gently caressing his hair and beard, and the old man looked at the rebels slowly advancing below.
"Don't be deceived..."
He said this first, and Zhou Zhen slowly raised his sleeves, stood on the parapet, cupped his hands and bowed to the surging army below.
"… The north and the south have been united, and there has been no war for many years. This land no longer needs to worry about dying on the battlefield one day, but why do you want to follow these traitors to start a war again? The old country has been destroyed, but the homeland is still there, and the folks are still there. Open your eyes and look, on this wall, there are all our Chen people, why do the Chen people want to kill themselves!!"
An old voice spread across the quiet city wall. Soldiers with bows and swords turned their heads to look at the old man. Even the three phalanxes below that were almost advancing toward the city wall and entering the arrow range, the soldiers carrying ladders turned their heads to look at their colleagues on the left and right, and hesitated in their steps.
"Everyone..."
The old man's voice rang out on the city wall, "... Think carefully about whether the world is now unified and peaceful, and whether life at home is much better than before
Before today's battle, think about your elderly parents, your busy wives, and your children who are looking forward to your return home. If you die in battle today, how sad they will be. Even if you win today, if the Sui army attacks again in the future, think about your situation, which will affect them. Do you really want your family to be reunited in the underworld in the future? ! ! "
On the side of the old man, the county magistrate rolled his eyes, then immediately ran to the parapet, lay on it, and shouted outside.
"Brothers, we are also Chen people."
The general immediately understood the governor's intention. He gritted his teeth and risked having the archers drop their bows and arrows, asking the surrounding soldiers to shout along. A group of soldiers lay on the parapet and spoke one after another towards the rebels advancing below.
"Brother, you don't recognize me. Before, I was a guard in Wantong County for a while. We drank together and went to a brothel together."
"Yes, yes, I'm here too. The three of us didn't have enough money, so we asked for a woman..."
"You're the third from the left in the front square. I recognize you. I live next to your village. Maybe we played together when we were kids."
"Stop fighting, we all know each other."
"Why don't you just come over to our side and put down your weapons? We will open the city gate for you, idiot. I've seen you. If you dare to take another step, I'll tell your mother when I get home and she'll beat you hard."
All kinds of words were heard outside the city. The rebels who were originally pushing forward were moving slower and slower. Some of them stopped in the middle of walking, and their colleagues who were following them bumped into their backs, blocking the soldiers behind them. The entire advancing formation suddenly became slow and slow, losing its previous momentum.
After a moment, someone lowered his hand holding up the ladder and said in the formation: "I don't want to fight anymore!"
Some people even threw their weapons to the ground.
"I served in the army and earned money. My wife gave birth to two children for me. I can walk soon. Last time I went back, she called me daddy twice..."
There were also voices saying, "Why should we climb the city wall to die for them?"
They were all a group of rough men in the army who rose up as rebels. Most of them were driven by orders. They took up weapons and started a rebellion in a frenzy. But they were not ignorant of reason. The old man on the city wall was obviously an old gentleman, and he did not talk like a Confucian scholar. His words reminded many people and made them worry and think of their relatives at home.
Dangdang…
Pieces of weapons were thrown to the ground, and the ladder that was originally raised was smashed to the ground with a bang. Even if there were still soldiers who wanted to follow the general's order and continue to attack the city, they saw that many of their companions had stopped, holding their swords and looking at the towering city walls, and they didn't know what to do for a moment.
The entire battlefield was buzzing with noise and filled with people's voices.
Cao Shouren stared in amazement at the 5,000 soldiers who had stopped in front of him, and then looked at Chen Jing and Chen Fu who were riding horses under the "Chen" banner behind him. He did not expect that such a thing would happen to him. With red eyes, he clenched the hilt of his sword and raised it to swing it away.
"Pass the order, let them move forward. Anyone who stops will be killed. Send the supervision team up—"
As the order was slowly carried out by the messenger, Chen Jing, who was standing on horseback under the big flag, also knew what was happening ahead. Looking at the siege troops ahead that were not moving forward and had low morale, he felt extremely complicated.
… It’s only been a few years, have the Chen people no longer remembered their homeland? !
"Your Majesty, don't panic. Those people are just worried because of the other party's words. Let me come."
On one side, Chen Fu spoke softly, shook the reins in his hand, and urged his horse to move forward a few steps. The great cause of restoring the Chen Kingdom could not fail in a mere small city. At least he had to take this place before Lu Liangsheng arrived to complete an important strategic step.
Looking at the city wall in front of him, Chen Fu spread out his palms, made a spell, and the rain curtain connecting the sky and the earth bent in an arc in an instant, and a strong wind blew up with a whimper.
He reached out and took a bow from the soldier, then looked at the wall and saw arrows were nocked on it.
…
In the big river in the north, the waves were surging. Lu Liangsheng stood on the water with his hands behind his back and quickly crossed the banks on both sides and entered the largest river there.
instantly.
The old dragon's head was pointed at his feet, and the moon in his hand was thrown into the sky. Lu Liangsheng jumped into the air and chased after the sword. The next moment he grasped the hilt, the cloud carvings on the sword surface moved, revealing a half moon with a layer of magic light. The tip of the sword turned and pointed to the south in the distance.
"Wait for me here Jiang He!"
Without waiting for the old dragon to reply, Lu Liangsheng, holding the Yuelong, flew across the gloomy sky in mid-air, and the air suddenly made a loud bang.
…
It was noon, and a drizzle of rain fell on the city walls and on people. An old man, Zhou Zhen, stood behind the parapet, surrounded by soldiers running and shouting. Suddenly, a strong wind blew up to the top of the city wall, and a nearby flagpole made a crisp sound and broke and fell down.
Hahahaha… haha…
A loud laugh echoed from the army formation outside the city wall. The voice spread, "Mr. Zhou, you are a reckless person from Chen. You should be called a traitor! And where is Lu Liangsheng, whom you taught? Hahahaha... When I am done with my work, I will chop off his head with my own hands and let you two keep him company!"
Chen Fu raised his arms, the bowstring squeaked as it tightened backwards, a fiery red light lit up on the arrow, and he looked at the figure on the city wall.
...The evil words are misleading, and once he dies, everything will become simple.
The next moment, the old man moved his thumb on the taut bowstring, the string made a sound, and a feather arrow with bright magic light shot out.
However, Chen Fu felt his body become heavy in an instant, and Chen Jing beside him naturally felt it as well, and just said: "Master, how high is Mr. Lu's cultivation?"
Whoosh~~~
The wind became stronger and a streak of light flashed across the gloomy rainy day from the distant sky.
clang—
The sword chant suddenly rang out, and the stream of light rushed straight to the city wall and the running soldiers. The flying figure held the hilt of the sword, knocked away the arrow shot with the magic light, and slashed down angrily.
"when!!"
The moment Yue Long touched the arrow, the metal exploded. The sound echoed in the sky, the mountains, and the city walls, and words also resounded.
"Who wants to chop off my head and keep me company with my teacher—"
The magic arrow broke into two pieces and fell on the top of the city wall.