In the pale light of the sky, the periphery of Bianliang City was in a slaughter.
Xue Changgong spat out a mouthful of blood and felt that his entire head was buzzing. He pushed away the doctor who was bandaging his forehead. When he picked up the knife and stood up, his body was still shaking.
"Go away! Sajia is fine! It's fine! What's going on on the city wall? How's it going?"
Pushing out the door, the light shone down, and the sound of fighting became fierce. The front was the tall city wall near Xin Suanzao Gate, and the sound of shouting and killing was spreading on the city wall. Then the personal soldiers rushed over: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, how are you! Are you alright!"
"How dare you come down!" Xue Changgong grabbed the front of his brother-in-law's shirt, "Go up! Go up!"
"Brother-in-law, you fell from the city wall! You fell from the city wall! Brother-in-law, are you alright!"
Xue Changgong was slightly stunned: "I'm fine!"
Starting from the morning of the third day of September, Jurchen launched a large-scale attack on Bianliang City. The attack points were set at three o'clock in Chenqiaomen, Xinsuanzaomen and Xinfengqiumen. Among them, Xinsuanzaomen suffered the most attacks. fierce. Xue Changgong is a general in the Japanese army, with more than 400 men under his command. Not long ago, the siege force led by Zongwang's general Saila had crossed the moat and set up a ladder on the city wall. Xue Changgong led his subordinates to defend the city. At that time, he fought with a team of Jurchen who rushed to the city wall. He pushed a Jurchen general and fell off the city wall.
The city wall with a height of seven or eight feet fell like that, and the two fell on the roof of a cart. The Jurchen general made a meat pad for him. After he woke up from a coma for a while, he turned out to be fine. Thinking about it at this time, it was also fatal.
But now is not the time to feel lucky, he almost dragged his brother-in-law and rushed towards the city wall. Although the Japanese army was one of the most elite troops in the Wu Dynasty, with the best salary and the best training, this brother-in-law was the younger brother of his deceased wife. In fact, he joined the sword shortly after. Teaching, but in fact have not seen much blood. But the more so. The more he couldn't let his brother-in-law step back.
Above the city wall, someone carried boiling oil and poured it out of the wall, arrows flew, and flames roared. Xue Changgong walked into his subordinates. He shouted loudly: "Grandpa is back! Grandpa fell off the wall. Nothing happened. Did you see it! That girl real bastard has turned into meat! I even ate two mouthfuls! Stones and oil, throw me down. , burn them for me. Cook them!"
The arrow flew from the top of the parapet and fell into the city. He walked on the city wall almost without dodging. The surrounding soldiers saw the fierceness of the chief officer, and they also picked up the city defense equipment and smashed it down even more violently. Not far away, a cloud ladder survived the fierce defense, and the elite Jurchen rushed up. Xue Changgong took the big knife and called his brother-in-law and others to rush over.
The hand-to-hand battle was abruptly fighting on the city wall. Xue Changgong was an ancestral swordsman. He fought two swords with a tall Jurchen man, beheading the opponent under the sword, and the surrounding personal soldiers also fiercely confronted the Jurchen. fight. His brother-in-law faltered with a knife and avoided a Jurchen while slashing with a knife. Then, with a roar of "ah-", he stabbed the steel knife directly into the belly of the Jurchen, and pushed the girl with red eyes. Real back.
Xue Changgong rushed forward and blocked another Jurchen soldier's sword. The Jurchen who had been pierced in the stomach was still retreating. The steel knife smashed open, and at the same time he kicked the Jurchen away with one foot, then grabbed his brother-in-law's collar and threw it aside, dodging the attacks of the other two.
Rolling up on the city wall, he slapped his brother-in-law's face with a slap, surrounded by shouts of killing, and he shouted at his brother-in-law's frenzied face: "Stir! I told you, to stir— You don't want to die—" After shouting this, he rushed out with an "Ah!" and stabbed a Jurchen in the stomach, and then "Ah—" After frantically stirring for a few times, he suddenly drew the knife and retreated.
There was a bloody, scorched smell all around him. He didn't have time to look at his brother-in-law's condition, because more Jurchens were rushing up, and there was blood on his face. Broken, the corpse fell. He shouted and rushed up, the sword light collided fiercely, sparks, screams, blood overflowing, and the moment an iron gun slammed into his head, he saw his brother-in-law rushing over from the side.
Afterwards, I heard someone shouting vaguely: "Hold on! Hold on! Sang Lee is here! Sang Lee is bringing troops..."
After the army of the Jinmen arrived in Bianliang, the first thing they seized was the Moutuogang in the northwest of Bianliang City. This was originally the Tiansi prison where the people of the Wu Dynasty raised military horses. Surrounded by water on three sides, it was easy to defend and difficult to attack. The garrison point is naturally due to the knowledge of Guo Yaoshi, who has been to the capital, about the vicinity of Bianliang. Then on August 28, the Jinren launched an attack on the west water gate of Bianliang City along the water route. This time, the tentative attack was repelled by Li Gang who was well prepared that night.
The main attack on the three city gates of Bianliang on the third day of September was the official attack. The battle between Chen Qiaomen and Xinfengqiumen was relatively simple. A large number of Jurchen stopped at the moat, and only the new Suanzaomen fought fiercely. Unusually, the golden man once climbed the city wall. In the end, Li Gang summoned thousands of archers in the palace guards, and rushed to the city for more than 20 miles to help, just to repel the Jinren, and the guards who were in charge of defense on the city wall also suffered thousands of casualties.
After Xue Changgong woke up, it was already evening, and there were tragic cries all around, and the strong smell of medicine and blood mixed together.
This is the wounded hall established by the army, and a large number of wounded who participated in the battle of the city wall are concentrated here. The injuries on the battle formation were no different than others. Broken hands, broken feet, and missing eyes were all common occurrences. Some people groaned or screamed when they were being treated. Next to Xue Changgong was a wounded man with a broken leg. He opened his eyes and looked up. He was making a meaningless sound. Xue Changgong was in a trance for a while before he could sit up, and then a personal soldier came over: "Boss..."
Xue Changgong grabbed him: "How is it? You won?"
"Victory, victory, Li Xiang brought his troops here. Repel all the Jurchen dogs."
"Oh." Xue Changgong put his hand down, and then suddenly raised his head, "Where's Hou Jing? Where did he go! Why didn't he come."
Hou Jing was his brother-in-law's name.
Although his memory of his wife, who died of a serious illness soon after, was already vague, Xue Changgong felt that he still had a responsibility for this brother-in-law who was brought into the army by him.
The personal soldier under his command hesitated for a moment: "Hou Jing, he... was injured..."
"Injured! What's the matter? Where are you, take me to see him!" Xue Changgong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly rolled over and got out of bed. brain. I feel fine again. So he walked forward quickly, and beside him were countless wounds like a hell scene, the strong smell, and the blood formed scabs. cry. moaning sound. The despair of those with severed hands and feet for the future life, some people cried and shouted: "I can't see, I can't see..." The faces of those doctors were also pale. He walked out of the barracks, a doctor was lying on the ground vomiting.
Fortunately, his brother-in-law wasn't seriously injured, and now he was staying in the slightly injured barracks not far away. Xue Changgong walked over to see him and was relieved. Hou Jing had already got off the bed and was about to leave. Seeing Xue Changgong coming over, he said, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, I killed three, I killed three!"
Xue Changgong looked at him, then patted him on the shoulder, his eyes turned cold: "You kid has a big life, I told you to stir, stab it in, and stir immediately, or you will die."
"I know, I know brother-in-law. Are you okay? Are you okay?"
"It's alright." Xue Changgong nodded.
That night, the city was full of joy. When Xue Changgong returned to the army, the officers above were discussing the reward. More than 100 soldiers under Xue Changgong died, and they belonged to the army with great merit. Left Prime Minister Li Gang sent a lot of money down.
The next day, the money was in place. Apart from the deceased's pension and the filial piety to the Shangguan, Xue Changgong's soldiers each received fifty or two taels of silver, and the ones left in his hands were more than eighty taels. The court was extremely generous this time, and this was already a large sum of money. Those who were lightly injured in the battle were given two days' vacation to bring them home with money. At the same time, the lightly injured were also responsible for the family of the deceased. Send in pensions—of course, if the fight starts again, they'll have to come back right away.
I don't know who gave such an order, but it actually makes sense. It is always a bad job to send pensions to dead soldiers, but if the wounded send it, it is not easy to be blamed, and these people return with money. Home can also inspire the will of other people in the city to defend the city. So the next day, Xue Changgong and his brother-in-law Hou Jing ran away from some brothers' houses. Let's play, take me to Fanlou." As Xue Changgong's personal soldier, he got 13 taels of silver, which was a lot of money for the soldiers at that time.
Although the soldiers of the Wu Dynasty were not valued very much, as a general in the Japanese army, Xue Changgong occasionally visited places like Fanlou. After the death of his first wife, he naturally had a continuation, but his second wife also died of illness shortly after getting married. Since his parents also died prematurely, people said that he ordered him to kill his family, although he had married a third wife. Ren's idea, but it was not settled later. He was a martial arts practitioner with strong blood, and most of the money he earned later was spent in the brothel.
In fact, in his heart, he also had an idea that a woman in a brothel was actually far more interesting than marrying a wife back home. Without the control of his family, he felt that it would not matter if it went on like this.
It's just that when my brother-in-law talks about this, he gets a little confused.
Xue Changgong looked at his brother-in-law and said, "A dozen taels of silver are too much to keep at home. Going to places like Fanlou is nothing. You stay at home and marry you a girl after the war is over."
The younger brother-in-law avoided his eyes and curled his lips: "Brother-in-law, you also said that more than ten taels of silver are actually a lot in the countryside, but in the capital, you can marry a good family. Besides, brother-in-law, look at the situation these days. In that way, I took the money... I don't know if I will spend my life..."
His words made Xue Changgong's eyes stern, Hou Jing paused for a while, and then said: "Actually, I went to Zhuji for dinner a few days ago, and I saw the performance of the teacher's girl, brother-in-law, if... If I can look at it again, I also... have no complaints... "
Xue Changgong slapped him on the head. After a while, his eyes slowed down: "You have a dozen taels of silver, you want to see Li Shishi too? And what is there to see the old girl!" He took a breath, and then said, "Forget it, beat the girl to celebrate. Gentlemen, people from the army in Fanlou do not accept money for the past two days, but Li Shishi is not so easy to meet. With your brother-in-law and my military card, maybe we can meet. You can try your luck with me tonight. Take the money back! Let your parents take it. Marry you a daughter-in-law!"
He agreed, and Hou Jing nodded again and again, excited. That night, the two of them walked towards the Fanlou. Xue Changgong and Hou Jing still had bandages on their bodies. But such an injury. It is indeed the most popular pass in Bianliang City at this time. On the way, Hou Jing talked about how Li Gang led his troops to repel the Jurchen that day. He was going to take it to Fanlou to brag with others, and then he talked about Li Gang. I think this person is really good.
"... It was also the case when the Golden Dog raided the West Water Gate a few days ago, but they didn't expect that Li Xiang had already prepared for it. He laid a wooden stake in the water, and blocked the waterway with a boulder, so the Golden Dog couldn't reach the city at all..."
"That's not unpredictable. When the golden man came over, which waterway was not blocked like this, and it was not just blocking the west side."
"Well, that's true." Hou Jing nodded, then lowered his voice and said, "However, I heard from everyone that in order to block the waterway, Li Xiang directly sent people to Cai Taishi's mansion before the war, and took the garden in Cai Taishi's mansion. They were all demolished, and those Taihu stones were filled into the water. Brother-in-law, I was thinking, if the waterway is to be blocked, where the stones cannot be used, Li Xiang demolished Cai Taishi's garden, do you think this is... "
"Shut up." Xue Changgong suddenly interrupted him and glared at him, "Let's not mention this kind of thing in the future... How can you and I guess the things about those people above..."
After a while, he said again: "It's not something you can say if you can't guess it!"
"Oh." Hou Jing nodded.
Not long after the two came to Fanlou, it was the first time when the lanterns were on, and the aroma of the food was overflowing. Only after Xue Changgong revealed his identity, did he know that Fanlou had hosted military personnel for free for the past two days. It was not uncommon to see famous oiran like Li Shishi, but of course it was not one-on-one. There were several soldiers in the yard of Shishi at this time. However, when he saw Xue Changchang's injuries and the formation of his troops, Li Yun personally came over to welcome him in.
In Li Shishi's room, a round table was serving guests at this time, and there were six or seven military officials, most of whom had higher positions than Xue Changgong. However, when they heard about Xue Changgong's establishment, they all gave a thumbs up and called him a hero. In the room, Shi Shi and her two beautiful maids took turns toasting to everyone, asking about the battle situation, thanking them, and then naturally there would be performances, not to mention. Although Hou Jing was Xue Changgong's sidekick, because of his injuries, he was able to sit down and watch the performance. He was even questioned by Li Shishi and the crowd. The young man's face was already red before he drank.
Even though he was no longer the most vocal oiran in Bianliang City at this time, Li Shishi still had an excellent reputation at this time, not to mention that his singing and dancing skills had reached the pinnacle. When the lights in the room dimmed and the teacher left the table and came back, a simple dance performance really made people feel that their hearts were surging. Xue Changchang, who came out, always felt that something was wrong. After a while, he excused himself from the table and left his brother-in-law there.
When he left the door, Li Shishi was inside and asked everyone about the hard walls and clear fields outside the city. A general said: "Now outside the city, hundreds of thousands of troops are marching towards Bianliang, and the whole country will survive and die here. Above the war. As soon as the war starts, millions of people around will naturally run away, and the walls are clear, and no one will mention it."
Another general said: "I don't know why the teacher girl asked about this. This strong wall and clear wilderness was originally a crooked idea. Everything with Jinren still has to be seen on the battlefield..."
Xue Changgong didn't know this. After leaving the courtyard, he asked the location of a woman named He Leier in the lively Fanlou. At this time, there were hundreds of women in Fanlou, some of whom were prostitutes and some who were not. He Lei'er was originally a maid of a courtier, but now she's just a little-known red-herald. When Xue Changgong found each other, there were several men and several women in the room, eating and drinking. The men were all soldiers. Xue Changgong pretended to be drunk to reveal his identity, and then naturally sat down beside He Leier. Talk to people.
Those people were all military officers. Seeing that Xue Changgong was a general who supported the Japanese army and was wounded, he didn't dare to neglect. He took a piece of silver in his hand and slapped it on the table.
When I woke up the next day. The woman lay down in his arms. Xue Changgong came to Fanlou on weekdays. Naturally, he didn't have the money to find those famous girls. He had spent some time with this He Leier. After waiting for him to get dressed and get up to wash, the woman asked hesitantly, "General. Will you still come?"
Xue Changgong said, "If he doesn't die, he should come."
Been a while. The other party asked again: "Then... General. Do you think this city can be defended?"
"This is the capital, and the army of hundreds of thousands of diligent kings from outside the city is here, so it can be defended naturally."
"Oh." He Leier nodded.
And so on for a while. He Leier said hesitantly: "General, you can't leave the city at this time, but I heard that if it is really dangerous, there is a warrant to allow people to leave the city from the south, General, if you have this warrant, I will I mean... if... if... can you take Lei'er with you?"
"I've never heard of this." Xue Changgong felt a disgust in his heart, and his words became a little rough. The woman should have sensed his emotions, and after a while, her voice choked up.
"General... Lei'er, Lei'er doesn't mean that, Lei'er is... Lei'er has heard that the women who fall into the hands of those Jurchens are better than death, I don't want to die, and I don't want to fall into their hands... "
After she said this in a nearly crying voice, Xue Changgong's heart softened again and sighed: "If there is such a thing, I will tell you, you... ah, don't worry... "
In fact, no one has confidence in what the city will do next.
After he said this, the woman didn't mention it anymore, and after that, it was natural to be flattering again, but Xue Changgong's interest was exhausted, and after a while, he left from Fanlou.
When Xue Changgong left Fanlou, Li Shishi was upstairs outside watching the pedestrians on the morning street. In a city that has been under martial law at night, there is always an atmosphere of anxiety during the day. As the oiran of Fanlou, although she cannot know the atmosphere on the battlefield, she is more aware of the whole situation than the average person.
The arrival of the Jurchen caused millions of people outside Bianliang City to flee, and hundreds of thousands of Qin Wang's troops were gathering. The Jurchen West Road Army led by Wanyan Zonghan was blocked near Taiyuan, and Zhe Keqiu and Liu Guangshi led The 40,000 Western Army is rushing to rescue, and small-scale battles or looting are breaking out everywhere at this time. The attack of the Jin people may shake the city defense of Bianliang City at any time, and there are already voices for peace among the quarrelling in the courtroom.
No one could see the situation that was stretched into a string. What Shishi remembered was what Ning Yi told her when he left a month ago: "If possible, leave Bianliang and go south." Shishi was shocked by the meaning of his words, but he gritted his teeth and did not choose to leave. , However, by this time, she was afraid in her heart.
Today, what separates the Jinren from the millions of people in the city is a thick city wall, and at the same time it is just like a thin layer of window paper. When the Jurchen really kills Bianliang City, no one knows that they will be there. When will they rush into the city, when such a nightmare falls, no one can imagine what the men and women in the city will look like.
No matter how she felt when she decided to stay, at this moment, she knew she was still afraid.
On the other hand, she didn't know what Ning Yi had become. Earlier in the city, there was a lot of commotion because of the strong walls and clear fields, and there were endless arguments in the court. Later, Wanyan Zongwang drove straight across the Yellow River, and all the quarrels came to an abrupt end, and the teacher vaguely knew that he was going to look for it. Qin Shaoqian's second son, but the Wu Rui army led by Qin Shaoqian was defeated by Zongwang's army in Shouzhang County. It is said that there are still voices of impeachment against him in the court.
What happened to him in this one
She always thinks this way...
The convoy moved forward bumpily, and Ning Yi processed the aggregated information.
In the evening, the convoy arrived on the bank of the Yellow River, and troops were stationed here. There were military camps all over the mountains and fields, and they were crossing the Yellow River one after another.
The Wu Rui army, which had been integrated, was the first to arrive, and then the Wu Sheng army of Daming Prefecture, led by the commander Chen Yanshu, joined the Wu Rui army. Nearly 100,000 troops gathered together, but the number of ferries on the river was a bit pitiful, and the pontoon was not able to. Put up one. When Ning Yi entered the military tent of the Wu Rui Army. Qin Shaoqian was swearing while coughing. His body was full of the smell of medicine, and he was also wrapped in a bandage on his head, and his left eye was wrapped in a bandage. During the Battle of Shouzhang, his cheek was slashed by a rocket, and his eyes were affected. Now his left eye is likely to be unable to see anything.
Seeing Ning Yi coming over, Qin Shaoqian waved back several generals in the tent and sat back on the chair.
"When the Jin people crossed the river, as many as 140,000 troops were stationed south of the Yellow River." Qin Shaoqian said. "They didn't go to war. I heard that the Jurchen found some sheep, tied them to drums, and let them beat the drums all day and night. The troops on the south bank of the Yellow River. They all retreated to Bianliang. They took all the big boats. Drive away. So when the Jurchens cross the river, they can only find some small boats, and they slowly send people over one boat after another. It took several days. So now we only have some small boats, and the big boats still need one or two Heaven can come."
"I heard." Ning Yi nodded, "I thought tying a sheep to a drum was something good people do."
"what?"
"No." Ning Yi smiled, "Your eyes."
"I can't see the one on the left, but it doesn't matter. Anyway, the thing called a telescope you gave me, as long as it has one eye." Qin Shaoqian pursed his lips, and then a slight smile appeared on his face, "Oh, Taiyuan hold on. Now, the order from the capital has been issued, Zhe Keqiu and Liu Guangshi are rushing to relieve the siege with 20,000 people each, the Western Army is capable of fighting and may be able to ease the situation in Taiyuan."
Ning Yi nodded, and after a while, he said, "I want a boat and send a few people there first."
"I'll give you a small boat, and if you're in a hurry, you can leave immediately."
"It's not in a hurry." Ning Yi said, "Bianliang has been besieged, and some of the people nearby who have not had time to enter the city are running away, and some are still staying in place and refusing to leave. Although I arranged for a lot of people from Zhuji to be there. , but the Jurchen is going south too fast, and their coordination with the government may not be so good, I will send a few orders, and some will be sent to Bianliang City."
Qin Shaoqian glanced at him and hesitated for a moment: "In this situation, hundreds of thousands of people will have to cross the river, and the battle is about to start. The victory or defeat should not drag on for too long. The vicinity of Bianliang has become a battlefield. They will all go. Liheng thinks, is there still a need to keep the walls clear?"
"Evacuation in an orderly and purposeful manner should be able to save a lot of people, and for those who entered the mountains and thought they could escape the battlefield by luck, the food they brought was enough to feed the Jurchen near Bianliang. I don't know what this battle will be like, but I want to remove them as much as possible." Ning Yi smiled, "Maybe this is all I can do."
Qin Shaoqian looked at him and paused: "You want to remove them all?"
"… as much as possible."
The room became quiet, Qin Shaoqian clenched his fists, nodded after a while, and said, "Okay, I'll arrange a boat for you right away. Oh, in addition, some things have arrived, Liheng, come with me to see."
He waved and led Ning Yi away from the central army tent, and after ordering a boat to Zhuji with the guards, he led Ning Yi into the back of the camp. Some supplies were piled up there, packed in wooden boxes, about six or seven ten. After Qin Shaoqian opened the box, there were elm cannons, some shells and gunpowder.
"These are the cannons designed by you, Liheng, and made by the Firearms Division. Each army issued some, but no one likes to use them. I will ask for the cannons from Wu Shengjun's side, and I will send someone to contact Wuwei's side..." Qin Shaoqian patted the elm cannons and said to Ning Yi, "I didn't use them during my birthday."
"Why not." Ning Yi frowned, "Of course I know that the firearms department is a little sloppy."
"That's one aspect." Qin Shaoqian said, "I've tried this thing, shot it a few times, it's easy to blow up and hurt my own people, so no one dares to use it, and its power is greater than its power, but I heard Liheng you say, This thing is used well, it can scare horses at night, and all the Jurchens can fight are cavalry. They have never encountered this thing before. I know that you have someone under Liheng, and I will gather the Yumu of the Bianliang army this time. The cannons are coming, see if you can summon those craftsmen to repair these elm cannons better, if there is a chance, I will use it on the blade once."
"Okay." Ning Yi looked at the elm cannons and nodded, "The group of craftsmen in the compound retreated not far, and after crossing the Yellow River, I called them. In addition, I have a group of better ones in the north, if If you really need it, I'll have someone deliver it."
"give it to you."
Ning Yi hesitated for a moment, then said: "Second Young Master, there is a saying like you said, after all, this thing is more powerful than power, and it may be able to win with one blow when encountering an army that is bluffing itself, but when encountering Jurchen, it is not to be used against them. The chance of victory is blindly entrusted to these things. It must be observed."
Qin Shaoqian nodded and thought for a while: "Well, I understand."
Soon after, the huge army crossed the Yellow River, and the mighty army surrounded the city of Bianliang, completely squeezing the air out of the war zone. The army of more than 100,000 confronted Wanyan Zongwang's East Route Army on the plain outside Bianliang City. A large number of scout frictions and collisions with small groups of troops broke out continuously in early September. It was too late to evacuate or to be lucky. The number of casualties among the civilians was also pushed to a high point in the atmosphere of this confrontation. By the time the battle started in October, the blood of the civilians who died in this confrontation could already dye every area near Bianliang red. A river... (Please search Gone Astronomy, better and faster!
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