Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 301 Lamentation
Winter is here, and it is snowing heavily.

Kong Youde wore armor and a cotton robe, and was patrolling the city surrounded by a group of guards.Everywhere he passed was desolate.

The Ming army has been besieging the city for half a month. During this half month, fierce siege battles have been fought three times.The rest of the time, there was either artillery bombardment or the Flying Tigers bombing back and forth over Kaifeng City without stopping for a day.

The soldiers in the city were suffering terribly. It was no big deal that they were attacked. People on the battlefield would one day become numb to the artillery fire.

The most unbearable thing is that there is no hope of victory, no possibility of breaking out, and no reinforcements to rescue.The soldiers knew in their hearts that sooner or later, they would collapse with Kaifeng City and turn into ashes.

The supply of food in the army is gradually in short supply, the food is getting worse and worse, and the food is getting more and more starving.Moreover, there were not many things prepared to keep out the cold in the army. The Qing soldiers were devastated by the cold wind. Their biggest luxury was to sleep in a warm bed.

When Kong Youde came to the north city gate, he saw the soldiers on the wall trembling and shaking, and they couldn't stand straight. He wanted to say something, but couldn't.

It has been snowing heavily for the past two days, and the Ming army has stopped the bombardment. It is rare to have a moment of peace.Standing on the tower, I can only hear the howling of the cold wind, and when I look up, the snowflakes are flying like goose feathers.

Kong Youde looked at the Ming army's camp, he thought that the Ming army's tent would be covered with snow, and it would be overwhelmed by the load, but he didn't want the tent to be very clean, so he couldn't help being a little confused.

"It's snowing so much, why is there no snow on the tents of the Ming army?" Kong Youde asked the guard at the north gate.

The guard replied: "According to the observations of the soldiers, the Ming army did not lack things to keep warm, such as stoves and briquettes. When a fire was lit in the tent, the heat rose, and the snow that fell on the tent would naturally not be able to stay."

Kong Youde sighed secretly, it's so irritating to compare people with each other. The Qing soldiers were as cold as Sun Tzu, but the Ming army was quite comfortable!

He glanced at the soldiers on the city wall and found that their eyes were full of envy when they looked at the Ming army's camp, and said immediately: "This king's military order states that every 50 soldiers on the city wall shall provide a brazier. They suffer from the cold."

One brazier for every 50 people is just a drop in the bucket, but it is better than nothing. The guard said: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Kong Youde was about to walk down the city wall when he suddenly heard a sad suona sound from outside the city, and a moment later, he heard crying.He was taken aback, walked to the city wall again, looked around and asked, "What's going on?"

The guard listened carefully for a while, and shouted: "It seems that the Ming army is crying... Listen, they are shouting Zhou Yuji's name, they should be paying homage to Zhou Yuji!"

Kong Youde's body suddenly stiffened, and his heart couldn't stop trembling.

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In the Ming army camp in the north of the city, an altar was set up.Dozens of white flags were erected, fluttering in the wind, entangled with snowflakes, like jade dragons rolling in the clouds and mist.

Soldiers were standing around the altar, dressed in plain clothes and wearing filial piety cloth on their heads, solemnly and silently.

The sound of the suona stopped. Li Cunming, dressed in filial piety, held a box in his hand, with a silent expression, and stepped onto the altar step by step.

Then put the box on the incense table, burn the incense and burn the paper, pick up the three wine glasses on the incense table one by one, and sprinkle the wine on the altar.

"Soldiers, this box is filled with mud. General Zhou Yuji died in battle outside the city of Kaifeng, and there is no bones left. I can't find his body and relics. I can only collect some mud at the place where he died."

"The soil is soaked with General Zhou Yuji's blood and heroic spirit! It has been nearly two years since General Zhou passed away. During these two years, I miss him all the time."

"Today, I can finally pay homage to General Zhou outside Kaifeng City. General Zhou, I'm late!"

As he spoke, he broke down in sobs and shed tears.

The soldiers of the three armies immediately knelt down, wailing loudly, distraught.

For a time, the cold wind was blowing, the cries were surging, the suona was humming, and the world was filled with great sorrow.

After the emperor sacrificed, the main generals and courtiers also went to the altar to offer incense.When it was Xia Wanchun's turn, he twirled three sticks of incense and knelt down, saying: "Lord Zhongwu, I really have no face to face your heroic soul. My first divination actually happened to you. Every time I think of this, I Very sad..."

Xia Wanchun probably blamed himself in his heart and cried miserably.The emperor shed tears again, and the soldiers of the three armies became even more sad.

Holding a large cloak in both hands, Chen Yuanyuan walked up to Li Cunming and said, "Your Majesty, the weather is cold and you are so sad. How can you bear it? King Zhongwu has a spirit in heaven. He will be grateful to His Majesty after his death."

"No, I haven't done enough. If I don't kill Kong Youde, my anger will be hard to dissipate!" Li Cunming said.

The soldiers shouted wildly: "Kill Kong Youde and avenge General Zhou!"

The sound shook the world and made people tremble with fear.

After the memorial ceremony, Li Cunming ordered: "Gong Yonggu, the altar is not allowed to be dismantled before Kaifeng City is captured. Every day, the soldiers take turns coming to cry and sacrifice. I have only one request. The louder the cry, the better. The louder the cry, the better." The better with a sense of rhythm. I want Kong Youde to always remember the murder of Zhou Yuji, so that he can't sleep well and eat well, and let him die with a sense of rhythm!"

From this day on, the Ming army's crying never stopped. The soldiers came in batches to cry and offer sacrifices without stopping for a moment.

"General Zhou, the soul is back!"

"Kill Kong Youde and avenge General Zhou!"

"Break the city of Kaifeng, behead him alive, skin him, eat his flesh, and drink his blood!"

The Qing soldiers on the city wall heard the crying and cursing of the Ming army day and night, and their liver and gallbladder were tearing apart, and they were terrified.Especially at night, the cries are mixed with the sound of wind and snow, which is extremely creepy and terrifying.

In the evening of this day, the snowflakes gradually decreased.Xia Wanchun stood at the entrance of the tent and looked up at the sky, saying: "Your Majesty, it seems that the snow will stop tomorrow."

Ren Qi said: "It's good that the snow stops, and you can attack the city when it stops! Your Majesty, you have used this mind-boosting tactic so well. Our soldiers share the same hatred and the morale is very strong. The soldiers are clamoring to enter Kaifeng Go to the city. Looking at the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that we have already scared them out of their wits, even if they are not scared out of their wits, the constant crying day and night is enough to torture them."

Li Cunming nodded and said: "Ren Qi, I have already said that you are a roundworm in my stomach. That's right, paying homage to Zhou Yuji is to express my grief sincerely, and secondly, it is indeed a psychological warfare. , to mobilize the hatred of our soldiers, while torturing the Qing soldiers and suppressing their fighting spirit."

Zhu Yujian praised: "I have no choice but to obey. Your Majesty's military skills are unpredictable!"

"You have to remember, to fight a war is to mobilize all the resources around me for my use. Everything can be a weapon for our army. You just need to be good at using your brains and using them flexibly." Li Cunming said.

On the second day, the weather turned fine.Li Cunming issued an order for the general attack: "Soldiers, the city has been besieged for a long time, and today is the decisive battle!"

(End of this chapter)