Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 40 The Taste of Despair, Dog Eats Dog

The scorching sun is like fire, just entering the early summer season, the hot and dry air is stagnant, as if throwing a spark out can ignite the whole world.

A dry-mouthed soldier on the city wall looked down the city, and the Ming army camp four miles away was surrounded by a beating white light.The siege has been going on for almost 20 days, when will it end?
Xiaobing licked his chapped lips, sighed and moved away, sitting in the shadows against the female wall.The spear in his hand was very hot and he threw it at his feet.

Today's meals are a little less, there is no meat slices, and his stomach is a little hungry.

The most unbearable thing was thirst. Not to mention the scalding water in the kettle, there was still a smell of mud and sand, which was too cloudy to swallow.

The Ming army cut off the water source in Linhuai City, and the drinking water for the whole city was only supported by a few wells in the city.I heard that the well is about to bottom out, and it doesn't rain, what should I do?

Suddenly, there was a sound of artillery, and the huge cannonball passed over the city wall and landed on the roof of a house. The house collapsed and the wall collapsed.

"The Ming army fired!" Someone shouted.

Xiaobing pouted, too lazy to stand up.Since the Ming army besieged the city, when will the artillery not be fired?No wonder!

Before waking up in the morning, fire a cannon; when you have to eat at noon, you have a cannon; when you are about to fall asleep at night, you have another cannon.

It's endless, and I don't know where the Ming army got so many shells?
The chief of the army said that this is the strategy of the Ming army to disturb the enemy, so don't take it to heart.Xiaobing took it for granted, and continued to hide in the shadows to enjoy the cool, and even fell asleep under the sound of the guns.

But today the situation changed. The comrades on the city wall suddenly burst out into a loud exclamation.Xiao Bing squinted his eyes and looked out, only to see those "Kongming Lanterns" floating in the air again.

He quickly crawled down and covered his head with his hands tightly, but he still didn't care.

This is also a common thing. Those huge "Kongming Lanterns" will float into the sky every now and then, and then walk around the sky above Linhuai City, drop a few flowering bombs, and then float back.

"Blow it up, blow it up, it's better to blow me up, life is so boring!" Xiao Bing was tired of this hopeless life.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no sound of the bomb exploding, only the sound of "dong-dong-dong".He raised his head slightly, only to see a hideous and terrifying human head falling in front of him, and he almost fainted from fright.

Then he saw a scene that he would never forget, the heads of people kept falling from the sky, densely packed, just like hail!
"Mom..." Xiao Bing screamed tremblingly and fainted.

The heads were finally dropped, and a lot of paper floated down.There are words written on it, soldiers are all rough, don't know a lot of big characters, pick up a piece of paper and hold it in your hand to ask each other.

A general with a little bit of ink in his stomach barely finished reading the words on the paper, stood up and ran away: "No, Fengyang's reinforcements are all wiped out!"

"Ah!" A cry followed.

The general quickly ran to the Liu Mansion and reported the matter to Liu Liangzuo.

Liu Liangzuo was lying shirtless in the rocking chair, and there was a concubine fanning him beside her. She was also dressed coolly, and her chest was bulging, which made Liu Liangzuo even hotter.

"Commander, it's not good, something bad is going to happen..."

"Hurry up, what a shame!" Liu Liangzuo scolded.

The general handed the paper over while wiping his sweat and said, "Thousands of heads fell from the sky, that scene is too scary..."

After Liu Liangzuo finished reading, he rolled over and fell to the ground, his hands shaking: "Fengyang's reinforcements were completely wiped out. 3 troops. Why are they gone? Is it Chongzhen's trick to scare me deliberately?"

"The human head is real!" said the general.

"Get out!" Liu Liangzuo roared.

He stood up and walked around the room, seeing the concubine's delicate appearance at this moment, he also felt that it was an eyesore, and cursed: "Get out too!"

He was the only one left in the room. After a long time, he finally calmed down. He kicked the rocking chair and said, "Chongzhen, you are cruel! Hmph, Fengyang's reinforcements are gone. I still have Liu Zeqing's reinforcements and Qing soldiers' reinforcements." , I am not afraid of you, I will stalk you to the end!"

Two days later, more depressing news came.

The spy Feige sent a letter to report that Liu Zeqing was dragged to Huai'an by Huang Degong and could not protect himself. The 20 Qing troops were attacking Liaocheng for more than [-] days and still failed to capture it.

Liu Liangzuo finally felt a sense of despair, and only then did he finally understand why the Ming army surrounded and did not attack, it turned out that Chongzhen had already prepared.

It's really strange, when did Chongzhen mobilize Huang Degong's army, and when did he place a chess piece in Liaocheng?
I hope that the three reinforcements I am in will be completely wiped out, and the two will have their own troubles, so what else can I rely on?

The water source in the city was cut off, and the food was almost running out. Moreover, Chongzhen's mind-attack tactics were too vicious. He threw people's heads to scare people, and spread leaflets to confuse people. The longer the time went on, the more passive he became.

It is very likely that before Chongzhen can enter the city, the soldiers will rebel!

Liu Liangzuo picked up the leaflet dropped by the Ming army and looked carefully. He found two sentences on it: "I attacked Linhuai to capture Li Chengdong, and it has nothing to do with you. Those who donate Li Chengdong will be pardoned for major crimes, and will be promoted and honored." .”

His eyes were completely attracted by these two words, and he couldn't take them back no matter what.When I go to bed at night, these two sentences are still lingering in my mind.

Liu Liangzuo lifted the quilt and got up, put on his clothes and went to the door, and asked the guard, "Where is Li Chengdong?"

"General Li is probably patrolling the city."

"Go, prepare a banquet, I can't sleep, I want to invite General Li to drink. You go and tell him, just say that I have thought of a strategy to defeat the enemy, and ask him to discuss it."

Half an hour later, Li Chengdong came, the armor he carried making a roaring sound as he walked.

"Brother Li, please sit down, thank you for your hard work. Come, have a drink." Liu Liangzuo smiled.

Li Chengdong took off his helmet, put his long sword horizontally on the table, and asked, "What strategy did Uncle Guangchang think of to defeat the enemy?"

"There's no rush, let's drink first. I can tell you that this strategy for repelling the enemy is foolproof! Brother Li has been guarding the city for many days and has done a great job. I really don't know how to thank you."

Liu Liangzuo held the wine glass and handed it to Li Chengdong himself.

Li Chengdong raised his head and gulped it down, and said: "The enemy army has been dropping leaflets into the city these days, and the morale of the army is a little unstable. By the way, is there any movement from Uncle Dongping? Did your brother bring news, when did the Qing army Arrived at Linhuai?"

Liu Liangzuo said: "Liu Zeqing was entangled by Huang Degong, and the Qing soldiers were trapped in Liaocheng and could not advance..."

"Ah?" Li Chengdong was surprised and asked, "Reinforcements won't be coming for a while. I wonder where Uncle Guangchang's plan will come from?"

Liu Liangzuo pointed to Li Chengdong's head, with dark eyes: "The strategy of defeating the enemy depends on Brother Li, I will lend you a good head!"

"You want to kill me? This is Chongzhen's conspiracy to sow discord..."

Before Li Chengdong finished speaking, his stomach started to ache, he staggered and fell to his knees, and the chair was overturned.

Then he pointed a finger at Liu Liangzuo, but black blood spit out from his mouth, and he was speechless.The raised arm was slowly lowered, the person curled up into a shrimp shape, and his eyes were still staring in death.

"Brother Li, don't blame me for being a murderer. I'm not poisonous and I'm not a husband! Don't blame me. This war should be blamed on you in the final analysis. I have no choice but to do so!"

Liu Liang Zuo Canglang pulled out the long sword Li Chengdong put on the table, grabbed his hair, and cut off his brain.

He lifted Li Chengdong's head and stood at the door. His body was stained with blood, and he said sadly, "Come here, open the city gate and surrender!"

(End of this chapter)