Father can be an enemy to the country

By this time of the war, Dingbian City had completely changed beyond recognition.

Looking around, there are only ruins and almost no intact city walls. If the Han people hadn't brought their own masonry skills and kept repairing, this place would have turned into a ruin long ago.

In fact, it looks no different from ruins now. The sergeants, with unkempt hair and black faces, no different from beggars, were sitting on the rubble-strewn parapet, with numb expressions and straight eyes, looking inhuman or ghostly.

This long and cruel battle had completely drained their physical strength, energy and even emotions. Even when the general came to inspect, few of them stood up.

"Get up..." Baihu on duty was about to give the order, but Hu Quan waved his hand and said in a hoarse voice:

"No, it's time. Save some energy for everyone."

"Hey." The hundred households nodded and sat down on the ground.

Hu Quan pointed to the dirty bandage on his leg and asked, "How do you feel today?"

"Much better." The hundred households wanted to smile, but their faces were no longer in control, and in the end they just bared their teeth. "Thanks to the miracle medicine from the military hospital, injuries like mine would have been impossible to save before."

"Yes, without His Highness King Zhou, we might all be dead." Hu Quan nodded with deep understanding. Since the beginning of the war, who in the entire army has been injured? Even he, the commander-in-chief, had been injured several times, the most serious one being on his left shoulder, where the bones were visible.

Fortunately, the Military Medical Office of the Imperial Medical Temple has developed various wound medicines over the years, among which a yellow injection is the most miraculous. If the wound is cleaned and injected with one injection, infection can basically be avoided. Since the Southern Expedition, no one knows how to save the wound. The lives of many soldiers have been lost, and this time is no exception.

"Uncle, I heard from the doctor at the first aid station that the medicine has been used up?" a soldier suddenly asked.

"Yes." At this time, Hu Quan did not hide anything, nodded and said: "We have run out of commonly used medicines."

"We've been eating horse meat for several days, are we out of food?" someone else asked.

"We can hold on for three more days." Hu Quan said with a wry smile: "After three days, if you kill the enemy, don't throw it back."

"..." The soldiers were immediately horrified. They had only heard from their fathers that they had been short of food to the point of cannibalism. But now it is the eighteenth year of Hongwu, and this generation of Ming troops did not have such a terrifying experience.

"Uncle, have you ever eaten anyone?" Another sergeant asked Hu Quan.

"..." Hu Quan was startled for a moment and shook his head: "No, Hongdu was a big city back then, and you could always find something to eat."

After a pause, he changed the subject and said: "Don't worry, when it comes to that situation, I will be the first to come."

"..." But such an answer did not comfort the soldiers. One sergeant couldn't help but ask: "Uncle, how long are we going to defend?"

"Almost." Hu Quan looked back and saw that behind Dingbian Town was the Lancang River. The river is surging, but there is not a single boat in sight...

"It's almost here again. How many times have I told you? Why don't we even see any reinforcements?" The soldiers complained. The numbness brought about by war is all-round, including a disregard for superiority and inferiority.

"Believe me, I will lead you to survive." Hu Quan still spared no effort to cheer for the soldiers and said:

"The experience I gained from the Battle of Hongdu is that the more desperate the situation, the greater the hope."

"What does this mean?" the soldiers asked in confusion.

"Because there will definitely be a turning point. Every day you persist, you will be one day closer to the turning point!" Hu Quan said solemnly:

"So even in the most desperate times, we can't give up. Because if you give up, you will definitely die, but if you don't give up, there may be a turning point at any time! So only by dying in battle can we stop and persevere! It's not for anything else, just for Let’s live and see our relatives again!”

"..." The soldiers listened silently. Although no one responded, there was finally a sparkle in their eyes.

"Uncle, please read the prince's letter to us again..." Someone made a request, and everyone immediately agreed: "Yes, uncle, we have been relying on this letter to survive these days."

"Okay, I'll read it to you." Hu Quan took out a wallet-shaped boot leaf from his boot. After opening it, he took out a dirty letter that had been rubbed and stained with blood. He cleared his throat and read to the soldiers for an unknown number of times:

"You brave and fearless Dingyuan City garrison officers and soldiers, your words are as clear as your face:

It is my king's wish to teach you to defend Dingyuan to the death. Although it is the bounden duty of soldiers to obey orders, due to my king's order, all brothers were in danger and narrowly escaped death. I felt deeply ashamed and uneasy, and could not sleep at night. Therefore, I wrote a letter stating my plans and asked Wu Changbo to send it to you to read. ——

"Everyone, it has been almost three years since we entered Yunnan in the fifteenth year of Hongwu. In the past three years, we have sent troops to penetrate deeply and regain our homeland. We captured the chieftain to the west of Qujing and defeated the Wu barbarians in the crossable north! Sweeping the long drive, sweeping Golden horses and green roosters caress the golden sands. They defeated hundreds of barbarians and opened up thousands of miles of territory! Their great achievements will shine through the annals of history!"

"Then we and others overcame thorns and thorns, built bridges and paved roads, and opened up wasteland and villages. Today, Yunnan's roads are connected in all directions, reaching three provinces. We established thousands of villages and opened up thousands of hectares of wasteland! We also took over the family, married a wife, built a house, and bought property. Once you get married and settle down, you will see that all hardships will come to an end, and the day when you can live and work in peace and contentment is right before your eyes and within reach!"

"However, there were thieves from the Luchuan tribe, who took advantage of the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and frequently invaded the country. The king of Liang was weak and unable to control it, and the area beyond the Three Rivers was eventually owned by the barbarians. In the past forty years, the Luchuan tribe expanded its territory to 8,000 miles and had a population of hundreds. Ten thousand, with hundreds of thousands of troops, their power is far beyond that of ordinary chieftains, comparable to that of Xixia in the Song Dynasty!"

"The leader of the thieves, Silun, harbored wolfish ambitions and regarded the court's grace as nothing. He first conquered our Yongchang without any reason, and then provoked a provocation to seize our Jingdong. He killed our soldiers and civilians and destroyed our city. His cruelty and greed could not be increased, and he has become our number one enemy in Yunnan. ! If this rebel traitor is not eliminated and the enemy is destroyed, there will never be peace in Yunnan, and the great situation we have worked so hard to develop may be ruined at any time!"

"Therefore, at this time, you and I share two paths to take: The first path is to save your life. When the enemy comes, we will resist half-heartedly, and then the best strategy is to use the thirty-six strategies quickly."

"Such an approach seems smart, but in fact it is the stupidest; it seems to be stealing life, but in fact it is seeking death; it seems to be taking advantage, but in fact it is more costly. Because if we don't fight today, we will still fight tomorrow; if we don't fight here, we will still have to retreat to Dali or Kunming. We have to fight. The final pacification will be the same pacification, but the sacrifice will be ten times and a hundred times greater."

"So the result of saving one's life must be the worst. Not only will Yunnan be ruined by our hands, but even our own lives will be ruined by us. This is tantamount to suicide, so this road is a dead end and a ruin of reputation. Road. We, the men of the Ming Dynasty, will follow our father to create peace for all generations, and we are determined not to take this road!"

"Undoubtedly, the only other way we can take is to fight! Since we have decided to eliminate Silunfa, we must fight with him to the end. Instead of retreating to the back and still fighting, we might as well fight with him in Dingyuan City to the end!

As long as we fight to the end and retain the swordsman tribe, Silunfa will definitely come to the rescue with the whole country. At that time, the Marquis of Xiping will personally lead a large army to fight decisively with him. After completing his victory in one battle, he will surely destroy the country in one battle and avoid future troubles forever! "

"If this is the case, then all of you who are the greatest contributors to this battle will surely enjoy supreme glory. I have asked my father to ask all the officers and soldiers guarding Dingbian, whether they are alive or dead, to be promoted to three levels in a row! No matter whether they are alive or dead, they will be upgraded ten times. Great reward! For those who are killed in battle, I, the king, will support their parents and raise their wives and children; the same will apply to those who are disabled. If I, the king, do not keep his word, humans and gods will be outraged!

The paper is short and the words are long, and it cannot be exhaustive, so I will stop writing here and finally extend my highest respect to you all. Wish you victory!

Zhu Zhen, the Dian king of Chuhai in the Ming Dynasty, bowed his head. "

ps. After reading it, I realized that this chapter was extremely difficult to write, as it was time-consuming and labor-intensive. The next two chapters should be before 12 o'clock.