Xiaoqi

Gou'er was very familiar with Shi Chang. When old man Liu went to the city to deliver firewood, he left the dog at the gate of the city, and Shi Chang looked after the dog for him.Speaking of which, Shi Chang is really Gou'er's uncle. He and old man Liu are distant relatives, but they are relatives of Wufu. It was only when they got to know each other and chatted about family affairs that they knew that there was such a relationship.

The dog was very sensible, and he stopped crying when he said he would not cry. After Shichang wiped away his tears, he pointed to the woods outside the city gate and said, "There are people there."

Shi Chang's expression changed when he heard that, he looked up at the woods, and asked, "There is someone in the woods, who is it?"

The dog was a little scared, and quickly hid behind old man Liu, and said timidly: "People like you." After speaking, the dog pointed to the horse next to Shichang, and then pointed to the soldiers, Then he put his finger on the long weapon in the soldier's hand, and said: "There are such people, there are many, and they are everywhere in the woods."

"Ah?" Following Gou'er's fingers looking all the way, Shi Chang immediately thought who Gou'er was talking about, and said in shock, "Cavalry? How could there be cavalry here? Not good."

"咻“ “!" The moment when the long reaction came, there was a burst of empty sounds, followed by thousands of sharp arrows, followed by the rumbling horse.

"Puff puff puff!" The sharp arrows rushed in, and in the blink of an eye, nine soldiers were submerged in the rain of arrows. With agility, he dodged the first round of arrows by rolling on the ground, and he was able to escape the old man Liu and his son. Push it behind the city gate.

"This is a sneak attack by the Jingzhou army. You two should hide here. After they enter the city, you should go out of the city and go home immediately. Don't go out unless you have to." While speaking, Shi Chang pushed the old man Liu and the dog behind the city gate. In the corner of the house, two bundles of firewood were stuffed in, and stood in front of them.

"Close the city gate!" After the old man Liu and his son were settled in the shortest time, Shi Chang shouted loudly while rushing up the tower.When he climbed up the city tower and tried to ring the bell as a warning, a sharp arrow suddenly shot at his right arm, and then more than ten sharp arrows pierced through the air and all pierced him.

"Dang!" When he was dying, Shi Chang bumped his head on the copper bell hanging in the middle of the city tower, and when the bell rang, his life was over.

Amidst the sound of "da da" horseshoes, black cavalry rushed into the city gate like a torrent, and rushed straight to the city guard's mansion.The sound of rumbling horses continued for a full quarter of an hour. Old man Liu clearly saw more than [-] cavalry rushing into the city, and watched Brother Shichang crash to death on the tower. Right above He Gou'er's head, bright red blood dripped on his face, staining the coarse cloth on his body red.During the long two quarters of an hour, he held the dog tightly in his arms and covered the dog's mouth for fear that he would cry out.

Even though the blood above his head fell on his head, face, and flowed on his neck, Old Man Liu remained motionless without making a sound.He is not afraid of death. Brother Shichang can lose his life for both father and son. He can also work for his own brother, but he still has a seven-year-old son in his arms. Eight years ago, his daughter and wife died in his arms. In front of him, at this moment, he could no longer watch his son die.So he had to live no matter what, and after he settled his wife and children, he would complete the mission of brother Shichang, even if he paid for brother Shichang.

In his life, he had no lofty ideals or extraordinary abilities. He lived on his own hands and shoulders, never owed others favors, and lived hard and with backbone.When a person lives, he lives by his bones, otherwise he would have died long ago.At this moment, his brother took his life for him. He knew that he wanted to pass on the news of the Jingzhou army's sneak attack, but unfortunately he didn't finish, so the next road will be left to him, Old Man Liu, to continue.

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Chapter 236 Iron Cavalry Dreaming ([-])

As the sound of rumbling horses gradually faded away, the outside of the city became quiet again. Apart from the gradually cooling corpses inside and outside the open city gate, there was no longer a standing figure.

In contrast, the sound of fighting in the city is intensifying.

The deafening shouts of killing, the roaring drums, the bangs of weapons and the piercing screams are intertwined, impacting the fragile and sensitive hearts of the people in the city all the time.They prayed for the end of the war as soon as possible, prayed that the sudden enemy would not kill innocent people randomly, prayed that their wives, children and children would not be harmed, and even prayed that General Yu Jin and the thousands of soldiers under his tent would escape and not fall into the hands of evil people. hand.

The seven years of peace have made the people in the city gradually forget the cruelty of the war. They have long been accustomed to the peaceful life of the male master outside and the female master inside. They enjoy this peaceful time without war and fighting. The army and the general guarding the city, Yu Jin, have a high degree of recognition. They support and love them, because they enforce the law impartially, never disturb the people, maintain the peace inside and outside the city, and protect the safety of the people.

However, with the sudden black armored cavalry rushing into the city, this peaceful and peaceful life was completely broken, and the peaceful days gradually drifted away, prompting the people to think of the dark catastrophe eight years ago again, and relive that period full of blood. The bitter past with tears.Therefore, the common people hated these intruders for no reason, hated them for destroying their peaceful life, and brought killing and blood into the city again, thus casting a lingering haze of killing on the entire Deng County city, and killing the people in the city. into war again.

Unfortunately.The silent prayers and hateful curses of the common people are pale and powerless, neither can change the fighting that has come.It can't stop the intensifying flames of war, and it can't resist the impact and crushing of the torrent of cavalry.The war has begun.It will not retreat until the moment when the winner is decided, and it will not end until the last moment.

For a quarter of an hour, there was no movement at the gate of the city. Old man Liu hid on the corner behind the gate with his dog in his arms, not daring to move. Even though the gate was silent, he still did not come out.He is a victim who has experienced the baptism of war and a survivor who escaped from the sea of ​​fire. He has his own understanding and judgment on the sudden war before him.

If Brother Shichang hadn't told him before his death that the cavalry who attacked the city gate were the Jingzhou Army.Maybe he still can't tell how many people there are in this enemy army, but now that he knows that they are the Jingzhou army, he can think that the Jingzhou army is definitely more than [-] to [-] cavalry, and there should be more troops behind.So he was waiting, waiting for all the Jingzhou army lurking in the woods to enter the city. He could even guess that there was a army of soldiers lurking outside the city at this moment, waiting for the people and the guarding soldiers who were rushing out of the city.

As for how the Jingzhou army would treat these people who fled out of the city, old man Liu didn't dare to think about it.You can only plan for the worst.Therefore, he didn't dare to move, and continued to hide here, and he would not leave the city with the dog until the next wave of Jingzhou troops entered the city.

At the moment when Brother Shichang died, old man Liu made up his mind.If he and the dog can survive this time by chance, he will send his wife, children and old father to hide in the mountains.Ever since he was burned down by the princes' rebels eight years ago, he began to prepare.I built three small thatched huts and dug a cellar in the valley more than ten miles away from my home.Reserve enough food for a family of four for half a year.It may seem unbelievable, but he is indeed prepared.Because he is a person who earns a living in the mountains and forests all year round. Although he has never read a book and does not understand any major principles, he has seen the three caves of the cunning rabbit with his own eyes.

As the saying goes, you will learn a lot from a pit.Old man Liu experienced a family ruin in his early years, and he also heard from Brother Shichang that the war is not over yet, and one day His Majesty will destroy Liu Biao of Jingzhou and rule the world.For this reason, he was very worried that his family would be in trouble again, so he lived frugally for so many years, and finally built another home on the mountain, so that even if war broke out in the future, his family could hide in the mountain, so that the family would not be destroyed again .He didn't tell his wife about this matter, but told his old father privately, because he didn't want his wife to worry, and he was afraid that something bad happened to him one day, so it was undoubtedly the safest thing to tell his old father the secret.

Originally, I just thought about it just in case, but I didn't want to, but this time it came in handy.

The sound of horseshoes "clacking" interrupted old man Liu's thoughts, and brought him back to reality, putting him in a dangerous situation again.Just as he guessed, there were indeed Jingzhou troops outside the city, and they were walking towards the city gate at this moment.

More than ten steps away from the hiding place of Old Man Liu and his son, four generals from Jingzhou and a scribe in brocade robes reined in their horses standing at the gate of the city. There was only a door between them and Old Man Liu and his son.

These four generals from Jingzhou were all men with strong backs and waists, their bodies were as burly as a mountain, and their bare arms were thicker than Old Man Liu's thighs.In contrast, the young scribe with a mustache looks much thinner. He looks about 30 years old. His eyebrows are not thick, his eyes are not too big or small, and his nose is high. The only thing that impresses him is his The cheeks are very long, which is the so-called long face.Although his cheeks are long, his chin is not sharp, and he looks broad and thick. He doesn't belong to that kind of acrimonious type.

The old man Liu, who was peeping at others from the crack of the door, suddenly shrank his eyes, and couldn't help but tremble all over, because his eyes met the long-faced scholar at the gate of the city unexpectedly.The moment their eyes met, the long-faced scribe grinned, revealing his shiny teeth. It was a gentle smile, but in Old Man Liu's eyes, it was like a devil's smile, which made people shudder. Cold from head to toe, shivering involuntarily.

The rustling sound attracted the attention of the four generals, and one of the generals immediately took out the bow and arrow from his back, strung the bow and wound it in one go.As his horned dragon-like right arm slowly stretched back, the bowstring rattled, and a four-stone strong bow was pulled into a semicircle by him.As long as his fingers loosen a little, the sharp arrow on the bowstring can pass through the fist-sized door, instantly taking the life of old man Liu or the dog, or even killing two birds with one stone, killing both father and son.After all, the distance between the two sides is very close, the bow and arrow can exert the greatest power, the penetrating power is very strong, and it is absolutely no problem to kill two birds with one stone.

At the critical moment, the long-faced scribe stretched out his hand to hold down the general's bow and arrow, and the general who put the bow on the string seemed a little unhappy. However, the long-faced scribe, despite his gentle appearance, had a lot of strength in his arm, forcibly pressing down the arrow in the general's hand. bow and arrow.

"Master Wen, don't be angry. They are nothing but ordinary people. Don't kill too much." Noticing the anger on the general's face, the long-faced scribe comforted him with a smile. When he saw that his face was still full of anger, the long-faced scribe continued: " Speaking of which, this Nanyang County is originally my territory of the Southern Han Dynasty, and they are also my people. I am waiting to send troops to Nanyang this time to recapture my own things and drive out the Xiliang Army who forcibly occupied Nanyang. If possible, It is also okay to take some prefectures and counties in the Western Jin Dynasty incidentally. Therefore, there will be many opportunities in the future, when the chief minister can show his talents and become famous, there is no need to rush."

As soon as the long-faced scribe finished speaking, a dignified general standing beside him continued, "Mr. Yuanzhi's words are absolutely true. Chief Wen should not make mistakes. Killing innocent people is a taboo for leading troops in battle. Isn't that true?" What did I wait for the commanding general to do? Let's stop." His tone of voice was obviously much harsher than that of the scribes, as if he was ordering the "Chang Wen" to stop, there is no doubt about it.At the same time, it is not difficult to see that he is quite friendly, or respectful and courteous to the long-faced scholar.

Sure enough, seeing his immediate superior came forward to stop him, Wen Zhang didn't dare to disobey his order, and responded in a stern voice: "The last general obeys." Immediately put away his bow and arrow, and took his sword from his own soldiers. When there was still a smear of yellow water marks left, he couldn't help shrinking his eyes, squinting his eyes and looking coldly at the little head behind the crack of the door, his eyes were filled with a murderous look.

This little head is the dog hiding behind Old Man Liu.If he had the courage to look up through the crack of the door at this time, he would definitely recognize the saber in "Wen Chang"'s hand as the shiny shiny thing he saw before.It goes without saying that the water mark on the back of the knife is the masterpiece of the dog, and if a child's urine is poured on it, it will naturally leave a yellow mark.It's no wonder that "Wen Chang" has murderous intentions towards the father and son. The dignified deputy vanguard of the Northern Expedition has not yet used his sword, but was pissed by a seven-year-old child.Once this matter gets out, won't it make Wei Yan lose face and be ridiculed for the rest of his life?

Wei Yan, whose courtesy name is Wenchang, was born in Yiyang, Jingzhou. He was formerly a lieutenant general under Han Xuan, the prefect of Changsha. Three years ago, he was valued by military adviser Pang Tong.This time Pang Tong took command of the Northern Expedition, and Wei Yan was once again entrusted with the important task of serving as the deputy general of Wenpin and the former deputy vanguard of the army.

It is obvious that the mighty general standing next to the long-faced scribe is Wei Yan's immediate boss, General Wenpin of Jingzhou.Wenpin, courtesy name Zhongye, was born in Wancheng, Jingzhou. For many years, he had guarded Jingbei for Liu Biao and resisted the Xiliang army going south. He made great contributions. He was a trusted general under Liu Biao's command.After Liu Biao ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Wenpin was conferred the post of general, ranking him higher than the third prince. It is not difficult to see how much Liu Biao valued him.

This time Pang Commander led the troops in the Northern Expedition, and Wen Pin served as the vanguard general. The black armored cavalry who attacked the city before were the elite cavalry led by Liu Pan, another deputy vanguard under his account.At the same time, the vanguard army led by him has a total of 2 troops. Except for [-] cavalry, the remaining [-] horses are distributed outside the other three city gates. On the road to the north, strictly prevent news from leaking.

It is worth mentioning that the "Mr. Yuan Zhi" mentioned by Wen Pin is Xu Shu, who joined the army before. He is a counselor recommended by Pang Tong, and this is the first time to go out with the army.In addition to the three of them, the other two generals standing at the gate of the city are from Jiangdong, and they are already well-known fighters in the Jiangdong army, Jiujiang Zhou Tai, Zhou Youping and Jiang Qin Jiang Gongyi.

Chapter 237 Iron Cavalry Dreaming ([-])

Xu Shu came forward to intercede, and the old man Liu and his son were able to save their lives.

Under the gaze of Wei Yan's cold and stern eyes, who wanted to choose someone and devour him, the old man Liu took his son and left the city gate tremblingly, looking back from time to time, for fear that someone would shoot an arrow behind him.

When he was far away from the city gate and approached the mountain forest, he picked up his son and ran away, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Watching the father and son leave, Xu Shu looked around, and said in a worried voice: "With the knowledge that the city gate is not safe, none of the more than [-] guards abandoned the city and fled. To be killed by an arrow head-on is a testament to the strength of the Xiliang army. If the following battles are like this, then the prospect of our Northern Expedition will be worrying!"

Wen Pin was stunned when he heard the sound, and immediately turned his head to look around, and suddenly found that everything was just like what Xu Shu said, the more than ten corpses at the gate of the city were all hit by arrows from the front, and the defenders on the tower were also shot by sharp arrows, and the arrows were shot in different positions. on the chest.As a border guard who has been confronting the Xiliang Army for many years, he naturally knows what this situation means, but what makes him feel ashamed is that he has been confronting the Xiliang Army for many years, and he turned a blind eye to it, didn't notice it, and never thought about it. past this question.

At this point, Wenpin had to admit that Xu Shu was observant, thoughtful, insightful, and indeed a great talent. What the military adviser Pang Tong said was true.

"Don't worry, sir. The last general has fought with the Xiliang army for many years. It is true that the Xiliang army is brave and fierce, and they are tenacious in combat. However, they are not invincible. As long as they plan properly, they will kill him. What's more, this time. Mr. Nanyang and other talented people in the world are helping each other, and we will catch him by surprise and make a quick decision. The news will be strictly sealed, and Nanyang County will be recovered within half a month!" When he said these words.Wenpin seemed very confident, as if he had a chance to win, which greatly encouraged Wei Yan, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin, who nodded their heads in agreement, with high fighting spirit.

It's just that the three of them disapproved of Wenpin's praise of Xu Shu, thinking that Wenpin's words were exaggerated, and they were still skeptical about Xu Shu's talent.Even if Xu Shu offered a strategy to capture Deng County with ease, they were still dubious and did not fully recognize Xu Shu's talent.

Wei Yan and the three of them showed their thoughts on their faces.Xu Shu knew it at a glance, but he pretended not to know, let alone explain.Facts speak louder than words, instead of trying to persuade them, it is better to focus on planning the battle situation, and when Nanyang County is really won, everything will be solved naturally.

Thinking of this, Xu Shu chuckled and said, "It's still too early to recover the Nanyang Army. The city in front of us is a tough nut to crack. The guard of Deng County, General Jin, is a veteran general who has been famous for a long time. He is good at defending the city. Now I am waiting for a surprise attack The east gate caught him off guard, but if he wants to completely capture the city, it will take all the generals to fight bravely to accomplish this."

Wen Pin nodded in response: "What you said is true. Apart from the east gate, there are still more than [-] defenders in the city, and there are two brave generals under the forbidden tent. More than a dozen generals were all beheaded by these two people in front of the formation. Therefore, the city guard mansion is indeed a strong bone. If we want to fight quickly, we must behead these two people, otherwise they will break out of the siege sooner or later. "

Wei Yan's expression changed upon hearing this.He was surprised and said: "Why didn't the general say it earlier, so that I wasted my time here?" Before the words fell, he had already rode his horse and swung his whip, and rushed into the city.

Wenpin knew that Wei Yan had such a temper, he was arrogant and arrogant, once his temper came up, no one could stop him.So he immediately explained to Xu Shu: "Sir, don't blame, Wen Chang has a quick temper, but he is indeed brave, and he is indeed a rare general in our army." While speaking, Wen Pin couldn't help but look at Zhou Tai and Jiang. Qin and Qin, but saw that the two of them were not in a hurry, and looked tepid.Obviously, General Jiangdong still has concerns right now, and he has the mentality of not seeking merit but seeking no fault.The mission of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin is to protect Xu Shu's safety, so they only obey Xu Shu's orders, and Wenpin has no right to transfer them.

Xu Shu didn't mind a faint smile: "Since that's the case, it's not too late. I'd like to go to the city guard's mansion to see the demeanor of Yu Jin and those two generals." The two of Qin led a thousand soldiers and followed them.Wen Pin didn't say much when he saw this, he immediately waved his hand and went straight to Beicheng with [-] soldiers and horses under his tent.

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In Henan County, which is [-] miles away from Deng County, an extremely fierce battle was also going on under the city of Kaifeng at this time.

Deng County in Nanyang is far away from Kaifeng, but the battles in the two places started almost at the same time. The battles started at dawn, and the full-scale fighting started around Chenshi.

Time goes back half an hour.At that time, Kaifeng County was also immersed in tranquility. The people inside and outside the city were still asleep, and no one could have imagined that the danger was quietly approaching.