A Piece of Li Song Changting Twilight

The cavalry of the Golden Soldiers pressed in from all around, weaving a black net on the plain, and this net rushed towards the east gate of Yingtian Mansion from below, and the dust flying under the iron hooves was the net in the sky, covering the entire Yingtian Mansion. Surrounded by the east.The whole land trembled under the shaking of the iron hoof, and the invisible oppressive feeling enveloped everyone on the city wall. Qin Xiaolou almost involuntarily took a step back with his left foot, but he hadn't stood still yet, and Zhao Pingzhen was already strong. She hugged his waist tightly, forcing him to only move forward and not to retreat.

A row of archers stretched their bowstrings on the city wall, holding their breath and calculating the distance and speed of the golden soldiers.Hearing the general's order, a net of feathered arrows was sprinkled on the golden soldiers and iron cavalry, but it did not slow down their speed at all.After one row of archers shot the arrows, another row of archers immediately replaced them, and the arrows rained and the attacks continued.

Zhao Pingzhen picked up a longbow and slowly aimed at a moving point on the plain. The bow was drawn into a full moon, and with a sound of "嗖", an arrow pierced through the air, and a golden soldier rolled down from his horse at the same time.

Qin Xiaolou smiled indifferently: "Your Highness is so accurate."

Zhao Pingzhen glanced at him with a half-smile: "Although I am sloppy, I have never lost my ability to ride and shoot. I can shoot nine out of ten shots within a hundred steps, even on horseback. For a distance of fifty steps, if I can't shoot anyone, but I don't want him to die."

The golden soldiers got closer and closer, and began to shoot arrows at the city, and the engineers also appeared on the plain pushing the trebuchet.The city wall was no longer safe, so Zhao Pingzhen led Qin Xiaolou down the tower.

The two were patrolling the city, and Zhao Pingzhen asked as they walked, "I asked you to practice horse riding. How have you been practicing these days?"

Qin Xiaolou said: "There has been progress."

Zhao Pingzhen nodded slightly, and said: "It's good to practice, this is a life-saving skill, not every time you have the opportunity to let you take a carriage."

Qin Xiaolou said: "No. This is the ability to escape, but not the ability to save life. I have never heard of Zhang Zifang and Guo Fengxiao's equestrian skills."

Zhao Pingzhen glanced at him in surprise, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "Great, I'll wait for you to be my ovary."

Qin Xiaolou is indeed extremely smart.Qin Yushi's family has a large collection of books. When Qin Xiaolou was five years old, he had read Sun Tzu's Art of War and the Book of Songs together.However, no matter how many books there are in his head, when he actually goes to the battlefield, it is just talk on paper. Without actual combat experience, everything is empty talk.Therefore, Zhao Pingzhen was eager to train him. In addition to ordering him to read more military books, he also asked him to learn various things from the military advisers in the army every day. In the past, Zhao Pingzhen didn't care about these things. cronies.Directly attracting other generals and military advisers is naturally a way, but at the same time, he also really wants to have a confidant he cultivated by himself.For no reason, the person he thought of was Qin Xiaolou. Even though Qin Xiaolou "betrayed" him once, he still felt that Qin Xiaolou would be loyal to him.At the same time, he knew Qin Xiaolou's talent and temperament too well.

After the two inspected the five streets of Dongmen, Zhao Pingzhen suddenly asked: "You just said to fight, what did you expect?"

Qin Xiaolou said: "I think Jin Bing is too arrogant. If it weren't for us not even daring to fight, they would definitely suffer. They are almost unsuspecting of us, because they know that we dare not fight. , I sent spies to investigate, and their troops still drink and have fun at night, with no military discipline at all. I discussed with Junjun Liu whether we can find a chance to go out of the city at night to attack and burn their food and grass. "

"Oh?" Zhao Pingzhen couldn't help but stop: "Tell me in detail."

"The commander of Jin Bing's team is Wushu, and the general who sent troops to attack me this time is Wan Yanzhao, the third prince of the Jin Kingdom. Wan Yanzhao has read many military books and is a rare general in the Jin Kingdom. I investigate In the few battles before him, he fought very beautifully. He was able to strategize as well as my mu general. He is a veteran of the country. Since 20 years ago, every autumn harvest, he has led troops to our borders to plunder food and livestock. He only talks about bravery, not strategy. His brute force has fallen to our two cities."

Speaking of this, Qin Xiaolou paused for a moment, and smiled wryly: "It shows how bad our fighting spirit is. I guess he used 1 people to attack Ying Tianfu this time. Such recklessness. No one is used to Wushu. The first two cities were too easy to conquer, so Ying Tianfu was underestimated. And if we weren't too bad, with Ying Tianfu's solidity, we would have wiped out all the ten thousand gold soldiers In this place, Yingtian Mansion should not lose a single brick."

Zhao Pingzhen took a deep breath, and clenched his fists tightly in his sleeves: Yes, it was precisely because they decided to escape from the very beginning, and decided to hand over the victory to the Jinren, so no one thought about it. How about a good fight. With 1 people against 1 people, I am relying on Yingtianfu, the capital that has been prosperous for hundreds of years, while the golden people are relying on a few scraps of copper and iron.Why did you lose?Just because Da Mu's soldiers lacked one thing compared to Jin Bing - fighting spirit!

Zhao Pingzhen said: "Go back and inform the military advisers to think about how to fight. I will call you to discuss countermeasures tonight."

Qin Xiaolou stood silent for a moment, and said, "Your Highness, think clearly. Once we really start to attack, we may not be able to retreat to Lin'an safely."

Zhao Pingzhen stared at his pitch-black eyes, sneered suddenly, and said slowly: "Mingdong, I think I am a person who is afraid of death, but compared to cherishing my life, I can't compare with you. You dare to fight, why should I?" Don't you dare?"

Qin Xiaolou bent his eyes to meet his gaze, and said, "Then I will inform the generals and military advisers right away."

As soon as Qin Xiaolou left, a soldier rushed to Zhao Pingzhen's feet: "Report—His Royal Highness, the emperor has a letter."

Zhao Pingzhen took the yellow seal from the soldier, unwrapped it unhurriedly, and saw that there was only one sentence on the letter——

"Leave the city as soon as possible and save your life."

Zhao Pingzhen crumpled the letter paper expressionlessly, thought for a while, unfolded the paper again, folded it, and put it in his sleeve.

At this time, he suddenly felt that everything became clear, and he understood many things that he could not understand before—why the Marquis of Dingyuan surrendered; why Bianjing fell;

He sighed: "Brother Huang..."

At this moment, he knew what he should do.

It's night, the general's account.

Zhao Pingzhen took out the letter from Zhao Nanke in front of everyone, and let everyone in the room circulate it one by one.After reading the letter, everyone had different expressions. Many guessed that Zhao Pingzhen was about to abandon the city and escape, while some were confused.

Zhao Pingzhen took back the yellow seal from the last person, and slowly put a corner of the paper on the candle.The letter paper was ignited immediately, and the flames shot up, reflecting the surprised expressions of everyone.Zhao Pingzhen stared at the cluster of flames, and he didn't let go until the flames almost licked his fingers.

He stood up, tapped the table with his scorched fingers, and said impassionedly: "I am the brother of the same mother of the Holy One, and I am the King Rui conferred by the Holy Order! Although my life is not as precious as everyone here, I am both If you don't go, you will have to risk your life to accompany the gentleman!"

For a moment, except for Qin Xiaolou and Zhang Chen, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

Zhao Pingzhen continued: "You are all people who have read military books, and you should have read a lot of ancient books. I just want to ask you one thing, from the two emperors of Yan and Huang to the present thousands of years, who of you has seen in ancient books more suffocating than us? Qu's war! Is there any!"

Everyone held their breath.

"Where is the land under your feet now? It is Yingtian Mansion! It is the place where the Taizu started his family! I have heard my father talk about Yingtian Mansion since I was a child. I heard that this is an impenetrable city, a hub of communication between the north and the south. It is the center of culture and trade. 'The palace city is 310 and 360 steps on Tuesday. The gate is called Chongxi and Xuanqing, and the hall is called Guide. The capital is [-] miles and [-] steps back every week.' I came to Ying for the first time when I was eight years old. Tianfu, I walked around Gongzhou. At that time, my legs were short, and the book said [-] steps, and I walked exactly [-] steps. I also tried to walk around Jingzhou. See Let's see if it's fifteen miles, but Ying Tian Mansion is too big, I may not be able to walk around it in one day. Have you walked through it?"

Many people present lowered their eyes, and even the generals whose ancestral home was in Yingtian Mansion wet their eyes.

Zhao Pingzhen said softly: "Have you ever drank Yingtianfu's fermented glutinous rice? Have you ever eaten Yingtianfu's steamed buns, five-spice bad fish, and shrimp roe? Have you ever played with the throwing pot on the street? Have you seen fire swallowing and knife throwing? No Have eaten but never played, want to try it!"

Pi Jiang Ma Ban, who was born in Yingtian Mansion, suddenly started to tremble all over. When he looked carefully, his eyes were red.

Zhao Pingzhen let out a long sigh of relief, sat back on his chair and said, "I mean, fight! And I believe that we will win this battle. If you are interested, I will ask Qin Mingdong to analyze the reasons for this battle for you. But I respect the wishes of the generals. If you are not interested in this, I will give you a chance. Now, anyone who does not want to fight with me will leave immediately. After an hour, I will let the soldiers open the small gate of the west city. You can go to Lin'an immediately to join my elder brother. If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave in the future." After finishing speaking, he made a gesture of "Please go ahead".

As he expected, no one stood up.

Zhao Pingzhen kept silent until a quarter of the red candles were burned, then he got up and bowed to everyone: "Thank you for your support."

Everyone turned pale with fright, hurriedly knelt on the ground, and expressed their loyalty at different speeds: "The final general is willing to serve His Royal Highness King Rui!"

After finishing the courtesies that captured people's hearts, we are about to enter the topic.

Qin Xiaolou first analyzed the relationship between Wanyan Zhao and Wushu that he had just analyzed to Zhao Pingzhen for everyone, and deliberately exaggerated the discord between Wanyan Zhao and Wushu.Immediately afterwards, he analyzed the pros and cons of both sides one by one.

"As we all know, the golden soldiers are good at riding and shooting. More than 6000 of the [-] soldiers and horses are cavalry. But in plain battles, cavalry is worse than infantry; The siege equipment is not complete. I observed their catapults on the tower today. They were made by our craftsmen—that is to say, they were the trophies of the golden soldiers. Their own engineers could not make a good attack at all. City equipment!"

"Wu Shu once captured two of my cities. I have inquired about his tactics. They were two small cities. The walls were no more than two people tall. Wu Shu didn't even use any siege equipment. He ordered people to pile up soil under the walls, and then Their cavalry jumped into the city from the mound, and the defenders in the city collapsed without a fight. But this time is different, this time we are guarding Yingtian Mansion, with his style of fighting, unless we voluntarily abandon the city, otherwise They don't even have a one in ten thousand chance!"

"After Wushu captured the city, he directly ordered people to massacre the city—note, we were conquered by the Jin people in all 37 cities, large and small, and only five cities were slaughtered, two of which were slaughtered by Wushu. That is to say, Wan Yanzhao did not approve of generals massacring the city at all, it was Wu Shu's private order. From this point, it can be seen that Wu Shu and Wan Yanzhao are not in harmony. Let me ask, how can a general who does not obey discipline and has no strategy use 1 Thousands of people captured the capital of a big country?"

Someone asked: "Even if we can defeat these ten thousand golden soldiers, what should we do if the golden men come to reinforce us?"

Qin Xiaolou said confidently and loudly: "There will be no reinforcements! There are only 1 people in Wushu!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone including Zhao Pingzhen was stunned.

"Wu Shu has beaten us for more than 20 days, and Wan Yanzhao's men are near Bianjing, so it doesn't take a few days to come here. It is a great achievement to take down Ying Tian Mansion, so Wu Shu rushed over with his troops in such a hurry, we They have sent someone to observe, they have been reducing the stove for the past few days, which means that he didn't even bring enough food to grab the credit. Wan Yanzhao is a smart person, he hates Wushu so much, how could he let him come to grab the credit? Seeing that he can’t attack, why didn’t he send troops to help? It’s because he wants to make Wushu suffer! So as long as we are fast enough, Yan Zhao won’t send anyone to rescue Wushu if he is completely wiped out! I even doubt that Wushu It might be because of Wan Yan Zhao's instigation to come."

Regarding this extremely inspiring speech, although some people still doubted it, most people were already in admiration, and even Zhang Jiu gave Qin Xiaolou a look of approval.

Qin Xiaolou was speaking calmly and calmly, while Zhao Pingzhen was staring at his silhouette thoughtfully.For a moment, he suddenly had a sense of amazement, just like when he saw Qin Xiaolou for the first time, he saw peach blossoms blooming beside him in an illusion—he had known Qin Xiaolou for so long, every time Qin Xiaolou He has seen and touched every place, and he thought it was normal, but he was astonished as if he had seen it for the first time.