rebirth [rebirth]

On December [-]th of the first year of Chen Shuntian, Sun Zhao led his troops to Hongdu.

Hongbei County has not been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. The small bridges and flowing water in the city are beautiful, and the green grass outside the city is green and the mountains are emerald.

At the beginning, Lord Shen went out to fight against the enemy for a group of people, because the city walls of Hongdu were not very tall, and soldiers with better arms could climb up the rock with their bare hands without using ladders, let alone Sun Zhao brought three siege engines.

The log on the siege engine was as thick as two people hugging each other, no matter how thick the city gate was, it couldn't withstand its lifeless impact.

Now the soldiers at the west gate of Hongdu watched nervously as Da Chu's tens of thousands of troops came menacingly, and the flying dust almost covered the sky, which made people shudder.

After Chen Shengzhi's victory, all the soldiers in Hongdu were replaced. Now the defenders of the city are all the original Shuntian Army. Chen Shengzhi still puts his heart into the defense of each city, no matter the number or ability is not too bad.

Take Hongdu, which is not an important place, as an example. Three thousand soldiers were sent here to guard the city. It can be seen that when Chen Shengzhi first became emperor, he really wanted to guard his big Chen.

Neither he nor the soldiers of Hongdu thought that the first new year of the first year of Chen Shuntian had not come yet, and this day would change.

Sun Zhao is now at a young age. In the Chu army, he and Lu Jiming are both generals, but he is older, so he seldom makes dangerous moves.

But this time the siege was very fast. His army came up with siege vehicles, followed by a row of archers. The soldiers on the city wall couldn't fight back if they wanted to.

The sound of "dong dong" echoed over Hongdu all the time. In the city, the people of Hongdu closed their doors and closed their doors. Everyone hid at home and no one dared to go out.

In the alley behind the embroidery workshop, Princess Shen is calmly embroidering flowers. This is probably her last work this year. The embroidered mountains and rivers are beautiful and the sun is shining brightly.

A stalk of red plum meanders on the embroidered cloth, blooming the most dazzling red light in winter.

A child in Zongjiao was sitting quietly beside him, reading a book seriously.

After a while, he put down the book, and obediently moved to Shen Wangfei's side: "Mother, it's so beautiful."

Princess Shen gave him a gentle smile, and was about to say something, when suddenly there was an exclamation from outside: "Chu Jun has entered the city! Chu Jun has entered the city!"

Princess Shen was taken aback for a moment, she didn't expect Chu Jun to enter the city so soon, she was not panicked at all when she heard this, but was full of joy.

"Does it look good? This is our Da Chu's ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers." Princess Shen said.

Rong Jingyu stared at the embroidered face seriously, and suddenly raised his head and asked his mother: "Mother, is the emperor brother here to pick us up?"

Princess Shen thought for a while and replied: "Come on, we will be going home soon."

Outside the alley, a group of soldiers were walking through the narrow path. They were wearing big Chu's crimson military uniforms, with neat steps and serious expressions.

There was a commoner who liked to watch the excitement, lying on the window and looking around, and told his family members while watching: "Look at that spirited person, Hongdu may only be in these two days."

"You long-tongued monster, get the hell out of here," his wife came over and twisted his ears, dragging him back into the room with the stool, "Don't go out and mess around, the guy above is not a thing right now."

She was talking about the current Hongbei County Sheriff, but she was not seen by the people at all.

The man rubbed his ears and grinned his teeth: "Hey, hey, you have such a strong hand, didn't I tell you? As for the group of lazy people in the alley, who do you see me talking to?"

The woman sat back in the house, took out the needles and threads in the basket and started to work seriously: "You are better than them."

The man smiled, and sat aside to weave bamboo baskets: "Looking at their direction, they must not come from the west of the city. They probably came from the east and are going north."

The woman gave him a white look: "Okay, okay, you are the only one with golden eyes."

The man smiled, but his work was very quick.

That team of Da Chu soldiers was only a hundred people, and they went all the way to the north of the city as the man said.

The leader of the team was a young centurion, who looked only in his twenties, but his whole body was full of hostility. He had a straight face and staring eyes, which seemed a little scary.

He directed the group of people to go quickly to the Chengbei County Guard's Mansion, without encountering any pedestrians along the way.This wealthy city-state with hundreds of thousands of people is now like an empty city, except for occasional roars from the city gate, there is no other movement.

Soon, they arrived at the Sheriff's Mansion.

Now in this city, the most soldiers are of course on the city wall, followed by the county guard's mansion.

From a distance, there were about forty or fifty soldiers standing outside the not-so-large Sheriff's Mansion, blocking the gate tightly.

Chu Jun's centurion waved everyone to stop, looked ahead, and then looked back at his soldiers.

Because it is not easy to sneak in from the east of the city, they only have a small team this time, but they are all elite soldiers with bright eyes.

"Everyone pick up their knives and rush in with me." He whispered.

The soldiers did not speak, but held the handle of the knife in unison.

The centurion said again: "After the bow soldiers are broken, let the arrows go!"

Following his order, more than a dozen arrows shot up into the air, rushing towards the enemy.

Now is the time of war, and the enemy's spirits are tense. The moment these dozens of feathered arrows appeared, the opponent's general flag shouted: "Get down, get down!"

Suddenly, Chu Jun heard a thumping sound.

Without hesitation, the centurion drew out his long knife and shouted, "Go, kill me."

All the enemies over there were lying on the ground, and when they saw the situation, they immediately rolled up, drew their swords, guns, swords and halberds from their waists, and fought with Chu Jun.

For a moment, the shadow of the sword, the light of the sword, and the shadow of blood filled the air.

The sound of wind and wailing can be heard endlessly, playing an alternative music to the rhythm of midwinter.

Soon, the situation became clear.

Only three people were injured on Chu Jun's side, while Chen Jun had only ten people left and could barely stand.

The centurion walked over, lowered his head and stared at the general flag.

The general flag was also stiff, looking back with his neck straightened, his mouth had been covered long ago, and he could only utter a whining sound of protest.

The centurion didn't talk nonsense with him at all, and asked his subordinates to tie them up and take them into the sheriff's mansion to close the gate. They fought all the way there, and they didn't spare any of them when they saw Chen Jun, and knocked them all out.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the main house of the Sheriff's Mansion.

The prefect's mansion in Hongdu has the characteristics of Hongdu. There are small bridges and flowing water inside, and there are many flowers. Although it is winter, there are even flamingoes dotted in the garden.

The soldiers of Chu Jun had no time to appreciate it, so they kicked open the door and walked in.

The Hongdu prefect, who had just been in office for more than a year, was hurriedly changing his clothes when the soldiers rushed in, so frightened that his hands loosened and his pants fell to the ground.

"You guys, what are you going to do?!!! I am the prefect of Hongdu!!!"

The centurion walked up to him with a cold face, bowed his head and said, "Well, you are the one who arrested."

He glanced up and down at the trembling Hongdu prefect, then turned to the soldiers and said, "Take him away... remember to dress him well."

On the twelfth day of December in the first year of Chen Shuntian, at noon, there was a lively fight on the west gate of Hongdu.

Chen Jun's general was a banner commander, and he was walking back and forth on the city wall, looking at the city gate that was about to be breached below, without saying a word.

Sun Zhao is also black, with a thousand archers squatting behind the shield to shoot arrows, and smashing the door with siege vehicles in front, their soldiers can only hide behind the city wall, which is good for their lives and cannot interfere with the enemy.

It was not enough, he also made the infantry behind shout: "Surrender, Your Majesty orders that no prisoners be tortured!"

They yelled these words back and forth, and repeated them, causing many young soldiers' eyes to flicker, and they knew they were moved.

The flag commander also fought side by side with Sun Zhao, and he has seen his steady and dignified style of conduct, but now he is a little uncomfortable with the change.

When he was in a hurry, Chu Jun pushed out a high shelf, and a writhing figure was tied to it.

The flag chief took a closer look, and suddenly trembled with anger.

How did this idiot get caught by the other party?

The person tied to the frame was the governor of Hongdu County.

At this moment, another loud voice came out and shouted: "Listen, Chen Jun, your county guard has been arrested by us, and no one can make decisions for you anymore. Surrender!"

What do you mean no one can make decisions for you?When am I dead? !

Chief Chen Junqi suddenly became furious, and stood on the wall and shouted: "That person is a fake, don't believe them!"

Chu Jun did not refute, but kept pushing him forward so that Chen Jun's soldiers could see his appearance clearly.

The governor of Hongdu has a serious problem. He usually likes to wear fancy clothes to show off in the city. Most of the people in Hongdu have seen him and know what he looks like.

I don't know why this man got Chen Shengzhi's attention. When Da Chen was not established as a country, he ordered the county guard.He was lucky, Da Chen decided to take the exam for school officials in December at the end of the year, but he swaggered until December, Da Chen didn't have time to take care of him at all.

He was tied to a frame, with so many longbows pointing at him behind him, and Chen Junqi's angry face in front of him, he was so frightened that he wet his pants.

The soldier pushing the cart immediately backed away holding his nose, and gave him a disgusted look.

Really, something.

Commander Chen Junqi on the city wall didn't care what the lieutenants said, he just pulled a longbow and shot him in the air.

Before the sheriff could finish saying "Help me", he was shot through the heart with an arrow and lost his breath on the spot.

At this moment, Sun Zhao rode out slowly. He took two steps forward, standing within the opponent's range without fear: "Old Zhang, let's do it with His Majesty."

Zhang Qichang cursed and said: "Go to your mother Sun Zhao, don't think that you are a traitor and everyone will treason, I am still loyal!"

Sun Zhao smiled slightly, pointed to the sheriff who died on the shelf, and said, "You shot Da Chen Cong in public, this is called loyalty? I don't understand you, Lao Zhang, can you convince such a useless rascal to be a big brother?" Officer and you work for him?"

Zhang Qichang couldn't bear it any longer, he still insisted: "I am loyal to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will understand me!"

Sun Zhao laughed loudly: "Don't tease Zhang Dashan, can't you see what kind of person Chen Shengzhi is after so long? Look at my fate, you will be the next me."

Zhang Qichang was silent.

The deputy around him didn't want to resist for a long time. He brought three times as many troops as them, so why fight?It's either death or surrender, leaving the green hills there is no fear of no firewood.

Besides, from the very beginning, Sun Zhao didn't attack the city too much, and didn't take their lives cruelly.

Otherwise, with such a low city wall in Hongdu, a few bombs thrown up would cause rivers of blood to flow in, and it would take half a day to attack, so why bother to deal with them here.

"Boss, why don't we...surrender, Prince, I mean His Majesty...is a benevolent and righteous leader, and we won't suffer if we follow him...You see, General Sun is still leading the army, the prince's heart..."

Zhang Qichang turned his head and gave him a hard look, but still retorted weakly: "I swore, I will be loyal to His Majesty..."

Sun Zhaodao: "But he definitely doesn't remember who you are."

Zhang Qichang looked up at Chen Jun's Haisheng Chaoyang Banner, and finally let go of the sword in his hand: "Open... open the city gate..."

He said in a dry voice.

On December [-]th of the first year of Chen Shuntian, Chu Jun captured Hongbei County.

On December [-]th of the first year of Chen Shuntian, Chu Jun captured Fengyu County.

On the same day, Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze opened up the battle at the prefect's mansion in Chongli and smiled at each other.

Suddenly a voice sounded from outside the door: "Your Majesty, Domuji has an urgent report."

Xie Mingze said, "Come in."

Zhong Qi pushed the door open, saluted the two of them neatly, and then passed the scroll in his hand to Rong Jingxuan.

"Your Majesty, Chen Jun was defeated in Yingqiu, and Yan Wentao died in battle."

Rong Jingxuan subconsciously looked at Xie Mingze, saw him suppress his smile, and sighed, "Chen Shengzhi, it's over."