That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 805
After a day and a night of siege, all the bows, crossbows, wood, rolling stones, and hot oil of the defenders were exhausted, and it was too late to replenish them. They could only resist the offensive of the grassland army with their flesh and blood.

In the early morning of the next day, the grassland army boarded the city wall, causing the defenders at the top of the city to lose sight of one another. At noon, the entire city wall fell.

Zhao Xu had no choice but to retreat into the city and led about a thousand guards and remnants to fight the cruelest street battle on the grassland.

At the same time, Lin Shu withdrew the [-]-man team that previously attacked the city, replaced it with a reserve [-]-man team, entered the city, and wiped out the remnants of the enemy.

Those young and strong people who climbed up the city wall to help defend the city have long since dispersed. It is okay to let them go up the city wall and throw stones.Only Zhao Xu and his hundreds of soldiers were still fighting to the death. He had been in the army for a long time, and his cultivation was quite good. More than a hundred grassland soldiers died under his sword.

Helpless, he is not a sword fairy who can stop millions of masters with a single sword, nor is he an earth immortal who can move mountains and seas, nor is he even a martial artist who can be ten thousand. No matter how bravely he fights, the enemies in front of him are getting more and more More and more, but the number of soldiers around him is getting less and less.

In the end he was the only one left.

Zhao Xu, who was covered in blood, cut off the head of a prairie soldier, but was slashed on the shoulder by a prairie soldier on the other side. The man slapped his chest.

A monk in red with half of his arms bare appeared in front of Zhao Xu, with one palm upright on his chest, and recited a Buddha's name.

In the evening, the setting sun is like blood.

Zhao Xu, who was covered in blood, gasped violently, feeling his strength gradually disappearing, and his vision blurred.

Surrounded by many enemies, Zhao Xu took a few steps back, sat down slowly against the wall, and muttered to himself, "I left home when I was young and never returned, so I made my hometown a long time ago. When I was young, I came to the Northwest , I didn’t expect to die here today.”

The shouts of killing in Dayifu City became smaller and smaller.

Dayi mansion guard Zhao Xu's heart and lungs were broken, he fell to the ground and died, his head was beheaded and sent to the big tent outside the city.

After Lin Shu got Zhao Xu's head, the big tent entered Dayi Mansion, and he himself returned to the golden tent in Xiaoqiuling to ask Lin Han for his credit.

Lin Shu entered the tent of the Chinese army, and Lin Han waved his hand to signal the generals and military planes in the tent to retreat.

After Lin Shu reported the battle situation to Lin Han, he asked, "Father, do you want to massacre the city?"

Lin Han asked back, "What do you mean?"

After hesitating for a while, Lin Shu said, "If the city is massacred, it will hinder the prestige of the father, and the rich and powerful families will inevitably feel hesitant and jealous, which will not be good for the future."

Lin Han asked: "If we don't kill people or slaughter cities, will those Central Plains clansmen agree with us? If the posthumous constructions back then hadn't slaughtered countless cities, how could they have ruled the Central Plains?"

Lin Shu said softly: "But it is also because of this that the Houjian Iron Cavalry swept the world back then, but it took only one generation to rule the Central Plains. If we follow the example of Houjian back then and don't accept soldiers, are we really going to drive the entire Northwest to extinction? give up?"

Lin Han said calmly: "That's a matter of the future, but now it's about killing people to build power."

Lin Shu still wanted to speak, but was stopped by Lin Han raising his hand, and said coldly: "If you don't slaughter the city, how can you deter Xiaoxiao? Not only will the city be slaughtered today, but all those who don't surrender in the future will also be massacred. By."

Lin Shu accepted the promise respectfully.

Lin Han got up and walked towards the inner tent, "Since the city is being massacred, the king will not enter the city, and the order will be sent down to pull out the camp tomorrow morning."

……

In the autumn of the 23rd year of Taiping, Dayifu, an important town in the northwest, fell.

The guard Zhao Xu fought hard and died.

The prairie army massacred the city, and the whole city turned into a ghost town, from officials and rich gentry to ordinary people.

The prairie army continued to move south, and the soldiers pointed directly at Zhongdu, the northwest fortress.

After hearing the news, Zhang Wubing, who was sitting in Zhongdu, had to urgently order the reinforcements who had already gone halfway to return to Lin Mian.

After Lin Han was granted the title of King of the North, Zhuge Gong led the Northwest Left Army and built a defense line in the northwest that included [-] important towns including Dayi Mansion and Linmian Mansion. Now that Dayi Mansion has fallen, this line of defense is equivalent to opening After entering the first line of gates, Dayi Mansion is followed by Lin Mian Mansion. If Lin Mian Mansion can be defended, there is still room for change. If not, the grassland army will drive straight in, and the entire Northwest War situation will be corrupted in an instant, and it will be difficult to clean up in a short time.

Furthermore, if the northwest falls, the entire Central Plains will be completely exposed to the prairie army like a little lady who has been stripped of her clothes.Grassland, a strong man who has been hungry for many years in the bitter cold outside the Great Wall, doesn't pay much attention to pity and pity.

Zhang Wuji suddenly thought of a sentence in his heart, "This is the autumn of life and death."

It’s true that it’s time for life and death. If it’s just a grassland, it’s fine, but there is also Wei’s naval army in the south of the Yangtze River. Jiangnan is a place where taxes are heavy in the world. If there is trouble in the south of the Yangtze River, then the imperial court will definitely be tied up in the matter of money and food. It's even clumsy from the left to the right, so Jiangnan is the top priority at the moment.

……

The imperial capital, Oasis Palace.

A piece of jade paperweight was thrown to the ground hard and torn apart.

His Majesty the Emperor, Xiao Bai, did not hide his anger, and reprimanded the officials: "The imperial court has raised five forbidden troops, but what are the five forbidden troops doing now? What are you eating!"

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Han Xuan, and the supervisor of ceremonies, Bingbi, were silent, and the chief military officer, the governor Wei Jin, came out and replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, it is still expected that the Jiangnan Navy will lose to the Wei State Navy. But fortunately, they were able to retreat completely. After resting, they still have the power to fight. As for the Northwest, although Dayi Mansion was lost, as long as the Central Capital and Shaanxi Central are still there, then Shanzhou will be fine. Moreover, the imperial court still has the former army of Shuzhou in their hands, they can go in and out of Shu and enter the lake, rush to help the rear army in the south of the Yangtze River, and retreat through central Shaanxi to help the northwest, as long as they first hold on to the several major pass military towns, the hinterland of the Central Plains will naturally have no worries."

Xiao Bai's expression softened slightly, and he said: "The words of the governor are mature and prudent."

Han Xuan also came out and said: "But there is one thing. In the final analysis, marching and fighting are still about money and food. At this critical juncture, money and food cannot be cut off. Jiangnan is the place where money and food are important in the world, so Jiangnan cannot be chaotic. According to the old minister, we should go first. Put down the war in the south of the Yangtze River, and then fight in the northwest with the strength of the whole country, the grassland will naturally retreat in the face of difficulties."

Xiao Bai said softly: "Let Sun Shaotang's Shu army leave Shu and enter the lake?"

……

After this small court meeting with only a few important ministers participating, Han Xuan and Wei Jin, the two civil and military No. 1s, walked side by side.

Wei Jin suddenly said, "Your Majesty is still in Jiangdu."

The "His Majesty" here naturally does not refer to the new emperor in Ganquan Palace, but the deceased Taiping Emperor Xiao Xuan.

Han Xuan hummed, "If your Majesty doesn't mention it, it's not easy for us courtiers to mention it."

Wei Jin sighed.

Han Xuan said softly: "Your Majesty is guarding against us veterans, and he is on guard, so naturally he keeps secret."

Wei Jin said noncommittally: "Your Majesty's anger is half truth and half false. He is a man who has been in the army for a long time, and he understands that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. It is impossible to get angry because of two defeats. There is something strange in it."

Han Xuan was silent for a moment, then said, "I did it for us."

Wei Jin sighed again.

Han Xuan said helplessly: "When we get along with the late emperor, it is the late emperor who respects the virtuous and virtuous and corporal, and sits down to discuss the Tao. It is a great blessing to get along with the current majesty without kneeling."

(End of this chapter)