The rise of the prince

Chapter 303
Li Xingzhou vaguely remembers the first time he met Rui. It was when he thought about how to defeat a person like him. He is as tall as a hill, with the strength of a tiger, and even armor can't cover it. His powerful muscles.

But after all, people are only flesh and blood, and the recovered Qi Rui is already a cold corpse.

The carbine opened his abdomen to the chest, the internal organs flowed out, the chest still had puncture injuries, the neck was cut open, one of the main arteries was cut, the blood was drained, the carbine in the high-speed charge was enough to pierce the steel plate, let alone a mere human body flesh.

Li Xingzhou was speechless, and remained silent for a long time, finally ending with a dry sentence: "Restrain yourself, and bring his body back to Luzhou."

Even if there are thousands of words and sorrows in my heart, it is useless. In the face of death, everyone is equal.

When death comes, there is only one thing to do, other than that, what else can a humble person do.

The vanguard led by Qirui with more than 2000 horsemen rushed to the front, most of them were dead and wounded, and the rest were not enough for an army.

After a big victory, there is also sadness.

Under the bright moonlight of the summer night, many torches gather.

In the depression south of Lengfengqing, tens of thousands of corpses have accumulated into a high mountain, like a small hillside. There are people from Luzhou, but more are rebels. Many corpses were only salvaged from the river. Under the shell attack, many people couldn't even find their bodies, and the tragic scene after being washed and soaked by the river water seemed to make the scalp numb.

It is next to the water source and cannot be left alone, especially in the hot summer.

In the traditional Chinese concept, death has been taboo since I don’t know when. Dead children can’t look at them. Coffins can’t be seen when they go out. People who keep filial piety don’t enter other people’s homes within three years, otherwise it will bring bad luck and bad luck, etc. , Folk customs have been handed down for a long time.

Most of these things were gradually formed after the Song Dynasty along with feudal ethics.

In Li Xingzhou's view, there is no need to shy away from death. Both life and death are things that must be experienced in life. Only by facing death can we face up to the value of life. People who can't even face up to death will never put other people's lives in their eyes .

Ordinary people are fine, but if the high-level and rulers don't know what death is, it will lead to a tragedy of disregarding human life.

Under the watchful eyes of all the soldiers, Li Xingzhou personally threw the torch into the pile of corpses, poured oil on it, and the corpse mountain covered with wood in the mountain was ignited at once, and then the flames shot up into the sky, and the fire light illuminated the field outside Linyang City.

Everyone watched quietly, without saying a word.

Li Xingzhou bowed down with all the soldiers, and then mourned silently.

At night, outside Linyang City, the army had set up camp, and the atmosphere in the camp was lively, because they had just fought a big victory and seized a lot of supplies, horses, armor, weapons and so on.

There are mountains on the east and west sides of Linyang City. After approaching the city wall, the army can only camp in the canyon about two miles away from the city wall. On the road leading to Linyang City, horses, wooden boards, and checkpoints are set up.

With Di Zhi around, none of this would be a problem.

At night, Li Xingzhou took Yan Shen and Di Zhi up to the hillsides on both sides, and finally saw the whole picture of Lin Yang.

The highest part of the Linyang city wall is more than three feet high, stretching from east to west, just sandwiched between two mountains, the city is narrow and long from north to south, with fire on the top of the city, and there are guarding soldiers everywhere.

Even the city of Luzhou dare not compare to the three or four zhang high walls. It really is a strong city, and there are high mountains on the left and right, so there is no worries, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

From the condescending hillside where they stood, they could clearly see the situation at the top of the city, but the hillside was at least one mile away from the top of Linyang City, which was six to seven hundred meters.

Not to mention ordinary crossbows, even bed crossbows can't reach them at all.

The limit range of the bed crossbow is about 300 meters, but this is the limit range, and the effective aiming and killing distance is only about 150 meters.

In fact, due to the limitation of the bullet speed of the crossbow, the effective killing distance is far lower than people's imagination, and it is a test of technology and experience.

And the hundred-step piercing Yang can be called a sharpshooter. The so-called hundred-step is about 120 to 140 meters away. Years of hard training.

Can ten people decide a large-scale war?The Arabian Nights, unless in myth or folklore.

"It's really a turn of wind and water. I didn't expect it to be our turn to besiege the city." Li Xingzhou stood on the hillside and sighed.

Di Zhi and Yan Shen were not very interested, probably because of Qi Rui's affairs, especially Yan Shen, who had the best relationship with Qi Rui.

With the night wind blowing, Li Xingzhou felt uncomfortable.

Di Zhi's loyalty to him seems to be talking about it, sharing the same interests, and showing sympathy for each other's talents.Di Zhi thinks he is a good leader, but he thinks Di Zhi can be made.

Yan Shen is like a family member, never leaving, no matter the cost, always following.

But Qirui is even more special to him. Although Qirui is tall and powerful, he is obviously more stupid than Fang, with lower intelligence, more pure and innocent, just like a child, a child does not need a reason to like someone Yes, if he likes it, he likes it, without involving anything, clean and pure.

Because of this, Qi Rui's death is the most painful and regrettable.

The world is so cruel and real, the more innocent a person is, the more dangerous he is.

When most Luzhou cavalry corpses were found, their wounds were on their backs, and they were killed while fleeing. Qi Rui’s fatal wounds were all on his front, and there was no wound on his back. He didn’t know what running away was until he died.
Looking at the black smoke in the distance, Li Xingzhou couldn't help but think of the old saying, one will succeed and all will die.

At first, he stayed for his own benefit. In his previous life, he also killed people for his own benefit, but they were only a minority.

But now, seeing the mountain of corpses burning in the distance, and the raging fire illuminating the plain, when he really used the lives of thousands of people to pave the ideal in his heart, he understood what it means to achieve success once and for all.

That burden in the heart is not something ordinary people can bear.

"Send Qi Rui back tomorrow." Li Xingzhou said.

Di Zhi nodded silently, but Yan Shen couldn't say a word.

"How long can we siege the city?"

"My lord, our army came in a hurry and didn't bring much food and grass, but it can be transported from the city of Luzhou, and it can last for three months." Di Zhi reported.

Li Xingzhou nodded: "Di Zhi, you will go back to Luzhou tomorrow, distribute food, and we will besiege the city!"

Di Zhi looked excited, knelt on one knee and said, "Take orders!"

The last elite of the rebel army has been routed, many have died, and many have scattered and fled everywhere. Now is the time to counterattack.

Rinyang City is solid, like a fortress, but Li Xingzhou actually has a plan. After the rainy season, when the weather is dry, he can bombard it with artillery in turn. As long as there is enough gunpowder and ammunition, he is confident in blasting the city gate, no matter how strong it is.

But now, after the battle of Lengfengqing in the Shenji Camp, there is not much gunpowder and ammunition left from going south.

(End of this chapter)