Red House Shoufu

Chapter 188 Crisis and Rescue
By the fifth day of July, the city walls of Daming Mansion were already stained with blood.Nearly ten thousand White Lotus Sects besieged Fucheng for three whole days, but they couldn't climb the city wall.

Yang Shouyuan hadn't closed his eyes for three days. As Lin Shu said, from the second day onwards, the enemies were no longer swarming up, and the armor and weapons were even more ferocious.

On the second day, more than [-] people were killed or injured by the Dragon Guards and Fuwei, and even more so today. In the first battle, more than [-] brothers were killed or injured, and the young and strong in the city suffered nearly a thousand casualties.

Even if the enemy has more casualties, how long can the two hundred soldiers standing on the city wall and those young and strong who are not in the battle formation be able to defend against bandits with more than 3000 people.

As twilight deepened, Lin Shu led the people to bring food up on the smelly city.

"Vice General Yang, go down and rest. I will be here tonight." Lin Shu handed Yang Shouyuan a pot of wine and patted him on the shoulder.

Yang Shouyuan took the jug and took a sip, and smiled bitterly.He looked at the brothers who were eating big mouths not far away, and the corpse covered in coarse cloth in the distance, and sighed.

"My lord, I'm afraid the general will break his promise."

He knelt down on one knee in front of Lin Shu, cupped his fists and said, "I will take this group of brothers to attack the camp at the end of the night, my lord can take this opportunity to take the people out of the south gate..."

"Are you making me a deserter?"

Lin Shu drew out his imperial sword with a bang, and under the light of the torch, the iron clothes shone coldly.Lin Shu held up the imperial sword and said loudly: "I am from the family of Liehou, and I never know how to write the word escape. It is Lin's honor to be able to kill the enemy and serve the country together with the brothers, and bathe in blood for three days."

Under the torch, Lin Shu was dressed in a green robe, his eyes were shining with determination, and he pointed out the city with the tip of his sword: "There are more than three thousand bandits outside the city. Thousands of people. But behind us are the people, our parents and relatives. What kind of virtue does Bailian teach? They say they are Buddhists, but they are actually thieves and thugs. In order to protect our relatives, we have to fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

Following Lin Shu's roar, whether it was the Dragon Guard, the Daming Mansion Guard or the recruited young men, they all raised their weapons and shouted after Lin Shu.

Lin Shu took a bowl of wine and drank it in one gulp.The pungent taste stimulated his nerves, and he slammed the empty bowl on the ground: "The city is alive, and the city is destroyed!"

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

……

With tears in their eyes, the people who delivered the food poured a bowl of wine for every young and strong soldier guarding the city, and then the wine bowls shattered one after another.

"I don't mean to have no clothes, I wear the same robe as my son. Wang Yuxing master, repair my spear..."

A tragic singing sound came from the top of the city, and drifted into the camp of the White Lotus Sect with the wind.

Wan Zhongyuan, who heard the singing, said to the confidant generals beside him: "It seems that tomorrow is the last battle, regardless of victory or defeat, you return to Beijing immediately and arrange for His Highness to leave the city, and we will meet in Xingyang."

"Military teacher, are we just going to give up the Daming Mansion to this group of rebellious officials and thieves... to the White Lotus Sect? We have lost a lot of brothers..."

Wan Zhongyuan glanced contemptuously at the tent not far away, and said in a low voice, "Even if the Daming Mansion is taken down, it won't last long. There is no danger to defend here, and it is so close to the capital. Helping the White Lotus Sect take down the Daming Mansion, is Let them attract the court's attention for us..."

……

Lin Shu felt a little dizzy after drinking a bowl of wine.

His alcohol capacity is not very good, and he had to drink a large bowl in order to cheer people up.This time, he would sit on the ground, leaning on the pillars on the tower, and talk to Yang Shouyuan.

Yang Shouyuan whispered: "Sir Qianhu must have been held back by the enemy. According to the time, the brothers going to the west will be able to return to help today... It may also be that our messengers failed to go out at all and were stopped by the enemy. "

"Maybe, but according to common sense, such a big incident happened in Daming Mansion. In three days, the surrounding counties should have received the news. But so far there has been no movement, and no soldiers have been sent. I'm weird."

Lin Shu squinted his eyes. He recalled the night before yesterday when he went to Ma's house to wait for a large grain storer to "borrow grain", and he had even worse guesses in his mind.

It is true that they "borrowed" a lot of food, but the heads of the Ma family, Zhang family, and Liu family all left the city due to accidents, leaving only the butler to take care of the housework.How could there be such a coincidence?
"My lord, report from the south gate, our messenger is back..."

Just as Lin Shu fell into a state of deep thought, a school captain hurried over with two people dressed in common people's clothes, bringing good news.

"The last general pays homage to the imperial envoy! Lord Zhenfu envoy sent the last general to deliver a letter..."

Lin Shu quickly took the letter, and it was indeed Jia Lian's handwriting.

According to the letter, Jia Lian received Lin Shu's request for help on the second day after the White Lotus Sect attacked the city.

It's a pity that the river transportation was blocked, and the land road was muddy due to heavy rain.In the end, he had no choice but to abandon the baggage, and led [-] cavalry to travel lightly and return to aid at full speed.

Finally arrived at the foot of a hill less than a hundred miles south of the city this morning, but was ambushed by a group of unknown thieves.

Jia Lian knew that it was not appropriate to indulge in war, so he broke through to the east, crossed the Wei River and destroyed the bridge, thus getting rid of the enemy.

Traveling northward for nearly a hundred miles, he arrived at the other side of the river not far east of Damingfu City.Because there is no bridge, I can only send two people to swim over to deliver the letter first, and I will take the men and horses to go around more than ten miles to the north and cross the river through the wooden bridge there.

Jia Lian is planning to launch a night attack at midnight tonight. This can not only disturb the enemy's morale, but also take the opportunity to break through the enemy's encirclement and join Lin Shu to buy time for the large troops to come back for help.

After reading the letter, Lin Shu's confidence greatly increased. Although Jia Lian only had [-] cavalry, these people were the elite of the elite Dragon Guards.

Not only is it well-equipped, but it is also a first-class expert. Under a night attack, it is definitely enough for thieves and bandits to mess around for a while.

Lin Shu arranged for Yang Shouyuan to respond inside the north gate, and at the same time prepared a hundred cavalry who could mount their horses and fight again. If necessary, they had to go out to buy time for Jia Lian to enter the city.

At midnight, there was a sudden sound of fighting in the White Lotus Camp in the north of the city, and flames were ignited in many places.

The neighing of the horses and the sound of the gong reached Lin Shu's ears, and he raised his binoculars to observe the camp of the White Lotus Sect.

After seeing a burst of flames, the camp was pierced by a group of cavalry, and the cavalry rushed towards the north gate in the shape of an awl.

"Vice General Yang, quickly open the city gate and prepare to respond!"

Lin Shu yelled at Yang Shouyuan who was riding a horse under the city, and at the same time arranged for the crossbowmen on the city wall to get ready. If there were any pursuers, they would shoot arrows to buy time for Jia Lian and the others.

……

It is estimated that Jia Lian was caught off guard. In a short time, the White Lotus Sect was unable to organize troops to chase after him. Jia Lian calmly entered the city of Daming Mansion.

Lin Shu ran to the city wall and gave Jia Lian a big hug: "Cousin Lian, you came back just in time!"

　Alas, I don't know how to write battlefields, my head is bald.

　　I will write here first tonight, get a good night's sleep, tomorrow is a holiday, and I am going to start making up for it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)