serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 205 Xiaomin's Sorrow
The fighting in Hefei has been quiet for four days. It was just dawn this day, and the morning fog shrouded the whole land, a vast expanse of whiteness.

At this time, Yang Kaiwu went to the city to inspect the Weiwu Gate as usual. In the middle of the night last night, there was a loud noise at the Shuixi Gate, and a gap five or six feet long was blown down by the army digging a tunnel to bury the explosives. Block up the gap, and encircle and annihilate all the government troops who rushed into the city along the gap.

In fact, after the official army stopped attacking the city, Yang Kaiwu faintly felt that something was wrong. He guessed that the official army would use tunnels to attack the city, so he ordered people to conscript all the water tanks in the city and bury them under the wall.Due to the large city, we can only bury a few large tanks in critical places to monitor the movement underground.

The bottom of the city wall is about four feet and eight feet wide, and the distance is too far, so the people lying on the tank can't hear clearly. Often when they notice the movement, the officers and soldiers have already dug a deep pit several feet deep under the city. In just three nights, Hundreds of large and small earth pits were left under the city.

At this time, Yang Kaiwu felt very frustrated. Originally, he believed that with nearly 15 defenders, tall and strong city walls, and sufficient food, there would be no problem in holding on for more than half a year, but in just over ten days, the official army had already rushed into the In the city, although they successfully surrounded and annihilated the intruding army, it will not be so easy to withstand the attack of the army next time.

He knew in his heart that Jia Hu would not fight a siege battle with him, and if he exploded slowly, he would always blow down a section of the city wall, and then it would not be able to stop it.

At this time, the morning fog was getting thinner, and the artillery positions of the government army shrouded in the fog could already be seen.

Suddenly, the cannons on the dirt hill rang, and large groups of flames shot out from the cannons!
"Guard Master!" With a loud roar, Yang Kaiwu was pulled behind by a guard, and then a group of guards rushed over from both sides and blocked countless shields in front of him. Yang Kaiwu's eyes went dark, and then he felt The entire city wall was shaking and trembling, and countless gravels were sprayed on the shields.

"Get out of the way!" Yang Kaiwu shouted away the guards around him, and strode to the edge of the battlements. The guards rushed over and guarded him tightly.

But at this moment, there was a loud noise from the direction of the North Gate, followed by loud noises from Nanxun Gate and Desheng Gate, and countless shouts of killing echoed over Hefei City.

"Guild Master!" The voice of the rebel leader beside him trembled.

The cannons of the officers and soldiers were still firing, and Yang Kaiwu was still standing by the battlements. The sound of cannons and shouts of killing seemed to be far away from him. He did not look at the Tushan Fort, but only at the distant sky.

"Look, Chief!" The leader of the Cao Gang hastily handed his clairvoyance to Yang Kaiwu.

Yang Kaiwu took the clairvoyant and looked along his fingers. At this time, Jia Hu was standing on the fort of the earth mountain, holding the clairvoyant and looking towards this side.

At this moment, he had the urge to order to go out of the city to fight, but he still held back, the only way to go out of the city was to be beaten, and street fighting could consume the main force of the officers and soldiers.

Suddenly, his whole body shook violently, and several leaders around him also froze, Jia Hu waved his hand to this side!

No matter how bad their brains were, everyone understood what Jia Hu meant, and all looked at Yang Kaiwu.

Yang Kaiwu's face was calm, but his heart was burning like a fire. A bad breath was stuck in his throat, but he swallowed it vigorously, put down his clairvoyance, and said calmly: "Go to Dongcheng." After finishing speaking, he went straight down to the city.

The guards hurriedly followed after him.

Those rebel leaders showed strange expressions, obviously thinking about their retreat.

On the dirt hill, Jia Hu handed the clairvoyance to Lin San, "This old thing is really rude, and he doesn't even say hello."

Lin San was taken aback for a moment, then smiled.

At this time, there was a rush of horseshoes, and Jia Hu turned to look.

Zhang Cheng galloped towards this side with his guards. He galloped to the bottom of the earth mountain, got off his horse, and flew towards Jia Hu, reporting, "Commander, the three blasting points have been dug through."

"it is good!"

Jia Hu immediately ordered Lin San: "Notify the old man, Yun Guang and Xie Qiong to come to the big tent to discuss matters."

Lin San replied loudly: "No!"

Jia Hu said to Zhang Cheng again: "Be sure to be safe, don't be careless."

Zhang Cheng replied: "Don't worry, Commander, there will be absolutely no problems."

The sound of horseshoes sounded, and everyone looked closely. Yang Dayong came back, ran to the bottom of the earth mountain, reined in the reins, jumped off the horse, ran up, and shouted loudly: "Marshal, you have found Prince Teng."

Jia Hu: "Oh? Where is he now?"

Yang Dayong: "Wang Ziteng's left hand is gone after being sent to the wounded barracks."

Jia Hu sighed silently.

Yang Dayong went on to say: "According to the guidance of the defeated soldiers, we chased and killed the rebels until Liuhe, but it was still a step too late. The rebels broke through Liuhe and killed thousands of rebels. After interrogating the captives, some of the rebels fled. Going to Sizhou, it is estimated that there are 2000 people, all of whom are elites from the Cao Gang."

After a pause, "We found a large number of grain and grass equipment in the official warehouse."

Hearing this, Jia Hu couldn't help frowning.

Zhang Cheng couldn't help it: "These civil servants should be killed! If they hadn't dragged food, grass and weapons, how could Chao County have been defeated?!"

Jia Hu looked at him seriously: "This matter is not for you to meddle in. Go back and prepare well, first break Hefei City and then talk about it."

Zhang Cheng replied loudly: "No!" He strode down.

Jia Hu looked at Yang Dayong again, and asked, "How many routs have you gathered?"

Yang Dayong: "There are only more than 1 people, and everyone is injured. If it was later, these remnants might have been wiped out by the rebels. This is the testimony of several surviving generals, followed by a hundred literate The soldier's signature." After speaking, he took out a confession.

Jia Hu took Zhan Kan, and it was similar to what the rout soldiers had narrated. At the middle of the night, the battalion of wounded soldiers suddenly exploded. The army attacked the front battalion, which led to the defeat.

Folding the confession and stuffing it into his sleeve, Jia Hu said to Yang Dayong: "Go, go to the wounded barracks to have a look."

At this time, more than a dozen cauldrons were set up in the open space of the wounded barracks, and medicine was being boiled on the fire, and the whole camp was filled with a strong smell of medicine.

There were wounded soldiers everywhere, either sitting scattered or lying on the ground. These people were silent, and many wounded soldiers looked blank, with blank eyes.

Jia Hu didn't look at the wounded soldiers, turned around and walked towards the tent where two criminals were standing in front of the tent.

The two fans hurriedly saluted and were about to lift the curtain.

Jia Hu shook his hand and walked slowly to the tent.

At this time, there was the sound of breaking a teacup, and then eunuch Zhao roared: "Why didn't you die on the battlefield?!"

Jia Hu sighed: "Tell Superintendent Zhao that after a stick of incense, the Chinese army will discuss matters in the camp." After finishing speaking, he left.

The two fans looked embarrassed, but they didn't dare to delay, so they had to enter the big tent with a bitter face.

After a while, eunuch Zhao came out with a livid face, stuffed the letter in his arms into his bosom, calmed down, and strode towards the Chinese army camp with strides.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Yun Guang, Xie Qiong, Yang Dayong and others were arguing fiercely.

A call: "The eunuch Zhao, the internal officer, has arrived——"

Before the words finished, Eunuch Zhao strode in.

Yun Guang and the others fell silent immediately, and looked at Eunuch Zhao together.

Eunuch Zhao put on that smiling face again, nodded with a smile, walked to the first short table on the left and sat down, then looked at Jia Hu.

Jia Hu cleared his throat and said, "Break the city tomorrow morning!"

Eunuch Zhao was startled: "Oh?"

Jia Hu: "There is one thing I would like to ask the Superintendent's opinion."

Eunuch Zhao: "What's the matter?"

Liu Fang continued: "What should we do after the city is broken?"

Eunuch Zhao was taken aback for a moment, but then he couldn't help turning his gaze to Jia Hu.

Jia Hu picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, put it down, and said slowly: "It is easy to destroy the city, but it is not easy to suppress the bandits. According to the intelligence of the Criminal Division, there are nearly [-] main rebels in the city, and there are also an unknown number of Cao Gang members. These people take off their armor and are ordinary people, we have no way to distinguish, and we don’t have the time to distinguish.” Then, he turned his eyes to Eunuch Zhao.

The two eyes met and separated again.

There was silence, and everyone was silent.

Yang Dayong couldn't hold back anymore, and said: "Commander, we can't let the tiger go back to the mountain." Meeting Jia Hu's stern gaze, he immediately lowered his head.

At this time, Eunuch Zhao smiled, took a deep look at Jia Hu, then at Liu Fang, then glanced at Yun Guang, Xie Qiong and others, then stood up and said loudly: Your Majesty's life is yours, and in order to solve His Majesty's worries and problems, the miscellaneous family is not afraid of death, so why would you be afraid of retribution from the underworld!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his attention to Jia Hu again, "Zajia can command an army of 30 to pacify Hefei City, which is regarded as a glorious ancestor." After speaking, he shouted loudly in a high-pitched voice: "All generals obey orders!"

Except for Jia Hu, Liu Fang, Yun Guang, Xie Qiong, Yang Dayong and other generals all stood up and said in unison, "Yes."

Eunuch Zhao's face turned red immediately, pointing at Hefei City, he said loudly: "Break Hefei City, see a man, kill a man, whether it is a rebel or an ordinary person, as long as it is a man, I will kill it all! One Don't stay!"

It was silent again.

Then, Yun Guang and the others responded in unison: "No!" and walked out together.

(End of this chapter)