Gentlemen, listen to the sword chant

Chapter 70 10 people come, 10 people die

At night, it doesn’t snow easily in the south, and this year is no exception. Wintersweet is accumulating frost, budding, walking under the plane tree. Accompanied by the lieutenant, Sun Liang walked silently, with mixed feelings.The two came all the way to the city tower, and saw countless soldiers in front of them carrying a huge coffin. When they saw Sun Liang, no one spoke, but they all looked at him with firm faces. At this time, silence speaks louder than words.Sun Liang's eyes slowly passed over the resolute faces of the soldiers, and finally fixed on the huge black coffin.He smiled, he was very old, his smile was always so contagious, people couldn't help but be convinced, he was calm, Sun Liang smiled very contentedly.

Sun Liang knew that this might be the last battle of his life.

He ordered a coffin to be built for himself, and now he carried the coffin out and stood it in front of the city tower to show his determination to the soldiers.

Carry the coffin out.

Sun Liang stared at the coffin in a daze, and began to think about his short life full of glorious years.

Sun Liang was militant and fought hard all his life.

There are several brothers, all of whom are heroes.

There are tens of thousands of heroes, all of them are strong, brave and tenacious.

What is there to be dissatisfied with in this life?

Sun Liang joined the army at the age of 16. He has encountered countless wars, big and small. He has long forgotten what made him join the army. He only knows that he is a soldier, and he cannot be ashamed of every grain of tax paid by ordinary people.Sun Liang is lonely and has been alone all his life. A person like him is destined to be lonely, because the strong are always lonely.Sun Liang once had three sons, all of whom died on the Jingzhou battlefield and were buried in that land forever.Sun Liang's wife and family members were also used as threats by the rebel leaders, but Sun Liang refused to surrender, preferring to die rather than submit. He could only watch his family die tragically by the enemy's sword.Time after time, year after year, Sun Liang's heart was already cold, and a wall was cast.Sun Liang can't pretend not to care, but as a soldier, he has nothing to do.Today, when Sun Liang is over sixty years old, he wants to disarm and return to the farm countless times, go back to his hometown, buy three to five acres of fertile land, live from sunrise to sunset, and spend the rest of his life, but he finds that he can't do it. He should belong to the battlefield in his life, and only when fighting on the battlefield, listening to the roaring sound of swords and guns, watching the enemy fall, and being happy with revenge, is his best destination.

In his middle age, Sun Liang began to feel lonely. Tossing and turning at night, he would always think about what is the meaning of his life's struggle?The blood and passion for making contributions has long since faded with the passing of youth, and he has already passed that age.What battles on the battlefield, what is famous in history, what is immortal, those are too far away, like dream bubbles that are close at hand and want to touch but separated by the ocean, too unreal.He forgot what he longed for, but there was no doubt that he couldn't do without this kind of life, this kind of life with blood on the tip of the knife and the head on the belt.

"In my whole life, I have fought for dozens of years, and I never know how to write the word retreat. I am Sun Liang, the governor of Jinling."

Sun Liang stared at the coffin. After speaking, he looked at the soldiers again and suddenly smiled: "Are you afraid?"

"Not afraid!"

"Not afraid!"

"..."

All the soldiers are united as one, and the sound is like thunder.

Sun Liang chuckled: "The enemy is coming. In this battle, my Jinling army will no longer exist. Follow me, do you regret it?"

"No regrets!"

"No regrets!"

"..."

Still shouting like thunder.

No one flinched.

All the soldiers were unprecedentedly calm and determined to die generously.

Sun Liang laughed out loud, took out his spear, and said with a hearty smile: "Okay, okay, you are all the best soldiers I have ever led, and you are all strong men."

Holding the spear, he slowly climbed up the tower, only to feel a force gushing out of his chest, decades of memory, countless times of desperate situations, the past is like flowing water, Sun Liang closed his eyes, fell into memories, and waited to calm down Afterwards, he laughed to himself, looked at the blue sky, and laughed endlessly: "Thinking of me, Sun Liang, when I was imprisoned in Jiangcheng, Jingzhou, and alone, I regarded eight thousand bandits as worthless. Now that there are soldiers and generals, what is there to be afraid of? I am Sun Liang and Sun Wentai of Jinling!"

Infected by Sun Liang's aura, the deputy general got emotional and knelt down on one knee, "Following the general is the joy of the last general's life."

"General, I will still be your soldier in the next life."

"..."

Tens of thousands of people fell to their knees.

……

Since Matsui Yi knew that the King of Wu was taking the initiative to evacuate the people and abandon the city, he did not choose to attack Jinling, because he knew that Sun Liang wanted to delay and buy time for the King of Wu. In this case, Sun Liang's wish was granted.What Matsui Yi was ecstatic about was that he could easily acquire Jiangdong Wunan counties, which would greatly reduce casualties, so why not?

Sun Liang waited for several days, but he still couldn't wait for the invasion of the Japanese army, so he hesitated.

A subordinate reported that a total of about 30 people from the Allied Forces of Japan had arrived one after another and surrounded Jinling.

For five consecutive days.

Matsui Yi sent letters of surrender twice, trying to persuade Sun Liang to surrender, but Sun Liang refused.

It can be said that Matsui Yi really appreciates Sun Liang. He said that as long as Sun Liang agrees to surrender, he will treat the captives well and will not kill anyone. At that time, Sun Liang will still be the governor of Jinling, not a prisoner.But Sun Liang flatly refused, still saying, "With me guarding Jinling, [-] people will come, and [-] people will die."

……

Guangling.

The King of Wu sadly announced the fall of Suzhou. In order to preserve the country, he had to abandon Guangling.Let me ask, the son defends against the enemy on the front line, but the king doesn't want to defend, he just wants to retreat and spend the rest of his life in peace, how can he get the support of the people?The King of Wu convened several meetings of generals, expressing that abandoning his homeland was a helpless move. In order to preserve my strength, I would fight back later. Even so, many generals were still reluctant, which broke the morale of the army for a while.In order to stabilize this situation, Yu Changling took the initiative to ask Ying to let King Wu go first, and he himself stayed behind in Guangling with the remnants.

"Old Yu..."

"My lord, my son is dead, and I don't intend to leave. That's fine, we're all gone. There will always be people poking our backs, thinking that we are greedy for life and afraid of death. If this is the case, then I will stop their mouths with practical actions. Your Majesty , you are kind to me, so leave the charge to me, I believe you will be able to take the allied forces to recover Jiangdong in the future."

That night, the King of Wu and Yu Changling had a long talk and talked for a long time.

It is very difficult to ask everyone to give up their homeland and community. The king of Wu moved with emotion and reason, but he still couldn't convince too many people, and there were always people who wanted to stay.Therefore, only [-]% of the people and soldiers chose to leave.

In this way, under the leadership of the King of Wu, various armies, led by the people, escorted grain, grass, materials, gold and silver, evacuated from Guangling, Jinling, Hailing, Runzhou, Suzhou and other places in a mighty way, preparing to join along the canal and enter the Wu Bei.There are quite a few people who have no sense of belonging. They think that there is no difference between Dongying people in power and Wu Wang in power. They have no feelings for family and country. They also don't want to give up their land and don't intend to go.In fact, the root cause is that ordinary people feel that their lives are cheap, and they have no money, so they live on the land. Where is it not suffering?Anyway, life was miserable enough, it couldn't be worse, so I didn't plan to leave.

……

Matsui Yi received the good news and learned that King Wu's army had completely evacuated. Without fear, he immediately went to Jinling and ordered to attack the city.

Jinling, city tower.

Sun Liang looked at the dark army gathered not far away, his face remained unchanged, neither happy nor sad, he had expected this day long ago, and received a secret letter from King Wu, asking him to take care, he understood Guangling has already completed the evacuation of the people, so there is no more worries.He turned around and came to the city platform where the huge coffin was placed. Looking at the soldiers with dozens of military flags fluttering below him, the dry blood in his body seemed to boil again. drinks.Sun Liang poured himself a bowl and ordered the soldiers to pour the wine. All the soldiers poured the wine silently, raised the mouth of the bowl, and looked at Sun Liang. They knew that Sun Liang was going to make the final mobilization and the final swearing-in meeting .

"It's me, Sun Liang, who is incompetent. In this final battle, I won't give you the slightest chance of surviving."

"Soldiers, after drinking this bowl of wine, see you on Huangquan Road."

After speaking, Sun Liang drank the wine in the bowl, and then smashed the pottery bowl violently. All the soldiers also shouted "see you on the road to Huangquan" in unison, drank the wine, and broke the bowl.

Sun Liang put on his armor, held on to his spear, and got on his horse. Although he was old, he was still very powerful.

"Beat the drum, strengthen me!"

"Thorn-"

The gates opened.

The dawn outside the city came in, and Sun Liang's eyes were a little dazed, as if he had returned to decades ago, when he was young, full of vigor, fearless of all enemies in the world, and even the sword was full of youthful blood. Out of arrogance, Sun Liang suddenly burst out laughing: "One shot and one halberd will kill the business, and you will be famous for decades."

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

The melodious and heavy drum sounded.

Sun Liang rode his horse, holding a spear, followed by [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. Their steps were firm, full of murderous intent, they never retreated, and proudly and unyieldingly raised their heads.

In this last battle, it is meaningless to stick to it. Sun Liang does not intend to die of aggrieved, he wants to play the reputation of Jinling soldiers.

Matsui Yi, who originally planned to order a forcible siege to prepare for casualties, suddenly saw the gate of Jinling City open, and the hale and hearty veteran Sun Liang rode out with a gun. Frankly, it made him feel palpitations and creeps.The deputy general respectfully said: "General, you are really tall. You knew that Sun Liang was just trying to delay time, so you gave him time. Now that he has achieved his goal, he really did not choose to stick to it, and came out to fight us bloody."

Matsui Yi sighed. In fact, he didn't expect Sun Liang to be so upright, so he came out to fight directly.

Knowing that it is death, but not retreating.

Sun Liang was high-spirited and held the enemy with his gun. The lieutenant behind him waved the military flag and shouted: "Soldiers, kill!"

"kill!"

War is imminent.

30 Japanese soldiers fought against [-] Jinling defenders, and the outcome was already doomed.

Matsui Yi looked at the battle situation and looked at Sun Liang, who was killing people on the battlefield, and his heart was heavy. Such a general deserves his respect.Such a large-scale war that mobilized a total of 10 soldiers and motors at every turn, like a meat grinder, lasted for three days, three days and three nights, with cries like numbness, screams like ghosts, and rivers of blood.At the end of the killing, he was already unconscious...

Taian 24 January [-]th.

Jinling fell.

Sun Liang, governor of Jinling, led his troops out of the city to stop the Dongying army. The entire army was wiped out, annihilating [-] enemies, and shaking fourteen prefectures.

From the Second Allied Forces of Dongying's attack on Wunan to the present, in just one month, Wunan's army has achieved great results in two battles in Suzhou and Jinling, and the number of enemies wiped out has reached 15. Although it ended in a disastrous defeat, it has given A painful blow to the Japanese army.Undoubtedly, Murong Tong in Suzhou and Sun Liang in Jinling, these two battles will be the two most important battles in the Wuyue battlefield. They are destined to be famous in history and passed down through the ages. With a single stroke, he won the respect of the enemy and the princes of the fourteen states.

In contrast, the King of Wu retreated without a fight, ordered the abandonment of all the county guards, and was directly pushed to the forefront. Countless people secretly spit at him for being incompetent and cowardly.Especially when Sun Liang defended Jinling to the death, fought off all soldiers, and wiped out [-] enemies, many generals of King Wu were shaken. They really thought that King Wu was a villain who was greedy for life and afraid of death. The idiot only cared about running for his own life and disregarding the life and death of his subordinates. Some generals even thought that if the king of Wu ordered to formally declare war on Dongying, he might be afraid of hundreds of thousands of Dongying troops.In any case, King Wu is destined to bear the eternal infamy, but King Wu also has difficulties, because he knows that with his current military strength, he has left a staunch defense, except for hundreds of thousands of casualties, in the end, nothing can be changed. , it is better to avoid their edge, order the withdrawal of troops, preserve their strength, try their best, wait for the arrival of the allied forces, and then fight back.King Wu didn't care, because his choice was correct, and it was the only way Murong Tong wanted to tell him with his life, he had no choice.However, when he learned of Sun Liang's death, King Wu still couldn't help crying, because he knew that after Sun Liang died, Yu Changling should be next.These loyal and courageous generals who followed him all died because of him in the end.

Jinling.

Matsui Yi stepped on the corpse into Jinling City with a dark face. As soon as he entered the city gate, he saw a huge black coffin placed on the tower, and he was stunned.

"General, Sun Liang has long been determined to die." The lieutenant whispered.

"Yes." Matsui Yi nodded, and commented: "It is the luckiest thing in my life to have an enemy like Sun Liang. Pass on my military order to bury Sun Liang generously, no... the corpses of the Jinling defenders will be buried with our deceased soldiers. The corpses of the heroic spirits were buried together, and an inscription was erected to write the heroic deeds of General Sun Liang."

"As ordered."

Sun Liang really did it, at the cost of his life, he did what he said to Matsui Yi.

——"With me guarding Jinling, [-] people will come, and [-] people will die."

(End of this chapter)