This mountain is mine

Chapter 255 Successive Siege

At noon that day, I heard that there were 6000 more people outside the city, and these soldiers who arrived first did not attack the city.Instead, they set up camp outside Fangling City not too far away.

In Fangling City, they could barely hold on, and each performed his duties without panic.

Yu Miaomiao cheered up and added a few more, so that those who hadn't left in the village and workshops came to take up the duties of logistics and nurses. Everyone had something to do, so as not to think about it, and it would also free up the soldiers.

Let people cut bamboo and wood again, and continue to speed up to make arrows. No matter what, bows and arrows are suitable for long-distance combat, the more the better.

After communicating with Zhou Xiuwu, she recalled the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that she had watched before. Zhou Xiuwu had prepared a lot of turpentine and kerosene, so she asked someone to collect them.

In the end, it was mentioned that someone left before the city gate was closed yesterday, Zhou Xiuwu scolded him for a while, wishing he could chase him back and beat him to death.

Yu Miaomiao can understand, the fingers of a hand are all long and short, let alone human?If she changed her position, she probably wouldn't want to stay here and suffer.

What's more, she was only worried about defending the city in her heart, and she didn't care about such trivial matters at all.

She didn't know if she was making random ideas, seeing that Zhou Xiuwu didn't object, she started to go around busy, if she didn't find something to do, how would she spend the day?

As soon as she was free, she wondered how Zhao Man was doing now. Now that he was restrained by the Song people, Jurchen continued to grow, how aggrieved should he be?

Being an enemy of his own countrymen, calling Tang Kuo Ruyi, will he be soft-hearted?

If there are too many people and it is really impossible to get out, would he be so proud of himself, would he know how to use 36 tricks as the best strategy?
She would rather have him run away than hold on to her death. She doesn't want a hero, she just wants him to be alive.

She was tortured by these thoughts and the answers she got from her understanding of Zhao Man, and she was going crazy.

That night, he fell asleep in a daze, and woke up from the nightmare again, his face was as white as paper.

Li Pengju asked someone to bring a female doctor here to give her an abortion, and asked Lu Lingzhi to accompany her.

On the second day, Zhou Xiuwu asked people to slowly pour water from the city wall down along the wall. The weather was very cold and the water flow was very slow, so that the water would gradually condense into a layer of ice on the wall, which made the wall smooth and protected the enemy from attacking. Add obstacles to the city, this method is simple, the effect is not big or small, and it is a conventional defense method.

After noon, thousands of people rushed to the foot of Fangling City, they still did not attack the city, they only threatened the city not far away, and thousands of people shouted at Fangling City.

"Hand over Zhao Man's remnants and relatives, otherwise Fangling City will be conquered in a few days, and everyone in the city will be punished as Zhao Man's accomplices."

Thousands of people's voices were mighty, wave after wave, and at the gate of the city surrounded by mountains on three sides, it was like a turbulent wave crashing on the shore. Before the front stopped, the back came again.

Zhou Xiuwu sent arrows to force these people back.

On the third day, the court reinforcements increased again, and shouted from the air.

These shouts caused panic in the city, most of the households closed their doors, and all the shops and workshops were closed.From time to time, soldiers in armor, with faces as cold as ice, and armed with spears patrolled the streets.

Thanks to the Song Dynasty's policy of not keeping private soldiers, there is no major force that can oppose Yu Miaomiao, and the city is completely controlled.

No one can escape the patrol, except to go out from the city gate, or take the mountain road, not to mention that it is very difficult to walk now that the mountain is covered by heavy snow, it is good to be able to distinguish the direction.

Yu Miaomiao can't just do nothing, let the other party's shouting make people's hearts flutter, others will threaten, and she will also give these people whom she has favored...reasonable.

She asked someone to send a letter to Li Pengju, asking him to use as simple a method as possible to clarify the crisis of foreign aggression that Song Dynasty was facing, and let everyone in Fangling know that the Jurchens were ambitious.

Not only that, but also to say that Zhao Man came to Liao to weaken Liao and Jurchen in one fell swoop, so as to ensure the stability of the Song Dynasty.

Two days later, Li Pengju actually gave Yu Miaomiao a storybook.

In this script, Li Pengju takes Tang Kuo as the protagonist, and pushes all the inflation and price rises in the Song Dynasty the year before last to the fact that the Song Dynasty wanted to give Fanbang Sui coins, and that Jurchen controlled the private collection of officials in the Song Dynasty with fushou cream. Copper coins, resulting in a shortage of copper coins, the money is getting lighter and worthless.

The Jurchens tried in vain to control the corrupt officials of the Song Dynasty with drugs to fish the common people.

The gunpowder that used Jurchen to defeat the Liao Kingdom, the map of the Song Dynasty drawn by the head of the Jurchen tribe and the current emperor Tang Kuo, and the Jurchen country name "Zhong" all intend to point the sword at the Central Plains.

A literati's pen is indeed powerful. No wonder someone gave the highest evaluation to a literati that "a literati's pen is better than a thousand troops". Whether this is true or not, Yu Miaomiao doesn't know.

However, she flipped through it for a while, and found that it was indeed simple and straightforward, covering everything she wanted to say.

She told Wen Shi, Sun Shi and a few women who could not read at all, and they were shocked, scared, and frightened for a while, and finally burst into tears, wiping away tears, watching Yu Miaomiao full of tears. Be grateful.

It can be seen that not all people in this world are unreasonable, especially the working people at the bottom, who have a more difficult life and suffer more from the war.

It's just that the hot eyes made Yu Miaomiao a little uncomfortable. She also understood that the eyes of these people were all for Zhao Man, and in her mind, her man deserved such admiration.

In any case, the purpose has been achieved as expected.

Even if Yu Miaomiao asked someone to build a platform near the city gate, he dug many holes around the platform and buried several large water tanks. The empty tanks were able to diffuse the sound.

This is what Yu Miaomiao knew when he visited the Shuijingtai stage in Jinci Park in Taiyuan, Shanxi. This is the method of amplifying the sound of the stage. It can be heard even across a city gate.

Fearing that the other party could not hear clearly, she asked someone to polish many horn-shaped objects to increase the sound effect.

After another three days, everything was ready, so I found someone to speak on the stage. Whether I wanted to hear it or not, the voice spread, and the people around the stage could hear it too. Word of mouth, the atmosphere was much better than before. The situation of no one walking on the road before is much better.

For ten days in a row, the two sides did not start. The opponent continued to increase troops and sound deterrents. Fangling City closed the gates tightly, and could not hold on, and only fought back with sound.

It has some good effects. Although the city is still quiet and solemn, in addition to patrolling soldiers on the road, there are more small households carrying supplies and weapons, and more and more people join in spontaneously.

On this day, Yu Miaomiao was resting on the couch. The female doctor took her pulse and ordered her diet for the day, but she had to drink the anti-fetal medicine. Recently, she was depressed and worried too much. can't be relieved at all.

Lu Lingzhi was talking to her at the side, when Mrs. Sun came in and said, "Ma'am, there is a person outside who claims to be Lord Wang Lang's guard asking to see you."

Yu Miaomiao was invited in, and it was Huaizhen who had met a few times.

When Huai Zhen came in, he cupped his fists at her and said bluntly, "I want to leave the city."

Recently, it was a time of crisis, life and death, there were always some people who wanted to escape from Fangling, or to clarify that they had nothing to do with Zhao Man, and those who sneaked around the gate of the city were all thrown into the prison of the government office.

Unexpectedly Huai Zhen would say this directly to her, she was slightly taken aback and asked: "Did you go to show your loyalty to the court on behalf of your lord?"

Huai Zhen said nothing, just looked at Yu Miaomiao steadfastly, as if she was determined to achieve her goal.

Wen's and Sun's eyes looked at Huaizhen like knives.

"With your kung fu, it is not difficult to avoid the guards and soldiers. Why do you need to explain to me, you can leave as you want."

She didn't plan to keep those locked up in prison, but she was too busy recently and forgot about it.

Huaizhen still had no expression on her face, and she emphasized again: "I want to go out of the city, let me tell you."

Yu Miaomiao looked at him amusedly: "If I don't agree, you won't go out?"

He hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "I must go out." But he had no intention of explaining to Yu Miaomiao.

Yu Miaomiao said indifferently: "Then you can find a way to get out by yourself."

Huai Zhen nodded: "It's good that you know."

When he reached the door, he suddenly stopped and said: "You don't have to worry, my lord sent a letter to Prime Minister Zuo to persuade the emperor to retreat and not to besiege him."

This "he", Yu Miaomiao immediately knew it was Zhao Man.

After Huaizhen finished speaking, he strode out, Yu Miaomiao let out a "hey", and a hidden guard came out from the door and stopped him.

Yu Miaomiao waved her hand, and the dark guard retreated, her eyes were sore immediately, and a layer of mist floated in front of her eyes, Zhao Man was her tear valve, as long as someone touched her recently, she couldn't stop the tears she was holding back, even when she heard His name was a burst of discomfort.

At this time, Huaizhen was stopped, and he didn't know what to say, so he just said in a low voice: "Thank you."

I don't know how Li Pengju persuaded Wang Lang, but no matter what, she got the favor.

Huai Zhen nodded and left quickly.

……

Now that he remembered that there were still some people wasting rice in the cell, Yu Miaomiao also decided to settle the matter, so he could send someone to do it, and release them all before the siege horn sounded.

She also wanted to accumulate virtue for the baby in her belly, and she didn't want to kill these people. They were all innocent and brave enough to fight. Naturally, the city gates would not open at will when the siege began.

After giving Liao San an order, he hurried out.

Several people who were arrested in recent days with their bags on their backs were released quickly.Led by several soldiers, they approached the gate of the city.

These people suddenly appeared at the gate of the city, and they attracted a lot of attention. Many people looked over and pointed around. A few glances.

"If Fangling hadn't taken us in, I would have starved to death outside, so I wouldn't leave."

"Going out is also suffering. What is the price of rice and grain outside, and what is the price here? Without King Li, we have no way to survive when we go out."

"..."

Some excited ones even grabbed a handful of snow on the ground and hit them directly.

There was a person inside, if Yu Miaomiao was there, she would definitely be able to recognize it, it was her ex-fiancé Zhang Jiasanjun Zhang Jian.

At this time, Zhang Jian was so scolded that his face turned red, and he couldn't help but retort: ​​"It is true that Yu Miaomiao in Fangling City has given you favors, but what she gave me was only shame and hurt. Why should I be afraid because of her here, and bear the burden of treason?" crime."

Zhang Jian's words were not wrong, Yu Miaomiao first lost his integrity before marriage, and then Zhang's rapid collapse was inseparable from Yu Miaomiao and Zhao Man.

It's just that his voice was drowned in the voice of condemnation.

In the end, he was pushed out, and the city gate was quickly closed again.

He had never been out of Fangling City, his face was flushed, his eyes were full of confusion, and he just followed the crowd, not knowing where he could go.

These are some small households, but there are Lianjia and other big family stewards watching quietly. When they see these people leave with their own eyes, they will report back quickly, pack their things, and maybe they can leave the city.

That night, just as Yu Miaomiao lay down, suddenly the war drums rumbled and the horns sounded rapidly. These mixed sounds made people panic, and then the ground seemed to tremble.

Yu Miaomiao quickly sat up, put on her clothes and came out, and then she heard Liao San say, "Ma'am, the other party has attacked the city."

Yu Miaomiao looked in the direction of Fangling City, but it was only a hill away, so she couldn't see the situation on the other side of the hill, but she saw that the flames were soaring into the sky, making the sky red.

The opponent finally attacked the city, and the knife hanging in his heart fell down and raised again.

On the 33th night of the winter moon in the [-]rd year of Fu Yuan, the imperial court assembled [-] troops to visit Fangling City, and after ten days of siege, launched the first attack.

Previously, the enemy vanguard lost more than [-] people because they were placed together, and they besieged Fangling for ten days. No one came to surrender. Prince Zhao Chi washed away his humiliation in front of him and was exceptionally brave.

With Jurchen as an alliance, the border war between Song and Liao will come to an end, and it is hopeful to recover the sixteen prefectures of Youyun.

This Fangling is his opportunity.

Zhao Man in the north was nothing to be afraid of. It was only a matter of time before he was chased and intercepted by hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Great Song Dynasty. He believed that Zhao Man must have taken away the main force. There were not many people left behind here, so he was determined to make this military achievement.

Zhao Man was the only king in this dynasty who was crowned for his military exploits, so he...killed him for his military exploits.

The enemy came fiercely and vigorously. It was night, Zhou Xiuwu led 5000 people to defend the city with all their might.The sound of war drums ceased until dawn the next day, and the two sides hurt each other and fell into a stalemate.

The garrison of Fangling City occupies a favorable location and suffered more than [-] casualties, and they have retreated back.

The opponent's army does not know how many there are, but the strong smell of blood spreads through the entire Fangling. I don't know if it is the stimulation of the smell of blood. I always feel that this night, the tigers and wolves in the mountains are very excited and roar The sound made people feel more and more panicked.

The people of Fangling experienced a war firsthand.

Some people are like trapped beasts being beaten, their blood boils more and more, and some people have been hit hard one after another and have damaged city gates.

Although the newly built city wall was solid, there were still a few scorched black spots and missing stones on the wall. Their mortal bodies, if they were hit like this, their bones might be shattered.

Yu Miaomiao stood on the city tower, looking at the sky in front of him, there was a dark red in the sky, like the half-dried blood on the top and bottom of the city gate.

When the sky became brighter, the darkness gradually faded, and it turned yellow again.

"It's going to snow." She murmured.

Lu Lingzhi helped her up the tower, she was lowering her eyes, wanting to look around, but she didn't dare to look, she couldn't bear to look.

When they went up to the city tower just now, they saw the corpses that were too late to deal with and the miserable conditions of many wounded, which made her face turn pale.

Countless people from the city came to help the wounded or bandage the wounds. Someone pushed a cart and brought hot soup. Although there were many people, there was no sound that so many people should have. The atmosphere was so dull that it was like a huge stone was pressing on her heart. .

The smell of blood, medicine and soup were intertwined, which also made her throat itch.

Unexpectedly, I heard Yu Miaomiao's voice, and subconsciously followed her gaze, but saw that under the yellowed sky, the official road at the gate of the city was full of soldiers, with neat armor and sharp spears. Her eyes were covered, she kept looking forward, unable to see the end, and her heart sank more and more.

Suddenly, a horn sounded, causing her heart to jump violently, her fists subconsciously clenched, her whole body trembled violently, and Yu Miaomiao supported her.

"It's about to attack the city, Lingzhi, you go down first."

Lu Lingzhi subconsciously wanted to go downstairs, but seeing Yu Miaomiao standing still, she hurried back, "Sister Yu, the city is about to be attacked, let's go down."

Yu Miaomiao stared down, her eyes fixed, her voice was not high, but she was extremely firm: "You go down first, and boil the medicine for me."

(End of this chapter)