Chapter 112
Yuezhou Middle School
The deputy general beside him quickly advised, "Turn the bow and whisper, if the villain hears it and goes back to report it to the governor, we will not have any good results." The deputy general was his clan brother, and he was very close to him, so he called him by his name.
Zhao Yingong looked disdainful: "What are you afraid of? Everyone around me is my confidant. Could it be that there are still those who are righteous? My ancestor Zhao Yingong was a noble Turkic species. He was a general in Mingzhou for five generations and was good at shooting. I think that Huainan Anyi may not be able to defeat me, but he will be under Huang Sheng's jealous corrupt scholar who is jealous of the wise and capable. It is really a shame for life."
It turned out that Zhao Yingong's ancestor was originally a Turkic royal family, and if it was based on its real name, it should be Ashina Yingong. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, Li Weigong defeated the Turkic kings, and most of the Turkic nobles were moved to the Central Plains. His ancestors moved to the Central Plains and went to Mingzhou to serve as cavalry generals. He became a cavalry general and became a foe of the governor at that time. He changed his surname to Zhao. After so many generations, Zhao Yingong looked no different from ordinary Han people from the outside, and could not see the Turkic people for a long time. He had eight hundred romances under his command, all of whom were wandering to the south from Huai Si. He was very brave. This time, the governor Huang Sheng asked him to lead 3,000 soldiers and send these 800 people together. He also wanted to please Qian Miao while consuming this dissatisfied. Zhao Yingong knew it well, so he would curse even more once he got empty.
The deputy general looked around and said to Zhao Yingong in a low voice: "Yingong, Huang Sheng sent you here, although it means to eliminate dissidents, but it also gives you a chance. From now on, you can make kindness with Gu Shuai and contact foreign aids. If you are careful to win over these three thousand soldiers, you will be yours. With these three thousand soldiers, you have five generations in Mingzhou and have countless friendships in the world. At that time, you have strong aids outside, internal support, and military troops in your hands. To deal with that corrupt scholar is just like killing a chicken."
After hearing this, Zhao Yingong felt extremely relieved. He patted the deputy general's shoulder and laughed loudly: "If I become the governor, you will be the commander of the army." At this point, he couldn't help laughing loudly.
Zhao Yingong was laughing happily, and suddenly heard a drum sound. The sound of dozens of cowhide drums sounded no different from the thunder, which made people feel a little squeaked. Zhao Yingong looked forward and saw that the soldiers of the Zhenhai Army in front drove the civilians in the brigade, carrying straw bags and firewood bundles to the city moat. Originally, after nearly a thousand years of operation outside the city of Yuezhou, the village was covered with stars and densely populated. When the Zhenhai Army came, the official spring plowing season was in full swing. Although many people were afraid of military chaos, they could not let go of the crops in the fields. Dong Chang was already under heavy tax burden. If he missed the farming season, even if he escaped the military chaos, he would still starve to death if he lost his harvest this year. Most people still did not escape or fled into Yuezhou City, and stayed tremblingly. Fortunately, the Zhenhai Army only recruited some people to build bridges, cut down trees, burn, kill, and plunder.
Seeing the crops in the fields growing day by day, the people left behind were all glad to their decision. Many of the people who hid in Kuaiji Mountain also returned and returned home to cook the fields. Unexpectedly, they were driven to fill the trenches today. The raindrop-like crossbow arrows of the eastern Zhejiang army at the top of the city shot down. The people, not to mention armor, did not even have thicker clothes on their bodies, and there was no object covering them. The arrows shot over and screamed and fell to the ground.
Many people threw away the straw bags of firewood on their shoulders and ran back. The Wu Yongdu officer who was supervising the battle behind shouted loudly. The brigade soldiers stabbed them with long spears in their hands. The sharp long blade immediately pierced through people's bodies. Blood flowed down the spear pole and flowed to the ground, and it was dyed red. The stabbed people desperately grabbed the long spear pole, some of which were so shallow that they could even grasp the back of the spear blade, as if this could save their lives. With the command of the officers, the soldiers of the supervising team pulled back their weapons, and the stabbed people were scattered on the ground with firewood bundles with straw ropes pulled open.
The people who followed him were immediately scared and stopped walking. Looking at the blood-stained blade in front of them, they began to rub back step by step. The officer who supervised the battle shouted loudly: "I will tell you in advance. After throwing one bag in the city, I will come back to get a chip. If you throw two bags, you can go back freely. Those who escaped in the battle will be beheaded. Why don't you go back and move the straw bags quickly?" One side was the supervision team that was bound to die. Although the arrows on the Ningwai were dense, there might be a way out. The people turned around silently and walked towards the straw bags and firewood bundles left on the ground.
Yu Er snuggled tightly beside his brother Yu Da, so that he felt safer. If he hadn't been holding him in the first place, he wouldn't be rushing in front, but he would be one of the unlucky guys who were stabbed to death by the supervising team. The brother whispered to him: "Don't get the straw bag later. It's much heavier than the firewood bundle. Also, go slowly in front of the trench and don't rush in front. When it's almost over, rush quickly. If you throw it down, run back with all your strength. Do you know?"
Yu Er nodded quickly. Although he didn't understand why Yu Da said that, he knew that what his brother said must make sense, otherwise he would not have lived until now.
Seeing that the people who had retreated turned around and returned, the Zhejiang East Army on the north gate wall began to shoot arrows again. From time to time, some people fell to the ground, and some were not shot at the vital point. They cried loudly and asked others to help them, drag themselves to the back, and leave the range of the crossbow on the top of the city, but almost no one paid attention to them. Everyone understood that wasting their energy at this time meant suicide.
Yu Er picked up a bundle of firewood and carried it on his shoulders, which could cover part of his body. He took deep breaths, accumulated strength, and waited for Yu Da to signal him to start rushing forward. This place is safer. Most of the crossbowmen on the city tower are aiming at the people throwing straw bags on the side of the city moat to shoot. Only a few people who deviated from the target flew here. There were crowds in the moat, and people kept getting arrows and pouring them into the city moat. Some people were impatient and pushed the people in front into the moat so that they could have room to throw them down.
The screams and the whistling sound of arrows flying by, but he entered a state of distractedness, as if all this had nothing to do with him. Suddenly, someone pushed him on his back and almost staggered. At the same time, he heard Yu Da's voice: "Run quickly, that's when." Sure enough, there was a vacant beside the moat not far ahead. Yu Er ran to the moat and threw the firewood bundle into the moat. The arrows in his ears were endless, and someone was caught in the arrows from time to time. Yu Er threw the firewood bundle and ran back with all his strength. When he stopped in front of the supervision team, he was almost exhausted. The lungs in his chest seemed to be on fire, and it hurt a lot. After gasping for a long time, Yu Erfang
Then he felt better and lined up with his brother next to him to get the chips. After a long queue, it was their turn. The soldiers who distributed the chips gave them a piece of cloth strip and a piece of mixed noodles. They probably had the strength to carry another bag to fill the trench. Yu Er felt that he was hungry and was about to break the dough and stuff it into his mouth. At this time, a hand was stretched out to grab the dough. Yu Er raised his head angrily, about to see who even wanted to grab the dough that he had exchanged for his life, but found that the man was Yu Da, the brother who loved him the most. In amazement, Yu Da stuffed the cloth strip in his hand to Yu Er and said, "You don't want to fill the dough next time, hurry up and get out."
Yu Er took the cloth strip and realized that Yu Da had to go to the life and death field twice before he could come back alive. He quickly pushed the cloth strip in his hand into his brother: "Brother, how can this be done? Isn't it pushing you into a desperate situation?"
Yu Da did not take back the cloth strips, but just stuffed the mixed bread into his mouth and swallowed them in big mouths. He finally swallowed the bread in his mouth and said with a breath: "It's so thirsty, it would be great if I had saliva." After eating the bread, Yu Da stuffed two cloth strips into his younger brother's arms and stared at Yu Er's eyes and said: "Brother, please listen clearly. My mother and your sister-in-law and nephew all need someone to support us. We were not injured just now. This is a good luck, and we will not have such good luck next time." He pointed to the corpse next time beside the trench and said: "Look, next time we are less lucky, we will be the one lying there. Instead of trying our luck, it's better to let you go back first, at least one of us can go back alive. Don't have the mother-in-law's mother."
"But why don't you leave first, brother, sister-in-law and nephew are waiting for you at home?" Yu Er almost burst into tears.
Yu Da sighed, "You are only 14 years old and your skeleton has not yet grown. It's almost the same thing to carry the bundle of firewood. If you ask you to go twice, I'm afraid you'll die. Let me go." Speaking of this, Yu Da touched his brother's head and his eyes were a little wet: "If I can't come back, you will find my body back in the future and bury me at my father's grave. Don't let me be a lonely ghost here." Speaking of this, Yu Er was already crying and couldn't stop nodding. The supervisory team behind began to shout loudly again. Yu Dayi gritted his teeth and pushed his brother to the place where he exchanged chips. He turned around and carried a bundle of firewood to run towards the moat.
Yu Er groped and took out the cloth strip from his body and handed it to the officer in the supervision team. The officer looked at the cloth strip carefully and let him go. Yu Er turned around and struggled to find Yu Da's figure in the crowd, but he could no longer find it.
Chapter completed!