Power and Empire Chapter 2346: Lei Dong (12)
Yanzhou, Shangjing,
The dark clouds rolled up from the horizon, piled up quickly, and quickly covered the entire world in everyone's sight. The strong wind blows the ground with grass. Whilst skimming over this weedy ravine, winter passed, the temperature began to rise, and the warm and humid air flow over the mountainous Yanzhou north, rushing straight down, it is this beating that almost everyone's eyes are open. Because of the rainy season, standing in the rustling rain, the Luzhou Army soldiers in yellow armor and red scarf dared not slack off looking at the outside of Yanzhou City,
A large area of grassland tents with no end in sight surrounds the entire periphery of Shangjing, Yanzhou. The peripheral wall that has fallen a few days ago is washed by rain with a layer of white luster that is unique to Yanzhou Stone, allowing everyone 'S face becomes more and more ugly,
The prairie people came in like a tsunami in the northwestern Hural Pass of Yanzhou. The number is uncountable. The entire Yanzhou was caught in the fierce flames of fire on the ground almost in a day, and they were stationed in the main barriers. Fortunately, those who were just dispatched to various places in Yanzhou to gather the vagrants, the cavalry who encountered the steppe was a disaster. Fortunately, the Luzhou Army responded quickly enough, plus it was originally an infantry, and the scope of full dispersion was limited. , Immediately ordered the entire army to shrink towards the Yanzhou Shangjing barrier, which was able to stop the ferocious tide of going south, but no one knew how to fight this battle!
Under the heavy rain, in the Luzhou military camp outside Yanzhou Shangjing, there was a panic everywhere. The rain was so fierce that it almost covered the military town Xiongcheng in the northern plains, Luzhou The army marching north was a temptation of the emperor of China and Biya, so the army capital he carried was very sufficient, even if it was defended, it was enough to last more than three months. But the prairie people rushed in too eagerly, and the line of defense was hurriedly contracted, and the military assets that could not be taken away could only be burned, otherwise it would be left to the prairie people and they would be the enemy.
Sixty thousand Luzhou Army gathered in Yanzhou and Upper Capital in one breath, and the heavy armor was guarded. Only when the prairie cavalry was attacked, they were able to stabilize their position, but at the same time they also fell into the dilemma of lack of various logistical materials. Now they are encountering this situation. With heavy rains, camps everywhere are dinging and strengthening the fences. Step up and dig deeper drainage ditches around the camp.
"Hurry up, don't be lazy, dig a channel that can't drain the water, everyone will all be soaked in the water tonight!" The confidant officers under the generals shouted hoarsely against the strong wind. Let the soldiers step up their work. They were beaten by the rain and almost choked up the blood in their lung tubes. Those who had shelter from the rain were already middle- and upper-level officers in the Luzhou Army. The Yanzhou barrier was destroyed by the prairie people, and it was the worst in Beijing. In the region, for decades, I don’t know how many grassland people have died on this barrier. If it weren’t for the Yanzhou barrier, most of the barriers were built with strong rocks. It took too much time to destroy it. I'm afraid that the entire Beijing will be wiped out, and the people from the grasslands will go to Beijing on fire. The fire burned for seven full days,
When the Luzhou Army entered Beijing, not only did the city wall collapse in half, but even a complete house was not found in the city. It was not part of the repairs in the fine weather in the past two months. Now even the two chief coaches of the Luzhou Army can only do it. Hiding in a ruined house in half rain and mud
Shangjing barrier is more than ten miles long and wide. Although dilapidated, it would have been enough to house 60,000 Luzhou army soldiers. But when the Luzhou Army entered Yanzhou, it was in order to obtain enough manpower to repair this barrier. So I searched for the refugees in Yanzhou, and there were seventy to eighty thousand people before and after. They were all evacuated to Shangjing with the Luzhou military vehicle, and they became crowded. The soldiers still didn’t have enough tents, let alone them,
These refugees from Yanzhou, who had survived the catastrophe and barely struggled to survive, usually rely on the leftovers of the army's charity to survive. This spring torrential rain poured down on their bodies and their stomachs. The food they eat is also cold, or it is the stinking stinks that are soaked in rain, but even this kind of food is not available every day. In many cases, the refugees can only dig wild vegetable buds that have just sprouted in the spring. , Tens of thousands of people squatted in Shangjing, no matter how many wild vegetable sprouts, they soon disappeared.
is covered with lute leaves in the wild, against half of a rotten wooden board, the whole family shrunk together and made a ball, except for the green eyes, the skin has been soaked white by the rain. Now, the April rain is still biting on the cold side in the northern land, and it is soaking wet. If there is no fire at night, it will be basically cold. In the past few days, the corpses of the refugees carried out from the camp shack have passed thousands. There are more people lying half-dead and half-alive in the mud, no one dares to care, no one dares to clean up,
The place where the foot falls is full of muddy water and soup mixed with various excrement. The yellow and white float on the water, like a huge open-air toilet. If someone wants to walk over and drag someone on the ground, they haven’t When you get to the side, you will be shot to death by the army.
This is because the miasma has been rampant in the army. The miasma is actually dysentery. The extremely harsh and humid environment, unclean food, and the occurrence of plague are inevitable, vomiting and diarrhea, and the body is dehydrated. Isolation was adopted as quickly as possible, but it has already emerged. In such an environment, how can it be suppressed!
In the past, the refugees could still see people from the army come to the refugee group to find people to start work. In the past two days, even the army did not send people. The army abandoned the refugees, and tens of thousands of people were slowly waiting to die. The feeling is much colder than the cold rain on the body. Watching his wife, children and parents fall down one by one, they can’t stand up anymore. It’s not that no one has the courage to rush outside and want to find a way to survive. Come, but the barrier wall guarded by the army is like a large fence trapping everyone inside,
is within 50 meters of the city wall. Without military slogans, the bows and arrows on the city walls will be shot down like a torrential rain, kneeling in the muddy ground and kowtowing to the army master on the wall, crying so loudly. It's no use, this city gate can't be opened. I saw that there is no outside the city. The grasslands are waiting to open the city eagerly!
Will all the refugees eventually die in Shangjing? General Luo Wenyue of the Fengwu Army didn’t know, but the Luzhou Army marching northward might be over. This is what Luo Wenyue felt when he received an urgent order from the Zhongbia Court. Came out
The prairie army crushes the city, but it will definitely not attack the city, because until now, the prairie army outside the city has only pieced together a dozen cars, and the target of the attack is only some isolated small barriers on the periphery, thousands of Attacking five fingers can be counted,
Yanzhou Shangjing over ten miles of stacked defensive line. This is specifically for people on the prairie. The barriers are all stones from Mount Lu, a hundred miles away. They are unusually strong. The rammed soil on the bottom of the city wall is also made of unshakable steamed soil, not to mention a dozen or so buildings. . Even if the number is ten times more, it can't be shaken. It has been repaired and perfected over a hundred years, all kinds of whimsical ideas, and a part of the city defense equipment is placed in it, and it is stacked between the walls of the city. Just like a cobweb, they can also guard each other. Some prominent barriers and barriers are separated by no more than fifteen meters. A quick, wide and long plank can be used to walk through, and reinforcements can be sent up at any time. Whoever hits the first line of defense is actually hitting the entire barrier, without the courage of three to five times the number of defenders, attacking Yanzhou and Shangjing is a joke!
Only now, this barrier is more like a cage, inside the capital, these days, it's all quiet. Since the order from the Central and Biya Court was passed, no one's expressions were still looking at it, although it was still daytime at this time. But it’s already cold under heavy rain,
The courtyard where the army base camp is located is as dead as a mourning hall. Occasionally, officers rushed past, all on their toes, for fear of making a little extra noise,
In a large room. Rain is like a short bead rushing down the eaves, the wind is cool and rainy. It’s a bit more sluggish and pervasive,
The generals of the Luzhou Army lined up in two teams. Wutong and Fengwu’s two army chiefs sat side by side at the top. The Wutong army commander Lu Guangyan had a thick face, thick eyebrows like a sword, and eyes as cold as a knife. People sitting there naturally had a breath of general. /
Lu Guangyan, 41 years old, is the most vigorous age in his life. Most southerners are not tall. This can be seen in Lu Guangyan, but people sitting there are like a tower. , The surrounding wind is still not moving, and it seems that even the wind will slow down in front of him. The Lu family has been rooted in Luzhou for more than three hundred years. Luzhou Lu family has been a prominent general in the past, who can squeeze the door into the second-rank door. There are definitely no more than five in Zhongbia, not to mention that Lu Guangyan used to serve as an attendant of the previous emperor, and was a boyfriend of the current emperor, and he has deep royal trust.
Since taking over the main army of Luzhou Army, he suppressed and deterred the southern mountain barbarians and restored Luzhou’s traditional heavy armored men. Even against the Song Clan among the top four first-tier clansmen, he did not lower his head, as if he was the plenipotentiary representative of the empire in the south. , When it comes to the position in the army, it is slightly worse than the Southwest Dragon’s family,
There have long been rumors that the emperor had long deliberately replaced the defeated Zhangwu Army of the Zhongbia Emperor with the Luzhou Army. In addition to flattering Zhangwu Army’s decay, it was also because Lu Guangyan once said boldly and bluntly. There are 200,000 Luzhou troops in Biyadijing, and the people in the prairie will be scared away without having to fight! Flattering Zhangwu Army 300,000, is not Luzhou's opponent of 100,000!
" Starting this morning, the grassland army outside the city began to show signs of floating. It seems that they are preparing to move to the higher Anza. If that is the case, there will be loopholes in the blockade outside the city. "A young officer With a look of excitement, the narrator is outside the city. After all, going to Beijing is not Luzhou, and there is no need for everyone to lose their lives here. If it were not for the pressing force of the prairie people outside the city, the Luzhou army would not guard when they went to Kyoto. I returned a long time ago, but it was a moment of hesitation, which led to the current embarrassment
" It’s not difficult to get out of Beijing, but how to get out of Beijing! I still said that the rain is not good for our army, and it is even more bad for the people on the prairie. Their goal is to go south, not to fight with us and go to Beijing. Watching the changes is the most appropriate way. Don’t watch the prairie people wandering around outside the city. I dare say that the right phase Yelu Hongtai must be anxious now!” The old man sitting next to Lu Guangyan said in a tone. He said badly, he was over sixty years old, his figure was thin, and he looked a little sluggish. This kind of weather and this kind of environment could not be consumed by the middle-aged people, let alone the old people, with the blue-red copper armor pressed on the body, heavy. Some collapsed, the temples are as white as snow, and those narrow eyes that seem to have seen countless landscapes reveal a shuddering sharpness
"That said, but the emperor's order cannot be violated!" A general muttered with an ugly face,
"The adults in the court didn’t understand the situation in Yanzhou at all, so they gave an order to evacuate with all their strength. They had never thought about how an infantry group like our Luzhou Army would be covered in this vast mud from outside the city. Even if the same number of prairie cavalry are killed, even if they are really killed, can two legs outperform four legs? It's really dying!"
The old man's mouth curled slightly. There are some things that others dare not say. He can say, because he is Luo Wenyue, the leader of the Phoenix Dance Army. In terms of seniority and age, he is definitely the first in the Chinese and Bianbian army. He has served three emperors. The veteran of the veteran participated in the battle of the northern expedition grassland that year and rescued four times. Although he was rebellious, he was a great loyal minister in the heart of the emperor. Back then, he was a famous and violent person in Luzhou. Several generations of prime ministers have scolded them, but they still do their own things. , There are four times to save the qualifications, even if the court knows it, at most it is just another sentence of old man,
He got up from his position, tilted his head, and said in a stagnant tone, "Tens of thousands of Luzhou children came out of Luzhou with a magnificent aura, so they went back to a few generals alone, so that the saliva of Luzhou people would not drown and the army would be lost. General?, if you want to go, I am old, so I don’t suffer from this crime. I read few books, but I have also heard the saying that there are generals out there, and the king’s life is not tolerated!"
Lu Guangyan sat silent~IndoMTL.com~ There was a bitter smile at the corner of his mouth. As the confidant of the emperor, he certainly knows more than Luo Wenyue, sir, you just need to say a little less, this kind of thing is you It can be said that the one here does not have the qualifications of yours. The current situation is not before. The emperor’s attempt to seize the West Army of the Long Family was unsuccessful, so he had to drive the Luzhou Army into Yanzhou. The elite troops were mobilized from the damaged flattering army, but no one thought that they would bump into such a big event at once. Now the entire Zhongbia court is waiting to see the emperor’s jokes, and Luzhou Army has another disobedience. It really stabbed the sky!
There was a sudden noise outside, Lu Guangyan raised his eyebrows, and was about to attack, when he heard the officer in charge outside the door had slightly trembling and busy replying, "My lord, the grassland army outside the city suddenly began to evacuate!" meeting There was a sudden noise in the hall
Lu Guangyan waved his hand heavily, and the noise suddenly calmed down. Lu Guangyan looked at the officer, his eyebrows hung upside down, his eyes were electric, and he asked in a deep voice, "Are you sure that the prairie people are evacuating, not moving?"
"We sent someone to sneak out and watch it. We are indeed leaving the camp, not moving!" The officer said vowedly,
Just when everyone was confused, another officer ran over quickly, knelt down on one knee at the door, and said loudly, "The news that the Long Family West Army was out one hundred thousand three days ago. Guangling!"
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