Two hours passed and the sky gradually became dark.
Officers from Lu Yao and below gathered on the city tower of Daxia Gate.
Sitting in the crowd and gasping for breath, it was Duan Kuang, the subordinate of Lu Yao who had turned to Long Jimeng with Gao Xiang. Duan Kuang's face was pale as a ghost, his whole body was covered with blood, and his armor was torn. There were two hideous sword wounds on the left ribs and behind. The middle finger, ring finger and little finger of the right hand were cut off by a sharp blade, revealing white bones. A medical officer was tearing off the fragments of the clothes from the dry blood scab. This was a very painful process, but Duan Kuang suddenly realized that he was just stunned.
At this time, Xue Tong rushed over and pushed several generals and schools into the crowd. Seeing Duan Kuang's miserable situation, he asked in surprise: "Duan Kuang, are you... you are the only one?"
Duan Kuang's expression was dumbfounded, and after Xue Tong repeatedly asked questions, he spoke slowly.
It turned out that since he defected to Long Jimeng, Gao Xiang and others were all promoted and led an army to station in the south of Huguan City. The day before yesterday, Long Jimeng suddenly summoned Gao Xiang to discuss matters, and at the same time, a superior general brought the military talisman into the camp, restraining the troops from moving. The officers such as Duan Kuang were not suspicious at first, but when Gao Xiang did not return late at night, the soldiers started to clamor.
At this moment, the Huns had already earned the Huguan city gate and attacked in large numbers. Duan Kuang and others were all old corpses after all, so they immediately took decisive measures to kill some of Long Jimeng's confidants in the camp and dispatched troops to defend the camp. Although the Huns had large troops, they could not do anything in a short time. Unexpectedly, after a while, Long Jimeng personally led the troops and declared the troops with Gao Xiang's head! In this way, the soldiers and soldiers were in chaos and were suddenly broken into the camp by the Hu people. Most of more than a thousand soldiers were killed, and only a very small number rushed out in the chaos and fled to Jinyang. Duan Kuang's horse was quick and he arrived first.
It happened that the Marquis of He Yun was right away and rushed him over as anxiously as a spark.
Speaking of this, Duan Kuang burst into tears, his voice as if he was crying: "I am poor, our Gao Junzhu, a hero for a lifetime, but he lost his hand to the slut! I am poor, more than a thousand brothers in the robes, who are determined to kill the enemy and serve the country, and they are so frustrated!"
For a moment, everyone was moved.
Xue Tong and Gao Xiang had the deepest relationship. At this time, they clenched their fists tightly, so that their nails pierced the palms and blood was overflowing. He gasped heavily, his face turned pale. After a while, he suddenly swung his fist and attacked the pheasant hard. Seeing his knuckles bloody, his personal soldiers wanted to come up to bandage him, but he pushed it out and fell to two feet away. He gritted his teeth and shouted: "Long Jimeng! Long Jimeng! I swear to kill this beast!"
"It's useless to shout! Just shout a few times and you can curse that guy to death?" A sarcastic voice suddenly came from the crowd of excited people: "It's better to keep this spirit and think about it!"
Xue Tong turned around like a whirlwind and asked angrily: "Who?"
At this time, who dares to be Xue Tong's rage? The crowd scattered to the left and right sides with a shout, and the speaker appeared.
The man stood with his hands on his chest and sneered repeatedly. It was Shen Jin.
Shen Jin and Gao Xiang did not interact with each other when they were in the Bingzhou Army, but since they joined Lu Yao's command, they had similar feelings and were friendly to each other, and they were very close friends. No one had ever thought that Shen Jin would make a big spoil at such a time.
Everyone present was silent, only Xue Tong stared at Shen Jin fiercely, with his fierce eyes as if he was about to eat people. Deng Gang quickly stood beside Xue Tong and grabbed his arm, shouting to Shen Jin: "Old Shen, why are you crazy?"
"Hehe, I'm not crazy." Chen Jin stepped forward, and under the leaping flames, he felt his face gloomy and terrible: "Old Gao died in battle. You are sad. You all want to avenge him, right? But now is the time to avenge? You are all awake!"
"What does this mean?" Lu Yao said in a deep voice: "Old Shen, you might as well say something in your heart."
Chen Jin was silent for a moment, staring at Lu Yao with a pale face.
Lu Yao's expression was calm and nothing unusual.
For some reason, everyone present became more and more nervous.
After a while, Chen Jin said in a deep voice: "Daoming, my old Shen is a rough man and can't speak. But some thoughts are really uncomfortable in my stomach, and I have to say it out loud to make it feel happy. I can see the current situation clearly: Long Jimeng rebelled against the enemy, and the elite troops led by Liu He, the Zuoxian King of the Xiongnu, led by Shangdang to take Jinyang directly. Jinyang's troops were empty, with only a few generals, only three thousand soldiers, and most of them were old and weak... Isn't that right?"
Lu Yao nodded and said, "It's true."
Chen Jin took a step forward and said hurriedly: "The enemy and us have a huge gap in power, and this Jinyang City is absolutely uncontrollable. Once Jinyang loses, the army on the front line will become the turtle in the jail of the Huns, and will be killed sooner or later. Daoming, we will be defeated in this battle!"
We are defeated! Once this sentence is expressed, everyone present is shocked. Although everyone deeply feels the critical situation, people always have the idea of ​​luck. The more they are in adversity, the more they involuntarily strengthen their good expectations. So many officers present are afraid that only with straightforward personality and even a little bit of abrupt spirit will say this sentence so directly.
"The enemy and us have a very different force. It is difficult to defend Jinyang City. But..." Lu Yao said with a careful look.
Chen Jin interrupted Lu Yao without hesitation: "Daoming, what else do you want to say? You are also an old corpse. Can't you see that the situation is at the critical moment of life and death?" He knocked his left palm with his right fist and made a crisp sound: "It was originally the court that was incompetent, so the thief was so rampant that the thief was so rampant. Now, there are still high-ranking officials who surrendered to the enemy and used the heads of my brothers to flatter the aliens!
Chen Jin became more and more excited as he spoke. His expression almost became a little hideous, and the heat from his mouth kept spraying on Lu Yao's face: "Since that's the case, why should we, a good man, be buried with the court?"
"Chen Jin, what are you talking about?" Xue Tong was furious and swung his fist and was about to rush forward, but was stopped by Lu Yao raising his arm.
"It's okay, let him finish."
"Think about it yourself. In the past, Bingzhou Army had 50,000 strong soldiers, but how many are there now? When Jicheng was reorganizing the army, we gathered more than 300 old brothers. How many are there now?"
Lu Yao immediately replied: "If Duan Kuang is included, there are still 146 old brothers in Jicheng's reorganization of the army."
Unexpectedly, Lu Yao answered so quickly, Chen Jin was stunned; somehow, his tone became weaker: "...Look, it has been lost more than half! Is the soldiers not enough for the imperial court to be born and die? Why... Why do you have to pay everyone's lives in Jinyang?"
He lowered his voice: "Daoming, even if the governor Liu treats us well, we are not his subordinates, and serving him is just the trend of the times. He killed Qiao Xi and defeated Shi Le before, and made many contributions, which is enough to resist his kindness. Don't take everyone's lives to take over this high-ranking official in the court!"
Lu Yao looked at Chen Jin and said slowly: "What should I do according to your opinion?"
Chen Jin showed a rare solemn expression and said word by word: "Since you are in charge of the garrison of Daxia Sect, it is a good opportunity. Before the Hu army arrived, we will immediately leave the city and go to Xinxing County! The Hu people will only be busy attacking Jinyang and cannot control us... If you want to survive, this is the only opportunity!"
After these words, the atmosphere on the city tower suddenly seemed to be condensed.
Lu Yao looked around and many officers showed subtle expressions. Even soldiers like Xue Tong, who boasted with loyalty and courage, suddenly felt thinking.
Lu Yao could fully understand the soldiers' mentality, but he still couldn't help but sigh in secret.
The opinions put forward by Chen Jin can almost represent the ideas of most soldiers. They have a deep feud with the Hu people, so they are the most heroic and reliable soldiers when fighting with the Hu people. But they are also deeply affected by the incompetence of the former Bingzhou Governor Sima Teng, so their trust in the court has been pitiful. Even if Yue Shigong tried to cheer up, it would not be reversed for a few months.
In fact, the court has been in chaos and the world has been in a turmoil over the years; all the officials and soldiers have been indifferent and have long since no passion to serve the court. Once they are in adversity, they have the idea of ​​protecting themselves from the hearts of officers to soldiers, and the difference is only more or less.
The words that no one has ever made before were said unscrupulously by Chen Jin. In fact, if we judged based on the current military situation, Chen Jin proposed the most normal choice. Lu Yao could not deny this at all.
But, is a normal choice necessarily the right choice?
Lu Yao fell into a long silence.
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