[69 Book Bar - www.] I saluted and said: "The last general, Chu Xiuhong, the centurion of the fifth battalion forward, comes to see General Lu."
Lu Jingyu said: "It was General Chu who was the first to attack the city. Today, a hundred thousand troops are praising General Chu's name."
I couldn't help but feel a little proud, and I bowed and said: "How dare you be so arrogant as a general? It's all thanks to Marquis Wu who leads the troops well, so that the republican rebels can be wiped out with one blow."
Lu Jingyu smiled and said: "How to lead troops well? Haha, it's just about killing people well."
There must have been some implicit meaning in what he said, but I didn’t refute it. I just said: “Everyone who finds a traitor and a traitor will punish him.”
Only then did I see his appearance clearly. When Lu Jingyu was in the military academy, he seldom wore military uniforms and always wore scholar uniforms. Now he is wearing a military uniform, with an iron helmet on one side, a bronze armor with some blood stains, and a torch under the city.
In the light, it seems to be mottled.
"General Chu, sit down." Lu Jingyu walked to the inner side and swept the gravel with his hand on a remaining battlement, but he had no intention of leaving with me.
I sat next to him, but my heart was in turmoil. I must not disobey Marquis Wu's orders, but if he refused to follow me and asked me to kill such an unarmed man, I really couldn't do it.
Sitting at the top of the city, I could see all the ruins and broken walls. In the National Square in the middle of Gaojiu City, corpses were being burned on fire. Looking from a distance, I could see corpses strewn all over the ground. There were still sporadic noises coming from many places in the city.
His cries, heard in the dusk, were like a burst of ice water pouring into his heart. Perhaps the remaining residents of Gaojiu City had been searched out. After such a catastrophe, Gaojiu City may never regain its strength.
Lu Jingyu looked at the city and said slowly: "Did Marquis Wu order you to capture me?"
I didn't say anything, just sat and touched the city bricks with my hands. The empire had two fortified cities, which were known as "iron beats the fog and clouds, and bronze casts the divine power". Gaojiucheng was called "the city that never falls", which was second only to
Although the walls of the third largest city among those two high cities are slightly shorter than those of Wuyun and Shenwei cities, they are all made of large stones that are a specialty of southern Xinjiang. When the first generation Cang Yue Gong built the city, it is said that he used two
It took 130,000 people and two years to complete. Now, the stone city bricks are full of scars, and most of the pheasant plates are broken. When I touched the rough sections with my hand, I felt a tingling pain in the palm of my hand.
He looked at the city and said in a low voice: "For three months during the siege of the city, I saw with my own eyes that the people in the city were desperately trying to escape from the city. Marquis Wu ordered me to kill anyone who left the city without mercy. I will know after I do this.
We have to bear all the consequences. It’s just that the emperor clearly ordered not to kill anyone, let alone those who were unarmed people."
It has been more than ten months since the division left, and they have been besieging the city for three months. It is said that when they set out, Marquis Wen, in view of the strong city of Gaojiucheng, had given instructions to Marquis Wu, and decided on the strategy of "driving fish out of the abyss" to send Duke Cang Yue's remaining troops to the enemy.
and refugees all came to Gaojiu City. Duke Cang Yue probably didn’t expect that there would be so many people in his city all of a sudden, and that the granary that could have supported it for several years would suddenly be empty. Otherwise, with the strength of Gaojiu City,
, I'm afraid that Wu Hou's plan of encirclement by the four generals has no chance of winning. Before the food and grass in the city are exhausted, our food and grass have been exhausted.
I remained silent. It was his benevolence in thinking that got him into trouble. He stood up, smiled and said: "General Chu, let's go. I'm afraid Wu Hou is already impatient."
Qi Lie stepped forward and wanted to tie him up with a rope. I yelled, "Get back! Don't be rude to General Lu."
However, Qi Lie did not retreat and said: "General, Marquis Wu has clearly ordered us to tie up General Lu. If we don't obey the order, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the general to explain himself."
Lu Jingyu looked back at me and said, "General Chu, you are right as a soldier. Military orders are like mountains. If someone is an exception, how can you obey them?"
He stretched out his hands and asked Qi Lie to tie them. I stood motionless. When Qi Lie was tied up, Lu Jingyu said: "General Chu, let's go."
I looked at him and suddenly felt sad. I said: "General Lu, I am willing to redeem General Lu's life with my fame."
In the forward camp, although I don't have a good relationship with those in Pu'anli, there are five or six other centurions who are life-and-death friends with me. If they knew that I was doing this, they would definitely advance and retreat with me.
Lu Jingyu said: "General Chu, I appreciate your kindness. With the strictness with which Marquis Wu governs the army, it will be useless if you do this. Don't worry, based on my past achievements, Marquis Wu will not kill me."
At this time, a torch suddenly lit up under the city head. I don't know how many hundreds there were. I was surprised. I didn't know what happened. I saw He Zhong coming up in a hurry and said: "Sire!"
Lu Jingyu's face darkened and he said, "Brother He, what are you doing?"
He Zhongdao: "Sir, my 18,203 brothers in the army are all willing to die for each other."
My face changed color a little. What He Zhong said was pitiful, but the meaning behind his words was to threaten me. It seemed that this errand was indeed difficult to handle.
Lu Jingyu shouted: "Nonsense! Brother He, I am a king and a prince, just like a father and a son. How can you say such things to make things difficult for him? Get out of here quickly."
However, He Zhong did not retreat and said: "Sir, if you go this time, it will definitely be a disaster. He Zhong received great kindness from Sir, but was unable to kill himself in repayment. I feel guilty. I just ask Sir to let me do it for you."
Your lordship died."
Lu Jingyu's face was as dark as water, and he said: "Nonsense, I order you to rectify your subordinates, obey the orders of General Wuhou, and do not make any changes!"
Although he was tied up, he was still the all-powerful commander-in-chief of the army when he spoke. What He Zhong was about to say, Lu Jingyu said: "General Chu, let's go."
He had already walked to the bottom of the city. At the bottom of the city, probably all the officers of the Left Route Army were already there. When they saw Lu Jingyu coming down, they all knelt down. In the light of the torch, I saw vague tears in Lu Jingyu's eyes.
Without saying a word, I followed Lu Jingyu.
As soon as they entered the camp, the other centurions were there, the female musicians had already retired, and everyone was waiting. Lu Jingyu knelt down in front of Marquis Wu's seat and said: "Lu Jingyu, who is of low rank, please be safe."
There was no expression on Marquis Wu's face. He said slowly: "General Lu, yesterday more than 2,000 republican rebels escaped from the east gate where you were stationed. Is this true?"
Lu Jingyu lowered his head and said, "It's true. It's just that when I saw that most of the two thousand people were women and children, I felt pity for a moment."
Marquis Wu slammed the table and shouted: "Did you know that Cang Yue, the leader of the rebels, also escaped from the city among this group of people. This battle has not been fully accomplished, and you will not be able to escape the blame!"
Lu Jingyu's voice was still very calm, and he said: "If you disobey orders and disobey, you will be punished by military law. I don't dare to quibble in my humble position. I just ask the prince to take action."
Just as I was about to kneel down, Pu Anli and a group of four centurions had already grabbed their seats, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, General Lu is really right, but please consider General Lu's past achievements and give him a lighter sentence."
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At this time, I and the remaining sixteen centurions knelt down and said, "Please think again, sir."