Lu Jing was shocked and said, "These two people seem to have brought some very urgent news, and it's probably bad news!"
When Lacey Belly heard this, she actually showed a happy look on her face.
Lu Jing took the little fairy's hand and said as he walked: "Let's go and see what happened?"
The two cavalrymen ran straight into the city guard's mansion, then quickly jumped off their horses and ran towards the main hall.
As soon as Lu Jing walked to the gate of the city guard's house, he saw a group of people walking out of the hurried landlord's hall, including the temporary "city guard" Li Xianyi, the captain Zhang Shun, and the tall and thin man who was extremely unfriendly to Lu Jing.
The man and others, as well as some unseen civil and military officials.
When Lu Jing saw these people looking extremely nervous, he knew something terrible must have happened. He couldn't help but run up to these people and asked softly: "What on earth happened?"
Li Xianyi glanced at Lu Jing and said: "The Japanese army is coming. It's too dangerous here. You are not a Korean. Leave from Xicheng quickly!" She said as she walked, and then she and her companions mounted their horses.
, and galloped towards Dongcheng.
Zhang Shun led a war horse and walked up to the astonished Lu Jing, and whispered: "The news I just received is that at least 10,000 Japanese troops came out of nowhere and suddenly appeared thirty miles east of the city.
Running towards here!"
Lu Jing's expression changed and he asked: "How many defenders are there in this city?"
Zhang Shun replied: "There are only more than 3,000 people, and most of them are new soldiers."
Lacey Belle exclaimed: "Wow, how can you hold on to this!"
Zhang Shun smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, so we plan to defend Longtuo City on the one hand, and on the other hand send light cavalry to ask for help from the capital."
Lu Jing asked: "How far is the capital from here? When can reinforcements arrive at the earliest?"
Zhang Shun replied: "If the cavalry returns at maximum speed, it will probably take seven or eight days."
Lu Jing sighed after hearing this.
Zhang Shun looked sad and said: "Actually, we all know in our hearts that this city must be lost!" After he finished speaking, he glanced at Lu Jing meaningfully, then turned around and ran towards the east gate.
Lacey Beili looked at Zhang Shun's back and said, "Do you think you can help them repel these 10,000 Japanese soldiers?"
Lu Jing quickly shook his head. He thought to himself: Even if the 10,000 enemies were all rookie troops like the Lu Army or the former Qi Army, it would be difficult for him to let the 3,000 Korean recruits defeat them, let alone those Japanese who had won consecutive battles.
Powerful team.
Hearing Lu Jing's answer, the always optimistic Lacey Beili also frowned. After a while, the little fairy asked again: "After the city is broken, will the Japanese army...will they massacre the city?"
Lu Jing thought for a while and then said: "The Japanese army's approach is probably similar to that of the Tsai Kingdom: if the opponent resists, they will massacre the city after capturing it. If the opponent does not resist, they will not massacre the city." At this point, he
He took Lacey Beili's hand and said, "Let's do this: let's go to Dongcheng to see if there is any danger. I believe that with my martial arts, even if the Japanese army comes in, I can probably escape from the city safely."
Lacey Beili smiled, then held hands with Lu Jing and strode towards the east of the city.
At this time, the news of the Japanese army's attack had gradually spread among the soldiers and civilians in the city. The people were extremely panicked, and many people immediately rushed towards the west city, hoping to escape from there to avoid the Japanese army's attack and massacre.
. But there were also many people who stayed. The reason why they did not flee was not because they believed that the Goryeo army could defend the city, but because they knew that they would definitely not be able to outrun the Japanese cavalry, so they might as well surrender as soon as possible and become obedient citizens.
At this time, Lu Jing suddenly heard something strange coming from behind him, so he turned around and looked.
I saw a sedan appear a hundred steps behind me, carried by four strong bearers, heading in the same direction as myself, towards the east city. When the noisy people on the street saw this sedan, they immediately
It became quiet, and not only did they get out of the way, but they also looked at the sedan with respectful expressions, as if there were very respectable and important people sitting inside.
Lu Jing's walking speed was obviously faster than that of the sedan, but out of curiosity, he wanted to see who was sitting in the sedan, so he stepped to the side of the road and stopped to watch.
When the sedan came to Lu Jing's side, it suddenly stopped. The curtain of the sedan was opened, revealing the face of a thin old man, looking towards Lu Jing. Lu Jing saw that although the old man was old, he did not look senile.
On the contrary, his eyes were shining with excitement.
Lu Jing looked at the old man for a while, feeling that the old man seemed to be completely attracted to him, and couldn't help but feel strange.
The old man looked at Lu Jing with a bright smile on his face, as if he had discovered a rare treasure. After a while, the old man lowered the sedan curtain and ordered the sedan bearers to continue on their way.
Lu Jing felt strange and asked a passerby: Who is this old man?
Passers-by told Lu Jing: This is the "Tianzhi" sage, one of the three great sages of Goryeo. The "Tianzhi" sage is recognized as the most knowledgeable person in Goryeo. Although he does not have any official position,
Because of his high moral character and his knowledge of ancient and modern times, he was highly respected by officials and people alike.
When Lexi Beili heard this, a bright smile immediately appeared on her beautiful face. She thought to herself: Since this sage showed such a happy expression when he saw the strange Lu Jing, it shows that Lu Jingzhi is special.
generally!
When Lu Jing arrived at the east city, he saw that the city gate had been closed. This was obviously because the Japanese army was about to attack. He looked towards the city wall and saw many soldiers with weapons standing on the city wall.
Lu Jing thought to himself: I have to get on top of the city wall to see what's going on outside the city. So he held hands with Lacey Beili and tried to climb the stairs to the city wall.
The two soldiers beside the stairs held Lu Jing back with their spears horizontally, and then said a few words that they didn't understand.
Lu Jing spread his hands and shook his head, indicating that he did not understand Korean. The two soldiers signaled with their hands: This is an important military area and you are not allowed to go up there.
At this moment, Lu Jing saw the wise sage that day appeared at the top of the stairs, and beside him was the captain Zhang Shun.
Sage Tianzhi looked at Lu Jing below and said a few words to Zhang Shun. Zhang Shun immediately ran down the stairs. Zhang Shun first greeted Lu Jing warmly, and then said loudly to the two soldiers: "
These two people are distinguished guests, don’t stop them anymore!”
The two soldiers stuck out their tongues and quickly put away their spears.
Just as Lu Jing was about to thank Zhang Shun, Zhang Shun quickly grabbed Lu Jing's hand and pulled him up the stairs, saying at the same time: "We have seen the Japanese army's forward from a distance."
Lu Jing was shocked and said: "Come so fast?!"
Zhang Shun looked anxious and said: "Yes, the enemies are all light cavalry. Although we had a beacon tower to send a message, we only learned about the enemy's situation half an hour in advance."
Lu Jing asked a question that puzzled him: "I heard before: The Japanese army landed in the south of Goryeo and only captured a few big cities in the south. Why did it suddenly appear in the north?"
Zhang Shun said: "We also felt very strange, but after thinking about it, the reason is simply that the Japanese army relied on boats to land at Yeongcheon in the middle of Goryeo, because it was impossible to land elsewhere."
"Yingchuan?" Lu Jing repeated softly. He had read a brief introduction to this place in a book. There were always rough waves and many reefs, making sailing extremely dangerous. He didn't know why the Japanese army was able to successfully land there.
"Yes, it's Yingchuan. After the Japanese army landed, the solid defense line in central Goryeo suddenly lost its effect, completely disrupting the entire strategic plan of the old general Li Yuanshun. The old general Li Yuanshun had to let the newly recruited,
Almost untrained troops went to fight against well-trained Japanese troops.
Moreover, during the battle, we found that the Japanese army knew our army’s deployment very well and could often make targeted surprise attacks, so our army suffered consecutive defeats and suffered heavy casualties.”
"Is there such a thing?!" Lu Jing said in surprise. He thought to himself: "The reason why the Japanese army was able to successfully land in a dangerous place and also understood the deployment of the Goryeo army must be very strange!"
While talking, the two of them walked to the top of the stairs and arrived at the city tower. Tianzhi Sage looked at Lu Jing and Lacey Beili, his eyes once again showed excitement. Lu Jing pulled Lacey Beili and walked to Tianzhi Sage.
, saluted him respectfully. Sage Tianzhi said softly in standard Zhongzhou mainland dialect: "Finally I've waited for you!" Then he took Lu Jing's hand and walked towards the group of people on the tower.
Lu Jing saw that among the group of people, there were the newly succeeded female city guard Li Xianyi, the tall and thin young general who was quite hostile to him, and several civil and military officials he had never seen before. These people were having a fierce battle.
What are you arguing about.
Lu Jing walked to the crenel and looked outside the city. He could see a gray-black cavalry line in the distance, coming towards here. It must be the 10,000 light cavalry troops from Japan.
He looked at the Korean soldiers beside him. Although these people were also quite strong, looking at the surging Japanese army, their faces showed panic and confusion. They were obviously new recruits who had not fought in battle.
.
Lu Jing asked Zhang Shundao: "What are the generals arguing about?"
At this time, Zhang Shun saw that Sage Tianzhi had a very good attitude towards Lu Jing, so he believed in his identity as the "Hero of the Holy Spear" even more.
Zhang Shun heard Lu Jing's question and immediately replied in a low voice: "Li Xianyi means to stand firm and wait for help. Even if all the soldiers are sacrificed, we must defend the city, but we must release all the people out of the city.
This was so that if the city was broken, the people would not be massacred; but the tall and thin general said that the people would also be armed to fight against the Japanese army. Anyone who failed to fight would be shot with bows and arrows immediately."
Lu Jing asked in a low voice: "What is the name of that tall and thin general?"
"His name is Cui Haiquan, and he is the son of Cui Hongshangshu. Cui Hongshangshu is very powerful in the court." Zhang Shun answered Lu Jing in a low voice, and then asked: "What does General Lu think we should do?"