Lu Xiufu raised his head from the desk, revealing his deeply sunken and blackened eye sockets.
He stayed up all night again, sorting out the military supplies to be dispatched to various places.
"Ms. Lu, would you like to have something to eat?"
A clerk placed a bowl of cold porridge back on Lu Xiufu's desk.
"Okay, thank you very much."
Lu Xiufu was so sleepy that he wanted to lean on a chair and fall asleep, but he really needed to eat something.
I scooped up the porridge with a spoon and ate a few mouthfuls, but someone else hurried into the hall.
"Ms. Lu! Something happened!"
After the spoon was put down, Lu Xiufu cheered up again and said, "Don't be impatient. Speak slowly."
He also raised his hand to invite the other party to come closer.
No matter how hard you are, never forget to treat others with courtesy.
"General Pan Zhuo, the guard at Xiangshan, ordered a villain to report that several groups of military supplies were suddenly attacked yesterday! He didn't know which side to save!"
Lu Xiufu's sleepiness disappeared and he said, "Don't be anxious. Take a sip of tea first and tell me carefully."
He glanced at the table and simply handed his entire teapot to the messenger.
At the same time, he had asked his subordinates to summon the officials and generals in the city.
After listening carefully to the situation, Lu Xiufu no longer wanted to eat the porridge on the table. He hurried to the government office and issued various orders.
"Close the city gates immediately. Anyone who wants to enter the city must strictly check the tokens. Send fast horses to inform Luoyang, Mengjindu and other places, and recall all the baggage teams within more than ten miles of the city. As for those who have gone far,
We will definitely defend on the spot and wait for rescue. We need to send people to tell Marshal Zhang Jue and ask him to return to the army..."
These matters were dealt with until noon, when another messenger hurried over.
But it was someone sent by Dong Wenzhong from Luoyang.
"Xiangong Lu, Xianggong Dong asked me to tell you that Lu Wenhuan's soldiers and horses have approached another hundred miles along the Yihe River."
"At this time?"
Lu Xiufu was surprised at first, then he thought for a while, his face became more and more worried, and he murmured: "The Yuan army here suddenly sent many groups of cavalry to attack our grain road, and Lu Wenhuan also marched over there?"
"Did Xianggong Lu say that they made an agreement?"
"Yes, you go back and tell Xianggong Dong about the situation here and ask him to deal with it carefully. I will write a letter and you will take it with you."
Under this situation, even Lu Xiufu's handwriting was a little sloppy.
After I finished writing the letter, it was already afternoon.
Lu Xiufu picked up the bowl and hurriedly drank a big mouthful of cold porridge, and immediately rushed to the top of the city.
When he met someone in the government office, he remembered to wipe his mouth, slow down his pace, and straighten his clothes. But when he went out, it was still raining, but he didn't bother to hold an umbrella.
While patrolling the city, he turned his head several times and looked eastward, waiting for more news.
Finally, in the evening, Zhang Jue's messenger arrived.
"The marshal ordered me to tell Xianggong Lu that he has not gone far. But to annihilate Boyan, Zhengzhou City needs to be able to hold off the Yuan army for several days..."
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The rain fell on the dilapidated earthen city wall of Zhongmu County, washing away the blood.
It was nearly evening, and the Yuan army finally stopped attacking, but was stationed not far from the city. There were also scout horses peeping around the city.
The men of the baggage train were also called up to defend the city today. Although they could not kill the enemy, they could carry wood and stones.
Hao Erfu stared at Hao Gou'er like an old hen guarding her young all day long. Unexpectedly, when the Yuan army retreated, Hao Gou'er disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Dog? Dog?!"
"Brother, don't panic, I just saw dogs carrying wounded soldiers over."
"Like this, okay, okay, okay..."
Hao Erfu finally took a breath, looked around at the messy scene after the war, and couldn't help but bury his face in his hands.
In fact, I was so scared that I cried.
The war was not as good as he thought. People's bodies were chopped off and left in the rain. How could it not be scary to look at? He, Hao Erfu, just wanted to farm and really didn't want to go through this.
In the wounded barracks, Hao Gouer was also in tears at this time.
He was desperately pressing the wound of a wounded soldier, but blood was still pouring out from between his fingers.
"Quick! Doctor, doctor, come and save him! Come and save him..."
"Hurry up……"
Finally, someone caught up from behind, pushed Hao Gouer away, and began to stop the bleeding of the wounded soldier.
Hao Gou'er fell to the ground and shivered because his body was completely soaked with rain and blood.
Hearing the endless screams around him, he felt weak, so he hugged his knees and lowered his head, trying to hold back the feeling of nauseating.
After an unknown amount of time, someone patted him.
"Little brother."
Standing in front of him was the doctor just now.
"Your hand is injured. I'll bandage it for you."
Hao Gou'er raised his hand and took a look, only to see that the palm of his hand was completely worn out and was still dripping with blood.
He thanked the doctor nervously, let the other man wrap up his wounds, and asked: "Doctor, is he okay?"
He was referring to the wounded man he had just moved back.
"He's not dead. The wound you pressed has been stitched up, but one hand is useless. Fortunately, there are military supplies and medicines here, so we can save our lives. You can change your clothes later, don't catch the cold..."
"Thank you, doctor."
After finishing these tasks, Hao Gouer wanted to leave the wounded soldiers camp, but after thinking about it, he stayed back to make fire and make food for the wounded soldiers.
It wasn't until late at night that the wounded soldier he brought back slowly woke up, lay there, stretched out his left hand and groped to the right for a while, crying silently.
Hao Gouer looked at it for a while and then returned to the baggage team.
Before he arrived at his place of residence, Hao Erfu rushed out. When he caught him, he told him not to run around.
"Don't worry, Dad, I won't run around." Hao Gou'er responded in a low voice and said nothing.
Throughout the night, he felt extremely tired, and the idea of joining the army gradually faded away.
~~
Before dawn the next day, the Yuan army began to attack the city again.
Hao Gou'er no longer wanted to go to where the officers and soldiers were as he did yesterday. He honestly listened to the quartermaster Fan Xueyi's arrangements and did something to help them defend the city.
The battle on this day was even more fierce than yesterday. By noon, the Yuan army had already attacked the city.
"Stop them!"
"Push them down!"
"Kill the prisoners!"
Hao Gou'er was listening to the shouts inside the city wall. He looked up but couldn't see anything. Suddenly he heard a loud "bang".
"Bang!"
Afterwards, the sound of killing became much softer, but many people cried loudly.
"General Wu!"
"General! Wu Fu died in battle."
"Let Cui Taiping take the lead."
"Cui Taiping also died in the battle..."
Then I heard someone nearby shouting: "Come up with me!"
Hao Gouer turned around and saw that Fan Xueyi had already recruited some people and was running towards the city.
The thought of joining the army suddenly started to fade again. Hao Gouer took two steps forward, and then Hao Erfu pulled him back with force.
"Baby, what are you doing?!"
On this day, Hao Gouer failed to reach the top of the city.
But at night, Fan Xueyi came over wearing a suit of armor and said to the people in the transport team: "Several generals died in the battle today, and the general ordered me to take one of them. Tomorrow you will still help defend the city, and the adjutant will be in charge.
.Also, a section of the west city wall collapsed and had to be repaired overnight."
Someone in the crowd said: "Master Fan, you are a scholar, so you have to save your life by tens of thousands of dollars."
"Until the emperor takes over the land of Hehuang, he has no intention of looking back at his hometown."
Fan Xueyi cupped his hands, turned around and rushed towards the city.
Everyone couldn't understand what he was talking about and just looked at each other in confusion.
Hao Gou'er looked around and saw Fan Xueyi's resolute face as he cupped his hands in the firelight.
The deputy baggage officer then said: "Big guys, hurry up and repair the city wall! At least we don't have to be hacked by the Mongols."
This group of people rushed to the west city and moved large wooden beams and stones to block the collapsed city wall.
a long time.
Suddenly hearing a "whoosh" sound, Hao Gouer saw Sun Laoliu, who was pounding wooden beams in front, fall down.
"Uncle Sun Liu?!"
"Swish, swish, swish..."
More arrows have been fired.
"The Yuan army is coming to kill!"
The people suddenly panicked and fled in all directions.
At the same time, Hao Erfu had already pulled Hao Gouer and fled.
"Quick, run!"
Looking back, I saw corpses all over the ground. Many of the civilians who had come all the way from Guanzhong had fallen.
Hao Gou'er's mind was confused and he followed Hao Erfu in a daze for a while when he saw a line of soldiers rushing towards him.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide and focused hard on one of the figures. Then he broke away from Hao Erfu's hand and ran towards the soldier.
"It's you?!"
In the dark night, he saw a figure with a broken right hand, running with a spear in his left hand.
The two passed by each other, and Hao Gou'er saw the other's pale face, filled with unyielding arrogance.
"Run away!"
Hao Erfu grabbed Hao Ergou again.
"Dad, I won't run away!" Hao Ergou shouted fiercely: "The year my mother died, you fled from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, wasn't it far enough? I want to go back."
He turned around, raised his hand, pointed at the backs, and shouted: "They are all going back! Back to Guanzhong, back to Hehuang. Back to Hehuang, back to the Central Plains... back!"
Hao Erfu was stunned for a moment, and felt his hand loosen, but Hao Gouer had already escaped from his protection and ran towards the west city again.
~~
"Let the peasants retreat!"
"Back up!"
"put!"
Amidst the explosion, screams rang out again in the west city.
Later, the Tang army came up in formation and blocked the collapsed city wall.
The Tang army had thunderbolt cannons that could be used in the rain, but there are not many left here.
Fortunately, the sudden crisis this night has temporarily passed...
Fan Xueyi was finishing up the work when he suddenly heard a shout. He turned around and waved, "Hao Erfu, come here."
"Fan Ya...General Fan, my son..."
"Hao Xingbang is here." Fan Xueyi reached into the crowd and picked up Hao Gou'er.
"General, I want to join the army."
"Go back with your father first, and we'll talk about it later."
"I just want to join the army."
"Then just follow my arrangements." Fan Xueyi pressed Hao Gouer's shoulder and said, "Only by following my arrangements can I let you be a soldier, or a good soldier."
"The only son, the only son is..."
Hao Erfu still wanted to speak, but was glared at by Fan Xueyi again.
"Go, go back to the warehouse and gather."
The father and son had no choice but to lower their heads and walk towards the team of civilian husbands.
When Hao Gouer passed by Fan Xueyi, he muttered in a low voice, "I obviously killed an enemy soldier..."
"I know."
Fan Xueyi patted Hao Gouer on the back again, turned around and climbed to the top of the city, rushing to his commander.
"General."
"look."
A lookout tube was handed over. Fan Xueyi looked up and saw that dawn had just broken.
The rain finally stopped.
In the distance, you can see streaks of wolf smoke.
"Bo Yan's army is coming, we have to burn this food and grass and return to Zhengzhou City..."