Chapter 3250: Moving the body back to honor the martyrs
Shen Gong turned around and grinned: "Brother Tieniu, this is not the first time we have done this. Last time when we attacked Linqu, when you stepped on my shoulders and climbed up to the top of the city and won the first victory, I I didn't even frown, and it's the same this time. When we discuss merits after the war, just remember to share my points. My two boys just hope to eat more meat with this reward."
Xiang Mi laughed, stepped forward and patted Shen Gong on the shoulder: "Go ahead, move the passage, and I'll go in. You'll be the first to get there this time!"
A trace of excitement flashed in Shen Gong's eyes, and he turned around and ran towards the city gate quickly. His voice came down the wind: "Come on, move on, do you want to live for a thousand years?"
Wang Mengzi stood behind Xiang Mi and raised his lips in dissatisfaction: "Brother Tieniu, you are so partial. You would rather let Shen Gong and other auxiliary soldiers and civilians go into battle than give me a chance to make meritorious deeds."
Xiang Mi shook his head: "I said, Mengzi, you are a soldier, charging into battle is your strength, but when it comes to carrying sandbags and earthbags, your hands and feet are not as agile as those of Lao Shen. Besides, although they are auxiliaries, Soldiers, but they can also wear armor on the battlefield. Even if the enemy troops really rush out of the city to fight for it, they can still resist it. If I ask you to move the sandbags now, and you have finished moving them, do you still have the strength to continue killing? ?”
Wang Mengzi gritted his teeth and looked at the shapeless charred remains of corpses piled outside in the city gate. Tears filled his eyes: "I want to do this for those brothers who were burned to death." Revenge, Brother Tieniu, these brothers slept in the same tent as me last night and ate in the same pot in the morning, but now they have become corpses that others can step on casually. I, in my heart..."
When he said this, he couldn't go on anymore. He picked up the big knife that was stuck on the ground beside him, and made a series of horizontal slashes in the air, as if he was cutting down the enemy soldiers.
Xiang Mi sighed: "This battle was fierce. These brothers took the first step. We don't know if we can survive. Don't blame Shen Gong and the others for stepping on their corpses. There is nothing we can do about it. We are now There is no time to clean up the corpses. Even these sandbags have to be moved in time. When this battle is won and we capture Guanggu City, if we are still alive by then, then I will pay homage to the souls of these brothers with you. We Take them home together!”
Wang Mengzi nodded vigorously. Shen Gong, who was more than 20 steps away, seemed to have heard something and ran into the city gate. When he ran back, he did not hold a sandbag, but half a burnt one in his arms. He ran to a place about twenty steps away from the city gate and slowly lowered it to the ground. Then he clasped his hands and shouted to the corpse: "Brother, you can go on your way in peace. We will avenge you right away." !”
Following Shen Gong, more than a dozen sergeants were also holding or holding many pieces of corpses that had been burnt out of shape. They had solemn expressions on their faces and were handling them with care, as if they were putting down an injured comrade. They were wearing robes, for fear that being touched would cause them more pain.
Wang Mengzi gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Master Shen, I, Wang Mengzi, thank you for helping us move the bodies of these brothers. You go and get down to business. Don't miss the important event of siege because of this." Gu
Shen Gong patted the black ashes on his body, shook his head and said: "These brothers who died heroically in battle cannot be thrown there. After the city gate is cleared, we must attack quickly. We will inevitably step on these dead brothers. We Wu people are very particular about returning fallen leaves to their roots, and even this corpse must be returned as intact as possible. If it is really trampled into a pile of ashes by us, we won't be able to sleep well at night!"
Wang Mengzi nodded vigorously: "Thank you very much, Master Shen. I, Wang Mengzi, don't know what is good or bad. I just talked nonsense. This bad mouth needs to be cured!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and slapped himself hard twice. His left and right cheeks suddenly swelled up. Shen Gong smiled and shook his head: "Mengzi, it's up to you to charge into battle later. Take care of me." Hello brothers, let’s go to Qingcheng Gate!”
As he said that, he turned around and continued to run towards the door. Xiang Mi looked at the more than ten mutilated and charred corpses on the ground, sighed softly, and performed a military salute to these corpses: "Brothers, you The heroic spirit is not far away, and will protect us from attacking the city, killing the thieves and breaking through the city, so as to avenge you."
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and dozens of auxiliary soldiers behind him quickly stepped forward, wrapped the charred corpses in white cloth, and loaded them into several empty carts that had been waiting behind. The cart drivers turned around. , these carts were quickly transported towards the long perimeter at the rear, while more than twenty other carts, loaded with stones and broken branches, had just arrived from the rear, and armored auxiliary soldiers and civilians came forward quickly. , hurriedly began to carry the stones and broken branches loaded on the car, and rushed to the positions of the eight-stone bull crossbows and throwing rods as quickly as possible, providing a steady stream of energy for these siege equipment. ammunition.
In the city gate cave, Shen Gong and others kept going in and out, and they even stood in a crowd, leaving the more than twenty men in the innermost to pick up and carry the sandbags scattered outside, and then passed by several They passed it hand to hand and threw it into the hands of the sergeants standing outside the rear city gate. These people took the sandbags and earthbags and threw them at the base of the city walls on both sides. In less than half a moment, there were hundreds of them. A bag of earth was thrown at the base of the city walls on both sides. It seemed that the city head, which was more than three feet high, seemed to be two feet closer.
Xiang Mi's eyes lit up. At this moment, his sight had turned from the city gate to the city wall. Wang Mengzi seemed to have thought of something and said: "Brother Tieniu, you want to use these sandbags to climb directly to the city wall." Going to town?"
Xiang Mi nodded: "When we attacked Linqu, we didn't have ladders, so we relied on people to build ladders and stack up the city walls that Arhats climbed up. Linqu City was less than two feet high. When we attacked by surprise, I climbed on Shen Gong's shoulders. We went up, hey, it’s a pity that we went a minute too late and let Murong Chong slip away, otherwise we would have captured the Nanyan Emperor and there would be no need to fight Guanggu City.”
Wang Mengzi laughed: "It's okay this time. There's still time. With Brother Tieniu's might, he will definitely be able to rush into Guanggu first. When the time comes, he will behead the black robe, capture Murong Chao alive, and disembowel these thieves as a memorial." Our fallen brothers."
Xiang Mi said seriously: "Don't be too proud. I think Guanggu is far more difficult to defeat than Linqu. We have been fighting for just this city gate for a long time, but we haven't broken through yet. Moreover, I'm afraid there will be more enemies behind the city." We have a powerful layout, so we can’t place all our hopes on the city gate. If we can climb the city here and attack from both sides of the city wall and city gate at the same time, our chances of breaking the city will be greatly increased!"