Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Five National War Eight
A Jin Kingdom watchman on top of the city tower quickly ran towards the bottom of the city tower: "Report, General Mu Zhen, Dalong's army is approaching our city, and it looks like they are about to attack the city!"
When Mu Zhen heard the lookout's report, he frowned and glanced outside the city, writing even more quickly with the brush in his hand.
In a moment, Mu Zhen handed four pieces of paper to the bodyguard beside him.
"The troops were divided into two groups to deliver the information to Your Majesty, Prince You. They were all on fast horses and hawks on the other side."
"Got the order!"
"These eleven letters are also sent to the eleven cities in Songzhou, so that the soldiers in each city can prepare early!"
"Got the order!"
"Mu Yin."
"The end is here!"
"Hurry out of the city and get on top of the Muzhou city wall.
Then he ordered all the soldiers to mobilize the people in the city to pound the earth and seal the city, and they must hold on until reinforcements arrive."
"Got the order!"
"General, the intelligence brother scouts have discovered that Dalong has at least 200,000 soldiers and horses. We only have 20,000 soldiers and 8,000 elite black wolf cavalry. Can we hold it?"
Mu Zhen's eyes narrowed and he said coldly: "We have to defend even if we can't. We all fell into the trap of the Dalong people. They prepared to attack the capital, but they secretly took a detour to attack Muzhou. They wanted to come to Dalong."
The dragon people planned to raid our twelve cities in southern Xinjiang from the beginning!"
"Once our twelve cities fall into the hands of the dragon people, the prince and princess will be in danger."
"Snow is about to fall. It is simply impractical to continue to attack Yingzhou. If the place where we live in the rear is taken away by the dragon, the prince, princess and the others will have to sleep in the wilderness, and may even face a sudden attack from the city by the dragon people."
"Once it snows, you don't understand how cold the temperature will be in the wilderness of our Kingdom of Jin, right?"
"The prince has entrusted me with the important task of defending the city. I cannot let him down."
"Instruct the officers and men of the three armies to prepare for war."
"The general will get the order!"
"General Mu, look, there's a lone rider coming towards the city gate!"
Mu Zhen hurriedly looked towards the bottom of the city. Sure enough, a big dragon soldier came towards the city gate single-handedly. Mu Zhen knew it very well.
This dragon soldier is either here to persuade him to surrender or to issue a declaration of war. There is no third possibility.
As expected by Muzhen, the dragon soldier stopped about twenty steps from the city gate, turned over and dismounted, and stared at Muzhen on the city wall.
"The great dragon is marching to the north. General Du Yu, the commander of the bodyguard under Marshal Liu Mingzhi of the army in the middle, dare to ask the general Gao on the city wall what his name is! Can you understand Chinese?"
He looked at Du Yu calmly and calmly, and glanced at the 200,000 dragon cavalry whose flags were rising to the sun and were less than three miles away from Muzhou.
"I'm the commander of the Black Wolf Cavalry in Muzhen, and he knows a thing or two about Chinese."
"General Mu, Du is polite. Du has been ordered by my commander-in-chief to bring a message to the general."
"Muzhen is all ears."
"General Mu, you brothers are all well aware of the situation in Muzhou City. Liu does not want to cause unnecessary killings. I hope that General Mu will be a wise man who understands the current situation and surrenders to Kaicheng."
"Liu promised that as long as General Mu opens the city and surrenders, Liu will never kill anyone in the capital and will not do any harm to the people in the city."
"God has the virtue of good life, I hope General Mu will not be stubborn."
"I have 100,000 cavalry in hand. How many days can General Mu hold on to resist desperately?"
"It just cost Liu a lot of lives. I hope General Mu will think twice."
Mu Zhen stared at the army formation outside the city and smiled softly.
"I have admired the famous scholar and commander Liu Mingzhi in white for a long time. I am so lucky to see Mu Zhen Sansheng today."
"Although Commander Liu came with an army of 200,000 men, he still brought glory to Muzhou."
"If you want to eat your salary and share your worries, how can Mu Zhen, as a border guard, have the right to surrender in Kaicheng?"
"Shuai Liu, you and I are both generals. Mu Zhen is not good at words, so I only have one thing to tell Shuai Liu."
"The commander of the Black Wolf Cavalry, Muzhen, would rather die than surrender."
"The final general and Liu Shuai each have their own masters, so they can only compete in the battle formation."
"Mu Zhen swears to defend the city to the death. If the city is alive and people are there, if the city is dead, people will die."
Du Yu watched silently as Mu Zhen took off the iron bow from his back and began to bend the bow and set an arrow, then shot an arrow with a letter of war tied to it towards the city wall.
The arrow accurately shot into the gap in the wall in front of Muzhen. The arrow entered the wall and the tail fin kept trembling.
With an unchanging expression, Mu Zhen took off the tactics attached to the arrow and looked through it, then wrote a letter and tied it to the arrow: "Bring me the bow."
Mu Zhen took the big yellow bow handed over by his guard, bent the bow and shot an arrow towards Du Yu. The arrow stably inserted into the ground less than half a step away from Du Yu.
"Brother Du, it's rude to come and not return."
"Please come back."
Du Yu bent down, picked up the arrow and punched the city wall. He picked up the arrow, got on his horse and galloped towards where he came from.
"Why doesn't the general pretend to agree to Commander Dalong's request and wait for two or three days for reinforcements to arrive?"
He calmly looked at the bodyguard beside him and said, "It's useless. Liu Mingzhi helped His Majesty put down the rebellion of the kings in our Kingdom of Jin, and became famous in one battle."
"Although I have never met him, I still know his name, General Ben, very well."
"Since he has sent troops to the city, he will not give us a chance to wait for reinforcements. In this case, it is better to be tough, so as not to lose my reputation as a golden man."
"Brothers, how old is this general like you? Let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. We may all die on the city wall today."
"Brother is not afraid of death, but he doesn't want to see you die in vain."
"But our border city cannot fall into the hands of Dalong's enemy under any circumstances. The border city is related to the safety of my 600,000-strong Southern Expeditionary Army. Life is at stake. My brother can only defend it with you!"
"Brother will give you one last chance. If you want to live, take off your armor and become a common people. Just pretend you didn't see it."
"You still have time to regret now. The enemy will attack the city soon. If you want to be a deserter again, it will disturb the morale of the army. But don't blame my brother for not cherishing the brotherhood that has been shared for many years."
"If you want to survive, take off your armor yourself!"
Mu Zhen's words were passed down to ten, then to a hundred, and then to a thousand.
The eight thousand black wolf riders looked in the direction of Muzhen with piercing eyes, not one of them flinched.
On the contrary, many of the soldiers looked frightened and wanted to take off their armor.
Whether they are Dalong's soldiers or Jin Kingdom's soldiers, they know their position very well, and they only put on these clothes to earn a living.
After all, they are not frontier soldiers who are accustomed to life and death. If they are asked to die generously, they really do not have the courage.
However, there is a lack of a leader who is really afraid of death to step forward and remove his armor to test the truth of Mu Zhen's words.
In the end, all the soldiers could only fight in two groups, standing on the city wall with expressions of mourning.
Mu Zhen slowly drew out his saber and raised it high, looking outside the city and shouting.
"Prepare for war!"
In an instant, eight thousand black wolf cavalry dispersed towards the four city walls, and the soldiers had no choice but to follow them and disperse to defend the city.
Liu Mingzhi took the letter from Du Yu and looked through it, sighing with a disappointed look on his face.
He raised his telescope and looked at the scene on the city wall. Liu Mingzhi picked up the wine bag on his horse and took a few sips.
"He is a hero!"
"Pity!"
"You and I are just following orders, and there is nothing Liu can do."