The soldiers filed in from a corner of the collapsed city wall.^/Very Literary/^
The city was already a mess. There were countless ruins, and the ground was covered with rubble from collapsed houses and burning wood. There were countless large craters in the streets blown up by shells. Next to the craters, the charred soil, in the rising morning light,
It seemed a bit dazzling. Looking up, there was no intact house in the entire Shuofang City. There were only wisps of black smoke rising from the houses that were still on fire, and then slowly rising into the sky.
On the street, you can occasionally see a few Turkic women who survived the bombardment. They were in ragged clothes, holding crying children in their arms, walking barefoot among the ruins covered with hoarfrost. From time to time, they walked
He bent down and moved the rocks and wood blocks away with one hand, as if he was looking for something, or maybe someone.
Occasionally, from under the countless wolf books, you will find some women with dirty heads and faces eating, like hungry wolves, ignoring the dirt on the meat, wolfing it into their mouths until they choke and roll their eyes.
In the arms, the baby who was waiting to be fed was crying, and the crisp cry echoed in the smoky ruins for a long time.
A barefooted woman stood in the middle of the street. The woman behind her head had just stuffed a hard tortilla into her mouth. After chewing it for two times, she suddenly raised her head and looked forward.
The woman seemed unable to feel the coldness under her feet. She just stood there stupidly, looking at the oncoming army armed with weapons. She forgot to scream or run away for a moment.
There was no fear or emotion in her eyes. She watched the soldiers appear numbly. Subconsciously, the woman stood aside and watched the soldiers walking past her.
On her back was a three- or four-year-old little boy wearing a dirty tiger-head hat. The little guy didn't seem to care about the adults' affairs at all. At this time, he was using his dirty little hands to hold the
Holding a piece of flatbread that was blackened by the fire, he bit into it vigorously.
The women watched the soldiers come, pass, and then leave.
From beginning to end, there was no trace of emotion in her eyes.
Suddenly, there was a burst of fighting ahead.
The woman who was about to lower her head and bend down to continue looking for food raised her head and looked in the direction where the sound of fighting came from.
I saw the soldiers walking in front suddenly pulled out their knives and rushed into a dilapidated house on the roadside. After a burst of fighting came from inside, the soldiers, covered in blood, pulled a man who was crying and begging for mercy.
Turkic soldiers came out.
The Turkic soldier who was being pulled like a dead dog seemed to have been frightened. His eyes were full of fear and his whole body was trembling. It was very literary.
With a plop, the soldier was thrown into an open space. Then, a dozen soldiers wearing black armor surrounded the Turkic soldier in the center.
Several people glanced at the trembling Turkic soldier who was kneeling on the ground, discussing his life and death with a troubled expression. Sometimes they shook their heads and frowned.
The woman scavenging in the distance suddenly felt a fit after seeing the Turkic soldier surrounded by people in the center. The piece of meat jerky she had just found in the ruins also fell from her hand and fell to the ground.
On the back, the little boy who was waiting to eat meat burst into tears after seeing this.
The woman didn't seem to notice, staring blankly at the man.
Suddenly, the woman seemed to have gone crazy. She bent down and picked up a stone. She was crying like crazy. She stepped on the sharp gravel on the ground with her bare feet and rushed towards the black-armored soldiers.
past.
When several black-armored soldiers saw the woman rushing over, especially when they saw a stone in the woman's hand, they suddenly tensed up and their eyes were full of vigilance.
Among them, a soldier has raised his crossbow.
Just when he was about to pull the trigger, a soldier beside him stretched out his hand and held his hand. He shook his head slightly at the soldier holding the crossbow. Then he left the soldier kneeling on the ground, trembling all over, waiting for death.
The Turkish soldiers who arrived took their companions and left silently.
The woman cried, rushed to the Turk who was kneeling on the ground, fell to the ground with a plop, hugged the man and cried bitterly.
The soldiers who entered the city, under the command of the officers, began to repair the city defenses. Teams of ten people walked back and forth on the city wall, carrying stones to fill up the walls that had been destroyed by cannonballs.
Although the city was extremely messy, the soldiers' actions were still orderly. Fighting fires, carrying goods, and busy soldiers could be seen everywhere in Shuofang City.
Most of the once-splendid City Lord's Mansion has been destroyed by the bombing, and the only three intact houses still look a little embarrassed under the smoke and fire of war.
Lu Heng sat on a stone in the square. After taking a look at the dilapidated city lord's mansion, he moved his gaze to the city.
The City Lord's Mansion is located on a higher ground, especially this small square, with no obstructions around it. Sitting here, you can clearly see every corner of the city.
However, there was obviously nothing interesting to see in Shuofang City after the war.
In addition to the billowing smoke of gunpowder, it is full of devastation and mess.
Not far away, Agui was squatting there, holding a straw stick in his hand, playing with a group of ants that came out to bask in the sun. The childlike husband Zhou squatted next to Agui, watching Agui and a group of ants with relish.
Play.
Soldiers were coming in and out of the city lord's palace, while Qin Shihu stood there with his hands on his hips, directing the soldiers like a grandma standing on the street.
Not long after, a messenger came over.
He first glanced at the boring actions of these big guys and seemed a little puzzled. After scratching his head and smiling, he walked straight to Lu Heng and saluted: "Military advisor, brothers are in a private house.
There is a woman living there, who seems to be like frost!"
Lu Heng turned his head, glanced at him, and said calmly: "How is she now?"
"Crazy!" the messenger said with a wry smile.
"When the brothers found her, she was crying and laughing like crazy. Oh, if it hadn't been like this, the brothers wouldn't have been able to find her!" The messenger recalled the situation at that time, smacking his lips with a look of regret.
said.
Lu Heng's face was expressionless. After thinking for a moment, he stood up slowly. After taking a look at the devastation in the city, he asked lightly: "Where is she?"
"Down there!" The soldier pointed to a private house under the square and said calmly.
Lu Heng looked in the direction pointed by the soldier. Outside the small private house next to the gate of the city lord's palace, a woman in gorgeous clothes with disheveled hair was sitting there, staring blankly at the sun in the sky above her head.
After Lu Heng watched for a while, he turned his head and asked the soldier, "Are you crazy?"
"Yeah!" The messenger nodded and said with a wry smile: "When he arrested her, several brothers were embarrassed by him! They didn't hide when they saw the knife, they rushed straight up. The brothers were so scared that they didn't dare to take action!
"
"Oh!" Lu Heng said lightly, then looked at the quiet woman sitting in the sun for a while. After retracting his gaze, he thought for a while and said lightly: "Send someone to take good care of her.
Clothes, food and clothing, and try to be as satisfied as possible! No other people are allowed to approach!"
"Why don't you come over and take a look?" the orderer asked presumptuously.
Having been with Lu Heng for a long time, the messenger also knew something about the relationship between Lu Heng and the then concubine.
"Talk too much!" Lu Heng glared at him and said lightly.
The messenger was scolded, but he laughed, but never mentioned what he had just said again.
In the early morning, the light dews slightly.
The sun filled the entire Shuofang City.
A slightly cold wind blew, bringing the chill of frost and the smell of burning wood in the air.
Lu Heng rubbed his face, took a deep breath, and stood up with his knees in hand.
"Agui, General Zhou! Stop playing, let's go!" Lu Heng stretched out his hand, patted the patched gown on his body, woke up the two old naughty boys who were playing with ants, and walked towards the north city.
go.
Behind them, Agui and Zhou Yafu rubbed their noses that were red from the cold, got up in a hurry, and caught up with Lu Heng.
"In this battle, our army wiped out more than 50,000 Turkic generals and about 40,000 prisoners. Our army only suffered less than 3,000 casualties. It was really a great victory!" Walking along the way, Zhou Yafu
He reported the result of the battle to Lu Heng with a smile, and there was no lack of excitement in his words: "This battle has seriously damaged the Turkic people's vitality. The north, which has been plagued by war for hundreds of years, is finally able to settle down."
"Wouldn't that mean that we can all be remembered in history?" Qin Shihu asked excitedly from the side.
"Of course!" Zhou Yafu said enthusiastically and with high spirits.
"Hehe, I didn't expect that I, Old Qin, could also go down in history!" Qin Shihu smacked his lips, his eyes filled with excitement. As he spoke, he clenched his fist with great excitement.
Qin Shihu and Zhou Yafu talked and moved forward.
Lu Heng listened to the conversation of the two old generals and smiled slightly, but did not interrupt.
The group of people walked along the bumpy streets to the foot of Beicheng.
In the North City, the prince, wearing a suit of armor, was sitting under the city tower, watching the generals commanding the soldiers to build the city wall in an orderly manner.
After hearing the cheers of the soldiers coming from the city, the prince hurriedly stood up and looked towards the city.
After seeing the teacher and several generals coming, the prince quickly ran down.
"Teacher!" The prince saluted Lu Heng respectfully.
Lu Heng helped the prince up and smiled: "Let's go up and have a look!"
A group of people climbed onto the city wall and lined up next to Lu Heng.
Lu Heng stood proudly with his hands behind his back, standing at the top of the city, looking at the empty and lonely world below the city, taking a deep breath, and his mind suddenly broadened a lot.
Below the city, the soldiers were immersed in mowing the grass. In less than half an hour, a circular isolation zone with a width of 200 meters had been cleared.
On the side, the prince was puzzled when he saw this situation. After hesitating for a moment, he asked Lu Heng: "Teacher, what are they..."
"Isolation zone, when the fire breaks out, avoid burning into Shuofang City!" Lu Hengyan explained concisely and comprehensively.
"Fire attack?" The prince was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up and he exclaimed: "Fire attack?"