Wei Yan frowned deeply after hearing Zhou Buji's words. These rebels had no formation discipline at all. The defense on the west and south sides was done instinctively by the soldiers on both sides, but it seemed that the east side was deliberately ordered not to defend.
generally.
In the chaotic rebel camp, such subtleties were difficult to detect. They almost hid it from themselves, but they did not escape Zhou Buji's eyes.
"They are waiting for Zhang Ren's army." Zhou Buji said with certainty.
Zhang Ren did not go all the way to bring back the army, but as the number one general in Yizhou and loyal to Liu Zhang, it was impossible not to rescue Chengdu and arouse the alarm of the rebels. Yin Yuan should have included Zhang Ren long ago.
, this is tempting Zhang Ren into hiding.
Zhou Bujie and Wei Yan both became worried. Originally, the rebels of the Shi clan didn't notice them, so it was supposed to be the enemy in the dark. But now that they knew that the Shi clan had reinforcements all the way, but they didn't know where they came from, it suddenly became the enemy in the dark and the enemy in the dark.
If the inner city fell, Zhou Buyi would have to launch an attack, but that would still not eliminate the threat of the rebel reinforcements. The rebel reinforcements were like ghosts, leaving Zhou Buyi and Wei Yan stuck here, not daring to do anything.
action.
"The rebels are really hateful. Zhang Ren must have noticed that the rebels have reinforcements, but they still face the same dilemma as us. Even if he leads his troops to Chengdu, he can only watch the rebels attack the city. If the rebels really attack,
Entering the inner city, shall we attack or not?"
Wei Yan was also in a dilemma. When he attacked, the reinforcements appeared. Under attack from both sides, his 8,000 miscellaneous troops would be destroyed. If he didn't attack, would he just watch the inner city fall?
Zhou Buyi wiped his face. This was the first time he encountered something so embarrassing. He said for a long time: "General Wei, we have no choice. If the inner city is breached, we must launch an attack."
The inner city is the key to this war. All armies are centered on this. Whether they can suppress the rebellion depends on this. If you hold it, the situation in Yizhou will not worsen. If you cannot hold it, the overall situation will collapse. If you give up in order to protect yourself,
In the inner city, that is putting the cart before the horse.
What's more, isn't it just for Liu Xun's stupid piece of wood that I have done so much?
If he wants to die, he should die before him.
"Let's wait and see how long the inner city can hold on. We won't make any moves easily. The mantis stalks the cicada. Now the three armies are trying to be the oriole.
The rebels were in the Ming Dynasty, and General Zhang Ren did not appear, but everyone knew that the rebel reinforcements were on the way to guard against Zhang Ren.
Now we are the only ones in the darkest place. At the last moment, if the rebel reinforcements still do not appear, we can only make a desperate move."
Wei Yan nodded silently with a solemn expression.
...On the fifth day, the soldiers and all the young men in the inner city, with their tenacious perseverance and various means, held on to this moment.
However, this is already the limit. There are less than 1,000 soldiers left out of 5,000. They can't even allocate two soldiers to each wall. Moreover, they are all wounded and most of the young men have been lost. Moreover, these soldiers have no backup.
Under such circumstances, he persisted for a whole night and was exhausted.
Seeing the rebels retreating again, everyone collapsed on the city wall.
The female cooks delivered meals to the sergeants one by one, but all of them had a premonition that this was their last meal. Huang Quan and Wang Fu had already gone to the battlefield to kill the enemy in person. Wang Fu was weak and was killed by the rebels.
After being kicked down, I still feel my stomach is churning and I have no appetite at all.
Huang Quan had some rudimentary martial arts skills and fought hard to kill the enemy. He was injured in more than ten places and his whole body was covered in blood. Last night, because there were too few soldiers and no preparations, all the soldiers did not dare to be careless and spent the night at the top of the city.
Huang Quan held his sword and rested against the wall. The wound on his back was bleeding, and it stained the stone wall behind him. He slid down the wall without feeling anything. Wang Fu clutched his stomach and walked over with difficulty.
"Huang Daru, the fifth day has arrived and Zhang Ren and Zhou Buyi have not shown up. Do we still have hope?"
Huang Quan shook his head with difficulty and smiled bitterly: "Now, besides repaying the First Lord with death, do we have any other choice? As long as the rebels attack, we will go to Yaoshang to see the First Lord."
Wang Fu lowered his head in despair and glanced into the distance again. Huang Yue and Liu Xun were leaning against the city wall. They had not left here for several days and nights, and they took a rest in the Tibetan Soldier Cave at night.
Huang Yue was eight months pregnant. Huang Quan and Wang Fu were worried about her safety and wanted to persuade her to leave, but Huang Yue did not listen. Huang Quan and Wang Fu could not persuade her anymore.
Every time the rebels attacked, Huang Yue and Liu Xun stood silently at the top of the city. When the soldiers saw the pregnant Huang Yue and the young master, they were not afraid of death and fought with all their strength. This is the real reason why the inner city can hold on until now.
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However, sometimes the resources are exhausted, and at this time, it is really a dead end.
"We can die, but the young master cannot." After a long silence, Wang Fu suddenly said seriously.
"Most of the foundations left by my lord are still there. We can't give up completely just because Chengdu fell. As long as the young lord is here, Huang Yueying, Fazheng, Wu Ban and others can still be twisted into a rope to avenge us and continue to lead the lord."
Otherwise, our efforts in the past two years will be in vain."
Wang Fu said, his face full of sadness. Looking back on the past two years, he was the busiest and the proudest two years. Although he was the busiest county magistrate in the whole country, he was not the most fulfilling magistrate.
Isn't it just what you want to do if you wholeheartedly seek benefits for the people?
Now seeing that all his efforts for ordinary people have been in vain, how can Wang Fu not feel heartbroken.
Huang Quan looked at Wang Fu for a while and said quietly: "Wang Daru, are you going to do what Zhou Buji said?"
"Besides this, do we have any choice?"
Huang Quan looked at Wang Fu intently, suddenly used his sword to prop up his body, and knelt down facing Wang Fu with a bang.
"Huang Quan thanks Wang Daru for his great kindness on behalf of the late lord and the young lord. I will tell the young lord that if his revenge succeeds in the day, Wang Daru will definitely be the number one member of the Hall of Meritorious Officials."
Huang Quan kowtowed to Wang Fu as he spoke. Wang Fu hurriedly grabbed Huang Quan and said in a deep voice: "Huang Daru, we all want to be loyal to our lord. What are you doing? We are both the first lord.
1. All ministers were single-handedly promoted by the late lord. If Huang Daru had an heir, I believe Huang Daru would do the same."
Huang Quan looked at Wang Fu and suddenly felt sad. He looked up and sighed: "Cang Yao is so unfair. Don't you see that my lord, my lord, devoted himself to the common people and exhausted all his energy to help the great man? Why did you let him succeed?
, He didn’t even give his lord five years of time? The lord passed away young and his loyalty was covered in dust, so where is the path to death?”
Huang Quan shouted loudly, causing his internal injuries to vomit out a mouthful of red blood. The soldiers around him silently looked at Huang Quan, feeling the same sadness in their hearts.
This kind of sadness made them completely forget about life and death, and prepare to die as a martyr when the rebels next attack.
"General Deng." Huang Quan called over Deng Xian, who was covered in blood. Wang Fu stood aside with a six-year-old child. The child Yaozhen looked at Liu Xun, who was the same age as him, with confused eyes.
Huang Yue said to Liu Xun: "Xun'er, go and express condolences to the soldiers for their injuries."
Liu Xun glanced at Huang Yue and nodded.
After Liu Xun left, Huang Quan said to Deng Xian: "General Deng, go and make arrangements to pile up firewood, grass and kerosene in the Mufu. General, general..."
Huang Quan Senuo for a long time, finally felt that the words were stuck in his throat and could not come out: "Bring Huang Yue and Wang Hong in, and then you send a skilled, loyal and reliable agent to hide with the young master. If the city is broken, a handful
The fire burned down the Mufu."
Huang Quan said the last sentence in a low and decisive voice. He turned his head and his eyes turned red. Huang Quan, who had never shed tears since he could remember, couldn't help but shed a tear.
Wang Fu and Huang Yue had expressionless faces.
Wang Hong, Wang Fu's son, understood Huang Quan's words and said loudly: "You want to burn me to death? Why, I don't want it, I don't want it."
"Dad, they are going to burn me to death. You love Hong'er the most. Please help me. Daddy, please help me." Wang Hong pulled at the corner of Wang Fu's clothes, tears streaming down his face.
Listening to his son's cries, Wang Fu's heart was as sharp as a knife, but his face became more and more determined. He pushed Wang Hong onto Deng Xian and said seriously: "Hong'er, listen, we are your lord's subjects, lord."
If we are in trouble, we must be loyal to you with the death. We must not cry. We are not allowed to cry. Do you hear me?"
Wang Fu yelled and cursed loudly, and the more he cursed, the louder Wang Hong cried: "But I don't want to die, I don't want to die, Daddy, I don't want to die."
"Tug him away." Wang Fu shouted to Deng Xian. Hearing his son's cry, Wang Fu immediately lay down on the wall, started crying, his eyes went black, and he fainted to the ground.
Huang Yue stroked her belly and followed Deng Xian silently. Only by being burned to death with Wang Hong could she paralyze the rebels and allow Liu Xun to escape.
For the sake of my husband's great cause, what do I and the child in my belly mean?
"My child, mother is sorry for you." Huang Yue shed a tear.
All the loyal and brave men in the inner city lined up at the top of the city. Some officials who were still in the attic, Wang Lei and Qin Mi, also came out, picked up the weapons of the dead soldiers on the ground, and prepared to meet the rebels' final attack.
The rebels launched another attack. The determination of the soldiers on the city wall made the rebels panic. At this moment, the city wall suddenly became covered with white flowers, and countless gold and silver jewelry were sprinkled down, shining with colorful light in the sun.
The rebels suddenly became red-eyed and rushed to rob. The generals hurriedly restrained their troops and launched an attack on the inner city. Seeing that victory was in hand, the rebel soldiers were blinded by the jewels and were distracted from attacking the city. The inner city was defeated without a single blow.
But this was the last thing Huang Quan and Wang Fu could do. At most, it would slow down the rebels' siege. At the same time, letting the rebel soldiers pick up these jewels would also make it easier for Liu Xun to take revenge in the future.
The inner city, however, still cannot be defended.
The rebels attacked the inner city. The rebels were disorganized and the defenders had high fighting spirit, which delayed the war. However, there were too few defenders, and the rebels still broke through everywhere.
Zhou Buji and Wei Yan looked at each other, knowing that this was the most critical moment. If they didn't launch an attack at this time, they would have to sit back and watch the inner city be destroyed.
"Divide into two groups, one to attack and one to stay behind. When the rebel reinforcements come out, the remaining troops will come out again." Zhou Bujie said succinctly.
Wei Yan nodded. The 8,000-strong army was not that large in the first place. If they were divided into two groups, they would definitely not be able to take down the rebels' central army. But now there is no other choice. It can be a moment's delay.
Just when Zhou Buyi and Wei Yan had divided their troops and were about to order the flag to be raised, a soldier suddenly came to report: "Report to Mr. Zhou and General Wei that soldiers and horses are coming all the way from the east of the city and are raising flags. About five thousand people have entered."
, there is a group of soldiers and horses chasing behind, with nearly ten thousand people entering, and the two armies are attacking towards the city one after the other."
Wei Yan: "Zhang Ren?"
Zhou Buji: "The rebels indeed have reinforcements."
The rebels besieged the inner city, and the inner city's defense was stubborn. Yin Yuan did not divide his troops to defend the city. Zhang Ren ignored the pursuers behind him and led his troops to attack the rebels directly. All the troops behind him followed.
Zhou Buji and Wei Yan watched from a distance. Under Yin Yuan's order, the rebels who were attacking the city withdrew from the battle and faced Zhang Ren. The rebel reinforcements followed closely and surrounded Zhang Ren's army.
Zhang Ren ignored them and took the lead, heading straight for the city.
Zhou Buji knew what Zhang Ren was thinking. Zhang Ren wanted to lead his army into the inner city and defend it. There was no other way.
Apparently Zhang Ren also noticed that the rebels had reinforcements. They were probably already outside the city, but they took no action until the inner city was about to fall. He had no choice but to fight in.
It was impossible to raid the rebels. Zhang Ren could only retreat and do the next best thing, rush into the city and strengthen the city's defense, hoping to delay the attack for a longer time.
"Now that the situation is clear, we can no longer have any scruples. General Wei, do your best to kill him." Zhou Buyi said coldly.
Wei Yan nodded, and raised a large bloody flag high on the roof. Craftsmen poured out from all over the place and attacked the rebel army together. Wei Yan jumped from the second floor with a big sword and led the army to kill directly.
Rebel Army.
Zhou Buji rubbed his hands and watched the battle nervously.
He did not expect that the rebels would come out in such large numbers. The number of the rebels reached 40,000, but Zhang Ren and his own army combined were only a little over 10,000. Moreover, there were craftsmen on one side and local troops on the other, which were more powerful than the rebels.
It's not much better, and it's really hard to determine whether to win or lose this battle.
"You have been fooled by the general. The general led 30,000 soldiers to fight back. You will be captured before you can surrender." Wei Yan shouted loudly and charged into the rebels with a big sword. The craftsmen also shouted.
When the rebels saw Wei Yan, they were startled. When they heard that Zhang Ren led 30,000 soldiers and horses to fight back, Wei Yan's troops appeared from various lanes and houses in unknown numbers, and the morale of the army was immediately in chaos.
"Don't panic, don't panic, Wei Yan is lying. Do you see these soldiers clearly? Zhang Ren's army is still thousands of miles away in the western grasslands."
Yin Yuan shouted loudly on his horse.
Some people heard clearly and reluctantly joined the fight, but many people who didn't want to rebel in the first place were suddenly at a loss and looked around blankly with their weapons raised. Wei Yan took advantage of this moment to kill Yin Yuan directly, slashing with his broadsword and hitting each other.
His head was chopped off, his momentum was like breaking a bamboo, and he was about to kill the Chinese army. The rebels around him were frightened, and Yin Yuan rushed in.
Mr. Yan, who was sitting in the Chinese military vehicle, had been closing his eyes to rest. At this moment, he opened his eyes and shouted to Yin Yuan: "Chief Yin, you quickly go to the left wing. I will attract Wei Yan here, and I will leave the army to you."
Already."
Yin Yuan glanced at Mr. Yan with emotion, patted his horse and fled to the left wing. At the same time as Yin Yuan was escaping, Mr. Yan, who was in his seventies, jumped out of the car like a rabbit, wrapped himself in the chaos and fled to the right wing.
Wei Yan rushed up on horseback and knocked away the Luo Gai cart that Mr. Yan was riding in with a single blow. The cart rolled several times in the air and flew towards a group of rebels. More than a dozen rebels were all knocked to the ground.
Wei Yan did not stop. Yin Yuan was on horseback with a big target. Wei Yan pursued him closely. The rebel soldiers and soldiers were all the way, but there was no enemy.
"Thief, where are you going?"
Wei Yan shouted loudly, and threw the big knife at Yin Yuan, hitting Yin Yuan's back, and the knife passed through the chest and abdomen. Yin Yuan suddenly fell off the horse, and Yin Bai, who was far away in the pile, suddenly changed color. He had been unwilling to fight.
So he hid far away and rushed over when Wei Yan was attacking Yin Yuan.
However, the rebels were suddenly attacked and were already in panic. Yin Baika couldn't get through the crowd. Just ten meters away from Yin Yuan, he saw his father being stabbed through.
Yin Yuan's angry glare was not directed at Wei Yan, but at Mr. Yan who was mounting his horse in the distance. He heard Mr. Yan's shouts and saw how Mr. Yan betrayed his father. Yin Bai's fists as big as sandbags crushed him.
Creaking sound.
"Did everyone see it? Wei Yan only has a few thousand dollars, so he is no match for us. Let's kill him. We are here to win glory and wealth. Kill him." Mr. Yan roared on his horse, the sound was like a bell.
"Whoever kills Wei Yan and Zhang Ren will be granted the title of General of Yizhou and be honored as the Marquis of Chengdu. He will be killed." The leader of the rebel reinforcements shouted.
The leaders of the reinforcements of the rebels were the two brothers Shen Dan and Shen Yi, the former prefect of Shangyong. Since they were liberated from Shangyong by Liu Zhang, the two brothers lived at the foot of Mount Emei together with many exiles, relying on their own strength to escape from Shangyong.
He brought the property and started some business, but he hated Liu Zhang in his heart.
As soon as Liu Zhang died this time, Shen Dan immediately decided to rebel. There were many people who were exiled by Liu Zhang at the foot of Mount Emei. They all hated Liu Zhang with gnashing of teeth. When they heard that Liu Zhang was dead, they celebrated together. Under Shen Dan's call, he used his financial resources to buy a lot of things.
The common people and unscrupulous people who were willing to serve gathered ten thousand troops and rushed to Chengdu.
It takes a certain amount of time to get from Mount Emei to Chengdu, and it also takes a certain amount of time to organize the army. They are unable to participate in the initial siege. Just as Yin Yuan and Mr. Yan were worried about Zhang Ren gathering troops, Shen Dan and Shen Yi immediately designated their own task, which was to intercept Zhang Ren.
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It was just that Shen Dan, Shen Yi and Mr. Yan Yin Yuan did not expect that Zhou Buyi and Wei Yan would come to reinforce them, so they suffered a big loss. When they woke up, they immediately commanded tens of thousands of troops to redirect and kill Wei Yan and Zhang Ren.
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Zhang Ren had already arrived at the city. He originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos to attack the rebels. Then he saw that the rebels, about 20,000 strong, had already restored order. The attack was in vain, so he could only turn into the city.
On the top of the city, Huang Quan and King Mi of Qin were waiting to enter. They were overjoyed when they saw the two reinforcements arriving. However, they also became worried when they saw that the rebels still had the upper hand. At this time, they hurriedly opened the city gate and let the troops go.
Enter the city.
Outside the city, Wei Yan was under pressure alone. There were only a few thousand craftsmen behind him, and they had to deal with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. The momentum alone had scared these craftsmen away. Seeing that the morale of the army was unstable, Wei Yan was forced to order the withdrawal.
The rebels were in hot pursuit. At this moment, Yin Bai suddenly led more than a dozen people, followed the torrent of rebels and approached Mr. Yan, squeezing in front of Mr. Yan.
Master Yan learned Yin Yuan's lesson and ordered the Yan family's children to guard him closely. Yin Bai couldn't get any closer, so he picked up his bow and arrow, aimed at Yin Yuan's white-bearded head, and shot it.