189: Xiaocheng Rebellion (twenty-nine) [two in one]
Bang!
An object flew towards him and hit him squarely on the forehead.
The bearded man also had a stubborn temper. He endured the blow without dodging, and looked stubbornly at the old general sitting at the top.
The blood flowing from the wound on his forehead blurred his vision. An unknown anger surged through his chest and he blurted out.
"She's not a spy!"
The atmosphere in the main tent was extremely tense.
All the soldiers could feel the cold chill emanating from the old general. The bearded man couldn't understand the old general's intention for a moment, but they were clear observers and knew in their hearts that the old general was wiping his son's butt. But the son didn't appreciate it.
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Emmm…
Young people are more likely to be stupid than adoptive brothers.
With the size of my sworn brother's brain, he probably wouldn't have thought of this level.
Thinking of this, the young man looked at his adoptive brother with a more mocking look, and he also felt sympathy for his adoptive father. His sons are all such "filial" and good-natured sons. It's true -
God's way is reincarnation!
The young man lowered his eyes and suppressed the slight fluctuation in his eyes.
Old General: "Do you understand what you are talking about?"
The bearded man scratched his neck and insisted on "fighting for reputation without steaming the steamed buns", so he just got into a fight with his father.
"I know! She is the daughter of my son's nanny, and her identity and family background couldn't be more innocent. What kind of spy is this? It's all framed!"
The old general's eyes darkened.
The atmosphere in the main tent was even colder than before.
The two remained in a stalemate for a few seconds. The old general suddenly raised his hand and waved. Seeing this, the confidants around him understood and went out for a while.
After a while, he came in with a bowl of something and placed it in front of the bearded man. When the bearded man lowered his head, he saw that the soup in the bowl was turbid, with some oily flowers floating in it, and two pieces of soup with a strange sour smell sinking under the oily flowers.
Meat. He was only confused for a moment, and immediately realized what it was, and his whole face was violently distorted.
He shouted sternly: "Get out of here, get out of here!"
The old general still had that loving and kind face, but what he said made everyone present shudder. He said coldly: "You said 'get out'? Your father is not dead yet. It is not your turn to say this word to him.
Open his mouth and stuff it in!"
The confidant sighed inwardly and did as he was told.
He has followed the old general for many years. When he was young, he was a member of the private tribe and a confidant who could not be kissed anymore. It is estimated that few people in the world know better than him the coldness and violence under the old general's kind skin. The son in front of him is so ignorant.
, really will die!
The bearded man struggled: "If you don't eat, what can you do to me?"
The old general was also very straightforward. He directly pulled out the knife from his waist and threw it to the ground in front of him, which was regarded as an ultimatum.
Bearded man: "..."
He looked at the old general in disbelief.
Although he often complained that the old man favored the young man, secretly speculated that the young man was the bastard of the old man and some wild girl, and complained that he was being treated unfairly... But he knew one thing in his heart -
Being biased, this father treated his sons with ease, without any serious action. The severity was limited to words, and even if he did hit and scold him, it would not be too severe.
Which brave warrior didn't grow up with injuries?
Those beatings and scoldings are really nothing.
At this moment, she actually had murderous intentions towards him...
There are two choices before you, you can only choose one!
The bearded man looked down, then looked up at his ruthless old father, and finally stretched out his trembling fingers to the bowl in his confidant's hand. Seeing this, his confidant breathed a sigh of relief.
He raised his hand and pulled out the knife, holding it far away, fearing that the bearded man would lose his mind and commit suicide. But it was obvious that he didn't know the old general's son well enough.
The young man is not surprised by his step-brother's choice.
This sworn brother is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.
When I had a quarrel with the old general before, I was sure that he would not really kill his son. He took ten thousand steps back and said that he was just talking back. At most, he would be beaten with a military stick and grounded in solitary confinement. He was thick-skinned and thick-skinned and was not afraid!
Who would have thought that the old general would act out of character and catch him off guard!
With his eyes closed and his heart pounding, the bearded man endured the endless nausea and ate the two pieces of meat, and then drank the soup under the gaze of the old general. The salty taste lingered on his taste buds, and his throat spasmed several times, strong.
The nausea made his eyes watery.
The old general let him go: "Go down and sit down."
The bearded man staggered up and sat back down in his seat with a pale face. His ears were buzzing and he didn't pay attention to what the people around him said. When he came to his senses again, there was a strange figure in the camp. The old general responded.
People are very respectful.
The bearded man looked up.
Immediately my hands and feet became cold.
This person...he had met him once.
It is said that he was an aide to Zheng Zhi, nicknamed "King She".
Oh, the so-called "Pig King" is the Zheng Qiao brother who takes a sow as his wife and piglets as his sons. Folks jokingly call him the "Pig King", and because of his name, Zheng Qiao named him the "Pig King".
Why are King She's confidants here too?
With a blessing in his heart, he also suddenly understood why the old man suddenly forced him to admit that his concubine was a spy. It was probably because of the existence of this confidant of the King of Pigs, who was acting for people to see? Not only did he not feel warm, but he also regretted that he had misunderstood his old father.
Strong hatred and murderous intent emerged from the friction, and the back molars grinded loudly.
Why is this so?
Because in his opinion, he was blocking trouble for the barbarians.
The traitor who burned the baggage was brought by Barbarian Zi, and this was the culprit! In the end, he only targeted himself and did not mention Barbarian Zi's mistakes. After thinking about it for a moment, he guessed that the old man didn't want Barbarian Zi to be wronged.
Use his concubine to take the blame!
When he thought of his beloved concubine who died tragically, the hatred and killing intent in the bearded man's heart was like boiling water, bubbling.
However, no one here cared about his thoughts.
He also didn't hear that the young man had received an eighty-year army stick.
Military sticks are also divided into categories, some are for ordinary soldiers, and some are for brave warriors. The strength of the latter is extraordinary. Three or five sticks can beat ordinary people to death, while thirty or fifty sticks can beat brave warriors until their butts are bruised. It is difficult to
Go to the ground, let alone the eighty military stick!
The old general asked the young man: "Are you dissatisfied?"
The young man lowered his head and said with a respectful expression in front of the envoys: "My son will accept everything, and it all depends on his father's decision."
The staff envoy also knew not to suppress too much, so he smiled and said to the old general: "The enemy is at present, why don't you put on the military stick, Major General? It won't be too late to use the military stick after Xiaocheng is captured..."
The old general winked at his adopted son.
The young man stood up and thanked the messenger for interceding.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, the person commanding the battle this time was not an old general who had been on the battlefield for many years, but a staff envoy sent by King She. The young man observed secretly - the envoy was not young in appearance, and looked like he was in his thirties or forties.
, the temples are a little gray, wearing a dark Confucian shirt with a dark pattern, a square scarf on his head, and an exquisite vermilion monogram hanging from his waist.
Apart from his good appearance, gentle temperament, and looks better than ordinary people, there is nothing special about him.
only--
The moment the young man's eyes met with the envoy's, he realized that his idea was wrong. The man's eyes were terribly dark, dull, and lifeless. When he looked at each other, an indescribable chill spread from the soles of his feet.
It's very scary all over the body.
According to the process, the next step is to discuss how to attack the city.
In the young man's opinion, Xiaocheng's defenses are weak and the garrison's defenses are poor. If we attack one gate with all our strength, we can break through it in one or two hours. Our own military strength is already three or four times that of Xiaocheng, and the supplies of food and supplies are also arriving with the arrival of additional troops.
And complete the complement.
Capture Xiaocheng?
Easy as pie!
However, the words of the aide envoy made the generals confused.
His proposal was to besiege but not attack!
The bearded man immediately couldn't sit still and questioned aloud.
"Why is this? Our army has sufficient strength. Give me three hours, no, one hour. If you can't break through Xiaocheng, the general will be willing to come and see you! How much food and grass will be consumed if we only besiege but not attack?"
This is fighting, not playing house!
Don’t you know that soldiers are valuable and quick?
What can be finished in one day must not be postponed to the next day!
He also wanted to use this to achieve meritorious service, so it would be best to knock down the barbarian and let everyone see who is more powerful. A courageous warrior not only needs to fight, but also needs brains.
In terms of resourcefulness, he will never be weaker than the barbarian!
The aide envoy said: "It has its own purpose."
The word "understatement" made the bearded man speechless. He wanted to choke back - the soldiers used in the war were theirs, not the envoy's. The envoy didn't feel bad, he felt bad!
But he didn't dare. The staff member who could securely sit in the top position next to King She knew with his toes that he was a ruthless person!
The old general sighed and said, "All you have to do is follow the envoy's orders."
The staff envoy said: "There is more."
The old general asked: "Envoy, please give me your instructions."
"Those people brought back will be sent to Xiaocheng."
The old general was startled.
He knew that the "those people" mentioned by the staff were all infected with the epidemic. They were captured from the plague-infected villages under the order of King Pig, and he specifically told the old general to take them with him.
The old general was unwilling at first, joking, and took a group of patients infected with the disease to fight on the front lines???
Before reaching the front line, one of our own died of illness first!
He is crazy to do this!
But in the end, he still couldn't defeat King She.
The current King of Pig is no longer the scholarly and elegant prince with excellent reputation in the outside world, and a strong competitor for the crown prince. Now he is sinister, suspicious and violent. He has zero tolerance for betrayal, disobedience and questioning.
Fortunately, this staff messenger had a special ability that seemed to be able to limit the disease to certain individuals. In addition, the soldiers took proper precautions, so the disease did not spread to the soldiers.
The old general asked: "How to send it into the city?"
All entrances and exits of Xiaocheng have been closed.
The staff member said: "Anything will do."
The old general choked.
The staff made a cold suggestion, which made people frown: "Or put them into a trebuchet and throw them into the city. As long as they can be sent into the city, it doesn't matter whether they are dead or alive."
Old general: "..."
There was no reaction on the young man's face, but his eyes were wide open in his heart. Listening to the messenger's message... Are you planning to let a plague break out in Xiaocheng? Let the corpses of common people carrying the disease infect other people? Create a plague artificially?
He lowered his head and narrowed his eyes.
The staff asked: "Do you have any questions?"
The old general said: "No."
At this time, the bearded man asked: "How long will it take for Xiaocheng to die from the plague if it is too big or too small? Our army's food and grass cannot last that long! The messenger wants Xiaocheng to die.
If you only need to break through the city gates and enter the city, you can kill them cleanly in as little as one or two days, or as long as two or three days..."
He wanted to complain that the staff messenger was too ink.
If you don't know how to fight, don't give random orders here. They are responsible for charging into battle. What's the point of a literary scholar dictating?
However, before he finished speaking, he suddenly lost his voice.
The bearded man quickly understood and his face was livid.
Speech is banned!
The strong sense of humiliation made his eyes open in anger!
After all, he was a general who became famous at a young age and had been fighting for several years. However, he was silenced and silenced by an unknown literary scholar in the camp. This was tantamount to slapping him in public!
It's just that no one sympathized with his anger and no one cared about him. Even the old guy agreed to the absurd suggestion of the staff messenger.
The staff member added: "The general would like to remind you of the next thing."
The young man's eyelids twitched fiercely.
The staff member was expressionless: "Xiaocheng is not big or small, but the people we brought here are not enough."
The old general asked: "What does the messenger mean?"
The staff member smiled and said: "Please, old general, please arrest some people."
The old general also felt his heart skip a beat.
"Messenger, I'm afraid this is..."
The staff member smiled and explained: "The old general has misunderstood. I am not arresting your soldiers. They are all heroes who opened up the territory for our lord. No one can sacrifice them. This will chill the soldiers."
I mean, the old general can send people to arrest some old and weak ordinary people. These people are not as strong as young people and are very susceptible to diseases..."
Emphasis on "the old and the weak" and "ordinary people".
Old general: "..."
I couldn't help cursing inside.
The young man was sitting at the bottom, and the more he listened, the more chilled he became.
The aide's words were clearly a threat.
Instead of arresting ordinary people, they would use soldiers under tents to make up the numbers.
Thinking of this, he secretly let out a breath.
If I had known that the outside world was so filthy, I would have stayed in my homeland. It would be better to guard the graves of everyone than to look at these monsters and monsters.
After a while, the young man was called by his staff.
The staff envoy looked at him with a smile and asked, "How about leaving this matter to the Major General? This is also an opportunity to offset the merits."
youth:"……"
Now he just wants to scold his staff and envoys and his entire clan!
"As ordered." He faced the murderous jealous look of his sworn brother, resisted the urge to flip the table and kill people, and took the "errand" bravely.
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Bad news came one after another. When they heard the news that the rebels had increased their troops, Gong Shuwu and Gong Shuwu's emotions sank to the bottom.
The fire that lasted as short as a meteor last night brought hope to Xiaocheng, but as soon as it dawned, the slim hope was crushed by reality. The two had not yet found the whereabouts of Lin Feng and Tu Rong, and the destruction of Xiaocheng was close at hand.
Eyelashes, the atmosphere is so overwhelming that people can't breathe.
However, reality is far more magical than imagination.
Chu Yao speculated that the rebels would attack the city in the afternoon or evening.
Unexpectedly, as night fell, there was no movement in the rebel camp.
What medicine are the rebels selling in their gourds?
The garrison soldiers didn't care. They only knew that they could survive for another day, and their tense nerves were relieved for a moment.
Little did he know that this was the calm before the storm.
At the zenith of the moon, the soldiers on the sentry tower observed that there was finally movement in the rebel camp, and immediately passed on the message. The soldiers on the city wall cheered up one by one, either actively or passively, and were determined to die, waiting for the final battle!
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PS: A wet nurse is a wet nurse’s son. Brothers who have grown up on the same breast will have a closer relationship. In ancient novels, the sons and daughters of a wet nurse are usually either confidants or useful servants, and their attitude is naturally biased toward themselves.