Chapter 1187 Those who eat coarse grains and those who eat white rice
The first ray of sunshine in the winter morning shone down on the smoky area. A gentle breeze blew by, and the thick smoke gradually dispersed, and the distant Tongcheng city walls were visible.
But, can that city still be called a city? The Dashun soldiers looked at the opposite side quietly. The entire city wall had collapsed, and there was a watchtower standing there alone. But they just took a look, and the watchtower was also completed.
After completing his last mission, he fell down with a roar. Looking from this direction, Tongcheng was in ruins, and the houses closer to the city wall were also damaged. There were people who were buried under the rubble in their sleep, and they were still breathing.
Making a death struggle.
A large number of landmine explosions caused an earthquake, shaking the entire Tongcheng city beyond recognition. Countless people gathered at the gate of the city, looking to the other side without knowing why. There was a cloud of smoke in sight, and the smell of gunpowder was strong and pungent.
General Zong Sui maintained order inside the damaged city gate. At the same time, he was glad that the person guarding the city last night was not him, otherwise he would have been a corpse under the bricks with broken limbs.
As Zong Sui soldiers, they did not die on the battlefield, but fell from their own city wall to death. This way of death made them feel particularly aggrieved. But why did the city wall suddenly collapse? That sudden sound came late at night.
What's going on with the loud noise?
Someone said: "It's Dashun's sky thunder! Only Dashun's sky thunder can make such a sound, and only Dashun's sky thunder can blow up the city wall. It's Dashun people who are attacking the city! They
After massacring Jiancheng, they are finally coming to massacre our Tongcheng city!"
Such words caused panic among the people, and also aroused the anger of Zong Sui's people. Some people said: "No matter whether Zong Sui is good or not, this is our own land, and we cannot tolerate his invasion by Dashun!"
Someone said: "As a vassal state, Zong and Sui paid tribute every year. Isn't this enough? I heard that Dashun invaded and occupied the entire Qianzhou, killing the Qianzhou emperor, and also attacked ancient Shu, forcing ancient Shu to give way.
It's only when we come out of half of the country that we're done. Are we going to come and occupy Zong Sui again now? How big of an appetite do they have?"
However, some people put forward different opinions: "Is it really the Dashun people who bombed it? But we clearly saw that the explosion place was outside the city wall, and there was a five-mile defense line over there? It is said that it was Lord Duanmu Anguo who was there in the five-mile defense line.
There are traps set up in the ground, just to catch the Dashun people when they invade. The five miles of land are personally guarded by his own soldiers and are heavily guarded. Can the Dashun people be able to attack them at once?"
"That's right!" Different opinions were raised, and people immediately followed up with analysis, "If the Dashun people did such a large-scale explosion, it would be fine if they bombed the city. Why did they bomb so much land?"
People's sanity was restored little by little, and those Zong Sui soldiers were also asked: "You are the defenders of the city. Did you see anything last night? What is buried under the five miles of ground?"
General Zong Sui shook his head helplessly: "We used to take turns to defend the city, but since Lord Duanmu came, we are no longer allowed to defend the city. Now, the people who defend the city have been replaced by his own soldiers.
So, we really don’t know what happened outside the city and the mechanisms in those five miles."
After saying this, the people's doubts became even worse, "Now that the bombing is over and the city wall is gone, where are the Dashun people? Why don't the Dashun people come to attack?"
As soon as I was asked this question, I heard someone shouting: "Look at the other side! Look at the other side quickly! Are the people in the darkness over there the Dashun people?"
People looked along and saw that the thick smoke gradually dissipated, and the endless army far away came into view. The people of Tongcheng took a breath of cold air and thought, what is that if it is not the Dashun Army? It turns out that the Dashun people are really
They are coming to capture Tongcheng. But why are they only standing five miles away? The bombing is all done, hurry up and fight!
The people of Tongcheng looked at the Dashun Army, and the Dashun Army also looked at the people of Tongcheng. Gradually, the people of Tongcheng came to some realization. Someone boldly put forward an opinion: "It was probably not the Dashun Army that destroyed the city that day. In my opinion
, maybe it’s Lord Duanmu Anguo. The Wuli Agency, his agency is the Sky Thunder, right? He buried the Sky Thunder underground in Wuli, and then it exploded last night.”
The crowd was in an uproar.
"But why did Duanmu Anguo want to blow up his own side? Is he full enough?"
"Perhaps the explosion was caused by accident?"
"No, no! What do you mean by our side? That Duanmu Anguo is originally from Dashun, he is not from our Sui sect at all!"
"Could it be that all this is a trap? Is it the result of Duanmu Anguo and Dashun's army cooperating internally and externally?"
The people of Tongcheng were angry, and they now considered the most reasonable guess about the big explosion. So some people took the lead to capture Duanmu Anguo alive, and some even shouted loudly: "Duanmu Anguo lives in the cellar.
, I saw him fleeing during the earthquake yesterday, just in the south of the city!"
With these words, all the people in Tongcheng rushed towards the south of the city, shouting slogans such as "Capture Duanmu Anguo alive" and "Let Duanmu Anguo be buried with the dead people in Tongcheng" to vent their anger. Even the Zong Sui soldiers were anxious.
Because the dead and injured also included their relatives, they followed him to search for Duanmu Anguo, not only in the south of the city, but also in every corner of Tongcheng, just to search out the old thief Duanmu.
Not a single move on their side escaped the eyes of the Dashun people. Under Xuan Tianming's order, the Dashun army rushed into the five-mile minefield that had been blown up. Half of them stayed behind to look for people, and the other half headed towards Tongcheng.
Rushed in.
At this time, Duanmu Anguo was also in an extremely embarrassed state. Originally, one of his subordinates told him that the Seventh Prince of Dashun and Princess Yu had entered the minefield. He was so happy that he cried out, and immediately sent his divine archers to the city wall to attack the minefield.
Even if it was detonated, Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tianhua would be killed inside. Although it was a pity that Xuan Tianming was not exploded, the weight of Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tianhua was enough to make his heart move.
But he didn't expect that the explosion in the Wuli minefield would be so shocking. The earthquake caused the underground secret room where he was hiding to collapse, and he had to escape in panic. He finally escaped the earthquake for half a day, but at this moment
Another subordinate came to report: "Sir, the ninth prince of Dashun has led an army into the city! My subordinates saw that nearly half of them were carrying something called a gun in their hands, and many of them were holding weapons.
thunder."
Duanmu Anguo laughed loudly and said: "Well done! They have guns, and so do we! They have mines, and we also have stocks. Let's gather the troops, and we'll meet the Ninth Prince in Tongcheng to see what's going on.
His thunder is powerful, but mine is stronger!"
However, before he could be happy for a while, he heard his subordinates say: "Sir, we can't assemble. Our troops suffered numerous casualties at the West City Gate last night, and there were 20,000 brothers stationed on the western defense line who were killed during the retreat."
Outflanked, the entire army was destroyed. In addition, the brothers at the East City Gate, South City Gate and North City Gate were controlled by the original defenders of Tongcheng. The brothers with guns in hand heard that Dashun's Princess Yu and the Seventh Prince were involved in the attack.
After that, he went to the west of the city to take over, but... he encountered Dashun's Shenji Battalion. Except for his subordinates, no one came back." As he spoke, he reluctantly handed over an empty pistol in his hand.
In front of Duanmu Anguo, "Sir, my subordinates came back here just to tell you that the guns in our hands seem... to be different from those held by the Dashun people. Theirs... are much better than ours." △
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"What?" Duanmu Anguo was shocked. He never expected that a battle that he was confident of winning would end up with such a result. All 20,000 of his 100,000 soldiers were wiped out! Armed with firearms
Only one of those from Tianlei came back! The soldiers at the West City Gate died under his own Heavenly Thunder! And... He stared at the gun handed over by his subordinates. Isn't it different from Dashun's? Dashun
The smooth one is better than his? "Tell me clearly, what's so good about it?" He no longer bothered to ask how many men and horses were left. The difference in guns gave him deep fear. He originally thought that this kind of evil was going against the will of heaven.
It's hard to find anything in the world, but it happened that Feng Yuheng had it and he had it, so it must be the same thing, but he didn't expect that his one was better than his.
The subordinate couldn't explain what was so good about it. After thinking about it for a long time, he just said: "Their shots are farther than ours, they hit faster, and they look much stronger than ours." After thinking about it again, he concluded.
He said, "It's like what we eat is whole grains, and what they eat is white rice."
This is really an appropriate metaphor. Before Duanmu Anguo had time to analyze the essential difference between coarse grains and white rice, his subordinates said again: "Sir, consider evacuating! There is no way to fight this battle. We don't need to risk our lives for a Zong Sui."
superior."
Duanmu Anguo was old after all. He couldn't hold himself back and coughed loudly. He wanted to live, but he also really wanted to have a good fight with Xuan Tianming. He had been hiding for too long. Even if he was recharging his energy, he would
He couldn't save a few more years. What's more, the contrast between whole grains and white rice made him suddenly understand that his so-called dormancy for so many years, his so-called adventures, and the thunder he possessed were like this in front of Dashun.
vulnerable.
He was unwilling to give in, but the facts were in front of him. He could already hear the sound of the Dashun army charging in, and countless Zongsui people clamored to capture him alive as a traitor. Duanmu Anguo finally made up his mind, nodded and said: "Okay
!Call everyone else and evacuate!”
At the east gate of the city, there was a safe passage that he had specially set aside and that only they themselves knew about. Unfortunately, when he finally reached the city gate, he remembered that the guards at the east gate had been replaced by his own soldiers.
General Zong Sui of Tongcheng. He felt a little cold, but he still had the courage to shout to the group of soldiers: "Kaicheng! This general is leaving the city!"
"Hey!" A strange voice came from nowhere, "Master Duanmu, since you are already Zong Sui's general, you must act like a general. When the enemy invades, you will not lead the troops to respond.