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Volume 1: Yanyun Chaos Volume 2: Bianliang Mistake Chapter 223: Meng Nuan (1)

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    February 18th, the sixth year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty.  The sky is gradually getting brighter, and the snowflakes are still falling, but they are not as fierce as yesterday.  The snow and dust are gone, and the vision is clear.  Looking down from Yingzhou City Fortress, the Jurchen Army and Horse Camp in the snowy wilderness can be seen clearly.  The fortresses all over the Yingzhou City Fortress, the main city wall, and the Longshou Walled Wall were already filled with military officers and soldiers. Everyone was wearing armor and holding soldiers, looking nervously at the location of the Jurchen Army's horse encampment.  Everyone stood in the fighting position, and the knuckles holding the weapons turned a little white.  The cold wind blew by, and even though my face was smeared with grease, it still hurt like a knife.  But no one had the time to stamp their feet and rub their faces to keep out the cold. They remained motionless in their fighting positions. Occasionally there was movement, but they nervously swallowed a mouthful of cold saliva.  There were more than a dozen fires lit on the city wall, and a large pot was hung on it. The golden juice was already boiling, gurgling and emitting an unpleasant smell.  Under the city wall, there were military generals shouting orders, urging the civilians and auxiliary soldiers to bring up more rolling wood, stone arrows, and crossbow bolts.  A group of archers took out the greased bowstrings and crossbow strings from the bag, carefully wiped off the grease, hung them on the bow arms and crossbow arms, and silently adjusted the string force.  Apart from these noises, the soldiers and soldiers crowded on the city wall did not say a word.  Everyone tensed up.  There are no tall archery towers on the main fortress of Yingzhou, only a few watchtowers that can be used as beacons.  Guo Rong, along with Tang Huai and a few other generals, were on an enemy tower.  Pressing on the battlement, he looked at everything in front of him with a tense face.  Guo Rong's eyebrows were raised high, and the murderous aura that had not been seen for a long time overflowed from her tall figure.  Several generals behind her were just like her, just staring at the distance in front of them.  There is no other reason. The chaos last night was somewhat subdued.  Before the sky was clear, I saw a large number of fires suddenly set off by the Jurchen army in the stronghold, and there was a commotion.  Then more Sentinel Riders came out.  A more powerful cavalry warning curtain was set up outside the range of the crossbows of Yingzhou's defense system to prevent the troops and horses in the city from protruding and harassing them.  In the camp, rude shouts and orders in the Jurchen language rang out. Thousands of Jurchen soldiers and more captives all moved into action. The fire was bright and the sky was red.  Within Yingzhou City Fortress, they were immediately alarmed.  There was an incident last night, and there was a change of defense with Xiaobaozhai outside the city. It only calmed down a little in the second half of the night.  Not long after his upper and lower eyelids closed, the Jurchen army suddenly acted like this again.  The exhausted defenders rushed to their respective fighting positions amidst the general's urgent orders.  ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: The turmoil caused by last night's incident has not completely calmed down.  Even those generals who were born in the Shenwu Ever-victorious Army felt nervous, not to mention those newly expanded military horses from the Yunnei states?  From the darkness before dawn to the daylight, the defenders, starting from Guo Rong, tensed up and watched the unhurried movements of the Jurchen army. They already felt a little tired before the battle started.  Not a single person can still feel relaxed at this moment.  The soldiers were even more unbearable. They were cold and tired on the city wall. Although the defenses were complete and the city defense was strong, they knew that the Jurchen Tatars in front of them did not have many attacking tools, so it was extremely difficult to attack the fortified city of Yingzhou.  But they still looked at each other and looked at each other in panic.  If it weren't for the strict military discipline before the battle, and the sergeants were not allowed to whisper to each other, there is no telling what words would be said that would shake the morale of the soldiers.  The sky is getting brighter and brighter, and everything in sight becomes clearer and clearer.  I heard the sound of desolate horns, and groups of Jurchen knights rolled up snow dust and ran back and forth on the edge of the fortress's crossbow range, rolling up snow dust all over the sky.  Immediately, the Jurchen knights shouted loudly, laughed, cursed and whistled in the direction of the fortress, showing off their power.  Then there were several more horn sounds, and the Jurchen knights gradually gathered their mounts and spread them to both sides.  The snow dust gradually subsided.  The sound of people shouting and horses neighing stopped for a moment, and then the rustling sound of thousands of people stepping on the snow was heard.  ??????????????????????????????????????: Thousands of kidnappers from nearby were wearing ragged clothes, pushing crudely made rickshaws on the snowy ground.  After the queue, there are dozens of long ladders carried by the students.  These long ladders are not ladders and have neither a weighted base nor topmost hooks.  Not to mention those high-end goods that have a base to push and a hanging door on top that can carry more than ten soldiers to the top of the city.  These tools are the attacking tools that the Jurchen army and horses have worked hard to build over the past few days.  Behind these pitiful attacking tools is the dark crowd.  Everyone's face was blue and white from the cold, and their expressions were numb.  What he held in his hands were hastily chopped pointed wooden sticks.  These students are both male and female, old and young.  As they struggled to move forward on the snow, many people's bare feet were cracked by the frost, leaving shocking traces of blood.  Jurchen knights galloped back and forth on both sides, shouting loudly and urging the troops to move forward.  The riding crop was swung loudly, slapping the raw people's heads and faces.  No one was trying to escape, just numbly bearing, moving forward step by step.  Amidst the seemingly endless black crowd composed of thousands of people, there was not a single cry or cryNo sound could be heard.  This kind of scene is enough to make the scalp of the defenders at the city head numb!  The backbone of the Yingzhou garrison¡¯s officers were mostly from the Song Dynasty, although they had gone through many battles.  However, the generals of the Song Dynasty have never seen the scene of driving ants to attach themselves to moths and attack the city in the decades since the founding of the country.  Fight with Xixia and fight with Liao people.  It has always been soldiers against soldiers against generals, and the people are only used for transportation to the rear. This is the first time I have seen such a brutal siege method!  Even though many of the soldiers in the city were born in troubled times, they struggled to survive all day long.  But the Jurchen Tatars drove thousands of people to their deaths at once, and there was never a big scene where they were treated like pigs and dogs.  Judging from the nonchalant look of the Jurchen soldiers and horses, even if all these thousands of people are dead, even if they search everywhere and drive tens of thousands of people to die again, except for their own Jurchen clan, the rest of them will die like this.  A very common thing!  The horn sounded again.  This time, more Jurchen troops came out.  These Jurchen army horses are different from the light cavalry in front. Everyone is wearing heavy armor and the horses are wrapped in felt.  Carrying hard bows and long soldiers, groups of troops surged out like torrents.  At the end, there were armored cavalry with men wearing heavy armor and horses covered with horse armor. There were hundreds of cavalry in a large area with cold light.  These armored cavalry were surrounded by two tall black flags. Under the flags were Yin Shuke and Wanyan Xiyin.  The Jurchen Armor Cavalry hugged these two important generals and went straight up a hill.  Lay it down layer by layer.  Facing the fortress of Yingzhou coldly.  After going through hundreds of battles and breaking through sharp edges, they finally defeated the elite Jurchen army of the Liao Empire, which had millions of armors and traveled thousands of miles.  As soon as he was released here, murderous intent burst out and he fell directly under the Yingzhou City Fortress!  Seeing the Jurchen¡¯s most elite men and horses pouring out, the defenders standing on the top of the city couldn¡¯t help but lean back slightly, as if they couldn¡¯t bear the murderous aura that was coming towards them.  The look of panic among the soldiers became more and more obvious.  Guo Rong stood high up, her hands wearing deerskin gloves clenched into fists.  Although she grew up in the army, rode horses and hunted, she also went through wars with her father.  But this is the first time for me to face such a powerful enemy alone.  Seeing such a scene, I couldn't help but feel a little unsure.  He turned around and whispered, "Do you think you can handle it?" Tang Huai was a man of few words and remained silent as always.  Next to Tang Huai was a lieutenant general named Ni Jie, who Xiao Yan specially selected to assist Guo Rong that day. He was from the Bailu Army.  He served as a general in the Western Army for ten years. Although his official position was not high, he had fought in all battles.  Horse battles, infantry battles, city siege battles, city defense battles, and even water battles were fought during the conquest of Fangla.  He doesn't have any great achievements, but he has a lot of experience.  At that moment, Ni Jie forced a smile and took over Guo Rong's words: "With the Jurchen Tatars' attacking tools, it's not easy to get close to us. No matter how powerful these Jurchen Tatars are in front of us, they can't attack the Yingzhou fortress. It's just that  ¡­¡­¡­¡± Guo Rong turned back and stared at Ni Jie: ¡°What?¡± Ni Jie looked around worriedly: ¡°It¡¯s just that the morale of the army is unstable There was a panic last night, and today the Jurchen Tatars are attacking the city.  We have too few old brothers, and most of the people in the city are newly recruited soldiers. The tragic scene of driving thousands of people to attack the city, coupled with the momentum of the heavily armored Jurchen Tatars, paralyzed them with fear   We old brothers can't hold the entire Yingzhou city. We have to work together and fight to the death! It will be much better if we can survive today. But I'm afraid" He turned his gaze.  We reached the farthest A-shaped fort in front.  It was Meng Nuan who took over the defense last night and led dozens of confidants to guard the A-shaped fort.  At this moment, Meng Nuan recognized the flag and waved it on the A-shaped fort.  Dozens of armored figures could be vaguely seen, standing on the fort wall, holding their bows and holding soldiers, guarding quietly.  Guo Rong blinked and didn't react.  Ni Jie explained patiently: "If the A-shaped fortress falls quickly without a fight, the morale of these newly recruited troops will be severely damaged. It is conceivable I am afraid that wherever we attack, there will be people everywhere."  Reluctant to fight to the death We were in a hurry last night and just wanted to get rid of this trouble as soon as possible. Now it seems that we have made the wrong mistake about Meng Nuan! " Guo Rong understood immediately, and hated him!  He glanced at the A-shaped Fortress in the distance, and then looked at the thousands of people who were approaching the A-shaped Fortress in the dark like waves of people.  ¡°Is this guy Meng Nuan really so cunning?  He knew that even if something happened in the city, he would be hard-pressed to please.  He simply killed Shen Lv'er so that his family could rarely attack him, and took advantage of the situation to hire someone else to garrison the Jiazi Fort.  Will it be convenient for him to surrender to the Jurchen Tatars?  Even if you can't dedicate the Yingzhou fortress, you can still dedicate a fortress, no matter how big or small, it is still a credit.  Is this the surest way to escape?  How could I not see at that time that this guy had such deep intentions?  Guo Rong stamped her feet fiercely, but now that Meng Nuan and his confidants were far away from the fortress, even if he immediately opened the fort gate to ask for surrender, what could he do if he was here?  She stared intently at the approaching wave of people and at the people in Yunnei who were struggling to move forward.  I was confused for a while.  After a while, he gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice: "Meng Nuan sacrificed the Jiazi Fort, but he also wanted to defend Yingzhou City."??!  He gave me this inheritance, I can¡¯t lose it!  I'll be right here, waiting for the bad guy to come!  ¡± ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~ On the A-shaped Fortress, Meng Nuan was wearing heavy armor and holding a sword on his waist, looking at the wave of thousands of people approaching in front of him with a cold face.  Then, the sight grew bigger and bigger. In the end, the faces of the people walking at the front were almost visible. Beside him, dozens of the most die-hard close relatives looked at Meng Nuan nervously.  Waiting for him to give orders. Do you really want to stand in front and defend Yingzhou for the princess of Shu? What is General Meng's plan to fight for Guo Rong?  They had no intention of doing so. But they were all people who had been following Meng Nuan for a long time, and they were grateful and admired him for saving many lives.  I believe Meng Nuan has his reasons. Regardless of whether it is fight or surrender, as long as Meng Nuan says a word, they will follow him to the end. But now, Meng Nuan still doesn't speak, facing the cold wind.  Zhizhi glanced at the Jurchen army horses arrayed on the hill further away, and his eyes fell directly on the two black flags, and he secretly smiled in his heart: "Is the silver skill good?  Do you think I really care about the wealth in the hands of the Jurchens?  We have horses and people in our hands. In this troubled world, where can we not find a way to live freely?  Do you have to accept orders at the hands of others?  " Under the two dancing black flags, Yin Shuke and Wanyan Xiyin stood side by side on horseback. Their eyes fell on the A-shaped fort at the front. Yin Shuke stared at it for a long time, and then asked again  The person next to him who recognized the flag raised his riding whip and said to Wanyan Xiyin: "The guard of the fortress at that time was none other than Shi Meng Nuan who asked me to surrender. There was a riot in the city last night, but nothing happened. Now he is still guarding this fortress."  place.  " Wanyan Xiyin let out an ooh and said with a smile: "Those defenders in the city can tell at a glance that they are weak and have low military morale, so they are of no great use.  As long as the first few fortresses are successfully captured, the city will be in chaos.  If this man named Meng had known the opportunity, he would have surrendered earlier.  He must be rewarded with something Silver skills, you are not bad luck!  "Yin Shuke sneered: "You can't rely entirely on luck in a war. Let's see I hope to kill a person. How can I frighten these barbarians without the blood of thousands of people?  We have to fight hard and clean up, then this is truly a place for us Jurchens.  " On the B-shaped fort not far behind the A-shaped fort. The guard looked nervously at everything in front of him, at the approaching wave of people, and at the movement on the A-shaped fort. Sweat was already oozing from his head.  Zhu. This general is also a veteran, and his experience is much better than that of Guo Rong. If the Jiazi Fort falls quickly, the morale of the defenders will be seriously shaken.  ! This man named Meng is really decisive and capable! The wave of people is getting closer and closer, and the Jurchen knight who is escorting him has reined in his mount and stopped outside the range of the crossbow, but the stranger who is driving them away does not stop.  Moving forward, he was already within the killing range of the crossbow. Thousands of people were approaching in silence and numbness. The scene was enough to make his scalp numb.  I wanted to order the arrows to be fired, but I saw the newly recruited sergeants looking at each other, their hands and feet trembling. Even the backbone of Yingzhou couldn't help but look back at themselves. Even the veteran generals couldn't bear it at this time.  I couldn't help but hesitate. Once the order was given, it was a massacre! Fighting on the battlefield, fighting for life and death, it was the Jurchen Tatars who used their own hands to kill all the people stationed in Yingzhou!  On that day, I couldn't help but have some interactions with the people nearby, urging for supplies and collecting grain. I was treated with courtesy and even had a slight friendship. I also knew how difficult it was for the people in these troubled times.  , it seems that we can still see a few familiar faces. But everyone has to have some sympathy. But what can I do now? I can only blame this blind thief! The general raised his hand.  He fired the arrow and rolled it in his mouth, but it was hard to blurt it out. On the A-shaped fort, Meng Nuan looked at the black crowd approaching in front of him indifferently, and said softly: "What are you waiting for?  Shoot the arrow!  " Dozens of his subordinates and confidants subconsciously fired their arrows and crossbows upon hearing the order. The crossbows on the fortress also fired large crossbow bolts. The sound of breaking through the air was shrill. The wave of people under the city suddenly turned over, and a crudely made  The row of cars was even scattered by the crossbow arrows, and sawdust flew into the human body. The sound of screams suddenly exploded, and the blood was scattered everywhere, covering the ice and snow.The ground was dyed a shocking red!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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