The Chronicles of Longevity on Liaozhai Road

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Just like what Yang Heng thought, last night, after Li Qi had just tested the Earth Escape Talisman, a voice sounded outside the door.

"The commander-in-chief uses this earth escape talisman, where can he escape to?"

Li Qi was startled, he was very familiar with this voice, it was the liaison of the cultivator who backed them up in the camp some time ago.

Then this mysterious master of comprehension entered Li Qi's big tent, and the next two people muttered and didn't know what to say.

After that, Li Qi issued a series of orders that violated common sense.

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After Yang Heng understood the cause and effect, he frowned and thought for a while, and then said: "Since Li Qi has given such a great contribution by abandoning darkness and turning to light, I have to reward him. The fairy recruited him, and I immediately worshiped him as a general. "

Chapter 671

"Your Majesty, Li Qi has become disheartened and does not want to enter the imperial court again, so please allow him to disarm and return to the field."

Yang Heng finally felt a little happier when he heard this. In fact, he didn't like Li Qi very much, and he didn't want him to be a minister under his command.

The reason why I said that just now is because this person has made such a great achievement, if he doesn't reward him, how can he convince the public?

But Yang Heng still put on a fake face and sighed.

"Hey, it's also my lack of virtue, otherwise, why would such a talent want to go back to the mountains and forests."

But Yang Heng didn't want to let Li Qi go just like that, it's better to keep this person by his side.

Therefore, Yang Heng appointed Li Qi as an official, but it was just a false position.

Although Xiangu Qinglian still wanted to fight for it, but seeing Yang Heng's firm attitude, he didn't say anything more.

Afterwards, Yang Heng changed the topic, and asked Fairy Qinglian: "This time you have made such a great achievement, what reward do you need?"

"Your Majesty was joking. I will contribute my own efforts after being protected by luck. I don't ask His Majesty for rewards. I only hope that Your Majesty will calm down the world as soon as possible, so that the people of the world can live and work in peace and contentment."

Yang Heng nodded, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he liked to hear this sentence.

Next, Yang Heng began to throw a large banquet to celebrate today's defeat of the enemy.

After that, the army rested on the bank of the river for three days, and then began to continue southward.

This time, there is no Yangtze River to stop, the army is like a broken bamboo, and all the cities along the way are looking forward to the wind.

However, there were one or two tough ones. In the face of Yang Heng's army's attack, Zheng Huaixing, the county magistrate of Dongshan County, refused to surrender.

The geographical location of Dongshan is very important, it is the last stop on the way to Nanjing, and the one who can serve as the county magistrate here should be the confidant of Wu Wang Li Xian.

Therefore, Yang Heng didn't have much love for talents, so he directly ordered hundreds of thousands of troops to start attacking the city.

Originally, Yang Heng thought that the small Dongshan County could be conquered in a day with his large army.

As a result, Yang Heng's army lost nearly 5000 people during the day's fighting, but Dongshan County still stood there, unmoved.

At this moment, Yang Heng was a little surprised. What was the reason why the people in this small county turned out to be united and blocked his hundreds of thousands of troops.

But the most important thing now is not to explore the reasons, but to think about how to break through the city.

That night, Yang Heng sent an order to gather the generals, and dozens of generals gathered in his central army tent, standing on both sides.

Yang Heng looked at the people below with a gloomy face, and then said: "Today, during the daytime battle, we were blocked by a small county town, and we suffered such heavy losses."

After saying this, Yang Heng stared at the general below with his eyes, and his eyes began to become gloomy.

The general below was blushed by Yang Hengshi's stare. They all lowered their heads and remained silent.

"If the next big battle is like this every time, I am afraid that even if we take Nanjing, there will not be many people left. Do you think there is any way to take this county quickly?"

The generals below looked at me, and I looked at you. In the end, they all had gloomy faces, lowered their heads and stopped talking.

Looking at the people below, Yang Heng felt a little bit resentful that iron could not be made into steel, but in the end he himself felt a little helpless.

If these people are said to be fighting on the battlefield, they are naturally extremely brave, but if you let them make suggestions, it really makes things difficult for them.

But at this time, Wang Hua, who was sitting beside Yang Heng and served as the chief bookkeeper, stood up and cupped his hands to the top and said: "Your Majesty, I have a plan, although it is a bit sinister, it should be able to win his morale and take down this county quickly. "

Yang Heng's eyes lit up, he had to rely on these literati at this moment.

"Wang Aiqing has a plan and tell me quickly."

"Your Majesty, the reason why this small county can resist our army is because the county magistrate of this city is quite famous, and he is loyal to King Wu's ideals, so the common people obey his will and occupy the city. And keep."

"Yes, this person seems to be an official."

"But Your Majesty, although the county magistrate is quite capable, the people guarding the city are still ordinary people. As long as we collect ordinary people from the surrounding countryside and let them serve as the vanguard, then the people guarding the city will definitely see their fathers and villagers below the city. Don’t dare to do anything, when the time comes, our army will rush forward together, and we will be able to take this city in an instant.”

After hearing this poisonous plan, Yang Heng's heart began to beat.

According to Wang Hua's strategy, although he was able to capture the city, his reputation would not be very good.

Wang Hua, who was standing below, saw Yang Heng's face was cloudy and uncertain, and knew that he could not make up his mind, so he cupped his hands again and said.

"Your Majesty, my humble minister is not talented, and I would like to serve as the commander-in-chief of Gongcheng City tomorrow, please allow me."

Yang Heng narrowed his eyes, looked at Wang Hua standing below with a serious face, and nodded secretly in his heart.

This guy really had winks, knowing that he didn't want to bear the infamy, so he rushed out to bear the reputation.

But this is also good, throw this person out and top the tank for yourself, and at most I will give him some rewards in the future as compensation.

"Okay, since Master Wang is so confident, then tomorrow you will be the commander of the army, and all the generals in the camp will be at your disposal."

After saying this, Yang Heng swung his sleeves and left the Chinese military tent, and handed over the tent to Wang Hua.

At this moment, Wang Hua's eyes became gloomy. He turned around and looked at the generals, then stepped forward and stood beside the commander-in-chief, and took a command arrow from above.

"Where is Tang Kai?"

When General Tang Kai heard Wang Hua's shout, he didn't dare to neglect, so he stepped forward and said, "Yes."

"I order you to take the 3000 people from the headquarters and disperse to the countryside immediately. I will see [-] people before tomorrow morning."

Tang Kai felt a little unlucky when he heard this. How could such a bastard happen to him?

However, the military order was like a mountain, and he did not dare to disobey it. He could only take a step forward to take the token with a disgruntled face, then ignored Wang Hua, and turned around to leave the big tent.

And the other generals breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the job led by Tang Kai.

Although the relationship with Tang Kai is usually good, but at this juncture, it is better to be a dead fellow, not a poor fellow.

Then Wang Hua continued to send orders, "Wang Xue, I order you to be the commander of the supervising team. Tomorrow, you will lead the headquarters with 1 horses. As the supervising team, all the people will be executed immediately if they dare to retreat."

When Wang Xue heard about this errand, he only felt a black cloud covering his head, thinking how he was so unlucky, at first he avoided the errand of arresting the common people, but an even more unlucky one came.

But he didn't dare to refute, stepped forward to take the token, and then stood silently in the middle of the team.

The few generals who were better than him before all cast a pitiful look at him in the team.

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In the early morning of the next day, Yang Heng was awakened by the messy noise outside the tent.

Yang Heng casually put on a few clothes, then went out of the big tent, and asked a soldier outside the tent, "What's going on outside, the quarrel has become like this."

The soldier said with some indignation: "That Wang Hua is really nothing, and I don't know where he captured so many people. I heard that these people are going to be the vanguard of the attack today. This really lacks virtue."

The corners of Yang Heng's mouth twitched a little after hearing this, but he still gave a serious training to his own soldiers.

"Don't talk nonsense, maybe Wang Hua wants them to do some chores, maybe."

After saying this, Yang Heng turned around and entered the big tent regardless of the disbelief on the face of the guard next to him.

Yang Heng has made up his mind, he will stay in the big tent all day today, no one says he will not go out.

Sure enough, after a while, soldiers from outside came to report, saying that the generals asked Yang Heng to go to the battlefield to supervise the battle.

However, Yang Heng passed on the word directly, saying that today he was not able to fight due to the wind and cold, and today's battle will be hosted by Wang Hua, so there is no need to ask him.

Besides, Wang Hua, after receiving Yang Heng's reply, he immediately lighted the drums, and countless troops rushed out of the camp, and began to line up in Dongshan County.

At this time, Dongshan County was already prepared, and countless young men stood on the top of the city with various weapons.

And looking at the non-stop roaring above, the morale should be very good. It seems that yesterday's repelling of Yang Heng and the others gave these people some confidence.

Wang Hua sat on the horse, looked at the opposite wall with a cloudy face, and then said to the general Wang Xue beside him: "It's time to start."

Wang Xue nodded with a cloudy face, and then rode away from here, and soon heard a burst of wailing in front of the formation.

Immediately afterwards, countless people were driven out by the officers and soldiers.

There were men, women and children of these people. They were carrying simple ladders, their faces were full of horror, and they were slowly approaching Dongshan County under the driving of the soldiers behind.

And there was a middle-aged scribe in a black robe in Dongshan County, his eyes were about to bleed when he saw this situation.

This scholar is none other than Zheng Huaixing, the county magistrate of Dongshan County.

He didn't expect that Yang Heng, who was on the opposite side with a pretty good reputation, would make such a bad move, using ordinary people as human shields.

But at this time, he couldn't be merciful anymore, so he said to a small colonel next to him: "Pass my military order, when these people get close to the city wall for a hundred steps, they will immediately start shooting arrows."

"But my lord, these are our people."

Zheng Huaixing gave him a hard look, and then said: "Don't say too much, just follow orders."

Seeing that Zheng Huaixing had made up his mind, the small school had no choice but to deliver the order.

And the people below were still walking forward crying their fathers and mothers, although the speed was slow, they still approached the city wall step by step.

At this moment, a few sparse arrows suddenly began to shoot down from the city wall.

This is also because the people on the top of the city couldn't bear to shoot arrows at their relatives and friends, so they shot a few casually to warn the people below.

As for the people below the city, one or two arrows were hit by arrows. With the sound of howling, the people below immediately became a mess, dropped all the engineering equipment in their hands, and ran back crazily.

Chapter 672 Die Hard

The supervisory team led by Wang Xue saw the people retreating, and immediately stepped forward with their swords and guns in hand. At the beginning, they still frightened them, but seeing that they couldn't stop the countless people from retreating, they began to beat the people with the back of their knives .

Due to the intimidation of these people, the people finally stopped slowly, but they still looked at these soldiers with fearful eyes. Their pitiful appearance made these soldiers a little soft-hearted.

But the military order is like a mountain, no matter how soft-hearted they are, they can't disobey the military order, so they can only shout, let these people go back and continue to attack the city.

Faced with countless swords and guns, these tens of thousands of people finally showed despair on their faces. They turned around suddenly and slowly approached the city wall again.

This time, under the compulsory order of Zheng Huaixing, the young guards on the city finally began to shoot their bows and arrows in a decent manner.

However, although the arrows shot down this time were much denser, their accuracy was still far off by a thousand miles.

Seeing this situation, Zheng Huaixing could only shake his head helplessly, wondering, could he really not be able to defend Dongshan City this time?

But as the common people below got closer and closer, and Yang Heng's army began to slowly approach behind, the common people in the city finally became a little stunned.

If the army on the opposite side attacked the city, those who participated in the defense of the city would be fine, so they finally started to defend the city seriously.

Once they were serious on this side, the people below suffered disaster. Countless bows, arrows and rolling wood thunderstones were thrown from the city, and those people who were close to the city wall immediately suffered heavy casualties.

And the people under the city gradually became a little annoyed. Everyone was originally a resident of Dongshan County, but you didn't care about the local conditions and killed us, so we can only survive.

So these untrained old and weak women and children below also started to work hard, and kept setting up the camp ladder on the city wall, and then no matter whether it was an old man or a young child, or just married Daughter-in-law, all swarmed towards the top of the city.

Thus, an extremely tragic battle began.

The strong men on the top of the city kept poking the steel knives or spears down, and there was a scream every time.

And the people below did not show any weakness. Although one fell down, the other came up as a substitute with a grim face, and swung all the weapons that could be used upwards.

In this way, the people of Dongshan County, under the strong oppression of the two political groups, began an extremely tragic battle in Dongshan City where they had grown up for countless years.

In this way, the siege battle continued from morning to afternoon, and the people in the city finally couldn't hold on anymore.

After all, there are still few people in the county, and the people below rushed upwards regardless of life and death, and the people above were a little bit savage. In the end, their hands and feet were weak, and there was no way to fight.

And Zheng Huaixing, who was on the top of the city, sighed when he saw this situation. He knew that Dongshan County would fall today.

Originally, under such circumstances, Zheng Huaixing either died in battle on the top of the city, or went back to the county government to sort it out, and then committed suicide.

But he didn't choose either of these two options. Instead, he sat in the tower, waiting for the soldiers who attacked the city.

Wang Hua at the rear saw that the resistance of the soldiers on the top of the wall was getting weaker and weaker, and he knew it was time to launch the final blow.

So he immediately ordered the generals to rectify their troops, and immediately joined the siege team.

With the addition of these new forces, the soldiers on the top of the city were indeed unable to stop them, so they began to flee down the city in swarms and ran into the city.