They all arranged for Tong Guan to escape, which dealt a huge blow to the soldiers and civilians in the city. Seeing that his way of life was cut off, Zhao Xingde felt a little confused and fell asleep in the city tower. There were suppressed cries outside the city tower. Xingde tossed and turned, feeling secretly regretful in his heart.

I mean, if there is one person who deserves to die in the city, it is me who is confused and ignorant, knowing that Tong Guan is a stinking person.

The traitor who was a great traitor for many years actually believed in his hypocrisy. A gentleman can be deceived. When he came to the world, he blindly followed the light and the dust. His rotten articles and scholarship were no less generous, but what's the use? Now, he has become a traitor.

I can't live without it. Is the only way to survive in this era is to become as unscrupulous as Tong Guan?

Later he thought about the evil, and he remembered machine guns, poison gas bombs, germ warfare, atomic bombs, etc., wishing to destroy the whole world. The kind, evil, stupid and cunning would all be destroyed together. If the Khitans and Tong Gonggong were together,

I'm really lucky to see these things,

I'm afraid not even the dust will be left. Unfortunately, the scholar's rebellion failed in three years, and these things are too far away. Zhao Xingde regretted it so much that he almost pulled out his hair, and his head burned with cynical curses, and all his energy was consumed.

Finally, I fell asleep unconsciously.

Zhao Xingde woke up to the roar of cannons amid the clamor of people. The shouts of killing filled his eardrums, and the sky was dimming. The Khitan people had already sent the captured Hebei people to serve as the front line to attack the city.

"What a pity. If they were escorted to the capital, one mouthful would be worth at least one tael of gold. The slaves in the capital are getting more and more expensive." Liao general Yelu Tiege stood on his horse and watched as the Khitan cavalry escorted thousands of Song people towards the city carrying shovels on their shoulders.

There were a few people who would rather die than attack the city.

The owl's head was beheaded in public, and the remaining hundred had no choice but to obey in order to live longer. They moved towards Hejian City like they were carrying a heavy burden. Many people in front had already fallen to the crossbows and arrows of the Song army.

Under the stone, for these people, a happy death may actually be a kind of relief.

"The same goes for Nanjing Road. Before the expedition, many nobles asked me to take more southerners back." Guo Baoyi waved his horse's whip and pointed at the head of the river city, "It's all because of these rebellious Nanman barbarians that they cut off their own livelihood.

If the guy who wrote the article, Zhao Xingde, is caught, he will be quartered."

"It's better to light a sky lantern and burn it slowly." Brother Yelutie said with a smile. He had almost forgotten Guo Baoyi's identity as a Haner.

The vulgar words spoken by these two subordinates made Yelu Dashi frown slightly, but taking the southerners as slaves was one of the main purposes of the Liao's southern invasion. It was hard for him to reprimand him too much. His morale dropped, and he could only use his telescope with a sullen expression.

Observe the head of the river city.

The bombardment of the iron barrel cannons had peeled off a large area of ​​bricks on the western city wall that bore the brunt, exposing the rammed earth wall and foundation for easy excavation. It was these Song people who were driven over and hollowed out the foundation of the city wall.

Many of the warriors on the city, the crenels, and even the city towers were knocked down by the heavy cannon's stone bullets, which greatly weakened the Song army's defense.

In terms of strength, Yelu Dashi estimated that after several days of digging like this and a few more spring rains, this section of the Hejian City wall would collapse, and that would be the time to massacre the city. As for how many people of the Song Dynasty would be killed or injured during the excavation of the city wall?

The slaves were not interested in Yelu Dashi, nor were they interested. The people used to be the greatest wealth of the Song Dynasty, but they are no longer.

Huang Laoqi of Suicheng was shot in the shoulder by a crossbow arrow before he could reach the bottom of the city wall. The soil bag fell down. Just as he turned around to pick up the shovel again, the Khitan cavalry quickly passed by behind him and hit the back with an arrow.

He thought, "Father, mother, the child is unfilial!..." Huang Laoqi fell to the ground with his face facing the loess. Qiu Yu from Jinghai finally ran to the bottom of the city wall, and the arrows above fell like rain.

"Dig quickly, dig quickly, as long as you have a shovelful of wall soil, you can survive today."

The rammed earth was so hard that there was only an impression when a shovel was shoveled. Screams could be heard one after another around him. Not only did some people fall in a pool of blood, Qiu Yu was so stimulated that he stabbed the city wall with the shovel like crazy, once, twice, three times.

Just when the city wall was slightly loose, a stone fell from the top of the city and hit his Tianling Cap. He fell to the side and died before his eyesight.

Qiu Yu had just fallen, and Chen San'er behind him was driven under the city wall by the Khitan people. He happened to shovel the wall that Qiu Yu had loosened just now. After three or two strokes, a large piece of wall soil peeled off, and Chen San'er's face

Feeling ecstatic, he was about to put the wall soil into a cloth bag when he was suddenly hit hard on the back. He lay face down in the soil soaked in a pool of blood, and a heavy foot stepped on him.

Hei, someone didn't know who picked up the clod of soil and ran back quickly.

In the front line monitored by the Khitan cavalry, a Han official urged the Han soldiers to line up, stop every civilian who was lucky enough to survive, and opened the cloth bag. The rammed earth of the city wall was made of lime, river sand mixed with glutinous rice juice.

It is strong and not easy to collapse. It is obvious at a glance that it is different from other soil. "Okay, let's go down and eat something." The horse and donkey in the Han military camp patted a sweaty commoner and said, looking at the city wall in front of him.

Sighing, in two days, the Khitan nobles could no longer bear it, and it would be time for the Han military camp to work hard.

Under the city tower, the corpses of the common people have been laid out on a thick layer. Due to the pool of blood and trampling, it is already a purple-red mud. More of them are still surging forward driven by the Liao army. Although the Liao army's offensive is not

It was so fierce that not even a single Khitan came close to the city wall in Hejian.

Wang Yan walked into the city tower with a pale face and put his helmet on the table. "We must attack the enemy in the city!" He said solemnly, "Otherwise, if we continue to dig like this, the city wall will be difficult to protect."

"Sir!" Zhao Xingde was stunned when he saw Wang Yan's appearance.

"What's wrong?"

"What's wrong with your forehead..." Zhao Xingde saw clearly that they were four blood-red tattoos, "Swear to Guard the River".

At that time, soldiers were despised and humiliated by the world, and this tattoo on their faces was a major reason. Back then, when Di Qing was in high positions in official residence, camp, and camp, some people even ridiculed him as a spotted boy. This tattoo was only done specifically for soldiers, and he was a hereditary general's son.

People like Wang Yan and Su Wenyu, who were born in the Qingma family, became officers as soon as they joined the army, so they did not have tattoos on their faces.

Wang Yan is also the commander of all the armies in Hebei, and has two important positions in charge of the Jinyan Mansion in Hebei. He usually pays the most attention to appearance, and even has the demeanor of a gentle and elegant general. On his forehead, just this night, four symbols that mark the most important military affairs actually appeared.

Zhao Xingde couldn't help but be shocked by the tattoo of a lowly soldier.

"In order to boost the morale of the army, we have to do this." Wang Yan said, stroking his forehead and saying nothing more.

He handled military affairs in an orderly manner in the city tower, sometimes gently encouraging the generals who came to express their opinions, and sometimes harshly reprimanding the military officials who could not move the offensive and defensive equipment in time. Bi Sheng, Feng Mei and other generals had already accepted Tong Guan's abandonment of the city.

In order to realize the fact that Wang Yan became the supreme commander of the city, he personally came to ask for instructions on city defense matters, and Han Shizhong, who had just woken up from a coma, was supported by his own soldiers and came to pay tribute to the new commander.

The soldiers led by Wang Yan also followed the example. In addition to the original tattoos, they also had a new tattoo of "Swear to Guard the River" on their foreheads. The color was blood red. They were in the tower and were vaguely infected by the atmosphere inside. Zhao Xingde also

Gradually I came to understand that generals like to come here to ask for instructions and report anything, because the soldiers and civilians in Hejian who had just been devastated by the escape of the general could find hope again here. Many people came in with sad faces, and those who went out looked sad.

It has calmed down a lot now.

"Now that you're awake, come with me to inspect the city wall." Wang Yan finished handling the military affairs at hand and said to Zhao Xingde, who had been sitting next to him. "By the way," he put his hand on his forehead and read the files on the desk.

He took out a petition and handed it to Zhao Xingde, saying: "Yuanzhi has helped me a lot in these days. It was not easy for the eunuch to do things at that time. Now that the traitor has gone, please temporarily assume the title of my Jinyan Mansion."

Bar."

Zhao Xingde took the suit and took a look at it. On the already yellowed paper, the writing "Secretary of Quantuqizhang of Hebei Jinyan Prefecture, Imperial City Department of the Song Dynasty" was written in old handwriting, while the three characters "Zhao Xingde" were newly added.

According to the court system, frontier commanders would bring some blank reports like this when they took office, so that they could promptly promote meritorious generals without reporting to the capital. As for Jinyan Mansion, because it wanted to conquer the Han people in the Liao Kingdom and the horse thieves on the border between the Liao and Song Dynasties, the people in the Taihang Mountains

The thieves were the help of the imperial court, and the commanders also had a lot of blanks such as "battalion commander", "dutou", and "Yuhou, the capital of a certain army". Just fill in the name when you want to use it.

Wang Yan briefly introduced to him some of the components of the Jinyan Mansion, which were roughly divided into three groups: the special forces for detection, the assault cavalry for short battles, and the Fuyu units for assassinating the enemy.

Loyalty is a reckless righteous man who helps the imperial court resist Di Yi, or in other words, a thief. And the secretary-general dispatched by Xingde is different from other military positions. He is an internal affairs official of Jinyan Mansion. People in the mansion will know who he is as soon as he sees him.

, whose status is different from that of outsiders who are recruited.

"Here, thank you, Marshal!" Zhao Xingde took the petition. This petition was different from others. In addition to the gold seal, it also had the signature of the commander Wang Yan. You must know that many heroes in the world do not recognize the official seal.

But recognize the name of Wang Zongzhi.

"You have outstanding writing skills, good skills, very careful thinking, and very decisive actions. You and Han Shizhong killed that Hu'er with two arrows. If you hadn't participated in the Qiu Wei in the future and became a noble civil servant, I would be very happy.

I want to keep you in Jinyan Mansion to help me take charge of the overall situation in Hebei." Wang Yan said with a smile, "Unfortunately, if that is the case, your master Chao Wujiu and father-in-law Dr. Li will never break up with me."

Zhao Xingde was speechless. Unexpectedly, in a short period of time, Wang Yan found out that he and Han Shizhong were responsible.

"Although Han Shizhong is careful, he is still unfamiliar after all. After careful inspection, some flaws will always be revealed. Don't worry, I have asked people to clean up all the clues for you." Wang Yan said, putting on his iron helmet and getting up.

When he went out, Zhao Xingde followed closely behind him.

When the soldiers outside saw Wang Yan, they all bowed respectfully and saluted. Zhao Xingde was surprised to find that in just midnight, many soldiers had tattoos on their foreheads just like Wang Yan, although the handwriting was scrawled.
Chapter completed!