Chapter 562: Gathering again in Jinyang (II)

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In the big tent, Guo Shao and the civil servants and generals were covered with yellow mud, covered with dust, and their bodies were traces left by gunpowder and dust.

The guards put the iron cup used by Guo Shao to serve the vegetable soup and brought two more wheat cakes.

He looked back and forth, everyone looked at him, waiting silently for Guo Shao to move his chopsticks first.

Everyone was not in high spirits, and the generals were used to sleeping in the open and eating plain clothes. Because the Great Zhou wars were frequent, there were many days to go to war. But it was impossible to say that eating this kind of thing was comfortable. Those who could sit next to the emperor were the most prestigious people in the Great Zhou. When they were in Tokyo, they were not short of glory, wealth, and wealth, and they were obviously not eating this kind of thing.

But the emperors all had the same meals as soldiers, and the ministers did not dare to do anything in such trivial matters.

In Guo Shao's words, it means: the soldiers who are fighting for their lives in the front can eat, but the people who drive the soldiers behind can't eat it?

Guo Shao looked back and smiled and said: When he took down Jinyang, I will hold a banquet in Jinxiang Hall to celebrate you. Let’s have a good time to eat and drink. What do you all want to eat?

A group of people were relatively reserved and cautious, and they were just thanking each other.Gao Yanqiu said at this time: Just have wine and meat!

Yes, yes... Wang Zhang, a general of the Hu Ben Army, muttered, as long as he doesn't eat vegetarian food, his mouth fades out!

Haha... Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Guo Shao didn't blame Wang Zhang for complaining in his words, and said with a smile, "How about roasted lamb?"He asked the imperial chef to carefully bake it, first sprinkle sesame oil and seasonings, then roast it layer by layer over low heat, with golden color... He looked at the thick iron cup that he bumped and bumped in front of him, cut it off and put it on a jade plate, and the meat was filled with oil.

Someone had already swallowed his saliva at this time.

Guo Shao also said, delicacies must be served with good wine, how about glutinous rice wine for more than 18 years?Take a big sip and the wine is fragrant and warms up along your throat to your heart. Drinking makes you warm and fluttering.

Lin Renzhao smashed his mouth. He didn't say anything before. When he talked about wine, he immediately said seriously: I love to drink my daughter Hong, and the wine tastes good...

Guo Shao then picked up the soup and took a deep breath, sighing hare.

Seeing this, everyone started to eat and drink.

Guo Shao tore another piece of wheat cake and put it in his mouth to chew it with relish. Somehow he suddenly remembered Fu Jinzhan... She also tasted this kind of military ration when he took her out of the city to run.

In the old black tent and in the barracks covered with yellow mud, Guo Shao was surrounded by a group of rough and dirty strong men, but Guo Shao looked intoxicated.

He seemed to see the beautiful woman with bright eyes and white teeth. The jade-like soft cocktail picked up a piece of wheat cake, opened her red lips and took a bite of her bald teeth.

Chew slowly and you can taste the fragrance of wheat and the slight sweetness, although it is light but not greasy.

Guo Shao made salivation from his mouth and ate the coarse wheat cakes as delicious as the delicacies of mountains and seas.

Everyone looked at the emperor in shock, and seemed to think the food was delicious, so everyone ate and drank, enjoying dinner.

Wang Pu smiled and said: I remembered Cao Mengde's "looking for plums to quench his thirst" back then. Today, Your Majesty is looking for wine and meat to satisfy his cravings!

Haha, that's true.Several generals laughed.

At night, there were bonfires outside Jinyang City, like stars everywhere in the dark.The battle on the battlefield has temporarily returned to tranquility.

...But this relaxation only lasted until the next morning.As soon as the sky was dawn, the sound of drums and trumpets and the noise on the battle formation were noisy again. Soon, the sound of cannons also roared, and the flames and smoke were everywhere.

boom!Boom... Gao Yanqi's tent was shaking in the Jiannan Army's garrison area.

Gao Yanqi picked up the helmet next to him and put it on his head, hung his sword on his waist, and strode out of the tent. His expression was solemn, and he was no longer as relaxed as in the Central Army last night.

A group of martial artists wearing strong and sharp swords gathered up, clenched their fists in the palm of the other hand and held military salute: Lord, pay homage to Lord...

Gao Yanqi looked out at the distance without anger and looked at the large number of soldiers and various siege equipment prepared in the distance, and then looked back and forth, everyone was watching him.

Today, we are already the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Only by doing the duties of the martial artists can we be worthy of this bite of rice!Gao Yanqiu said.

He said something in his heart that in his cognition, he had to do everything well in order to maintain his existing status.

The generals looked solemn and expressed their opinions: The last generals followed the lord from Shu, and they had already determined to live and die together and serve their lord!

Just then, someone suddenly shouted: The Emperor is here!

Gao Yanqi and others turned around and watched, and they saw Guo Shao riding a tall dark horse, leading a group of civil servants and generals to ride here.

As he approached, Gao Yanqi took the lead in kneeling down on one knee and held a military salute: I will welcome Your Majesty!

Guo Shao turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and helped Gao Yanqi up with his own hands, and said to the generals: Heroes, please get up.

Guo Shao looked up at the square flag with the words "Da Zhou" written on it, and said seriously: Shu is the country of Tianfu and is the back of China.However, for thousands of years, whenever our Han family fought for the world and resisted foreign humiliation, the people of Shu have always tried their best to send people to feed and sacrifice their blood!We will not lose all our efforts for the great cause of the world!The man who is determined to be in all directions and goes out of Shu to fight for great cause has earned his respect for the elders and fellow villagers in Shu!

He raised his scabbard and shouted loudly in the dialect of the Shu army soldiers: Xiongqi!

The emotions of the troops were immediately excited and they shouted: Rise up!Rise up...

A general shouted excitedly in the crowd: The one who retreated was the turtle son!Gao Yanqi also encouraged: The emperor is behind him, and His Majesty sees the courage of the soldiers!

After a burst of shouts, Gao Yanqi issued a military order to ring the drum.For a moment, the flag swayed, and the drums were roaring as the cannons rang out, and the sound of drums suddenly sounded like thunder.

In the first line of defense, a tall ladder was pushed out among the crowds of people, and the armored soldiers spread to the city wall like a tide.

After a while, the roar of artillery around him also stopped, in order to prevent his own people from being injured.

A young general of the Shu army who walked in front was holding a sword, staring at the top of the city with wide eyes, and followed the large group of people and kept walking.

His hands were tightly holding the hilt of the sword, and he was actually very scared. I am afraid that no one was not afraid... The flesh and blood attacked under the rolling stone of the arrow, facing each other, just under the eyes of the enemy soldiers, and a life-and-death situation was really not that easy.

Nearly a hundred steps, the crossbow cannons and catapults on the city wall began to fire, and stones and crossbow arrows were greeted from the air.

The continuous artillery damaged many defensive equipment of the Northern Han army, but at this time they seemed to have temporarily reinforced them to the city.

Ah!With a scream, the general turned around and saw a soldier hit by a crossbow as thick as an arm and fell to the ground.

Everyone around them stared at their eyes with weapons. At this time, people's eyes were very bright and their hearts were tense.

Not long after, suddenly, bang bang bang bang... A string sounded, and fire flashed in the air, and rockets roared in the air like a meteor shower, falling like a rain of fire.

There was a jingle in the crowd. There was a sound of metal, and screams came from time to time.

The closer the troops are, the more people will be injured by arrows.

However, the soldiers of the Shu army were still equipped with plate armor and used swords and shields in close combat. The defense of bows and arrows was quite good. The troops advanced in the rain of arrows, and there was no sign of defeat.

The crossbowmen of the Jiannan Army also entered the range and shot and counterattacked dozens of steps away. For a moment, arrows in the air flew around like locusts.

The crowds of people rushed closer to the city walls.

The first tall ladder had passed through the filled moat and was placed on the city wall, and the crossbow below kept firing at a place; the first wave of swords and shields behind were ready.

The commander who was in front of the battle shouted: Kill!

Then he heard the sound of the gong clang, and the square flag with the number written immediately tilted and flat.

The tall city is like another world, the gate of life and death!

The general in front raised his sword and shouted in a trembling voice: Long live my emperor!He then led a group of soldiers to climb up the ladder.

Everyone shouted, and only in this way could they slightly offset the torture of fear.

A group of people shouted as if they were crazy, and the noise suddenly became louder, and the soldiers climbed up desperately.Arrows flying upwards were constantly flying.

The officials of the Privy Council below were also wearing armor and chanting loudly in their voices: The third commander of the Fifth Army of Jiannan Army, Li Damao's letter from the family... My son, because you are fighting for the country under the command of the emperor, the emperor's kindness is great, and your family has been exempted from corvee...

kill!The young ten generals in front use hands and feet.The tall city was getting closer and closer, and he didn't dare to look back at the bottom.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a large tank suddenly hanged by iron chains and poked out of the female wall, with white smoke coming from it, and a foul stinking immediately.

The ten generals immediately guessed what it was...Golden juice!

Boiling feces!

If this thing is burned, the wound will ulcerate, and it is basically impossible to die if the doctor is not as good as a doctor.

At this moment, Ten Generals' minds were blank and their faces were ashamed.

Wow, the boiling water with a foul smell poured down immediately, Ah... The ten generals in front were all over the body of boiling water, and screamed and fell from the ladder to the city nearly three meters high.

Some soldiers behind who were not seriously injured screamed and continued to climb upwards, and some of them lost their weapons, but they were just thinking about crawling.

At this time, another big barrel was immediately thrown out, and the sticky tincture oil inside was poured on the ladder and on the soldiers... The tincture oil was from the Southern Tang Kingdom and was transported to the north by ship and delivered to the Northern Han Kingdom.

The stinky soldier who was burned by golden juice and was burned by black oil was poured on his face. At this time, he understood his fate, and he burst into tears and looked at the city wall in despair.

As expected, a torch was thrown out after a moment. The black oil was stained with fire and ignited with a bang. The soldier only felt his eyes lit up, and he seemed to be in a sea of ​​fire. His extreme fear and pain were thrusting his head and face. His body could no longer control him, and his hands and feet became weak and he fell straight from the ladder.

A raging fire ignited at the top of the ladder, and black smoke filled the body, and the people on fire screamed and fell from the high place.Up and down the city walls, it was like purgatory.