Crossing the Ming Dynasty to be the magistrate

Chapter 67

After discussion, Xu Jing and Zong Yipeng planned to take only one helper on the road each, because the reason for this was that the four of them were not so conspicuous.And considering the distance between Changjian and Mengyang, they decided to set off today and night.

What Xu Jing brought was a master who had helped rescue Wen Qiong before. This person was good at lurking assassination, and left Wang Huike to Wen Yu.One is that Wang Huike is old after all, he has experienced many major incidents, and he can hold the place with him, and the other is that Wang Huike himself is relatively reckless, and assassination is really not suitable for him.

Just in case, Wen Yu didn't even tell the people around her, and only said that Zong Yifeng and Xu Jing went to the capital to rescue soldiers. Only a few people knew about it.

Before leaving, Wen Yu simply prepared some food and sent the two of them to the gate of the city.Looking at Xu Jing's handsome figure, he opened his mouth a few times, and finally changed into the word "Take care".

Xu Jing looked back at Wen Yu, "You too, I will come back as soon as possible."

This side is full of affection, while the single dog sect master over there began to be sour again: "It's not over, I said Master Xu, shouldn't it be time for us to leave?"

For the sake of today's parting, Wen Yu stopped quarreling with him, and after thinking about it, he reluctantly said, "Do you want me to have a word with Yulan?"

Zong Yiyi shouted exaggeratedly: "Hey, the sun is coming out from the west? My brother-in-law was finally moved. Is it true that sincerity is what makes gold and stone possible?"

"Fuck off! Who is your uncle!" Wen Yu rolled her eyes to the sky, "I'm just giving you a message, whether Yulan is willing to listen is her own business, don't mess around with me here relative!"

Zong Yiyi just teased him, and then smiled casually: "There is no need to bring words or anything, you and I both know that this time is basically a narrow escape, she doesn't care about me at all, so why bother her. But Well..." Zong Yiyi changed the topic: "If you can really come back this time, Mrs. Wen must be mentally prepared. When the time comes, Zong will definitely come to the door to propose a marriage, and eighth will carry a big sedan chair to marry Miss Wen."

Wen Yu originally wanted to refute, but seeing that he was different from before, he put away his hippie smile and looked very serious, so he put away the words on his lips, and said, "Let's talk about it, even if I agree, it depends on what Yulan thinks... "

Zong Yiyi immediately smiled when he heard him let go, and in the end it was Xu Jing who pulled the two of them away.

After they left, within a few days they received news that the rebels had approached the city.

As early as a long time ago, when the new city was just being built, Wen Yu dug a lot of trenches directly outside the city in consideration of protection.Unlike what modern people think, the trenches in ancient times were not shallow depressions. The trenches were at least three meters wide and two meters deep.Sharpened wooden sticks should have been inserted in the trenches, or things such as barbed wire should have been sprinkled to slow down the enemy's advance.But Mengyang itself is close to the river, Wen Yu simply ordered people to dig the river, and the trench became a moat, so that it would be even more difficult for the rebels to get close to the city.

But no matter how tight the defense is, there will always be a day when it is broken in the face of absolute superiority in numbers. The leader of the rebel army, E Min, was originally a general of the Ming Dynasty, but he had to turn to the White Lotus Sect after he offended the powerful. He has seen too many such wars .

So he directly ordered his soldiers to fill in the trench, so that it would definitely be impossible to take Mengyang within three days, but I believe it will be soon.It's a pity that the new city of Mengyang was built very solidly. Otherwise, we could use the previous tricks to attack directly with water. After soaking in water for a few days, the rammed city wall would immediately turn into a pile of thin mud that is easy to peel off.

Thinking of this, E Min greedily looked at the beautiful and exquisite Mengyang City under the setting sun, cursing: "Damn it! No wonder it is said that the people of Mengyang are rich, this high city wall is all built with blue bricks and red bricks How much does this cost!" Thinking that such a bustling place would soon be occupied by him, he couldn't help but feel hot inside.

Of course, Wen Yu couldn't just watch this group of people filling the trench and pouring down the boiling water and golden juice that had been prepared.These two things are simple, easy to operate, and have lethality.

Wen Yu was stunned for a long time when he heard what the golden juice was. This thing could be called a chemical weapon to some extent.Spraying boiled feces and urine on the enemy will not only cause burns, but the most important thing is that the feces will rot, which is difficult to treat. Just thinking about being sprayed is disgusting.

The rebels were not idle either. After all, the White Lotus Sect had rebelled for many years, and the catapults had been thrown upwards. After the trench was filled, there were casualties on both sides.

Although fewer people were injured on his side than on the other side, this did not relieve Wen Yu's inner pain.The army outside was so dense that they couldn't see their heads. There were only so many people in Mengyang, and it would be a loss if one was missing.

Fortunately, the results of the harassment were quite remarkable. It only took three days to clear the traps on the other side.E Min is also calm, and probably knows that the imperial army is beyond the reach, as long as Mengyang is taken down, the logistics will be guaranteed, and the land of Shu is basically in their pocket.

After a short confrontation, the rebels began to attack with all their strength, but there were only a few ways to siege the city in ancient times, such as digging tunnels, attacking with fire, and sending spies to invade.

There is no need to think about sending spies, Mengyang is simply closing the gates of the city now, not even a fly can fly in.It has been notified long ago that there will be an enemy attack. At present, every household in the city has enough food, and the warehouses are full. It should not be a problem for more than half a year.

The same is true for tunnels. Wen Yu, who grew up in the Republic and grew up listening to tunnel warfare stories, said that these are leftovers from the motherland.The entire city has been deployed with sufficient troops, and there is no opportunity to take advantage of it.

In the end it was Huo Gong. Indeed, the flying arrow with Mars brought some troubles to Meng Yang.Many inexperienced soldiers were injured by flying arrows. Wen Yu smiled coldly and shot rockets in front of her.Immediately, he ordered people to set up the Shenhuo Flying Crow and launch it to places where there are many people.

The sky was filled with darkness, and the rebels didn't know why. From a distance, they thought it was a big bird, and didn't pay much attention to it.At this moment, the Divine Fire Flying Crow landed suddenly, billowing poisonous smoke billowed out from the surroundings, accompanied by the flames, all within the range of the range suddenly howled.

Wen Yu couldn't bear to see it. After these days of fighting, he finally understood that most of the rebels were probably ordinary people, who basically had no formal training.Among them, there should be many Shu people who were taken captive after the city was breached. The rebels forced them to be cannon fodder in the front and enjoy the rewards in the back.

E Min looked at this scene with a livid face, and at this moment he completely put away his previous carelessness. "I didn't expect this little Mengyang city to have firearms." With years of experience in the army, he can naturally see that these are just elementary firearms, but his subordinates are a bunch of mobs, and this little thing is enough for them to drink. The pot is gone.He immediately ordered the entire army to retreat and give up the siege.

On Mengyang's side, the whole city cheered, and even Wen Yu smiled.Finally survived again.

In the military tent, E Min's face was gloomy, and his adjutant complained dissatisfiedly: "Didn't General E be able to take down Mengyang within a few days after issuing the military order? It's good now, many of our brothers in the mountains have been injured , I haven’t even touched the gate of the city, and my Han generals are indeed paper tigers.”

E Min glanced at him coldly: "Casualties on the battlefield are inevitable. At the beginning, we agreed to cooperate with you. Why? You asked for money when you captured the city, and you can't bear it if you die a few people? If you can't stand it, you can go back."

It turned out that this person was one of the chieftains of the Yunnan chieftains. At that time, the two sides had agreed that the Tu people would be in charge of the rear to prevent the Mu Palace and other forces from encircling and suppressing them, while the White Lotus Sect would open up frontiers.But this group of Tu people obviously have more brains, otherwise they wouldn't rebel.They felt that they could not get any benefit from working hard in the rear, so they forced a whole team into the uprising army, and told them to be the first to go when the spoils were distributed.

There are such a group of burdens in an army, and the White Lotus Sect is not united as one.There are Zhang Pingyuan's diehards, there are fanatics, and there are those like E Min who can't get along and come to seek refuge.The whole team can be said to have their own ghosts.In the past, relying on the advantage of the number of people, it was like breaking a bamboo all the way, and everyone was happy to take advantage of it. Now, once they encounter a little setback, they will fall apart instantly.To lead such a group of people to fight, it is also a headache for E Min, who comes from a regular academic background.

Seeing the chaos and noise below, E Min pressed the blue veins on his forehead: "Enough!" The surroundings were quiet for a while, and then whispered again.

E Min had no choice but to say comforting words: "That kind of firearm is no big deal. I have seen many in the army. When we attack on a small scale, I don't believe that his firearms will not be exhausted." Everyone reluctantly gave up after hearing what he said. .

Sure enough, as E Min said, the number of Shenhuo Flying Crows is limited, and the time is so short that mass production is really impossible.The opposite side resorted to guerrilla attacks, firing cold arrows day and night, making the Mengyang city defenders miserable.

While Wen Yu personally went up to the city wall to supervise the battle, she was puzzled.Although it is very hard to defend the city now, as far as it is concerned, the city gate will not be broken in two or three months. Is it so simple?

As he expected, when the Mengyang soldiers were exhausted from being harassed, the opposite side released a big killing move.

When it comes to siege, there are two things that are indispensable: ladders and cars. At this time, Wen Yu finally saw how bloody wars in the cold weapon era really are.The soldiers below climbed up to the city tower on the ladder like crazy, and the huge building car below hit the city gate one after another.

Naturally, Mengyang had already taken precautions, pouring hot oil down, and craftsmen reinforced the city gate with copper and iron over and over again.The smell of blood, barbecue, and rancidity, accompanied by screams, turned the entire battlefield into a hell on earth.

Wen Yu looked at all this with a pale face. Finally, the first batch of rebels stepped on the corpses of their own people and climbed onto the tower.Wang Huike took the lead and led a group of soldiers and horses to hack and kill. Fortunately, there are still enough personnel at present. Although there are some injuries, they still resist this wave of attacks.

At this moment, a piece of news that broke Wen Yu's liver and gallbladder came from the opposite side.That night, the two sides had just gone through an offensive and defensive battle, and each dragged their exhausted bodies back to the camp. As a result, news suddenly came from the opposite side that an envoy would come to negotiate.

Wen Yu suppressed his doubts in his heart, maybe he saw that Mengyang City could not be attacked for a long time, so he asked someone to persuade him to surrender.But when he saw the envoy, the man's attitude was very arrogant, and he didn't salute when he saw Wen Yu, and asked to retreat directly.

"Ah?" Wen Yu felt as if she had heard something wrong.

"Master Wen, please open the gate of the city immediately and welcome the members of our Holy Cult to enter. I'm sorry, I can say a few good words for you when the time comes, and ask the Holy Master to punish you lightly." The envoy still had that dignified look, But facing the exquisite scene in Mengyang City, he couldn't help showing greed, which is really a bit embarrassing.

Wen Yu didn't bother to talk to him, if it wasn't for the unspoken rule of not beheading him, people would have avoided this stupid criticism.Just as he was about to be sent away, he heard the humane voice: "Master Wen, we received a message today that a few days ago in Changjian City, the Holy Cultists had captured several thieves who were trying to assassinate them, and one of them was a patrolman surnamed Xu." Check, this person seems to have a very close personal relationship with the adults."

Wen Yu's expression remained calm, but he was actually very anxious. He knew that Xu Jing and the others might have missed.But just relying on the face-to-face dictation, these words are not enough to believe all of them.

The envoy saw Wen Yu's calm expression and was a little disappointed, "The words have been brought, so I will leave first. I hope Mr. Wen will think about it carefully. Tomorrow our general will wait for your reply at the gate of the city."

When the figure of the other party disappeared completely, Wen Yu slumped on the chair. What happened to Ji Qing? Now that his eyes are smeared and he doesn't know anything, is he really captured?Are you hurt?Still... still alive?Wen Yu didn't dare to think about what happened next.

It is absolutely impossible to open the city gate and surrender. Not to mention that Wen Yu, as an official of the Ming court, can't let Wen Yu get along with his colleagues and people in these days of his life in Mengyang. Do.More importantly, Ji Qing would never agree here.

Thinking of this, Wen Yu already knew what to do.He called Mei Hongzhi and other officials and explained the matter roughly.Before everyone could react, they revealed their plan again.

On the second day, E Min waited outside the city early.In fact, he was still worried about this point, and couldn't help but ask his deputy: "Are you really sure that Mr. Wen will open the city gate?"

The deputy old god is here: "It's likely that we have our own source of information. Those two have hooked up a long time ago, and they didn't want each other's life several times. Just let him open the city gate, and don't do anything to him. Besides, even if we don’t open Mengyang City, we won’t be able to hold on for long.”

E Min thought of the appearance of those county officials who were greedy for life and afraid of death when they attacked several cities before, and couldn't help but despise him a little bit.

After a while, the gate of the city opened.E Min and the others smiled happily, only to see Wen Yu bringing several civil officials from Mengyang to greet them.Seeing that there were only these few people, and there were no ambushes around, E Min felt relieved.

It is impossible for an army of tens of thousands to be stationed in the city. He first led a small group of people to open the way and entered the affluent Mengyang first.Just as they were getting closer and closer, E Min suddenly felt that something was wrong. He had encountered enemies who surrendered before, either they were downcast, or they looked flattering, and everyone in front of them looked calm, as if they didn't care about it .

The breeze blew gently, the air was filled with the smell of dust, and the sweat on E Min's forehead fell drop by drop.Suddenly felt that something was wrong, and shouted: "Back!"

It's a pity that it was already too late, I saw a pile of rolling stones and trees thrown down on the city in an instant, and in a blink of an eye, there were heavy casualties on my side.

Looking at Wen Yu's side again, those people had disappeared at some point, leaving only a few big holes on the ground.In a daze, E Min realized that this is the tunnel he ordered someone to dig before, because the trick of sneaking underground was cracked by the other side, and the pit was filled, so E Min didn't bother to talk to him.

Even if it is filled, the soil here is relatively soft, and it will be effortless to dig it out in a short time.Wen Yu asked people to dig through this place overnight, and spread steel plate traps on it, using herself as a bait to lure the enemy to take the bait.In the end, when the time was right, I escaped directly from the tunnel. Although I suffered a little scratch, it was worth it.

In the bloody sky, more than half of the rebels who first walked outside Mengyang City were killed or injured.Almost all of them are senior sergeants in this army. After all, everyone wants to advance to the city to take advantage of the advantages.Even E Min, who once was a decent general, still single-handedly broke through the siege when Wen Yu ordered him to be entertained.Fortunately, Wang Huike shot an arrow in the back, and E Min couldn't hold it anymore, fell off his horse, and was trampled to death by the rebels running back and forth.

E Min's adjutant escaped from birth, and said harshly while escaping, "Wen! You just wait for your friend to be chopped into pieces! You will regret it!"

Wen Yu's face was expressionless, but everyone around him felt the chilling aura in him. In the end, Mei Hongzhi relied on his best relationship with the adults, and comforted him: "Don't worry, Mr. Xu has a good fortune, and he Martial arts and resourcefulness are top-notch, I believe he will be fine."

Wen Yu forced a smile: "I also think, how could Ji Qing fall into the hands of such a bastard."

E Min died, and the rebel camp was in chaos. You must know that E Min is one of the best generals among them.He contributed a lot to the invincibility of the army, and now that he is gone, it is because he mistrusted the deputy's information, and people from other factions in the army who are not used to it have accused him.

The deputy's surname was Hu, and he was not a good friend, so he stood up and refuted one by one, saying that they had no guts and were unwilling to go together, otherwise even if there was a trap, it wouldn't be so tragic.In the end, the young people in Yunnan brought the topic back and asked them what to do.

General Hu gritted his teeth, and said fiercely, "That man surnamed Wen doesn't know how to flatter, do you really think we can do nothing about him! You all listen to me! Attack the city as usual tomorrow!"

The next day, the war continued, but Wen Yu and others were surprised to find that the rebels did not attack in rounds as usual, but prepared many catapults.

"What are they doing? They were beaten stupid yesterday, right? At this time, they still throw stones..." Wang Huike looked at the opposite side with a sneer, and it turned out to be some rotten fish and shrimps. Others laughed too.

"No!" Wen Yu yelled to stop them: "Look carefully, they voted for... people!!"

Surprised the surroundings, those people actually threw the corpses that had been killed in battle into the city!In fact, due to the recent hot weather and more people who have died in battle recently, those corpses have already been highly decomposed. It is not just as simple as severed hands and feet.All kinds of dead bodies with juices flew towards the inner city accompanied by bursts of stench, and the soldiers in the city began to flee in all directions.In fact, not only Mengyang, but basically all cities in ancient times had little internal space. Now that the enemy army has dropped so many corpses in a short period of time, it is very difficult to deal with them. If you come into contact with them, you will easily get infected.

Wen Yu really had no choice but to make Dr. Cheng anxious and teach everyone how to deal with the corpse.It is also necessary to guard against death, fearing that the enemy will take advantage of the chaos and sneak attack, and Mengyang's troops will soon be unable to support them.At this time, the former girls' school students really shined, because they had taught a lot of medical knowledge in the school, and all the girls were bold and careful, and they helped a lot under Wen Yulan's leadership.

But this is not the solution for a long time. The officials in Mengyang are frothing, chasing after Wen Yu’s ass every day and asking what to do. up.

"It's over? They're just about to end." Unlike the anxiety before, Wen Yu was actually very leisurely at this time.Looking at the puzzled eyes of his subordinates, he explained with a chuckle: "Do you know that our grandparents have also used this trick on the opposite side."

Mei Hongzhi had read many books and immediately realized: "Is your lord talking about the Battle of Pingjiang?"

Wen Yu nodded. When Zhu Yuanzhang attacked his opponent Zhang Shicheng, he threw a large number of soldiers' corpses into the city. In the end, although Zhang Shicheng resisted desperately, he still couldn't escape the fate of destroying the city.

After listening to Mei Hongzhi's explanation, the surroundings were even more depressed. Zhang Shicheng's generation of heroes couldn't resist this kind of trick. How could we, a small town like Mengyang, survive it.

Wen Yu sneered: "Tai and Zu can use this kind of trick, but their rebels can't use it. Do you think, if you were the soldier on the opposite side, how would you feel at this moment?"

Everyone reflected at this time, yes.How can this be compared with the situation at that time.Back then, it was a time of troubled times, and the land of the Central Plains was riddled with holes and people's lives were worthless.It's good to be alive, and Zhu Yuanzhang's personality is full of charm, he is really a generation of heroes, and the soldiers will not hesitate to shed their blood for their lives, or for the ideals in their hearts.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has been established for a hundred years, although there are occasional famines and rebellions, it has been peaceful for too long. The White Lotus Sect is a bunch of evil cults, and most of the soldiers are just forced to join the war.Now not only is his life lost, but he can't even rest in peace after death. Watching his former comrades turn into a pile of rotten flesh in his hands, not everyone can bear it.

Wen Yu took a sip of tea, with indifference in his eyes: "I don't know who came up with this bad idea, just wait, they will reap the consequences soon."

Sure enough, a mutiny occurred in the rebel army that night, and a small group of soldiers attacked the officer and fled overnight.General Hu was furious. Although he also sent people to chase after him, they also had no news, so they probably took the opportunity to escape.

If there is one, there are two. Gradually, soldiers escape every day.General Hu couldn't take it anymore, and while there were still some people, he immediately summoned all the troops to forcibly attack the city, and Meng Yang waited with all his might.

Just when the two sides were about to fight to the death, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes in the distance, and Wen Yu tensed up all of a sudden, and couldn't help trembling slightly.

On the opposite side, Xu Jing was leading the way, followed by a mass of black cavalry, with a string of human heads hanging on the military flag behind him, Xu Jing shouted loudly: "The leader of the rebel army, Zhang Pingyuan, and the evil Bailian, Huang Song, have all been put to death. !"

General Hu and the others took a closer look, and found that those heads were indeed high-ranking rebels. They were frightened out of their wits, and they themselves were not heroes who would rather die than submit. After a while, they put down their weapons one after another.

Xu Jing asked people to count the prisoners of war, and he couldn't wait to ride his horse into the city amidst the cheers of the people in the city.

As soon as he arrived at the county government office, before he could change his bloody clothes, he saw a figure rushing towards him.

Xu Jing hugged him tightly, as if he wanted to rub him into his own flesh and blood. He knew that in this life, he didn't want to be separated from this person...

The author has something to say: end of text

There will be another four or five chapters afterward, and the next thing will be explained clearly in the episode, probably Wen Yu's promotion, leaving Mengyang, etc., and the affairs of his family will also be explained clearly later.

I am very sorry again here, because my father had a serious illness, and I have relatively few relatives in my family. I have to do the examination, operation, going to a doctor in other places and post-operative care. Fortunately, there is nothing else to do now. Still doing the second round of chemotherapy.The energy is really limited. I took time out to update these days because I quit my job. I'm really sorry everyone.

For those who have been following this article, please reply below this chapter. It is more or less meaningful for me to send a red envelope.

I said a long time ago that the outline of this article has been written. Looking back, I feel that I still have a lot of shortcomings. Thank you again for your perseverance, especially those who have been leaving me messages. ID me I can basically memorize it... After a period of adjustment, I will definitely hand over a more satisfactory answer sheet for everyone in the next article.

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