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Chapter 923

Chapter 923

In September, Jiangning City, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, was surrounded by a water-tight prison.

The twilight scorched the sky, and the towering city walls that looked like hills under the sky were showing signs of being crumbled and broken. Since the beginning of this year, Jiangning has been attacked for nearly eight months, and the city walls are everywhere. The opening of the city was twisted a little bit, the blood drenched the city head red, and then it was burned black by kerosene, sandbags and logs raised the moat, and countless corpses lay on the battlefield between the city wall and the Jurchen barracks. ,rot.

The stench of the corpse spread, and the crows flew in bursts, dropping down to the ground from time to time. Several stone slings were still limply throwing boulders across the stretch of corpse piles in the areas south and east of the city that were heavily attacked.

On the top of the city, the soldiers of the Wu Dynasty, who looked like stubborn stones from a distance, were still holding on.

Crossing the corpse field outside the city, guarding the first and second lines of the siege were the main force of the Jurchen under Zongfu and some of the Han army in the Central Plains who had tasted the sweetness of the plunder and became firm.Extending outwards from this backbone camp, under the shade of the setting sun, all kinds of simple military camps are densely covered on the ground, pushing towards the seemingly endless distance.

The army of the Wu Dynasty who surrendered to the Jurchen and then was driven to the vicinity of Jiangning now number one million.At this time, half of the weapons were taken away from these soldiers, and they were being divided into relatively closed camps. There were open spaces between the camps. The Jurchen cavalry occasionally patrolled and killed people when they encountered them.

Every day, Zongfu will select a few troops and drive them to the city to fight. In order to break Jiangning early, Zongfu has offered a very high reward to the troops entering the city, but for more than two months, the so-called reward has still not been received. It's just that more and more troops are killed and wounded, more and more...

The flames were crackling and crackling, and plumes of smoke rose between the dilapidated tents. The iron pots for cooking porridge were standing on the fire, and the fire-head army put green ash wild vegetables into it, and ragged soldiers walked over: "Then Is the food edible? It's like that!"

"If you have something to eat, just read it."

"Throw away the black ones."

"I've already threw it away once, I can't eat you!"

"Your mother..."

It is not easy for the thin soldier to argue with the powerful Firehead Army. Both sides watched with bulging eyes. After a while, the soldier reached out and wiped his face, then turned away angrily. Only at this moment did a trace of grief and anger flash across the faces of the soldiers around him. , the gray-faced Firehead Army's eyes were red.

"If you want enough food, I'll feed you these pig glutinous rice. You go and get the grain. It's not yet winter, and the millet has just been harvested... Mother's... Do you want to cook me or not..."

The Huotoujun's eyes were smoky, tears rolled down his speech, and the black ashes sticking on his face were washed away, and there was someone on the side to persuade him.

"Alright, alright, you fat man doesn't have much meat anymore..."

In the voice of the open space, the soldier who had left before suddenly ran back. He looked indignant and obviously could not relieve himself. He rushed towards the wild vegetables in the hands of the Huotou Army, and someone blocked him: "What are you doing!"

"You can't eat it if it's dark—"

"Fuck your mother, you are looking for something!"

"Kill me! Come on! Kill me!" Tears welled up in the soldier's eyes, and he pulled off his clothes to reveal his bony chest, "It's only the autumn harvest, my family has grown the land! They were all taken away by those Jurchens. Now, we still have to help them fight, what are you doing! You bastards dare not speak! Kill me! Go and tell the gang of Jurchens, sooner or later, you will die! That one can't eat it if it's black—"

While he was crying, the soldier who had pushed him earlier wanted to hit him with his fists, but he gritted his teeth and pushed him away.Someone in the crowd said: "...he's crazy."

Someone pulled him: "Let's go, get away, don't hurt everyone..."

"What else can you do, you want to rebel..."

The voice was high and low, and it became noisy for a while. The Firehead Army gritted his teeth and reached out to pick off a little more wild vegetables. After a while, the previous soldiers were pulled away, and someone's voice sounded: " Lao Tzu is going to die anyway, this is the end of the matter, if anyone informs me, I will do him too!"

Behind a dilapidated tent not far away, Tie Tianying stooped and watched the scene quietly, then turned to leave.

The orange sunset was falling from the sky. It seemed that the chaotic camp and the feeble soldiers were gathering and eating. He followed the soldier who had been provocative before, turning around the crowds.

Since Jun Wu's troops broke into Jiangning in June, both Wanyan Zongfu and bystanders of various forces have been waiting for the moment when the last light of the Wu Dynasty went out. In July, waves of crowd tactics began. Washed, Zongfu mixed the elite soldiers among the descendants of the siege to try to open the situation. Jiangning's city head was also broken several times, but they were killed again soon after - even in several battles, it is said that the The princes of the Wu Dynasty had personally entered the battle, commanding the rush to kill.

By mid-August, people began to become numb to such an offensive, and some people even felt a little awe of the tenacious resistance of only 20 troops in the city.

However, all of this does nothing to improve the situation.

Zhou Yong's escape devastated all the people of the Wu Dynasty, and the army surrendered in batches, gradually forming a huge avalanche trend.Some of the generals really surrendered, and some of them felt that they were vain and arrogant. They waited for the opportunity to make plans, and waited for the opportunity anyway. However, after arriving at Jiangning City, their supplies and forages were all controlled by the Jurchen, and even most of the weapons were controlled by the Jurchen. Was lifted, and inferior supplies were not released until the siege.

At this stage, the command to surrender is more of the choice of the generals. The soldiers still cannot understand the fact that the Wu Dynasty has already begun to die. During the process of attacking Jiangning, some soldiers still thought of surrendering on the battlefield and entering Jiangning. The prince's subordinates helped to kill the enemy.But what greeted them was the unbearable eyes of the soldiers in the city and the resolute swords and guns.

During the entire offensive process, Zongfu Wanyan had already given random orders to some troops to surrender.Under the current situation, the defenders in Jiangning City didn't even have room to take in, isolate, or distinguish between enemy and foe. There were as many as one million Han troops outside the city. In a disadvantaged situation, if the other party shouted that I wanted it anyway, I would accept it. These troops will soon become uncontrollable gunpowder stores in Jiangning City.

People soon discovered that the more than [-] Jiangning defenders in the city did not accept any defectors.The morale of the Han troops who were driven to the battlefield was already low. They could not compete with the soldiers at the top of the city, and they had no way to surrender. Some of the soldiers aroused their blood and rushed to the Jurchen camp in the rear. Unsurprising consequences.

In the past two months, there have also been several mutinies in the barracks that surrendered to the Han army. The Jurchen cavalry killed a large number of people who tried to escape. The generals of Wu Chaojiang, who were ineffective in guarding and cooperating, were dragged out by the Jurchen and beheaded to the public.So between August and September, although the atmosphere surrounding the barracks became more and more desperate, there were fewer and fewer resisters, and some generals and soldiers were even looking forward to the early collapse of Jiangning City.

As long as the city of Jiangning is broken, everyone will not have to suffer in this dilemma of life and death.

More than ten years have passed, and these people who are swaying have finally inevitably walked to a dead end with no choice.

At the end of April, Tie Tianying was seriously injured in the assassination of the Jurchen messenger. Later, in May, the city of Lin'an was destroyed. Although he was lucky enough to save his life, it was extremely difficult to flee, and then the injury worsened.When his injuries recovered in August, he secretly came to the vicinity of Jiangning, and all he could see was such a desperate situation.

There are still many forces in the world that still support the Wu Dynasty in name, but no one dares to rush to Jiangning and face the soldiers of the Jurchen.In Jiangning City, there were more than [-] defenders formed by the reorganization of the Beiwei Army, the Zhenhai Navy, the former Zhenjiang Guards, the Jiangning Guards, etc., but even with the tenacious support of the Prince, within a few months, Jiangning City had Even though he remained motionless under the daily attacks of the Wu Dynasty descending army, Tie Tianying could not see clearly how difficult the situation in the city had become after more than two months.

In late August, the news that Zhou Yong, who had fled to the sea, had passed the throne as Jun Wu was brought ashore and quickly spread all over the world.This means that in the eyes of those who are willing to believe, the prince in Jiangning City is now the orthodox emperor of the Wu Dynasty, but in the surrender camp outside Jiangning City, it is difficult to cause too many ripples.Even the emperor, he is in a grindstone-like Jedi.

Seeing such a situation, even Tie Tianying, who has experienced ups and downs for a long time, could not help crying - if such a decision had been made half a year earlier, the current situation in the world would probably be completely different.

He considered venturing into Jiangning to join the prince and others; he also considered waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Yan Zongfu among the soldiers.In addition, there are many ideas, but not long after, relying on years of experience, he also found some people who were out of place and still in action in such a desperate situation.

On the fifth day of September, he followed the thin soldier's back all the way, and before he reached the hiding place of the other side's line, the man in front suddenly slowed his footsteps and looked north.

At the end of the view from the north is the towering and broken city wall that is still under attack by the sling. At the moment when the sun shines, a huge white flag slowly falls on the city head, even if it is several miles away, That touch of white is also clearly visible in people's eyes.

Doubts flashed in Tie Tianying's heart. At this moment, his footsteps became a little weak. He still didn't know what happened. The news of the death of the prince was immediately reflected in his mind.

The voice of whispers spread like a tide in every military camp, but soon after, as the Jurchen raised the reward for Zhou Junwu, people knew the news of Zhou Yong's death, so the cognition of the end of the Jianshuo Dynasty was also there. Formed in people's minds.

Some people could not help but burst into tears.

But so what?

In such a Jedi, no matter how tenacious and wise the former prince was... His death is only a matter of time...

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The buzzing sound spread across the land outside Jiangning City, and a wave was also formed in Jiangning City.

At the moment when the colorful tides in the sky spread, Jun Wu came out of the room in plain clothes. Shen Ruxin, who was also dressed in white, was waiting for him under the eaves. He looked at the sunset and walked to the front hall: "Look at this glow, it's like a Now in the Wu Dynasty..."

"I hope... Your Majesty cherishes..."

Jun Wu pressed the sword on his waist, he actually didn't have much self-consciousness as a king, there were tears just wiped off his face, and a smile: "The night is coming, but no matter how long the night is, the sun will also rose again."

The difference is... who can see it.

His eyes became chilling, and the words in his heart did not continue. The news of Zhou Yong's death had been introduced into the city since last night. By this time, some decisions had been made. The famous general, dressed in sackcloth and a white scarf, was quietly waiting for his arrival.

This may be the last emperor of the Wu Dynasty. His succession came too late, and there is no way to go around, but the more this happens, the more tragic emotions are felt.

"Soldiers!"

The setting sun gradually disappeared, and the fire was burning brightly. Jun Wu stood on the steps in front of the hall and let the sound come out.

"I have learned today that my father, the emperor, died at sea seven days ago, which means that the founding year of the Wu Dynasty... passed. Ze Yanmian, but here today, everyone, I want to say...it's not important—"

In the rising fire, he drew his sword.

"Today, you and I are guarding this Jiangning City. In front of us are the millions of Jurchens and the surrendered Jurchen army. Everyone knows that we have nowhere to go! There are still people from this city behind me, but we The world has been invaded and ravaged by the Jurchens. Our family members and relatives died in their original homes, on the way to escape, and suffered humiliation. There is no way to go ahead of us. I am not a prince, nor a martial artist. The emperor of the dynasty, all the soldiers, here... I'm just a man who feels humiliated, the world has fallen, I can't do anything, I want to die here—"

He waved the long sword in his hand and looked down from the sky in the dark night. There was only a little fire on the square. After that, the tragic wake-up music sounded in the city, and the night and the day passed.

The news fermented in the military camps inside and outside the city.

The seventh day of September is sunny.

A huge dragon flag was raised at the head of Jiangning City surrounded by white flags. An hour later, with the tragic sound of trumpets, Jiangning opened the city gate.This was the first time Jiangning City opened the door after standing for more than two months. Facing the crowd of millions, everyone was immediately alerted. People's first reaction was that the prince was ready to break through.

However, no.

The mighty army was dressed in plain robes. Under the leadership of Jun Wu, who was now the emperor of the Wu Dynasty, they rushed to Wanyan Zongfu's camp in the west of the city. The army led by it, rushed out of different city gates, and met the army of one million in front.

"Here... I'm just a humiliated man, the world has fallen, I can't do anything, I can't wait to die here—"

"...I die with you all!"

At this moment, all the boats are broken, and the mourning soldiers will win.After more than two months of bitter fighting, the Jiangning army that was able to go to the battlefield was only more than 12 people, but no one retreated at this moment-the consequences of retreat and surrender, in the previous two months, have been from outside the city The million-dollar army made enough of a demonstration that they charged into the rolling crowd.

"Today I am equivalent to dying here. As a Han Chinese, kill the golden dog with me and slay Wanyan Zongfu—"

The soldiers and generals who rushed out of the city shouted in the slaughter. Soon after, outside the city of Jiangning, millions of people were washed into the tide that rolled back...

(End of this chapter)