Chapter Seventy-Six: The Second Battle of Guilin III

It was getting dark. The battle of Guilin, which lasted for a day, also came to an end.

The rays of light gradually converge as the sun sets. However, as the visibility decreased, the smell of gunpowder and blood, which irritated the nerves from the nose, became more and more obvious. Qu Shiyun watched from afar, and the Xia army entered the camp in large formations. Smoke rose into the sky, neatly lined up horizontally and vertically, as if it was a Xia army soldier in a formation. Only when the wind blows, will it make a mess. It's like a rout.

Qu Shiyun saw the bonfire burning. I could only see the light of the fire that was dotted into a day, and I couldn't see anything else, so I slowly withdrew my gaze.

"Ge Lao, let's eat something." Chen-Xixian said.

Qu Shiyun said, "Okay. ”

He wasn't really hungry at all, though he hadn't eaten for almost the whole day. But today's war made Qu Shiyun have no idea of eating at all. However, even if he didn't want to eat anymore, he had to eat, even if it was just to conserve his strength and deal with tomorrow's fight.

The man below brought a freshly baked taro.

Qu Shiyun didn't look at it, and ate it three times and two times. After taking a sip of water, it was as if the taro had been forced into his stomach with a stick. Then he said, "Follow me around the camp." ”

Patrolling the camp all the way, Qu Shiyun saw all the soldiers on duty on the city wall.

But Guilin is a big city, with more than 10,000 people, which is not enough to fill the city wall of Guilin, and there are only 20,000 rabbles in the hands of Qu Shiyun. The rest are all strong men in Guilin City. And today it is these strong men who have suffered the most casualties.

No matter how new Qu Shiyun's subordinates are, they are also trained. How to deal with many situations.

And these people don't know anything. I don't know how to hide when the shell hits, or I don't know how to dodge. In addition, when the Xia army attacked, they didn't know when to take the lead and when not to take the lead. As a result, they all became the targets of Xia Jun.

Wherever Qu Shiyun passed, he heard a dull and suppressed cry in the darkness.

Qu Shiyun frowned. This kind of night crying is actually very demoralizing to the army. However, Qu Shiyun also knew that the casualties of the people of Guilin today were too miserable, and he sighed in his heart and wanted to let him go. But Chen Xixian, who didn't want to be on the side, kept following Qu Shiyun to figure out Qu Shiyun's thoughts.

At this moment, he understood and shouted: "What person? Come out. ”

A small, thin-looking man walked out, and he seemed terrified. knelt on the ground and said, "The adults spare their lives, but the little ones don't dare." ”

Chen-Xixian said: "You are not allowed to cry at night in the army, don't you know? ”

"I ---, me---, me

---" The soldier was taken aback by Chen-Xixian, and stammered and didn't know what to say.

"Why are you crying?" Qu Shiyun asked.

The soldier looked up, he recognized Qu Shiyun, knelt down and said: "It's Lord Qu, three brothers in our family, they were recruited to the city together today, and in today's battle, the eldest brother fell into the city, and the second brother was killed." I'm the only one left. ”

As soon as he said it, he couldn't help crying. But Qu Shiyun didn't dare to cry, and endured his crying, but he couldn't hold back his tears, and the tears flowed down little by little.

Qu Shiyun's gaze swept over Chen-Xixian, and Chen-Xixian immediately lowered his head, not daring to raise his head to look up at Qu Shixian.

When Qu Shiyun ordered to go down, although each family had to produce a strong man, it was very clear that each family should produce a ding. If there is only one male left in the family, the levy can be exempted. No matter how it is calculated, his family of three has not all gone to the battlefield.

So there must be something strange in this.

But if there was something strange, Qu Shiyun had no intention of checking it.

In this precarious situation, it is not the time to clean up the misfortunes in the army.

Qu Shiyun said, "You let him go back." ”

Chen Xixian listened, hesitated for a while, and said in Qu Shiyun's ear: "It's not good for Elder Ge to be like this, if you let him go, then the people below will be difficult to manage." ”

Qu Shiyun raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said, "Are there many such things?" ”

Chen-Hee-hyun did not dare to answer.

But what is not answered, is also one of the answers.

Qu Shiyun's face was pale with anger, and in the dark night, there was no blood, and from a distance, he looked like a ghost.

Qu Shiyun has been an official all the way, and he dare not say that he loves the people like a son, but he has never criticized the people harshly. Today, it is a bit cruel to go to the city to defend Guilin, but the original intention is also to be loyal to the country, not his intention. But I don't want anything like that.

The heir of a peerless man is extremely lacking in virtue.

Chen-Xixian knelt on the ground and said, "My lord, I don't want to follow the rules set by my lord. But the thieves came too quickly, and there was a big gap in the city. I had to make a last resort. ”

The rules set by Qu Shiyun are good. But today's Ming army can't carry it out at all.

It can be said that the people are all thieves and thieves, who will go to the city to protect Guilin first. According to Qu Shiyun's method, there is no efficiency at all. Of course, there are also some wealthy people in Guilin who stuff money into the people below and ask for an exemption. The people below naturally know how to do it.

If there is a certain number of people, there will be one less person here, and there will be one more person there.

Qu Shiyun is not easy to hide, even if Chen Xixian says that the sky is falling, Qu Shiyun can see Chen Xixian's reality at a glance.

Just what can he say? The big war is coming, no matter what the situation, you must first protect the generals. He sighed slightly and said, "Don't take it as an example." ”

The soldier who was kneeling on one side suddenly heard these words. He raised his head sharply and looked at Chen-Xixian. Jumping up, he pounced on Chen-Hee-hyun.

The guards beside Qu Shiyun immediately struck out and slashed at this soldier several times.

The soldier shouted loudly: "The surname is Chen, I won't let you go if I am a ghost------ Before he finished speaking, a long knife stabbed him in the back and nailed him to the city wall.

Qu Shiyun didn't say anything, just looked at this corpse and sighed slightly, turned his head and went down the city, no longer patrolling the city.

Chen-Xixian didn't know what Qu Shiyun was thinking, so he could only clean up the mess in the back and didn't dare to leave without permission.

After Qu Shiyun returned to the yamen, Mrs. Qu had already prepared a few side dishes.

Seeing this, Qu Shiyun said, "Madam, bring me the pot of wine I hidden." ”

Mrs. Qu immediately went.

Qu Shiyun got up and wandered, took down a tablet above the shrine, and placed it opposite him. said: "Brother Beishan, if you go for half a load, I will go too." I think you won't be lonely under the spring. At this moment, Mrs. Qu brought a wine jug. And then it went out. Qu Shiyun took two cups and filled them all, one in front of him and the other in front of the tablet.

This tablet is no one else's, it is Zhang Tongchang.

After three glasses of wine, Qu Shiyun seemed to be a little drunk, and said: "Brother Beishan, if you go, break my courage, General Jiao, General Hu will hurt my arms." Your Majesty's westward migration hurt my heart, and now I am suffering from five tuberculosis and eight wounds. But owe one to death. It's just that the Ming Dynasty has come to this point, and Guilin can't be defended, which will affect the people. I went underground and met Emperor Gao, how should I explain it? ”

Two lines of tears flowed down his cheeks.

Don't say a word again, just a glass of wine, and spill a glass of wine on the ground. A glass of wine is in the stomach, and a cup of tears wells up. I drank until my chest was wet. But I don't know if it's tears or wine.

The grief of the husband is not the wailing of the woman, but the irrepressible sadness. It is the despair that the road has come to an end.

All the persistence came to naught.

When Mrs. Qu saw him like this, her eyes were full of tears, but she didn't come, but quietly avoided here. She knew that Qu Shiyun might not want her to see him like this. Mrs. Qu returned to her room, sat for a long time, and then rummaged through the cabinets. Turned all the clothes out.

Finally turned out her Lady Commandment's clothes. Madame Qu stretched out her hand and slid over the satin smooth as a virgin's skin, and she didn't know how many complicated glances flashed in her eyes. It's like I've been going through it all my life in my heart.

She had all the preparations.