62. Good job
Last night, Zheng Xiong convened the generals to discuss all night, and finally decided to abandon the city and break through the siege the next night, Liu Qi understood what it meant to break through at this time, including the generals present, those who did not want to surrender could only abandon their families and flee alone, the rebels had already said that they would slaughter the city for three days to vent their anger after capturing Qu Ren, and the families who stayed in the city were afraid that they would experience a catastrophe.
And at this time, it is too late to surrender, the rebels have suffered no less than 20,000 casualties in the past half a month, and it is said that the general who was shot off the horse by an arrow from the defenders a few days ago is the commander of the siege army, Yan Zhan's eldest grandson Yantong!
Everyone knows Yan Tong's position in Yan Zhan's heart, and now the two sides can be said to be endless, so the generals have never considered surrendering the city at all, but they have scattered to dig out hollow thoughts and methods to hide their families, and they are reluctant to have family business and relatives, but nothing is more important than their own lives, only if they escape from the city and have a chance to make a comeback in the future, the rich woman will buy it again, as for the parents and children, they can only pray for God's protection!
Liu Hong went to organize elite men and horses to prepare to break through, but too many people were not conducive to getting out as soon as possible, so not only the people in the city, but even most of the defenders would be abandoned.
But in the eyes of outsiders, Liu Qi, who should have no worries, is now the most reluctant person to leave, but there are 100,000 people in this city! If it weren't for their own insistence, how could they face such a heinous disaster?
There are also those villagers in Zhang Peng Village, who have just left the wolf's den and fallen into the tiger's mouth, how can they take away dozens of old and weak people who can't ride horses and climb mountains? Thinking of Zhang Ling's grandfather's eyes that were difficult to close before he died, Liu Qi didn't even dare to face Zhang Ling, how could he tell her that he could only take one of her, and the other villagers would be abandoned in this place of death?
Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, the terrible word of slaughtering the city is chilling when I hear it, and the fierce struggle in Liu Qi's heart is written on his face, and now Liu Hong can't blame Liu Qi anymore, so he has to ask Gao Hong to protect Liu Qi well, and prepare the soldiers and materials needed to break through the siege.
Seeing the soldiers and people who fought side by side during this period of time expressing their heartfelt respect to themselves, Liu Qi only squeezed out a smile and nodded at them frequently, and insisted on inspecting a few sections of the city wall, Gao Hong's personal soldiers came to report that Liu Hong asked them to return to the tent quickly.
Liu Qi knew that it was Liu Hong who urged them to go back to the camp to make final preparations, but he couldn't take a step out of his legs anyway, Gao Hong wanted to speak next to him several times, and the two stood there silently.
In the end, Gao Hong squeezed out a sentence: "Hey, Ziyuan, let's go." ”
Well, Liu Qi agreed, and still walked down the city wall.
As if he had a hand in his heart, Liu Qi pinched it tightly in his heart every step he took, and the taste was really bitter.
Just got off the city wall, a team of wounded soldiers came over, saw Liu Qi and Gao Hong immediately lined up and saluted, among them was only fifteen years old boy was particularly excited, Liu Qi took a closer look and remembered that it was a seriously injured person who he personally rescued more than ten days ago and a medical officer gave up treatment.
At that time, the boy was shot by an arrow and ruptured the artery of the upper arm, because the fierce fighting was not treated in time and lost too much blood and caused shock, when the medical officer arrived, his heart had just stopped beating and had to give up, but Liu Qi felt sorry because of his young and long eyebrows, so he took a few more looks.
As a result, these glances pulled the young man back from the ghost gate, the Han Dynasty did not have cardiac pacing @, when the wounded heart stopped beating, he could only think that he was dead, and there were too many wounded at that time, of course the limited number of medical officers would not care about a dead person, and Liu Qi checked the young man's injuries and knew that he was heart failure caused by a large amount of blood loss in a short period of time, and the probability of this sudden death in later generations is very high only if it is treated in time.
The soldiers and medical officers on the city wall were very puzzled when they saw Liu Qi insisting on treating a dead man, but they also hoped that their comrades-in-arms could come back to life, and they were nervously watching Liu Qi, who continued to press the deceased's chest, silently cheering for Liu Qi and the deceased in their hearts.
When the young man miraculously opened his eyes after a moment, everyone present cheered desperately, and many hard-hearted men actually shed tears of excitement, since then Liu Qi rescued a number of wounded people who had lost too much blood, and none of the wounds of the wounded he treated were infected and worsened, so that they were completely accepted and trusted by the defenders at the bottom from the bottom of their hearts.
Liu Qi couldn't help but ask when he saw the young man's pale face and the bloodstained halberd in his hand, "How can you go into battle and fight when your injuries have just recovered?" With your current body, if you are injured again, it will be difficult for the gods to save you! ”
A few wounded soldiers did not dare to answer, and the young man looked left and right and raised his head boldly and said: "We are not afraid, when the thieves enter the city, everyone will die horizontally and vertically, and it is better to die like a man on the battlefield than to die like a lamb to be slaughtered!" ”
Liu Qi patted the young man's immature shoulder appreciatively: "...... Attaboy! ”
The young man was encouraged to smile happily and showed a mouthful of white teeth, and his courage was also bigger, and asked: "Everyone is willing to follow the general, there are generals who lead everyone who are not afraid of being injured, and they have a little more strength to fight with the anti-thief, the anti-thief is also afraid these days, he looks very fierce but he does not have the spirit of the previous few days, the villain dares to beg the general not to go, take everyone to kill the anti-thief, okay?" ”
Although the soldiers at the bottom are simple, they are not stupid people, and they have noticed some abnormal behaviors of the officers in recent days, and they also know in their hearts that if they can't hold on, there are few people who can run out, so they don't expect anything to complain about, and they are silently performing their duties.
Hearing this, Liu Qi was stunned, as if there was a lightning bolt in his mind to drive away the clouds in the sky, and hurriedly asked, "What did you say?" In the past few days, the anti-thieves have been attacking fiercely, and our army has suffered heavy casualties, why do you think that the anti-thieves are not as fierce as the previous days? ”
"The general doesn't know, we are killed and injured a lot, but the thieves died more, I'm afraid more than ten times more than us, a few days ago we captured the city wall and entered the city, we thought this time was really over, but I didn't expect the general to recapture the city wall, the general did not see those thieves who rushed into the city, there was no fighting spirit, dozens of us rushed up and hundreds of them did not dare to resist and hold their heads and scurry, but let us kill a happy one!"
When I mentioned these wounded soldiers, they were a little proud and said: "That's right, that's right, the villain remembers that those thieves climbed the city wall more than ten days ago, and we have to have several brothers to replace them. I think it was the general's magic technique that brought the dead back to suppress the thief! ”
Yes, the defenders are almost unable to hold on, but why don't the rebels also reach the end of their crossbows? The most elite troops of the rebels were originally the county soldiers that Yan had secretly trained for many years, but the number was not much, at best, there were only 10,000 people, and the rebels who came to attack the rebels were more than 40,000, and the remaining more than 30,000 people were temporarily conscripted civilians, and they were trained for a month at most.
The rebels fought from Yufu to Shuren, and the fierce battle lasted for more than a month, with almost no rest in between, how much can the combat effectiveness be maintained? How many of the rebels' elite will be left in the tragic siege?
Liu Qi was deeply ashamed, since he was almost broken through the city defense by the rebels in one fell swoop a few days ago, including himself, almost all the generals in the city were frightened by the apparent advantages of the rebels, and the concept of the final victory or defeat in their hearts was also subverted, and he had already given up on forbearance in his subconscious.
But can you really let it go?
Stretching out his hand to pat the young man's immature shoulder as a sign of encouragement, Liu Qimu saw them leave, several wounded soldiers walked with a limp, but they gritted their teeth and stubbornly walked up the city wall step by step, the heavy and resolute footsteps beat Liu Qi's heart like a heavy hammer.
"Liu Qi, Liu Qi, you are really out of tune, you want to be a deserter, if grandpa and uncles are here, they have to pull you out and kill you on the spot!"
If it is said that the current situation of Qu Ren has nothing to do with Liu Qi, it is also said in the past, because the reinforcements sent by Zhao Zhen are actually not here to save Qu Ren, but to Liu Qi's team to break into Jiangdong, but Liu Qi passed by just in time for Qu Ren to be besieged and participated, if there is no Liu Qiren The result is also captured, and the people in the city are no better off with Yan Zhan's heart of retribution.
In this era, most people will try their best to shirk their responsibilities when they encounter this situation, and there will definitely be no psychological burden.
However, Liu Qi is different from the people of this era, in his concept, since he is in the situation and has an impact on the outcome of the matter, then he must take responsibility, and now he instinctively dispatches reinforcements to recapture the ferry and keep the rebels from being dragged down, but for his own selfishness, the situation has taken a sharp turn.
And if it weren't for the influence he had on the generals in the city, Qu Ren might have been broken by the rebels a long time ago, and the rebels would not have slaughtered the city in a hurry to retaliate, but now, 100,000 soldiers and civilians will be slaughtered, and the culprit is himself!
Liu Qi suddenly slammed his fist on the earthen wall beside him, and the blood that was pierced by a piece of wood thorn flowed, but the pain in his heart and the warmth of the blood flowing to his arm also made him make up his mind, and he would pat his ass and run away by pat his ass for such a big disaster for others?
If you really want to do it, it's not allowed!
Liu Qi even wanted to smoke himself because he had such a thought before.
"Zhenxiang, I can't go!" Liu Qi suddenly turned around and stared at Gao Hong and said, although his voice was hoarse and low, it made Gao Hong feel extremely firm.
"Ziyuan, this ......!"
Gao Hong wanted to open his mouth to persuade a few words, but he felt a panic on his face, but he couldn't say anything when the words came to his mouth, he was also very conflicted in his heart, the light army broke through and was bound to be unable to carry the old and young daughters who would slow down the speed, the only thing he could do was to keep his two sons, his father said that he would not follow him to break through, and insisted on staying to guard his mother and daughters and granddaughters, how could Gao Hong be willing to let go of his parents and sisters and his wife and daughter, in addition to the uncle who was sick in bed, without the full support of the uncle, how could he have today?
"Zhenxiang, are we frightened by a group of rabble? The traitor can't be stopped, now he is just holding on, we must resist! ”
Liu Qi grabbed Gao Hong's shoulders tightly and shouted: "Stay, worthy of heaven and earth, worthy of conscience, escape, and in the future, you will face 100,000 unjust souls in your dreams in the future!" ”