Chapter 949: Bloody Battle at the Head of the City
"Kill!" Zhao Jia stood at the head of the city with a war knife in his hand, killing the enemy with ordinary soldiers, although General Cui didn't want him to take risks, after all, no matter whether Zhao Jia's identity was true or not, he was now shouldering the heavy responsibility of maintaining the morale of the army, so he must not have any more accidents, but Zhao Jia insisted on going to the battlefield, because he knew that the situation was critical tonight, as long as he could appear on the battlefield, it would definitely greatly boost the morale of the soldiers.
In fact, it is true, Zhao Jia climbed to the head of the city, and personally killed a Jurchen who climbed to the head of the city, which immediately made the morale of the soldiers on the city head high, and the fatigue and hunger in the stomach seemed to disappear at once.
This tragic siege battle lasted until midnight, and the Jurchens outside the city failed to overcome the walls of Liaoyang Mansion after paying huge casualties, which made Aguta finally have no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to the camp. The Song soldiers at the head of the city saw the Jurchens retreating, and they were also cheering loudly at the moment, but then many people sat on the ground, they had already exhausted their strength before, and they were all supported by a breath, and now the Jurchens retreated, and they naturally couldn't support it anymore under the relaxation, and they were lying or sitting panting one by one, even if there was blood, dead corpses, and broken meat everywhere around them, they were not willing to move half a minute.
"It's time to eat!" However, with a shout, all the soldiers who were lying on the ground and pretending to be dead crawled up, and many of them fought hard all day without eating, and naturally they were all hungry at this time. In order to maintain his image, Zhao Jia couldn't lie directly on the ground like other soldiers, but he also leaned against the city wall and panted, and now when he heard that the meal was served, he immediately felt hungry in his stomach. Even the kind of clear soup he usually drinks is still supremely delicious in his eyes.
At that moment, Zhao Jia stood up with the help of the city wall, ready to see where there was food to eat, but at this moment, he saw General Cui striding over covered in blood, but he came to him with two steaming large bowls in his hands and laughed: "Little prince has worked hard." If it weren't for your encouragement, I'm afraid that this time I might really be killed by the Jurchens, hurry up and eat something! ”
Smelling the aroma of the food in the bowl, Zhao Jia felt even more hungry, and took the sea bowl and just wanted to drink, but then he suddenly found that the bowl was full of meat, which made him ask in surprise: "General Cui, isn't there even rations in our army, where does the meat come from?" ”
Heard Zhao Jia's inquiry. I saw General Cui show a weird smile and said: "Hehe, the most important thing on the battlefield is meat, such as these corpses under your feet, aren't they all good meat when they are washed?" ”
As soon as General Cui's words spoke, Zhao Jia was frightened but his hands trembled, and he almost threw away the bowl in his hand, and he stared at the other party nervously and asked, "Cui ...... General Cui, you can't really eat human flesh, do you? ”
Seeing Zhao Jia's nervous appearance. General Cui couldn't help laughing, and after a while, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry." We haven't been forced to eat human flesh to survive, these are horse meat, Lao Yu ordered his cavalry to kill all the horses in order to replenish his brothers' strength, but even so, at most two meals will be gone. ”
Hearing that this is horse meat, not human flesh. Zhao Jia relaxed at this time, he had the guts to kill people, but eating people was not only a matter of guts, in addition, he didn't expect Yu Huoshan's fiery temper to kill the war horse at such a critical moment. You must know that there are not many cavalry in their marines, and this sneak attack on Liaoyang Mansion only brought a total of 3,000 cavalry, General Yu is the commander of this cavalry, and he usually cherishes the war horses very much, there is a shortage of food in the army these days, and the war horses have no food, but he heard that General Yu would rather starve himself, but also leave the dry food for the war horses to eat, presumably when he ordered to kill the war horses as military food, his heart must have been very painful.
However, after sighing, Zhao Jia still picked up the horse meat and began to gobble it up, after all, for him now, filling his stomach is the most important thing. Speaking of which, he has never really been hungry since he was a child, even after entering the navy, he occasionally encounters a lack of food, but most of them are at sea, even if they only catch fish, they can get enough food, but sometimes they feel like vomiting when they eat too much fish.
Although the horse meat is light and tasteless, because of the lack of salt and other seasonings in the army, this makes the horse meat still a little fishy, and the surrounding environment is not suitable for eating, for example, within three steps around Zhao Yan, there are no less than ten corpses, some of the corpses' stomachs have been cut open, revealing the colorful intestines inside, blood and stench fill the entire space, but Zhao Jia was not affected at all, and finally not only ate the meat, but even the bottom of the bowl was licked clean by him.
Seeing Zhao Jia starving to death, General Cui next to him laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said that this is like a man, and then he gave half of his share to Zhao Jia, Zhao Jia wanted to refuse, but General Cui glared at him and said: "What is polite, let you eat, eat a little more to have the strength to kill the enemy, I am getting older, and my appetite is getting worse and worse, if I am young, I can eat a sheep alone." ”
"Thank you, General!" Zhao Jia also knew that if he resigned, General Cui would probably be really angry, so he thanked him and devoured it again, and when he licked the bowl again, General Cui showed a satisfied smile.
After eating, General Cui stood up and seemed to want to leave, but at this time he seemed to think of something, and suddenly stopped and suddenly asked Zhao Jia in a low voice: "Boy, we can be regarded as living and dying together on the battlefield, now you tell me the truth, are you the real Zhao Jia or the fake Zhao Jia?" ”
No one in this world is a fool, at the beginning, General Cui and they might think that Zhao Jia was just an ordinary personal guard, but with Zhao Jia's performance in the past few days, they felt more and more that Zhao Jia's origin was not simple, especially the kind of bearing on his body, which was not something that ordinary people could have, plus they also asked other guards about Zhao Jia's origin in private, but those personal guards were silent about Zhao Jia's origin, although they didn't know Zhao Jia's true identity, But he knew that Zhao Jia was personally arranged by Hu Yanping later, so Hu Yanping had already told them before, and they must not disclose any information about Zhao Jia, even if they can't discuss it in private.
From the performance of those personal guards, General Cui and they can naturally guess that Zhao Jia's origin is definitely not simple, plus Zhao Jia took the initiative to pretend to be Zhao Jia, and even the reason why he appeared in the army was "made up" by Zhao Jia himself, which made General Cui even more suspicious, and the excellent young man in front of them was probably the son of King Yue.
Zhao Jia was not surprised by the question raised by General Cui, because he knew that there were too many loopholes in the lies he had fabricated, and General Cui and they were all elites in the army, and they all looked like rough people, but in fact, most of them were thoughtful, so it was not strange for them to see through their lies, but he didn't intend to admit it immediately, but showed a mysterious smile to General Cui and said: "General Cui, what are these words, I am naturally Zhao Jia, the son of King Yue!" ”
"Huh?" Seeing Zhao Jia's direct admission, General Cui was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly thought that in order to ensure that the identity of the "fake" Zhao Jia in front of him was not recognized, they asked Zhao Jia to call himself the prince of Yue at all times, so at this time, he didn't know whether Zhao Jia's words were true or false for a while.
Without waiting for General Cui to react, I saw Zhao Jia hugging his fists and saying: "General Cui, it seems that the Jurchens will not call again today, I still have to visit General Huyan, so I will leave!" ,”
After Zhao Jia finished speaking, he saluted General Cui, then turned around and left. In the past few days, Zhao Jia has not forgotten to care about Hu Yanping's injury, with his current identity, he can naturally easily see Hu Yanping, and he has always blamed himself for not being able to help Hu Yanping block that arrow, so he will take time out every day to take care of Hu Yanping personally.
Although the body was very tired, Zhao Jia still came to Hu Yanping's room, at this time the medical officer was about to change the dressing for Hu Yanping's wound, and Zhao Jia stepped forward to help in person, but when he saw that the medicine was changed, he suddenly only heard Hu Yanping make a **, and then slowly opened his eyes, which made Zhao Jia excitedly said: "Uncle Ping, you are finally awake!" ”
Hu Yanping, who had just woken up from a coma, looked at Zhao Jia a little confused at first, and then thought about the current situation and the assassination before, which made him feel shocked, and immediately wanted to sit up, but it affected the wound on his body, and his forehead sweated, at this time Zhao Jia hurriedly held him and said: "Uncle Ping, you lie down first, the doctor said that your wound has just begun to heal, and you must not move, otherwise the wound will be torn open again!" ”
"How long have I been injured?" Hu Yanping said hoarsely, although he can eat some liquid food in a coma these days, it is very limited after all, and his throat is also very dry, and it is a little difficult to speak.
"It's been four days, but Uncle Ping, don't worry, everything is normal in the army, and although the Jurchens outside the city launched a crazy attack today, they were still repelled by us." Zhao Jia also said with joy on his face at this time, and by the way, he helped Hu Yanping take a glass of water and handed it over, although he was only temporarily commanding the army, and he didn't have to worry about most affairs, but he was still under huge pressure, and now that Hu Yanping woke up, he suddenly felt that the burden on his body was much lighter.
"It's been four days, and the army still doesn't know the news that I'm injured and unconscious?" Hu Yanping asked in surprise when he heard this, and even forgot to drink the water handed by Zhao Jia.
"Hehe, Uncle Ping, you choose to drink some water, and I'll ask someone to prepare some porridge, you listen to me while drinking, I've been busy these days." Without the pressure of the army, Zhao Jia once again regained the liveliness of a young man at this time. (To be continued.) )