Chapter 43: Entering the City to Carry the Coffin
Lin Jian looked at the corpse of Lu Jingyan who was carried into the city, his cheeks were sunken, the stubble like a steel needle also softened with the loss of life, and the blue eye sockets were deeply sunken in, as if he was sleeping peacefully, but there was no longer any life.
Lin Lian carefully sorted out Lu Jingyan's tattered clothes and armor, then turned around and walked in front of the generals, pulled out the saber on his waist, broke his knees in two, and said: "I, Lin Lian, swear to break the knife here, and swear to kill him in case of rebellion!" In my lifetime, I will not share the sky with it! Word by word, he cut gold and cut iron, threw the broken knife into the soil, and shouted: "Lu Duwei defended the land to kill the enemy and sacrifice his life for the country, all the generals of the Jiangdong Left Army have it, listen to our military orders, salute Lu Duwei and the brave Shao Wuyou generals!" ”
Zhang Jinxian of Yangxin Zhixian opened his eyes and looked at the tragic scene, his eyes were blurred with tears, at this moment he was no longer worried about whether Yangxin would fall, Lin Jian was known as Jiyang Jianbi, he had an unyielding character that was as strong as iron bones and the strange charm that could make the whole army follow him at critical moments and forget life and death and fight bravely, which is a quality that can never be seen in those mediocre officials and generals.
Zhang Jinxian ordered someone to carry down the Nanmu coffin on the city gate building, and put the body of General Lu Jingyan, the commander of Shaowu Town and the commander of the light car, into a funeral. This Nanmu coffin was originally carried by him to the ancients to carry the coffin to the battlefield to remember the will to die and carry up the city gate tower, Lin Jian led the Jiangdong Left Army to aid Yangxin, Zhang Jinxian went back to the county government to preside over the order in the city, and the Nanmu coffin was not carried down the city gate tower, but at this time he was fortunate to decorate such a brave general.
Lu Jingyan's body was put into a coffin, Zhang Jinxian and Cheng Weiyuan found two open mansions in the city for Shao Wu's remnants to rest in camp, and Lu Jingyan's body also had to be stopped in the coffin, and the court would dispose of it after the war.
The guards in front of Lu Jingyan wanted to come over to carry the coffin, but Lin Jian grabbed one person, held up the bottom corner of the coffin with one hand, moved it to his shoulder, and personally carried the coffin for Lu Jingyan.
Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang and other generals of the remnants of Shaowu's army also took the bottom corner of the coffin and carried the coffin for the captain, and Chu Zheng, the commander of the personal guard battalion whose left arm was cut off and had several arrows in his body, also struggled to get up from the improvised stretcher, and asked people to hold the bottom corner of the coffin and move it to his shoulder and walk to the temporary camp......
Zhou Tong, Ao Canghai, the generals of the Jiangdong Left Army and the Jinzhong Army stood under the city wall, watching Lin Jian personally carry the coffin and send Lu Jingyan's body to the temporary camp of the remnants of Shaowu's army, silently, thinking in their hearts: If you can get the honor of carrying the coffin in person, it is worth dying in this Yangxin City immediately.
Brother Lu Wang, Zhenguo General Yuan Jianhai, Lu Wangfu Steward Zuo Tanggui, Deputy Steward Ye Youren and others stood aside in embarrassment, and no one came to deal with them at this time.
Shao Wu's remnants fled into Yangxin City in a hurry, but at this moment, more than a thousand remnants of the defeated generals seemed to reveal an iron will, opened the city gate and let them out, and there was no doubt that they could kill the captives in the outer city of the city.
Yuan Yan sat on the back of a small horse, as if to the sadness and majesty in front of her, all the way to the panic, frightened, the moment when you entered the city, all the panic and panic receded like the tide of the sea, is this just because of entering the city? No, at this moment, almost everyone's eyes on the city wall and on both sides of the long street focused on the bearded uncle who was carrying the coffin at the front of the line, as if he was the source of confidence in this city, as if as long as he was there, Yangxin was an iron city that could not be attacked, and his firm back wearing cyan cold armor was surprisingly reassuring to see.
As if it was a soul imprint, the scene at this moment and the inexplicably sad and majestic atmosphere were engraved in Yuan Yan's immature heart.
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Lin Jian carried the coffin to the temporary camp of the remnants of Shaowu's army, and asked Cheng Weiyuan, the lieutenant of Tuoyangxin County, to carefully settle the remnants of Shaowu's army, and asked Geng Quanshan and Chen Dingbang generals to rest for two days first, and the captives could not complete the preparations for the siege within two days.
Lin Jian and Zhang Jinxian of Yangxinzhi County still have to settle the fleeing crowd of the Lu Palace, although they don't want to deal with these clan children at all, but he is a minister of the Dayue Dynasty at this time, if he doesn't settle the clan children carefully, he will leave a mouth that will make people attack after the war. At present, it is necessary to suppress other contradictions and concentrate all forces on the defense of the city.
If the people of King Lu's Mansion dared to pull the back feet of the city, Lin Jian was not a soft-hearted person.
When the officials such as Lu Wang Yuan Jiancheng and the palace left and right Changshi and other officials broke through the inner city, they did not have time to escape, and they were all killed, and the fleeing crowd of Lu Wangfu was headed by Lu Wangdi, Zhenguo general Yuan Jianhai, including Zuo Tanggui, Ye Youren and other eunuchs and many palace guards, almost seventy or eighty people escaped, and Zhang Jinxian of Yangxin Zhi County arranged a large mansion in the east of the city for the people of Lu Wangfu to be temporarily resettled.
Lin Jian and Zhang Jinxian caught up with the team of Lu Wangfu on the long street, walked to the front, hugged their fists and said to Yuan Jianhai who was sitting on horseback: "General Zhenguo, don't come to Wuxian!" ”
Although the children of the clan enjoyed all the wealth in the world, they had no right to control the local officials, and even if the children of the clan had a condescending posture towards the local officials, they were very limited. Maybe there were old grievances before, but at this time, it was under the fence, Yuan Jianhai asked the guards to help him turn over and get off the horse, and arched with Lin Bin: "Lord Lin fought in the south and the north, and made great achievements for the imperial court, and a certain meeting played the Zongren Mansion and the imperial court, and asked Lord Lin for merit......"
The ghost wants to make meritorious service for the Yuan family, Lin Jian hated and scolded in his heart, he had no concept of loyalty to the imperial court in his heart, if it weren't for the great rivers and mountains and the people of Li not to be invaded by foreign races, he would not be too lazy to take such a risk, although he thought so in his heart, he still kept a smile on his face, and saw that a young man about eleven or twelve years old behind Yuan Jianhai wanted to get off the horse, but no guard stepped forward to help, so he walked over, reached under his armpit, picked him off the horse, and asked, "Who is this?" When he saw the young man's face flushed, and the body bones of the tentacles were extraordinarily soft, he knew that it was a girl, and hurriedly withdrew his hand and apologized: "Lin Lian is reckless and rude......"
"Yan'er is my brother's little daughter, pity my brother and nephew were killed by the thieves, leaving her an orphan girl......" Thinking of this, Yuan Jianhai was also sad in his heart, and he didn't care about Lin Yan's rudeness, after all, Yuan Yan is still a little girl, how can she care about so many false courtesies?
"It turned out to be the little county lord, and I was frightened along the way." Lin Lian bowed to Yuan Yan, who was dressed as a man.
Yuan Yan was like a frightened deer, hiding behind the guards, but she couldn't help but look back at Lin Yan, looking at his dark and bright eyes, she felt that it was very good-looking, restrained the shame in her heart, learned from the adult's tone, and said in a coquettish voice: "Lord Lin doesn't need to be polite......
Lin Jian smiled, and said to Yuan Jianhai: "Yangxin City has been besieged for more than two months, there is a shortage of materials in the city, and everyone is supplied according to rations, and General Zhenguo has to be asked to take care of these things......"
"That's as it should be." Yuan Jianhai said, what else can he do besides saying this? Zhang Jinxian of Yangxin Zhixian County stood aside and did not say a word, it seems that the military and political power of Yangxin City at this time is within the control of Lin Lian, and the signboards of King Lu and General Zhenguo may not be easy to use.
"General Zhenguo, please take a rest first, after nightfall, I will gather everyone in the county government to discuss the matter of defending the city, and I will also ask General Zhenguo and Lu Wangfu to send people to attend, and now everyone must fight the enemy back with the same hatred...... Lin Jian said.
Lin Jian said these words, and left, there are many affairs to defend the city, at this time, prepare more, and one less person will die when defending the city, he doesn't want to waste time on perfunctory etiquette.
Zhang Jinxian accompanied everyone in King Lu's Mansion into the house to settle down, Zuo Tanggui glanced at the back of Lin Tie, who was surrounded by all the guards, and did not say anything.
As soon as Lin Tie entered Jinan, he took his Zuo family's Zuoguan Er Village as a bandit nest to pull out, and the pressure of the county divisions in Jinan City in the Lu Wangfu was stunned that he did not give Zuo Guan a fair saying, Lin Tie is an arrogant and domineering character, at this time, he is a new favorite of the Chu Party, and his arrogance is even more arrogant to the sky, Zuo Tanggui dares to slander him behind his back, but he does not dare to contradict him in person,
Watching Lin Tie leave, Zuo Tanggui approached Zhang Jinxian of Yangxin Zhi County and asked, "Could it be that everything in Yangxin City is under the control of Jiang Zuojun?" The loss of Jinan, has Lord Zhang heard of it, I'm afraid that the guest soldiers will be unreliable at a critical time......"
Zhang Jinxian glanced at Zuo Tanggui and thought to himself: What do you mean by saying these at this time? At this time, Yuan Jianhai also turned his head to look at him in front.
Zhang Jinxian said: "Lin Dujian led the Jiangdong Left Army to aid Yangxin, and we are all laymen in the matter of city defense, so we can only rely on Lin Dujian and the Jiangdong Left Army...... "After all, he is a local official in Shandong, and he can't help but give face to the people of Lu Wangfu, King Lu was killed, most of them were the general of Zhenguo who inherited Lu Wangjue, he is a small county, and his attitude is not too tough. Just give him an offensive hat for the clan, and it will be enough for him.
"Lin Dujian just said that everyone in the city is supplied according to rations, could it be that General Zhenguo and Lord Yan are also among these people?" The chamberlain Ye Youren interjected at this time, "General Zhenguo and Lord Yan came all the way, and they suffered a lot of hardship and panic, could it be that they even have to look at the face of the Jiangdong Left Army when their mouths are saturated?" ”
"Officer Ye, I'm fine." Yuan Yan innocently interjected.
Zhang Jinxian then understood that these people in the Lu Wangfu did not have the courage to collide with Lin Jian face to face, but they used him as a soft pinch in their hearts, hated these two eunuchs in their hearts, and had to put on a smiling face, and said: "I know that the general of the Zhenguo and the little county lord go to Yangxin, and naturally they can't be wronged anymore......" There is no shortage of manpower in the city, and among the people who fled from the Lu Wangfu, except for the young daughter of King Lu, there are no other female dependents, and I want to choose a few well-behaved and good-looking girls to serve the little county lord. There is nothing wrong with General Zhenguo.
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