Let's say that the knight smashed Chen Zhong's teeth in front of the men in the city, and threatened to cut off his ears and nose. The man upstairs was unmoved and told them to take action quickly. The soldiers on both sides were attracted by this scene and forgot to pay attention to other things happening.
The sun shines through the clouds and shines on the mountains and towers due south. Even the men on the city appear clear due to the reflected sunlight. At this moment, the execution sergeant's short knife flashed with a dazzling cold light in the sun, slowly approaching Chen Zhong's face.
No one noticed that a knight on horseback standing on the right side of the row behind the executioner reached back with his left hand and pulled out a bow and an arrow that had been pressed behind the saddle. He grabbed the bow arrows with his left arm, quietly raised them along the horse's mane, and hid them on the side of the horse's neck.
He stretched out his right hand to grab the bowstring, and with a twist of his left wrist, the arrow hit the bowstring. He sat back slightly and drew the bow slightly. In order to draw the bow, he clamped his feet firmly on the horse's belly and saddle. The war horse moved its hooves slightly, raising a trace of dust and bearing the downward weight.
At the moment when the execution sergeant swung his sword, he suddenly raised his bow and let it emerge from the horse's head. He pointed it at the man who was looking upstairs. He loosened the string with a snap, and the sharp arrow flew out quickly and went straight to the building. superior.
This was an extremely sharp armor-piercing arrow. The sharp arrow flew up to the tower without any sound and hit the man's left eye. Hearing a muffled groan, the man with his head leaning against the arrow shaft fell down on his back.
Sergeant Bai Bo, who was besieging the city, suddenly burst into an uproar. After the man with the probe fell down, the guards on the city suddenly became silent.
But the dead silence of the city tower only lasted for a moment. Suddenly, the gongs on the city sounded loudly, and the crossbowmen on the city suddenly appeared from the upper floors, cocking arrows and shooting at the people below the city.
Hu Che'er put away his bow and was well prepared for this. He immediately pulled the bridle, turned the horse's head and ran away. The rest of the people also abandoned Chen Zhong and ran towards the back, letting the arrows of the guards shoot down.
But after a while, there was only a corpse with hands tied behind his back and several arrows in his body, kneeling on his side and lying on the ground full of arrows.
There was no further fighting between the two sides that day. After nightfall, guards on Lishi City could be seen holding fire warnings. To celebrate, Zhang Ji even invited the drummers who disturbed the people to celebrate. They already felt that the city was indestructible. But Lishi City was still dark and calm as usual, with no signs of restlessness or commotion.
In just over ten days of preparations, Chen Chong had transformed Lishi City into a pure military fortress. All the private houses in the city were demolished for him to use as wood for building equipment, and he also built a large wooden building with the county government as the center in the city. The camp is to prepare the inner city to continue to resist after the outer wall and city are breached. The wooden camp is a warehouse for storing food materials.
The defenders' residences were low and lined up in two rows along the only main street in the camp. The cooking cauldron was steaming over the burning wood fire. During part of the day and night, the defenders took turns eating and resting.
In addition to the renovation of the city, Chen Chong also temporarily organized officials for this purpose and arranged the tasks that all officials were responsible for. If someone died in battle, who would be responsible for the follow-up matters were also marked one by one on the notice in front of the wooden camp. . …
The Zhoumu residence where Chen Chong lives is just a few simple wooden houses connected together, slightly higher than other residences.
It was already dark at this time, but more than ten important staff members of the state government were standing in front of the state pastoral office. Many people had just taken off their heavy armor, and their bodies emitted a strong smell of sweat and blood. However, everyone was already used to this smell, so they couldn't smell it.
Yang Hui stood at the front, stopping the crowd from talking among themselves and asking everyone to wait quietly. After a while, everyone finally saw the door open. Cai Yan, dressed in cloth, slowly came out and looked at everyone with a calm face. After a pause, she said to everyone: "Ting Jian is not seriously injured. The arrow is sharp. Fortunately, it only hit the eyebrow bone but did not hurt his eyes. He has been working hard for many days, so you can just let him rest for a while."
At this point, she raised her voice and said loudly: "He asked me to deliver the order!" After saying the order, everyone listened with bated breath. Cai Yan then said: "Chen Qun, listen to the order! From tomorrow on, you will wear armor every day, cover your eyes with cloth, and patrol the city to boost morale!"
After Chen Qun's promise, everyone still had doubts about Chen Chong's injury. After all, they watched him carry the arrow in. The military doctor also went in, probably to retrieve the arrow. It's just that Yang Hui strictly enforces military orders, and no one is allowed to discuss it, just follow the orders.
After everyone dispersed, Cai Yan returned to the room. Chen Chong was lying on the couch, his left eye had been wrapped with gauze, his right eye was also closed tightly, his face was as pale as paper, and a pottery basin filled with blood was placed aside. The arrows taken out were placed in the basin.
Gu She stepped forward and held Chen Chong's hand. The palm was shaking slightly because of the pain, and the cold quilt covering it was soaked with cold sweat. Holding his wife's hand, Chen Chong asked slowly and hoarsely: "Are they all dispersed?"
Cai Yan leaned against his ear and whispered, "Yeah," and then said to her husband, "Get some rest." Chen Chong relaxed, but he shook his head slightly, with a faint smile on his lips, and said to Cai Yan Said: "It hurts so much." The implication is that it hurts so much that I can't sleep.
When Cai Yan heard this, his tears could no longer be suppressed, and they immediately fell on Chen Chong's hand. Chen Chong opened his right eye, shook Cai Yan's hand slightly, and said with a smile: "Don't cry, don't cry, today Yuan De, because of me And I haven’t cried yet when I die!”
When Cai Yan heard this, she cried even more. She had always been elegant and indifferent, but at this time she kept cursing Han Xian and Yang Feng who had defected to Dong, and even cursed the Baibo soldiers for being ignorant. Chen Chong still waved his hand to her and said with a smile: "It was my fault. , there is nothing to blame anyone." He gently stroked his wife's soft skin and said slowly: "Ayan, tell me something happy, I am in severe pain now, happiness can relieve the pain!"
Only then did Cai Yan stop complaining. Cai Yan wiped away her tears and replied with a choked sob: "What good can happen at this time?" However, she suddenly remembered something and fell silent. She slowly said to Chen Chong: " Ting Jian, I’m pregnant.”
Chen Chong opened his right eye in disbelief and looked at her. He saw her expression was pitiful but her eyes were firm. Then he slowly digested the fact and asked her softly: "How many months has it been?"
"It's been almost three months. I only found out about it more than ten days ago. I didn't dare to distract you."
Chen Chong laughed, nodded slowly and said, "Thank you, Ayan, thank you. I'm very happy about this news." Yes, how could I not be happy? In the flames of war, his clan brother died and he himself was seriously injured, but even so, life was born. This is God saying that no matter what kind of difficulty, it will pass. And no matter what kind of happy event, nothing is more joyful than having someone to succeed you. …
So Chen Chong said to Cai Yan: "Ah Yan, I want to be willful for a night." The so-called willfulness means that he let Cai Yan sit on the edge of the couch, pillowed on his wife's legs, and listened to the beating of the blood in his wife's lower abdomen with his left ear. His trembling slowly subsided, and soon he fell asleep in his wife's arms. Cai Yan sat holding him like this all night.
The next day, Chen Qun wore Chen Chong's Mingguang armor and a dome-topped jacket, and led Xu Shu on the tower. His figure and facial features were similar to Chen Chong's. At this time, he wrapped his left eye with gauze and covered it with special gloves. Finger, everyone thought that Chen Chong was not seriously injured and just defended the city as usual. This made Zhang Ji very disappointed. He guessed that Chen Chong was not dead, so he couldn't help complaining to Li Zhi: "Is Chen Tingjian made of iron? Even if he was hit by an arrow in the head, the morale of the soldiers in the city did not decrease at all?"
So he could only continue to attack the city, facing the defenders' arrows raining down. Zhang Ji ordered the troops to hold five-foot-long poles, tie pine trees on the poles, pour kerosene on them, and after lighting them, dozens and hundreds of them headed east and west together. The two sides leaned over, trying to burn down the wooden building.
But the guards were already prepared for this. They also prepared long poles, but with sharp hooks and knives tied to the ends of the long poles. When the long poles with fire came slightly closer, they stretched the poles down and pulled them down. Once cut, most of the pine and hemp trees fall to the ground and are extinguished. Even if a few brave men risked their lives and rushed to the front, and luckily used pine hemp to light the wooden building, the guards immediately overturned the fire, and no harm was done in the end.
At this point, Zhang Ji was close to the end of his skills. Another four days later, it was nearly 20 years since he retreated from the stone. The Baibo army had suffered more than 10,000 casualties and nearly half of the 10,000 troops he carried. He had to hold a military meeting again to discuss the next step. The rest of the people were at a loss as to what to do. Han Xian asked, "Is there no result yet on the Meiji incident?"
This statement was a matter of concern to everyone, so they all looked at Zhang Ji. Zhang Ji was quite angry when he heard this. The reason why he held a military meeting was that he did not want to talk about it, but when the matter has reached this point, there is no need to continue to hide it. He He also knew that this issue was related to the overall situation, so he told everyone truthfully: "Chief Zhang has been in Meiji for more than ten days. When we first met, the Huns princes were already interested, but after two days, they regretted it and said that as long as we attack After descending from Lishi, they led the troops to join, but at this time there was still no result."
Everyone was silent at this moment. Unexpectedly, the siege of Lishi now decided the outcome of the entire war. Liu Bei's troops in Taiyuan County have not yet made any move. I am afraid that they will arrive at Lishi soon, waiting for the new soldiers and the old trapped soldiers. In a battle between exhausted armies, who will win? The answer is self-evident, and Han Xian and Yang Feng also shuddered.
They asked tentatively: "Now that the matter has come to this, can't the imperial court send any more reinforcements?"
Zhang Ji nodded slightly: "The Grand Master has ordered Jianwei to withdraw from Hedong temporarily and mobilize 40,000 Northern troops under his command. With Li Jue and Guo Si as assistants, they are coming to Shangjun to intimidate the Xiongnu princes." This is indeed true. This is good news. Such a force should be able to turn the war in favor of the imperial court. Han, Siam and Yang Feng were relieved for this. It's just that Zhang Ji looked embarrassed. He originally wanted to capture Chen Chong first to achieve an unprecedented feat, but at this point, it would be a happy event if the Grand Master could not blame him.
At the same time, Tian Yu, who was in Meiji, finally waited for reinforcements.
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