Capture the Jade: Chapter 123 1

The person who came was Liu Xiulin, a well-known general of the Zhenhai Navy. This person and Lu Yan are both Teng Shao's left arm and right arm, and have always been trusted by Teng Shao.

His words were more convincing than an official letter from the town navy.

When the soldiers outside the camp heard that Teng Shao was injured, they couldn't help but turn pale with shock, but Liu Xiulin turned anxious and gave Lin Chengyou a secret wink when he spoke.

Lin Chengyou pretended to be surprised: "How come you were suddenly plotted against by thieves? Is General Teng seriously injured?"

"General Teng was in a hurry to join the army, so he made a special trip from the Qingfeng Valley outside Caizhou City to take a shortcut. Unexpectedly, there were many alien soldiers raised by Peng Zhen ambushed in the valley, and those people did not know what magic they used. There are Yin soldiers all over the mountains and valleys. Fortunately, the two eldest disciples of Abbot Juejue helped. The Yin soldiers were quickly defeated by our side. However, General Teng still accidentally hit a hidden weapon. If you don't think about it, I'm afraid it will erode the heart, the prince will break the magic, and ask the prince to go to the rescue immediately with the last general."

Lin Chengyou didn't say a word and made people lead the horse. After getting on the horse, he instructed his deputy general Chen Wenxiong: "You lead the soldiers to continue to attack the city, and I will pick up General Teng in person."

Lin Chengyou and his party did not return until the middle of the night.

Without the command of the head coach, the offensive of the Shence Army was far less severe than before. Although the ladders had reached the pheasant, Peng Zhen had already made people do something on the city wall, waiting for the soldiers who were attacking the city to jump to the top of the wall and defend the city. The soldiers of the city stretched out their spears from the holes dug beforehand and pressed against the ladder with all their strength. The end of the spear was not only tied with a hook, but also burned with raging fire.

Chen Wenxiong immediately dispatched a thousand elite infantry, driving forty chariots to attack the city aggressively.

The chariot is covered with thick wet cowhide, which can prevent both arrows and attacks. When launching an attack, it is like a strong mobile iron fortress.

How could Peng Zhen pour hot copper water from the top of the wall again, scorching the cowhide outside the chariot, and the soldiers in the chariot hurriedly drove away from the city wall, fearing that the copper water would turn their skins apart.

After successive setbacks, Shen Cejun felt a deep sense of powerlessness for the first time.

The Peng family's ability to shock the Central Plains is not a false name. Compared with the war on the ground, the Peng family is especially good at defending the city, but the court only gave the Shence Army two months to suppress the rebellion. Tonight, the time limit will be reached.

If they can't attack, they will have to consume it for a long time.

After a long period of time, the prestige of the imperial army will inevitably be greatly damaged. The neighboring Shannan Dongdao and Ziqing had already colluded with Peng Zhen. If the Shence Army did not deter the Quartet by quelling the rebellion, these two vassals would also have contempt for the court, and they could only easily clean up the Huaixi Road. Only then can all the troops and horses of the two vassals be brought back to the imperial court.

The soldiers of the Shence Army held the belief of winning, attacked the city time and time again, and were sniped back again and again. Seeing that the situation was not good, Chen Wenxiong had to order the suspension of the siege, and ordered the soldiers to return to the camp, while resting and waiting for Lin Chengyou to return.

On the Caizhou city wall, behind the dark pheasant battlements, countless pairs of eyes quietly watched the military camp outside the city.

There was a fire in the arsenal in the city before, which was an excellent opportunity to attack the city, but Prince Cheng left the crowd behind, which showed that Teng Shao's situation was really bad.

What made them even more satisfied was that as soon as the coach left, the soldiers of the Shence Army would not even attack the city.

They wait patiently.

In the second half of the night, there was another movement outside the city, the dust was billowing, and a group of military horses came back, but there were only four or five thousand people, and the leader was not Lin Chengyou, but Liu Xiulin, who had come to report.

Liu Xiulin's face was so ugly that it seemed to be covered with a layer of yellow and gray, and he scolded: "Why don't you attack the city?"

Chen Wenxiong was originally happy to welcome the reinforcements, but he was unhappy when he heard the words. He was a senior general of the Shence Army, not a sergeant of his navy. What qualification did Liu Xiulin have to yell at him? : "Where's the prince?"

"General Teng - he couldn't be rescued. The prince was busy taking care of General Teng's funeral. Let Chen lead some reinforcements to attack the city first."

When the soldiers suddenly heard the bad news of General Teng, they were all stunned.

Chen Wenxiong was shocked and sad: "How could this be? Even the prince couldn't save General Teng?"

"It's too late." Liu Xiulin's scarlet eyes stared at Caizhou City, "Tonight I vow to cut off Peng Zhen's head. What are you still doing, without a coach and no reinforcements, there will be no war? Why don't you follow me? Siege!"

The soldiers of the Shence Army were repeatedly reprimanded by Liu Xiulin, and they couldn't help being a little annoyed: "General Liu, it seems that it is not your turn to command the Shence Army!"

Liu Xiulin kicked the man to the ground: "Fuck your mother! When I made great contributions to the court, you were still breastfeeding in your mother's arms! If you can't move, we will fight the navy."

All of a sudden, the soldiers shouted and yelled, and persuaded the fight, all in a mess.

The soldiers in Caizhou City ran back to the inner city to report to Peng Zhen.

"General, the Shence Army and the reinforcements from the Zhen Navy are fighting."

Peng Zhen, however, showed no joy: "Isn't Prince Cheng back yet?"

"No. Prince Cheng has long said that he will take Caizhou tonight. If he really can't walk away, he won't delay it until now. It seems that Teng Shao has died."

The counselors were invigorated: "The general has a clever plan, and it's a shame that the foreign scholars of Wujimen were ambushed in the middle of the road. Otherwise, how could he succeed in plotting against Teng Shao."

"General, to leave the city, now is the best time. When Lin Chengyou leads the town navy, I'm afraid it won't be easy to leave. There are still 20,000 troops under the general's command. If you leave the city early, there is a possibility of a comeback sooner or later, and you will continue to be here. Trapped, like Long Xiang shallow bottom, will be exhausted by the court."

Just as the followers tried their best to urge Peng Zhen to take advantage of the situation to escape, in front of the steps of the council hall, a tall and fat Taoist priest was looking at the sky for himself.

Someone asked the Taoist priest: "Daoist Master Yin, you can also help come up with ideas."

Peng Zhen asked, "Who is the commander of the reinforcements sent by the Zhenhai Navy?"

"Liu Xiulin. He shouted in the city that he was going to cut off the general's head tonight, and it seemed like he had lost his mind. As soon as he came, he fought with Chen Wenxiong and others. Judging from this situation, the Zhenhaijun and Shencejun will go their own way. ."

Peng Zhen said with a sullen face: "Liu Xiulin has followed Teng Shao for many years, and it is not a foolhardy fool. No matter how sad he is, he will not be so sad. Most of them are deliberately cheating to capture the city. Bar."

Peng Zhen predicted that things were as good as God. Half an hour later, the two armies scolded each other to attract the attention of the generals defending the city, but secretly sent a team of elite soldiers to quietly circle outside the west gate, put the cloud ladder on the city wall, and quietly launched a surprise attack.

Little did they know that Peng Zhen had already made arrangements. Just as the soldiers under Liu Xiulin were about to attack the city, countless spears sprang from the city wall and stabbed them.

Chen Wenxiong suffered from Liu Xiulin's cowardice all night, and he had to ridicule a few words when he saw it. Liu Xiulin was still angry. On the one hand, he instructed thousands of reinforcements from the Zhenhai Navy to attack Ximen with all his strength, and on the other hand, he fought Chen Wenxiong again.

Just when there was chaos outside the south gate and west gate, Peng Zhen decisively ordered an evacuation, opened the north gate and quietly left the city, preparing to follow the pre-designed route all the way to the northwest.

In order not to disturb the enemy troops in the direction of the back city, the troops did not even burn their torches when they evacuated.

Fortunately, there is a dazzling Lone Star, guiding them in the direction of progress.

Although they abandoned the city and fled, the Peng family's army still maintained iron-like discipline.

Although the success has been lost, Peng Zhen still retains the demeanor and dignity that a Jiedushi should have.

Just as this group of people quietly evacuated, countless torches suddenly flashed around, and along with the rain of arrows and the sound of thunderous shouts, countless soldiers poured in from all directions like a tide.

Sergeant Peng's family was caught off guard, and many people fell from their horses with arrows.

The two leading generals were Teng Shao and Lin Chengyou.

Peng Zhen's face climbed with a black anger, and he was not tired of deceit, and in the end he fell for this kid's plan. Lin Chengyou rode his horse close, and his confident expression seemed to say, "I said I would capture Caizhou before dawn, that is, before dawn."

"Close the gate!"

Lin Chengyou bent a bow and an arrow, and shot down a Taoist-looking counselor beside Peng Zhen, shouting, "Whoever captures Peng Zhen alive will be rewarded!"

"Yes!" The cavalrymen responded in shock.

Previously, in order to confuse the Shence Army and the Zhenhai Navy, most of the troops in the city were concentrated at the west gate and the south gate, and there were only a few dozen soldiers guarding the north gate. Before Peng Zhen and others fled back to the city, the arrows flew into the sky like a torrential rain. When they came, the soldiers on the wall fell one after another with arrows, and there was no time left to put down the iron bridge.

But in a flash, the city gate was breached.

The soldiers of the two armies trembled with joy, and after two months, they traveled to the towns of Huaixi, and lost their troops and horses.

The Peng family's military heart began to collapse, and the south gate became vulnerable. Chen Wenxiong and Liu Xiulin successfully broke through the city gate and led the sergeants into the city.

The Peng family was trapped and fighting, and they retreated while fighting, and they soon retreated to the edge of the inner city.

For a while, Jin Ge and the halberd in the city staggered, making a heart-pounding sound.

Lu Yan and the others were busy catching Peng Zhen, while Lin Chengyou was busy dealing with the evil Taoists in the city.

Earlier, in order to resist the fire attack outside the city, a hailstorm suddenly hit the top of Caizhou City. It can be seen that there are many aliens in the city who understand sorcery. Lin Chengyou bends the bow and crosses the horse, and the arrows are not vacant. Seeing one captures the other.

After capturing all the Taoist priests, Lin Chengyou and the two disciples of Abbot Yuanjue checked to see if there was a formation buried in the city. After a while, they found the Yin evil formation in a hidden corner. With this formation, the evil spirits attracted It is no trivial matter. For the safety of the people in the city, Lin Chengyou and the two mages destroyed the formation one by one.

Under the storm-like storm, the remnants of the Peng family in the city quickly turned into a mess of sand. The thousands of dead soldiers beside Peng Zhen, defeated and defeated, surrendered. In a blink of an eye, Peng Zhen became a lonely man. Just when the sergeants were about to tie Peng Zhen, Teng Shao and Lin Chengyou suddenly beat their horses from the north gate at the same time. Going in the direction, everyone thought that Peng Zhen was a turtle in a urn. No one noticed that the group of people had reached the north gate in the chaos. The leader was a man in a felt hat who was about to escape from the city gate. The war horse under Teng Shao galloped like a Electric, Lin Chengyou swung out the silver chain, the silver chain went like Seiya, and hit the man's feet.

When the felt hat man was bound by the silver chain, Teng Shao's hoof stopped right in front of him.

At this time, the soldiers over there also captured Peng Zhen, but when they looked carefully, they couldn't help but exclaimed, "General, this person is fake."

Teng Shao ordered to tear off the face of the man in the felt hat. Sure enough, it was Peng Zhen.

Lu Yan and the others were amazed: "As expected of the top leader in Guanzhong, he can lay out his troops without panic when approaching the city. General Peng's enthusiasm is really hard to guard against."

Peng Zhen's last layer of camouflage was torn off, and he could only be captured without hesitation. However, his body was like a mountain, and he had no fear. After this day, defeat is not scary. Compared with a villain like you, Teng Shao, I Peng Zhen fought vigorously. Let me ask you: Teng Shao, are you worthy? You and I are on each side, originally The well water does not violate the river water, but you secretly spied on Huaixi Road, and in order to take credit, you took the initiative to inform the court of the news of my deliberate rebellion, if not, how could the court suppress me?"

"Ashamed?" Teng Shao's eyes were like a cold pool, "Today's Yan'an in the four seas, the sages are benevolent and open-minded, and the court has always treated you and me well. The food and grass for the loyal army is given by the court, and the title of Jiedushi of Huaixi Road is the name of the sage. Ren, you eat the emperor's salary, which should have been a cover for one side, but because of your own selfishness, you launched a mutiny without authorization, which is disloyal; Teng?"

At this time, Lin Chengyou had bound all the people around Peng Zhen. After a search, he found a lot of magic tools and talismans from everyone, but he did not find anyone who was particularly thin.

Lin Chengyou swept his eyes slowly from left to right, and suddenly grabbed the throat of one of the thieves, "Where is Wenqing Sanren hiding?"

The Taoist priest's face turned purple, and he said with difficulty: "Isn't he with Haoyue Sanren? We are not the same as Wenqing Sanren."

Before he could finish speaking, he didn't know what kind of tricks Lin Chengyou had used against him, the evil body trembled violently, and his expression became terrifying: "I... I'm telling the truth. It's not that the court doesn't know how small Wenqing Sanren are. Even if you searched every corner of the city, you may not be able to find such a small adult man. As far as we know, the Sanren Wenqing and the Sanren Haoyue did not escape from Chang'an."

Lin Chengyou's face turned pale, and he ordered a group of generals to be put into the prison cart. He thought about getting on his horse and said to Teng Shao: "General Teng, Peng Zhen and his bandits have been entrenched in Caizhou City for a long time, maybe they have done something in the city. Formation, now that the city has been captured, it is better to leave the rest of the affairs to General Liu and General Lu to take care of it, and after dawn, it will not be too late for me to come back and accept the surrender."

"Alright." Teng Shao answered happily.

When they walked outside the North City Gate, the sky above them darkened, and dark clouds were coming. Before the sergeants could react, the torches in their hands were all extinguished.

Accompanied by gusts of overcast wind, there was a strange rustling sound in the ground beneath his feet.

"Yin Soldier." The soldier's door shouted in shock, pulling out their knives one after another, discriminating the movement around them in panic.

Lin Chengyou rode his horse to protect Teng Shao, raised his hand and waved out several talismans, the talismans fell into the darkness, and the strange wind suddenly stopped.

The two great monks Mingxin and Jianxing smashed the rosary in their hands at the oncoming ghost.

The ghosts drilled out of the soil were not one or two, but a large area. Those hard hands grabbed the ankles of the soldiers, making people lose their minds. In the chaos, a circle of bright golden light suddenly swayed in the air, and a large golden net fell into the sky, like a light feather, like a quilt, and densely covered the ground.

At the same time, the talisman driven out by Lin Chengyou turned into a talisman dragon, and the talisman dragon split into two strands as soon as it landed. The fire was raging, and the yin soldiers who had just emerged from the ground were burnt to pieces. Ming Xin and Jian Xing dragged half of the golden net, and continued to suppress the evil below.

Lin Chengyou looked for the formation with his eyes, and raised his voice to Teng Shao, "General Teng, I and the two mages are in the rear, you and the generals go first."

Teng Shao knew the importance and responded with a "yes". With the light of the fire dragon, he led his followers to gallop out, but he hated that there were countless evil spirits outside the city gate, which suddenly blocked their way.

The Peng family soldiers in the prison cart laughed happily: "Yin Daochang really has foresight. You can't bury the formation outside the city, but you can show your skills in the city. If you dare to break the city, you must be prepared to suffer losses. Exactly, before I die, I will bring a few more people to be buried with me."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Chengyou swiftly shot an arrow at a place under the city gate. It was a dark pit, and when the arrow fell, an expanding fireball exploded.

Peng Zhen and Taoist Yin couldn't laugh anymore. It was the eye of the Yin evil formation, with the corpse of an unjust deceased buried in it. The unjust deceased died in a terrible state, exuding endless resentment. As soon as the city gate was broken, the formation would start. , within a quarter of an hour, this corpse can attract all the evil spirits in a radius of a hundred miles. I didn't expect Lin Chengyou to find the location so quickly.

As soon as the eyes were burned, the Specters immediately turned into wisps of black smoke.

The torches were lit again, and the soldiers hurriedly looked around, the sneakiness disappeared, and the overcast wind stopped.

In an instant, the two armies regained order. Liu Xiulin and the others were convinced of Lin Chengyou's outstanding skills. Lu Yan exclaimed in shock, "General Teng!"

Lin Chengyou turned around to look, and saw blood dripping from Teng Shao's left arm.

Lin Chengyou's expression changed slightly, and he hurried forward. When I first saw General Teng tonight, I felt that General Teng's hall was darkened. In order to prevent an accident, he stayed by Teng Shao's side, but if he didn't find out the eyes of the formation, more soldiers and civilians would suffer. , Just this is a distraction, General Teng was caught by a very resentful ghost.

Teng Shao's face was like golden paper, and he quickly fell off the horse amid the exclamations of the crowd.

Lu Yan, Liu Xiulin, and others hurriedly stepped forward and carried him to the ground. Lin Chengyou stopped Teng Shao's several large acupoints and fed Teng Shao a Qingxin pill.

"General Teng!"

Teng Shao reluctantly said, "Let's go out of the city first."

Lin Chengyou ordered Teng Shao to be carried into the carriage, and he also got into the carriage to check Teng Shao's wounds.

Judging from the wound, scratching General Teng in the dark is exactly the corpse in the eyes of the formation. This corpse is full of yin energy and moves very fast. Not to mention in the dark, it is difficult to escape even with the lights on. Now that the eye of the formation has been burned down, the corpse has turned into a pile of ashes, but the residual poison it left behind is no trivial matter.

Fortunately, he clicked on a few big acupoints and forced the poison in time. Lin Chengyou shook out the silver chain and cast a spell to turn the insect into its body.

Suohunzhi hated people to cleanse the poison the most, but Xu felt the anxiety of the master, and this time it happily wrapped around Teng Shao's injured arm, sucking the remaining poison in a big mouth.

Every time a bit of corpse poison is sucked out, a bit of the power of the main body and the master needs to be depleted. Unconsciously, the silver scales of Suohunzhi turned blue-gray, and Lin Chengyou's head was also covered with beads of sweat.

Teng Shao raised his other arm with difficulty, trying to stop Lin Chengyou: "Sir, don't hurt yourself."

"Don't worry about it, General, but you've been poisoned with some corpse poison, and you'll be fine." It was easy to say, but Lin Chengyou knew in his heart that if Teng Shao's corpse poison was not removed as soon as possible, the wound would slowly fester all over his body. Within ten days, Teng Shao was bound to die of poisoning. Qingyun Temple had hidden a few spirit herbs, which had miraculous effects to detoxify corpses, but because they were extremely rare, they could not be found anywhere else.

For today's plan, the only way is to **** Teng Shao back to Chang'an for a medicinal bath as soon as possible. The more Lin Chengyou thought about it, the more anxious he became.

The campaign to suppress the rebellion was a complete victory, and the soldiers returned to their hearts like arrows. Lin Chengyou left several generals including Liu Xiulin and Chen Wenxiong to deal with the aftermath, instructed them to appease the people of Caizhou City, and then led the two armies back to Beijing to receive rewards according to the original arrangement.

After arranging all this, Lin Chengyou ordered a rapid marching force and four thousand-mile horses, and together with Lu Yan, escorted Teng Shao back to Chang'an for treatment.

In the car, Teng Shao was in good spirits, but his complexion was a little worse. Lin Chengyou looked over and couldn't help but froze.

When he was not in the car, Teng Shao should have rolled over unconsciously, and with this movement, the shirt at the front and neckline was exposed.

Although it is only a corner, you can clearly see that it is covered with dense talismans.

Lin Chengyou felt like he had fallen into an ice cave, and hurriedly lifted the sleeve of Teng Shao's other arm. He read it right. It was Dunjiayuan's body scripture, and it was strange that the words on it were all written upside down.

This is a rare technique of self-punishment. The person who wears this clothes will be lost forever after death and will never be reincarnated.

Lin Chengyou looked at Teng Shao in shock.

"Don't be surprised, Shizi, this is what Teng voluntarily put on. I - I expected that something would happen to me."

"General Teng—"

Teng Shao barely moved the corners of his mouth: "Is the prince also worried that something will happen to Teng? But the prince also saw what happened tonight. Even if Teng did his best to avoid danger, the time to come is still here. This injury is no trivial matter, and I may not be able to. It's going to be tough, I've been prepared in my heart, so I put this dress on beforehand."

"General Teng, do you know that this is a scripture written in reverse!"

Teng Shao closed his eyes: "Teng... I know. Only in this way can my Yu'er have a chance of life."

Lin Chengyou's throat suddenly became sore.

Teng Shao smiled slightly: "The prince was so worried about Teng's safety, did he guess the truth long ago? Yu'er, like me, was wrongly cursed. I was four years old when I was cursed, so I can Luckily, she survived to adulthood, but Yu’er was cursed in her mother’s womb, and she definitely won’t live to be sixteen—”

Lin Chengyou was even more stunned. Although he knew the truth long ago, the abyss-like despair in Teng Shao's eyes still made his chest feel sore and inexplicable.

After a moment of delay, he said hoarsely, "Is it because of the Battle of Nanyang?"

These words hurt Teng Shao, and Teng Shao closed his eyes with trembling.

Those painful memories came to my mind like this.

More than 30 years ago, Hu rebel suddenly launched a mutiny. With the trend of sweeping the court, he successively captured various counties and counties in Hebei and Luoyang.

Overnight, Shenzhou shook, and smoke was everywhere.

After the capture of Luoyang, the rebels immediately arrived in Lingchang, and the soldiers pointed directly at the fortress of Henan, Chenliu, and the whole line of Henan was in an emergency.

Teng Shao's father, Teng Yuanhao, was originally a general of Zuo Wuwei in Beijing, but he was demoted to Henan for offending Prime Minister Quan not long ago.

When the rebellion broke out, he was instructed to be stationed in Nanyang, with his two sons by his side, but left his wife and youngest son Teng Shao in the old house in Chang'an.

Hearing this change, Teng Yuanhao asked his two sons to lead the soldiers to reinforce the fortifications on the Nanyang front line overnight, while he led his subordinates to support Chenliu.

They went both ways, lest they would be late, but before Teng Yuanhao's reinforcements arrived, Luo Xuan, the new envoy of Jiedu in Henan, was unable to withstand the onslaught of the rebels and surrendered.

Teng Yuanhao was furious. At that time, the government was in chaos, and the government was dominated by the traitor. The newly appointed Henan Jiedu envoy Luo Xuan was a distant relative and nephew of the traitor. His ability is stronger than anyone else. It is said that he was able to get the fat job of Jiedushi in Henan as he wished, and because of this, he found a rare horse in the world for the traitor.

After Luo Xuan took office in Henan, because he was afraid of Teng Yuanhao's prestige and talent, he repeatedly asked Teng Yuanhao for trouble, but until today, Teng Yuanhao knew that Luo Xuan was more pustule than he thought. The army confronted one or two, and actually took the initiative to open the city gate and surrender.

Lingchang and Chen Liu fell one after another, which meant that the whole of Henan would soon become the possession of Hu rebellion.

Teng Yuanhao stared angrily at the rebel flag above Chenliucheng. As the sun went down, the shadows of him and the 20,000 reinforcements behind him were pulled by the twilight. Facing Henan, which was completely lost, everyone was in such a rush and powerless state of mind. .

Teng Yuanhao knew that at the moment he was just a small guard in Nanyang, and no matter how unwilling he was, he was already powerless.

He hurriedly led his army back to Nanyang. The rebels marched day and night, and they would definitely take advantage of the situation to head south. Nanyang County was an important gateway from Guanzhong to the rich and prosperous land in the south of the Yangtze River.

As soon as Teng Yuanhao led his generals back to Nanyang, hundreds of thousands of rebels caught up, and the vigorous battle of defending the city kicked off.

Just when Teng Yuanhao was deploying to defend the city overnight, he suddenly realized a fatal problem.

The rebellion came too suddenly, and there was not enough food in the city.

In fact, there were still 70,000 shi of grain in Nanyang City before January. As a veteran with rich combat experience, Teng Yuanhao knew how important grain was to a fortress like Nanyang.

But not long ago, there was a sudden locust plague and famine in Puyang and other places. Luo Xuan, the newly appointed envoy of Jiedu in Henan, was afraid that the imperial court would accuse him of being incompetent. The discouraged people made trouble and forced Teng Yuanhao to loan 50,000 stone grains to Puyang and other counties.

The rebellion broke out not long after, and within such a short period of time, Nanyang City simply couldn't make up for the 50,000 stone gap.

The remaining 20,000 stone of grain can only last for a month or two. The rebels outside the city have arrived, and it is too late to transport the grain.

Not enough food, how to fight against the rebels? !

Teng Yuanhao quickly thought of an idea, that is to send the people out of the city along the secret road. At the same time, some food was transported into the city from outside the secret road.

Nanyang has always been a fortress in Henan. The secret road in the city has been dug for ten years, and the exit is far away from the city. In a city that does not have enough food, it is better to be strong.

Teng Yuanhao immediately ordered his subordinates to guide the people in the city out of the city, and ordered to give priority to escorting children and women out of the city.

When the soldiers fought **** battles with the rebels outside the city, the evacuation of the people was also in full swing. Nearly 100,000 people were evacuated in just ten days, and Wu Zhenxiao and other lieutenants also quietly transported nearly 10,000 people from outside the city. stone food.

But at this time, the enemy reinforcements discovered the secret passage. In order to **** the secret passage, the rebels slaughtered the civilians and soldiers at the exit of the secret passage. Teng Yuanhao heard about this and had to seal the passage first.

The only exit from the city was gone, and the remaining 4,000 people could only stay.

Fortunately, another 10,000 shi of grain was shipped in, plus the original 20,000 shi in the granary, so tightening the waistband could always survive.

Teng Yuanhao responded calmly while waiting patiently for reinforcements and supplies.

But Teng Yuanhao never expected that for nearly half a year after that, no matter how the rebels attacked Nanyang, the court did not send him a support army.

Nanyang City seems to be forgotten in a corner by the world.

For a long time, Teng Yuanhao and his two sons were kept in a closed state, until one day, they learned from the mouths of the rebel generals outside the city that Guanlong and other places fell one after another, the imperial court fell apart, hundreds of officials fled for their lives in a hurry, no one cared. You can get to Nanyang City, which is located in a corner of the Central Plains.

Hearing this news, although Teng Yuanhao was inexplicably sad and angry, he did not despair.

He believed that as long as he persevered, he and his troops would always be there for support.

With this belief, Teng Yuanhao continued to defend Nanyang.

In order to capture Nanyang, the rebels successively exchanged three commanders, and more than 100,000 rebels followed one after another, but in the end they lost more than half.

Correspondingly, Teng Yuanhao and the soldiers in the city also paid a heavy price.

In this protracted battle, only a few thousand of Nanyang's 30,000 elite soldiers were lost.

The key is that there is not a grain of food left in the city.

At this juncture, the rebels outside the city were no longer anxious, because they knew that Nanyang City was in a desperate situation, and what they had to do was to wait for Teng Yuanhao and his subordinates to exhaust their last strength.

At this moment, a death squad sent out by Teng Yuanhao risked their lives and returned to the city, and brought exciting news to Teng Yuanhao. Two military horses came from the nearby prefectures and counties, one was the newly appointed Henan Festival by the court. The military envoy Liu Jue and his team were veteran Qin Fengcun who came to support Henan.

Liu Jue had already arrived near Qiao County, and I heard that Qin Fengcun was also on his way, and the death squad had already asked for help, and it was believed that reinforcements would come to the rescue within half a month.

Teng Yuanhao and the soldiers were greatly encouraged.

The enemy troops outside Nanyang City may also be afraid of Ye Changmeng and start a fierce attack.

Teng Yuanhao and the soldiers held the belief that reinforcements would come soon, and behaved more bravely than before.

Under the desperate resistance of the defending generals, the enemy was repelled again.

But the soldiers of Nanyang City did not feel the joy of winning. The 30,000 stone grains only lasted for four months. As early as a few days ago, they could not find anything to satisfy their hunger. And weeds were also plucked clean, and some soldiers even dug soil to eat in order to feed their stomachs.

Teng Yuanhao looked at the yellow-faced and thin-skinned soldiers, and his heart was frying. If this goes on, Nanyang will be destroyed within two days, and all the efforts they have made before will all be in vain.

But everyone knows that Nanyang City must not be lost.

It is not Nanyang City that the rebels are greedy for, but the wealthy city in the south of the Yangtze River behind Nanyang City. The enemy's iron hoofs have already traveled all over the North and Guanzhong. If they take Jiangnan, it means that they will get a large amount of food and wages. Endless treasure.

At that moment, Jiangshan Sheji will officially change the family. The reinforcements from the imperial court have already arrived in the neighboring county, and it will be fine as long as they persist for a while, but the soldiers are too hungry to carry weapons, how can they persist?

While thinking about it, Teng Yuanhao slowly turned his attention to a sickly old man in the alley. There was not enough food in the city, and the food distributed to each person was limited. Not long ago, he had distributed his food to the old man on his own initiative, but now. —

The old man was terminally ill and could not live for a few days.

Teng Yuanhao struggled violently in his heart, hesitated for a long time, and finally slowly walked down the city and walked to the old man's side.

When Teng Yuanhao came back, his face was still stained with the old man's blood, and his mind was full of the old man's eyes that went from surprise to fear, and then to resentment.

That gaze was like a poisoned arrow, deeply pierced into his heart.

Teng Yuanhao told himself, with the usual style of those betrayals, that the day Nanyang fell, the people of the towns in the south of the Yangtze River would face annihilation, and not only the soldiers and people in Nanyang City would die, but dozens of people. million people. Old people, women, children, robust, young...

That would be a huge catastrophe.

Only in this way can Teng Yuanhao feel better.

But what he never expected was that the soldiers had long been hungry and green eyes. Once this kind of thing started, it could no longer be stopped...

In this way, Nanyang City struggled for another two months. The belief in Teng Yuanhao and others was that Liu Jue and Qin Fengcun would definitely come to support them.

But until two months later, Liu Jue and Qin Feng Village did not send a support soldier. Teng Yuanhao recalled what the dead man said last time. The court appointed two Jiedu envoys, recommended by two prime ministers, one in Hehe. head, the other is on the other side of the river. Perhaps both of them were busy retaking Luoyang, and did not want to divide their troops to Nanyang, especially since there were more than 100,000 rebels guarding outside Nanyang City.

When the sergeants heard the news, their beliefs finally began to shake.

Jiangshan Sheji was on the brink of desperation, and these generals sent by the imperial court were still busy making their own calculations.

However, Teng Yuanhao encouraged the soldiers to say that Liu Jue and Qin Fengcun would not sit back and watch Nanyang perish, even in order to defend the gateway to Jiangnan. Liu Jue may be attacking Luoyang with all his strength, and Qin Fengchun may have just arrived in Linjun.

But Nanyang City had been struggling for another two months, and the soldiers once again began to suffer from hunger. Seeing that the city was about to break down, Teng Yuanhao sent Wu Zhenxiao and dozens of cavalrymen to break out of the encirclement overnight in order to seek help from Qin Fengcun, who was closest to Nanyang. .

But this time, Wu Zhenxiao never returned.

At the moment when the city was broken, Teng Yuanhao stood upright without fear, but the soldiers wept bitterly, not fear, but hatred. General Teng was stubborn, defending the city for half a year, leading them countless times to repel the enemy army with outstanding wisdom and admirable tenacity. Step by step towards despair.

Until his head was cut off by the enemy, Teng Yuanhao still stared in the direction of Chang'an City, as if he was tortured and thoughtful, but the firmness in his eyes never wavered from beginning to end.

After recalling this past event, Teng Shao's eyes were already scarlet.

Lin Chengyou's heart was as heavy as his face. In addition to being cruel, the truth of the Battle of Nanyang also revealed infinite bitterness.

Old General Teng devoted himself to the country with passion, but he could not expect food and troops from the court until his death.

In fact, as soon as Nanyang City was broken, Huainan immediately had another imperial reinforcements rushed over. This force had a total of 40,000 people. While the rebels were still resting, they recaptured Nanyang City in one fell swoop. As long as they persist for two more days, General Teng and his subordinates will be rescued, but unfortunately, General Teng will never have a chance to know about these things.

Heroes shed blood but not tears, but General Teng sacrificed with regret.

"After learning the truth, I often wondered, what would I do if I were defending Nanyang City?" Teng Shao said in a hoarse voice, "Once Nanyang falls, the war will spread to the north and south, and dozens of people will suffer. It will become more and more difficult for thousands of people to suppress the rebellion, but how innocent are the more than 4,000 people in the city? They are also living people, and they also want to live. Facing the swords of the soldiers guarding the city, they They can only be... for two whole months, the kind of fear and despair that the people are facing is no different from being in purgatory. I think they must have hated me before they died.