Three anecdotes

Chapter 158 Coptidis

Jingkang stayed behind with [-] Xiang troops, and ordered his two sons to take the people to Yunzhou to evacuate. He was not afraid of death, so Yu Tongxiang naturally couldn't just stay in peace, so he simply stayed.The four people who followed him were unwilling to leave alone because of kindness or duty.

It was rainy in June, and the leaves of the plantains rang loudly when they were beaten, which seemed to be a reminder of life.Jing Kang was urging Yu Tongxiang to leave with his fists in his arms. This major general was not himself. If his life was lost in Yanzhou, his family would not be able to pay for it.But Yu Tongxiang was not willing to leave. In the five generations of Yu's family, there were only generals who died in battle, and no surrenders who escaped. What's more, how would Shang Quhan explain to him.

Yu Tongxiang looked at the four people who were following him. Shang Chengbi and his family had sent people here, but the master had only orders, but no one was allowed to follow. If he still can't understand something at this moment, He is also the son of the general in vain.Thinking of Feng Xing saying three times to take care when passing the order, Yu Tongxiang smiled wryly, either to die or to surrender, with his status, he had no choice but to die than to be humiliated.He clenched the knife in his hand again, "Your Majesty, there is no need to persuade me anymore, every inch of river and mountain is blood, we can't keep the river and mountain, can't we afford to shed blood?"

Jing Kang saw that his eyes were firm, and he seemed to be determined to die, so he cupped his fists and saluted him, "Major General really deserves to be the empress of Zhongliang, the master of King Jingbian."

Unfortunately, before Yu Tongxiang had time to thank him, he suddenly saw black clouds pressing down on the city in the distance.The rain was heavy, and it was the sound of horses' hooves that crushed the rain, and thousands of horses were galloping.Jing Kang looked at Yu Tongxiang, and his expression suddenly changed.

The [-] Xiang troops who stayed behind each held their long swords and surrounded the four of Tong Xiang.

Yu Tongxiang's face turned pale, and he suddenly realized that he had been tricked.

He wanted to say something again, but the rain curtain obscured Jing Kang's face, and he couldn't see anything in those dark eyes.Simply, stand upright, standing in the rain curtain.

It's time to come.

The first was Cardinal Jin’s snow clothes. Until now, Yu Tongxiang had no choice but to admire Cardinal Jin’s ability to govern the army. He came here in the muddy rain, 24 people, 24 horses, people in white clothes, horses in white horses, The mud kicked up by the horse's hoof was yellow, but not a single drop splashed on the horse.

24 Riding on the rain, they came at two ends, and the next one came out was Cardinal Jin.

In the heavy rain, he wore a fiery red fox fur cloak, and held an oil-paper umbrella in his hand, which was painted with the pattern of rain beating plantains. .If it weren't for the large army of soldiers and horses who followed behind him, he would have looked more like a nobleman singing the wind and appreciating the rain, rather than a rebel leader who killed people without blinking an eye.

Cardinal Jin stopped his horse and smiled at Tong Xiang, "Sure enough, I saw the right person."

As soon as he finished speaking, the long knife in Jing Kang's hand was on Yu Tongxiang's neck.

Yu Tongxiang took a wrong step backwards, avoiding his hostage, "Lord Jing, don't be fooled by this treacherous villain!" But, at this moment, who would believe it, five hundred sharp blades were unsheathed at the same time, and the sword pointed Yu Tongxiang.

Cardinal Jin leaned the oil umbrella on his shoulder. In the drizzle, he sat upright on the horse, and the hand holding the umbrella seemed to be softer and tougher than the umbrella bone. I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to others in the future."

Jing Kang sneered and said, "You evildoer, relying on fox charm to deceive the Lord, plotting to harm the common people and frame Zhongliang, if I stay here today, I will no longer care about life and death. If we kill one of the 500 people, we will not lose money." , kill two and earn money. Just come here and let me see what other skills you have besides using some dirty tricks!"

Cardinal Jin listened to him yelling, but he didn't get angry at all, he just nodded lightly to Diu Hei behind him, and Diu Hel handed him his Feiquan Qin, but Cardinal Jin held the Qin upright in his arms, only listening to the "clang" With the sound of the ground, people's heads trembled in the vast mountains behind him. Cardinal Jin strummed the strings, and the archers in the wild grass pointed their arrows towards the sky, all pointing at Jingkang.

Cardinal Jin said lightly, "Chonghua really doesn't need to use any means to fight Lord Jing."

"Let's shoot! Let me meet you, a traitor!" He suddenly raised his knife and rushed out, and the five hundred soldiers also moved forward!

While still talking, Xue Yiwei had already changed formation and formed a shield formation. Although there were only 24 people, they protected Cardinal Jin tightly.Cardinal Jin sits on his horse and plays the Hengqin vertically. The sound of wind, rain, piano, and the sound of fighting each other is all in one piece.Suddenly, Jing Kang rushed a few steps, then suddenly stepped back, swiping his knife and slashing at Yu Tongxiang.

Cardinal Jin's qin sound changed suddenly, Yu Tongxiang was unarmed, and Jing Kang was gaining momentum, and instinctively reached out to snatch the knife in his hand. He was taught by a famous teacher, and his martial arts were advancing rapidly, but Jing Kang's knife was decisive and powerful. It was extremely heavy, and when he snatched it, although he held the scabbard, half of his arm was cut off, and blood flowed out.

Yu Tongxiang narrowly avoided a blow and shouted, "Lord Jing, don't be fooled by the Jin thieves!"

How could Jingkang be willing to let go of a successful attack? He knew that he was definitely not the opponent of Cardinal Jin. These days, he tried his best to urge the officers, soldiers and civilians to build walls and accumulate food. He thought that he would always be able to resist for a while when Cardinal Jin came.He was in Yanzhou, and he cared about the whole world. He knew that He Lianxi had already dispatched troops, and King Jingbian led people to quell the chaos himself.Since he stayed here, he made up his mind to die for the country, but he didn't expect that Yanzhou was destroyed by his own people's defection to the enemy.At this moment, he hates Tongxiang more than he hates Cardinal Jin.He knew that with the army marching straight in, he had only one life to kill, but even if he wanted to die, he would have to be buried with the traitors!

Jingkang's saber attacks were all killing moves. Cardinal Jin's piano sounded resoundingly, and the soldiers who had raised their sabers surrounded them one after another, shouting, "First kill the traitor, then the Zhan Guo traitor!"

Everyone rushed forward and besieged Tongxiang.In less than a moment, the four people brought by Yu Tongxiang were all killed, it was very difficult for Yu Tongxiang to support him.

Fortunately, he has a firm mind after all, and he can still shout loudly at this moment, "If I really surrender to the enemy, how can I not save the Jin bandits who are besieged by you at this moment! Heroes, the details are long, let's insult the outside world first, so as not to save our relatives." Whoever hurts the enemy, hurry up!"

At this moment, Jingkang only thought of wasting half his life's hard work in the past few months, and that he had fallen into his own hands before he could make a move. He was angry and hated, and refused to give up.

Everyone looked at Jingkang with red eyes, and they pressed on every step of the way, until Yu Tongxiang had nowhere to go.Yu Tongxiang was helpless, when another round of soldiers attacked, he finally reached out and grabbed a long knife, held it in his left hand, and fought Jingkang.

He suffered severe injuries to his shoulders, back, and legs. At this moment, he was strenuously strenuous, but the sound of the piano on Cardinal Jin's side slowed down.At first, Yu Tongxiang was able to hold his hands and try his best not to hurt people's vital points, but now he was forced to do nothing, so he had no choice but to slay the killer. He held the knife in one hand, and suddenly roared, with a move of King's Landing Sifang, he made a huge blow The circle, the surrounding people were all stabbed by him, blood spattered everywhere, and the sound of groans could be heard endlessly. Yu Tongxiang raised his head and looked at Cardinal Jin who was straddling the horse, "That's all! I just admit defeat!"

He held his sword horizontally and looked into Jing Kang's red eyes, "After all, I am not as good as others, and I missed everyone! If I continue to fight, it will only increase the number of murders!"

"You need to talk nonsense when you are about to die!" Jing Kang didn't want to hear what he said at all, so he raised his saber and attacked. After fighting fiercely with Yu Tongxiang for a long time, he knew that Yu Tongxiang's martial arts were far superior to his. This move was really hard work. Looking at the posture of dying together, unexpectedly, the talent rushed up, but Yu Tongxiang suddenly stood on the spot, and he saw the blunt knife with continuous gaps in his hand cut his neck.

Jing Kang didn't have time to gesture, and slashed on Tong Xiang's shoulder with a knife. Yu Tong Xiang didn't dodge or dodge, and half of his shoulder was cut off by him, and blood flowed profusely from his neck. Was shaken off.

Yu Tongxiang died standing up, and the last words he said before closing his eyes were, "The Yu family has no descendants of collaborators, Uncle Jing!"

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Jingkang's knife fell to the ground, and he finally realized that something was wrong. The anger in his heart was so deep that he couldn't listen to what Yu Tongxiang said just now. something is wrong.

He knelt down on one knee beside Tong Xiang's corpse, and stretched out his hand to close Tong Xiang's eyes, but he couldn't close them anyway. He got up, picked up the half of Tong Xiang's severed shoulder, and then stood up, the back of his neck had been crushed There are two swords on the snow hanger.

Cardinal Jin gently pulled the strings of the zither, and the rebel army rushed up behind him, encircling Jingkang and the defenders.

Jing Kang, however, was not afraid of sharp blades at all. He turned his head to look at Cardinal Jin despite the two bloody cuts on his neck, "Mr. Wen, did you frame him?"

Cardinal Jin handed Yuqin to the guards behind him, and then said slowly, "You killed him."

As soon as he uttered these five words, Jing Kang let out an earth-shattering roar, "You despicable villain!" He rushed towards Cardinal Jin, his neck was bloodshot from being hit by a sharp sword.The two snow-clothed guards held his arms firmly, not telling him to come forward.

Cardinal Jin didn't even look at him, but only looked at the defenders who looked at each other and seemed to be a little confused about the situation, and said four words, "No one will stay."

On the [-]th, Cardinal Jin collected the two prefectures of Chan and Qu, killing [-] and capturing [-].On the twenty-eighth day, the king of Chu raised troops in the southwest, and fought against Cardinal Jin from the north and the south.The blind war has really begun.

Cardinal Jin had expected that there would be a big battle before him, so he entered the city of Yunzhou, relying on the fortifications built by Jingkang, he took Yunzhou by force.Cannons were set up, ladders were lifted, and the chariot was driven down the city. Cardinal Jin tied Jing Kang to his chariot and said brazenly, "I want you to see with your own eyes that my chariot broke through Shang Chengbi's mountains and rivers. Wherever the ruts go, every inch of land and every step is the land of the Jin family!"

Jing Kang sneered, "I have never heard that the world can be conquered by conspiracy and tricks. I really hope that your chariot can be more stable, and don't let me die too soon!"

Cardinal Jin stood on the left side of the chariot, holding Yuqin in his arms, commanding as if determined.As soon as the sound of the piano sounded, Xuanshang rolled out a hundred chariots, lined up, and ten majestic cannons stood in front of the chariots as a barrier, and the muzzles pointed directly at the gate of Yanzhou.

Yin Changmaofang, governor of Yunzhou, stood on the city wall, and could only see red, white, black, and brown battle formations lined up under the city, with gunners in red and chariot soldiers in white. Among the brown rebel army, there were also elite soldiers in golden armor holding iron shields in front of them. Under the red sun, the armor light suddenly opened. When Chang Maofang saw the appearance of Cardinal Jin's army, he knew that Jizhou was no longer defendable.

Cardinal Jin raised his troops suddenly, and within a month, half of the main beam was swept away, which was really unexpected by everyone.Although he had made preparations, it was still insufficient. He thought that Chanzhou and Yunzhou could hold off for a while, and that Yunzhou was further south, which would allow him to build the city defenses stronger. When he took a closer look, he saw An extremely long wooden pole rose from Cardinal Jin's frame, and Jing Kang was bound to it. Chang Maofang's heart skipped a beat.

It was Chang Maofang who spoke first, "Old Chang, my brother was tricked by a traitor, and all five hundred brothers—" He couldn't continue speaking.

Cardinal Jin said leisurely, "Lord Chang, those who know the current affairs are heroes. If you open the city, it will prevent me from doing more evil."

Chang Maofang came to vote from the people of Yanzhou, and he already knew about Cardinal Jin's attack on the whole city. Now he saw him coming with the power of a big victory, mobilizing his troops and mobilizing the crowd, but he was not afraid at all, "You are a good-for-nothing sycophant!" You gangster, do you think you can threaten me with a good weapon? Even if you kill people like hemp, so what, our city is full of people, and if you want me to open the city gate, you must step over my dead body."

Cardinal Jin chuckled, "The city is alive and the people are there? I'm afraid the city is alive and the people are dying. My lord Chang, you are a capable minister of the people of Muyizhou, but you are not good at marching and deploying troops. Of the prefectures, Yunzhou, Yunzhou, Yuzhou, and Zhezhou, Yunzhou has the richest products and the most people, I have to say that it is your merit, the people in the region are not easy, so why let them die in vain?"

Chang Maofang stood up straight, "Loyalty to the emperor and serve the country is what you should do, you don't need to waste your tongue, a traitor!"

Cardinal Jin pushed the strings again, and the gunners took their positions, "You also said that the rebel army is well-equipped, and Cardinal Jin's first surrender, these are achievements made overnight? Why are you loyal to such a foolish king? Why did you come here to serve the country? For the peace of the world, for the common people, for the common people, now Helianxi in the northeast is staring at the tiger, Shenyun in the southwest is watching the fire from the other side, and the rebel army has swept most of the Central Plains in a month or so. Without a generation of British lords, how can we protect our family and strengthen our country?"

Chang Maofang knew that what he said was true, but he was furious because of his inability to recover, and snorted coldly, "Even so, it's not your turn to be a monster! Let the arrows go!"

Chang Maofang commanded the flag together, and the golden-armored soldiers holding iron shields opened three times and three-folded three times to defend Cardinal Jin at the foot of the city. Arrows rained down from the top of the city. When the golden armored soldiers flipped over their shields, all the arrows flew in the opposite direction. When they went out, the archers at the top of the city were shocked. When they released their arrows again, another group of Golden Armored Army came to meet them. This time the arrows were even faster, and they were all sucked onto the shield.The sun shone down, and the shields were faintly glowing red. Only then did Chang Maofang realize that the shields in the hands of these people were actually made of black iron. During the battle, the arrows hit four times, and the sound of iron horses fighting rushed over. But the sound of the piano became clearer, until Zhao Zhongping had a splitting headache.Chang Maofang finally gave the order to stop shooting the arrows. The killing intent in Cardinal Jin's song stopped abruptly, and he became somewhat gentle. He pressed the horn lightly, and the sound of the piano faded away. He smiled, "Thank you, Lord Chang, for giving the arrows."

As soon as he finished speaking, all the Golden Armored Army retreated to the rear, revealing ten mighty cannons. Cardinal Jin played the Shang tone on the jade qin in his hand, "Siege the city!"