Zhurou

Chapter 202

Zhao Mingzhi returned after finishing his work, but he didn't know that after he left, although the left and right military inspectors behind him were still interrogating, as the sky got brighter, the atmosphere at the city gate gradually became tense.

There were only a few people leaving the city, and more and more people gathered. They gathered around to watch, listened to the trial, and looked at the guards headed by Duan Da. Their expressions inevitably became more angry. Stones and rotten leaves are thrown away.

One of the imperial guards dressed as the leader leaned forward and was hit on the head by a stone. He was in great pain for a while, and was scolded one after another. It was unbearable, and he couldn't help shouting: "This matter has nothing to do with me! I don't know This tradition... the person surnamed Duan is falsely preaching the Holy Mandate!!"

As this person started, there were a few more people who were difficult to clarify followed and called for grievances, followed by swearing and followed by Duan Da.

Seeing that the situation has fallen like a mountain, there is no room for change, and no matter whether the army, the civilians, or even his brothers who have always surrounded him, they are generally cursing at this time and pushing the responsibility onto himself, how could Duan Da not only be surprised but also angry.

He was paralyzed on the ground, originally in pain and powerless, but now he held his breath, unwilling to be the only one to bear the responsibility, turned his neck and scolded angrily: "Cong San, you are so forgetful, didn't you come up with today's idea! You didn't say it The thief Di is coming, but the city can't hold it, so instead of dying here, why don't you escape and find a place in the south to become a rich man??"

"I never said such nonsense!" The man called Cong San was the former leader dressed as a guard, and immediately denied it.

"I haven't said it, but I'll find out when I ask someone!" Duan Da puffed up his eyes, and immediately started to bite.

Cong San hurriedly said to the left and right military inspectors: "Judge, so that the judge can know, I only complained sporadically in the past, but I never dared to have such a decapitated idea of ​​forging a holy name!! It came from Duan Da alone..."

Duan Dajue wanted to tear his eyes apart, and shouted: "Cong San, Caizhou has Mr. Feng to take care of what happened, or Di Bing met on the road, so how dare I..."

He had just said this, when Cong San was kneeling on the ground, but suddenly his expression changed.

There were still seven or eight steps between the two of them, this person suddenly jumped up, and bumped forward with one stride.

When the left and right soldiers in front reacted, they raised their guns to block, but that Cong San moved faster, pinching his hands, ignoring the bleeding from his palms, and drew the opponent's spear back.

The man grabbed hold of him with all his might, but he dragged him forward together with his gun, and even held several guns and swords under him with his gun. When he passed through, he let go of his bloody hand, and only grabbed Duan Da. The hair, just pull it out, revealing the neck.

Duan Da was still talking, but being pulled like this, the voice was kept in his throat, no matter how difficult it was to make a sound, he had to get up. After all, he was crawling, his scalp and ears hurt so much that he couldn't exert his strength at all.

The left and right soldiers had come to stop him, Cong San seemed to exert all his strength, and he held on to Duan Da's hair tightly. Although he had no weapons in his hands, and he couldn't find a sharp weapon, he actually opened his mouth wide, showing his sharp teeth, and bit down on Duan Da's head. up to the neck.

Duan Da struggled with his hands and feet for a while, and finally burst out with great strength. His hand touched something beside him, and he slammed the hammer on Cong San's head desperately. Their faces and heads were covered with blood, and they rolled on the ground with all their strength. It is difficult for others to use it if they want to pull it away.

After a few moments of separation, I saw that Duan Da was holding a big stone in his hand, which hit several depressions in the skull, and the brains could already be seen, and Duan Da's throat was bloody and bloody, with too much air. , less out of breath.

The left and right military inspectors never expected such a shocking change at all, their heads and faces turned pale with fright, while sending people to report to the superior, they hurriedly called the doctor to come forward for treatment, but the current situation is no longer difficult to interrogate the two of them, so they had to wait for the time being Put it aside for later.

But the people around heard that there was something hidden behind them, and they were also in an uproar, and they whispered to each other without mentioning it.

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Let's say that Zhao Mingzhi returned to the palace, but he didn't know that such an accident happened at the city gate.

But today the situation seems to have calmed down on the surface, but she knew in her heart that it was only a temporary solution, not the root cause, and she had to find another method.

After ordering people to send the recent reports from various places on the front line to him, Zhao Mingzhi leaned over his desk to look them up, especially Pei Yong's reports were lined up one by one and read by comparison.

At first glance, it actually looks like what Lu Xianzhang said before, Pei Yong sent back the report except to report the military situation - it is not satisfactory - it is to ask Beijing not to worry, so as to stabilize people's hearts.

But the front line is restless, how to appease and stabilize the people in the city later?How can you not worry?
And looking at the words and sentences in the excerpt, it is obvious that they have suffered many defeats, big and small, but there is not much sense of urgency and panic in it, even to call for reinforcements and supplies, it is also a lion's mouth, which is quite different from the previous agreement.

Only when it was mentioned at the end to appease the people, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, listed many points, detailed and solemn, and even carefully listed how much food, fodder and supplies were needed to defend the city. The numbers were not random point.

When Pei Yong was still in the city that day, he cooperated with the Kyoto government to carry out the plagiarism, counting and counting the number of households in the city, and now they are doing one by one, and the number of people who have left the city is excluded, making this memorial look really scary.

If it is said that reporting the military situation and asking for assistance accounted for two or three out of ten of the documents, then about the defense of Beijing and Central China accounted for seven or eight out of ten.

Just look at the length and diction, if you don't get in the way of victory or defeat, everyone can tell what the key points are.

Previously, when studying with others, most of them were only worried about the situation of the battle. Now, looking at it alone, Zhao Mingzhi couldn't help but have other thoughts, but there was no evidence for it at the moment, and he didn't want to speak out to make people's hearts flutter.

Now that she had an idea, she called the corresponding people to confirm the preparations in the city one by one. Sure enough, although it was a little lacking, most of the supplies were ready when Pei Yong was there that day. Overall it's not ugly.

Zhao Mingzhi was busy until midnight that day, and Zhao Mingzhi was about to fall asleep. Just before the lock was locked, the outer court actually sent someone to inquire about the palace gate. The army fled back desperately and sent a report--Di Ren's forward led the team and had already confronted our side. The two sides fought a battle. Our side was defeated and defeated. In the end, only a few soldiers were able to escape.

After getting the news, Zhao Mingzhi couldn't sleep anymore, so he quickly summoned people into the palace to inquire about the situation, but the person who came to deliver the letter almost didn't know anything about it, except that he knew that our side was defeated, and he couldn't even estimate the number of soldiers, he could only guess Give an approximate number of people, about two thousand elite soldiers and horses.

Zhao Mingzhi laughed back in anger, but he couldn't vent his anger on a messenger, but seeing the generals in the palace and Lu Xianzhang and others arguing endlessly, they were still arguing over whether the two thousand soldiers were real or not, and if they were fake or real, they didn't want to bear it any longer , only re-patted the thick memorial in his hand on the table.

The ministers were arguing at first, but when they heard the movement, they stopped for a while and turned their heads to look.

Zhao Mingzhi was too lazy to think about it, so he stood up, pointed out several familiar officers one by one, called out their names, and then clicked on the four city gates in the southeast, northwest, and corresponding one by one. Finally, he said to Lu Xianzhang: "The matter of the general participating in the defense of the city. The rest will be implemented accordingly. If Di soldiers really attack the city, the generals do not need to bring their heads to see them wherever they attack the city. They can just bring their heads to them."

After she said this, she added another sentence, her tone was even more flat: "If the four cities are destroyed, there is no need for any assistance. I will only take my own head to send it off."

(End of this chapter)