Fufeng Song

() Two hours passed, and the sky gradually dimmed.

All the officers from Lu Yao and below gathered on the tower of the Great Xia Gate.

Sitting in the crowd panting, it was Duan Kuang, Lu Yao's subordinate who followed Gao Xiang and joined Long Jimeng.Duan Kuang's face was as pale as a ghost, blood was all over his body, and his armor was in tatters.There were two hideous stab wounds on the left rib and back. The middle finger, ring finger and little finger of the right hand were cut off by sharp blades, exposing the white bones.A medical officer was trying to tear off pieces of clothing from the dried blood scab. This was a rather painful process, but Duan Kuang didn't realize it, and just stayed there in a daze.

At this time, Xue Tong rushed to him, pushed several generals away and squeezed them into the crowd.Seeing Duan Kuang's miserable state, he asked in surprise, "Duan Kuang, are you... are you alone?"

Duan Kuang's expression was dull, and he opened his mouth slowly after repeated questioning by Xue Tong.

It turned out that after defecting to Long Jimeng, Gao Xiang and others were all promoted and led an army to station in the south of Huguan City.The night before last, Long Jimeng suddenly summoned Gao Xiang to discuss matters, and at the same time, a beneficiary general entered the camp with a military amulet to restrain the army from moving.Duan Kuang and other officers were not suspicious at first, but when Gao Xiang didn't return late at night, all the officers and men started clamoring.

At this moment, the Huns had already opened the pot and closed the gate of the city, and invaded aggressively.After all, Duan Kuang and others were veterans in the army, so they immediately took decisive measures to kill some of Long Jimeng's cronies in the camp, and assigned troops to guard the camp.Although the Huns have a large army, they can't do anything in a short time.Unexpectedly, a moment later, Long Jimeng personally led the troops, and held Gao Xiang's head to declare to the troops!As a result, the soldiers were in a great confusion, and they were rushed into the camp by the barbarians. Most of the more than a thousand soldiers and horses were killed, and only a very small number took advantage of the chaos to rush out and fled to Jinyang.Duan Kuang rode fast and arrived first.

It just so happened that He Yunhou was upright, so he rushed him over like a spark.

Speaking of this, Duan Kuang wailed loudly, his voice was like weeping blood: "Poor our military master Gao, a hero of the first generation, but fell into Xiaoxiao's hands! Poor brother Paozhe, who was determined to kill the enemy and serve the country, died so suffocated Bend!"

For a moment, everyone was moved.

Xue Tong and Gao Xiang had the deepest relationship. At this time, they clenched their fists so tightly that their nails pierced their palms and blood spilled out.He was panting heavily, his face was ashen, after a long while, he suddenly swung his fist and struck hard on the battlements.Seeing that his knuckles were dripping with blood, his personal soldiers wanted to come up to him to bandage them, but he pushed them out with his palm and fell two feet away.He gritted his teeth and shouted: "Long Jimeng! Long Jimeng! I swear to kill this beast!"

"Shouting is useless! Shouting twice, can you curse that guy to death?" A sneering voice suddenly came out from the excited crowd: "Why don't you keep your spirits and think about the present! "

Xue Tong turned around like a whirlwind, and asked angrily, "Who?"

At a time like this, who would dare to be Xue Tong's rage?The crowd dispersed to the left and right with a whoosh, and the speaker appeared.

The man stood with his arms folded and sneered again and again, it was actually Shen Jin.

Shen Jin and Gao Xiang had no contact with each other when they were in the Bingzhou Army, but since joining Lu Yao's command, the two have similar auras and are friendly to each other, and they can be regarded as very close friends.No one would have thought that Shen Jin would speak nonsense at such a time.

Everyone present was silent, only Xue Tong stared fiercely at Shen Jin, his eyes were fierce as if he was going to devour him.Deng Gang hurriedly stood beside Xue Tong, grabbed his arm, and shouted at Shen Jin: "Old Shen, what are you doing crazy?"

"Hey, I'm not crazy." Shen Jin strode forward, and under the light of the dancing fire, he felt his face was dark and terrible: "Lao Gao died in battle, you are sad, you all want him to take revenge, Isn't it? But is it time for revenge? You are all sober!"

"What do you mean by that?" Lu Yao said in a deep voice, "Old Shen, if you have something on your mind, you might as well just say it."

Shen Jin was silent for a moment, staring at Lu Yao with a livid face.

And Lu Yao's expression was calm, nothing unusual.

For some reason, everyone present became more and more nervous.

After a long while, Shen Jin said in a deep voice: "Daoming, I, Old Shen, am a rough person and can't speak. But some thoughts are really uncomfortable to keep in my stomach, and I have to say them to be happy. I can understand the current situation: Long Ji Meng rebelled and surrendered to the enemy. More than [-] elite troops led by the Xiongnu Zuoxian King Liu He went straight to Jinyang through the Shangdang. However, Jinyang's army is empty, with only a few people, no more than [-] soldiers, and most of them are old and weak... Yes or no?"

Lu Yao nodded and said, "Indeed."

Shen Jin took a step forward and said hastily: "There is a huge difference between the enemy and us, this city of Jinyang is absolutely unstoppable. Once Jinyang is lost, the army on the front line will become the turtle in the urn of the Huns, and will be killed sooner or later. Daoming, We have lost this battle!"

We are defeated!Once these words were uttered, everyone present was shocked.Although everyone deeply feels the urgency of the situation, people always have the idea of ​​luck. The more they are in adversity, the more they involuntarily strengthen their good expectations.With so many officers present, perhaps only Shen Jin, who is straightforward and even a little out of touch, would say this directly.

"The situation between the enemy and us is very different. It is also very difficult to defend Jinyang City. But..." Lu Yao carefully said his words.

Shen Jin interrupted Lu Yao's words unceremoniously: "Daoming, what else do you want to say? You are also an old soldier, can't you see that this situation is at a critical point?" He struck his left palm vigorously with his right fist , making a crisp sound: "It turned out that the imperial court was so incompetent that the thieves were so rampant. Now, there are still high-ranking officials who defected to the enemy and used the head of my brother Paoze to flatter the alien race!

The more Shen Jin talked, the more excited he became.His expression almost became a little ferocious, and the hot breath from his mouth sprayed all the way to Lu Yao's face: "In this case, why should I wait for the good man to be buried with the court?"

"Shen Jin, what are you talking nonsense about?" Xue Tong was furious, and was about to rush forward with his fists raised, but was stopped by Lu Yao raising his arm.

"It's okay, let him finish."

"Daoming, think about it for yourself. In the past, the Bingzhou Army had 300 soldiers, how many are left now? When Jicheng reorganized the army, we gathered more than [-] old brothers, how many are there now?"

Lu Yao immediately replied: "If Duan Kuang is counted, there are still 140 or six old brothers in Jicheng when the army was reorganized."

I never thought that Lu Yao would answer so quickly, but Shen Jin was stunned; for some reason, his tone weakened: "...Look, it has already been damaged by more than half! Isn't it enough for the soldiers to go through life and death? Why...why bother?" Pay everyone's lives to Jinyang?"

He lowered his voice: "Daoming, even if Inspector Liu treats us well, we are not his subordinates. His service is just the trend of the times. He made a lot of contributions to beheading Qiao Xi and defeating Shi Le before, which is enough to make up for it." His kindness is over, don't you want to take everyone's life to replace this high-ranking court official!"

Lu Yao stared at Shen Jin, and said slowly: "Then, in your opinion, what should we do?"

Shen Jin showed a rare dignified expression, and said word by word: "Since Daoming you are in charge of the defense of Daxiamen, it is a good opportunity. Before the Hu people's army has arrived, let's leave the city immediately and go to Xinxing County! The barbarians are only busy attacking Jinyang, they can't control us... If you want to survive, this is the only chance!"

After these words came out, the atmosphere on the tower suddenly seemed to freeze.

Lu Yao looked around, and many officers showed subtle expressions. Even soldiers like Xue Tong, who boasted of loyalty and bravery, were suddenly thoughtful.

Lu Yao could fully understand the mentality of the soldiers, but he still couldn't help but secretly sighed.

Shen Jin's opinions can almost represent the thoughts of most soldiers.Most of them have blood feuds with the Hu people, so they spare no effort in fighting the Hu people, and they are the most brave and reliable fighters.But they also suffered deeply from the incompetence of Sima Teng, the former governor of Bingzhou, so their trust in the court has dropped to a pitiful level.Even if Yue Shigong tried his best to cheer up, it could not be reversed in just a few months.

In fact, the imperial court has been in chaos and the world has been in turmoil over the past few years; the officers and soldiers are all alienated from morality, and they have long since lost their enthusiasm for serving the imperial court.Once in adversity, from the officers to the soldiers, they all have the idea of ​​self-protection in their hearts, the difference is only more or less.

The words that no one had ever pointed out before were said by Shen Jin regardless.In fact, if judged by the current military situation, what Shen Jin made was the most normal choice.Lu Yaogen couldn't deny this.

However, is the normal choice necessarily the right choice?

Lu Yao fell into a long silence.

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