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Volume 7: Laughing and Talking about Drinking the Blood of the Huns Chapter 14: Pledge of Allegiance

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    Li Jifeng looked at the heavy and towering city head with a gloomy face. As the saying goes, a sight is better than a hundred words. In the past, Shuofang Military Administration was the headquarters of the Lingzhou City, known as the head of the eight major governor's offices in the world. It was also known as the North Gate of China. Today, it is a sight.  , it is indeed well-deserved, but it is a pity that this strong city is currently in the hands of the Anxi Army.

    Under Lingzhou City, there are more than 20,000 Xiazhou troops, more than 10,000 Sui and Yinzhou troops, more than 20,000 Dangxiang Eight Division cavalry troops, more than 20,000 Shaanxi Xiang troops and civilians transporting military supplies, and more than 70,000 people in separate camps.  The kites surrounded Li Jifeng, Li Jiqian, Li Keyuan, Li Keshun, Li Kexian and other Tuoba clan leaders, looking at the tall and solid Lingzhou City at a loss.  Party warriors are not cowardly, but courage cannot replace trebuchets and bed crossbows, which are what is most needed to attack a city.  The state army and tribal warriors with thin armor, and only a few people close to the clan chiefs and nobles, could hide under the simplest siege vehicles covered with multiple layers of cowhide, while most of them faced the dense city of Lingzhou without any protection.  With arrows and stones, the Dingnan Army originally wanted to rush to the city and dig out the city wall. Unexpectedly, the Lingzhou city wall was extremely solidly built over the years. After digging for a long time, only some shallow white marks were left, which could not be dug out at all.  In the siege cave where they could hide, the corpses under the city wall were getting higher and higher, but they didn't even touch the edge of the battlements.

    "Abba, they obviously have good armor and are not afraid of arrows, why do they let us die?" Tachu said bitterly, looking back at the iron kites surrounding the nobles of the Tuoba clan under the shade of the tree.  "Iron Harriers are all nobles. Those who are born to be nobler than us must stop thinking nonsense." There were already deep wrinkles on Xili Qian's face. Both his father and son were serving as food in the Xiazhou army.  "That's a lie. Everything is a reward from the Immortal Heaven. Warriors with courage and courage should be on top. Those fat pigs wearing armor now are against the will of the Immortal Heaven and are destined to be destroyed. Anxi, commanded by the Lord,  The army is the whip sent by Changshengtian to beat them." Ta Chu remembered the saying spread in the Baiyu camp. If it hadn't hindered the military law of father and son sitting together, he would have defected to the Baiyu army long ago. It's a pity that this group of heroes was united by the leaders of various departments.  They got up and broke up, but he had to carry the ladder to attack the lord's city. He looked at the arrogant nobles behind him, and spat hard, wishing he could put down the ladder immediately, draw his knife and fight back.  Xili Qian looked at the wolf-like look in his son's eyes and could only sigh secretly.  Later, an officer from the Xiang clan of the Xiazhou Army gave another order: "You lazy guys, have you fed the dogs all the meat you were rewarded with in the morning? Cheer up and attack the city!"

    Dang Xiang's iron kites are all good at riding horses, but it is really a waste to let these nobles, the lowly state army, and the dirty tribal warriors be used as consumables for climbing the city wall. They can only lead the state army to plunder and fight everywhere.  Grass Valley.  However, there was no grass valley to attack near Lingzhou. After receiving the news that the Dingnan Army was going to attack Lingzhou, the Hussars gathered all the Yinhu who could shoot arrows to help the defense into the city, while the other old and weak people were in the city.  Under the cover of the newly established Duhan Army, they gradually evacuated to Liangzhou in the west and the grassland tribes further away. Lingzhou was originally adjacent to the desert Gobi, and even the wheat that was about to mature in the farmland outside the city was also destroyed by Xingu.  Ordered them all to be cut and stored as fodder for war horses.

    "Captain Qian, I've been surrounded and beaten by these barbarians all day long. I'm so depressed. Why don't you let your brothers go out and kill them." Chu Kaiwen, the tenth captain, looked at the water coming up like a tide, and was hit by a wooden arrow from the city wall.  The attack was like a tide, and the army of troubled men retreated.  Although there was a strong city to hold on to, the city was besieged by the troops in distress, which really made these people angry. The hussars were born to charge and kill them on horseback.  Qian Qingzhi's face darkened and he said: "My lord has strictly ordered us to defend Lingzhou, please don't cause any trouble to me." Chu Kaiwen looked at the black mass of ant-like troops below and said: "If my lord's army comes,  Is it time to let us go out of the city to pursue the enemy?" Qian Qingzhi said with a smile: "All the armies are like wolves and tigers, it would be nice if they could leave some scraps of meat for us."

    On the ninth day of the tenth month of the fourth year of Taiping and Xingguo's reign, when the autumn was high and the horses were fertile, all Anxi armies swore to attack the Li clan in Liangzhou.  In addition to Zhang Zhongyao controlling the Flower Hat Army to stay in Dunhuang, Luo Youtong led the Chi Hunter Army to stay in Liangzhou to suppress the Qing and Tang Tibetans.  Xingu and Pu Hangu rushed back to Lingzhou to hold on, while Chen De personally led the Longya, Tayan, Jiaorong, Lianrui, Jinfan, and Tiegugu armies to help.  In the past ten days, various tribes from Anxi gathered in Liangzhou. The nearby horse thieves and barbarians heard the news and fled far away. The Qing and Tang Tubos were in panic all day long.

    It was still dark, and the huge martial arts arena was deserted. Chen De had led his generals to the review stage to personally watch the armies marching into formation.  The only sounds in the field were the sound of footsteps, the clanging of armor, and the occasional neighing of war horses, which were immediately calmed down by the cavalry. Before long, more than 30,000 warriors were standing still, and the captains of each battalion led the sergeants to form a phalanx with flags in front.  Fluttering, the west wind whistled over the military formation with a chilling air.

    "Half a month ago, Party Xiang Tuoba, together with other despicable tribal leaders, attacked the White Feather Army's camp. The White Feather Army is still resisting ten times more enemy troops. For the honor of the sergeant, they will fight until the last moment.  , our brothers fought bravely, but they were widowedWe were outnumbered, some died in battle, some were captured, our camp was burned down, our horses and property were plundered, and the tribesmen we protected were plundered and made into slaves!  "

    "From Jiangnan to Lanzhou, from Lanzhou to Longyou in Hexi Province, we fought all the way. There were superiors and subordinates in the army, and we felt like brothers. During the siege of Lanzhou, the imperial court ordered us to go to Bianliang as hostages. I can  Go. After passing through the Western Regions, the imperial court ordered me to pay tribute to Anxi with 10,000 war horses and 50,000 jins of jade. I can agree to it. Now the imperial court supports Party Xiang Tuoba¡¯s money and food, kills my Anxi sergeants, and plunders my Anxi yinhu, which is intolerable?  .¡±

    "If we give in, the enemy will laugh at our cowardice, rob us of our property and shelter, and even try to turn us into slaves who can be trampled on by others. Party Xiang Tuoba clan has made further progress, relying on the support of the imperial court, and gathered five people  Thousands of people are attacking Lingzhou. Now, if someone attacks me, I will attack them! The status and honor of our sergeants are not given by the court, but are earned by our own skills, blood and lives on the battlefield. Tuoba clan  If they dare to provoke, we will defeat them, drive them away, destroy them, tooth for tooth! Blood for blood!"

    Chen De paused every time he spoke, and a hundred high-pitched men selected from the Longya Army repeated his words loudly to ensure that the more than 30,000 sergeants present could hear clearly.

    "If we give in, the enemy will laugh at our cowardice and take away our property and shelter." Zhou Yun was one of the hundred heralds on the reviewing stage. Thirty thousand people were watching. He felt as if he had become Jiedu.  The incarnation of the messenger summoned all his strength and shouted loudly, even more excited than Chen De himself.  The sergeants below were also affected by the emotions of Chen De and the hundreds of sergeants. Many of them repeated silently in their hearts, and then murmured out loud, "The status and honor of our sergeants are not given by the imperial court.  They all won it on the battlefield with their own ability, blood and lives." Until the end, more than 30,000 soldiers almost shouted in unison, "Defeat them, drive them away, destroy them", "Tit for tooth! Blood for blood!"  I was shouted over and over again. I was so startled that the birds around the school grounds fluttered and flew high into the sky, making squawking sounds as they flew.

    Chen De looked at the sergeants who had been encouraged with satisfaction. Suddenly, the captain who knew the inside story changed his slogan and shouted loudly: "My lord, be the emperor!" "Chen Jiedu, be the emperor!" This led to a large crowd.  The sergeants also shouted in unison. The matter of supporting Chen De, as well as the oath of proclaiming the emperor, were only discussed among officers above the captain. Now the captain actually shouted out in excitement, and the rest of the captains joined in.  Correspondingly, this rumor had been circulating among the sergeants for a long time, and now it was suddenly aroused on this occasion, catching Chen De and other military commanders by surprise.

    "Chen Jiedu will be the emperor!" Jin Jiu, the captain of the shield battalion who followed the Dragon Tooth Saber from the north of the Yangtze River, drew out the horizontal sword from his waist and shouted loudly. Most of his warriors followed Chen De for the rest of his life, and shouted at the same time  Get up, "Chen Jiedu becomes emperor!" The captains, centurions, and sergeants, without any instigation or instructions, just relied on instinct, and shouted like an overwhelming force. The sound was so loud that even the horses in the battle formation  Unable to bear it, he let out a long hiss, mixed with the clanging sound of swords and shields, making the biting west wind howl in the sky seem to be suppressed, and the entire Liangzhou City could hear clearly, "My lord, be the emperor."  !" "Jiedushi becomes emperor!"

    The Chen De generals who had just been established not long ago, such as Xiao Jiu, Lin Hong, Li Ran, Zhu Dao, Bai Sheng and other generals, all drew out the swords on their waists and shouted with the sergeants, "The lord will be the emperor!" "Long live the lord!" Since ancient times,  Since then, soldiers have been arrogant and have chased commanders. With today's situation, if there are rebels who betray Chen De in the army, I am afraid that they will be cut into pieces by the noisy sergeants before the next day, and their heads will be presented to Chen De as a sign of loyalty.  .

    Chen De stretched out his hands to the sergeants in the school field and made a quiet gesture. The deafening cheers just stopped. He slowly looked at the excited sergeants in the school field, his heart was surging. In the eyes of the court, the unruly Anxi Army  , more than 30,000 bloody men are willing to trust each other with their lives, what an honor it is.

    "What the military wants," Chen De paused, and the entire campus was silent. After a while, hundreds of heralds came to their senses, and shouted together with all their strength, "What the military wants!"

    "This is where I belong!" This sentence made all the sergeants fall into great excitement, and some people shouted, "Long live the emperor!", "Long live the emperor!", "Long live! Long live! Long live!"  The huge sound seemed to sweep the reviewing stand high into the sky.

    Chen De frowned, stretched out his hands again, and said in a deep voice: "If we share joys and sorrows and wealth, we will be invincible!" Although his tone was not high, hundreds of heralds shouted together, and the momentum was not small. Finally,  , the shouts of "Invincible!" overwhelmed "Long live the Emperor!" Thirty thousand sergeants chanted "Shared joys and sorrows", "Shared wealth", "Invincible!" "Invincible!" The emotion also changed from excitement to joy.  .

    All armies marched towards Lingzhou?.  After Chen De watched all the sergeants embark on their journey, he stepped off the review platform, jumped onto the white horse that he usually rode, and led the herald to chase the Dragon Tooth Army who was walking in the middle of the army.  Along the way, the sergeants cheered loudly when they saw Chen De's white horse and general's flag. The long and arduous march seemed like a safari.

    Lingzhou is to the east of Liangzhou, and the sky is clear today. The direction of the Anxi Army's advance is facing the red sun. "My lord is the real dragon emperor!" Many sergeants looked happy, thinking that this was their support.  The Lord is the emperor's auspicious sign, and the soldiers always find many reasons to believe in their choices.

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