Chapter 1058: Worthy of the Common People

On the horizon, a setting sun is like blood, shining on the endless rolling water of the Jialing River and the broken rivers and mountains.

Outside Diaoyu City, the Mongolian military tents stretched continuously, tightly wrapping the inside and outside of Diaoyu City.

Xia Pingan's erect figure stood on the wall of Diaoyu City. He had been looking at the scene in front of him for more than ten minutes. More than thirty generals in Diaoyu City stood behind Xia Pingan, with serious expressions on their faces. There is also a hint of sadness in it.

Countless soldiers guarding the city walls and fortresses were also looking at this side.

"General, the news has been confirmed. Just a few days ago, Lu Xiufu and his majesty Zhao Bing jumped into the sea from Yashan. Lu Xiufu and his majesty vowed not to surrender. The Song Dynasty has died." Zhang Jue's footsteps came in a hurry, leading him He climbed up to the fortress with a heavy breath, and said in a hoarse voice behind Xia Pingan, with a trembling voice, and he couldn't help but burst into tears as he spoke.

Many generals behind him had tears streaming down their faces.

"Yesterday, more than 200 people from central Sichuan came to the city to take refuge. The number of people in Diaoyu City has reached nearly 200,000. The fertile fields in the city and Tianchi can no longer feed so many people. The remaining food can last for seven days. ."

This is the way the Mongolian army came up with to deal with Diaoyu City. Isn’t Diaoyu City self-sufficient? They drove people from all over the place to flee to Diaoyu City. If Diaoyu City did not accept them, those people would be killed. In order not to let them Those people were killed and Diaoyu City had no choice but to accept them. Then, the population of Diaoyu City expanded from the initial tens of thousands to nearly two hundred thousand.

The small Diaoyu City accommodated more than 100,000 people who had fled. It could no longer be self-sufficient. Even Xia Ping'an, who was guarding the city, could not have enough to eat every day. Everyone gave the food to those who had fled. The refugees were left to the children and women who were waiting for food.

In this case, the Meng Yuan used both soft and hard tactics. A few days ago, the Mongolian Emperor Kublai Khan personally issued an order to shoot arrows into the city. As long as Diaoyu City surrendered, all the people in the city would be alive, and the Mongolian army would never kill anyone indiscriminately. .

At this time, it was already 1279. Twenty years had passed since Diaoyu City bombarded Meng Ge Khan. Diaoyu City had held on for another twenty years, standing like an immortal monument under the sky and on the thick soil. , worthy of the world, worthy of the common people.

Sections of the city wall and huge rocks soaked in countless blood witnessed all this silently.

The more than thirty generals behind Xia Pingan, like him, all had gray hair and thin cheeks, and a tragic atmosphere enveloped everyone.

"The rolling water of the Yangtze River passes eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes. Right and wrong, success or failure are all in vain. The green mountains are still there, and the sunsets are red several times." Heroes cannot save a court that is completely rotten and destined to perish. Things will rot on their own, and then maggots will grow.

He was able to send dead soldiers to Lin'an in advance to assassinate Jia Sidao, which changed Wang Jian's fate and allowed Wang Jian to continue to garrison Diaoyu City. However, the fate of the Southern Song Dynasty court could not be changed. One Jia Sidao died, and there were more Jia Sidao stood up. Those corrupt officials in the Southern Song Dynasty court who could only tremble and wag their tails and beg for mercy when facing the enemy on the battlefield were like wolves and tigers when facing the generals who had made meritorious deeds on the battlefield. , has a ferocious appearance, and will do anything to fight for power and gain.

Xiang Shibi and Yin Yingfei, who had made meritorious service in resisting Mongolia, were still persecuted by female cadres in the DPRK. They were bombed, sacked, dismissed from office, and forced to death.

Cao Shixiong was still demoted and exiled.

Gundam, who had made great achievements in EZ, was dissatisfied with the imperial envoys sent by the DPRK and China to snatch military honors. He complained about "what can a person with a turban do?", so he was devalued and finally died in depression.

Liu Zheng was still forced to throw in the yuan in the end.

There are too many such examples

Jia Sidao died, but Jia Sidao's method of fighting for power and profit by unscrupulously rejecting dissidents and inserting his own people everywhere in the court was still perfectly inherited by those who were left in the court, and was perfectly inherited by the Lu Group. Like Dao is not a person, but a completely rotten bureaucracy. As long as you are not one of their people, no matter how great your achievements are in the army, it will be useless, and you may even get yourself killed. "Those who perform meritorious services are left idle for no reason." "The general who is angry with the army is not

If there is an obvious punishment, the rank will be restored immediately." The conflicts between the court and the army generals did not diminish because of Jia Sidao's death, but broke out as usual.

When the Song Dynasty was in danger, the rotten bureaucratic dictatorship that was parasitic in Lin'an City was still suppressing meritorious people at all costs, and was still fighting for power and profit everywhere, forming parties, engaging in corruption, corruption and extravagance regardless of the life and death of the country, the country and the people.

The result of this was that the Song army "died before fighting, attacked once it was defeated, and watched the wind and beasts running, and it was not a surprise to survive." "Chinese and foreign armies often say that it is better to defeat than to fight, and to make achievements than to make mistakes."

When the Mongolian army attacked Lin'an City, they were the first to open the door and surrender, continuing their wealthy life.

It is not natural for the imperial court to perish.

Sometimes Xia Ping'an even wanted to personally lead his troops to conquer Lin'an City and trample the rotten imperial court to pieces.

The people who destroyed the Song Dynasty were not the foreign Mongols, but the corrupt officials in Lin'an City! The edifice of the Song Dynasty just couldn't bear their parasitic corrosion and collapsed under external pressure! This is the truth of history!

Xia Pingan slowly turned around and looked at the old faces behind him. Many of these faces were once full of vigor and vitality, and some faces had been here for decades. In the battle to defend the city, he disappeared and stayed in this Diaoyu City forever.

Xia Pingan's eyes fell on a veteran who was over sixty years old, with a white beard and two arrow wounds on his face, but his figure was still upright. The veteran's eyes were red at the moment, and he was holding back his grief. The armor has been worn for decades and has become damaged. There are marks left by swords and arrows all over the armor.

Xia Ping'an asked gently, "Yu Chen, how many years have we been guarding this Diaoyu City here?"

"Back to the general, counting from the first Mongolian army's attack on the city, we have been holding the Diaoyu City for 36 years!" The veteran general named Yu Chen replied gruffly.

"Yes, it's been 36 years." Xia Ping'an's voice was filled with sighs and a bit of heroism. He glanced at the generals of Diaoyu City, "In the past 36 years, in several spring and autumn years, you have stood firm in Diaoyu City and have not let the forces sweeping the world over. The Mongolian cavalry took a step into the inner city of Diaoyu City. We still killed countless Mongolian troops here, and even killed Meng Ge Khan, leaving the Song Dynasty to survive for another twenty years. Now that the Song Dynasty is dead, we are still here in Diaoyu City. , the people in Diaoyu City are still there, and your contribution is worthy of the imperial court, worthy of the people in Sichuan, worthy of the world, and worthy of the common people. Thank you for accompanying me all these years, and please accept my worship!"

After Xia Pingan finished speaking, he knelt down and bowed down to the generals behind him, clasping his fists heavily.

"General." More than thirty generals burst into tears instantly. They all knelt down to Xia Pingan. The sound of clattering armors resounded on the city wall. "If we have an afterlife, we are willing to serve under the general and follow him." Let’s kill the enemy together and protect our country!”

After kneeling down and worshiping all the generals, Xia Ping'an suddenly stood up and lifted up the generals' hands one by one. Everyone hugged each other and cried.

"In the past 36 years, the Meng Yuan Dynasty has never captured Diaoyu City with the strength of the whole country, and Diaoyu City has never been captured. But today, in order to prevent the people in Sichuan from being massacred and to leave a way for the 200,000 people in this city to survive, I have already planned to open the city gates and let the people in the city surrender to Meng Yuan. Kublai Khan is also a hero and will definitely not go back on his word and make the world laugh. After my death, you will follow this order," Xia Pingan said to the generals around him. .

"General, you..." Zhang Jue and the generals looked at Xia Pingan in shock. Everyone was a little shocked by this decision, but it was expected.

Xia Pingan choked and pulled out the Longquan sword that had killed countless enemies in his hand, and laughed loudly, "There are no surrendered generals in Diaoyu City. If I don't surrender, even if the Mongolian and Yuan army can enter Diaoyu City, they will never be able to capture Diaoyu City. The general who killed their great Khan will not surrender to them. I am fortunate to have your help in this life. I will fight vigorously in Diaoyu City, worthy of the common people. In the next life, I will go into battle with all my brothers to kill the enemy!"

After saying this, Xia Ping'an pressed his hand hard and brought the long sword across his neck, and a stream of blood spurted out from his neck.

Xia Ping'an struck the ground with his long sword, his body was dead, but he remained standing, standing on the fortress like an immortal sculpture.

"General." Seeing this scene, Diao

All the soldiers on the walls of Yucheng knelt down and cried loudly.

"Brothers, the general still needs brothers to keep him company on the road. I will go with the general to lead the general's horse. We will see you in the next life." The veteran general named Yu Chen smiled, wiped his tears, and immediately took out the sword from his waist. , green blood was sprinkled on the city wall.

"Brother Yu, wait for me. Let's go find the general together. When we get to the underworld, we will have another fight with these turtles. I'm afraid they will be a hammer." Another veteran general drew his sword and stayed on the city wall.

"There is also me. How can the general wear armor without me?" Another veteran smiled slightly and pulled out the sword from his waist.

"Brothers, I'm here."

There was a sound of swords being drawn on the fort. It only lasted for a moment. When Diaoyu City decided to surrender in order to protect the people in the city, more than 30 generals who had guarded Diaoyu City for thirty-six years all followed General Wang Jian. On top of the city wall.

On the wall of Diaoyu City, at this moment, green blood flew across the sky, majesty was everywhere, the grass and trees were filled with sadness, and the wind and clouds changed color.

The news soon spread to the city, and all the 200,000 people in the city knelt down and cried in the direction of the city wall.

The Mongolian and Yuan troops guarding outside the city only heard the loud crying in the city today, but they did not know what happened in the city.

On the next day, the gate of Diaoyu City, which had been closed for thirty-six years in front of the Mongolian and Yuan armies, finally slowly opened. The people and soldiers all over the city, all wearing sackcloth and mourning, shedding tears and holding back their grief, carried the three soldiers. More than ten coffins of the generals who defended the city slowly walked out of the city.

Diaoyu City, the place where God’s whip was broken, has held firm for thirty-six years and has never been breached! Never!